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Title Section20 1989-02-25 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1989 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 42/8/8820 words
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Article, Illustration841 1989-02-25 1 YANG RAZALI KASSIM - ‘China gave clear hands-off pledge’ By YANG RAZALI KASSIM jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Despite more than 20 years of nursing a wound from a com-munist-backed coup in 1965, Indonesian officials and political leaders yesterday reacted with satisfaction to news that relations with China were finally being841 words
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Article, Illustration370 1989-02-25 1 He also has talks with other leaders attending Hirohito’s funeral TOKYO UPI, Reuter. PRIME MINISTER Lee Kuan Yew and US President George Bush met yesterday for a private round of talks at the US ambassador’s residence in the Japanese capital, immediately after they had attendedUPI,; Reuter.; troops. — Picture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 370 words
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Article40 1989-02-25 1 BUDGET Day is next Friday, March 3. Finance Minister Richard Hu will present his 1989-90 Budget to Parliament. Parliament will sit again later in the month to denate Dr Hu’s recommendations and the budgetary provisions for each minstry.40 words
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Article101 1989-02-25 1 Til FI agreement between Indonesia and China to normalise relations was a positive step, said Mr S. Chandra Das, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee on Defence and F'oreign Affairs. Speaking to reporters after he and his GPC members visited the Foreign Ministry, he said101 words
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Advertisement5 1989-02-25 1 Jakarta, Beijing to normalise ties5 words
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Advertisement78 1989-02-25 1 :saBd]h 7U(j sji svcj dicjsx^uo]/^ IU tNf It u LOOTb HOME The Chinese Singaporean: Having the best of both worlds PAGES 14-15 Goodwood Park gets offer for its hotels PAGE 2 Nurse found negligent in patient’s death PAGE 3 Those abroad must remain Singaporean at heart: BG Yeo PAGE 478 words
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Article, Illustration595 1989-02-25 2 LIM ENG HAI - Japanese tycoons bid includes group’s flagship By LIM ENG HAI THE Goodwood Park Hotel group has caught the eye of one of the world's most aggressive buyer of prestigious hotels Japanese property tycoon Mr Harunori Takahashi. Well-connected sources in Tokyo and Singapore say595 words
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105 1989-02-25 2 SINGAPORE has appointed an honorary consul in Vancouver to look after its interests in the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta. He is Mr Nathaniel Theodore Nemetz, who was Chief Justice of British Columbia until his recent retirement from Canadian public service105 words
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385 1989-02-25 2 SUSAN LEAN - By SUSAN LEAN COME end of March. Change Alley the former haunt of bargain hunters will cease to exist. In its place will sprout, among other developments, a 38storey modern shopping complex The last of the 55 stallholders at the bazaar,385 words
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Article58 1989-02-25 2 TWO more Singaporean men have died from Aids, bringing the number of deaths to six since the first case was identified in 1985. It Ls not known when the two died or whether they died in Singapore. But both had previously been found to have58 words
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Article, Illustration268 1989-02-25 2 BY JUNE the curtains will come down for the last time at the Tropicana Singapore’s first tneatreresiaurani and nightclub ir. Scotts Road and a well-known nightspot. The 26-vear-old building has been sold by its owners. Vermont Realty, for $7O million to a Hongkonglisted268 words
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244 1989-02-25 2 ONG MING SEIM. WASHINGTON Lawyer F rancis Seow has said he will issue within a day or two a written response to accusations made against him in a Singapore court. Speaking to The Straits Times from the New YorkONG MING SEIM. - 244 words
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Article178 1989-02-25 2 THE Mecca-based World Supreme Council of Mosques has concluded that Muslims here are not being oppressed as a religious minority. This observation was made in a short report on the state of the Muslims as a minority in Singapore that was presented at a conference in178 words
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Article54 1989-02-25 2 A MAN who caused an MRT tram to pull up just after it left BLshan station oy pressing the emergency button at the platform was fined $1,500 for committing mischief. Tan Kay BaK, who gave no reason for his action, pleaded guilty. The offence carries a54 words
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Article, Illustration470 1989-02-25 3 She gave unauthorised dose of drug that led to a heart attack THE death of a psychotic patient at Mount Elizabeth Hospital was blamed on a staff nurse who administered an extra dose of a potent drug without checking with a doctor. A coroner470 words
