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Title Section20 1988-09-17 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 42/8/8820 words
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Article, Illustration1090 1988-09-17 1 My duty now to ensure all goes well before I hand over the job, he says MR LEE KUAN YEW took his oath as Prime Minister of Singapore for the eighth and last time on Tuesday and said his duty now1,090 words
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343 1988-09-17 1 THE first session of the Seventh Parliament of Singapore will open in January next year after renovation works are completed in Parliament House. This was announced on Thursday in a statement by acting Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The statement said the343 words
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553 1988-09-17 1 PRIME Minister Kuan Yew will have no over-rid-ing power over Mr Goh f'hok Tong not even in a crisis once Mr (ioh takes over as Prime Minister within two years. “There's no more override. Once he’s got the buttons. ihev are his. He has553 words
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Advertisement16 1988-09-17 1 At home with PM Lee—report with pictures: Pages 14-15 PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: Back Pace16 words
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Advertisement77 1988-09-17 1 puiui jq > TV .«.Om -jsl\ INSIDE HOME NEWS The moral blind eye syndrome INTERVIEW WITH S RAJARATNAM PAGE 13 Company sues lawyers for sl.6m loss PAGE 4 Allan Ng trial: Broker gives evidence PAGE 5 S pore to seek MNC feedback PAGE 6 Police swoop on Orchard Road touts77 words
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Article, Illustration636 1988-09-17 2 Or Seet Ai Mee, Minister of State (Community Development Education) Malacca-born Dr Seet, the first woman Minister of State, was a Colombo Plan student who graduated from Adelaide University in 1964 with First Class Honours in Biochemistry. In 1969. she got her PhD from the636 words
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238 1988-09-17 3 Congratulations on polls win world leaders to PM PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew has received messages from several world leaders congratulating him on the People’s Action Party’s victory in the recent general election. They came from Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita of Japan,Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain. Prime Minister Rajiv238 words
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752 1988-09-17 3 After the elections: What others say THE People’s Action Party (PAP) led by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew won a resounding victory in the Singapore general election, the eighth victory achieved by the party consecutively since 1959. The victory shows that the752 words
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404 1988-09-17 3 1 Translation of editorial from the Xihon Keizai Shimbnn on Sept 7 headlined Is lah' setting r the stage for abdication THE path seems to have been laid for Lee Kuan Yew's "flawless" system to abdicate in favour of the next generation.404 words
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522 1988-09-17 4 A TRADING company has taken two partners of a law firm to court for alleged professional negligence which caused the loss of $1.6 million. The alleged loss arose when the property, a shophouse at Telok Ayer Street was acquired by522 words
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Article, Illustration209 1988-09-17 4 l)K LIM I)Jm> Piling, the nruroNurgron found criminally responsible for the death of a woman patient In June, was charged alast week with careless driving, defying a police order to take a breath-analyser teat and refusing to give his blood for testing.209 words
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Article, Illustration580 1988-09-17 4 ELENA CHONG - Footprints expert from London gives evidence at trial By ELENA CHONG THREE years ago, a woman tourist from New Zealand was found dead on the second-storey canopy of a block of flats in North Bridge Road. Footprints were found on the 22nd580 words
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294 1988-09-17 4 PM’s libel suit against FEER AN APPLICATION by the Far Eastern Economic Review for leave to record evidence from former Catholic priest Edgar D'Souza in Australia was dismissed with costs this week. Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin turned down the Review's application294 words
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408 1988-09-17 4 NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT TALKS AFP NICOSIA Zimbabwe Foreign Minister Nathan Shamuyarira has accused Singapore of having taken positions “antithetical" to those of Third World countries and of minimising the significance of the NonAligned Movement (NAM). Mr Shamuyarira, in an interview with the British BroadcastingAFP - 408 words
