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Title Section20 1988-05-14 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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864 1988-05-14 1 ALAN JOHN - Concept ‘will steer parties away from extremist positions’ By ALAN JOHN PROPOSED landmark legislation to change the face of Singapore elections by introducing Team MPs has passed the scrutiny of a high-powered Parliamentary Select Committee. It said race has been and864 words
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417 1988-05-14 1 WHAT Is a Malay? The issue of an appropriate definition eaused much eoneern in the Malay community after the Team MP legislation was first introduced in Parliament last November. The proposed Team MP legislation originally defined a Malay417 words
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Article, Illustration686 1988-05-14 1 and also Canberra’s interference in our affairs THE Government on Wednesday expressed regret at the I nited States’ request for the removal of Singapore diplomat Robert Chua from Washington DC without providing any substantive reason. It also called up Australian High Commissioner Margaret Rosaleen McGovern to686 words
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Advertisement84 1988-05-14 1 The Hendrickson ASSair Govt statement and detainee Patrick Seong’s statutory declaration: Pages 11 l3; Ministers explain action to grassroots leaders: Page 14 INSIDE Blackout hits both sides of Causeway PAGE 4 HOME NEWS $670,000 for engineer hurt in crash PAGE 3 Peter Tham loses appeal PAGE 5 AWSJ case against84 words
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Advertisement15 1988-05-14 1 arare oaan JEgpcaaaa» Blbi JMK t*« i <u«rtn »r 4> dGtS^gjSi Membership has its privileges'15 words
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Article, Illustration609 1988-05-14 2 LAI YEW KONG - His palm prints match with those left on motorbike abandoned by gunman By LAI YEW KONG SLAIN gunman Lim Keng Feng is now strongly believed to have gunned down another man eight months before he killed Detective Goh Ah609 words
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129 1988-05-14 2 SINGAPORE can expect four million tourist arrivals this year, If the rate of flow In the past three months is maintained. The monthly average growth in arrivals during this peri«»d has been 16 per cent. This is better than last year which saw a129 words
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Article407 1988-05-14 2 First local private hospital allowed to do so MOUNT Elizabeth Hospital will start in-house training for student nurses this month the first time that a private hospital has been allowed to do so. The hospital, which was granted accreditation by the Singapore Nursing Board407 words
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Article154 1988-05-14 2 A PLAY about a transvestite, originally scheduled for the Singapore Festival of Arts, has been dropped Mr Ng Yew Kang, Director (Cultural Affairs), Ministry of Community Development, which is organising the festival, said “The Ministry of Communications and Information and the programme committee of the arts festival154 words
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Article, Illustration595 1988-05-14 2 JANICE SEAH - By JANICE SEAH WITHER him with the evil eye, say something scathing then turn around and walk away. In a pinch, give as good as you get. But sue? The Singapore woman is not likely to take a man to court595 words
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Article, Illustration320 1988-05-14 3 WITHIN two hours, Immigration officers foiled two attempts by six Thais who had overstayed to slip out of the country. Success No. 1 came when a Malaysian-regis-tered Volvo was intercepted at the Woodlands checkpoint at about 3 pm. Four Thais were320 words
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274 1988-05-14 3 SANDRA DAVIE - By SANDRA DAVIE PRINCIPALS and other educationists will get to see first-hand how school pastoral care is fostered in Britain when they head there next month. During their two-week tour from June 4, the 18member group comprising school heads, Institute of Education274 words
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73 1988-05-14 3 THE case against the former executive director of Dah Yung Investment, David Cheng Heng Soon, for alleged cheating and criminal breach of trust, has been adjourned to July 5. In a district court Cheng’s counsel, Mr Pala Krishnan, successfully applied for73 words
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120 1988-05-14 3 SINGAPORE has become the world’s top bunkering port in terms of the volume of bunkers or fuel oil supplied to ships last year. A Port of Singapore Authority spokesman, Mr Seah Khen Hee, said: "The 8.5 million tonnes of bunkers delivered by Singapore120 words
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272 1988-05-14 3 SERENA TOH - By SERENA TOH MORE than one million plastic cups will have been used in all government dental clinics by the end of the year. The use of disposables, which began in March, is in response to public concern about the272 words
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Article, Illustration380 1988-05-14 3 DAMAGES totalling $584,750 were awarded to an Australian engineer by the High Court, for injuries suffered in a crash with a car along an expressway seven years ago. With 6 per cent interest from Jan 19, 1982, on special damages and injuries380 words
