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Title Section21 1991-10-26 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1991 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/9121 words
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Article, Illustration1030 1991-10-26 1 Bertha Henson - By Bertha Henson HARARE Singapore’s Government will have to do a delicate balancing act from now to ensure that it caters for all groups, so that no one group can feel that it can use the ballot1,030 words
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579 1991-10-26 1 Citizens will at same time be international in their outlook, says Tommy Koh PROFESSOR Tommy Koh is confident that Singaporeans will develop their own distinct identity and, at the same time, be international in their outlook. They have what it takes to become religiously tolerant579 words
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Advertisement10 1991-10-26 1 MBA most sought after post-grad course in S’pore: Page 810 words
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Advertisement13 1991-10-26 1 AF£ o l99iGcfad Jobs go fast ReadJ< tine Straits Times Appointments 'H 'ro;13 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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586 1991-10-26 2 Ng Wei Joo - By Ng Wei Joo SINGAPORE is set to go big on designs and the impetus, according to Dr Tay Eng Soon, is not merely an artistic one. In an interview with The Straits Times on Monday. Dr Tay said the Government's586 words
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Article, Illustration538 1991-10-26 2 EIGHT of 10 obese recruits who went through the first five-month Basic Military Training (BMT) course came out healthier, fitter and able to play a combat role in the Singapore Armed Forces. Doctors who monitored the progress of the 156 successful538 words
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199 1991-10-26 2 RECRUIT Lin Wei Ming comes to grips with the “flab gauge” an instrument that obese recruits in the Singapore Armed Forces luive become very familiar with since a special five-month Basic Military Training course for them was introduced this 1 year. His arms,199 words
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Article, Illustration462 1991-10-26 2 Elaine Tan - Friend injured after collision while slaloming By Elaine Tan A WATERSKIING outing near Seletar Island ended in tragedy when two skiers collided into each other. One was killed and the other injured in the accident, which happened on Sunday. Police said Miss Laurena462 words
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531 1991-10-26 3 Streaming system for Primary 4 pupils THE Chinese Language Review Committee will submit recommendations to the Government next week on the controversial streaming system for Primary 4 pupils, Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong said on Thursday. He said the recommendations were531 words
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Article, Illustration367 1991-10-26 3 THE recipients of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew postDoctoral Fellowships, all from China, received their awards from the Senior Minister at the Istana on Monday. The three research fellows Dr Wen Long-Ping, Dr Yang Xiaohang and Dr Xie Min were367 words
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511 1991-10-26 3 THE Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Union said on Monday that it supported the Government’s proposal to allow Chinese clans to run six to 12 Chinese primary schools. Most parents, the union said in a statement in Chinese, would welcome such schools because they511 words
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317 1991-10-26 3 A NATIONAL credit transfer agency set up in Australia will make it easier for Singapore students studying there to transfer from one university to another. Professor Lee Dow Kwong, 53. the Dean of the Institute of Education at the University of Melbourne, said the317 words
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489 1991-10-26 3 SINGAPORE Island Country Club memberships are being advertised for sale in the newspapers at prices as high as nearly $250,000 even before the memberships are offi-cially made transferable. Reasons given by most sellers who are selling include cashing in on the situation489 words
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HOME
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266 1991-10-26 4 Bertha Henson - Bertha Henson. HARARE The Government has plans to set up a new hospital that will be run along the lines of the old Singapore General Hospital in one or two years, the Prime Minister disclosed Wednesday. The Government266 words
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558 1991-10-26 4 He confessed after substitution was discovered, says firm’s MD Pharmaceutical firm suspended for mislabelling pills THE pharmaceutical company which had its manufacturing licence suspended by the Health Ministry for mislabelling two types of pills said on Tuesday that an employee substituted one drug558 words
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Article, Illustration357 1991-10-26 4 WHEN Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong speaks, 17-year-old Lee Tung Jean listens. She decided to publish a collection of her own Chinese essays after Mr Goh Chok Tong encouraged prize winners to share their learning experiences with fellow students following357 words