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Article, Illustration519 1988-09-17 5 MATHEW YAP - By MATHEW YAP THE PEOPLE huddle in a Housing Board bomb shelter, playing chess or carrom. Or they chat with neighbours over coffee in a cosy lounge, browse through the well-stocked library, or work out in the gymnasium during peacetime, of course.519 words
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312 1988-09-17 5 SURESH NAIR - By SURESH NAIR THE gas used in an attempt to wipe out a whole family in the Bukit Batok flat blast last week was bought only a few hours before the explosion in the apartment. Mr Elangumar Alagursamy, 32, bought312 words
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Article, Illustration634 1988-09-17 5 Insider trading trial THE relisting of a suspended share by the Stock Exchange has an effect on share price because part of the value of a marketable security flows from the fact that it is marketable, a district court heard this week.634 words
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Article, Illustration665 1988-09-17 6 1,000 top execs to attend October conference PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew will o|H'n a high-level •onference next month to get feedback on how Singapore can help multinational corporations expand their "ole here. The two-day conference will bo attended by 1 .(KM) senior executives of665 words
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258 1988-09-17 6 SINGAPORE food manufacturers now have a better chance of breaking into the Japanese market following the appointment of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) as an overseas testing centre for Japanese food imports. Sisir announced this week that it258 words
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Article32 1988-09-17 6 A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been found to be infected with the Aids virus, bringing the number of cases of the deadly disease to 23. Four of the victims have died.32 words
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462 1988-09-17 6 THE High Court this week dismissed with costs an application by a Malaysian businesswoman for a court order to quash the Home Affairs Minister's declaration that she was an undesirable immigrant. Miss Siah Mooi Guat alias Mei Siah, .19, who462 words
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408 1988-09-17 6 COUNTRIES in the East Asian region have been discussing the possibility of forming a bargaining group to deal with the European Community, the United States and Canada on trade and eeonomie matters, according to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He said in408 words
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83 1988-09-17 6 THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation will be providing an average 14-hour coverage of the Olympic Games, which start in Seoul this Saturday. The transmission over Channel 12 will start with a daily u|>date at 6.45 am and end at 10 pm83 words
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321 1988-09-17 6 MARINA Square will be in a carnival mood when an expected 40,000 |>eople stream in after taking part in Singapore’s biggest walkathon for charity on Oct 15. A host of fun-fringe activities has been planned for the giant walkathon. beginning from 5.30 pm.321 words
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461 1988-09-17 7 POLICE swooped on Orchard Road last weekend and arrested 18 people many of them believed to be touts. Some of them were arrested around the Lucky Plaza and Tangs shopping centres. A police spokesman said last night that 48 people had461 words
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350 1988-09-17 7 A COURT of three judges this week suspended lawyer Ram Goswami from practice for six months for grossly improper conduct. The High Court’s judgment in the "show cause” action arose from the Law Society's complaint that Mr Goswami had in May *****350 words
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Article62 1988-09-17 7 SALKS of new cars hit 111,(12 in the first half of this year almost twice the 5,492 sold in the same period last year. The growlh rate for the first half of this year exceeds the one per cent rate that the Government had considered manageable for62 words
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Article58 1988-09-17 7 MINOR Singaporeans abroad, who are citizens by descent or by registration, are reminded that they must take the oath of renunciation, allegiance and loyalty 12 months after reaching the age of 21. They could do this at the nearest Singapore mission. Those who fail to do so58 words
