LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

It is a great honour and pleasure for me to chair this presentation with Elaine Newman on "Integrated bio-system for a feedlot-abattoir-meat processing and research complex in Bali" by Mr Jacky Foo and Dr Simon Appleby.

Jacky Foo needs no introduction to participants of this conference, who
know him for his tireless work in all aspects of this conference, as well
as his vast knowledge of the theme of the meeting. I feel particularly
honoured to be the chairperson of the session where the "architect" of this
meeting is presenting a paper. I would like, on behalf the co-chairperson
and the audience, to take this opportunity to thank Jacky for all the hard
work he has put into the Internet conference. Jacky, thank you very much.

Jacky's impressive background is available for all to read. Nevertheless, I
would like to highlight a few of his accomplishments. Jacky has had many
years of experience in the field of agro-industrial microbiology in many
parts of the world, and he has been honoured for his vast contributions in
the field with Fellowship of the World Academy of Art and Science.
Currently he is the Director of UNESCO's Microbiological Resource Centre in
Stockholm, Sweden, which Centre serves the Scandinavian Region; he is also
a member of the Board of the Biofocus Foundation.

Dr Simon Appleby who is co-authoring the paper with Jacky Foo holds a first
degree in Veterinary medicine from the University of Melbourne in
Australia. He also holds a Masters degree in the same field from the
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. (As an aside, I would like
to add that I have visited the University of Queensland a number of times,
and that I first met Prof Horst Doelle, a chairman and an active
participant in this conference) in that university during my first visit to Australia in 1971).

Dr Appleby has maintained an active interest in health, nutrition,
management and meat science, as well as in cost-effective and sound manure
disposal practice, the latter of which is at the heart of the theme of this
conference. He runs an agri-business consultancy company, and has also
entered production in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the experience and competence of these two authors as
reflected in their excellent paper will be further brought out in the discussion which follow.

I now invite discussion of the paper on Integrated bio-system for a
feedlot-abattoir-meat processing and research complex in Bali by Mr  Jacky
Foo and Dr Simon Appleby.

Thank you.
Prof Nduka Okafor