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Title Section19 1995-07-15 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1995 Price: 551.20 Elsewhere by subscription only MIT A (P) 087/08/9419 words
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Article, Illustration719 1995-07-15 1 Zuraidah Ibrahim - American experts agree maid died from strangulation By Zuraidah Ibrahim WASHINGTON One hundred per cent correct. This was the assessment of an independent third-party panel yesterday when it upheld the findings of Singapore pathologists on the cause of death of murdered Filipino maid DellaPicture by PETER WIANT. - 719 words
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Article104 1995-07-15 1 THE Singapore Government yesterday said it accepted the third party panel’s findings on the Contemplacion-Maga case. A Foreign Affairs Ministry statement said that the findings had “resolved with finality” the differences between the Singapore pathologists and the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation experts on the cause104 words
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Article353 1995-07-15 1 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent UNDER-SECRETARY for Foreign Affairs Rodolfo Severino said yesterday the Philippine government accepted as final the findings of an independent examination of the remains of the murdered Filipino maid, Mrs Della Maga. “The third-party panel found no reason to doubt the findings353 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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883 1995-07-15 2 Those here after Aug 1 exempted; employers too ALL foreign workers who enter Singapore from Aug 1 will be exempt from making Central Provident Fund contributions. Their employers will also not have to make CPF contributions, announced a Labour Ministry statement on Monday. At883 words
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291 1995-07-15 2 ANY employers’ contributions to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) for foreign workers once the exemptions come into force will be considered as voluntary and subject to existing tax rules on such contributions. The Ministry of Labour (MOL) said this on Wednesday in a291 words
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Article, Illustration308 1995-07-15 2 Derwin Pereira - By Derwin Pereira PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela has called on Singapore businessmen to invest in South Africa to help rebuild a nation ravaged by the policies of the apartheid era. “I am looking forward to business from this country," the South African leader308 words
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418 1995-07-15 2 FORTY-FIVE British Petroleum (BP) workers were laid off on Monday with a severance package which their union secretary described as “one of the best in Singapore to date”. The workers, in their 20s to 50s, were holding jobs such as security guards and418 words
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739 1995-07-15 3 Tan Hsueh Yun - Survey shows increase in mean household income By Tan Hsueh Yun HOUSING Board dwellers are not only becoming more affluent, but also possess many comforts of a good life, a survey done by the board showed. Its Sample Household Survey found that the overall mean739 words
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Govt accepts recommendations of ethics committee
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Article, Illustration917 1995-07-15 3 Chua Mui Hoong - By Chua Mui Hoong THE Government will introduce a law on advance medical directives popularly known as "living wills” later this year. The proposed law will allow people to specify in advance whether they wish life-sustaining treatment to continue if theyTlmesgraphict - 917 words
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354 1995-07-15 3 FOURTEEN of the 24 groups which submitted views to the National Medical Ethics Committee supported the proposed legislation for advance medical directives while seven were against it for now. One group declined to comment, while another, the Inter-religious Organisation, put forward354 words
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HOME
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814 1995-07-15 4 Ng Wei Joo - By Ng Wei Joo THE Ministry of Education has tightened its guidelines for Phase 2A of the primary school registration exercise which began on Wednesday. This means that parents can no longer register their children for a particular primary school if they did814 words
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Article280 1995-07-15 4 Chang Ai-Lien - By Chang Ai-Lien THE strong smell of opium gave away a teenage couple and a 49-year-old man who were caught with 28.8 kg of opium in their rented terrace house in How Sun Close on Wednesday. The girl. 14, and the youth. 17. both coffeeshop assistants,280 words
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574 1995-07-15 4 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik PRICES of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) are down for the second consecutive month as motorists turned cautious on news of the economy slowing down. Curbs on financing for car loans, implemented five months ago, have made an impact too,574 words
