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Title Section19 1994-04-23 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription MITA (P) 002/08/9319 words
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Article, Illustration707 1994-04-23 1 Bertha Henson - Use historical links with Asia to boost economic presence in region, PM urges Britain By Bertha Henson LONDON Singapore and Britain will have a joint business council to help strengthen bilateral economic ties anti seek ways to co-operate in joint ventures inPicture by LIM SIN THAI. - 707 words
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Article, Illustration495 1994-04-23 1 Elena Chong - Hongkonger charged with vandalism By Elena Chong HONGKONGER Shiu Chi Ho was on Thursday sentenced to eight months’ jail and 12 strokes of the cane after he was found guilty of four vandalism charges.' The 17-year-old boy displayed no emotion when District Judge F.495 words
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Article, Illustration341 1994-04-23 1 Sandra Pearce - By Sandra Pearce WHEN businessman F. W. Shing chalked up Singapore Telecom bills amounting to nearly 52.00 C) late last year for a service he hardly used, he was shocked. The bills were for Singapore Telecom’s Stockline, a phone-in service which gives341 words
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Advertisement8 1994-04-23 1 Planning a Move l i{ tJj j CHECKOUT8 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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625 1994-04-23 2 Warren Fernandez - 'Great drama of 20th century unreported' By Warren Fernandez CANBERRA Mr LEE Kuan Yew on Wednesday took the Australian media to task for failing to inform their countrymen adequately about the dramatic changes taking place in East Asia. "The great drama625 words
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511 1994-04-23 2 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong will receive the labour movement's highest honour at this year's May Day rally at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Mr Ong. who spent more than 10 years as secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, will be given the Distinguished511 words
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Article, Illustration612 1994-04-23 2 SYDNEY Asia would be a better place less xenophobic and racist, more broad-minded and cosmopolitan when Australians and New Zealanders become part of the East Asia success story. Mr Lee Kuan Yew said here on Tuesday The Senior MinisterSPII picture by LEONC» KAM HI AN. - 612 words
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Article194 1994-04-23 2 FORMER top civil servant Krishna Pillav Ram Chandra died of a heart attack on Wednesday, aged 65. The former Permanent Secretary of the Law Ministry leaves behind his wife Sliakuntala. 64. son Randhir Ram and a daughter Renuka. and a grandson. His career in the premier Administrative194 words
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563 1994-04-23 3 Caning sentence on US teenager AMERICAN teenage vandal Michael Peter Kay was not coerced by the Singapore police into confessing his crimes, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Thursday night. Responding to continued allegations in the American media, including comments made by563 words
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Article, Illustration453 1994-04-23 3 upwards,” he said. By WARREN FERNANDEZ - upwards,” he said. By WARREN FERNANDEZ CANBERRA Singapore has managed to keep its streets safe by having a penal system which punished offenders severely so that they would not repeat their offences, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said on Wednesday. The Senior Minister said453 words
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Article, Illustration827 1994-04-23 3 THE High Court last Friday awarded Dr S. Vasoo S2IO,(MX) in damages in his defamation suit against Dr Chee Soon Juan over remarks made by the latter after Parliament had debated his sacking by the National University of827 words
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486 1994-04-23 3 FORMER Colour Touch general manager Tan Check Soon has up to Tuesday to come up with about $2.8 million in fresh bail, failing which he will be remanded. The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) applied successfully, when the hearing resumed486 words
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HOME
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NTUC Eighth Triennial Delegates' Conference
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450 1994-04-23 4 Boon Vang says of move to link trade to labour standards THE attempt by some developed countries to link trade to labour standards is merely "protectionism by another name". Labour Minister Lee Boon Yang said on Thursday Linking the two would undermine the competitive450 words
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407 1994-04-23 4 TWO main obstacles stand in the way of having more on-the-job training for workers: The lack of a suitable curriculum and a shortage of supervisors trained to act as mentors to their colleagues. Saying this on Thursday. NTL'C chief Lim Boon Heng urged407 words
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Article, Illustration112 1994-04-23 4 SHE will literally dazzle the audience with her moves. Dressed in a tight-fitting costume strung with glass panels of different sizes, she will reflect laser beams aimed at her. The result, as she dances, will be a dazzling array of colours flashing from all angles of112 words
