The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 13 November 1999
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Title Section20 1999-11-13 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday November 13, 1999 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 074/08/9920 words
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Article, Illustration57 1999-11-13 1 JOSE RAYMOND DON'T YOU WORRY: I can see you. And that is precisely what is bothering some people here when they see this gap between the door. But fear not, says the operator, as this is part of the design and it is safe. Find out whatJOSE RAYMOND - 57 words
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666 1999-11-13 1 LESLIE KOH - Singapore can help turn around confidence and ‘pull up’ neighbouring islands, he says Bu LESLIE KOH MANY things can go wrong in Indonesia hut many things can go right, and what Singapore has got to do is to try and help666 words
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Advertisement95 1999-11-13 1 Housing HDB Fixed Faults In Hougang The board says Hougang Town Council was slow to repair defects in estate and it had stepped in twice this vear to rectify faults. page 5 J J 1 Health Unhygienic Heat Sold At Market Pork exposed overnight, with rats nearbv, was sold to95 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration554 1999-11-13 2 DOUGLAS WONG - Politicians will have only eight days to campaign after nominations are filed on Nov 20 By DOUGLAS WONG IN KUALA LUMPUR OVER nine million Malaysians will go to the polls on Nov 29, the Election Commission announced yesterday, with nominations to be filed554 words
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356 1999-11-13 2 Sound policies Tight budget Unity of government, people WHY has Singapore done better than others during the economic crisis? The answer, said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew on Monday, lies in its sound policies, tight budget and the fact that its people356 words
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Article, Illustration272 1999-11-13 2 CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How last Friday received this year's top National Day Award, the Order of Temasek (First Class), from President S.R. Nathan. He is only the sixth Singaporean to be given this rare honour. He joins an exclusive club of past recipients madeAI.HKRT SIM - 272 words
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270 1999-11-13 2 TAYCHENG KHOON - *L TAYCHENG KHOON AT LEAST S2OO million. That is what the Football Association of Singapore may well need over the next 10 years to see its Goal 2010 realised. The FAS has set its sights on an ambitious dream: to ensure that Singapore270 words
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Article, Illustration493 1999-11-13 3 SUSAN SIM - Indonesian President brings good news and a candid request for Singapore’s help during visit Bii SUSAN SIM SINGAPORE laid on the full welcome carpet for Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's six-hour visit last Saturday. And he brought with him a candid request for help and theCHEM SKNCKIM - 493 words
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Advertisement440 1999-11-13 3 For Christmas with an Asian Touch. May We Suggest Some Really Handy Craft. INDIA 9 Ml Vf' V* 2* msTfiffiif For those who crave Japanese sushi, the essentials are now at your fingertips. "The Sushi Cookbook", Yakinori (seaweed), a makisu (sushi mat), wooden chopsticks, a lacquered suslu tray and green440 words
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Article, Illustration582 1999-11-13 4 KARAMIIT k \l R - Train delays and the breakdown of some ticket machines are just teething problems which will be straightened out, says SLRT Ht]_ KARAMIIT k \l R THE more than 20-minute train delays and breakdown of several ticket machines during the first few days of the BukitPicture»: JOSE RAYMOND - 582 words
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Article480 1999-11-13 4 DEBBIE GOH - Dirty dirty pork chopped! Meat at market was exposed overnight, with rats nearbv J fh. DEBBIE GOH SOME pork sellers are still butchering and selling pork under unhygienic conditions. In a nine-hour spell at the Tanjong Pagar Plaza market from last Thursday night to Saturday morning, a Straits Times team480 words
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279 1999-11-13 4 SINGAPORE’S 15-month MilleniaMania celebration of festivals and activities will be the key focus at the World Travel Mart. The Singapore Tourism Board, which is taking part in the event in London from Nov 15 to 18. will highlight Millennium Swing Singapore, the biggest279 words
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Article454 1999-11-13 5 I.ESLIE ROH - Dublin-based Icon plans to set up labs RESEARCH HUB FOR DRUG TRIALS !h I.ESLIE ROH IRISH clinical research giant Icon has started operations here, and aims to make Singapore its hub for the testing of new drugs in Asia. It is investing between454 words
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Article, Illustration49 1999-11-13 5 HOB FIXED THIS Pictures showing the refuse chute wall at the void deck below flat #O2-432 at Block 25, Hougang Avenue 3, before, during and after the structural repair was done by the HDB. It conducts checks on the condition of all HDB blocks periodically 749 words
