The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 24 March 1990

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 37/8/89
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  • 595 1 MORE foreigners have been granted permanent resident status in Singapore since the immigration policy was liberalised last July, Parliament was told on Wednesday. The Senior Minister of State (Home Affairs and National Development), Dr Lee Boon Yang, said the number of foreign wives
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  • 250 1 MORE than 90 per cent of those who applied to be Singapore citizens received approval, Home Affairs and Law Minister S. Jayakumar told Parliament on Wednesday. This included applicants who were permanent residents, their wives and their children, he said. He was
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  • 642 1 It will help ease the acute shortage of rooms, says Mah THE Government has stepped in to help ease the shortage of hotel rooms by releasing land specifically for hotel development. The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has earmarked four sites for sale
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 741 2 Select Committee makes recommendations on the Nominated MPs Bill A HIGH-LEVEL Parliamentary Select Committee has proposed giving every new Parliament the choice of h.mng non-elected Nominated MPs. Instead of making N'MPs a compulsory feature of the House, it has suggested making this a
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    • 275 2 THE old Geylang Serai is not as romantic as the Malay Village, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said on Sunday night after touring the Village, which is planned as a showcase of Malay culture and heritage. Describing the Village located at Geylang Serai as very
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    • 251 2 CULTURAL months should bo held regularly to help the various communities appreciate one another better. Mr Coh Chok Tong has said last. “If we do this annually or regularly, (with) Malays attending Indian Cultural Month or Chinese Cultural Month and
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    • 450 3  -  200 labourers have died in their sleep: Ministry By Leong Chan Teik THREE Thai labourers died in their sleep this week, bringing the total of such cases this year to 13. Mr Viehit Kamwaen. 45, and Mr Sit Sathaisong, 27, died on Monday,
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    • 443 3 JOY shared is joy doubled and a sorrow shared is sorrow halved. Using this old adage. Dr Seel Ai Mee shared some tips on marriage and family life with about 200 participants of a pre-university seminar at the World Trade Centre on
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    • 225 3 DETECT eye diseases early, said President Wee Kim Wee when he opened the XXVI International Congress of Opthalmology Conference at World Trade Centre on Monday. This, he said, can be done through public education and prevention programmes in cases where eye diseases can be
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    • 234 3 NTCU’s own station will go on th<* air probably by the end of the year initially for 18 hours daily, with a possible extension to 24 hours eventually. Revealing that the Government had just approved its application for a licence, Mr
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    • 404 3  -  By Tan Tarn How TWENTY minutes was all it took for Second Deputy Prime Minister and NTUC secretary-gen-eral Ong Teng Cheong to whip up his speciality and an old family favourite OTC Fried Rice. Together with NTUC assistant secretaries-gen-eral Yu-Foo Yee Shoon and Othman Haron
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  • BUDGET DEBATE
    • 352 4 THK Government Is looking at the experienees of other countries in television broadcasting in deciding whether SBC should be completely privatised. The important consideration was whether privatisation, or some other model, would better reconcile the two seemingly opposite goals of nation-building
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    • 524 4 PRIVATISE the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation totally it will result in better quality programmes, Dr Hong Hai (Bedok GRC) suggested on Monday. Once fully privatised. SBC's managers and producers will have to keep an eye on what the market wants, he
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    • 179 4 SINGAPORE welcomes more Asean media agencies to set up offices here, in its efforts to improve communication links with the region and the world, Mr Mah Bow Tan said on Monday. The Government will also continue to invite foreign journalists here on fact-finding missions
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    • 151 4 SINGAPORE will continue to develop its wide network of links in broadcasting cooperation with countries in the region, Mr Mah Bow Tan said on Monday. Replying to Mr Yatiman Yusof (Tampines GRC), he said Singapore’s broadcasting cooperation existed at two levels. At the
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    • 470 4 On introduction of cable TV THE Government does not object to the introduction of cable television here but such a service must comply with broadcasting requirements, such as multilingual programmes, and censorship standards. Other than this,
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    • 214 4 On reception of TV3 in HDB flats TOWN councils should be allowed to adjust the communal television antenna in Housing Board estates to receive TV3, Malaysia’s commercial TV station, an MP said on Monday. Mr Lau Ping Sum (Yio Chu Kang) noted