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Article, Illustration567 1994-04-23 4 Ng Wei Joo - By Ng Wei Joo. NINE final-year business administration students of the National University of Singapore are now doing part of their course work overseas thanks to the university’s new modular system. Four of them have been in Canada since January and567 words
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561 1994-04-23 5 THE High Court on Thursday made a landmark ruling that a person who kept drugs for another person was not drug trafficking. As a result of this ruling by Justice S. Rajendran, Goh Hock Huat. 29, who was accused of drug trafficking,561 words
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382 1994-04-23 5 LES Miserables ended its 12-week run at Kallang Theatre on Sunday, grossing $10.5 million in ticket salt's after playing to an audience of more ihan 132,000 people. Mr Martin McCallum, worldwide managing director of Cameron Mackintosh, the company which produced the show,382 words
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Article, Illustration390 1994-04-23 5 THE police are looking for three men who could be connected to the murder of a National University of Singapore professor who was found dead in his bedroom about four months ago. The Straits Times learnt on Thursday that the390 words
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485 1994-04-23 5 ALL 1,500 undergraduates joining the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences this year will undergo a new first-year programme that includes courses on stress management, critical thinking and computer skills. The programme will help the new485 words
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517 1994-04-23 5 THE Philippine government has raised the minimum age of maids coming to Singapore to 25 years. From March 1 this year, the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), an agency of the country’s Department of Labour and Employment, is requiring that all517 words
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353 1994-04-23 6 LAWYER Rajagopal Shan was struck off the roll of the Supreme Court on Monday after he was found guilty of gross misconduct in borrow* mg $35,000 from a client nearly six years ago Mr Rajagopal. 40. who has been a lawyer for 14353 words
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Article, Illustration541 1994-04-23 6 Ben Davidson - He gets one years jail and $lOO,OOO tine By Ben Davidson THE High Court last Friday overturned the acquittal of Amcol Holdings director Kang Hwi Wah on a corruption charge involving $1.5 million, and sentenced him instead to a vear's jail541 words
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411 1994-04-23 6 THE price of motorcycle Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) has skyrocketed to $5OO this monih from $2l last month Motorcycle dealers were last Saturday shocked at the rise but said a major reason was the sharp fall in the number of411 words
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Article, Illustration285 1994-04-23 6 BERLIN' The bespectacled executive-director of the CDAC, Mr Chan Soo Sen, has taken on another appointment: chief executive officer of the SingaporeSuzhou Township Development Mr Chan, who was part of the business delegation accompanying the Prime Minister to Germany, said that he285 words
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Article, Illustration546 1994-04-23 6 Leong Weng Kam - By By Leong Weng Kam CONFUCIAN scholar Wu Teh Yao died in Taiwan on Sunday following a stroke on April 7 at his eldest son's home in Taipei where he was holidaying with his wife. Madam Hsueh Ying. Professor Wu was 78546 words
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211 1994-04-23 6 A Bl SINESSMAN used cheques which would bounce to pay for almost $lOO,OOO worth of shares. Chan Kim Fook, 32, pleaded guilty and was jailed for 15 months for the offence last Friday. A district court heard that in July IM2,211 words
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331 1994-04-23 7 FOUR Singaporean moneychangers lost about $1.3 million to a group of hammerwielding robbers, who struck while the victims were caught in a traffic jam in Johor Baru. The robbery, which took less than five minutes, happened near the Johor331 words
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Nanyang Technological University’s foreign links
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439 1994-04-23 7 A HIGH-POWERED team from the Nanyang Technological University, led by its president Cham Tao Soon, left for China on Tuedav to discuss academic and research cooperation with top Chinese universities there. Several memoranda of understanding (MOUs) are expected to439 words
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255 1994-04-23 7 NANYANCi Technological I niversity (NT! is to jointly develop activities in engineering, science and other fields with Stanford l'niversity in the United States, one of the most respected universities in the world. The universities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOI to promote cooperation in teaching,255 words
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Article, Illustration829 1994-04-23 7 Underaged and hitting the bottle Underaged drinkers, some as young as 14, are gulping down as many as six to eight glasses of alcohol at nightspots. They are giving the law’ the slip because clubs are not strict enough about agechecks. Report by Sharon Lim, Shauna Siew and .Jacqueline Poh.829 words