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153 1989-02-25 3 COI7NBKL for the deceased's family, Mr l.ui fang flung, said after the findings: “We will he pursuing a civil suit. There will he a suhstantiai claim." A family member said that the hospital hill had amounted to $48,M0. Ms Koh, a nurse for more153 words
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287 1989-02-25 3 CHECKS on Singapore Airlines’ Boeing 747 s and 757 s have shown there are no defects in these aircraft. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, which directed SIA to conduct the safety checks, said last week that the fire protection systems of all287 words
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355 1989-02-25 3 A FORMER schoolteacher who lost her voice after a neck operation told the High Court this week that she could not even raise an alarm when she fell at home one day. Madam Chew Swee Hiang, 58, said she dislocated her355 words
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Article172 1989-02-25 3 SINGAPOREANS arriving at Changi Airport need no longer complete the disembarkation form. This move, introduced on Feb 1, is expected to benefit an average of 2,500 Singaporeans and permanent residents who pass through the immigration counters at the airport daily. Foreigners arriving in the country172 words
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Article, Illustration390 1989-02-25 3 ‘No longer a security threat’ TWO Internal Security Act detainees who were originally arrested in 1987 for involvement in a Marxist conspiracy, advertising executive Kenneth Tsang and businessman Chew Kheng Chuan, have been released. The two, who were redetained last year and whose390 words
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84 1989-02-25 3 WITH the release of Kenneth Tsang and Chew Kheng Guan, only five of original 22 people arrested in May and June 1987 in eonneetion with the MarxLst conspiracy are still under detention. They are: Church worker Vincent Cheng, whom the Government84 words
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Article, Illustration603 1989-02-25 4 A SENSE of being Singaporean is vital, even among those who have left the country, said Briga-dier-General (Res) George Yeo last week. This attachment to the nation must also be felt by those who come here, said the603 words
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298 1989-02-25 4 Malay group aims to foster inter-ethnic links A MALAY organisation intends to launch a new effort to build closer rapport between community leaders of different races from various grassroots bodies. Taman Bacaan (the Singapore Malay Youth Library Association) is planning a series of informal298 words
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193 1989-02-25 4 A POLISH tourist walked out of hospital after treatment for injuries suffered la a traffic accident on Thursday last week only U be fatally injured In a second accident the same night. Mr Krxystof Chechlowskl, M, who was hit by a193 words
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Article, Illustration114 1989-02-25 4 BRIGADIER-GENERAL (Res) l,ee Hsien Loong has switched from wearing spectacles to contact lenses. The Trade and Industry Minister and Second Minister for Defence (Services) was first seen by reporters minus his glasses at the Istana Lunar New Year garden party on Feb 11. Asked114 words
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Article, Illustration470 1989-02-25 4 DAVID MILLER and; SHARON LIM - By DAVID MILLER and SHARON LIM TWO Singapore nurses died and three others were injured, two critically, when their car collided with a bus in Muscat, the capital of Oman, over last weekend. The nurses, who were working on470 words
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177 1989-02-25 4 CONTROVERSIAL Indonesian preacher Habib Segaff bin Mahdi, who secretly married a young Singaporean student last year and was accused of making sexual advances to others, has been permanently banned from entering Singapore. The minister in charge of Muslim affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, told177 words
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Article, Illustration519 1989-02-25 6 ELENA CHONG - By ELENA CHONG AN UNDULATING ex|>anse of thickly vegetated mangrove swampland on the north-west coast of Singapore is to he developed into an attractive sanctuary for birds The government will spend about $8.5 million over the next two years519 words
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255 1989-02-25 6 A 10-MINUTE Sunday morning road chase in the Cantonment Road area ended with the seizure of heroin worth $300,000. The chase was sparked off when four policemen in a patrol car were alerted by the fidgety behaviour of two men cruising on a255 words
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136 1989-02-25 6 THE charms of three South American women were offered by a 59-year-old woman running a brothel in a ninth floor unit at Lucky Plaza Shopping Centre, a district court heard yesterday. Detectives who raided her premises at 8.45 pm on Jan 4 last year found Woon136 words