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    • 722 5 Proposal to charge subscribers for each phone call: Telecom still looking into the matter THE majority of Singaporeans will pay less, not more, in telephone charges if Singapore Telecom switches from its present flat rate system to one based on
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    • 484 5 PRIVATISATION will help Singapore Telecom reach even greater heights of efficiency and effectiveness, Dr Yeo Ning Hong promised Parliament on Thursday. The Minister for Communications and Information stressed that Telecom had “done very well" so far. He noted that the
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    • 420 5 THE next extension of the Mass Rapid Transit would most likely be to Woodlands rather than to the north-east of Singapore or to Changi Airport, Dr Yeo Ning Hong said on Monday. He was responding to calls from Mr Goh Choon Kang
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    • 272 5 MOTORISTS here may be topping up their vehicles with lead-free petrol if a study by the Environment Ministry gives it the greenlight. Disclosing this in Parliament on Monday, Minister for the Environment, Dr Ahmad Mattar, said that he
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    • 479 6 THE Law Ministry will be holding discussions with the Judiciary, the Attorney-General’s Chambers and the Law Society to review the role of Queen's Counsel in Singapore's legal system. Professor S. Jayakumar said on Tuesday. The Law and Home Affairs Minister was
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    • 256 6 PARLIAMENT Km heard the “Inside story” of the dilemma men (ace In the public toilet. The expose, from Mr Chin Harn Tong (Aljnnled GRC), had It that “peak times” at the common nrlnal can mean confusion over who shonld
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    • 216 6 NEW legislation to deal with computer crimes should be ready in the coming year, following the recommendations of an inter-ministerial committee on computer crime. Professor S. Jayakumar disclosed on Tuesday. Replying to three MPs who had spoken at length on the increase in computer crimes
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    • 258 6 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Tan Boon Telk had hi* term extended by three years In January last year, Professor S Jayakumar said on Tuesday. The Law Minister told Non-Constituency MP Lee Slew Cboh that the Government was not bound to announce the extension In the Government Gazette. Dr
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    • 213 6 BEGINNING in June. SBC will be telecasting a special 45-minute news programme on the main English news every Sunday night. Mr Mah Bow Tan announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State (Communications and Information) said the will include more news features,
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    • 524 6 THE fight against drug trafficking will gain another weapon when a new law which allows the assets of drug traffickers to be seized by the authorities comes into effect. The Minister for Home Affairs and Law, Professor S. Jayakumar, on
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    • 366 6 TWO Mandarin-speaking MPs on Tuesday suggested ways in which the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation can stop actors and actresses from leaving their job 6. Mr Peh Chin Hua (Jalan Besar GRC) said an artistes’ personnel section should be set up to look after the
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    • 734 7 Finance Minister spells out the Government’s three broad financial objectives FINANCE Minister Richard Hu has stressed that the Government does not deliberately set out to generate large budget surpluses each year by increasing taxes and imposing levies and other charges.
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    • 172 7 LOCAL English play are to be dramatised for television next year as a pilot project. The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is organising a play-writing competition later this year. The best entries will be adapted for TV. The Minister of State (Communications and Information), Mr Mah Bow
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    • 448 7 THE Labour Ministry will monitor the situation closely before considering further adjustments, if necessary, to the 10 per cent limit on foreign workers in the service sector. Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan said this in Parliament on Wednesday when he
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    • 276 7 RENEWED calls for a five-day work week for civil servants again received a “no” from Finance Minister Richard Hu on Wednesday. The experience of private sector companies showed that this led to fewer hours worked in a week and lower output, hr
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    • 186 7 WHEN the newly renovated Woodlands Checkpoint becomes fully operational on June 1, it will not only have more lanes for vehicles and air-condi-tioned clearance halls for bus passengers. It will also have car sensing devices to better control the cars approaching immigration
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    • 600 8 THE minimum sum that Central Provident Fund members must retain in their accounts after they reach 55 will be raised from $30,900 to $31,600 from April 1. Announcing this on Thursday, Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan said the 2.4 per cent increase
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    • 691 8 MPs react swiftly after Siew Choh asks leaders to ‘climb down a bit’ THE subject of SingaporeMalaysia relations sparked a lively exchange on Thursday, when MPs debated how Singaporeans should react to unfair Singapore-bashing. Non-Coastituency MP I>ee Siew Choh thought Singapore's leaders should "climb down