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Article, Illustration559 1994-04-23 8 Pasir Panjang. By Dominic Nathan - THEME PARK SINGAPORE The Science Centre: By Pasir Panjang. By Dominic Nathan. IMAGINE taking; a ride through the human body, seeing its functions up dost* and brought to life through the latest in robotics and computer simulations You might be able to do559 words
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360 1994-04-23 8 icuiua acvuiiu pilose, upeiis oi me end of the year. By Shauna Siew - By icuiua acvuiiu pilose, upeiis oi me end of the year. By Shauna Siew. GET set to zoom down from a water slide 25 metres above sealevel. at almost 10 kmh. when a new360 words
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386 1994-04-23 8 12-vear-old step-daughter was one of his two victims AN UNEMPLOYED man raped two 12-year-old girls, one of whom was his stepdaughter who later became pregnant, the High Court heard on Monday. The 47-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years' jail and386 words
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Article235 1994-04-23 8 THE Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) will be allowed to sell up to 2,000 copies per issue in Singapore from next month. This follows the Government’s approval of the application by its publisher. Review Publishing Company Ltd, to circulate the news weekly here under the Newspaper235 words
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SPORTSFRONT
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Article, Illustration659 1994-04-23 9 Peter Khoo - MALAYSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE SOCCER S’pore 2 Malacca 1 Report: Peter Khoo SINGAPORE marched to its fourth successive win in the Malaysian Premier League for the first time when it beat Malacca 2-1 at Kubu Stadium last Saturday. The victory, thanksPicture by JERRY SEH - 659 words
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Article, Illustration326 1994-04-23 9 THE Singapore Badminton Association is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to help national champion Zarinah Abdullah win the Commonwealth Games gold medal in Victoria, Canada, in August. Every aspect of Zarinah's game her strokes, physical fitness and mental endurance will326 words
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490 1994-04-23 9 the Lions. By Peter khoo - By the Lions. By Peter khoo. Pahang 3 S’pore 1 HIGH-RIDING Singapore crashed to its first defeat in the Malaysian Premier League this season when it was out-fought 1-3 by a resurgent Pahang at the National Stadium last night. The Lions, fresh from four wins from490 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article571 1994-04-23 10 made soon By Kalimul* lah Hassan - Improper loans to fake firms to buy shares alleged By made soon By Kalimul* lah Hassan. KUALA LUMPUR State-controlled Rakyat Merchant Bankers lost more than MS3OO million <SS29O million), largely through allegedly improper loans given to several prominent people during the height of iast571 words
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351 1994-04-23 10 Unmarried pregnant foreign workers will be deported Johor JOHOR BAP.U Unmarried foreign workers who were found to be pregnant would be deported within 24 hours The Star newspaper last Saturday quoted Johor Immigration director Salam Yusof as saying that such conduct was not only unacceptable morally but also against the351 words
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Article, Illustration456 1994-04-23 10 JOHOR BAKU A Singaporean who has 10 wives was charged in the Syariah Court in Johor Baru on Wednesday with 18 offences, including six of cohabiting and six of having unlawful sc*x. Abu Talib Harun. 34. was charged with committing the offences between456 words
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Article60 1994-04-23 10 Bernama. IPOH Malaysian cartoonist Mohamad Noor Khalid, known popularly as Lat, is now a datuk. He is among €B6 recipients of awards in conjunction with the ruler of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah’s birthday. He will receise the Darjah Datuk Paduka Mahkota Perak at anBernama. - 60 words
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126 1994-04-23 10 KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian army officer. Major Ramli Shaari. was killed on Tuesday when he stepped on a landmine in Croatia The Sun of Malaysia on Thursday reported that the officer was the second Malaysian killed while on active United Nations duty overseas. The126 words
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Article, Illustration284 1994-04-23 11 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Syuga, the .lapnose book featuring nude pictures of the widow of former Indonesian President Sukarno, has made it to the stands in Malaysia despite being banned as pornography. A Bahasa Malaysia version of the book is alsoBernama. - 284 words
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235 1994-04-23 11 THE High Court in Kuala Lumpur has ordered Umno Member of Parliament Tamrin Ghafar to pay a bank almost Ms 6 million (553.5 million) after a company, for which he was a guarantor, defaulted on a loan. Mr Tamrin. the son of235 words
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ASEAN
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445 1994-04-23 11 ‘Abri compares well with armies elsewhere’ JAKARTA Indonesia nmls a strong military to guarantee that it can continue with its development, President Suharto said in a speech marking the 42nd anniversary of the Kopassus, the Army’s special force. "In a world that is445 words
