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Title Section21 1991-10-12 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1991 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/9121 words
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794 1991-10-12 1 Philip Lee - By Philip Lee, Writing for The Straits Times VANCOUVER The Minister (or Information and the Arts, Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo, said here on Sunday that it made no sense for Singaporeans who emigrated to other countries to renounce their Singapore794 words
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552 1991-10-12 1 Philip Lee - By Philip Lee. VANCOUVER The one issue that occupies the minds of Singapore students in both the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University is whether they will get jobs when they return home. In separate meetings with the visiting552 words
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Article, Illustration409 1991-10-12 1 S’pore haze visibility drops to 1 km SINGAPORE experienced what is believed to be the worst haze on Wednesday evening as visibility dropped to a low of 1 km The visibility level has averaged about 4 km since the haze, caused by raging forest fires in southern Sumatra and southPicture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 409 words
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Advertisement15 1991-10-12 1 ood jobs go fast. The Straits Times APPOINTMENTS ssoom govt boost for universities: Back Page15 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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428 1991-10-12 2 THE new I*e Kuan Yew Scholarships for post-grad-uate studies, launched by the Senior Minister last Friday, will be the postgraduate equivalent of the President’s Scholarships”. That was how a spokesman for the Public Service Commission described the scholarships. The PSC will administer428 words
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Article, Illustration2534 1991-10-12 2 Speech by Mr Lee Kuan Yew at the CCC National Tribute Dinner THE strength of grassroots organisations has always been a critical factor in Singapore’s success. They helped establish rapport between political leaders and the people, and helped to forge2,534 words
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276 1991-10-12 3 THE PAP Community Foundation will continue to do educational and social work in the four wards held by the opposition as long as resources are available, said Mr Wong Kan Seng, the chairman of the PAP's General276 words
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Article, Illustration463 1991-10-12 3 Right policies must be made more palatable Kan Seng THE Government must find new ways of repackaging policies which hurt the people’s pockets to make them go down better, said PAP election task force chairman Wong Kan Seng. In an interview with Petir, the PAP’s publication, he said that the463 words
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Article, Illustration756 1991-10-12 3 MORE people have been seeking the help of People’s Action Party MPs at meet-the-people sessions since the elections, going by an informal poll. A dozen MPs, offering reasons for the increase, generally reported seeing twice the usual crowd at these sessions,756 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration557 1991-10-12 4 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has stressed the need for Chinese Singaporeans to learn Mandarin to appreciate their historical ana cultural identity. Learning the language, he said, would enable the Chinese here to retain a sense of history and appreciate the557 words
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483 1991-10-12 4 THE need to learn Mandarin was driven home to the Prime Minister when, as a student in an American university, he was asked to write the word "great" in his mother tongue. He knew that the correct word was (miao but he could not483 words
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244 1991-10-12 4 SINGAPORE and Indian carriers can introduce more flights between the two countries from next month following an expansion of the air services agreement. The revised agreement was reached following talks in New Delhi on Monday and Tuesday between representatives of the Singapore and Indian244 words
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Article, Illustration357 1991-10-12 4 FLUENT Mandarin helped Miss Michelle Low, 18, win the title of Miss Singapore Chinatown International 1991. A receptionist at Shangri-La hotel, she beat 15 others to win last Thursday night’s pageant, organised for the first time in conjunction with the Speak357 words
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366 1991-10-12 4 SINGAPORE'S tourist industry continued its recovery for the third consecutive month, with 494,600 tourists for July the highest monthly arrival figure for this year. This represents a 4.2 per cent increase over June, which in turn recorded a 8.7 per cent increase366 words
