DOCSLIB.ORG

Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ALPHONSE F. LA PORTA Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial interview dates: February 11, 2004 Copyright 2009 ADST TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Born and raised in Ne York Georgeto n University% Ne York University US Army National Security Agency% analyst Entered the Foreign Service in 1965 State Department% Administrative Rotation Program 1965 ,orale issues Consolidated Country Programming System .CCPS/ Foreign Affairs ,anual State Department% Office of Functional Personnel% ,anagement 1965 Planning State Department% FS0% 0ndonesian language training 196611962 3akarta, 0ndonesia% Chief Consular Officer 196211969 Abortive coup Sukarno e6iled Communist Party Political situation ,ilitary Embassy evacuation Chinese Activities of ,rs. 8a Porta 3akarta, 0ndonesia% Political Officer 196911920 Okina a fishermen Anti13apanese feeling US10ndonesian relations ,iddle East interest 1 Universities Free Aceh ,ovement Sukarno accomplishments Dutch interests State Department% Bureau of 0nternational Organizations 192011922 Science and Technology Affairs Nuclear energy issues Nuclear Non1Proliferation Treaty 8a of the Sea 0nternational Conferences Kuala 8umpur, ,alaysia% Political Officer 192211925 Prime ,inister Tunku Abdul Rahman Federation ith Singapore Chinese Racial violence Universities ,uslim Parties Kuala 8umpur Players Political Parties Vie s on Vietnam War Relations 3apanese Red Army hostage taking and negotiations Embassy evacuation Kissinger vie s on terrorist negotiation State Department, FS0% Turkish language study 192511926 Ankara, Turkey% Political1,ilitary Officer 192611928 Political Parties and situation Turkish Federation of Northern Cyprus Turkish1Greek relations NATO Failed Greek Cyprus coup Syria 0raq CENTO Kurds Environment US military presence Ambassador ,acomber ,edan, 0ndonesia% Principal Officer, Consul 192811981 Ethnic groups 2 Geography Economy 0nsurgency groups Government Universities 0slam Chinese Territorial disputes Aceh ,obil Oil Asian Development Bank Refugee issues 0ndonesian 8a 0nstitute Schools East Timor Relations ith local military The National War College 198111982 Student body State Department% Deputy Director, Office of ,alaysia, Burma 1982 11985 and Singapore Affairs, East Asia Bureau ASEAN ,ilitary Cooperation Suharto East Timor Aceh ,erdeka ,ovement Free Papua ,ovement Brunei ,alaysia Chinese Five Po er Defense Arrangement, .FPDA/ ,alaysia security discussions CornellBs 0nstitute of South Asia Studies US1ASEAN Business Council State Department% Office of ,anagement 198511982 Overseas staff levels Strategic ,anagement 0nitiative CState 2000D planning e6ercise Post closings Russia and East Europe posts Congressional interest Terrorism Wellington, Ne Eealand, Deputy Chief of ,ission 198211991 A Non1nuclear policy and US Navy Environment ,ilitary US CNeither declare nor denyD policy Relations CAgreement to DisagreeD policy Russians Asia Development Bank Gulf War C0NCPAC Greenpeace Economy Consulates Geography Family State Department: Special Assistant to Special Representative 199111995 for the Philippines, Elliot Richardson Personnel and assignment problems Cory Aquino administration Philippine economic reform 3oint business and economic organizations 0nternational Donor organizations USA0D projects RichardsonBs portfolio Philippine government Relations ith Embassy Relations ith World Bank and Asian Development Bank Pacific 0sland Affairs State Department% Contributor CState 2000D 1995 American Foreign Service Association .AFSA/ Senior Foreign Service Association .SFSA/ Personnel and management issues Strategic ,anagement 0nitiative Government stoppage Demoralization of the Public Service State Representative .Vice President/ to AFSA 199511992 AFSA membership and policies Warren Christopher Grievance process Equal opportunity cases AFSA issues Security arrangements for employees 4 Civil Service vs. Foreign Service Senior E6ecutive Service Strategic ,anagement 0nitiative Relations ith Congress Service as President of AFSA Foreign Service as a profession Ambassador to ,ongolia 199212000 US1,ongolia CThird NeighborD relationship ,ongolian independence from neighbors US1,ongolia military relationship Narcotics traffic Relations ith Russia Economy Environment 8iving conditions Communist Party USA0D projects 0nternational Republican 0nstitute .0R0/ Role of omen Security Soviet legacy 0ndia World