The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 5 June 1999
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Title Section20 1999-06-05 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday Juno 5.1999 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 080/08/9820 words
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Article, Illustration499 1999-06-05 1 Lawyer highlights businessman’s significant contribution to society and asks court to impose a fine rather than a jail term PEOPLE’S Action Party MP Choo Wee khiang resigned his seat in Parliament on Wednesday before pleading guilty to abetting his elder sister's common lawkl MAY - 499 words
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337 1999-06-05 1 CHUA MU I HOONG - Singapore bans import of meat eggs from Europe Bu CHUA MU I HOONG SINGAPORE yesterday moved swiftly to slap a ban on all imports of meat and egg products from Europe in the wake of concern that these may have been contaminated by a cancercausing chemical, dioxin. A Primary Production337 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement68 1999-06-05 1 I. A A N'DORD K R Toe The Line, Or Else CJ Yong Pung I low warns lawyers to bena themselves as more people are filing complaints against them. YIT* PAGE (i S PORTS Underdogs Have Their Day Li Jiawei and Tan Paey Fern defied odds to put up laudable68 words
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PRIME NEWS
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485 1999-06-05 2 JEAN C'HIA - H'l JEAN C'HIA SINGAPORE'S hanking landscape became a lot different on Wednesday, with the first foreign bank unveiling moves to take a major stake in a local one since the sector was freed up last month. Ireland's largest bank. Allied Irish485 words
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Article, Illustration457 1999-06-05 2 JOANNE LEE - SCARE TACTICS IN NO-SMOKING CAMPAIGN fill JOANNE LEE THE pictures of bloody brains are working. More people have called the Quit Smoking hotline in the past three weeks than the whole of last year. In response to the scare tactics used in this year’s457 words
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Article524 1999-06-05 2 SALMA kIIALIk - Singaporeans are emerging asset-rich but cash-poor by the time they pull out their CPF funds at the age of 55 Hi SALMA kIIALIk SOME changes to the use of CPF money might be in store to bring it back to its original objective of providing for524 words
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Article607 1999-06-05 3 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Even if the ‘exceptionally high’ take-up seen in past two quarters continues, there is enough supply until end-2000, says the URA By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE buying surge for new private homes that erupted in the past two quarters is unlikely to he sustained, says the Urban607 words
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Article, Illustration544 1999-06-05 3 IRENE NG - Oil IRENE NG MEET the new team with the most number of fresh faces in the reshuffled Cabinet which took office on Thursday. Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, the new minister for the expanded and renamed Ministry of Communications and IT, has a newSOMATW - 544 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration549 1999-06-05 4 LEE SIEW 111 A - The workplan for proposed forum will start here later this year, and a summit may take place in three to four years B'l LEE SIEW 111 A IN BI'FNOS IHKS THE road to a rich dialogue for Asia and Latin America has(.HHK.I <;\S( ON - 549 words
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797 1999-06-05 4 Lf.f. SiewHua - Lf.f.SiewHua TAMPA (Florida) Singapore could save “easily 30 to 40 per cent" in the cost of desalinating water if the technology used in Florida is applied to the Republic. said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He was in Tampa, where he gained797 words
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Article, Illustration428 1999-06-05 5 IRENE \G - IL IRENE \G MISS Yong Ying-I. a high-fly-ing 35-year-old civil servant, is to be the chief executive officer of a new statutory board, the IT and Telecommunications Authority of Singapore (Itta). Itta will be born when the National Computer Board (NCB) merges428 words
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536 1999-06-05 5 1,762 of them have surrendered rather than face new penalties to take effect from next month GETTING tough with traffic offenders seems to lx* paying off even before the tougher measures take effect. So far, 1,762 motorists with 3,123 outstanding warrants of arrest among536 words
