Re: Regional Models (was National summit)

David Chia (rsedc@urgento.gse.rmit.EDU.AU)
Sun, 19 Oct 1997 14:07:39 +1000 (EST)

>
> Sorry David,
> must have been a bit cryptic, maybe you did not see the references
> from Mahatir.
> I was not talking about membership or anything like that, just
> endorsement of some strange comments from a potential host of the
> next conference......
>

He is entitle to his opinion. I am no expert in forex or stock-market.
Like it or not, beside SE Asia, Malaysia is also the moving force
in the Trade in the UN South-South coalition. The annual rotation
of the chair of the UN General Assembly falls to Malaysia this year.
I've also mentioned before that the 10 Gigabit per sec fiber optic
cable from London to Tokyo passes through Malaysia, bypassing Singapore.

David Chia,
RMIT University.