NEWSLETTER
Ms. Malaluan recei ved a reco g n iti on award

Duringthe
Maritime
Industry
Authority's (MARINA) 30th Anniversary
Celebration on June 1, 2004, Ms. Sonia
B. Malaluan, Chief Accountant, a WMU
Shipping Management, '98 graduate,
and one of the Sasakawa Fellows in thePhilippines,
received a recognition
award on behalf of the Accounting
Division of the Agency, for having been
elevated to the HAU OF FAME by the
Association of Government Accountantsof the Philippines, Inc., as the Most
Outstanding Accounting Office/Unit

under the Government Sector for threeconsecutive years.
The award wasgiven using the criteria of accuracy,
timeliness, completeness and reliabilityof accounting data and financial
statements, as evaluated by the different
government agencies in the Philippines,
such as the Commission on Audit,
Department of Budget and Management
and the Land Bank of the Philippines,
among others, who are all active
members of the Association ofGovernment Accountants.

Message from the Secretariat

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on t he Cl ss of 2004: 104 st udents
from 47 differen t c ountries. M r Weng
Mengyong, Chin 's Vice-Minister forCommu nic tion s,ndProfessor
Christ opher Amey w -Akumfi, G加n 's
Minister for Ports, H rbours n d
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Once again this year my work took me overseas on
several occasions. An enjoyable aspect of travelingabroad is that I have the opportunity to meet WMU
graduates and Sasakawa Fellows everywhere I go.
There are now over 2,000 WMU graduates andover 10% of these are Sasakawa Fellows. For a
person like me working in the maritime field, they
are encouraging business partners who at the sametime can be considered rivals! That aside, it isindeed a blessing for a teacher to be able toobserve firsthand his former students engaging in

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Editor's Postscript

The world is a family, and all humankind are brothers and sisters.

Dual Blessings at the Graduation Ceremony

Let us celebrate our new family members!

Ms. Sandra Rita Alnutt (1999 Brasil), who met
her husband in Malmo while she was a WMU
student, had her first baby, William, in December
2003. Recently she restarted her carrier as M.Sc.
Naval Architect at the Department of Load Line &Tonnage, Germanischer Lloyd AG (left).
Ms. Stella Katondo (2001 Tanzania) had ababy girl, Agnes Moka, as her first-born on
October 6th, 2004. She also was promoted to thepost of Operations Officer of Tanzania Harbour
Authority recently (right).
Mr. Sasakawa sent congratulatory cards to them.

riends ofvarious activities.
Every edition, I am at my wits' end in efforts tocollect contributions and edit this newsletter, so I
sincerely look forward to receiving more voluntarysubmissions of information from Fellows in the
future. I would like to take this opportunity to wish
a happy New Year to all of you!

f.

Pro Toshio Hikima
Maritime Technical College

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For
many
Sasakawa
Fellows,
graduating and current, who
attended the graduation ceremony
this year, Mr. Sasakawa's presence
there added to the consciousness of
their outstanding solidarity in theever expanding community of WMU.
Sasakawa Fellows have for long
looked forward to the presence of
Mr. Sasakawa at the graduation
ceremony. It finally was realized.
Not only that,
he joined theplatform party as one of the firstrecipients of the university's
honorary doctorate of science that
WMU has recently instituted as its
doctoral course program has
successfully developed.
All theSasakawa Fellows were proud to see
Mr. Sasakawa on the platform,
dressed in a dazzling scarlet
academic gown, side by side with Mr.
W. O'Neil, the other recipient of thehonorary doctorate. Mr. Sasakawa
was conferred with the doctorate bythenewchancellor
Mr.
E.
Mitropoulos, secretary general of
IMO, amidst hearty applause fromthe large audience.

Mr. Sasakawa expressing his cordial gratitude upon receiving the honorary doctorate
As the conferring of M.Sc. degrees
proceeded, it turned out that
another piece of good news awaited
Sasakawa Fellows. Ms. Li Ying ofChina received the year's chancellor
medal for the student with the mostexcellent academic performance.
Furthermore, among the next five
top students who deserved special
remarks from Dr. K. Laubstein werefour Sasakawa Fellows --- Mr. R.E.
Villanueva Jr. (the Philippines), Mr.
Fernando
Bustamante
Igartua(Mexico), Mr. Donny Michael (India),and Ms. Archana Varma (India).
The seventeen months of hard work
have ended for the students of theClass of 2004 --- the days of laughterand maybe some tears when
thinking of their dear families backhome. The graduation ceremony
witnessed many happy reunions.
Kind words and admiration fromtheir family members are no doubt
the most valuable reward to thegraduates for their painstaking
efforts at WMU, which are sure to beremembered in detail years later.

Mr. Sasakawa and Ms. Li with chancellor medal

Awarding ceremonyfor "Friends" membership2004 Japan Field StudyT

WENTY-SEVEN WMU Sasakawa
Fellowship recipients who
enrolled in WMU this year
were invited to Japan Field Study,
which took place from September 12
to 19. This program aims to give thefirst year students opportunities tomeet people in Japanese maritime
fields and to exchange views andinformation with them as well as toenhance the participants' knowledge
about Japan.
On the morning of September 13 thestudents paid a courtesy call on The
Nippon Foundation where they met
with Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairmanof "Friends of WMU, Japan" and Mr.
Masazumi Nagamitsu, Executive
Director. Each student expressed
his/her gratitude to The Nippon
Foundation for the WMU Sasakawa
Fellowship. Mr. Sasakawa said "It is
the privilege of youths to seek tochange the world. I expect young
people like you to accomplish

Bright smiles with confidence and hope at the eve of the graduation ceremony

0�塁冒 心闊 ［詞叫ti tゞょ：

s
ne
;nal
of the year in Malmo. The late
Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa, the august
father of Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, isremembered by many as a man who
always brought fine weather tonumerous important occasions.
Such auspicious fortune is passed onfrom father to son? Definitely so.
On October 9, previous to thegraduation ceremony, the awardingof the certificate of "Friends"
membership was held at the
Honorary Japanese Consulate in
Malmo, thanks to the generous
permission of Honorary Japanese
Consulate General Dr. Nils Stormby touse the magnificent residence for that
purpose. Sasakawa Fellows of theClass of 2004 were the first Sasakawa
Fellows in the last several years toreceive the membership certificate
from the hands of Chairman
Sasakawa.

