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xix Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following for granting us permission to reproduce the photographs listed below: Cover and p. 267: Laos performers dance during the closing ceremony of the Southeast-Asian (SEA) Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, 15 December 2007. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom. p. 1: A man looks at a screen outside a United Overseas Bank (UOB) branch in Singapore’s financial district, 31 October 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash. p. 25: Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 3 May 2007. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad. p. 45: Angkor Wat, parts of which are being restored in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 9 December 2007. REUTERS/Emma Goh. p. 65: Selamat Datang Monument in JI. MH Thamrin in Jakarta, Indonesia, 27 December 2008. TEMPO/Zulkarnain. p. 70: May 1973 — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew scattering flowers on the graves of the two Indonesian marines hanged in October 1968 for exploding a bomb in 1965. United Press International. p. 72: A statue of the Buddha in the compound of Borobudur temple in Central Java, Indonesia, 3 June 2004. REUTERS/Dwi Oblo. p. 95: That Luang tower, Laos’ national Buddhist shrine, in Vientiane, 24 July 2005. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom. p. 111: Malaysia’s landmark Petronas Twin Towers and Kuala Lumpur Tower are seen in the capital Kuala Lumpur, 24 December 2003. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad. p. 133: Buddhist monks walk around the compound of the Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, 5 January 2002. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang. p. 159: The monument to national hero Jose Rizal, located in Luneta Park in the centre of Manila, Philippines. Two soldiers stand guard in front of the monument. Photo by Aidan O’Rourke . p. 179: The Esplanade and the uncompleted Marina Bay Sands casino resort in Singapore, 31 December 2008. REUTERS/Tim Chong. 00 SEA NewEra Prelim.indd 19 6/4/10 3:29:05 PM p. 195: Evening sets over Singapore’s Chinatown district, 18 November 2008. REUTERS/Dennis Owen. p. 199: A bridge crossing Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river in the western suburb of the Thai capital, 28 June 2006. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang. p. 221: Pagoda in centre of Ho Hoan Kiem Lake, Vietnam. Hanoi Lonely Planet Images (Rights-managed). p. 241: A delegate reading documents in front of flags of ASEAN member countries in Singapore, 23 July 2008. REUTERS/Romeo Gacad. Acknowledgements xx 00 SEA NewEra Prelim.indd 20 6/4/10 3:29:05 PM ...

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