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Title Section20 1994-09-17 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 087/08/8420 words
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754 1994-09-17 1 Han Fook Kwang - By Han Fook Kwang CANBERRA Singapore will be looking for a strong declaration from the coming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Indonesia that there be free trade in the area by a certain date, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Tuesday. Both754 words
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Article, Illustration361 1994-09-17 1 SRI Lankan-born Mrs Neila Sathyalingam has lived in Singapore for 20 years, and even won a Cultural Medallion in 1989 for her work as a dance choreographer. But it was only two weeks ago that she finally took the oath to become a citizen,361 words
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267 1994-09-17 1 months. By Han Fook Kwang - By months. By Han Fook Kwang. SINGAPORE and Australia will set up a AS2 million (SS2.24 million) fund to help joint venture companies of the two countries undertake projects in third countries. It will be used to defray part of the cost267 words
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Advertisement12 1994-09-17 1 Planning a CAREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 *****1 »24 196312 words
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INDIAN PM’S VISIT
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495 1994-09-17 2 Felix Soh - By Felix Soh SINGAPORE and Indian companies last Friday signed deals for 12 joint venture projects worth more than $BOO million, a development which marked the start of a new business relationship between the two countries. The package of deals, ranging from the construction of a495 words
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Article, Illustration430 1994-09-17 2 Ravi Velloor - By Ravi Velloor TEAMS from Singapore would travel to India to assess the possibilities of co-op-eration in housing projects in rural areas and to assess the production potential of processes developed in Indian scientific laboratories. This was disclosed by430 words
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Article320 1994-09-17 2 RAVI VELLOOR - By RAVI VELLOOR. INDIAN business leaders travelling with Prime Minister Narasimha Rao last Thursday endorsed the “troika approach" for Singapore and Indian companies to work together in third countries. The approach, suggested by the Singapore Trade Development Board, has these components: Singapore as the gateway320 words
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357 1994-09-17 2 Derwin Pereira - By Derwin Pereira THE visit of Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao has raised the temperature of the "Indian fever” generated by Mr Goh Chok Tong's visit to the country in January this year. Speaking to reporters after he and Mr Rao held357 words
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HOME
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502 1994-09-17 3 Tan Lian Choo - By Tan Lian Choo THE scope for Singapore-US relations is vast and all the indications are that bilateral ties will continue to be very good because of expanding US commercial and economic interests in the region, according to Singapore’s Ambassador to502 words
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Article, Illustration194 1994-09-17 3 A RETIRED schoolteacher, who taught a number of prominent Singaporeans, died last Saturday the age of 93. Mr Chew Kia Song (right), who died in his sleep, was a teacher at Anglo-Chinese School from 1924 to 1959. His eldest son, Dr George Chew, said194 words
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267 1994-09-17 3 A RECALCITRANT copy watch seller was jailed nine years for having more than 4,000 counterfeit watches. In sentencing Goh Serb Kuan. 39, on Monday, magistrate Billy Low called the nine years a small drop in the ocean, considering he could have sent Goh to267 words
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Article, Illustration633 1994-09-17 4 NAVY sergeant Chong Poh Choon. 26. was sentenced to life imprisonment last Friday for killing his three children, a case Justice M.P.H. Rubin described as one of the most tragic and heart-rending in recent times. He imposed the maximum sentence for633 words
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382 1994-09-17 4 Leong Ching Ching - By Leong Ching Ching CIVIL servants and statutory board employees who man service counters would have to mind their manners better if a public sector service award is brought back to life. The Civil Service Institute (CSI), which trains civil servants and382 words
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332 1994-09-17 4 AN ENGINEER glued back three tabs on his supplementary weekend car licence and used it again. Only when he was stopped on the road did police notice the deception. Last Friday. Ng Hing Loon. 32. pleaded guilty to two charges: using an invalid332 words
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327 1994-09-17 4 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon A MAN is said to have entered five women's rooms at a National University of Singapore hostel and molested some of the occupants who were asleep. The offences were allegedly committed on Aug 4, and all the five327 words
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482 1994-09-17 5 Rav Dhaliwal - Free air tickets thrown in as competition hots up By Rav Dhaliwal A PRICE war raging among travel agents has driven down tour prices to the United States drastically. Prices have gone down as low as SI,IBB for an eight-day tour to482 words
