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Title Section20 1988-07-30 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration1278 1988-07-30 1 CHENG SHOONG TAT - Prime Minister and Cabinet will continue to run the country Next Head of State will have powers to safeguard nation s financial assets and the integrity of the civil service but By CHENG SHOONG TAT SINGAPORE is set to have an elected President with powers1,278 words
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Article720 1988-07-30 1 Parliamentary system preserved THE PARLIAMENTARY system should be preserved. Except in the two areas of safeguarding the reserves and the integrity of the public service, the Prime Minister and Cabinet should have full freedom to govern. Quick action mechanism THE SAFEGUARD mechanism must enable quick action. "Gravely720 words
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Advertisement49 1988-07-30 1 1 \TOi Hcn3.n6.ss» 1 m V»»*nn!H Cwm*»* ?U»w ts© i 1 4 1 m T W i uJ.» a Peace of mind. 1 Malaysian King’s visit marks new era in KL-S’pore ties: President Wee SEE BACK PAGE INSIDE i HOME NEWS ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY ASEAN Comment TIMESDOLLAR FORUM TIMESPORT49 words
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Article, Illustration438 1988-07-30 2 ELENA CHONG - By ELENA CHONG A FORMER shipping tycoon here was this week granted two divorces in a single day from both his wives. Mr Tay Hock Gwan, 72. now living in Hongkong, had petitioned on the grounds that he had been separated438 words
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296 1988-07-30 2 RAV DHALIWAL - By RAV DHALIWAL BUS commuters will soon be able to tell who are the most courteous drivers or conductors on the buses. This is because the Singa|>ore Bus Service plans to display special distinctive signs on buses manned296 words
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92 1988-07-30 2 A FORMER director of Emporium Holdings, Mr Lim Hong Chee, was made a bankrupt this week. Mr Lim, who had opposed the petition, stood as one of the four guarantors of credit facilities amounting to $6 million extended by Citibank to the retail chain.92 words
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355 1988-07-30 3 54pc of its readers trust paper most of the time READERS of The Straits Times believe their newspaper Is credible. According to a March surveyconducted by the newspaper’s Research and Information Department, 54 per cent of those polled slightly more than five out of355 words
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Article, Illustration370 1988-07-30 3 New afternoon tabloid launched WITH ONE push of a button on Tuesday morning. Communications and Information Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong started the printing presses and launched The New Paper, Singapore's new afternoon tabloid. Describing the paper as a thoroughbred at the starting line of370 words
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Article, Illustration936 1988-07-30 3 BEN DAVIDSON - Teacher’s wife killed sister-in-law who talked of his adultery By BEN DAVIDSON A HOUSEWIFE, in a frenzy, killed her sister-in-law and slashed the woman’s young son and daughter three years ago because of her schoolteacher husband’s affair with a young woman, the High Court heard this week. The court was936 words
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Article, Illustration459 1988-07-30 4 JUDITH TAN - By JUDITH TAN NOT just one, not even two, but thivo stages will transform Orchard MRT Park into a sparkling wonderland of entertainment on the eve of National Day Night revellers will be dazzled and entertained by lights, sights and sounds459 words
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396 1988-07-30 4 MAYLEE CHIA - Move to cash in on their love to ‘marry’ abroad By MAYLEE CHIA MANY Japanese find "walking down the aisle” an exercise worth repeating. And they are not necessarily thinking of remarriage Every year, after their traditional wedding ceremonies in Japan, thousands396 words
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302 1988-07-30 4 THE Government is not trying to block the opposition by setting up town councils to run Housing Board estates, Mr Chiam See Tong, the MP for Potong Pasir, said last week. "In my view, town councils have to come because the302 words
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Article, Illustration289 1988-07-30 4 RAV DHALIWAL - By RAV DHALIWAL A PRIVATE firm has proposed building a light rail system in Singapore. The proposal by Transit Systems, a locally established consultancy firm which designs feasibility studies for railway proposals, among others, is before the Government. City Link, as289 words
