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Title Section20 1988-02-13 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration1033 1988-02-13 1 ISMAIL KASSIM - Plea to Bapa Malaysia: Abandon idea for sake of Malay unity and political stability By ISMAIL KASSIM A MOVE by former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman to revive the United Malays National Organisation by forming a new political party to be1,033 words
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Article86 1988-02-13 1 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Tunku Abdul Rahman went to hospital for a check-up on Tuesday and an aide said he had been advised to rest after publicity about his plan to form a new political party. A hospital official In Penang said the Tunku, 85, was dischargedReuter. - 86 words
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Article, Illustration686 1988-02-13 1 KUALA LUMPUR Former Umno deputy president Datuk Musa Hitam yesterday urged members to unite behind the present leadership so it could continue with efforts to resolve the legal difficulties facing the party. He said the most important thing is to preserve Malay unity686 words
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856 1988-02-13 1 ONG MING SEING - By ONG MING SEING, Washington Correspondent EVERY Asean country at the economic dialogue with the United States here registered its concern with the Americans over their withdrawal of trade concessions to Singapore from next year. This was emphasised in a joint Asean-US856 words
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Advertisement41 1988-02-13 1 cwawaaagp) t-fcfcacaaaa V 31b5 n Ml ni Membership has its privilege < Happy Lunar New Year! The Straits Times wishes all its overseas readers a Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year. There will he no Issue of the Overseas Edition next week.41 words
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Advertisement101 1988-02-13 1 INSIDE HOME NEWS Come forth, Govt urges academics PAGE 2 Skull and crossbones ads upset some retailers PAGE 4 4,000 get their first taste of life in a MRT air raid shelter PAGE 3 Decisive polls victory before I can be PM, says Chok Tong PAGE 6 80y,7. jumps down101 words
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Article, Illustration746 1988-02-13 2 We’ll listen to young committed Singaporeans Dr Yeo THE Government is willing to listen to sound ideas and criticism from young Singaporeans who want to serve their country. Such committed people will receive a sympathetic hearing, said Dr Yeo Ning Hong who added that the746 words
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122 1988-02-13 2 EIGHT people were injured when a trailer, towed by a Singapore Armed Forces truck, broke loose and sparked a crash involving it and two cars on Sunday night Police said the truck was travelling along Mandai Road towards Woodlands Road when the accident occurred.122 words
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303 1988-02-13 2 A DRIVE has been started to get civil servants and workers in statutory boards to form groups and take part in a national community singing contest. One aim of this contest is to get Singaporeans to sing the songs of the303 words
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130 1988-02-13 2 THE case against businessman Allan Ng and the manager of Standard Chartered Bank's Singapore operations. Michael Taylor, of making misleading statements to the Securities Industry Council will be further mentioned on Feb 26 on an application by the prosecution. Mr John Koh,130 words
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89 1988-02-13 2 A MAN walked Into Swee Kee chicken rice restonrant la Middle Road, entered the toilet and ran ant naked minutes later, his hedy engulfed In flames. Mehamed All, 41, a farmer patient af Waadbrldge lloMpltal, was seen carrying a plastic container lata the89 words
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Article, Illustration270 1988-02-13 2 – ONG MING SEING - ONG MING SEING WASHINGTON The Halted States has awarded the Legion of Merit to Major-General Winston Chao, Chief of the General Staff of the Singapore Armed Forces. The award was made daring a military ceremony last Monday at the Pentagon after270 words
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265 1988-02-13 2 A WOMAN lost $400,000 this week for standing surety for a Hongkong businessman who absconded while his appeal was being heard. Madam Lim Ai Hua's two fixed deposits, in $lOO,OOO and $300,000, were ordered to be forfeited by Mr Justice F. A.265 words
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207 1988-02-13 2 HIT shows of the 60s will make a brief comeback in April as Singapore Broadcasting Corporation celebrates 25 years of television transmission in Singapore. The adventures of Lassie, Mr Ed, the Talking Horse and Sergeant Bilko of The Phil Silvers Show are some207 words
