The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 11 May 1996

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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • Article
      System transparent, any charges of wrong-doing will be looked into: PM
      908 2 SINGAPORE’S system is a transparent one and any allegations of wrong-doing* even by government ministers, will be looked into. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Wednesday. He added that having looked into the sale of properties at discounts
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      PM discusses his suggestions on sale of private homes with Redas
      392 2  -  Two ideas: Balloting, more units for public launches By Ann Williams PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has met the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore (Redas) to discuss his suggestions on the sale of new private housing units. Confirming
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      SM Lee, DPM Lee to donate discounts to charity
      263 2 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have decided to donate to charity the discounts they received from their purchase of properties from Hotel Properties Ltd. This decision was announced in a joint statement by SM
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      Lock icon S’pore rated safest country in Asia
      549 2 Perc report SINGAPORE has been rated as the safest country in Asia, according to a survey by Hong-kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc) Limited. On a scale of zero to 10. with zero representing the best situation. the Republic’s rating of 1.25 made
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    • Article
      Finance company’s claim over mortgage loan dismissed
      708 3  -  Court’s decision ends ordeal for family By Brendan Pereira THE High Court on Tuesday dismissed a claim by United Overseas Finance against a widow and her two children for not repaying a $120,000 mortgage loan on their property which was applied for without
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      Lock icon Boy dies after car ploughs into diners
      479 3  -  They were seated at a table along pavement ?y David Miller and Chong Chee Kin A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy, who was having dinner with his family outside a coffeeshop in Übi Ave 1, died in hospital about an hour after a car went out
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    • Article
      Rapid growth of nightspots
      535 3  -  By Rav Dhaliwal NEW nightspots mushroomed last year, growing at a much faster pace than eating outlets and cashing in on a growing trend of business people going for a drink after work. While 76 bars, lounges and nightclubs closed down, 134 sprang up in their
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  • HOME
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon PM: Policy-making based on 3 principles
      792 4  -  Prudence, stability and confidence the hallmarks By Chua Mui Hoong PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong last night highlighted three fundamental principles underpinning policy-making in Singapore: prudence, stability and confidence. These were the hallmarks of the Government's national management, and were the same principles which
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      CNB warns nightspots: Clean up drug scene or face shutdown
      560 4  -  By Tan Ooi Boon THE Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) yesterday issued a stern and unprecedented warning to 72 entertainment spots that they risk being shut down if their patrons or staff sell or use illicit drugs. CNB director Sim Poh
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    • Article
      Some addicts flee to Johor
      153 4 THE Central Narcotics Bureau's repeated raids on nightspots here have apparently caused some Singapore drug addicts to flee across the Causeway. CNB director Sim Poh Heng said its relentless action to clean up drug activities in discos, lounges and nightclubs in the past two months
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      PM: Building bonds applies to overseas Singaporeans
      589 5  -  By Warren Fernandez in Bandar Seri Begawan PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Thursday told the Singapore community here that his goal of building bonds among Singaporeans applies to those who worked overseas as well. As more Singaporeans ventured abroad as expatriates, the
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      Less stressful ways to be excellent needed: Ex-president
      327 5 STRESS seems to be affecting more and more young Singaporeans, said former president Wee Kim Wee. This was becoming even more noticeable with recent press reports on mental ailments, he said, adding: “The prominence these mental ailments have been given in the
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      S’pore Jewish millionaire left $28m to charity
      482 5  -  Jewish groups and Red Cross among beneficiaries By TanHsuehYun A RECLUSIVE Jewish millionaire here has left $28 million to charity after his death. The late Meyer Ezra Isaac, who was divorced with no children, died at the age of 90 in 1989 of
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      New breath of life for Bukit Batok
      559 6  -  First precinct to be completed under interim upgrading programme By Leong Ching Ching A REJUVENATED Bukit Batok was unveiled on Sunday, the first precinct to be completed under the interim upgrading pro gramme for housing estates. Blocks 206. 207 and 208 got a
