Conflicts within the Prijaji World of the Parahyangan in West java 1914 1927


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In this local historical study of a development of a particular region in Indonesia - the Parahyangan Residency in Java - which deflected from the mainstream of national developments in Indonesia in the early twentieth century, the writer's theme is that the prijajis (indigenous administrative officials who formed and important leadership elite) were caught in the throes of rapid change initiated both from within and without.




Directions in Thai Foreign Policy


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Analyses the problems in external relations, delving into the background of the recent trends, and examines relations with China, USSR, US, Japan, Indochina and ASEAN partly in the light of internal events.




Chinese Associations in Singapore Society


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Chinese associations in Singapore are among the most numerous and heterogenous group of associations of any Chinese community in Southeast Asia. In 1972, over a third of the more than one thousand Chinese associations in Singapore were clan, district, and dialect associations(see Table 1). These groups, organized by surname or place of origin in China, are regarded by some Singaporeans as vestiges of traditional allegiances which will die along with the immigrants who originally used and supported them. Their supposed replacements, the occupational, athletic or cultural associations, are seen as 'modern' ways of uniting groups of people around mutual interests. The clan, district, and dialect associations are criticized for their clannishness and their ties with past traditions which are said to have no relevance for 'modern' Singapore society.




Oil Discovery and Technical Change in Southeast Asia


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The main purpose of this study is to analyse the role of foreign investment in the search for oil in the Philippines. In this respect, it analyses the outlook, views, conceptions and preconceptions of the Philippine Government, the Philippine Congress, private enterprise and the public toward private foreign investment in the field of oil exploration. The Philippines was chosen as a case study because of its somewhat unique position of being about the only country in the region which does not have any of the big international oil companies looking for oil within its territory, especially at a time when these same companies are making intensive explorations for oil elsewhere in the region.




Cultural and Class Politics in New Order Indonesia


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Examines the aliran (streams, ways of life, comprehensive patterns of social integration with a political party as organizational core) theme from the perspective of how it helps in understanding the dynamics of the present New Order regime - the nature of the power structure on which the New Order rests, the patterns of conflict within the regime and between it and its opponents, and the probability of its continuation in power.




Japanese Direct Investment in Southeast Asia


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Of the four types of the mutually independent as well as interdependent economic relationships between Japanese corporations and Southeast Asian countries - trade, licensing, direct investment and indirect investment - this paper concentrates on direct investment and trade. Section II briefly explain sources of data and research methodology employed. Section III shows the results of the investigation, followed by observations and analyses in Section IV with a concluding section on trends, based on research on foreign corporations in Singapore's manufacturing sector. With 5 tables.




Public Reaction to the Oil Crisis


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A questionnaire probe in four parts: Characteristics of Respondents, Results of the First Interviewers, Results of the Panel Study and Implications of Opinions. With 20 tables and appendixes containing questionnaires and frequency distribution of responses.




The Second Malaysia Plan 1971 1975


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The Second Malaysia Plan belongs to a tradition of five-year plans developed by the Alliance government since the Independence. All these plans are of the same style and ambition. The Second Malaysia Plan however contains some new elements, namely the specific policies concerning the Malays and other indigenous people. The fundamental assumptions of planning as well as critical assessment of the Second Malaysia Plan will be discussed.




The Potential for Rural Development in the New Seventh Division of Sarawak


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A study of longhouse communities in East Malaysia based on the Iban Longhouse dwellers of the Seventh Division of Sarawak. Discusses some of the main developmental problems and needs of rural peoples. With 4 figures and 12 tables.




The Future of Portuguese Timor


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Examines the three mutually exclusive possibiities for Portuguese Timor: continued associations with Portugal, emergence as an independent state and amalgamation with Indonesia.