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ST. ANDREW'S JUNIOR COLLEGE JC 2 Preliminary Examinations HISTORY H2 9731/1 Paper 2 History of Southeast Asia, c. 1900-1997 Thursday 17 September 2009 3 hours Additional Materials: Writing Paper Cover Sheet TIME: 3 Hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer any three questions. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES Begin each question on a separate piece of paper. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together in order. DO NOT spend more than 45 minutes on any question. All questions on this paper carry equal marks of 25 marks each. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. This Question Paper consists of 4 printed pages including this one [ T u r n O v e r ]

Section A You must answer Question 1. ASEAN’s Cooperation 1. Read the sources, and t hen answer the question which follows. When answering Question 1 candidates are advis ed to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of the Sources both individually and as a group. Source A In August 1988, Chatichai Cho onhaven assumed office as th e new prime minister of Thailand. Chatichai came to power declaring his intention of turning Indochina from a "battlefield to a trading market." Chaticha i represented emerging business interests and intellectual elites, both of whom strongly disagreed with Th ailand's established policy toward Vietnam. His New Look Diplomacy followe d from the idea that the situation in Indochina was radically differ ent in 1988 than it had been in 1978. During this period, Vietnam and Thailand began discussing numerous economic arrangements and formal treaties. The Thai military ov erthrew Chatichai in February 1991, but even this coup did not change the Thai government’s general tone towards Vietnam: the generals maintained most of the previous government’s Vietnam initiatives. A Canadian-based academic on ASEAN, 2002. Source B In the thirty six years since the foundi ng of ASEAN, Southeast Asia has witnessed phenomenal economic growth, so cial progress and cultural development. These things are undoubtedly the by-products of a peaceful and stable ASEAN Community. ASEAN cooperation has spread beyond the intergovernmental fram ework. In business, our entrepreneurs have gotten toget her to form many mechani sms, notably the ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the ASEAN Petroleum Council. Address by Ong Keng Yong, Secretary-General of ASEAN, at the 6th Hitachi Young Leaders Initiative - Thailand, 9 December 2003. Source C But perhaps the clearest illustration of “str uctural empowerment” that Third World countries can achieve through bloc politics occurred in the late 1970s in the dispute between ASEAN and Australia ov er the latter’s new International Civil