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Title Section21 1991-12-28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1991 Price: SH.2O (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/9121 words
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640 1991-12-28 1 5 top S’poreans appointed to the Council FIVE leading Singaporeans who have made a name for themselves in both the private and public sectors were sworn in as members of the high-pow-ered Council of Presidential Advisers yesterday. The five, whose appointments take effect on Jan640 words
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Article, Illustration484 1991-12-28 1 Talent pool widened since eyesight ruling relaxed TOP grades to be top guns. The Republic of Singapore Air Force will require better qualified pilots to keep pace with the increasing sophistication of its aircraft, said Defence Minister Dr Yeo Ning– Picture by TAN SL AN ANN. - 484 words
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804 1991-12-28 1 Serena Toh - By Serena Toh ALMOST all private medical establishments in Singapore must apply for licences to operate under new rules gazetted last night in a move to safeguard the interests of patients and ensure a minimum standard of quality medical care. The804 words
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Advertisement13 1991-12-28 1 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition wishes its readers a Happy New Year!13 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration735 1991-12-28 2 Serena Toh - Many flock there on the opening day despite bad weather By Serena Toh BUGIS STREET, less transvestites, was back in action on Sunday, almost six years after its famous all-night open air food stalls and pasar malam were demolished The dreary weather did not stop735 words
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431 1991-12-28 2 MR ONG Teng Cheong revealed his candid self on Sunday when he admitted that, like many older people, he sometimes could not keep up with the fast changes in Singapore “I myself am not getting younger, and I find the change sometimes too rapid.431 words
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446 1991-12-28 2 Jail and cane for traffickers and abusers FROM Jan 2 next year, addicts and traffickers dealing in drugs like amphetamines, methaqualone (MX) pills and lysergic acid (LSD) will face caning and jail sentences. The Health Ministry announced in a statement last Saturday that446 words
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Article, Illustration237 1991-12-28 3 A FAMILY watched in horror as a 71-year-old grandmother choked to death on a bowl of tang yuan on Sunday afternoon Madam Fong Kwai Kum, a housewife, had earlier cooked the glutinous rice flour balls in a sweet syrup herself Tang yuan237 words
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650 1991-12-28 3 PREMIUMS for car certificates of entitlement (COEs) have continued their recordbreaking rise, pushed up by the year-end seasonal demand. The most expensive COE, for luxury cars, is now $333 shy of $20,000, according to the bid results released last Saturday650 words
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Article, Illustration514 1991-12-28 3 Women here still having breasts enlarged despite case of burst implant in the US IT IS business as usual for plastic surgeons in Singapore despite recent newspaper reports of a US woman whose breast implant burst, resulting in a painful disease. A Federal CourtPicture by Dominic Wong. - 514 words
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575 1991-12-28 3 But standards will not be compromised: BG Yeo TELEVISION viewers will enjoy more choice, better programming and more value for money when the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is privatised in about two years, BrigadierGeneral (Res) George Yeo said last Friday. The Minister for Information575 words
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HOME
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572 1991-12-28 4 Bertha Henson - By Bertha Henson PERMANENT Secretaries will be given more powers to promote their officers from next year in a move by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to strengthen ties between civil servants and their ministries. Instead of making recommendations572 words
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Article, Illustration33 1991-12-28 4 1991 Lim Suet Kwee 1989 Poon Mun Sum 1987 Melissa Tan 1985 Serene Yong 1983 Sandra Cheong 1981 Josephine Oh 1979 Angelina Soh 1976 Lim Bee Bee33 words
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439 1991-12-28 4 THE Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) has set its sights on becoming the first “baby-friendly” hospital here. It wants 50 per cent of its mothers to breastfeed for up to six months. "Baby-friendly" hospitals are those which promote breastfeeding, according to an439 words
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Article130 1991-12-28 4 MISS Lim Bnet Kwee, a stewardess with Singapore Airlines has been picked as Its latest “eut-oot” girl. A total of 1 m life-sized cardboard cot-outs of her have been distributed to SIA offices aronnd the world. Miss Lim Is the eighth “catwat” girl chosen by130 words
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Article, Illustration186 1991-12-28 5 THE Government has appointed career diplomat Mr K. Kesavapany as Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva from next year. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said he will succeed Mr See Chak Mun. who has been reassigned to the186 words