Mr. Sasakawa stressed in his
congratulatory speech that the WMU
Sasakawa Fellowship Program ischaracterized by its mission to maintaincooperative relations with graduates
through its network. The speech was
followed by the day's highlight -- theawarding of the "Friends" certificate.
The graduating Sasakawa Fellows
received the certificate from the
Chairman one by one.
Mr. Rogelio Estrada Villanueva, Jr.,
who appeared at the reception withhis charming spouse, delivered aspeech of thanks, presenting to Mr.
Sasakawa the framed "Deeds ofEstablishment
ofthe Alumni
Association of the Class of 2004." Sixgraduating students presented a copy
each of their dissertations to Mr.
Sasakawa --- Ms. Li Ying (China), Mr.
Donny Michael (India), Mr. R.E.
Villanueva, Jr. (the Philippines), Mr.
Bao Junzhong (China), Mr. Nguyen
Quang Anh (Vietnam), and Mr. Ehab
I. Othman (Egypt).
All of thegraduates seemed happy to have an
opportunity to speak to theirbenefactor. They also had theprivilege to speak to Mr. E.
Mitropoulos who kindly found time
to join the reception. The reception
lasted until 9:00 p.m.

warm words of welcome.
They
enjoyed talking with the attendees.

At Marine Technical College
something I couldn't have done." In
the afternoon, the students visited
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransport (MLIT). They received ageneral explanation of Japan's
maritime administration from theDivision.
SafetyStandards
Afterwards they attended detailed
lectures from the Maritime Bureau,
Ports and Harbors Bureau and theJapan Coast Guard (JCG), divided
into five groups according to theirmajors.
At the reception on the evening of
September 14, the students werewelcomed by about 200 people fromthe field of maritime affairs
including members of "Friends." Mr.
Satoshi Yabe, Director- General,
Maritime Bureau, MLIT, gave them

Malmo Academic Chorus of Malmo University celebrating Fellows with beautiful tune
2

3

Arriving at the Consulate at 6:45 onthat evening, Mr. Sasakawa wasinvited to sit for a picture with
graduating Sasakawa Fellows. Thenhe was ushered together with thegraduates into the reception room
where dozens of people were awaiting
him, including the current studentsof the Class of 2005 and friendly

citizens of Malmo. A goodwill string
quartet welcomed Mr. Sasakawa withclassical selections.

Sasakawa Fellows at Kurushima Kaikyo Traffic Advisory Service CenterOn the field study tour, the students
visited two facilities of the Japan
Coast Guard; a refinery of Japan's
biggest oil company "Nippon Oil
Corporation"; one each of theleading shipbuilders and marine
engine makers "lmabari Shipbuilding
Co., Ltd." and "Yanmar Diesel Engine
Co., Ltd."; the Marine TechnicalCollege, and the Faculty of Maritime
Sciences, Kobe University.

culture through visits to Kinkaku- Ji(Golden Pavilion Temple), Nijo Castle
and Kiyomizu Temple. That evening,a farewell party was held, and theparticipants spent the last evening inJapan singing and laughing with
their friends. Lastly, let us take thisopportunity to express our gratitude
to all the people who kindly helped
implement this year's program.

The last program of Japan Field
Study was a small trip to Kyoto on
September 18, where the students
encountered traditional JapaneseStudy tour at Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.

Fellows received warm hospitality at Saijo
Shipyard, lmabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Awarding ceremonyfor "Friends" membership2004 Japan Field StudyT

WENTY-SEVEN WMU Sasakawa
Fellowship recipients who
enrolled in WMU this year
were invited to Japan Field Study,
which took place from September 12
to 19. This program aims to give thefirst year students opportunities tomeet people in Japanese maritime
fields and to exchange views andinformation with them as well as toenhance the participants' knowledge
about Japan.
On the morning of September 13 thestudents paid a courtesy call on The
Nippon Foundation where they met
with Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, Chairmanof "Friends of WMU, Japan" and Mr.
Masazumi Nagamitsu, Executive
Director. Each student expressed
his/her gratitude to The Nippon
Foundation for the WMU Sasakawa
Fellowship. Mr. Sasakawa said "It is
the privilege of youths to seek tochange the world. I expect young
people like you to accomplish

Bright smiles with confidence and hope at the eve of the graduation ceremony

0�塁冒 心闊 ［詞叫ti tゞょ：

s
ne
;nal
of the year in Malmo. The late
Mr. Ryoichi Sasakawa, the august
father of Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, isremembered by many as a man who
always brought fine weather tonumerous important occasions.
Such auspicious fortune is passed onfrom father to son? Definitely so.
On October 9, previous to thegraduation ceremony, the awardingof the certificate of "Friends"
membership was held at the
Honorary Japanese Consulate in
Malmo, thanks to the generous
permission of Honorary Japanese
Consulate General Dr. Nils Stormby touse the magnificent residence for that
purpose. Sasakawa Fellows of theClass of 2004 were the first Sasakawa
Fellows in the last several years toreceive the membership certificate
from the hands of Chairman
Sasakawa.

Mr. Sasakawa stressed in his
congratulatory speech that the WMU
Sasakawa Fellowship Program ischaracterized by its mission to maintaincooperative relations with graduates
through its network. The speech was
followed by the day's highlight -- theawarding of the "Friends" certificate.
The graduating Sasakawa Fellows
received the certificate from the
Chairman one by one.
Mr. Rogelio Estrada Villanueva, Jr.,
who appeared at the reception withhis charming spouse, delivered aspeech of thanks, presenting to Mr.
Sasakawa the framed "Deeds ofEstablishment
ofthe Alumni
Association of the Class of 2004." Sixgraduating students presented a copy
each of their dissertations to Mr.
Sasakawa --- Ms. Li Ying (China), Mr.
Donny Michael (India), Mr. R.E.
Villanueva, Jr. (the Philippines), Mr.
Bao Junzhong (China), Mr. Nguyen
Quang Anh (Vietnam), and Mr. Ehab
I. Othman (Egypt).
All of thegraduates seemed happy to have an
opportunity to speak to theirbenefactor. They also had theprivilege to speak to Mr. E.
Mitropoulos who kindly found time
to join the reception. The reception
lasted until 9:00 p.m.

warm words of welcome.
They
enjoyed talking with the attendees.

At Marine Technical College
something I couldn't have done." In
the afternoon, the students visited
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransport (MLIT). They received ageneral explanation of Japan's
maritime administration from theDivision.
SafetyStandards
Afterwards they attended detailed
lectures from the Maritime Bureau,
Ports and Harbors Bureau and theJapan Coast Guard (JCG), divided
into five groups according to theirmajors.
At the reception on the evening of
September 14, the students werewelcomed by about 200 people fromthe field of maritime affairs
including members of "Friends." Mr.
Satoshi Yabe, Director- General,
Maritime Bureau, MLIT, gave them

Malmo Academic Chorus of Malmo University celebrating Fellows with beautiful tune
2

3

Arriving at the Consulate at 6:45 onthat evening, Mr. Sasakawa wasinvited to sit for a picture with
graduating Sasakawa Fellows. Thenhe was ushered together with thegraduates into the reception room
where dozens of people were awaiting
him, including the current studentsof the Class of 2005 and friendly

citizens of Malmo. A goodwill string
quartet welcomed Mr. Sasakawa withclassical selections.