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407 1995-07-15 4 Elena Chong - By Elena Chong CONVICTED lawyer R. Yogendran, 42, was on Friday last week struck off the rolls of advocates and solicitors by a three-judge court for grossly improper conduct. Justice M. Karthigesu, who heard the show-cause action with Justice L.P. Thean and Justice T.S.407 words
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285 1995-07-15 6 SINGAPORE copyright owners whose works are not protected in the United States can apply for protection there starting next year. The Trade Development Board announced that from Jan 1. 19%. Singaporeans who own copyrighted works can seek copyright protection in285 words
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Article, Illustration515 1995-07-15 6 Wong Hiew Peng - By Wong Hiew Peng THE Malaysian High Commission on Friday last week said Singapore cars entering Malaysia will have one month’s grace period to be fitted with a third brake light. This started last Saturday. The announcement came after The Straits Times515 words
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Article, Illustration354 1995-07-15 6 THE Japanese memorial and the Allied Forces’ cross at Bukit Batok, in memory of fallen soldiers, were torn down long ago, and a lush park now stands in its place. But a memorial plaque in their place at the Bukit Batok NaturePicture by CHRISTOPHER WONG. - 354 words
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436 1995-07-15 7 ABOUT 80 young Singaporeans will spend the next two months brainstorming ways they can help build on Singapore’s success, in preparation for the second National Youth Seminar in September. They will discuss Singapore’s future development and put their proposals to Deputy436 words
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169 1995-07-15 7 THOSE who are still holding onto laminated identity cards will have to apply for the new credit card-size ICs by Dec 31. They can do this at Counter 40, National Registration Office, at 1 Colombo Court. The laminated IC will cease to169 words
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370 1995-07-15 7 IN THE COURTS n A SECURITY guard who raped an 11-year-old girl twice on a staircase of a block of flats in February this year was sentenced to a total of 24 years and 24 strokes of the cane on370 words
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386 1995-07-15 8 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira THERE is no law that says a person aged over 30 cannot be sentenced to corrective training, Chief Justice Yong Pung How said recently, dismissing an appeal by a 37-year-old recalcitrant cheat. He said corrective training, which is meant386 words
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Article, Illustration164 1995-07-15 8 ‘Sailing doctor’ Ben wins yet again WORLD silat champion Sheik Alauddin (right) playfully threatening to land a punch on Dr Benedict Tan on Sunday after the latter had pipped him to the 1994 Coca-Cola/The Sunday Times Sports Stars Annual Award. Sailor Tracey Tan (left) emerged second runner-up. The award is164 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Article, Illustration371 1995-07-15 5 Criticism of Singapore’s political culture THE Government will take a relaxed approach towards criticisms of Singapore’s political culture where these comments are exchanged within limited circles or “niche” discussion groups, Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo said on Friday last week. He noted that,371 words
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Article, Illustration490 1995-07-15 5 ELECTRICITY tariff increases will be kept below the retail price index when the Public Utilities Board’s power department is privatised. The reconstituted PUB, acting as regulator, will cap price increases below the RPI while taking into account the efficiency and performance of the power490 words
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390 1995-07-15 5 PARLIAMENT on Friday last week passed the Legal Aid and Advice Bill to enable more people to apply for legal aid. Taking the Bill through its second reading, Law Minister S. Jayakumar told the House that it would raise the disposable capital390 words
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Article502 1995-07-15 5 HUDC lease conversions THE Land Titles (Strata) (Amendment) Bill will pave the way for the conversion of the leases of flats in designated HUDC estates to strata titles. HUDC lessees will own and manage their respective strata or individual units, as well as common property such as carparks502 words
