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Dear Reader,

The ASIAN STUDIES WWW MONITOR
(including all its subsidiary (and/or sister) pages on "coombs.anu.edu.au" server) has permanently ceased its publishing operations on Friday 21st January 2011.

All of the online resources reported here have been thoroughly checked at the time of their listing. However, it is possible that, with the with the passage of time, many of the originally reported materials might have been removed from the Internet, or changed their online address, or varied the scope and quality of their contents.

Fortunately, in several cases it is possible to access many of the older versions of the resources listed in the MONITOR. This can be easily done via the free services of the "The Internet Archive" http://web.archive.org/, a remarkable brainchild of Brewster Kahle, San Francisco, CA.

- with warm regards -

Editor, Dr T. Matthew Ciolek.

Canberra, 21 January 2011.

31 March 2005

Bhutan - Draft constitution

http://www.constitution.bt/html/constitution/articles.htm

5star
Government of Bhutan, Thimpu, Bhutan

Supplied note:
"The draft constitution of Bhutan can be downloaded in PDF format at [the URL below]:
Kuensel, the newspaper of Bhutan, has prepared the discussion forum of the constitution [at]
http://www.kuenselonline.com/phorum/list.php?f=4
- mm."

Site contents:
* Constitution (Preamble, Articles, Glossary, Royal Command, Background, Chronology, Meeting, Speeches, News, Photo Gallery, Policies); * Members; * Sources; * Making; * Archives; * Consultation; * Comments.
Articles: Article 1 - Kingdom of Bhutan; Article 2 - The Institution of Monarchy; Article 3 - Spiritual Heritage; Article 4 - Culture; Article 5 - Environment; Article 6 - Citizenship; Article 7 - Fundamental Rights; Article 8 - Fundamental Duties; Article 9 - Principles of State Policy; Article 10 - Parliament; Article 11 - The National Council; Article 12 - The National Assembly; Article 13 - Passing of Bills; Article 14 - Finance, Trade and Commerce; Article 15 - Political Parties; Article 16 - Public Campaign Financing; Article 17 - Formation of Government; Article 18 - The Opposition Party; Article 19 - Interim Government; Article 20 - The Executive; Article 21 - The Judiciary; Article 22 - Local Governments; Article 23 - Elections; Article 24 - The Royal Audit Authority; Article 25 - The Royal Civil Service Commission; Article 26 - The Anti-Corruption Commission; Article 27 - Defence; Article 28 - The Attorney General; Article 29 - The Pay Commission; Article 30 - Holders of Constitutional Offices; Article 31 - Impeachment; Article 32 - National Referendum; Article 33 - Emergency; Article 34 - Amendment & Authoritative Text; First Schedule - The National Flag and the National Emblem of Bhutan; Second Schedule - The National Anthem of Bhutan; Third Schedule - Oath or Affirmation of Office; Fourth Schedule - Oath or Affirmation of Secrecy.

Note:
A bilingual site in Dzongkha and English - ed.

URL
http://www.constitution.bt/html/constitution/articles.htm

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.constitution.bt/html/constitution/articles.htm

Link reported by:
Mizuno Mitsuaki (mizuno-m@sa.starcat.ne.jp)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Govt.

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30
Please note that the above details were correct on 13 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Thursday, March 31, 2005

24 March 2005

Balinese Manuscript Collection Index

http://anulib.anu.edu.au/clusters/ap/databases/bali_manuscripts.html

5star
24 Mar 2005
The Australian National University Library, Canberra, Australia

Self-description:
"This Index provides a searchable index [http://anulib.anu.edu.au/epubs/bali/ - ed.] to the Balinese Manuscript Collection housed in the Menzies Library of the Australian National University Library. The Balinese Manuscript Project, the Hooykaas-Ketut Sangka (HKS) Project, was set up by Professor C.C. Hooykaas and his Balinese colleague Ketut Sangka in the early 1970s to produce romanised transliterations of the Balinese manuscript corpus. The project, which was conceived by Hooykaas as a way to preserve the Balinese literary heritage before it was irretrievably lost, continued after his death in 1979 under the leadership of Dr Hedi Hinzler of Leiden University, and is still continuing.
Between March 1973 and June 1992, the Department of Indonesian at the University of Sydney participated in the Balinese Manuscript Project [...] The Sydney Collection, now the ANU collection, comprises 5,219 transcriptions which have been registered in this Index. Copies of the HKS Project collection, some incomplete, can be found in the libraries of the University of Leiden, Cornell University, British Library, and the National Library (Perpustakaan Nasional), Jakarta.

