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Title Section21 1991-12-21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1991 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/9121 words
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889 1991-12-21 1 THE Government has given the green light for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation to privatise its operations in about two years’ time. This was announced on Wednesday by BrigadierGeneral (Res) George Yeo. who said that the move would introduce more competition889 words
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Article, Illustration469 1991-12-21 1 Cheow Tong recalls wearing bell bottoms and riding a black motorbike in the 60s STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART FOR THE CHEST IT WAS the time when Singaporeans were trilling to a ballad by a group called The Thunderbirds and long hair and bell bottoms469 words
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505 1991-12-21 1 Tan Sung - By Tan Sung SINGAPORE is disappointed with the arbitrary action by the European Community (EC) to classify it as an industrialised country through the platform of current world trade talks, a Ministry of Trade and Industry official (MTI) said yesterday. The MTI spokesman said505 words
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Advertisement13 1991-12-21 1 I Good jobs go fast Read The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION APPOINTMENTS13 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration769 1991-12-21 2 Kwan Weng Kin - Mr Lee: Strong growth will continue if US policy on region remains unchanged By Kwan Weng Kin Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO The Asia-Pacific will continue to be one of the most dynamic growth centres in the world provided there are no dramatic reversals of US769 words
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Article, Illustration227 1991-12-21 2 UNIVERSITY student Adeline Chong Yin Szu, 21, is Singapore's latest ambassador for tourism. She beat nine other contestants to become Miss Singapore Tourism I Ml at the Singapore Tourism Industry Ball last night at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant. The National University of227 words
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Article, Illustration383 1991-12-21 2 Goh Bang Choo - By Goh Bang Choo ONE of Singapore’s leading artists, Mr Chen Wen Hsi, died on Tuesday. He was 87. Mr Chen, who suffered from a tumour between the stomach and the esophagus, died of heart failure in Mount Elizabeth Hospital. Until a383 words
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340 1991-12-21 2 UNITED STATES President George Bush is scheduled to deliver the Singapore Lecture on Jan 4 during his proposed three-day visit to the Republic. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will chair the event, which will include the customary question-and-answer session. Announcing this340 words
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496 1991-12-21 3 Julia Goh - Standard of medical care ‘as good as those in higher wards' By Julia Goh SAVE your money, please use ihe lower-class hospital wards because the standard of medical care is just as good as the ones in the higher wards. This496 words
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254 1991-12-21 3 THE Government is considering its options on whether to build a large hospital or more medium-sized ones. Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said on Tuesday He said this when he revealed that his ministry is reconsidering plans for the proposed 800-bed Eastern General254 words
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Article, Illustration400 1991-12-21 3 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira PORNOGRAPHIC videotapes are being re-copied here from smuggled reels rather than a master tape as in the past, making it easier for syndicates to elude detection. At least two syndicates in the racket have been receiving their Chinese400 words
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Article, Illustration555 1991-12-21 3 Hannah Pandian - By Hannah Pandian AS Leslie Koh serves walnut cake and tea at his house, his face is moistly pink in the afternoon sun. He is a slightly chubby, smooth-cheeked lad of 24, with none of the familiar worry lines that Senior Minister555 words
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568 1991-12-21 3 Chua Chong Jin - By Chua Chong Jin BRIGHT secondary school boys may be interested in pursuing the arts, but they seem to need more persuasion than the girls. So it seems from the bumper crop of568 words
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HOME
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494 1991-12-21 4 3 other new destinations: Ho Chi Minh City, Madrid, Johannesburg SO LONG Toronto, hello New York As SIA faces the threat of its Toronto flights being terminated, its expansion elsewhere continues. The national carrier plans to fly to New494 words
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327 1991-12-21 4 A BUSINESSMAN who married an Indonesian woman in Batam after she bore him a daughter was jailed for one day and fined $2,000 for bigamy Aw Soon Hwee, 34. who is married and has a child by his Singapore327 words
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483 1991-12-21 4 THE Ministry of Defence and the Singapore Armed Forces hope to retain experienced soldiers and attract more people with two new schemes. The first allows those who sign or renew their six-year contracts as regular noncommissioned officers (NCOs) to opt for 70 per483 words