Sasakawa Fellows at Kurushima Kaikyo Traffic Advisory Service CenterOn the field study tour, the students
visited two facilities of the Japan
Coast Guard; a refinery of Japan's
biggest oil company "Nippon Oil
Corporation"; one each of theleading shipbuilders and marine
engine makers "lmabari Shipbuilding
Co., Ltd." and "Yanmar Diesel Engine
Co., Ltd."; the Marine TechnicalCollege, and the Faculty of Maritime
Sciences, Kobe University.

culture through visits to Kinkaku- Ji(Golden Pavilion Temple), Nijo Castle
and Kiyomizu Temple. That evening,a farewell party was held, and theparticipants spent the last evening inJapan singing and laughing with
their friends. Lastly, let us take thisopportunity to express our gratitude
to all the people who kindly helped
implement this year's program.

The last program of Japan Field
Study was a small trip to Kyoto on
September 18, where the students
encountered traditional JapaneseStudy tour at Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd.

Fellows received warm hospitality at Saijo
Shipyard, lmabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.

Alumni News

Recent trends at IMO
appropriate action is taken against
persons committing unlawful acts
against ships. The Convention obliges
Contracting Governments either toextradite orprosecute alleged
offenders. Similar provisions arecontained in the SUA Protocol, relating
to unlawful acts against fixed
platforms located on the continental
shelf.

USS Cole, victim of terrorism, being towed away from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into the o p en sea

゜A;nW昇界゜二悶＼悶昇［塁 よthe year, what can we say
about IMO?
There were many events in 2004.
The New Year began with the accessionof Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos of
Greece to the position of Secretary­
General, the adoption of a newconvention
environmental
forprotection in February, the entry into
force of a new maritime security
regime July 1st, and the list goes on
and on.
This article is intended to report
recent trends at IMO by focusing on
the major issues of maritime safety,
maritime security and marine
environment, however it provides
limited information because of thelimited assigned space. Therefore I
recommend that you check details on
the website (http:/ /www.imo.org) on
the Internet.

1.2 Bulk carrier safety
At MSC 78, the committee approved

1.3 Goal-based new ship construction
standards(GBS)At MSC 78 the committee examined indetail the concept of the "goal-based"
standards for ships' construction andequipment and agreed to establish a
Working Group at the next session(MSC 79). The Working Group is
expected to discuss the matter taking
into account environmental, human,and security issues.
2. Ma『itime Secu『itySOL心XI-2 and ISPS Code*l
SOLAS XI— 2 and ISPS Code, providing
international
maritime
security
measures, entered into force on July 1,
2004. They were adopted by aConference on Maritime Security inDecember 2002.
The regulation applies to passenger
ships and cargo ships of 500 gross
tonnage and upwards, which engage ininternational voyages, and port
facilities serving such ships.

3.2 Revised MARPOL Annex I, Annex
II and IBC CodeMEPC 52 adopted the revised MARPOL
Annex I, Regulations for theprevention of pollution by oil, which is
expected to enter into force on
January 1, 2007. The revision provides
a user-friendly and simplified Annex I.
MEPC 52 adopted the revised MARPOL
Annex II, Regulations for the control ofpollution by noxious liquid substancesin bulk, which includes a new four­
category categorization system fornoxious and liquid substances. The
revised annex is expected to enter into
force on January 1, 2007. The revised
annex includes a number of othersignificant changes.

(from left) Mr. Pham, Ms. Xu, Mr. Xie, and Mr. Prasetyo with Mr. Sasakawa

On the way back from the WMU graduation ceremony of
October 10, Mr. Sasakawa visited London and had a meetingon the evening of October 11 with four Sasakawa Fellows who
were attending the MEPC meeting of IMO as representativesof their governments --- Mr. Heru Prasetyo, Transport andTelecommunication Attache of the Indonesian Embassy; Ms.
Xu Cuiming, first secretary of the Chinese Embassy; Mr. Xie
Hui, third secretary of the Chinese Embassy, and Mr. PhamHai Bang, Senior Surveyor of Vietnam Register. Mr. Sasakawa
was grateful to them for sparing time to come to see him
amidst their busy schedules. He stressed that the greatest
advantage of membership in "Friends" is that the members
have friends and colleagues wherever they go around theworld. Mr. Pham agreed with him, saying that studying at
WMU has helped him cultivate an internationally oriented
mind-set. Among other topics mentioned was that thedaughter of Ms. Xu is currently studying at Cardiff University,
majoring in maritime logistics. Mr. Sasakawa commended theXus' commitment to careers associated with maritime affairs.

Fellows cont r i buted to the "Sea and Human Secur ity" Workshop in H i rosh i ma

UNITAR Training Workshop on Sea and Human Security
was conducted in Hiroshima, Japan, from July 5th to 9th,
2004. Participants were distinguished mid-career andhigh-level governmental officials selected from the Asia—
Pacific region. Two Sasakawa Fellows, Sideth Mak (Chief ofGeneral Affairs, Ministry of Public Works and Transport,
Cambodia) and Retno Windari (Advisor to the Director for
Marine Safety, Department of Communications of the
Republic of Indonesia) were among them. Throughout theworkshop, participants and resource people discussed andconducted team exercises on topics of international
maritime dispute settlement, ocean governance structure,balance between environment and development, coastalzone management, marine environmental management
and industrial involvement, ports and sustainable
development, and marine environmental monitoring.

Mr. Mak and Ms. Windari dee p ened exchanges with SOF researchers, Ms.
Oyama, Ms. Tanaka, and Dr. Takahashi.

Consequential amendments to theInternational Bulk Chemical Code (IBC
Code) were also adopted reflecting thechanges to MA即OL Annexll .

*1 International Code for the Security of
Ships and of Port Facilities

3.3 Recycling of ships
MEPC 52 in October 2004 considered
the need to develop mandatory
measures for ship recycling, andagreed that certain parts of the IMO
Guidelines on Ship Recycling might begiven mandatory effect.