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Article, Illustration463 1989-02-25 6 TAN EE SZE - By TAN EE SZE SINGAPOREANS who go abroad for heart surgery are just wasting money for they can have the same operation done here at less than half the cost, according to several doctors and cardiologists. They were responding to queries463 words
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Article59 1989-02-25 6 ABOUT 3,000 students and parents flocked to a two-day exhibition on American high schools and universities which ended last Sunday. Mr Robert Allan, counsellor of American Education Opportunities, which organisetWhe exhibition, said over 1,000 study applications were received. Most of them were submitted by Singaporeans59 words
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Article36 1989-02-25 6 ABOUT 550 pirated video tapes, some pornographic, were seized from two Housing Board flats in Beach Road on Saturday. A 60-year-old man found in one of the falts during the raid was arrested.36 words
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Extracts from the Report on Religion and Religious Revivalism in Singapore
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Article, Illustration1040 1989-02-25 8 CHENG SHOONG TAT; AND RUSSELL HENG - Growing Christian evangelism, revival of Buddhism REPORTS BY CHENG SHOONG TAT AND RUSSELL HENG MORE sensitive handling of inter-religious relations is necessary because of growing Christian evangelism and a revival of Buddhism. according to a recent study commissioned by the Government.1,040 words
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757 1989-02-25 8 ALTHOUGH Christians are still a minority in Singapore, they exert an influence that is politically, socially and economically far greater than their numbers they represent because of their relatively higher socio-economic status. With their numbers expanding, there could757 words
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213 1989-02-25 9 MUSLIMS would apparently prefer traditional Chinese religion to dominate Chinese Singaporeans because they find Christianity too aggressive. The report says that while there is no sign that many Muslims are being converted, the Muslim community is apprehensive of the growing evangelism by Christians. From the213 words
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Article, Illustration503 1989-02-25 9 THE two traditional religions of the Chinese still have the largest following in Singapore but one of them, Taoism, is on the decline. The other, Buddhism, is expanding, as it organises itself better. Taoism is not just losing believers but also503 words
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296 1989-02-25 9 SOME Chinese find traditional religious practices at home meaningless and choose to have no religion. They are the only category that can match Christianity in attracting younger Singaporeans. According to the report, the majority of these non-religionists are “not anti-religious" but "cannot bring296 words
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Article, Illustration299 1989-02-25 9 3 Porsehes, Daimler, Ferrari in his fleet A BUSINESSMAN who owns three Porsehes and a Daimler in his personal fleet of seven expensive ears is offering a reward of $5,919 to eateh vandals who damaged three of them last Sunday.299 words
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210 1989-02-25 9 A CHINESE restaurant is discouraging customers from bringing children under six by slapping a $25 surcharge on top of the cost of the meal. Some annoyed patrons think the restaurant is unfair but the Chang Jiang Shanghai Restaurant at Goodwood Park Hotel210 words
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148 1989-02-25 9 THE playing field of the Chinese High School in Bukit Timah Road will be the site of a grand dinner for 10,000 next month when old boys gather to celebrate the school’s 70th anniversary. The school is also trying to get some of148 words
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163 1989-02-25 9 THE official residence of the United States ambassador at Grange Road is to he put up for sale. US ambassador Daryl Arnold said. The property is valued at about $45 million, he said. The sale will help finance the building of a new $lOO-million163 words
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Advertisement348 1989-02-25 5 \bure a Singaporean university undergraduate studying people like yourself to play vital support roles in the SAF. overseas. \ou have just given your absolute best; a consistent perAs a pharmacist, psychologist, physiotherapist, executive formance over a number of years. \ou’re about to gain your degree, officer, research officer, or engineer.348 words
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73 1989-02-25 10 Hernama. K( ALA U MPI'R Former I*rime Minister Tun Hussein Onn said this week that his mediation efforts in the mno conflict were facing a setback following Tengku Razaleigh liantzah's reiteration that he had no intention of joining New mno. lie was, however, adoptingHernama. - 73 words
