The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 16 October 1999
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Title Section20 1999-10-16 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday October 16, 1999: Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 074/08/9920 words
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Article778 1999-10-16 1 CHUA MUI HOONG - The Govt is serious about consulting citizens, and they should set up teams to offer ideas CHUA MUI HOONG SET up citizens’ ideas teams and let the ideas flow. This invitation came from Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in Parliament on Wednesday, when he778 words
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Article, Illustration115 1999-10-16 1 GOODBYE S PORE, HELLO ANTARCTICA All set and ready for their big adventure to the Antartica are (from left) Mr David Lim, Mr Khoo Swee Chiow, Dr Robert Goh, and Major Ang Yau Choon. About 100 well-wishers turned up at Changi Airport on Thursday night toALPHOVSOCHW - 115 words
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Advertisement77 1999-10-16 1 R K T A I L Hip And Cool i l b UK’ ..>3 The new Cuppage Mall is almost ready to reveal its new face to the public, complete with an 18-metre wall, a curtain and a pylon all of water. pace i ji S I’OHTS S'pore's Greatest Goalie77 words
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PRIME
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946 1999-10-16 2 General Wiranto stresses that the Indonesian Defence Forces (TNI) should remain neutral The Straits Times spoke to Indonesian military chief General Wiranto on his views of the political situation in his country. Indonesia correspondent SUSAN files these reports on her exclusive interview with him. JAKARTA946 words
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Article360 1999-10-16 2 JAKARTA Brushing aside the possibility that he or other senior Indonesian military officials might be named defendants in the ongoing United Nations probe into crimes against humanity in East Timor, General Wiranto said his military had “no bad tradition" of committing such atrocities. And the360 words
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Article, Illustration80 1999-10-16 2 DERWIN AMONG THE GUERILLAS “We don't need sophisticated equipment to rip apart a white man’s head. We can do it with our hare hands. These are the words of a guerilla fighter who is among a motley hunch of 730 men being trained for hit-and-run attacks against80 words
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Article, Illustration25 1999-10-16 3 JOYCE KANC An above average student, Adrian Phua (above) should not have felt exam pressure, said his principal.JOYCE KANC - 25 words
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Article455 1999-10-16 3 CHONG CHEE KJN - TRAGEDY AT CHINESE HIGH «a. CHONG CHEE KJN A 15-YEAR-OLD Chinese High student fell 10 m to his death at the school on Wednesday morning where he was due to sit for an examination. Secondary 3 student Adrian Phua was found shortly after455 words
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544 1999-10-16 3 IRENE NG - *L IRENE NG A POLICY research agency should be set up under the Prime Minister's Office to study how the various races here could be brought closer together in a more systematic way, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Information and the Arts) Yatiman Yusof544 words
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494 1999-10-16 3 COLIN TAN - Pick fresh food straight from farm Singaporeans will be able to harvest vegetables or net fish at a novel farm mall opening in Tengah late next year l±L < COLIN TAN SINGAPOREANS can let their fondness for farm-fresh vegetables and meat range freely at a novel farm mall now being494 words
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305 1999-10-16 3 PARENTS who do not register their children for school may soon be compelled by the law to do so, as Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has asked the Education Ministry to consider making education compulsory up to the Primary 4 level. He said in Parliament305 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Two worrying trends for Singapore
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Article, Illustration525 1999-10-16 4 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong outlined two trends that may undermine efforts to build a world-class home: Singaporeans are not reproducing enough to replace themselves and more Singaporeans are living overseas. SINGAPORE'S fertility rate has been declining steadily since 1990 and it is likely to525 words
