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Title Section19 1997-04-05 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1997 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA(P) 156/08/9619 words
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497 1997-04-05 1 David Miller - Five others hurt when anti-tank round explodes By David Miller THE Defence Ministry will review all its safety procedures following a fatal mishap on Thursday in which one soldier died and five others were seriously injured when a light antitank round exploded. This is497 words
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Article, Illustration606 1997-04-05 1 Julie Kee - By Julie Kee AIRFORCE officer Humphrey Chin, 32, was dumbfounded on Tuesday when a doctor told him he was the father of five babies. He was stunned, he said, because doctors had earlier told him and his wife Dorothy Tan, 32. a navalPictures by LILLIAN FOO. - 606 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration499 1997-04-05 2 SICKLE ATTACK JOHOR BARU A Singaporean businessman, attacked by two men outside his factory in Johor Baru. died shortly afterwards from serious injuries, the Bernama national news agency reported on Thursday. The agency said that 44-year-old Foo Kok Soon, whooutskirts of Johor Baru. SIN CHEW JIT POH pictures. - 499 words
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698 1997-04-05 2 OSA case THE Court of Appeal will have to decide key questions on what it takes for information to be declared secret here, and it has two sets of questions to look at one from the Public Prosecutor and698 words
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311 1997-04-05 2 STUDENTS who qualify for tertiary education will not be denied" places in the two universities despite the revision of university fees, said Education Minister Teo Chee Hean. Responding to reporters’ questions on public concern over the fee hike, he reiterated the Government’s assurance311 words
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706 1997-04-05 3 Govt to help fund work to improve services THE Government has launched a $lOO million grant scheme to share the cost of development projects with the telecommunications industry. The move is to “further encourage the local telecommunications industry to upgrade their network infrastructure and706 words
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Article, Illustration911 1997-04-05 3 Melissa Heng - By Melissa Heng A DRIVER was run over by his own lorry and died in an accident with a bus at the junction of Upper Serangoon Road and Hougang Avenue 5 early on Tuesday. Mr Chua Lian Seng, 67,– Shin Min picture.; JAlf HA HASMIM - 911 words
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843 1997-04-05 4 Brendan Pereira - Some members of S’pore Govt ‘appear to trivialise issue’ KL-S’pore row over SM Lee’s remarks about Johor By Brendan Pereira m Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has said that it will take time and effort to re-establish previous levels of843 words
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346 1997-04-05 4 Tangs’ assets THE High Court on Wednesday ordered the Receiver for Mr and Mrs Tang Liang Hong's assets to give $16,500 to the couple to continue their legal battle against People s Action Party leaders suing Mr Tang for defamation. They will346 words
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881 1997-04-05 4 Chua Lee Hoong - Tang Liang Hong’s press conference in Johor Baru By Chua Lee Hoong LAWYER Tang Liang Hong has said that Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew should quit the Cabinet as he was impeding its effective functioning and damaging bilateral ties with Malaysia. He said881 words
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Article, Illustration429 1997-04-05 5 Chang Ai-Lien - Police clamp cars parked illegally in city By Chang Ai-Lien A MAN who parked his car at Battery Road on Tuesday returned about 15 minutes later to find the white Honda had been clamped by the Traffic Police. He stood stunned in the pounng rainPictures by ALPHONSO CHAN and DENISE TAN. - 429 words
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Article649 1997-04-05 5 Kalpana Rashiwala - Year-long shopping promotion for travellers By Kalpana Rashiwala CHANGI Airport wants travellers to shop till they drop right at the airport. Its own shopping promotion will take wing at Terminals 1 and 2 in September this year, and this shopping spree, un like the Great649 words
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579 1997-04-05 6 Chua Mui Hoong - Question fundamentals, BG Lee urges admin officers ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE DINNER AND PROMORON CEREMONY By Chua Mui Hoong THE Government and civil service must question funda mentals and generate ideas for the 10 per cent of the time that policies need to be changed.579 words
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Article, Illustration798 1997-04-05 6 More than 700 people applied when the elite Administrative Service opened its doors last February for the first time to private sector executives who wanted a mid-career change. Only three were picked in the end. including one who joined and left after a short stint798 words
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Article251 1997-04-05 6 Total number of Admin Officers: 258 Total number of promotions as of today: 36 Likely promotions later this year: 20 Promotion from Superscale B to A Mr Lam Chuan Leong. Permanent Secretary. Ministry of National Development. Mr Lam. 49. is a President's scholar who joined the Administrative Service251 words
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442 1997-04-05 6 Chua Lee Hoong - By Chua Lee Hoong A CIVIL servant from the elite Administrative Service has been seconded to Shell London International. under a new scheme to give its officers private-sector exposure. Mr Ashok Mirpuri. 37. moved to London in January this year, for442 words
