The National Association of Cambodian Scouts (NACS) is now a full member of World Scouting family as the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) announced its admission on 1st July 2008.

Members of the APR Financial Resources Sub-Committee met together in Hong Kong on 14th June 2008, hosted by the Hong Kong Scout Association.

Designed to strengthen the regional cooperation among Training Commissioners and Adult Leaders and to review the importance of their role in managing adult resources at all levels, the Scouts of China hosted the Gathering of National Training Commissioners from 8th to 9th June 2008 and APR Seminar on Adult Resources Management from 10th to 13th on the same month in Taipei, Taiwan.

The second school built and funded by the Tsunami Scout Aid Fund (TSAF) was inaugurated on 27 May 2008 in the presence of Regional Director Abdullah Rasheed after it was hugely destroyed by the strong earthquake that hit Pakistan in October 2005.

The second in the series of the on-going Committee NSO Visit (CNV) was held in Pakistan from 15th to 17th May 2008 headed by Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Committee Chairman Jejomar C Binay along with committee member Mr Prakorb Mukura and Mr Syed Pervez Ali Shah Jillani.

For the first time, Sri Lanka Scouts Association (SLSA) organized the National Scout Youth Forum and elected six young people to represent themselves.

As their own contribution of saving the environment, Boy scout of the Philippines (BSP) launched a massive tree planting project in partnership with local government and private organizations.

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Regional Scout Committee members John Ravenhall and Mr Prakorb Mukura joined with Regional Director Abdullah Rasheed for Indonesia from 17th to 19th March 2008 for its first Committee NSO Visit (CNV).

The first preparatory meeting of the 23rd APR Scout Conference held from 24-25 March 2008 in Kuala Lumpur with the presence of the key people both from the regional office and the host National Scout Organization.