War 00 3apanese Social and humanitarian affairs US missionaries Naples, 0taly% Political Advisor to Commander of NATO forces 20001200A in Southern Region Territory covered by Naples Regional Command ,ilitary organization NATO activities in Balkans Kosovo Southern Serbia Greece/Turkey Operation Endeavor Kurdish refugees 0raq ,odernization of NATO forces NATOBs Brussels headquarters European abuses Rumsfeld The French and NATO S eden 5 Afghanistan Center for Strategic and 0nternational Studies 0llegal immigration Barcelona Process European defense Darfur and Sudan Retirement 200A Post Retirement President, United States10ndonesian Society .US0NDO/ Writing and speaking engagements Consultancy contracts Activities of ,rs. 8a Porta INTERVIEW Q: Today is February 11th, 2004. This is an interview with Alphonse La Porta. Is there a middle initial( 8A PORTA: F. Q: F. All right. )ou go by Al( 8A PORTA: Al, right. Q: Okay. ,ell, let-s sort o. start at the beginning. Could you tell me when and where you were born and then we-ll start talking about your family. 8A PORTA: Okay, 0 as born 3anuary 15, 19A9 in Brooklyn, Ne York, Bush ick Hospital to be e6act, but my family moved to 8ong 0sland hen 0 as a fe months old. So, 0 gre up basically on the south shore of 8ong 0sland. ,y father as a hairdresser. He had also orked as a barber. ,y mother had also been a hairdresser at one time although she did not ork at all once she married my father. ,y fatherBs family ere first generation immigrants to the United States making my father second generation and 0Bm third. ,y motherBs family as from the Ukraine and they ere first generation immigrants as ell, but they lived in Pennsylvania. Q: Okay, let-s take your father. Let-s go back to the father-s side and then we-ll go to the mother-s side. ,here did the La Portas come from, your grandparents and on that side( 8A PORTA: The 8a Porta side of the family basically came from one small part of Sicily, Agrigento on the south coast of Sicily. 6 Q: Important ruins there. 8A PORTA: Right, Greek and other ruins. The family as basically very typical of immigrants at about 1890, 1895. They ere landless or they ere living on marginal land. Sicily as no here developed in the ay it is today obviously and the impetus as to get out and live some here else. ,y grandfatherBs older brother as the first to migrate to the United States and, as as typical, he saved money and sent money back to the family in 0taly and then subsequent siblings migrated to the States. Q: ,hat did your grand.ather do( 8A PORTA: ,y grandfather as a hairdresser. When he started out, he learned the barbering trade and hen he first came to the U.S. he as a barber on a cruise ship hich is an interesting occupation in the 1920Bs. Q: That would probably have been fairly lucrative you know in that trade. Had the family sort o. settled in Brooklyn( 8A PORTA: They all settled in Ne York. ,y father ent to 3ames ,adison High School in ,anhattan. The family for a hile lived in ,anhattan and bought a home in Brooklyn in Coney 0sland. Then my grandfather relocated his business, his beauty shop out to 8ong 0sland and my father orked for a department store I Best J Co. I as a hairdresser. Then, later on, he right after the ar, he started his o n shop in Garden City, 8ong 0sland and continued that until he died. Q: On your mother-s side, 2kraine, where did they come from( 8A PORTA: Well, they had a very interesting background. Unfortunately in our family e kno very little about them and in fact my mother and her siblings kne relatively little about the familyBs origins. They ere very poor people from Galicia, hich is in the estern Ukraine an area that as traded off bet een the Austro1Hungarian Empire and the Russians and the Poles. 0n fact her family had t o names. Their Slavic name as Kuzemchak and the German name as Kuzenbach. But they found their ay to central Pennsylvania and my grandfather orked in the coalmines. That as a typical occupation of people ho came from central Europe in that period. Q: Oh, yes. ,ell, how did your mother and family get together( 8A PORTA: Well, it as a sad tale in a ay because my motherBs father died hen she as about 11 years old of black lung disease and her mother died hen she as 15. They lived in a little to n in Pennsylvania I Kulemont near Shamokin I and they had one sister ho migrated to the big city to find ork. ,y mother took care of t o siblings, younger girls, and hen her mother passed on they all moved to Ne York City. She started ork as a hairdresserBs assistant in ,anhattan and thatBs ho she met my father. 