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Title Section20 1988-05-07 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration307 1988-05-07 1 28-month hunt for ruthless cop killer ends after week-long vigil by sixman team SINGAPORE’S most wanted man, Lim Keng Peng, was shot dead in a police ambush early on Tuesday morning, ending a 28-month hunt for the ruthless gunman who killedPicture by K. F. SKKTOH. - 307 words
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Article, Illustration705 1988-05-07 1 Today, a lot of bitterness I felt at my husband’s funeral is gone. The man who killed him is also dead,” said Madam Boey. Mr Chua revealed that Operation Manhunt an intensive search to track down the cop-killer began immediately after the wanton killing of705 words
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Article, Illustration417 1988-05-07 1 LAWYER Francis Seow, 59, was detained under the Internal Security Act yesterday, the Home Affairs Ministry said last night. Seow, a former Solicitor- General and ex-presi-dent of the Law Society, figured in government statements on the April 19 arrests of nine people under the ISA. A brief417 words
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Advertisement11 1988-05-07 1 CPM like a plant which can grow again: See Page 1111 words
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Advertisement88 1988-05-07 1 «om-mm auaamfrriM *OOOOOO s 4*:§u- 4*n it *>* Peace of mind. INSIDE The ISA: How it all started PAGE 13 HOME NEWS How women can deal with men who tell lewd jokes PAGE 2 Families and lawyers visit ISA detainees PAGE 4 CPF cut for workers over 55 PAGE 588 words
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Article, Illustration337 1988-05-07 2 JANICE SEAH - By JANICE SEAH She didn’t tell Mum about the contest ‘I was hoping to give her a surprise by telling her that I had won MEET NORA Tien. Singapore’s Supermodel! Wearing a $1,200 pastel yellow dress the brown-haired, brown-eyed beauty who did not tell her mother that she337 words
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438 1988-05-07 2 Increase realistic, says SFCCI chief FOR employers, the good news from First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last week that the economy grew 11 per cent in the first quarter outweighed earlier concerns that an increase in Central Provident Fund contributions would be438 words
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Article, Illustration548 1988-05-07 2 Handbook gives tips A MAN can be jailed for uttering words, making sounds or gestures that insult a woman’s modesty, according to a newly launched handbook published jointly by two women’s groups. Such behaviour which can outrage a woman's548 words
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184 1988-05-07 2 FACTORIES will now be able to employ ex|>ectant women on the late shift, under more flexible rules gazetted by the Labour Ministry. But only expectant mothers who are fit and have given their consent in writing can be put on the night184 words
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117 1988-05-07 2 MR GOH Joon Seng, a lawyer, has been appointed the new commander of the Volunteer Special Constabulary from May 1, following the retirement of Dr Liow Yew Chye, 53. Married with two children, he joined the VSC in 1967 as an Honorary Assistant Commandant.117 words
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Article, Illustration208 1988-05-07 3 IT WAS workers’ night at the big May Day Rally at the National Stadium last Sunday night, when Cabinet ministers, labour leaders and employers joined about 60,000 workers and their families for an evening of musie, songs and a parade. After a brief message208 words
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696 1988-05-07 3 Peak viewership of 1.5 m LATEST figures show that SBC’ has a peak audience of 1.5 million viewers a day, the corporation’s chairman, Mr Yong Rung How, disclosed. PRIME Minister l.ee Kuan Yew is confident that the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation can696 words
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142 1988-05-07 3 -8-8-88 it’s a very special date and, for the very first time, the Registry of Marriages is planning a grand mass wedding at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant to accommodate all couples anxious to marry on that day. The Registry expects demand for solemnisation of marriages142 words
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Article, Illustration231 1988-05-07 3 EDUCATION Minister Tony Tan was awarded the labour movement’s highest award, the Medal of Honour, for his contribution to the NTUC Income insurance co-opera-tive and to the NTUC’s investment committee. Second Deputy Prime Minister and NTUC secre-tary-general Ong Teng Cheong presented Dr Tan231 words
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Article, Illustration237 1988-05-07 3 SECOND Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong remains at the helm of the labour movement after scoring the highest number of votes at the National Trades Union Congress elections. He was re-elected as the NTUC secretary-general after winning 278 of the 289 votes237 words
