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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:07:33 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      CAM: Back to Cambodia
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08/21

Back to Cambodia

    NOWHERE IS the United Nations more deeply committed, with resources and
prestige, than Cambodia. More than 15,000 men from 30 nations are not only
keeping a U.N.-written peace but are actually running the country while they
prepare for the elections next spring that will bring their work to an end.
Three of the four main Cambodian groups, including the reform communist
government of Hun Sen, are cooperating. The vicious communist, or Khmer Rouge,
guerrillas of Pol Pot are not. Though they accepted the U.N. plan, they are
flouting it by refusing to demobilize and open their zones.
     The Khmer Rouge perpetrated genocide in the 1970s. Unfortunately they still
have discipline, arms and financial means and some foreign support from Thailand
and China, which see them as offsets to the power of Vietnam. They may yet be
able to defy the U.N. But both Thais and Chinese are being told that their
international partners, including the United States and Japan, expect them to
rise to the occasion. It would be particularly loathsome if President Bush, who
has assiduously cultivated the Beijing leadership, were to fail to persuade it
now to do its part in Cambodia. The close American contacts with Thailand, which
provides trading opportunities as well as arms conduits to the Khmer Rouge, must
be put to similar use.
     Militarily, the U.N. mission in Cambodia was designed as a presence and not
as a fighting force. It's the difference between peace-keeping and peacemaking.
But as a practical matter, the line inevitably blurs. The peace in Cambodia
cannot be kept if there is not a certain readiness to enforce it by arms, even
if it means taking some casualties. For the United Nations not to be so prepared
gives veto power over the whole operation to a handful of Khmer Rouge squad
leaders. Does this mean the U.N. will be dragged into actions far beyond its
mandate? The best guarantee against it lies in conveying to the Khmer Rouge that
participating governments mean business.
   The U.N. agreement was meant to move Cambodia's civil war into the political
arena. On this basis the Khmer Rouge were offered an opportunity to participate
in elections. But they cannot be allowed to spoil or prevent them. The elections
must go on, with or without the Khmer Rouge.
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From:         ALAN LEE <D9130233@ZAC.RIV.CSU.EDU.AU>
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Can i help you ?
with your posting?

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Date:         Fri, 4 Sep 1992 11:15:42 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: Australian freight airline plans VN carrier

09/03

AUSTRALIAN FREIGHT AIRLINE PLANS VIETNAM CARRIER

    SYDNEY, Sept 3, Reuter - A small Australian freight airline has signed a
deal to provide Vietnam with a domestic and international air service, a company
spokesman said on Thursday.
    Sydney-based Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd, in partnership with Melbourne-based
aviation company AVIO Group Pty Ltd, signed the agreement on March 4.
    The airline had planned to start up on October 1 but that has been delayed,
Pel-Air project manager Alan James said.
    The company plans flights to China from Vietnam's capital Hanoi. It will fly
to such Vietnamese centres as the coastal town of Haiphong, with international
legs to Nanjing, Kunming and Hainan Island in China. Routes have not been
finalised.
    "We had hoped to start on the first of October but because of the
difficulties between Vietnam and China...over the Spratly islands...the
(bilateral) air services agreement has not been fully ratified," James said.
    Senior management of Pel-Air are in Vietnam to hold further negotiations on
the deal. Aviation officials in Hanoi were not available for comment.
    An air services agreement, setting out details such as destinations and
flight frequencies, must be signed by the relevant countries before
international flights can begin.
    The Spratly islands in the South China Sea, some mere rock outcrops, are
believed to be sitting above rich oil reserves.
    China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines claim all or
part of the island chain and tension persists between the various governments,
some of whom have stationed troops on the islands.
    James said Pel-Air planned initially to operate two Irish Short Brother
SD-360 aircraft with a seating capacity of 36.
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Date:         Tue, 1 Sep 1992 14:01:07 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: FULRO group turns up in Cambodia
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08/31

