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Title Section20 1988-04-23 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration703 1988-04-23 1 BERTHA HENSON; and TAN TARN HOW - By BERTHA HENSON and TAN TARN HOW THE Internal Security Department on Tuesday re-arrested eight of the nine ex-detainees who released a statement on Monday denying their involvement in last year’s Marxist plot and complaining that they were illtreated during detention. They are law graduate703 words
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Article74 1988-04-23 1 ✓The Government has never denied that it uses psychological pressure to break down the defences which every detainee builds around himself, and uncover the truth that every guilty suspect wishes to conceal. However, the Government neither condones torture nor allows the ISD officers to practise74 words
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Article, Illustration952 1988-04-23 1 LIAK TENG KIAT - By LIAK TENG KIAT THE Government on Wednesday produced fresh evidence to support its arrest last year of 22 people for involvement in a Marxist conspiracy. It showed the plot was a full-blown Communist Party of Malaya operation and not just an indigenous, independent,• PICTURE BY YOW YUN WOH - 952 words
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Advertisement113 1988-04-23 1 Govt: We must find out why they repudiated their earlier statements MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS STATEMENT ON THE RE-ARRESTS: PAGE 5 INSIDE HOME NEWS $750,000 bait for SGH top consultants PAGE 2 Birth rate rebounds PAGE 2 Big spenders buying up storm in Orchard Road PAGE 3 Day Cambridge shocked113 words
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929 1988-04-23 2 GILLIAN POW CHONG - New incentive package for SGH doctors to keep them in service By GILLIAN POW CHONG A NEW incentive package for doctors in the restructured Singapore General Hospital will feature an enhanced consultation fee scheme and lump sum exgratia payments to929 words
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191 1988-04-23 2 THE number of Japanese companies in Singapore has trebled since eight years ago, and they are still coming, according to a recent survey by the Japanese government. Currently, 700 companies here have direct and indirect Japanese interests compared to 228 in 1980 and 535191 words
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189 1988-04-23 2 A PRIVATE bus driver died in a freak accident when his neck was trapped by the passenger door of his bus last Saturday, suffocating him. Mr Choo Lye Choon, 59, was found dead with his head sticking out of the189 words
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Article143 1988-04-23 2 SINGAPORE'S new High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr S R Nathan, has resigned as a director of the Singapore Press Holdings and its subsidiaries. Mr Nathan, 63, who is taking up his new appointment in Kuala Lumpur later this month, first joined the board of The143 words
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Article447 1988-04-23 2 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - 43,889 babies born in 1987 highest number in 13 years By NARENDRA AGGARWAL SINGAPORE’S birth rate, which hit an all-time low in 1986, rebounded last year with nearly 44,000 births, up sharply by 14 per cent over the number of births in the previous year. The 43,889447 words
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Article116 1988-04-23 2 SINGAPORE citizens by descent or registration are reminded that they must take the oath of renunciation, allegiance and loyalty within 12 months after reaching the age of 21. Those who fail to do so will lose their citizenship on attaining the age of 22. Minors can check116 words
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479 1988-04-23 3 DOREEN SIOW - More upmarket shops catering to affluent Japanese and locals By DOREEN SIOW AFFLUENT Singaporean shoppers accompanied by their voracious Japanese counterparts are shopping up a storm and in the process reshaping the retail scene along the trendy Orchard Road area. The479 words
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266 1988-04-23 3 BAD habits are beginning to creep on board MRT trains in Singapore. Inconsiderate behaviour among some commuters is making travel less pleasant for others who feel there is a need to spell out the do's and dont's of MRT travel once266 words
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Article, Illustration247 1988-04-23 3 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong talking to eye surgeon Dr Arthur Mm (extreme right), who heads the National University Hospital’s eye department, at a garden party held at the Istana. The party was hosted hy Mr Goh247 words
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140 1988-04-23 3 SALES of now cars zoomed ahead in February, up nearly five times to 1,617 cars against a mere 345 sold in the same month last year. February sales were, however, lower in absolute number than January's 2,303, but exceeded its growth of 76140 words
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Article, Illustration322 1988-04-23 3 ALL constituencies in Singapore will, in time, have town councils running their HDB estates, with members chosen by MPs from among existing grassroots leaders. Unlike the proposed Group Representation Constituencies, each of which will have one town council, single-seat constituencies will have a322 words
