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PWPA Holds 55Th Annual Meet Reyes Commends PWPA Vol.4, No. 5 September-October 2006 PWPA Holds 55th Annual Meet Sets New Direction for the Wood Industry bout 60 members of the Philippine Wood Producers Association (PWPA) attended A the 55th Annual Membership Meeting to chart the direction the PWPA shall be taking in order to put more stability to the wood industry. Meeting at the Manila Polo Club in Makati City on September 1, 2006, the members agreed to support and pursue the new direction, presented by PWPA Chairman Antonio Olizon, whose main features will focus on emphasizing industry and corporate social responsibility and on taking leadership in initiating innovative, constructive wood industry Charting a new Direction. (L-R) Treasurer-director Stanley Tan, Myanmar Ambassador Thaung Tun, Chair Antonio Olizon, Director Edith Alcantara, Molawin policies. (see related story on page 4) Awardee Ms. Priscilla Florentino, President Fernando Lu, EVP Alfonso Keh, Jr., Lending their presence in the Annual Federation of Philippine Industries Chair Carlos Meneleo, Jr. and VP-director Meeting were the Union of Myanmar ambassa- Evaristo Narvaez, Jr. dor, HE U Thaung Tun and his Counsellor Khin Sandar secretary, Forester Marcial Amaro, Jr.; the director of the and Attaché Myint Myint Htay; the chairman of both the Forest Products Research and Development Institute, Federation of Philippine Industries and Philippines Dr. Florence Soriano; and the key officers of companies Product Safety and Quality Foundation, Mr. Meneleo that sponsored the Annual Meeting. Carlos, Jr.; Environment and Natural Resources assistant (Continued on page 2) Reyes Commends PWPA Rapid response to clean Metro Manila streets of debris left by Typhoon Milenyo he Philippine Wood Produc- directly involved in the buck-sawing On September 29, 2006 on a call ers Association (PWPA) was and removal of typhoon-felled trees from the DENR headquarters, the lauded by Department of that, together with collapsed PWPA, through Director Uy, immedi- Environment and Natural billboards, clogged the major ately dispatched 7 power-chainsaw TResources (DENR) Secretary Angelo thoroughfares of Metro Manila. crews that spearheaded the drive to Reyes for its prompt response to the clean Metro Manila streets of fallen “Had it not been to these call-of-the-occasion cleaning of Metro trees and other debris. members instantaneous and unselfish Manila streets of the trees felled and efforts, the government’s resolve to The chainsaw-crews came from: debris littered by the September 28 clean and free Metro Manila and Consolidated Wood Products; Great typhoon Milenyo. nearby provinces from debris and Wood Sawmill; FPJJ Marketing; Through his letter to VP-director unwarranted structures that have Atlanta Wood Works; World Wood Ramon Uy dated October 6, 2006, caused enormous traffic grid locks Trading; Extensive Wood Processing; Secretary Reyes acknowledged the and untold miseries to a lot of (us) and Capitol Sawmill. support and cooperation of the PWPA could have yet remained as a dream”, and its member-companies who were Secretary Reyes wrote. (Continued on page 2) WoodStock Industry News PWPA Holds 55th ... PWPA Calls on DENR USEC (Continued from page 1) Kyamko The Myanmar embassy had an exhibit showing the commercial hardwoods of the country as the Ambassador he Philippine Wood Producers made a short presentation about his country’s forestry and Association (PWPA) directors and wood processing and ecotourism industries. officers recently made a courtesy call to A highlight of the Annual Meeting was the presentation DENR undersecretary for National Anti- TEnvironment Crime Task Force General Roy Kyamko of Molawin Award to Ms. Priscilla Florentino, erstwhile vice president for marketing of the C. Alcantara & Sons, Inc. and (Ret.) to introduce themselves and the PWPA to him the prime mover of the Plywood Council. The Molawin is the and also, to brief him on issues facing the wood most prestigious award within the gift of PWPA and is rarely industry and to express the PWPA’s support to and bestowed since 1971(see related story on page 5). cooperation with his task force in combating illegal logging. During the business part of the Annual Meeting, President Fernando Lu presented the 2005 PWPA Annual Report highlighting the overall performance of the global and local wood industry - both characterized as mix if not flat - and on the efforts the PWPA undertook in steering the wood industry across policy and regulatory uncertainties. Following the report of the President, the members ratified all acts of the Board of Directors during the past year as they unanimously re-elected all incumbent directors. Before the Annual Meeting ended, two billiard cue sticks from Filipino world champions, Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante, were auctioned as more than sixty (60) items, such as TVs, DVDs, radios, and other products from sponsor-companies were raffled. The members and officers of the PWPA congratulated Director Ramon Uy, the chairman of Steering Committee, for (L-R) VP-director Alex Ong, EVP Alfonso a very successful and memorable Annual