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190 1999-10-16 4 THERE are more Singaporeans going overseas, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Wednesday. He said that the Ministry of Manpower estimated that there are 150,000 Singaporeans who are abroad on a long-term basis. This group includes working adults and their dependants, emigrants and190 words
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Article536 1999-10-16 4 CHL A Mi IHOONC - Hri (CHL A Mi IHOONC MEMBERS of Parliament on Monday supported the Government's promise to put people first and to promote active citizenship that was laid out in President S.R. Nathan's address to Parliament last week. But they were also quick to point out areas536 words
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Article, Illustration494 1999-10-16 6 From harnessing women power to designing a people-friendly new downtown MPs had a host of suggestions on how to make people the centrepiece of government policy, as promised in President S.R. Nathan s address to Parliament. NMP Goh Chong Chia: The new downtown in Marina South494 words
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294 1999-10-16 6 Opposition says Govt’s vision is 'empty talk THE opposition on Monday scoffed at the Government’s vision to build a civil society outlint in the Presidential Address as “empty” talk. Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasir), Mr Low Thia Khiang (Hougang) and Nonconstituency MP J.B. Jeyaretnam said the President's speech was294 words
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Article, Illustration220 1999-10-16 7 THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) team returned to a heroes’ welcome on Sunday night after spending three weeks on a search-and-reseue mission for earthquake victims in Taiwan, where it rescued an boy, 8, and a man. When the 39-strong contingent steppedJOSi: HAYMOM) - 220 words
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551 1999-10-16 7 M. NIRMALA - In a radical departure from the present system, students will be able to take two basic degrees in 4V2 years instead of in six liu M. NIRMALA STARTING next year. National University of Singapore undergraduates will be able to earn two degrees from separate551 words
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569 1999-10-16 7 SALMA KHAl. lk - ‘llL SALMA KHAl.lk PATIENTS admitted to the medical intensive care unit of a hospital may face a greater risk of dying from pneumonia. Of the patients admitted to the National University Hospital’s medical ICU, 17 per cent were stricken with pneumonia while in hospital.569 words
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Article, Illustration485 1999-10-16 8 KOH BOON PIN - H2O Zone at the redeveloped Cuppage Mall combines 1 8 foodandbeverage joints with leisure and entertainment !L KOH BOON PIN NINE months and $8 million worth of redevelopment later, Cuppage Mall is almost ready to reveal its new face toDKNISK TAN - 485 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1061 1999-10-16 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 2 Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word1,061 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration388 1999-10-16 9 30 Siew Shaw Her The Skipper Driven by passion, Siew reached the pinnacle of the sport in Asia last year in Bangkok with the Asian Games gold. And at an age where most people would be considering retirement, Siew continues to hit the water with388 words
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965 1999-10-16 9 DAVID KRAAL - Skinner Singapore's greatest goalkeeper Self-taught, his towering presence in keeping goal won him accolades from overseas and made him a sporting legend H!L DAVID KRAAL MORE than 50 years ago, two Eurasian boys became firm friends in Katong. One went on to become a sporting legend. The other is happy965 words
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MALAYSIA
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452 1999-10-16 10 DOUGLAS WONG - Bumiputras have lost out due to the economic crisis, with many firms suffering debt burdens, and need to catch up again, he says DOUGLAS WONG l\ kl \l V l.l'MPl'K MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has appealed to the country's Chinese businessmen452 words
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502 1999-10-16 10 The Star/Asia News Network KUAIA LUMPUR Police have busted a syndicate which is believed to have raked in millions of ringgit by stealing from registered mail at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The syndicate, which has been active over the past two years,The Star/Asia News Network - 502 words
