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Title Section20 1996-03-09 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1996 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 008/08/9520 words
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594 1996-03-09 1 Chua Mui Hoong - Need to rise to challenges of electronic media By Chua Mui Hoong PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Thursday called on Asean countries to work together to develop and promote an Asean philosophy in the new electronic media, which is now dominated by594 words
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332 1996-03-09 1 ASEAN countries are considering setting up a joint satellite television channel to present an Asean approach to news and entertainment. The seven Asean ministers agreed at the close of the fourth Asean information ministers’ meeting on Thursday to get a group of technical experts332 words
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Article, Illustration414 1996-03-09 1 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song IN 1992, Yuhua MP Yu-Foo Yee Shoon suggested in Parliament that there be a prize for a Model Man. Concerned over the growing number of divorces here, she said that such an award for outstanding Singapore men wouldPicture by GEORGE GASCON. - 414 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement9 1996-03-09 1 16 MRT stations for 20-km North-East line: Page 249 words
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Advertisement10 1996-03-09 1 Planning a AREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 **********0610 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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692 1996-03-09 2 Brendan Pereira - CJ spells out ways to resolve such matters By Brendan Pereira CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How last Saturday unveiled a comprehensive set of measures to make the divorce process less traumatic, to provide children in custody battles with their own lawyers, and692 words
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Article, Illustration416 1996-03-09 2 Thomas Lee - The F-5 upgrade will give the aircraft improved radar and avionics capabilities, comparable to new, more modem fighters such as the F-16, but at a fraction of the cost of buying new aircraft. By Thomas Lee THE Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) fleetPicture by STEVEN LEE. - 416 words
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255 1996-03-09 2 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has congratulated Australian Prime Minister-elect John Howard on his "resounding victory” at the recent general election. In a letter to Mr Howard on Tuesday, which was made public on Wednesday, Mr Goh said that Mr Howard now255 words
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130 1996-03-09 2 SINGAPORE, expressing shock and dismay at the recent spate of bombings in Israel, has called for restraint by all parties and reaffirmed its support for the Middle East peace process. Noting that the bombings have claimed the lives of many innocent people, a130 words
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456 1996-03-09 3 Chua Lee Hoong - By Chua Lee Hoong HOME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Thursday urged the local Chinese community to take the lead in promoting racial harmony here. He said that, as the majority, Chinese Singaporeans played a key role in many456 words
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281 1996-03-09 3 SINGAPORE must continue to build on and maintain its reputation as an economic success story as this had become its brand name, said Mr Wong Kan Seng on Thursday at the opening of the Chinese Cultural Festival. It was this reputation that281 words
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Article, Illustration289 1996-03-09 3 THE Chief of Navy, Rear-Admiral Kwek Siew Jin, will relinquish his appointment as Chief of Navy on June 30 and join the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) as its managing director. Rear-Admiral Richard Lim Cherng Yih, the director of289 words
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Article, Illustration432 1996-03-09 3 ON WEDNESDAY, leukaemia patient Cheng Ern Lijn finally got to thank Law Yan Mee in person for giving her the bone marrow transplant that saved her life. It was exactly a year after the transplant operation, Singapore’s first matched unrelated bone marrow transplant.432 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration433 1996-03-09 4 The Treasury to house key ministries THE newest government building along High Street will have an old-world facade to blend in with its surroundings in the Civic and Cultural District. To be called The Treasury, it is only 11 storeys high to fit inPicture by LAL FOOK KONG. - 433 words
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574 1996-03-09 4 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon A DIVISION head of building materials company, Resources Development Corporation, was on Monday jailed eight years and ordered to be caned six strokes for raping his Indonesian maid. The High Court convicted Lam Mun Choon. 45.574 words
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302 1996-03-09 4 A MAN whose car had twice been scratched set up a video camera on his verandah to catch the culprit. He caught his neighbour, a 63-year-old woman, in the act. She said she scratched his car because she thought he had vandalised hers.302 words
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551 1996-03-09 4 Leong Ching Ching - By Leong Ching Ching THE Government’s policy towards helping poor families is to ensure that their young children have the means to get a good education, said Community Development Minister Abdullah Tarmugi. He said that the Government would try to551 words