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295 1988-07-30 4 A MAGISTRATE this week gave two women members of the New Testament Church a sermon on good behaviour as well as a $l,OOO fine each. Wee Wee Hua and Tay Geok Eng, both 33, refused to pay fines for providing entertainment295 words
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77 1988-07-30 4 A SINGAPORE company has clinched a $l6 million deal to supply and set up a country-wide cellular mobile telephone system in Brunei. The contract was signed last week between the Brunei government and Folec Communications, the local distributor for Motorola, an American manufacturer of77 words
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489 1988-07-30 5 SHAUN SEOW - 3y SHAUN SEOW ARE Singaporeans justified in complaining that food has become more expensive every year? No, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) compiled by the Trade and Industry Ministry (MTI). The food index one component489 words
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352 1988-07-30 5 THE $1 currency note will no longer he printed after this year. But the last batches of the notes about )IM million worth will he Issued late this year for the festive season and, If stocks last, next year. From352 words
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375 1988-07-30 5 SINGAPORE architects can soon take part in professional seminars and contribute articles in publications or be interviewed in the media without worrying if they have breached rules governing their profession. The Architects (Amendment) Rules 1988, gazetted last week and which comes into375 words
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Article, Illustration488 1988-07-30 5 BRENDAN PEREIRA - But unhappy NZ Forces chief protests: Other ways to keep the peace By BRENDAN PEREIRA THE chief of the New Zealand Forces here is unhappy with a popular nightspot in Seotts Road that has put up a poster at its entrance barring entry to Kiwi servicemen.488 words
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Article292 1988-07-30 5 TWO Kiwi soldiers were detained by the New Zealand military police after a visiting American student was assaulted with chairs and bottles at a eoffeeshop in Sembawang. A spokesman for the New Zealand Forces Headquarters in Dieppe Barracks in Sembawang confirmed that two NCOs292 words
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92 1988-07-30 5 A MAN was fined $2OO on last week for lying naked on East Coast Parkway beach on Thursday afternoon. Tang Kwok Sun, 37. admitted "openly and obscenely exposing" himself on the public beach “with intent to insult any female”. The court was92 words
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Article, Illustration431 1988-07-30 6 MAYLEE CHIA - Admiral Cheng Ho Wharf to open its doors to public in two years’ time By MAYLEE CHIA THREE Chinese junks; Chinese pirates swaggering about, their plunder lining the walkways of Chaozhou waterfront buildings; dragons spewing water... This nautical scene of aGRAPHICS BY FELIPE CABRERA - 431 words
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Article193 1988-07-30 6 HAW PAR Villa shuts its gates tomorrow for a major renovation which is expected to take about 21 months to complete. By April 1990, the 62-year-old, 1.9 ha park in Pasir Panjang will be reborn five times its present size and transformed into a193 words
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464 1988-07-30 6 AHMAD OSMAN - By AHMAD OSMAN WORKERS in at least 20 companies will get wage increases of 7 to 12 per cent of their basic salaries because of the latest pay rise recommended by the National Wages Council. This has been464 words
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Article52 1988-07-30 6 FOUR 15-year-old schoolboys were charged this week with robbing a student of $3O after punching him at Plaza Singapura. No pleas were taken from the boys, who will be held in the Singapore Boys Home until Aug 1 when their case will be mentioned in the52 words
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734 1988-07-30 7 GERRY DE SILVA - New strategy is to evaluate job functions By GERRY DE SILVA THE Government has changed tack in its drive to achieve a more productive, no-flah workforce in ministries and statutory boards. It has dropped its plan to slash public734 words
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211 1988-07-30 7 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK ONE of the two Singapore Airlines cabin crew members arrested in Kathmandu last month for allegedly smuggling 16 kg of gold into Nepal has returned home after his family paid $.'150,000 for his release. The other crew member,211 words
