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Title Section19 2000-03-18 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday March 18,2000 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 074/08/9919 words
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504 2000-03-18 1 IRENE NG - Measures encouraging people to have children must reach more than just university graduates, says Minister Abdullah Tarmugi *L IRENE NG POLICIES to encourage people to have children must be targeted at a broader base of women than university graduates if Singapore is to504 words
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Article, Illustration313 2000-03-18 1 ART! MULCHAND - 5a ART! MULCHAND HERE for a concert last Monday, American pop singer Mariah Carey arrived in Singapore late on Sunday afternoon and was soon in the swim of things with dolphins, in fact. Underwater World at Sentosa had offered to let her frolic with theRANDYQUAN - 313 words
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Advertisement60 2000-03-18 1 Courts Jailed For Perversion r" rrv A construction project manager was convicted on Tuesday of having anal sex with a 22-year-old woman and sentenced to three months’ jail, page 7 S PORTS Netting Success She’s got it all down pat: Besides being a top Singapore student with 11 O-level distinctions,60 words
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PRIME
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569 2000-03-18 2 CHUA MUIHOONG - Other companies besides Power Supply even overseas firms can soon sell power to businesses and households ?SL CHUA MUIHOONG CONSUMERS can look forward to lower prices and choose to buy their electricity from more suppliers with a wider range of services in a569 words
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Article, Illustration383 2000-03-18 2 A RECORD 3,300 teachers were recruited last year, 300 more than the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) target of 3,000. But this recruitment rate cannot be sustained, Education Minister Teo Chee Hean told Parliament on Wednesday. Between 1,700 and 2,000 a year would383 words
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372 2000-03-18 2 TAMMY TAX - Bv TAMMY TAX FIXED-LINE customers hoping to switch from Singapore Telecom to Star Hub will be sorely disappointed the newcomer will not offer domestic phone-line services when it begins operations on April 1. Its reason? The accelerated liberalisation of the local communications industry has made372 words
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Article, Illustration406 2000-03-18 3 CHONG CHEE KIN - A total 0f3,826 addicts were arrested last year, the lowest number in 12 years. But number of new addicts rose slightly Bu CHONG CHEE KIN THE number of drug abusers arrested fell to a 12-year-record low last year. From 4,502 addicts nabbed in 1998,G. CHANDRADAS - 406 words
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209 2000-03-18 3 CHONG CHEE KIN - §1 CHONG CHEE KIN EVEN as the abuse of traditional drugs, such as cannabis, opium and heroin, showed a significant decline last year, the threat from synthetic drugs reared its head higher. Figures released by the Central Narcotics Bureau on Wednesday showed that209 words
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Article, Illustration232 2000-03-18 3 HAVE you ever seen a $5OO- note? Or an American $5 bill with the word “Singapore” on it? The first is a rare Yugoslavian bill, while the second is a note issued by a town called Singapore, which is in Michigan. These and otherLUIS ASCUI - 232 words
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171 2000-03-18 3 MAID-ABUSE CASE EXECUTIVE secretary Chung Poh Chee stood at the dock and sobbed on her sister’s shoulder after the judge sentenced her. But the quiet sobs soon became howls and then, hysterical screams. She sank to her knees and, on the floor of the171 words
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PARLIAMENT
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488 2000-03-18 4 CHUA MUIHOONG - Spore will not be too crowded, says Mah Bow Tan, but difficult issues about land use lie ahead Bu CHUA MUIHOONG SINGAPORE is gearing up to be home to 5.5 million people by mid-century and is reviewing its long-term concept plan with this488 words
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297 2000-03-18 4 ON THE CARDS COUNSELLING for parents of juvenile offenders will be made compulsory when the Children and Young Persons Act is amended later this year. The changes are intended to involve parents in their children’s rehabilitation, Minister for Community Development and Sports Abdullah Tarmugi297 words
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Article, Illustration152 2000-03-18 4 MR KENNETH Chen (Hong Kah GRC) on Wednesday asked the Government to standardise the definition of old age. Senior citizens enjoy travel, cinema and other concessions. He said that about 30 to 40 years ago, a 50-year-old person would be considered “old”. But not now. WithLUDWIG ILIO - 152 words
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547 2000-03-18 4 A FIVE-YEAR masterplan for elder-care services is in the works. It will look at ways to develop multi-service centres to cater to all age groups, and to place them in community clubs, so as to make better use of land and other resources. The Ministry547 words