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126 1988-05-14 3 THERE has been an increase in the number of malaria cases reported here resulting from trips to Batam Island. A Health Ministry statement said from January to April this year, there were 20 such cases. This is a marked increase from the126 words
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381 1988-05-14 4 M AJOK power failure, caused hy a severe interruption to the electrical link-up between Singapore and Malaysia, hit several housing estates and disrupted domestic activities tor two hours on Thursday night. The I'uhlie Itilities Hoard said six 66 kv substations at Tampines, -Ilining381 words
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Article, Illustration160 1988-05-14 4 FOR those who consider the TV image of the SIA girl too ethereal to be real, there is now a more tangible and lasting symbol of local femininity. Singapore Bliss, a fragrance created by local perfumer Dadi, will be used as SlA’s signature scent160 words
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Article, Illustration252 1988-05-14 4 Vertical marathon up the world’s tallest hotel COLLEGE of Physical Education lecturer Helen Gilbey, without doubt the fittest woman in Singapore, has done it again! The 32-year-old top woman vertical marathoner last Sunday not only proved she is still the best in the Republic, but252 words
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Article, Illustration353 1988-05-14 5 NADINE YAP - By NADINE YAP ORIENTAL women are, on average, the most beautiful in the world, according to an American beauty expert. This compliment is from Mrs I,acey Ford Williams, vice-president of New York’s Ford Modelling Agency, who was in town to judge the Supermodel of the353 words
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Article, Illustration380 1988-05-14 5 FORMER Pan-Electric Industries director Peter Tham Wing Fai has lost his appeal against an eight-year jail term imposed on him for forging share certificates. In dismissing the appeal last Tuesday, Mr Justice F. A. Chua said: "The appellant audaciously carried380 words
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Article, Illustration359 1988-05-14 6 Yang Razali Kassim - By Yang Razali Kassim, lakarta Correspondent THE next general election in Singapore will be a test of acceptability for the younger generation of leaders, BrigadierGeneral (Res) Lee Hsien I -eong has said. In an interview with an Indonesian magazine, the359 words
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Article, Illustration401 1988-05-14 6 THE 27-year-old Barisan Sosialis will soon be dissolved and merged with the Workers’ Party, the third joining of forces in the opposition political scene this year. Announcing this at the WP's Labour Day Rally, ex-MP J.B. Jeyaretnam. the party’s secretary-gen-eral. told the401 words
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113 1988-05-14 6 THE names of at least 20 shops in Lucky Plaza which use louts to persuade tourists to buy fake watches and other counterfeit fashion goods have been given to the police. The management of the Orchard Road shopping complex with 593 units, said113 words
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378 1988-05-14 6 TAN TARN HOW - By TAN TARN HOW THE civil service is making clearer its rules affecting civil servants and statutory board employees who get involved in politics. The Instruction Manual, the official rule book for all public sector employees, will soon be amended to378 words
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Article78 1988-05-14 6 THE Sunday Times fame out with flying colours when It won an international newspaper colour reproduction contest among countries In the Asian, African and Pacific regions. The newspaper won the first prize of 11S$1,000 (Ss2,Mi) in the large offset category In the Run For78 words
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Article, Illustration192 1988-05-14 6 HDB chief moves up to $20,000-a-month pay grade TWO top civil servants, Housing Board chief Liu Thai Ker and Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Brigadier-General (Res) Tan Chin Tiong, have been promoted. MR LIU, 50, the HDB chief executive officer, has moved up from Superscale A to Staff Grade 1, which192 words
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388 1988-05-14 6 THE elderly and handicapped in new Housing Board flats will no longer have to fret about having to go up or down flights of stairs to take the lift, as these flats will have lifts that stop on every floor. And,388 words
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234 1988-05-14 6 A YOUTH who manned an illegal broadcasting set in the world's tallest hotel was jailed for six weeks for throwing the set from his 4Kth-storey room. The electronic engineering student was testing the effectiveness of the transmitting set in a Westin234 words
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AWSJ’s application to quash circulation restriction order
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Article, Illustration1562 1988-05-14 7 Cheng Shoong Tat; and Ben Davidson - REPORTERS: Cheng Shoong Tat and Ben Davidson THE Government's derision to declare the Asian Wall Street Journal as engaging in Singapore’s domestic politics and to restrict its sales here could not be challenged in court, the AttorneyGeneral maintained in1,562 words
