The Straits Times, 4 January 1999

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  • 25 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 IVlOnQay January 4, 1999 66 Pages in four parts mita (P) 054/12/98 •i» A Singapore Press Holdings puMioatkm OU Ceab
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  • 594 1 A strong euro could mean a weakened US dollar, with currencies in the region benefiting by default EUROPE'S new single currency will make its international debut in Asia today, but analysts say trading will hinge on the greenback's strength. The regional currencies were poised to
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  • 129 1 A NEW YEAR, A NEW BEGINNING This time last year, Mr Ting Chung Hua was fighting for his life. He was suffering from fiver failure and feared that he would not live to see his 40th birthday this week. But a last-minute liver transplant turned things around and he now
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  • 151 1 JAKARTA At least six people were killed when security forces fired on demonstrators who set fire to a local government building in Indonesia's rebellious Aceh province yesterday, witnesses and human rights groups said. Aceh police chief Colonel Juhamus Wiradanata said security forces fired warning
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  • 474 1 HUNDREDS ON RAMPAGE AFTER MAN DIES IN CUSTODY They came out of nowhere in trucks and torched three shops in the residential complex. Many of the residents stayed in the hotel due to fear of attack. Mr Satete Yacoban, director of the Cltra Raya
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 397 2 Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea return to an area run by ex-querillas in Pailin but Phnom Penh government denies that it is letting them get away PHNOM PENH Two top Khmer Rouge leaders headed back yesterday to an area run by former guerillas but the
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    • 84 2 STEPHANIE YEOW A computerised sewing machine embroiders pupils' names at United Uniforms in Queensway Shopping Centre, in time for the start of the new school year today. The company, with six outlets, makes more than 30 different school uniforms. Mr Leong Kuen, 34, who runs the
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    • 488 2 US murder rate falls to 30-year low LESS DRUG-RELATED YOUTH VIOLENCE NOW WASHINGTON The United States' murder rate in 1997 fell to its lowest level in three decades, in large part due to recent declines in drug-related youth violence in large cities, the Justice Department has reported. While celebrating the
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    • 443 3  - 70-dish buffet fails to save restaurant WALTER FERNANDEZ Great World Ventures, which runs the restaurant offering the spread, has filed a notice to liquidate its business IT SEEMS even a 70-dish all-vou-can-eat bargain buffet, marketed by television comedian Moses Lim, is not enough to rescue the beleaguered Great World Cafe
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    • 562 3  -  LEONG CHING By MORE than 10,000 workers mav be retrenched this year, said labour chief Lim Boon Heng as he warned workers of a difficult year ahead. He urged them to work hard and to be prepared for "one or two years
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    • 290 3 LAHORE At least three people were killed and several wounded yesterday when a bomb exploded on a road leading to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif s family farmhouse only hours before he WBB due to travel along it, police said. The bomb was
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    • 563 2 INSIDE World 4-6,8,9 People 6 East Asia 10. 11 South-east Asia 12 Malavsia 14 Home 15. 19.20 Weather L7 I [ohm Focus 21 Editorial 22 Forum 24 Sports 25-27 Racing 27 Money 29-32 Stocks 29 Currency 29 LIFE! Jeff Bezos' amazing Amazon is Earth's biggest bookstore Page 2 Hot Shorts
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  • WORLD
    • 51 4 There seems to he no way round using explicit language with news events such as the Monica Lewinsky affair, for example. But at times, if anything was more explicit terms, it was the efforts of some journalists to avoid them. Photos RAYMOND LEE
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    • 393 4 TELLING IT LIKE IT IS WASHINGTON When Mr Pete Noyes, a retired Los Angeles news director, was coming up through the television ranks in the 60s, the words "bra" and "diaper" were banned from the newscasts. Women were not raped; they
      USAToday  -  393 words
    • 439 4 Defence boost 'to ensure US forces stay tops' Clinton says the proposed SSI6S--billion increase in arms spending will also enable the military to meet new threats to America's security 'WE WANT OUR FORCES TO REMAIN THE BEST-EQUIPPED IN THE WORLD INTO THE NEXT CENTURY/ President Clinton WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton,
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    • 514 5 The worst snowstorm in two decades slams into Chicago, leaving roads impassable and thousands of airline passengers stranded CHICAGO Heavy snow blanketed much of the US Midwest on Saturday, slamming Chicago with its worst storm in 20 years and creating hazardous travel
      Reuters  -  514 words
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      42 5 REUTERS This ice sculpture ol Berlin's Brandenburg Gate was a conversation point with guests at a New Year party in a hotel located next to the famous landmark. Thousands of people celebrated the New Year watching fireworks at the Gate.