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514 2000-03-18 5 Nine out of 10 Singaporeans can afford a three-room flat, and seven out of 10 a four-room flat, says minister Mah Bow Tan HDB residents can more than afford to service their mortgage loans and their monthly payments make up just a small part514 words
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809 2000-03-18 5 MP DAVINDER Singh (Bi-shan-Toa Payoh GRC) on Monday urged the Central Provident Fund Board to give CPF members an idea of how long their retirement savings will last at different levels of expenditure. This is what he said in Parliament during the809 words
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Article, Illustration117 2000-03-18 5 A WOMAN'S decision on how many children to have depends on her values, as well as the size of her own family, said Dr Wang Kai Yuen (Bukit Timah GRC). He cited his own 19-year marriage: His wife, who grew up in Hawaii in an extended117 words
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Article280 2000-03-18 5 PARLIAMENT proved to be fertile ground on Tuesday on the issue of making babies, as MP after MP grappled with the country’s plummeting birth rate. The first to deliver a proposal, during the debate on the budget estimates of the Ministry of Community Development280 words
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434 2000-03-18 6 Health Minister suggests this while discussing the long queues at these outpatient clinics FEES at specialist outpatient clinics (SOC) in public hospitals may have to go up if the long queues there persist, Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang said on Tuesday. He434 words
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Article, Illustration382 2000-03-18 6 PATIENTS could go home quicker and sicker with the introduction of Casemix to all public hospitals, said Dr Tan Cheng Bock (Ayer Rajah). Casemix, introduced to all public hospitals last October, changes the way the Government funds hospitals. They are now paid according to382 words
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Article138 2000-03-18 6 SINGAPORE is gearing up for a new wave of defence challenges posed by such threats as terrorism, piracy and cyber-attacks, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan said on Tuesday. National borders might become more porous to such threats, Dr Tan acknowledged in138 words
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260 2000-03-18 6 A NATIONAL insurance scheme to help patients with severe disabilities pay for long-term nursing care is due to be introduced in two years’ time, to ensure that Singapore’s greying population can continue to afford medical care. For a start, it will exclude chronic260 words
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HOME
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257 2000-03-18 7 KRISTBOO - By KRISTBOO ABOUT 180 medical students taking their pharmacology exam on Monday were given some of last year’s questions by mistake. And now, instead of celebrating the last day of exams today, they will have to prepare to re-sit the essay section of the257 words
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519 2000-03-18 7 LESLIE KOH - 109,452 certs will be up for bidding because more vehicles are expected to be de-registered By LESLIE KOH IF YOU are planning to buy a car in Singapore, the good news is that certificate of entitlement (COE) prices are likely to dip519 words
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Article191 2000-03-18 7 MOTORISTS may soon have to pay ERP charges to get home, if they use the more popular expressways in the evening rush hour. The Land Transport Authority is looking into extending Electronic Road Pricing to discourage motorists from jamming the expressways when they leave the business district after191 words
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Article, Illustration425 2000-03-18 7 ELENACHONG - *L ELENACHONG A CONSTRUCTION project manager was convicted on Tuesday of having anal sex with a 22-year-old woman and sentenced to three months’ jail. After a 10-day trial, the High Court found Lim Chee Yong, 35, guilty 7 on two counts of committing the offenceTAN SUAX ANN - 425 words
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Article, Illustration475 2000-03-18 8 Judge accepts argument that Tanglin Club’s Arul Chandran had not suffered pecuniary loss due to his wrongful removal A MEMBER of the prestigious Tanglin Club was awarded nominal damages of $6 on Friday last week for his breach-of-contract suit against475 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2000-03-18 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES ItOO 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
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Article, Illustration640 2000-03-18 9 LEE YULIN - Top Singapore student with 11 O-level distinctions is also a national netball player «2L LEE YULIN JASMIN LAU has given 11 reasons to debunk the myth that sports and studies cannot mix in Singapore. And they are? Eleven Als in her O-levels, makingLUIS ASCUI - 640 words
