The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 11 April 1998

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    23 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition The Straits Times: Saturday April 11.1998 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 047/08/97
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    Nine in 10 upbeat over economy
    739 1  -  A Straits Times survey finds that Singaporeans are largely unsliaken by the regional crisis Hu kOH BUCK SONG SINGAPOREANS appear unshaken by the current economic turmoil in the region, with nine in 10 of those polled in a Straits Times’ survey expressing confidence in
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      86 1 ST man wins UN contest Adam Lee, the man behind Adam’s Rib, pipped 278 other artists from 13 countries to come second in a contest organised by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, pace 2 Winner no. 2 Woman wins $1 million When Mrs M.
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Interim flats upgrading scaled back
      458 2  -  Until the economic crisis is over, fewer precincts between 16 and 20 a year will be picked for interim upgrading Bu JOANNE LEE THE Housing Board's Interim Upgrading Programme (lUP) will be scaled back to between 16 and 20 precincts a year, until the economic
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      Employers offered lower-CPF incentive
      343 2 THE Manpower Ministry’ is helping employers to keep on their payrolls those workers who will turn 60, before the retirement age is raised to 62 by law from Jan 1 next year. Those who raise the retirement age voluntarily before next year can apply to the
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      Lock icon ST cartoonist takes 2nd prize in UN contest
      363 2 MAN BEHIND ADAM'S RIB CARTOONIST Adam Lee of The Straits Times seldom goes to bed before 4 am, because he prefers to w'ork while the world sleeps. Last Saturday, he woke to find that he had reached a different audience he had
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      Bumi policy change 'to stay'
      333 2  -  Bu DOUGLAS WONG MALAYSIA'S move to allow non-ethnic Malay investors to buy into bumiputra companies is not a short-term policy manoeuvre, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said here on Thursday. He also said the 30 per cent bumiputra corporate ownership requirement would
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      US$1 hotel room offer to woo visitors
      386 3  -  SIA markets promotion package in all long-haul destinations. The target is transit travellers Hi lAV PHALIWAL A HOTEL room in Singapore for US$l a night? Yes, but only for Singapore Airlines passengers from certain destinations. Until Sept 30, SIA is offering them a
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      Lock icon 'I swear you've won $1 million'
      430 3  -  ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT WINS LUCKY DRAW Hi f JOANNE LEE HER sister swore she was telling the truth at least 10 times before Mrs M. Vasugi believed that she had won a million dollars at the Courts Mega Bucks Draw last Saturday afternoon. The 46-year-old
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      Jakarta strikes new deal with the IMF
      358 3  -  By SUSAN SIM INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Indonesia has a new deal with the International Monetary Fund. In what will be a third test of Jakarta’s international credibility as it seeks the resumption of a US$43 billion (5569.6 billion) bail-out, the latest agreement includes
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  • HOME
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      S'pore voted least corrupt nation in Asia
      315 4  -  Singapore has come out tops again in Perc’s annual survey, as being the least corrupt. But there’s an unusual finding too hu By N4RENDRA trX ARM 4JL SINGAPORE still the ieaat corrjpt country in .Asia, an annual survey has once again found, but
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      Lock icon More educational software for teachers
      371 4  -  By DOROTHY HO TEACHERS will have a wider choice of educational software to use in class when the Education Ministry and Economic Development Board launch a programme to develop new titles. The target is to develop five software titles a year for the next three
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    • NEW CHAIRMEN AT TWO OF SINGAPORE’S TOP COMPANIES
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        Dr Chew to head PSC
        329 4 THE chairman of the Public Service Commission 'PSC,. Mr Hee Seng, will retire on Aug 1. the Prime Minister's Of. fke said on Monday. Dr .Andrew Chew will take over from him and step down from his current post as chairman. Central Provident Fund board.
