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306 SESSION V a primitive community life and have not experienced the usual community life. This is the biggest reason that about 30% of Don Bosco Pugad students goes back to street life. I also know of small money trouble—cheated on money. This innocent incident shows the difficulty of changing one’s culture. It can almost be called as cultural gap. We respond to this matter by setting business internship period. The two boys who passed the official Japanese language test are studying IT skills and also working for one private Japanese language school as interns. The school staff checks their daily manners and discipline; still, we need to take other actions. For example, the students of Don Bosco Tondo are brought up with strict discipline under the church policy. If one student has trouble like theft or violence, the church washes him up right off. This strict management system is closely related to its high employment rate. We also might have strict rules in the school regulations. There is another difficult and fundamental problem in the activity frame. It is not easy to judge whether we should deeply care about international labor demand or not. It must be a hot issue because encouragement of emigration results in brain-drain problems in the long term. We do not intend to promote economic colonization by Japanese companies in the Philippines. But, on the other hand, most of Japanese IT companies hiring Filipino engineers are bothered with jobhopping of their Filipino employees to U.S. companies. It is obvious that there are few decent job opportunities for young poor people in the Philippines. Everyone has a right to get better jobs. We cannot avoid this in globalization. However, it was impressive that almost all of Filipinos I interviewed during my research asked me about job opportunities in Japan for young poor Filipinos. It is interesting to note that I got this criticism from the Japanese. FUTURE PLAN Our graduates who get jobs in Japanese companies in Manila often need to stay long in Japan for training. We must take immigration issues into consideration sooner or later as the Japanese society are still prejudiced to foreign workers. Hence, we should prepare to support the daily and legal needs of our graduates in Japan. Fortunately, API Fellow Allan Villarante offered to support me regarding this matter. He stayed in Japan to conduct researcher on OFWs and migration problems. OFWs in the medical industry are coming to Japan after the conclusion of FTA between Japan and the Ref lections on the Human Condition: Change, Conflict and Modernity The Work of the 2004/2005 API Fellows Philippines. After the conditions become clear, we should consider again whether medical education support is needed or not. Lastly, we should try to expand the activity because there are many young poor people. No one knows the exact statistics of young poor street children. In the case of street children, the numbers are all different. This is because there is no common definition of street children. It is clear though that the unemployment rate of this country is almost 10% and half of the jobless workers are under 24 years old. In the future, we will try to expand our program in other countries such as Vietnam that has a potential labor market, especially in IT industry like the Philippines. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This challenging project was supported by many people whom I met after becoming an API Fellow. Tatsuya Tanami, Michiko Taki, and Makiko Ogihara (The Nippon Foundation) and Naoko Maeno and Satoko Yasuhara (CSEAS Kyoto University) supported me in Japan. Dr. Jose M. Cruz and Cecille Bartolome (Ateneo de Manila University) and Russell Q. Tabisula (The Nippon Foundatio-Philippines) supported not only the research but also my daily life in Manila. I would have not completed my research without Russell. Miho Sakuma (Kobe University, API Fellow) and Shinichiro Kato (PhilNITS) also contributed much to my research. They willingly introduced me to their friends who were related to IT industry and vocational support in Manila. I would also like to say thanks to Mizuki Endo (Kyusyu University, API Fellow) and Dr. Tai Lee Min (Asian Development Bank, API Fellow) for spending much time with me at the weekend party and introducing me to their exciting friends. It was a fantastic experience to discuss various subjects of globalization with other API Fellows and scholars who researched various themes. Through the discussions with them, I understood that we all were trying to change this globalization age for the better and our various subjects were related to each other deeply. Specifically, Allan Jose J. Villarante (House of Representatives, API Fellow), Dr. Seiji Kageyama (Kanazawa University, API Fellow) and Dr. Denis B. Batangan (Ateneo de Manila University) inspired me very much. Their advice regarding OFWs, especially Filipino medical workers, and FTA between Japan and the Philippines was quite fecund. On the vocational training activity, I would like to show my appreciation to the great couple—Dr. Isagani