ANTI-VIETNAMESE FORCE TURNS UP IN CAMBODIA

    By Mark Dodd
    PHNOM PENH, Aug 31, Reuter - Remnants of an obscure guerrilla group fighting
the Vietnamese government have turned up in a remote border province of
Cambodia, reliable United Nations sources said on Monday.
    They number about 200 armed guerrillas, most of them Montagnard tribesmen,
belonging to the United Front for the Struggle of Oppressed Races (FULRO). The
force was formerly backed by Cambodia's Khmer Rouge guerrillas.
    "We are aware of their existence," a U.N. source told Reuters.
    A Uruguayan unit of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Cambodia made contact
with the group in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri.
    "They're in an interesting situation. They don't belong to any faction.
They're not a party to the Paris peace agreement. I guess the question is, are
they a foreign force or refugees?" he said.
    Indochina expert Nayan Chanda, in his book "Brother Enemy," said FULRO
received material support from the Khmer Rouge in the 1970's.
    "In 1977 Vietnam's security was threatened by increasingly bold attacks by
the Khmer Rouge as well as by the sputtering resistance from the tribal
organisation FULRO and other anti-communist groups," he wrote.
    Little had been heard of them for the past several years, however.
    Montagnards also fought as mercenaries for U.S. forces during America's
unsuccessful intervention in Vietnam.
    The U.N. source said FULRO leaders sought to meet with officials from the
U.N. Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC).
    The Uruguayan peacekeepers who found them are charged with supervising
security in Sector Four, an UNTAC delineated region of Cambodia taking in most
of the mountainous northeast.
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Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 12:47:50 EDT
From:         Elliott Parker <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
Subject:      TH: Pattaya facelift gets nod
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 01:09:11+0700
From: kamol@munnari.oz.au (Kamol Hengkietisak)

The Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal
for infrastructure projects in Pattaya, including a water
treatment system, by the Science, Technology & Environment
Ministry.
     Treatment of waste water, polluted air, noise and garbage in
Pattaya will be improved, tourism will be promoted, natural
resources preserved and social problems corrected, it said.
     Some 2,000 million baht, of which 1,694 million baht will be
spent on water treatment, has been set aside for the projects
through next year.
     Three areas of the resort will get improved water treatment
-- Jomtien, North and South Pattaya and Naklua.
     Water in those areas will be recycled or released to the sea
through "marine outfall" pipelines.
     No less than 50,000 cubic metres of water is used in Pattaya
daily. A water treatment system, scheduled to be finished in 1994,
will have a daily capacity of 33,000 cubic metres.
     A study and design of the water treatment system is to be
completed by next year.
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Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 22:06:46 EDT
From:         Jeff.Winters@UM.CC.UMICH.EDU
Subject:      Postings on Indonesia??
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Why is there so little information
being posted on Indonesia these days?

         APAKABAR...!  Where are you...?

--Jeff
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 10:47:49 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: VN communist party chief to visit India
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08/31

VIETNAM COMMUNIST PARTY CHIEF TO VISIT INDIA

    HANOI, Sept 1, Reuter - The head of Vietnam's Communist Party, Do Muoi, will
make a five-day visit to India this month to discuss trade, economic cooperation
and other issues, diplomats in Hanoi said on Tuesday.
    Do Muoi would make the visit at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister P.V.
Narasimha Rao, official Vietnamese dailies said on Tuesday.
    The newspapers gave no dates, but diplomats said Do Muoi would be away from
September 9 to 13.
    The last head of Vietnam's Communist Party to travel to India was Nguyen Van
Linh, who went in January 1989.
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Date:         Wed, 26 Aug 1992 16:07:00 +0000
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Subject:      SEASIA MAIL
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From: esl_manager@gimme.uh.edu ()
Subject: [Discuss]:Absorbing Immigrants Into S'pore
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Organization: Houston, Texas
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:05:12 GMT

Keyword 

Hi soc.culture.asean & bit.listserv.seasia-l readers,

	I don't mean to draw some words of anger or disgreement but just to
start some discussions on the topic of absorbing immigrants from
overseas into the Singaporean community. Allow me to begin with some
questions so as to start the ball rolling.
	Are there any current studies being done at NUS or other governmental
bodies on how the Singaporean community can absorb the influx of
overseas immigrants? What are the possible conflicts that could occur or
are occurring presently? Are there any research done to compare/contrast
the problems faced at other countries; in particular, the U.S.? What are
the impacts on the local job market when competitive foreign immigrants
start to flow into S'pore? Is the government releasing any statistics
about the true job market situation? How are the cultures of the
immigrants affecting the Singaporean culture---diluting or strengthening
the local culture? By and large, are the new immigrants willing to be
assimilated into the S'pore culture, or are they persistently distinct?
What kinds of problems will these issues bring to S'pore? Is S'pore a
more successful cultural melting-pot than the U.S.? If so, how
different? Do we have anymore land-mass to absorb more immigrants?
	These are but a few questions for the civil to discuss. I'm curious to
know what others feel about this subject; especially, the Singaporeans
themselves. Discussions from immigrants themselves are also welcomed.
After all, we need to see both sides of the coin, don't we?