Meeting. Combating Illegal Logging. Keh, Jr., VP-treasurer Stanley Tan, Chair Antonio Olizon, Undersecretary Roy Kyamko, President Fernando Lu, VP-director Evaristo Narvaez, Jr., VP-director Robert Kua and VP-director Ramon Uy. Reyes Commends... The PWPA apprised the undersecretary on the (Continued from page 1) On October 2, 2006, the PWPA was invited by economic effects of illegally sourced logs/lumber. Secretary Reyes to make a report on its cleaning The PWPA said the establishment of new wood efforts. Directors Uy and Alfonso Keh, Jr. rendered the processing plants with no clear supply of raw materi- report before the DENR officials and the officers of the Green Army Philippines Network Foundation. als and in questionable locations; the repeated use (recycling) of the certificates of timber/lumber origin The members of the Board of Directors in their (CTO/CLO) are causes of continuing concern to meeting on October 18, 2006 passed Resolutions legitimate businesses. lauding the leadership of Director Uy and expressing gratitude to abovementioned members of the PWPA for Usec Kyamko informed the PWPA he is very having done a good cleaning job in Metro Manila. aware of these issues from his military experiences (Continued on page 5) EDITORIAL BOARD E-mail us at : WoodStock Antonio C. Olizon, Chairman of the Board [email protected] or Fernando A. Lu, President Bi-monthly publication of the [email protected] Philippine Wood Producers Association L.D. Angeles, Managing Editor for your comments, feedback M. R. Vasquez, Newsletter Editor or letters to the Editor Page 2 WoodStock Industry News PWPA Board of Directors & Officers , Year 2006-2007 Antonio G. Bernas Antonio C. Olizon Fernando A. Lu Alfonso C. Keh, Jr. Edith I. Alcantara Florio M. Buñag Chairman Emeritus Chairman President Executive Vice President Director VP-Gov’t Relations Victor A. Consunji Robert W. Kua Charlie H. Liu Evaristo M. Narvaez, Jr. Manuel A. Ng Alex P. Ong Director VP-Membership VP-Int’l. Relations VP-Timber Director VP-Plywood Aristeo G. Puyat Stanley Q. Tan Ramon Y. Uy Wellington C. Yao Leonardo D. Angeles Jose A. Lorenzo Director Treasurer VP-Lumber VP-Fiber & Particle Board Board Secretary & Adviser-Forestry & Executive Director Environment Glimpses during the Annual Meeting. Clockwise - Director Edith Alcantara welcomes Myanmar Ambassador Thaung Tun while Chair Antonio Olizon looks on; Some PWPA members and guests in a huddle with Treasurer-director Stanley Tan (Right); VP-director Ramon Uy explaining the auction procedures for the cue sticks once used by world billiard champions Bata Reyes and Django Bustamante; VP-director Uy and Executive Direc- tor Leonardo Angeles inspect the billiard cue sticks while Chair Olizon opens the auction; Forest Products Research and Development Institute Director Florence Soriano suggests close cooperation with PWPA in R & D; VP-director Charlie Liu relates the success story of MATIMCO, saying quality is the key growth; RI Chemical, Inc. and MATIMCO, Inc. are the major sponsors of the Meeting. Page 3 WoodStock Industry News Government to Revive Caraga Industrial Timber Plantation Project he government is set to be established in public forest lands by Katherine Andraneda revive a "lost" billion-dollar within the Caraga Forest Plantation plant only in open and denuded lands, forestry investment involving Corridor, which was established under brushlands, and in all areas with forest T the setting up of an industrial DENR Administrative Order No. 99-13. containing a basal area per hectare of timber plantation with a total area of five square meters or less. Wood-processing facilities will 110,790 hectares in the Caraga region. subsequently be put up within the In addition, the company is sup- During the Asia-Europe Meeting in special economic zone to be known as posed to follow an annual planting Helsinki last month, President Arroyo the Shannalyne Technological and schedule, as prescribed in its CDMP, approved the revival of the govern- Environmental Park, which was and should plant its total "plantable ment’s co-production agreement with created and declared as such under area" in not more than 12 years. Shannalyne Inc. and the governments Proclamation No. 17 issued by Mrs. Shannalyne is said to have an of Finland and New Zealand and its Arroyo on March 12, 2001. established track record recognized by launching this December, in time for Alvarez, presidential adviser on the governments of New Zealand and the scheduled Manila visit of New agrarian reform, said the project will Finland. Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. involve at least $1 billion in invest- The revival of the Shannalyne Alvarez recalled that when nego- ments to the Philippines. project is said to be among Mrs. tiations for the project began in 1997, Arroyo’s accomplishments in the Asia- "The co-production agreement will the Finnish and New Zealand govern- Europe Meeting. launch a sustainable agro-forest ments requested that all transactions program designed by Finland’s world- to be above-board to ensure the pro- Former Environment and Natural famous consulting firm, Yakko Poyry, ject’s transparency.
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