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Article, Illustration439 1991-12-28 5 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal THE Patriot missile, the star of the Gulf war, is set to be one of the top guns at next year’s Asian Aerospace 92 exhibition here. The Patriot, carrying a warhead weighing about 90 kg, intercepted439 words
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Article, Illustration308 1991-12-28 5 CHUA Swee Ping, 44, works in a school science laboratory, but after office hours, he enters a small room adjoining the laboratory and works some more creating beautiful pictures. The room, which he uses for preparing chemicals for the students, also serves as a darkroom308 words
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Article, Illustration440 1991-12-28 5 NEWTON Hawker Centre versus Newton Food Court. And a Rasa Singapura at Bukit Turf Club and in a Bishan eating house. Such twins have come about for one reason: Gov-ernment-owned hawker centres need not be registered with the Registrar of Companies and Businesses440 words
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408 1991-12-28 5 TWO Singapore Armed Forces sergeants had never heard of Operation Raleigh before they were nominated to undergo the selection process. But now, Sergeant Tan Chee Peng and Sergeant Neo Kwee Chong, are looking forward to a three-month expedition to Chile.408 words
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Article, Illustration594 1991-12-28 6 Illegal sport drawing gamblers to Sembawang POLICE raided an illegal rockfighting arena in Semhawang on Thursday. Detectives from Ang Mo Kio and Jurong police divisional headquarters swooped down on the site after The New Paper reported on Thursday that gamblers have been going there to watch594 words
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416 1991-12-28 6 Many take cabs home ONE for the road, then straight for the cab. Many Singaporean partygoers over the Christmas holidays who were too tipsy to drive either went home by cab or took a lift from their friends. A Straits Times check with416 words
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409 1991-12-28 6 Gang from colony said to be hiring S’poreans A HONGKONG crime syndicate has begun recruiting Hongkongers and Singaporeans to commit burglaries in Singapore. The conspiracy came to light on Thursday at the trial of Singaporean labourer Ong Kok San. 31, in a409 words
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464 1991-12-28 6 Health Ministry carries out stringent tests, public told THE Health Minister. Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, has reassured Singaporeans that the blood which patients receive at hospitals is "thoroughly tested” and free of any disease. This is because any blood received from donors464 words
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Article, Illustration398 1991-12-28 7 Other options for Fort Canning building art academy, museum or offices A BUILDING on Fort Canning, once used to train army officers, may be converted into a boutique hotel. The National Parks Board is considering this as one of the options for398 words
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Article, Illustration316 1991-12-28 7 All he suffered is a fractured leg THIS is the five-year-old boy who fell five storeys and survived. Khairul Anwar fell through a kitchen window which had been left open on Tuesday. All he suffered was a fractured leg He was sent to Tan Tock316 words
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Article, Illustration242 1991-12-28 7 PLEASE return to your seats this was the repeated call of security officers to fans of Hongkong singer Aaron Kwok during his concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last Ftiday night. The organisers made sure that the fans kept well away242 words
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Article, Illustration438 1991-12-28 7 THE Supreme Court will have another new judicial commissioner from next month. A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday announced that Mr Amarjeet Singh, 52, a senior lawyer, will begin his one-year term from Jan 2. With Mr Singh’s appointment, the438 words
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254 1991-12-28 7 THE red hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet Union flew for the last time at the Soviet Embassy in Nassim Road on Sunday. But what flag will replace the Soviet one has yet to be decided, said the embassy’s Second Secretary,254 words
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Article, Illustration576 1991-12-28 8 Eileen Lau - Story by Eileen Lau THE humid morning air at the Sungei Seletar Dam near Seletar Airbase was punctured by a whoop of joy when someone shouted "It's a big one!” in Hokkien. A middle-aged angler with a weather-beaten face started reeling in his catchPicture by Tan Suan Ann - 576 words
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Article, Illustration161 1991-12-28 8 THESE two whoppers were Mg enough for a hand to be pot Into each of their mouths. Both the metre-long “big-headed carp" or ss ag he In Hoklden, were canght at the estnary Just outside the Snngel Seletar Reservoir near Seletar Airbase on Tuesday. The angler,very slippery." Picture by TAN SIT AN ANN. - 161 words
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595 1991-12-28 8 WARREN Golf Club has been offered a 36-hectare site at Kranji to build an alternative nine-hole golf course. The Land Office, which gave notice earlier that it might repossess the club’s resent nine-hole course at olkestone Road soon, has595 words
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NEWSFRONT