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Article, Illustration379 1988-02-13 3 THE air raid «Iren went at 9.29 am. On this cue, people moved qolcldy bat in an orderly manner Into the Tlong Bahru MRT station. A few, In their eagerness, trod on some toes. Within an hour,– Picture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 379 words
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444 1988-02-13 3 PAUL JACOB - By PAUL JACOB AN AGREEMENT covering the conduct, rights and status of Singapore Armed Forces units visiting Australia for training was signed here this week by representatives of the two governments. The Status of Forces Agreement governs areas such as taxation,444 words
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320 1988-02-13 3 CHENG SHOONG TAT - By CHENG SHOONG TAT SOME members of a breakaway group from the Workers’ Party led by its former chairman Mr Wong Hong Toy have joined the Singapore Democratic Party, abandoning earlier plans to form their own political party. The original group of 16320 words
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402 1988-02-13 3 ANOTHER lot of old shophouses in the Tanjong Pagar conservation scheme has been offered for sale by the Government only about a month after the results of the first tender were announced at the end of December. The offer by the Urban Redevelopment Authority402 words
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Article, Illustration640 1988-02-13 4 DOREEN SIOW - STPB drive implies non-members cannot be trusted, they say By DOREEN SIOW RETAILERS here are upset by a recent aggressive advertisement campaign by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board to get more shops to join its "good retailer” scheme. In a series of full-page640 words
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Article, Illustration316 1988-02-13 4 SPECIAL telephones that will enable callers to get through to Japan and Hongkong at the mere push of a button have been set up at Changi Airport. These are in the restricted areas accessible only to transit and316 words
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327 1988-02-13 4 RONNIE LIM - By RONNIE LIM SHELL has lost further ground to its competitors following the Formula petrol controversy. Its latest estimates show that it is in danger of losing almost a million litres of petrol sales a month. The oil company this327 words
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Article, Illustration640 1988-02-13 4 THE families of two young women bank clerks who died in the Hotel New World disaster nearly two years ago are suing the owners of the building and the hank for alleged negligence. The actions are believed to be640 words
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535 1988-02-13 5 TAN TECK HUAT - By TAN TECK HUAT THE Government intends to protest at every level against the decision of the United States to withdraw trade concessions to Singapore under the Generalised System of Preferences, Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu said. "During535 words
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383 1988-02-13 5 SINGAPORE will not retaliate against the United States for excluding the Republic from the US Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), the Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, said before he left for Washington last Saturday. In ruling out retaliation, however,383 words
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Article, Illustration441 1988-02-13 5 Mother: I kept on telling him that he couldn’t fly A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD schoolboy was in stable condition in a hospital’s intensive care unit after being seriously injured in a fall, perhaps the victim of his fascination with cartoons on television.441 words
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252 1988-02-13 5 SOME tenants of Orchard Mass Rapid Transit station shops, who have been complaining of poor business, have told the Feedback Unit that they want to give up their premises. Dr Tan Cheng Bock, chairman of the unit, said that some others had252 words
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314 1988-02-13 5 A HOUSEWIFE and a hawker underwent kidney transplant operations at the Singapore General Hospital last week a fortnight after the first pair of recipients benefited from the recently introduced Human Organ Transplant Act. Two newly-trained transplant surgeons, who were among five senior doctors314 words
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94 1988-02-13 5 A CONTRACTOR was accused on Monday of extorting sleeping pills worth (28 from a doctor after threatening to assault him. He also extorted $lOO from his victim, the court heard. Chua Soon Seng, 28, allegedly took the money and the 20 Somese94 words
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143 1988-02-13 5 SINGAPORE’S only outdoor amnaemeot park will have Its last fling on Feb 22, The Sunday Times reported. The 22, Ml iiqnare-metre Wonderland Amasement Park In Kallang, the site for many a thrill and even some spills for 18 years, Is to make way for143 words
