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Title Section21 1991-06-22 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1991 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI (P) 71/8/9021 words
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Article838 1991-06-22 1 Major task in the next lap is to develop a strong civic society, says BG Yeo THE major task for Singapore in the next lap will be to create a strong civic society which will help anchor Singaporeans to the country, Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo said838 words
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Article, Illustration405 1991-06-22 1 SINGAPORE has been given a glowing report card by The World Competitiveness Report, retaining its top spot as the most competitive Newly-Industrial-ising Economy (NIK) for the third consecutive year. The just-released report considered the most authoritative of its kind also has a separate ranking405 words
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Article, Illustration360 1991-06-22 1 SENGAPORE has agreed to a United Nations request for a police and military contingent to help supervise a referendum in Western Sahara. The Straits Times has learnt that seven Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) men and 10 police officers are slated to360 words
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Advertisement12 1991-06-22 1 am A M; v\ f > 7 s^sife; XH Membership Hus Its Privileges12 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration586 1991-06-22 2 ANY government ruling Singapore would not have a completely free hand as it would have to balance the pressures put on it by the Chinese- and Englisheducated sections of the population here. BrigadierGeneral (Res) George Yeo said He said that while the majority586 words
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211 1991-06-22 2 ENGLISH scripts should accompany the various dialect plays in Chinese opera to interest English-educated and younger Singaporeans, said an opera writer-cum-per-former on Monday. Singapore Press Holdings corporate relations manager, Mrs Sng Poh Yoke, suggested translating Chinese libretti the actual words uttered or sung211 words
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474 1991-06-22 2 THREE brothers, detained since 1987 for the alleged murder of their broth-er-in-law, were released unconditionally from Changi Prison on Friday. Mr Ramayah Radhakrishnan, 35; Mr Shanmugam Chandra, 32; and Mr Ramiah Balakrishnan, 39; were among six family members charged474 words
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Article, Illustration562 1991-06-22 2 CARS and houses in most parts of Singapore were blanketed with a layer of dust as volcanic ash from Mount Pinatubo settled on the island on Tuesday. The Meteorological Service said that the ash may have been carried about 2,500 km562 words
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392 1991-06-22 2 Select Committee on Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors Bills THE Parliamentary Select Committee scrutinising the Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors BilLs is recommending some safeguards to allay the concerns of professionals. In written representations and hearings held last month, a number of professionals' groups392 words
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580 1991-06-22 3 Another wants pupils weak in Chinese to be identified early and given remedial lessons Formation of Chinese language review panel TWO educationists named as members of the Chinese language review committee were quick off the mark with their reactions on Tuesday. One wants580 words
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258 1991-06-22 3 THERE is no question of the Government holding back students who are good in Chinese from pursuing their interest in the subject, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education said on Thursday. In a statement to The Straits Times, he pointed out258 words
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Article, Illustration627 1991-06-22 3 SINGAPORE: The Next Lap is not a document cast in stone. When circumstances change, plans will be changed accordingly, Mr Mah Bow Tan told students at the opening of the Pre-lJ Seminar on Monday. His challenge to them: think of it not as627 words
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565 1991-06-22 3 THE comings and goings of talented people seemed very mueh on the minds of Singapore's teenage talent at the Pre-U Seminar. Most of the 19 questions posed to keynote speaker Mah Bow Tan had to do with Singapore’s policy of attracting foreigners565 words
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327 1991-06-22 3 THE Singapore copy-watch tout, a common sight in Orchard Road, has now spread his wings to as far as Britain and Australia. Lawyers and private investigators engaged by major watch manufacturers said they have been receiving information on the activities of327 words
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HOME
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422 1991-06-22 4 THE night courts were to have lasted three hours but in Court 23N, cases were heard at the rate of one per minute on Monday night. All 39 cases were heard within the first 45 minutes. Courts 23N and 13N were the first422 words
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Article, Illustration107 1991-06-22 4 THIS is the latest popular spot for newlyweds seeking novel backgrounds for their wedding pictures. Gty Hall’s weatherworn greyish entrance and steps provide a vivid contrast to the virgin white tulle and lace of the new brides. The tall columns and doorways make for a dramaticPicture by Lim Seng Tiong - 107 words