2 Q: Did your mother get through high school( 8A PORTA: No, e used to chide her that she as a functional literate as opposed to a functional illiterate. She finished 8th grade in school and she didnBt go beyond that. ,y father had a high school education and 0 as the first in my family to have a college education. Q: This is so o.ten what happens I must say. The cohort that I-m dealing with now, my parents didn-t graduate from college, you know and this is very typical in the Foreign Service. Today I guess both parents have a master-s degree or something I don-t know. nyway, do you have brothers and sisters( 8A PORTA: Well, 0 have, 0 had t o sisters. One passed a ay in 1928 and the other one still lives in ,anhattan. Q: ,here would you call home as a kid when you grew up( 8A PORTA: We lived in a kind of circumscribed suburban area on the south side of 8ong 0sland. ,y grandparents moved to a to n called Oceanside. ,y parents bought their first house in Oceanside and later, hen my second sister came along, e needed a larger house so e moved to 8ynbrook.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • MENELUSURI TINGKAT PERCAYA DIRI GURU DALAM PEMBELAJARAN DI SMK NEGERI KOTA MANADO PROVINSI SULAWESI UTARA Abd
    PROSIDING THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ISSUES CONTEMPORARY ISSUES on Religion and Multiculturalism Swiss Bel Hotel Maleosan Manado, 9-10 Desember 2019 INSTITUT AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI (IAIN) MANADO 2019 PROSIDING THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ISSUES Contemporary Issues On Religion And Multiculturalism Swiss Bel Hotel Maleosan Manado, 9-10 Desember 2019 Reviewer 1. Dr. Ardianto, M. Pd 2. Sulaiman Mappiasse, Ph. D 3. Dr. Hadirman,. Hum Editor : Dr. Edi Gunawan, M.HI & Rusdiyanto, M. Hum Tata Letak : Ahmad Bahaudin Desain Cover : Istana Agency Cetakan I, Desember 2019 ISBN: 978-602-53029-9-2 Diterbitkan Oleh: Fakultas Ushuluddin Adab dan Dakwah IAIN Manado Gedung Fakultas Ushuluddin Adab dan Dakwah IAN Manado Jl. Dr. S.H. Sarundajang Kawasan Ringroad I, Kota Manado Telp : +62431860616 E-Mail : [email protected] Web : www.fuad.iain-manado.ac.id Anggota Asosiasi Penerbit Perguruan Tinggi Indonesia (APPTI) Dicetak oleh: CV. ISTANA AGENCY Istana Publishing Jl. Nyi Adi Sari Gg. Dahlia I, Pilahan KG.I/722 RT 39/12 Rejowinangun-Kotagede-Yogyakarta 0851-0052-3476 [email protected] 0857-2902-2165 istanaagency istanaagency www.istanaagency.com Hak cipta dilindungi undang-undang Dilarang memperbanyak karya tulis ini dalam bentuk dan dengan cara apapun tanpa izin tertulis dari penerbit Proceeding The 2nd International Seminar on Contemporary Islamic Issues (ISCII) 2019 “Contemporary Issues on Religion and Multiculturalism” Swiss Bel Hotel Maleosan Manado, 9-10 Desember 2019 Stering Commitee Dr. Yusno A Otta, M. Ag Dr. Muhammad Imran, M. Th. I Dr. Sahari, M. Pd Advisor Delmus Puneri Salim, S.Ag., MA, M.Res., Ph.D (State Islamic Institute of Manado) Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Folio No: DM.086 Folio Title: Press Releases Content Description: Press Releases, Speeches, Correspondences and Radio Transcripts
    Folio No: DM.086 Folio Title: Press Releases Content Description: Press releases, speeches, correspondences and radio transcripts. Includes copy of correspondences with Lee Kuan Yew on citizenship and finance, letter to Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra on merger and citizenship, submissions on the opinion made by KM Byrne on the allegations of Dr Goh Keng Swee on David Marshall as Chief Minister, correspondence with Lee Kuan Yew re: infiltration of Communists in the Workers' Party and speech of Lee Kuan Yew before the UN Committee on Colonialism ITEM DOCUMENT DIGITIZATION ACCESS DOCUMENT CONTENT NO DATE STATUS STATUS First Report to Anson of your Assemblyman David DM.086.001 30/7/1961 Digitized Open Marshall at a Public Meeting on 30 Jul 1961 Copies of correspondence between the Chairman of DM.086.002 7/12/1961 Workers' Party and the Prime Minister re: questions Digitized Open raised on citizenship and finance in the White Paper Copy of letter from the Prime Minister with further DM.086.003 16/12/1961 Digitized Open clarification on DM.86.2 Workers' Party Mass Rally: Second Report to Anson by DM.086.004 17/12/1961 Digitized Open David Marshall, Chairman Letter to Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra giving opinion of Singapore's hardening attitude against the White Paper proposals with a suggestion on how to make it more DM.086.005 19/12/1961 Digitized Open acceptable, and request to meet up to discuss this suggestion which has been made to the Prime Minister of Singapore Press release of a letter from the Workers' Party to Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, enclosing