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    • 186 5 CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) Nasa's plan to launch three probes to land on Mars could be threatened by bad weather, a US Air Force meteorologist said on Saturday. There was only a 30-per-cent chance that the Mars Polar Lander and two smaller craft would make it
      Reuters  -  186 words
    • 152 5 PHOENIX Arizona will become the first state in the US where women hold the five top elected positions when the so-called "Fab Five" take office today. Republican Governor Jane Hull will be sworn in at the state Capitol. Adminis- tering the oath will be another
      Reuters  -  152 words
    • 372 6 US curbs have not hurt my finances: Osama In an interview with Time, the Saudi dissident also talks about who bombed the US embassies in Africa WASHINGTON Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden, accused of masterminding the bombing of two US embassies in Africa, has said that Washington's efforts to disrupt
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    • PEOPLE
      • 154 6 Euro banker's name trips people up MUCH ADO OVER DUISENBERG LONDON Mr Wim Duisenberg may be the head of Europe's Central Bank, but it seems that onlv in the Netherlands do people know how to pronounce his name. The Electronic Telegraph said several versions are in use, causing confusion among
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      • 90 6 MOSCOW Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has decreed that Grandfather Frost, Russia's version of Santa Claus, lives not at the North Pole but in Russia. Specifically, in the town of Veliky Ustyug, 740 km north-east of Moscow. Why Veliky Ustyug? It seems that the mayor latched
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      • 112 6 Z78 PAIRS OF SHOES ALL FOR A FEAT CALCUTTA An Indian father, desperate to see his daughter walk into the Guinness Book Of Records, sends her to school every day in a new pair of shoes and socks. Mr Aleem Quadri, a bone-setter, has so far bought 278 pairs of
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      • 71 6 NEW YORK Writer Ernest Hemingway now ha.s a furniture line named after him. Fans of the Nobel laureate will be able to enjoy sitting on such objects as the Papa Hemingway Chair. The collection was launched in October. Mr Jack Hemingway, the author's
        International Herald Tribune  -  71 words
      • 52 6 Israel was urged on Saturday to honour Mr Frank Foley, a British spy in Berlin who helped at least 10,000 Jews to flee Nazi Germany and escape the Holocaust. Lawyers for Mikail Markhasev, the man convicted of killing comedian Bill Cosby' s son, have filed a petition to set aside
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      • 55 6 Quoteworthv The Japanese see more SJiakespeare and put on more productions of his plays tiian we do in Britain. He's a better international currency tJian tiie euro. The Royal Shakespeare Company spokesman lan Howie*. commenting on the choice of playwright William Shakespeare as Britain's man of the millennium in a
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    • 364 8 Outraged over second shooting in eight days, UN chief Kofi Annan calls for an immediate ceasefire between the government and Unita rebels UNITED NATIONS UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has expressed outrage over the downing of a second UN plane in eight days over war-torn
      Reuters  -  364 words
    • 362 8 New man wants a govt with 'real sense of community' WASHINGTON The District of Columbia swore in a new mayor on Saturday, ending two decades of zany politics under the leadership of Mr Marion Barry who earned worldwide headlines when he was
      Reuters; REUTERS  -  362 words
    • 115 8 BRUSSELS The mother of a two-month-old baby boy who was miraculously saved after being abandoned in the middle of a Brussels street has been arrested and charged with attempted infanticide. Judicial sources said on Saturday that the baby's father was charged with the same
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 62 8 CEREMONIAL gun shots could have triggered a deadly New Year avalanche that killed nine in a remote town in Quebec, police said on Saturday. The shots rang out on Friday about 90 minutes before a wall of snow smashed into a school gymnasium
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      • 40 8 TWO gunmen killed five people in a Mafia-style massacre in the bar of a petrol station in south-eastern Sicily on Saturday, police said. The victims were drinking coffee and reading newspapers when they were shot. Reuters
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      • 59 8 GERMANY'S centre-left government, which plans to phase out nuclear power over the long run, is dis- cussing raising taxes on nuclear power, a spokesman for the Environment Ministry" said on Saturday. He confirmed a Spiegel news-weekly report that Environment Minister Juergen Trittin had proposed