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Article, Illustration167 1991-12-28 8 As hungry as a bear on its birthday! BIRTHDAY bear lnuka could not get enough birthday cake. The hungry one-year-old polar bear licked the cake board clean after sharing the 1-kg cake with its mother, Sheba. About 60 guests cheered lnuka on at its birthday party at the zoo onPicture by Wen* Kwal Chow. - 167 words
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Article, Illustration162 1991-12-28 8 BROTHER Kevin Byrne, the retiring principal of St Joseph’s Institution, was honoured at a Christmas Eve ceremony at the school’s chapel. The gathering of well-wishers, old boys and students gave him a rousing round of applause just before he received a set of books on Christian162 words
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Article, Illustration546 1991-12-28 9 A TELEPHONE is a telephone until it gets plated with gold. Then it becomes at best an investment, at worst, an exercise in bad taste. For Telecom Equipment, a Singapore Telecom subsidiary, however, it is a 24carat carrot for its handphone customers. A customer546 words
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377 1991-12-28 9 Maximum of 80% subsidy THE Government is spending $37.5 million more over the next three years to help build welfare facilities such as homes for the aged, bringing its total budget to $lOO million. Announcing this last Saturday, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, the Health377 words
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SPORTSFRONT
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Article, Illustration553 1991-12-28 9 Thomas Koh - SBA to give younger players a chance By Thomas Koh REIGNING national badminton champion Hamid Khan has been axed from the Singapore squad which will compete in the Taiwan, Japan and Korea Opens next month "We want to give the younger players a– Hie pirture. - 553 words
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343 1991-12-28 9 THE Public Utilities Board has appointed Mr Lee Ek Tieng and Dr Tan Eng Liang as chairman and president respectively of the Singapore Island Country Club. Mr Lee, the PU~ man and managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore,343 words
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Article, Illustration174 1991-12-28 9 KUALA LUMPUR Singapore captured the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia (LTAM) Cup with a hard-earned 3-2 victory over Perlis at the National Tennis Centre here on Monday. Singapore, which beat Negri Sembilan in the semifinal by a similar margin, lost the first singles when Adrian174 words
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MALAYSIA
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624 1991-12-28 10 Salim Osman - Johor State Assembly sitting By Salim Osman JOHOR BARU A controversial Bill which seeks to restrict the propagation of non-lslamic religions among Muslims in Johor was passed without debate in the state assembly here on Tuesday because of a tyThe Control and Restriction of624 words
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Article, Illustration496 1991-12-28 10 Phan Ming Yen - By Phan Ming Yen THE flood snarled traffic in the town of Kota Tinggi, Johor. with the townfolk having to improvise as they went about their business Around 2 pm on Tuesday, the town was under 1.2 m of water and impassablePicture by Wong Kwai Chow. - 496 words
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133 1991-12-28 10 Rernama. JOHOR BARI Malaysia Airlines (MAS) would operate a Johor Raru-Hongkong service In April, Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Hall Muhyiddin Yassin said last Saturday. Initially, MAS would ply the route weekly using a IK 10, he said in a written reply toRernama. - 133 words
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Article372 1991-12-28 10 JOHOR BARU The Johor state government has slapped a permanent ban on all tanker-cleaning operations within its shoreline to protect the environment. The Star last Saturday quoted State Tourism and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Jimmy Low as saying that the ban had to be imposed because372 words
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155 1991-12-28 10 MALACCA The state government plans to turn Malacca into a fully industrialised state by the year 2000, according to Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik. He told The Star newspaper that an “Operating Master Plan” was being drawn up155 words
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329 1991-12-28 11 er the two states. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The Bar Council on Monday urged to show its sincerity and good faith by explaining the facts about Malaysia's judicial system overseas. Justice Minister Syed Hamid Albar told the Dewan Rakyat that the council shoulder the two states. Bernama. - 329 words
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161 1991-12-28 11 KUALA LUMPUR A blood transfusion for man’s wife during an operation in 1985 turned his life into a nightmare of fear, suspicion and rejection. The man appeared on TV3 last Sunday with Deputy Health Minister Mohamed Farid Ariffin to tell of his161 words
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144 1991-12-28 11 Be mama. KUALA LUMPUR Two boys played all night with toys at a department store after evading security guards last Saturday night, staying after closing time. A staff member of the Metro Jaya in Sinar Kota found the boys, aged 10Be mama. - 144 words
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ASEAN