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467 1994-04-23 11 Nirmal Ghosh - -By Nirmal Ghosh. MANILA President Fidel Ramos is trying to rally congressmen to ensure that the Philippines will take a major tax and liberalisation plunge, with two Bills due for consideration yesterday. Hanging on the fate ot the Bills is an International Monetary467 words
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Article235 1994-04-23 11 BANGKOK Motorcycles are being used increasingly to move about the congested streets of Bangkok. But as their numbers grow, so has the number of motorcycle thieves. Motorcycles are stolen in Bangkok every day, especially in the Phathumwan district, the Nation said on Wednesday. To crack235 words
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Article, Illustration399 1994-04-23 11 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh MANILA Listed Singapore food major Cerebos hopes to raise the metabolism of millions of Filipinos in a few years with its Brand's Essence of Chicken. It will spend upwards of $1 million on launching the brand in the399 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article623 1994-04-23 12 APRIL 23. 1994 THE most significant outcome of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's visits to Germany and Britain may be the enthusiasm they have kindled among businessmen in both countries. This may owe something to Mr Goh's own experience of the private sector, and his understanding623 words
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Article634 1994-04-23 12 APRIL 22. '934 AUSTRALASIA'S integration with East Asia, the theme of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s speeches in his travels in New Zealand and Australia the past two weeks, would appear to most p>eople to be a process well underway. In trade, three-quarters of either country's634 words
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Article603 1994-04-23 12 APRIL 19. 1994 WHEN the Government wants to find out about the people's reactions to its policies or what worries them most, it is logical that the state should go to them rather than have them troop to the Ministry of Community Development and in603 words
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815 1994-04-23 12 Sia Cheong Yew - Viewpoint By Sia Cheong Yew AS THE Speak Mandarin Campaign gets set to go into its 16th year, it is heartening these days to listen to many young children, including six year olds, rambling away in two languages without any inhibitions More likely815 words
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COMMENT
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950 1994-04-23 13 The New York Times has been leading the protest against the caning sentence imposed on 18-year-old American Michael Fay, calling on Americans to flood the Singapore Embassy in Wash- ington with their protests and urging US companies to do950 words
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Article, Illustration635 1994-04-23 13 The act of caning through American eyes Some American TV coverage of the Michael Fay case went to ludicrous lengths to show what the cane was. One programme even enacted a posed version of the caning. TELEVISION is about sight and sound, and635 words
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428 1994-04-23 13 reputation". By Sumiko Tan - By reputation". By Sumiko Tan. SEVERAL American companies with businesses in Singapore say they will ignore a call by The New York Times to pressure the Singapore Government to cancel Michael Fay’s caning sentence. An editorial two weeks ago calk'd on428 words
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559 1994-04-23 14 Chua Mui Hoong and Wang Hui Ling report on what the American reaction to the Michael Fay case says about the approach to law and order in Singapore and the United States of America. IF MICHAEL FAY had been559 words
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931 1994-04-23 14 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: US MERIC AN literature on criminal justice emphasise correction and rehabilitation, not punishment and deterrence. More weight is hence given to individual treatment for offenders, rather than equal punishment for equal crimes. These attitudes towards crime and punishment are rooted in the belief931 words
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984 1994-04-23 14 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT: S PORE A MALAYSIAN judge once said that handing out a lenient sentence is like using a clothes peg to hit a cobra. Governed by a similar concern that a light hand would be ineffective in tackling crime, Singapore metes out harsh984 words
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Article165 1994-04-23 15 NEW ZEALAND'S Parliament House has been declared an “earthquake hazard". Singapore journalists covering the visit by Mr Lee Kuan Yew to New Zealand found the building deserted and the insides of the marble structure gutted out when they arrived to cover his meeting with Prime Minister165 words
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Article117 1994-04-23 15 FOR someone who “hadn't the faintest idea" what a law degree meant in terms of a career. AttorneyGeneral Chan Sek Keong has come a long way. Revealing his thoughts and motivations in an interview in the Singapore Law Review, a publication managed by law students of117 words