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Article, Illustration563 1988-09-17 7 MAYLEE CHIA - By MAYLEE CHIA A $4O-MILLION international port passenger terminal by 1991 will represent Singapore’s first concrete step towards realising its dream as a world cruise capital. The terminal will enable the Republic to become the gateway to South-east Asia, as well as make563 words
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179 1988-09-17 7 First SIA transAtlantic flights by 1990 SINGAPORE Airlines ran fulfil its long-standing wish to fly to Canada via the Atlantic from April 1990, thanks to a successful round of air talks between Singapore and the Netherlands. It can then operate beyond Amsterdam to Toronto on three flights weekly, with rights179 words
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Article292 1988-09-17 7 PIRATES selling fake computer software, especially electronic games, have made a furtive return and are using new techniques to carry on their old business. They had been lying low since the Copyright Act came into force last year. They now operate through the classified advertisements columns292 words
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Article, Illustration691 1988-09-17 8 PAUL JACOB - More university places, better primary schools among goals By PAUL JACOB MORE opportunities for university studies and the upgrading of education in primary schools will feature among the four priority areas in education that the Government will focus on over the next five691 words
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70 1988-09-17 8 TWO premier girls’ schools Singapore Chinese Girls’ School and Methodist («iris’ School have received the Education Ministry’s approval to go independent next year. A third girls’ school, Nanyang («iris’ High, will follow in 1990 after finalising its development plans, Education Minister Tony Tan announced.70 words
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434 1988-09-17 8 ELABORATING on the need for Nanyang Technological Institute to be upgraded, Dr Tan said that more university places had to be made available because more students were doing better at both 0 and A levels. He pointed out that only about434 words
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183 1988-09-17 8 ALL secondary schools will go single-session by the midle of *****. This is to enable more time and resources to be devoted to programmes such as pastoral care and career guidance, remedial lessons and other enrichment and extra-curricular activities. Dr Tan said that183 words
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Article, Illustration431 1988-09-17 8 LOONG SWEE YIN - By LOONG SWEE YIN STUDENTS are the latest group of people that the Government's Feedback Unit has turned to for views on current political issues. Gist week, the first group of about 120 students met the unit’s supervisory panel, headed by Dr Tan431 words
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134 1988-09-17 8 A JAPANESE company spent about $200,000 to fly in 130 employees and their families from its Osaka headquarters for a company bash at Mandarin Hotel this week. "In fact, almost all our employees from Japan are here,” said Mr S. Yoshikawa, president of134 words
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577 1988-09-17 9 TAN TECK HUAT - Past problems are gone: Verity By TAN TECK HUAT BILATERAL relations between the United States and Singapore are “very warm, very friendly, very productive", the visiting US Commerce Secretary, Mr William Verity, said on Thursday. "Any problems that we have had in the past are577 words
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Article, Illustration425 1988-09-17 9 Gillian Pow Chong - Indonesian couple’s only child suddenly finds she has 2 sisters and a brother By Gillian Pow Chong THE father of Singapore’s first set of IVF triplets would like “one more Thomas” to complete the family of three girls and one boy. but he wonders whether next425 words
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330 1988-09-17 9 THE Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) has said it views “with deepest regret and concern" Mr Goh Chok Tong’s recent statement that he was not certain the Government should proceed with Mendaki 11. PKMS secretary-general Mohamed Awang said in a press330 words
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Article, Illustration255 1988-09-17 9 LAURA Branigan will sing in Singapore though Malaysia has banned the pop-rock singer’s twonight performance in Kuala Lumpur. Industry sources said the US singer will appeal against the Malaysian Cabinet’s decision which was taken because she sang in South Africa. The Malay Mail255 words
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Article, Illustration312 1988-09-17 10 KI*ALA LUMPUR The government is lifting its four-yea: freeze on the recruitment of professionals for the civil service Announcing this on Tuesday. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Yusof Noor said the number of posts would run into thousands, but312 words