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183 1988-04-23 3 HIGH-FLYING Singapore Airlines contributed more than 4 per cent to the national economy last year. It was also a major foreign exchange earner for the Republic in 1987, bringing in nearly $2 billion in net earnings. Most of the income was from airline operations,183 words
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Article, Illustration665 1988-04-23 4 GILLIAN POW CHONG - Heart patients prefer non-surgical alternative By GILLIAN POW CHONG MORE heart patients in Singapore are opting for a non-surgical procedure to clear blocked arteries instead of the usual bypass operation. Singapore General Hospital has treated 60 patients using this method in the past year, with aGRAPHICS BY l EO DE Sll VA - 665 words
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461 1988-04-23 4 EVERY secondary school student will have hands-on experience with computers within the next four years when computer literacy lessons are introduced in schools. Under this programme starting next year, they will learn to plan, compose and edit work on461 words
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Article, Illustration299 1988-04-23 4 TIIK FRENCH are using it, so are the Italians, the Spaniards and the Turks hut not Singaporeans though it is made in Toa Pay oh. ailed the Camax l*Flsl, it was produced hy (amteeh Optics Pte Ltd in Toa I'aynh. The company has299 words
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342 1988-04-23 4 JANICE SEAH - By JANICE SEAH MR S.L. GOH was dumbstruck when he looked at his savings account it showed an almost nine-fold increase. It happened last year and all within a few minutes. Mr Goh, a production co-ordinator with Singapore Airlines, had deposited342 words
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Article, Illustration1973 1988-04-23 5 Ministry statement on the re-arrest o£ Marxist plot group THE Internal Security Department (ISD) on April 19 re-arrested eight of the 21 Marxist conspirators released between June and December 1987. They are: William Yap Hon Ngian; Kenneth Tsang Chi Seng;1,973 words
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307 1988-04-23 6 I I'l'Eß secondary students have been advised, by a HIM' radio producer, to tune in to the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's radio bulletins for a model of good spoken English. Mr Itoh Marsden, 38, a producer with the BBC's English by307 words
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271 1988-04-23 6 A WOMAN dung precariously to the fifth storey balcony railings of a flat as her husband and sister held on to her in an attempt to save her. Just then the chair on which her businessman husband Henry Kohar stood slipped and271 words
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Article134 1988-04-23 6 THE Government will decide at the end of this month whether Central Provident Fund contribution rates will be revised. Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong said last Saturday. The first-quarter economic r esults on which the revision depends are “very good”, he added. Brig-Gen134 words
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Article, Illustration463 1988-04-23 6 television screen. By GILLIAN POWr CHONG - Singaporean facial features attractive, says plastic surgeon television screen. By GILLIAN POW r CHONG. PLASTIC surgeon Dr I,oslie Parkas not only has an eye for beauty, he has a nose for it as well. And he finds Singaporean facial features attractive. A463 words
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300 1988-04-23 6 SINGAPORE Airlines has seconded two of its most experienced captains to fill the top posts at its pilottraining college. Capt Yong Ix>ong Chong, deputy chief pilot (training), will be general manager and principal of the Singapore Flying College. He joined as a300 words
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173 1988-04-23 6 MELBOURNE Singapore has won one of the top 12 awards given by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) at its 37th annual conference in Melbourne. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's brochure, The Singapore Book, took the Grand Award in the travel brochure category. The173 words
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70 1988-04-23 6 TWO armed robbers were jailed and ordered to be eaned for holding up two couples at a jogging track in Clementi Road last year. Mohana Velan s/o Raja Gopal, 23, was jailed for 42 months and Syed Ismail bin Shahul70 words
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582 1988-04-23 7 SHIRLEY DAVENPORT - Computer error led to lower marks in ‘A’ and ‘O’ level exams By SHIRLEY DAVENPORT in The Sunday Times A COMPUTER error caused the examination grades mix-up in which 294 O- and A-level students in Singapore were given lower marks than they deserved. An582 words
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Article, Illustration135 1988-04-23 7 TALK of a wall of steel—that Is just what this is. The blast-proof door can withstand bombs, rockets or artillery shells. While the city slumbered just before dawn last Sunday,this solid steel door, weighing 25 tonnes, was lowered underground, beneath Rochor Road into the135 words