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577 1991-10-12 5 Kalimullah Haaaan - Dr Yeo and Najib agree to step up biliteral military ties By Kalimullah Haaaan KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia yesterday agreed to proceed with its plans to conduct bilateral land military exercises with Singapore early next year. Singapore has reciprocated by inviting Malaysia for similar577 words
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226 1991-10-12 5 Kalimullah Hassan - By Kalimullah Hassan. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Singapore have agreed that the dispute over Pedra Branca will be handled by their respective Foreign Ministries. Defence Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong said he discussed the matter with his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk226 words
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Article, Illustration223 1991-10-12 5 A GROUP of Shanghainese beauties stepped out In style in Singapore on Tuesday after having travelled the globe on modelling assignments to show off clothes from China. Tops in their trade, the eight models from the Shanghai Garment Corporation have taken to the catwalks223 words
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609 1991-10-12 5 Chan Hwa Loon - Pact will provide advance warning on trade issues By Chan Hwa Loon THE bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (Tifa) signed by Singapore and the United States yesterday will provide advance warning when anti-dumping or countervailing duties are brought against Singapore exports609 words
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Article, Illustration530 1991-10-12 6 Two men train 10 hours a day five days a week for world triathlon COMM ANDOS Robin Chan. 31. and Francis Toh, 27, have been training hard for the race of their lives since March. Five days a week, from 8 am to530 words
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577 1991-10-12 6 MORE than half of all telephone subscribers here will be paying less each month than they do now when the new time-based charges are introduced in December, Singapore Telecom said on Tuesday. It based this conclusion on a study conducted last577 words
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Article, Illustration323 1991-10-12 6 THE first card pager available in Singapore is slightly smaller than a credit card and can easily fit into your wallet or purse. Launched on Tuesday, its Japanese manufacturer, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone International Corporation, is targeting the new pager at executives.323 words
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634 1991-10-12 6 MANUFACTURING companies will be able to hire more foreign workers, at a premium, under a two-tier levy system to be start from Jan 1. A labour Ministry statement said that from next year, foreign workers can comprise up to 45634 words
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716 1991-10-12 7 THE Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Union has drawn out a comprehensive plan to revamp the teaching of the Chinese language in schools from the preparatory year to Secondary Four. To be submitted soon to the Prime Minister, the plan touched on the716 words
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Article, Illustration387 1991-10-12 7 MUSICAL bell chimes, a traditional feature in European town squares, will be part of the new Telok Ayer Market when it reopens in December as a Festival Market. On Wednesday, the bells were tested and their chimes rang loud and clear all round387 words
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Article, Illustration316 1991-10-12 7 Plans to link up with schools abroad and employ foreign instructors in two years' time OUTWARD Bound Singapore (OBS) is poised to go international in two years’ time by linking up with counterparts from Europe, the Asia-Pacific and Asean. An international course in316 words
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268 1991-10-12 7 DOZENS of teachers camped overnight outside the National Stadium not for tickets to a football match or a rock concert but to make bookings for their schools’ sports day next year. They wanted to reserve choice dates especially the Fridays of April and book268 words
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Article, Illustration574 1991-10-12 8 Vivienne Khoo - Deserted island home to Rani and his wife By Vivienne Khoo TWO weeks after moving into a Telok Blangah flat with his wife and 10 children aged two to 25, Mr Rani Omar moved out. He headed for Pulau Semakau, the deserted southern island574 words
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Article, Illustration530 1991-10-12 8 Ravi Valoo - Call made after 3-year study of reefs in southern islands By Ravi Valoo A GROUP of conservationists has called on the Government to set up marine parks to save Singapore's best coral reefs from pollution and poaching. After a530 words
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271 1991-10-12 8 A SINGAPORE medical team has visited China for the second time to perform open-heart surgery and conduct lectures. The seven-member team, led by heart specialist Dr Saw Huat Seong, visited hospitals in China’s Beijing Medical University (BMU) and In two other places Xian271 words