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Article, Illustration696 1988-05-07 4 Hearing on writ to free detainees LAWYERS for four Internal Security Act detainees will have to persuade the High Court on May 18 to com|H‘l the Government to explain why the detainees should not be released. Mi Justice I,ai Kew Chai696 words
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421 1988-05-07 4 SOME of the nine people arrested under the Internal Security Act on April 19 have been allowed to see their family members and lawyers. Family members who spoke to The Straits Times said they met the detainees at the Internal Security Department's Whitley Road421 words
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270 1988-05-07 4 THE man named as the sole beneficiary of two insurance policies amounting to $500,000 will go on trial in the High Court for allegedly abetting his girlfriend’s suicide at his ninth-storey flat last June. Salesman Gary Urn Tee Hian, 23, was committed270 words
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105 1988-05-07 4 MORE than 300 illegal foreign workers were rounded up by officers from the Labour Ministry in a series of raids over the past two weeks. An official from the ministry said the arrests followed surprise checks at construction sites, factories, shops and a hawker105 words
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247 1988-05-07 4 LEONG WENG KAM - By LEONG WENG KAM OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong will raise the issue of the recent re-arrests of eight ex-detainees and the detention of a lawyer at the next sitting of Parliament. The MP for Potong Pasir said he intended filing notice of an247 words
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634 1988-05-07 4 BERTHA HENSON - By BERTHA HENSON THE Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), a regional Protestant organisation expelled from Singapore in December for taking part in political activities, has replied to government charges against it. In an open letter to its member churches in Asia as well as634 words
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Article72 1988-05-07 4 SINGAPORE Airlines and Air New Zealand will each be able to fly 400 more passengers to both countries weekly from September under a new air pact reached between the two governments last week. The new Singapore-New Zealand air services agreement allows each airline an additional 8747 flight72 words
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361 1988-05-07 5 BERTHA HENSON - Ministry sets 3-stage timetable By BERTHA HENSON LABOUR Minister Lee York Suan has announced a three-stage timetable for the lowering of Central Provident Fund rates for workers above 55. Along with that, he urged employers and unions to get moving on raising361 words
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Article, Illustration198 1988-05-07 5 of the retirement age with employees or their trade unions, he said. Mr said the wider issue was not the lower CPF rates, but whether there were jobs available for older workers. Employers now shy away from retaining older workers because198 words
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403 1988-05-07 5 MEMBERS of the Advisory Council on the Aged have been named, and one of its tasks is to re-look at a 1984 report on the problems of the aged. The Howe Yoon Chong report, as it was popularly called403 words
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Article, Illustration196 1988-05-07 5 JEANNE SIT - By JEANNE SIT CHEERY and friendly bellhops will fetch luggage and show the way to the rooms but these smartly turned out bellhops are no hotel employees. They work for Mount Elizabeth Hospital,which has introduced the bellhop service to inject a luxury hotel-like atmosphere.196 words
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137 1988-05-07 5 A WOMAN who used another person’s particulars to apply for shares in a local shipyard has been fined $1,500 by the district court. The court heard that Choo Ngeh Siang, 29, had used the personal particulars of Miss Tan Siew Em. 26, to apply137 words
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406 1988-05-07 5 SINGAPORE will soon have its own patent registration system for inventions and innovations. This means inventors here will be able to patent their products and processes directly in Singapore without having to first register them in the United Kingdom406 words
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92 1988-05-07 5 THE report of the Select Committee on the Team MP Bill is likely to be ready for discussion at the next sitting of Parliament. Trade and Industry Minister I-ee Hsien Loong said last week that the committee would meet soon to92 words
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Article, Illustration349 1988-05-07 6 NEWTON subway station, isn't it? Or is this a “new" station, as the sign seems to say? It is Newton Mass Rapid Transit station, but the missing “ton" is the work of a vandal, or a group of them, who made off with the self-adhesivePictures by ANTHONY NO. - 349 words