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Article, Illustration253 1999-10-16 10 KUAIA LUMPUR A durian fest turned unruly when thousands of durian lovers stormed two vans earning the fruits meant to be distributed free. Utusan Malaysia reported yesterday. Even the heavy downpour failed to cool the heated rush of adoring fans, resulting in a broken windscreen and severalCTCS \\ MO VYMV - 253 words
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212 1999-10-16 10 Bernama KUAIA LUMPUR Many lorry-permit holders, under the umbrella of registered companies, are hawking their permits to make easy money. This was being done at the expense of bona fide operators who could not obtain permits because they were not well-connected, industry sourcesBernama - 212 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA TIMOR CRISIS SPECIAL REPORT
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Article, Illustration975 1999-10-16 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - ST correspondent spends three days with the notorious Aitarak militia in its jungle hideout in West Timor to file this report Militia Leader’s Boast Story and pictures by DERWIN PEREIRA ATAMBUA (West Timor) Hidden in the hills next to975 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article578 1999-10-16 12 TUESDAY OCT 12,1999 THE shootings in the past few days between Australian troops spearheading the United Nations peacekeeping force and the pro-Indonesia militias show just how precarious the security situation is in East Timor. No one doubts that the International Force in East Timor (Interfet) faces578 words
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Article603 1999-10-16 12 WEDNESDAY OCT 13,1999 GARIBI hatao! (Remove poverty!). That was the slogan Indira Gandhi used to electrify crowds. It sounded like a promise and a command. In the event, it turned out to be neither. The socialist programmes Mrs Gandhi (like her father, Jawaharlal Nehru) preferred did little603 words
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Article, Illustration910 1999-10-16 12 808 - SECOND LAST WORD Bv 808 IT IS an issue that refuses to go away. With almost monotonous regularity, the debate over the high cost of motoring keeps reappearing on the public agenda, often dominating The Straits Times’ Forum pages. So it was910 words
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990 1999-10-16 13 SANDRA DAVIE - MY VIEW Bv SANDRA DAVIE IT HAS been more than 10 years since the first three schools, including The Chinese High, snipped off the apron strings that tied them to the Education Ministry and went independent. Going independent largely meant that these990 words
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Article1241 1999-10-16 13 SIMIKO TAN - VIEWPOINT By SIMIKO TAN GEE, suddenly 1 feel so powerful as a woman. If recent media reports reflect what is happening in the world, women have: 1) become male bashers 2) no qualms these days expressing their sexuality and sexual desires. The image painted1,241 words
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INSIGHT
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Mr Cynic meets Mr Govt
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Article, Illustration1135 1999-10-16 14 On Monday Parliament began its debate on the President’s Address, which makes people the centre-piece of the Government s agenda for the new millennium. But what happens when Mr Cynic meets Mr Government? CHUA LEE HOONG records the encounter. "WHAT aNOl I RON AI y S - 1,135 words
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1047 1999-10-16 14 "WHAT an ungrateful lot. After 34 years of delivering more and more of the good life, people are still so cynical, so sceptical. We've been making people the focus of Government policy all these years, and they did not realise it. Now we1,047 words
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1206 1999-10-16 15 IRENE NC - THINKING ALOUD Bv IRENE NC THERE is a Malay saying "sudah berputik. balik berbunga". Roughly translated: ‘The fruit has begun to form, but then it regressed to the flower stage". It captures the disappointment of not a few Malays at Senior Minister Lee1,206 words
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1082 1999-10-16 15 Clll A LEE lIOONC - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS By Clll A LEE lIOONC A RETIRED biologist related to me the other day about how he came across someone who thought that the face on the new Singapore currency notes was that of the new President, Mr1,082 words