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240 1996-03-09 5 The MRT North-East Line THERE were cheers from many quarters on Tuesday after the 16 North-East MRT line station sites were announced. Said immigration officer Roslindah Ahmad, 28, who lives in Hougang: “It’s really good news. It will be easier to visit my240 words
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Article, Illustration703 1996-03-09 5 Tan Hsueh Yun and; Sandra Soon - By Tan Hsueh Yun and Sandra Soon FAMILIAR landmarks such as the old Rex Theatre and Youngberg Hospital will soon make way for more intensive development around stations on the North-East MRT line. While some owners and tenants were disappointed by703 words
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415 1996-03-09 6 Walter Fernandez - Four town councils told move to take effect from June By Walter Fernandez THE Housing Board will stop providing essential maintenance services such as lift rescue and the restoration of utilities to all four opposition town councils from June. Staff at the Hougang.415 words
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Article446 1996-03-09 6 THE four opposition town councils are confident of taking over the provision of essential maintenance services once the HDB ceases to provide them in June. On Friday last week. Bukit Gombak Town Council secretary. Mr Tay Hoon. said that Nee Soon Central Town Council and his own446 words
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Article, Illustration183 1996-03-09 6 COMMUNICATIONS Minister Mah Bow Tan paid a Hari Raya call on Sultan Mahmood Iskandar of Johor on Sunday, Accompanied by his wife, Mr Mah arrived at the Istana Besar in Johor Baru at 12.20 pm. He met the Sultan and hisPicture by ALI YUSOFF. - 183 words
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456 1996-03-09 6 Susan Sim - By Susan Sim THE Dutch government gives Singapore priority in terms of its Asia policy because the Republic is a highly industrialised economy with market-friendly policies that are likely to ensure its continuing prosperity, Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok said on Sunday.456 words
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469 1996-03-09 7 Brendan Pereira - Quarrel among relatives, friends and neighbours to be included: Chief Justice By Brendan Pereira SQUABBLING relatives, friends or neighbours will be encouraged to talk things over instead of taking their disputes to court as criminal cases. Mediation will be extended to such469 words
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360 1996-03-09 7 THERE are about 360 returned government scholars with the civil service, filling top posts in the ministries, the armed and the police forces. About 125 returned government scholars have left government service since the Public Service Commission started sending bright students to360 words
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286 1996-03-09 7 WHEN it came to higher education, Asia’s best students have looked to the United States. When they came back, they brought their American ideas to jump-start development in their own countries, turning the American dream of success into the Asian dream.286 words
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Article, Illustration504 1996-03-09 8 Chang Ai-Lien - Underaged mother was also an escapee By Chang Ai-Lien A 15-YEAR-OLD youth living at Gracehaven Children's Home not only ran away twice, but also fathered a child with an underaged girl. On Thursday last week, he was ordered to be remanded in the youngPicture by LIM SIN THAI. - 504 words
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389 1996-03-09 8 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal SINGAPORE aims to draw two million Japanese visitors a year by 2000, with its strategy of positioning itself as a gateway for the region. It will be aggressively389 words
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Advertisement186 1996-03-09 7 Home Delivery Weekly! 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. So,186 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1255 1996-03-09 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (31M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News m Brief Weather Forecast (Asia Pacific) 1105 Frontiers 1120 Business Market Report 1130 Full News 1138 'he Front Page 1140 Take Five 1145 Business world 1200 News in Brief 1205 E Z Beat1,255 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration541 1996-03-09 9 Joe Dorai - SOCCER by Joe Dorai PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong will be the guest of honour at a colourful opening ceremony of the S-League at the National Stadium on April 14 at 7pm. Mr Goh's presence will give the S-League, Singapore’s first professional soccer541 words
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Article, Illustration261 1996-03-09 9 GOLF FORMER Putra Cup hero Phua Thin Kiay was elected the new Singapore Professional Golfers Association president at its annual general meeting on Monday. The 49-year-old takes over from Jurong Country Club professional Lim Swe Chew, and will serve a two-year term261 words
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655 1996-03-09 9 Tay Cheng Khoon - But signs are encouraging, he says SOCCER By Tay Cheng Khoon LIKE expectant fathers that was how Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan described the S-League Board on Monday. With Singapore’s first experiment with professional soccer due to kick off on April 14, Mr Mah,655 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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Article635 1996-03-09 12 MARCH 8. 1996 THE latest refinements, some quite revolutionary in scope and impact, to what Chief Justice Yong Pung How calls the communitarian model of juvenile justice, confirm again that, far from relying on deterrent punishment. Singapore attaches great value to rehabilitation through gentler means.635 words