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195 1991-10-26 4 LONG after they have left school, old boys and girls of Penang Free School are still raving about their alma mater, which they say is the oldest in the region. Some 200 of them gathered at the Concorde Hotel to195 words
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296 1991-10-26 4 THERE are plans to acquire more combat aircraft for the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) but these intentions have yet to be funded. There are also plans for a new fleet of modified Northrop Fss to take on the reconnaissance role of296 words
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118 1991-10-26 4 SINGAPORE has reiterated its support for what it described as admirable efforts by the United Nations to preserve peace and enhance co-operation among member countries. “In particular, the UN’s role during and since the Gulf war has renewed the faith of member countries118 words
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Article671 1991-10-26 5 Cherian George - Rates will be cut if most subscribers do not benefit Telecom revenue to be scrutinised Review of time-based system three to six months after implementation By Cherian George SINGAPORE Telecom will cut its rates in the controversial time-based charging system, if two-thirds of Singaporeans671 words
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507 1991-10-26 5 THE Industrial Arbitration Court has criticised the Finance Ministry for insisting that 700 immigration officers must improve their paper qualifications if they want to benefit from a new pay scheme. It ruled on Monday that it was wrong for the ministry507 words
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373 1991-10-26 5 THREE-JUDGE court on Tuesday upheld the High Court’s sentence of 22 years in jail longer than the years served for life imprisonment for a man who raped a 17-year-old schoolgirl and sexually abused a schoolboy. “We are unanimously of the opinion that you should373 words
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Article, Illustration551 1991-10-26 5 FLASHBACK: JUNE 30 A CABBY who ferried McDonald’s employees in the boot of his taxi from Chinatown Point was on Wedneday fined a maximum of $3,000 for doing this on three days. Tan Kah Hiok, 35, was a relief taxi driver551 words
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Article, Illustration518 1991-10-26 6 THE Government is reviewing a proposed people mover system for Sentosa. It was learnt that the Ministry of Trade and Industry is looking at traffic projections for the island to see if the system, which is expected to cost about $6O million,518 words
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Article, Illustration198 1991-10-26 6 A DIRECTOR of a transport company has paid for 26 out of 242 traffic summonses against him, a traffic court heard on Monday. Chua Chwee Huat, 46, is believed to be the first person to have chalked up so many summonses. The offences198 words
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461 1991-10-26 6 Price war on S’pore-London route TRAVEL agents have been given a list of special fares to charge passengers for travel to London to clear the confusion in the market following an airfare war involving British Airways, Singapore Airlines and Qantas. The National Association of461 words
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330 1991-10-26 6 AN SBC film crew stumbled upon a skeleton while preparing to shoot a sword-fighting serial near the Singapore River on last Friday night. An SRC light technician, Mr 1-ee Tai Seng, noticed the skeleton at about 9.30 pm inside330 words
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612 1991-10-26 8 Vivienne Khoo - By Vivienne Khoo MORE than 1,200 Singaporeans are pursuing Master of Business Administration degrees, making the MBA the most keenly-sought postgraduate course here. The three main centres the National University of Singapore. National Technological University and the Singapore Institute of Management612 words
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Article, Illustration660 1991-10-26 8 WHEN pilot Gee Ling Ling. 19, beat several males to win top honours in the Precision Landing Competition at Seletar Air Base last weekend, someone said half in jest that she should think of becoming a pilot with Singapore Airlines Perhaps it660 words
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198 1991-10-26 8 WILL the day come when there are too many MBAs in Singapore? Head-hunter David Lim, manager, executive recruitment, at KPMG Peat Marwick Management Consultants, said: “The market may overheat in the next few years, when MBAs become a dime a dozen.” Employers have high expectations198 words
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Article, Illustration395 1991-10-26 8 BEING young and “green” was no obstacle to 19-year-old Gee Ling Ling, who beat lawyers, doctors and businessmen in the Precision Landing Competition at the Seletar Air Base last Sunday. With slightly over a year’s flying experience under her belt, the Victoria395 words
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701 1991-10-26 9 Cut-off age extended to include those born on or before Dec 31 THE Public Utilities Board and the Singapore Island Country Club’s executive committee have worked out a compromise, with concessions on hereditary membership, in an attempt to settle the differences between701 words