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Article, Illustration81 1994-09-17 5 STUDENT and part-time model Angela Lee, 20, (above) not only won this year’s Miss Singapore, World title, she also bagged the Miss Photogenic and Miss Body Beautiful titles at the event. The finals, organised by Vanda Tours and Promotions, were held last Saturday.81 words
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438 1994-09-17 5 A 16-YEAR-OLD boy died a day after a group of seven, including two girls, punched and kicked him at Orchard Plaza after a tea dance at the Fire Discotheque there. The High Court heard on Monday that the Feb 6 assault on438 words
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632 1994-09-17 6 TWO studies have shown the need for a campaign to get Singaporeans eating more fruit and vegetables. The Ministry of Health last week released the findings of a 1993 study it had done which found that Singaporeans had too much sodium and632 words
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Article, Illustration502 1994-09-17 6 Yvonne Chew - By Yvonne Chew SHE is paralysed from the waist down, but hairdresser Amy Low’s determination to win an upcoming hairdressing contest is as steely as the wheelchair she works from. Ms Low, 25. said winning the Golden Scissors Awards would prove she wasPicture by GEORGE GASCON. - 502 words
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385 1994-09-17 6 Ahmad Osman - By Ahmad Osman NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng has asked the Singapore Airlines Staff Union (Siasu) to re-negotiate the profit-sharing formula for the airline’s employees. “There is unhappiness now because the employees are getting so little.” he told The Straits Times on Monday385 words
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Advertisement336 1994-09-17 3 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION News From Home Wherever You are r~ The Straits Times Weekly Edition offers you a crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore and Asean. You can stay in touch with the social issues, politics, business and economy at home wherever you are studying336 words
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Advertisement52 1994-09-17 5 MAKING AN ISSUE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES. The Straits Times Weekly Edition. A crisp summary of the week’s major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executive appointments... And highlights on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Every week. The Straits52 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration622 1994-09-17 7 Hakikat Rai in Alor Star - Malaysian Open Athletics Championship By By Hakikat Rai in Alor Star A BOTCHED-UP start and a light drizzle were the only real opposition sprinter Muhamad Hosni Muhamad faced as he raced to his third consecutive 100-metre title of the season at the Malaysian Open622 words
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Article, Illustration196 1994-09-17 7 SINGAPORE’S top showjumper, Peter Abisheganaden, is in Australia for a two-week training stint as part of his assault on the Asian Games individual gold medal. It is the second training trip Down Under this year for the 33-year-old horseman, who will be196 words
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Article401 1994-09-17 7 Cecilia Chan - SNOC selectors give it the nod on day they turn down FAS application Countdown to the Asian Games By Cecilia Chan SINGAPORE’S soft tennis players have been given a late nod to compete in next month’s Hiroshima Asian Games. The late inclusion was confirmed by401 words
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Article391 1994-09-17 7 Peter Khoo - By Peter Khoo HONGKONG instead ol Hiroshima. That is where the Singapore soccer team will be going to in preparation for the Malaysia Cup competition. Team manager Omar Ibrahim said yesterday that the squad would leave on Oct 2 for a two-week training stint391 words
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MALAYSIA
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442 1994-09-17 8 AP. Bernama, NST. KUALA LUMPUR It was unthinkable a few years ago and improbable even last month. But on Wednesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad sheathed his usual barbs for Australia and praised bilateral ties. The two countries had enjoyed close relationsAP.; Bernama,; NST. - 442 words
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Article, Illustration199 1994-09-17 8 AP. KUALA LUMPUR An immigration officer who demanded a kiss from a foreign journalist had been transferred from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, pending further investigation, officials said. The officer had confessed to asking Ms Galina Petounina. 36. from Kyrgyzstan, for aAP. - 199 words
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461 1994-09-17 8 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon JOHOR BARU The Malaysian police have begun to crack down on Singapore motorists who have ignored traffic summonses for offences committed across the Causeway. So far this year. 5,000 summonses issued to Singaporeans have gone unsettled. In461 words
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301 1994-09-17 8 an example for others.— Bernama. JOHOR BARU Umno had identified its candidates for the next general election, both for state assembly and parliamentary seats, party secretary-general Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said on Sunday. They were selected based on the confidence the Umno leadership had inan example for others.— Bernama. - 301 words
