PSI Asia Pacific Regional Office is committed to implementing the 30% quota of young members participation in all activities in this region. Recently about thirty young members participated in the QPS Workshop in Manila, Philippines from 1 to 3 December 2009.

Chiranjibi Guragain, Youth Network Coordinator of Nepal gave me a brief report on his participation. He explained that QPS is core campaign of Public Services International and its public sector unions.

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By Tan Sze Wei, APYN Coordinator

” All for One and One for All”

Right in the middle of the Public Services International’s Quality Public Services workshop, this slogan came to my mind. The workshop was held in Manila from 1 Dec -3 Dec 09. One of the highlights of the workshop was Prof. Fumio Kaneko’s presentation on International Solidarity Levy (ISL). Prof. Kaneko from Yokohama City University presented on the necessity of campaigning for ISL as a tool to solve the three major global crises namely, poverty, rampant financial speculation and climate change.

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By Ms. Tan Sze Wei, PSI AP Young Workers Representative (APYN Coordinator)

Drawing a parallel to British economist, John Maynard Keynes’s Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren, Jeffrey D. Sachs, celebrated economist and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked in his book, The End of Poverty, “Will we have the good judgment to use our wealth wisely, to heal a divided planet, to end the suffering of those still trapped in poverty, and to forge a common bond of humanity, security, and shared purpose across cultures and regions?”

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