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MONEY
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361 1999-10-16 16 WITH no fresh leads on the domestic front to provide directions, the Singapore stock market underwent a volatile week. Caution reigned after several Wall Street strategists warned of a major correction in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to 9,000 points. Investors adopted a wait-and-see361 words
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Article1843 1999-10-16 16 Company Dot* ann Net earn TY IY ($m> <$m> EPS TY LY tcto (da) ABR HldQS Sep 30 1 0.491 0.675 0.26 0.58 Armitrong Sep 23 1 0.835 0.938L 0.42 0.5L ASA Sep 16 1 4.937 3.752 3.22 2.88 ASJ Sep 13 1 3.407 2 821 3.79 3.131,843 words
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Article168 1999-10-16 16 BONUS ISSUE E«Boohs Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt MMI one-for-one Oct 19 Oct 26 Rotary one-for-one Oct 20 Oct 27 Horsing one-for-two Nov 1 Nov 9 Son Teh ona-tor-ttva Nov 4 NOV 11 Natsteei Broadway one-for-two Nov 16 Nov 23 Burwlll one-for-ten Oct 7 RIGHTS ISSUE ExBoohs168 words
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Article76 1999-10-16 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Timas Index fall 53.24 points on the weak to 2,061.25. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2,122.23 <♦ 7.74) 193.5 ($407.2m) Tuesday 2,118.27 3.96) 143.9 ($347.3m) Wednesday 2,095.60 22.67) 177.2 ($353.8m) Thursday 2,112.54 <♦ 16.94) 164.6 ($357.2m) Friday 2,061.25 51.29) 203.7 ($442.6m) BT-SRI Index76 words
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Article684 1999-10-16 16 Payment lets) Cx date Books dot* Pay date Acma 50c 1 1.25 Oct 27 Nov 3 Nov 17 Ale» Hldgs 50c t> 1.5 Sep 15 Sep 22 Oct 6 Amt»* Hldgs 20c F 0.8TE Nov 24 Dec 1 Dec 10 Auric Pacific 50c 1 2 Oct 6 Oct684 words
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Article66 1999-10-16 16 Company Description Scotts Proposed reduction In the Per Value of each Ordinary Share In the capital of Scotts Hidqs Ltd from SSl.OO to SS0.20 mmi Hidgs Proposed Bonus Issue of 243,760.000 new Ord shares of S$0.10 each credited as fully paid to da allotted to members of the66 words
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Article150 1999-10-16 16 Place Date Time Creative Tech A 31 Intern'l Business Park,Creative Resources S'pore (*****1) Nov 9 10.30am NatstMl Broadway E 22 Tanjonq Klinq Rd S pore (*****8) Nov 5 2.30pm Datapulse E ISA Tai Seng Drive Datapulse Industrial Building (S3S2S5) Oct 30 9.30am S'pura Building Society A 391A Orchard150 words
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Article1348 1999-10-16 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Oct 16,1999 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mft Am LM Aberdeen Select Portfolio; Global Technology Fd!* 1.000 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 1.000 American Opport Fd 0.983 1.033 Continental Euro Eqty Fd 1.049 1.102 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.492 1.567 Asian Fixed Income Fd 0.959 0.989 Pacific1,348 words
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533 1999-10-16 17 ALVIN CHEW - The figure exceeds that for the whole of last year and places Singapore as the island’s No.l foreign investor «2. ALVIN CHEW SINGAPORE'S investments in Batam so far this year have exceeded the amount pumped into the island for the whole of last year,533 words
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Article, Illustration335 1999-10-16 17 COLIN TAN - ARCASIA LAND «V COLIN TAN ARCASIA Land, a leading high-tech industrial park developer, is embarking on an upgrading drive to refurbish its older properties, starting with a $2O million makeover of its Tech Place I in Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park I. Arcasia said it335 words
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Article4652 1999-10-16 18 Transaction date: Oct 15,1999 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last High Low Company Trodod Solo ♦orVo! •ooo Day High Low Gr's Dlv Net M Cap P/E $mll m Avg Prica 182 17.5 mb Ac mo 50c 11? cd •1 84 112 110 10 9.2 185.3 115 84 254,652 words
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Article1138 1999-10-16 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Tradad Sal* ♦orVol 000 Day High Low Cr't Dlv Nat Pit M Cap $mlt Wt Avg Prka MANUFACTURING 218 74.5 c 'ASAuto 10c 149 -4 710 153 148 10 N 170.1 152 137 50 c ASJ Hidqs 20c 90 5 7 90 791,138 words