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Article, Illustration453 1989-02-25 10 ISMAIL KASSIM - Some prefer to join New Umno to fight for leadership changes By ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR Umno dissidents in the Spirit of '46 group led by Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah are split over whether to continue their ojten opposition against the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk453 words
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Article, Illustration365 1989-02-25 10 Bernama, NST. KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam on Wednesday handed in his application form and Msl (550.70) subscription to join New Umno. complying with one of the conditions necessary to register as a party member. Datuk Musa saidBernama,; NST. - 365 words
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55 1989-02-25 10 Bernama IPOH Vehicle registration files and important records were destroyed when a fire razed part of the main building of the Perak Road Transport Department state headquarters early Friday morning. Police do not rule out arson as the cause of the fire which broke outBernama - 55 words
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127 1989-02-25 10 laysia (Yadim). Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Western writers w ho blaspheme Islam should not be condemned by “passing sentence" on them but should be dealt with by countering their writings intellectually, Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Muhammad Haji Muhammad Taib said. In anlaysia (Yadim). — Bernama. - 127 words
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Article46 1989-02-25 10 PENANG A hotel worker, Ang Chong Lai alias Ramil Abdullah, 38, was this week jailed for seven years and ordered to be given five strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court for raping a 2€-year-old SwLss woman tourist last year.46 words
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Article, Illustration190 1989-02-25 10 She will wear S’pore-designed ‘dreamy off-white dress’ FORMER Malaysian Chinese Association president Tan Koon Swan,4B. will marry his constant companion. Ms Penny Chang,4o. next month, according to press reports. Mr Tan was released from prison two weeks ago after serving 12 months of190 words
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338 1989-02-25 10 Bank Negara funds fraud KUALA LUMPUR Police have seized Ms 3 million (Ss2.l million) from two banks in Singapore This is part of the M 522.2 million fraudulently withdrawn from Bank Negara. A portion of the money was kept in an account338 words
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Article57 1989-02-25 10 JOHOR BARU The outbreak of dengue fever in Johor, which has claimed four lives this year, has put the federal health authorities on a na-tion-wide alert. Twenty-four cases, three fatal, have been reported in the state so far Cases were also reported in Kuala Rompin, Pahang and57 words
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176 1989-02-25 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Police on Thursday seized a 12-metre-long cabin cruiser belonging to a suspected drug trafficker who allegedly bought it with proceeds from the sale of drugs. City anti-narcotics chief Supt Othman Talib said: “We believe the suspect bought the cruiser from– NST. - 176 words
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344 1989-02-25 11 Gang wanted since 1987 for four slayings in 16 holdups KUALA LUMPUR FIVE robbers, high on the “wanted” list for four killings in at least 16 armed robberies in the Federal Territory, Selangor, Penang and Perak, were shot dead when poiiee stormed a344 words
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Article, Illustration418 1989-02-25 11 Zuraidah Ibrahim - By Zuraidah Ibrahim KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Chinese Association president Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik has rejected New 1 Umno Youth leader Datuk Najib Razak’s proposal to share the country’s wealth according to racial composition as "an absolutely unacceptable statement". The Lianhe418 words
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Article, Illustration345 1989-02-25 11 NST Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR Finance Minister Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin has said Malaysians should not worry about the value of the ringgit because any depreciation would have positive effects on the economy. He said a "more competitive" ringgit would not only increase exports. especially– NST; Bemama. - 345 words
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188 1989-02-25 11 site at Lok Kawt. Bernama. KOTA KINABALU Sabah Police Commissioner Syed Othman Syed All has declined to confirm or deny a local newspaper report that the Home Ministry had impounded the passports of nine state leaders, including three state ministers. He saidsite at Lok Kawt. — Bernama. - 188 words
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364 1989-02-25 11 AFP. JAKARTA An extremist group which clashed with the military leaving 38 people dead earlier this month had nothing to do with Islam, said Armed Forces Commander General Try Sutrisno. The group had used the name Fisabilillah Mujahideen Command (Warriors of God) asAFP. - 364 words