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    • 732 8 SINGAPORE’S approach towards relations with Malaysia will remain the same despite the change of Prime Minister here later this year. The policy of bilateral relations based on mutual respect and non-interference will continue when Mi- Goh
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    • 241 8 THE ARTS in Singapore will receive a boost when three bodies involved in cultural development here are merged to form a new Singapore National Arts Council. These agencies are the National Theatre Trust, the Singapore Cultural Foundation and the Cultural Affairs
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  • HOME
    • 1511 9 Heiress to fashion model to heroin queen to dress designer... her life is still taking intriguing turns May Wong was the glamour girl whose face appeared in TV ads, fashion magazines and bus panels in the ’6os. She was the only
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 556 10  -  By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that South-east Asia must be kept free from any superpower conflict and rivalry to ensure continuing development and progress of the region. To achieve this goal. Malaysia
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    • 228 10 KUALA LUMPUR The setting up of defence industries must be examined from a pragmatic angle without the thinking being clouded by factors like national prestige, Singapore's Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs was quoted as saying. Brigadier-General
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    • 464 10 ‘Remarkable’ manufacturing sector boosted growth: Rafidah Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia achieved real growth 0f’8.5 per cent last year and the economy is now poised for further expansion. Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said on Tuesday. She added that
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    • 319 10 Second Defence Services Asia Conference NST. Kt ALA LUMPUR Malaysia has agreed to purchase two Marconi Martello long-range air defence radar units and their support systems, Marconi Radar Projects' resident manager for Malaysia said here this week. Mr Adrian Kirk told reporters
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    • 315 11 Bernama TELUK INTAN (Perak) Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob has said that it is normal for foreign intelligence agents to spy on a country which was undergoing rapid development, such as Malaysia. But, he said, the government would continue to
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    • 262 11 KOTA KINABALU Sabah Finance Minister Datuk Bernard Dompok has said that the number of illegal immigrants, which is 700,000 at present, would surpass that of the locals by the year 2008. Sabah has a population of 1.4 million at present. Datuk
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    • 308 11 NST. JOHOR BARU Local traders should use Johor’s port at Pasir Gudang to export their goods instead of those from a foreign country, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has said. He said traders should reduce their dependence on another country’s port
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  • ASEAN
    • 156 11 JAKARTA Thousands of fans of Muhammad Ali crowded the entrance of the Istiqlal Mosque here Friday last week and prevented the former world boxing champion from leaving for an hour. Ali, who arrived last Tuesday for a week-long visit to Jakarta, prayed at South-east Asia’s
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    • 411 11 American bases in the Philippines MANILA The United States will pull its forces out of the Philippines within a year if it cannot get a new agreement to extend use of key military bases, the commander of US forces
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    • 160 11 MORE than 22 million tourists that is the number of visitors Asean can expect during the Visit Asean Year in 1992. The figure is likely to increase to 24.8 million the following year, said Mr Pek Hock Thiam, chairman of the
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    • 172 11 Agencies. NEW YORK Four prospective jurors for the trial of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos said they knew about her solely because of her shoe collection, which is said to have numbered more than 3,000 pairs. Judging by the first day of jury
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  • COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 663 12 MARCH 22, 1990 PRIVATISATION is now the buzzword for Gov-ernment-owned and Government-linked companies. Temasek Holdings has sold off some of its very attractive investments to the public. Telecom and the Public Utilities Board are privatising some of their operations. Now, there are suggestions that the Singapore
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    • 648 12 MARCH 20. 1990 ARE young Singaporeans growing up without knowing enough about their fellow citizens of other races? While indications are at best unclear. there are signs of the beginnings of such a worrying trend. A trend like this, if left unchecked, will have serious and
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    • 639 12 MARCH 19. 1990 SINCE becoming Prime Minister in 1988, General Chatichai Choonhavan has initiated a number of diplomatic moves to help bring an end to the Cambodian conflict. One of the more controversial of these initiatives was the establishment of high-level contacts with the leaderships in Vietnam