    [Show full text]
  • Coral Reefs in the Coastal Waters of the South China Sea MALAYSIA
    United Nations UNEP/GEF South China Sea Global Environment Environment Programme Project Facility NATIONAL REPORT on Coral Reefs in the Coastal Waters of the South China Sea MALAYSIA Mr. Abdul Rahim Bin Gor Yaman Focal Point for Coral Reefs Marine Park Section, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Level 11, Lot 4G3, Precinct 4, Federal Government Administrative Centre 62574 Putrajaya, Selangor, Malaysia NATIONAL REPORT ON CORAL REEF IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA – MALAYSIA 37 MALAYSIA Zahaitun Mahani Zakariah, Ainul Raihan Ahmad, Tan Kim Hooi, Mohd Nisam Barison and Nor Azlan Yusoff Maritime Institute of Malaysia INTRODUCTION Malaysia’s coral reefs extend from the renowned “Coral Triangle” connecting it with Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. Coral reef types in Malaysia are mostly shallow fringing reefs adjacent to the offshore islands. The rest are small patch reefs, atolls and barrier reefs. The United Nations Environment Programme’s World Atlas of Coral Reefs prepared by the Coral Reef Unit, estimated the size of Malaysia’s coral reef area at 3,600sq. km which is 1.27 percent of world total coverage (Spalding et al., 2001). Coral reefs support an abundance of economically important coral fishes including groupers, parrotfishes, rabbit fishes, snappers and fusiliers. Coral fish species from Serranidae, Lutjanidae and Lethrinidae contributed between 10 to 30 percent of marine catch in Malaysia (Wan Portiah, 1990). In Sabah, coral reefs support artisanal fisheries but are adversely affected by unsustainable fishing practices, including bombing and cyanide fishing. Almost 30 percent of Sabah’s marine fish catch comes from coral reef areas (Department of Fisheries Sabah, 1997).
    [Show full text]
  • Factors Influencing Purchase Intention Towards Dietary Supplement Products Among Young
    Running head: FACTORS INFLUENCING PURCHASE INTENTION 1 Factors Influencing Purchase Intention towards Dietary Supplement Products among Young Adults Lee Jia Hou, Lim Kwoh Fronn, and Yong Kai Yun Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman FACTORS INFLUENCING PURCHASE INTENTION 2 Abstract This study aimed to explore the factors affecting young adults‟ purchase intention towards dietary supplement products. These factors included attitude towards consuming dietary supplements, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, as well as demographic characteristics such as gender, income, and residential area. 300 respondents were equally recruited from the internet and also UTAR, Kampar campus to complete the questionnaire. Findings concluded that perceived behavioral control, subjective norms, and attitude significantly predicted the purchase intention of dietary supplement products. Among these variables, subjective norms was the strongest predictor. Besides that, demographic characteristic such as gender difference was found significant in purchase intention of dietary supplement products. In contrast, there was no significant difference found between types of residential area in purchase intention of dietary supplement products. A significant and positive relationship between income and purchase intention was discovered. The findings strengthened the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) of predicting purchase intention of dietary supplement products among young adults. Subjective norms, being the most significant predictor of purchase intention could also be constructive for marketers to effectively publicize dietary supplement use. Keywords: young adults, purchase intention, dietary supplement products, attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control FACTORS INFLUENCING PURCHASE INTENTION 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background of study Health care related issues, ranging from increasing rates of chronic diseases, reduced life expectancy and growing health care expenses are common globally.