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Advertisement188 1995-07-15 7 Home Delivery Weekly I A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore, the newspaper covers news from politics, to business, to investment opportunities and others. What's more, it also offers news on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be, once a week.188 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1245 1995-07-15 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (3IM BAND) MONDAY 1100 News in Brief/Weather Forecast (Asia Pacific) 1105 Frontiers 1120 Business Market Report 1130 Full News 1138 The Front Page 1140 Take Five 1145 Business world 1200 News In Brief 1205 E Z Beat 12201,245 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration827 1995-07-15 9 Tay Cheng Khoon - Kwek to lead 11-man board that will oversee S’pore’s historic foray into pro soccer By Tay Cheng Khoon EIGHT teams will kick off the inaugural Singapore Professional Football League in late April or early May next year. Police SA and Singapore Armed Forces Sports827 words
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Article, Illustration833 1995-07-15 9 plans for the League.” — By Tay Cheng Khoon - By plans for the League.” By Tay Cheng Khoon. WHEN Kwek Leng Joo walked into the conference room, he brought along with him a thick file and his public relations adviser. But, throughout the two-hour exclusive briefing for Timesport at City House onPicture by JERRY SEH. - 833 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration633 1995-07-15 10 Salim Osman - By Salim Osman in Johor Baru THE Johor Syariah Court on Wednesday sent to prison a self-styled Singaporean preacher and his 10 wives for defying the state’s Islamic law. Abu Talib Harun, 35, who lived in Johor Baru, was sentenced to 25 monthsPictures by ALI YUSOFF. - 633 words
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Article, Illustration430 1995-07-15 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday promised an impartial investigation into the sex-for-hire scandal, stressing that there would no cov-er-up. “We want to be fair to everyone irrespective of whether they are rich or poor,Reuter picture. - 430 words
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479 1995-07-15 10 Govt to strengthen family bond, says minister NST. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia should start making preparations to cater for the increasing number of senior citizens by the year 2020, National Unity and Social Development Minister Datin Paduka Zaleha Ismail has said. The minister saidNST. - 479 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration501 1995-07-15 11 Simon Sinaga - Maj-Gen Bey’s visit to Indonesia By Simon Sinaga in Jakarta INDONESIA and Singapore on Wednesday offered other Asean members the use of the Air Combat Manoeuvring Range (ACMR) in Sumatra to further promote professional interaction among their air forces. Indonesian Armed Force (Abri)Heater picture. - 501 words
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438 1995-07-15 11 Sinfah Tunsarawuth - By Sinfah Tunsarawuth in Bangkok MR BANHARN Silpa-archa, leader of Chart Thai Party, on Thurday became Thailand’s 21st Prime Minister. King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s royal decree appointing him Premier was carried to his home in Bangkok late in the afternoon. Mr Banharn, who438 words
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441 1995-07-15 11 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent THE Gancayco Commission has recommended in its final report that the government phase out immediately the deployment of Filipino maids in the Middle East. Filipino maids in other countries should be phased out over the next five years,441 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article671 1995-07-15 12 JULY 15. 1995 MAKING a living will, which authorises one’s doctors not to delay inevitable death, is an intensely personal decision. One can get hopelessly entangled trying to reconcile the tugs of conscience with the logic of reason, complicated by the hope that advancing medical671 words
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Article666 1995-07-15 12 JULY 13. 1995 THE Government’s 5268 million gesture to older Singaporeans who helped create today's prosperity looks like small beer when compared to the size of the economy, the reserves or even the annual Budget. However. when assessing its value, it would be wrong to look666 words
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Article667 1995-07-15 12 JULY 11. 1995 THE Government’s $268 million gesture to older Singaporeans who helped create today's prosperity looks like small beer when compared to the size of the economy, the reserves or even the annual Budget. However, when assessing its value, it would be wrong667 words
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Article, Illustration798 1995-07-15 12 Alan John - By Alan John SOMETIMES I almost say, “When I started working but I stop myself because the worst thing you can do when talking to 20-something reporters is to sound like their fathers. Their eyes glaze over, they give you a798 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1116 1995-07-15 13 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong WHENEVER I hoarbusinessmen here complain about the strength of the Singapore dollar. 1 am reminded of a comic story I once heard that sugar-coated a tragic truth. The story went like this. An old man was asked1,116 words