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277 1991-06-22 4 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has called on the People’s Action Party's 81 branches to systematically rally the people behind the Government’s goals in the next lap of Singapore’s development In a message printed in a commemorative book to mark the277 words
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Article144 1991-06-22 4 BANGKOK Army Com-mander-in-chief General Suchinda Kraprayoon will host a round of golf, followed by lunch, for Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong when he visits Thailand next week, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said here on Tuesday. Mr Goh, who will be in144 words
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Article, Illustration512 1991-06-22 4 THE, chairman of the Education GPC, Dr Ong Chit Chung, has laid down what he considered to be the five challenges of education here in the Nineties He emphasised the need for Singapore to go interna tional. to keep up with lifelong512 words
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Article, Illustration576 1991-06-22 4 STUDENTS are flocking to hotels to work .as part-time waiters and waitresses during the school holidays because hotels are paying twice the hourly rate of fast-food restaurants. But more students have also been working during school term as well, mostly during576 words
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593 1991-06-22 5 Phan Ming Yen - Factory among many others getting tough on smoking By Phan Ming Yen WORKERS of a manufacturing company who are found smoking on its premises will soon have this recorded as a negative factor in their performance appraisal. AMP Manufacturing (S) Pte Ltd,593 words
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288 1991-06-22 5 TAOISM will become more popular here if its philosophy and theology are taught, instead of just its rites and rituals. This is because younger Singaporeans no longer follow a faith blindly or go through the motion of a Chinese ritual288 words
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374 1991-06-22 5 PASAR Mandarin should be allowed only if it prevents Singaporeans from falling back on dialects, said Mr Peh Chin Hua. But the Jalan Besar GRC MP encouraged the Chinese intelligentsia to continue to speak “pure Mandarin" so as to maintain the standard374 words
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Article, Illustration577 1991-06-22 5 Seminar on Taoism and Chinese Culture A DIRECTORY of Taoist priests being drawn up will help helievers weed out bogus priests. The Taoist Federation (Singapore) will compile the directory so that the public can distinguish genuine priests from bogus ones who do577 words
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292 1991-06-22 5 CONTRARY to popular belief, Taoist temples, not elan associations, were the first grassroots organisations to serve the Chinese community here, according to Taoist scholar Peng Song Toh. Mr Peng, 75, a retiree who specialises in Taoism research, surprised the audience of about 1M292 words
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395 1991-06-22 5 THE Malay language must be developed constantly if it is not to lose out to other languages, said Acting Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo. Speaking in Malay, he said that for Malay to remain a major language, it395 words
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Article, Illustration612 1991-06-22 6 But he warns against protectionism, instability MR LEE Kuan Yew has aid that he is bullish about he prospects of the AsiaPacific region in the 1990 s Addressing a closed-door meeting in Osaka of top blinkers on June 3. the Senior Minister drew612 words
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Article, Illustration399 1991-06-22 6 Retocca Lim - By Retocca Lim JASMINE Ng Kin Kia. 18. is taking a firm step towards a career in the film industry. She beat more than 100 candidates to clinch a 5300.000 scholarship for film studies at New York University's prestigious399 words
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265 1991-06-22 6 SINGAPORE Airlines has given more than 100 passengers on board the hijacked Singapore Airlines plane on March 26 a $l,OOO ticket voucher each. The voucher is valid for a year and passengers can use it to buy SIA air tickets. “It is265 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article, Illustration158 1991-06-22 6 QUICK hands, an eye for detail and 20 years' experience that combination helped housewife Yip Cheng Yuen win a rice dumpling wrapping competition last Thursday. Mrs Yip, 49. wrapped seven dumplings with bamboo leaves within the three minutes allowed in the158 words
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Article, Illustration200 1991-06-22 6 WHEN a policewoman saw a man driving away from her home at around midnight with a pair of panties hung out to dry, she did not report it. However, she noted down sales executive Yeo Kee Heng’s car registration number. But when the 25-year-old constable again lost200 words
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Article95 1991-06-22 6 POLICE, acting on a complaint, found a man lying naked on the ground floor of a block of flats last Thursday, a court heard last week. The explanation which Joga Singh, 41, gave to the judge was that he had downed a few drinks earlier that95 words
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590 1991-06-22 7 Chua Chong Jin - By Chua Chong Jin WORKERS, especially older ones, will soon find it easier to upgrade themselves as the Vocational and Industrial Training Board makes its courses more accessible. Announcing this on Saturday, Senior Minister of State (Education) Dr Tay Eng Soon said that three590 words
