Regarding Indonesia's Assistance Proposal Recent developments in East Asia underscore the fact that in this new era of global finance, events in one part of the world are not easily isolated.
Instability is like a virus.
The quicker and stronger the medicine applied, the greater the likelihood it can be controlled. It is thus appropriate for the community of nations, principally the international financial institutions, to respond. The full Committee hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 13 on East Asian economic conditions.