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Title Section19 1998-03-21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1998 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA(P) 047/08/9719 words
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604 1998-03-21 1 Sandra Davie - Interim measure pending full curriculum review By Sandra Davie SCHOOLCHILDREN will have their syllabuses cut by 10 to 30 per cent across the board at all levels from next year, Education Minister Teo Chee Hean announced on Thursday in Parliament.604 words
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Article, Illustration114 1998-03-21 1 SHIVERING, wet and shirtless, these five suspected illegal immigrants were caught 5.6 km off the Katong shoreline by a Police Coast Guard patrol boat early on Tuesday morning. Armed with just a wooden oar each, they were apparently trying to row their way to SingaporePicture by TAN SUAN ANN. - 114 words
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291 1998-03-21 1 Tammy Tan - By Tammy Tan MICROSOFT will invest “significant amounts of money” in five major initiatives to help make Singapore ONE the nation’s revolutionary high-speed information network a reality. Mr Bill Gates, chairman and chief executive officer of the world’s leading software company, told the291 words
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Advertisement14 1998-03-21 1 fj Planning a CAREER Move? 7 CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 *****6-181 Z83i, 814 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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472 1998-03-21 2 Lim Li Hsien^l - By Lim Li Hsien^l SINGLE people aged 35 and over will be'*entitled to a $15,000 CPF grant when they buy resale HDB flats from June 1. but will no longer be allowed to purchase new flats directly from472 words
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Article, Illustration364 1998-03-21 2 Allison Lim - Lifesaver found through Internet By Allison Lim FACTORY machinist Yong Chun Ming, 25, is saving the life of a Chi-nese-American lawyer in New York someone whom he has never met and probably never will. He donated on Thursday precious bone marrow, which willleukaemia. Picture by STEVEN LEE. - 364 words
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Article, Illustration270 1998-03-21 2 SPOTTHE PRIME MINISTER DESPITE the gloom of the regional currency crisis, more than 18.000 Singaporeans turned out in full force at Marina City Park on Sunday with wide smiles and deep pockets for the Heartstrings Walk. FTime Minister Goh Chok Tong set a brisk pacePicture by STEPHANIE YEOW. - 270 words
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Article, Illustration69 1998-03-21 3 Singapore Everest team member and communications specialist Johan Annur, 23, attracted the attention of some of the team’s Nepalese porters on Sunday while updating the Everest web site and answering e-mail from well-wishers. The team was then near Phakding, Nepal, at more than 2,600Picture bv ALPHONSO CHAN. - 69 words
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502 1998-03-21 3 David Miller - By David Miller IN Tlin on-going crackdown on illegal immigrants here, morn than 150 foreigners, most of them from Myanmar, were rounded up at two construction sites in Gul Circle and Bukit Batok on Wednesday morning. One Singaporean502 words
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Article, Illustration383 1998-03-21 3 Edward Tang - By Edward Tang Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK Remember Wong Yuuki. the youngest Singaporean child nrodigv to be "admitted to the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin music school in 1992 at the age of nine? Now 16, he has notched another first by landing the383 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Article, Illustration505 1998-03-21 4 Joanne Lee - AITfSPs will be required to provide ‘sanitised’ option By Joanne Lee COMING to your children’s computer terminal by year end: a familysafe Internet service without access to pornographic and other offensive web sites. Announcing the introduction of the new service for parents concerned505 words
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Article, Illustration267 1998-03-21 4 Simplifying permit process A FILM commission will be set up to help movie makers who want to film in Singapore. It will be a “one-stop centre” to help film companies get permits to film here, a lengthy process which drove away the makers of267 words
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217 1998-03-21 4 THE Radio Corporation of Singapore will unveil a new 24-hour news station in October this year, announced Information ana the Arts Minister George Yeo. He said of RCS: “They can do this because they already run the 24hour newsroom. The factory is217 words
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363 1998-03-21 4 A SlO-MILLION National Education Exhibition will be held in July to help Singaporeans know more about what makes them Singaporeans, announced Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo on Monday. The exhibition, which will be presented in the four official languages, is expected to attract363 words