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384 1988-02-13 6 Ministers meet visiting Malaysian Journalists Bern*- ma. FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said that he would have to win the next general election decisively to become the Prime Minister. He made the statement when he was askedBern*-; ma. - 384 words
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861 1988-02-13 6 Bernama THERE is no reason for Singapore to be offensive to Malaysia, said Trade and Industry Minister Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. He said the Government's position on Malay Singaporeans in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) had already beenBernama - 861 words
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224 1988-02-13 6 Be mama. THE People’s Action Party is always on the lookout for suitable Malay leaders to join the party, First iK-puty Prime Minister Gok Chok Tong said. The PAP Is looking for Malay leaders who are concerned about their community and not– Be mama. - 224 words
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Article, Illustration517 1988-02-13 6 ALAN HUBBARD - By ALAN HUBBARD Europe Editor presentation.” The Sunday Times LONDON Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, 24-year-old son of former Singapore Opposition MP J.B. Jeyaretnam, is the recipient of a prestigious annual award which will be presented to him at Britain’s House of Commons in April,presentation.” — The Sunday Times - 517 words
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156 1988-02-13 6 MANY Malaysian parents in Johor are sending their children to schools in Singapore because of the high standard of English taught here, according to a survey by the Malaysian Shin Min Daily News. The survey, done on Tuesday by Shin Min’s reporters in their156 words
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267 1988-02-13 7 THE HIGH Court yesterday granted the Far Eastern Economic Review another two weeks to file its defence against Prime Minister I,ee Kuan Yew’s libel suit. The Hongkong-based weekly was also ordered to pay costs of $3OO to the Prime Minister for267 words
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145 1988-02-13 7 A RECORD number of visitors H 50.157 visited the Jurong Bird Park last year, and more attractions are on the way. The park’s chairman and managing director, Dr S. B. Kwa, said yesterdaythat Phase 1 of the park’s redevelopment programme was completed recently.145 words
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132 1988-02-13 7 TWO men drugged a horse trainer, his brother and two women with spiked drinks in his flat before escaping with $6OO worth of jewellery recently. The horse trainer, 46, whose name is being withheld by police, was with his younger brother, a niece and another132 words
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Article, Illustration276 1988-02-13 7 DIVORCEES are welcome to join the government’s match-making agency, but the door is closed to those divorced on grounds of adultery or cruelty. Widows and widowers can also sign up with the Social Development Unit, which caters to the better educated singles. Dr Eileen276 words
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Article474 1988-02-13 7 BERTHA HENSON - By BERTHA HENSON OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong has called for the abolition of the Internal Security Act, saying it was no longer needed for the preservation of peace and stability in Singapore. ‘‘lt’s time that it must go. It shows the callousness and inhuman474 words
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Article, Illustration190 1988-02-13 7 IT R AINED and rained, hot the festive spirit prevailed at Wednesday’s Singapore River Lunar New Year light-up. At the press of a button, Telok Ayer MP Ong Pang Boon lit the decorative lights, lanterns and the humhoat floats on and190 words
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236 1988-02-13 7 FILIPINO maids already working here will be unaffected by their government’s ban on women going overseas to work as domestic help. This assurance was given by the Philippine embassy in the face of a flood of calls from maids and employers anxious236 words
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The court ruling on Umno
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Article, Illustration1024 1988-02-13 8 NST. KUALA LUMPUR HIGH COURT judge Justice Datuk Harun Hashing in ruling last week that Umno is an unlawful society, said that “maybe the time has arrived for the making of special laws for political parties”. He said he felt the only peopleNST. - 1,024 words
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434 1988-02-13 8 Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR Political secretaries to ministers, mentri besar and chief ministers have expressed their support for Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad as Prime Minister in the wake of the High Court ruling that Umno is an “illegal society”. In a briefBemama. - 434 words
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Article, Illustration196 1988-02-13 8 A ‘moral victory but the price was too high’ KUALA LUMPUR SOURCES close to Tcngko Razaleigh Hamzah, the Prime Minister’s leading Umno rival, said the St-year-old Kelantan prince was “shocked” by the High Court ruling, which a constitutional lawyer felt left virtually no room for196 words