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223 1994-09-17 8 Loving couple inseparable in life and in death NST. JOHOR BARU They were inseparable in life and, tragically, they were not parted even in death. An insurance executive and a primary-school teacher were found stabbed to death at a cemetery in Batu Pahat last Sunday. Hong Leong Assurance executive KoNST. - 223 words
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408 1994-09-17 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) said its preliminary investigations into last week’s near-collision at Kuala Lumpur International Airport showed that the Singapore Airlines aircraft did not get permission to land. Mr Wan Awang Wan408 words
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ASEAN
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Article457 1994-09-17 9 Lee Siew Hua - No lagging behind Apec on free trade By Lee Siew Hua Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Asean is likely to agree on an earlier deadline for free trade in the region when its economic ministers meet next week, Thailand’s deputy premier has said. Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi457 words
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439 1994-09-17 9 Felix Soh - S’pore-KL land dispute: Referring it to court a good sign By Felix Soh ASEAN is going through a “bold new phase" in its history, expanding in size and becoming outward-looking in its vision, said Minister for Foreign Affairs S. Jayakumar on Tuesday. He said439 words
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Article, Illustration69 1994-09-17 9 MOOnCflkeS, anyone?: This mooncake, made in the likeness of the Thai Chinese deity of luck, is making a bid for a world record as the biggest mooncake. It is on display in Bangkok’s Seacon Square Mali and is just one of a trio which stand at 2.8 mAFP picture. - 69 words
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519 1994-09-17 9 Derwin Pereira - President Suharto ‘will not undermine his legacy of development’ By Derwin Pereira POLITICAL succession in Indonesia will proceed smoothly as President Suharto will not want instability to undermine his legacy as the country’s “father of development”. “Given Indonesia’s bloody past, his519 words
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239 1994-09-17 9 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent MANILA An International Monetary Fund (IMF) review team has said the Philippines will most probably achieve a 5-per-cent gross national product growth this year. “It seems the government is on track,” said the mission leader, Mr Kadhim Al-Eyd.239 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article676 1994-09-17 10 SEPT 17, 1994 IT MAY be argued that the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore's ruling that Muslims may make living wills with a clear conscience does not clear the decks for such a law to be enacted in haste. But it is an important hurdle676 words
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Article599 1994-09-17 10 SEPT 15. 1994 THE idea that members of the European Union (EU) may choose to move at different speeds, especially towards economic and monetary integration. is not new. It is. in fact, inherent in last November's Maastricht Treaty on European unity. What is different, and disturbing,599 words
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Article599 1994-09-17 10 SEPT 13, 1994 INDIAN Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao's visit last week took Singapore-India relations a stage further, focusing on issues that might be examined and clarified by January when Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong visits India again. Three meetings within a year speak of599 words
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860 1994-09-17 10 Sumiko Tan - By Sumiko Tan A SUGGESTION to set up a centre to train women for politics leaves me feeling rather uneasy not so much because it seeks, once again, to polarise men and women, but because of the assumption that politicians can somehow be made.860 words
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Article, Illustration1346 1994-09-17 11 The America I admire Professor Tommy Koh AMERICA has been Retting a bad press recently. Almost every day we read or see, in the mass media, stories about America’s shortcomings: falling educational standards, declining work attitude, the drugs menace, rising crime, illegitimate births, the power of the gun lobby, et1,346 words
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Article1038 1994-09-17 11 Bertha Henson - By Bertha Henson SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew gave a piece of advice at the recent National University of Singapore forum which all young people would do well to heed. It was about owning property. He said that as a young man in today’s1,038 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, Illustration2536 1994-09-17 12 The debate over the changing roles of men and women in Singapore society has become louder after the Prime Minister’s recent speech upholding the traditional view that men should continue to head households here. Chua Mui Hoong reports. DR CHOW Hsun Huei. 34. wields the2,536 words
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OFF-THE-RECORD