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253 1988-09-17 10 KUALA LUMPUR Defence Minister Tengku Ah mad Rithauddeen has said that Malaysian and Singaporean airspace was indivisible, and that it was in the interest of both countries to work together to maintain peace. He said the idea of working together in defence of airspace was253 words
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98 1988-09-17 10 IPOII lawyers will he required to conduct cases in Bahasa Malaysia in the High (ourt here beginning next month, a circular issued by the Perak Bar Committee said. According to the circular, Mr Justice Datuk Peh Swee Chin and Mr Justice98 words
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80 1988-09-17 10 TAIPINC An unmarried couple with seven children has been fined a total of M$L5OO (SJI.ISOi by the Syariah court for committing z/na (illicit sex i, The Star reported. Driver Mohamod Yusuf Jun id 51 (fined MSI.000) and foodstall owner Jariah Tunku Mohamed All. 40,80 words
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Article, Illustration181 1988-09-17 10 KUALA LUMPUR With a snip, off came those curly locks which rockers have come to regard as synonymous with the performer’s image. Malaysian musician Ahdul Ghani. .’l4, cut off his 0.6-metre-long hair last week, putting an end to seven years’NSTY pictures. - 181 words
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126 1988-09-17 10 KI'ALA LUMPUR Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will meet West German and Belgian leaders next week to discuss trade and economic co-operation between Malaysia and the two countries. The Star reported. The Prime Minister will leave for West Germany on Sept 18 where he126 words
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Article, Illustration360 1988-09-17 10 Minister refutes AFL-CIO charges leased recently. Bernama. IPOH Labour Minister Izv Kim Sai said this week that there was no violation of workers’ rights in Malaysia as alleged by the American Federation of I-tbour-Congress of Industrial Organisation (AFL-CIO). Workers in this country arc freeleased recently. Bernama. - 360 words
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274 1988-09-17 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The government will sell its majority 42 per cent stake in Malaysia Airlines to Bank Negara by next year, MAS chairman Raja Tan Sri Mohar Raja Badiozaman said yesterday. The sale would be facilitated with the amendment of the company’sBernama - 274 words
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Article, Illustration625 1988-09-17 11 Inquiry into Penang millionaire’s death PENANG The late millionaire Loh Kah Kheng ordered his confidential secretary not to divulge information about his movements to his wife six months before he was found dead strangled in his villa, the625 words
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469 1988-09-17 11 SALIM OSMAN - By SALIM OSMAN KUALA LUMPUR New Umno this week released its constitution in which one of the key features is the centralisation of power in the party's Supreme Council. New Umno Deputy President Ghafar Baba said the special general assembly to discuss469 words
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Article, Illustration101 1988-09-17 11 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Singer Sharifah Aini (above) has been declared a bankrupt by the High Court for failing to pay a construction company more than M$100,0(K) (5576.900) for renovations to her bungalow in Petaling Jay a. Justice Siti Norma Yaakob made the order against her– NST. - 101 words
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Article157 1988-09-17 11 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The tribunal investigating allegations against the five suspended Supreme Court judges yesterday concluded its hearing and began to deliberate on the evidence and submissions. In a statement released to reporters at Parliament House, where the hearings were held, tribunal secretary Dr Mazlan Ahmad said– Bernama. - 157 words
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195 1988-09-17 11 Bernama JOHOR BARU Umno dissident and MP for Johor Baru Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said on Sunday that rival Umno factions can resolve the problem of Malay disunity if they agree that a proposed musyawarah (discussion) between them be based on three factors.– Bernama - 195 words
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Article, Illustration379 1988-09-17 11 Dispute with KL over islands AFP Bernama MANILA President Corazon Aquino on Thursday ruled out an armed solution to the Philippines’ border conflict with Malaysia, and said the latest furore over alleged aggression by Kuala Lumpur over a cluster of islands wasAFP; Bernama - 379 words