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426 1991-10-26 9 MUSIC graduates from La Salle, Singapore's only music conservatory, will now have an “automatic right” to enter a top British polytechnic to complete the Bachelor of Arts honours degree in one year. The British Council announced last Thursday that Kingston426 words
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Article, Illustration127 1991-10-26 9 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee presenting new colours to a young Singapore Armed Forces subaltern at a colours parade on Sunday evening. Rain and dark clouds did not dull the new flags or the 80# smartly dressed SAF men as they went through their paces during the127 words
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505 1991-10-26 9 Joe Dorai - League champion stands to gain $lOO,OOO and Ppols Cup winner $50,000 SPORTSFRONT By Joe Dorai A CASH bonanza awaits Singapore’s eight soccer clubs in next year’s two domestic competitions, starting with the Premier League on Jan 4. The Premier League winner, for instance, stands505 words
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Advertisement354 1991-10-26 7 WE m M YOU IN SINGAPORE: *1 SCS-THOMSON SSlOgiSiSlllliCTiaSlM®* A NCB TECH SEMICONDUCTOR SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. S 3 DBSBANK m HEWLETT PACKARD Singapore Telecom cSP Seagate UNITED OVERSEAS BANK CROUP v m ■sfSgJ Singapore Technologies AND MORE Any one of them could be your future employer. Many would like to354 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration215 1991-10-26 10 No evidence to show event took place: Najib Alleged artillery blast off Johor coast NST KUALA LUMPUR The military authorities in Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to forget the “mortar bomb” incident in the waters off Gelang Patah. Johor, on July 28, according to Defence MinisterNST - 215 words
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388 1991-10-26 10 Reuter, AFP. KUALA LUMPUR The United States Navy is considering Malaysia as a base for warship repair after the closure of Subic Bay naval dockyard in the Philippines, the command-er-in-chief of the US Pacific Command said on Monday Admiral CharlesReuter,; AFP. - 388 words
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315 1991-10-26 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian went on a spending spree over the past 2 i years, splurging mainly on new houses, cars and consumer durables, thanks to the new wealth created by the economic boom. The Star newspaper reported on Sunday. A team from the315 words
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459 1991-10-26 10 Govt fears new Aussie-made movie may hurt ties NST BRISBANE Worried that a new Australian-made film with a Malaysian setting may hurt the thawing relations with Malaysia, the Australian government has taken early steps to distance itself from it Australian newspapers reported thatNST - 459 words
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Article, Illustration392 1991-10-26 10 Syndicates flooding market with dangerous drugs: Megat i KUALA LUMPUR The Home Ministry had warned that certain countries might be using drugs in attempts to destabilise Malaysia, The Star newspaper reported last Saturday. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Mbgat Ayub said that392 words
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253 1991-10-26 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR An HO-year-old widow who was assaulted during a hreak-in at her house died on arrival at the general hospital last Friday an hour after two doctors refused to treat her. Madam Louisa Elizabeth Ameladas of Ampang •laya– NST. - 253 words
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Article151 1991-10-26 10 NST. KOTA KINABALU Malaysia Airlines (MAS) hopes to reduce its dependence on foreign pilots in five years when the flying academy in Malacca starts producing 200 local pilots a year. MAS personnel director Haji Kamalul Bahrain said the number of foreign pilots engagedNST. - 151 words
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436 1991-10-26 11 NST. PENANG The brain drain from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has reached an alarming level resulting in a shortage of staff, according to its ViceChancellor, Datuk Musa Muhammad. He said on Monday that 50 of USM’s experienced academic staff had– NST. - 436 words
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281 1991-10-26 11 Bernama. JERAM (SELANGOR) The Selangor government was to build a multi-million dollar international university in Batang Kali, near Genting Highlands, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Haji Muhammad Taib said on Sunday. The government had identified an 800-ha site for the university, heBernama. - 281 words
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ASEAN
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444 1991-10-26 11 Paul Jacob - Islamic financial body’s main aim to help small businesses By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA In a move to involve Muslims at all levels in the establishment of Indonesia's first Islamic bank, President Suharto has invited Muslims to buy as many 1.000-rupiah444 words