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491 1988-05-07 6 SERENA TOH - Promoters ask two hospitals to conduct tests By SERENA TOH A CREAM for acne is being snapped up by eager Singaporeans seeking a cure for wrinkles but doctors have reservations about its efficacy. A pea-size dot of the drug, applied491 words
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96 1988-05-07 6 POCKKT-I'ICKINti Is the most prevalent crime in the Mass Rapid Transit system. Police said the rrlme rate in the MKT is low and there are no plans yet for them to tackle any particular form of subway crime. The MRT started96 words
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364 1988-05-07 6 A SENIOR partner of Deloitte Haskins Sells, Mr Cheng Pet Hian, was censured and fined $5OO by the Singapore Society of Accountants last month for advertising. He was found guilty by an SSA disciplinary committee for breaching Section 6 (6) of the364 words
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349 1988-05-07 6 EMPLOYERS should treat Aids victims no differently from those afflicted by serious illnesses such as cancer, kidney failure or heart disease, the National Trades Union Congress has suggested. Those who suffer from the killer acquired immune deficiency syndrome (Aids) should lx* entitled to349 words
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145 1988-05-07 6 A WOMAN returning from an overseas flight reported her bags missing on arrival at Changi Airport after she had handed them over to a relative, a court heard. She lodged a claim for $2OO for the loss at the lost and found baggage145 words
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Article62 1988-05-07 6 MRS Mary Joan Anne Drew known to many Singapore women for her fitness salon Joanne Drew who died of cancer in Singapore in 1976, left $20,000 in her will for the Singapore Red Cross Society. The sum was handed over to the society by her sister,62 words
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Article, Illustration452 1988-05-07 7 Deutsche Bank opens regional head office here MORE foreign banks are eyeing Singapore as a centre to locate their operational headquarters (OHQ), taking a cue from Germany’s biggest bank which officially opened its regional head office here on Thursday. Finance Minister RichardPicture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 452 words
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277 1988-05-07 7 SEVEN blocks of govern-ment-owned flats in Chip Bee Gardens near Holland Village are to be either demolished or upgraded as they are not attracting enough tenants. The Ministry of Finance, which owns the nine-storey blocks built 24 years ago. has found that the277 words
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103 1988-05-07 7 THE Trade Development Board has appointed new heads for its Beijing and London offices. Mr Wong Meng Quang, 50, is now Commercial Representative to China while Mr Tham Hock Chee, 40, is Centre Director at the London office. Mr Wong, who was chairman103 words
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149 1988-05-07 7 A WOMAN, who preyed on the sympathy of policemen at neighbourhood police posts and cheated them of small sums of money, was jailed and fined in court this week. (Jinny Chan Siok llwee, 23, who faced 21 charges of cheating, was jailed149 words
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Article, Illustration426 1988-05-07 7 SHAMINI MURUGAN - ‘Mutton 1 turned out to be mix of beef and mutton By SHAMINI MURUGAN THREE stallholders at the Satay Club in Elizabeth Walk will be hauled to court by the Ministry of the Environment for selling mutton satay that was actually a426 words
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235 1988-05-07 7 THE death of a baby, rescued two days earlier from his dead mother’s womb after a road accident, was caused by the negligence of a woman lorry driver, a coroner decided on Thursday. But no action will be235 words
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143 1988-05-07 7 A VISITING Soviet parliamentary team called on the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Tan Soo Khoon, and toured Parliament House on Thursday The six-member team, led by the Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Parliament, Mr P. G. Gilashvili, and accompanied by the Soviet Ambassador143 words
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Article48 1988-05-07 7 A JOBLESS woman was this week jailed for a day by a district court for her second offence of shoplifting. Yong Siew Chin stole groceries worth $31.95 from a shop in Ang Mo Kio in March last year. She admitted committing the offence.48 words
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SPECIAL REPORT
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Article, Illustration1353 1988-05-07 12 The Marxist conspiracy has brought the Government’s power of detention without trial, provided for under the Internal Security Act, into focus. At a press conference last week on the recent ISA arrests, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the ISA1,353 words