2.1 Amendments to suppression of
unlawful acts (SUA) treaties
A diplomatic Conference will be heldin October 2005, in order to adopt
amendments to the 1988 SUA
Convention and Protocol.
The SUA Convention ensures that

3.4 Greenhouse gases
MEPC 52 made progress on developing
draft Guidelines on the CO2 Indexing
Scheme and urged Members to carryout trials, using the draft Guidelines
on CO2 Indexing scheme, and to report
the results at MEPC 53.

Rector of VIMARU v isited Mr. Sasakawa On July 21, Dr. Dang Van Uy, rector of Vietnam Maritime―..

1. Maritime Safety
1.1 Permanent means of access
At MSC 76 in 2002, the committee
adopted the new regulation II-1/3-6 in
SOLAS chapter II-1, which is intended
to ensure that vessels can be properly
inspected throughout their lifespan bydesigning and building the ships toprovide suitable means for access.
Also, associated technical provisions
for means of access for inspections aremandatory under the new regulation.
The amendments are expected to enter
into force on January, 1 2006.

the draft amendments to SOLAS
chapter XII(Additionalsafetymeasures for bulk carriers) andchapter III (Life-saving appliances andarrangements), with a view tosubsequent adoption at MSC 79.

3. The prevention of marine pollution
from ships
3.1 International Convention for theControl and Management of Ships'
Ballast Water and Sediments
The International Conference on Ballast
Water Management adopted a newinternational convention to prevent thepotentially devastating effects of the
spread of harmful aquatic organisms
carried by ships'ballast water.

Reun i on i n London

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Mr. Duong (l eft) and Dr. Dang (right) with Mr. Sasakawa

University (VIMARU), paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Yohei
Sasakawa at the headquarters of The Nippon Foundation.
Welcoming Dr. Dang into a cozy guest room, Mr.
Sasakawa congratulated him on his recent promotion to
rector of the institute. In his conversation with the
VIMARU rector, Mr. Sasakawa touched on theFoundation's activities in Vietnam, including their efforts
to help develop maritime experts and support forhandicapped people. Dr. Dang admired the Foundation's
commitment to humanitarian work, while reiterating his
gratitude to Mr. Sasakawa for the WMU Sasakawa
Fellowship that has enabled VIM紐U staff members to
study at WMU. The two men renewed a friendship thathas been uninterrupted for more than a decade.

Alumni News

Recent trends at IMO
appropriate action is taken against
persons committing unlawful acts
against ships. The Convention obliges
Contracting Governments either toextradite orprosecute alleged
offenders. Similar provisions arecontained in the SUA Protocol, relating
to unlawful acts against fixed
platforms located on the continental
shelf.

USS Cole, victim of terrorism, being towed away from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into the o p en sea

゜A;nW昇界゜二悶＼悶昇［塁 よthe year, what can we say
about IMO?
There were many events in 2004.
The New Year began with the accessionof Mr. Efthimios E. Mitropoulos of
Greece to the position of Secretary­
General, the adoption of a newconvention
environmental
forprotection in February, the entry into
force of a new maritime security
regime July 1st, and the list goes on
and on.
This article is intended to report
recent trends at IMO by focusing on
the major issues of maritime safety,
maritime security and marine
environment, however it provides
limited information because of thelimited assigned space. Therefore I
recommend that you check details on
the website (http:/ /www.imo.org) on
the Internet.

1.2 Bulk carrier safety
At MSC 78, the committee approved

1.3 Goal-based new ship construction
standards(GBS)At MSC 78 the committee examined indetail the concept of the "goal-based"
standards for ships' construction andequipment and agreed to establish a
Working Group at the next session(MSC 79). The Working Group is
expected to discuss the matter taking
into account environmental, human,and security issues.
2. Ma『itime Secu『itySOL心XI-2 and ISPS Code*l
SOLAS XI— 2 and ISPS Code, providing
international
maritime
security
measures, entered into force on July 1,
2004. They were adopted by aConference on Maritime Security inDecember 2002.
The regulation applies to passenger
ships and cargo ships of 500 gross
tonnage and upwards, which engage ininternational voyages, and port
facilities serving such ships.

3.2 Revised MARPOL Annex I, Annex
II and IBC CodeMEPC 52 adopted the revised MARPOL
Annex I, Regulations for theprevention of pollution by oil, which is
expected to enter into force on
January 1, 2007. The revision provides
a user-friendly and simplified Annex I.
MEPC 52 adopted the revised MARPOL
Annex II, Regulations for the control ofpollution by noxious liquid substancesin bulk, which includes a new four­
category categorization system fornoxious and liquid substances. The
revised annex is expected to enter into
force on January 1, 2007. The revised
annex includes a number of othersignificant changes.

(from left) Mr. Pham, Ms. Xu, Mr. Xie, and Mr. Prasetyo with Mr. Sasakawa

On the way back from the WMU graduation ceremony of
October 10, Mr. Sasakawa visited London and had a meetingon the evening of October 11 with four Sasakawa Fellows who
were attending the MEPC meeting of IMO as representativesof their governments --- Mr. Heru Prasetyo, Transport andTelecommunication Attache of the Indonesian Embassy; Ms.
Xu Cuiming, first secretary of the Chinese Embassy; Mr. Xie
Hui, third secretary of the Chinese Embassy, and Mr. PhamHai Bang, Senior Surveyor of Vietnam Register. Mr. Sasakawa
was grateful to them for sparing time to come to see him
amidst their busy schedules. He stressed that the greatest
advantage of membership in "Friends" is that the members
have friends and colleagues wherever they go around theworld. Mr. Pham agreed with him, saying that studying at
WMU has helped him cultivate an internationally oriented
mind-set. Among other topics mentioned was that thedaughter of Ms. Xu is currently studying at Cardiff University,
majoring in maritime logistics. Mr. Sasakawa commended theXus' commitment to careers associated with maritime affairs.

Fellows cont r i buted to the "Sea and Human Secur ity" Workshop in H i rosh i ma

UNITAR Training Workshop on Sea and Human Security
was conducted in Hiroshima, Japan, from July 5th to 9th,
2004. Participants were distinguished mid-career andhigh-level governmental officials selected from the Asia—
Pacific region. Two Sasakawa Fellows, Sideth Mak (Chief ofGeneral Affairs, Ministry of Public Works and Transport,
Cambodia) and Retno Windari (Advisor to the Director for
Marine Safety, Department of Communications of the
Republic of Indonesia) were among them. Throughout theworkshop, participants and resource people discussed andconducted team exercises on topics of international
maritime dispute settlement, ocean governance structure,balance between environment and development, coastalzone management, marine environmental management
and industrial involvement, ports and sustainable
development, and marine environmental monitoring.

Mr. Mak and Ms. Windari dee p ened exchanges with SOF researchers, Ms.
Oyama, Ms. Tanaka, and Dr. Takahashi.

