Preface : Welcoming address by Dr.Amnuay Tapingkae Director, RIHED. -- Opening address by his excellency Leuam Insisienmay deputy prime minister and minister of education, fine arts, youth and sports, Laos. -- Development strategies and high-level manpower needs in Southeast Asia : Development strategy and manpower needs in Singapore Koh Watt Seng. -- Economic and social development strategies and high-level manpower needs in Thailand Vallabha Chartprasert. -- Technical paper : policy issues on population manpower and employment Lamduan Pawakaranond. -- The responses of Southeast Asian universities to high-level manpower needs : the response of the Thai university system to high-level manpower needs Apichai Puntasen. -- An economic perspective of universities and manpower development Pang Eng Fong. -- The employment of university gradates in Southeast Asia : the employment of university graduates in Malaysia Mohd. Ghazali bin Haji Abdul Rahman. -- The employment of graduates of tertiary institutions in Singapore Philip Limb. -- The employment of university graduates in Indonesia Muhammadi Siswo Surdarmo. -- Employment of university graduates-Thailand's experience Nikom Chandravithun. -- Conclusion : Summary of discussions Diana Fussel and Andrew Quarmby

1. College graduates -- Employment -- Southeast Asia
2. Labor supply -- Addresses
3. essays
4. lectures -- Southeast Asia
5. Manpower policy -- Addresses
6. essays
7. lectures -- Southeast Asia
8. Education -- Economic aspects -- Southeast Asia