    [Show full text]
  • Attachment As a Predictor of University Adjustment Among Freshmen: Evidence from a Malaysian Public University
    Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction: Vol. 14 No. 1 (2017): 111-144 111 ATTACHMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF UNIVERSITY ADJUSTMENT AMONG FRESHMEN: EVIDENCE FROM A MALAYSIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY 1Walton Wider, 2Mazni Mustapha, 3Murnizam Halik & 4Ferlis Bahari 1Faculty of Arts and Social Science Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia 2-3Faculty of Psychology and Education Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia 4Psychology and Social Health Research Unit Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia 1Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT Purpose – Building upon attachment theory and emerging theory, the current study was aimed at examining the effect of peer attachment in predicting adjustment to life in university among freshmen in a public unirvsity in East Malaysia. Furthermore, it sought to examine the influence of gender and perceived-adult status as moderators of the relationship between student attachment and student adjustment. Methodology – Data was collected from 557 freshmen in one of the public universities in East Malaysia. Two questionnaires, namely The Inventory of Parent and Peers Attachment (IPPA) and The Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) were used in this study. Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis was employed to examine the hypothesized relationships. Findings – The findings of the study showed that peer trust positively influenced academic and social adjustment. Meanwhile, peer communication positively influenced social adjustment, but negatively influenced personal-emotional adjustment. Lastly, peer alienation negatively influenced personal-emotional adjustment, but positively influenced institutional attachment. The Partial Least 112 Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction: Vol. 14 No. 1 (2017): 111-144 Square - Multi Group Analysis (PLS-MGA) results indicated no significant differences in peer attachment and university adjustment across gender and perceived-adult status.
    [Show full text]
  • Malaysian Parliament 1965
    Official Background Guide Malaysian Parliament 1965 Model United Nations at Chapel Hill XVIII February 22 – 25, 2018 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Table of Contents Letter from the Crisis Director ………………………………………………………………… 3 Letter from the Chair ………………………………………………………………………… 4 Background Information ………………………………………………………………………… 5 Background: Singapore ……………………………………………………… 5 Background: Malaysia ……………………………………………………… 9 Identity Politics ………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Radical Political Parties ………………………………………………………………………… 14 Race Riots ……………………………………………………………………………………… 16 Positions List …………………………………………………………………………………… 18 Endnotes ……………………………………………………………………………………… 22 Parliament of Malaysia 1965 Page 2 Letter from the Crisis Director Dear Delegates, Welcome to the Malaysian Parliament of 1965 Committee at the Model United Nations at Chapel Hill 2018 Conference! My name is Annah Bachman and I have the honor of serving as your Crisis Director. I am a third year Political Science and Philosophy double major here at UNC-Chapel Hill and have been involved with MUNCH since my freshman year. I’ve previously served as a staffer for the Democratic National Committee and as the Crisis Director for the Security Council for past MUNCH conferences. This past fall semester I studied at the National University of Singapore where my idea of the Malaysian Parliament in 1965 was formed. Through my experience of living in Singapore for a semester and studying its foreign policy, it has been fascinating to see how the “traumatic” separation of Singapore has influenced its current policies and relations with its surrounding countries. Our committee is going back in time to just before Singapore’s separation from the Malaysian peninsula to see how ethnic and racial tensions, trade policies, and good old fashioned diplomacy will unfold. Delegates should keep in mind that there is a difference between Southeast Asian diplomacy and traditional Western diplomacy (hint: think “ASEAN way”).
    [Show full text]
  • Interview with Ambassador Alphonse La Porta
    Library of Congress Interview with Ambassador Alphonse La Porta Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training Foreign Affairs Oral History Project AMBASSADOR ALPHONSE F. LA PORTA Interviewed by: Charles Stuart Kennedy Initial interview dates: February 11, 2004 Copyright 2009 ADST Q: Today is February 11th, 2004. This is an interview with Alphonse La Porta. Is there a middle initial? LA PORTA: F. Q: F. All right. You go by Al? LA PORTA: Al, right. Q: Okay. Well, let's sort of start at the beginning. Could you tell me when and where you were born and then we'll start talking about your family. LA PORTA: Okay, I was born January 15, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, Bushwick Hospital to be exact, but my family moved to Long Island when I was a few months old. So, I grew up basically on the south shore of Long Island. My father was a hairdresser. He had also worked as a barber. My mother had also been a hairdresser at one time although she did not work at all once she married my father. My father's family were first generation immigrants to the United States making my father second generation and I'm third. My Interview with Ambassador Alphonse La Porta http://www.loc.gov/item/mfdipbib001577 Library of Congress mother's family was from the Ukraine and they were first generation immigrants as well, but they lived in Pennsylvania. Q: Okay, let's take your father. Let's go back to the father's side and then we'll go to the mother's side.