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292 1988-02-13 8 hathir. NST, AFP, Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR All component parties of the ruling National Front coalition have come out to declare their support for the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the face of last week's High Courthathir. – NST, AFP, Bernama. - 292 words
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Article124 1988-02-13 9 KI'ALA LUMPUR Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim has accused Tengkn Razaleigh Hamzah of being the mastermind behind the proposed Umno Malaysia led by former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. The Chinese dally Tong Bao reported yesterday that Mr Anwar had criticised Tengkn Razaleigh, the former Trade and124 words
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102 1988-02-13 9 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Former Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Haji Harun Idris has denied he was involved in the efforts by a group to set up Umno Malaysia. Datuk Harun clarified that he was at the residence of former Prime Minister Tunku AbdulBernama. - 102 words
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354 1988-02-13 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Lawyers and judges have been urged to learn Bahasa Malaysia in an effort to expedite the use of the language in the courts. In making the call at the weekend, the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Dr SitiNST. - 354 words
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Article197 1988-02-13 9 KUALA LUMPUR The London MCA Club has been dissolved, Malay language newspaper Utusan Malaysia reported this week. The club, comprising mainly Malaysian students in London, was formed two years ago and had a membership of about 120. Gub chairman Douglas Tay, a former journalist with197 words
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164 1988-02-13 9 KUALA LUMPUR The government has the right to revoke the citizenship of Malaysians who stay away from the ronntry for more than five consecutive years without good reason, according to Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat JunId Megat Ayoh. He said quite a number of citizens164 words
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166 1988-02-13 9 TUNKU Abdul Rnhman turned 85 last Monday, and among the well-wishers who visited his Penang home to extend birthday greetings to the nation’s first Prime Minister was Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, former Trade and Industry Minister who heads the antl-Mahathlr faction In Umno. Tengkn Razaleigh,166 words
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257 1988-02-13 9 JOHOR BARU Straits of Johor. Bernama. RECLAMATION work by Singapore along the Johor Straits has not altered the water boundary between Johor and the Republic, Land and Regional Development Minister Datuk Dr Sulaiman Daud said this week. The minister was speaking to reportersStraits of Johor. — Bernama. - 257 words
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80 1988-02-13 9 AFP KUALA LUMPUR The High Court has sentenced a former police constable to death for trafficking in 24.22 grams of heroin more than three years ago. Mr Justice Karam Chand Vohrah said the quantity of heroin found on Samsul Kamar Mohamad Zain, 25, wasAFP - 80 words
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356 1988-02-13 10 AFP, Bernama MANILA Philippine Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus has accused the Dutch government of indirect political intervention in Philippine affairs by funding private organisations with links to the communist rebels. But Mr Manglapus absolved the Dutch embassy in Manila of complicity with the rebels.AFP,; Bernama - 356 words
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335 1988-02-13 10 ABBY TAN - By ABBY TAN Manila Correspondent MANILA Outside the office of the National Secretariat for Social Action (Nassa), the grassroots arm of the Roman Catholic Church, a big sign read: “Smile, business as usual." Contrary to previous reports by the leading churchman,335 words
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Article, Illustration1139 1988-02-13 10 Yang Razali Kassim - Is Murdani’s star on the wane or is he destined for a post higher than imagined? Gen Try to take over from Gen Murdani on March 8 By Yang Razali Kassim Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia’s armed forces chief, General Benny Murdani, is to be1,139 words
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149 1988-02-13 10 ABBY TAN - ABBY TAN. MANILA Philippine defence Authorities withdrew military and police support for an Australian film crew making a movie on the February IttC uprising after a re-enactment of a riot on Sunday outside Malacanang Palace canned panic among the residents. McElroy and MeKlroy Productions149 words