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822 1988-05-14 7 MR Louis Blom-Cooper, QC, opening the Asian Wall Street Journal’s case on Wednesday, said the Communications and Information Minister’s decision to declare the Journal to be engaging in Singapore’s domestic politics and to restrict its sales to 400 copies a day was flawed in822 words
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457 1988-05-14 20 CAN a Maori be a “Malay” Member of Parliament? Will the day come when five Furopeans enter the Singapore Parliament as “Malay” MPs? Opposition MP Chiam See Tong posed these questions to his Select Committee colleagues as he questioned the revised457 words
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Article144 1988-05-14 20 INDIANS should be expressly mentioned In the Team MF legislation, since they make up 1 per cent of Singapore’s population, the Select Committee recommended. Acting on “many representations" that Indians should he recognised in the legislation as a significant group, the committee has recommended that earlier144 words
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Article153 1988-05-14 20 OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong was both a member of the Select Committee and part of a group of Singapore Democratic Party leaders which made representation on the Team MP proposal. Minutes of the committee’s closed-door meetings provided show how the 13 committee members discussed153 words
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Advertisement314 1988-05-14 5 Now’s the time to further your studies with a Defence Technology Training Award Undergraduate and postgraduate studies IINDEF invites applications for Defence Technology Training Awards (undergraduate and postgraduate) from outstanding ‘A’ level students, undergraduates and graduates. It's your opportunity to further your education and subsequently contribute to the growth and314 words
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471 1988-05-14 8 Minister blames press for their mental agony IPOH A SKVKN-year-old Aids carrier and his family living in I'ulau I'angkor have been shunned by the residents, The Star newspaper reported. It said that even though neighbours have been told doctors have confirmed that the boy’s471 words
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360 1988-05-14 8 Bernama KIIAI.A LUMPUR American firms whose assets in Malaysia totalled US$3 3 billion <S$6 6 billion) in 1982, have pumped in a further US$2.l billion in capital spending since. “American investment in Malaysia is important in the overall relationship," said the latestBernama - 360 words
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Article93 1988-05-14 8 Bernama. Kt ALA LUMPUR The army killed seven communist terrorists and captured four others last year, Army Corps commander UeuMien Datuk Mohamed Daud Abu Bakar announced. On the number of Orang Asli co-operating with the terrorists, he said it was small, and added that aBernama. - 93 words
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136 1988-05-14 8 NST KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association headquarters has decided to use Bahasa Malaysia in its correspondence with at least 10 branches in Kelantan which are using the national language as their working language, the Star has reported. A committee member ofNST - 136 words
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Article53 1988-05-14 8 NST KUALA LUMPUR Deputy MCA secretary general Dr Ting Chew Peh was sworn in last week as the Health Ministry’s Parliamentary Secretary. Dr Ting, MP for Gopeng, took over from MCA Wanita head Miss Teng Gaik Kwan, who has been appointed to Deputy Youth andNST - 53 words
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368 1988-05-14 8 ST, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Employees’ Provident Fund has set up a threeman independent committee to investigate newspaper reports that a Penangbased syndicate has siphoned off about Msl million (*****,000) under its housing withdrawal scheme. General Manager Abdul Rahim Din who returned fromST,; Bernama - 368 words
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305 1988-05-14 8 NST. IPOH Public caning, prohibited by the Education Ministry two years ago, may be reintroduced to check the decline in discipline in schools. Deputy Education Minister Woon See Chin said the ministry’s disciplinary review committee was looking into the matter. HeNST. - 305 words
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254 1988-05-14 8 KUALA LUMPUR The Selangor Club padang is to be dug up tomorrow when work starts to turn it into a historical park called Merdeka Square. The padang was the site where the British flag was lowered for the last time254 words
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165 1988-05-14 8 Standardised names to achieve unity? ‘Only as a last resort’ Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Any approach to standardise the names of Malaysian citizens will probably be the last resort in efforts to create a true Malaysian identity, a deputy minister said. Datuk Ariffin Sulaiman of the Prime Minister’s Department said thatBernama. - 165 words
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Article, Illustration272 1988-05-14 9 Editors called up and advised to comply with directives TELOK INTAN (Perak) sumo publication. Bernama. CERTAIN local newspapers are still playing up racial issues and pitting the leaders against one another in their reports, according to Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megatsumo publication. Bernama. - 272 words
