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Title Section21 1991-09-07 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1991 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/9121 words
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Article, Illustration855 1991-09-07 1 Mah confirmed as Communications Minister Yock Suan, Cheow Tong given second portfolios TWO long-standing Cabinet ministers, Education Minister Dr Tony Tan and National Development Minister S. Dhanabalan, will be relinquishing their portfolios to return to the private sector. A statement from Prime Minister Goh855 words
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Article310 1991-09-07 1 THE CABINET a GOH CHOK TONG Prime Minister LEE KUAN YEW Senior Minister, Prime Minister s Office ONG TENG CHEONG Deputy Prime Minister a LEE HSIEN LOONG Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade Industry S. DHANABALAN Minister for National Development a TONY TAN KENG YAM Minister310 words
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451 1991-09-07 1 THE Government will amend the rules for R-rated films from Sept 15 following widespread feedback that Singaporeans were against allowing the screening of exploitative restricted movies. The Prime Minister’s Of- fice (PMO) yesterday issued a statement announcing the changes, one of which raises451 words
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Advertisement54 1991-09-07 1 GENERAL »Q/| ELECTION Zll By-elections to proceed as promised: Page 4 PAP’s expectations not realistic: Page 5 SDP seeks talks with WP on opposition unity: Page 6 Do not let dialogue stop: Page 12 PAP needs different kind of political talent too: Page 13 Outcome of polls what readers say:54 words
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Advertisement25 1991-09-07 1 m* •srxiit" 74» RISANJfEXPR I A :»caaoo6Snrt>Don’t leave home withtnit them. W V Y^ —..-1 M. ■shpp^ ■r PM Goh denies quit rumours: Back Page25 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration671 1991-09-07 2 David Miller - By David Miller IN the fastest recovery so far of a heart transplant patient here. Singapore's third recipient. Mr Yap Teck Poh, was discharged from hospital on Monday less than three weeks after his operation. Mr Yap. 39. a police constable. said that671 words
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Article, Illustration364 1991-09-07 2 Ng Wei Joo - Schools within a school will also cater to public after hours By Ng Wei Joo RAFFLES Girls' School plans to tap the expertise of selected private schools by leasing out parts of its new premises to them next year. This arrangement means that364 words
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177 1991-09-07 2 RAFFLES Girls’ School students can look forward to cashless school days soon If plans to introduce a ’smart card’ for students work out. With the card, students can photostat their notes, pay for food at the cafeteria and buy stationery at the bookshop177 words
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438 1991-09-07 2 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik AT LEAST one Singapore company has been cheated by Nigerians in a money-launder-ing scam which has also surfaced in several other countries recently. Mr G. G. Hayward, the executive director of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC), told438 words
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NUS Convocation Ceremony
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Article, Illustration442 1991-09-07 3 Serene Lim; Ng Wei Joo; and Audrey Wong - By Serene Lim, Ng Wei Joo and Audrey Wong MR YEE Kwok Hon has achieved what no law student has done in the past six years he graduated with first-class honours from the National University of Singapore and also received four442 words
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Article, Illustration120 1991-09-07 3 TIRED and gium-looldng, grad Band Mr Koh Chee Seng still found enough energy to carry his three-year-old son, who had fallen asleep midway through Tuesday’s National University of Singapore convocation ceremony. The publlcity-ohy Mr Koh, 37, declined to be interviewed and would120 words
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Article, Illustration250 1991-09-07 3 TWO outstanding businessmen were on Tuesday conferred the honorary doctor of laws at National University of Singapore’s convocation ceremony. Mr Tan Chin Tuan, honorary life president of OCBC, and Mr Keith Mackrell, Director of Shell International Petroleum Company, both received their degrees from NUS250 words
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182 1991-09-07 3 still maintains its reputation for being "solid as a rock”, a motto which Mr Tan personally coined. The citation for Mr Keith Mackrell praised him for his contributions to the development of Singapore as a world oil refining centre and especially182 words
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Article267 1991-09-07 3 THE GOH family has not one, but three, graduands in the same year. Lye Yam, Lye Hock and Siok Hoon all graduated from the National University of Singapore this year. Lye Yam, 23, a Public Service Commission scholar, was the first to convocate on Tuesday. He267 words
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GENERAL ELECTION ’91 – ANALYSIS
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PM’s post-election press conference
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Article, Illustration845 1991-09-07 4 MR GOH Chok Tong said on Sunday that his Cabinet colleagues had rallied behind him and took collective responsibility for the swing in the election results against the PAP. “I fought this election as a team. Although I occupied centrestage, this was845 words