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Article, Illustration446 1991-12-21 4 NOT a single guest showed up for the wedding of 25-year-old Georgie Tan and 18-year-old Nellie Wee It was Jan 24, 1942, and with the bombing of the two British warships, Repulse and Prince of Wales, the Peranakan446 words
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474 1991-12-21 4 Angelin* Teo - By Angelin* Teo SINGAPOREANS can now travel as tourists to Vietnam following the easing of travel restrictions by the Government earlier this month. The Straits Times found out from the Immigration Department that the move came following recent political developments in Indochina474 words
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454 1991-12-21 5 Blood banks not the place to test for HIV virus, warns Ministry of Health RECIPIENTS of the blood donated by two Aids carriers before they were tested positive for the Aids virus have not been infected by the virus.454 words
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381 1991-12-21 5 Ultimately, compassion comes from people, not the state BG Yeo ULTIMATELY, it is human beings and not the state that can show compassion to the underprivileged in society, Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo said last Saturday. Speaking in Malay at a ceremony to present free textbooks to Muslim381 words
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478 1991-12-21 5 Soviet experience shows ‘rewards must be linked to performance’ IF SINGAPOREANS do not want to suffer the same fate as the men in the street in the old Soviet Union, then they must have a system that rewards people according to478 words
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Article, Illustration166 1991-12-21 5 HERE ts one Santa who does not go “Ho, Ho, Ho” but bows when he meets his young fans. Mr H. Yamaguchi, 72, a popular Santa Claus in Japan, has been playing the role for more than half his life to over 100,000 Japanese children. On Tuesday,166 words
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482 1991-12-21 5 FIRST, it was adults, reservists and National Servicemen. Then, it was schoolchildren. Now, the latest target in the battle against obesity is pre-school-ers through their parents, and expectant mothers. With one in every 10 Primary 1 children found to be obese, the Health482 words
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570 1991-12-21 6 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik SOME 830,000 individual taxpayers out of a total of over one million will soon receive a revamped income tax form that is simpler, shorter and easier to fill out In what the tax authorities have described as the570 words
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413 1991-12-21 6 SINGAPORE Telecom launched its much-awaited international paging service on Wednesday, making the Republic the first country in the Asia Pacific to offer such a facility. Called Sky Pager. the $5million facility allows a subscriber who is in another part of the world to be contacted413 words
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Article, Illustration347 1991-12-21 6 SINGAPORE’S first comedy pub is here laughs, in the basement of Tanglin Shopping Centre, opened last Tuesday and has been attracting a steady stream of Singaporeans and expatriates. Satirical characters like Barry Chim, the arty intellectual, Mock Hwa, the nightclub347 words
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402 1991-12-21 6 Good showing despite Gulf crisis and fear of recession THE Gulf crisis and talk of recession had not affected takings on hotel accommodation in the financial year ending March 1991. Cess collection on hotel rooms went up by 48 per cent402 words
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358 1991-12-21 6 IT WAS a $21,000 shopping spree of sorts. And at the end of it, three Hongkong men ended up with a jail term. The three, all wanted by the Hongkong police, had flown to Singapore last month, and spent their eight days358 words
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Article, Illustration677 1991-12-21 8 HWA Chong Junior College is returning to its Bukit Timah campus after 4'/j years and the number of students who want places there has gone up. The JC was temporarily located at Woodlands and Bukit Batok while the original premises underwent677 words
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632 1991-12-21 8 Eastern scholarship comes under scrutiny in don’s talk IF SIR Isaac Newton had been a Chinese sitting under a tree in China and a plum fell on his head, the theory of gravity would not have been discovered. Visiting Professor Ho Peng Yoke632 words
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158 1991-12-21 8 THE Environment Ministry last Friday received an anonymous tip-off that its officers responsible for revoking the licences of two stalls at Newton Hawker Centre may have acid thrown on them. It said in a press statement last Friday night that a police158 words
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NEWSFRONT
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Article, Illustration163 1991-12-21 8 SHE named a grouper, went on a conducted tour and was treated like a celebrity. Eleven-year-old Karen I,ee earned all the attention by being the millionth visitor to the Underwater World at Sentosa yesterday. Karen, who went with her aunt, Miss I>ee163 words
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Article, Illustration143 1991-12-21 8 GRASSHOPPERS, frogs, ants, and even baby mice are all fair game for Mr Chen Rongsheng who eats them live. Mr Chen, 34, who works in a bird feed shop in Bukit Purmei, said he eats these creatures as he considers them to be household pests. While143 words