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      MP’S FOUR MAIN ROLES
      296 6 AN MP has four main roles, said Minister for National Development. Mr Lim Hng Kiang. As a legislator, an MP must represent residents’ views in Parliament. He must have the ability to understand policies and debate current issues. His other roles are: Petition-writer An MP must
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      S’pore has highest percentage of workers in QCCs
      617 6 Workers now understand productivity concepts and tools, such as QCCs, promoted over the last 15 years. The task ahead for the board is to get them to have the mindset to “do things systematically, economically, with great attention to details” to get
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      Tampines East CC cable modems first in the region
      533 7 About 100 households to be picked for trials later THE few minutes which Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong spent video-conferenc-ing at the opening of Tampines East Community Club on Sunday was the first successful demonstration of data transmission using cable modems
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      Eloquence won the day for Miss S’pore
      211 7 UNIVERSITY student Evelyn Choo thinks her eloquence was the clincher when she won the Miss Singapore 1996 title on Friday last week. Miss Choo, 20, who just finished her final examinations in European studies and philosophy at the National University of Singapore, was
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      Rolex rewards for club officials spark long debate
      528 8  -  By Brendan Pereira ROLEX watches became a hot talking point when the Chinese Swimming Club held its annual Seneral meeting recently. A eated debate took place after it became known that the management committee had given some club officials the watcnes as
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      Pastor drowns while trying to swim to Tioman rock islet
      389 8 A 41 YEAR OLD pastor, Mr Ng Kah Seng, (right) drowned when he tried to swim to a rock islet while on a camping trip to Pulau Tioman last week. The pastor, wno was also a theology lecturer at the
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      S’pore Sweep top prize to be $1.5 m from July
      305 8 THE top prize in the Singapore Sweep lottery will go up to $1.5 mil lion from July, the first change in the prize money in 12 years. Singa pore Pools said this followed feed back that “nowadays, one million doesn't
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      85 5 CALL FOR LESS 2V.£. r. 24 Hours A Day, 7 Days A Week For your Home or Business SINGAPORE usso.26/min FROM U.S.A. All calls are billed in 6 seconds increments with 30 seconds minimum AUSTRALIA US$O.25/min FRANCE IS $0.36/m in GERMANY US$O.39/min HONGKONG US$O.4l/min JAPAN US$O.33/min KOREA US$O.69/min MALAYSIA US$O.99/min
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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      201 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,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      1243 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (31M 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 1220
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  • SPORTS
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      Kraljevic cops $1,000 fine for misconduct
      370 9  -  Four others let off with stem warnings By Joe Dorai BALESTIER Central striker Marko Kraljevic was found guilty of ungentlemanly conduct ana slapped with a $l,OOO tine on Tuesday by the SLeague disciplinary committee. The Croat was punished for running towards the Woodlands Wellington
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      S-League clubs now allowed to add new players
      543 9  -  Only those without full list can do so By Tay Cheng Khoon S-LEAGUE clubs which have not registered their full complement of 22 players will be allowed to do so before May 15. This was decided at a meeting of the eight
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      Singapore rugby gets $250,000 boost
      372 9  -  Largest single sponsorship yet for the sport will be used for youth schemes By S. Murali RUGBY received its largest single boost when Singapore Pools announced that it would sponsor the Singapore Rugby Union's youth development programmes to the tune of $250,000 for one year.
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Mahathir charts future based on higher skills
      642 10  -  7th Malaysia Plan targets high-tech industries, services By Ho Wah Foon in Kuala Lumpur PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad unveiled in Parliament on Monday the Seventh Malaysia Plan which will lead Malaysia into a more sophisticated level of development and chart
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      KL police nab seven in bogus property deals
      401 10 Buyers duped out of millions by syndicate KUALA LUMPUR Police have arrested the mastermind and six others believed to be behind a syndicate which cheated dozens of property buyers in several states of millions of dollars through fictitious land deals. The Sunday
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      Lock icon Ning sues agents for mismanaging finances
      213 10 NST KUALA LUMPUR Singer Ning Baizura is suing the firm which has managed her career for the past year. The award-winning 21-year-old singer said that she was taking the EPA Event Marketing, the company which set up Ning Baizura International (NBI) and run by