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      • 45 8 RUSSIA is shipping the first of a new generation of rocket engines to the US. NTV television reported on Saturday. The Russian RDIBO engine will go into Lockheed Martin's Atlas 3 rocket, used for launching satellites into orbit. AFP
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      • 45 8 PAKISTAN has appealed for help to fight forest fires in the drought-hit. Paki-stan-ruled area of disputed Jammu and Kashmir. The official APP news agency said fires raged over about 50.000 ha of state forests during the past month. Reuters
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    • 103 9 Chinese in Malaysia are supporting the ruling coalition despite attempts by the opposition and the "reform movement" to woo them over .^^^^^J^^^tt PAS fails to gain ground IN A move to win over Chinese voters, opposition Parti Islam (PAS) -ted by president Datuk FadiilNoor (left) is
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    • 177 9  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA By IN Kl Al AI A'MPI R FROM STRAITS TIMES OVERSEAS BUREAUS MALAYSIAN Chinese, who form about 30 per cent of voters, are being wooed by both the ruling coalition, the opposition and even the so-called reform movement. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
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    • 172 9 JAP A JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance has become more open to the press, and its officers, more cooperative. The change seemed to have come about after the ministry lost much of its clout and prestige over a series of bribery scandals involving its elite officers.
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    • 135 9 FIIILIF F I N E S FEW expect the multi-bil-lion-peso tax-evasion case against tycoon Lucio Tan to prosper. For one, the Department of Justice, which filed the case, and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), which is tasked to chase tax cheats, are
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    • 487 9 IN WAKE OF BRISTOL DEATHS... LONDON British doctors may be subjected to secret performance checks every five years under proposals aimed at restoring public confidence in the profession, according to a report here. Suggestions being considered by the physicians' governing body, the
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    • 212 9 NEW DELHI A Hindu hardline group has charged that the Central Intelligence Agency is aiding Christian missionaries in India as fresh attacks on Christians were reported from the western state of Gujarat. The Asian Age daily quoted a leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, World Hindu
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 664 10 Swotting it out in hotel over the New Year Japanese students aged 11 to 17 enrol for intensive six-day course to prepare them for a private-school entrance exam next month READYING FOR WAR' It is better to create an environment in which the entire family faces "exam war Mr Noboru
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    • 206 10 North Korean refugees starve in China HONGKONG The Chinese government has tightened control over famine struck North Koreans who slipped into China to look for food, reports here said yesterday. A humanitarian group that visited the refugees at the border in China said th< Chinese government had taken measures to
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    • 405 10 MISSILE TESTS AND NUKE MOVES TOKYO North Korea seems to have grown more hardline and militarised in recent months, sparking fears of a major security crisis on the Korean peninsula later this year. "The situation will be very, very dangerous in the next few
      New York Times; AFP  -  405 words
    • 122 10 Death for muggers who killed victims BEIJING Chinese courts ordered two executions and a suspended death sentence for three labourers who killed three people in a mugging rampage, the Beijing Daily reported yesterday. Between April and October last year, the trio who came to Beijing in search of work waited
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    • 227 11 CLOSER SCRUTINY OF DEMOS HONGKONG The Hongkong government is to step up its monitoring of applications to hold demonstrations here amid high unemployment in the territory, press reports said yesterday. "At a time when the unemployment rate is relatively hign, we certainly will be more
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    • 42 11 SHE AIN' T HEAVY, SHE' S MY WIFE XINHUA Bridegrooms piggy-backing their brides across a bridge over the Huangguoshu Waterfall in Guizhou, south-west China, on Friday. The newlyweds were among 22 couples who took part in the "Let Waterfall Witness Love" event.