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Article, Illustration98 1988-04-23 7 MR MICHAEL Ng Eng Choon (left), son of former rubber magnate Ng Quee Lam. was made a bankrupt last Friday for owing a bank $lO million. His counsel, Mr Lok Vi Ming, unsuccessfully tried to get an adjournment of the petition, but this98 words
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Article, Illustration542 1988-04-23 7 GERRY DE SILVA - 2 new cases TWO MORE Singaporean men have been found to have the Aids virus, bringing the total number of eases to 22 so far, it was revealed last week. Of the 22, four all Singaporeans have died. Among those542 words
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Article169 1988-04-23 7 POLICE cordoned off the American Embassy in Hill Street and closed the surrounding roads for four hours on Wednesday after a metal pipe containing a black powder, a wire and a dry-cell battery was found in the building. The Singapore Armed Forces Explosives Ordnance Disposal169 words
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204 1988-04-23 7 ABOUT 2,9410 Muslim Singaporeans will go to Mecca this year, undaunted hy Iranian threats to cause trouble there. The 21 pilgrim agents who escort pilgrims to the Holy Land have advised them on precautions to take in case there are demonstrations during the haj204 words
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620 1988-04-23 8 System will make it easier to adjust pay in line with ups and downs of the economy A NEW flexible wage system for public sector employees comes into effect on July I, making it easier for wages to he adjusted620 words
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177 1988-04-23 8 AN ADVERTISING ex travaganza described as being “out of this world" was staged this week by a lunch-time tabloid newspaper which will be launched in three months’ time. The gala $150,000 promotion was held at the Science Centre's Omni-The-atre in Jurong. Some of177 words
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310 1988-04-23 8 NEARLY 1,100 men have responded to the Institute of Education's drive to get more males into the teaching profession and many applicants are from the much-needed technical and science disciplines. The male applicants both graduates and nongraduates represent a 52310 words
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Article, Illustration569 1988-04-23 8 DPP concedes: No evidence of conspiracy A DISTRICT court on Thursday ruled out a joint trial for businessman Allan Ng and banker Michael Raymond Taylor. The court’s decision came after the prosecution conceded it had no evidence to show569 words
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296 1988-04-23 8 A MAN testing an illegal broadcasting transmitter in a Westin Stamford room found an undesired audience of security staff when an assistant lit a cigarette and set off the smoke alarm. Lim Eng Chin, 32, got a youth, Yang Seow Ping, 18, to monitor296 words
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204 1988-04-23 8 THE Civil Service is requiring its key officers to learn Malay, in line with the greater emphasis on the role of language in building rapport with Asean countries. Entrants to the pensionable services, such as the Singapore Armed Forces (Senior), Singapore Police Force204 words
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Article, Illustration475 1988-04-23 9 Ban on kenduris to lobby for votes KUALA LUMPUR vice-presidents. Bernama, NST. THE New Umno has adopted key changes to its constitution to check unhealthy practices such as the use of money in politics to influence elections, pro-tem president Datuk Seri Drvice-presidents. — Bernama, NST. - 475 words
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254 1988-04-23 9 KLANG Rernama. FORMER Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razalelgh Hamzah said the effort to revive the old Umno will be continued through various means, including in Parliament If It falls in court. Tengku Razalelgh, who was speaking at a gatheringRernama. - 254 words
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231 1988-04-23 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that some Malays are facing a crisis of identity in their pursuit of religious, educational, cultural, economic and political achievements. He said some Malays were at a crossroads in their struggle to– NST. - 231 words
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Article, Illustration494 1988-04-23 9 ISMAIL KASSIM - DAP triennial elections By ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR Mr Lim Kit Siang. the detained Democratic Action Party secretary-general, and other party leaders held under the Internal Security Act were re-elected in the triennial elections last weekend. Also re-elected were national chairman, Dr Chen494 words
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296 1988-04-23 9 KUALA LUMPUR NST. JUDGES and administrators from the civil courts and chief kadhis (Islamic judicial officers) with knowledge of Syariah (Islamic) laws will be offered posts and trained as judges for the Syariah Supreme Court. The director-general of the Islamic Affairs Division in– NST. - 296 words