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Article, Illustration774 1988-05-07 12 Britain Need to deal with IRA terrorists WHILE the British introduced preventive detention in Malaya and Singapore in 1948, there were no laws authorising detention without charge in Britain itself until 1974. It was the need to deal with terrorists in Northern Ireland774 words
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Article779 1988-05-07 13 TIIK key provisions of the Internal Security Act are those relating to the powers of preventive detention as contained in Chapter II of the Act. Under Section 8, the minister responsible for internal security, currently the Home Affairs Minister, may, “with a view to779 words
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Article, Illustration748 1988-05-07 13 Singapore politics for Singaporeans only Chok Tong The Marxist plot: Ministers meet the Press TAKE part in politics by all means. But do not allow yourself to be made use of by foreign groups intent on interfering in the domestic scene here for their own ends, Mr Goh Chok Tong748 words
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Article, Illustration2382 1988-05-07 14 Ex-detainees warned me that I could be arrested... Arrest o£ the ex-detainees: Lawyer Patrick Seong’s statutory declaration f AFTER the arrests of 16 peopie on May 21, 1987, I got involved in the events thereafter when the husband of Nr Bee Long2,382 words
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Article, Illustration162 1988-05-07 8 New Straits Times picture. IT LOOKS like a scene from a movie, hut it is for real. The drama of this plainclothes policeman with gun drawn and a robber lying dead at his feet was captured after a lunch-time holdup at a finance company inNew Straits Times picture. - 162 words
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273 1988-05-07 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Education Ministry has warned a secondary school where a student was killed last month that it will be closed if the school does not solve its disciplinary problem. Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim gave the Sekolah Menengah Teknik (SMT) Cheras twoBernama - 273 words
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265 1988-05-07 8 Bernama KANGAR Muslim men in Perlis who want to take another wife do not need the first wife's permission before doing so but they will need the approval of the kadi or his representative, Perlis Chief Kadi Ghazali Montak said. He saidBernama - 265 words
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Article, Illustration367 1988-05-07 8 KUALA LUMPUR Bernama. EDUCATION Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said the campaign to have Bahasa Malaysia pronounced the way it is spelt (Bahasa Malaysia baku) is not aimed at eliminating the numerous Malay dialects. It was to create a standardised national languageBernama. - 367 words
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Article, Illustration355 1988-05-07 8 tions had been met. Bernama. PASIR PUTEH (KELANTAN) Former Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has predicted that a snap general election would be held, either in June or by next April at the latest. He said one factor that would motivate thistions had been met. — Bernama. - 355 words
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Article39 1988-05-07 8 NST. ALOR STAR Malaysian Airlines will introduce flights between Singapore and Pulau Langkawi on June 1, said Kedah Tourism Committee chairman Hanafi Ramli. At present, the only flights to Langkawi are from Kuala Lumpur and Penang. NST.NST. - 39 words
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323 1988-05-07 9 KUALA LUMPUR University of Malaya undergraduates and aeademie staff must improve their knowledge of English, says its new Vice-Uhan-eellor Professor Syed Hussein Alatas. Knglish has heeome the international language of the world, he said. Kven in the Muslim world, international eonferenees are323 words
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264 1988-05-07 9 KUALA LUMPUR It was all planned. The Ismail family in Rawang would come together on Sunday to clean up their father’s grave. However, when the day came, the family met at the Batu Arang Muslim cemetery to bury the eldest264 words
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Article62 1988-05-07 9 NST. PENANG The MCA’s image as a party of rich men and towkays has been erased as the majority of the party members now comprises blue-collar workers. MCA Youth leader Datuk Yap Pian Hon said the party’s 1986 registry showed that 86 per cent of membersNST. - 62 words
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Article, Illustration892 1988-05-07 9 TAN LIAN CHOO - Question now is: Will Chavalit make a bid for power? By TAN LIAN CHOO Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK By dissolving Parliament on Friday last week and calling for snap elections on July 24, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda fell back, for the third time in892 words
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147 1988-05-07 9 AFP. BANDAR SERI BEtiAWAN The chairman of Brunei’s sole political party has resigned, saying it was meaningless for the party to exist without the people’s support. Brunei National Solidarity Party (BNSP) chairman Jumat Idris, 19, said the party had only managed to getAFP. - 147 words