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Article, Illustration94 1991-10-26 11 “Deep-fried sky prawns" to Thai gourmets is like the escargot to the French, fancy names for what some would find hard to stomach. Here a Thai boy holds a deep-fried grasshopper in one hand and a live one in the other before tucking into the dish.million a year. Reuter picture. - 94 words
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320 1991-10-26 11 JAKARTA Five days of rain has extinguished most of the forest fires that have been burning across East and Central Kalimantan, according to the Indonesian Minister of Population and Environment, Mr Emil Salim. But the fires were still smouldering in320 words
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196 1991-10-26 11 AFP. CLARK AIR BASE (The Philippines) The Republic of Singapore Air Force contingent on Thursday ended a 12-year deployment in this volcano-dam-aged,’ United States-controlled milifety base. Thlje RSAF unit turned over to Filipino Brigadier-General Leopoldo Acot in simple ceremonies here its detachment near– AFP. - 196 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article657 1991-10-26 12 OCTOBER 26, 1991 INASMUCH as peace is the end of war, the accord on Cambodia signed in Paris this week deserves to be welcomed. But inasmuch as peace is more than the absence of war, the agreement merely makes peace possible in Cambodia: it does not achieve657 words
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Article651 1991-10-26 12 OCTOBER 25. 1991 THE world’s largest common market took firmer shape this week, when the European Community (EC) and the European Free Trade Association (Efta) decided to form the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA is an intermediate arrangement which will remove most tariff and non-tariff651 words
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Article656 1991-10-26 12 OCTOBER 24. 1991 VIEWED whichever way, the Government has already made several concessions on the time-based rates which Singapore Telecom will introduce in December. The 1.5 cents per minute proposed last October is reduced to 1.4 cents. A further concession is given by billing the off-peak rate656 words
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785 1991-10-26 12 Sia Cheong Yaw - Viewpoint By Sia Cheong Yaw WHERE expectations of the good life are concerned, people are basically the same everywhere rich or poor, they aspire for more than what they already have. This natural human trait was crystallised for me at a seminar785 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration1590 1991-10-26 13 Suntec City, the huge $1.5 billion complex being built in Singapore, is not going to be just another chrome and glass affair. It is shaped like a hand and incorporates powerful Asian elements such as the Indian mandate (circle) and Chinese yin and yang reports1,590 words
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Article, Illustration657 1991-10-26 13 Being the son of Hongkong tycoon Frank Tsao, the chairman of Suntec City Development, is a handicap more than a privilege, according to Mr Calvin Tsao. Tsao Junior. 38, who looks like a yuppie professor with his horn-rimmed glasses and bow-tie, is one of two partners657 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, Illustration2186 1991-10-26 14 Are women in Singapore getting a raw deal from men? Warren Fernandez talks to Constance Singam, president of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations, who thinks so. WOMEN will be the key issue in the Next Lap. Mrs Constance Singam declares, flashing a smile2,186 words
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Article, Illustration1029 1991-10-26 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong Editors of the three Chinese newspapers in Singapore should bite the bullet and set a deadline for phasing out the use of pseudonyms, and not just in the letters they publish, but all opinion columns as1,029 words
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Article143 1991-10-26 15 ACCORDING to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, there are lessons in politics which can be applied to golf. While on the fairways of the Harare Sports Club during a break from CHOGM deliberations in Zimbabwe, he told TV India that politicians must know just how much143 words
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180 1991-10-26 15 MORE on the Opposition and media. Mr Chiam See Tong, addressing a lunch meeting of the Foreign Correspondents’ Association last Tuesday, seemed anxious to dispel any notion that his Singapore Democratic Party needed the help of foreign journalists He said Government restrictions on the foreign180 words
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Article, Illustration94 1991-10-26 15 THOSE who do not make it into the newspapers now have another, probably more enjoyable, way of hitting the front page. A new pub off River Valley Road, called (you guessed it) Frontpage, is making news with people in the media and communications business. Apparently, journalists, public94 words
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Article88 1991-10-26 15 ONE was 58.07 years old, another 46.11 years and a third 23.05 years old. No, this is not a mean numbers game, but the ages of teachers in the St Andrew’s Junior School, as recorded in a list given to Deputy FTime Minister88 words