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116 1988-07-30 7 THK Feast uf Hungry Ghosts, whlrh takes place during the sev* enth month of the lunar calendar, will take the Speak Mandarin Campaign one step further this year with the publication of a handbook. Twenty copies of the handbook, published by the Communications and Information116 words
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Article, Illustration358 1988-07-30 7 GRACE CHNG - By GRACE CHNG THREE Singapore engineers have developed a special computer program called Avid and 20 copies of it are expected to be sold worldwide this year at U 5527,500 (S$57J5O) apiece. The three, Mr Tay Kim liuat, 36, Mr Chia Meng Song,358 words
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236 1988-07-30 7 OPPOSITION politician Seow Khee was last week granted nearly a month's reprieve from having to answer a bankruptcy petition filed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew against him in connection with a defamation suit. The case was to have been heard in the236 words
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Article182 1988-07-30 7 A NEW Committee on Destitute Families has been set up to help less fortunate Singaporeans who face social, physical or economic difficulties and are unable to cope with the daily demands of family life. The committee, headed by Dr S. Vasoo, MP for182 words
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Article, Illustration107 1988-07-30 7 A CABARET girl who had a fling at Genting Highlands Casino in Malaysia and lost fell to her death from an Ang Mo Kio flat last week. The body of Chua Hong Choo, 20 (above), was found at the foot of Block107 words
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312 1988-07-30 8 But unemployment among grads not expected to ease KUALA LUMPUR ABOUT 39,000 new jobs are expected to be created this year from projects approved by the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) between January and May, the Malaysia Business Times reported. This is double312 words
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249 1988-07-30 8 Bernama MALACCA Foreign investors can now wholly own. for a five-year period, companies in Malaysia catering to the domestic marKet. Trade and Industry Minister Datin Paduka Rafidah Aziz said they were also allowed 100 pet cent equity holding in hotels and tourist projects.Bernama - 249 words
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304 1988-07-30 8 NST, Bernama, AFP KUALA LUMPUR A sev-en-member tribunal will bo sot up next week to investigate five Supreme Court judges suspended for alleged misconduct. The tribunal will be made up of five local judges and two from abroad, Acting Lord PresidentNST,; Bernama,; AFP - 304 words
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Article50 1988-07-30 8 KUALA LI IMP UK The Bar Council has submitted to the Vang di-Pertuan Agong its petition on the suspension of President Tun Salleh Abas and five Supreme Court judges. Council chairman Raja Aziz Addruse said the petition was handed to the King’s private secretary last week.50 words
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Article, Illustration347 1988-07-30 8 Bernama KOTA BARU Mentri Besar Datuk Mohamed Yaacob has said the state government will leave it to the Education Ministry to investigate and take action against a group of teachers in Kelantan said to be inciting their students to hate the government. “TheBernama - 347 words
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229 1988-07-30 8 KOTA BARU Former Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah believes that about two-thirds of old Umno members are still loyal to the de-registered party. The Star newspaper quoted him as saying this could be seen from the number who229 words
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457 1988-07-30 8 plication,” he said. Bernama. IPOH The High Court here on Wedneday dismissed Jelutong MP Karpal Singh's application to be released from a second detention order under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Justice Datuk Abdul Malek Haji Ahmad made the decision after Federal Counselplication,” he said. — Bernama. - 457 words
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235 1988-07-30 8 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The Democratic Action Party has decided to contest the Johor Raru by-election and has formed a committee to handle preparations for the polls, its acting Secretary-General, Mr l/CC lam Thye, said on Wednesday. In a statement, Mr Lee said the partyNST. - 235 words
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Article, Illustration385 1988-07-30 9 PORT DICKSON (Negri Sembilan) NST. DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he was confident the economy would recover faster if certain groups stopped disrupting the government’s work. The Malaysian Prime Minister, who was speaking at theNST. - 385 words
