The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 9 December 1990

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  • 21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI (P) 71/8/90
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  • 396 1  -  By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR Tunku Abdul Rahman, the founding father of Malaysia, died at 10.25 on Thursday night at the age of 87 after being on a life support system at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital since Wednesday morning. His death was
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  • 711 1  -  By Shaun Seow in Brussels BRUSSELS Singapore’s future lies in its ability to develop into a regional hub for selected key business activities, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Brigadier-General (Res) Lee told some 15 top executives from the
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  • 386 1 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday sent their condolences to Tun Sharifah Rodziah, widow of former Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, who passed away on Thursday. Foreign Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng represented Singapore at
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 1174 2  -  China-raised engineer hired by defence-related Government company on Dr Goh Keng Swee’s recommendation By Sumiko Tan THE son of The Plen. a longtime fugitive leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), has been hired by the Singapore Government to work in a
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    • 373 2 FANG Chuang Pi, 66. a leader of the Communist Party of Malaya, has been wanted in Malaysia and Singapore since 1950 for his communist activities. He is now living in a hill village in Betong. near the Thai-Malaysian border. Nicknamed the Plen.
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    • 636 2 THE proposal to Introduce a compulsory preparatory yi’ar for primary school children will not mean that pupils will begin formal education a year earlier, parents were assured on Sunday. Senior Minister of State for Education Tay Eng Soon gave the assurance
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    • 528 2 HIGH premiums have caused 383 Certificates of Entitlement or nearly 9 per cent of the number issued in August to expire unused last Friday. A Registry of Vehicles spokesman said last Friday that the highest deposit forfeited was about $B,OOO for a
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    • 506 3 A TRAVEL agency has been set up at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic to provide hands-on training for students in its new travel industry management course. Operated by Reliance Travel, which has more than 20 offices world-wide, the agency will provide students with on-the-job
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    • 591 3 A $2 NOTE will be issued in time for the Lunar New Year hongbao. It would be legal tender and available in all banks from Jan 28 next year, said the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, last FYiday. This is 17
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    • 213 3 THE defence chiefs of Indonesia and the Philippines have arrived in Singapore for official visits. The Commander-in-Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces, General Try Sutrisno, who arrived on Tuesday, called on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana on Wednesday. The Chief of
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  • HOME
    • 519 4 A HIGHER percentage of N-level students made it to Secondary Five this year. Out of the 13.094 who sat for the SingaporeCambridge GCE Normal Level examination this year. 78.1 per cent qualified for Secondary Five, year 76.6 per cent of a total of
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    • 335 4 RAFFLES Institution will introduce the lecture-tutorial system of teaching mathematics and science at Secondary Three next year. The system, used usually at junior college and university level, is just one of several new features that the school is introducing or planning.
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    • 184 4 THE Singapore Air Force helicopter pilot who caused the death of three national servicemen through negligence was discharged from the SAF on Thursday, a Ministry of Defence statement said. Captain Ng Soon Chai, 29, had negligently released the ropes to which
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    • 211 4 THIS year's top PSLE pupil, Mohamad Farid bin Harunal Rashid, 12, said he was surprised to be the top pupil for the Class of '9O. The Ping Yi Primary pupil scored A stars for all his subjects English, Malay, mathematics and science.
