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Title Section20 1988-01-16 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration1404 1988-01-16 1 LESLIE FONG - The Government has referred the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill, which will provide for the election of the Team MPs, to a Select Committee. This will allow all Singaporeans who want a say in the proposal to1,404 words
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186 1988-01-16 1 KUALA LUMPUR The Supreme Court yesterday lilted an Injunction granted to opposition leader Lim Kit Slang stopping a company from signing a roadbuilding contract with the government. A five-member bench headed by Lord President Tun Salleh Abas ruled 3-2 in favour186 words
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953 1988-01-16 1 Text of Mr Goh Chok Tong’s address to the House starts on Page 2. MR GOH Chok Tong on Monday Hummed up In one crisp phrase what the Team MP proposal was all about institutionalising multi-racial politics. This would result from all political parties953 words
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Advertisement82 1988-01-16 1 EmpText INSIDE HOME NEWS 5 pages *of Parliament Report Chok Tong on the Team MPs proposal; MPs state their views PAGES 2-5 Debate on the Teh Cheang Wan Inquiry Report PAGE 6 50 families ordered to evacuate flats PAGE 9 ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY/ ASEAN Lord President calls for halt in82 words
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The Team MP proposal
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Article, Illustration3614 1988-01-16 2 TM feared that in the *****, Malays could be underrepresented in House’ Text of the First Deputy Prime Minister’s speech to Parliament when he moved the second reading of the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill to3,614 words
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Article673 1988-01-16 2 Now, I shall deal with the details of the Bill. Clause 3 Clause 3 enables the President to declare a certain number of constituencies where Parliamentary elections will be held on a group basis. Such constituencies will be known as Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs). Each group673 words
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609 1988-01-16 4 MR SPEAKER, Sir, before I conclude, let me reiterate the objectives of this Bill This Bill seeks to institutionalise the practice of multi-ra- cial politics by requiring all political parties to field multi-racial teams of candidates to contest in Group Representation Constituencies if609 words
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Debate on the Team MPs Bill
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386 1988-01-16 4 THE debate on the Team MP proposal was kicked off by Mr Abdallah Tarmugi (Slglap), who described how his initial reservations over Group Representation Constituencies turned Into firm acceptance. He said: “When I first heard of the intention to introduce386 words
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Article, Illustration445 1988-01-16 4 OPPOSING VIEW balance the Malay community’s Interests with national Interest, deal with contending, sometimes conflicting, demands, our Jobs become that much more arduous. For us, It would be political suicide to act and be perceived as communal MPs by the electorate,”445 words
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1107 1988-01-16 5 PATRICK DANIEL - Again, after 45 minutes on his feet, he won spontaneous applause louder and longer this time, and even from the Mr Lee Kuan Yew for capturing the attention of the House in a way that many thought only the1,107 words
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Article, Illustration388 1988-01-16 5 ENVIRONMENT Minister Ahmad Mattar said he still had some reservations about the Team MP proposal, but he could not think of a better way for ensuring a multi-racial Parliament. One of his concerns was the fact that GRC388 words
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Article, Illustration334 1988-01-16 5 OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong will have the choice of deciding whether his constituency, Potong Pasir, should become part of a bigger Group Representation Constituency or remain a sin-gle-seat ward. Addressing criticism that the334 words
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Article, Illustration1274 1988-01-16 6 ALAN JOHN - Bribes took place because the minister exercised discretion, which he had under the law, but for a consideration: PM House accepts panel’s report on Teh Cheang Wan affair By ALAN JOHN OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong declined on Wednesday to take up1,274 words
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REST OF PARLIAMENT
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588 1988-01-16 6 Income Tax (Amendment) Bill FINANCE Minister Richard Hu explained to the House why the special rebate for the third child under the incentive package to encourage procreation has to be stopped when parents are divorced. He said there would be an administrative588 words
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Article96 1988-01-16 6 THE Singapore Constitution (Amendment) Bill, which had Its second reading this week, allows for Parliament to have two Deputy Speakers. First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said it win In the Interest of members to have one mare Deputy Speaker who would be well-verged96 words