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595 1991-12-21 9 Tan Hsueh Yun - By Tan Hsueh Yun WHEN a professor leaves one university to work in another, he may bring with him all the knowledge and expertise that gained him the title but not the title itself. This was confirmed by tertiary595 words
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501 1991-12-21 9 TWO junior colleges will join the Education Ministry's special language programme by offering German and Japanese at A levels next year. This will boost the Language Elective Programme, aimed at promoting the study of Chinese, French, German and Japanese among bright junior501 words
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SPORTSFRONT
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Article, Illustration709 1991-12-21 9 Peter Khoo - Team gives $lO,OOO Coca-Cola award to Manila typhoon victims By Peter Khoo TYPHOON victims in the Philippines will benefit from Singapore's water polo victory at the South-east Asia Games in Manila The team will donate the $lO,OOO it received from the Coca-Cola Go for Gold cashPictures by JERRY SEH. - 709 words
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Article, Illustration411 1991-12-21 9 Shirlynn Ho - BOWLING By Shirlynn Ho NEITHER the flu nor homesickness could prevent champion Grace Young from taking her winning ways to Taiwan. Fresh from a "sweet victory” in retaining her Southeast Asia Games Masters bowling title in Manila two weeks ago, Grace Young picked up411 words
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MALAYSIA
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340 1991-12-21 10 Singapore and vice-versa. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is to introduce a “smart card” soon to speed up immigration process for people entering and leaving the country on specific purposes, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday. The card was notSingapore and vice-versa. Bernama. - 340 words
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259 1991-12-21 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The High Court here on Thursday struck out a defamation suit filed against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and six others by 11 people who in 1988 caused Umno to be declared an unlawful party.Bernama - 259 words
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255 1991-12-21 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Federation of Chinese Assembly Hails (FCAH) intends to unite all the Chinese communities and organisations to strengthen their socio-po-litical position. according to the Nanyang Siang Pau newspaper. It quoted FCAH presi dent Lim Geok Chan as saying in255 words
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283 1991-12-21 10 Bernama. PEKAN 1 Pahang Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said last Saturday that service in the armed forces was not meant exclusively for the Malays. The ministry was prepared to co-operate with non-Malay voluntary and political organisations to encourage– Bernama. - 283 words
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Article, Illustration182 1991-12-21 10 expenses, he said. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR A man whose wife died of Aids contracted through blood transfusion will appear on TVS’s Sekapur 81reh talk show tomorrow to tell of his wife’s experience. Deputy Health Minister Mohamed Farid Arlffln said on Mondayexpenses, he said. Bernama. - 182 words
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BRIEFLY
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131 1991-12-21 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Sultan of Selangor on Thurs day dismissed talk that he was going to marry actress Raja Ema. "I have no intention of getting married again." he said, adding that even if he were to marry for the second time,– Bernama - 131 words
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108 1991-12-21 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has to allow Singapore continued use of its air space for air exercises despite crashes involving the Republic's aircraft because both countries were bound by an agreement. Parliament was told on Monday. The agreement, signed underBernama. - 108 words
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Article, Illustration192 1991-12-21 10 1986; last year’s general election. By KALIMULLAH HABSAN - By 1986 and last year’s general election. By KALIMULLAH HABSAN. KAMPONG SANGLANG (Kedah) Kelantan Mentri Besar Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat (right) said on Monday that he would visit China in August to learn from Chinese Muslim leaders how Islam could exist192 words
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89 1991-12-21 10 JOHOR BARU Johoreans have been urged to be well-informed about the political and economic changes in Singapore as these can affect their state’s economic programmes, according to The Star newspaper last Saturday. It quoted Justice Minister Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar as89 words
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519 1991-12-21 11 val for succession. KALIMULLAH HASSAN - val for succession. KALIMULLAH HASSAN. ALOR STAR It is not too difficult to spot where Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is addressing a political gathering, especially when he campaigns in predominantly Malay rural constituencies. Cars double-park along normally quiet village roads and519 words