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485 1991-09-07 4 MR GOH Chok Tong said that he will still hold byelections in 12 to 18 months as promised, despite the dip in the PAP’s share of valid votes to 61 per cent. The Prime Minister said that he would field the four PAP candidates who485 words
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Article318 1991-09-07 4 THE Prime Minister maintained that he called the General Election at the right time the ground was sweet. Perhaps the problem was that the ground was too sweet and the PAP had to contend with people who preferred to vote the opposition in such circumstances. Mr318 words
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155 1991-09-07 4 GOVERNMENT Parliamentary Committees will be removed In a move by the People's Action Party MPs to close ranks against the opposition in the new Parliament, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, w'ho added that the PAP would now act like a conventional governing155 words
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350 1991-09-07 4 POTONG Pasir residents have had their bread buttered on both sides for too long, and it was time the PAP pulled out its services from the ward, said Mr Goh Chok Tong. He said the PAP continued to serve350 words
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Article, Illustration610 1991-09-07 13 Cheong Yip Seng - By Cheong Yip Seng WHAT an extraordinary August this has turned out to be! In three short weeks, a Prime Minister only nine months into the job has managed to change the face of Singapore politics. As if that was610 words
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1223 1991-09-07 13 Lotlie Fong - By Lotlie Fong IT IS ironic that some Singaporeans should now urge Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong not to amend or modify his open, consultative style. Their plea is that he must not interpret the further decline in popular vote for1,223 words
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GENERAL ELECTION '91
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618 1991-09-07 5 He does not think attack on communal politics caused a ground swing IF THE PAP’s attack on communal politics by the opposition had caused a ground swing against the party, then it showed that the support of the Malay voters in Eunos GRC618 words
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Article, Illustration493 1991-09-07 5 THE new and sole Workers’ Party Member of Parliament on Sunday urged Mr Goh Chok Tong not to interpret the election results as a rejection of his open and consultative style of government. The Prime Minister493 words
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Article, Illustration987 1991-09-07 5 WHAT POLITICAL OBSERVERS SAY ABOUT ELECTION RESULTS THE General Election results were perceived as a setback for the People’s Action Party although it won 61 per cent of the valid votes because the party had raised its expectations to unrealistic levels, several political observers said on Sunday.987 words
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823 1991-09-07 6 He urges PAP to rethink attitude towards opposition and the people MR CHIAM See Tong, accepting the mantle of leader of the parliamentary opposition. on Sunday called on the ruling party to rethink its attitude towards the opposi tion and the people. He promised a823 words
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376 1991-09-07 6 THE Prime Minister has read the signals wrongly if he thinks that votes for the opposition in Saturday's General Election were a rejection of his new open and consultative style, Mr Chiam See Tong said on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference. the376 words
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615 1991-09-07 6 THE Singapore Democratic Party is seeking a meeting with the Workers' Party to discuss opposition unity in Parliament and the long-term possibility of a merger of tne two parties. SDP leader Chiam See Tong said on Tuesday that he would like to615 words
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Article, Illustration286 1991-09-07 6 THE new Singapore Democratic Party MP for Nee Soon Central spent Sunday afternoon with his supporters and constituents in a neighbourhood coffeeshop. They had come to pump his hand or garland him on his victory at the polls. Mr Cheo Chai Chen, 40,286 words
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HOME
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650 1991-09-07 7 Vanessa Ho - A cheaper way to see world as a courier Desperate courier firms sometimes offer tickets at incredibly low prices By Vanessa Ho FLY TO San Francisco and back for a mere $200? This may sound incredible, but the offer was a genuine one. A courier company was so desperate to650 words
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Article, Illustration322 1991-09-07 7 FOURTEEN war relics, including bombs and artillery shells, were found at the beach off Changi Coast Road on Monday. The relics were found by a Singapore Armed Forces team after Mohamad Fazli bin Razali, 4, was killed when a shell picked322 words
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Article, Illustration387 1991-09-07 7 A LAW graduate who used to scrape through her Chinese examinations when she was younger has since learnt to appreciate her Chinese roots. Miss Tan Pin Pin, 22, has been selected by the Oxford University Expedition panel to go on387 words
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381 1991-09-07 7 A SINGAPORE trading company manager, wanted by tne US Government for cheating more than 400 people of a total of over US$4 million (Ss7 million), is to be extradited to the United States. Dennis Tan Kim-San, also known as Aaron381 words