Consequential amendments to theInternational Bulk Chemical Code (IBC
Code) were also adopted reflecting thechanges to MA即OL Annexll .

*1 International Code for the Security of
Ships and of Port Facilities

3.3 Recycling of ships
MEPC 52 in October 2004 considered
the need to develop mandatory
measures for ship recycling, andagreed that certain parts of the IMO
Guidelines on Ship Recycling might begiven mandatory effect.

2.1 Amendments to suppression of
unlawful acts (SUA) treaties
A diplomatic Conference will be heldin October 2005, in order to adopt
amendments to the 1988 SUA
Convention and Protocol.
The SUA Convention ensures that

3.4 Greenhouse gases
MEPC 52 made progress on developing
draft Guidelines on the CO2 Indexing
Scheme and urged Members to carryout trials, using the draft Guidelines
on CO2 Indexing scheme, and to report
the results at MEPC 53.

Rector of VIMARU v isited Mr. Sasakawa On July 21, Dr. Dang Van Uy, rector of Vietnam Maritime―..

1. Maritime Safety
1.1 Permanent means of access
At MSC 76 in 2002, the committee
adopted the new regulation II-1/3-6 in
SOLAS chapter II-1, which is intended
to ensure that vessels can be properly
inspected throughout their lifespan bydesigning and building the ships toprovide suitable means for access.
Also, associated technical provisions
for means of access for inspections aremandatory under the new regulation.
The amendments are expected to enter
into force on January, 1 2006.

the draft amendments to SOLAS
chapter XII(Additionalsafetymeasures for bulk carriers) andchapter III (Life-saving appliances andarrangements), with a view tosubsequent adoption at MSC 79.

3. The prevention of marine pollution
from ships
3.1 International Convention for theControl and Management of Ships'
Ballast Water and Sediments
The International Conference on Ballast
Water Management adopted a newinternational convention to prevent thepotentially devastating effects of the
spread of harmful aquatic organisms
carried by ships'ballast water.

Reun i on i n London

5

4

Mr. Duong (l eft) and Dr. Dang (right) with Mr. Sasakawa

University (VIMARU), paid a courtesy visit to Mr. Yohei
Sasakawa at the headquarters of The Nippon Foundation.
Welcoming Dr. Dang into a cozy guest room, Mr.
Sasakawa congratulated him on his recent promotion to
rector of the institute. In his conversation with the
VIMARU rector, Mr. Sasakawa touched on theFoundation's activities in Vietnam, including their efforts
to help develop maritime experts and support forhandicapped people. Dr. Dang admired the Foundation's
commitment to humanitarian work, while reiterating his
gratitude to Mr. Sasakawa for the WMU Sasakawa
Fellowship that has enabled VIM紐U staff members to
study at WMU. The two men renewed a friendship thathas been uninterrupted for more than a decade.

Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies'Meeting〇昇二塁認：記□eg 竺ござeMeeting took place at the Museum of
Maritime Science in Tokyo, with theattendance of the representatives ofcoast guard agencies of 16 countries
and a region in Asia, as well as related

international organizations. The
meeting was supported by The Nippon
Foundation. Mr. Yohei Sasakawa
delivered a keynote address on June
17, which was followed by discussions
on countermeasures against piracy
and armed robbery and maritime

terrorism. The representatives adopted"Asia Maritime Security Initiative
2004" unanimously, asserting theircommon resolve to make concerted
efforts to address illegal acts at sea.
The following is the full text of Mr.
Sasa切wa's speech.

Keynot e Address

by Mr. Yohei Sasakawa

Please allow me to welcome you toJapan, and to this meeting onprotecting the safety of Asia's oceans. I
firmly believe that our meeting here
today is of the highest importance. The
dangers presented by the pirates oftoday make this meeting as vital tonational and regional safety as any
international summit.
The latter half of the 1990s saw a large
increase in piracy. There were evencases where sailors' lives were at risk. It
seemed as if pirates had escaped fromthe world of legend and folklore andsuddenly appeared in the present. Thissent shockwaves through the maritime
industry. At that time, I decided that tocombat this trend, we needed totranscend maritime borders. We
needed to build a cooperative structurethat would enable Asia's coast guards
to share information with each other.
Thus, in 1999 I approached then-Prime
Minister Keizo Obuchi. I presented him
with the idea of establishing a forum
for countries that benefit from Asia's
oceans. Here, we could discuss how tosecure regional safety through mutual
cooperation
sharedandresponsibilities. That year, when Prime
Minister Obuchi attended the ASEAN
Summit, he proposed an international
conference on anti-piracy measures.
He unfortunately fell ill before that
conference could be realized, but his
successor, Yoshiro Mori, continued topush this idea. As a result, in April
2000, Japan hosted the Regional
Conference on Combating Piracy.

In recent years, new international
conventions on ocean affairs andmaritime transport have been draftedby the IMO and related organizations.
Countries are being pressed to live byinternational rules and regulations, likethe U.N. Convention on the Law of the
Sea. This is a noble aim. And I firmly
believe that to achieve it, we must firstbuild up our capacity. This can be done
most effectively through interpersonal
networks.
Unfortunately, it is a fact that Asian
countries, including Japan, still lacksufficient human resources. This is

PSI Training conducted by J apan Coast Guard
better armed. Worse, we now must findsomething to do about maritime
terrorism.
The September 11 attacks in New York
shook the world. Following this, anti­terrorist measures were stepped up in
all countries. Even these have notalways been enough. In October 2002,
the French Tanker Limburg went up in
flames off the coast of Yemen. It was
the victim of a suicide attack. In ourarea of the world, a heavily armed
group of pirates now operates inIndonesian territorial waters, off thecoast of Aceh. This group was recently
linked to an international terrorist
organization.
The network of cooperation amongcoast guard agencies has been steadily
expanding since the conference washeld in 2000. It has proven highly
effective in protecting the safety of the
Asian seas.

group of pirates was arrested. This wasa direct result of regional informationexchange. Several piracy problems
have been resolved through such
multilateral cooperation.

