25. The Meeting noted that Malaysia will organise ASEAN Bamboo Symposium on 27-29 September 2016.The objectives of symposium are to enhance the multilateral collaborative efforts on bamboo related technology among the ASEAN countries for research and educational purpose; topromote awareness of bamboo as sustainable resources, to promote commercialization of bamboo products and to promote the community involvements in bamboo industries to elevate their livelihood and socio-economics status.The detail information of the event is available on http://abs2016.uitm.edu.my.