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315 1991-12-28 11 JAKARTA The Indonesian government will proceed with its plan to construct the country's first nuclear power plant in Semenanjung Muria, Central Java, despite objections from various quarters, according to the Jakarta Post. "No matter what, the National Atomic and Nuclear Energy Agency315 words
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Article, Illustration134 1991-12-28 11 PRESIDENT Cor&zon Aquino (above) singing at a Christmas party at the Presidential Palace in Manila on Monday. Imitating her sworn enemy, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who loves to sing at gatherings, Mrs Aquino declared she would not run in nextrallies. Renter picture. - 134 words
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395 1991-12-28 11 New focus reflects concern about need to defend its oil fields, says Jane’s FOR the first time, Brunei is planning to improve its conventional warfare capability to face external threats, according to a report in Jane’s Defence Weekly. The country’s defence acquisition395 words
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207 1991-12-28 11 AP TALLAHASSEE (Florida) Florida’s universities and colleges have obtained a grant of US$B million (Ssl3 million), with more funds to come, to upgrade higher education in Indonesia. Chancellor Paul Parker of Florida State University, in announcing the grant on Monday, said that– AP - 207 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article640 1991-12-28 12 DECEMBER 28, 1991 IN TAIWAN’S first full-fledged General Election last week, voters opted for pragmatism. Instead of downing the heady, and probably fatal, political mixture of immediate independence and rapid electoral reform offered Oy the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), more than 70 per cent of640 words
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Article702 1991-12-28 12 DECEMBER 24. 1991 The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) deserves high praise for its good work in getting the retail price of Cyclosporin lowered Cyclosporin is a wonder drug which helps transplant patients fight organ rejection, the greatest single obstacle to the success of any transplant.702 words
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Article668 1991-12-28 12 DECEMBER 23, 1991 IN 1981, the Education Ministry, in support of the national Mandarin policy, ruled that all Chinese students would go by their pinyin names. If their parents insisted, they could have the names as pronounced in dialect in brackets Less than two weeks ago, it668 words
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870 1991-12-28 12 Chiang Yin Phang - Viewpoint By Chiang Yin Phang HAIL the Education Ministry’s decision to allow dialect names to appear on school records instead of hanyu pinyin versions. It has taken a decade for the ministry to concede that pinyinising a Chinese name will not fly while Chinese870 words
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Article, Illustration2533 1991-12-28 13 COMMENT Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew was interviewed in Singapore last month by Mr Nathan Gardels, editor of Global Viewpoint, a publication of the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Last week we published the first of two parts of the interview, in2,533 words
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INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
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2225 1991-12-28 14 As the new Parliament prepares to sit on Jan 6, Zuraidah Ibrahim takes a closer look at Singaporeans' expectations of their MPs. Do they have the same expectations of both PAP and opposition MPs? This is the first of a two-part report based on a Straits2,225 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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108 1991-12-28 15 REPORTERS visiting the new United States Information Service Centre at Stamford Road were told that its official opening would be delayed for about two weeks. “We hope the official dedication will be a very special affair,” an official said. A reporter asked: Would108 words
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Article, Illustration130 1991-12-28 15 IT SEEMS that free market guru Milton Friedman, who gave the inaugural Singapore Lecture in 1980, was horrified to discover that his audience had been charged absolutely nothing. Whereupon he gave his host, Professor K. S. Sandhu, director of the Institute of South-east Asian130 words
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108 1991-12-28 15 A NUMBER of people at the SBC Staff Union’s 9th anniversary dinner and dance held at the Neptune Theatre restaurant last Wednesday wondered if its floor show, famous for its topless dancing, would be censored. The reason: Minister for Information and the108 words
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131 1991-12-28 15 IF YOU are not on Mr Goh Chok Tong’s mailing list for a Lunar New Year greeting card next year, well, you can still have a peek at what the card looks like. The Lion and Dragon Dance painting by local artist Lai Kui131 words
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Article, Illustration1011 1991-12-28 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong AN UNATTRACTIVE and somewhat troubling feature of political debate in Singapore is the apparent readiness of many people to speak against government policies or decisions but seldom, if ever, for them. Whether at forums or in letters to1,011 words