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155 1988-04-23 9 days of the election. Bernama. M ALA LIMPI'R The seven DAP members detained under the Internal Security Aet who were elected to party posts over the weekend may fare legal aetlon by the Registrar of Societies. The Registrar, Miss Zaklah llashlm, told Rernamadays of the election. Bernama. - 155 words
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Article50 1988-04-23 9 Kt'Al.A LUMPUR Factory su l>ot visor Gan Keng Woong. 33,died when he swallowed his dentures, the English-language daily, The Star. He was playing badminton when he (ell and was knocked unconscious His friends failed to revive him. Doctors found his dentures stuck in his windpipe50 words
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867 1988-04-23 10 Singapore PM’s libel suit against The Star KUALA LUMPUR Bernama SINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has made a written submission to the High Court here on his application to strike out the defence of freedom of s|>ceoh put up by Star PublicationsBernama - 867 words
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396 1988-04-23 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Former prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has said that efforts to revive the original Umno is one way to overcome the recent problems in the party. He said the most important thing for all the "disputing parties" in Umno– Bernama. - 396 words
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126 1988-04-23 10 NST. PETAUNU JAVA Two 14-year-old schoolgirls were drugged,assaulted and gang-raped hy II youths at a tin mining area in Seri Setia (Sungai Uay jlast Wednesday. The victims,both Form Two pupils,had earlier gone to a coffeeshop with the II youths. Subsequently,the girls were given drugged drinksNST. - 126 words
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188 1988-04-23 10 KUALA LUMPUR: Former MCA leader Tan Koon Swan has ceased to be a member of the party, reports The New Straits Times. MCA president Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik, who disclosed this, said the disqualification of Tan was "automatic” under Article188 words
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Article, Illustration177 1988-04-23 10 Bernama. KUALA 1.1 MI'I K British clothing distributor Derrick Gregory (above with his lawyer) has lost his appeal in the Supreme Court here against the death sentence imposed on him for trafficking in heroin. Gregory, who was calm when the courtBernama. - 177 words
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386 1988-04-23 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is prepared to have talks with any of the countries involved to resolve the claim over the Spratly Islands, Deputy Foreign Minister Toh Muda Dr Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan said on Wednesday. He said Malaysia believed the problem couldBernama - 386 words
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139 1988-04-23 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd has announced the appointment of Mr Nik Ibrahim Kamil as its new chief operating officer. Mi- Nik Ibrahim took over the job last Thursday from Datuk Zakuan Ariff, who is assumingNST. - 139 words
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Article64 1988-04-23 10 $1.5m-a-year ‘windfall KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Airlines collects about Ms 2 million (551.56 million) to Ms 3 million a year from people who fail to turn up after making flight reservations, managing director Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman said. MAS imposes a surcharge of 25 per cent of the ticket price64 words
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Article, Illustration84 1988-04-23 11 VISITORS to Jakarta usually find that the cheapest way of getting around Is one of these vehicles, known locally as ber*k. Rut future visitors will only see these pedlcahs In the museum, for there are plans to phase themfive yean. — Renter picture. - 84 words
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383 1988-04-23 11 YANG RAZALI KASSIM - But Govt reserves the right not to review visas By YANG RAZALI KASSIM Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia will remain open to the foreign press, and no foreign correspondent is being kicked out of Jakarta, said Information Minister Harmoko yesterday. Mr Harmoko also said383 words
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144 1988-04-23 11 AFP. BANGKOK The Thai authorities are investigating how a passenger boarded a plane here carrying toy-pistol cartridges which later burst into flames in Dhaka, a Thai Airways International spokesman said. The suitcase with the cartridges passed undetected through an X-ray check atAFP. - 144 words
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175 1988-04-23 11 he will attend. — ABBY TAN - he will attend. ABBY TAN. MANILA The Philippines has invited the Sandinista government of Nicaragua to a conference of newly emerging democracies here on June 4. Sources in the Department of Foreign Affairs said the invitation to the government of President Daniel175 words
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Article, Illustration231 1988-04-23 11 ABBY TAN - By ABBY TAN, Manila Correspondent MANILA President Corazon Aquino has said she appreciated Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s action in Washington in urging other countries to channel aid to the Philippines. Speaking at a press conference after she returned on SundayReuter picture. - 231 words
