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Title Section19 2000-03-25 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday March 25,2000 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 074/08/9919 words
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496 2000-03-25 1 SALMA KHALIK - Education to be revamped to stress biology, and more scholarships will be given out. Foreign talent will be recruited *L SALMA KHALIK SWEEPING changes in education from the ground up will be made to gear Singapore up to be a world player in496 words
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Article, Illustration535 2000-03-25 1 ELENACHONG - COMPASSVALE PRIMARY Bi, ELENACHONG TWO engineers were on Monday given the maximum fines for defective design and work lapses which had led to a roof collapse during the construction of the Compassvale Primary School in June last year. Engineer Bill Hong Keng535 words
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Advertisement55 2000-03-25 1 j Soon,A Speakers' Corner PM Goh gives the go-ahead for something similar to the one in London. In a poll, readers suggest Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. page 3 Sports Jos Helps Set World Record Singapore’s swim queen sacrifices personal glory for phenomenal times to anchor her college team in55 words
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PRIME
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530 2000-03-25 2 CHUA MUIHOONG - Singapore will be divided into four or five districts in about a year. CDCs to have more functions, says PM Goh By CHUA MUIHOONG LOCAL government will come to Singapore in a big way, under a vision spelt out by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong530 words
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Article, Illustration528 2000-03-25 2 KAKAMJIT KAUR - HOLIDAY TRAGEDY ON SENTOSA By KAKAMJIT KAUR TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Sukhna Kaur Sawhney was hungry’, tired and did not want to go on any more water rides at Fantasy Island. But her kid sister insisted. So, Sukhna went along to take care of the eight-year-old girl.528 words
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420 2000-03-25 2 ALFRED LEE - ALFRED LEE IN LONDON OFFICIALS ffom Britain's biggest group of hospitals are in Singapore to recruit 100 nurses from hospitals w r hich are already facing a staff shortage. A spokesman for the Leeds Training Hospitals told The Straits Times: “We have a team420 words
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Article, Illustration385 2000-03-25 3 ALETHEALIM - Good academic results will not mean a lighter sentence; hackers are nasty criminals, says CJ By ALETHEALIM CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How doubled a teenage cyber-vandal’s jail sentence to 10 months on Tuesday and warned that computer hackers can expect stiffer sentences from the courts. Making385 words
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Article, Illustration575 2000-03-25 3 CHUA MUIHOONG - Bit CHUA MUIHOONG A FREE-FOR-ALL open space for Singaporeans to speak on anything they want within limits of the law will be designated later this year. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong confirmed on Sunday that he had given the go-ahead for a575 words
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278 2000-03-25 3 DENISE WONG - DENISE WONG IF YOU are in transit or waiting to catch a flight at Changi Airport, you can log on to the Internet with your laptop PC for free. No phone lines. No wires. But you do need a wireless modem. This service278 words
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Article359 2000-03-25 3 EDNA KOH - By EDNA KOH YOU will soon be able to choose your insurance policies from a whole slew of local and foreign insurers, because of the Government’s latest liberalisation moves. With immediate effect, it will allow all “direct insurers” to enter the local insurance industry. Also,359 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration516 2000-03-25 4 ALETHEA LIM - Decision is made in order to stop it from holding a disciplinary proceeding against eye surgeon Bu ALETHEA LIM THE Singapore Medical Council (SMC) can hold disciplinary proceedings against errant doctors, but it does not have the power to investigate beyond the scope of the516 words
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Article, Illustration436 2000-03-25 4 LAUREL TEO - ADVENTURE 1 *L LAUREL TEO IT IS one of the toughest expedition races on Earth: a gruelling 500-km journey through dense forest, caves and rivers on native canoes, mountain bikes and foot. And four Singapore women want to be part of the actionJOYCE FANG - 436 words
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385 2000-03-25 4 RAVIVELLOOR - *2. RAVIVELLOOR IN A first for Singapore, United Overseas Bank and DBS Bank will issue corporate credit and purchasing cards to government staff. The two banks have been appointed as card issuers for two years initially, with an option to extend the385 words
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263 2000-03-25 4 PAULINE LEONG - ADVENTURE 2 Bu PAULINE LEONG MOUNTAINEER Wong Ting Sem had cerebral palsy as a baby. It makes it difficult for him to hold his head completely upright. He also lisps. His muscular co-ordination is weak and his balance is poor. So, climbing demands263 words