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    • 458 4 TAKE the pressure in school and help keep Singapore’s competitive edge in the world, said Mr Matthias Yao on Monday. Competition in school showed that Singapore was becoming a classless society. It was good as it prepares students to take the heat in the
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    • 404 4 Slight drop in overall passes but many schools report double-digit jump Primary School Leaving Exam results DESPITE a marginal drop in passes, this year’s Primary School leaving Examination has resulted in more schools achieving quality grades. Some of the dozen schools contacted by The- Straits Times
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    • 538 5  -  By Choo Siew Bee FORT Siloso, with its infamous giant guns, is to become a sophisticated museum possibly with Dis-neyland-style robots, battle sounds and hands-on exhibits on its construction and World War n role. Consultants have been asked
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    • 425 5 Health education programmes targeted at the young are also one of her aims DR ALINE WONG, the newly-appointed Minister of State for Health, plans to work closely with the Community Development Ministry to see how social services and primary health care
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    • 374 5 ART collector Dr Earl Lu received a big “thank you” from Dr Seet Ai Meĕ on Tuesday for pledging his million-dollar collection of ceramics to the National Museum. “Thank you, Dr Lu. I hope others will follow your fine example,” the
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    • 558 6  -  By Cephah Tan ONE more Himalayan peak before Singapore's first assault on Mount Everest that is the aim of the team which recently scaled the 6,119-metre Lobuche East in Nepal To prepare for ascent of the 8.948 m-high Everest in the year
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    • 536 6  -  By Dominic Nathan GRASSROOTS organisations must undergo a process of self-renewal in their leadership if they are to ensure their existence and relevance to society. Mr Wong Kan Seng, the Minister for Community Development and Minister for Foreign Affairs, said this on
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    • SNIPPETS
      • 161 6 IT IS a choice between “Die All The Way” or “Prosper Forever”. Which is why owners of the Alfa Romeo 164 the number sounds like “die all the way" in Cantonese are being offered a 168 badge instead, even though there is
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      • 134 6 THE Consumers’ Association of Singapore has advised a couple to file a claim with the Small Claims Tribunal against the bridal studio which loaned a specially-designed evening gown to another bride. Mrs Shi was embarrassed when relatives and friends noted that her supposedly unique
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      • 106 6 THE name Kucinta or “love cat” came as a flash of inspiration for Madam Ang Lian Tin, who won the top prize in the “Name the Singapore River Cats” contest. When she first saw a Singapore Tourist Promotion Board advertisement of the contest in the
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    • 578 7  -  Singaporeans are becoming more discerning coffee-drinkers By Julia Goh BLUE Mountain, Kilimanjaro, Sumiyaki, Colombia, Lavazza... These are not names of volcanoes, but just some of the types of coffee increasingly sought by discerning coffee-drinkers in Singapore. They are now demanding more than
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    • 149 7  -  and Germany. Kwan Weng Kin. TOKYO A well-known Japanese business weekly magazine got the name of Singapore's new premier correct, but failed to tell Mr Gob Chok Tong from Brigadier-General Lee listen Loong. The cover of the latest
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    • 399 7 TEN leading international heart experts will demonstrate surgery-free treatment of blocked arteries and valves on aboui x 5 heart patients from Dec 12 to 14. The treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital will be telecast live to 200 heart specialists from South-east Asia,
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    • 440 7 CATHAY cinema will be turned into a multi-hall complex next year, becoming the latest of Singapore’s big cinemas to go multiplex. A Cathay Organisation official said that its 1,321-seat flagship cinema will be split into two smaller halls, but declined to give
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    • 178 7 BURGLARS broke into the London home of a Singapore diplomat in London recently and almost got away with $lO,OOO worth of home electronics equipment and jewellery. Miss Seetoh Hoy Cheng, counsellor at the Singapore High Commission there, was on home leave when the
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    • 147 7 CAREER diplomat Gordon Aldridge Duggan is the new British High Commissioner here, replacing Sir Michael Pike who retired from the diplomatic service last month. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesman in London announced the appointment on Wednesday, adding that Mr Duggan will take up
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    • 912 8  -  Sophisticated computer system to control operations By Rav Dhaliwal YOU are driving through a Central Expressway tunnel and enjoying some zippy music. Suddenly the programme is interrupted by the expressway authorities, with an urgent message telling you to slow down because there
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    • 182 8  -  By Kwan Weng Kin, Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Visiting Education Minister Dr Tony Tan, who arrived here on Sunday, completed two days of visits to various educational institutions in the city on Tuesday. “The purpose is to find out more about the
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  • MALAYSIA
    • Death of Tunku Abdul Rahman
      • 1570 9  -  OBITUARY By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR For Singaporeans, the demise of Malaysia’s first premier, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on Thursday at the age of 87 years ended one of the few remaining links with the turbulent past involving the entry and separation of Singapore from the Malaysian
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      • 393 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians yesterday mourned the passing of an era as they paid their final respects to Tunku Abdul Rahman, their beloved first Prime Minister who won them independence from the British 33 years ago. Tens of thousands of ordinary people queued up patiently
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    • 413 10  -  Agong’s address to Malaysian Parliament By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR The main cornerstones of Malaysia’s domestic and foreign policies will remain unchanged under the ruling National Front government which was returned to power just over a month ago with a two-thirds
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    • 620 10 Umno General Assembly: Reports by Ismail Kassim and Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR The United Malays National Organisation (Umno) has served notice to the nine hereditary Malay rulers that it will not condone any more interference in the political process or any action by them
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    • 284 10 Anwar, Badawi and Sanusi are in KUALA LUMPUR Education Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim retained the post of Umno vice-president last Friday night. He won 1,067 votes. Another incumbent vice-president, former Defence Minister Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi also retained his post winning 953 votes.
