NJC_2020_H2_P2_Prelims

NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE SENIOR HIGH 2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS Higher 2 HISTORY 9752/02 Paper 2 The Making of Independent Southeast Asia (Independence – 2000) 14 September 2020 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 question paper consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

2 SECTION A You must answer Question 1. ASEAN Economic Cooperation in the 1990s 1 Read the sources and answer the questions which follow. Source A Many of Asia's industries are way beyond the infant stage, but some still cling to protectionist tariffs like an overgrown child to a security blanket. Despite a recent agreement to accelerate ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)'s implementation, threats of delays lurk. Most disturbing is the call by the chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce: "Indonesia needs to pull back from AFTA because the current domestic economic situation has yet to be conducive for such a move." The grouping needs concrete action toward AFTA to lure back foreign investors, which could help kick recovery into high gear. With that in mind, ministers have moved up their deadlines for eliminating import duties by five years. If Jakarta hints at foot-dragging, it will tempt other members to follow suit. Already, Malaysia has said it will not carry out tariff cuts on cars. Adapted from an American newspaper editorial, October 1999. Source B When the crisis broke into public view, the answer was immediate. The “observers” and “analysts” in the media, concluded: Surely, at the very least, the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) is dead. The real impact of the crisis has been to pull the ASEAN countries more closely together. ASEAN decided to move faster on AFTA. They have agreed that, for the older members, AFTA products would have tariffs of no more than 0 -5 percent by 2002. Although there is a time lag for the newer members, the schedule has been accelerated for them too. So much for the prediction of AFTA’s death. Since the onset of the crisis, ASEAN’s finance ministers have greatly intensified their consultations. One mechanisms for such consultations is the ASEAN surveillance process established last year. The min isters have also been developing a common position on the issues arising from attempts to review the international financial system. They insist that any measures adopted must be flexible, and take into account the pa