Hideki lkehata
JICA Senior Volunteer

My work has taught me, more thananything else, that people from a variety
of sectors and organizations need towork together. For example, I havepersonally been engaged in leprosy
elimination work for the past 30 years.
Medical advances have virtuallyeliminated the disease as a publichealth problem. However, the social
issue of leprosy is far from over. Thus,
as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for
Leprosy Elimination, I continue to travel
the world with the aim of eliminating
the social discrimination suffered bythose affected by the disease.
In my fight, I have found that there arethree key points in achieving
elimination. First, political leaders musthave determination. Then, we mustobtain the cooperation of the media.
Finally, nothing is more important thancooperation between WHO, the World
Bank, governments, internationalorganizations, and NGOs.
The same three points apply to thesafety of the seas. The coastguard
commandants here today must have afirm resolve to eliminate maritime
crime. We must all work in cooperation
with the media and build a society that

especially true when compared with
the United States and Europe. Thus, myorganization places a strong emphasison capacity-building initiatives.
For example, we provide a fellowship
program at the World Maritime
University in Sweden. Nearly 300
students from 40 countries havereceived fellowships to date. These
Sasakawa Fellows are making valuable
contributions in their fields of study.
More importantly, they have created analumni network for sharing knowledge
across international borders.
We have started many new initiatives
in this field. Last year, we launched aatthescholarshipprogramInternational Maritime Law Institute in
Malta. We began to support training
for specialists in general bathymetriccharts of the oceans. We launched a
special course at the Partnership for
Observation of the Global Oceans, a

JICA Report on acti v ities in Tonga

Mariti me School Students of Tonga
Tonga is located in an area 20 degrees
south latitude, immediately west of thedateline, and is introduced as thecoun切where the sun rises earlier thanany place else in the world. Because ofthis, many people supposedly visited
Tonga in the year 2000 to see the firstsunrise of the millennium. With apopulation of 100,000, Tonga belongs to
the region of Polynesia. The people areof a fine stature and in rugby, thenational sport, they have produced
many world players of renown.
Perhaps with expectations of people ofthis fine stature, in 1985 the former
West Germany established a school to
train sailors to serve as crew members inWest Germany's merchant marine. In atrue German style, they trained staff
satisfactorily under a meticulous system,
but with various problems in the wake7

For instance, in March a meeting
between piracy experts was held in
Thailand. Immediately following that, a

Photos: J apan Coast Guard

6

This meeting had a very concrete
effect. In its wake, cooperation between
Asian coast guards was so strengthened
that large-scale piracy was brought toan end. International syndicates nolonger hijacked or robbed ships. Today,
we face new problems. Pirates are muchdoes not tolerate piracy and maritime
terrorism. We must harness the powerof international organizations such as
the IMO, 1MB and non-governmentalorganizations likeThe
NipponFoundation. We must encourage them
to work in close cooperation with coast
guard agencies.

of unification with East Germany, theGem姐ns withdrew from the program in
1993. Following that, the Tongans
managed the program on their own andthey coped with the shortage of
instructors initially by engaging
Australian volunteers temporarily.
However, they were not able to train
Tongan instructors and the program
ultimately suffered. The Australians had
also become fed up with the situation, so
the Tongan government approached
JICA with a request for JICA to dispatch
instructors. As a result, I was sent to
Tonga as a senior volunteer in April
2003. What really surprised me on
arrival was that the two study rooms
constructed by the Germans were in astate of disuse. In other words, theTongans were simply training "paper
drivers" without practical skills.
Following that, I was able to locate thesyllabus from the time the Germans
were in charge. This syllabus was
actually a very fine syllabus following
the IMO model course. However, due tothe shortage of instructors, the Tongans
failed to complete the teaching of theentire course. Therefore, I have been
giving repeated advice to the Ministry of
Education in Tonga to make even small
efforts to bring the school back to thesystem of education and training
initiated by the Germans. However, it ishard to reinstate a system once it has
fallen by the wayside and manydiffirulties lie ahead.
There are, however, two graduates of
WMU in Tonga. One is Mr. Tevita I. H.

scholarship program at the Seafarers
International Research Center of
Cardiff University, and a fellowship
program at the Division for Ocean
Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the
UN Office of Legal Affairs.
It is my sincere hope that the people
involved in these initiatives will
cooperate and share their knowledge,
thus aiding in the establishment of a
new international order of the seas. It
is vital for coast guard authorities ineach Asian country to cooperate in
the spirit of international law. Only
this cooperation will ensure thesecurity of Asia.
I look forward to some lively
discussions over the next two days. It is
my hope that, through this chance totalk, we will further strengthen the ties
between Asia's coast guard authorities.
In this way, we will improve the safetyof navigation in the Asian seas.

Kaufusi (2000), who is working as an
Assistant Operation Manager in the Port
Authority. The other is Mr. Sitalingi M.
Payne (2003), who is Assistant Secretary
at the Ministry of Marine and Ports. Bothmen have the No. 2 and No. 3 positionsin their respective departments and areworking effectively. The photo gives you
a good idea as to the stature of Tongans.
I am of average build for a Japanese of
my age.
In the area of land duties, a person canqualify to enter WMU with a Bachelor's
degree, like the above mentioned men
whograduatedfromoverseas
universities. However, this is rather
difficult for those with only sailor's
qualifications. Since the Germans left,
work opportunities on overseas-boundships have decreased as a result of thedecline in training. Consequently, it has
become more difficult for sailors to gain
adequate on-board experience, and eventhose who somehow do gain thisexperience have to go to a merchantmarine school in either New Zealand orAustralia, and there they must start at
Class 3, gradually advancing aftergaining this qualification. In all of Tonga,
there is only one person who has a Class
1 license in the ship's engineering
division. As of this past January, we
recommenced training using the German
syllabus. We are doing this in hopes thatin the near future there will be Tongans
who can qualify to enter WMU on thebasis of sailor qualifications. The
students are very enthusiastic, so we arelooking forward to future outcomes.

Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies'Meeting〇昇二塁認：記□eg 竺ござeMeeting took place at the Museum of
Maritime Science in Tokyo, with theattendance of the representatives ofcoast guard agencies of 16 countries
and a region in Asia, as well as related

international organizations. The
meeting was supported by The Nippon
Foundation. Mr. Yohei Sasakawa
delivered a keynote address on June
17, which was followed by discussions
on countermeasures against piracy
and armed robbery and maritime

terrorism. The representatives adopted"Asia Maritime Security Initiative
2004" unanimously, asserting theircommon resolve to make concerted
efforts to address illegal acts at sea.
The following is the full text of Mr.
Sasa切wa's speech.