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467 1999-06-05 5 GERALDINE YEO - *!L GERALDINE YEO FOR 20 years, cabby Aziz Judin, 49, has rented a two-room lIDB flat in Eunos Crescent. But now that his two sons are teenagers, he decided the family needed a bigger flat, so that the boys, who are 14 and467 words
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397 1999-06-05 6 CHIA MIIHOONG - By CHIA MIIHOONG MANDARIN is the dominant language for most Chinese students, with over six in 10 of those {M)lled saying they spoke mainly Mandarin in school and at home. In contrast, English was used by only about one-third of students when397 words
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Article, Illustration480 1999-06-05 6 TAN 001 BOON - Deteriorating standards a ‘growing worry’ as more people complain about shoddy work and dishonest conduct, says CJ Yong TAN 001 BOON LAWYERS were warned on Monday to buck up and behave themselves as more people are tiling complaints against them for shoddy work and dishonest conduct.JOYCK KANC - 480 words
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440 1999-06-05 6 ABOUT 220 lawyers have quit the practice so far this year because of poor business and because they could not keep up with a more efficient and faster court system. These lawyers, who are mainly sole proprietors or those from smaller440 words
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Article, Illustration701 1999-06-05 7 SITIANPRIAME - New dress code introduced for National Institute of Education trainee teachers is raising the ire of some who f ind it too restrictive 'h. SITIANPRIAME TRAINEE teachers at the National Institute of Education have come up with a dress code which bans, among other things,I Until at ion* SOI I lIOWI I \ - 701 words
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473 1999-06-05 7 C lIIRI V\ GI ORGI - C lIIRI V\ GI ORGI SHAG or shiok? If Brigadier-General (NS) George Veo had any headaches clearing his files at the Ministry of Information and the Arts as he prepared for his new Trade and Industry job, they were not caused473 words
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249 1999-06-05 7 DOMINIC NATHAN - Bit DOMINIC NATHAN THE newly-launched submarine, RSS Conqueror, will enter Singapore waters next vear, marking another chapter in the navy s development of a new capability. The submarine crew members are being trained in Sweden now and training is prog- ressing well, said249 words
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Article, Illustration477 1999-06-05 8 It has shown that schools can strike a balance between nurturing a cultural elite and maintaining multi-racialism HWA Chong Junior College, with its strong Chinese culture and cosmopolitan student body, lias shown that schools can strike a balance between nurturing a cultural elite andI I Will / MUi VO - 477 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 1999-06-05 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 Word1,061 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration456 1999-06-05 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - TABLE TENNIS Rntnrts Ini CHAN TSE CHUEEN THEY were the undisputed underdogs. But Singapore’s Li Jiawei and Tan Paey Fern defied the odds to put up laudable performances in the two-day Singapore Pools Asian Top 12 Table Tennis women’s tournament. Teenager Jiawei upset South Korea’s worldJONI H \YMO\l> - 456 words
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Article358 1999-06-05 9 THOMAS KOII - KIT.BY THOMAS KOII i\ iionckom; IT WAS an evening of carnage when the Anchor Reds took on Hongkong last Saturday evening at the Mongkok Stadium. When the Singapore players trooped off the field, they looked like they would fit right into the set of Saving Private358 words
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Article655 1999-06-05 9 SAN'TOKJI SINGH - Quality does not always come with aliefty price there are underpaid, unsung locals here SOCCER UIL SAN'TOKJI SINGH IS IT possible to form an entire S-League team on the $4,500salary Stuart Young earns every month? Yes, and the side will probably be better off than Young’s Woodlands655 words
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MALAYSIA
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367 1999-06-05 10 Premier says grouping was so bereft of vision it Had to make Anwar an issue to give it a focus AFP, Bf.rnama KUALA LUMPUR The Prime Minister has slammed the alliance of opposition parties of widely-differing ideologies. saying they were willing to try anythingAFP,; Bf.rnama - 367 words
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Article286 1999-06-05 10 PENANG Umno's campaign against those who slander party leaders in lectures and through postings on the Internet is pay ing off as critics appear to have toned down their criticism, said party supreme councillor Ibrahim Ali. The Sun on Monday quoted him as saying that286 words