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Article, Illustration528 1997-04-05 7 Janet Ho - By Janet Ho THE National Arts Council will identify, by the end of the year, a well-located space for established artists to exhibit and sell their works. Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo asked for such528 words
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253 1997-04-05 7 Tuminah Sapawi - By Tuminah Sapawi LAST week’s trip by a 20-member cultural troupe from Singapore to the Malay Cultural Festival in Pekan Baru, Sumatra, turned out to be more than just a cultural exchange. The troupe won two competitions held at the four-day biennial festival, which drew253 words
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Article, Illustration677 1997-04-05 8 Paralysed man ‘talks’ again with help from poly students SERENA Soh desperately wanted her husband to be able to speak again. So she called the Nanvang Polytechnic for help. Paralysed from the neck down after two strokes, he had been unable toPicture by ALBERT SIIVL - 677 words
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Advertisement228 1997-04-05 5 GAIN A STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION I Leeds was rated 7th in research power amongst the UK's top universities in the recent Research Assessment Exercise of the UK's 191 institutions. The Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies taught in Singapore, made available to the region via228 words
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Advertisement179 1997-04-05 7 Home Delivery weekly! A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executives appointments... and highlights on Malaysia and the Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Yes! Every week. Subscribe now. And be at home with the ST179 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1116 1997-04-05 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6155 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 The Front Page 1138 E Z Beat 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (Asia-Pacific) 1205 E Z Beat 1220 Business Market1,116 words
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SPORTS
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238 1997-04-05 9 THREE non-core and merit sports will be next in line to sign co-operative agreements with the Singapore Sports Council. Basketball, netball and rugby are “ready” to join the seven core and six merit sports in the tie-up. The agreement commits the national238 words
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Article, Illustration587 1997-04-05 9 Godfrey Robert - OBITUARY By Godfrey Robert HIS death announcement was placed in an almost unnoticed bottom comer of last Friday’s obituary column of The Straits Times. But his friends, family acquaintances and fans noticed the face that once launched more than a thousand successes here587 words
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551 1997-04-05 9 Shirlynn-Ho Pereira - Yachting association to get $943,000 annually to promote sport By Shirlynn-Ho Pereira YACHTING AN OLYMPIC bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. That is the bold and brave prediction of the Singapore Yachting Association in its fouryear plan for the sport.551 words
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357 1997-04-05 9 last October. — By Shiriynn Ho- Pereira - By last October. By Shiriynn HoPereira. TENNIS pin-up girl Gabriela Sabatini will be in Singapore from April 18-20. The 26-year-old Argentinian, now retired, will be here for the official launch of Fila, a fashion sportswear line. Sabatini, just as popular for her glamorous,357 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article451 1997-04-05 10 Potential for the national carrier to be a major player KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told Malaysia Airlines the country could not afford to see the national carrier fail or become less successful than its competitors. While expressing confidence451 words
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425 1997-04-05 10 NST KUALA LUMPUR A welder w ho sought treatment from two traditional-medicine sellers for more than two years to increase the length* of his penis ended up impotent and M 514.000 (558.200) poorer. Mr Y.K. Tan. 32. started his treatment" in September 1994 whenNST - 425 words
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Article, Illustration271 1997-04-05 10 BOEING 777 TRIUMPH KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft has set a new distance record of flying 20.000 km non-stop from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft, which took 21 hours 23 minutes to complete its journey, arrived atTIEN CHUNG PING - 271 words
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670 1997-04-05 10 Outburst against the Republic ‘masterminded by Tang who used it as platform to condemn his govt’ KUALA LUMPUR An Utusan Malaysia columnist has said that the emotional outburst against Singapore during the recent diplomatic row may have its roots in Malaysians’ jealousy towards670 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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170 1997-04-05 11 AFP. JAKARTA Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas on Thursday dismissed rumours that President Suharto had suffered a stroke as completely manufactured. “News like that is common, everything was clearly made up, it was engineered,” he told journalists after a meeting with the Indonesian leader atAFP. - 170 words