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    • 493 11 Crowded at Tiger Balm Garden Honqkongers join tourists at the moral landmark, which is to be redeveloped after Sally Aw Sian sold it to tycoon Li Ka Shing last month 'MY PARENTS USED IT TO TEACH US MORAL LESSONS ..YOU DON'T HE AFTER YOU SEE DEPICTIONS OF HOW A LIAR
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    • 135 11 HONGKONG Hongkong's new international airport handled 100,000 passengers on one day, its Highest number ever, during the Christmas and NewYear holiday season, the Airport Authority said. Daily passenger throughput in the last two weeks ranged from about 80,000 to an estimated 100,000 just after Christmas
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 180 12 Formosa to ship waste to US or Europe TAIPEI Taiwan industrial giant Formosa Pla>tks Corp yesterday said it planned to ship some 3,000 tonnes of mercurvlaced industrial waste it had dumped in southern Cambodia to the US or F.urope for disposal. Mr Lee Chih-tsun, president of Formosa Plastics, said his
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    • 319 12 DIEFORCRIME' I want Eehegaray to die now. I feel hurt every time I hear things about me. Why do they glorify him? How about me. how about me? I am the victim here.' Baby, 15, Echegaray's daughter, whom he raped when she was
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    • 594 12  -  SUSAN SIM ii'j INDONESIA OORBESPONDENT NEWS ANALYSIS Even as civil servants expect good news tomorrow, falling oil prices continue to hit government revenues JAKARTA Indonesian civil servants can expect a nice New Year's gift from President B. J. Habibie when he unveils the
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    • 360 12 Grenade attack in southern Philippines Nine people killed and at least 50 wounded in the Jolo assault ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) A grenade attack by suspected Muslim extremists killed nine people and wounded at least 50 others in the southern Philippines, police said yesterday. Suspected Abu Sajyaf guerillas lobbed at least one
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 124 14 Bullets seized from woman PASIR MAS Police have detuned Thai woman and seized five jftnOQ Browning bullet> at a roadblock in Sampling Alor Pasir, The Sun newspaper reported yesterday. Pasir Mas Police Supt Abdul Jalil Talib was quoted as saying on Saturday that the ;SS-vear-old woman was driving a pick-up
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    • 377 14 14,000 students get a slightlyextended holiday as many schools in parts of Malaysia remain closed KUALA LL'MPUR Some 14,000 students in low-lying areas in east-coast Malaysian states were excused from the first day of the new school term yesterday due to floods which have
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    • 249 14 KUALA LUMPUR Some 200 workers of the Malaysian national steel company. Perwaja Steel, held a onehour demonstration in front of their plant in northern Kedah yesterday to protest against pay cuts. Spokesman Zam Toi said their salary had been reduced by 10 per cent
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    • 62 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have recovered the bodies of 10 men who drowned after being swept away by floodwaters while smoking heroin. The addicts were under a bridge in Cheras when they were washed away during a downpour on Wednesday. Their bodies were found in an old
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    • 387 14 80 essential items in J B more costly than in KL THE 'SINGAPORE FACTOR' JOHOR BARU At least 80 essential items in Johor Baru some of which are produced in the state are still more expensive than those sold in Kuala Lumpur because of the "Singapore factor", state Environment and
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  • HOME
    • NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS
      • 472 15 The one thing I have learnt is to treasure my freedom. I will never, ever do anything that will take that away from me again. Jimmy Low, who cannot wait to be with his family FOR the last four years, Jimmy Low's two daughters thought
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      • 331 15 'Life is not so troublesome any more and I can continue helping out in my daughters store. Madam Tay Ai Si Buav, who is very happy about her ability see better LAST year was literally a twilight year for Madam Tay Ai Si Buay, 76. The
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      • 606 15 Tm so happy a netv year has begun. I want to leave two years of pain and suffering far, Mr Ting Chung Una, who calls his operation scar the 'Mercedes-Benz'' MR TING Chung Hua's birthday is on Thursday but he has
