Thailand races to prepare for Asian Games: officials face an Olympian task to make up for years of lost time

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Thailand is speeding up preparations for the 1998 Asian Games, eighty years after signing up as host. The country's Deputy Prime Minister Bhichai Rattakul, the official in charge of the preparations, admits that the Thai government has been taking for granted all matters regarding the event for years and that they are now just beginning to solve all problems associated with it. The problems include the completion of the venue for the Games, ticket sales, the operating environment and the needed power and networking. Opening ceremonies of the Asian Games will be on Dec 6, 1998.

Thailand, Intnl Sports Activities, International aspects, Sports, International sports, 1998 AD, Asian Games

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Asean: celebrations and deliberations

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The 1997 Asean meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia saw the association celebrating its 30th anniversary and planning for possible moves to resolve the Cambodian situation. Asean members want to see Cambodia included in the ranks of the association but the Cambodian situation poses a challenge for the group. The Asean, however, is expected to resolve the Cambodian conflict.

International Groups NEC, Analysis, Conferences, meetings and seminars, International relations, Cambodia, Cambodian foreign relations

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Democracies unite!: Replace Asean

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and the Asean Regional Forum are no longer helpful in the pursuit of peace and stability in Asia. A military and political alliance of Asia's democracies should be formed to replace Asean, and to protect the region from the instability of anarchronistic countries such as Burma, Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia.

Southeast Asia, Column, Influence, Political aspects, Democracy, ASEAN Regional Forum

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