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Article168 1994-04-23 15 WITH the issue of family values very much alive, it might be instructive to see what the situation is like in other countries, particularly Japan, whose societal norms are often touted by the Government as a worthy example. According to Japan Topics, a newsletter published by the168 words
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Article77 1994-04-23 15 FOR those who think political life is nasty and dirty. British Education Secretary John Patten has a different perspective. Here on a short visit recently, he told the NUS alumni why he left the cushy world of academia for the rough and tumble of politics: “177 words
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Article50 1994-04-23 15 MR PATTEN also remarked on the diligence of Asian students. On a visit to schools in Malaysia, he told the students to work hard. They said "yes". Mr Patten: “If I had said that to a British student. I may well have an egg chucked at me."50 words
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Article, Illustration1117 1994-04-23 15 Chua Huck Cheng - THINKING ALOUD Chua Huck Cheng FOLLOWING on the ranting of New York Times columnist William Satire which we reported two weeks ago. the American media and special interests have surpassed themselves by mounting an ag-itation-propag a n d a campaign, not so1,117 words
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460 1994-04-23 15 Jimmy Yap - CIVIC WATCH Jimmy Yap ASEAN feminists are planning to come up with a "Family-Friendly" award which will recognise companies' efforts in promoting family life. The award will be given to firms which have policies and working environments that make it easier for employees to460 words
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MONEY
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Article7077 1994-04-23 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: April 22, 1994 1994 Curr Last Vol Day Gr a Net M Cap High Low Company Traded Sale 4- or000 High Low Div P/E $mil 1350 206 1 s Acma 975 cd 40 183 980 940 17 5 15 6 672.0 7007,077 words
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374 1994-04-23 17 THE Singapore stock market powered steadily upwards at the start of the week, hut faltered on Tuesday on news of US interest rate hike on Monday. However, it remained cool to DBS Bank’s halfpoint rate hike Wednesday and bounced up 8.66 points,374 words
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Article107 1994-04-23 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials lnde« sained 53.41 pants on the week to 2265.59 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2239 07 89) 195 36m ($476 771m i Tuesday 2221 00 (-18 07) 187 86m ($456 175m) Wednesday 2229 66 866> 142 56m ($347.281m) Thursday 2231 29107 words
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359 1994-04-23 18 Robert Ng - By Robert Ng IT RAINED new brokers last month The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) said it had approved the appointment of a staggering S 6 new brokers last month alone. Comprising 31 new dealers and 53 new remisiers, the figures are respectively359 words
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3707 1994-04-23 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net i nrn t l*s 1 liil. n 1 A n 1 A < .nnpjin ann |S|||| (Sill) Ills) (els) Vina Mu 1? I 1 41 '44 14 26* 'X 21 1 MMT Mi, >1 1 0171 i t •> 02 Alliance l.vli M.n3,707 words
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343 1994-04-23 18 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong LAST year’s super-bull stock market has sent all stockbrokers here laughing all the way to the bank, especially key directors of listed stockbroking companies This is because the profit-sharing agreements they have with the firms entitle them343 words
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238 1994-04-23 18 TOP Sembawang Group executive Ng Pock Too has quit to join American aerospace component maker Sundstrand Corporation. The group chief executive officer and then-presi-dent of the Sembawang Group, is also said to have been offered a diplomatic posting in Asia, but has declined238 words
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279 1994-04-23 19 ItANk loans to individuals surg'd by 3* per rent in February this year compared to same month last year. Latest Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) figures show that loans and advances to professional and private individuals in February was $10.4 billion, up from $7.6279 words
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Article566 1994-04-23 19 Friday April 22 HK$ ASM Pacific 4 15 -0025 Allied Ind Int'l 0 82 0 02 Allied Oversea 0 99 unch Amoy Properties 10.10 0 15 Asia Sec Ini 1 96 -0 04 Bank of EA 33.00 0 75 C P Pokphand 2.48 0 10 COL Hotel 2 90566 words
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Article313 1994-04-23 19 Manager’s prices for Apr 23 25 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 173- 1.8? The Savings Fund 1 59-1 67 Spore Prog fund 0 73-0 77 S pore Sec Fund 1 05-1 10 S pore Invest Fund 1 ?6 13? S pore Equity Fund 0.86-0 90 Credit Lyonnais IntT313 words
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344 1994-04-23 19 Reuter, AFP. MANILA Singapore’s Changi Airport Enterprises, together with a consortium of ChineseFilipino businessmen, o Wednesday unveiled a plan for a new international airport terminal here. The proposed terminal would handle 20 million passengers annually by the year 2020. The groupReuter,; AFP. - 344 words