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Article656 1996-03-09 12 MARCH 6. 1996 ASIA and Europe are no strangers to each other. But a formal partnership is a new concept The Asia-Europe summit (Asem) was significant, therefore. as much for being held at all. as for what it promises to achieve The trigger being economic. this will656 words
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Article681 1996-03-09 12 MARC 5. 1996 ONE of the more succinct readings of the change of government in Australia, after Labor's rout in the weekend election ended a tenure of 13 years, is that it had overstayed its welcome by three years. True democrats apparently do not mind change681 words
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Article, Illustration731 1996-03-09 12 Yeong Ah Seng - Aussies and Kiwis Asia’s reluctant partners By Yeong Ah Seng ASIA is still important to Australia but Australia is not part of Asia, so says the Foreign Minister-designate of the newlv-elected Liberal-National coalition government. It may seem odd that the new Australian government should reiterate its commitment to Asia while731 words
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Article, Illustration2388 1996-03-09 13 Better to talk earlier and agree on course that will lead to gradual reunification Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew on China-Taiwan tensions This speech was delivered at a reception for constituency leaders on Sunday at the Shangri-La Hotel. WE HAVE2,388 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, Illustration1219 1996-03-09 14 For the first time, the Administrative Service is seeking out mid-career executives from the private sector to boost its ranks. Chua Mui Hoong examines the impact of the move and asks two Admin Service officers what they do. WHEN the Administrative Service invited promising1,219 words
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WHAT TWO ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS DO
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Article, Illustration378 1996-03-09 14 “I JOINED the service in June ’B7, after graduating from the University of Adelaide with a first class honours in Economics. I started out in the Home Affairs Ministry, working with the police department to introduce community policing, and was involved in organisational and op- erational378 words
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Article, Illustration366 1996-03-09 14 “I KNEW hardly anything about the Administrative Service in my student days, even though I was a Public Service Commission scholar, studying Economics in Cambridge University. I graduated with a second class upper honours degree, and joined the Admin Ser- vice in 1993. My first posting366 words
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Article, Illustration1184 1996-03-09 15 Many Singaporeans have described this year’s Budget as a “hongbao Budget”, with goodies for all. Businessmen are equally pleased too, with the package of tax incentives and schemes to promote growth. What does Government Parliamentary Committee (Finance) chairman Ow Chin Hock1,184 words
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Article, Illustration950 1996-03-09 15 Han Fook Kwang - THINKING ALOUD Han Fook Kwang WHETHER you call it a big bonus, a hongbao or an election Budget, the Government’s bag of goodies which Finance Minister Richard Hu unveiled on Wednesday last week must rank as its most generous ever. I cannot950 words
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MONEY
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Article7655 1996-03-09 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: Mar 8.1996 1996 Curr Last Vol Day Gr'a Nat M CapWtAvg High Low Company Traded Sale t-or-000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 214 176 Acer 50c US 194 4 130 194 192 13 1 321.2 494 318 m t Acma 50c7,655 words
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340 1996-03-09 17 FOR the earlier part of the week, performance of the Kuala Lumpur market upstaged the local bourse. Funds rushed into the KL market on talk of a trade surplus for Malaysia for December, which proved to be spot on. In340 words
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Article93 1996-03-09 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index Id 20.67 points on the week to 2400.76. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2422 28 (+0 85) 75.330m (J232 954m) Tuesday 2432.38 10.10) 123.35m (J342 790m) Wednesday 2429 74 (-2 64) 126 66m (J340 536m) Thursday 2402 43 (-27.31) 150.12m93 words
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Article, Illustration763 1996-03-09 18 Alvin Tay; and Tan Li Eng - Interest seen in new projects, while resale market was quiet: Bankers By Alvin Tay and Tan Li Eng MORE Singaporeans have bought private properties here in the past two months despite banks' stiffer housing loan rules and Government efforts to assureTimesgraphict; Source: CPF - 763 words
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Article72 1996-03-09 18 Company Rights issua MMC Three-for-five M$2 00 Company Bonus Istut MMC T wo-for-f ivo RDC One-for-four Company Othars Lum Chang Issue of S$80m principal amount of unsecured fixed rate bonds due 2000. MUI Conditional mandatory gen offer by Pan Malaysian Ind Bhd to acquire the entire Issued paid-up72 words
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233 1996-03-09 18 COMPANIES should be encouraged to extend their working hours into the night to reduce “wastage” of Singapore’s office space, Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (Redas) president Heng Chiang Meng suggested on Friday last week. To encourage companies and their staff to233 words