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    • 346 10 KUALA LUMPUR The mother of popular singer Sharifah Aini called her daughter a whore, the High Court heard last Friday. “We were all stunned that a mother could say such bad things about her daughter," Utusan Malaysia journalist Madam Bahyah Mahmud said. According
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    • 455 10 He also discusses federal funds for Sabah KUALA LUMPUR The federal government will not go “out of its way" to help the state government in Kelantan led by the opposition Parti Islam (PAS), Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said last Friday. He also
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    • 450 11 KUALA LUMPUR The Democratic Action Party (DAP) is planning to launch a national campaign next year to set up what its secretary-general, Mr Lim Kit Slang, has described as a two-party political system in Malaysia. The proposed system, he said, would offer
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    • 176 11 AFP BEIJING Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng will visit Malaysia this month, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman. He said Mr Li will also visit the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Da os from Dec 10 to 19. The last such
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  • ASEAN
    • 134 11 JAKARTA Indonesia’s first locally-built sedan, the Mazda Mobil Rakyat 90 (MR9O), went on show here on Tuesday. Produced by PT Indo Mobil Group, one of Indonesia’s leading automotive firms, the five-door, 1400-cc hatchback uses 74 per cent local-ly-made components. Dubbed the People's Car, it looks
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    • 296 11 Number expected to rise following Gulf crisis Malaysia legally. Berna ma. JAKARTA About one million Indonesian workers most of them illegal immigrants are working in Malaysia, with nearly half of them in Sabah. These figures were cited by a report published in Merdeka,
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    • 574 11  -  By Tan Lian Choo Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thai Rath, Thailand's largest circulating daily newspaper which has often been critical of Singapore, recently published favourable articles welcoming Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s handover of power to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Among the
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    • 307 11 UPI. MANILA President Corazon Aquino has ruled out an early return from US exile for Imelda Marcos because the widow of the late Ferdinand Marcos has not shown she wants a reconciliation with the government. Mr Aquino stressed during her regular news conference
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  • COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 644 12 DEC 8, 1990 IT IS a measure of the respect and affection Tunku Abdul Rahman commanded that 20 years after he left office, in none too happy circumstances, so many Malaysians have lined up to pay him their final respects. The Tunku. who died on
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    • 647 12 DEC 6. 1990 VIETNAM's legislators who yesterday began their winter session have a depressing discussion ahead. After a fairly good year last year when inflation was brought sharply down and the country went from near-famine to becoming the world's third largest rice exporter, the economy has turned
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    • 671 12 DEC 5. 1990 FOR all the dire warnings of the catastrophe that would follow a collapse of the current trade talks going on in Brussels, it may be assumed that the world will still go on. As some experts have noted, it is not politicians and governments
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    • 851 12  -  Viewpoint By Wilfred Yeo I HAVE a complaint to make: Singaporeans are complaining far too much. I do not mean my mother who. as a parent of a bachelor on the wrong side of 30. and on the wrong side of her affections, has every
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  • ANALYSIS

  • FEATURE
    • 1569 14 About 250,000 expatriates from domestic maids to general managers are living in Singa- pore. Andreas Augustin looks at the top earners, explaining why for them, it is EX PATRLA is Latin and stands for “from the homeland”. Hence an expatriate should always be described bv