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652 1999-11-13 5 SITI ANDRIAME - The board says Hougang Town Council has been slow to repair defects in the estate and this is not due to the lack of funds lUL SITI ANDRIAME THE Housing Board stepped in twice this year to fix serious faults in a Hougang apartment652 words
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256 1999-11-13 5 LEARNING to count with two little Stone Age kids has earned a locally-developed mathematics CD-ROM a medal at the recent New York Festivals International Multimedia Competition. The interactive CD-ROM, Active Primary Mathematics in Rainbow Rock, won the bronze world medal in the education category, beating256 words
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Article, Illustration686 1999-11-13 6 KRIST 800 - Parties will be held in Orchard Road, Marina City, National Stadium, NTUC Pasir Ris Resort and Serangoon Gardens *L KRIST 800 BOOGIE into the new millennium in stvle: you can take your pick of five mega celebrations for some 700,000 partygoers come New Year's Eve.I lAMU ZAORXO - 686 words
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Article519 1999-11-13 6 DOMINIC NATHAN - New batch of parks with a sports complex, swimming pool and stadium JURONG FACILITIES IN 2001 Bn DOMINIC NATHAN COMING up in Jurong in the year 2001 is the next generation of parks, where a sports complex, with a swimming pool and a stadium, will be set519 words
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472 1999-11-13 7 To know what people are like, don’t look inside well-kept homes but the outside, says PM SINGAPOREANS value their homes and look after them painstakingly. But when it comes to the common areas outside their homes, many of them have the attitude472 words
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Article, Illustration516 1999-11-13 7 ALETHEAIIM - »IL ALETHEAIIM THEIRS was a holiday romance. Chan Chim Yee was already married and so was Madam Ooi Ang Yen but not to each other when thev went on holiday to China in 19.95 and fell in love. She divorced her husband last year,516 words
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Article, Illustration376 1999-11-13 8 EUNICE LAI - He represents Singapore at first 24th Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar ih EUNICE LAI WHEN ho was six. Chon Zilong’s father showed him how a bulb lights up, and this ignited a passion for physics that has not dimmed. Now 18, the Raffles Junior CollegeI \l l ()()k M>\( - 376 words
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160 1999-11-13 8 i GRACE MA - ‘±L i GRACE MA SHE loves green plants, but fake ones make her see red. Mrs Ng Ban Cheong, 61, a volunteer with the Singapore Environment Council (SEC), said she simply cannot understand whv some schools and hospitals have plastic plants on their premises.160 words
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Advertisement128 1999-11-13 7 r rii^frusnfM KtIUN Help your friends keep in touch with Singapore and South East Asia. Just introduce 5 friends to us! You and your friends will get a bonus month subscription of The Straits Times Weekly Edition each. Your Particulars Name: Address: Age: Fax: Your Friends' Particulars Name: Address: Occupation:128 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 1999-11-13 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 Word1,062 words
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SPORTS TIMESPORT’S MILLENNIUM SERIES ON SINGAPORE SPORTING GREATS
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Article, Illustration778 1999-11-13 9 S ABRINA TAN - Despite his achievements, triple jump champion Tan Eng Yoon prefers to stay out of the limelight Ijit S ABRINA TAN WHAT strikes me most about my father is his dedication and focus to what he does, work related or hobbv. He is meticulous in his efforts, often778 words
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Article548 1999-11-13 9 GODFREY ROBERT - Oil GODFREY ROBERT IT WAS a cold, foggy November pre-dawn in New Delhi 17 years ago. The wake-up alarm in my hotel room buzzed at 3am. I had to force myself out of bed because I had an appointment with the then world’s fastest man on water.548 words
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Article, Illustration465 1999-11-13 9 HIS bushy eyebrows, that faint hint of a smile from the corners of his eyes and that ever-pres-ent. ever-glowing pipe hanging from his mouth. Yes, those images kept flooding back its I recalled my first meeting with Ng Liang Chiang way back in 1972465 words
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MALAYSIA
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339 1999-11-13 10 It hopes to attract more buyers bv allowing property transfer above $llO,OOO without the approval of the state government The Star/As 1 a New’s Network JOHOR BARU Johor, which is now saddled with the highest number of unsold houses in the country, has liftedThe Star/As 1 a New’s Network - 339 words
