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© ACJC 2016 9731/02/Preliminary Exams/16 ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE Preliminary Examinations JC2 HISTORY 9731/02 Paper 2: History of Southeast Asia, 1900 – 1997 26 August 2016 3 hours Additional Materials: Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your class, index number and name on 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. Answer four questions. You must answer Question 1 (Section A) and three questions from Section B. Begin each question on a fresh sheet of paper. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 4 printed pages. [Turn over]

© ACJC 2016 9731/02/Preliminary Exams/16 Section A You must answer Question 1. Achievements & Limitations of ASEAN 1 Read the sources and then answer the question. While answering Question 1 candidates are advised to pay particular attention to the interpretation and evaluation of the sources both individually and as a group. Source A The Indonesian government have seemed to drag their feet in accepting help to deal with the situation, agreeing eventually to do so when the situation was clearly beyond their control. Other Asean countries, which have been suffering from the effects, have had to keep lamenting the impact on their people and repeating their offers to do more to help. They have been hampered from doing very much, given the much vaunted "Asean Way" of dealing with regional issues, whereby member states do not intervene in each other's affairs, and avoid stoking controversy, in the name of upholding the principle of national sovereignty. An article in a Singaporean newspaper, 2016. Source B We last met in Singapore in 1992, some three years ago. ASEAN was preoccupied then with the end of the Cold War. We were anxious that the rapid changes following the collapse of the Soviet Union would affect Southeast Asia. We recognised the need for an update of ASEAN’s directions as we sailed onto the unchartered waters of the post-Cold War era. Looking back, I am glad we undertook several bold and new measures for economic and political cooperation. ASEAN has made progress over the last 3 years. We have a strong foundation upon wh