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155 1996-03-09 19 NATIONAL carrier Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has released details of its new Far East-Europe services, to be operated in conjunction with three other members of a newly-formed shipping consortium. NOL, Japan's Nippon Yushen Kaisha, Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and P&O Containers of Britain dubbed155 words
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Article428 1996-03-09 19 Friday Mar 8 HKS ASM Pacific 7.55 3.050 Allied Ind Int'l 0.47 -0.02 Allied Oversea 0.60 -0.01 Asia Sec Int 3.12 unch Bank of EA 27.35 0.15 C P. Pokphand 3.67 -0.15 CDL Hotel 4.38 0.05 Cafe De Coral 2.23 -0.02 Cafh Pac Air 14.35 unch Century City 1.86428 words
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Article501 1996-03-09 19 Managers’ prices, Mar 11 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 175-1.85 The Savings Fund 1.64-1.73xd S pore Prog Fund 067-0.71 S pore Sec Fund 1.03-1.09 S pore Invest Fund 1.18-1.25 S pore Equity Fund 0 80-0 85 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt CL Asia-Pac Gr Fund 2 735—2.875** Cl501 words
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446 1996-03-09 19 SINGAPORE’S foreign trade grew 25.8 per cent to $30.9 billion in January this year compared to January 1995, as against 10.6 per cent growth registered in December last year and 16.7 per cent in November. Releasing the latest trade numbers on Thursday446 words
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580 1996-03-09 19 Tan Li Eng - By Tan Li Eng IN A MOVE likely to upset many credit card members, most issuing banks said they planned to quote the same 24 per cent interest under their proposed financing schemes for cardholders who are unable to reduce their card exposure per580 words
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Article144 1996-03-09 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buyini 00 Seini US dollar 1.3979 1.4139 Sterling pound 2.1194 2.1717 Australian dollar 1.0570 1.0903 Canadian dollar 1.0108 1.0343 NZ dollar 0.9305 0.9624 EC unit 1.7811 Singapore dollar* to 100 of foreign currency unit* Austrian schilling 13.1952 13.7946 Belgian144 words
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Article131 1996-03-09 19 Contract data: Mar 8, 1996 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 4 S 4 »4 4* 4 Vi 4’/4 4>i 12/3/96 A$ 6 V 4 6 s 6'k 6vi 6'4 5 4 12/3/96 m 88’» 8 7*4 7131 words
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Article771 1996-03-09 20 Narendra Aggarwal - The Straits Times Budget Roundtable Reports by Narendra Aggarwal THE new Budget presented to Parliament last week by Finance Minister Richard Hu was generally perceived as a good balancing act aimed at meeting771 words
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363 1996-03-09 20 TRAINING of workers, especially the older ones and those employed in small and medium-sized enterprises, is an area that should have received attention via the Budget, according to panellists at a Straits Times roundtable discussion on the Budget last week. They noted there363 words
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Article662 1996-03-09 20 Koh Keat Kian - Uncertainty over Wall Street puts damper on sentiment Stock market reaction to Budget By Koh Keat Kian THE stock market’s reaction to the Budget was muted on Thursday last week, dampened by volatility on Wall Street. Analysts said last Wednesday’s Budget had offered some pleasant662 words
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On whether employees taking sick leave get their shift allowances
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496 1996-03-09 23 I REFER to Mr William Alan Morton’s letter “Shift workers who get sick are not malingerers” (see box). Contrary to the writer’s contention that an employee who falls sick will face the threat of receiving less pay with the implementation of the Guidelines, employees496 words
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316 1996-03-09 23 MR WILLIAM Alan Morton has made an unfair attack on the NTUC over the issue of whether workers should be paid the shift allowance when they are on outpatient sick leave. He has given the misleading impression that shift316 words
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284 1996-03-09 23 I REFER to the article “Shift allowance guidelines crack down on malingerers” (ST, Feb 29). “Malingerer” is defined in the dictionary as one who feigns illness or other incapacity to avoid work. While it is laudable that the NTUC is keen on284 words
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Article, Illustration458 1996-03-09 23 I REFER to Mr Surinder Singh’s article "Howard may win but will it help Asian ties?” (ST, March 2). I write as an Australian businessman and frequent visitor to the region and Singapore. In the article, your correspondent questioned the commitment of the458 words
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Article, Illustration640 1996-03-09 24 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik THERE will be 16 stations along the $5-billion North-East MRT line, which will stretch from World Trade Centre in the south to Punggol in the north. Building of the line will start in the middle of next year and640 words
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282 1996-03-09 24 STATIONS have been earmarked for Sennett, Woodleigh and Punggol along the North-East MRT line, but they will not be built yet until the population in the surrounding areas increase with future development. “Boxes” or concrete shells of future stations will, however,282 words
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720 1996-03-09 24 Geoffrey Pereira - By Geoffrey Pereira THE Internet here will be brought under the Singapore Broadcasting Authority in new moves aimed at safeguarding public morals, political stability and religious harmony. The three Internet access providers here Singnet, Pacific Internet and, soon. Cyberway will have to be720 words
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