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    • 548 19  - Roughing it out in Laos for charity KARAMJIT KAIR By Twenty-nine volunteers took part in a three-week project which saw them building a fresh water supply system and helping out at the village clinic THE undergraduate dug trenches and laid water pipes tor three weeks. She also cooked for 30
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    • 231 19 From F Ain maths thanks to Sinda tuition SHE failed mathematics and science in Priman I so Miss Yogeswary Maniam, 17, never dreamt that one day she would be taking these subjects at A level. But then, thanks to extra tuition from the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda), she scored
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    • 653 20  -  JASON LEOW 5* With trade at its seasonal peak, firms are turning to job agencies to cope with their own labour shortage FAMILY TIME: For employees 'FEW COMPANIES ACTUALLY FORBID THEIR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE LEAVE BECAUSE THERE IS FESTIVE BUSINESS TO DO. THIS IS HOLIDAY
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    • 559 15 Labouring In Laos Pli^^Pli p NP9 Seasonal Gap L^^^^* Car-Pooling Gains Ground I mT| 29 Singapore volunteers helped With trade at a peak but many SfiSj Over 60 people have signed up for NTUC M^J \illagers build a* water supply system R j employees away on holiday, firms IL .*g(J
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 556 17 WEATHER TODAY: Cloudly and occasionally windy with HAZE WATCH Abid J an 26/Z7C Clear Christchurch M/2fC Cloudy Kuala Lumpur 24/JK Showers Pusan -2M Clear 29 showers in the afternoon and early evening. r S^^^/^-^^ll SS !f elB de J! orms Colonibo Kuchmg im Showers Pyongyang -m Clear -v/ j ?k
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    • 1449 18 5 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR f^ s^^^ W^^ AM Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary fe6^^^v!f*^!^^^^_s pLcLjpl Republic of Singapore On this auspicious occasion of the 51 st Anniversary of Independence of the the Union of Myanmar, including national races, can participate and shape their own destiny.
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    • 2348 19 The Mon people also left Buddhist religious edifices of their civilization, which flourished in lower Myanmar from Picturesque Places about the lOth to the I lth centuries. You can visit Bago (Pegu) which is only one and a half hour's drive from Yangon. It was once the capital cf the
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    • 631 20 SEMINAR ON TAXATION OF g^ FINANCIAL MARKET ACTIVITIES WZM 29 JAN 1999 a*%r« i www inland revenue INLAND REVENUE AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE authority OF SINGAPORE The Seminar will be informative, updating you with the latest developments in the field of Taxation of Financial Market Activities. It covers both the theory
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  • HOME FOCUS
    • 841 21  -  TAN 00I BOON ACCOMMODATING DIARIES OF LAWYERS LAW THE courts cannot always aecommo d a t e those who want a particular lawyer to act for them, the High Court has ruled. If a client finds that the lawyer he wants is not available,
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    • 478 21  -  KARAMJIT KALR TRANSPORT By NTUC Income's website for car-pool postings has more than 60 people signing up for it in the last two months SINGAPOREANS are keen to car pool. In the last two months, more than 60 people have signed up
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  • The Straits Times
    • 585 22 PEACE is security for Israel. Once all the parties and politicians hoping to participate in the May 17 election recognise that self-evident truth, the obstacles to transferring the occupied West Bank to a friendly Palestinian government would fade away. Acceptance is difficult partly because of
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • 1078 22  -  ALAN BLINDER By THK FINANCIAL TIMES LIKE ol' man river, the giant US economy just keeps rollin' along. Year-on-year growth was nearly 4 per cent in the third quarter of this year, and seems likely to top 3 per cent again in
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    • 1047 22  -  YUKIO SUZUKI JAPAN greets the new year with little prospect of emerging from the long recession, one of the worst in its history. Nobody can say with confidence if it will start an economic recovery or will remain in the doldrums this year. But signs
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  • ASIAN CURRENTS
    • 108 23 M M \\s|\ IT IS encouraging that in spite of the economic slowdown, Penang-based factories re-invested more than RMI billion (S$43S million) in technology and product development last year. As Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said in his speech at the \99s Industrial Excellence Award, industries must not