Antonio F. Yuzon (Almeda Inc., API Fellow) and Dr. Teresita Atienza (Polytechnic Univeristy of the Philippines, API Fellow)—who gave me concrete and applicable suggestions about IT training as an antipoverty project. Melvin R. Matulac (University of Santo Tomas) showed me the real activity as brother of Don Bosco Tondo and true friendship. To be acquainted with Katsumi Yamaguchi and Shin Nakajima (SPIJ), my partners in EDSA, was something like miracle. I did not think there were other Japanese people who had almost the same idea about IT training in Manila. They are real challengers and they always give me the newest information in IT industry and training activity in Manila. To write this English report, I owe much to my best friends - my business partner and old friend Takashi Nishizawa (Dumont Marketing) and Rudyard C. Pesimo (Ateneo de Naga University, API Fellow). They read this report and gave me advice with patience. Rudyard also supported my JICA consultation. He is not only a popular Anime-Otaku, but also a real Asian Public Intellectual. I am one of the Fellows who got the biggest benefit from the API Fellowship project. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude and in memory to my father, Seiro, who suddenly passed away in the summer of 2005. Without your kindness and understanding about my life, I could not continue my NGO activity. Please requiescat in peace with my mother, Katsuko. Footnotes 1 Ghose, Ajit K. 2003. JOBS AND INCOMES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD. London: International Labor Organization 2 The Official Website. 2003.12. STOCK ESTIMATES OF FILIPPINOS OVERSEAS. (http://www.poea.gov. ph/html/statistics.html). Manila: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration 3 The Official Website. 2004.2. KAIGAI RODO JOHO /THE LATEST LABOR INFORMATION. (http:// www.jil.go.jp/foreign/jihou/2004_2/phillip_01.htm). Tokyo: The Japan Institute for Labor policy and training 4 The Official Website. 2004. OVERSEAS JOB OPENINGS. (http://www.poea.gov.ph/cgi-bin/ JobVacancies/jobsMenu.asp). Manila: Philippine Overseas Employment Administration THE EMPOWERING THE POOR AND VULNERABLE 5 The Official Website. 2004. INVESTMENT STATISTICS. (http://www.boi.gov.ph/investment-stat7.htm), Manila: Board of Investments 6 The Official Website. 2004.8. KAIGAI RODO JOHO /THE LATEST LABOR INFORMATION. (http:// www.jil.go.jp/foreign/jihou/2004_8/phillip_01.htm). Tokyo: The Japan Institute for Labor policy and training 307 7 The Official Website. 2004. FIRIPIN SYUYO KEIZAI SIHYO / THE MAIN ECONOMIC INDEX OF THE PHILIPPINES. (http://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/area/ philippines/keizai.html). Tokyo: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 8 The Official Website. 2004.6. FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS OF THE PHILIPPINES: 2003 (Special Release No. 095). (http://www.census.gov.ph/data/ sectordata/sr0495tx.html) Manila: National Statistics Office 9 The Official Website. 2004.12. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES III. INDUSTRY CAPACITY, SIZE, AND LOCATION (http:// tradelinephil.dti.gov.ph/betp/ITServices). Manila: Department of Trade and Industry 10 The Official Website. 2004.9. JETRO FIRIPIN IT SANGYO JIJYO/ THE BASIC IT INDUSTRY REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES PART 1. (http://www3.jetro.go.jp/jetro-file/search-text. do?url=05000757) Tokyo: Japan External Trade Organization 11 The Official Website 2004.10. JETRO FIRIPIN IT SANGYO JIJYO/ THE BASIC IT INDUSTRY REPORT OF THE PHILIPPINES PART 2 Tokyo: Japan External Trade Organization Ref lections on the Human Condition: Change, Conflict and Modernity The Work of the 2004/2005 API Fellows
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Reflections on the
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CONTENTS About the Book v Acknowled
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ABOUT THE BOOK Reflections<
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THE CONTRIBUTORS (The information a
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University of the Philippines in th
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about social change. For example, S
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wars—the First World War and the
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It will not be easy but I believe t
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Before I conclude, allow me to offe
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highlighted in this Workshop’s fr
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INTRODUCTION Abdul Rahman Embong AG
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API Fellowships Program that the 4
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in Indonesia and their engagement w
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countries as a way of seeking empow
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HERITAGE, IDENTITY, CHANGE AND CONF
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problem developing with the relatio
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I have arrived at this point in my
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REFERENCES Bellwood, Peter S. 1985.