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Article, Illustration633 1998-03-21 5 New initiatives by the Education Ministry TEACHERS are stressed and worried about the many new initiatives by the Education Ministry (MOE), Rear-Admiral Teo Chee Hean has noted. But he assured them on Thursday that they need not be concerned as tne changes would beFile Picture. - 633 words
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444 1998-03-21 5 3,000 more can be enrolled in new facilities FORTY new child-care centres will be built this year, providing about 3,000 places for parents to enrol their children. Community Development Minister Abdullah Tarmugi said on Thursday. He was responding to several MPs who noted on444 words
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307 1998-03-21 5 Children of returning expats THE Education Ministry helps ease the children of returning Singapore expatriates back into schools here by exempting them from some mother-tongue exams, said Senior Minister of State (Education) Peter Chen. But it can only delay the stress of the adjustment, not307 words
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450 1998-03-21 6 Look after locals first, says MP GOVERNMENT moves to attract foreign talent are good, said Mr K. Shanmugam (Sembawang GRC), but Singaporeans who do not understand what they see as rolling out the red carpet for foreigners are disgruntled and frustrated. Citizens, he said,450 words
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Article, Illustration302 1998-03-21 6 Family ties and working parents WHO will look after the children when more fathers and mothers go out to work? And what impact will the trend towards dual-income couples have on family ties? Nominated MP Claire Chiang posed these questions on Tuesday302 words
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Article344 1998-03-21 6 Concern over public housing in downturn THE Government is as committed as ever to providing affordable housing for first-time home buyers and low-income families, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said on Wednesday. Responding to several MPs who expressed concern about flat affordability and loan344 words
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Article, Illustration458 1998-03-21 6 U Levy for maids up in April THE Government on Tuesday rejected calls by two MPs to defer the increase in the levy for foreign domestic maids and unskilled foreign construction workers from April 1. The increases were necessary to control the demand458 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration610 1998-03-21 7 Braema Mathi - About this case LAST year, polytechnic lecturer Faheem U1 Islam, 38, took his daughter on what was supposed to have been a two-week visit to Pakistan, but left her with his family there and returned alone. A permanent resident here,Sasaki or khadijah Faheem. Picture by AZIZ HUSSIN. - 610 words
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503 1998-03-21 7 Edmund Tee - BEAM BENEFITS < i r Some ways* synchrotron beams can be used: Research: Using the beams to study the structure of atoms, scientists can: 1. Develop more potent chemicals and drugs. 2. Develop new materials for industries. Manufacturing: The beam is also used as503 words
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520 1998-03-21 7 Karamjit Kaur - Doubts also being cast on Asean’s haze action plan By Karamjit Kaur THE haze that cast a thick pall of smoke over most of the region last year burnt a more than slo4-million hole in Singapore’s pocket, about 20 per cent higher than the520 words
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319 1998-03-21 8 Crackdown on illegal immigranfs MYANMAR and Bangladesh nationals entering Singapore can expect to post bonds as part of tougher visa require ments to discourage them from overstaying, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Sunday. He said the bond amounts can vary between319 words
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Article, Illustration289 1998-03-21 8 THE navy launched the first of a new family of "ships last Saturday the largest transport and training platform in its fleet capable of carrying tanks, helicopters and troops. Measuring 141 m from bow to stern 20 m longer than most football fields the RSSPicture by TAN SUAN ANN. - 289 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1116 1998-03-21 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6055 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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$5.5 million fizz
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Article, Illustration257 1998-03-21 9 THE S-League will stop relying on the amateur National Football League as a nurturing ground for future teams. S-League chairman Kwek Leng Joo said on Sunday that there was a strong possibility it “may open membership to the recreation clubs”. Although he did not single– Picture by JERRY SEH. - 257 words