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Article, Illustration288 1999-06-05 10 New Straits Times, Tiie Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR More Chinese Malaysians from Ipoh and Penang will be joining Parti Keadilan Nasional, which is led by the wife of jailed former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim. Party members said this toNew Straits Times, Tiie Star/Asia News Network; XV V - 288 words
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359 1999-06-05 10 CERTIFICATES NEEDED TO MOVE PIGS TO ABATTOIRS BerNAMA IPOH The health authorities in Perak, which was the first state to be hit by the encephalitis outbreak, will issue certificates to pig farms if their animals test negative for the Nipah virus.Ber- NAMA - 359 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration655 1999-06-05 11 Reuters, AFP JAKARTA Indonesian riot police fired warning shots to quell violence in and outside the capital yesterday, the last official day of campaigning for next week's historic election. Police fired blanks in Jakarta as protesters set fire to flags of the rulingReuters,; AFP; UP - 655 words
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501 1999-06-05 11 Reuters, AFP JAKARTA Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri told hundreds of thousands of delirious supporters on Thursday that victory in Monday’s general election was within their grasp. The woman who is a favourite to become the next Indonesian President urged her backers not toReuters,; AFP - 501 words
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221 1999-06-05 11 AFP, Reuters JAKARTA Thousands of refugees on Wednesday packed two inter-city bus terminals in the city of Lhokseumawe in North Aceh to flee rising violence in the area, residents and television reports said. Human-rights workers said hundreds of employees of oil and gas companies– AFP,; Reuters - 221 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article610 1999-06-05 12 TUESDAY JIM 1 1999 I AST week's island-wide police blitz against teenage crime, which led to a significant number of arrests, is a laudable effort to tell teen criminals at large that they cannot expect the law to be soft on them because of their age.610 words
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Article585 1999-06-05 12 WEDNESDAY JI’SE 2,1999 IT HAS been nine months since the Malaysian authorities put Clob share-trading into deep freeze by declaring it illegal. No doubt in the Malaysian calculation, it is short, compared to the nine years that Clob flourished here. Doubtless the authorities there thought too that585 words
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Article, Illustration654 1999-06-05 12 SIA CIIEONG YEW - SECOND LAST WORD BIJ SIA CIIEONG YEW SUCKERS are born every day. Here in Singapore, I wouldn't be surprised if someone should think that we have more than our share at least in per capita terms. Reading the newspapers, one certainly cannot help buti l imit, n in - 654 words
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957 1999-06-05 13 ASAD I. ATIF - Strangers on our shores why we accept them MY VIEW By ASAD I.ATIF “HOW are things in your hometown?" a colleague asked me last week. “Telok Blangab, how is it?" I have arrived. I have come a long way from the time when a stranger sitting next to me at957 words
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Article1200 1999-06-05 13 JEK RIAN JIN - l ±L JEK RIAN JIN CALIFORNIANS are usually polite and considerate, especially for the feelings of other, non-American folks. When a business associate left me a curt voice-mail, and I detected some signs of frustration in his tone. I knew that a threshold had been crossed. I1,200 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1876 1999-06-05 14 The recent Cabinet reshuffle has been greeted Inj reactions varying from “it’s a non-event”, ‘just a holding operation ”to “another game of musical chairs Observers were puzzled over winj experienced ministers needed to be moved around to make them more rounded. IRENE m1,876 words
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1001 1999-06-05 15 CHLALEE HOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS «7 CHLALEE HOONG THE Hague tribunal’s indictment of President Slobodan Milosevic lias put Nato's campaign in Kosovo on a knife edge. But it is a blunt knife. The popular reading of the indictment is that Nato has had enough of1,001 words
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Article1202 1999-06-05 15 HANFOOk KWANC - THINKING ALOUD «7 HANFOOk KWANC WHEN 1 first heard the Prime Minister tell university students in a talk two weeks ago that he was somewhat disappointed that the economic recession here had been so short. I thought there would be a reaction the next1,202 words