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Article, Illustration371 1988-05-14 9 He pocketed M 5211,000 brokerage on land deal NST, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wang Choon Wing was sentenced to nine months’ jail by the sessions court here on Monday after he pleaded guilty to two counts of criminalNST,; Bernama - 371 words
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Article126 1988-05-14 9 a party member. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wang Choon Wing, sentenced to nine months' jail for criminal breach of trust, has ceased to be a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association. "Wang is technically disqualified as his jail sentence isa party member. Bernama. - 126 words
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Article67 1988-05-14 9 KUALA LUMPUR More than 186,000 identity cards were reported lost in Malaysia in the past 16 months 11,625 every month, or about 390 a day according to a Bernama check with National Registration Department offices across the eountry. NRI) offieers consider the figure to be “very67 words
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295 1988-05-14 9 ABBY TAN - By ABBY TAN, M,imla Correspondent THE Philippine Ambassador to Peru has been recalled to explain why he evaded an intelligence inquiry into his marriage to a Soviet citizen who could be a spy, the local Malaya newspaper said yesterday.295 words
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Article63 1988-05-14 9 AP JAKARTA The town of Banda Neira in Indonesia’s eastern Moluccan Islands was vacated after a volcano erupted for the second time this week, Antara news agency reported. It said Gunung Api, a volcano island in the southern Moluccans, erupted on Tuesday with an explosion louder thanAP - 63 words
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Article, Illustration364 1988-05-14 9 TAN LIAN CHOO - By TAN LIAN CHOO Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK In a move to oust General Prem Tinsulanonda from his eightyear premiership, Thai opposition parties have begun to unite on a common front to strengthen their electoral chances. Three small groups, including former premier364 words
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268 1988-05-14 9 AFP MANILA Filipino communist insurgents hold substantial amounts of money in at least six banks, three of them in Hongkong and Japan, a senior military intelligence official said on. Brigadier-General Galileo Kintanar, deputy armed forces chief for intelligence, said the accounts,AFP - 268 words
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187 1988-05-14 9 galise abortion. TAN LIAN ( HOD - galise abortion. TAN LIAN HOD BANGKOK Governor Chamlong Srimuang’s new Palang Dharma Party has attracted thousands of members and would-be election candidates, making political pundits here reckon that it might become a new force in Thai politics. Nearly 5,000 people have signed up as187 words
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107 1988-05-14 9 time in the Senate. \RBY TAN - time in the Senate. \RBY TAN. MANILA The House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a Hill restoring the death penalty in the Philippines. Under the Hill, among the crimes punishable by death are treason, the bombing of public buildings and acts associated with political107 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article627 1988-05-14 10 MAY 14, 1988 IN 1947 General George C. Marshall, the Secretary of State in the Truman administration, gave a speech at Harvard University in which he proposed a IJS-financed programme to rebuild the countries of Europe devastated by the Second World War. Today a smaller version of this627 words
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Article640 1988-05-14 10 MAY 13, 1988 IMPORTANT changes are taking place in the United States and South Korea. If the two countries are to remain good friends they will have to forge a new equilibrium that reflects the growing economic strength of South Korea and the shrinking financial ability640 words
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Article614 1988-05-14 10 MAY 12. 1988 SOME Singaporeans may disagree with the Government on the recent re-arrest of nine people originally involved in the Marxist conspiracy and two lawyers acting on their behalf. Others may even question the very need for detention without trial, a key feature of the614 words
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691 1988-05-14 10 Ning Juita - Ning Juita "TO open-house or not to open-house” that is the question faced by many Malaysian Muslims as the Hari Raya approaches. Holding an “open house” during festivals has become "the in-thing" with Malaysians, especially those in the upper and middle classes.691 words
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Article106 1988-05-14 10 “It is not a sin to be physically blind. But if you are mentally or spiritually blind In the sense that you close your eyes to mankind’s needs for unity all over the world, then you do have a problem.” Stevie Wonder, who has been blind since birth,106 words
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The Hendrickson Affair