    [Show full text]
  • Parliamentary Debates
    Volume III Tuesday No. 41 30 January, 1962 ~J*\ PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES DEWAN RA'AYAT (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) OFFICIAL REPORT CONTENTS EXEMPTED BUSINESS (MOTION) [Col. 4320] BILL- The Constitution (Amendment) Bill (continuation) [Col. 4269] OI~TERBITKAN OLER THOR BENG CHONG, A.M.N., PEMANGKU PENCHETAIC ICEIVJAAN PERSEKlM'UAN TANAH MELA.YU 1962 Harga: $1 FEDERATION OF MALAYA DEWAN RA'AYAT (HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES) Official Report Third Session of the First Dewan Ra'ayat Tuesday, 30th January, 1962 The House met at Ten o'clock a.m. PRESENT: The Honourable Mr. Speaker, DATO' HAJI MOHAMED NOAH BIN OMAR, S.P.M.J., D.P.M.B., P.I.S., J.P. the Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Y.T.M. TuNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PuTRA AL-HAJ, K.O.M. (Kuala Kedah). the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Minister of Rural Development, TuN HAn ABDUL RAZAK BIN DATO' HUSSAIN, S.M.N. (Pekan). the Minister of Internal Security and Minister of the Interior. DATO' DR. ISMAIL BIN DATO' HAJI ABDUL RAHMAN, P.M.N. (Johor Timor). the Minister of Finance, ENCHE' TAN Srnw SIN. J.P. (Melaka Tengah). the Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, DATO' v. T. SAMBANTHAN, P.M.N. (Sungai Siput). the Minister without Portfolio, DATO' SULEIMAN BIN DATO' HAJI ABDUL RAHMAN, P.M.N. (Muar Selatan). the Minister of Transport, DATO' SARDON BIN HAJI JuBIR, P.M.N. (Pontian Utara). the Minister of Commerce and Industry, ENCHE' MOHAMED KHIR mN JoHARI (Kedah Tengah). the Minister of Labour, ENcHE' BAHAMAN BlN SAMSUDIN (Kuala Pilah). the Minister of Education, ENCHE' ABDUL RAHMAN BIN HAJI TALIB (Kuantan).
    [Show full text]
  • ASEAN-Philippine Relations: the Fall of Marcos
    ASEAN-Philippine Relations: The Fall of Marcos Selena Gan Geok Hong A sub-thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (International Relations) in the Department of International Relations, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. June 1987 1 1 certify that this sub-thesis is my own original work and that all sources used have been acknowledged Selena Gan Geok Hong 1 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 2 Abbreviations 3 Introduction 5 Chapter One 14 Chapter Two 33 Chapter Three 47 Conclusion 62 Bibliography 68 2 Acknowledgements 1 would like to thank my supervisors, Dr Ron May and Dr Harold Crouch, both from the Department of Political and Social Change of the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, for their advice and criticism in the preparation of this sub-thesis. I would also like to thank Dr Paul Real and Mr Geoffrey Jukes for their help in making my time at the Department of International Relations a knowledgeable one. I am also grateful to Brit Helgeby for all her help especially when I most needed it. 1 am most grateful to Philip Methven for his patience, advice and humour during the preparation of my thesis. Finally, 1 would like to thank my mother for all the support and encouragement that she has given me. Selena Gan Geok Hong, Canberra, June 1987. 3 Abbreviations AFP Armed Forces of the Philippines ASA Association of Southeast Asia ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations CG DK Coalition Government of Democratic
    [Show full text]
  • Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kampar Campus)
    UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (KAMPAR CAMPUS) FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATION (HONS) PUBLIC RELATIONS UAMP3013 FINAL YEAR PROJECT II SEMESTER: JANUARY 2019 RESEARCH TITLE: MOTIVATIONS AND SATISFACTION: A STUDY ON YOUTUBE USE AMONG CHILDREN SUPERVISOR: MR CHIN YING SHIN INTERNAL EXAMINER: MR PONG KOK SHIONG G22 Name Student ID 1. LIEN KIM YEAN 1503483 2. LIEW SWET LI 1500907 3. WONG CHUN SIONG 1503296 4. YEE AN LI 1500677 5. YOON CHEE CONG 1504349 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, we would like to express our special appreciation to Mr Chin Ying Shin, our research supervisors. We would like to thank you for his valuable and constructive suggestions during the planning and development of this research work. Also, his patient guidance, enthusiastic encouragement and useful critiques of this research work was greatly appreciated. Besides, we would like to extend our thanks to the headmasters of the two primary schools – Madam Lee Fong Foon, headmaster of SJK (C) Kampung Bali and En Hamdzan Bin Osman, headmaster of SK Methodist ACS Kampar. We would like to thank you for being welcoming for us to do the research work in the both primary schools. Moreover, we are deeply thankful to the respondents who were helped us to complete the questionnaires of this research work. Without them, we does not have the data for our research work. Last but not least, we would like to expand our gratitude to our family who encouraged and supported for us throughout the time of our research work. Thank you to those who have directly and indirectly helped us in this research work.
