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The special issue editors, also the conference convenors, would like to express our gratitude to the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore and the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their financial support of the international conference titled “Long term care for the elderly in ASEAN plus three: research and policy challenges” in March 2016 in which some of the papers in this special issue were based. We thank the administrative support from the Centre for Family and Population Research in the National University of Singapore, and to Ms. Saharah Bte Abubaka for her assistance in editing the papers in this issue. Finally, we are especially grateful to the journal editor, Margaret Perkinson for her strong support and assistance in making this special issue possible.
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Thang, L.L., Yeung, WJ. Introduction to Special Issue of Journal of Cross Cultural Gerontology on Elder-Care Issues in Southeast and East Asia. J Cross Cult Gerontol 33, 137–142 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10823-018-9349-5
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