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551 1998-03-21 9 Tay Cheng Khoon - SOCCER By Tay Cheng Khoon TIGER BEER created Singapore sports history when it presented a $5.5 million donation to the S-League yesterday. For, as Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said: “It is by far the551 words
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Article, Illustration415 1998-03-21 9 Danny Khoo - RACING Floodlights to be installed at new home of racing By Danny Khoo THE Singapore Turf Club will have facilities for night racing at its new course in Kranji. The STC invited tenders last Friday to design, supply and install night racing track lighting415 words
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MALAYSIA
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493 1998-03-21 10 Douglas Wong - Move to reduce use of hard currencies in region By Douglas Wong in Kuala Lumpur ALL Malaysian government procurement and tenders will be in ringgit from now on. The move by Malaysia toJaaithtj way in its effort to reduce tfigiise'ijf hard currencies493 words
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300 1998-03-21 10 Bemama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will commission a Msloo million <S$44 million» radar system that will enhance traffic safety in the Malacca Straits next week. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik said on Tuesday. To be launched by Prime Minister Datuk SeriBemama - 300 words
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Article, Illustration222 1998-03-21 10 MUAR (Johor) This is one of the two trawlers earning illegal immigrants from Indonesia that was detained by marine police on Tuesday night. A third got away. Marine police fired three warning shots after their patrol boat was rammed twice by onenomic crisis in decades. Sin Chew Jit Poh picture. - 222 words
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Article, Illustration178 1998-03-21 10 and barely missed kindergarten kids THIS 18-tonne steel coil, which rolled off a lorry in Malacca, flattened an empty house before coming to a halt just a hair’s breadth away from a kindergarten with 18 pre-schoolers in it. Kindergarten teacher Ms Sapiah Yusop, 47. was holdingThe Star picture. - 178 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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432 1998-03-21 11 AFP, Reuters. HONGKONG Medical teams have been boarding all flights from Thailand since Monday to check for cholera, as the number of victims of a current outbreak among returning tourists increased to 25 confirmed and eight suspected cases, officials said. Quarantine inspectorsAFP,; Reuters. - 432 words
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Article, Illustration711 1998-03-21 11 Susan Sim - Suharto appointees largely unfriendly to reforms Suharto names new Cabinet By Susan Sim Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto last Saturday named a new Cabinet filled largely with bureaucrats and friends whose personal leanings appear to run counter to the reform pressures currently being—Reuters picture. - 711 words
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131 1998-03-21 11 Reuters. JAKARTA-New Trade and Industry Minister Mohammad “Bob” Hasan is the first ethnic Chinese to be appointed to an Indonesian Cabinet and is a decades-old buddy of President Suharto. They play golf regularly and go deep-sea fishing together. The relationship has been key to– Reuters. - 131 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article659 1998-03-21 12 MARCH 19 1998 A MASS influx of hungry immigrants from neighbouring countries braving nature to come to Singapore illegally: That thought let alone the sight is not a pleasant one. Turning them back, thereby dashing their hopes for employment: That is a decidedly unpleasant job.659 words
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Article678 1998-03-21 12 MARCH 17 1998 NOW that Indonesia's muchawaited new Cabinet is in place, the markets ought to give President Suharto the break he needs for things to work out. Lest investors, fund managers and the like become too negative. this ought to be said: It is Mr678 words
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Article660 1998-03-21 12 MARCH 14, 1998 IN COMING boldly to grips with the daunting problems that afflict his country, Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai merits admiration and needs support. The former he has received in full measure in the neighbourhood, which is impressed by his courage in grasping660 words
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981 1998-03-21 12 Alan John - By Alan John MS MAI Ho is one incredible woman. She has the most cheerful face, lovely laughing eyes and a young girl’s giggle that makes you feel nappy instantly. And there she sat, in the Town Hall of the981 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1055 1998-03-21 13 Leong Chan Teik - Singaporeans spend a heady $1 billion annually on vehicle taxes and COEs, but... By Leong Chan Teik THERE probably was a time very long ago when motoring was a leisure activity. Even a symbol of freedom. But increasingly, motoring is about costs1,055 words
