Houston of Asia


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This is a comprehensive survey of Singapore’s dominating regional role as provider of petroleum refining, blending, and storage services, exporter of refined petroleum products, port of call for bunker and jet fuels, and spot market for the Asia-Pacific petroleum trade. Substantively based on industry data sources, this book is conceived of as an initial step in a continued and independent research interest on one of the Pacific Basin’s most dynamic and strategic industries.




New Serial Titles


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A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.




Yearbook, Energy


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ASEAN-China Economic Relations


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Papers presented at the Workshop on China-ASEAN Economic Relations: Developments in China and ASEAN and Their Implications for China-ASEAN Economic Relations, 27-29 Oct. 1987, Beijing.




The Far East and Australasia 2003


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A unique survey of each country in the region. It includes an extensive collection of facts, statistics, analysis and directory information in one accessible volume.




Designing for Consensus


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This book examines the concept of the ASEAN electricity grid: its applications elsewhere in the world, its rudimentary beginnings in Southeast Asia, and the many factors affecting its feasibility in the ASEAN region. It also seeks to answer the question: Is it possible to design the electricity trading relationhip for a politically feasible ASEAN grid? Can technology be adjusted to suit the political maturity of the regional grouping?




The Far East and Australasia


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Minerals Yearbook


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Yearbook of the United Nations, Volume 40 (1986)


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Issued annually since 1946/47, the Yearbook is the principal reference work of the United Nations, providing a comprehensive, one-volume account of the Organization's work. It includes details of United Nations activities concerning trade, industrial development, natural resources, food, science and technology, social development, population, environment, human settlements, children and legal questions, along with information on the work of each specialized agency in the United Nations family. The Yearbook is an indispensable guide to the UN.




China Exchange News


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