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186 1988-05-07 9 ABBY TAN - BY ABBY TAN Manila Correspondent MANILA President Corazon Aquino, citing national security reasons, rejected the request of ousted leader Ferdinand Marcos to return home for the funeral of his mother Josefa Edralin Marcos who died last Wednesday. A Marcos aide said that when186 words
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265 1988-05-07 9 AFP MANILA Mrs Corazon Aquino, the Philippines’ first woman president, said she had married an “extremely chauvinist" man who would have wanted her to remain at home as he pursued his political ambitions. “So much of my life I was wife toAFP - 265 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article630 1988-05-07 10 MAY 7, 1988 ON A superficial level, the trade Bill passed by the United States Congress last month contains little to worry Singapore. Virtually all the overtly protectionist provisions that were in earlier versions of the Bill have been thrown out thanks in large part630 words
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Article617 1988-05-07 10 MAY 6. 1988 INTELLECTUALS in China are complaining bitterly about wage disparities. These complaints must be seen in the light of the country's economic reform. Pre-1979 China knew only an economic system in which everybody, regardless of what he did, was paid more or less the617 words
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Article648 1988-05-07 10 MAY 5. 1988 IN RETROSPECT, the attempt last weekend by Opec and non-Opee oil producers to reach an unprecedented agreement on production cuts never really stood a chance. Despite earlier optimism among some producers and worries among traders that the Opec and non-Opec countries finally648 words
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565 1988-05-07 10 THE MERRY MONTH MAY IS here! This merry month of May. A magnificently memorable month too. Here’s why. For where else in this year’s calendar but in May can one find a month with as many as three public holidays in Singapore?565 words
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Article191 1988-05-07 10 “They don't like a Parliament that is 100 per eent PAP because then they can’t manipulate. They like a few opposition members who can make it difficult for us.” Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office) S. Rajaratnam suggesting that the nine detainees may have been “proxies” acting for people191 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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1926 1988-05-07 11 Reds still determined to establish a communist state The Communist Party of Malaya was a household name in the days when killings, demonstrations and riots were linked to it. For many younger Singaporeans, the CPM belongs to Singapore’s history. Weakened though1,926 words
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Article, Illustration837 1988-05-07 11 HIS real name is Ong Boon llua. He is also known as Thianprasit, Thiansriri, Kiangsiri, Oman, Wong Ping, Wong Mun-wah, to name just a few of his many aliases. But he is best known as Chin Peng, leader of the outlawed Communist Party837 words
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Article, Illustration972 1988-05-07 15 LEE SWEE HOON of The Sunday Times interviews Professor Syed Hussein Alatas The new Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaya reviews his two decades as a Singapore don HE HAS boon called an outsider by University of Malaya lecturers who would prefer somebody from within their ranks as972 words
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899 1988-05-07 15 ISMAIL KASSIM - By ISMAIL KASSIM Kuala umpur IT IS the season again in Malaysia when the tempo of life slows dow n because of Ramadan, the fasting month in the lu-nar-based Islamic calendar. As Islam is the official religion and Muslims dominate public life, the899 words
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1019 1988-05-07 16 IN a recent speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Prime Minister spoke of the unsuitability of American-style press freedom for developing nations. His remarks evoked differing reactions from various quarters. This column by AMANDO DORONILA, Editor-in-Chief of the Manila1,019 words
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Page 15 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous44 1988-05-07 15 Scenes of Malaysian life OKtf. «5 A ft IT HifiHER NANCY"5» §Sk*c m ft *>- > ;rW I; 3KK-.-W /V\ f*\ N ANCy rou'R vERY GooP MASSAGING Rc £rg A 1 S'.’ s/kfi) YU’^x m ft. L J r;> L_j i sr*. W4n* £t±2 »v r44 words
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Article214 1988-05-07 16 RECENTLY, my fiancee and I had an experience which leaves us wondering whether it is safe for women to use the public toilets in certain shopping complexes. Male cleaners are employed to clean not only the men’s but also the women’s toilets. In the incident214 words
