"A survey of press laws in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, this handbook presents the information in two parts: (1) a descriptive survey of the press system for each country, and (2) transcripts of the national laws. A final chapter compares the five national systems. The first chapter is a philosophical discussion of press systems. ASEAN is the acronym for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, founded in 1967." (Eleanor Blum, Frances G. Wilhoit: Mass media bibliography. 3rd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990 Nr. 346)