--
Arthur


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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 11:02:42 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: VN warns of possible conflict over Spratlys
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09/02

VIETNAM WARNS OF POSSIBLE CONFLICT OVER SPRATLYS

    JAKARTA, Sept 2, Reuter - Vietnam said on Wednesday a dispute over the
Spratly islands could threaten peace in southeast Asia unless claimants agreed
to talk.
    "If the situation there is not handled according to basic principles which
are acceptable to all parties involved, it may evolve in a negative direction
and affect regional peace and stability," President Vo Chi Cong told a summit of
the Non-Aligned Movement.
    Cong said Vietnam wanted the dispute settled through negotiation between the
parties involved. China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines also claim
all or part of the island chain in the South China Sea.
    Pending such a solution, "Vietnam will exercise utmost restraint and refrain
from any action that may jeopardise current efforts towards confidence-building
and relaxation of tension by countries of the region," Cong said.
    "Vietnam hopes that other parties involved will act likewise."
    Tension rose earlier this year when China occupied one of the islands.
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting
in July urged parties to settle the dispute by discussions.
    The issue is to be discussed by the political committee of the summit,
something that China -- making its debut in the Movement, as an observer -- has
objected to.
    A proposal drafted by Indonesia, which holds the chair of the Movement,
backs the ASEAN ministers' call. China, which was given special permission to
raise the matter, objected on the grounds that it would internationalise the
issue.
    The Philippines, newly accepted as a Movement member at the Jakarta summit,
said on Saturday its troops arrested 12 Chinese nationals fishing off an area of
the Spratlys occupied by Filipino troops.
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Date:         Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:47:32 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: Vietnamese refugees allowed to settle in Thailand
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08/27

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ALLOWED TO SETTLE IN THAILAND

BANGKOK (AUG. 27) XINHUA - THE THAI GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO ALLOW VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES TO SETTLE DOWN IN THAILAND, A THAI NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCED HERE TODAY.

SANYAVIT SIRIMONTION, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SAID AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THE DECISION WAS MADE AFTER ASSESSING POLITICAL SITUATION
IN THE REGION.

SINCE THE WORLD WAR TWO, THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES COMING INTO THAILAND
HAS REACHED MORE THAN 42000, WHICH DID NOT INCLUDE THOSE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
WHO HAVE COME TO THAILAND SINCE 1975, HE SAID.

DURING THE PERIOD, PART OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN THAILAND HAVE BEEN SENT BACK
TO VIETNAM UNDER PROGRAMS OF THE RED CROSS SOCIETY, BUT THE VIETNAMESE
GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO RECEIVE THE YOUNG GROUP OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO WERE
BORN IN THAILAND, SAID SANYAVIT.

HE SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO LET THOSE YOUNG VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
LIVE IN THAILAND AND BECOME THAI NATIONAL OUT OF HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATION.
From: 21602CR@MSU
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Subject: Thai Dance Troup in the U.S.?
Date: 31 Aug 92 12:42:25 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University

Recently there was a posting regarding an upcoming performance of the Thai
National Dance Troup in Washington D.C.  When I showed the posting to my
wife, she mentioned that this group was in a recent copy of one of her
Thai magazines (Dee-chan) in which it was noted that this group was going
on a one-year tour.  Unfortunately, the article in her magazine did not give
any itinerary.

Does anyone happen to know whether or not the Thai National Dance Troup will
be performing in other U.S. cities, particularly in the Chicago/Detroit areas?
I'd be grateful for any information or leads.

Many thanks,
Christopher B. Reznich
Office of Medical Education
 Research and Development
Michigan State University
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Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 21:27:15 EDT
From:         "David Wyatt" <RF4J@CORNELLA.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: TH: Poll suggests sweep for Palang Dharma
              25 Aug 1992 16:46:46 EDT from <3ZLUFUR@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>

* Somewhat puzzled to find that the Thailand news relayed today is
old-hat: the Samak poll, at any rate, was in the papers in Bangkok
before I left there at dawn on Thursday the 20th of August.
* But I was beginning to think, from the dearth of messages concerning
Thailand, that the coverage which had been so good in May had now
collapsed to nothing. At least today there is something.
* It's certainly not time to forget about Thailand. It's not just that
there are some very important elections coming up in three weeks. It's
also that there are still many disturbing things left over from the
events of May; things that need continuing comment and discussion and
investigation. For example:
---Where were Thailand's various religious leaders during that terrible
week in May? And here I mean the non-Buddhists as much as I mean the
Buddhists. They seem to have been almost totally silent. What does this
say about the role of religion in modern Thai life?
---Is it generally known that, even though one is brought up to believe
that one should not even swat a fly within the walls of a Buddhist
temple, some of the people who are known to have been shot and killed
during the Bloody May incidents were shot and killed WITHIN temples;
e.g. one young man on a motorcycle at Wat Chanasongkhram.
---Some of the Bangkok newspapers have continued to keep alive the
question of the hundreds of people still missing in the aftermath of
Bloody May. The Bangkok Post's latest count is 445 or so, I believe. But
this is not just your ordinary "missing persons" report: there are
persistent reports that the Thai army trucked bodies away from the
center of Bangkok. In mid-June, a leading member of the commission that
was investigating this question, Dr. Pradit, rector of Mahidol
University, was reported in the press as being close to solving the
mystery of the missing bodies. Shortly thereafter, he shut up and
resigned from the commission. It is generally believed that he shut up
because he feared for his life and for the safety of his family. Reports
in the Bangkok press last week--following the Anand Government's
military reshuffle and the revival of investigations into the fate of
the missing--stated that the investigators now even have the names of
military men who drove the trucks carrying bodies out of the city. If,
and I underline IF, some considerable number of bodies is now found,
what will the implications be for the fate of the military? for the
election? for Thailand?
* Or am I being hysterical?
.     David Wyatt
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Date:         Sat, 29 Aug 1992 20:30:22 -0500
From:         chai@CS.UIUC.EDU
Subject:      Test
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Sorry for this test; I have been experiencing problems posting to seasia and
I just tried a new solution...

