DOCUMENT RESUME PS 023 946 ED 394 639 Davis, Leonard AUTHOR Children of the East. TITLE ISBN-1-85756-171-6 REPORT NO PUB DATE 94 NOTE 101p. Janus Publishing Company, Edinburgh House, 19 Nassau AVAILABLE FROM Street, London, WIN 7RE, England, United Kingdom (9.99 British pounds). Descriptive (141) Reports PUB TYPE Books (010) MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. EDRS PRICE Access to Education; Child Abuse; Childhood Needs; DESCRIPTORS Child Neglect; *Children; Child Welfare; Developing Nations; Family Characteristics; Foreign Countries; Poverty; *Quality of Life; Social Indicators; *Social Problems; Suicide Child Prostitution; Hong Kong; Philippines; IDENTIFIERS Singapore; *Southeast Asians; Thailand ABSTRACT It is estimated that by the year 2010, 50 percent of the population of southeast Asia will be under 15 years of age. Based on a research project completed in 1993, this book provides a regional overview of the quality of life for these children, and is targeted not only at those with an academic and professional interest in child care and social policy, but also at the people in Southeast Asia and beyond who are generally unaffected by the concerns being highlighted and discussed, and remain untouched by questions relating to child care policy and practice. The book is divieed into four chapters. Chapter 1, entitled "Needs, Rights and Injustices," serves as an introduction to the book, claiming that parents, whether married, cohabiting or single, wish to do their best for their children, and those who fail in their task are most often the victims of their poverty, upbringing, or environment. This chapter also provides information on different kinds of child care facilities in many different Southeast Asian countries. Chapter 2, "Asian Children in Context," provides information in statistical terms on the quality of life of Southeast Asian children. Topics discussed include population growth and family planning. Chapter 3, "Abuse, Neglect and Disease," discusses topics including street children, prostitution, children and war, children in affluent societies, and child suicides. Chapter 4, "Concern and Intervention," discusses the outlook for Southeast Asian children and describes promising programs developed for the care of young children. Contains 20 references. 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BEST COPY CHILDREN OF THE EAST Also by Leonard Davis Residential Care: A Community Resource Janus Publishing Company, London, 1993 (First edition, Heinemann, 1982) Sex and the Social Worker Janus Publishing Company, London, 1993 (First edition, Heinemann, ma) Pastoral Care: Caring for Secondary School Pupils Janus Publishing Company, London, 1993 (First edition, Heinemann, 1985) The Philippines People, Poverty and Politics Macmillan, London and St Martin's Press, New York, 1987 Revolutionary Struggle in the Philippines Macmillan, London and St Martin's Press, New York, 1989 Hong Kong and the Asylum-Seekers from Vietnam Macmillan, London and St Martin's Press, New York, 1991 Social Care: Rivers of Pain, Bridges of Hope Whiting and Birch Ltd, London, 1992 (First edition, Writers and Publishers Co-operative, Hong Ko rig, 1987) CHILDREN OF THE EAST LEONARD DAVIS Reader, Department of Applied Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong !ANUS PUBLISHING COMPANY London, England First published in Great Britain 1994 by Janus Publishing Company Edinburgh House 19 Nassau Street London WIN 7RE Copyright (:) Leonard Davis 1994 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. Davis, Leonard, 1931 Title 1 Children of the East ISBN 1 85756 171 6 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photucopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. The right of Leonard Davis to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988. Cover design by Harold King Printed & bound in England by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Chan Kwok-choi To Liu Ip-wan Philip and CONTENTS ix Illustrations xi Preface xiii List of Abbreviations Needs, Rights and Injustices 1 1 5 Asian Children in Context 2 25 Abuse, Neglect and Disease 3 49 4 Concern and Intervention 71 Bibliography ILLUSTRATIONS Between pages 16 and 17 Plate i High school students Plate 2 Japanese adolescents Plate 3 Expatriate children Plate 4 Children in uniform Plate 5 Boys relaxing Plate 6 Sports teams Plate 7 Children performing Plate s The Preda Foundation Plate 9 Street children begging Plate lo Street children Plate 11 A young beggar in Bangkok Plate 12 Street children poster Plates 13 & 14 A rehabilitation centre Plate 15 Thai-Japanese girl Plate 16 Chinese-Indian girl Plate 17 Anglo-Filipino boys Plate Is A religious education class Plate Is A residential establishment Between pages 48 and 49 Plate 20 A residential nursery Plate 21 Handicapped children Children of the East Plate A leper colony 22 Plate Handicapped lead singer 23 Learning braille Plate 24 Parental participation Plate 25 Plate An autistic Korean boy 26 Plate Early education in Thailand 27 Plate Widespread acceptance of new ideas 28 An early afternoon siesta Plate 29 Plate The author and two young girls 30 Young boys and commercial enterprise Plate 31 Plate Children in the fishing industry 32 Feeding the hungry millions Plate 33 Attending a wedding Plate 34 A Buddhist family Plate 35 A youth worker Plate 36 Plate Children without childhood 37 Street families Plate 38 The spirit of youth Plate 39