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Copyright. Raffles Institution, Southeast Asia History Preliminary Examination 2012 RAFFLES INSTITUTION Year 6 Preliminary Examinations 2012 HISTORY 9731/02 Higher 2 10 September 20 12 Paper 2 History of Southeast Asia c1900-1997 3 hours COVER SHEET Name : CT class : Question No. For Examiner’s Use Only Marks 1 TOTAL

Copyright. Raffles Institution, Southeast Asia History Preliminary Examination 2012 RAFFLES INSTITUTION Year 6 Preliminary Examinations 2012 HISTORY 9731/02 Higher 2 10 September 20 12 Paper 2 History of Southeast Asia c1900-1997 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and CT class on the cover sheet and all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Indicate the question numbers attempted in the space provided on the cover sheet. Section A Answer Question 1 . Section B Answer any three questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work and the cover sheet securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 5 printed pages, including the cover sheet.

RAFFLES INSTITUTION 201 2 3 Section A You must answer Question 1. ASEAN UNITY AND REGIONAL COOPERATION 1 Read the sources, and then answer the question. Source A The Prime Minister [General Prem Tinsulanonda of Th ailand] emphasised that it is in the interest of every nation in Southeast Asia to cooperate to make peace and prosperity a reality for all the peoples. This is what ASEAN stands for. The removal of the Kampuchean problem would be conducive to the realisation of ASEAN’s ultimate go al, namely to secure Southeast Asia as a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality. The Foreign Ministers [from all ASEAN member states ] reviewed the situation in Kampuchea and expressed their deep concern that the continued Vie tnamese military occupation of Kampuchea still posed a serious threat to the peace and stability o f the Southeast Asian region as well as to international peace and security. They reiterated t heir call for a comprehensive political settlement in Kampuchea that would provide for a total withdra wal of all foreign forces from Kampuchea and the exercise of the right of the Kampuchea people to self-determination. From the Joint Report of the Sixteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting held in Bangkok, June 1983. . Source B The proposal to neutralize Southeast Asia was unlik ely to achieve any mileage for several reasons. Only a small minority of states of the region viewe d their independ