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    • 73 23 RULING A PROVOCATION I U'.W THE Tokyo High Court ruled recently against the 'objectivity" of a wartime diary on the 1939 Nanking massacre and ordered its author to pay damages. The politically-motivated ruling came as a provocation to the Chinese people and a defence for rightist Japanese politicians. If Japan
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    • 82 23 INDONESIA IT IS quite reassuring to know that according to Armed Forces Commander General Wiranto, the Armed Forces will remain neutral in the elections and not try to get close to any of the candidates. This will be quite a departure from previous elections in which
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    • 86 23 1 1 1 >\ k( IN FINDING ways to bring Hongkong out of recession, the government should rally support from, all strata of society and look at the harsh reality squarely. Yet it maintained that the territory need not take the bold measures that Singapore did,
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    • 115 23 111 MI. AM) IS IT possible for the government and opposition parties to stop playing games and work together For the benefit of the country? It is true that the opposition has a duty to cheek the government's performance and prevent it from abusing its authority
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    • 202 23 THK I'Hll.ll'l'lNKS MORE than 100 years after his death, Jose Rizal remains a big winner. He is a winner today as we celebrate the 102nd anniversary of his martyrdom because his dream has turned into a reality: Our nation is free. It took a
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    • 89 23 CHINA ALTHOUGH China has a long history of using Chinese herbs to tieat or prevent diseases, its share in the international medicinal market is strikingly limited, at only 3 per cent. With the invasion of multinational pharmaceutical companies, Chinese enterprises should sharpen their competitive edge
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    • 144 23 INDONESIA A RESEARCHER at Gadjah Mada University's Centre for Population Studies, Muhajir, predicts that 130 million Indonesians will be living in poverty by the end of this year. This is more than half the total number of Indonesians. This explosion will be caused,
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  • 1027 23  -  TAN SAI SIONG BY THE WAY />',., After all, the poor need the money more than the anonymous hordes who are sent cards or the more select group who are sent costly freebies. NOW that Christmas and New Year's Day have
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    • 855 24 ANEW year has begun. Enjoy life as if each day is the last day of your life. Regard each day as a bonus and invest time carefully to reap returns. The fruits we harvest each day equal the work we BOW. Take
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    • 203 24 Was taxi survey accurate? I REFER to the report "Tibs is top taxi operator in LTA survey" (ST, Dec 30). The half-yearly survey and grading of taxi operators certainly serves to encourage our cabbies to provide good service and raise their public profile. However, I wonder if one of the
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    • 548 24 Install device that cuts power in speeding cars AFTER reading a number of letters on errant heavy vehicle drivers for the past few days, I, too, would like to give my views. I am sure that all motorists, regardless of the types of vehicles they drive, do not want any
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    • 392 24 Protection justified only if it is fair I REFER to the letter "Pirated software is stolen software" (ST. Dec 25). While copyright protection is legitimate and necessary to encourage creative inventions, it must never be forgotten that such inventions should be for the benefit of mankind and not solely to
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    • 281 24 I AM writing in response to Mr Billy Chews letter "Pizza outlet and production checked" (ST. Dec 29), on the Environment Ministry's check following a reader's story about finding pieces of glass in a delivered pizza. I am baffled by his reply. From the first
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    • 254 24 Bachelor of Engineering Mechanical I Entry Requirements: Diploma in Methanital Engineering Speaker Dr. Aleksandar Subk (Programme Coordinator, RMIT University) Date Friday, 8 January 1 999 Time 7.30pm Venue #02-01, Colombo Court (Limited seals available. Please call 333 351 1 to make your reservations early.) Engineering Bachelor off Technology Bachelor off
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  • SPORTS
    • 472 25  -  SANTOKH SINGH SOCCER Discipline, attendance, performance key to staying in Cup squad SINGAPORE coach Vincent Subramaniam will trim his Dunhill Cup squad from 29 to 22 today, but those who score tops in discipline, attendance and performance need not fear the axe. He said: "My criteria
