Singapore, the current chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, duly praised the election timetable.

新加坡，东南亚国家联盟的现任主席国，已经称赞了这份选举时间表。

Its big, poor South-East Asian neighbours would also be earning billions if they had been quicker to exploit their vast, untapped reserves of ores.

其幅员辽阔，但穷困潦倒的东南亚邻国也将收入数十亿，只要他们加紧对其大量原始矿石储备的开采力度。

LIKE unwelcome guests who will not leave, 453 container ships, 11% of global capacity, now float outside the harbours of Hong Kong, Singapore and other South-East Asian ports.

就像不受欢迎的客人一样，他们不愿离开，453艘集装箱船，11%的全球运力，现在漂浮在香港，新加坡和其他东南亚港口以外。

Roughly half of all South-East Asian migrants are thought to have remained in the neighbourhood, and nearly two-thirds of migrants from eastern Europe and Central Asia have stayed in their own region.

将近一半的东南亚移民被认为在邻国流动，约占三分之二的东欧和中亚移民会在本洲的区域流动。

Fertility has dropped further in every South-East Asian country (except the Philippines) than it did in Japan. The rate in Bangladesh fell by half from six to three in only 20 years (1980 to 2000).

所有东南亚国家(除了菲律宾)比当时日本的生育率降低更多孟加拉国只用了20年(1980 - 2000)将生育率降低了一半，从6降到3。

Mrs Clinton is expected at a summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations next week in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital.

下周在越南首都河内举行的东南亚国家联盟峰会期待希拉里?克林顿的参加。

Lately it has taken to calling the South China Sea, which it disputes with five of its South-East Asian neighbours, a 「core national interest」.

最近中国已宣称其与五个东南亚邻国有纠纷的南中国海属于它的「国家核心利益」之一。

America and the EU have imposed sanctions of varying severity, Japan has been friendlier and China, India and Myanmar「s South-East Asian partners have vigorously pursued commercial and other ties.

美国和欧盟以各种严厉方式进行制裁，日本则较友善，而中国、印度和缅甸的东南亚伙伴积极发展经贸和其它关系。

There, islands in the South China Sea, beneath which oil and gas are thought to lie, are subject to several disputes involving China and South-East Asian neighbours.

在那里，海底蕴藏着石油与天然气的南中国海中的岛屿引发了中国与其东南亚邻国之间的争端。

The ten members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) agreed on a trade deal with India and reached a separate accord with Australia and New Zealand.

东盟的十位成员曾于06年分别与印度，澳大利亚和新西兰达成了贸易协议。

Instead, though critical of the regime in Beijing, Singapore」s then prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, led a South-East Asian push to engage China.

相反，虽然批评北京政府，但是时任新加坡总理的李光耀带还是与东南亚国家与中国接触。

THE strong global economic tide has lifted the boats of most South-East Asian countries, but perhaps the most impressive performer is Singapore.

全球经济的汹涌浪潮带动了诸多南亚国家，但是最为抢眼的还是新加坡。

Some 231m Indonesians account for two-fifths of the population of ASEAN, the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations.

东南亚国家联盟由十个国家组成，而印尼人口约2.31亿，占东盟的五分之二。

On April 8th Mr Abhisit cancelled a scheduled trip to Hanoi for a summit of the Association of South-East Asian Nations.

4月8日，阿披实先生取消了原定到河内参加东南亚国家联盟峰会的行程。

Peru, whose anchoveta fishery is the largest in the world, is coming round to a rights-based approach to fishing, as are some African and South-East Asian governments.

秘鲁的秘鲁鳀渔业在世界上是最大的，它正在重新实行以权利为基础的捕鱼措施，某些非洲和东南亚国家也是如此。

Japan has a handful with smaller economies like Mexico, Chile and Singapore, and has an economic partnership with the Association of South-East Asian Nations.

日本已与墨西哥，智利和新加坡一些较小的经济体开展合作，并与东南亚国家协会保持着经济合作伙伴关系。

Vietnam would like the ten-member Association of South-East Asian Nations, whose rotating chairmanship it holds, to stick together on the South China Sea issue, lest China pick off the weaker members.

越南作为拥有十个成员的东南亚联盟的轮职主席，希望东南亚联盟在南中国海问题上团结一致，以免中国剪除其较弱的成员。

America「s vociferous involvement, notably at a regional security forum in Hanoi last July, was welcomed at the time by most of the ten members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

美国大张旗鼓地卷入在当时受到了东南亚国家联盟(东盟)十名成员国中大多数国家的欢迎，尤其是在去年七月河内地区安全论坛期间。

One expert on Vietnam, David Koh of the Institute of South-East Asian Studies in Singapore, says that, away from the party congress, the government has been taking some action.

葛怀洲，一位来自新加坡东南亚研究所的越南通，声称，除了召开党代会之外，政府也已采取了别的举措。

That is true elsewhere in Asia too, but several South-East Asian countries-notably indonesia-are afflicted by corrupt and unreliable judicial systems, making it difficult to enforce contracts.

这个情况在亚洲其它国家也出现，但东南亚的几个国家——尤其印尼——都受到贪污和不可靠的司法体系的折磨。在那里，连合同也难以生效。

Myanmar」s neighbours are too morally insensible even to rebuke it in the councils of the Association of South-East Asian Nations.

缅甸的邻国在道义上极为冷漠，甚至不愿意在东南亚国家联盟会议上指责缅甸。

New theatre of terror? In the so-called war on terror, Cambodia is a sleepy outpost on a tense South-East Asian front that stretches from the Philippines to Thailand.

在所谓的反恐战争中，在从菲律宾延伸至泰国的东南亚紧张前线中，柬埔寨是一个安全的边缘地区。

Much of the research and evidence is of particular relevance to the South-East Asian region, where too many people struggle daily for justice and equity in health.

报告中载述的多数研究成果和证据对南亚地区特别适用。在南亚地区，许多人生活艰难，渴望获得公正待遇和健康公平。

They also see trouble ahead in the shape of proposed FTAs with places such as India and ASEAN, the South-East Asian trade block, which may demand concessions similar to those won by the Koreans.

他们看得更远，看到更多的麻烦。在既定的自由贸易协议框架下，以后跟其他地区像印度，东盟，东南亚贸易区进行交易时很可能会被要求做出妥协，就跟韩国一样。