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458 2000-03-25 5 TAN 001 BOON - Bu TAN 001 BOON THE two Lam Soon brothers are taking a family feud to the High Court next week that may see their multi-million-dollar household-products empire split up. Mr Whang Tar Liang, 73, who wants to wind up the family holding458 words
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Article, Illustration493 2000-03-25 5 A team of reporters finds more taxis than waiting passengers even at peak flight arrival times CABS seemed to always outnumber incoming passengers at Changi Airport. And when anyone had to wait at a taxi bay, it was to give time for the person in frontDENISE WONC - 493 words
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Article183 2000-03-25 5 CHANG AI-LIEN - Bn CHANG AI-LIEN NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD Pamela Yiau died soon after drinking some bourbon and Coca Cola at a friend’s house last month, but it was the drug, Ecstasy, which killed her and not the alcohol. Pamela’s parents found out last Friday that her death was drug-related when183 words
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411 2000-03-25 5 THE latest population census will take into account globalisation trends and will for the first time gather information on the mobility of Singaporeans and the number of foreigners here. Chief Statistician Paul Cheung said it is important to take stock of population changes in411 words
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713 2000-03-25 6 KARAMJIT KAUR - From nine in 1998, there were 23 false alarms last year. This development is causing concern KARAMJIT KAUR MORE women are crying rape although they were not sexually assaulted sexually. Last year, there were 23 reports, compared with nine in 1998. In several cases,713 words
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Article, Illustration408 2000-03-25 6 ALETHEA LIM - *L ALETHEA LIM HE THOUGHT he had stumbled on an innovative way to make money using the Internet he posted pornographic pictures of three women on a website and charged people who wanted to look at them. But Tong Hyui Koh’s sordid pay-to-view scheme408 words
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Article115 2000-03-25 6 SOME women wait for more than 10 years before reporting a rape. Assistant Superintendent of Police Abdul Khalik Abdul Latiff said that nearly one in five of the 124 rape reports filed last year were late ones. He said: “In most cases, the rape happened a115 words
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Article, Illustration365 2000-03-25 6 JOSE RAYMOND - Her photo goes online without her penmission si JOSE RAYMOND WHEN Lydia Lu began receiving e-mail from strangers, she knew something was amiss. So, she asked one of the men how he got her e-mail address. He told her it had been posted on a website under365 words
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Article, Illustration665 2000-03-25 7 Developing the child’s sense of curiosity and wonder, and a love of learning are more important, Dr Aline Wong tells Parliament IF YOUR child is starting Primary 1, he does not need to be able665 words
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435 2000-03-25 7 SUSAN LONG - Bn SUSAN LONG SCHOOLS will teach children about sex soon, using multimedia, and may even invite parents to give talks on the subject. Spelling out how the Ministry of Education would approach the sensitive subject, Senior Minister of State (Education) Aline Wong435 words
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Article384 2000-03-25 7 CHANG AI-LIEN - UNIVERSITIES, FIRMS INTERESTED SIL CHANG AI-LIEN MEDICAL students can watch a cadaver being dissected online as often as they need to, students can listen to lectures from their bed and lecturers can see if they have been doing their reading. This and more are available384 words
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Article, Illustration777 2000-03-25 8 ARTIMULCHAND - The comedy club that has become quite an institution will close its doors on April 2 Bu ARTIMULCHAND IN JUST two weeks, the final curtain will fall on Singapore’s favourite comedy haunt the Boom Boom Room. The lease of the laugh club, which made Bugis Village777 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 2000-03-25 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
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Article, Illustration440 2000-03-25 9 GERARD WONG - She sacrifices personal glory, does phenomenal times, to help team set shortcourse record By GERARD WONG FIRST it was a United States Open record, now it is the world record. Singapore swim queen Joscelin Yeo was at it again when she anchored the University440 words
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Article, Illustration412 2000-03-25 9 KELVIN PHANG - BOWLING By KELVIN PHANG IN PETALING JAYA SINGAPORE queen of the lanes Jesmine Ho won her second tournament in three days when she beat Taiwan’s Hsieh Hsiu-yun 188-182 pinfalls in the Malaysia Masters Cup final at Pyramid Bowl Sunway Lagoon on Monday. The Malaysia412 words