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Article129 1988-09-17 11 jxrcw ut icraigimiK ctuu entering politics. TAN LIAN CHOO - jxrcw ut icraigimiK ctuu entering politics. TAN LIAN CHOO. BANGKOK General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh retains his dual positions as Acting Supreme Commander and Army Com-mander-in-Chief in a military reshuffle that has left Thailand’s top military brass essentially unchanged. The reshuffle, announced this week, affected more129 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article658 1988-09-17 12 SFPI 17. 1988 IF every thing goes well, for 40 million South Koreans, the next lti days will go down as one of the most memorable moments in their country's history. For in hosting the 24th Olympiad, which begins in Seoul today, the Republic of Korea658 words
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Article626 1988-09-17 12 SEPT 16. 1988 THE Government has outlined plans to meet the changing educational needs of Singapore and Singaporeans On Wednesday. Education Minister Dr Tony Tan announced four priority areas that his ministry will focus on in the next five years. They are: more university places,626 words
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Article675 1988-09-17 12 SEPT 15. 1988 THE aged are here to stay in ever increasing numbers and for much longer too, given that medical science is continuously pushing human lifespan to higher limits. In 1980, only one in 10 Singaporeans was over 55. By 2030, the proportion will rise675 words
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571 1988-09-17 12 THIS WEEK IN HISTORY THIS Week in History is about major events of a week in September (specifically Sept 11-Sept 17)... in different years, of course. Take, for a start, yesterday's date Sept 16. It was the 65th birthday of the Prime571 words
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Article232 1988-09-17 12 “China holds you from birth. In spite of my efforts to assimilate the West, my heritage ruled out apostasy/’ Tsai Chin, host known for her role as Suzio Wong, having crossed the barrier bt‘tween East and West, found upon returning to her birthplace that to be Chinese was232 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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Article, Illustration1056 1988-09-17 13 Post-election interview with Rajaratnam IN AN interview with The Straits Times after the PAP's General Election victory, Mr S. Rajaratnam, who retired from active polities prior to the election, recounted the story of how l>ord Nelson. the 18th Century British naval commander who was1,056 words
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736 1988-09-17 13 AMERICAN newspapers generally expected the Opposition to make further in-roads into Singapore's political system at the Sept 3 general election securing more seats as well as garnering more of the popular vote. They saw the election, in which the Opposition mounted an intensive736 words
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Miscellaneous9 1988-09-17 13 (0/I%'sjjhe ORCHARD ftoAb a k\ v 9v .Cir 'Vj.9 words
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Article, Illustration2848 1988-09-17 14 I He may be chairman of Singapore Incorporated and the world’s longest-serving premier, but at home, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who turned 65 yesterday, is simply Ye Ye to his grandchildren. He reveals the softer side of himself to BRUCE LOUDON of The Australian Magazine.2,848 words
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The General Election: What our readers say
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799 1988-09-17 16 Strong stage performance could mislead voters LET mo congratulate the People's Action Party on another resounding victory in the General Election. This bears testimony to the strong confidence and support the majority of Singaporeans have for the party and the government. The calibre,799 words
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Article432 1988-09-17 16 I COULD not help but feel thankful about the results of the General Election. I know the majority of the people still appreciate what the People's Action Party has done for our nation. I am in no position to criticise those who disagree with me432 words
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Article120 1988-09-17 16 AFTER reading Mr Chiam See Tong’s comments (ST, Sept 5), I felt I had been insulted as a Singaporean. I am sure many others felt the same way. We Singaporeans have had no reason to be ashamed of ourselves and certainly will not regret our decision to120 words