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Article82 1988-05-07 16 YOU reported that the Ministry of Community Development is looking for young photogenic Singaporeans to be the symbol of Community Week ’BB. (April 14). The young Singaporeans search poster which appeared with the report showed six faces. I take it these are Chi- nese, Malay and Indian82 words
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Article, Illustration577 1988-05-07 17 THREE banks Over-sea-Chinese Ranking Corporation, Overseas Union Rank and Tat Leo Rank are bracing themselves to meet an expected slowdown in economic growth this year. In their latest annual reports, OCRC said ii would take on a more intensive marketing strategy577 words
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386 1988-05-07 17 THE Straits Steamship group is optimistic about the prospects for its $l5O million Ocean Towers office building project at Collyer Quay. The 29-storey building is scheduled to be completed in early 1991, when rentals for office space in the Raffles Place area386 words
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130 1988-05-07 17 INSURANCE company Overseas Assurance Corp Ltd, which is part of the OverseaChinese Banking Corpn stable, is proposing a l-for-2 bonus issue to capitalise (11.7 million from its general reserves. The company, which underwrites general and life insurance and accepts reinsurance worldwide, reported a pre-tax profit130 words
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Article146 1988-05-07 17 THE board of Intraco Ltd has taken “appropriate action to review its overseeing role and to strengthen management procedures” after the international trading group fell victim to a fraudulent plywood deal last year. “Lessons learned by management from the plywood failure have been put146 words
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Article3043 1988-05-07 18 Friday, May 7, 198# 1988 last Yield Vol Day High Low Company Sale Chart|e ('000) High low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 136 95 Acma ADEF A 102 2 09 19 102 100 1005 1005 ADEF B 1005 62 65 42 Alcorn 62 A 33,043 words
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309 1988-05-07 18 Weekly sharemarket report FOREIGN shareholders of Singapore Airlines whose shares are already registered In their names or who hold shares in the names of other foreigners found this week that they were a good dollar-plus-a-share better off than Singapore shareholders. For SIA Foreign (SIAF),309 words
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182 1988-05-07 18 SHARE prices yesterday drifted in directionless trading to close marginally up, following a trail of declines on the overseas bourses. Dealers said cautiousness prevailed in anticipation of last night’s release of the US employment figures for last month. Trading was generally lacklustre. But hotel and182 words
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Article69 1988-05-07 18 IN THE Kuala Lumpur market yesterday, share prices were broadly easier except a handful of double-digit gainers. Trading was featureless and cautious following the overnight drop on Wall Street, brokers said. Reflecting the easier conditions, the New Straits Times Industrial Index shed 4.24 points to 1,589.11. Turnover69 words
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Article65 1988-05-07 18 IN HONGKONG yesterday, share prices finished an active but volatile session marginally lower as buying interest was not sustained. The Hang Seng Index ended the day 6.18 points lower at 2,571.74. Turnover was HK$l.36 billion against Thursday’s HK$l.34 billion. Brokers said they expected major banks to65 words
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58 1988-05-07 19 Rubber (per kilo) S’pore Malaysia (rents) (sen) May 2 May 3 240 00 312.00 May 4 238.00 311 00 May 5 239 00 311.00 May 6 242.00 313.00 Tin (per kilo) KlnKKH Turnover (tonnes) May 2 May 3 17.33 70 May 4 17.35 7058 words
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Article77 1988-05-07 19 DUNLOP Malaysian Industries Bhd (DMIB) has proposed to change its name to DMIB Bhd. In a statement. DMIB said the name change was to correct the perception that the company was still owned by. or related to, Dunlop Holdings PLC. However, it will continue to77 words
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Article366 1988-05-07 19 May 6 HKS Chan|( Anoc Inti Hotel» 2 625 0 05 Bonk Of Eo»t Ana 16 20 •0 1 Capital Corp 1 17 -0 02 Cathay Pacific Air 7 35 02 Cheung Kong Chino Light 750 18 20 0 15 03 City Resource» 1 30N •0 03 Cross Horb366 words
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489 1988-05-07 19 BERJAYA Corp (Malaysia). the largest shareholder in South Pacific Textiles Industries (SPTI) with a 32.33 per cent stake, has made a voluntary offer for the rest of the shares at M 54.04 (553.14) each in cash. Notice of the offer for489 words
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Article110 1988-05-07 19 MBT KUALA LUMPUR Sime Darby, which is selling whol-ly-owned Sim< Darby Footwear to Dunlop Malaysian Industries Bhd, has bought over Nike Malaysia. Apart from reorganisation of its business interests within group companies, Sime also announced it was going into the extraction and sale of logsMBT - 110 words