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Article228 2000-03-25 9 KELVIN PHANG - RUGBY KELVIN PHANG IN KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE failed to qualify for the 2001 World Cup, but salvaged some pride with a historic 14-12 win over Thailand at last Saturday’s Malaysia Sevens/Asian World Cup qualifiers. The Anchor Reds lost to the Arabian Gulf 14-28, Hongkong (0-43)228 words
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MALAYSIA
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656 2000-03-25 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Party wants them to end PAS’ heady mixture of politics and Islam that is changing political landscape in Malay heartland By BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR THE government that brought the Malay rulers to its knees seven years ago is looking to the same656 words
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Article, Illustration93 2000-03-25 10 An early-morning fire on Monday j wiped out more than half of Penang’s oldest bazaar, causing damage estimated at more than RM3.5 million (Ssl.s million), said The Star. Fifty-six of the 96 stalls, selling mostly textiles and leather goods, were destroyed while 14 others were damagedTHE STAR - 93 words
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567 2000-03-25 10 DOUGLAS WONG - By DOUGLAS WONG IN KOTA BARU KELANTAN-BORN rock star Roy Kapil la drove up to the stage in his classic Morris Minor, but this was no ordinary concert. After all, his band is not allowed to perform in Kelantan by the Parti Islam (PAS) state government.567 words
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Article345 2000-03-25 10 KUALA LUMPUR Former TV news reader Sharma Kumari Shukia had sex in exchange for a RM25,000 (5515,250) diamond ring and shopping sprees in Harrods, London, a ousinessman alleged in a suit against her for breaching a promise to marry him. Datuk Abdullah Hishan Mohamed345 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration353 2000-03-25 11 JAMES EAST - Languishing in overcrowded centres, they live under harsh conditions when many should be undergoing rehabilitation instead By JAMES EAST IN BANGKOK MASS break-outs by angry Thai juvenile prisoners have highlighted the plight of thousands of youngsters languishing in overcrowded detention centres across Thailand.AP - 353 words
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Article439 2000-03-25 11 LUZ BAGUIORO - By LUZ BAGUIORO PHILIPPINES CORRESPONDENT MANILA The Philippine Coast Guard and the authorities of a coastal town said on Thursday they would pursue separate law suits against a Sin-gapore-registered Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) ship for allegedly causing an oil spill in coastal waters. “It439 words
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316 2000-03-25 11 AP, The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network JAKARTA Ending months of speculation over whether former President Suharto was fit to be questioned over corruption allegations, AttorneyGeneral Marzuki Darusman said on Thursday the former strongman would be interrogated next week. He said Mr Suharto was healthyAP, The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network - 316 words
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256 2000-03-25 11 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s Election Commission yesterday ruled that all but three of the 78 winning candidates disqualified from the landmark Senate polls for cheating could run again in byelections. “Seventy five of the 78 will be allowed to run,” Election Commissioner Gothom Arya-AFP - 256 words
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COMMENT
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Article610 2000-03-25 12 MONDAY March 20,2000 THE stunning triumph of Mr Chen Shui-bian in last Saturday’s Taiwan presidential election imposes an onerous duty of care on all the principals involved China, the United States, the Taiwanese independence lobby and, most of all, President-elect Chen himself. How each of them610 words
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Article588 2000-03-25 12 WEDNESDAY March 22,2000 THERE are a number of ways one could approach the Prime Ministers proposal to reinforce Community Development Councils (CDCs) so that local government is established firmly over time. In a year or so, Mr Goh Chok Tong said last weekend, Singapore will be divided into588 words
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Article, Illustration802 2000-03-25 12 CHUA LEE HOONG - SECOND LAST WORD Bn CHUA LEE HOONG IT IS extremely odd that even before an idea has any chance of being tried in practice, there are already people trying to knock it out of existence. Or should I say, off its soapbox. On802 words
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Article, Illustration964 2000-03-25 13 SANDRA DAVIE - MY VIEW By SANDRA DAVIE LIKE all education reporters, I dread the release of the O-level results every year. It is because I have to spend some agonising days thinking of how we can cover the event differently and offer aLUDWIG ILIO - 964 words