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326 1988-02-13 10 AP. MANILA President Corazon Aquino defended a controversial ban on Filipino women working abroad as domestics and said the temporary measure was designed to guarantee their safety. The government has announced that from March 1, it will no longer certify permitsAP. - 326 words
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On the PM’s remarks about the gap between Malays and other Singaporeans
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718 1988-02-13 11 On Jan 21, the Government released Cabinet papers on the origins of the Team MP concept. The Prime Minister also briefed newspaper editors on the background that led to the proposed legislation, now before a Parliamentary Select Committee, that would provide for Group Representation718 words
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338 1988-02-13 11 I REFER to your report "Gap between Malays and others a fact of life” (ST, Jan 23). I feel concerned to respond in the hope of clearing a misinterpretation made on the Malay/Muslim community. Contrary to what was indicated in the article,338 words
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Article479 1988-02-13 11 SDP’s Ling on rule by the majority I REFER to your report “SDP’s Ling denies he campaigned on racial lines” (ST, Jan 20) and the various letters by Dr Ow Chin Hock, "K.S.K., "Tamil Singaporean" (ST, Jan 28) and Mr Phua Bah Lee (ST,479 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article597 1988-02-13 12 FEB 12, 1988 EIGHTEEN years have passed since Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew ushered in the junior college era in our education system. As the number of such specialised 'A’ level institutions grows to 15 in two years, it is time to consider going back to the597 words
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Article596 1988-02-13 12 FEB 10. 1988 IN THE aftermath of the United States’ rude withdrawal of GSP privileges from Singapore, the point that the protection of intellectual property rights is a laudable end in itself is in danger of being missed. Admittedly, external factors among them the United States’ GSP596 words
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Article646 1988-02-13 12 FEB 9. 1988 IF PAST experience and domestic reactions are anything to go by, the Philippine government is likely to have to back down on its latest ban on the export of maids. Few people, including Singaporeans who employ or hope to employ Filipino maids, would646 words
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576 1988-02-13 12 A FIERY START LET’S give a fiery start to the Lunar New Year around the comer. It’s easy with the festive spirit now fully in the air and with the current spell of dragon “specials”, notably the Singapore River Hong Bao 'BB.576 words
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Article139 1988-02-13 12 “WE ARE still fighting the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM). China has yet to tell us, straight in the face, it no longer supports the CPM. It has not been able to do that till today.” Malaysia’s retiring Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Tan Sri Zainal Abidin explaining why the139 words
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Article, Illustration939 1988-02-13 13 ‘Govt doesn’t seek quarrel with responsible press’ -4 YOUR writer, Miss Liak Teng Kiat, was dismayed with my Minister’s statement in Parliament, partially quoted in the Sunday Times of 31 Jan, 1988: Public officials are “not paid to do the job for939 words
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868 1988-02-13 13 J RAJENDRAN - By J RAJENDRAN AS IN the western world, sports can be a rewarding career in China if taken seriously. Each year, thousands of Chinese boys and girls try for a life in868 words
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Article, Illustration1053 1988-02-13 14 Battle-scarred and only 36, Hun Sen appears to be the one wielding power in Phnom Penh UPI. Although the Phnom Penh government is usually called the Heng Samrin regime after its president, the man who seems to run the show is Mr Hun Sen, onUPI. - 1,053 words
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Article, Illustration864 1988-02-13 14 DIANE LIM - To the Chinese, this beast brings luck wherever it is sighted, except to evil rulers DIANE LIM WHAT has a camel’s head, deer’s horns, a cow’s ears, the neck of a snake, scales like a carp’s, a hawk’s claws in a tiger’s paws, whiskers on each side864 words
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Page 13 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous19 1988-02-13 13 &flk'slw MOW*, 7 W« rA ml!*»' &W erf# m /2 i W4A' EX sa o ft m i J19 words
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582 1988-02-13 15 AGNES WEE - 21 contractors gain foothold in 14 countries By AGNES WEE LOCAL contractors have made headway overseas, winning nearly $1 billion worth of foreign construction projects in the last four years. In doing so, they have gained a foothold in 14 countries among which are582 words