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181 1989-02-25 11 NST. BANDAR SRI AMAN Sarawak’s monster crocodile, dubbed the Bujang Senang (Happy Bachelor), has struck again. His latest victim the 13th was farmer Brain Tunging. 45, who was fishing near Tanjung Bijat along the Batang Lupar River when his boat was overturned. TheNST. - 181 words
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Article85 1989-02-25 11 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei's population reached 241.000 at the end of last year, according to Brunei’s Economic Planning Bureau, an increase of 7.600 over the preceding year. The Malays, who form the largest racial group in Brunei, numbered 165,700. or 68 per cent of the population,85 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article605 1989-02-25 12 FEB 25. 1989 THURSDAY'S announcement that China and Indonesia had agreed to normalise their relatioas, which were suspended 22 years ago after Jakarta accused Beijing of involvement in an abortive coup, must come as a bit of a surprise to many observers. Although exploratory talks had605 words
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Article620 1989-02-25 12 FEB 24. 1989 EXPECTATIONS and apprehension marked the Second Jakarta Informal Mooting (JIMII t more so than at any previous peace talks on Cambodia. The expectations of a solution, whether partial or comprehensive, were raised by the speed with which old adversar ies were prepared620 words
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Article641 1989-02-25 12 FEB 23. 1989 THE present is in a flux. A good number of Chinese Singaporeans are turning away from their traditional Taoist faith to Christianity. Some are just straying away from religion. Beneath today’s shifting religious map are other boundaries being redrawn. Christians are not only getting641 words
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535 1989-02-25 12 KINGS AND EMPERORS MY THEME today is kings and emperors. If you are a grandparent or sufficiently old to be one, you may be able to recall almost effortlessly the reigning monarchs in world history of your time They could be in535 words
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Article207 1989-02-25 12 “These years must not be seen as wasted. They must be seen to be like national service and not just national service but also personnel service for the family because the whole family benefits.” Dr Dixie Tan. at the Media and Child Family Health seminar, encouraging women to207 words
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Article, Illustration874 1989-02-25 13 ISMAIL KASSIM - Nicknamed ‘King Ghaz’ for his regal bearing and flamboyant designer clothes in his younger days, he is as much known for his intellectual sparkle, misunderstood occasionally as arrogance. By ISMAIL KASSIM TAN SRI GHAZALI Shafie, one time glamour hoy of874 words
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856 1989-02-25 13 TAN SAI SIONG - VIEWPOINT by TAN SAI SIONG ”7 HAVE come back 1 have not returned." So wrote education lecturer Robert Yeo in his landmark poem, Coming Home Baby, published almost two decades ago about being back in Singapore after a two-year study stint856 words
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Article, Illustration2934 1989-02-25 14 PANG CHENG LIAN - Growing Westernisation of Chinese Singaporeans, especially among tne tngiish-educated has Drompteo calls for a reassertion of traditional values. Political leaders ana Chinese clan associations nave often stressed the neea to preserve the cultural neritage ana traaitions of the commumtv. The following2,934 words
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Miscellaneous47 1989-02-25 13 Scenes of Malaysian life £1 one yzW POUND /.y P H r u.. Jl m 'Wm m U@@® A i A ft r* wta 1 K SOIMGAIr 9 $1 S /»r u \tl 4* ONi. DOLLAR 'h r He, Sri «K ILAT on the shrinking Malaysian ringgit47 words
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Article4588 1989-02-25 16 TRANSACTION DATE: FEB 24. 89 Gr’a 1988/89 Tel last Yld Vol Day Laat Quote High Low Code Company Sale 4 or* (000) High Low Buyer Seller SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 16? 95 t e looo Acma 139 -7 0 7 78 144 139 140 86 424,588 words
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Article56 1989-02-25 17 THE day-to-day ST Industrial indices and daily turnover for the week: MONDAY: 1,132.77 points (up 2.84); 28.3 m units (value $56.8m); TUESDAY: 1,131.53 points (down 1.24); 45.6 m units (value $95.3m); WEDNESDAY: 1,138.75 (up 7.22); 5«.3m units ($107.8m); THURSDAY: 1,134.52 (down 4.23); 61.7 m units ($123.8m); FRIDAY:56 words
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Article73 1989-02-25 17 Rubber Closing prices cents/kilo Singapore March 211 00 cents down six cents Malaysia March 308 50 cents down 2 50 cents Tin Closing prices M$/kilo KL Im Turnover 21 53 up nine cents 59 tonnes down two tonnes Palm oil Crude palm oil MS tonne February %0 (south)73 words
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Article46 1989-02-25 17 THE Hongkong Hang Seng Index was up 7.98 points on the week. MONDAY: 3,159.84 points (down 53.59); turnover 11K51.70 billion; TUESDAY: 3,159.64 (down 9.2); IlkSl billion; WEDNESDAY: 3.161.56 (up 19.92); HK91.31 billion; THURSDAY: 3,125.29 (down 36.36); HK$ billion; FRIDAY: 3,114.23 (down 19.97); 11K91.46 billion.46 words
