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Title Section20 1988-01-30 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration598 1988-01-30 1 MR LEE Kuan Yew has told Parliament that allegations against Attorney-General Tan Boon Teik of wrong-doing or improper conduct In connection with the prosecution of businessman Allan Ng were “totally unfounded”. In a ministerial statement delivered to a hushed House last Wednesday, the Prime598 words
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Advertisement12 1988-01-30 1 f Text oS PM’s statement to the House: Page 4 I*l* oH-VIST12 words
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Advertisement98 1988-01-30 1 H. TiZ&S~ *«0193*1 ]«W i*r .ftwrm* Clmkt «M»' i*i'V: fbtf i sTtTTJ yc-, ,<:/ »1» 4i h i Peace of mind. INSIDE Ex-KL deputy minister jailed for 2 years BACK PAGE HOME NEWS Chok Tong’s vision: ‘3-D Singaporeans' PAGE 3 Heart-transplant journalist returns Review editor's donation PAGE 6 Made-in-Singapore arms98 words
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Article, Illustration2907 1988-01-30 2 Our aim now must be for quality, not quantity Last weekend, 1,600 members of Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party gathered at the Conference Hall to debate the Agenda for Action, the party document spelling out2,907 words
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1339 1988-01-30 3 CAN you sing a song? Play a musical instrument? Appreciate a painting? Singaporeans ought to be more “three-dimensional” says Mr Goh. He spoke of the need to trigger off a new burst of energy, creativity and ideas to transform the intellectual, social and cultural climate1,339 words
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Article136 1988-01-30 3 WHAT will it take to make Singapore a vibrant place and help Singaporeans lead active, fulfilling lives? First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong wants to know. Addressing the People’s Action Party convention last Sunday, he spoke of the day when Singaporeans enjoy singing, have an appreciation136 words
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Article, Illustration791 1988-01-30 6 A COURT of three judges has cleared a senior lawyer of a charge of grossly improper conduct but felt that his conduct, which was doomed improper, deserved a severe reprimand from the disciplinary791 words
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128 1988-01-30 6 COSTLIER cigarettes, liquor and cinema tickets were the main reasons for a 1.5 per cent increase In the consumer price Index (CPI) for the whole of last year. This was a marginal rise, after a decline of 1.4 per cent In 1986, said128 words
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Article, Illustration666 1988-01-30 6 LEONG WENG KAM - By LEONG WENG KAM WHEN journalist Seah Chiang Nee needed a new heart about 2' years ago, friends, colleagues and well-wishers chipped in and raised $120,000 for his surgery. The operation in Australia was successful and Mr Seah, ex-Chief Editor of the defunet666 words
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211 1988-01-30 6 THE Far Eastern Economic Review’s circulation cut in Singapore has led to the Hongkong magazine’s decision to take 5 per cent off its 1988 advertising rates. The January issue of Media Marketing, a Hongkong-based advertising industry publication, quotes Review General Manager (Marketing)211 words
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373 1988-01-30 6 ERIC ELLIS - Fugitive Low brothers ‘in Taiwan By ERIC ELLIS in Hongkong HONGKONG One of the two Low brothers, the fugitive bankers from Singapore who fled Hongkong last week just days before the colony’s High Court was to hear 81 fraud-relat-ed charges against them, is in Taiwan, a newspaper report here said.373 words
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Article, Illustration439 1988-01-30 7 Work starts soon on new sBm church for Roman Catholics WORSHIP by a waterfall 9 Sunday Mass at the new $8 million Church of the Holy Trinity in Tampines promises that and much more. The most impressive feature at the church, which is expected to439 words
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141 1988-01-30 7 FOUR Filipinos who allegedly got an American tourist involved in a game of blackjack two weeks ago were charged last week with deceiving him of gold jewellery worth $41,500. Another two, Jesus Ramos, 43, and Trinidad Arongori, 41, were charged with141 words
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Article341 1988-01-30 7 More than 10,000 top up their parents’ CPF savings SINGAPOREANS last year demonstrated their determination to look after their parents and themselves In their old age. More than lI,MI Central Provident Fund members pat JIM. 3 million Into Its topplng-np retirement account scheme. Under the scheme, which341 words
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Article118 1988-01-30 7 THE American Hospital of Singapore is paying its nurses $lOO for each new nurse they help to recruit to the hospital. The money is paid once the newcomer is confirmed. The incentive payments started last November and already "a couple of new nurses” have been recruited under118 words
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Article, Illustration427 1988-01-30 7 SINGAPORE Democratic Party chairman Ling How Doong is unhappy at being at the centre of a controversy over his 1984 election campaign. The People's Action Party has accused him of campaigning along racial lines when he stood against Mr S. Chandra427 words
