Excellency
Subtitle: journal of a diplomat
By: Tan Koon San.
Publisher: The Other Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9789839541090
Subjects: Tan, Koon San, 1944-; Malaysia -- Foreign relations.
Other titles: Journal of a diplomat
Description: More than a journal than a biography, this book embraces a rich blend of diplomatic practices, personal anecdotes and penetrating observations by the writer who served in various diplomatic capacities in Malaysian embassies in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: List of Photographs; title: Prologue; title: Chapter 1 And So It All Began; title: Chapter 2 The Substantive Form; title: Chapter 3 Iran - 1970-1972; title: Chapter 4 Kuala Lumpur - Capital Punishment! - 1972-1974; title: Chapter 5 London - 1974-1977; title: Chapter 6 Hanoi, Vietnam - 1977-1979; title: Chapter 7 Two Years Back Home - 1979-1981; title: Chapter 8 The United Nations In Geneva - 1981-1986; title: Chapter 9 Back Again In Kuala Lumpur - 1986-1988; title: Chapter 10 Ambassadorial Appointment - Ceremonial Details; title: Chapter 11 Poland (And Eastern Europe) - 1988-1991; title: Chapter 12 Hungary - My Concurrent Accreditation - 1988-1993; title: Chapter 13 Czechoslovakia - My Concurrent Accreditation - 1988-1996; title: Chapter 14 The German Democratic Republic - My Concurrent Accreditation - 1988-1990; title: Chapter 15 Hasenjagd - The Hare Hunt In The G.D.R. - 1988; title: Chapter 16 Austria - 1991-1996; title: Chapter 17 Turkey; title: Chapter 18 Albania - 1993-1996 And Romania - 1994-1996; title: Chapter 19 And So It All Ended; title: Appendix Protocol Guidance & Procedure for Presentation of Credentials; title: Index