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    • 728 12  -  Viewpoint TAN SAI SONG THE Ml’ for Yuhua, Mrs Yu-Foo Yoc Shoon, last week asked the Finance Minister to allow unmarried mothers to claim child relief. Speaking in Parliament during the debate on the Budget Statement, she said: “I am not encouraging
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    • 97 12 “Why must everything be turned into a money-making concern?” Lawyer Donne Aeria questioning the Government's decision to sell the historic CHIJ site to private developers. “The play will be staged as written whatever that’s required by the play will be staged. We are not going to be squeamish about
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  • COMMENT
    • 1249 13 Shortly after Singapore announced its decision last year to take in up to 25,000 Hongkong families under its relaxed immigration rules, 300,000 application forms were snapped up by Hongkongers planning to emigrate. Now, more than seven months later, an opinion poll
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    • 872 13  - S’pore and HK a case of pride and prejudice Foo Choy Peng. TRY telling a Hongkonger that Singapore wishes the colony well and chances are yon will be greeted with a look of disbelief. “Why should yon want to see Hongkong prosper when yon can benefit from its decline?” is
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  • MONEY
    • 726 14  -  Scotts gets 30-year lease with $8.3 million project for ‘festival marketplace’ The last remaining Victorian structure in S-E Asia By Tan Ee Sze A FESTIVAL Marketplace to bring night life back to the Central Business District this is the $8.3 million plan for
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    • 260 14 DESCRIBED as one of the oldest Victorian structures In South-east Asia, Telok Ayer Market in Robinson Road has a history almost as old as Singapore herself. A quick browse through the past 168 years: 1822. Sir Stamford Raffles gave
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    • 564 14  -  By Edmund Loh ORCHARD Square the joint-venture project between Metro Holdings and Ngee Ann Kongsi will be home to some of the kingpins of Japan’s retail industry when it opens. Representatives from 19 major retail groups in Japan left Singapore
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    • 550 15  -  By Steven Pak SINGAE’ORF has bagged nine Asian Freight Industry Awards this year one better than last year a tribute to the Republic’s excellent communications, port and warehousing facilities. At the 4th Asian Freight Industry Awards '9O last Friday night, Singapore
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    • 142 15 TOKYO Of the four newly industrialising economies (NIEs), Singapore is the most advanced. It has the same level of development as Japan had in 1978, says to Nomura Research Institute. The institute, a unit of Nomura Securities. Japan's biggest securities firm, said in a monthly
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    • 338 15 Week ended Mar 16. Compiled by Business Times. Final results Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss 000) G Securities 7.5 (6.8 a) $1,102 ($768) Dec 89 Van der Horst $1,90? ($1,336) Sept 89 Preliminary results Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss C 000) Dairy
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    • 236 15 ALTHOUGH the number of Singaporeans going to Hongkong fell last year, the amount they spent in the colony rose by 28 per cent to SS2SI million. Mr David L.H. Woo, the Hongkong Tourist Association's (HKTA) manager, said this was 2.8 per cent
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    • 235 15 SINGAPORE Airlines is looking at larger mediumrange aircraft, like Boeing’s new 8777 and Airbus Industrie’s A 330, to meet the passenger growth on its regional routes. The airline also plans to convert six of its Big Tops to full freighters by
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    • 267 15  -  By John Tan Business Times. AIRFARES are on the rise again, this time for flights to Asian cities. From next month, these flights will cost between $l5 and $B7 more, an increase of about 5 per cent on the minimum selling
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    • 162 15 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1.8690 ****** Sterling pound 2 9685 3.0275 Australian dollar 1 3878 1 4287 Canadian dollar 1.5757 ***** N/ dollar 1.0716 1.1064 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 15 4489
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    • 118 15 Contract date 22/3/90 CURRENCY'. MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE USJ V. 7*. 8 8 8 7'i DATE 26/3/90 A$ 14 1 4 14’, 14’. 14'. 14'. 13H 26 3 90 NZS 1212 12"'« 12 s 12’. 12’ 4 11 26 3
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    • 1881 16 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 23, 1990 Grs IMS/90 T*l Laa: Vol Oay Last Quote Olv Dale High Low Cod* Company Sal* or000 High Low Buyer Seller Payable INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 244 in 1 1000 Acma 210 6 81 210 202 206 210 237 87* l 1143 Amcol 25« 235 10
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    • 421 16 I INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 290 150 1142 Alex Hidgs 50c 270 170 60 482 129 100 t 1521 C8C Rts (Share) 127 unch 10 128 100 120 128 73 60 t 1517 C&C Rts (Wt) 73 8 181 73 65 73 75 1569 Causeway A 150 182' 56 1160
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    • 797 16 330 124 t 1543 CK Tang Wt 90 236 -6 1 236 236 234 240 77 68 1546 Causaway Loan 764 unch 20 764 764 764 77 60 Dec 31 63 374 1545 Causaway Wt 61 44 468 614 57 604 61 82 70 t 1591