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        Dhana to quit SI A for DBS
        300 4  -  *1 JEAN CHIA SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA chairman S. Dhanabalan is stepping down from his post early to head DBS Bank and will be replaced by Fraser Neave chief Michael Fam. Mr Dhanabalan will join DBS Bank on May 9. where he will take
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      Lock icon More Indians visiting Singapore
      474 5 AT A time when most of Singapore’s tourist markets are drying up because of economic problems, a growing number of visitors from India are coming to Singapore. In January and February, 33,790 of them visited Singapore, 16.2 per cent more than in the same period last
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      SilkAir crash families hire lawyers
      414 5  -  Relatives of crash victims have hired American lawyers to represent them in civil suits against Silk Air and Boeing By LEE SIEWHUA US CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON Family members of the Silk Air crash victims have hired American lawyers specialising in aviation disaster litigation to represent them
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      Govt support for world-class bid
      471 5  -  PROPOSALS TO BUILD COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE Btl PANGGEKCHOO THE Government came out last Friday in broad support of the various recommendations that a committee has put forward on how to build a world-class workforce. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave a preview of some of
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      Lock icon Job offers, but studies first
      468 6  -  Student winner receives high praise from MIT professor for program that allows people to draw 3-D images on the Net BtL CHANG AI-LIEN CHONG JIAYI is 17, and he has already been courted by computer firms from as far as Israel and the United States.
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      Trade scheme may be expanded
      592 6  -  STORE'S BILATERAL FINANCING FOR INDONESIA By C’HL’A MCI HOONG I\ LONDON SINGAPORE will go ahead with its US$3 billion (Ss4.B billion) bilateral trade financing scheme for Indonesia, and with plans to expand it to cover other countries’ exports through the Republic, as well as to
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      Breast cancer Specialist clinics planned
      344 6  -  ALLISON LIM FOUR clinics specialising in breast cancer will be set up in three hospitals by October to help diagnose and treat the disease early. These dedicated and multidisciplinary Breast Clinics will offer an environment sympathetic to women with breast complaints, Senior Minister of State
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      Lock icon Court behind prison walls
      273 7  -  A new special mentions courtroom in Portsdown Prison will hear cases of illegal immigrants and overstayers bil DAVID MILLER ILLEGAL immigrants and overstayers being held in Portsdown Prison will now have their cases mentioned behind prison walls, for the first time. The finishing touches are being
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      Divorce couples must now settle property first
      306 7  -  UIL TAN 001 BOON COUPLES who file for divorce will soon have to decide who gets to keep the tlat even before they go to court. The move, said to be a world’s first, will save couples from the pain and legal costs
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      Book on overseas Chinese out in Oct
      392 8  -  The Chinese Heritage Centre’s 400-page encyclopaedia, consists of 66 essays by 5o scholars «1 LEONG WENG KAM A 400-PAGE encyclopaedia which surveys Chinese communities from different parts of the world, will be out in October. The Encyclopaedia On The Chinese Overseas will be
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      Army and airforce to get new chiefs in July
      154 8 THE Chief of Army, MajorGeneral Han Eng Juan, and the Chief of Air Force, Ma-jor-General Goh Yong Siang, will relinquish their respective appointments on July 1 this year. Maj-Gen Han will return to the Administrative Service while Maj-Gen Goh will join
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      184 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 ST
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      1061 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6150 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 Wired Up 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (AsiaPacific) 1210 E Z Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word
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  • SPORTS
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      Twelve coaches to take athletics into new millennium
      253 9  -  ATHLETICS «it HARIRAT RAI TWELVE coaches 10 from Singapore and two from China have been identified to take Singapore athletics into the next millennium. This was revealed on Monday to Timesport by Steven l>ee, the newly-elect-ed vice-president for training and selection of
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      Shot down by a golden goal
      464 9  -  SAFFC’s Warriors put up strong display but fall to extra-time strike by Chinese Army SOCCER ai SANTOKH SINGH FIGHTING spirit proved inadequate as the Warriors went down to a "golden goal” by China’s Ba Yi in the Tiger Beer Battle of Kallang last Saturday
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      Return of five senior players a boost for Republic
      245 9 NETBALL FIVE senior players who quit last year have returned to the fold, giving the Republic’s netball squad a boost for the annual Singapore-Malaysia Test in June. The Test matches will be held in Kuala Lumpur. Former co-captain Noraida Abdul Malik,
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Water level at dams critical
      477 10 Additional measures are being taken to resolve the water shortage in Klang Valley as the water level at dams remains low Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last Saturday said the water level at dams in the Klang Valley was still
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      Lock icon Tolls won’t be cut again: Samy Vellu
      467 10 CALL FOR SECOND LINK LEVY REVIEW Bernama JOHOR BARU There will be no further reduction in the toll rates on the second route linking Tanjung Kupang in Johor and Tuas in Singapore, said Public Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samv Vellu last Sunday.