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248 1991-12-21 11 House. By Kaltmailah Hassan - Jerlun by-election results House. By Kaltmailah Hassan. ALOR STAR The National Front on Thursday retained the Jerlun state seat in a by-election but its opponent, the theocratic Parti Islam, succeeded in reducing the ruling coalition’s victory margin. NF candidate Khalid Ahmad polled248 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration159 1991-12-21 11 A SUCKER FOR DIAMONDS Reuter. BANGKOK A Brazilian turned himself into a human vacuum cleaner by using a surgically-implanted tube to suck up diamonds' from the displays of Thai gem merchants. Julio Cesar de Monraes Karros, who was arrested last Wednesday,Reuter.; Reuter pi?ture. - 159 words
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210 1991-12-21 11 AFP BANGKOK Nearly half of 40 babies born with Aids in a state hospital in the northern capital of Chiangmai had died in the past two years, a senior paediatrician said on Monday. Most of the babies were foundAFP - 210 words
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204 1991-12-21 11 JAKARTA Indonesia's Home Affairs Minister Rudini has been named Personality of the Year for 1991 by the Editor magazine, the Pelita daily reported last Friday. The selection was based on its evaluation of someone with fresh and new ideas as well the most204 words
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460 1991-12-21 11 Reuter, AP. WASHINGTON Thai Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun predicted on Monday that his country would become a ”gateway r to the South-east Asian region and that its trade deficit with Japan could be reduced in five years. He told a NationalReuter,; AP. - 460 words
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280 1991-12-21 11 AFP. Reuter. MANILA President Corazon Aquino said on Monday that all US forces must leave the Philippines by the end of this month unless Washington signed an agreement with Manila to withdraw within three years. She said inAFP.; Reuter. - 280 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article670 1991-12-21 12 DECEMBER 21. 1991 THE story goes that vandals recently broke into a Sydney restaurant and scribbled graffiti on pictures of famous Australians pasted on the walls On Mr Bob Hawke's face they wrote: “Good Bloke." As his former Treasurer. Mr Paul Keating, takes over the prime670 words
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Article617 1991-12-21 12 DECEMBER 20. 1991 THE privatisation of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) promises to be the biggest shake-up of the industry since the introduction of television in 1963. As announced by the Minister for Information and the Arts. Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo, on Wednesday, the proposal involves breaking617 words
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Article672 1991-12-21 12 DECEMBER 18, AS EACH new candidate presents himself or herself for the Philippines' presidential election next May, a sad truth is reiterated. While the country has every right to be proud of its democratic credentials, it has failed to transform them into the economic advance without672 words
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844 1991-12-21 12 Serena Toh - Viewpoint By Serena Toh THIS is a watershed year for Aids in Singapore, where the first case was detected in 1985, because the number of victims will soon hit the century mark. The fearful statistic’s are many For every844 words
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ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1650 1991-12-21 13 Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was interviewed in Singapore last month bv Mr Nathan Gardels, editor of Global Viewpoint, a publication of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Below is the first of two parts of the interview, in which Mr Lee1,650 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, Illustration1349 1991-12-21 14 V Mr Lee Kuan Yew has said that one challenge faced by grassroots leaders in the aftermath of the General Election is to look after large pockets of old and even young dialect speakers. How do people who speak dialects, little or no Mandarin and1,349 words
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Article381 1991-12-21 14 MR Goh Sim Piau and Madam Chionh Soo Chin may be part of a vanishing generation but they still represent a considerable number of dialect-speakers aged 61 and above here. At the last count, It was some 195,399 Chinese Singaporeans. Their feelings and fears of being lost381 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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Article, Illustration132 1991-12-21 15 MANY people know that Ambassador-at-Largc Tommy Koh was a Harvard I-aw School alumnus But few are aware that he joined its neighbouring worn en's college as a member of its badminton club! In his speech to a Harvard Club of Singapore dinner last Thursday, he132 words
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Article90 1991-12-21 15 THE scene at the same gathering. Dark lounge suits, quiet ties, black dresses, understated drips of expensive jewellery. Subdued dinner conversation punctuated by clinking dinner glasses and the occasional discreet exchange of business cards. And then a booming voice rang out from a table:90 words
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Article111 1991-12-21 15 SURVEY forms from the Social Development Unit have been arriving at the homes of “sleeping" members. Please check off relevant answers, it says: Are you not attending our activities because you are seeing someone with a view to marriage 9 Or are you going111 words
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Article149 1991-12-21 15 BACK to the diplomatic grapevine: Word is out that Mr See Chak Mun, Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and concurrently Ambassador to Italy and Turkey, is to return home finally after nearly a decade abroad in service of his country. Mr149 words