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181 1991-10-12 8 AN ASSISTANT transport manager, who punched a motorist during a traffic dispute, was fined $5OO by a magistrate last Saturday. The court heard that the incident happened during a row over the right of way of their vehicles at Cheong Chin Nam181 words
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474 1991-10-12 9 Gerard Lee - By Gerard Lee A CARGO hand plunged eight Doors to his death while trying to escape from three brothers who had cornered him for robbing one of them on Monday morning. Mohd Salman Mohd Saleh, 18, who had earlier robbed Mr Chin474 words
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181 1991-10-12 9 A WOMAN caught lying naked with a man in an intimate position on a Macßitchie Reservoir bridge last year was fined $5OO last Friday for obscene behaviour. Zaibiah Arshart, 23, told a district court that she was drunk when she committed the act181 words
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SPORTSFRONT
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Article, Illustration411 1991-10-12 9 Joe Dorai - By Joe Dorai SINGAPORE is planning to engage a "super” coach whose duties will not only be to prepare the national soccer squad but also to develop coaches and scout for talent. The new coach will not necessarily be a foreigner. But he must411 words
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583 1991-10-12 9 Tan Thean Loon - By Tan Thean Loon CLASSY first-season galloper Ultraman II proved invincible on Sunday in the $600,000 Piaget Singapore Gold Cup, but had to hand victory over to stablemate Starman following a sensational protest. Ultraman n was first past the post by three parts583 words
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369 1991-10-12 9 THE Pioneer Singapore Professional Golfers’ Association Championship has been granted world status and Its prize money trebled to a record The championship, starting on Oct 14 at the Slme Course, has been accepted as part of the Australasian golf circuit because369 words
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MALAYSIA
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408 1991-10-12 10 Kalimullah Hassan - By By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR Commonwealth countries are likely to lift sanctions against South Africa in stages according to the progress made in dismantling apartheid when their heads of governments meet in Zimbabwe next week. Malaysian Foreign Ministry secretary-general Datuk Ahmad408 words
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Article268 1991-10-12 10 PlagLin - By PlagLin. KUALA LUMPUR The Selangor state government had scrapped an 18-hole golf course project near Zoo Negara. Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Tan Sri Muhammad Taib said. He told reporters after the weekly state Executive Council meeting on Wednesday the project would be replaced268 words
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330 1991-10-12 10 NST. KOTA BARU Muslims here are barred from getting their hair cut by members of the opposite sex under a ruling to be enforced by the Kota Baru Municipal Council (MPKB). The ruling also bars Muslim hairdressers from attending to clients– NST. - 330 words
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Article, Illustration213 1991-10-12 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Millionaire industrialist Robert Kuok Hock Nien is one of three people who have been conferred ordinary membership of the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia. The other two are Dr Stephen Doyle, president of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland,NST.; The Star picture. - 213 words
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Article, Illustration421 1991-10-12 10 w. Be mama KUALA LUMPUR The management of Tunku Abdul Rahman College will write officially to the Education Ministry next year for funds to enable students from all communities to study in the MCA-sponsored institution, its council chairman, Datuk Seri Drw.; Be mama - 421 words
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Article, Illustration266 1991-10-12 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Several Chinese nationals who entered the country with Malaysian and Singapore international passports were arrested at Subang airport recently, according to the Deputy Home Affairs Minister, Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub. The Nanyang Siang Pau newspaper on Tuesday quoted him as– NST. - 266 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration561 1991-10-12 11 Ronnie Lim; Tan Sung - Carla Hills holds talks with Asean economic ministers By By Ronnie Lim and Tan Sung KUALA LUMPUR US Trade Representative Carla Hills on Wednesday assured Asean countries that they need not worry about the free trade area being created in North America. "We do561 words