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Article, Illustration797 1988-01-30 8 ASIAN AEROSPACES SINGAPORE'S defence industries had more to show at Asian Aerospace 88 than the re-engined A 4 Skyhawk An array of new made-in-Singapore military hardware was publicly exhibited, too. In the Singapore Pavilion were a 155 mm howitzer or field gun, an797 words
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Article, Illustration402 1988-01-30 8 AN ANGRY father hurled his four-year-old daughter from a ninth-storey flat as his father-in-law watched helplessly then jumped to his own death after a meeting with his estranged wife. Mr Tan Hak Boon. 28. a lorry driver, and his402 words
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439 1988-01-30 8 Younger leaders need time to achieve that, says BG Lee SINGAPORE’S younger leaders need time to build up the same degree of confidence and rapport which Prime Minister I,ee Kuan Yew has established with Singaporeans. "The Prime Minister's been Prime Minister since 1959, nearly439 words
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Parliament
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Article, Illustration1747 1988-01-30 4 CPIB clears A-G of any wrong-doing This is the full text of the Prime Minister's ministerial statement to Parliament on Wednesday regarding the Allan Ng affair: THIS statement concerns the investigations leading to the1,747 words
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Article, Illustration773 1988-01-30 5 House passes Bill to give easy access to gazetted publications PARLIAMENT has paved the way for Singapore readers to have easy access to foreign publications whase circulations are restricted for engaging in internal politics. The House on Wednesday passed773 words
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Article, Illustration696 1988-01-30 5 OPPOSING the amendment to the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, Opposition MP Chiam See Tong focused on a section concerning the powers of the minister. All reproductions of restricted publications for distribution purposes must have the approval of the Minister for Communications and Information.696 words
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Article127 1988-01-30 5 EVERY DAY. about 4.300 motorists are booked for parking offences and of these. 4 per cent or 186 do not pay their fines. When told to go to court, naif of the 186 motorists would pay up before their court date. The rest would eventually be charged, Dr127 words
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306 1988-01-30 5 APPROVAL was given to about 70 per cent of 5,000 applications received in the last three years for marriage between Singaporeans and work permit holders who are not permanent residents. "Marriage approvals are given to work permit holders who306 words
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504 1988-01-30 5 A REMARK by Mr Chiam See Tong brought the Prime Minister to his feet to straighten out a question of whether his generation of leaders were Western-style "liberals” once upon a time. Opposing the amendment to the Newspaper and Printing Presses504 words
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Article, Illustration722 1988-01-30 9 Mahathir reveals a ‘fairer to both sides’ understanding after talks with Lee A ‘good formula’ also agreed on for talks on supply of piped gas JOHOR BARU NST, Bernama. MALAYSIA and Singapore have reached an understanding on the water agreement through a newNST,; Bernama. - 722 words
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360 1988-01-30 9 Bernama. JOHOR BARU Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that the property ownership democracy currently practised in the country will continue, for it is impossible to have a house ownership democracy under which the aim is for every citizenBernama. - 360 words
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159 1988-01-30 9 Big casino winners lose all to 'Genting Lilly Bernama. KUANTAN A woman, believed to be about 35 years old, has fleeced several men of their winnings at the Gentlng Highlands casino after luring them to put up with her In a hotel at the resort. Among those who fell IntoBernama. - 159 words
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Article, Illustration404 1988-01-30 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The Singapore High Commissioner here, Mr Maurice Baker, has said that Malaysia’s bid for a United Nations Security Council seat in the 1989 1990 session has Singapore's full support. Mr Baker, who is dean of the diplomatic corps, wasNST. - 404 words
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149 1988-01-30 9 KUALA LUMPUR Detained Democratic Action Party secretary-general Lim Kit Siang and four other party leaders, also under detention, have offered to resign from their posts. Party chairman Dr Chen Man Hin told reporters that the executive committee would discuss the resignation issue149 words
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202 1988-01-30 9 Bernama. WASHINGTON “Cocktailing” or mixing of Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil a practice backed primarily by India and conducted in Singapore may create doubts among consumers about the quality of Malaysian palm oil, a US agency said. The US International Trade Commission (USITC)Bernama. - 202 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration643 1988-01-30 10 Yang Razali Kaasim - Singapore gets use of Indonesian shooting range Key civil servants may have to learn Bahasa Indonesia and spend time there, Dhana tells Suharto By Yang Razali Kaasim Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Key civil servants in Singapore may have to learn Bahasa Indonesia and spend time643 words