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336 1988-07-30 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR A strike by a section of Malaysian public servants will have a negative effect on the national economy which is now showing signs of recovery, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Yusof Noor said. Although for theBernama - 336 words
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Article158 1988-07-30 9 Bernama IPOH The government has yet to decide whether to buy F-16 Falcon fighters from the United States, Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief LieutenantGeneral Datuk Seri Mohamad Ngah said. The RMAF was still studying the various types of aircraft that would best serveBernama - 158 words
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126 1988-07-30 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR City police have seized forged US$l INI currency notes with a total face value of about US$5OO,OOO (551.02 million) in an operation against counterfeiters. The Commercial Crime Division has also detained an undisclosed number of people, including three women.NST. - 126 words
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263 1988-07-30 9 AP KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian Muslims who hit the state lottery declined to accept prize money totalling M 51.35 million (551.03 million) because to do so would be against their faith, a lottery official said. In mid-1987, a man who won theAP - 263 words
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354 1988-07-30 9 MALACCA The wife of a Justice of the Peace here was injured when a grenade was thrown at her Taman Indah home here on Tuesday night. Madam Zarinah Abdullah (nee Ng Kim Gee) was hurt in both legs. She was admitted to the354 words
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Article54 1988-07-30 9 Bernama JOHOR BARU Seven students of the Sekolah Menengah Teknik at Larkin have been expelled for their part in stealing food coupons worth M 52,000 (551.556) from the school’s co-operative. Five others, who kept or used the stolen coupons, were suspended for a week, school principalBernama - 54 words
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Article, Illustration695 1988-07-30 10 He claims he has full backing of Army chief Chavalit Prem turns down premiership Reuter, AP, UPI. AFP BANGKOK Former army general and foreign minister Chatiehai Choonhavan. now one of Thailand's top businessmen, said on Thursday he would take over from General PromReuter,; AP,; UPI.; AFP; Reuter picture, - 695 words
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277 1988-07-30 10 Profile: Chatiehai Choonhavan AFP, UPI BANGKOK Mr Chatiehai Choonhavan, the man likely to form the next Thai government, would be the country’s first elected Prime Minister since 1976. Born in Bangkok on April 5, 1922, Mr Chatiehai is a retired armyAFP,; UPI - 277 words
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Article, Illustration99 1988-07-30 10 HtMiOK The Cambodian peace talks which began here on Monday amid much pessimism ended on Thursday with what was officially described as a breakthrough, despite major differences remaining. Senior officials from all parties to the talks is to he99 words
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610 1988-07-30 10 YANG RAZALI KASSIM and; QUAH CHOON POH - By YANG RAZALI KASSIM and QUAH CHOON POH in BOGOR THE final day of the Cambodia peace talks here on Thursday ended with sharp words and oblique remarks between Singapore and Vietnam. It happened at a press conference that was610 words
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350 1988-07-30 10 AFP. MANILA The armed forces this week admitted for the first time that it lost nearly all major battles against communist insurgents in the first three months of the year. But President Corazon Aquino insisted that overall, her government was winningAFP. - 350 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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Article, Illustration939 1988-07-30 11 Birthmarks and moles mark us for life. Somo of thorn may bo better removed while others add Interest te a face or distinguish us from other people, MAGDALENE LUM. for ages to come. Sunday Times. SOME may be big while others may be small and dainty.for ages to come. — Sunday Times. - 939 words
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Article, Illustration590 1988-07-30 11 of a mole The Sunday Times. YOU may be destined for great things if you have a mole almost directly below your lower lip and slightly to one side, according to Chinese belief. “Such a mole symbolises great decisiveness and the ability to speak withof a mole ... — The Sunday Times. - 590 words
