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The Myanmar Scout Association is the national Scouting organization in Myanmar. Scouting in Myanmar was started in 1916 and disbanded in 1964 due to country's political changes; the current organization was formed in 2012 under the supervision and support of the Ministry of Education of Myanmar and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on 11 August 2016. It has about 21,007 members.
The Korea Scout Association is the national Scouting association of South Korea.
The National Association of Cambodian Scouts (NACS) is the national Scouting organization in Cambodia. It was founded in September 2005 through the merger of the Scout Organization of Cambodia and the Cambodian Scouts and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) on 1 July 2008. The coeducational association serves 5,404 members as of 2011.
The National Scout Organization of Thailand is the national Scouting organization of Thailand. Scouting was founded in Thailand in 1911 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922. It is currently regulated by the Scouting Act, BE 2551 (2008). The organization has 828,248 members and is open to boys and girls.
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Chau Cham-son, OBE, CStJ, JP, was the Chief Commissioner of the Scout Association of Hong Kong from 1985 to 1996. He was the son of Sir Chau Tsun-nin.
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Takemichi Toby Suzuki, a former elected member of the World Scout Committee from 1999 to 2005, served as the former Chairman of the Information and Communications Technology subcommittee of the Asia-Pacific Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1995 to 1998, former member of the National Executive Council and the National Board of the Scout Association of Japan from 1993 to 2007.
Chao Shou-po is a Taiwanese politician, educator, civic activist and lawyer and a prominent leader in the World Scout Movement. He has served as a Presidium Member of the Central Advisory Committee of the Kuomintang, and has taught law at several Taiwanese universities. Chao was the President of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Foundation Management Committee and the Chairman of the Foundation of the Scouts of China (Taiwan). He has held many government posts including Labor Minister, Secretary-General of the Cabinet, Minister without Portfolio and Governor of the Province of Taiwan. Chao served the Ma Ying-jeou administration as senior adviser, and from 2005 to 2012 was commissioner of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
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Sumon Samasarn was a Thai teacher and an influential contributor to the Scouting movement in Thailand. She worked as a career civil servant under the Ministry of Education until her retirement, was a member of the 1989 Senate and 1991 National Legislative Assembly, and served as the National Training Commissioner of the National Scout Organization of Thailand. Samasarn was the sister of Thailand's former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh.
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Reiko Suzuki serves as the Deputy National Commissioner of the Scout Association of Japan. She also serves as the 2nd Vice-Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee from 2012 to 2018.
Janaprith Salinda Fernando of Colombo, Sri Lanka, the Colombo Law Society President, serves as the International Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Scout Association and an elected volunteer member of the Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) from 2012 to 2018.He is currently serving in the World Scout Committee, the World Organisation of the Scout Movement's highest governing body. Fernando was elected to this body in August 2017 by the 41st World Scout Conference, held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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- ↑ "APR Scout Committees". APR/WSB. Archived from the original on 12 June 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ↑ http://www.pengakapmalaysia.org/utama/?p=3206