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589 1988-01-30 10 YANG RAZALI KABSIM. JAKARTA Indonesia and Singapore agreed here this week that there should be more visits by Indonesian leaders to Singapore to make up for an apparent uneven number of official trips between the two countries. Foreign Minister Mochtar KusumaatmadjaYANG RAZALI KABSIM. - 589 words
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Article, Illustration532 1988-01-30 10 CATHERINE C. ONG - By CATHERINE C. ONG THE National Bank of Brunei trial, which started three months ago, ended abruptly on Monday when auditor Andrew Peattie pleaded guilty to three false accounting charges. Peattie became the third to change his plea following similar532 words
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124 1988-01-30 10 MANILA President (orazon Aquino has announced that her family’s vast (,IMha sugar estate Hacienda lauriU is to he sub-divided among Its 7,101 larm workers. She itald this In a television broadcast on the first anniversary of the bloody “Mendloia massacre”. (On124 words
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228 1988-01-30 10 SALIM OSMAN - By SALIM OSMAN in Bandar Sen Begawan A LEADER of the opposition Brunei National Democratic Party (PNDB) has resigned from the party, citing differences over the leadership's continued hardline stand against the government and Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah. Mr Arshad Marsal, 67, accused the228 words
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FORUM
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On making Singapore a fun place
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285 1988-01-30 11 I AM writing in response to an invitation by BrigGen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, the Minister for Trade and Industry, for bold and imaginative new ideas for making Singapore fun to live in (The Sunday Times, Jan 17). I have a few285 words
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Article109 1988-01-30 11 WITH the completion of the Orchard MRT station, the plot of land above the station other than the dome and footpaths is covered with grass. In a further attempt to beautify Orchard Road, I would like to suggest to the authority concerned that the empty109 words
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170 1988-01-30 11 I REFER to the letter “Airlines should increase seats to Australia" by Mr O H. Francis (ST, Jan 16). Mr Francis merely confirms what SLA had stated all along: That there is an acute shortage of capacity between Singapore and points in Australia,170 words
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231 1988-01-30 11 THE letter from Mr O.H. Francis (ST, Jan 16) against raises the issue of available airline seat capacity to Australia, in this case specifically to Perth. He asks why airlines are not offering extra flights during the Lunar New Year period. In the case231 words
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295 1988-01-30 11 A VISITOR’S VIEW I RKKKR to the letter “Different visitors, different periods of stay" (ST, Nov 19 last year) and the Immigration Department's reply “Visitors usually given 2 weeks but longer stays are allowed” (ST, Dec 22). Having experienced much the same unpleasantness with295 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article605 1988-01-30 12 JAN 28. 1988 FOREIGN MINISTER S. Dhanabalan and his Indonesian counterpart, Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, appeared not to have shared the same perception as to whether more Singapore leaders are making official visits to Indonesia than Indonesian leaders to Singajmre. But the call by Mr Dhanabalan for605 words
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Article607 1988-01-30 12 JAN 27. 1988 SINGAPORE Airlines managing director Dr Cheong Choong Kong spoke for consumers when he said on Monday that airlines should ideally create a system where market forces alone determine the fare, capacity, service standards and frequency of airline flights. His remarks, naturally, were not607 words
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Article624 1988-01-30 12 JAN 26. 1988 IN URGING Singaporeans to make Singapore a vibrant society their goal by the end of this century, Mr Goh Chok Tong has articulated what must be on the minds of many people. For a country that can boast of having succeeded not just624 words
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670 1988-01-30 12 Ismail Kassim - Our correspondent's file Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR WHEN Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba was recuperating overseas after undergoing open heart surgery last November, there was a dearth of news about him in the local papers. One of670 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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1205 1988-01-30 13 Yang Razali Kassim - By Yang Razali Kassim Jakarta Correspondent A PAY freeze for public servants and soldiers for three successive years can rock the governments in some developing countries. In Indonesia, this is unlikely to happen. The civil service and the armed forces may be two1,205 words
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602 1988-01-30 13 TAN SAI SIONG - By TAN SAI SIONG in The Sunday Times THE spend-now pay-later era has finally taken firm root in Singapore. I say this on the evidence of a Sunday Times report that a sharp rise in adolescent supplementary cardholders some as young as602 words