Keynot e Address

by Mr. Yohei Sasakawa

Please allow me to welcome you toJapan, and to this meeting onprotecting the safety of Asia's oceans. I
firmly believe that our meeting here
today is of the highest importance. The
dangers presented by the pirates oftoday make this meeting as vital tonational and regional safety as any
international summit.
The latter half of the 1990s saw a large
increase in piracy. There were evencases where sailors' lives were at risk. It
seemed as if pirates had escaped fromthe world of legend and folklore andsuddenly appeared in the present. Thissent shockwaves through the maritime
industry. At that time, I decided that tocombat this trend, we needed totranscend maritime borders. We
needed to build a cooperative structurethat would enable Asia's coast guards
to share information with each other.
Thus, in 1999 I approached then-Prime
Minister Keizo Obuchi. I presented him
with the idea of establishing a forum
for countries that benefit from Asia's
oceans. Here, we could discuss how tosecure regional safety through mutual
cooperation
sharedandresponsibilities. That year, when Prime
Minister Obuchi attended the ASEAN
Summit, he proposed an international
conference on anti-piracy measures.
He unfortunately fell ill before that
conference could be realized, but his
successor, Yoshiro Mori, continued topush this idea. As a result, in April
2000, Japan hosted the Regional
Conference on Combating Piracy.

In recent years, new international
conventions on ocean affairs andmaritime transport have been draftedby the IMO and related organizations.
Countries are being pressed to live byinternational rules and regulations, likethe U.N. Convention on the Law of the
Sea. This is a noble aim. And I firmly
believe that to achieve it, we must firstbuild up our capacity. This can be done
most effectively through interpersonal
networks.
Unfortunately, it is a fact that Asian
countries, including Japan, still lacksufficient human resources. This is

PSI Training conducted by J apan Coast Guard
better armed. Worse, we now must findsomething to do about maritime
terrorism.
The September 11 attacks in New York
shook the world. Following this, anti­terrorist measures were stepped up in
all countries. Even these have notalways been enough. In October 2002,
the French Tanker Limburg went up in
flames off the coast of Yemen. It was
the victim of a suicide attack. In ourarea of the world, a heavily armed
group of pirates now operates inIndonesian territorial waters, off thecoast of Aceh. This group was recently
linked to an international terrorist
organization.
The network of cooperation amongcoast guard agencies has been steadily
expanding since the conference washeld in 2000. It has proven highly
effective in protecting the safety of the
Asian seas.

group of pirates was arrested. This wasa direct result of regional informationexchange. Several piracy problems
have been resolved through such
multilateral cooperation.

Hideki lkehata
JICA Senior Volunteer

My work has taught me, more thananything else, that people from a variety
of sectors and organizations need towork together. For example, I havepersonally been engaged in leprosy
elimination work for the past 30 years.
Medical advances have virtuallyeliminated the disease as a publichealth problem. However, the social
issue of leprosy is far from over. Thus,
as WHO Goodwill Ambassador for
Leprosy Elimination, I continue to travel
the world with the aim of eliminating
the social discrimination suffered bythose affected by the disease.
In my fight, I have found that there arethree key points in achieving
elimination. First, political leaders musthave determination. Then, we mustobtain the cooperation of the media.
Finally, nothing is more important thancooperation between WHO, the World
Bank, governments, internationalorganizations, and NGOs.
The same three points apply to thesafety of the seas. The coastguard
commandants here today must have afirm resolve to eliminate maritime
crime. We must all work in cooperation
with the media and build a society that

especially true when compared with
the United States and Europe. Thus, myorganization places a strong emphasison capacity-building initiatives.
For example, we provide a fellowship
program at the World Maritime
University in Sweden. Nearly 300
students from 40 countries havereceived fellowships to date. These
Sasakawa Fellows are making valuable
contributions in their fields of study.
More importantly, they have created analumni network for sharing knowledge
across international borders.
We have started many new initiatives
in this field. Last year, we launched aatthescholarshipprogramInternational Maritime Law Institute in
Malta. We began to support training
for specialists in general bathymetriccharts of the oceans. We launched a
special course at the Partnership for
Observation of the Global Oceans, a

JICA Report on acti v ities in Tonga

Mariti me School Students of Tonga
Tonga is located in an area 20 degrees
south latitude, immediately west of thedateline, and is introduced as thecoun切where the sun rises earlier thanany place else in the world. Because ofthis, many people supposedly visited
Tonga in the year 2000 to see the firstsunrise of the millennium. With apopulation of 100,000, Tonga belongs to
the region of Polynesia. The people areof a fine stature and in rugby, thenational sport, they have produced
many world players of renown.
Perhaps with expectations of people ofthis fine stature, in 1985 the former
West Germany established a school to
train sailors to serve as crew members inWest Germany's merchant marine. In atrue German style, they trained staff
satisfactorily under a meticulous system,
but with various problems in the wake7

For instance, in March a meeting
between piracy experts was held in
Thailand. Immediately following that, a

Photos: J apan Coast Guard

6

This meeting had a very concrete
effect. In its wake, cooperation between
Asian coast guards was so strengthened
that large-scale piracy was brought toan end. International syndicates nolonger hijacked or robbed ships. Today,
we face new problems. Pirates are muchdoes not tolerate piracy and maritime
terrorism. We must harness the powerof international organizations such as
the IMO, 1MB and non-governmentalorganizations likeThe
NipponFoundation. We must encourage them
to work in close cooperation with coast
guard agencies.

of unification with East Germany, theGem姐ns withdrew from the program in
1993. Following that, the Tongans
managed the program on their own andthey coped with the shortage of
instructors initially by engaging
Australian volunteers temporarily.
However, they were not able to train
Tongan instructors and the program
ultimately suffered. The Australians had
also become fed up with the situation, so
the Tongan government approached
JICA with a request for JICA to dispatch
instructors. As a result, I was sent to
Tonga as a senior volunteer in April
2003. What really surprised me on
arrival was that the two study rooms
constructed by the Germans were in astate of disuse. In other words, theTongans were simply training "paper
drivers" without practical skills.
Following that, I was able to locate thesyllabus from the time the Germans
were in charge. This syllabus was
actually a very fine syllabus following
the IMO model course. However, due tothe shortage of instructors, the Tongans
failed to complete the teaching of theentire course. Therefore, I have been
giving repeated advice to the Ministry of
Education in Tonga to make even small
efforts to bring the school back to thesystem of education and training
initiated by the Germans. However, it ishard to reinstate a system once it has
fallen by the wayside and manydiffirulties lie ahead.
There are, however, two graduates of
WMU in Tonga. One is Mr. Tevita I. H.

scholarship program at the Seafarers
International Research Center of
Cardiff University, and a fellowship
program at the Division for Ocean
Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the
UN Office of Legal Affairs.
It is my sincere hope that the people
involved in these initiatives will
cooperate and share their knowledge,
thus aiding in the establishment of a
new international order of the seas. It
is vital for coast guard authorities ineach Asian country to cooperate in
the spirit of international law. Only
this cooperation will ensure thesecurity of Asia.
I look forward to some lively
discussions over the next two days. It is
my hope that, through this chance totalk, we will further strengthen the ties
between Asia's coast guard authorities.
In this way, we will improve the safetyof navigation in the Asian seas.

