Summary : The fiscal year 1997 / 98 was a year of aggressive marketing of all VOCTECH's income-generating activities. The efforts placed by the Centre's Management and staff resulted in an increase in training programmes conducted and participants, majority being fee-paying. 40 training programmes conducted, a total of 2047 participants, an increase of 140.5 % from 96/97, 1075, or 52.5% of them were fee-paying participants. To ensure quality programmes, the Centre engaged 32 reputable international and local consultants and resource persons. To enhance research in the Centre, a collaborative research project entitled "A Study on the Existing Practices of Certification and Accreditation Systems in VTET in SEAMEO Member Countries" was undertaken and is still on-going. All efforts are directed to increasing the Unallocated Fund i.e increasing fee-paying activities: VIH occupancy rate, customised programmes / fee-paying participants, rental of facilities and services. The Centre is also aggressively strengthening research through collaborations with other reputable research organisations and publications like the VOCTECH journal.