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Article, Illustration321 1994-04-23 19 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva. THE consortium of small boatel owners which beat the competition with a bid of 517.5 million for a site in Punggol is planning to start a private boatel members’ club there North Shore Marina Pte Ltd (NSM), the group with321 words
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291 1994-04-23 19 FAR East Levingston (Fels), the rig-building arm of the Keppel Group, has just clinched a $270million contract to build a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel for Norwegian offshore contractor, Smedvig. It will undertake the project on a turnkey basis, from design development and engineering291 words
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Article157 1994-04-23 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Seing US dollar I 5478 1 5654 Sterling pound 2.2900 2.3431 Australian dollar I 0964 1.1288 Canadian dollar 1.1152 1.1409 NZ dollar 0.8745 0.9044 EC unit 1.7989 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling157 words
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Article125 1994-04-23 19 Contract data: 22/4/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CAU VALUE DATE USS 3'» 3 1 s 34 4 44 2S 26 4 94 A$ 3'« 3% 44 44 44. 3 27 4 94 n:j 5’. 5*4 54 54 54 4 4125 words
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550 1994-04-23 20 RETAILERS of big-ticket items like television sets and refrigerators chalked up record sales last month, in some cases 2 times over the same month last year, due to pre-GST shopping frenzy. Things’ have, however, sobered up since April 1, when the550 words
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322 1994-04-23 20 LOCAL banks are gearing up for the new share-trading system that will allow investors to buy and sell shares of scripless counters from their branches. The new trading system, which is being developed by the Stock Exchange of Singapore. will also incorporate Nets322 words
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Article, Illustration526 1994-04-23 20 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) has entered into a joint venture with Beijing airport authorities to provide comprehensive ground handling services at the Capital International Airport in the Chinese capital. These include passenger services, domestic and international cargo handling, ramp services,526 words
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Article, Illustration287 1994-04-23 20 HOTEL Properties Ltd (HPL) has expanded its Four Seasons chain of hotels with the acquisition of a major stake in the Four Seasons Resort Bali. HPL, which is controlled by Singapore businessman Ong Beng Seng, announced last Thursday that it has joined President287 words
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463 1994-04-23 20 DBS BANK raised its prime rate by half a point to 5.25 per cent on Wednesday. Its announcement, made after the market closed on Tuesday, came hot on the heels of the US Federal Reserve's quarter-point interest rate hike to 3.75463 words
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513 1994-04-23 23 THE reply, "Gifted scheme aims to develop pupils' intellect to the full" (ST. March 31), to the letters Mr Sebastian Tan (ST. March 22) and 1 (ST Weekly. March 26) wrote does not answer directly the questions we posed. What is still of primary513 words
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Article, Illustration229 1994-04-23 23 RECENTLY, there was a photograph showing Dr Lee Boon Yang and NSF men training to do pull-ups using a newmet hod. It looked impressive initially, but I wonder if the new method works. In my physiotherapytraining. I came across some recent research which showed that229 words
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293 1994-04-23 23 I REFER to the article “Credit card holders charged a record $4.6 billion to plastic last year" (ST Weekly, April 16). It is in the interests of the credit card companies such as Visa and their member banks to have cardholders who are prudent293 words
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Advertisement173 1994-04-23 23 HOME. DELIVERED WEEKLY The Straits Times Weekly 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. The Straits Times Making an173 words
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604 1994-04-23 24 Warren Fernandez - By By Warren Fernandez SYDNEY Mr Lot* Kuan You on Sunday urged Singaporeans overseas to keep up their links with the Republic and help it go international. There were social, cultural and economic advantages in having a network of604 words
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Article, Illustration210 1994-04-23 24 j iiuvv uu vuuj Leong Chan Teik - By j iiuvv uu vuuj Leong Chan Teik. NEW multi-million-dollar landed properties are not always built in tranquil surroundings days. In Simei. a posh development named Mistral Park has just been completed a stone’s throw away from the tracks on– Picture by TAN SCAN ANN. - 210 words
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371 1994-04-23 24 The number increased from five in 1991 to 33 last year MORE Singaporeans are being detained abroad for drug trafficking, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said on Monday. The number of arrests has jumped from just five in 1991 to 33 last year.371 words
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308 1994-04-23 24 AN INTERNATIONAL drug-trafficking syndicate was crippled last Saturday with the arrest of a man and the seizure of 1.3 kg of heroin at Singapore Changi Airport’s Terminal 2. The leader of the syndicate’s base here was among six Singaporean men and one Malaysian woman308 words