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319 1999-11-13 10 rate tourism campaign. New’ Straits Times, Bernama PASIR SAL\K (Perak) Culture. Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir has rapped state governments for not doing enough for the industry. He noted they had failed to deliver high standards of service andrate tourism campaign. New’ Straits Times, Bernama - 319 words
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Article, Illustration251 1999-11-13 10 SISM LOSS FOR TELEKOM MALAYSIA KUANTAN Telekom Malaysia has lost RM36 million (5515.8 million) to vandals who have hit more than 9,000 of its public telephones across the country this year, according to the company. The vandals had stolen coins after vandalising the phone251 words
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371 1999-11-13 10 The Star/Asia News Network SHAH A LAM Twenty senior government officers are being investigated by the Public Services Department for unprofessional conduct and indulging in anti-government activities. Department director-gen-eral Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman said disciplinary action would be taken against them if there wasThe Star/Asia News Network - 371 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration658 1999-11-13 11 DKRWIN PEREIRA - Peaceful crowd at mosque, backed by political elite, wants East Timor-stvle vote to be held j fly DKRWIN PEREIRA IN JAKARTA A MASSIVE crowd estimated at up to one million people gathered in the capital of Aceh on Monday, demanding an East Timor-style658 words
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337 1999-11-13 11 AFP HANOI The risk of food shortages and epidemics in flood-devastated central Vietnam appears to be fading, as food and medicine reach the estimated seven million victims, officials said. "Searches are continuing, but our most urgent task is to help people face the flood damage,”– AFP - 337 words
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411 1999-11-13 11 BANGKOK About 10,000 candidates are expected to contest the 200 seats in Thailand’s first elected Senate next March, sparking fears of a logistical nightmare for election officials, according to The Nation newspaper on Tuesday. Election officials have warned of problems arising from the overwhelming411 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article580 1999-11-13 12 FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1999 IT IS the mark of exciting times that the unthinkable becomes passe quickly. So it is in Indonesia. where taboos are up for grabs. They include territorial integrity, a basis of the nation-state which is usually considered sacrosanct. East Timor has won independence; Irian580 words
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Article581 1999-11-13 12 THURSDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1999 INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid's tour of his neighbours in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) soon after taking office signals the continuing importance which Jakarta places on the grouping. That is reassuring because Asean's effectiveness depends a great deal on the581 words
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Article, Illustration826 1999-11-13 12 ALANJOHN - SECOND LAST WORD >±L ALANJOHN THE headline in The Straits Times yesterday said it: Thieves target elderly flush with Y2K cash. The report was about senior citizens in cities across the United States, who have been withdrawing money from banks because826 words
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Article, Illustration1086 1999-11-13 13 ASAD LATIF - MY VIEW «V ASAD LATIF OLD age should not mean growing bored, boring, phlegmatic anci predictable. It should not mean keeping regular hours, such as railing against the Government between nine and 11 in the morning, or whenever the11 nwic. mo - 1,086 words
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Article730 1999-11-13 13 SIAM' GOH - EYE ON THE WORLD K'l SIAM' GOH CHINA retaking Taiwan within the first half of the next century, a statement attributed to Chinese president Jiang Zemin, will probably go down in cross-strait annals as the misquote of the current century. The false alarm was sounded by730 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1882 1999-11-13 14 The recent jailing of a teenagecl offender has signalled unequivocally that computer crimes will not he tolerated here. SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA takes you into the world ofhackerdom. SINGAPORE courts will soon see a parade of boys being tried for allegedly trespassing into the cyber-prop-erty of people1,882 words
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Article1237 1999-11-13 15 H AN FOOK KWANG - THINKING ALOUD ih, H AN FOOK KWANG A TIME-BOMB is ticking away, ready to explode sometime in the next century, shattering the hopes of large numbers of Singaporeans hoping to retire in style. The ingredients making up this explosive mixture: a retirement fund that is woefully1,237 words
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1099 1999-11-13 15 CHIALEE HOO\G - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS CHIALEE HOO\G INSTEAD of reporting the news, this newspaper has been making it lately. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng rapped it for biased reporting and crusading journalism. Then. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said this could build up public1,099 words