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Article, Illustration418 1991-06-22 7 Susan Loh - Tang’s clocking out after keeping time for 50 years By Susan Loh THE man who has kept Singapore’s historical clocks ticking for decades was yesterday recognised for his years of dedicated service. Mr Tang Wing Cheong, 68, has been working for Motion Smith, now a division of Sime Darby Singapore,418 words
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Article, Illustration397 1991-06-22 7 Lim Chin Beng is new man in Japan THE Government has appointed Mr Cheng Tong Fatt as Singapore’s first Ambassador to China. Singapore Airlines’ deputy chairman, Mr Lim Chin Bong, wilt take over his place as Ambassador to Japan. A press statement397 words
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413 1991-06-22 7 YOUTH Challenge, whose survey in 1985 trained the spotlight on “Contrepoint Kids”, is embarking on a new nation-wide survey of youth trends. This time, attention is likely to locus on the so-called Marina Square kids, whose occasional outbreaks of violence make their413 words
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239 1991-06-22 7 AN AIRLINE passenger had one drink too many and a bite too much. The shopkeeper said he had taken four glasses of whisky when he bit the buttock of a Singapore Airlines stewardess. The 20-year-old stewardess was serving liquor to another passenger when239 words
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Article, Illustration616 1991-06-22 8 Yvonne Lim - By Yvonne Lim BRAS Busah Park is where some 200 three-wheeled vehicles congregate every evening turning it into Singapore's unofficial "Trishaw Square". Once a dying trade carried out by aging men. trishaw riding is today attracting freelancers, many of them in their 20s and 30s. They include a616 words
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Article, Illustration49 1991-06-22 8 Mr Robert Loh, 43, an ex-motoreyele grand prix winner, doing a few stunts. The trishaw men start gathering in the park at 3 pm. They then draw lots to determine the order in which they get to pick up tourists.49 words
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799 1991-06-22 8 SPORTSFRONT GODFREY ROBERT reviews Singapore’s sorry soccer showing against KL and spells out the lessons to be learnt. THF no-show of the official coach to fetch the Singapore soccer team to Kuala Lumpur's Sttbang Airport for the return journey home799 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration730 1991-06-22 9 Mahathir calls for commitment from both bumiputras and non-bumiputras Second Outline Perspective Plan KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has presented Malaysia’s New Development Policy (NDP) with a hard-hitting message to both humiputras and nonbumiputras that no single race in the730 words
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Article170 1991-06-22 9 AFP, Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has imposed a ban on the import of dogs in a move to stop people from'bringing in dogs which are bred to kill. The director general of Veterinary Services Ahmad Mustafa Kahjee, however, said that in special cases, he wouldAFP,; Bernama. - 170 words
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424 1991-06-22 9 AFP. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia, enjoying its biggest boom in foreign investment, said on Tuesday that it would favour capital- and technology-inten-sive investments to ensure better use of dwindling labour and other resources. International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said a review ofAFP. - 424 words
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Article, Illustration187 1991-06-22 9 KUALA LUMPUR The leader of Malaysia's Indian community was given a dressing down on Thursday for wearing expensive Italian suits while many of his followers lived in poverty. Opposition leader Lim Kit Slang criticised Energy Minister Datnk S. Samy Velio for wearingFile picture. - 187 words
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Article, Illustration588 1991-06-22 9 Only PBS pledges full support for new policy KUALA LUMPUR The four opposition parties in Parliament have expressed divergent views on the country’s new economic strategy with one, the Parti Bersatu Sabah, pledging full support for the policy tabled on Monday by Prime Minister588 words
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305 1991-06-22 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Primp .Minister IMtuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now on a two-week official visit to Chile, Brazil and Argentina. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the visit, which started on Wednesday, was at the invitation of theBernama - 305 words
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Article, Illustration421 1991-06-22 10 THE Malaysian government will not do away with the use of English even when Eahasa Malaysia becomes the language of the courts. Justice Minister Syed Hamid Albar said. “English will continue to be an important language,” The Star quoted him as421 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration412 1991-06-22 10 Tan Lian Choo - By Tan Lian Choo Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Fugitive politician Chalerm Yubamroong, who fled Thailand after the military seized power in February, has boon granted political asylum in Denmark, the Bangkok Post has reported. A retired police officer, Mr Chalerm, 44. was leader of412 words
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457 1991-06-22 10 Paul Jacob - ‘Too early to put forward names of contenders’ By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Home Affairs Minister Rudini has said that the selection of a presidential candidate was not something decided “at random" and warned against the issue of candidacy being used as a ploy457 words