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Article, Illustration723 1988-07-30 13 Malaysia’s Yang di-Pertuan Agong made a three-day visit to Singapore this week, the first by a Malaysian Head of State since Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965. SUMIkO TAN profiles the sportsloving, informal King. MALAYSIA’S Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Sultan Iskandar of Johor, is a keen723 words
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Article, Illustration500 1988-07-30 13 LIM YEEN FONG - All states, except New South Wales, agree to strict guidelines for colleges By LIM YEEN FONG AUSTRALIAN education authorities have set strict guidelines for universities and colleges holding courses for overseas students. This follows allegations earlier this year that a handful of private collegesReuter file picture. - 500 words
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Article, Illustration4951 1988-07-30 14 Speech by Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong, Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Defence (Services), at the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of Malaysia last week. S I WISH to thank the Harvard Business School Alumni Club for4,951 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article646 1988-07-30 12 JULY 30. 1988 (JETTING waning factions to come together and explore a peace settlement is no mean feat and. for this reason alone, the Bogor talks can he considered a success. This is not all. Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach's participation in the talks is also646 words
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Article640 1988-07-30 12 JUI Y 29. 1988 SEOUL’S acceptance of Pyongyang's offer of a meeting between their parliamentarians will help reduce tension in the Korean Peninsula. It may also pave the way for the two nations to pursue other contacts. Thirty-five years is a long time for any country to640 words
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Article653 1988-07-30 12 JULY 28. 1988 NEGOTIATIONS on the future of US military bases in the Philippines have broken down. Disagreement over the amount of US compensation was the cause of it. At the start of any negotiations it is common for the parties concerned to demand the best terms653 words
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596 1988-07-30 12 RAFFLESIANA RAFFLESIANA means anything with a Rafflesian connection or connotation. Some siraight and easy examples: Raffles Institution, Raffles Place, Raffles City and the Raffles statue down Empress Place. The difficult ones are those Rafflesiana books (like, for instance, C. E. Wurtzburg's Raffles596 words
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Article126 1988-07-30 12 “Singapore roads are about the best in Asia but this cannot be said j out their names.” A reader who wrote to the Foi urn page criticising the use of what he ’alls "distasteful” names that sour the en mment. “Singapore and Malaysia were once one society. Although126 words
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Miscellaneous18 1988-07-30 13 1 1 \-rL& ii' s <5 W m rf" A V'< v (S? ft <s> >i 4 'ZA*Xwn18 words
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Article4558 1988-07-30 16 Friday, July 29, 19H8 1988 Tel Last Gr s Vol Weak Last Quota High Low Cod* Company Sal* -t orY Id (000) High Low Buyer Sallar SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL ADEF A 1005 1005 ADEF B 1005 139 95 t 1000 Acm* 129 xd 44,558 words
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55 1988-07-30 17 THE day-to-day ST Industrial Indices and daily turnover for the week: MONDAY: Hart Raya Haji holiday; TUESDAY: 1,136.22 (down 16.36); 52.48 m units ($55.62m); WEDNESDAY: 1,145.54 (up 9.32); 53.71 units ($87.46m); THURSDAY: 1,152.56 (up 6.96); 53.34 m units ($92.13m). FRIDAY: 1,143.41 (up55 words
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Article40 1988-07-30 17 HONGKONG share prices also closed higher yesterday on improved sentiment following rises in Tokyo and New York. The Hang Seng Index ended 15.47 points higher at 2,678.92. The broader-based Hongkong Index added 10.51 mints to 1,771.43.40 words
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Article369 1988-07-30 17 M 79 HK$ Chanjf Assoc ln*l Hotels 3 025 005 Bonk Of Eost Asio 1790 •02 Capital Corp 090 003 Cothoy Poeific Air 8 85 unch Cheuno Kong Chmo Light 7 65 1750 0 1 02 City Resources 1 21 003 Cross Horb Tunnel 1540 •03 Doo Heng 1369 words
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363 1988-07-30 17 Weekly sharemarket report THE week started on a weak note following the Hari Raya Haji holiday, despite Wall Street’s 10.84 point rally on Monday after its 25.60 point fall the previous Friday. At the end of the day’s trading, the ST Industrial Index was down363 words