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Article287 1988-05-07 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dolirs to Foreign currency currency one unit of foreign currency to SS10 Australian dollar ***** 1 5414 6 62 6 46 Canadian dollar 1 624? 1 6263 621 612 N7 dollar 1 3713 -1 3740 7 46 7 25 Sterling287 words
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Article254 1988-05-07 19 HONGKONG shipping magnate Sir Yue-Kong Pao, who recently launched a second bid to take complete control of Hotel Marco Polo, is continuing to pick up the listed hotel’s shares in the open market below the general offer price. Prompt Management Services Pte Ltd, the254 words
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Article313 1988-05-07 19 Managers' prices lor May 7 A 9 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 096 10? The Savings fund 0 81 0 87 Spore Piog fund 0 39 0 43 Spore Sec fund 0 64 0 69 Spore Invest fund 068 0 73 Spore Equity fund Asia Unit Trust 0313 words
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742 1988-05-07 20 ONG MING SEIN - Withdrawal of GSP privileges By ONG MING SEIN, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON A top American executive has accused the Reagan administration of mistakenly punishing Singapore for ‘‘the sins of others" by withdrawing its eligibility for ITS trade concessions. Mr Olin King, chairman of the t’S742 words
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Article207 1988-05-07 20 Week ended April 29 Final results Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss (’000) B Raya 15(2.5) M$l,586($4,665) Dec 87 Dunlop Est 5(2.5) MS10.851 (S3.654) Dec 87 G F Life 24(20 9a) $16,056($13.787) Dec 87 H Negara 2(2) $3541(J3561) Dec 87 Harimau 5(5) 1,658 (S4.281)207 words
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324 1988-05-07 20 KEPPEL Corporation has entered into a conditional agreement with the liquidators of E.G. Tan Company, Ernst Whinney, to buy the stockbroking firm’s seat on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for $3.8 million. The listed conglomerate said in a statement324 words
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Article1370 1988-05-07 20 Current El Books Date Total lor Total for payment date close payable the year last year ABN 1314% Moy 3 NYA NYA 27% 27% A Enterprises 6% (hi Jun 3 Jun 17 Jul 4 '0% 5%, Ajinomoto 12% May '3 May 30 Jun 14 12% >0%lol Amcol '0%1,370 words
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Article222 1988-05-07 23 GERRY DE SILVA - Turf Club may give up Bukit Timah course By GERRY DE SILVA THE BUKIT Turf Club, now located on prime land in Dunearn Road, may move to a more outlying area such as Kranji in the next few years, sources said yesterday. A new circuit, if222 words
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Article, Illustration349 1988-05-07 23 JOE DORAI - By JOE DORAI ANOTHER Singapore footballer is to try his hand at professional football in Switzerland. Former international A.R.J. Mani will be attempting to follow in the footsteps of his close friend, striker V. Sundramoorthy, who is with FC Basle. Sundram has349 words
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374 1988-05-07 23 JOE DORAI - JOE DORAI. V. SUNDRAMOORTHY has been offered a further one-year contract by Swiss First Division club FC Basle. But the talented Singapore soccer striker, who has been played only as substitute in most matches, is undecided whether374 words
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Article43 1988-05-07 23 SINGAPORE Press Holding executive L K Pang won a BMW 3-series saloon when he hit a hole-in-one on the 15th hole of the new course during the Singapore Island and Country Club May Day sports charity last weekend.43 words
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Article, Illustration376 1988-05-07 23 J. RAJENDRAN - RUGBY By J. RAJENDRAN HENRY LEE, Singapore’s most promising rugby player, has been given the sporting chance of a lifetime to play in Australia, one of the top rugby nations in the world. Centre threequarter Henry, 22, is expected to leave soon376 words
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Article, Illustration362 1988-05-07 23 ALBERT JOHNSON - By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE’S premier swimmer, David Lim. has set his sights on representing the Republic at the Olympic Games in Seoul from Sept 17Oct 2. The 21-year-old all-round ace, who beat six other contestants to claim the 1987362 words
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Article, Illustration96 1988-05-07 24 I)R YEO NING HONG taking the salute from the Republie of Singapore Navy's missile gunboats which led a “steam past” of 12 ships along the Selat Sengkir, the channel between the Rrani Naval <Base and Sentosa. Officers stood on deck in crisp96 words
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647 1988-05-07 24 PAUL JACOB - ‘Expect more biased, slanted reports about S’pore’ By PAUL JACOB FOREIGN elements believe Singapore’s weak links are its psychological and social defences and are out to attack them. Dr Yeo Ning Hong warned. f He said these elements *and their proxies and pawns have647 words
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