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      Razaleigh confirms he will rejoin Umno ‘en bloc’
      446 10  -  By Salim Osman in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR Parti Mela yu Semangat 46 president Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah confirmed on Thursday that he would rejoin Umno “en bloc" with his followers in the interest of Malay unity. But he did not say when
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      Lock icon No contest for 2 top posts in Umno elections
      412 10 Mahathir and Anwar to retain party jobs Bemama KUALA LUMPUR The Umno Supreme Council decided last Saturday that all the party divisions could nominate only Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad for the post of president and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Indonesia to develop eastern region
      432 11 Fiscal, administrative incentives offered Boosting investments in Biak Islands Reuter, AFP JAKARTA Indonesia will offer fiscal and administrative incentives to boost investment in the Biak Islands, as part of its economic pilot project to develop the country's less-de-veloped eastern region, news reports said on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Indonesian businessman Tansil escapes from jail
      487 11 Reuter, AFP. JAKARTA Indonesia ordered its border points to go on alert on Tuesday after a renegade businessman, Eddy Tansil, escaped from a high-security Jakarta jail where he was serving a 20year term for a US$447-mil-lion loan scam. Tansil left Cipinang prison in eastern
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      Lock icon Manila seeks death for paedophiles
      560 11 AFP. MANILA The Philippines’ House of Representatives has passed a Bill calling for the death penalty in certain cases for convicted paedophiles, according to officials here on Thursday. The Senate must pass similar legislation before President Fidel Ramos can sign it into law. Mr Ramos
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      Lock icon Cambodia gears up to join Asean
      220 11 -AFP. PHNOM PENH The Cambodian government, preparing for the formal consideration of its application to join Asean, has created an agency to oversee its membership, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Cambodia’s Asean Directorate-General is to be headed by long-time diplomat You Ay, the
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      Malaysia on the move up
      658 12 MAY 9, 1996 AS ONE of Asia's fastest growing economies. Malaysia looks set to achieve Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ambition of transforming it into a developed country bv 2020. The mini bers in the Seventh Malaysia Plan, which spells out the government’s economic strategy, show
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      Tampines nets a feedback leap
      662 12 MAY 7. 1996 COMMUNITY interaction spurred by the Internet, which 1'ampines has taken a step forward by upgrading its basic web page a* fortnight ago, can over time turn out to be an unexpect «1 bequest of this versatile electronic medium. Increasingly, that could have
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      A Charter made for tomorrow
      681 12 MAY 6,1996 A QUICK look at the updated Women’s Charter, which nad its second reading in Parliament last Thursday, should persuade the two groups of citizens most likely to be exercised over it that the amendments in effect make the law gender-neutral. This is not
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      The price of food safety is eternal vigilance
      858 12  -  By Sonny Yap LET us forgot about property discounts for a moment and talk about a gut issue. Laterally. What with the scare over mad cow disease, the discovery of spoilt frozen chicken parts and the rising incidence of paratyphoid fe' attributed
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      How can you say the sun does not shine for you?
      1180 13  -  By Tan Sai Siong WHENEVER I hear Singaporeans complain about stress and this has become more frequent of late I am always reminded of an old but oncepopular song called The Streets Of London. The lyrics, addressed to an
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      State of toilets reflects narrow sense of community
      1017 13  -  By Cherian George THE recent interest in the state of public toilets seems at first whiff to be another of those Singaporean obsessions with problem-fixing. One almost expects a campaign around the comer, with jingles on television extolling one to aim and
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  • INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
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      Balancing the interests of local and foreign workers
      2041 14 The labour movement celebrated May Day last week. But for low-skilled workers, the continuing influx of foreign workers poses several issues: Will their prospects be affected? Will they be squeezed out? And will efforts to upgrade their productivity be stymied? Chua Lee
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      Nantah grads: Time to leave past behind and look to the future
      1140 15 Parliament approved a Bill on Thursday last week to transfer the roll of Nanyang University graduates to the Nanyang Technological University. Up to now, the roll of graduates from the defunct Chinese university had been kept with the
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      What price self-respect in the face of adversity?