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Article, Illustration1120 1991-12-21 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong DO PEOPLE really listen to each other when they are discussing or arguing about something? Or are they too engrossed in putting their own points across to register what the other side is trying to say? 1 suspect it1,120 words
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553 1991-12-21 15 Cherian George - MEDIA WATCH Cherian George A COURIER company boasts that a package has cleared Customs even before it arrives at its destination. At Singapore's port, paperless transactions speed up shipments and reduce manpower needs. Welcome to the world of electronic data interchange (EDI),553 words
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MONEY
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Article5464 1991-12-21 16 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 20, 1991 INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Gr’s 1991 Tel Curr Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Net High Low Code Company Traded Sale +or* 000 High Low Buyer Sellar P/E 285 162 1000 Acma 212 -1 5 212 212 211 213 10.ON 14.0 255 180 11425,464 words
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431 1991-12-21 17 The weekly share market report THE local bourse closed the week with a whimper after gaining grounds on the previous Friday and Monday. Blue-chips, in particular Nat Steel and Wearne Brothers, came under selling pressure after adverse corporate news were released during the431 words
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Article155 1991-12-21 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits i 1 1 1 14.39 points on the «rook to 1426 13 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday *****1 1809) 4561m ($113.15m) Tuesday 1453 51 (-590) 3207m ($97 66m) Wednesday 1438 18 (-15 33) 23 08m ($76.01m) Thursday 1431 64 (-6.54) 19 52m ($59155 words
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326 1991-12-21 18 SINGAPORE officials are more downbeat about economic prospects for 1992 but are not ready to revise their forecast of 5 to 7 per cent growth, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. BG Lee, who is also Trade and Industry Minister, told AFP that326 words
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338 1991-12-21 18 THE softer commercial property market compounded by slow growth in tourism have combined to scuttle any hopes the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) may have had of getting a better deal for its proposed hotel sites in Chinatown. The re-tender of one338 words
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Article, Illustration213 1991-12-21 18 THE world’s biggest oil tanker, the Jahre Viking (left), which was badly damaged by missiles in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq war, recently left Keppel Shipyard after being refurbished at a cost of $63 million. Keppel said the tanker was laid up213 words
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Article659 1991-12-21 18 AUDITED i RESULTS Cempany Oald Year Crdwp Net Ndt darnings Crass inn Id pretlt/loss (l) par share dividand (OOO) (cants) Ah luff! Clung Dec 11 km 91 ti 433(t8 806i 2(4) 2(3) lu *an Sing Dec 10 tun 91 (499(1342) 51(38) 1(1) AMCA Re Dec 9 iun 91659 words
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Article177 1991-12-21 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ona unit of foraign currancy Buying 00 Selling US dollar I 6307 1 6486 Sterling pound 2 9/29 3 0384 Australian dollar I 2435 1 2805 Canadian dollar I 4006 1 4321 NZ dollar 0 8860 ***** Smgapora dollars to 100 units of177 words
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Article128 1991-12-21 18 Contract data: 20/12/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE us$ 4 4 37. 3 J 4 3 Vi 3 4 i 3'/j 24/12/91 AJ 7 6H 6 V. 6 3 6 Va 6 5 t 24/12/91 NZJ 6 6128 words
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Article60 1991-12-21 18 THE United Overseas Bank group is launching its first venture capital fund early next year with an initial $4O million targeted. This will be the latest venture capital fund to be set up by a Big Four local bank in Singapore. The target amount will be60 words
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Article639 1991-12-21 18 Friday Oaoember 20 HK* Amoy Property* 535 -0 10 Allied Overseas 0 87 -0 03 Asia Sec Int'l 1 12 -0 01 Allied TW 0 63 unch Bank ot EA 23 00 -0.20 3 525 -0 025 Cal# da Coral 2.40 +0.05 Century City 1 42 -0.01 CDL Hotel639 words
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Article353 1991-12-21 18 Manager’s prices for December 21 Sincapore Unit Trust The Commerce 120-128 The Savings Fund 1 03—1 10 S pore Prog fund 0 46—0 49 S pore Sec Fund 0/7-0 82 pore Invest fund 0 85-0 91 S pore Equity Fund 0 56-0 60«d Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest353 words
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Article, Illustration516 1991-12-21 19 Steven Pak - By Steven Pak A JUST-COMPLETED feasibility study for a multi-bil lion-dollar second-phase expansion at Singapore's Pulau Ayer Merbau petroehemical complex has yielded "encouraging" results, the Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore (PCS) said on Monday. Detailed engineering studies will now begin, with a final decision on516 words
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381 1991-12-21 19 THE local dollar, which has been appreciating in value in recent years, is at least 5 per cent too strong compared to the US dollar, said some local businessmen “The Singapore dollar is 15 to 20 per cent too strong," said Mr William381 words