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Article51 1989-02-25 17 THE New Straits Times Index rose 19.94 points on the week. MONDAY: 1,962.27 points (up 9.38); 19.77 m units (value M532.94m); TUESDAY: 1,962.78 (down 9.51); 17.3 m units (M533.44m); WEDNESDAY: 1,973.98 (up 19.3); 26.65 m units (M552.47m); THURSDAY: 1,968.75 (down 4.33); 23.65 m units (M552.12m); FRIDAY: 1,971.93 (up51 words
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333 1989-02-25 17 Weekly sharemarket report NEWCOMERS Wing Tai Holdings Ltd was easily the outstanding performer of the week, which opened on a cautious note with less than 30 million shares traded but picked up as investors showed more confidence in the way the market would head.333 words
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Article377 1989-02-25 17 Feb H HKS ChM(e A »»oc Inti Hot»!» 3 575 0 125 Bank Of Eatt A wo 21 60 0 1 Capital Cotp »utp Cathay Pacific Air 98!» ■0 05 Cheung Kong China Light 10 40 1460 4) 1 O 1 City Retource» 0 98N Cro»» Horb377 words
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183 1989-02-25 17 Counter rates Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Foreign Currency Buying OD Selling US dollar ***** 9320 Sterling pound 3 356? 3 4080 Australian dollar I 5573 l 6055 Canadian dollar l 5955 l 6222 N/ dollar I 1836 l 2172 Singapore183 words
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797 1989-02-25 18 DAMIEN LIM - Surprise about-turn by three directors By DAMIEN LIM THE Hong Leong group's plans to increase its presence at the Havelock and Kim Seng roads junction has been dealt a blow with Apollo Enterprises directors advising the company's shareholders to reject Hong I.eong's takeover797 words
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388 1989-02-25 18 KENNETH JAMES - By KENNETH JAMES THKEE local economists have separately forecast that Singapore's growth this yea; will exceed ti per cent The most bullish forecast at a seminat on Thursday on the Economic Prospects for Singapore in 1989 came from Mr Wong Chin388 words
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153 1989-02-25 18 SHAREHOLDERS of Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd have much to drink to with the group announcing a 41.3-per cent gain in pre-tax profit to MJ24.1 million (5516.83 million) for last year. It was achieved on the back of a 14.9-per cent rise in turnover153 words
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Article523 1989-02-25 18 Week ended Feb 17. Compiled by Business Times. Final Results Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Ayer Molek 60b (20) M$690 ($279) Aug 88 Preliminary results Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Carlsberg 25 (18.8) M$24,138 ($17,0850 DecCompiled by Business Times. - 523 words
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333 1989-02-25 18 UIS proposes one-for-five bonus issue SHARE investment company United International Securities is proposing a one-for-five bonus issue now that earnings have returned to levels achieved before the stock markets crashed worldwide in October 1987. UlS’s group pre-tax profit more than trebled from 1987’s $1.16 million to $4.13 million last year.333 words
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Article, Illustration653 1989-02-25 19 R. RAJENDRAN - By R. RAJENDRAN Oil. futures trading in Singapore got off to a stirring start on Wednesday, helping the Singapore International Monetary Exchange to chalk up its hest-ever daily volume of 52,000 contracts. Hectic trading in653 words
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205 1989-02-25 19 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Higher demand, sparked off by a tight supply situation, saw tin prices touch a three-year record high of M 522.02 a kg on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market (KLTM) on Thursday. The price shot up 28 sen powered byBernama - 205 words
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367 1989-02-25 19 GRACE CHNG - By GRACE CHNG CONSUMER electronics giant Philips Singapore last year exported more than $1 billion worth of audio equipment, television sets and tuners, most of which were designed, developed and made in its Toa Payoh factories. The company's active product design and development centre,367 words
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Article174 1989-02-25 19 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Generol Co'p $4« ?04 936 nominal amount o* S' 1 Convertible Unsecu’ed loan Stock !988 93 on the basts o $2 nominal amount o* loon stocks tot e»e r y 5 GCB stiares of J 1 eacn o’ 1/ nominal amount of CUlS 1988 93174 words
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Article369 1989-02-25 19 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Ayer Hitam Tin One to> one U $’> 10 p#' sia’e Belaya Corpn One tor one ip) $i 00 do' per snare C 1 Holdings 27 million loon stocks in the ratio of $3 loan stock to' every tive cdinory shares held Causeway Inv Issue369 words
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Article301 1989-02-25 19 Managers prices for February 25 27 Singapore Unit Trust The Commute 1 04 1 10 The Saving f unrt 09? 0 9? Spore Pros Feed 0 40 0 44 Spore Sec (urn) OSS on Spore Invest (unp on 0 78 S pot* (qu>t« lund Asia Unit Trust 0301 words
