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NANYANG JUNIOR COLLEGE Year Two Preliminary Examination 2018 HISTORY Paper 2 The Making of Independent Southeast Asia (Independence to 2000) No Additional Materials are required READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and civics tutorial group on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 5 printed pages. [Turn over 9752/02 19 SEP 2018 3 hours

2 9752/02 H2 History Preliminary Examination 2018 Section A You must answer Question 1. THE EXPANSION OF ASEAN 1 Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. Source A Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told more than 100 journalists that the decision to admit the three countries was a unanimous one, “We are satisfied that they are all prepared to be ASEAN members.” He then faced a barrage of questions from reporters who wanted to know if ASEAN was sending a signal to the United States not to interfere in its affairs. The US has maintained that Myanmar should not be admitted into the grouping until its military regime improves its human rights record. Datuk Abdullah replied: “We are not sending any signals to anyone. We are just doing what is best for the region and ASEAN.” There were some concerns over the political situation in Myanmar and Cambodia. But The Sunday Times understands that consensus was reached after foreign ministers met late into the night on Friday and for over two hours yesterday. The prevailing view on Myanmar was that it would be easier to influence the military regime once it was an ASEAN member. An excerpt from an article, “ASEAN to admit Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos in July”, published in a Singapore newspaper, 1 June 1997. Source B The Myanmar issue has already shaken up the Southeast Asian grouping, which has been criticized in the past for its policy of not interfer ing in the internal affairs of member states. ASEAN appeared to break with this tradition duri ng its annual ministerial meeting last month, demanding the Nobel peace laureate’s release. Mahathir said,