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      Malaysians banked $9b in Singapore
      264 10 PENANG The government has traced an estimated MS2O billion (SSB.B billion) belonging to Malaysians in banks and finance companies in Singapore. according to Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Dr Alfiftiddin Haji Omar. He said a large number of assets belonging to Malaysians were also kept in
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon 180,000 hectares of forest razed
      383 11 That is the extent of the devastation in the drought-stricken Indonesian province of East Kalimantan -AFP JAKARTA Fires have razed more than 180,000 ha of forest since the beginning of this year in the droughtstricken Indonesian province of East Kalimantan, reports said on Monday. Some
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      Lock icon Stopping new fires top priority
      506 11  -  ASEAN STARTS HAZE ACTION PLAN DOMINIC NATHAN IN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN PREVENTING new fires in Sumatra, the Riau province and the rest of Kalimantan will be Asean's top priority. It will be pursued at all costs, to ensure that the disaster in East Kalimantan does
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      Confine protests to campuses, rectors told
      467 11  -  *!L FOO YANG YANN INDONESIA’S authorities, increasingly concerned about daily student demonstrations on university campuses over the past month, have told rectors to ensure that protests were confined to their campuses. Jakarta police chief MajorGeneral Hamami Nata, in letters sent to an undisclosed number
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Swim with the sharks
      560 12 MONDAY April 6,1998 THE Administrative Service has acquired the mystique of an inner sanctum in Singapore's power structure. It is the seed-bed for permanent secretaries and heads of statutory boards. A decent number have gone on to serve in Cabinet and as big wheels in industry.
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      Tarnished presidency
      554 12 WEDNESDAY April 8,1998 A UNITED States judge’s dismissal of the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton came not a moment too soon. The world, not to mention the US. has been spared a spectacle that would have made the O. J. Simpson trial look like
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      Lock icon Guard against wrong step
      711 12  -  Eye On Hie Wodd !Zl SUNNY GOH THE seed of distrust had been sown long before Hongkongers w r ere crying foul over the unpopular decision by their judicial chief not to prosecute media mogul Sally Aw on fraud charges. During the sensitive handover period last
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      Donors should take cue from hard-hit Japanese companies
      851 13  -  MY VIEW H'l M. MRMALA CHARITY begins at home, as the saying goes. Businessmen and other Singaporeans should try and remember this when the economic crisis hits home. Already, some charity organisations here are saying that thev will nave to review the
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      Learn to keep up with your children
      812 13  -  BY THE WAY By TAN SAI SIONG OF LATE, Singapore's youths have been put under the spotlight of adult scrutiny because the young nowadays are not content to be seen and not heard. The megawatt attention is the result of what some of
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  • INSIGHT
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      The 1000 PAP 'cardinals’ who appoint the 'Pope’
      1864 14 Most Singaporeans are familiar with the outward trappings of the PAP, but very fete are aware of what goes on in its inner sanctum. KOH BUCK SONG lifts the veil on the cadre system and lesser known activities of the 10,000-strong riding
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      Thirst for solution to water issue
      1269 15  -  THINKING ALOUD Bi t WARREN FERNANDEZ WORLD Water Day, March 22, passed without a splash here. This, despite Singapore being ranked the sixth most watershort country in the world and the region being plunged into one of its worst water shortages ever. Reports have
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      Hng Kiang to take over from Dr Hu?