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1491 1989-02-25 20 I FOLLOWED, with interest, three recent letters calling for a more public celebration to commemorate Sit Stamford Raffles’ landing in Singapore and his signing of the treaty with Sultan Hussain in February 1*1!» One of them (Mr Cheng Huang Long) also1,491 words
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311 1989-02-25 20 YOl'R correspondent Dr llussin Mutalih appeals to us in his letter “for caution" In any proposed plans to elevate public commemoration of Sir Stamford Raffles’ arrival in Singapore in 1819. It is true that Raffles did not “found” Singapore: The place had been occupied for311 words
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Article247 1989-02-25 20 I HAVE some difficulty following the logic of Dr Hussin Mutalibs letter, which questions the need of having a national celebration in honour of Raffles' “founding of Singapore”. First, he describes as flimsy the argument that "if not for Raffles' arrival, Singapore would not become247 words
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298 1989-02-25 20 MY WIFE and I recently returned from our first trip to South-east Asia during which we spent three weeks in Singapore on business. During our stay we read your paper each day and found it most informative, both (o tell298 words
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244 1989-02-25 20 I AM a frequent visitor to your lovely Garden City, Singapore. I love the enchanting city and would recommend to anyone making a trip to the Far East that stopping over in Singapore is a must, especially for food lovers,244 words
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Article, Illustration998 1989-02-25 23 J. RAJENDRAN interviews JITA SINGH NEWLY-appointed national soccer coach Jita Singh’s proclamation last week that he was ‘‘no miracle man" has to be taken with a pinch of salt, in the light of his achievements over the years. The tenacious efforts998 words
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299 1989-02-25 23 BADMINTON LABOUR Minister Lee Yock Suan announced on Monday that the Singapore Badminton Association is keen to revive the Singapore Open which was last held 16 years ago. They intend to stage the Open as one of the tournaments on the International Grand Prix299 words
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Article, Illustration281 1989-02-25 23 ASCOT SQUASH ZAINAL ABIDIN showed why he is the king of squash in Singapore by recovering from being 8- down in the deciding fifth game to win 10-8 and clinch the men’s title in the 14th Ascot Closed Championships at the East Coast Recreation Centre281 words
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82 1989-02-25 23 SINGAPORE trainer Ivan Allan stole the thunder at the Abeos yearling sales in Adelaide, Australia, last week. He paid top price of ASni.H# (SS?M.OM) for a colt by Northern Adventure out of Fear No Reign. Allan was also the under- bidder for the second82 words
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752 1989-02-25 23 J. RAJENDRAN - -J. RAJENDRAN ABDUL RAZAK is 70-years old. He is deaf in one ear, and his eyes are not as good as they used to be. Watching television is no longer an enjoyable pastime for him, yet come Sunday752 words
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88 1989-02-25 24 TOKYO President Suharto and Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qirhen have accepted invitations for the Indonesian and Chinese presidents to exchange visits, which could take place as early as this year, an Indonesian embassy spokesman said on Thursday. At their meeting, Mr Qian conveyed to88 words
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71 1989-02-25 24 PONTIAN (Johor) Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now recuperating at Genting Highlands holiday resort, Lianhe Zaobao reports. The newspaper quoted Gerakan chairman Dr Lim Keng Yaik as saying that the condition of the Prime Minister was improving, and that he jogs 5 km every71 words
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Article, Illustration139 1989-02-25 24 IT’S lou hei time. With a flip, a toss and a swirl of the giant chopsticks, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, together with several others, turned neatly piled ingredients into a huge colourful dish of yu sheriff (raw fish). Amidst shouts of lou hei, the139 words
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110 1989-02-25 24 kl ALA LI MPI K All eyes will he on Malaysia’s nine hereditary rulers next week when they gather here to choose a new Yang di-Pertuan Agong and his deputy from among themselves. This, the ninth such election, is expected to he110 words
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612 1989-02-25 24 THERE will never be "true national reconciliation" among the four Cambodian factions, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has told Japan's leading national daily. He said this in an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun before leaving, via Taiwan, for the state612 words
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