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MONEY
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343 1999-11-13 16 SINGAPORE stocks rallied from Tuesday the first day of the trading week after positive US jobs data released late last week set the tone for a firmer market opening here. The market was closed for the Deepavali holiday on Monday. Hogging the limelight throughout343 words
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Article73 1999-11-13 16 Straits Times index The Straits Timas Index rosa 74.27 points on tha weak to 2,185.82. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday closed closed Tuesday 2,118.09 (*6.53) 334.00 ($545.20m) Wednesday 2,138.86 (*20.78) 496.40 ($580.00m) Thursday 2,153.67 (*14.81) 570.00 ($670.00m) Friday 2,185.82 (*32.15) 318.08 ($792.51m) 3T-SRI Index The BT-SRI Index rose73 words
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Article1847 1999-11-13 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY ($m) <$m) EPS TY LY (cts) lets) ABR Hldgs Sep 30 1 0.491 0.675 0.26 0.58 Armstrong Sep 23 1 0.835 0.938L 0.42 0.5l ASA Sep 16 1 4937 3.752 3.22 288 asj Sep 13 1 3.407 2.821 3.79 3.13 Acma1,847 words
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Article203 1999-11-13 16 BONUS ISSUE Ex* Books ACC Company Ratio date close Paymt Seksun one for-four Nov 15 Nov 22 NatBroad one-for-two Nov 16 Nov 23 Kian Ann one-for-one Nov 23 Nov 30 Dec 9 Horsing one-for-two Nov 1 Nov 9 San Ten one-for-five Nov 4 NOV 11 RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks203 words
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Article480 1999-11-13 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books close Pay date Acme 50c l 1.25 Oct 27 Nov 3 Nov 17 Amtek Hldgs 20c F 0.8TE Nov 24 Dec i Dec 10 Australand ASOc d A3.00 Nov 3 Nov 10 Nov 30 Chuen Hup F ATE Dec 21 Dec 28 Jan480 words
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Article301 1999-11-13 16 Company Date Time L&M E 2 Tanjong Penjuru Crescent S'pore (*****8) Dec 1 10.00am Elec Elteh E Hullet Pm, 4th Level Westin Plaza 2 Stamford Rd (*****2) Nov 30 10.45am lum Chang A c 38 Kim Tian Rd «03-00 Kim Tian Plaza S pore *****2) Nov 26 10.00am301 words
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Article112 1999-11-13 16 Company Description Woo Poh Proposed Bonus issue ot 10,901,000 new Ordinary shares ot S$0.20 each on the basis of l for 10 existing shares held. Uraco Proposed Rights issue on the basis of 4 for every S at SS0.I5 for each Rights Share. Datapulse Proposed Bonus Issue on112 words
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Article1471 1999-11-13 17 UNIT TWISTS FUNDS Nov 13.1999 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mqt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global Technology Fd!** 1.013 1.065 UK Blue Chip Fd!" 0 970 1.020 American Obport Ed 1.040 1.093 Continental Euro Eqty Ed 1.089 1.144 Japan Eqty Ed"* 1.531 1.608 Asian fixed Income Fd1,471 words
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Article, Illustration680 1999-11-13 17 EDNA KOH - They have spent millions of dollars and man-hours to ward it off, including many dress rehearsals and drill simulations «1 EDNA KOH IT’S TAKEN years of preparation. But Singapore banks reckon they have got all bases covered to deal with the dreaded Millennium680 words
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Article301 1999-11-13 17 CHEE JAXN PERNG - Oil CHEE JAXN PERNG THE Government will be putting forward a proposal to allow accounting firms to end their current partnership structures and corporatise instead, said Finance Minister Richard Hu. The necessary legislation is expected to be moved within a year. Once the law is301 words
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Article4684 1999-11-13 18 Transaction date: Nov 12,1999 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wh Curr Last High Low Company Traded Solo ♦or* Vol 000 Day High Low Gr's Oiv Net M Cap P/E Smil Wt Avg Prlct 182 17.5 m B Acma 50c 114 -2 426 118 110 10 9.3 188.6 115 84 254,684 words
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Article1149 1999-11-13 19 52-WN High Low Curr Last Company Traded Salt ♦orVol •000 Day High Low Or** Div Nat P/E M Cap Wt Avg $mll Prica MANUFACTURING 218 80.5 c 'AS Auto 10c 154 ♦6 1620 156 149 10 N 175.8 144 137 50.5 c ASJ Hidgs 20c 97 3.8 16 871,149 words
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Article1421 1999-11-13 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Nov 12,1999 S2-WK High Low Company Last Sale ♦or* Vol 000 Day High Low Last Quota Buyar Sailor Wt Avg Price 104 10.5 s *Acar W*****1USS unch 14 4 1 41 41 41.5 80 14 s Acma W*****4 39 ♦0.5 45 39 38 38.5 39.51,421 words
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Article155 1999-11-13 19 (9am, Nov 12) Buying OD Selllnq Singapore dollars to < jne unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1 0650 ***** Canadian dollar ***** i 1640 NZ dollar 0 8490 ***** starling pound 2 6980 2.7270 US dollar ***** 1.6780 Smgaport dollars to 100 units Of fortign currancv Austrian schilling155 words