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Article, Illustration786 1995-07-15 13 In April, New York Times columnist William Safire wrote an essay, published in full in The Straits Times, criticising Singapore's handling of the Flor Contemplacion case. In another essay on Singapore printed in Monday’s New York Times, headlined Honoring Repression, he was again vociferous in786 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, Illustration1534 1995-07-15 14 Like their Chinese and Indian counterparts, Malay Singaporeans have also been urged to carve out niches for themselves in the region, where common cultural, religious and historical ties may give them an edge. How have they fared? Susan Sim examines the issue. WHEN Yazid parted ways with1,534 words
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415 1995-07-15 14 THE Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce (SMCC) formed a six-member Serumpun Chamber of Commerce and Industry, comprising the Malay business chambers of Singapore, Brunei, Penang, Johor, Jakarta and Batam in 1992. The aim was to matchmake members in joint ventures and to disseminate415 words
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Article, Illustration1214 1995-07-15 15 Mr Koo Tsai Kee lobbied for it vigorously when he was president of the Consumers Association of Singapore from 1993 to 1995. Now new chief Dr Toh See Kiat plans to pursue it in the coming year. So what is this proposed1,214 words
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Article, Illustration1041 1995-07-15 15 Asad Lalif - THINKING ALOUD Asad Lalif READING about Chinese student leader Chai Ling’s role in the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 brought to mind another place and age Bent on revealing the true face of totalitarianism, she had argued that the students should not withdraw from the1,041 words
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MONEY
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Article7035 1995-07-15 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Tranwctlon Date: July 14,1995 1995 Curr LmI Voi Day Or’* Nat MCapWtAvg High Low Company Traded Sal* +or- ’000 MJgh Low Dhf P/E Imil Price 498 382 ml Acma 50c 484 -4 178 490 484 22.5 10.1 667.2 485 450 450 t Alex Hldgs7,035 words
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350 1995-07-15 17 BUYING of small cap stocks continued to dominate market activity, fueled by several takeover rumours. Second liners, especially technology stocks, featured prominently in market activity, which was largely retail driven. Dealers reported that institutional interest was largely absent Brokers said rotational, speculative interest was likely350 words
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Article86 1995-07-15 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Fines Industrials Index rose 2835 points on the week to 2188.34. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2185.95 25.%) 329.75 m (J706.275m) Tuesday 2171.78 (-14.17) 230.69 m (J524.773m) Wednesday 2176.40 4 62) ***** m (5439 924 m) Thursday 2179.79 (+3.39) 150.88 m (5432 549 m;86 words
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513 1995-07-15 18 Tammy Tan - ‘High chance’ of foreign participation in multi-billion-dollar project By Tammy Tan SEVERAL European and Japanese companies are interested in taking a stake in the multi-billion-dollar Tuas Power Station, which the Government plans to sell off to a third party when513 words
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3438 1995-07-15 18 CORPORATE RESULTS mnpans Dali* inn Net F arit n i.v Om) tNni) FI'S IV I.V lets) lets) \HR Hldgs Mas F 2007 1 40’ 4 6 4.2 Vs 111J Jun s 1 6' U4b 41 5 |x 4’8 4| 4 Vies Hldgs lun 2b P 23,438 words
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455 1995-07-15 18 Colin Tan - By Colin Tan HONGKONG’S World-Wide Shipping Agency will now base its entire fleet of more than 40 ships here, following the relocation of its operational functions from Hongkong to Singapore. In the latest move announced on Tuesday, the Hong-kong-based ship management firm has455 words
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204 1995-07-15 19 SINGAPORE Telecom executive vice-president (international investments) Sung Sio Ma will be leaving the group after 29 years of service. Mr Sung, 53, also holds the post of chairman and chief executive officer of Singapore Telecom International, the group’s overseas investment arm.204 words
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Article433 1995-07-15 19 Friday July 14 HK* ASM Pacific 7.40 0.350 Allied Ind Int'l 0.42 -0.01 Allied Oversea 0.70 -0.01 Asia Sec Int 2.73 unch Bank of EA 25 95 unch C.P. Pokphand 3.05 -I- 0.05 CDL Hotel 3 90 -0.02 Cafe De Coral 2.17 -0.05 Cath Pac Air 11.40 -0.10 Century433 words
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Article380 1995-07-15 19 Manager's prices for July 15 17 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.60 1 69 The Savings Fund 1 57 —1 66 S pore Prog Fund 063—0.67 S pore Sec Fund 0 99—1.05 Spore Invest Fund 1 11—118*d Spore Equity Fund 0.76—0 81 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt CL380 words
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Singapore Economic Forum