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    • 427 25  -  S. MURALI *1L RETAINED by Tanjong Pagar United for this season's S-League but signed by Home United. That is the amazing story of 21-year-old defender Aidil Sharin. It started a few months ago when Aidil was first informed by his club that he was
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    • 325 25  -  THOMAS KOH *!L ZULKARNAEN Zainal yesterday apologised to his team-mates and officials for going on leave without approval. The left-legged midfielder had gone to Phuket and returned on Saturday night. He was given an ultimatum by team manager Omar Ibrahim to attend training yesterday
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    • 222 25 TANJONG Pagar United has not paid salaries to some of its players for the last two months because of cash flow problems. But the club's executive secretary Edmund Woon said most of the players had been given their November salaries and would be paid their December
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    • 457 25 ATHLETICS COLOMBO Controversial Sri Lankan sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe has fled to the United States amid mounting condemnation of her last-minute withdrawal from the Asian Games, press reports and family friends said yesterday. Javasinghe, 23, the world" 200 metres silver medallist who is
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    • 631 26 SOCCKR Minor league side holds Premiership giant as Forest crashes out LONDON Nottingham Forest crashed out of the FA Cup at home to Portsmouth on Saturday in a third round lit up by minor league Rushden Diamonds holding mighty Premiership hopeful Leeds United to a 0-0
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    • 165 26 FIVE-TIME champion Liverpool marched into the fourth round of the FA Cup when it beat Port Vale 3-0 at Vale Park yesterday. The Premiership side dominated the early exchanges against a side fourth from bottom in Division One and carved out its first chance in
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    • 152 26 World Cup once every two years? GENEVA The World Cup should be held every two years, football's top official Sepp Blatter was reported as saying yesterday. The proposed change would revolutionise the face of international football. The Zurich weekly Sonntagsßlick reported that Blatter, president of the sport's world governing body
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    • 351 26 Yesterday: Port Vale 0 Liverpool 3 (Owen 34th min, Ince 38th, Fowler 90th). Saturday: Aston Villa 3 (Collymore 45th, 67th, Joachim 51st) Hull 0. Crowd: 39,217. Blackburn 2 (Davies 45th, Wilcox 88th) Charlton 0. 16,631. Bolton 1 (Sellars 57th) Wolverhampton 2 (Keane Bth, 65th).
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    • 381 26 LONDON Kevin Keegan returned to soccer's big time on Saturday and went within a few minutes of eliminating his old club Southampton from the English FA Cup on its own ground. The former Newcastle United manager and England international, now Fulham manager, saw
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 86 26 ORGANISERS of the Australian Open lead-up tennis event, the Jan 13-16 Koovong Classic, have approached American Michael Chang to fill the vacancy caused b\ tin shock withdrawal oi bk world No. 1 compatriot Pete Sampras. Sampras stunned Australian promoter'- when he pulled out of the Australian
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      • 61 26 GRAHAM KELLY, who recently quit as chief executive of the English Football Association in a cash-for-votes controversy, has now admitted he accepted a loan from the governing body's funds. Kelly's admission in Saturday's Daily Mirror came 24 hours after Chelsea chairman Ken Bates said
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      • 69 26 THE Arizona Cardinals stunned the Dallas Cowboys 20-7 in an National Football Conference wild card game on Saturday for its first American football play-off win since 1947. In the play-offs for the first time in 16 years, the Cardinals (10-7) beat the Cowboys for just the
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      • 119 26 THIERCELIN GOING SOMEWHERE FRENCHWOMAN Isabeile Autissier crossed the finish line of the second stage of the Around Alone yacht race in Auckland yesterday lhr 10 min behind fellow-countryman Marc Thiercelin. Thiercelin aboard Somewhere had been chased down the New Zealand coast by compatriot Autissier. aboard PRB. who had recovered her
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 703 27 AMERICAN FOOTBALL National Football League AFC wild-card game: Miami 24 Buffalo 17 NFC wild-card game: Arizona 20 Dallas 7. ATHLETICS lAAF World Cross Challenge in Durham (England) Men (9km): 1 Million Wolde (Eth) 27mm 02sec 2 Thomas Nyanki (Ken) 27:04 3 Jon Brown (Brit) 27 05 4 John Kosgei
