This document contains four papers from a symposium on human resource development (HRD) issues in Asia. "The Japanese Human Resource Development System" (Kiyoe Harada) provides a comprehensive model of the Japanese HRD system based on the current state of the art, including management practices and issues and trends in Japanese HRD. "Structured On-the-Job Training: Status, Impacts, and Implementation Issues in Singapore Organizations" (Ronald L. Jacobs, A. Ahad Osman-Gani) reports on a survey of Singapore work organizations that documented the various forms and benefits of on-the-job training in five economic sectors. "Transfer of Training Programs for Multinational Chain Hotels in Korea" (Doo H. Lim, Rose Mary Wentling) presents a cross-case analysis of transferred training programs of multinational chain hotels in Korea that demonstrated how such programs are shaped by the interacting factors in a three-level hierarchy: cultural and technical, organizational, and personal. "Human Resource Development: The Key to Sustainable Growth and Competitiveness of Singapore" (A. Ahad Osman-Gani, Wee-Liang-Tan) examines the HRD strategies that have been adopted in Singapore and the implications of HRD practices in Singapore for development of a national strategic HRD policy in other nations. (MN)