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  • MONEY
    • 483 15 BRUSSELS The European Community is studying two industrial joint venture proposals from Singapore which, if implemented, will push bilateral economic cooperation to new heights. The two projects, one dealing in environmental technology and the other in creative services, have received encouraging response from
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    • 404 15 THE first-ever sale of 26 government-restored shophouses in the Kreta Ayer area was launched by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Wednesday. The Authority said its efforts to restore the three-sto-rey units before tendering them out were aimed at encouraging more shopowners
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    • 468 15 They will soften blow of a US recession, says S’pore’s ambassador to Belgium The Uruguay Round of trade talks Reports: Shaun Seow in Brussels BRUSSELS Singapore can achieve a more balanced economy with European investments as they help to cushion it
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    • 565 15 BRUSSELS Singapore on Monday urged the European Community to improve its offer on liberalising agricultural trade so that the Uruguay Round can successfully conclude its four-year-old talks, scheduled to end yesterday in the Belgian capital. Delivering a 10-minute address to a gathering of
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    • 3224 16 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 7 1990 Gr't 1990 T*l Last Vol Day Last Quote Olv Net High Low Cod* Company Sal* Of000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 277 152 I 1000 Acma 175 *3 196 177 174 174 175 290 165 1142 A tax Hidgs 50c
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    • 521 17 The weekly share market report A STEADILY increasing volume on the market through the week, barring a dip midweek, culminated in brisk trading In the last two days, with strong prospects of a resolution towards peace in the Gulf, and a favourable outlook
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    • 2237 17 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 7 1990 otou 1990 PI «1 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quota Qr« Dlv nigh LOW Codt Company Salo Of '000 High Low •uyer Sellar Pit 128 80 1269 Fuji OW»et20c 100 2 6 100 100 100 105 10 ON 98 300 125 1266 GB
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    • 163 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 91.26 points on the week to 1197.85. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1125 63 1904) 42.21 m ($65.34 m) Tuesday 1121.34 (—4 29) 45 99 m ($77.09 m) Wednesday 1124.22 2 88) 44 88 m ($79.45 m) Thursday 1152
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    • 699 17 Friday Dac 7 HKS Amoy Properties 3 675 ‘0 125 Allied Overseas 0 78 *04 Asia Sec inn 1 94 *009 Asia Sec War 9' 0 207 uneh Allied TW 0 77 *0 03 Bond Corp Inti 1 25 unch Bond Corp War 91 0 51 unch Bank o1
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    • 376 18  -  By Goh Eng Yeow UNDERLINING the possibility of an economic slowdown next year, management consultant Hewitt Associates has forecast a smaller average pay rise of 9.9 per cent in its latest survey on wages. This compares with the 10 5-per cent increase for all
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    • 156 18 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1.7020 1.7240 Sterling pound 3 2909 3 3523 Australian dollar 1 2895 1.3370 Canadian dollar 1 4554 1 4894 NZ dollar 1.0131 1 0465 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 16.1938
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    • 120 18 Contract data: 7/12/90 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 7V« 7H 7 Vi 7 6 7 6 Vi 11/12/90 AS im 11 11 10 7 10 Si 10V, 11/12/90 NZS 11H list 12 11 va list 9 7
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    • 472 18  -  By Kwan Weng Kin Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO The Trade Development Board is setting up a joint-venture company here with Kokubu, a leading Japanese food wholesaler, as part of the board's efforts to help boost Singapore’s food and beverage exports to Japan. This
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    • 293 18 THE Bank of China (BoC) is planning to invest more than $9O million on the extension of its head office building at Battery Road to expand its presence here and to spruce up its image.