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Article, Illustration253 1991-09-07 8 TEACHERS, once taken for granted, are now given more recognition and appreciation. President Wee Kim Wee said at a Teacher's Day reception at the Istana on Sunday. President Wee. who chatted with some of the 500 guests, most of them teachers, said he253 words
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417 1991-09-07 8 Elena Chong - University lecturer who took action being sued for defamation By Elena Chong A WOMAN, who was taken to court last Friday by a senior lecturer for allegedly making love in a parked car, was acquitted of behaving in a manner likely to cause offence or417 words
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205 1991-09-07 8 A MAN was jailed a day and fined $5,000 on Tuesday for burning the front part of a bar with two others after the barman had refused his friend’s request to pay for a half-bottle of liquor on credit. Driver205 words
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322 1991-09-07 8 THE Asian Wall Street Journal will be allowed to circulate here from Oct 1. A Ministry of Information and the Arts statement on Tuesday said the Hongkongbased newspaper had apBlied8 lied to circulate under the [ewspaper and Printing Presses Act,322 words
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266 1991-09-07 8 HANDPHONE subscribers will be able to use their sets in Hongkong and Canada from this month. A press statement from Singapore Telecom said this has been made possible by roaming agreements signed with the two countries. The agreement with Hong Kong266 words
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599 1991-09-07 9 Dominic Nathan; and David Miller - Compensation for damage, injuries being worked out By Dominic Nathan and David Miller A REPUBLIC of Singapore Air Force fighter aircraft crashed in south Johor on Monday during a routine training flight. The pilot of the FSE aircraft ejected safely. Two people on599 words
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Article, Illustration569 1991-09-07 9 2,000 items trace history, development of RSAF at expanded museum in Changi A GENERAL'S "hot seat" and a see-through missile are some of the 2,000 items tracing the history and development of the Republic of Singapore Air Force which went on public display from Wednesday.569 words
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SPORTSFRONT
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Article, Illustration633 1991-09-07 9 Hakikat Rai - By Hakikat Rai NG SER MIANG, managing director of Trans-Is-land Bus Services, has been appointed chairman of the Singapore Sports Council. He will take over the duties of Dr Tan Eng Liang who has decided to step down at633 words
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Article203 1991-09-07 9 SINGAPORE failed to qualify for the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals when it lost 2-1 to Kuala Lumpur in front of a sell-out 55,000 crowd at the National Stadium last Sunday night. The Lions, needing a win from the final SemiPro League Division One game to have203 words
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MALAYSIA
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395 1991-09-07 10 Aim to make country a developed one in 30 years is not mine alone, he says NST. KUALA LUMPUR Vision 2020, which aims to make Malaysia a developed country in 30 years, is the aspiration of all Malaysians who want progress– NST. - 395 words
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Article, Illustration208 1991-09-07 10 Malaysia’s National Day NST. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians celebrated the country's National Day last Saturday with colourful parades and shows throughout the nation. The theme of the celebrations was “Vision 2020". Mooted by the Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Vision 2020 aims to– NST.; NST picture. - 208 words
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371 1991-09-07 10 DAP poster campaign on water crisis defamatory: Chief Minister MALACCA Malacca will be able to supply water to several neighbouring states in two years’ time with the completion of a dam in Muar River, the state’s Chief Minister, Tan Sri371 words
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Article225 1991-09-07 10 Tan Sri Talb. – By Kallmnllah Hunn - Polls for 56 seats to be held within 60 days of dissolution -By Tan Sri Talb. By Kallmnllah Hunn. KUALA LUMPUR The Sarawak state assembly was dissolved yesterday eight months ahead of schedule paving the way for state elections which most he held within W days.225 words
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209 1991-09-07 10 -UPI. LUMUT (Perak) US investment in Malaysia was expected to increase to more than US$722 million (511.23 billion) this year, up from US$2O5 million last year, International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Chua Jui Meng said last Friday. The increase was-UPI. - 209 words
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Article, Illustration320 1991-09-07 10 Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is to have a new landmark, the Menara Kuala Lumpur, which will be th? tallest concrete tower in the world. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said on Tuesday the 420-m tower, to be built on Bukit Nenas, would beBemama. - 320 words
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317 1991-09-07 11 Laws may be tightened, says Mahathir MALACCA Malaysia may tighten laws to punish procurers bringing in prostitutes from other countries in a bid to arrest increasing Aids cases in the country. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters317 words
