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MJC/ JC2 PRELIM EXAMS 2015/ H2 HISTORY 9731 (2) 1 MERIDIAN JUNIOR COLLEGE Preliminary Examination Higher 2 ___________________________________________________________________ H2 History 9731 Paper 2: History of Southeast Asia c.1900-1997 21 September 2015 3 Hours ___________________________________________________________________ READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics group clearly on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black ball point pen on both sides of the paper. Write the number of the question that you are attempting in the margin of every sheet of paper used. Start each question on a fresh sheet of paper. At the end of the examination, fasten this cover sheet and all your answers (in chronological order) securely together. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. All questions in this paper carry 25 marks. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. Question Marks 1 Total ___________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 4 printed pages.

MJC/ JC2 PRELIM EXAMS 2015/ H2 HISTORY 9731 (2) 2 SECTION A You must answer Question 1. ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS (AFC) AND ASEAN REGIONAL COOPERATION 1. Read the sources and then answer the question which follows. Source A The effects of globalisation and the region’s economic and financial crisis have not only caused outsiders to doubt our efficacy, but also forced us to rethink our role…On the one hand, we have the Vision of 2020, which talks about “a stable, prosperous and highly competitive ASEAN E conomic Region in which there is free flow of goods, services and investments, yet on the other hand, we seem to be unable to agree on the sectors to be liberalised. Surin Pitsuwan, Thailand’s foreign minister, at the ASEAN post-ministerial conference meeting in Singapore, July 1999. Source B The oft-cited example of ASEAN’s inability to deal with regional issues is the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997. ASEAN member states took individual actions to alleviate their own situations, without consultation with the other members, leading to the complete neglect of ASEAN during the crisis period. This not only showed the ineffectiveness of ASEAN to deal with regional issues but also provided a powerful catalyst for the emergence of a new concept of regional security by pressing its member states to crit ically examine the old concept of security, based on the principle of non -interference. First, ASEAN is now more willing and able to discuss the domestic policies of its member states, insofar as they have regional ramifications... Extract taken from “Asian Financial Crisis and ASEAN’s concept of security”, a working paper from an academic, 2008. Source C The general consensus is that up to the end of the Cold War, ASEAN’s record of