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Article134 1994-09-17 13 JOURNALISTS understand a scoop to mean an important story they get which no one else has. Not. apparently, to one reporter from SBC News. After interviewing NMP Walter Woon recently on why he would not want to be a minister. she made him promise134 words
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Article107 1994-09-17 13 STILL on SBC Murphy Brown, that American sit-corn, has been moved to a later time slot. It used to air at 8.30 pm on Mondays on Channel 5. Now, it's at 9.30 pm. Could it be that SBC thinks the programme promotes single motherhood, a107 words
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Article60 1994-09-17 13 OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong will soon have a companion if he drives his maroon Volkswagen Beetle to Parliament. Mr Imram Mohamed. one of the new NMPs. also drives a Beetle. Their cars are sure to stand out in Parliament's carpark the clutch of Mercedes, BMW,60 words
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Article146 1994-09-17 13 Chess wrong move, surely? ENGLISH-EDUCATED Chinese Singaporeans are being urged to balance their Western ways with Chinese culture in a series of posters. One portrays a hamburger and a pau. for example. But another one in the series contains a bit of a cultural boo-boo. It shows an international chess146 words
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Article, Illustration1271 1994-09-17 13 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong TODAY I would like to pick up the threads of an argument which I advanced last fortnight about lowering or removing the fees for recording and transcribing testimony given in civil cases in the High Court. I believe1,271 words
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Article, Illustration826 1994-09-17 13 A FI N approach is being taken with this year’s Speak Mandarin campaign wnich was launched on Sept 6. WANG Hill LING talked to the committee’s first English-educated chairman, businessman Ho Kwon Ping, about how he thinks English-educated Chinese826 words
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MONEY
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Article7125 1994-09-17 14 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: Sep 16,1994 1994 Curr Laat Vol Day Gr’a Net M CapWt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale or000 High Low Oiv P/E $mil Price 1440 835 ml s Acma 1000 unch 49 1010 1000 17 5 16.0 689.3 1004 800 400 t7,125 words
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332 1994-09-17 15 close at 2,297.18. – UOH SOO MAY - close at 2,297.18. UOH SOO MAY THE Singapore stock market started on a weak note this week, as fears of interest rate hikes return to spook the market. This follows news from the US that its Producer Price Index had risen 0.6 per cent332 words
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Article98 1994-09-17 15 M industrials index The Straits Times Industrials Indes fel 2.78 points on the week to 2297.18. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2280 39 (-1957) 163 88m (J470.622m) Tuesday *****6 19 27) 1 74 75m (54 73 888m) Wednesday *****1 (-1.35) 205 89m ($583.170m) Thursday 2280 84 (-17 47)98 words
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273 1994-09-17 16 THE Singapore Airlines group has teamed up with its Asean partners to prepare a bid for an aircraft maintenance base at Hongkong's new Chek Lap Kok airport. SIA Engineering Co, the carrier's repair and maintenance subsidiary, will hold a 40-per cent273 words
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3320 1994-09-17 16 CORPORA TE RESULTS Net Farn Fl*s Dale IS IX IX IX < »mp«n> .inn ism) isnil HIM HIM \HK Midgs Mas VlF 1 40* 2851 3,2 7,0 v. m.i luri 15 1 41 51k 14 26k 62* 23 1 v.,>m Vug i 1 4J7.3 7.405 443,320 words
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438 1994-09-17 16 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG China s stock exchange watchdog, the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), has given the green light to two state-owned enterprises to proceed with their primary listings on the Singapore bourse, according to a leading business438 words
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284 1994-09-17 16 Patricia Adversario - By Patricia Adversario HONGKONG has become the first port in the world to handle over 900,000 containers in a month. This strong performance in May means it has overtaken Singapore, which was the world’s busiest container port in the first four months284 words
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Article, Illustration612 1994-09-17 17 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng YEO Hiap Seng's newly-ap-pointed chief executive officer. Mr Chng Hee Kok. was set to inspire a fresh vision for the battle-scarred softdrinks company when he took over officially yesterday. Among other things, the Member of612 words
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Article532 1994-09-17 17 Friday Saplambar 16 HKS ASM Pacific 5.65 unch Allied Ind IntT 0.58 •001 Allied Oversea 0 83 0.01 Asia Sec lot 2 71 0 10 Bank of EA 34 60 0.30 C P Pokphand 2 36 -0 04 COL Hotel 3 40 0.10 Cafe De Coral 2 92 0532 words
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Article348 1994-09-17 17 Manager’s prices for Sep 17 19 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.68-1 78 The Savings Fund 161-1 70 Spore Prog fund 0.67—0.71xd S pore Sec Fund 1.05—111 Spore Invest Fund 121—1.28 S'pore Equity Fund 0 84- 0 89 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt Cl Asia Pac Gr Fund348 words