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MONEY
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358 1999-06-05 16 STOCKS limped along the week amid investor caution over a possible hike in interest rates in the US and Monday’s elections in Indonesia. The blue-chip Straits Times Index closed 24.b’9 points higher for the week with total volume of trades declining sharply as the358 words
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Article87 1999-06-05 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Times Indei rose 24.69 points for the week to 1,928.37. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1.903 86 (*0.18) 1,535 m ($1,170m) Tuesday 1,908 88 S.02) 1,250 m (Si. 250m) Wednesday 1,927.36 18.48) 992 m($1,004m) Thursday 1,942 10 14.74) 938 m ($1,027m) Friday 1,92887 words
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Article1889 1999-06-05 16 Company Oate ann Net earn TV LY <$m) <$m) EPS TV LV lets) (ett) Apollo Ent Mar 26 P 7.010L 1.997L 4.5L 1.3L AsiaFood Mar 29 P 140.927 45.157 4.85 1.85 Alliance Mar 30 P 17.25L 30.998L 21L 38L Avimo May 13 1 8.998 7285 8 54 6.941,889 words
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Article164 1999-06-05 16 BONUS ISSUE CxBoohs Acc Company Ratio date dose Paymt Serial Sys one-for-three Apr 30 May 7 NA OUB one-for-ten May 10 May 17 May 28 BBR one-for-one May 20 May 27 Jun 15 Eng Kong ont-for-two May 25 Jun 1 NA RIGHTS ISSUE EiBooks ACC fc Company Ratio164 words
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Article59 1999-06-05 16 Company Description Excel Proposed Renounceacie Rights Issue Ot 70,000,000 new Ord Shares of SS0.20 each in the Capital of the Co With 52,500,000 Warrants.Each Warrants carrying the Rights to subscribe tor one New Ord at SS0.20 for each rights share on the basis of four Rights Shares with59 words
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Article138 1999-06-05 16 Place Date Time Delifrance A 350 Orchard Road «1508/10 Shaw House Towers *****68) Jun 23 10.00am Chuan Hup E 322 Jin Ahmad Ibrahim S pore (*****1) Jun 21 2.00pm SPC A 6 Shenton Wav «33-08 DBS Bldg Tower Two S'pore (*****9) Jun 21 2.30pm scs A Auditorium 7138 words
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Article1028 1999-06-05 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books close Pay date AV Jenmnqs A25c F A3.25 Jun 28 Jul 5 Jul 16 ACE Dynamics 20c F 0.05 Jun 14 Jun 21 Jul 2 Acer 50e F 2.5TE Jun 24 Jul 1 Jul 13 Avimo 20c 1 225 Jul 20 Jul 271,028 words
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Article1317 1999-06-05 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS June 5,***** Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS ABN AMRO Asset Mgt <S) Ltd Keppel Enhanced Fd!” 1.021 1.073 Europe Eqty Fund 0.95 1.01 Keppei New Equities Gr Fd 1.006 1.057 Europe Bond Fund 0.96 1.00 Keppel Orientrust Fd!--0.815 0.857 Europe Balanced Fund 0.94 1.00 Morgan Grenfell (Asia)1,317 words
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555 1999-06-05 17 Bu WALTER EtRNANDE - Refuting British police officer’s comment, CAD warns that those who make unsolicited calls to sell stocks are breaking the law lii. Bu WALTER EtRNANDE/ CONTRARY to popular belief, cold calls or unsolicited telephone calls offering hot tips about investment instruments such555 words
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Article, Illustration471 1999-06-05 17 i AMY BALAN - IJIL i AMY BALAN THE owner of the landmark Marco Polo Hotel is closing it down five months ahead of schedule which suggests it is bringing forward its plans to build a condominium on the site. Marco Polo Developments on Monday issued471 words
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Article4619 1999-06-05 18 Transaction date: June 4, 1999 MULT! INDUSTRY 52-Wh High Low Company Curr Last Traded Sale ♦or* Vol Oay 000 High Low Gr’s Net M Cap Olv P/E Smll Wt Avg Prica 147 17 5 mo Acma 50c 133 cd 3 1151 139 131 10 10.9 220 1354,619 words
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Article1043 1999-06-05 19 52-W* High Low Ctirr Last Company Traded Sale ♦or* Vol 000 Day High Low Cr's Oiv Net P/E M Cap Wt Avg $mil Price MANUFACTURING 142 30 C AS Auto 10c 118 ■1 686 121 116 15 N 11.1 134.7 123 110 45 c ASJ Hidqs 20c .85 -81,043 words
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Article1584 1999-06-05 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: June 4,1999 52-Wk High Low Company Last Salt ♦or* Vol 000 Day High Low Last Quota Buyer Sellar Wt Avg Price 37.5 3 s ♦Acer W*****1 JSS .33.5 ♦0.5 543 34 32 33 33.5 57.5 4.5 5 Acma W*****4 .45.5 •2.5 1453 49 44 451,584 words