The Balinese manuscript tradition incorporates a vast range of texts of all kinds written in a number of languages including Sanskrit, Old Javanese, Middle Javanese, Literary Balinese and Balinese. The Balinese Manuscript Project has made visible the vast extent and widespread dispersal of religious, epic and secular literature throughout the Balinese world. Many of the manuscripts transcribed belong to private collections in Bali and have not previously been recorded. [...] The compilation of this Index was supported by an Australian Research Council Large Research Grant (2000-2002)."

URL
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/clusters/ap/databases/bali_manuscripts.html

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://anulib.anu.edu.au/clusters/ap/databases/bali_manuscripts.html

Link reported by: Helen Creese (h.creese[use"@"]uq.edu.au)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study/Documents

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Library

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30
Please note that the above details were correct on 13 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Thursday, March 24, 2005

18 March 2005

WWW-VL History: Indonesia

http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlindonesia/

5star
International Institute of Social History (IISH), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Note:
A site, originally established on 6 March 1993 by Prof. Lynn H. Nelson, Department of History, University of Kansas as 'H[istory]N[etwork]Source' based on HYTELNET protocol. It was converted to Web protocol 23 September 1993. Since 14 Jun 2002 the site forms a part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library archipelago of scholarly resources (coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html). Since 14th January 2005 the site, edited by Eef Vermeij, operates from IISH, Amsterdam - ed.

Site contents:
Geography; Language; Reference Works - Research Tools; Archives; Libraries; Universities; Museums; Associations; Publishers & Bookdealers; Journals; Instruction; Materials; Chronology; Biography and Genealogy; History; Topics.

URL
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlindonesia/

Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
[the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]

Link reported by: Eef Vermeij (iishasia@loxinfo.co.th)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Essential

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30
Please note that the above details were correct on 13 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Friday, March 18, 2005

07 March 2005

Culture and Society of Hong Kong: A Bibliography

http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/publish/culture/

4star
Anthropology Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Self description:
"The aim of this bibliography by Sidney C.H. Cheung and Siumi Maria Tam Cheung - ed.] is to facilitate research on Hong Kong by categorizing selected academic publications on the culture and society of Hong Kong. It is our hope that not only will anthropologists find this compilation useful, but also anyone who is interested in understanding more about Hong Kong will find this a handy reference."

Supplied note:
"This is one of the online publications by the Anthropology Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It was compiled in July 1999 (last rev. May 2002). - ma."

Site contents:
(0) Preface; (1) Belief Systems; (2) Cultural Symbolism; (3) Ethnicity; (4) Food and Health; (5) Gender and Sex; (6) Human Ecology; (7) Language; (8) Marriage and Family; (9) Migration; (10) Political Life; (11) Popular Culture; (12) Social Development; (13) Socialization and Education; (14) Work and Economics; (15) Related Bibliographies.

URL
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/publish/culture/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.cuhk.edu.hk/ant/publish/culture/

Link reported by:
Matthias Arnold / Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (arno@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Academic

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
under 30
Please note that the above details were correct on 13 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Monday, March 07, 2005

03 March 2005

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), India

http://www.idsa.in/

4star
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India

Self-description:
"The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India was established on November 11 1965. It is considered to be the premier strategic and security studies Think Tank in India."

Site contents:
External Affairs Minister's Speech at the 7th Asian Security Conference (27-29 Jan 2005); Defence Minister's Speech at the 7th Asian Security Conference (27-29 Jan 2005); Strategic Analysis Vol.28 No.4 Oct-Dec 2004; Strategic Digest Vol. 34 No.12 Dec 2004; About Us; Faculty; Fellowship; Publications; Events; Seminars; Round Tables; Library; Contact Us.

URL
http://www.idsa.in/

Internet Archive
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.idsa-india.org
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.idsa.in/

Link reported by:
Director (idsa@vsnl.com)

* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate info./Studies

* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Govt.

* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful

* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]:
Under 1,000
Please note that the above details were correct on 13 October 2005. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com

posted by tmciolek at Thursday, March 03, 2005