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Article329 2000-03-18 9 GERARD WONG - SOCCER Bit GERARD WONG SINGAPORE’S Goal 2010 mission could be given a boost by the world’s most popular football club English Premiership giant Manchester United. This was revealed by Manchester United Pic chief executive Martin Edwards and F J Benjamin Holdings Ltd president Frank329 words
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456 2000-03-18 9 CHAN TSE CHUEEN - YOUTH SPORTS sa. CHAN TSE CHUEEN EDUCATORS and the sports fraternity welcomed the Government’s proposal to set up a sports school in Singapore. However, some cautioned that a good academic programme should not be sacrificed in the process. Minister for Community Development Abdullah Tarmugi elaborated456 words
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MALAYSIA
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464 2000-03-18 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Former police chief Rahim Noor is also fined RM2,000 for assaulting Anwar Ibrahim Anwar’s Black Eye By BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA’S former police chief Rahim Noor was sentenced to two months’ jail and fined RM2,000 (Ss9os) for assaulting Anwar Ibrahim but464 words
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407 2000-03-18 10 -AFP, The Star/ Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Malacca’s state government is to withdraw at least RM3O million (5513.5 million) from two banks whose employees are suspected of being opposition supporters. The move follows its earlier action to drop what it described as opposition-linked medical-AFP,; The Star/ Asia News Network - 407 words
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186 2000-03-18 10 MALACCA The Malacca Muslim Doctors Action Front will complain to two medical bodies over the termination of their services on a government panel. The Sun reported its spokesman, Dr Azlan Derwish, a retired major, as saying that the complaints will be filed with the Malaysian186 words
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Article, Illustration379 2000-03-18 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s opposition leaders and activists on Wednesday criticised the two-month jail sentence imposed on Malaysia's former police chief, saying it was soft compared to his crime of assaulting jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim. “It’s manifestly inadequate,” Anwar’s lawyer Karpal Singh, w rReuters - 379 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration275 2000-03-18 11 AP, AFP, Reuters GENEVA More than 1,000 mostly anti-independence East Timorese have left camps in West Timor, raising hopes that many more will soon decide to go home, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. This comes weeks before the April 20 deadline set by– AP,; AFP,; Reuters; REUTERS - 275 words
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479 2000-03-18 11 Aware that some officers were trying to undermine his govt, the President tells them to follow policies or lose their jobs -AFP, Reuters, The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network JAKARTA Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Wednesday that senior military officers must-AFP,; Reuters,; The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network - 479 words
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399 2000-03-18 11 DERWIN PEREIRA - By DERWIN PEREIRA IXJAKARTA INDONESIA needs to speak the same “business-like language” in its dealings with Singapore and must get to know the Republic well enough if it wants to broaden economic links further, Indonesia’s Ambassador to Singapore, Lt-General Luhut Panjaitan, has said. Speaking in399 words
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COMMENT
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Article595 2000-03-18 12 MONDAY MARCH 13, 2000 THE architect Tay Kheng Soon is a man who thinks out of the box. Civil servants, on the other hand, exist in part to put things back in boxes. They have to, if they are to judge, decide, act. Ideally, the civil service ought595 words
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Article584 2000-03-18 12 WEDNESDAY MARCH 15,2000 WHAT pre-school is supposed to teach and whether Primary 1 should hold any terror for young innocents is a highlycharged matter that is again pitting angst-ridden parents against the Education Ministry. An investigation by this newspaper brought the unsurprising finding that children584 words
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Article, Illustration698 2000-03-18 12 YEONG AH SENG - SECOND LAST WORD iIL YEONG AH SENG THE Straits Times Forum Page had a good run last year. We received a record number of letters some 12,000 a hefty jump from the 8,400 sent to us in 1998. The increase reflects a rising trend698 words
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1051 2000-03-18 13 M. NIRMALA - MY VIEW By M. NIRMALA EVERY January, some 45,000 youngsters, aged six and seven, give their teachers in Primary 1 a splitting headache. No thanks to the varied and uneven ways in which they have been taught in their pre-school years, many will1,051 words