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434 1994-09-17 17 PROPERTY magnate Ng Teng Fong returned to the market with a vengeance yesterday, tendering top bids for four out of five large state residential sites. With one exception, the bids were within current market estimates, indicating that land prices may be434 words
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Article156 1994-09-17 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.4771 1.4939 Sterling pound 2.2908 2.3449 Australian dollar 1 0849 1 1169 Canadian dollar 1.0835 1.1086 NZ dollar 0.8793 0.9092 EC unit 1 8467 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling156 words
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298 1994-09-17 17 FAIRPRICE International (FPI), NTUC Fail-Price's overseas investment arm. which is setting up a supermarket chain in Dalian, is looking for similar opportunities in other Chinese cities like Chengdu. Shanghai and Beijing. Mr Ng Ser Miang, chairman of Fair Price International. on Wednesday said298 words
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Article137 1994-09-17 17 Contract date: 16/9/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 4 4i j 4% 5 5*4 3S 20 9 94 AS 4'. 4’» 5>'2 5 V 6’« 3S 20 9 94 NZS 5'6S 6 6'» 6~. 4 > 20137 words
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540 1994-09-17 18 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) will soon give foreign brokers greater access to the bourse so as to increase its international orientation, Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu said on Monday. Under new rules to be announced, foreign brokers540 words
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118 1994-09-17 18 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) plans to develop a regional stock index to track the performance of listed local and foreign companies that have significant investments outside Singapore. SES president Lim Choo Peng on Monday that a working committee, including representatives from118 words
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Article, Illustration489 1994-09-17 18 Ann Williams - s9b project is being promoted at road-show in 10 cities By Ann Williams SINGAPORE corporations will be invited to take part in a MSIO-15 billion (SS6-9 billion) township project being undertaken by Malaysia's Renong group on the Johor end of the second link with the Republic.Tlmesgraphics - 489 words
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Article216 1994-09-17 18 GROWTH in trade between Singapore and Indonesia slowed to a modest 3.6 per cent rate last year, after witnessing heady increases of 21.3 per cent the year before and 29.4 per cent in 1991. The slowdown was due to the economic recession in the developed countries216 words
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384 1994-09-17 18 SINGAPORE investments in Malaysia for the first seven months of the year totalled Mss3o million (Ss3o7 million) more than the value of its investments for the whole of last year, a Malaysian official said on Monday. Mr Mansor Abdullah, director384 words
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FORUM
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996 1994-09-17 21 LET me preface my arguments with an apology to readers for the appalling lack of substance in the recent exchange of letters between Dr Vasoo and myself. Dr Vasoo seems to be uncontrollably fixated at the taxi fare level (ST Weekly. Sept996 words
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591 1994-09-17 21 I AM writing in response to the article "National Day Rally Speech was profamily says PM” (ST Weekly, Sept 10). I would like to emphasise that I am completely in agreement with the Prime Minister that moral and family values have to591 words
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576 1994-09-17 21 I REFER to the report on the forum on “Women and leadership” (The Sunday Times, Aug 28). The three speakers addressed issues of women’s representation, women as leaders and women's political ideologies which encompass all of their life experiences.576 words
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Advertisement123 1994-09-17 21 Dear Readers, THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address and home and office telephone numbers. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who decline to give their names. This rule will be waived only in very exceptional circumstances, such123 words
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780 1994-09-17 22 Tan Tarn How - By Tan Tarn How SUZHOU The SingaporeSuzhou township project reached a major milestone on Wednesday following the signing of agreements with its first batch of 14 international investors. The pioneer companies have snapped up land to invest $1.3 billion for their operations in780 words
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Article, Illustration265 1994-09-17 22 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong worked up a good sweat on Sunday, gamely testing his volleyball and netball skills after walking 2.7 km and doing the Great Singapore Workout in Sentosa. Earlier, at around 8.30 am, he hit a gong to kick265 words
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328 1994-09-17 22 Dawn Tan - By Dawn Tan POLLUTION in Singapore hit an unhealthy level for the first time on Tuesday, with the pollution index reading 114. Any reading above 100 is considered unhealthy. The worst hit area was Seletar. where visibility dropped to an all-time low of 0.5328 words