You will find none of the slick resort hotels that congregate around the beaches of Southeast Asia.

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Yet Ng believes his system could be adopted around the world, especially in Southeast Asia.

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He is a key leader in the Southeast Asia region but also widely respected around the world.

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While anthropological opinion varies, it is thought that settlers from Southeast Asia arrived in the Marquesas Islands around 300 AD, although other historical evidence has suggested tribes from Samoa and Tonga sailed into the region before 100 AD.

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At the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, our education work centers around disaggregating data to ensure that the full story of the Asian American and Pacific Islander community is told so that all children receive a quality education.

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The centre of world economic and commercial activity from about the eighth and ninth centuries until around the dawn of the 18th century was the area encompassed by the Islamic empires, India, Southeast Asia and the coastal areas of China.

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