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1198 2000-03-18 13 IRENE NG - THINKING ALOUD By IRENE NG I FIND it striking that, of the 41 MPs who spoke during the two-day Budget debate early last week, only two voiced the need to strengthen racial ties. Even more striking: The two who spoke Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Foreign1,198 words
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INSIGHT
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1893 2000-03-18 14 Three years ago, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan warned that if nothing was done to turn around the Arts and Social Science Faculty at the National University of Singapore, it would sink to the bottom ofthe heap. So how is it faring today?1,893 words
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Article, Illustration421 2000-03-18 14 THE Arts and Social Sciences Faculty has a starring role in the new $5O-million national plan to boost the arts scene in Singapore. It will help to contribute to the buzz by setting up a Singapore Studies programme in July to offer421 words
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1143 2000-03-18 15 CHUALEEHOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS By CHUALEEHOONG HOW should the media in Singapore be structured such that it retains its nation-building role, yet competes effectively against foreign media? Posed in Parliament to Information and the Arts Minister Lee Yock Suan on Thursday last week, it was1,143 words
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MONEY
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363 2000-03-18 16 Chee Jann Perng - Chee Jann Perng THE Singapore bourse rallied yesterday after being beaten down throughout the week, following a record 500-point rise in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Thursday night. The Straits Times Index (STI) rebounded on Friday by 72.36 points or 3.58 per cent363 words
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Article1851 2000-03-18 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY ($m) ($m) EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) Allied Comp Feb 22 1 2.189 2.229 1.01 L29 Amtek Engg Feb 29 1 3.531 9.685 2.43 6.69 ANA Hotel Mar 03 P 0.547 0.207L t.14 0.4L ASA Ceramic Mar 06 P 12.693 n.0381,851 words
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Article66 2000-03-18 16 Straits Tines Index The Straits Times Index dropped 1.77 points on the week to 2,094.47. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2042.66(-53.58) 332.4 ($785.5m) Tuesday 2053.47(+10.81) 276.0 ($757.3m) Wednesday Thursday 2022.1K-31.36) 223.7 ($567.0m) Friday 2094.47(+72.36) 285.1 ($707.8m) BT-SBI index The BT-SRI Index dropped 11.42 points on the week to66 words
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Article619 2000-03-18 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books close Pay date Amtek Engg 20c l 0.8TE Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 28 Avimo 20c F 4.75 Mar 6 Mar 13 Mar 28 Australand A50c d A3 Mar 2 Mar 9 Mar 29 AuricPac SOc F 2 May 3 May 8 May619 words
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Article222 2000-03-18 16 Company Description ASJ Proposed bonus issue of one-for-two. Sembcorp Proposed bonus issue of Marine one -for-one. In-principle approval has been granted by S’pore Exchange. Pentex Proposed share split of each ordinary shares of $0.10 each L&M Renounceable Rights Issue on the basis of one-for-four at $0.50 each. Econ222 words
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Article255 2000-03-18 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks ACC Company Ratio date close Paymt WBL one-for-two Mar 24 Mar 29 NA Konami one-for-one Mar 29 Apr 03 NA Wee Poh one-for-ten Mar 17 Mar 22 NA Econ one-for-one Marl Mar 8 NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt Republic H&R255 words
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Article136 2000-03-18 16 Company Place Date Time Wah Shing A Lotus Room, Level 4 Tower Wing Block Shangri-La Hotel 22 Orange Grove Road S'pore (*****0) Jun 24 10.00am Keppel Tat Lee Bank A Board Room Keppel Tat Lee Bank 6th Storey Keppel Towers 10 Hoe Chiang Rd S'pore(*****5) May 31 10.30am136 words
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Article1547 2000-03-18 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mar 18,2000 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global Technology Fd!** 1.695 1.780 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.968 1.017 American Opport Fd 0.984 1.034 Continental Euro Eqty Fd 1.280 1.345 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.510 1.586 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.0381,547 words
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1001 2000-03-18 17 LOH CHEN-YI - The declining market may look like good reason to stay out, but all is not bleak, say analysts NEWS ANALYSIS By LOH CHEN-YI WHAT a heart-stopping year it has been so far for investors in the Singapore share market. It all looked so1,001 words
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Article4372 2000-03-18 18 Transaction date: Mar 17,2000 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr*s Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or'000 High Low Div P/E $mil Price 182 69.5 134 +3 153 135 131 10 11 221.7 133 84 25 33.5 27.6 354,372 words