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148 1991-09-07 11 AFP. CANBERRA Australia’s strained relations with Malaysia were due to the misunderstandings that have occurred over the past three years, Foreign Minister Gareth Kvans said on Wednesday. “We’ve got over the period of difficulty,” Mr Kvans told a Senate committee– AFP. - 148 words
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491 1991-09-07 11 NST, Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will build an airstrip on an atoll in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea to speed up its development. This was disclosed by Defence Minister Datuk Seri Naiib Tun Razak after aNST,; Reuter. - 491 words
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ASEAN
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447 1991-09-07 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA A private television station is to be set up on Batam to act, in part, as a buffer against broadcasts from neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia which can be received by Riau province residents, according to447 words
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Article, Illustration334 1991-09-07 11 f Tan Lian Choo - By f Tan Lian Choo Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK King Bhumibol Adulyadej has bestowed on Lieutenant-General Winston Choo, Singapore's Chief of Defence Forces, Thailand’s highest royal decoration, the Knight of the Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant334 words
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226 1991-09-07 11 Reuter. BANGKOK The Thai armed forces plan to spend millions of dollars on new fighter aircraft part of a big build-up of military hardware that critics say is out of step with the times. Press reports said the armed forces had requestedReuter. - 226 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article682 1991-09-07 12 SEPTEMBER 7, 1991 THE Government’s decision yesterday to amend the two-month-old film classification system came as no great surprise. Ever since it was inaugurated on July 1. there has been an avalanche of demands from conservative Singaporeans, and some not-so-conservative ones as well, that it be682 words
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Article697 1991-09-07 12 SEPTEMBER 2, 1991 THE big question following Saturday’s General Election has to be: How should the results be interpreted? Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was frank in confessing that the message from voters was one he found difficult to understand. It was. after all.697 words
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Article685 1991-09-07 12 AUG 30 1991 WHEN Singapore gained independence, the two main internal threats to its existence were communism and communalism. It is unfortunate that, while the former appears to have been contained, the latter persists as a fault line in Singapore society. The resilience of the communal factor685 words
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Article891 1991-09-07 12 Tan Sai Siong - Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong THE hustings are over and the General Election is once again behind us. One thing, however, I hope, will remain. I am referring to the dialogues which the People’s Action Party had been holding faithfully almost every night from the891 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration784 1991-09-07 14 Learning from a distance YOU would have pursued a full-time degree course if not for the demands of work and family. Or perhaps you have plateaued in your career and are wondering how to move upwards or outwards. The Singapore Open University, which will be a reality by July next784 words
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Article368 1991-09-07 14 WHAT skills will employers and corporations have greatest need for in the next five to 10 years? For Singaporeans hoping to get degrees to help them jump several rungs of the corporate ladder and for those venturing into setting up firms or consultancies, it helps to368 words
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Article209 1991-09-07 15 Will the SOU create unemployment as a result of a glut of graduates? “Most of the OU students In Britain are working adults, so they are already employed/’ replied Professor Judith Greene, pro vice-chancellor of the British Open University. The question of unemployment therefore, does not209 words
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555 1991-09-07 15 A BRITISH Open University (OU) survey showed that twothirds of graduates said they expected promotion or a change of occupation. Two-thirds of graduates also reported that their studies had helped them to advance in their career. Working adults can continue555 words
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MONEY
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Article5461 1991-09-07 16 TRANSACTION DATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1991 Gr's 1M1 Tgi Last Vol Day Last Quote Olv Net High Low Cod* Compc.iv Sal* Of'000 Mioh Low Buyer Seller p/e 1 INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL 285 162 1000 Acma 200 -7 122 210 190 198 201 10 ON 13 2 255 1805,461 words
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506 1991-09-07 17 The weekly share market report THE local bourse did not react much to results of last Saturday’s general elections which saw the ruling People's Action Party losing four seats out of 81 to the opposition. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong expressed disappointment over506 words
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Article158 1991-09-07 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials indei dropped 11.12 points on the week to 1420 42 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday *****1 (-323) 29 36m ($69 85m) Tuesday 1425 03 (-3 98) 59 67m ($125 75m) Wednesday *****? 1.39) 42 71m ($153 09m) Thursday 1421 49 (-4158 words