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    • 607 17 The weekly sharemarket review THE local bourse held its own last week in spite of the uncertainty and erratic movement of the Tokyo stock market. The Straits Times Industrials Index ended the week with a gain of 14.43 points to 1585.42. All of the gains came
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    • 1982 17 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 23, 1990 1969/90 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote High Lew Code Company Sale *or'000 High Low Buyer Seller HONGKONG STOCKS 102 884 1418 COL Hotel* Inti 9054 -14 1848 91 89 90 90'* 1246 Cathay Pacific 1000 980 1739 Cheung Kong 1000 1245 Oairy
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    • 152 17 ST Industrials Index THE Straits Times Industrials Index gained 14.43 points on the week to 1,385.42 points. Day-to-day indices: MONDAY: 1,562.86 points (down 8.13); 79.02 m unite (valued at $lOl.Ol m); TUESDAY: 1,304.05 (up 1.19); 79.2 m unite ($154.33 m); WEDNESDAY: 1,572.19 (up 8.14); 75.47 m units
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    • 605 17 Friday March 23 HKt Amoy Proparties 2.925 010 Allied Overseas 092 0 01 Asia Sec Int i 2 125 0 025 Asia Sac War 91 037 -0.02 Allied TW 0,99 0 01 Bond Corp Int'l 182 unch Bond Corp War 91 066 -0 01 Bank ol EA 1370 unch
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    • 256 18 OUB after-tax gain rises 44 to record $75m COMPANY RESULTS OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) has posted an impressive 44.6-per cent increase in net after-tax profit last year to a record $75.49 million. Boosted by improved earnings at both the bank and its subsidiaries, the results exceeded the expectations of most
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    • 204 18 UNITED Overseas Land Ltd (UOL) has reported a stirring five-fold increase in group pre-tax profit to $35.6 million on a 57-per cent rise in turnover to $87.8 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1989. After tax, group profit rose nine times to
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    • 134 18 Hotel trade boom lifts OUE pre-tax profit 25 RIDING on a boom in the hotel industry. Overseas Union Enterprise has improved pre-tax profit 25.44 per cent to $15.77 million for last year. Group turnover last year also increased 18.64 per cent to $122.42 million, compared with $103.19 million in 1988.
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    • 505 18  -  High rentals in CBD forcing companies to relocate there By Caroline Chan BEACH Road looks set to join the ranks of Shenton Way and Robinson Road as a major commercial hub, with the completion of The Gateway project and the
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    • 562 18  -  By Mary Kwang EXCITED by the opportunities that come with sweeping political and economic reforms, Singapore companies are joining the spate of businesses hoping to get a piece of the action in Eastern Europe. The latest to do so is
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    • 258 18 Manager's prices for March 23 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 32—139 The Savings Fund 110—1 16«d Spore Prog fund 0.50-0 54 S pore Sec Fund 0 86 0 91 S pore Invest Fund 0 89 0 94 S pore Equity Fund 0 60- 0 64 Asia Unit
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    • 272 19 AN ASIA-PACIFIC convention, featuring Southeast Asia’s booming cruise market, will be held in Singapore in November next year, just in time for the opening of the Republic’s new $4O million Singapore Cruise Centre. The Seatrade Asia-Pacific Cruise Convention, from Nov 26 to
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    • 355 19 Company Rights Issue mm One-for four (a, MJ2 40 per share Ex-date Mar 8 Books close Mar 22 Acceptance Payment: NYA c*c Two-for five <g, S210 per share Three warrants for every 10 existing shares held at SO 48 per warrant Ex-Oate Feb 7 Books close Feb 19
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    • 387 19  -  Singapore’s first world-class marina at Tuas By Koh Bee Ann SINGAPORE’S first world-class marina at Tuas, developed by the National Iron and Steel Group, will be funded mainly by its potential 1,800 members. This is by way of a scheme where members
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    • 635 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total ter payment date dssa payable thoyaar last yoar hem Fund USlOC(b) Mar 7 Mr 19 Mr 26 US10C Avimo 15%TE Feb 28 Mar 12 May 15 25%TE 25%TE BAT 90.9% (n) Apr 6 Apr 19 May 3 122.7%(n) 72% Boustead 5%(D
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  • FORUM
    • 402 20 I READ with interest Mr S. Rajaratnam’s clarion call for the revival of a “Singaporean Singapore" and his fears of ethnic conflict due to current “pre-occupation with the search for roots". (ST. March 11). The views of a former senior minister who
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    • 390 20 On Evita HAVING read a review of Evita and a news clip about the sound in Evita, I am prompted to write to your newspaper about some of my personal thoughts. I have been restaging Evita for the last 10 years all over the world,
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    • 294 20 I WISH to draw the attention of our authorities to the massive presence in Singapore of spies from “You-know-who” (U-NO-Hl )country. That country is also worried about Singapore spies who, it is said, haunt economic development boards and economic planning departments in Johor, presumably
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    • 143 20 leenp Iwwllu The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executive appointments... And highlights on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Every week. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition.