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Article696 2000-03-25 13 ASAD LATIF - Moscow yesterday Taipei today EYE ON THE WORLD By ASAD LATIF QUESTION: What do the erstwhile Soviet Union and today’s Taiwan have in common? Answer: Former President Mikhail Gorbachev and soon-to-be-former President Lee Teng-hui. Mr Gorbachev was a prized product of the socialist system who, on becoming the leader of696 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1476 2000-03-25 14 In June, Professor Lim Pin will leave the National University of Singapore as its longest-serving Vice-Chancellor. M. NIRMALA speaks to him to lift the curtain on a V-C’s life. HOW do you recruit, manage and make top talent work tirelessly for your organisation and still keep1,476 words
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Article, Illustration1253 2000-03-25 14 CHLALEE HOONG - THINKING ALOUD By CHLALEE HOONG THIS space goes by the rather-whim-sical name of “Thinking Aloud”, so pardon me while I indulge in some ruminations on a couple of lost causes. Lost causes? Well, that’s how they look as of now. One: the fate1,253 words
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Article, Illustration548 2000-03-25 15 HERE are some of the difficult issues the outgoing vice-chancellor had to grapple with. CHEE SOON JUAN AFFAIR IN 1993, Dr Chee Soon Juan, a neuropsychology lecturer, was asked to leave, with three months' notice, for using $226 from his research funds to send his wife’s548 words
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MONEY
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351 2000-03-25 16 Mohd Azhar Khalid - Mohd Azhar Khalid THE Singapore stock market ended firmly yesterday after a week of thin trading. The Straits Times Index (STI) gained 19-35 points or 0.91 per ceriAo close at 2146.20 points. Yesterday’s gains on the STI overturned Thursdays’s loss of 6.79 points or351 words
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Article71 2000-03-25 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Times Index gained 51.73 points on the week to 2,146.20. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2077.10(-17.37) 219.2 ($534.5m) Tuesday 2118.54(+41.44) 369.5 ($659.1m) Wednesday 2133.64(+15.10) 350.7 ($692.3m) Thursday 2126.85(-6.79) 279.7 ($637.2m) Friday 2146.20M9.35) 310.9 ($627.4m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI Index gained 8.63 points on71 words
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Article1853 2000-03-25 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY ($m) ($m) EPS TY LY (cts) (cts) A8R Hldgs Mar 21 P 4.370 1.452 1.87 1.03 ACE Dynamics Mar 23 P 0.797 0.758 0.90 0.99 Allied Comp Feb 22 1 2.189 2.229 1.01 1.29 Aligreen Mar 22 P 97.189 261.67L 10.11,853 words
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Article217 2000-03-25 16 BONUS ISSUE Company Ratio Exdate Books close ACC Paymt WBL one-for-two Mar 24 Mar 29 NA Konami one-for-one Mar 29 Apr 03 NA TIBS one-for-two Apr 04 Apr 07 NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks ACC Company Ratio date close Paymt Republic H&R three-for-four@S1.00 Mar 22 Mar 27 NA GRP217 words
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Article138 2000-03-25 16 Company Place Date Time Wah Shing A Lotus Room, Level 4 Tower Wing Block Shangri-La Hotel 22 Orange Grove Road S’pore (*****0) Jun 24 10.00am Keppel Tat A Board Room May 31 10.30am Lee Bank Keppel Tat Lee Bank 6th Storey Keppel Towers 10 Hoe Chiang Rd S'pore(*****5)138 words
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Article865 2000-03-25 16 Payment (cts) Ex date Books close Pay date Allgreen 50c F 2.5 Jun 5 Jun 8 Jun 27 Amtek Engg 20c 1 0.8TE Mar 8 Mar 15 Mar 28 Avimo 20c F 4.75 Mar 6 Mar 13 Mar 28 Australand A50c d A3 Mar 2 Mar 9 Mar865 words
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Article65 2000-03-25 16 Company Description First Engg Proposed bonus issue of one -for-one. In-principle approval has been granted by S’pore Exchange. ASJ Proposed bonus issue of one-for-two. Sembcorp Marine Proposed bonus issue of one -for-one. In-principle approval has been granted by S'pore Exchange. Pentex Proposed share split of each ordinary shares65 words
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Article1593 2000-03-25 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Mar 25,2000 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mat Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global Technology Fd!** 1.715 1.802 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.980 1.030 American Opport Fd 1.081 1.136 Continental Euro Eqty Fd 1.310 1.377 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.555 1.633 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.0411,593 words
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Article650 2000-03-25 17 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - A surprising 18.8 per cent hike sends a strong signal that the decline in January was just a blip Bu By NARENDRA AGGARWAL SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports rose by an unexpectedly strong 18.8 per cent last month to $7-8 billion, signalling a return to fast-track expansion650 words