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Article624 1991-09-07 17 Friday Saptambar 8 MK$ Amov Prooartat 4 9?5 •0.05 A'lieC Overseas 0.75 -0 01 Aaia Sec int'l 1 62 unch Allied TW C 79 -0 01 Bord Corp 'nt'l 9 95 unch Boro Corp War 91 0 140 •0 007 Bank o* EA 1890 unch Cavendish 3 475 unch624 words
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393 1991-09-07 18 AS PART of efforts to build up business volume, the International Merchandise Mart (IMM) has set up eight promotion offices abroad. It will also launch a new Focal-Point Distribution Centre, hopefully by the end of the year, to save distributors time393 words
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Article701 1991-09-07 18 AUDITED RESULTS Company Onto tear Croup Not Not earnings Grots non to profit/loss (1) per share dividend COM) (cents) Aiei HldgS Aug 26 Mai 91 3461(*****) 2 3(54) 6(6) Maayaalta Au| 26 Mar 91 M360 396(331,216) 37 5(465) 7 513 (2T£) Peiang. Aug 26 Mar 91 M3.4 666(3«6ft0i701 words
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677 1991-09-07 18 Tan Sung - Investor confidence in Singapore ‘won’t be affected’ By Tan Sung THE General Election results indicate a clear and strong mandate for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his team, and will not in any way affect investor confidence in Singapore, several business677 words
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Article, Illustration172 1991-09-07 18 Indicated rates September 6 1991 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar I 7035 1 7255 Sterling pound 2 8731 2 9316 Australian dollar 1.3155 1.3631 Canadian dollar 1 4842 ***** NZ dollar 0 9763 1 0094 Singapore dollars to172 words
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Article95 1991-09-07 18 Contract data: 6/9/91 UJMErtCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 5 5 5 5 5 44 10/9/91 AJ 8 i 84 84 84 84 74 10/9/91 NZJ 74 8 84 84 8 7 10/9/91 STG 94 94 94 995 words
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347 1991-09-07 18 TAN SUNG - dUU By TAN SUNG. THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board, which recently set up its own investment unit, is poised to be a major player in the equities market. Sources say that beginning with its insurance funds, which have about347 words
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177 1991-09-07 18 ALMOST 70 per cent of hotelier Ong Beng Seng's posh condominium project at Orchard Boulevard the 202apartment Four Seasons Park has been snapped up prior to its official launch next week, sources connected with the project said. Demand for the Hotel Properties177 words
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Article347 1991-09-07 18 Manager’s prices for September 7 9 Singapore Unit Trust Tne Commerce 1 19—i 27 The Savings fund 102—: 09 Spore Prog fund 0 48- 0 51 Spore Sec fund 0.77-0 8?«d pore Invest fund 0 84 0 89 Spore Equity fund 0 59-0 63 Asia Unit Trust Mai347 words
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254 1991-09-07 19 SHELL the largest foreign investor in Singapore is the first reelplent of the Government’s newlyereated Distinguished Partner in Progress Award. Announeing the prestigious corporate award on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hslen Loong, said it254 words
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Opening of Shell’s Pandan Marketing Centre
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384 1991-09-07 19 Steven Pak - By Steven Pak AFTER 100 years in Singapore and with over $3 billion worth of investments by the oil company. Shell and the Republic "have forged a strong partnership which has seen both through changing conditions and fortunes", said Acting Communications Minister Mah Bow384 words
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276 1991-09-07 19 THE chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in Singapore. Mr Robert Walvis, on Monday paid tribute to the Singapore Government for the major role it plays in making the Republic a success. He also praised Singapore labour both276 words
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115 1991-09-07 19 SINGAPORE Telecom will be investing about $33 million in a joint venture with Cable Wireless (Marine) (CWM) and ASEAN Cableship Pte Ltd (ACPL) to purchase and lease two new cableships for the maintenance of submarine cables. Telecom on Wednesday signed a memorandum of115 words
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Article869 1991-09-07 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year ABN Amro 5f! (10) 281(1) Aug 27 NYA Sep 9 281 581 A lei Hides Me 61(b) Sep 4 Sep 16 Sep 30 61 61 A MOB 50c 351(b) Sep 13 Sep869 words
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482 1991-09-07 19 Airlines slash fares on AustraliaS’pore route SIA offers package to match competition Business Times. SYDNEY Australians are being offered three-dav weekend packages to shop in Singapore at A 5699 (SS94O) in one of the fiercest outbreaks of airfare wars in Australia. Singapore Airlines launched the offer late last week andBusiness Times. - 482 words
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Article140 1991-09-07 19 Company Rights Issue Bolton One-for-tour M$2 00 per share Ex-date iul 16 Books close Iul 30 Acceptance Payment Sep 10 lOis Hyd Four-tor-hve (a MI065 per share Ex-date Iul 25 Books close Aug 8 Acceptance Payment Sep 17 Nit Kip One-tor-two $0 80 per share Ex-date Aug 13140 words
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FORUM