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Article, Illustration810 1998-03-21 13 KOH BUCK SONG ON MONDAY - Now that even obesity is a national concern, should not more support be given to the ultimate test of human limits that scaling Everest represents? KOH BUCK SONG ON MONDAY SINGAPORE’S Mount Everest expeditioners set off on their quest for the roof810 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration2452 1998-03-21 14 What impact will the freeze in ministerial and top civil service salaries have on pay expectations this year? CHUALEE HOONG discusses the issue. Implications of ministerial pay freeze PAY for Cabinet ministers here has moved from being a periodicissue to a recurring one.2,452 words
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Article, Illustration1163 1998-03-21 15 Sonny Yap - Thinking aloud Sonny Yap THANK you, Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Sh'oon. for reminding us to strengthen our social safety net. But if you want to heed the Bukit Tim'ah GRC MP's advice, how do you go about making the most of your savings ana1,163 words
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Article, Illustration953 1998-03-21 15 Fourteen government scholars are now studying in China as part of the move to develop Singapore’s Chinese-educated elite. Kao Chen finds out more about the Chinese tertiary system. Brief WHEN Philip Ong first walked under the portal of Beijing University in953 words
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MONEY
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421 1998-03-21 16 PATRICK TAN - Market review PATRICK TAN. STEADY institutional interest pushed share prices higher, with property counters leading the week-long charge amid optimism that the sector may bottom out by year-end. Although the Indonesian crisis was still far from over, dealers said any negative sentiment from421 words
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Article1771 1998-03-21 16 Company D*tt •Aft Net earn TV LV <Sm) ($m> EPS TV LV lets» (ctl) Asiematrix SOc F«b 24 P 2.18SL 3.2331 8.1L 13L ASJ Hldgs 20c Mar 9 P 4.582 4.522 5.16 6.03 Auric Pacific Mar 13 1 1.268 1033 1.01 0.83 Aztech Sc Mar 10 P 2.3481,771 words
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Article173 1998-03-21 16 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Exdate Boohs close Acc 6 Paymt Easyknit Three-for-Two<TMKlOC Doc 31 Jan 7 Feb 4 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Company Ratio date close Hup Seng HuatOno-for-fivo Feb 2 Feb 9 Feb 19 Eng Wan Ono-tor-two Feb 13 Feb 20 NA OTHERS ExBooks Acc 6 Company Ratio173 words
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Article77 1998-03-21 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 80.48 points on the week to 1679.11. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1604.79 6.16) 1621.26 (+16.47) 1645.301+24.04) 1698.75 (+53.45) 1679.11 (-19.64) 155.031 ($223.926m) 309.477 ($571.412m) 242.481 ($390.855m) 693.434 ($895.260m) 393.850 ($538.935m) BT— MGA Index The77 words
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Article610 1998-03-21 16 Payment Ex Books Pay <*) date close date Asia Pac Brew F 11N Feb 27 Mar 6 Mar 17 Avimo 20C F 16.25N Mar 11 Mar 18 Apr 3 Australand SOc F 6.4N Mar 2 Mar 9 Mar 20 Berjaya Grp 1 2.0 Fob 11 Feb 18 Mar610 words
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Article84 1998-03-21 16 Company RIpM* It too AISB Thraa-for-fiva M$S.SO Inno-Pac Ona-for-ona $0.30 Matanal M 0na-for-ona#$0.20 PMt Tlvaator-two 9 MSI.00 Comppny Bonut Ittua H Royal Two-tor-thrao H Sanq Muat Ona-for-fiva Kamayan Corp Onaforthraa Lum Chanq Onyfor-flva NBT Ona-for-fiva PMI Ona-for-four Company Othort Inno-Pac Proposad ittua of ona «art for avory four84 words
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Article96 1998-03-21 16 Company Plata Data Tima Tan Chong Motors C 3rd Floor 21 Jaian Ipoh Kacil KL(*****) Mar 18 2.30pm Pacific Can A 19 Cacll St #04 00 Pacific Can Bldg (*****4) Mar 20 10.00am Control Prop A Tudor Ballroom Goodwood Park Hotal 22 Scotts Rd Mar 21 12.00n STIC96 words
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408 1998-03-21 17 Chang Ai-Lien - By Chang Ai-Lien in Toulouse (France) SINGAPORE Telecom should start reaping the rewards of the country's first satellite in six to 10 years. And Sing Tel is already making plans to coordinate an orbital location for a second satellite, even408 words
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Article, Illustration550 1998-03-21 17 Yeow Pei Lin - Property market downturn By Yeow Pei Lin THE property market, long dominated by the big boys such as Far East Organisation. may see more small de velopers coming on board as they take advantage of the slump to build up their land550 words
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Article178 1998-03-21 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying 00 US dollar ***** 1 6307 Sterling pound 2 6363 2 7306 Australian dollar 1 0391 1.0838 Canadian dollar 1.1167 1 1540 NZ dollar 0 8816 ***** EC unrt 1.7766 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign178 words
