How much has Asia's colonialpast shaped its present andfuture? TAN SHIOW CHINfinds out at an internationalcolloquium.
EVEN THOUGH the youngest nation in Southeast Asia, Brunei, achieved independence more than two decades ago, the effects of being colonised linger on in the cultural makeup of many countries in the region.
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