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Article66 1988-01-16 6 THE MRT has chalked up eight million passenger trips since the trains started rolling in November, Communications and Information Minister Yeo Ning Hong told the House. He said teething problems of congestion at certain stations were mainly caused by equipment failure and the public’s unfamiliarity with66 words
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Article66 1988-01-16 6 HOME AFFAIRS Minister S. Jayakumar said Marxist conspiracy detainees who have been released can take part in political activities and even stand for elections, provided they get the approval of the Director of the Internal Security Department. Although the Constitution gave the Government the power to prohibit66 words
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Article61 1988-01-16 6 FORMER ROMAN Catholic priest Edgar D’Souza will not allow the Australian government to disclose details of his permanent residence status, said Second Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng. He was replying to a Suestion from Mr Heng hiang Meng (Jalan Kayu) who wanted to know if the61 words
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Article35 1988-01-16 6 ACTING HEALTH Minis ter Yeo Cheow Tong announced plans to extend Medisave to cover the Catastrophic Illness Insurance Scheme. He also said there were four cases of abuse of Medisave last year.35 words
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Article, Illustration392 1988-01-16 7 SUMIKO TAN - By SUMIKO TAN TURKIC armed men who robbed a couple of s2t,Mt were eonfronted by eight angry residents during their escape but the residents had to back off when one of the three brandished a revolver. One of the robbers ran off392 words
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255 1988-01-16 7 PARLIAMENT on Tuesday passed the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill which will replace an outdated and oft-criticised basis of calculating the compensation for land acquired by the Government. With the change, compensation for land acquired on or after Nov255 words
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Article40 1988-01-16 7 THE Singapore Zoo received a record 1,112,000 visitors last year, compared with 959,000 in 1986. The Golden Monkeys from China, which were here for six months, attracted more than 500,000 visitors, a statement from the zoo said.40 words
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Article, Illustration110 1988-01-16 7 AN SBC artiste who acted as the head of a family of thieves in the drama serial Pickpockets found his own pockets lighter by $1,750 on Wednesday. Woon Sang Tau (above) was fined the amount in court for keeping a motorcycle and a110 words
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75 1988-01-16 7 A SECURITY guard was fined $BOO last week for refusing to pay a $5.40 taxi fare. Welen s/o Manvel, 36, admitted not paying Mr Ong Teck Seng, the taxidriver, when he alighted at Haig Road, off Geylang Road. Mr Ong stopped75 words
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377 1988-01-16 8 MATHEW YAP - Survey: l-in-4 also likely to give up driving to work By MATHEW YAP ONE out of every two bus commuters is likely to switch to the Mass Rapid Transit system, according to a transport survey carried out by a National University of377 words
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444 1988-01-16 8 SOME commercial buildings are reaping the benefits of their proximity to Mass Rapid Transit stations with high and in some cases almost full occupancy rates. According to owners, developers and property consultants. the MRT has been a boon to such properties. This444 words
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169 1988-01-16 8 TWO opposition parties, the Singapore United Front (SUF) and the Workers’ Party (WP) are to merge to contest the next general election. SUF Secretary-General Seow Khee Leng said his party was dissolving to join the WP because it felt all opposition parties should169 words
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296 1988-01-16 8 INVESTIGATIONS into the activities of a property development company in connection with the Teh Cheang Wan case in November 1986 led to the discovery that a bank manager had accepted a $30,000 hongbao from it, a district court was told this week. Khoo296 words
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Article, Illustration237 1988-01-16 8 L. E. PREMA - By L. E. PREMA STREET lamps in parte at Singapore are now being switched on and off by one of the most sophisticated electrical remote control systems In Asia. Only Japan has a system to match the latest Public Utilities Board facility,237 words
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221 1988-01-16 8 COPIES of gazetted publications may soon be made and sold without infringing the Copyright Act. But these copies must be made with the approval of the Government and sold or distributed without profit after accounting for the costs of production and services.221 words
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Article296 1988-01-16 8 A PUBLICITY drive to get more quality teachers and to draw more men into the profession kicks off in March. A television commercial has been planned by the Education Ministry, which has set aside $190,000 for the advertisements, which will be aired over two weeks.296 words