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380 1988-04-23 11 we all agreed how necessary it was for all of us to co-operate with each other and, specifically, I guess, to help the less developed countries and that, of course, includes the Philippines.” In Washington, Mr I>ee had said he380 words
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307 1988-04-23 11 BANGKOK AFP. THAI Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda has set May 9 as the date he will face his first no-confi-dence debate in Parliament since taking office in 1980, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai told reporters. Mr Chuan said Mr Prem had rejected the opposition’sAFP. - 307 words
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Article662 1988-04-23 12 APRIL 23, 1988 VIKTNAMKSE Vice-Foreign Minister Tran Quang Co, who recently visited Malaysia, has stated that the Cambodian conflict cannot be solved along the lines of the Afghan problem. In Cambodia there is the Khmer Rouge whose brutal factionalism and practice of an extreme brand of communism662 words
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Article609 1988-04-23 12 APRIL 22. 1988 THE Government's announcement on Wednesday of a Commission of Inquiry to look into allegations that it fabricated the Marxist conspiracy revealed last year and that it tortured people into making false confessions that they were involved will probably have come as a surprise609 words
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Article617 1988-04-23 12 APRIL 20. 1988 HOW quickly the American mood changes. In real time, it was only three years ago when Americans were rapturously proclaiming along with President Ronald Reagan that “America is back"; that after more than a decade of pessimism and self-doubt, the United States617 words
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Article, Illustration720 1988-04-23 12 Ning Juita - Ning Juita FRIENDS from abroad have often wondered at the recent emphasis on set in (loyalty) in Malaysia. The song Setia is played and sung over radio and television and in schools. From time to time the papers carry news of setia pledges to720 words
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Article, Illustration786 1988-04-23 13 LIM YEEN FONG - LIM YEEN FONG SCHOLARSHIP offers are on the rise as private and public agencies step up their drive to recruit .Singapore’s top universitybound scholars before they even embark on their studies. More than 1.200 students have applied for the 15 ty|H*s of786 words
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Article, Illustration962 1988-04-23 13 TAN SAI SIONG - TAN SAI SIONG writing in Ihe Sunday limes APART from journalists and public* figures who make most of the news, 1 wonder whether there were others who gave much thought to the comments on journalism made by the deputywriting in Ihe Sunday limes - 962 words
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Miscellaneous44 1988-04-23 13 Scenes of Malaysian life C bin-up m "81 Poll op until ckift it above b*r.. Select ba»' higher iha* you< rea. cb Y f bor palml u t<*>ard... r\ n n Vi LI Pull Vourjfclf PULL j T Cj! S(P'. #V’ 'Sr L 6-j.44 words
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LESLIE FONG reports on the Prime Minister's visit to Washington
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Article, Illustration1837 1988-04-23 14 'lmportant to Asean Manila should get special help’ Action should come quickly, otherwise time will work against Mrs Aquino... WASHINGTON Mr Loo Kuan Yow has lont his support for a proposal by some American to mount a mini-Marshall aid plan for the1,837 words
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143 1988-04-23 15 THE (lOYcrnmcnt has put the facts of its disputes with the foreign press into this 99-page booklet, which was distributed to American editors and publishers last week. Topics were handed out to members of the American Society of Newspaper Editors143 words
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Article, Illustration1211 1988-04-23 15 How American editors reacted to PM’s address A NUMBER of the American journalists, who hoard Mr Loo Kuan Yew’s speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington last week about keeping the foreign press out of Singapore’s– Picture by YOU YI N WOH. - 1,211 words
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Article3120 1988-04-23 16 Friday, April 23, I9XX 1988 last Yield Vol Day High low Company Sale Change 000) High low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 136 95 Acma ADEF A 97 1 1 0 45 97 96 1005 1005 ADEF B 1005 65 42 Alcorn 60 2 33,120 words
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202 1988-04-23 16 Weekly sharemarket report THK Singapore stock market ended the week with a greater show of confidence after an uncertain start, and the Straits Times Industrial Index closed 11.28 points higher on Friday for a gain of 22.33 points to 955.77 points on202 words
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270 1988-04-23 16 THE Singapore stock market closed firmer in moderate trading yesterday as share prices advanced for the fourth consecutive session. At the close. The Straits Times Industrial Index picked up 11.28 points to 955.77, slightly below the level before the mini-crash on Wall270 words