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Article145 1999-06-05 19 (9am, June 4) Buyinq OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.1260 Canadian dollar 1.1560 1.1810 NZ dollar 0.9200 Sterling pound 2.7530 2.7810 US dollar 1.7200 1.7310 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.70 13.10 Belgian franc 4.360 4.450 Chinese145 words
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Article, Illustration844 1999-06-05 20 n, ports In/ KAI.PANA RASHIWALA - Critical turning points would have passed in intervening period to help fix supply, says URA n, ports In/ KAI.PANA RASHIWALA DESPITE calls in some quarters for action now, the Government is waiting until September to announce when it will restart land sales because it11l \ < 111 \(. I*l \(. - 844 words
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367 1999-06-05 20 DEVELOPERS are taking a risk in holding back private housing launches in the hope of getting higher prices later, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said on Tuesday. This is because market conditions may change. In particular, the developers would end up competing with projects367 words
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Article451 1999-06-05 20 Hii KALPANA RASHIWALA - Hii KALPANA RASHIWALA SESDAQ-LISTED Second Chance Enterprises is switching from its core business of selling clothing and gold jewellery to a different area altogether property. But it is not going too far from its retail roots, at least for now. The company is on a451 words
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Advertisement790 1999-06-05 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition APPOINTMENTS PEOPLE S ASSOCIATION We are currently recruiting highly-motivated and independent individuals to join us as: AIMAIyST Programmer Main Responsibilities: Assist in system study, design, develop and implement systems to meet user requirement Maintain and enhance existing systems to meet changing requirements Provide training and790 words
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Advertisement889 1999-06-05 22 'X r.S* the World Meets A career in CAAS puts you at the heart of it. X- >4 V iit The Civil. \viation Authority of Singapore is gearing up to seize the opportunities and meet the air transport challenges of the 21st Century. If you are as excited as uv889 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration500 1999-06-05 23 AEI'ER reading thereport “Mandarin the dominant language tor most Chinese students, poll shows” (ST, June 1), it is clear that the Chinese language is thriving among the current cohort of school-going Singaporeans. For two out of three Chinese students. Mandarin is the default language when\l> \ M I I I - 500 words
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Article285 1999-06-05 23 I REFER to Ms Tricia I/)h Chuan Yen and Mr James Hooi's letters on smoking. Banning smoking totally would be a draconian measure, but it is not without merit. Imagine Singapore without the smell of cigarette smoke: air would be much fresher and people’s lives285 words
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Article182 1999-06-05 23 IREFF3R to the letter by Serin Starkey, “Ban on smoking will not solve problem" (ST, June 1). We all agree that nicotine does harm not only to the individual but also to non-smokers, and of course, to the ozone layer. Why should the Government let the sale182 words
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Article164 1999-06-05 23 I REFER to Terence Wong's (ST, May 27) and James 1 looi’s (ST. May 31) suggestions to curb smoking “Have a COE-tvpe system for smokers”, “Why not ban smoking totally?" and the rejoinders “Let smokers decide", “Ban on smoking will not solve problem" from Mabel Ong164 words
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433 1999-06-05 23 I REFER to the article “Kind Singaporeans: Where are they?" by Michelle Hui Chzi-Quann (ST, May 27). I am sorry to hear of her unpleasant experience hut I understand why some people are unwilling to offer their seats. I live in the433 words
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631 1999-06-05 24 LEE SIEW Hl’A - The talks will take separate tracks but the end-point for Clob and the package of bilateral issues must be the same, says PM Goh By LEE SIEW Hl’A IN BI'ENOS VIRES SINGAPORE and Malaysia will take two separate tracks of negotiations on the631 words
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Article, Illustration72 1999-06-05 24 ANTARCTIC LESSONS IN GREENLAND l Preparations for the trek to the South Pole kicked into high gear for these Antarctica 2000 team members during a training trip in Greenland last month where they learnt how to ski and how to pull sledges. The team was nearly72 words