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Article, Illustration406 1991-10-12 11 Paul Jacob - Security ‘can be safeguarded through bilateral, trilateral ties’ By Paul Jacob. JAKARTA Armed Forces commander Gen Try Sutrisno said Asean’s security would be more appropriately safeguarded through building a network of bilateral and trilateral ties rather than by mem-ber-countries406 words
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Article, Illustration392 1991-10-12 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto said last Saturday that although men of the 1945 generation had completed their duties in the military this did not mean the end of their service to the nation. He saidRenter picture. - 392 words
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217 1991-10-12 11 Reuter, AFP. MANILA President Corazon Aquino on Wednesday lifted a ban on the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos being burled in the Philippines, bnt said that his corpse should be flown directly to his hometown and barred from the capital. Bnt his widowReuter,; AFP. - 217 words
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278 1991-10-12 11 combat facility.AFP, Reuter. MANILA The United States would start the process of withdrawing its troops and facilities from the Philippines early next year, Philippine armed forces chief General Lisandro Abadia said. The mutual defence board of the two countries convenedcombat facility.AFP, Reuter. - 278 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article672 1991-10-12 12 OCTOBER 12. 1991 THE environment can at the same time be the most forgiving and the most unforgiving of influences on human life. When it is forgiving, people do not think about it, even as they go about abusing it; when it reminds them of its presence,672 words
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Article633 1991-10-12 12 OCTOBER 8, 1991 IN reiterating the importance of grassroots leadership, Senior Minister Kuan Yew last week discussed an issue that contributes directly to Singapore's social stability. Grassroots leaders not only provide an essential link between the Government and the people: They also do this in a way633 words
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Article655 1991-10-12 12 OCTOBER 7. 1991 A FATHER accompanies his daughter to a Han Dynasty museum and later to a crosstalk concert. His bright young daughter is effectively bilingual, in English and Mandarin. But being English-educated, he is forced into a strange reversal of roles, having to ask his child655 words
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1162 1991-10-12 12 Tan Sai Siong - Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong I HEARD a very sad story last week, the sadder because it is a story that could be about me an English-educated Chinese Singaporean who cannot communicate as well as I want to with my Chinese-ed-ucated parents because they1,162 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration1575 1991-10-12 13 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong left on Thursday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Harare, Zimbabwe. BERTHA HENSON of the Political Desk gives an overview of the nature of the Commonwealth and the1,575 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, Illustration2068 1991-10-12 14 Han Fook Kwang talks to Dr Ow Chin Hock, one of the most outspoken defenders of the Chinese language and all it stands for, about the concerns and aspirations of Chinese-educated Singaporeans. THERE is a side to Singapore that many thought had disappeared, left behind without2,068 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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Article149 1991-10-12 14 SINGAPORE reporters covering Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s visit to Kazakhstan recently were raring to see the Senior Minister in action at the exotic game park in Karachingil, 90 km away from the capital, Alma Ata. Alas, the rules were such that only state guests, (and149 words
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Article111 1991-10-12 14 NOT everyone wants to be helpful towards the press but one colleague certainly found the Prime Minister's Press Secretary going beyond the call of duty this week. What he had to offer came quietly in the mail. Inside the usual bland brown government envelope, stamped111 words
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Article, Illustration146 1991-10-12 14 ALL 4,500 guests at the National Tribute Dinner for Mr Lee Kuan Yew, held at the World Trade Centre last Friday, were charged $5O a head for the eight-course Chinese dinner. There were no donation tables, the organisers said at a press conference146 words
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Article64 1991-10-12 14 SOME news from a colleague whose father died recently. According to the undertaker, the Workers' Party MP for Hougang, Mr Low Thia Khiang, wants to be informed every time there is a bereavement in Hougang. Apparently, he told the undertaker to send a banner of64 words