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Article, Illustration4360 1988-01-30 14 Malaysia’s PM speaks his mind Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, recently selected by Malaysian Business magazine as its Man of the Year, is a controversial politician. His blunt, no-nonsense style is unusual in a political culture4,360 words
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Article3111 1988-01-30 16 Friday, Jan 2*, ISBB 1917/M Last Yield Vol Day High low Company Sale Change at T> 000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 275 80 Acma I IS i 08 7 1 19 118 96 26 Alcorn 50 308 96 Amal Slaal 50* 1523,111 words
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433 1988-01-30 16 TRADING on the Singapore stock market continued to he sluggish despite Wall Street’s sharp rebound on Monday. Turnover continued to be low, dropping to below 20 million units on Wednesday, when the market went against the trend in other exchanges, resulting433 words
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Article149 1988-01-30 16 IN KUALA LUMPUR, prices finished mixed yesterday in fairly active trade. Volume expanded further because of several big block transactions. Many operators remained non-committal. Besides a few block deals, key participants in the market yesterday were mostly the smaller operators. Buying interest was more149 words
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Article72 1988-01-30 16 IN HONGKONG, prices yesterday closed marginally lower in lacklustre trading as advances on New York and in Tokyo failed to spark buying interest. The Hang Seng Index shed 3.06 points to 2,409.66, while the broader-based Hongkong Index lost 2.92 to 1,574.13. Turnover rose to HK5602.9 million72 words
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431 1988-01-30 17 PETER HAZELHURST - By PETER HAZELHURST Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO A Japanese consortium with a stake in Singapore's petrochemical complex is understood to be opposed to a partnership with Shell, which has offered to buy out the Singapore Government's share in the project. Although the group431 words
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104 1988-01-30 17 Tuan Sing from $6.7m loss to $1m profit TUAN Sing Holdings Ltd, the construction, manufacturing and property group that ha* been losing money for more than a decade, ha* finally returned to the black. IV group reported a pretax profit of $l.ll million for the year ended last Dec 31,104 words
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Article376 1988-01-30 17 Ian ms Ctun|« Assoc Inti Hotels 2 OS unch Bank Of East Asia 20 00 -0 1 Capitol Corp 0 78 0 02 Cathay Pacific Ait 6 10 0 1 Cheung Kong China light 6 6b 18 80 -0 0S unch City Resources 1 16 unch Cross Harb Tunnel376 words
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236 1988-01-30 17 KUALA LUMPUR Plantation conglomerate Sime Darby is expected to become an associate company of Malaysia Mining Corporation (MMC) in the near future if plans afoot materialise. Market sources have said MMC is in the process of increasing its equity interest in236 words
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Article228 1988-01-30 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign local dolars to Foreign currency currency one unit of foreign currency to S$10 Australian dollar 1 4401 -1 4428 706-688 Canadian dollar 1 5825-1 5846 6 39-6 29 NZ dollar 1.3342-1 3369 7 66-7 44 Sterling pound 3 5892-3 5940 2228 words
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307 1988-01-30 17 IN A YEAR which saw two changes in its ownership. First Capital Corp made a group pre-tax profit of $5.06 million better than its forecast of $4.4 million last November but only about the same as its first-half earnings. The investment holding company, formerly307 words
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Article239 1988-01-30 17 Managers' pricas for January 30 Fab 1 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce ltie Savings fund Spoie Ptog fund Spote Sec fund Spore Invest fund Spoie Equity fund 097-0 4« 0 »0-o 8b 0 J4—0 41 062-0 67 066-0 M 0*4-048 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund Mai Prog239 words
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Article, Illustration844 1988-01-30 18 HSUNG BEE HWA - PROFILE: Businessman of the Year ’B7 By HSUNG BEE HWA FOR almost two decades, Mr Alan Yeo has been the driving force behind Yeo Hiap Seng, turning it into a household name in Singapore and Malaysia. YHS. which started as a modest844 words
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562 1988-01-30 18 LIM ENG HAI - By LIM ENG HAI QAF Ltd, the food-based group that was supposed to turn around this financial year, is now anticipating an after-tax loss of $8.26 million for the year ending March 31 and an even worse result562 words
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Article, Illustration596 1988-01-30 18 ENTERPRISE AWARD WINNER 'B7 THE success of Amtek Engineering Ltd, winner of the 1987 Enterprise Award, can be summed up in three words upgrade, adapt and train. Mr I>ee Ah Bee, executive chairman of the Sesdaqlisted company, said that in its quest for596 words
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Article, Illustration569 1988-01-30 19 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ THE liquidators of Lin Securities have managed to get the stockbroking firm out of agreements to buy three shop units at the Meridien Shopping Centre in Orchard Road. Liquidators Peat Marwick successfully applied to the High Court to569 words