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Article, Illustration549 1997-04-05 11 Slump keeps backers of Thai beauty pageant away BANGKOK Companies out to cut costs during the current economic downturn are withdrawing their sponsorship of participants in the Miss Thailand beauty pageant. About 20 of the 56 women in the nation’s most prestigious beauty contest— Bangkok Post, Reuter pictures. - 549 words
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567 1997-04-05 11 Edward Tang - Two countries agree to focus on building economic ties instead, says Chavalit By Edward Tang Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand and Vietnam have agreed to set aside maritime disputes and focus on building economic ties, said Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Monday, upon his567 words
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196 1997-04-05 11 DPA HANOI Vietnamese authori ties have confiscated the computers at the country’s first cybercafe as part of an investigation into “contaminat ed material” sent out by back packers, a newspaper reported on Monday. Tam Tam cafe, backed by an American investor,DPA - 196 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week's editorials
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Article682 1997-04-05 12 APRIL 4 1997 SADLY. Cambodia has become a brand name for brigandage, lawlessness and political violence. It is not undeserved. Last Sunday's grenade attack on a rally led byopposition leader Sam Rainsy to protest against alleged judicial corruption illustrates the point vividly. The blasts in front682 words
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Article665 1997-04-05 12 APRIL 3 1997 THE flotation on Monday of Raffles Medical Group (RMG), a large doctors' group practice which aims to become a regional name in primary health care, must look a little strange to stock market investors. It is unprecedented. not to mention unfashionable. for firms in665 words
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674 1997-04-05 12 APRIL 1 1997 THE only encouraging news to come out of India is. possibly, former Finance Minister Manmohan Singh's claim that the latest political crisis will not affect investment because “the economy has now acquired a momentum of its own’’. Not everyone is as optimistic674 words
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Article, Illustration980 1997-04-05 12 Alan John - By Alan John TWO stories made The Sunday Times precious last weekend, and they were both about love. If you missed the story of Eddy Cheong’s wedding to his sweetheart. Cheong Kim Chwee. in an Ang Mo Kio void deck, you980 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1561 1997-04-05 13 Poh Say Teck - KL-Singapore row over SM Lee’s remarks about Johor By Poh Say Teck SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew had given his unreserved apology to Malaysia on two occasions for his remarks about Johor. In a court affidavit for his defamation suit against former Workers' Party candidate1,561 words
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1031 1997-04-05 13 Chua Lee Hoong - By Chua Lee Hoong WHAT an eventful month March has been. How many people remember that, just over a month ago, on February 18 and 19, the Johor Mentri Besar was in Singapore at the invitation of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, being1,031 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, Illustration2540 1997-04-05 14 Is the continuing controversy between Singapore and Malaysia over Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s offending remarks about Johor just another hiccup in bilateral ties, or are there other forces at work? Chua Mui Hoong speaks to political observers for a reading of what is really at2,540 words
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Article, Illustration1128 1997-04-05 15 By day he teaches university students about social work. By night, he listens to the problems of the aged, the sick or the needy. Dr S. Vasoo, the new head of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Community1,128 words
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Article, Illustration1460 1997-04-05 15 Han Fook Kwang - Thinking Aloud Han Fook Kwang IWAS away at a conference in Japan when the Singa pore-Malaysia row broke out over Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s remarks about crime in Johor. At the Asia-Europe Young Leaders symposium in Miyazaki in southern Japan,1,460 words
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MONEY
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404 1997-04-05 16 Weekly share market review CAUTION and bargain-hunting were the dominant features over the past trading week, as the market continued to be haunted by the the spectre of rising interest rates, inflationary pressures and declining profits by US companies. Closer to the home front, credit curbs404 words
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Article1658 1997-04-05 16 Company Oat* •on Nat aarn TV LV (Sm) ($m> EPS TV LV lets) lets) ASJ Hidqs Mar 24 r 2.188 4.522 2.92 A car Mar 12 F 32.481 31.029 196 22.8 Aetna Mar 19 P 40.588 52 778 24.5 31.9 Ala» Hldgs Dae 12 t 0885 1.159 2951,658 words
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Article79 1997-04-05 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 23.14 points on the week to 2075.78. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2073.00 (—25.92) 100.80m ($256.823m) Tuesday 2074.67 1.67) 120.31m ($303.387m) Wednesday 2089.81 (+15.14) 127.68m ($299.202m) Thursday 2078.08 (-11.73) 122.68m ($290.800m) Friday 2075.78 2.30) 149.02m ($323.740m) BT— MGA Index79 words
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Article259 1997-04-05 16 RIGHTS ISSUC ExCompany Ratio date Books close Acc k Raymt Keppel T»l STpt Two-for-tour Apr 3 Apr 9 NYA OTHERS ExBooks Acc 0 Company close Raymt H«i Sun Hup Offtr tor solo of up to Apr 4 132.027,484 wrts By OCBC bank to hoi Sun Hup snarehoidors on259 words
