The purpose of the Update is to provide the reader with a broad overview of APEC fora activities in 1998 and to facilitate more direct involvement in APEC’s work by the business and private sector.

• Introduction
• Committee on Trade & Investment
• Economic Committee
• Budget and Administrative Committee
• Working Groups
• Policy Level Group on SME
• Agricultural Technical Cooperation Experts Group
• Sustainable Development
• TILF Special Account
• Public Affairs
• Communications & Database System
• Research & Analysis
• Study Centres Consortium
• APEC Contacts
• Abbreviations
• Index
• Update of Activites within APEC: Survey Form