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Article, Illustration515 1988-01-16 9 FIFTY families living In a 13-storey block of flats In a condominium were shocked when they were given orders to evacuate their homes immediately on Tuesday as the block was In danger of collapse. In an unprecedented move, Ministry of National515 words
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Article, Illustration380 1988-01-16 9 Claims could total s2m DREW AND NAPIER, one of Singapore’s most established law firms, has been slapped with a negligence suit with claims that could total $2 million, reports Business Times. Among the 13 partners named as defendants in the380 words
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310 1988-01-16 9 THE brain drain phenomenon is not a major problem for Singapore as there are more foreign professionals who come in than Singaporeans who choose to set up home abroad. Figures from the Health Ministry’s Population Planning Unit show that for 10 years since310 words
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Article217 1988-01-16 9 TWENTY-SIX birds, including 20 swans, died over the weekend of suspected pesticide poisoning at the Jurong Bird Park. Apart from the swans, the other birds which died were three emus, two Egyptian ducks and one Java tree duck. The executive director of the park, Dr217 words
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100 1988-01-16 9 ALL five expatriate executives of the expelled Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) have left Singapore. The CCA, which the Home Affairs Ministry said had supported activists such as MarxLst conspiracy detainee Vincent Cheng, was told to wind up Its affairs and leave100 words
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Article, Illustration895 1988-01-16 19 This is the letter from the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, Mr James Fu. which the Far Eastern Economic Review will now publish as a paid advertisement. The Far Eastern Economic Review Affair 2 Jan, 88 The Editor Par Eastern Economic Review 181-185, Gloucester895 words
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382 1988-01-16 19 THE British weekly, The Economist, will close its Singapore bureau at the end of this month following a decision to shift to Hongkong as its base for South-east Asian coverage, The Sunday Times reported. The Singapore bureau chief, Mr John Andrews, 41, told382 words
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130 1988-01-16 19 THE Singapore bureau of the American weekly magazine, (.IS News and World Report, will be closed at the end of this month, bureau chief Walter Taylor has announced. The Singapore office is Its base for covering South-east Asia. Mr Taylor said he130 words
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Advertisement707 1988-01-16 7 REACH SINGAPORE FROM HOME To advertise, contact our representatives below: MALAYSIA: The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. 31. Jalan Riong, Kuala Lumpur ***** Tel: *****44 Cable New Times' Telex MA ***** Fax (03) *****34 U.K.: Mr John Armour /Mr R Ramesh The Straits Times Press (London) Ltd 102/106 Temple707 words
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Article, Illustration858 1988-01-16 10 AFP, NST. KUALA LUMPUR The I/ii'd President has called for a halt to open criticism of the judiciary, saying court rulings cannot always be in the government’s favour. Tun Salleh Abas said on Tuesday he had remained "silent farAFP,; NST. - 858 words
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Article, Illustration304 1988-01-16 10 NST. BANDAR TUN RAZAK (Pahang Tenggara) Standard 1 class teacher Abu Bakar Abdul Ghalim is facing an identity crisis. A set of quadruplets has been enrolled in his class for the new year at the Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Felda Keratong, and he is having difficulty identifyingNST. - 304 words
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160 1988-01-16 10 PENANG The Coroner’s Court has fixed three days from Jan 25 for the inquiry into the death of millionaire businessman Loh Kah Kheng who was found dead at Boon Siew Villa in Tanjong Bungah. Penang, on Feb 25 last160 words
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321 1988-01-16 10 New move to catch dodgers under study NOT. KUALA LUMPUR The Inland Revenue Department may give rebates W> tenants of business and residential premises for providing Information on landlords who evade tax. Depsty Director-Gener-al Datnk Hassan Ibrahim said this was anstherNOT. - 321 words
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283 1988-01-16 10 Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR The trial of four Komuda co-op-erative officials, accused of criminal breach of trust involving a total of MJ3.3 million and abetment, began in the Sessions Court here this week. Komuda chairman Datuk Kee Yong Wee, who isBemama. - 283 words
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235 1988-01-16 10 Bemama. ALOR STAR The government hopes to table a Bill allowing for the seizure of assets acquired from proceeds of drug trafficking at the next parliamentary sitting in March, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said. His ministryBemama. - 235 words
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187 1988-01-16 11 KUALA LUMPUR Kok Lim said. Bernama. PRICES of all imported items from China, including traditional goodies for the Lunar New Year, are likely to drop by about 10 per cent following the Malaysian government’s decision to abolish import permits, a business leader has said.Kok Lim said. Bernama. - 187 words