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517 1991-09-07 22 THE Forum Page has received more than 100 letters from readers on the outcome of 1991 General Election since Sunday. Almost all the readers who wrote in had good things to say about the open and consultative style of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.517 words
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116 1991-09-07 22 IN THE early IWTs, a Mr PAP and a Mr SDP were courting a Mbs Potong Pasir. By 1984, Mbs Pasir was more or leas going out with Mr SDP. Eventually, they went steady in 1188. All along, Mr PAP116 words
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190 1991-09-07 22 IN an act of self-recrimina-tion, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said ruefully that his style had lost the party four seats. I submit that had an iron-fisted style prevailed. many more seats would have been lost. As for foreign investors' confidence, any190 words
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138 1991-09-07 22 IT IS ironic that securing the votes of 61 per eent of the electorate is regarded as a failure. How alarming it is that a loss of 2 per cent can cause an established party to say that it now has to reconsider its138 words
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483 1991-09-07 22 AS A result of the swing in votes against the PAP Government, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong indicated that there might be a need to modify his open and consultative style of government. After he said this, many people, including the elected483 words
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211 1991-09-07 22 I HAVE worked very closely with Dr Seet Ai Mee during both her election campaigns In Bukit Gombak. In 1988, as In this past campaign, there were many stories put out deliberately about her. During the last two days of the IHI211 words
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287 1991-09-07 22 IT APPEARS the ground was not that sweet after all. In the run-up to the election, PAP MPs might not have read the ground correctly, as can happen in situations of "group think", with grassroots leaders giving an incomplete picture287 words
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250 1991-09-07 22 SINGAPORE’S continued economic success was a contributing factor to the apparent change in the voting pattern of the electorate. The PAP is a victim of the very economic success which it had designed and nurtured over the last three decades. The voters who initially250 words
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The 1991 General Election
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838 1991-09-07 23 Mr Goh should not take results as personal affront to himself AS A Singaporean who is much encouraged by the openness of the Prime Minister, I am very concerned over the way he might read the results of the General Election.838 words
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129 1991-09-07 23 FOR the People’s Action Party to lose four seats while still managing to obtain 61 per cent of the vote even with the opposition concentrating on 40 seat, is quite an achievement. Unfortunately, the people’s desire to have an opposition was greater than that129 words
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271 1991-09-07 23 IT IS natural for Mr Goh Chok Tong to feel disappointed and to think that his approach had cost him the loss of an additional three seats in Parliament. However, it would be more accurate to say that it was Mr271 words
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205 1991-09-07 23 WHEN people voted for the opposition, it was not because they liked Mr Goh less, but because they preferred a two-party democratic system more. Many issues were raised in the election campaign. It is also incorrect to interpret a vote for the opposition as205 words
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337 1991-09-07 23 WHY did the People’s Action Party lose four seats and suffer a drop in votes? THE grassroots leaders who gave feedback to the Prime Minister were wrong. The people who are most unhappy with the Government’s policies are the ones least likely to337 words
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244 1991-09-07 23 I VOTED for the PAP in last Saturday’s election because I have great faith in the new team, and my MP had made improvements for my constituency. He may not be a very vocal or outstanding MP in Parliament but244 words
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186 1991-09-07 23 THE 1991 election results clearly indicate that the gap between the people and the People’s Action Party is not that close. It is the individual MP who is in regular contact with the people. No doubt the MPs have good rapport with186 words
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102 1991-09-07 23 MR GOH Chok Tong should take the so-called setback graciously in his stride into the next lap; it will lead to political maturity and bring back the much-needed binding factor between the Government and people. He is on the right track running in a new102 words
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Article648 1991-09-07 24 ‘Style of govt to be modified slightly’ PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Wednesday denied rumours that he was resigning, saying he yfould announce his Cabinet on Thursday and be sworn in on Saturday (See Page 1). According to Reuters. AgenceFrance Presse and the Associated Press,648 words
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Article, Illustration237 1991-09-07 24 MOTORISTS using the Central Expressway tunnels, Singapore's first underground roads opening on Sept 21, will see three new road signs. They are: Tunnel Ahead, Traffic Information, and Expressway kilometre signs. Travelling on the CTE and its slip roads, motorists will first see a237 words