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Article, Illustration1034 1991-10-12 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong MANY Singaporeans who care deeply about where this nation is heading are puzzled and worried by all the recent talk about the English-educat-ed and the Chinese-educat-ed. As they see it, there are already enough fault lines in1,034 words
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MONEY
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Article5430 1991-10-12 16 TRANSACTION DATE: OCTOBER 11. 1991 Gr’s 1991 T*l Last Vol Day Last Quote 0lv Net Miah tow Cod* Company Sale or000 Hieh Low Buyer Seller P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 285 162 1000 Acm* 200 cd unch 406 205 200 198 201 10 ON 13.2 255 180 1142 Aim5,430 words
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499 1991-10-12 17 The weekly share market report JUDGING from this week’s anaemic performance on the stock market, Investors are apparently feeling the anxieties over the “October effect" the repeat of stock market crashes which occured in the Octobers of 1987 and 1989 With the exception of499 words
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Article147 1991-10-12 17 ST Industrials Index The Strife fines Industrials Met rose 0.07 points or the wee* to 1352 3/. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1345 26 (-7 04) 2967m (066 95m) Tuesday 1339.12 (-6.14) 34.32m (074.64m) Wednesday 1338 99 (-0.13) 29 60m ($74 93m) Thursday 1335 98 (—3.01) 27 72m147 words
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Article617 1991-10-12 17 Friday October 11 HKS A may Proceriie* 5 10 -0 15 Allied Ova-snas 0 73 -001 Asia Sac mrt 15? +001 ANwd TW .0.75 unch Bond Corp Int’t 0 74 unch Bond Corp War 91 0 058 -0 006 Bank o' EA 1950 -0 10 3.675 0 05 Cafe617 words
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176 1991-10-12 18 3rd quarter growth ‘just above 6 KUALA LUMPUR The Singapore economy continues to show signs of cooling with third quarter growth expected to be slightly above 6 per cent lagging behind the 7.5 and 7 per cent recorded In the first and second quarters of this year. Senior Minister of176 words
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Article362 1991-10-12 18 Manager’s prices for October 12 14 Singapore Unit Trust The Commtrce 116— 12« Tht Savings Fund 1 00—1 07 Spore Prog Fund 0 45—0 48id S pore Sec Fund 0 75-0 80 S port Invest Fund 0 82—0 87 S'port Equity Fund 0 57-0 61 Asia Unit Trust362 words
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398 1991-10-12 18 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva AT LEAST 10 major airline operators. including freight and courier companies, are looking into using Singapore as a hub from where they can extend flights into the region. This was disclosed by a Civil Aviation Authority of398 words
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Article908 1991-10-12 18 AUDITED RESULTS Company Date Year Croup (Oat Nat oarolop Croto MM ta profit/ toil (L) par thara dividend t'OOO) (canto) 96 p«»i Sep 16 Mar 91 M$127K*4.I260 -<-) -<-> Sateras Ret Sop 14 Mar 91 M$2.5571(15.7121) -<-> Imatei Sop 11 Mar 91 M$7 6531 ($7.6040 Kim Em Sop908 words
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308 1991-10-12 18 TWELVE new Approved International Traders (AITs) will generate US$6. l billion (SSIO.IB billion) worth of international trade a year over the next few years five times the companies' current combined turnover of US$l.2 billion. Disclosing this in a statement on Wednesday, the308 words
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286 1991-10-12 18 THE Public Utilities Board has earned the distinction of being the first statutory board to win the National Training Award for the public sector for the second time. The board, with its emphasis on training lowerskilled and mature workers, received the286 words
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Article157 1991-10-12 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to on# unit of foreign currency Buying 00 SeKng US dollar 1.6/90 1.7010 Sterling pound 2 8621 2 9240 Australian dollar 1.3184 1 3659 Canadian dollar 1 4771 ***** N2 dollar 0 9411 0 9738 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian157 words
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Article113 1991-10-12 18 Contract data: 11/10/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH S MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE us$ 4Vi 4 Vi 4Ai 4H 4Vi 4 Vi 15/10/91 A] 8‘/4 8 714 7V« 7 Vi 7'/« 15/10/91 N2J 6 Vi 6 Vi 6% 6V« 6V. 5 Vi 15/10/91113 words
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219 1991-10-12 19 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has won international honours (or its significant achievements in improving Singapore’s living environment. The Habitat Scroll Of Honour is given by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) in conjunction with the World Habitat Day In New219 words
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351 1991-10-12 19 DETAILS of Mr Robert Kuok's long-awaited Great World project have finally been unveiled, revealing plans for the biggest residential protect to date in the River valley Road area. The latest Monthly Bulletin of Construction Statistics, published by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA),351 words