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235 1988-01-16 11 Bemama. BANGI (Selangor) The International Atomic Energy Agency has promised to help train staff and set up the infrastructure should Malaysia decide to have a nuclear power station to meet its energy needs. The director-general of the agency, Dr Hans Blix, said– Bemama. - 235 words
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170 1988-01-16 11 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The Immigration Department has seized thousands of Malaysian international passports from those who have violated the law at home and abroad. In the first nine months of last year the department seized about 4,000 passports. Some were seized after it was– NST. - 170 words
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Article, Illustration101 1988-01-16 11 Bernama. KIIALA LUMPUR Malaysia has sought the help of Singapore and other neighbouring countries to trace missing woman magistrate Balblr Kanr (above), who Is accused of corruption. However, Malaysian Interpol chief DSP Kee Slab Chean said It could not be ascertainedBernama. - 101 words
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Article66 1988-01-16 11 Bernama. PENANG Chief Minister Dr Lim Chong Eu underwent a successful heart operation on New Year’s Day in the United States, acting Chief Minister Datuk Khoo Kay Por said. He said doctors at St Mary's Hospital in Minnesota, where Dr Lim was admitted on DecBernama. - 66 words
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135 1988-01-16 11 Bernama. JOHOR BARU The Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority is investigating allegations that foreign windsurfers trespassed into Johor waters. The authority’s Johor director Othman Yusof said this week that a detailed probe was being conducted into the incidents, alleged to have occurred in a fishingBernama. - 135 words
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Article, Illustration452 1988-01-16 11 ‘Manila govt hasn’t decided how funds should be spent’ NYT. WASHINGTON Some US$l.5 billion (Ss3 billion) in international aid available to the Philippines is stuck in the pipeline awaiting decisions on how it should be spent, according to officials of theNYT. - 452 words
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462 1988-01-16 11 JAKARTA Reuter. INDONESIA’S economy, owing ever greater amounts of money overseas, needs to be revived by a restructuring of debt payments, economists and bankers said at a round-table discussion on the recent Budget. The government has firmly denied that it will seek– Reuter. - 462 words
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136 1988-01-16 11 Agencies. MANILA President Corazon Aquino’s popularity was reported to have dropped sharply, with her approval rating In the Manila area about II per cent lower than In the rest of the country. nils was reported In the Philippine Dally Olobe, based on a surveyAgencies. - 136 words
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218 1988-01-16 11 BANGKOK NYT. AMID a long national celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 60th birthday, Thai police exposed two rings of monks and government officials accused of dealing in fraudulent royal honours. Two Buddhist abbots are in custody, while an official in the Prime Minister’sNYT. - 218 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article639 1988-01-16 12 JAN 14, 1988 ONE of the most striking things about the two-day Parliamentary debate on the team MP proposal was the almost fervent way in which Members of all races affirmed their commitment to the principle of multi-racial-ism in Singapore. In a way, it almost proved what639 words
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Article622 1988-01-16 12 JAN 12. 1988 THE Attorney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, raised two thoughtful points at last week's three-day workshop on Fraud in the Securities Industry. The first was that no one had proven convincingly (at least to him) "that the securities market is more dishonest and more fraud-prone622 words
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Article627 1988-01-16 12 JAN 16. 1988 THE best thing that can be said of the Development and Building Control Division’s handling of the Cheng Hong Mansion evacuation is that it can be used as an example of how not to do things. It may be said in mitigation that DBCD627 words
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643 1988-01-16 12 COLOMBO COURT Colombo Court is an old street. It is also the name of a modern 10-storey block along that street just behind the High Court. It is only in Colombo Court and nowhere else in the city area that one finds in643 words
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Article129 1988-01-16 12 A sportsman or an athlete should be proud to be known. His name on his back will make him less anonymous then a mere number. Minister of State for Education Dr Tay Eng Soon proposing that participants at inter-school sports should wear their names on their129 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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Article, Illustration1129 1988-01-16 13 ISMAIL KASSIM - All eyes on two court challenges to Malaysian PM By ISMAIL KASSIM TWO legal suits involving Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad respectively in his capacity as head of the government and as Umno president are being heard in the courts this1,129 words