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448 1991-12-28 15 Cherian George - MEDIA WATCH Cherian George ONE giant question mark hovers over the decision to privatise the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation: Will it improve the range and quality of programmes available here? Unfortunately, there is no definitive answer. Privatisation, in itself, will not determine what448 words
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MONEY
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Article5624 1991-12-28 16 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 27, 1991 INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 1991 T*l Curr Last Vol Day Last Quota Gr't Div Net High Low Cod* Company Traded Sal* -for000 High Low Buyer Sailer P/E 285 162 1000 Acme 219 •63 131 220 217 218 220 10 ON 14 5 255 1805,624 words
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439 1991-12-28 17 The weekly share market report AFTER wallowing in the doldrums for nearly a month, lower interest rates both in the US and Singapore had the welcome effect of shaking the Singapore stock market out of its hiatus. A full percentage point cut in439 words
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Article136 1991-12-28 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Timas Mustrtah Mai rasa 41.04 paMs an tfca vast to 1407.17. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1430.61 (4-3.78) 22 94m (864 23m) Tuesday 1445.43 (4-14.82) 3558m (*****m) Wednesday Closed Closed Thursday 1456 78 4-11.35) 32 51m (860.13m) Friday 1467 87 (4-11136 words
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Article234 1991-12-28 18 SINGAPORE'S cost of living, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose by 3.5 per cent in the first 11 months compared with the same period last year. This means that the Trade and Industry Ministry’s projection of 3.4 per cent inflation234 words
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120 1991-12-28 18 THE Trade Development Board (TDB) is studying the possibility of setting up a representative office in Vietnam to help Singapore firms seeking business opportunities there. A TDB spokesman said last Friday: “A lot depends on the feedback we get from businessmen,120 words
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Article673 1991-12-28 18 AUDITED RESULTS Cempsny Oat* Year Group Net Net n« mines Crop* in* to prefit/lest ill per slier* dividend j COOO) (canto S 1 Um CMn| Ok 11 Jun 91 83.*****6 806) 2(4) 2(3) t. Yin Sing Dec 10 tun 91 8459(8342; 51(38) 1(1) •huca D*c 9 lun 91673 words
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174 1991-12-28 18 Reuter. THE Singapore dollar rlosed at a record high of 1.6332/42 to the t'S dollar as the American currency took a battering following last Friday's unexpectedly large one percentage point cut In I’S Interest rates. Two major local banks DBS Bank andReuter. - 174 words
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Article178 1991-12-28 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US doiiar 1.6163 1 6360 Sterling pound 3 024b 3 0949 Australian dollar 1214? ***** Canadian dollar 1 3834 1 4163 N l dollar 0 86/0 0 8977 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign178 words
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Article96 1991-12-28 18 Contract dato: 27/12/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE usj 44 3% 34 34 34 54 31/12/91 AJ 64 64 64 6 4 534 64 31/12/91 N2J 6 '/> 64 64 6 6' 44 31/12/91 STG 10*/« 10'/, 10'/.96 words
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650 1991-12-28 18 OCBC, DBS and UOB take top three spots for capital strength, global survey shows SINGAPORE banks took the top three spots among the world’s strongest banks, with their core capital ratios far exceeding those of their counterparts in other countries. In its global banking survey650 words
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Article609 1991-12-28 18 Friday Daeambar 27 HKt Amoy Propartie» 5 25 unch Allied Overseas 0 86 -001 Asia Sec Int'l I 12 t-001 0 64 unch +0 30 Bank of EA 23 70 Cavendish 3 475 -0.025 2 35 Century City 1 41 unch COL Hotel 0 56 0 01 COL Hotel609 words
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Article230 1991-12-28 18 Manager’s prices for December 28 30 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.22-1.30 The Savings Fund 105-112 S pore Prog Fund 0 47—0 50 S'pore Sec Fund 0 79-0 84 S pore Invest Fund 0 87-0 93 S'pore Equity Fund 0.57—0.61 xd Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1.59-167230 words
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279 1991-12-28 19 PUNTERS who feel lucky this holiday season now have a system to help them assess their winning chances with dream numbers A local company has developed two user-friendly computer programs to give one's luck “a boost in the winning direction". Mr Martin279 words
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Article, Illustration486 1991-12-28 19 MP for Cheng San GRC also expected to step down as Feedback Unit chairman BUSINESSMAN-POLITI-CIAN S. Chandra Das, Jurong Shipyard’s executive chairman and director, is stepping down from his posts in the marine group as well a* uuin four486 words
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261 1991-12-28 19 BIG computer companies like Apple and IBM are gearing up to push their personal computers (PCs) and notebooks at small retail shops here which so far sell mainly local brands and made-in-Taiwan computers. The two main reasons for their move are: FACED with261 words
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Article883 1991-12-28 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year AIS8 50c 121(b) Dec 30 Jan 14 Jan 21 121 101 Amal Steel Me 10'» Dec 9 Dec 23 Jan 20 201 201 Amtek Eng 20c 61TE Dec 5 Dec 11 Dec883 words