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    • 124 20 Dear Readers :y '< THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers. We do not accept for pubiicalion letters from writers who decline to use their names. This rule will be waived only in very exceptional
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    • 333 21 HELEN CHI A, book reviewer: “The aroma of each freshly printed page in a hook hot off the press is like no other. It adds to the joy of reading, which I love. And to think that I get paid for that! Wow!” JOURNALISTS NEED MORE THAN JUST COMMON SENSE
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    • 1235 22 APPOINTMENTS 03 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY W OF SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE Applications are invfleo for teacning aopointmenis in the Department cf Medicine in one of the following areas of internal Medicine: Neurology Medical Oncology Candidates should possess an approved basic medical oegree with recognised postgraduate qualifications and preferably training in one
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  • SPORTS
    • 225 23  -  Semi-Pro Premier League Joe Dorai. POLICE rescued FIFA referee Robert I>ee from unruly fans when Jurong Town FC boat Tiong Bahru CSC 2-1 to be virtually assured of the Premier league title at Jalan Besar Stadium on Wednesday night. More than 30 of
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    • 77 23 Geylang STANDINGS P W D L F A Pts 14 10 2 2 35 9 22 Jurong 13 10 2 1 24 10 22 T. Bahru 11 7 3 4 26 21 17 Bales? ier 13 6 3 4 22 11 15 Police 14 6 1 7 25
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    • 601 23 cases,” he said. New Paper. THE Singapore Badminton Association has introduced a tuition scheme for its national trainees. It Ls somewhat similar to that of the famous Ragunan School in Jakarta, which has produced several top internationals. The scheme involves engaging tutors to coach deserving shuttlers in
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    • 957 23  -  THESPORTS EDITOR SAYS... By Godfrey Robert SINCE national coach Robin Chan announced his list of 26 players for the Semi-Pro league a fortnight ago, a wave of paranoia has struck local soccer circles. Including, ironically, Robin himself. Because everyone laments the absence of
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    • 373 23 IT WAS 2 am at Utah in the United States on Monday but swimmer Ng Yue Meng was still wide awake. He sounded clear, crisp and cheerful over the telephone in the midst of his studies for a term examination next
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  • 367 24 MB: A ‘fair and equitable' agreement reached on quantum of compensation THE final agreement on Johor’s supply of extra water to Singapore is expected to be ready in a month, Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhviddin Yassin said on Tuesday night. Both
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  • 146 24 NST. JOHOR BARU The Johor State Water Supply Department may be forced to impose water rationing in several areas in the state where the water levels in reservoirs are critically low. This is a result of the prolonged drought. In a statement, the
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  • 255 24 SINGAPOREANS have been using more water during the current dry spell a record 1.1 million cubic metres was used on Monday. This Is much higher than last year’s daily average of 9*1,000 cubic metres, the Public Utilities Board said on Monday
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  • 256 24 THE first batch of new computerised identity cards will be issued by the end of the year under a system which will be linked to the proposed police automated fingerprinting system. This way, criminals can be caught more quickly, Home Affairs
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  • 187 24 THE Government has decided to sell the historic Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) site in Victoria Street, to developers interested in undertaking its restoration and redevelopment. The sale comes as a surprise as the Urban Redevelopment Authority had previously said that it would
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