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307 1991-06-22 10 THAILAND’S army chief General Suchinda Kraprayoon has said that a general election would be held by next April at the latest. The Nation quoted him as saying that the general election was clearly stipulated in the interim Constitution and that it307 words
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261 1991-06-22 10 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia has said that it would allow Hollywood studios to sot up offices but maintained that distribution of films would have to stay in local hands The issue has long been a sore point with the United States, whose film studiosReuter - 261 words
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380 1991-06-22 10 Bernama. JAKARTA The demarcation of the boundary between Malaysia and Indonesia on the island of Borneo was likely to take decades to complete, according to a senior Indonesian official. Chief of General Staff of the Indonesian armed forces Vice-Admiral Sudibyo RahardjoBernama. - 380 words
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REGIONAL FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1471 1991-06-22 11 The proposed joint development of the Malayan Railway land in Singapore signifies the growing economic interdependence between Malaysia and Singapore. A. Kadir Jasin of the New Straits Times discusses the benefits ot the project for the two countries. NST. KUALA LUMPUR TheNST.; PUe picture. - 1,471 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article657 1991-06-22 12 JUNE 21. 1991 AFTER months of anticipation, the Stock Exchange of Singapore rules, which come into force on July 1, to check the growing practice of directors trading in their own companies' shares, have turned out to be less stringent than indicated in initial drafts.657 words
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Article647 1991-06-22 12 JUNE 20. 1991 WHEN the Malaysian government set up a consultative council in early 1989 to review its about-to-expire New Economic Policy (NEP) and to make recommendations for a successor programme, the country’s two main races came up with such sharply divergent demands that Malavsiaas and outsiders647 words
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Article650 1991-06-22 12 JUNE 17. 1991 THAT the United States and Japan are going through a bad patch is not news. What is significant is the kind of bad patch they are going through. Even before the end of the Cold War removed the common, and central, military threat650 words
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893 1991-06-22 12 Warren Fernandez - Viewpoint By By Warren Fernandez ANYONE who has travelled to City Hall on the Mass Rapid Transit will be familiar with the chirpy little voice that cries out; "Next stop. City Hall Interchange.” And not just in English, but in Malay, Chinese893 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration1733 1991-06-22 13 Ho Rih Hwa belongs to the generation of Singaporeans who swallowed the salt of hardship and made something of their lives. Koh Buck Song talks to the former diplomat and businessman and dips into his newly-published autobiography. ON LABOUR DAY this year, Ho Rih Hwa fell off a1,733 words
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INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
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Article, Illustration1660 1991-06-22 14 Warren Fernandez looks at how Singaporeans try to preserve cultural uniqueness, and finds a school that may have the answer THE school bell never rings at Si Ling Secondary in Woodlands. Instead, the blaring of a martial tune over the school's public1,660 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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Article171 1991-06-22 14 I .aw enforcers were everywhere at the recent extraordinary meeting of the Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong, a trustee body that manages Hainaneso properties and assets here. The EGM was expected to be a stormy affair, which was why some heaved a sigh171 words
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Article70 1991-06-22 14 During Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s first community visit to Thomson, residents flocking to see him had colour co-ordinated stickers on their collars. A round yellow sticker indicated that one was a Thomson grassroots leader, a red one meant that one could join the dialogue session70 words
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Article86 1991-06-22 14 Reporters writing up the recent Census reports were left scratching their heads when there was no sign of a Page Four in a volume highlighting the results. After some to-ing and fro-ing, a Department of Statistics official admitted that, yes, the pages had indeed jumped from86 words
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Article, Illustration158 1991-06-22 14 Former diplomat and journalist George Seow sure knows how not to let the truth get in the way of telling a good joke. Introducing his old friend Tommy Koh at a public forum, he gave an example of the resourcefulness and pecuniary instincts of Singapore’s158 words
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Article, Illustration1014 1991-06-22 15 Han Fook Kwang - THINKING ALOUD Han Fook Kwang THK current debate over whether certificates of entitlement (COEs) should be made non-transferable shows how difficult it is to predict the outcome of a public policy, especially one as complicated as the vehicle quota scheme. It1,014 words