      1051 15  -  Thinking Aloud Leslie Fong HOW much is self-re-spect worth in Singapore? Would people put principles before prospects and risk their livelihood for something they believe in? Or would the fear of unemployment force them to take a deep breath and suffer in
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  • MONEY
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      SES MAIN BOARD
      7298 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: Mav 10.19 96 1995 96 Curr Last Vol Day Gr's M Cap\ H Avg High Low Company Traded Sale +or000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price ASE NT510 200 us 214 165 Acer 50c US 190 •3 57 192 190 5 ON
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      Jitters on Wall Street shake investor confidence here
      382 17 TRADING in Singapore stocks was cautious earlier this week, as jitters on Wall Street shook investor confidence here. The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s erratic performance was prompted by uncertainties in US interest rates and mounting bond yields, which provided an attractive alternative
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      DAY-TO-DAY STOCK INDICES
      77 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index fell 43.04 points on the week to 2370.24. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2400.68 (-12.60) 117.68m ($356.585m) Tuesday 2396.16 (—4.52) 92.89m ($277.150m) Wednesday 2371.83 (-24.33) 96.86m ($334.836m) Thursday 2374.60 (+2.77) 111 62m ($383.642m) Friday 2370.24 (—4.36) 79.52m ($262,040m) BT—MGA Index
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      S’pore banks likely to raise starting pay for clerks to $950
      427 18  -  Under the new three-year agreement, which affects about 1,650 workers at OCBC, starting clerical pay will rise from $BOO plus a three-month annual wage supplement to $950 with a two-month annual wage supplement, OCBC’s assistant manager for corporate communications
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      CORPORATE RESULTS
      1093 18 Company Oat* •no Nat aarn TY LY ($m) ($m) IPS TV LY (eta) (eta) AISB* Mar 29 1 1.448 1.973 1.4 1.9 Amstoel* Mar 28 ***** 74.338 5.1 66 ANA Hotels Mar 29 P 3.795 3.392 79 7.1 Asiamatrlx Mar 29 P 4.934L 3.176L Bolton* Mar 28 P
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1497 18 Payment C> Books *•7 date cleaa date ABN-Amro Sfl F 40h May 6 NYA May 20 ABR Hidqs 5( F 3 Jun 28 Jul 4 Jul 16 Aetna 50C F IS Jull Jul 5 Jul 18 Ale pm F 6TE Jul 2 Jul 8 Jul 22 Aiteeh 5C
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      Sony to setup Internet hub
      122 18 SONY Corporation’s Singaporebased operations will spearhead the consumer electronics giant’s entry into the information technology business through the establishment of its first Internet hub by June. Singapore would be the test market for Sony’s Star Port project, an Internet-based service provider, Sony International (Singapore) Ltd
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      293 18 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio exdate Books Ace i close Raymt Froight Links Two»1 trap wrt-for-four SO.72 Apr 22 Apr 26 NYA MMC Thfoo-lor-tlvo 9 MS2.00 May 9 May 23NYA MSI Hldgs One-for-two (O MS0.90 Apr 30 May 6 NYA Westmont Two-for-five M$3.00 Apr 30 May 6 NYA BONUS
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      101 18 Alliance Four 3 wrts-for-ten T#ch $1.00 Amcol One-tor-two $2.05 Liang Court Two-for-five $1.08 MBt H TSR96 One-tor-two M$0.90 Meiban Two-for-five ®> $0.38 Orchard P One-for-one $1.80 OCBC One-for-ten $3.00 (L) One-for-ten <*> $5.16 (F) S'pora Fin One-for-llve $2.30 S'pora Ra One-for-two $1.30 Vikay ind Two-tor-flve $0.00 Wt Three-tor-ten
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      146 18 Company mace Date Time Keck Seng (M) Berhad C Sri Pontian Poem Hyatt Regency Jin Sungai Chat ***** Johor Bahru May 6 9.30am Land 6 General Bhd A Hotal istana Topaz Room. 23rd Floor 73 Jin Raja Chuian May 6 10.00 am Steamers Maritime Hldqs Ltd A Emerald
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      Govt gives out $43m in innovation grants
      443 19  -  By Douglas Wong TRADE and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong kicked off Singapore’s latest strategy to remain competitive on Wednesday by awarding $43 million in grants to 32 companies under the Gov ernment’s Innovation Development Scheme (IDS). “To remain competitive and justifv our
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      HONGKONG
      506 19 Friday May 10 HK$ ASM Pacific 7 45 unch Allied Ind Int’l 0 43 0 02 Allied Oversea 0 54 -001 Asia Sec Int 1.53 -0 03 Bank of EA 25 30 unch C P Pokphand 3 30 0 05 CDL Hotel 4 40 0 05 Cafe De Coral
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      529 19 Mgrs’ prices. May 11 13 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 80—1.90*8 The Savings Fund 1.70-1.80a S pore Prog Fund 0.73-0 78a S pore Sec Fund 1.08-1 15® Spore Invest Fund 1.19-1.26« S'pore Equity Fund 0 84-0 89» Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt CL Asia-Pac Gr Fund 2.685-2.820*
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      Sound regulatory system protects financial sector
      458 19 It helps sector withstand external shocks: Richard Hu A SOUND financial regulatory framework will take on even greater importance in a liberalised environment as it enables the financial system to withstand ex temal shocks, said Finance Minis ter Richard Hu on Wednesday. He was
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      Ong Chit Chung to leave QAF to head HK-listed Sum Cheong