Kaufusi (2000), who is working as an
Assistant Operation Manager in the Port
Authority. The other is Mr. Sitalingi M.
Payne (2003), who is Assistant Secretary
at the Ministry of Marine and Ports. Bothmen have the No. 2 and No. 3 positionsin their respective departments and areworking effectively. The photo gives you
a good idea as to the stature of Tongans.
I am of average build for a Japanese of
my age.
In the area of land duties, a person canqualify to enter WMU with a Bachelor's
degree, like the above mentioned men
whograduatedfromoverseas
universities. However, this is rather
difficult for those with only sailor's
qualifications. Since the Germans left,
work opportunities on overseas-boundships have decreased as a result of thedecline in training. Consequently, it has
become more difficult for sailors to gain
adequate on-board experience, and eventhose who somehow do gain thisexperience have to go to a merchantmarine school in either New Zealand orAustralia, and there they must start at
Class 3, gradually advancing aftergaining this qualification. In all of Tonga,
there is only one person who has a Class
1 license in the ship's engineering
division. As of this past January, we
recommenced training using the German
syllabus. We are doing this in hopes thatin the near future there will be Tongans
who can qualify to enter WMU on thebasis of sailor qualifications. The
students are very enthusiastic, so we arelooking forward to future outcomes.

NEWSLETTER
Ms. Malaluan recei ved a reco g n iti on award

Duringthe
Maritime
Industry
Authority's (MARINA) 30th Anniversary
Celebration on June 1, 2004, Ms. Sonia
B. Malaluan, Chief Accountant, a WMU
Shipping Management, '98 graduate,
and one of the Sasakawa Fellows in thePhilippines,
received a recognition
award on behalf of the Accounting
Division of the Agency, for having been
elevated to the HAU OF FAME by the
Association of Government Accountantsof the Philippines, Inc., as the Most
Outstanding Accounting Office/Unit

under the Government Sector for threeconsecutive years.
The award wasgiven using the criteria of accuracy,
timeliness, completeness and reliabilityof accounting data and financial
statements, as evaluated by the different
government agencies in the Philippines,
such as the Commission on Audit,
Department of Budget and Management
and the Land Bank of the Philippines,
among others, who are all active
members of the Association ofGovernment Accountants.

Message from the Secretariat

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加 N ip四Foun紐[On゜図:r:ta信General, M r Efthimios Mitropou los,c onfer red M ster of Scien ce degrees
on t he Cl ss of 2004: 104 st udents
from 47 differen t c ountries. M r Weng
Mengyong, Chin 's Vice-Minister forCommu nic tion s,ndProfessor
Christ opher Amey w -Akumfi, G加n 's
Minister for Ports, H rbours n d
R ilw ys were the G uests of Hon or.

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Once again this year my work took me overseas on
several occasions. An enjoyable aspect of travelingabroad is that I have the opportunity to meet WMU
graduates and Sasakawa Fellows everywhere I go.
There are now over 2,000 WMU graduates andover 10% of these are Sasakawa Fellows. For a
person like me working in the maritime field, they
are encouraging business partners who at the sametime can be considered rivals! That aside, it isindeed a blessing for a teacher to be able toobserve firsthand his former students engaging in

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Editor's Postscript

The world is a family, and all humankind are brothers and sisters.

Dual Blessings at the Graduation Ceremony

Let us celebrate our new family members!

Ms. Sandra Rita Alnutt (1999 Brasil), who met
her husband in Malmo while she was a WMU
student, had her first baby, William, in December
2003. Recently she restarted her carrier as M.Sc.
Naval Architect at the Department of Load Line &Tonnage, Germanischer Lloyd AG (left).
Ms. Stella Katondo (2001 Tanzania) had ababy girl, Agnes Moka, as her first-born on
October 6th, 2004. She also was promoted to thepost of Operations Officer of Tanzania Harbour
Authority recently (right).
Mr. Sasakawa sent congratulatory cards to them.

riends ofvarious activities.
Every edition, I am at my wits' end in efforts tocollect contributions and edit this newsletter, so I
sincerely look forward to receiving more voluntarysubmissions of information from Fellows in the
future. I would like to take this opportunity to wish
a happy New Year to all of you!

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Pro Toshio Hikima
Maritime Technical College

This newsletter is published under a grant from The Nippon Foundation
to promote communication among the Sasakawa Fellows of WMU (World Maritime
University) and edited by the Ship & Ocean Foundation in cooperation with
Mr. Naoto Nakagawa, Prof. Toshio Hikima, Ms. Masako B. Otsuka, and Ms. Sue Jackson.
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For
many
Sasakawa
Fellows,
graduating and current, who
attended the graduation ceremony
this year, Mr. Sasakawa's presence
there added to the consciousness of
their outstanding solidarity in theever expanding community of WMU.
Sasakawa Fellows have for long
looked forward to the presence of
Mr. Sasakawa at the graduation
ceremony. It finally was realized.
Not only that,
he joined theplatform party as one of the firstrecipients of the university's
honorary doctorate of science that
WMU has recently instituted as its
doctoral course program has
successfully developed.
All theSasakawa Fellows were proud to see
Mr. Sasakawa on the platform,
dressed in a dazzling scarlet
academic gown, side by side with Mr.
W. O'Neil, the other recipient of thehonorary doctorate. Mr. Sasakawa
was conferred with the doctorate bythenewchancellor
Mr.
E.
Mitropoulos, secretary general of
IMO, amidst hearty applause fromthe large audience.

Mr. Sasakawa expressing his cordial gratitude upon receiving the honorary doctorate
As the conferring of M.Sc. degrees
proceeded, it turned out that
another piece of good news awaited
Sasakawa Fellows. Ms. Li Ying ofChina received the year's chancellor
medal for the student with the mostexcellent academic performance.
Furthermore, among the next five
top students who deserved special
remarks from Dr. K. Laubstein werefour Sasakawa Fellows --- Mr. R.E.
Villanueva Jr. (the Philippines), Mr.
Fernando
Bustamante
Igartua(Mexico), Mr. Donny Michael (India),and Ms. Archana Varma (India).
The seventeen months of hard work
have ended for the students of theClass of 2004 --- the days of laughterand maybe some tears when
thinking of their dear families backhome. The graduation ceremony
witnessed many happy reunions.
Kind words and admiration fromtheir family members are no doubt
the most valuable reward to thegraduates for their painstaking
efforts at WMU, which are sure to beremembered in detail years later.

Mr. Sasakawa and Ms. Li with chancellor medal