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Article, Illustration299 2000-03-25 17 FELISA BAT AC AN - Bu FELISA BAT AC AN THE Robinson Co group will allow customers to shop online for the first time when the annual Great Singapore Sale comes along in May. And bargain-hunters may have no choice but to visit its website. www.robinson.com.sg,299 words
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Article4071 2000-03-25 18 Transaction date: Mar 24,2000 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or■ooo High Low Div P/E $mil Price 182 84 71 13S -i 90 137 134 10 11.1 223.3 135 25 35 +1 134,071 words
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Article1160 2000-03-25 19 52-Wfc High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol '000 Day High Low Gr*s Div Net P/E M Cap $mil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 218 86 C AS Auto 10c 148 unch 728 152 100 10 N 194.3 140 137 55 c ASJ Hldgs20c 88 -1 3 881,160 words
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Article1594 2000-03-25 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Mar 24,2000 52-Wk High Low Company Last Sale ♦orVol *000 Day High Low Last Ouote Buyer Seiler Wt Avg Price 80 17.5 s Acma W*****4 21.5 +1 227 22 21.5 21 21.5 21 59 15 s AIITech W*****7 15 -9 29 16 15 14 161,594 words
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Article147 2000-03-25 19 (9am, Mar 24) Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.0270 1.0420 Canadian dollar 1.1530 1.1780 NZ dollar 0.8240 0.8410 Sterling pound 2.7000 2.7290 US dollar 1.7060 1.7170 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.97 12.22 Belgian franc 4.080147 words
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Article, Illustration540 2000-03-25 20 LEONG CHAN TEIK - The train operator is hiring senior bus executives, and says it will apply for bus licences and routes ‘as and when we are ready’ Bu LEONG CHAN TEIK WILL Singapore MRT (SMRT) start its own bus operations instead of seeking to540 words
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Article391 2000-03-25 20 DERWIN PEREIRA; and ROBERT GO - C C wins Astra-nomical deal By DERWIN PEREIRA and ROBERT GO IN JAKARTA SINGAPORE car distributor Cycle Carriage helped breathe new life into the battered economy here by buying control yesterday of the Indonesian car industry’s crown jewel in the country’s biggest asset sale over the last two years. A391 words
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506 2000-03-25 20 IGNATIUS LOW - CLOB ACCEPTANCES Bu IGNATIUS LOW SINGAPORE’S Central Depository (CDP) on Wednesday urged brokers in Singapore to continue processing up to tomorrow acceptances of the Effective Capital scheme to migrate the frozen Clob securities. The call comes in the wake of the latest statistics, which506 words
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328 2000-03-25 20 EDNA KOH - Bu EDNA KOH ORDER a book from Amazon.com and the time spent waiting for it to arrive on your doorstep could soon be reduced drastically. This will come with the development of an e-com-merce park in a new township in south-western Johor. Renong Bhd,328 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration438 2000-03-25 23 I REFER to the correspondence relating to the article, “Taxi airport surcharge to rise to $5” (ST, March 16). Is there magic in the $2 figure? Would it make airport taxi queues disappear overnight? The quantum seems high and severe to commuters, and we would like438 words
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424 2000-03-25 23 IT SEEMS to me that when Singapore faces any issue, and has to think of a way to solve it, it will turn naturally to using money as a remedial instrument. Take, for example, the recent hike in the airport taxi surcharge to a424 words
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495 2000-03-25 23 I REFER to Mr Lin Cong Long and Mr Vijaya Kumar Pillars letters on the reserves and the CPF cut (ST, March 14). Mr Lin questioned the need for Singapore to have large reserves. The importance of our reserves to the financial stability and overall495 words
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Article, Illustration595 2000-03-25 24 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Apart from normal expenses, he has to provide for four wives, 17 children and 18 adopted children Saga Of Brunei’s Prince Jefri By BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR DESPITE facing one of the largest fraud claims in history and an avalanche of bad595 words
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Article, Illustration225 2000-03-25 24 Brendan Pereira - The Son Brendan Pereira PRINCE Hakeem, son of Brunei’s Prince Jefri Bolkiah and a co-defendant in the lawsuit, cannot live on the U 5514,500 (5524,650) a month assigned last month by the Brunei High Court as that sum is sufficient only to pay his staff. Through his lawyers,225 words
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Article, Illustration447 2000-03-25 24 DOMINIC NATHAN - Navy’s deal worth ‘over $1.7b STEALTH SHIPS FOR SINGAPORE DOMINIC NATHAN SINGAPORE’S decision to buy six new frigates, reportedly worth over US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion), will be the navy’s first major foray into stealth technology and one of its biggest contracts. The design of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)447 words