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263 1991-10-12 19 FOUR consortia are in the running for the single biggest boll ding Job In Singapore the iSM-mllllon contract to build the superstructure of the Singapore International and Exhibition Centre at Suntec City. The four groups which took part In the tender,263 words
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Article1050 1991-10-12 19 Current Ex Books Date Total lor Total lor payment date dose payabie the year last year Acmj 5%1E(I) Oct 21 Oct 31 Nov 15 51TE 10% IE AMDS Me 35%<b) Sep 13 Sep 27 Oct 25 35% 2 5% Kvtno 20( 5%TE(I) Oct 14 Oct 24 Nov 151,050 words
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Article83 1991-10-12 19 Company Rights issue Tit Lee Finance One-for-one $160 per share Ex-date Aug 21 Books close Sep 2 Acceptance Payment Oct 8 Company Bonus Issue HTP Hklfs One-tor two tx-date Oct 11 Books close Oct 17 Company Others A mil Steel Restricted Otter tor Sale ot Angkasa Marketing Bhd83 words
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Article616 1991-10-12 19 Company Rights Issue Aw Pic lind One tor two (a MS065 per stuff Muncf loch One tor-one <& SI 00 per share Bolton Issue of S*****m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991/% with *****m detachable warrants on the basis of S? nominal amount of Bonds616 words
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451 1991-10-12 20 Wong Loong Mein - They also develop worldwide distribution networks By By Wong Loong Mein SINGAPORE’S home-grown computer companies are raising their profile around the world by setting up research and development (RAD) units as well as more extensive distribution networks for their own brands in451 words
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278 1991-10-12 20 THE Government’s new Management Accounting System, to be Introduced to the entire Civil Service by March INS, will enable ministries to better allocate resources and control costs In all their activities. The Accountant-General’s Department, which Is co-ordinating the project, on278 words
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414 1991-10-12 20 But S’pore also seeks better links with Europe, Japan, he says THE most open market in the world is the United States, said the Minister for Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister, Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. He said414 words
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FORUM
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457 1991-10-12 23 I THANK Mrs Ann Wee for representing the other side of the time-based telephone charges debate in her letter ‘‘But Mr Koo, Telecom functions as a monopoly” (see adjacent letter). But we appear to be talking at cross purposes.457 words
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874 1991-10-12 23 Exempt from competition, its policies must focus on services IN HIS letter ‘‘Why some unpopular policies must prevail" (ST Weekly Overseas Edition, Oct 5) new MP Mr Koo Tsai Kee makes many thoughtful points but also a number which are open to874 words
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477 1991-10-12 23 MR CHOO Thim Heng’s concern (ST. Oct 3) about the free market mechanism breeding (some) men and women who become oblivious to the needs and sufferings of others is something we are all equally concerned about. But this is477 words
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411 1991-10-12 23 SINCE the recent General Election, criticism of the Government and its policies has risen to a new high. It is almost fashionable these days to criticise the Government for anything and everything it proposes. There was a time when411 words
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Advertisement122 1991-10-12 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. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who decline to use their names. This rule will be waived only in very exceptional circumstances, such122 words
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Article, Illustration680 1991-10-12 24 UNIVERSITY education in Singapore will receive a $500 million boost from the Government and up to another $250 million over the next five years. President Wee Kim Wee announced this at the launch of the $1 billion Universities Endowment Fund set up for the National680 words
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352 1991-10-12 24 Etortha Hanson - By Etortha Hanson MR GOH Chok Tong left on Thursday night for Zimbabwe to attend his first Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as Prime Minister. He joins 49 other Commonwealth leaders for the A week-long biennial meeting which is scheduled to352 words
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Article, Illustration568 1991-10-12 24 Paul Jacob - Malaysia calls for urgent Asean meeting to act on worsening haze By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia on Thursday asked developed countries to match words with deeds by providing equipment and training to help put out forest fires that are568 words