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Article881 1991-12-21 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year AIS8 50c 12%(b) Dec 30 Jan 14 Jan 21 12% 10% Amal Steel 50c 10% Dec 9 Dec 23 Jan 20 20% 20% Amtek Enf 20c 6%TE Dec 5 Dec 11 Oec881 words
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Article185 1991-12-21 19 Company Rights Issue City Dev Renounceable rights issue on the basis of one for ten $2 85 per -Jvare Ex-date Dec 9 Books close: Dec 19 Acceptance Payment NYA H Negara One-tor-one $2 75 per share Ex-date Nov 12 Books close: Nov 22 Acceptance Payment Jan 2 1992185 words
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Article379 1991-12-21 19 Company Rights Issue Asm Pac Land Four fo'seven <a M$050 per share Aiance Tech One-tor-one <„ $1 00 per share Bolton Issue of S90 978m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 199! '96 with 45 489m detachable warrants on the basis of S? nominal amount of379 words
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578 1991-12-21 20 Caroline Chan - By Caroline Chan THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has spelt out new guidelines, which take immediate effect, to assist listed companies in planning bonus issues, stock splits or rights issues. Among other things, the guidelines discourage the creation of578 words
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450 1991-12-21 20 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has tightened its requirements on corporate disclosure Listed companies have now not only to announce more details of their directors, but also the appointment of senior managers and managers who are related to their directors450 words
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497 1991-12-21 20 Move prompted by NZ associate’s loss: Group GM THE Fraser Neave (FAN) group wrote off $62 75 million of its investment in New Zealand brewer Magnum Corp partly because of the unexpected losses incurred by a Magnum associate. At a press briefing on Tuesday497 words
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Article213 1991-12-21 20 SOFT-DRINKS conglomerate Fraser A Neave Ltd posted a 25-per cent rise in operating pre-tax profit to $171.42 million for the year ended September. Group turnover, however, increased by a more modest 7.9 per cent to $1.33 billion. In a review of its results, FAN said213 words
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295 1991-12-21 20 LOCAL enterprises are alive and kicking. In fact, some have consistently outperformed the national industry average in productivity growth in the past few years, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said. At a year-end briefing on Tuesday, an EDB spokesman said the latest 1986-1989295 words
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539 1991-12-21 20 DEPOSIT and prime lending rates are expected to fall soon, with interbank rates already hovering at their lowest levels in five years. Analysts pointed out that the three-month interbank rate, commonly used as the benchmark to set other interest rates, is less than539 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration1269 1991-12-21 22 The South-east Asia Games The 1993 sports event for Singaporeans will undoubtedly he the 17th South-east Asia Games, which the Republic will host. Wilfred Yeo looks back at the 1983 Games which Singapore staged and suggests the sports for 1993 edition of the biennial extravaganza, which1,269 words
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Article596 1991-12-21 22 THE 18 gold medals that Singapore collected at the 16th South-east Asia Games in Manila was less than half its haul of 1983 Hopefully, 18 golds will be less than half its haul when it plays host again in 1993. Singapore’s best harvest was in 1973,596 words
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FORUM
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317 1991-12-21 23 Japanese atrocities during WWII MUCH has been written about the evils of the invading Japanese Imperial Forces which swept through Malaya and finally to Singapore in December, 30 years ago. I do not for a moment deny that many of us have317 words
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Article, Illustration973 1991-12-21 23 I REFER to the report “Singapore sinking at Sea" in which the writer called for a forum concerning the way sport is run in Singapore (Sunday Times, Dec 8. See box on right for summary of the report). First, I would say to the973 words
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Advertisement148 1991-12-21 23 WEEKLY The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment opportunities^ appointments... ws And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. And be in touch. The Straits Times MS a*148 words
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710 1991-12-21 24 Ministry explains why road use by foreign vehicles must be controlled MALAYSIAN-REGIS-TERED cars entering Singapore will be subjected to a measure of the restraints already in place to curb the growth of the Singapore vehicle population. Under the revised Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP)710 words
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474 1991-12-21 24 Fee increase two years ago caused fall in enrolment NEW Zealand is slowly regaining its popularity as a university destination among Singaporeans after a sharp drop in enrolment two years ago when fee subsidies were withdrawn. The number of Singaporeans studying in New474 words
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Article, Illustration322 1991-12-21 24 ARMY officer Max Foo, 20, may be all muscles but mummy's word about not riding the motorcycle is as final as his command to his men. The second lieutenant in the army who clinched Singapore's first322 words