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113 1988-04-23 16 IN KUAI.A LUMPUR, stock market advanced for the fourth consecutive session yesterday in active trading. Brokers said speculative stocks and lower-liners dominated the bulk of the day’s interest while selected blue chips made double-digit gains on fresh support. On the whole, early gains were113 words
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Article40 1988-04-23 16 IN HONGKONG, share prices yesterday closed at the day's high on late local buying. The Hang Seng Index ended 38.64 points higher at 2,591.35. t„LH r r^ ver was HK5760.91 million against Thursday’s HK5749.66 million.40 words
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365 1988-04-23 17 AGNES WEE - By AGNES WEE SHELL is prepared to consider taking a 40 per cent stake in the $2-billion petrochemical complex if the Singapore Government retains a 10 per cent shareholding. Although the oil giant wants to buy over the Government’s half-share in365 words
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Article188 1988-04-23 17 ONE of Japan’s largest securities houses, Nippon Kangyo Kakumaru Securities, will be channelling about $5O million into stock markets in Singapore and Malaysia. Mr Hisatoshi Iwamura, President of the NKK group, said on Thursday: “As the need to diversify the investment of trust funds increases, there188 words
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Article336 1988-04-23 17 April n HK$ Clun(e Attoc Inti Hotels 265 0 05 Bank Of Eat* Ana 1650 -02 Capitol Corp 0 97 0 04 Cattioy Pocitic Air 7 15 0 15 Cheung Kong Chino Light I860 +03 City Resources 131 Cross Horfc Tunnel 1590 06 1 IS 0 01 F E336 words
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246 1988-04-23 17 DATUK SRI Ang Keong I .an has resigned as chairman of Malaysian Feedmills Ltd, the listed animal and poultry feed producer he founded in 1964 and which has been in financial difficulties in recent years. His eldest son, Mr Ang Eng Joo, has also stepped246 words
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Article271 1988-04-23 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign currency Local dolars to one unit of foreign currency foreign currency to S$10 Australian dollar Canadian dollar N7 dollar Sterling pound US dollar 1 5092-1.5120 1 6244-1 6266 1 3420-1.3436 3 7936- 3 /975 2 0030- 2 0040 6 75- 6271 words
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256 1988-04-23 17 Straits Steamship THE Straits Steamship group, which started last year with net borrowings of $92.1 million, ended the year with a net cash surplus of $42.4 million. This was the result of stronger operating cash flow and its l-for-4 rights issue which raised256 words
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Article259 1988-04-23 17 Managers' pricas for April 23 A 25 Siniapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 94 1 00 The Sevmjs fund 0 80 0 86 Spot* Pro» fund 0 38 0 4? Spore Sec fund 063 068 Spore Invest fund 067 0 7? Spore fQuity fund Asia Unit Trust 0259 words
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750 1988-04-23 18 HSUNG BEE HWA - Group will reward shareholders with special 7.5pc dividend By HSUNG BEE HWA INCHCAPE Berhad. a Sin-gapore-based services and marketing group, on Thursday unveiled its best profit since 1980 and has confidently predicted “similarly strong results" for this year. The group, which ended750 words
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328 1988-04-23 18 REEK and stout maker Malayan Breweries Ltd will be able to save $5 million a year and halve its production staff to about 270 when it moves to its new fully-automated Tiger Brewery in -luly next year. \6lth328 words
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Article, Illustration412 1988-04-23 18 CATHERINE C. ONG - By CATHERINE C. ONG SINGAPORE’S fast-rising hotelier Ong Beng Seng and his family have quietly bought the five-star Bali Hyatt Hotel for US$2B million (Sss6 million), informed sources said. Plans are in the pipeline to expand by another 100 rooms the412 words
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Article, Illustration393 1988-04-23 18 LIM ENG HAI - By LIM ENG HAI THE Fraser Neave Group is looking into the possibility of putting up mixed commercial and residential properties on its three factory sites in River Valley and Alexandra Roads. The sites, with a combined area of almost 19 hectares,393 words
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309 1988-04-23 18 DBS SECURITIES, the stockbroking arm of DBS Bank established in February 1986, has recorded a 400 per cent jump in aftertax profit last year to $13.8 million from $2.8 million previously. The rise, reported in the bank’s 1987 annual report, reflects the tremendous surge in309 words
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243 1988-04-23 19 SIVAM SUBRAMANIAM - By SIVAM SUBRAMANIAM SINGAPORE'S firstquarter exports grew by 38 per eent over the same period last year, with another upturn in total trade for IVfareh. Rut eompared with the last quarter of 1987, exports were down marginally bv 0.6 per eent to $l7 billion. Latest243 words
