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Fourth Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting on Population and Development FOURTH ASIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS' MEETING ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASIAN POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (APDA) CONTENTS Addresses Hon. Datuk Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi 1 Hon. Tatsuo Tanaka 3 Hon. Hu Keshi 7 Mr. Jyoti Shanker Singh 11 Hon. Tan Sri Dato' Mohamed Zahir bin Haji Ismail 13 Program 15 Session I -1 Basic Survey of Population and Development in China Toshio Kuroda 21 Rural Population and Agricultural Development in China Takeshi Hamashita 26 Urbanization, Migration and Development in Malaysia Dato' Kamal Salleh • • • ....... • 28 Session I -2 Agricultural and Rural Development in Malaysia Kamaruddin Kachar 35 Population and Agricultural Development in Japan Toshio Kuroda 39 Population and Agricultural Policies in Asian Countries Gayl D. Ness 43 Session II INDIA Janak Guputa 53 AUSTRALIA Bruce John Goodluck 55 ....... CHINA Jiang Tianshui • • • •• •• • • 60 SRI LANKA Ranjit Attapattu 65 MALAYSIA 76 NEPAL Prem Bahadur Shahi 87 NEW ZEALAND Sonja Davies 91 JAPAN Hiroko Hayashi 95 KOREA Joong Dong Kwon 98 SINGAPORE Sidek bin Saniff 99 THAILAND Prasop Ratanakorn 105 SYRIAN ARAB Eng. Ghassan Tayara 112 PHILIPPINES Teresa Aquino-Oreta 115 Summary 127 List of Participants 131 II Opening Address at the Fourth Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting on Population and Development Hon. Datuk Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, Chairman of Malaysian Parliamentary Group on Resources, Population and Development Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all participants, especially the overseas delegates to Kuala Lumpur for this 4th Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting on Population and Development. The organisers have put together an interesting programme which would enable you to deliberate on the salient issues of population and development which are of great interest to all of us. We heve with us at this Opening Ceremony the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat, Hon. Tan Sri Dato' Mohammed Zahir. Tan Sri had a distinguished career as a judge and also as a parliamentarian when he was much younger. He has remained committed to the important role of parliament and parliamentarians in national development. It is fitting therefor that he should have address us and declare our meeting open. To you Tan Sri I wish to say a thank you and express our appreciation for your presence this morning. The subject of population and development remains an important issue in our region. While we have no doubt achieve varying success in each of our countries in coping with population growth, and seeking to utilise and conserve our natural resources and the environment, we still face many challenges to our national development efforts towards goals that have not yet been successfully achieved. In undertaking the tasks involved, we are, particularly over the recent past, challenged further by the rapidly changing circumstances of the world economy. Some of our countries have recovered well from the impact of recessionary trends from the downturn in the world economy in the eighties. But new elements of interdepency amongst us and between us and the advanced 1 countries, and of uncertainty of the economic outlook in the advanced industrialised countries, require considerable skills in economic management. It also requires the maximum utilisation of human resources and the involvement of the private sector. For these energies to be harnessed fully for the benefit of our nations in meeting these challenges of the future, a high premium is placed on political stability and commitment to democratic participation. In this situation we see a very important role for parliamentarians. Honourable fellow parliamentarians, It has been said that the next decade is the transition to a Pacific Century, that will replace the previous era dominated by the Atlantic states. The rapid growth of the East Asian economic led by Japan, and the performance of the ASEAN countries in the seventies and the eighties, the emmergence of China as a great world power attest to this possibility. But this prognosis will not come to pass if we in the region do not begin to understand the implications of this rapidly changing scenario. We must seek greater regional understanding and cooperation as well as knowledge of our own respective national conditions. I trust, we, as parliamentarians, have full understanding of these circumstances and would seek to grasp this historical moment. Our discussions in this meeting should provide a good forum for us to exchange ideas and visions concerning the development of our nations with particular reference to population issues and development in the next decade and beyond. The Kuala Lumpur meeting for the next two days offer an opportunity that we should not allow to pass by as just another routine get-together. Rather we should use this session to consider the longer-term issues of development, population and resources in the context of the changing world