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PAST PERIPHERY: CURATION IN SOUTHEA
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co-location of art around the world
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arts and design and were not formal
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and cultural value can heighten the
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y boat from Bangkok. In this cultur
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in the gentrified district of Thong
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Supangkat, Jim. 1995. “Contempora
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in Bangkok and reassembled at the t
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In her article, “The Politics of
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legend is unlikely to achieve simil
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KHAW SIM BEE AND MODERN PHUKET In t
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French, British or Dutch, is less m
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More recently, a new interest in lo
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Books. pp. 89-126. Journal Articles
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of RCSD), Dr. Chainarong Sretthacha
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forestry departments and other tech
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Although most Southeast Asian gover
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of cultivated area, and population
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the drought. Since the early 1990s,
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In both Peninsular Malaysia and Sar
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Affairs under the Ministry of Home
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Community Forestry Program (CFP) wa
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in Thailand and the Philippines. Ma
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that joined the conflict; and (ii)
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level of 1%. In addition, since the
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participation in collective action,
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Thompson, M. and M. Warburton. 1985
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trol by Suharto. The approximately
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unit headed by General Prabowo, Suh
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Muhammadiyah bersama kekuatan socia
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who refuse to acknowledge the exist
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For the most part, respondents demo
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Islam Mengejar Ketertinggala. In jo
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ENGAGING MODERNITY: RELIGION, GENDE
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spiritual adaptation—gradual, hig
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But underlying all his views—KH G
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women demand for divorce, they woul
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father tried to convince her to rev
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Happy Birthday, dear Muhammad! SEKA
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cultural particularity cannot provi
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strengthened by Malaysia’s ethnic
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destined to build a civilisation of
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of capitalism has led to an increas
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Because living away from home and i
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leads them to concede that they may
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In Malaysia, on the other hand, the
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hierarchy has not hesitated to util
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almost 40 years ago—September 30,
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CLEARING THE SPACE: ART AS TRANSPOR
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that we can see more clearly the ar
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women; violence against women is no
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ALTERNATIVE SPACES IN INDONESIA The
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structural foundations to play thei
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Asian animation companies bid fierc
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Filipino parents, newspaper columni
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digital content creation to find cl
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containing advice and insights on f
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devoted his time to produce the fir
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Figure 2: The Structure of the Japa
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mind. GDH shared its production pro
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interesting to note that the audien
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an impression of what their works w
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y passion which was in fashion at t
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movies and other special effects fi
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Otaku culture is just like any othe
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Akihabara Tokyo’s Electric Town,
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ands emerged slowly, and fans of th
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and Practice (6:1), (27-37). Schodt
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great divide between availability a
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Table 10: Self Report on Health (N=
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REFERENCES Aekplakorn W., Chaiyapon
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CHANGING LIFESTYLES AND HEALTH TEAM
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noted for HBs antigen (HBsAg) among
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given to the clients confidentially
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the detailed characterization on th
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type 2 infection in the Philippines
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DESPERATELY SEEKING MARKETS If mark
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integrated circuits, industrial rob
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that JP’s privatized banking divi
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limited scope for private healthcar
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instances where such individuals ha
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even as public finances improved fo
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The United States could easily desi
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take shape so that they are in line
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Bank itself may be subject to force
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CHANGING LIFESTYLES AND HEALTH RESE
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The indexers extracted the importan
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wound healing from generation to ge
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E. F. 1. Regulation of export; and
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government long maintained an inter
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oei. First, beginning with Cambodia
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key issue for Japan is that there i
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Japanese government revised its mar
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(2) type of Article 9 revision; and
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These results depict the tenacity o
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and Sri Lanka. Then, the Greater Me
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Table 2: Thailand Trade Value of Ag
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In case of the losers from FTAs, th
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13 At these years, the world econom
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Nipon Poapongsakorn, Martin Ruhs, S
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422 APPENDIX I WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Fo
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424 ASST. PROF. DR. ROSALIE B. ARCA
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426 APPENDIX III ABSTRACTS OF PAPER
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428 of such a challenge, the histor
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430 emergence of creativity and inn
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432 the legal conditions. It also p
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434 followed by I Nyoman Nurjaya fr
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