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Article1455 1999-10-16 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Oct 15,1999 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol •ooo Oav High Low Last Quota Buyer Sellar Wt Avg Price 104 6.5 s *AcerW*****1US$ 36.5 •2 18 36.5 36.5 36.5 38 so 14 s Acma W*****4 ...30 unch 38 31 30 30 30.5 30 591,455 words
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Article139 1999-10-16 19 (9am, Oct 15) Buying OD Sailing Singapora dollars to ona unit of foralgn currency Australian dollar 1.0800 1.0950 Canadiandonar 1.1230 1.1470 0 8660 Starling pound ***** ***** US dollar 1.6740 ***** Smgapora dollars to 100 units of foraign eurrancy Austrian schilling 13 08 13 35 Baigian franc 4 460139 words
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389 1999-10-16 20 T AMMY TAN - One area is freeing up gateway services, which will offer more options in long-distance calls, says Yeo Cheow Tong Reports by T AMMY TAN IN GENEVA THE Government is looking to open up the local telecommunications industry further and may liberalise international gateway389 words
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Article230 1999-10-16 20 THE industry view that Singapore has been too slow in opening up its communications sector is misplaced. In fact, it was “too early” in its liberalisation efforts, said Minister for Communications and Information Technology Yeo Cheow Tong in an interview. "We w'ere too early.230 words
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Article, Illustration545 1999-10-16 20 LEONG CHAN TEIK - DEVICE TO BE SOLD ONLINE FROM NEXT YEAR By_ LEONG CHAN TEIK SERIAL System has acquired a stake in a China joint venture to manufacture a new product that may push the video cassette recorder into obsolescence eventually. Sesdaq-listed Serial has invented a CD-videokoo nvvn \VF.\ - 545 words
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462 1999-10-16 20 TAN HWEE ANN - IhL TAN HWEE ANN GES INTERNATIONAL, one of Singapore’s biggest electronics distributors, was on Wednesday named as International Business Machines’ (IBM) Asia-Pacific partner in a deal w-orth $3 billion in turnover for GES over five years. With the tie-up, GES will extend the range462 words
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FORUM
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411 1999-10-16 23 THE Prime Minister raised an interesting issue in Parliament that 2,000 people leave Singapore each vear tor good, and more than half are women, many of whom had married foreigners (ST, Oct 14). It is evident that more and more Singaporeans are marrying foreigners411 words
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Article, Illustration192 1999-10-16 23 I REFER to “Government may make schooling compulsory” (ST, Oct 14). This is the best gift children all over Singapore could get as the year draws to an end and we approach the new millennium. For those who love children, in all their varying192 words
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Article95 1999-10-16 23 AS A Singaporean, I am both delighted and proud that our Government has decided to put people first and to promote active citizenship. I call upon my fellow citizens to respond enthusiastically to this new initiative. For example, in response to the Prime Minister’s move95 words
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Article259 1999-10-16 23 I REFER to the report “ICU patients risk dying of pneumonia" (Page 7), which may give a wrong impression of the standard of care in intensive care units (ICU), particularly in relation to the National University Hospital (NUH). It is important to understand that259 words
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Article282 1999-10-16 23 I REFER to the report “Jail for teenage hackers, CJ warns” (ST, Oct 8). The article describes a Secondary 5 teen hacker who was jailed to keep him out of further trouble. I know many NUS computer science senior undergraduates who are unable to program282 words
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391 1999-10-16 24 i KARAMJIT KAUR - They may run parallel to CTE and PIE, for the north-south and east-west corridors 'h. i KARAMJIT KAUR TWO more expressways are being planned for the northsouth and east-west corridors, the Land Transport Authority said. The new roads are expected to run parallel to391 words
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91 1999-10-16 24 FOOTBALL fans and concert lovers can look forward to a hassle-free ride home after a big match or performance, come 2005. This is because the MRT is coming to the National Stadium, said the Land Transport Authority in its annual report. The91 words
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