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Article, Illustration518 1988-01-16 13 Obituary j Reuter, AFP. TAIPEI President Chiang Ching-kuo, who died on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 78, had recently advocated important political changes in his country. As Taiwan’s political opposition defied the government with public demonstrations, Mr Chiang had adopted a new line– Reuter,; AFP. - 518 words
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Article, Illustration785 1988-01-16 14 A brilliant, then clouded career Former banker, ALLAN NG POH MENG, 46, was charged in a district court on Friday last week with insider trading, a charge that carries a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment or a $56,Ml fine. He has pleaded not gnlity785 words
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Article, Illustration944 1988-01-16 14 Tan Sai Siong in The Sunday Times HAD we but worid enough and time” lamented the 17th century English poet Andrew Marvell, when faced with a lady-love more interested in dilly-dallying than dalliance. Marvell’s lament is widely shared through the944 words
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Miscellaneous7 1988-01-16 13 011%'sjjne j] V irJLnS ItT* £> 45 't7 words
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513 1988-01-16 15 ANNE KOH - American Business Council here writes to US trade official Yeutter By ANNE KOH THE American Business Council in Singapore has told the United States government that the dropping of Singapore from its Generalised System of Preferences scheme would “send the wrong signal513 words
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302 1988-01-16 15 THE Bank of America has filed a petition to wind up Gineer Investments, whose directors are embroiled in a boardroom feud at its 28.5 per cent associate, Malaya Tin Printing (MTP). A BoA official confirmed this week that the winding-up suit302 words
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327 1988-01-16 15 SOME underwriters of the Van der Horst rights issue have been steadily selling the 15.22 million shares they had to pick up as a result of the poor response to the cash call. Three of them Morgan Grenfell (Asia), its stockbroking327 words
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Article160 1988-01-16 15 FABER Merlin Malaysia Bhd, which last week lodged a police report over various lease agreements entered into by the company’s former management, is determined to get out of its present lease for an Australian hotel. In addition to seeking redress from its former management, which160 words
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419 1988-01-16 15 RONNIE LIM - Petrochem complex By RONNIE LIM THE Japanese partners in the $2-billion petrochemical complex here want more details about the Shell proposal to buy over the Singapore Government’s share in the project, diplomatic circles said. “They don’t know the intention behind Shell's proposal419 words
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337 1988-01-16 15 THE global stack market crash In Octaber has caused the Index af leading econamlc Indicator* which Is a barometer of future business trends to decline for three months In a row, Trade and Industry' Minister and Second Defence Minister (Services) Brig-Gen (Res) Lee337 words
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Article3144 1988-01-16 16 Saturday, Jan 16 1987/M Last Yield Vot Day High Low Company Sale Change 000) High low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS ft COMMERCIAL 275 80 Aetna 121 1 08 27 122 120 96 26 Alcorn 50 308 96 Amal Staal 50c 140 2 28 191 1453,144 words
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429 1988-01-16 16 WALL Street’s 140-point plunge last Friday caused jitters when the Singapore market opened on Monday, and the Straits Times Industrial Index nose-dived by 46.26 points at the end of the day. But the next day saw an unexpected return of confidence, and the Index429 words
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106 1988-01-16 16 KUALA LUMPUR stocks market finished marginally higher yesterday on bar-gain-hunting and short-cov-ering in quiet trading with most stocks being traded within a narrow range. A broker said the bulk of the buying came from small investors as institutional buyers were unwilling to take up106 words
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Article136 1988-01-16 16 HONGKONG shares closed slightly firmer yesterday in narrow and featureless trading, marked by the lowest turnover since last May. The Hang Seng Index gained 18.25 points to close at 2,429.77, while the broader Hongkong Index ended 11.26 points higher at 1,587.37. The value of trade136 words
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Article, Illustration389 1988-01-16 17 PENANG NST. A BID by millionaire Datuk Loh Boon Siew to make two of his daughters directors of Loh Kah Kheng Holdings Sdn Bhd, his late son’s company, has been stopped, for the moment, by his daugh-ter-in-law. Datuk Loh,– NST.; File picture. - 389 words
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Article67 1988-01-16 17 THE Minister for Finance has reappointed all the members of the Securities Industry Council, the watchdog of the stocks and securities market, for another two years from Jan 1. The council is again chaired by Post Office Savings Bank chairman Chua Kim Yeow Mr Chua has headed67 words
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Article379 1988-01-16 17 1«) IS HKS ChMfe Assoc Inti Hotels 2 30 0 125 Bonk Of East Amo I960 unch Capital Corp 0 83 ■001 Cathay Poctfit Air 6 40 40 15 Cheung Kong China Light 6.85 I860 40 05 401 City Resources 1 29 -0 04 Cross Horb Tunnel 1440 401379 words
