WPS 22 Cosmopolis and Nation in Central Southeast Asia

This paper is a study of the history of colonial archaeology in French Indochina. The formal study of archaeology began in December 1898 when the Governor-General, Paul Doumer, established the Mission Archéologique d’Indochine in Sàigòn, which was later reconstituted to form the École Française d’Extrême-Orient. In 1901, the first Bulletin de l’ École Française d’Extrême-Orient …

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WPS 21 Social Communication and Colonial Archaeology in Vietnam

This paper is a study of the history of colonial archaeology in French Indochina. The formal study of archaeology began in December 1898 when the Governor-General, Paul Doumer, established the Mission Archéologique d’Indochine in Sàigòn, which was later reconstituted to form the École Française d’Extrême-Orient. In 1901, the first Bulletin de l’ École Française d’Extrême-Orient …

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International Migration in Southeast Asia

Population mobility increases with economic development and globalization. The migration of people affects countries in many ways — socially, economically and politically. However, there are fundamental tensions in efforts to manage international migration in a globalizing world. On the one hand, business is transnational as it necessitates the unrestricted flow of people internationally. On the …

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WPS 19 Migration, International Labour and Multicultural Policies

Following a brief background on Singapore’s development from a product of overlapping diasporas to a multiracial nation, this paper gives attention to the dynamics of renewed streams of transnational labour flows in the current decade and its impact on notions of “race,” as inflected by nationality. As Singapore joins in the global competition for transnational …

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WPS 18 Current Health Care Financing Issues in Malaysia

In Malaysia, the public health care system is funded from central taxation, while private health care utilisation has primarily been financed from out-of-pocket payments.  In the mid-1980s, the Malaysian government made known its intentions of seeking alternative sources of financing health care.  Since then, the rapid growth in the private hospital sector and concomitant drift …

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