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Article170 1988-02-13 15 THE absence of fresh factors to stimulate interest and concern over the announcement that Singapore would lose its duty-free status with the US combined to keep investors away from Sesdaq this week, and turnover fell to yet another new low on Thursday. Only 38,000 shares170 words
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590 1988-02-13 15 FT. HONGKONG Mr Robert Ng, the single largest debtor to Hongkong’s Futures Exchange after its collapse in October last year, has agreed to repay HK1750 million (*****.87 million) to the exchange's Guarantee Corporation in a settlement that could prove to beFT. - 590 words
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679 1988-02-13 15 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ THE Securities Industry Council has again adjourned its inquiry into Standard Chartered Bank’s sale of Sealion Hotels shares to businessman Allan Ng’s First City Holdings. The inquiry was this week put off till after the courts679 words
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202 1988-02-13 15 THE Glam Hotel at Ontram Road, which Is owned by a subsidiary of listed property aad hotel group Town and City Properties, Is op for sale with a price tag of more than SIM million. Although tenders have not been called202 words
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Article3182 1988-02-13 16 Friday, Feb 12, 1988 1987/M last Yield Vol Day High low Company Salt Change COOO) High low SECTION ONE •BUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 275 80 Acma 111 i 09 6 113 11 1 ADEF A 1005 1005 ADEF B 1005 96 26 Alcorn 50 unch 23,182 words
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465 1988-02-13 16 SLUGGISH trading continued on the Singapore stock market, with investors still remaining on the sidelines. Turnover for the week was a low 87.78 million units, 7.34 million less than the week before. The week started nervously following the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruling465 words
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Article96 1988-02-13 16 IN KUALA LUMPUR, share prices were taken to higher ground for the third straight session yesterday in quiet trading. Singapore-Dased counters led the winners with double-digit gains. The New Straits Times Industrial Index rose 7.92 points to 1,383.04. The scoreboard showed gainers leading96 words
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Article65 1988-02-13 16 IN HONGKONG, share prices yesterday closed higher on continued bar-gain-hunting, but trading remained thin as investors stayed cautious ahead of US December trade data due to be released last night. The Hang Seng Index ended the day 30.75 points higher at 2,287.23, while the broader-based Hongkong Index65 words
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557 1988-02-13 17 CORRINA LIM - Multi-million New Zealand tie-up at stake By CORRINA LIM in Business Times FRASER Neave and subsidiary Malayan Breweries, substantial shareholders of Lion Corp of New Zealand, are opposing a proposed multi-million dollar merger of the NZ brewer with the country's largest retailer, LD Nathan557 words
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Article360 1988-02-13 17 frt 12 HKS Chwje Assoc Inti Hotels 2 10 ■0 15 Bonk Ot fast Asia 19 10 •0 1 Capital Corp 0 76 0 03 Cathay Pocitic A» S 70 005 Cheung Kong China light 6 35 1780 unch 02 City Resources 1 10 Cross Hart» Tunnel 1360 0360 words
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140 1988-02-13 17 HONGKONG -> Thir-ty-one Hongkong future* brokers who defaulted on contracts when the local futures market collapsed In October laat year are to stand trial In May as the exchange’* guarantee csrporatlon tries ts recoup debts amounting to HKII.B billion (Ss4*4 million). The decision140 words
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Article225 1988-02-13 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign local dolart to Foreign currency currency one wit of foreign currency to S*10 Australian dollar 1 4297-1 4334 707-689 Canadian dollar 1 5965-1 5985 632-6.22 NZ dollar 1 3258-1 3285 7.64-7 42 Sterling pound 3 5425-3 5463 284-280 US dollar *****-2.0190225 words
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232 1988-02-13 17 AUSTRALIA’S oldest hotel chain, Federal Pacific Hotels and Casinos, is keen to break into the Singapore market and is negotiating with DBS Land to manage the yet-to-be-opened Federal Ho- tel in Scotts Road. Mr John Haddad, managing director of Federal Pacific,232 words
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Article290 1988-02-13 17 Managers' pricaa for Fabruary 13 Singapore Unit Trust the Commute 090 0% The Savings fund 0 79 0 8S Spore Proe fund 0 36 0 40 S pore Sec fund 0 60 0 66 Spore Invest fund 0 64 0 69 Spore (quite turn) 043 047 Asia Unit290 words
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437 1988-02-13 18 MANY Singaporeans did not get any pay rise last year, according to a salary survey of non-executives done by the Singapore National Employers Federation. About half the 360 companies surveyed said they did not give their supervisors, production and other437 words