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652 1988-09-17 16 THOSE who think the 63 per cent vote for the People’s Action Party indicates strong support for its policies have got their analysis wrong. For a true picture of the electorate’s feelings, we should look at the results of such hotly contested652 words
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408 1988-09-17 16 THE General Election has come and gone. This will herald the emergence, I am afraid, of the cynics once more. It has dawned on me in the past years that the all prevailing attitude of cynicism is but a favourable pastime of408 words
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Article88 1988-09-17 16 DEAR Mr Prime Minister, Our votes are our only birthday presents to you. You do not know how much or how many Singaporeans love and treasure you. You are, in reality not dreams, our aspiration for a better Singapore for all. “You are Singapore and88 words
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338 1988-09-17 17 More letters on what makes a true Singaporean I REFER to the letter “There are those who are geh angina" bv “It Ls Fact”. (ST, Sept 3). I am a Singaporean. I feel it is unjust to criticise Western society as338 words
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168 1988-09-17 17 I WOULD like to respond to Mr Jeff Ho’s critics, in particular "L.S.M.” (ST, Sept 3). Eastern teachings and ethics emphasise, among other things, decorum and courtesy; not indiscriminate name-calling designed to alienate and ostracise. Singapore today is a free and democratic society. Can’t we168 words
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372 1988-09-17 17 THE Prime Minister has mentioned the danger of Westernisation in Singapore and the pitfalls of being a pseudo-Westerner. How can we be not Westernised? Look around us. We speak to each other in FJnglish, even though we are372 words
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Article261 1988-09-17 17 THIS is my reply to “It Is Fact”, “L.S.M.” and Ms Lin Peiling. (ST, Sept 3). Yes, I do believe there are geh angmos in Singapore. I do not feel I am one nor do I try to ape Western attitudes, i am comfortable with who I261 words
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Advertisement96 1988-09-17 17 Dear Overseas Readers THE Strait* Times welcomes tetters 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 would96 words
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Article4448 1988-09-17 18 TRANSACTION DATE: SEP 16, 88 Gr's 1988 Tel Last YTd Vol Oay Last Quote High Low Code Company Sale 4 or- ('000) High Low Buyer Seller SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 141 95 J e 1000 Acma 116 -2 09 21 118 116 116 117 85 424,448 words
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62 1988-09-17 19 TIIK day-to-day ST Industrial indices and daily turnover for the week: MONDAY: 1,065.15 points (up 1.92); 23.55 m units (value $32.15m); TUESDAY: 1,062.91 (down 2.54); 15.22 m units ($21.63m); WEDNESDAY: 1,067.52 (up 1.61); 16.98 m units ($26.92m); THURSDAY: 1,070.02 (up 2.5); 19.1162 words
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Article41 1988-09-17 19 HON(»KONG share prices yesterday closed lower in light selling. The Hang Seng Index finished 15.26 points lower at 2,458.82 and the Honglong Index was off 10.79 points at 1,622.68. Turnover totalled HK5388.53 million against Thursday’s HK5472.88 million.41 words
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Article371 1988-09-17 19 Sept 2 HK$ Chanje Assoc Inti Hotels 2 80 0 025 Bonk Of East Asia 16 30 unch Capital Corp 0 72 0 02 Cathay Pacific Air 8 10 005 Cheung Kong 7 10 0 05 China Light 15 40 03 City Resources 1 I6N unch Cross Harb Tunnel371 words
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155 1988-09-17 19 Weekly sharemarket report TIIK Singapore stock market was one hig yawn this week as investors continued to play a waiting game in the absence of directions, and turnover plunged to its lowest levels for many months. After a slightly more promising start on155 words
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Article246 1988-09-17 19 SHARK prices suffered moderate losses on the Singapore stock market yesterday. Dealers said most counters declined across the hoard on slight profit-taking. The Straits Times Industrial Index receded 5.09 points to 1.064.93 while the broader Business Times Composite Index slid 3.77 points to 941.48. Volume fell246 words
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Article96 1988-09-17 19 THE KUAI.A LUMPUR market suffered another easier session yesterday as losses virtually littered the board in lifeless trading. Turnover slipped to a mere 7.19 million units worth M 513.4 million from Thursday's 9.89 million units valued at M 514.97 million. Brokers said a weaker Wall Street96 words