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421 1988-04-23 19 TWO companies related to Promet Chief Executive Brian Chang have sold a total of 61.52 million Promet shares, amounting to 18.3 per cent of its $336 million issued capital. In a statement to the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Promet said Tonnage421 words
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Article127 1988-04-23 19 WEEK ENDED APRIL 15. 1988 Final results Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) D B S ??c(15) 1154.843(1124.361) Dec 87 M M C 35(20) M$35,621 ($14,056) Jan 88 Prima 25(25) 122.392(121.598) Dec 87 Tronoh Mines 25(25) M$2.069($1,2I2) Dec 87 U 0 l Id)127 words
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60 1988-04-23 19 Rubber (per kilo) S’pore Malaysia (rente) (sen) April IK 235.00 307.00 April 19 237.00 307.00 April 20 235.50 306.00 April 21 238.00 307.50 April 22 239.50 308.50 Tin (per kilo) KlnKKft Turnover (tonnes) April IK 17.32 65 April 19 17.32 74 April 20 17.3060 words
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165 1988-04-23 19 CEREBOS Pacific Ltd, the multinational food manufacturing and distribution group, has increased its interim pre-tax profit by 31 per cent to $29.06 million. This was achieved on a 21 per cent rise in group turnover to $160.57 million. Directors said the significant165 words
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Article42 1988-04-23 19 MR LIM HOW TECK, 37, has been appointed Neptune Orient Lines’ chief operating officer and will take charge of the company’s day-to-day operations. The newly-creat-ed position places Mr Lim just below the managing director, Mr Lua Cheng Eng.42 words
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696 1988-04-23 20 Nothing more than European fantasy about role in China THE Last Emperor has been awarded several Oscars but, while one cannot doubt the high standards of certain aspects of the film, one can feel two disquieting points about the contents of the film itself.696 words
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Article, Illustration89 1988-04-23 20 THE Punchlines cartoon you published on April f Is offensive, because among other things: I. It Is degrading and humiliating to women and places women in a vulnerable position. 1. It Implies that women are sex objects. 3. It perpetuates the myth that women want to be89 words
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Article271 1988-04-23 20 IT was with some shock and horror that I read Tan Sal Slong’s article, “Must there he more brickbats than bouquets for ourselves” (March «>. Perhaps she did not understand what Mr David Marshall was saying. To draw an analogy, how many times, after having271 words
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Advertisement220 1988-04-23 20 tr sf Now, keeping in touch with what’s 1 happening in Singapore couldn’t be easier. Or more economical. Because all the major news of every week is condensed into one paper. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. Printed on lightweight paper in convenient tabloid size, it fills you in on220 words
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Article, Illustration495 1988-04-23 23 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR National swimmers Nurul Huda Abdullah and Jeffrey Ong will receive M 520,000 and Msl <5,000 respectively for their achievements in the recent Asian Championships in China. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who announced this,Bernama. - 495 words
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Article, Illustration372 1988-04-23 23 ALBERT JOHNSON - COACH HANSEL’S PLAN GETS SASA NOD By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE’S No. 1 sportsman, Ang Peng Siong, will take a step closer to his Olympic Games swimming medal dream when he embarks on a three-month competi-tion-eum-training stint in the United StatesAFP picture. - 372 words
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Article433 1988-04-23 23 HAKIKAT RAI - By HAKIKAT RAI SWIMMING internationals Ang Peng Siong and David Lim, bodybuilder Fatholmein Ali, judoka Ho Yen Chye, shooter Khatijah Surattee, table tennis player Koh Li Ping and sprinter Haron Mundir are among more than 100 athletes from 15 sports who have applied for433 words
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322 1988-04-23 23 PETER SIOW - By PETER SIOW KHATIJAH SURATTEE, Singapore's lone sharpshooter in September's Olympic Games, will leave for Munich, West Germany, in June to take part in the World shooting championships. The competition, scheduled for June 1-5, is to tune up the recently-crowned Sportswoman of322 words
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Article, Illustration488 1988-04-23 24 My idol Chia Thye Poh by fugitive ex-detainee FORMER Marxist plot detainee Tang Fong Har, who escaped re-arrest by being out of Singapore this w<*ek, said in tandon last night that she intends to campaign for all Internal Security Act detainees here. This includes “speaking up” for long-time ISA detainee488 words
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203 1988-04-23 24 A VISIT Ui Venice is Incomplete without a ride on a gondola so, at the invitation of the Italian Ambassador to Slngaporr l)r A. Vattani, the Prime Minister and Mrs la*e went on one last Sunday. They were joined by203 words
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