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291 1988-02-13 18 AMY BALAN - By AMY BALAN in Business Times FOLLOWING pressure from its bankers, troubled coffee trader Teck Hock has consented to receivers and managers being appointed over its assets. Messrs Wong Tui San and Charles J T Nangle will control Teck Hock's assets but willin Business Times - 291 words
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320 1988-02-13 18 IPOH Garden Bhd (Australia), the wholly-owned subsidiary of listed IGB Corporation, will be seeking a listing on the Australian Stock Exchange this year. “Discussions are being held with the exchange,’’ managing director Jim Barrett said on Tuesday, adding that the flotation would not320 words
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351 1988-02-13 18 WILLIAM CHIA - By WILLIAM CHIA in Business Times. THE newly-acquired bourgeois tastes of some of China's proletariat have doubled the sales of a local company dealing in reconditioned luxury cars. Thermotron Engineering Far East’s managing director, Mr Wong Chan Shin, said last week that China’sin Business Times. - 351 words
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Article, Illustration556 1988-02-13 18 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ MALAYA Tin Printing shareholders last Saturday ousted the company’s executive chairman and two other directors at an extraordinary general meeting called for by former chief executive Edward Goh. The move ends a twomonth power struggle during which accusations556 words
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147 1988-02-13 18 Petition to make exEmporium chairman bankrupt STANDARD Chartered Bank hail filed a bankruptcy petition against yet another member of the Emporium Holdings founding Urn family. The petition against Mr IJm Tow Seng, former chairman of the retail chain, filed last June, will be heard on Feb B. Mr IJm Is147 words
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506 1988-02-13 19 Rejection of graduated commission structure Bernama Reuter KUAIA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange chairman Nik Mohamed Din Yusoff has defended the exchange’s stand in rejecting the proposed graduated commission structure, saying that those who criticised the decision lacked depth in their thinking. Crusaders placingBernama; Reuter - 506 words
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531 1988-02-13 19 ANNA TEO - By ANNA TEO and US. Business Times. JAPAN has emerged as a major market for Singapore food and beverage companies, particularly the Japanese companies here which have begun exporting more back home. Food and beverage exports to Japan amounted toand US. — Business Times. - 531 words
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174 1988-02-13 19 CITIBANK has chosen Singapore over Tokyo, Hongkong and Manila for its Asia Pacific regional training centre. The $1 million Asia Pacif ic Banking Institute, which was officially opened on Monday, will train up to 2,000 professionals from 18 countries by the end174 words
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Article, Illustration501 1988-02-13 23 J. RAJENDRAN - BADMINTON By J. RAJENDRAN SINGAPORE’S top two badminton players, Hamid Khan and Lau Wing Cheok, will contest the European Grand Prix circuit next month including the world’s richest tournament, the All-England Championships. They will start their European tour with the German Open501 words
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Article, Illustration629 1988-02-13 23 good enough. — J. RAJENDRAN - KONICA CUP good enough. J. RAJENDRAN CLASS told in the end as world champion Yang Yang walked away with the Konica Cup men’s singles crown after beating Thai Sompol Kukasemkij 15-10, 15-2 at the Singapore Badminton Hall last Sunday night. Sompol played with great determination, but629 words
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Article, Illustration539 1988-02-13 23 ALBERT JOHNSON - By ALBERT JOHNSON THE Singapore Hockey Association Council have lifted a two-year ban on 16 players and one official of the Singapore Recreation Club. “It was the unanimous decision of the Council to lift the suspension of the club, official539 words
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112 1988-02-13 23 SWIMMING FIONA Ewing, of People’s Association Youth Swimming Club, broke former "Golden Girl” Patricia Chan s 100 metres backstroke record for 16-year-old girls on the second day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's Under-13 to Under-17 age-group meet at Tanjong Rhu on Tuesday night. Fiona,112 words
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518 1988-02-13 24 ONG MING SEING - Asean: Move may lead to global recession By ONG MING SEING Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Asean has told the United States not to resort to protectionist legislation to reduce its trade deficit as other developed countries might follow its example, leading to a518 words
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