			Thanks
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Date:         Wed, 2 Sep 1992 14:10:32 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      CAM: Thai PM denies ties with Cambodia's Khmer Rouge
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08/25

THAI FOREIGN MINISTER ARSA SARASIN DENIES TIES WITH CAMBODIA'S KHMER ROUGE

PHONM PENH (AUG. 25) DPA - Thai Foreign Minister Arsa Sarasin denied in Phnom
Penh Tuesday charges that Thailand is backing Cambodia's renegade Khmer Rouge
faction.

The minister, in Cambodia as part of a delegation of Thai Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn, said Bangkok's only concern was to see peace return to the
war-ravaged country.

Arsa described allegations of Thai collusion with the Khmer Rouge, which is
boycotting the peace process, as unfair.

He said Thailand, which signed the Cambodian peace pact as an overseas observer
in October, had contributed enormously in terms of money and effort to bring
Cambodia'a four rival factions to the negotiating table.

The Thai official is due to meet Thursday with U.N. peacekeeping chief Yasushi
Akashi, but it was not clear if he would bring up the matter during their
talks.

Thai newspapers reported on Monday that Arsa had threatened to protest to U.N.
Secretary General Butros Ghali over accusations by an official of the U.N.
Transitional Authority in Cambodia that Bangkok was acting in complicity with
the Khmer Rouge.

The Bangkok government has been criticised for failing to stop Thai loggers
signing contracts with the group to exploit resources in western Cambodia.

Arsa said that some 280,000 Cambodian refugees remained in Cambodia and his
country was eager for peace so that they could all be sent home.

Princess Sirindhorn - possibly the most popular member of the Thai royal family
after her father King Bhumipol - is in Phnom Penh to study classic examples of
Khmer history and culture. dpa sc 251655 Aug 92
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Date:         Tue, 25 Aug 1992 14:42:00 -0400
From:         Nhan Tran <tran@PEORA.SDC.CCUR.COM>
Subject:      NEWS/VN: France agrees broad assistance to VN
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08/24

FRANCE AGREES BROAD ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM

    HANOI, Aug 24, Reuter - France has agreed on a broad aid programme to help
rebuild its former colony Vietnam, including airport modernisation, bridge
building and urban development.
    Cooperation agreements were signed in Hanoi on Saturday by France's Minister
of Equipment, Housing and Transport Jean-Louis Bianco, and Vietnam's Minister of
Transport and Communications, Bui Danh Luu and Minister of Construction Ngo Xuan
Loc, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday.
    The agreements cover a wide range of projects, including airport
modernisation, seaport development, road improvements, bridges and urban
renovation and planning.
    The French embassy said funding would come from its 130 million franc ($27
million) 1992 aid grant to Vietnam and in lesser amounts from Bianco's ministry.
    The embassy said among other projects, France would provide one-third
funding for a river bridge and French experts to study ways to upgrade Vietnam's
principal rail artery between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the southern
commercial centre.
    France has also promised to send architects to study urban problems in the
cities that their colonial forebears helped develop.
    During Bianco's five-day official visit, French firms concluded a total of
eight contracts, including one by Renault for making buses for Hanoi, the
embassy said.
    Much of Vietnam's infrastructure is in disrepair as a result of decades of
war and international economic isolation.
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Date:         Sun, 30 Aug 1992 13:59:45 PDT
From:         Charles Scheiner <cscheiner@IGC.APC.ORG>
Subject:      Upcoming US East Timor events
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/* Written  1:59 pm  Aug 30, 1992 by cscheiner in cdp:gen.nyc+vic */
/* ---------- "Upcoming US East Timor events" ---------- */
The meetings Wednesday with Matthew Jardine will not be held at Asia
Watch. Watch this space to find out where they will be.
-- Charlie Scheiner, ETAN/US
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