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Article207 1988-01-16 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign currency Local ddars to one unit of foreign currency Foreign currency to SS10 Australian dollar Canadian dollar N7 dollar Sterling pound US dollar 1 4425-1 4442 1 5704—1.5724 1 3411—1 3438 *****-3 7030 2.0275—2 0285 7.05-685 644-633 7 58-7 34 2207 words
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233 1988-01-16 17 HONGKONG Hongkong will not revalue its dollar despite renewed pressure from the US, a senior official said. Secretary of Monetary Affairs David Nendick said in a radio interview that the currency’s peg of HKS7.BO (Ss2) to the US unit would stay. US233 words
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Article281 1988-01-16 17 Manager~' price* for January 16 6 18 Singapore Unit Trust the Commerce 091~097 the Saunjs fund 0 79-0 86 Spore Piof fund 0 36- 0 40 S pore S~c f und 0*1~066 Spore Invest fund 066-0 70 Spoie (quit* fund Asia Unit Trust 043 -0 4/id Mai Invest281 words
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Article2203 1988-01-16 18 RANKING BY SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS AS AT DEC 31, 1987 Gross Paid-up Return Group assets capital Net Current on shareless Group as at tangible earnings shareRank holders' contra net Dec 31 asset per holders' A t end Year funds accounts profits 1987 per share share funds Rank2,203 words
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352 1988-01-16 18 THERE were seven listed companies with shareholders’ (nnds of more than $1 billion as at Dec 31 last year, the same number as a year ago. The companies In the 1987 Billion Dollar Clob were SIA, DBS, Slme Darby, Harrisons Malaysia, OCBC, (JOB,352 words
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502 1988-01-16 18 NST. KUALA LUMPUR An announcement by Mulpha International Trading Corporation Bhd that Mr Oh Bak Kim has resigned from its board is being interpreted by those who are closely watching the Mul-ti-Purpose group as a signal that the group has moved toNST. - 502 words
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Advertisement916 1988-01-16 20 APPOINTMENTS NICHOLAS KIWI INT’L n c SINGAPORE FRENCH-SINGAPORE INSTITUTE GERMAN-SINGAPORE INSTITUTE M The Economic Development Board would like to invite applications for application engineers/lecturers appointments in its training institutes, the French-Singapore Institute (FSI) and German-Singapore Institute (GSi). APPLICATION ENGINEERS/ LECTURERS The institutes are equipped with the most modern and up-to-date916 words
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Article, Illustration553 1988-01-16 23 ALAN HUBBARD - Ex-S’pore chef came so close to upsetting world champion Lowe By ALAN HUBBARD IXJNDON For 40 minutes on Wednesday evening, a smiling Singaporean gripped the British nation by the throat. Darts are Paul Lim came within a millimetre of putting the skids under553 words
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Article, Illustration386 1988-01-16 23 PETER SIOW makes his assessment of a great soccer star of the Seventies on a comeback trail. IT IS still too soon to pin the no-hopers tag on any team or player in the Singapore Pools Premier League soccer competition. So it386 words
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311 1988-01-16 23 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama FIFTEEN sports have been approved by the Olympic Council of Malaysia for the 15th Sea Games to be staged here next year. Squash is not one of them. The list includes athletics and swimming, which areBernama - 311 words
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Article228 1988-01-16 23 GOLF Kt'rnama. kt AI.A LUMPUR This year’s Malaysian Professional bolters’ Association (MPG.A) tour Is expected to hit Msl million In total prize money and become the second most lucrative professional golf tour In Asia after Japan. “We are In the midst of sorting out aKt'rnama. - 228 words
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397 1988-01-16 23 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama NURUL Huda Abdullah has decided to make another sacrifice to keep afloat her sensational swimming exploits. She will take time off from studies to concentrate on her preparation for the Seoul Olympic Games and the Asian swimming championship inBernama - 397 words
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Article83 1988-01-16 24 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has named the members of the Select Committee to which the Team MP legislation has been referred. The nine-member panel will be chaired by Deputy Speaker Tan Soo Khoon and comprises Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Mr Goh, Environment Minister83 words
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439 1988-01-16 24 THE Far Eastern Economic Review has agreed to allow the Singapore Government to buy advertising space to publish in full a letter from the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary. Its editor, Mr Derek Davies, announced this in the latest439 words
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Miscellaneous54 1988-01-16 24 SUN TAN Srr at hc*E E/ERy Mif,HT MHIiX OfHfiftS 6o &«T TO PARTiCS ANLt EbOcVTU£*:£i.*£s e KJ 2' Collette THAT 0 bfcTTM Thßamß HAviHfy TAt HlkHinC j AETER Vt/ITHOUfTHf r yfS BmT Th/hk how the/ peclthe next [>A/ f/i COulD LL hilhcut the wohnwft WTt/ The Ntf*T 6tAo«c' HlfibTbif'.-t n54 words
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