      865 15  -  THE WEEK IN POLITICS KOH BUCK SONG THE first Cabinet change within this Parliament term happened last Wednesday National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang took over from Trade and Industry Minister Y’ock Suan as Second Minister for Finance. The portfolio affected came
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  • MONEY
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      STII rebounds for the first time in nine trading days
      386 16 IN A holiday-shortened threeday trading week, the benchmark Straits Times Industrials index bounced back as jitters at the start of the week gave way to guarded optimism. A rally on Wall Street pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 9,000
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      DAY-TO-DAY STOCK INDICES
      66 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 42.54 points on the week to 1594.05. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1549.93 (-1.58) 177.450 ($228.817m) Tuesday Wednesday 1573.09 (*23.16) 243.047 ($335.693m) Thursday Friday 1594 05 (*20.96) 223.664 ($372.814m) BT-M6A Index The BT-MGA Index rose 20.68 points on the
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      CORPORATE RESULTS
      1908 16 Company D«t« •nn Nat a am TV IV <$m> <$m> CPS TV LV (ctt) (Ctl) ABR Mar 31 P S.346L 0.296 12L 0.70 Acma Mar 20 P ***** 49 344 14.2 245 Actr Mar 13 P 23.662 ***** 14.3 196 Ac* Dynamics Mar 25 P 0.677 7.342L 083
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      181 16 MIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc 6 Company Ratio data cloto Paymt ST Capital Ono-for-ono GSS0.40 Apr 15 Apr 22 NA DBS Ono-for-flvo ®S$6.00 Mar 30 Apr 3 NA DBS-ForoIgn Onpfor-fivo 9SS6.S0 Mar 30 Apr 3 NA BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Company Ratio data cloto DBS Ono-for-ton Mar 30 Apr 3
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      25 16 Company Right» laaue Material H One-forone®$0.20 PMI Three-tor-two 9 MSl.OO Company Bonue litue Flextech One-tor-tlve PMI One-tor-tour Sup Metal One-tor-two Want Want One-for-flve
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      88 16 Company Place Courts C 22 Pandan Rd (6092T4) Apr 29 11.00am IMS A Penthouse of UOB SO Raffles Piece 61st Story UOB Plata 1 (*****4) Apr 25 12.00n Auric Pac A 65 Chulla St. 33rd Fir The Executive Club OCBC Centre (*****3) Apr 23 11.00am OUS A l
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1269 16 Payment Ex data Books close Pay data BBR5C b 20 Jun 25 Jul 2 Jui 15 Central Prop F 37.4 Mar 24 Mar 31 Apr 14 Chuan Hup 1 ITE Apr 29 May 6 May 20 ChuanSoon H10c b 3 Jui 9 Jul 16 Jul 28 Como inv
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      128 16 P#ym#nt S*> tot# if Pay dat* Acma 50c r 15 Jul 2 Jul 9 Jul 22 Amt#* Enq 20c 1 7.STE Mar 25 Apr 1 Apr 13 Auric P«c 50c F 6 Apr 14 Apr 21 MayS BAT 21c F 112.8 Apr 13 Apr 17 Apr 29 BoultaaP
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      MAS undergoes structural revamp
      510 17  -  It shifts from regulatory to supervisory approach in efforts to develop financial sector «2. TAN LI ENG THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced last Friday a wide-ranging structural revamp to boost the Government’s drive to develop the Republic’s financial sector. In comes a shift from
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      Phillip Securities buys stake in Halim
      480 17  -  MOVE WILL SECURE FIRM A SEAT ON MALAYSIAN BOURSE Hi JEAN CHIA SINGAPORE’S Phillip Securities has agreed to pay Ms6o million (Ss26 million) for a stake in beleaguered Malaysian broker Halim Securities as well as assume some of its debt. Buying into Halim currently
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      CURRENCY
      143 17 COUNTER RATES Buying 00 Sailing Singapore dollars to on* unit ot foraign currancy US dollar 1.5786 1.6130 Starling pound 2.6227 2.7143 Australian dollar 1.0305 1.0745 Canadian dollar 1.1000 1.1366 NZ dollar 0.8569 0.8959 CC unit 1.7706 Singapore dollars to 100 units ol foraign currancy Austrian schilling 12.1475 12.8097 Belgian
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      112 17 Contract dote: April 9, 1998 Unit One mth 3 mth* 6 mth» 9 mth» 12 mth» Call valut date us 5 5'/. 57» 57. 57. 47» 14/4 AS 4/. 47. 47. 47. 47. 37. 15/4 NZS 9 9 87. 87, 87, 87, 15/4 STG 6’A 67, 67.
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      738 17 Manager's prices: April 10,1998 Aberdeen Asset Mqt Alia Ltd Aberdeen S'pore Gr Fund 0 944-0 993** Aberdeen Sdldct Portfolio (ot NAV) 0.973** 0.863** AIB Govott (Asia) Ltd 0.889-0.934» 1.082-1137® Amorlcon Inti Assur AIA Unit Linked Fd 0.845-0.890# AIA Growth Fd AIA regional Equity Fd 1.125-1.185» AIA Regional Fl«ed
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      SES MAIN BOARD Transaction date: April 9,1998
      4025 18 INDUSTRIAL t COMMERCIAL 1990 High Low Company Curt Last Traded Sale ♦orVol Day '000 High Low Cr*s Net M Cap Olv P/L Smil Wt Avg Price 43 18.5 e ACE Dynamics60c.... 32.5 •1 208 34 32.5 0.3 40.6 26.6 33 ASE NT$10 200..