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250 1988-09-17 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign currency Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency foreign currency lo SJ10 Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar Sterling pound US dollar 1 6292-1 6321 1 6704-1 6726 1 2523-1 2550 3 4281-3 4318 2 0430-2 0440 6250 words
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567 1988-09-17 20 LIM ENG HAI - MD tells of ‘new management cashflow philosophy’ By LIM ENG HAI CHUAN HUP Holdings Ltd has announced a startling write-off of over $67 million and declared it will now concentrate on activities which generate cash quickly. Directors thought it prudent to write567 words
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Article319 1988-09-17 20 Week ended September 9. Compiled by Buseiess limes. Final results Gross Group net Year lo Company dividend prolil/lOA! 000) H fit Pan $4 1501 i S8 23/1) Mar 88 1C M P H 2 (1 8a) SK 100 i S6h5.lt) Mar 88 1eong Huat S5J5I (S84»2t319 words
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515 1988-09-17 20 KARNINCS in the broking industry in the first half of the year were considerably lower than in the same |ieriod last year, say directors of broking houses. Although no figures were given by the broking houses, turnover figures released by the Stock Exchange of515 words
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274 1988-09-17 20 – DAMIEN LIM - DAMIEN LIM. IMPROVEMENTS in all its core businesses areas, except timber, have helped Ineheape Bhd return a 39per cent higher pre-tax profit for the first half of this year. Ineheape Bhd, an international services and marketing group, lifted pre-tax profit during the half274 words
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Article851 1988-09-17 20 Currant El Book* Dole Total for Total for payment data CloM payable the year loot yaar Alex Hldg* 6%(bi Aug 30 Sap 9 Sep 26 6% 6% Asiatic Dev 2% III Oct 12 Oct 26 Nov 21 2% 5% B Raya l%HI Sop 15 Sap 29 Oct 25851 words
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647 1988-09-17 23 JOE DORAI - But they must win all three remaining games MALAYSIA CUP By JOE DORAI WITH I ho Malaysia Cup soccer quarter-finals in sight, Singapore have sot themselves another target the runners-up spot in the league. After thrashing Sabah 4-0 last Sunday, Singapore hope to647 words
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Article197 1988-09-17 23 SAUDARA CUP CRICKET IN a match dominated completely by the bowlers, Singapore’s medium-pacer Mohan Rajalingam steered the Republic to a 51-run win over Malaysia in the Saudara Cup annual series on the Padang over the weekend with match figures of 13 for 37, the197 words
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Article, Illustration354 1988-09-17 23 KUALA LUMPUR 2 KELANTAN 0 KUALA LUMPUR showed Kelantan on Tuesday night what else separated the champions from the challengers it was the ability to stay under intense pressure. Kelantan, who did so well to match the undefeated defending champions for 80 minutes,354 words
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253 1988-09-17 23 TAY CHENCJ KIIOON - SQUASH: Anchor Singapore Open TAY CHENCJ KIIOON. JANSHER KHAN won the psychological battle against Jahangir Khan last Saturday to take the Anchor Beer Singapore Open squash title at the West Coast Recreation Centre. The World No. 1 held on to his early lead253 words
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Article, Illustration629 1988-09-17 24 LIAK TENG KIAT - Prime Minister’s visit to China By LIAK TENG KIAT BEIJING Singapore sc Prime Minister Bee Kuan Yew yesterday paid a call on Chinese President Yang Shangkun and was warmly greeted as an old friend. “You have met on many occasions with the principalPicture by MICHAKL IJKW. - 629 words
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223 1988-09-17 24 dinner. – LIAK TKNG KIAT - dinner. LIAK TKNG KIAT. PRIMK Minister Lee Kuan Yew enjoying his 65th birthday dinner last night, hosted by Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang (right) in Beijing. The dinner was held at the Yang Yuen Zal Restaurant223 words
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220 1988-09-17 24 SINGAPORE, has convinced the United States that there is no need for the local dollar to appreciate. Finance Minister Richard Hu said this week. "The pressure is now off us. I think they've accepted our arguments,” he said in an interview with220 words
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Article, Illustration209 1988-09-17 24 THE Acting Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, General Chavalit Yongehaiyudh, was conferred Singapore's highest military award by President Wee Kim Wee yesterday. Gen Chavalit received the Distinguished Service Order (Military), also known as the Darjah Utama Bakti Chermelang (Tentera), in an209 words
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