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Article, Illustration422 1991-06-22 15 Cherian George - MEDIA WATCH Cherian George AMONG the satellite television companies aiming to stamp their electronic footprints on Asia in the coming years is a broadcaster that already has a home in Singapore: the BBC, whose World Service radio has some 200,000 Singaporean listeners. The422 words
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MONEY
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450 1991-06-22 15 FROM Oct 1, substantial shareholders of public listed companies who are late in reporting changes in their shareholdings will be liable to be fined. On composition of an offence, the fine for late reporting will be a minimum of $5O,450 words
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308 1991-06-22 15 EFFORTS by the German government to attract Singapore investors to what was previously East Germany, seem to be paying off. Dr Karl Spaleke. the German Ambassador to Singapore, said last week that some Singapore companies are now planning new investments308 words
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Article5551 1991-06-22 16 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 21, 1991 Qrs 1M1 Tal Last Vol Day Last Quota Dlv Net High Low Cod* Company Sale Of000 High Low Buyer Sailer PIE I INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 285 162 1000 Acma 244 -4 223 249 244 244 245 10 ON 162 255 200 1142 Alex5,551 words
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518 1991-06-22 17 CONTINUED uncertainties continued to plague the local stock market as the big institutional players avoided taking up big positions Dealers contacted said the scenario is likely to continue for the next few weeks unless sentiment on major stock exchanges such «as Tokyo and Wall Street518 words
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Article155 1991-06-22 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Inde* dropped 28.44 points on the week to 1499 06 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1534 08 6.58' 26 15m ($60.90m) Tuesday 1523 27 1081) 3141m ($73 43m) Wednesday 1514.22 (-9 05) 4016m ($94 36m) Thursday 1502 47 11.75) 43 44m155 words
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Article637 1991-06-22 17 Friday Jun# 21 HKS Amoy Prop#*1i»*5. 4.30 -0 026 Allied Overseas 0.73 4-0 02 2 000 unch Asm Sec War 91 0 010 unch Allied TW 0 7F -0 04 Bond Corp Ini 1 090 4001 Bond Corp War 91 099 unch Bans ot EA 16 60 -0 30637 words
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519 1991-06-22 18 HONGKONG Singapore Airlines is negotiating with the Hongkong government to substantially increase its existing 19times weekly service to the territory before the end of the year, the South China Morning Post reported last week. The carrier’s spokesman, however, declined519 words
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Article683 1991-06-22 18 AUDITED RESULTS Company Oale Year Craap Nat Nat aaremgs Crate aim ta profit/ lots (l) par tkare divMtand COOO) tcaatt) lauseway Inn ton 12 Oec 90 J! 80*41 864 5843) inler Roller ton 12 Dec 90 J2 45-' tl 408 190(121) lOTtdOTl Grand Central ion 11 Dec 90683 words
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Article164 1991-06-22 18 Singapore dollars to one unit ot loroign currency Buying 00 Selling j US dollar 1.7640 1.7860 Sterling pound 2 8529 2 9290 Australian dollar 1.3272 1 3752 Canadian dollar 1 5356 1.5708 N7 dollar ***** 1.0395 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling *****1 14.3109164 words
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Article102 1991-06-22 18 Contract data: 21/8/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 54 54 54 54 54 44 25/6/91 AS 94 94 94 94 94 8 25/6/91 N2S 84 84 84 84 84 7 25/6/91 STG 10V 4 104 10 94102 words
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Article, Illustration445 1991-06-22 18 SOFT drinks giant Fraser Neave plans to build a $3lO- high-tech industrial park next to its new corporate headquarters in Alexandra Road. The industrial park, comprising two blocks, is expected to have a total floor area of about 120,000 sq m,445 words
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162 1991-06-22 18 INDONESIA’S PT Igata Harapan group has officially launched a membership drive for its $5O-million Tanjung Country Club (TCC), unfazed by the pulling out of listed Haw Par Group from the project. It is understood that two Singapore public-listed companies are finalising participation162 words
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Article316 1991-06-22 18 Manager’s prices for June 22 25 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 ?4- 1 3? *d The Saemp fund 1.04-1.11 Spore Prog fund 049 05? S'pore Sec fund 0.84-0 90 S'pore Invest fund 0 86 0 9? >d S'pore Equity fund 061—066 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund316 words
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Article, Illustration462 1991-06-22 19 Tan Sung; and Jean Chia - By Tan Sung and Jean Chia BILATERAL trade between Singapore and Indonesia, which expanded by 7.9 tier cent to US$3.l7 billion (555.6 billion) last year, is expected to grow further, following Indonesia's recent move to reduce import tariffs on 887 trading itemsSouno: Indonesian Contra! Buraau ot Statistics - 462 words
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Article170 1991-06-22 19 SINGAPORE Airlines has dismissed market rumours that it is considering a stock split. It issued a statement last Thursday in respoase to a recent Business Times report which said that according to market talk, the national carrier was considering a stock split. SIA described the market170 words
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Article1032 1991-06-22 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date dose payable the year last year Aetna 5*I>TE Jun 5 Jun 17 Jul 1 10%TE Amcol 25c 10% lul 5 Jul 17 Jul 31 10% 10% AMP NYA(e) Jun 19 Jul 4 Aug 15 NYA 28C Avuno 20c1,032 words