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Article, Illustration322 1988-01-30 19 TRUDY LIM - By TRUDY LIM A CREDITOR has taken winding-up action against a company associated with Malaysian businessman Yap Chin Kwee, who was Political and Press Secretary to former Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman in the late 1960 s Chng and Lim322 words
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122 1988-01-30 19 Bernama ARAB-MALAYSIAN Merchant Bank's group pre-tax profit for the year ended March 31 last year rose 27.5 per cent to Ms3B million (Ss3o million) from M 529.8 million previously. AMMB’s audited consolidated results showed that group shareholders' fund increased 7.3 per cent to MBernama - 122 words
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218 1988-01-30 19 SPURRED by growing demand, Japanese printed cirenit board maker, CMK Singapore, will be spending a farther $46 million over the next three years to expand its Singapore plant. The money will be Invested In more automation equipment to allow It to almost triple its218 words
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TIMESPORT
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Article, Illustration369 1988-01-30 23 JOE DORAI - Gates are up by almost three times By JOE DORAI THE semi-prof* sslonal Singapore Pools Premier League has sparked a massive resurgence of Interest In soccer In the Republic. Already this season there has been a near three-fold Increase In attendances compared to 1986. Since369 words
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171 1988-01-30 23 JOE DORAI - JOE DORAI. SINGAPORE striker V. Sundramoorthy kicked off his career at Switzerland’s FC Basle with a goal in their first pre-season training match against Young Boys of Berne on Wednesday night. Sundram scored in the league Division One club’s 6-3 triumph and his effort171 words
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381 1988-01-30 23 JOE DORAI - JOE DORAI. MALAYSIAN and Johor striker Dollah Salleh made his long-awaited Premier League soccer debut at Jalan Besar Stadim on Wednesday night and put on an impressive show. Despite being bothered by a slight hamstring pain, Dollah thrilled the more than 1,000 fans381 words
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177 1988-01-30 23 GREG NORMAN won the first Showdown in Singapore at the Bukit course last Sunday. But fellow-Australian Rodger Davis proved a capable late replacement for the Skins match and matched the world golf champion right up to the 17th hole. Norman, known as the Great White177 words
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151 1988-01-30 23 HONGKONG horses filled the first three placlngs In the Inaugural running of the Hksl.s million (about SS3M,9N) invitation Cup •ver I,KNm at Shatln racecourse last Sunday. Buldt Timah-hascd KlcarIm, the main hope of the Slngapore-Malaysla team of six, flew home a gallant fourth, only a151 words
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Article, Illustration455 1988-01-30 23 HAKIKAT RAI - ATHLETICS By HAKIKAT RAI THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association have suspended five of the Republic’s top athletes for periods ranging from three months to a year for misconduct during last September’s South-east Asia Games. Although the athletes Chan Chin Wah, Ng Kean455 words
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Article, Illustration375 1988-01-30 24 KUALA LUMPUR Co-op chairman Kee pieads guilty to $2.6m CBT Bernama, AFP, NST FORMER Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Kee Yong Wee was yesterday sentenced to two years’ jail and fined M 52.5 million (about Ss2 million) by the sessions courtBernama,; AFP,; NST; Reuter picture. - 375 words
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160 1988-01-30 24 THE Parliamentary Selert Committee set up to study the Team MP legislation has extended Its deadline by two weeks from Feb 1 to Feb IS for representations from the public. The extension follows a request from Select Committee member Chlam See Tong, the160 words
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377 1988-01-30 24 ONG MING SEING - By ONG MING SEING Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan’s Economic Policy Council (EPC) has recommended removing US tariff preferences on goods from Singapore, Hongkong, Taiwan and South Korea with effect from Jan 2, next year, according to informed sources here. The377 words
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379 1988-01-30 24 YANG RAZALI KASSIM - By YANG RAZALI KASSIM Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Foreign Minister S. Dhanabalan, on an official visit, found himself trying to correct a view here that there is now uncertainty in Singapore whether Mr Lee Kuan Yew will retire as scheduled, and379 words
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Article99 1988-01-30 24 Mr first Assan meeting as a minister was in Bangkok. After such meetings there are always informal gatherings. The officials are encouraged to sing. The Indonesians are good, the Malaysians very good, the Filipinos excellent, the Thais not so good, but they did the ramvong. The Singaporeans99 words
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Miscellaneous37 1988-01-30 24 SUN TAN rl Vf 6QT An Awful tooth -AO*£ AAM > USTTfcy To LOC" DE iMf/ V 3k is 7, 3j Collette WE KMC*/ it's NOT CONTAficOUS H£H h£H hEh i OH YES IT IS' A 7. i*37 words
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