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MONEY
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Article5596 1991-10-26 16 TRANSACTION DATE: OCTOBER 25, 1991 Tat Qr's 1961 Curr Last Vol Day Leal Quota Div Me High LOW Coda Company Traded Sale +or'000 High Lew Buyer Seller P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 285 162 1000 Acma 209 xd -1 50 209 207 209 210 10 ON 13.8 255 1805,596 words
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470 1991-10-26 17 The weekly share market report THE Singapore stock market experienced a mini-rally in the middle of the week, but the upturn could not be sustained as investors sought to take quick profit in the face of uncertainty from the Malaysian Budget to be announced on470 words
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Article157 1991-10-26 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Timet Industrials Met rote 30.47 points on the week to 1408.45. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1387 84 9 86) 32.00m ($86.21m) Tuesday 1414 79 26.95) 86 09m ($175 08m) Wednesday 1424 58 9 79) 85 88m (3180.22m) Thursday *****0 (-5 18) 97.61m157 words
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Article, Illustration408 1991-10-26 18 LOCALLY-LISTED Singatronics has won the distinction of becoming one of the first companies worldwide to manufacture the highly-so-phisticated pen-based notebook computer a product that is only just beginning to find its way to stores in the leaaing-edge United States market. The408 words
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Article629 1991-10-26 18 AUDITED RESULTS Company Data Vaar OrMp N#t Nat aaralRgi Gram aaa ta profit/lata (l) par thara dtvWaaO COOO) (canto) to iu Vita Oct IS lun 91 94 677(85.763) 799(338) 8(8) NT Oct 14 lun 91 *****373) 304 3(394 7) 190(150) knung iuM Oct 10 Apr 91 $419.*****711.1S91) 4(4)629 words
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Article169 1991-10-26 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency 1 Buying 00 SeKng IS dollar l 6780 1 6990 Sterling pound 2 9240 Australian dollar 1 3439 Canadian dollar ***** til dollar 0 9565 Singapore dollars fo 100 unite of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13 9867 14169 words
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Article114 1991-10-26 18 Contract data: 25/10/91 i, CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH S MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALI VALUE 'a M,! $44 j 4 1 29/10/91 uSS 4v. 444 4 V. 444 AJ l'/« 7V« 7 V. 7 V, <7v. T 8 29/10/91 m 7 7 7 7 7114 words
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438 1991-10-26 18 NO THANKS to the stillshaky United States economic recovery, Singapore's troubled disk drive companies now say they do not expect to see a business turnaround until after the second quarter next year. Apart from some patchy signs of a business pick438 words
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338 1991-10-26 18 REPRESENTATIVES from seven Japanese research institutes will be in Singapore for a special one-day Technology Market seminar next month to offer a wide variety of technologies to local companies for possible commercialisation. The seminar on Nov 28 represents the first time that overseas338 words
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Article348 1991-10-26 18 Manager’s prices for October 25 28 Singapore Unit Trust Tht Commerce 1 19-127 The Savings fund 102-1 09 S pore Prog Fund 0 40—0 49«d S'pore Sec fund 0 77-0 82 Spore Invest fund 085—0 91 S'pore Equity fund 0 S8—0 62 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund348 words
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Article, Illustration271 1991-10-26 19 FRASER NEAVE’S (F&N) proposed mega industrial park to be built next to its new corporate headquarters in Alexandra Road is expected to generate over $35 million a year in rental income for the group, the company said on271 words
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236 1991-10-26 19 SINGAPORE Telecom on Thursday commercially launched the first locallydeveloped ISDN PC card, a product which it jointly developed with the National Computer Board’s Information Technology Institute, and Artel Technology, a Ssangyong Cement Singapore subsidiary. The new ISDN PC card will enable an236 words
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Article969 1991-10-26 19 Current Ex Book* Date Total tor Total lor payment date close payable the year last ytar Aetna 5%TE(I) Oct 21 Oct 31 Nov 15 5%TE 10%TE A MOB We 35%(b) Sep 13 Sep 27 Oct 25 35% 2.5% Antah HM*s 50c 6%(b> Nov 21 Dec 5 Dec 24969 words
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Article240 1991-10-26 19 NATIONAL carrier Neptune Orient Lines Ltd plans to raise $2OO million from a seven-year hybrid bond issue through private placement. Market sources said the bond issue will be the first in Singapore to have a mixture of floating rate and fixed interest structure Under240 words
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Article60 1991-10-26 19 Company Bonus Issue HTP ttdgs One-for-two Ex-date Oct 11 Books close Oct 17 Company Others Amal Steel Restricted Otter tor Sale ot Angkasa Marketing Bhd shares on the basis of 50 Angkasa shares ot M$1 each at MS? 50 per share lor every 1,000 Amal Steel shares held60 words