      466 19  -  By JeanChia MEMBER of Parliament Ong Chit Chung has opted to relinquish his executive post in food group QAF to head Singapore-based, Hong-kong-listed Sum Cheong International. Sum Cheong's recently reinstated management team was also endorsed on Sunday by secondlargest
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      CURRENCY
      163 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1 3942 1.4102 Sterling pound 2.1038 2.1558 Australian dollar 1.1018 1.1363 Canadian dollar ***** 1.0359 NZ dollar 0.9474 0.9797 EC unit 1.7481 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling *****8 *****5
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      128 19 Contract date: May 10, 1996 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE US$ 4V« 41* 5 5 5 4:14/5/96 A$ 6'« 6'. 6 7 6 7 7 5 o 14/5/96 NZ$ 8 7 8-, 8 1 8>. 8 s 7v,
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      Only Big Four meet criterion; Keppel, Tat Lee may raise funds
      850 20  -  Proposal to raise bank shareholders’ funds tosl.sb By Alvin Tay THE Singapore Government has proposed to raise the minimum shareholders’ funds of existing locally incorporated banks from $800 million to $1.5 billion. And anyone who wants to start a
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      Myanmar Business Group launched to promote links
      204 20 THE Myanmar Business Group with 117 companies as members was launched here on Tuesday to spearhead Singapore’s growing business links with Myanmar. The group aims to assist Singapore companies in their trade and market development efforts and joint ventures in Myanmar. Trade and
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      SingTel, 18 authorities to set up cable network
      200 20 SINGAPORE Telecom and 18 other international telecommunications administrations from South-east Asia, the Middle East and western Europe have invited tenders for tne construction of a new' 19,000 km long submarine cable superhighway. The state-of the art submarine digital lightwave system, called SEA-ME-WE
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      PSA sets up unit to tap $500m in overseas business in 10 years
      406 20  -  The new division will also strengthen PSA’s focus on its present projects in China, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, South Korea, Hongkong and Italy. By Douglas Wong THE Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has set up an international business
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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      Page 21 Advertisements Column 1
      781 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition IvXvXvtv m m Prime Minister's Office Public Service Division (PSD) Looking for a challenging career? Looking for continuous learning? Looking for variety in career? Look no further. PSD has vacancies for: PERSONNEL EXECUTIVES/ PUBLICITY OFFICER/ CORPORATE SERVICES OFFICER Starting Salary: The starting salary depends on
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      945 22 'Building A World-Class Land Transport System We are looking for people with driving ambitions to realise our vision of providing Singapore with a world-class land transport system. We invite you to be part of the team to undertake the bold challenge of solving tomorrow's transport problems TODAY. Manager, Corporate Communications
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  • FORUM
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      Let foreigners invest in local share tranche
      515 23 Foreign participation is essential to help revive the market for local stocks. MR GOH Chok Tong, in his address to the World Trade Congress, underlined Singapore's commitment to free trade. As a global city, our economy has to be in tune with the
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      Why memorisation of Chinese characters is inevitable
      910 23 The learning of Chinese language I REFER to the letters by Ms Cindy Lit-Tan Hui-Cheng “Language-learning needs apEraisal” and Mr Julian Lit Kok eong “Main purpose of learning language is to communicate” (ST Weekly Edition. April 13) on the current state of affairs
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      Let your children see you stand up for your principles
      876 23 I HAVE never agreed more with Leslie Fong than when I read his latest Thinking Aloud column “What price self respect in the face of adversity” (see page 15). 1 have increasingly come across friends, acquaintances. even cabbies, who, though
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  • Article
    NWC wants firms doing well to give special bonus
    589 24  -  By Ahmad Osman COMPANIES doing much better than expected should consider paying their staff a special bonus, the National Wages Council (NWC) said yesterday. The one-off bonus should be over and above the tormula agreed upon between employers and workers, it
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    $3 million Farquhar Collection donated to History Museum
    344 24  -  By Koh Boon Pin THE National Heritage Board has received a donation of 477 rare drawings worth almost $3 million for the Singapore History Museum. Prominent Singapore stockbroker Goh Geok Khim on Friday last week presented the Farquhar Collection of Natural History
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    SIA stewardess robbed in red-light district in Sydney
    335 24  -  By Chang Ai-Lien A SINGAPORE Airlines stewardess was robbed near her hotel in a famous red-light district in Sydney, Australia, on Monday night. One of the victim’s colleagues told The Straits Times that the group of 19 stewards and stewardesses had checked
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