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136 1988-07-30 17 FUELLED by rising overseas bourses KUALA LUMPUR prices rebounded yesterday, finishing higher amid brisk trading. Brokers said rises in New York, Tokyo and Hongkong helped bolstered operators’ sentiment from the opening bell. They also noted the return of institutional investors for selected blue-chips136 words
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267 1988-07-30 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign currency Local dolars to one unit of foreign currency Foreign currency to SS10 Australian dollar Canadian dollar N7 dollar Sterling pound US dollar 1 6401-1 6430 1 6845-1 6868 1 3559 1 3596 3 5126 —3 5164 2 0375-2267 words
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579 1988-07-30 18 BOEY KIT YIN - BOEY KIT YIN in Business Times JAPAN'S electronic giant, Matsushita Electric, will invest an additional $589 million by 1991 in a broadranging thrust that will boost the billion dollar export activities of its eight local subsidiaries. The new investments by Matsushita,579 words
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Article, Illustration445 1988-07-30 18 SHARON LAU - By SHARON LAU AVANT Hotels International. which owns half of Hotel Properties Ltd. is taking over the 27-storey Glass Hotel in Havelock Road. Avant Hotels, a Hongkong registered company owned by Messrs Peter Fu and Ong Beng Seng, is understood to have paid445 words
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126 1988-07-30 18 Reuter. LONDON The Sultan of Brunei has agreed to co-op-erate with British investigators probing a 1985 takeover battle for the House of Fraser stores, The Finaneial Times said yreported on Monday. Sultan Sir Muda liassanai Bolkiah told the newspaper he had been approachedReuter. - 126 words
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370 1988-07-30 18 R. RAJENDRAN - Half-time pre-tax profit up 49.4pc to $19.35m By R. RAJENDRAN FOLLOWING a 49.4 per cent increase in its halfyear pre-tax profits, Sembawang Shipyard Ltd rewarded its shareholders with a 5-per cent interim dividend the first in five years. Shareholders were370 words
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399 1988-07-30 18 iary’s future. — Damien Urn - iary’s future. Damien Urn. COMMODITY trader Took Hock Co was this week ordered by the High Court to be wound up putting an end to a 19-month saga of negotiations to save it. The petition to wind up399 words
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Article290 1988-07-30 18 Managers' prices for July 30 Aug 1 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 103- 1 10 The Savings fund 090 0% Spore Prog fund 043-04/ Spore Sec fund 0 69 0 /4.d Spore Invest fund 0 /2- 0 77 Spore Equity fund OS? 0 S6 Asia Unit Trust Mai290 words
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Article, Illustration1216 1988-07-30 19 FLORENCE CHONG - By FLORENCE CHONG writing for Business limes from Bei/mg ROBERT KUOK and his family are involved in property developments valued at more than US$5OO million in China. Their commitment ranks them as one of the largest property investors from overseas with1,216 words
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Article118 1988-07-30 19 Week ended July 22. Com pied by Business Times. Final results Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss C000) C K Tang 6(5) $4,398(13,155) Mar 88 M Credit 2.5(1 8a) $1,379($1,014) Mar 88 Metroplei 6(6) V$5.573b($8.129) Ian 88 Ml Pleasure M$6,932l($l,734L) Ian 88 S 1 A 15(125)118 words
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431 1988-07-30 19 Joint bid with Sun Hung Kai for vacant AAS seat? METRO subsidiary Transmarco Ltd and Hongkongbased securities house Sun Hung Kai are believed to be joining forces to buy a seat on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. A source said negotiations were in progress431 words
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Article504 1988-07-30 19 DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED Current Ex Book* Date Total lor Total tor payment date cloee payable the year last year Ale* Hldgs 6% Ibl Aug 30 Sep 9 Sep 26 6% 6% Ayer Molek 10% lh) Jun 29 Jul 13 Aug 5 XT’, 20%; B Sembawong 35%, lol Jul 19504 words
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831 1988-07-30 20 An American journalist praises achievements ELEMENTS of the foreign media have criticised Singapore and its leaders of late and in the July 2 issue of your overseas edition (ST. June IS), American professor Donella Meadows even took aim at the people, describing them as smug,831 words
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Article144 1988-07-30 20 MY REACTION to Donella Meadows’ report "S’pore realises the American dream, but at a price" (ST Weekly Overseas Edition, July 2) is one of amusement: it is true that if a mirror were to reflect the typical American, "political dogmatism smug, materialistic soullessness" would be what144 words