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376 1995-07-15 19 Reports by Douglas Wong; Colin Tan - Reports by Reports by Douglas Wong and Colin Tan SINGAPORE’S economic agencies must be efficient and have their processes “streamlined, simplified or even removed” to face competition from other countries, said Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong on Monday. He threw376 words
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412 1995-07-15 19 PRIVATE-SECTOR participants at Monday’s Singapore Economic Forum made a number of suggestions some new, some voiced before on how the Government could improve the business environment. These included: EXTENDING the Approved International Trader (AIT) tax benefits to local companies. Windmill International412 words
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152 1995-07-15 19 THE proposed industrial park to be developed by a Singapore consortium in Vietnam should be launched later this year, said Port of Singapore Authority chief executive David Lim on Monday. The consortium, led by the Jurong Town Corporation and the Economic Development152 words
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Article148 1995-07-15 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buyinf 00 Seint US dollar 1.3873 1 4032 Sterling pound 2.1984 2.2512 Australian dollar 1.0044 1.0349 Canadian dollar 1.0107 1.0342 NZ dollar 0.9285 0 9603 EC unit 1.8736 Singapore dollar* to 100 of foreign currency unit* Austrian schilling 13.9252148 words
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Article113 1995-07-15 19 Contract data: 14/7/95 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 54 5 '/4 5'i 5 44 44 18/7/95 A$ 5 4 6*4 6*4 64 64 54 18/7/95 NZ$ 7-• 74 7 ’/4 74 74 64 18/7/95 STG 54 6113 words
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Article, Illustration791 1995-07-15 20 Chan Sue Meng - Singapore investigators consider question of high-level cover-up By Chan Sue Meng A E5O-MILLION (*****.5-mil-lion) discrepancy in Barings’ books and how its top executives had dealt with it have emerged as some of the key issues in Singapore’s probe into the bank’s collapse.791 words
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Article, Illustration642 1995-07-15 20 Kate Yu Juan - Analysts caution against choosing poor locations By Kate Yu Juan SINGAPOREANS are eyeing Chinese real estate again, although not with the same intensity which led to a China property boom two years ago. Some investors have been picking up quality office apartments and residential units642 words
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441 1995-07-15 20 Chan Wee Chuan; and Carolyn Eng - By Chan Wee Chuan and Carolyn Eng SMALL investors on Monday took advantage of the introduction of trading in Singapore Telecom 10-share lots to unload their loyalty shares. Analysts said the volume traded 22,570 shares was reasonable in terms of number441 words
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FORUM
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204 1995-07-15 23 Allegations about Singapore and its leaders “FULL of sound and fury signifying nothing" best describes William Safire’s essay in the New York Times reproduced by The Straits Times (ST, July 12). I am shocked that a man of his intellect and stature could204 words
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Article, Illustration868 1995-07-15 23 I WAS delighted to read the statement of Education Minister Lee Yock Suan on the need to move away from rote learning towards thinking and learning skills (ST, Weekly Edition, July 8). The last paragraph in the report contains a serious warning868 words
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173 1995-07-15 23 I WOULD like to comment on the article "Golf course to be built near Peirce Reservoir” (ST, Weekly Edition, July 8). There are few golf courses built near reservoirs. These golf courses may cause pollution in the reservoirs. A good example173 words
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497 1995-07-15 23 THE comment by Trade Development Board chairman Stephen Lee reported in the article “TDB boosts network of overseas centres” (ST, Weekly Edition, July 8) is food for thought. He was quoted as saying that, as more companies regionalise, it will be497 words
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Article681 1995-07-15 24 Cherian George - Government ups projected sustainable growth rate for medium term By Cherian George THE Government has raised Singapore’s projected medium-term sustainable growth rate upwards to 7 per cent, but achieving this requires that the economy remain competitive. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Monday. "This681 words
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Article, Illustration569 1995-07-15 24 THE second crossing between Malaysia and Singapore will not only meet increasing traffic flow but be a catalyst for more economic cooperation, said Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for National Development. At a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday at Tuas, where the bridge will be. he569 words