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Article107 1991-06-22 19 Shortage of notes THE drop in the value of sterling in recent weeks has led to a rather unusual situation in Singapore a physical shortage of pound notes Moneychangers and banks attributed the shortage to the hoarding of the British currency by people, in the hope that it will recover107 words
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340 1991-06-22 19 SINGAPORE is one of the two likely sites for BASF’s proposed 500 million deutschemark (Ss49o million) acrylic acid plant which will cater to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific market The other site being considered is in Malaysia. A feasibility study is underway and is340 words
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Article394 1991-06-22 19 Company Rights Issue Bolton One-tor-tour fa M$2 00 per share Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 35$ Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991 96 with AS 489m detachable warrants on the basis o* $2 nomm*. amount of Bonds to' every three eitstrng shares held Every $2 nominal amount394 words
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Article, Illustration739 1991-06-22 20 Mary Kwang - Foreign Correspondents Association lunch talk By Mary Kwang SINGAPORE’S financial market is not over-regulated and its successful development has depended heavily on ensuring sound prudential standards, according to Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu. But government supervision cannot prevent fraud entirely or ensure that739 words
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Article, Illustration369 1991-06-22 20 Kevin Lim - By Kevin Lim A GROUP of investors led by construction company Low Keng Huat will be opening Singapore’s first “boutique hotel" in August. Called The Duxton, the $5O-million hotel is the construction group's first direct v-enture into hotels in Singapore. although369 words
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326 1991-06-22 20 INVESTING overseas, Singapore style, has to be different from that of Britain and the Netherlands because the Republic lacks the manpower and expertise to supervise direct investments abroad. For this reason, Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu yesterday said Singapore has to concentrate on326 words
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Article, Illustration656 1991-06-22 20 LOCAL bank interest rates, which have stabilised in the first half of the year, are set to rise over the next six months in line with a brighter economic outlook. Another reason for the uptrend is that banks are stocking656 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration458 1991-06-22 21 I REFER to the controversy over the banning of pit bull terriers and other attack dogs Recent studies have shown that such animals are vicious killers and have a high capacity for pain. In fact, they respond aggressively even if a458 words
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286 1991-06-22 21 NTU admission rules 1 REFER to the letter “Dreams of a varsity education shattered by inflexible rules" bv Diong Bee Chu (ST. June 10). Mr Diong Yong Siang applied for admission to the Business. Engineering (Nanyang Technological University) and Engineering (National University of Singapore)286 words
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340 1991-06-22 21 I REFER to the letter "Dreams of a varsity education shattered by inflexible rules” (ST, June 10). 1 am of the view that the writer has unjustifiably accused Nanyang Technological University’s Registrar of an arrogance which he certainly is not guilty of. The340 words
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Advertisement141 1991-06-22 21 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 us141 words
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Advertisement813 1991-06-22 22 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition The Ministry of Defence offers challenging career opportunities for TECHNOUOGY ANALYST The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting defence technology especially R&D as well as formulating policies for, monitoring and co-ordinating the management of various defence technology areas within MINDEf Applicants should possess813 words
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Advertisement362 1991-06-22 23 CAREER PAIR 1 91 o mi. m A «L W CAREER FAIR'9I This is a recruitment exercise organised by the Professionals Information and Placement Service, the Economic Development Board and the National Computer Board together with the Singapore Student Advisors in Australia. At Career Fair '9l, the leading Singapore companies362 words
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Article927 1991-06-22 24 Sunny Goh - Teng Cheong heads 22-member panel to improve study of the language in schools By Sunny Goh THE Government has named 22 Chinese- and English-educated academics, MPs, parents and principals as members of the review committee to improve the study of Chinese language in schools. The Chinese927 words
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Article, Illustration239 1991-06-22 24 LEGENDARY Chinese figures such as llua Mulan, Zheng He and Guan Gong, will find a permanent place in a park at Marina South. Four craftsmen from China are here to put the final touches on statues of these and five other239 words
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483 1991-06-22 24 THE Government is not shirking its responsibility in promoting the “many helping hands" approach and will continue to play a major role in social services, said Dr Tay Eng Soon. But, it also wants to build a partnership483 words