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Article1013 1997-04-05 16 Payment (H> ex d*tt Books close Rey date ASF US$0 01 F 10 Mar 18 Mar 31 Apr 9 Amtek Eng 20« 1 7.5TE Apr 3 Apr 9 Apr 21 BAT 2K r 119 Apr 10 Apr 16 Apr 21 Boustead 50C 1 10 May 7 May 131,013 words
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Article144 1997-04-05 16 Company Plata Date time POCl'lC Can Inv A 19 Cot II Stroot «04-00 Pacific Can Building (*****4) Mar 31 10.00am Amitaal Corp e Mooting Hall Laval 45, Monara Lion IBS Jin Ampanq ***** Kuala Lumpur Mar 31 12.00nn Umphone Tal c 3rd Floor. Banqunan Sapura. Lot 2 Jalan144 words
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Article, Illustration1090 1997-04-05 17 Tan Li Eng - OCBC Bank may wrest back lead after 12 years By Tan Li Eng WITH OCBC Bank pulling a stunner during the corporate reporting season just past, market watchers will now be kept wondering who will occupy the top1,090 words
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Article147 1997-04-05 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1.4243 1.4402 Sterling pound Australian dollar 2.3227 1.0939 2.3791 1.1281 Canadian dollar 1.0159 1.0388 NZ dollar 0.9723 1.0053 EC unit 1.6866 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.9012 12.4334 Belgian147 words
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Article120 1997-04-05 17 Contract date: April 4 1997 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 57, 5V* 5 Vi 5 H 5 Vi 4>i 8/4/97 Ab 5V, 57, 5 Vi, 5V, 5‘7, 5 Vi 8/4/97 NZ 6‘. 7 Vi 7>. 7>i 7»/„120 words
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141 1997-04-05 17 INTEREST rates in Singapore are not about to rise in tandem with the quarter-point rise in United States interest rates. United Overseas Bank (UOB) chairman Wee Cho Yaw said. “I don’t think the Singapore prime rate will rise because the average interbank rate141 words
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Article482 1997-04-05 17 April 4 1997 HKS ASM Pacific 5 25 -0 050 Allied Ind Int'l 1 79 0 03 Allied Oversea 0 83 4002 Asia Sec Int 2 40 -0 05 Bank of EA 2590 40 15 C P Pokphand 2 35 -0 02 COL Hotel 3 60 -0 10 Cafe482 words
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Article755 1997-04-05 17 AbtrustFundMgrs Abtrust Spo-e Gr Fd C 9890-1 0400" American Inti Assur AIA Unft Linked Fund 1 055—1 111* AXALrfe Fort'essFund 1.005» Citicorp Invt Bank Citi Global Bond Fd 1 030-1040" C* Asia Infrastructure Fd 1.12—1.17" Credit Lyonnais Int i Asset Mgt CL Asa-Pac GrFund 0 945—C 995" CL755 words
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Article8868 1997-04-05 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date April 4 1997 1997 Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Wt Avq High LOW Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High Low Div PE Smil Price ASE NT510 200 US 886 885 ASF US$0.01 100 US 885 885 175 155 Acer 50c8,868 words
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Article, Illustration870 1997-04-05 20 Jean Chia - By Jean Chia EARNINGS growth of listed Singapore companies this year will not exceed the low double figures, said analysts as the 1996 corporate reporting season ended on Monday. And that hinges on Singapore achieving economic growth of between 5TIEN CHUNG PING - 870 words
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552 1997-04-05 20 Ho Wah Foon - Bank Negara’s 1996 annual report Reports by Ho Wah Foon in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian economy is expected to stabilise and grow between 7.8 per cent and 8.2 per cent this year, according to Bank Negara’s 1996 annual report. Malaysia managed to552 words
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247 1997-04-05 20 MORE than 10,000 customers have signed up for Ml’s mobile phone service as of Tuesday, Singapore’s new cellular operator said on Wednesday. Another 2,000 people have signed up with its paging services, it said. “Ml is pleased with the enthusiastic response of247 words
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FORUM
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1157 1997-04-05 23 Single-fee policy sends strong signal to students University fee hike THIS letter is written in response to letters to the press and queries from the students' unions of NUS and NTU, students, parents and members of the public regarding the revision in fees for1,157 words
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Article, Illustration632 1997-04-05 23 Let the young concentrate on generating wealth I REFER to the article “Pray, where can we find so many volunteers" by Mr Sonny Yap (ST, Weekly Edition, March 29). In his search for volunteers, preferably the young and the captains of industry, Mr Yap recommended632 words
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462 1997-04-05 23 WE HAVE expended much energy and resources on educating our young and inculcating in them the core values essential to support our drive towards material success. But I am concerned about the messages that advertising, through TV, newspapers and magazines, is giving462 words
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654 1997-04-05 24 He pledges more money for CDCs PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong, swearing in Singapore’s first two post-independence mayors last Saturday, pledged additional financial support from the Government to Community Development Councils (CDCs), the first two of which started work on Tuesday. For654 words
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Article, Illustration588 1997-04-05 24 Pearl Lee - By Pearl Lee SHE used to cook his favourite dish, chicken curry, and he kept coming back for more. Last Saturday, Eddy Cheong, 70, came back to Madam Cheong Kim Chwee, 66, for good wnen they got married in aPicture by ALPHONSO CHAN. - 588 words