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Article184 1991-12-28 19 Company Rights Issue City Dev Renounceable rights issue on the basis of oneforten <3 $2 85 pe' share Ex-date: Dec 9 Books close Dec 19 Acceptance Payment NYA H Negara Onefor-one <g $2 75 per share Ex-date Nov 12 Books close Nov 22 Acceptance Payment Jan 2 1992184 words
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Article382 1991-12-28 19 Company Rights Issue Am Pac land Four-for-seven MSO 50 per share Afcance Tech One-for-one <o SI 00 per share Boll on Issue of 190 978m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991 with 45 489m detachable warrants on the basis of S2 nominal amount of Bonds382 words
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565 1991-12-28 20 Representatives’ remarks blown out of proportion, says envoy THE European Community headquarters in Brussels has given the assurance that no decision has been made to remove Singapore from its Generalised System of Preferences, which allows certain products from Singapore to enter the565 words
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Article, Illustration470 1991-12-28 20 The prospects for doing business spark interest in language and culture WITH interest in Vietnam hotting up here by the day, it is perhaps no surprise that someone would come up with the idea of running Vietnamese language classes. Resources Venture Pte Ltd470 words
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439 1991-12-28 20 COMPANIES’ REPORTS RECORD profits at Singapore Press Holdings Ltd in the last financial year ended Aug 31, 1991 boosted its bank deposits by a hefty $97.84 million to a total of $302.76 million. Funds under management remained almost unchanged at $115.6 million439 words
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305 1991-12-28 20 ICI SINGAPORE posted a growth in turnover of over 10 per cent this year to more than $lOO million, reflecting strong demand for specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. And next year promises to be just as buoyant, notwithstanding expected slower economic growth. “With the right305 words
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512 1991-12-28 20 PRIVATE-SECTOR employees are likely to receive flat to lower bonuses this year, although some in sectors like the shipyards and construction industry can look forward to fatter payouts. By contrast, the publicsector bonus payout this year is three months512 words
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Advertisement877 1991-12-28 21 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition MB mm i CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD ClDBisa statu lory hoard responsible for upgrading the (.(.instruction industry Itsmissior is to develop a construction sector which is capable of providing high quality construction work and value for money and is responsive to Singapore's economic needs.877 words
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Advertisement836 1991-12-28 22 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition /vppoiisrnv/iEM SENIOR APPOINTMENT CORPORATE SECRETARIAL LEGAL The successful candidate reporting to the Head of the Secretariat Legal Department. OUB will undertake corporate secretarial duties and deal with legal matters for the OUB Group Applicants should have a Law degree or other legal professional qualification836 words
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Article, Illustration555 1991-12-28 23 Measure standard of living by what we are and not what we have I REFER to the letter “Quick action needed to stop teens turning to prostitution" (ST, Dec 19). Mr S. K. Chakravarti has indeed rightly raised the question of whether our555 words
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305 1991-12-28 23 IT IS heartening to get reassurance from the Government that good medical care is being provided for the poorer patients, even in the subsidised C and B 2 beds. For the poorer patients to feel that they are not neglected,305 words
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325 1991-12-28 23 IT WAS with great satisfaction that I read about the Education Ministry’s decision to allow the use of dialect names. In my opinion, our dialect names are an integral part of our cultural identity. I was from the generation that was affected325 words
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101 1991-12-28 23 REPLY I REFER to the letter “C and B 2 beds should be for the poor only” (see letter abow). Our studies show little evidence of abuse of B 2 and C beds by higher income groups. The utilisation of Class C101 words
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Advertisement164 1991-12-28 23 PPM WEEKLY The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, i 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. The Straits Times WEEKLY164 words
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625 1991-12-28 24 THE People's Action Party must adjust and change its policies, style and approach to maintain its position as the party leading the nation forward, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong If it did not do so, Singapore would not move forward625 words
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Article, Illustration475 1991-12-28 24 LAST weekend was the wettest so far this month, with heavy showers putting down a veil of mist all over the Singapore skyline. It was reminiscent of the haze which blanketed Singapore from September to November. Showers which started last Saturday continuedPicture by H. L. CHAN. - 475 words