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609 1999-11-13 20 RAVI VELLOOR - Each will take a stake of around s7oom in the other’s set-up, and launch ssBBm joint venture fhL RAVI VELLOOR SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) and Japanese telephone giant KDD have tied up in a deal that involves each taking a stake, said to be609 words
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Article, Illustration305 1999-11-13 20 RAVI VEELOOR - RAVI VEELOOR CAITEX Corporation, the first major multinational to relocate its world headquarters to Singapore, has gained more than US$5O million (5583.6 million) through internal restructuring and from efficiencies rising out of the move from Dallas. It also expects to see higher turnover this305 words
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Article380 1999-11-13 20 NARENDRA AGGAIWAL - By NARENDRA AGGAIWAL THE Economic Development Board is setting its sights on a target of $lO billion in fresh investment commitments in the year 2002 due to Singapore’s improving investment climate. This is the "millennium wish’’ of the EDB, its executive chairman Philip Yeo said yes-380 words
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Article371 1999-11-13 20 BUSINESSES in Singapore are looking forward to better sales and profits in the fourth quarter, says a survey of business expectations. The survey by Dun Bradstreet found that the sharp rise in the level of new orders would fuel the improving economic picture. It measures371 words
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Advertisement1029 1999-11-13 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition i I i i APPOINTMENTS c Mt s* National Council of Social Service INCSS) is the national co-ordinating body for more than 250 voluntary welfare organisations, of which 55 are funded. As the leader in the social service sector, NCSS monitors social trends and engages1,029 words
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Advertisement737 1999-11-13 22 Singapore Trade Development Board Deputy Director Human Resource Management SINGAPORE TRADE DEVELOPMENT BOARD 230 Victoria Street #O7-00 Bugis Junction Office Tower Singapore *****4 URL: www.tdb.gov.sg (Only shortlisted candidates will Be notified.) To help us achieve this, we are looking for outstanding individuals who can rise to the challenge to join737 words
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FORUM
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Article521 1999-11-13 23 Susan line's article on Tne Great Marriage Debate, “What you said about the Singles issue" (ST, Oct 30), carried comments too provocative to be left unchallenged. In particular, the amusing alliterative description of Singapore men as “loony-looking losers" is downright rude, sexist and unfair. In521 words
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Article, Illustration207 1999-11-13 23 I AM the proud owner of a new car, which I can neither take for granted nor afford technically. I live in constant fear of a malicious scratch being inflicted on my car's pristine bodvwork. Why, in a country where the crime rate207 words
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276 1999-11-13 23 Recently, all of us have heard and read plenty of good comments in the newspapers and on television about tne new LRT system. The manv problems encountered are summed up by the authorities as initial “teething problems". I hope this is true and276 words
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Article318 1999-11-13 23 A NOT too pleasant encounter yvith a foreigner at the Woodlands MRT station on Oct 5 has prompted me to bring this incident to light as I feel that it carries a strong message for all Singaporeans. As I was about to enter the check-in318 words
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222 1999-11-13 23 I REFER to the commentary- “Hoyv should the press be positioned?” (ST Weekly, Page 15). The press should report sincerely, honestly and fully, yvith no creative journalistic sensationalism added. I feel that sometimes the local press would like to behave in the same way222 words
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Article, Illustration368 1999-11-13 24 CHUA CHIN HON - CHUA CHIN HON BRAVING minus 67 deg Celsius windchill temperatures, Singapore’s South Pole-bound adventurers have been making better than expected progress and have trekked more than 100 km since setting off last Friday. Led by Mr Khoo Swee Chiow, who was also in368 words
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309 1999-11-13 24 CHANG AI-LIEN - GOING COMMERCIAL Bjl CHANG AI-LIEN A COMPANY' which developed a state-of-the-art document filing system for the Singapore Government is taking it to the global marketplace. SQL View, an IT solutions provider and software developer, said that the Government had granted it full rights to309 words
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Article589 1999-11-13 24 SITIANDRIANTE - They should listen to feedback, explain patiently, and not apply rules mindlessly or give vague responses, says PMO Perm Sec Oil SITIANDRIANTE OPEN up, listen carefully, explain patiently. Never apply a rule mindlessly and unthinkingly. Know the reasons behind the rules. Think out of the box.589 words