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At the regional level Singapore joined four countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand – to form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in August 1967.
The aim of ASEAN was to accelerate regional economic growth, social progress and cultural development. Starting humbly, ASEAN has grown into an influential political and economic grouping.

Yet I find it almost amusing that we have gone from someone wanting C to skip a grade to potentially repeating one in just two short years. ,
Daddy54
22 October, 2009 at 7:21 pm
However, I find it much more offensive that people from my own country have forgotten horrible things done to people here. ,
Kelvin91
23 October, 2009 at 6:28 pm