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Article, Illustration2021 1988-05-14 11 The man from US Embassy and his involvement in local politics the Govt statement on Hendrickson The first meeting between Hendrickson and Patrick Seong took place in May 'B7, (Note: The SD only gives the (Lite ns 19H7, without signifying the month. ISD has confirmed from other sources that the2,021 words
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166 1988-05-14 11 MAY 1987: Seong joins a group of Singapore lawyers for a discussion on local politics with ‘‘an American official from the Embassy” and another Caucasian man “purportedly from Washington". JAN 1988: Hendrickson calls Seong and asks to meet him to discuss "something". He tells Seong166 words
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122 1988-05-14 11 Manipulated Singaporeans Hendrickson was clearly not just collecting information on Singapore politics. He was trying to manipulate and instigate Singaporeans, in order to bring about a particular political outcome. ‘Money should not be a probtem’ ...When one of Hendrickson's contacts told him122 words
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Article, Illustration2864 1988-05-14 12 Detainee Patrick Seong tells of his meetings with Hendrickson f l WAS very angry over the arrest of the 22 people in May and June 'K7. 1 knew a number of the arrestees personally and felt that they2,864 words
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Article, Illustration782 1988-05-14 14 LIAK TENG KIAT - By LIAK TENG KIAT (3OVEFt MENT ministers last Sunday fanned out over Singapore to talk to grassroots leaders about foreign interference in Singapore's domestic politics. Elaborating on the Government's statement on Saturday that American officials had782 words
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391 1988-05-14 14 FOUR ministers emphasised that Singapore should he governed by Singaporeans and not stooges or puppets who are agents of foreign powers. The ministers were speaking at three separate dialogue sessions with grassroots leaders on the Implications of the interference by an391 words
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Article, Illustration227 1988-05-14 14 THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has rejected the Government’s disclosure on Saturday that an American diplomat had interfered in Singapore's politics. It said the Government based its allegations on detained lawyer Patrick Seong’s sworn statement which, it said, was obtained “while he was under227 words
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431 1988-05-14 14 THE Internal Security Act which provides for detention without trial helped the Government to uncover the Hendrickson affair, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said. lie said that without the ISA, the Government could not have detained lawyer Patrick Seong on431 words
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Article129 1988-05-14 14 EX-DETAINEE Chew Kheng Chuan, 30, was rearrested under the Internal Security Act last Sunday. Home Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar told reporters after meeting grassroots leaders at Bedok Community Centre that the terms under which Chew was released previously had been revoked. Chew, a Harvard-trained businessman, was one129 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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1222 1988-05-14 15 MURRAY SEEGER - Japan from central player to co-star in international finance ALL EYES ON TOKYO By MURRAY SEEGER ot the Economics Desk AFTER three years as the central player in international finance, Japan is reducing its role to co-star. The flood of money from Tokyo to other money centres, especially New York,1,222 words
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Article, Illustration562 1988-05-14 15 Reuter. LONDON The disclosure that Mrs Nancy Reagan consulted astrologers in the White House is only the latest example of soothsaying in high places. Julius Caesar, Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler all found cause to look to the stars and among mod-ern-dayReuter. - 562 words
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832 1988-05-14 16 ALAN HUBBARD - By ALAN HUBBARD. Europe Editor LONDON Teaching Knglish in British schools here Is no longer going to he a simple matter of ABC. The cat may still sit on the mat, hut less importance will he placed on whether it does so grammatically. substantial832 words
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Miscellaneous41 1988-05-14 15 Scenes of Malaysian life «I V V rzs uv t <3. r\ t/ C I <lv I Cu^ iPco a l*» m 21^ P 'V P: 5* 'X?* s?a G> ->_r. 5^ 6» *Z O'. <?/ 9r >V q r V/ 'o41 words
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Article, Illustration530 1988-05-14 16 DUBBING OF TV CHINESE DRAMA SERIALS I RKAD with interest the articles on the dubbing of the television serial Samsui Women by Jenny Lam (ST. April 15) and Russell Hong (The Sunday Times, May S). Judging from the strong impact the programme has created530 words
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257 1988-05-14 16 YEARS ago, I worked as a medical officer in the Ministry of Health. One of my duties was to look after the health problems of political detainees, whom I visited once daily, on .ill working days. I was also on call,257 words