    [Show full text]
  • Bee Final Round Bee Final Round Regulation Questions
    NHBB A-Set Bee 2016-2017 Bee Final Round Bee Final Round Regulation Questions (1) A letter by Leonel Sharp provides this work's most widely accepted text, including the promises \you have deserved rewards and crowns" and \we shall shortly have a famous victory." In this speech, the speaker thinks \foul scorn that Parma or Spain [...] should dare to invade the borders of my realm" before promising to take up arms, despite having a \weak, feeble" body. For the point, name this 1588 speech delivered to an army awaiting the landing of the Spanish Armada by a leader who had the \heart and stomach of a King," Elizabeth I. ANSWER: Tilbury Speech (accept descriptions that use the name Tilbury; prompt on descriptions that don't, such as \Queen Elizabeth's speech to her army about the incoming Spanish Armada" or portions thereof, so long as the player includes something that the tossup hasn't gotten to yet) (2) This man represented holders of the Wentworth Grants in a New York court case; protecting his interests in those grants led this man and his family to form the Onion River Company. Late in life, this man published the deist book Reason: The Only Oracle of Man. After a meeting at Catamount Tavern, this man organized a militia group that went on to aid Benedict Arnold in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga. For the point, name this man who advocated independence for Vermont and who led the Green Mountain Boys. ANSWER: Ethan Allen (3) This activity was re-affirmed to not be interstate commerce by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • Conference Schedule
    ICBBS 2019 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT CONFERENCE ABSTRACT 2019 8th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Science (ICBBS 2019) October 23-25, 2019 Grand Gongda Jianguo Hotel, Beijing, China Organized by Co-organized by Published and Indexed by http://www.icbbs.org/ ICBBS 2019 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT ICBBS 2019 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT Table of Contents Introduction 4 Conference Committee 5~6 Program at-a-Glance 7~9 Presentation Instruction 10 Keynote Speaker Introduction 11~19 Invited Speaker Introduction 20~21 Oral Session on October 24, 2019 Session 1: Feature Extraction and Image Segmentation 22~26 Session 2: Pattern Recognition and Image Classification 27~31 Session 3: Medical Image Processing and Medical Testing 32~37 Session 4: Data Analysis and Soft Computing 38~42 Session 5: Target Detection 43~47 Session 6: Image Analysis and Signal Processing 48~53 Session 7: Molecular Biology and Biomedicine 54~59 Session 8: Computer Information Technology and Application 60~64 Poster Session on October 25, 2019 65~84 Conference Venue 85~86 Note 87~88 ICBBS 2019 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT Introduction Welcome to 2019 8th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Science (ICBBS 2019) which is organized by Beijing University of Technology and Biology and Bioinformatics (BBS) under Hong Kong Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society (CBEES), co-organized by Tiangong University and Hebei University of Technology. The objective of ICBBS 2019 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Science. Papers will be published in the following proceedings: ACM Conference Proceedings (ISBN: 978-1-4503-7251-0): archived in ACM Digital Library, indexed by EI Compendex and SCOPUS, and submitted to be reviewed by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Web of Science).
    [Show full text]