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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