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Article80 1988-05-14 16 AT LDNfi last an official recommendation to move the Turf Club to Kranji. What an excellent and timely move. Bukit Timah Duncarn roads and the surrounding residential estates will he spared the weekend traffic jams and the Traffic Police will have a well-earned respite.80 words
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230 1988-05-14 16 I REFER to your report "Govt re-arrests eight former ISA detainees (ST, April 20). I was one of those arrested by the Internal Security Department in January 1982. I was detained for 30 days and subsequently released. I speak for myself but what230 words
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Advertisement92 1988-05-14 16 THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we would prefer your using92 words
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Article, Illustration423 1988-05-14 17 SINGAPORE Airlines is negotiating to buy a stake in the 102-year-old Raffles Hotel. The national carrier is having discussions with ffce hotel's major owners, DBS lx»nd and the Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corporation, an SIA spokesman said on Tuesday. Should it get the stake, SIA423 words
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309 1988-05-14 17 DIRECTORS of City Developments Ltd have proposed a rights issue to pay for the expansion of Orchard Hotel and to complete its purchase of all the shares in llong Leong Properties, the company which owns IBM Towers. They are recommending a309 words
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444 1988-05-14 17 MALAYAN Breweries Ltd (MBL) will not appeal against the New Zealand High Court’s decision last Friday not to interfere with the proposal to amalgamate New Zealand brewer Lion Corporation and retailer L.D. Nathan. Explaining the company’s decision, MBL’s Secretary444 words
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590 1988-05-14 17 CORRINA LIM - By CORRINA LIM in Business Times IN SPITE OF the October Stock market crash, it was a bumper year for the stockbroking arms of the Big Four banks. All four saw their pretax earnings leap by between four and ninein Business Times - 590 words
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344 1988-05-14 17 THE River Valley Road property owned by design, construction and civil engineering group United Engineers Limited (UE) has been valued by independent valuers at $BO million. This new valuation, carried out in November last year and revealed in the company’s latest annual report,344 words
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Article3160 1988-05-14 18 Friday, May 14, I9H8 1988 last Yield Vol Day High low Company Sale Change 000) High low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 4 COMMERCIAL 136 95 Acma 98 a1 1 0 i 98 98 ADEF A 1005 1005 ADEF B 1005 65 42 Alcom 62 1863,160 words
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170 1988-05-14 18 Weekly sharemarket report WALL STREET'» continued weakness dampened sentiment on the Singapore stoek market for most of the week, although falls in prices were generally small. Yesterday, however, saw a mild rally after an uncertain start and the Straits Times Industrial Index ended170 words
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276 1988-05-14 18 THE Singapore stock market yesterday staged a modest rally after four straight days of losses and a feeble overnight rebound on Wall Street. Renewed interest in Singapore stocks from foreign fund managers also lent support to the local bourse, with marine276 words
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121 1988-05-14 18 CONTRARY to superstitious belief, Friday the 13th turned out to be a quiet day on the KUALA LUMPUR stock market with prices finishing slightly better on bargainhunting. Dealers said trading was sluggish and featureless as institutional investors refrained from taking up large121 words
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Article80 1988-05-14 18 HONGKONG share prices yesterday closed firmer in quiet and lacklustre trading on light bargain-hunting in the afternoon. The Hang Seng Index rose 23.75 points to end at 2,532.63, near the day’s high. The Hongkong Index gained 15.% points to 1,673.45. Turnover was HK5703.38 million against Thursday’s HK$B7O.BO80 words
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552 1988-05-14 19 NST. GENTING International Ltd’s (GIL) long-awaited dream of getting its shares listed on the Hongkong Stork Exchange has been dashed the Hongkong authorities have formally objected to its application. Chairman Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong disclosed that GIL received the objectionNST. - 552 words
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64 1988-05-14 19 Rubber (per kilo) S'pore Malay sla (rent*) <wn) May 9 241.50 ***** Mav 10 246 ISO ***** Mav 11 247 00 317 00 May 12 N.A. N.A May 13 251.00 321.50 Tin (per kilo) KinKKlt Turnover (tonnes) May 9 17.39 94 May 10 17.3964 words
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Article388 1988-05-14 19 May 13 HKJ Chan(e Assoc Inti Hotels 260 0 025 Bonk Of Eost Asio 16 20 0 1 Capital Corp Cathay Pacific Air l 7 U 3 1 •0 25 Cheung Kong 7 30 005 China Light 18 20 02 City Resources 1 16 002 Cross Harb Tunnel 15388 words
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194 1988-05-14 19 UNITED Overseas Finance, the listed finance subsidiary of the United Overseas Bank, is proposing a rights issue that will double its paid-up capital to $58.4 million. UOF has also conditionally agreed to buy over all the shares of Industrial and Commercial Finance the194 words