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      SESDAQ
      843 18 1998 High Low Company Curr Last Traaod Salt ♦or* Vol ‘000 Day High Low Cr's Div% Nat P/E M Cap $mll Wt Avg Prlca 134 92 e A8R Hidgs 5c 104 •5 9 106 104 46.3 113 243 76 e AS Auto 10c 195 ♦5 290 195 190 15.0N
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      BONDS, LOANS & WARRANTS
      1687 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction data: April 9,1998 1998 High Low Company Last Sal* ♦Of Vol ■ooo Day High Low Last Quota Buyyr Sallar Wt Avg Prlc* 235 9 m m AMD8c5.5%*****6 18 20.5 8 A Ac*r W*****1 US$ 13 <3 15 95 8.5 Acma W*****4 26 1.5 30 26 25
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
      1234 19 Transaction data: April 9,1998 1998 Curr Last Vol Day Cross Nat M Cap High Low Company Tradad Sala ♦Of 000 High Law dlv P/E Smll MALAYSIAN STOCKS (in S$) 135 65.5 48 60 75 28 12.5 33 19.5 18.5 m 89 ♦0.5 422 91.5 88 5.0 359 91.3
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      Lock icon More quit jobs for rosier lifestyle
      458 20  -  Others seek greener pastures: Improved pay trails as factor among workers who resigned from their jobs last year *!L WILLIAM CHOONG WORKERS who resign from their jobs seem more keen on getting a life rather than seeking jobs with better prospects and higher salaries,
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      Property price war moves to east
      504 20  -  SIMS VILLE, STRATFORD COURT NOW CHEAPEST CONDOS IN AREA By Btf KALPANA RASHIWALA THE property price war has moved to the east, with the developers of Sims Ville and Stratford Court offering the cheapest 99-year leasehold condos in that part of Singapore. They are
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      UN agency forecasts slower growth for S'pore
      377 20 SINGAPORE’S economic growth is likely to slow to a moderate 4.5 per cent this year as a result of the regional financial turmoil, the United Nations’ specialised agency for the Asia-Pacific forecast on Wednesday. This is at the top end of the 2.5-4.5
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      1040 21 yr The Straits Times Weekly Edition I NT (intraco) Intraco, a public-listed company with diversified businesses in Automobile, Commodities, Engineering Projects, Food Food Processing, Semiconductors, Telecommunications has immediate vacancy for: SENIOR ENGINEER The incumbent will be assigned to one of the divisions in the engineering and projects core business He
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      1121 22 Land Transport^^Authority PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Senior Officer LTA is initiating the integration of property developments with MR I stations and other transport modes. You w ill be assigned responsibilities for project feasibility studies, property development, marketing, leasing or sale, including sale by tender, and building management. Good Degree from a
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  • FORUM
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      Something must be wrong when children start to kill
      573 23 LET the recent US school massacre be a lesson to us. It is shocking and inconceivable that two children, as young as 11 years of age, could shoot their schoolmates in cold blood with automatic weapons and with such wild abandon.
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      Amnesty encourages illegals
      194 23 IN THE column “Offer amnesty to illegals before stiffening the penalties” (The Sunday Times, March 29), Mr Dominic Nathan proposed that they be granted an amnesty to induce them to come out into the open. On March 28, the Minister for Home Affairs said that illegal immigrants
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      Toronto first with ERP
      61 23 THE ERP is not, as reported in The Straits Times, the first of its kind in the world. Toronto implemented such a system last year. Users are charged monthly. Those who do not have a transponder device have a picture taken of their licence plate number
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      Flats for the aged cost more, but are affordable
      440 23 IN HIS letter (ST Weekly, April 4), Mr Lee Siang said that the prices of studio apartments for the elderly are high. The new HDB studio apartments are purpose-built as a fresh housing option for senior citizens. The apartments are designed
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      American press does do good too
      362 23 I REFER to the columns by Mr Felix Soh (“The sinner, the vvino and the American newsman") and Mr Sunanda K. Datta-Ray (“Misuse of the media destroys public life"), two criticisms of the American media published in The Straits Times on April 3. I
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    Asem a success, says PM Goh
    522 24  -  Europe does care and will do as much as it can to help Asia overcome its difficulties, he says cm A Mi l HOONG IN LONDON PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong, describing a three-day summit of Asian and European leaders as a success, said
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    Lock icon Plans for home-made micro-satellites
    764 24  -  MAKING POSSIBLE FASTER GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS Hi) EDMUNDTEE SINGAPORE will have its first home-made micro-satellites in about four years, if plans to make them here lift off successfully. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) school of electrical and electronic engineering plans to set up a facility to build
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