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1 Name:__________________________________________ Class:_____________ JURONG PIONEER JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 Preliminary Examination 2025 HISTORY 9174/02 Higher 2 18 September 2025 Paper 2 Developments in Southeast Asia (Independence – 2000) 3 hours Additional materials: Answer Booklet READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST An answer booklet will be provided with this question paper. You should follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper, ask the invigilator for a continuation booklet. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. [Turn over

2 Section A You must answer Question 1. ASEAN REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION 1 Read the sources and answer the questions which follow. Source A The idea of a free trade zone within ASEAN is at the moment “taboo”, and something the regional five do not discuss, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday at a press conference in the Istana. The Prime Minister said the term ‘free trade zone’ aroused immediate “tremendous emotional upset”. He added: “The idea of having to compete on par within ASEAN and having to lower one’s barriers of taxes and having factories wither away because they are inefficient, immediately makes it a taboo word”. He stressed that the first priority was to get on with what the Association has ag reed on – and that was the preferential trading agreement. “Let us concentrate on what we have achieved – the PTA; let us get on with the five projects and let the experience of this implementation be a process of education which must take place”. From a Straits Times article, April 1977. Source B As the ASEAN summit in early 1992 approaches, there appears to be renewed support for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA). The idea was revived by Thai Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun earlier this year, and was supported by Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Thailand endorsed the idea of achieving the AFTA by the turn of the century whereas Singapore has been more cautious in suggesting that it be reached in 20 years. At the recent ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad also indicated support for the AFTA idea. Indonesia, which has traditionally been more reluctant to reduce its trade barriers, is now in a more amenable position to accept the AFTA since it has already undertaken substantial unilateral liberalisation on its own. The rising economic performance and confidence of Indonesia will be an important contributory factor to the long-term success of the AFTA. Singapore and Malaysia wholly supported the AFTA proposal. Indonesia and Philippines had some reservations on how fast they should go and pointed to the existing dif