There are four categories of membership in the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry.

Ordinary Members: professional optometric organizations

Affiliate Members: organizations of special interest whose activities generally support the mission of the Council.

Patron Members: individuals, organizations, firms or corporations which contribute by donation, in a particular financial year, monies, goods, human resources or material services for the purposes of assisting the Council to achieve its objectives.

Distinguished Person Members: a lifetime honor bestowed upon individuals who have made a distinguished contribution anywhere in the world to promote the advancement of primary eye and vision care by optometrists and/or persons who have served the Council in a meritorious manner.

How to Become a Member

Please complete the membership application form if your organization meets the qualification and would like to apply for membership in the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry. Forward the complete form and accompanying documents to the Secretary, APCO.

Inquiries on membership should be directed to:

Prof. Carly Lam
Secretary, Asia Pacific Council of Optometry
School of Optometry
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hunghom, Kowloon
HONG KONG

carlylam@asiapacificoptometry.org

Current Members

APCO now represents 21 optometric organizations from Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and the US.

Australia
Optometrists Association Australia http://www.optometrists.asn.au

Cambodia
Optometrist Society of Cambodia

Canada
Canadian Association of Optometrists http://www.opto.ca/en/index.html


China
China National Optometry Centre

Fiji

Fiji Optometric Association


Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Association of Private Practice Optometrists http://www.hkappo.org.hk/

The Hong Kong Optometric Association http://www.hkoa.org.hk
The Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists http://www.hkspo.org.hk

 

India

Indian Optometric Association

 

Japan

Japan Optometric Association http://www.thejoa.org

All Japan Optometric and Optical Association

 

Korea

Korean Optometric Association http://www.optic.or.kr/english_site/html/main.htm

 

Malaysia

Association of Malaysian Optometrists http://www.amoptom.org/index.html

Malaysian Association of Practising Opticians http://www.mapo.org.my

 

New Zealand

New Zealand Association of Optometrists http://www.nzao.co.nz

   

Philippines

Optometric Association of the Philippines

 

Singapore

Singapore Optometric Association http://www.optometrists.org.sg

 

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Optometric Association


Taiwan
Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology http://op.ctust.edu.tw/front/bin/home.phtml
School of Optometry, Chung Shan Medical University http://optometry.csmu.edu.tw

US
American Optometric Association http://www.aoa.org

 


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