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Article250 1988-05-14 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit of foreign currency to SS10 Australian dollar 1 5474-1 5502 6 54-6 38 Canadian dollar 1 6270-1 6291 6 20-6 11 NZ dollar 1 3871—1.3898 7.36-715 Sterling pound 3 7814-3 7853 2 67-263250 words
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Article278 1988-05-14 19 ROXY Electric Industries was hit by the sluggish property market and last October’s stock market crash. Its unaudited final results released last week showed the group incurred a hefty attributable loss after extraordinary items of M 5578.43 million (5560.7 million) for the year ended278 words
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Article318 1988-05-14 19 Managers' prices for May 14 A 16 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 9? 0 98.(1 The Savings fund OBI 08/ Spore Prog fund 0 39 0 43 Spore Sec fund 084 069 Spore Invest fund 0 68 0 73 Spore Equity fund 0 46 0 60 Asia318 words
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Article, Illustration100 1988-05-14 20 Mid-term exams in several schools postponed THIS basement carpark In Coronation Plaza in Boklt Timah was turned into a swimming pool by lashing rains which hit Singapore on Friday morning. At least 30 cars was submerged In more than one metre of100 words
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373 1988-05-14 23 One team banned for life, the other for two years THEY could have played on and on till the break of dawn, or so it seemed, and neither side would have emerged victors, so bent were the two basketball teams on373 words
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127 1988-05-14 23 AFT. BANGKOK Thailand’s Khaokor Galaxy beat World Boxing Association bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vasqucz, of Puerto Rico, on a split decision here late Monday. In the same eard, his twin brother Khaosai, W BA junior bantamweight champion, defeated South Korea’s Song Kap SukAFT. - 127 words
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Article, Illustration187 1988-05-14 23 World bodybuilding contest SINGAPORE’S Rachel Williams came in sixth the highest position achieved by an Asian representative in the middleweight category at the World Women’s Invitation Bodybuilding Championships in Tokyo last Sunday. Rachel, one of the the Republic’s leading bodybuilders, combined her well-defined physique with her187 words
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Article, Illustration229 1988-05-14 23 PETER WATSON - SNOOKER... with PETER WATSON TIIK biggest prize In the history of Singapore snooker Is on offer for a perfect break In next month’s RI'M National Snooker Championship. A total clearance 15 reds, 15 blacks and all six colours in sequence will win SIOO,INM for Singapore’s229 words
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Article297 1988-05-14 23 national. – TAY CHENG KOON - THE DAVIS CUP DEBACLE national. TAY CHENG KOON. AFTER their euphoric triumph over Syria, Singapore’s tennis squad were badly shot down by Hongkong in the Davis Cup over the weekend. The team of Liu Wai Yaw and Melwin Pereira not only lost all five matches297 words
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Article, Illustration320 1988-05-14 23 J. RAJENDRAN - BADMINTON By J. RAJENDRAN NATIONAL badminton champion Lau Wing Cheok will leave for England in September to do a threeyear mechanical engineering course at Surrey University. The three-time national champion is hoping to advance his badminton education while overseas, and has plans320 words
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131 1988-05-14 23 SINGAPORE’S freestyle ace Ang Peng Siong will leave for the United States on Tuesday for an intensive four-month cornpetit ion-and-t raining stint. The tour, which is part of his build-up for the Seoul Olympics from Sept 17-Oct 2, will cost the Singapore Amateur131 words
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Article93 1988-05-14 23 THE newly-formed Bukit Turf Club has named Mr Tan Chin Tuan. Mr Hsu Tse-Kwang. Dr J.W Hoe and Mr Yong Nam Seng as Malayan Racing Asociation delegates. The four are in the seven-member management committee of the BTC. Mr Tan, who in March 1986 stepped down as93 words
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Article, Illustration641 1988-05-14 24 ONG MING SEING - The Washington tit-for-tat: Singapore Embassy political secretary asked to leave By ONG MING SEING, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday asked Singapore to recall one of its diplomats from Washington in retaliation against the withdrawal of a US diplomat from the island641 words
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249 1988-05-14 24 NO ONE in Singapore is arrested simply for being against the Government or for standing against it in elections. Rut he will be arrested if he conspires with Marxists or communists or becomes a proxy of foreign interests. This was the warning from Minister249 words
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Article, Illustration549 1988-05-14 24 A SUDDEN ch;.nge in lawyer Francis Seow over the past two years has been most puzzling, the Government said in its statement on the Hendrickson affair. How did a man who was apolitical all his life suddenly, in his late 50s, become549 words
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