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304 1988-07-30 20 I AM a Singaporean graduate student and have been studying in the United States for many years. This is the first time that I feel the need to write to your daily. In view of the coming election in Singapore, I would like304 words
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120 1988-07-30 20 HOW incredible it is that the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, in an effort to extend the Speak Mandarin Campaign to its drama series, is deleting Hokkien phrases in its Army Series (ST, July 6), whilst out there in the real world thousands120 words
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Advertisement989 1988-07-30 22 International Account Coordinator Our client, Firmenich Aromatics Pte Ltd, is a well-established Swiss company in the creation of fragrances and flavours. Due to an organisational restructuring, theie exists a need for an International Account Coordinator to boost the Perfumery Division. Reporting to the Head of the Division, the successful candidate989 words
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TIMESPORT
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Article, Illustration510 1988-07-30 23 GODFREY ROBERT - Squad of eight picked for Seoul Olympics By GODFREY ROBERT “SIMPLE and straight forward”, was the casual reply from Mr E.W. Barker, chairman of the Singapore National Olympic Council selection committee, when asked about the meeting to pick the510 words
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Article267 1988-07-30 23 HAktkAT RAI - TRACK AND FIELD HAktkAT RAI. THF. Singapore Amateur Athletic Association have reinstated four of the five athletes banned by them for poor discipline during last September's South-east Asia Games in Jakarta. The four James Wong, Ng Kean Mun, Chan Chin Wah and Florence Chong with Constance Song,267 words
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Article135 1988-07-30 23 IN 1978, Malcolm Thwaites owned the brilliant Star Prince who won all his six outings, including the Sultan’s (iold Vase at Ipoh. that season, the five-year-old son of Irish stallion Realm was sent to the l nited States to continue his career, and he won more135 words
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Article68 1988-07-30 23 SHOOTING: Khatijah Suratee (air pistol, 10 metres). SWIMMING: Ang Peng Siong (50m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, relays). David Lim (100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke. relays). Oon Jin Gee (100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, relays). Ng Yue Meng (100 m breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke, relays).68 words
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MALAYSIA CUP SOCCER
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393 1988-07-30 23 Romania. M ALA LUMPUR Selangor’s HI win over Perils in last week’s Malaysia Cup match has been overturned because they fielded suspended Johor player Dollah Salleh. The Football Association of Malaysia on Monday awarded Perils three points with a score of 2-0 fromRomania. - 393 words
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Article47 1988-07-30 23 LFAtiCK leaders Penang and Trengganu were both thrashed this week. Penang lost 0-3 to Sarawak while Trengganu were beaten by the same margin by kclantan. Sarawak, 11th in the final placings last season, now head the league table with II points from six games.47 words
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Article, Illustration948 1988-07-30 24 King’s tribute to a close neighbour THE state visit here of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong marks a new chapter in Malaysia-Singapore relations, symbolising and cementing further the close bonds between the governments and peoples of both countries. President Wee KimPicture by YAP YEW PIANG. - 948 words
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Article142 1988-07-30 24 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister (ioh Chok Tong received Johor’s second highest award from the visiting Malaysian Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Wednesday night. Mr (ioh, who Is also Defence Minister, received the Datn’ Paduka Mahkota Johor (Kehormat) award at a ceremony held in the State Room142 words
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263 1988-07-30 24 TAY CHENG KHOON - By TAY CHENG KHOON IT WAS “teacher versus trainee" when the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong teed off at the Raffles Country Club in Tuas on Tuesday. Though Mr Goh got full marks from his263 words
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