Rubber Board chief to head ANRPC

Mr Sajan Peter, chairman of Rubber Board has been elected as the chairman of "Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)". He has been holding the charge of Rubber Board since 2005. ANRPC is an inter-governmental orgnisation established in 1970 and currently has 11 member countries- Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. These countries account for around 92% of natural rubber production in the world. The ANRPC Assembly held at Kochi appointed Dr Kamarul Baharain Bin Basir, Director General, Malaysian Rubber Board, as Secretary-General for the next term. He will take charge as Secretary-General in June 2011, when the tenure of Prof. Djoko S. Damarjati ends. The next ANRPC meetings will be held at Beijing.