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Article111 1998-03-21 17 Contract date: March 20 1998 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss S'U 5*4. 5’4. 5’4 5'4 4'4« 24-3/98 A$ 4V„ 4V, 4*4« 4*4« 4*4« 3V« 24/3/98 NZS 8V„ 87* 8*4« 8>r* 8'4 7** 24/398 STG 6% 6% '4111 words
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Article442 1998-03-21 17 March 20.1998 HK$ ASM Pacific 5 50 Allied Ind Int 1 0 26 001 A'lied Oversea 054 -001 Asia Sec lot 0 75 unch Bank of EA 15 85 ♦0 50 C P Pokphand 1 29 007 COL Hole' 300 -0 05 Cafe Oe Coral 1 87 002 Cain442 words
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Article571 1998-03-21 17 Mgrs Prices. March 21 Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia ltd Aberdeen S pore G'hund 002-1 053" Aberdeen Select Portfolio (it NAV) Asian Fmeo Income c uno PacAc Egmtv c unc 0915" 0979" Indonesian Equity Fund 0 722" Malaysian Equity Fund 119" Pnilipome Equity Fund 0966" Singapore Equity Fund 0955"571 words
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Article8978 1998-03-21 18 iiiiiiim lj I NDUStf^li COMMERCIAL T ransaction Date: March 20.1998 I 1997 98 CutT Last Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High Low Oiv P/E Smil Price 157 185 e ACE Dynamics60c ASE NTJ10 200 US 36 unch 468,978 words
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Article, Illustration638 1998-03-21 20 Kalpana Rashiwala - Launch of residential, developments is out this year Corporate resultsi: DBS Land By Kalpana Rashiwala DBS Land reported on Monday a 12 per cent fall in fullyear net earnings to $182.3 million, dragged down by $30.3 million provisions for potential losses in its638 words
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503 1998-03-21 20 Chan Wee Chuan - Corporate results By Chan Wee Chuan ST COMPUTER Systems Services proposed on Tuesday a one-for-two bonus issue after delivering a sterling performance in 1997. Group net profit more than doubled to $13.8 million from $6.3 million for the year ended Dec 31, surpassing503 words
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497 1998-03-21 20 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal THE Philippines has emerged as Singapore’s fastest growing export market, two years after the countries mended bilateral ties damaged over the execution of a Filipino maid here in 1995. Singapore’s exports to the Philippines grew 35 per cent last year, overtaking China,497 words
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FORUM
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409 1998-03-21 23 Do not wait till situation spills into schools I READ with shock, as I am sure many other older Singaporeans also did, about the attack on a teenage boy by a gang of teenagers armed to their teeth with knives. This, mind409 words
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254 1998-03-21 23 IS IT not ironic that personal satellite television receivers remain banned even as gov-ernment-linked company SingTel is poised to enter the satellite television broadcast business? SingTel’s ST-1 satellite will have transponders for television transmissions. The Ministry of Information and the Arts said254 words
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208 1998-03-21 23 'Ait>ii<S Orchard Road AS THE next millennium approaches, I wppder what the authorities are planning to commemorate this«occasion. Many countries have announced plans on ushering in the new millennium. For example, I believe Britain is planning a giant ferris-wheel along the banks of208 words
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Article, Illustration495 1998-03-21 23 UNKINDESTCUTOFALL I REFER to the practice of film distributors in Singapore opting to release certain movies with censorship cuts under the PG rating, rather than uncut under the R(A) rating. I have just seen the movie “Good Will Hunting" (rated PG) and495 words
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504 1998-03-21 23 IT SADDENS me to read about the predicament of Care Centre in The Sunday Times report “Halfway houses in a tight spot” (March 15). I would like to enlighten the public on the role and contribution of halfway houses to our society.504 words
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Article, Illustration771 1998-03-21 24 A BUSINESSMAN, who was a bookie, and a footballer were given more severe sentences by the Chief Justice on Thursday after he allowed the prosecution’s appeal. Rajendran R. Kurusamy alias Pal, 37, who had paid the maximum $200,000 fine for match-fixing, had771 words
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Article, Illustration484 1998-03-21 24 Yong Siew Min - Tribute to parents By Yong Siew Min LEADING banker Elizabeth Sam added another feather to her cap when she received the Woman of the Year 1997 award on Wednesday night. In her acceptance speech during the gala dinner and award presentation ceremony at– Picture by STEPHANIE YEOW. - 484 words