ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
| Item title | Author | Description | Language | Accession Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The National Administrative Reform | Outlines the administration of the National Administrative Reform Council (NARC), citing the need to have a reform, foreign policy, the speech of the Prime Minister Thanin Kraiwixian, and the appointment of Constitution Drafting committee. Contains an announcement of 1976 constitution, the speech of Admiral Sangad Chaloyu-Chief of NARC, policy announcement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and an announcement of government policy. Deals with ...Continue Reading | Thai | 06470 | |
| Asian Survey | Grossholtz, Jean | Discusses political parties versus powers of the President in the Philippines. Covers progress of Marcos' administration regarding anti-smuggling, increasing rice production, building adequate roads, and combatting crime. Explains Marcos' conflict with the growing nationalist movement. Mentions Sabah issue and ASEAN | English | 06026 |
| Singapore'76 | Reviews Singapore in 1976 in terms of an overview of the Soviet fishing fleets as the joint Soviet-Singapore venture, the domestic developments and prospects of the ruling People's Action Party (PAP), and the paradox of Singapore in trying to be like others to be a normal country. Describes the foreign investment in Singapore, a doubling of the real growth rate in Singapore's economy, sterilization and literacy of education, containing the commu ...Continue Reading | English | 04337 | |
| South-East Asia Reconsidered | Kattenburg, Paul M | Surveys the area of Southeast Asia in the light of the Communist take-over in Indo-china. Provides the three propositions about Southeast Asia developed as a result of the writer's visit to the region in 1974. Reviews the Communism in Southeast Asia in terms of the rhetoric of contending ideological poles in the post-war history of East and Southeast Asia, the Western policy objective of keeping the rest of Asia free , and factors perceived ...Continue Reading | English | 04249 |
| The Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Deals with the establishment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its responsibilities, and organization. Outlines early external relations, contact with the West, from extraterritoriality to equality, treaties of friendship, foreign assistance agreements, and Colombo Plan. Covers membership and participation in international organizations citing international organizations of which Thailand is a member, role in UN and related agencies, and tech ...Continue Reading | English | 03642 | |
| Thailand Not Spared World Recession | Charoonphan Issarangkul | Presents the statement of Foreign Minister Charconphan Issarangkul at the ASEAN meeting in Manila in November 1974. Touches on the trend of developments inside Thailand in terms of constitutional and political institutions after the events of October 1973. Reviews briefly the overall economic growth rate in 1973 and the average rate of inflation in the first 7 months of 1974. Notes the realize of the Government to call for a new emphasis on de ...Continue Reading | English | 03529 |
| Thai Exports | Sullivan, Joseph E | Focuses on production, price, and exports of rice, sugar, maize, rubber, tapioca, and tin in 1975. Includes government policies for Thai exports. Points out that world events will affect Thailand's trade position. Concentrates on rice export trade, citing that the government is attempting to build up a rice buffer stock among private rice traders in order to maintain purchases of paddy and encourage farmers to increase rice output. Notes that ...Continue Reading | English | 03523 |
| Comparative Studies in Southeast Asian Education | Wong Hoy Kee Francis | Presents the meaning, purpose and the importance of comparative studies in education at present. Points out history, methodology, and levels of study of comparative studies. Provides general setting of five selected countries of Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. Outlines the educational structure of these countries, noting primary, secondary, university and teacher education the private school vocatio ...Continue Reading | English | 03450 |
| Mid-year Review 1975 | Analyzes local political events during the premiership of Sanya Dhammasak, Seni Pramoj, and Kukrit Pramoj and forecasts the future of ASEAN. Surveys economics in terms of inflation, labor unrest, production and trade, and export commodities. Covers industry, money and banking, securities exchange, and investment declines. Reports on the conflicts of interest between pressure groups, and outlines the world politics in general. Summarizes the s ...Continue Reading | English | 03036 | |
| The ASEAN: Problems and Prospects in a Changing World | Sarasin Viraphol | Presents the proceedings of the Conference on the ASEAN: Problems and Prospects in a Changing World held at Chulalongkorn University during December 18-20, 1975. Focuses on the existing obstacles and problems of ASEAN with a view toward contributing to future endeavors in ensuring a degree of integration in the region. Delivers the welcoming statement of Professor. Toermsakdi Krisnamara, Rector of Chulalongkorn University the opening statem ...Continue Reading | English | 02797 |