economy and the role we have to play. May I also take this opportunity to record our appreciation to Asian Population and Development Association (APDA), UNFPA, the Asian Forum, the secretariat of the Malaysian Parliament and to all those who have done so much to ensure that we will have a comfortable stay in Kuala Lumpur and a successful meeting. Thank you. 2 Hon. Tatsuo Tanaka, Chairman, Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for the effort all of you have made toward the holding of the Fourth Asian Parliamentarians' Meeting on Population and Development. On behalf of the host of this Meeting, the Asian Population and Development Association, I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all governmental and parliamentary representatives, most notably Tan Sri Mohamed Zahir Ismail, Speaker of Dewan Rakyat from Malaysia, and Chairman Dato Abdul I ah Badawi and every member of the Malaysian Parliamentary Group Resources, Population and Development which has been exceptionally helpful as a co-sponsor of this Meeting. My appreciation should also be extended to all participants, who have found time in your busy schedules of public duties to gather here. Already, this is our fourth annual meeting since this Meeting was first organized in 1985 in an attempt to assist parliamentarians in their activities dealing with issues of population and development in Asia. In this respect, we owe a great deal to all concerned parties, including UNFPA and IPPF, which have continued to provide valuable assistance and support for us since the Asian Population and Development Association was founded in 1982. Last September, the Second Conference of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development was held in Beijing. During this Forum, a strong argument was made for the necessity of active interchange and discussion among Asian countries, such as information exchanges by parliamentarians on the state of affairs in their respective countries. Without a doubt, the Asian Population and Development Association has sponsored this Conference with this very pourpose in mind. By April of 1989, the population in Asia is forecasted to reach 3 billion, accounting for nearly 60% of the world population. In light of this prediction, we must spell out in concrete and practical terms th( measures and policies needed to anticipate and resolve problems of population and development. As you all know, population problems are not unique to Asia. It may not 3 bean exageration to say that if we could successfully deal with the population problem in Asia, we could definitely do the same thing in other areas of the world. At present, I am very pleased to say that we are ahead of the rest of the world in the area of population control, thanks to the efforts of every concerned party. In 1981, we parliamentarians held a conference on population and development in Beijing, in which many Asian parliamentarians participated. It was the first conference of its kind to be held in any part of the world. The manifesto adopted at the Conference included a statement to the effect of "lowering the annual growth rate of Asian population down to 1%" by the year 2000. This target was later reconfirmed at the First and Second Conference of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development held in New Delhi in 1984 and in Beijing 1987, respectively. Since the Asian population is rapidly approaching the 3 billion mark, we must make every effort to achieve the aim of "lowering annual population growth to 1% by the end of this century". Of course, it is politicians' duties to endeavor for our own countries and people. However, population problems go beyond national or regional boundaries and must be dealt with from a global perspective. We politicians have a very great responsibility for working out a "way" of promising a bright future to everyone living on this planet Earth, including our offspring who are being given new life at this very moment. Each nation has different living conditions and historical backgrounds. Although information networks have been developing on a global scale, I must say that we still have a long way to go before we establish a reasonable means of exchanging basic information such as population problems, etc. With a sprit of mutual cooperation, I strongly feel that it is extremely worthwhile for us to strive to give one another many pieces of valuable and practical information. For instance, my country, Japan, has fortunately succeeded in accomplishing both economic growth and demographic transition since the end of World War II. I am sure that every country has been devoting a great deal of effort to the achievement of population control. We are more than willing to help you in any way we can if you feel our information and experience will be of value to you. 4 As the host of this Meeting, I sincerely hope that everyone who has gathered here today will discuss population problems freely and thoroughly from a global view point in order to improve the living standards not only of Asians but also of everyone in the world as well as to bring a sense of happiness and a bright future into the minds of all people.
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