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Article1127 2000-03-18 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVoi '000 Day High Low Gr*s Div Net P/E M Cap $mil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 218 86 c AS Auto 10c 139 ♦1 402 144 136 10 N 182.5 141 137 55 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 92.5 3.8 13.81,127 words
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Article1617 2000-03-18 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Mar 17,3000 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller Wt Avg Price 104 12.5 s A Acer W*****1 US$ ..44.5 bi 80 16.5 s Acma W*****4 ...24.5 +0.5 244 26 23.5 24.5 25 26 59 16 s1,617 words
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Article148 2000-03-18 19 (9am, Mar 17) Buying OD Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.0360 1.0580 Canadian dollar 1.1500 1.1740 N2 dollar 0.8280 0.8460 Sterling pound 2.6810 2.7090 US dollar 1.7060 1.7170 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.90 12.20 Belgian franc 4.070148 words
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487 2000-03-18 20 IGNATIUS LOW - §1 IGNATIUS LOW Ml ESTIMATES that it will ccst between $1 billion and $1.5 billion to upgrade fully its mo-bile-phone network to support “third-generation” (3G) devices and applications, said Chief Executive Neil Montefiore in an interview on Monday. This is the figure, “given487 words
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538 2000-03-18 20 CORNELIA TAN - First investment in a commercial building likely to have cost the university s2oom, say analysts Bi) CORNELIA TAN THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has made its boldest investment move yet it has acquired a 50-per cent stake in one of the most538 words
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Article, Illustration442 2000-03-18 20 Ignatius Low - Ignatius Low OVERSEAS Union Bank’s (OUB) net profits jumped 155 per cent to an all-time high of $450.1 million boosted by an expanding consumer-loans book and rising fee income. The figure, which beat analysts’ expectations by about 4 per cent, is an impressive 45CHUA CHIN HON - 442 words
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Advertisement912 2000-03-18 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition ISillii gl v The National University Hospital (NUH) is a 900-bed multi-speciality tertiary hospital. We invite suitably qualified candidates to apply for the position of: Registrar (Paediatrics) Applicants must hold a basic medical degree registrable with the Singapore Medical Council and must possess an M.Med912 words
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Advertisement1442 2000-03-18 22 k YOURSELF A GREAT CAREER HERE Land Office, in managing Singapore's land resources and land bank, plays an active role in economic and social development of the nation. If you wish to be part of this challenging and dynamic force, join us. We would like to invite you to a1,442 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration496 2000-03-18 23 SINGAPORE’S declining birth rate is something that the Government is worried about. It should also worry the citizens of Singapore. But there are solutions to this problem. I am a mother of four and I know what it takes to bring up four496 words
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452 2000-03-18 23 THE call by MP Davinder Singh (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) to the Central Provident Fund Board to inform members of how long their savings will last them is indeed timely. I believe many people are afraid to address financial issues of the452 words
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551 2000-03-18 23 I FOLLOWED with much interest the Parliament debate on the long queues at specialist-outpatient clinics in hospitals and the controversial issue of the compulsory referral system brought up by MP Dr Lily Neo (Kreta Ayer). Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang cited two551 words
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Article, Illustration83 2000-03-18 24 NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED: This warning came from Mr Joshua Wang, 29. Only moments before, he and three other men were hanging precariously outside the 22nd floor of Wisma Atria, on Orchard Road, held by just two ropes. They are facade cleaners from K 2 SpecialistsRANDYQUAN - 83 words
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431 2000-03-18 24 SALMA KHALIK - Mass screening for diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol targets 374,000 people over 3 years Sa SALMA KHALIK ALL Singaporeans who are at least 55 years old will be offered subsidised health screening for diabetes, high blood pressure and high431 words
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358 2000-03-18 24 Salma Khalik - Salma Khalik THE National Kidney Foundation will provide free health screening for 500,000 people each year, in line with its shift from treatment to prevention. This year, about $7 million, or 12 per cent of its expenditure, will be spent on this. In five358 words