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    • 387 18  -  By Caroline Chan IN WHAT has turned out to be a tussle among mainly government-related companies, Natsteel which has plans to expand into the leisure industry has put in the highest bid for the biggest government land tender in recent
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    • 304 18 AUDITED RESULTS Company Date Year Croup Net Net earnin|> Cross ann to profit/loss (L) per share dividend COOO) (cents) Ctanws No. 27 Ion 90 t8 849Ui40) —125) 1(6) Rente» No. >6 Ion 90 (3.306((1.261e) 76(68) I2TC( SBS No. 21 lun 90 (2 9281(3 307) 115(129) 7(9) fat*' M#»fhn
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    • 299 18 Manager's prices for December 8 10 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 15-122 The Savings fund 0 92-0 98 S'pore Prog Fund 042-0.45 S'pore Sec Fund 0 73—0 78 S'pore Invest Fund 0.78—0 83 S'pore Equity Fund 0 51-0 54 xd Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 154-162
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    • 330 19 THE chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Mr E. W. Barker, has resigned as a director of United Industrial Corporation (UIC) with effect from last Saturday, barely six months after he was appointed to the diversified conglomerate’s board. However. Mr Barker will
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    • 384 19 THROUGH further consolidation, or closer co-opera-tion. Singapore financial institutions can better make it in the increasingly competitive international financial markets. Dr Goh Keng Swee said on Monday The deputy chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore said such consolidation of local
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    • 317 19 THE chambers of commerce of the Group of 77 (G 77), of which Singapore is a member, have proposed new initiatives to promote trade and economic co-operation. At a meeting in Havana. Cuba, last month, the grouping agreed to establish a formal association of
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    • 662 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year MSB 10%(b) Jan 4 Jan 18 Jan 28 10% 12% Amal Sted 12 6%(b) Nov 29 Dec 13 Jan 21 126% 8%TE Ant ah 6Kb) Nov 22 Dec 6 Dec 28 6%
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    • 335 19 Company Rights Issue CMA Fivefor tour M$4 00 per share Ex-date Nov 23 Books close Dec 7 Acceptance Payment NYA Emtex One tor-one (n MSI 00 per share Ex -date Nov 5 Books close Nov 19 Acceptance Payment Dec 31 M Bar*rj One tor two (a M$5 00
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    • 468 20  -  Stores face tough times ahead with expected recession, say observers By Koh Bee Ann HIT by higher operating costs and lower margins, heavyweight retailers C.K. Tang, Metro and Transmarco have turned in weakened operating profits for the six months ended Sept 30, despite
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    • 666 20  -  By Doreen Siow AFTER two record years of Christmas sales, local retailers say the tide has turned. Most reported disappointing sales last month. Heavyweights like Metro and Tangs are expecting only single-digit growth this Christmas, compared to double digits
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    • 159 20 HOME DELIVERED WEEKLY x\vr>. m. The Straits Times Weekly w ,a<* jJ** 4k-^ Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment opportunities, Executive appointments.... V r:> And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, wherever you may be. Subscribe
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    • 768 21 The Straits Times Weekly Oserseas Edition APPOINTMENTS K! NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE FACULTY OF SCIENCE Applications arc invited for Faculty positions/appointments in one of the following DepartmenLs from candidates who must possess a relevant PhD degree. Preference will be given to those who arc able to teach in more than
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    • 908 22 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition APPOINTMENTS EH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY /v OF SINGAPORE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Applications arc invited for appointment as Research Assistants under the following research projects: SCHOOL OF BUILDING ESTATE MANAGEMENT (1) NUS-HDB Research Project on Ventilation (2) Deterioration of Concrete by Leaching (3) A Scientific Study of
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  • FORUM
    • 649 23 IT IS gratifying to note the Ministry of Education is always developing different approaches to achieve its educational objectives. I share the opinion of some educationists that the standard of written English seems to have deteriorated. Whether this is because of
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    • 276 23 WE WERE disturbed to read in Madam Yeo Geok Ix?e's recent letter. “Immigration officer abused power at Heathrow Airport” (ST. Nov 24. ST Weekly Overseas Edition. Dec 1). of her unfortunate experience on arrival at Heathrow Airport recentlv. We immediately contacted the
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    • 695 23 THERE are many major new public buildings being planned in Singapore to accommodate new institutions. I hope they will express our new aspirations. I would like to share some thoughts on how we should go about conceiving and then implementing plans for
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    • 141 23 Dear Readers THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers. They should preferably be typed, doubled-spaced. on one side of the paper. Brevity is an advantage. We do not accept for publication letters copied to us
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