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Article615 1991-10-26 19 Company Rights Issue Asia Pic land One for two (n V!S0 65 pe' shaie Alliance Tech One-for-one ft $1 00 per share Bohon Issue of $90 978m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bond'; 1991/% with *****m detachable warrants on the basis of nominal amount of Bonds615 words
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756 1991-10-26 20 Chan Hwa Loon - By Chan Hwa Loon THE Singapore economy is not in any real danger of recession even though it is losing some of its competitiveness, said economists and manufacturers. They were commenting on last756 words
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185 1991-10-26 20 SINGAPORE and South Korea are the two Asian newlyindustrialising economies which have been elected for the first time to the governing council of the Genevabased International Standards Organisation (ISO). Announcing this on Monday, Mr Liew Mun Leong, chief executive of the185 words
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Article, Illustration167 1991-10-26 20 SINGAPORE and Papua New Guinea (PNG) signed an agreement for the avoidance of double taxation last Saturday. The Minister of Finance, Dr Richard Hu, signed on behalf of Singapore and Mr Thomas Negints, MP, and Parliamentary Undersecretary for Finance and Planning, signed167 words
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548 1991-10-26 20 IN LINE with the Government's slower economic growth projection for this year, executives here are likely to receive a smaller average pay rise of 8.69 per cent next year, compared with the 10.06 per cent they received this548 words
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414 1991-10-26 20 Koh Bee Ann - By Koh Bee Ann PARIS-BASED Banque Indosuez has received operational headquarters status in Singapore, and plans to beef up its regional treasury operations, project financing, and equities and commodities markets activities. In an interview with The Straits Times, its president and chief operating officer,414 words
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Advertisement339 1991-10-26 21 DARE TO DREAM Biotechnology: Technology for Economic Growth Thirty Years of economic Development 30 years ago. the Economic Development Board was established to spearhead the economic transformation of Singapore. With vision and drive, we have single-mindedly pursued this goal by stimulating national economic growth, helping businesses grow and creating better339 words
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Advertisement706 1991-10-26 22 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition If r /A^ X ft v\ JL WE DON’T IDST BUILD FLATS It is a well-known fact that we provide quality housing for more than 80% of Singaporeans. But building flats is not the only thing we excel in. Just take a look at706 words
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FORUM
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366 1991-10-26 23 I ENTERED the Singapore Polytechnic after spending 11 years in Chinese schools. On my first day in the polytechnic, I could hardly understand a question from my curious Englisheducated classmates. When someone pressed my hand and told me something, it took me a few366 words
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529 1991-10-26 23 I REFER to Mr Koo Tsai Kee’s letter “Govt does temper its free-market policies to be fair to everyone” (ST Weekly, Overseas Edition, Oct 12). No one is saying that free- market policies have not worked for Singapore. In fact, they have worked529 words
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416 1991-10-26 23 BUSINESS leaders should be reminded never to toy with the idea of using CPF as a tool to solve the problem of job-hopping. Three cheers! to Mr Goh Chee Wee who reminded forum participants at the recent National Business Forum that416 words
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Advertisement153 1991-10-26 23 DELIVERED WEEKLY The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment opportunities, appointments... And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. And be in touch. TheStraitsTimes WEEKLY OVERSEAS CDim <|153 words
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808 1991-10-26 24 Bertha Henson - If time-based phone scheme fails after six months By Bertha Henson HARARE (Zimbabwe) Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has suggested that a two-tier system of charging telephone use could be implemented if the controversial Telecom timebased system does not work after six months.808 words
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354 1991-10-26 24 CA STATUTORY board will be set up to oversee the activities of Singapore Telecom when it is privatised, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said on Thursday. The board will also regulate the telecommunications and postal industries, and safeguard consumers' interests354 words
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Article, Illustration183 1991-10-26 24 Bertha Henson - By Bertha Henson. JOHANNESBURG Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who arrived here on Wednesday on a private stopover enroute for home, has met African National Congress deputy president Walter Sisulu and Inkatha Freedom Party President Mangosuthu Buthelezi. They called on himZaobao picture hy WUN PAK KAI. - 183 words