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    • 464 27  - Smooth sailing CHAN TSE CHUEEN YACHTING BjL Chinese lass Zhang well clear after sweeping first six races "W" -W- "Y ITH six wins in as many races, m/ China's T T Zhang Chujun is sprinting away with the women's title at the Singapore Open Boardsailing Championships. The Chinese No. 2
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    • 316 27 SINGAPORE'S young sailors are slowly finding their feet in the South African waters. After a break on New Year's Day, competition at the Isaf World Youth Championships resumed with more races off False Bay, Simon's Town, on Saturday. Joan Huang and crew Joanne Lock had a
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    • 496 27 CRICKET SYDNEY England's hopes of beating Australia in the Fifth and final Ashes Test to square the cricket series at 2-2 faded yesterday as its batsmen caved in against Australia's three-pronged spin attack. Replying to Australia's first-innings total of 322, England was dismissed for 220 before
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    • 297 27  -  DANNY KHOO IPOH RACING '21 VISITING Kiwi jockey Catherine Treymane prevented a clean sweep by the locals with a smart double yesterday. The 30-year-old justified her presence at Ipoh to score on Hippo Ventura and Happy Gilmore. The Francis Nathantrained Hippo Ventura was beaten for early speed
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    • 455 27 TRAINER Marinus van Breukelen yesterday succeeded in his appeal against a six-month disqualification, imposed under Rule 200 (6), into the circumstances surrounding the performance of Weekend Raider who ran in Race 9 on May 3, 1998, at Ipoh. The horse was found to
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    • 295 27 TENNIS PERTH South Africa Amanda Coetzer and Wayne Ferreira dashed the hopes of a boisterous home crowd yesterday when they disposed of their Australian opponents 2-1 in the opening session of the Hopman Cup mixed team tennis tournament. Baseliner Coetzer set off at a cracking
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    • 870 27 RACING RACEI CLASS4DIV6 1,400m 7 PAPARAZZI 50.5 (12-6) Sivan (4) 5 2 1 4 STRIKE YOUR COLOURS 54 (17-6) Treymane (6) 2 1 2 1 TECHNO JUMBO 57 c54 (57-12) M Shahrul (2) 7 6 3 8 YANKEE LOVER 50 (26-7) Vellaikannu (7) 3 4 4
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    • 32 27 liiMlllLZll Jan 3 1999 FIRST 8574 SECOND 4746 THIRD 9493 STARTERS 2105 1213 8445 7987 4115 1472 6611 6948 4141 0833 CONSOLATIONS 1478 6399 8012 2717 7738 0510 7971 7307 4685 8173
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 222 28 MILDRED LETITIA GRACE PROSPER Age: 67 passed away peacefully on 02 Jan 1999. Sadly missed by all loved ones. Son: Francis Arthur Prosper Daughters: Sons-in-law: Teresa Schatte Ulrich Schatte Effy Freeman Peter Freeman Josephine Hedderwick Roger Hedderwick Jude Griese Hans-J. Griese Grandsons: lan Freeman
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    • 131 28 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE M. VEERASAMY THEVAR wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind condolences, wreaths, assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held on 4/1/99, night at Blk 102, Bukit
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    • 199 28 In Loving Memory Of R Kulanthaivelu Kaliammal w/o Kulanthaivelu 4/1/97 4/5/97 Gone from our lives Our parents so dear But in our hearts forever near. Dearly missed by family loved ones. In Loving Memory Of MAYTANSECKLEE Departed 4th January 1992 Your gentle face and
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      213 28 THALAI THEVASAM Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of GEORGE JAMES Departed 16/1/98 Fondly remembered by Wife: Leela (Devi) Son: Jonathan Daughter: Jaysheen Special Prayers will be held at Blk 804, Woodlands St. 81, 802-47A on Tuesday, 5/1/99 at 10am-12noon. Athma Shanti Prayers on the same day at
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    • 40 28 The family of the late LIM KIM HOON Departed on 28th Dec. 98 wishes to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their kind assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      52 28 10TH ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR BELOVED MOTHER LEE SIEW ENG Departed 4/1/89 There's sad but sweet remembrance, There Is a memory fond and true; And a token of affection, Mother, And a heartache still for you. Dearly missed always remembered by your loving children all
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      36 28 In Loving Memory of M. PAKIRISAMY Departed on 4/1/93 Today recalls sad memories of a dear father gone to rest, fondly loved and deeply missed. Always remembered by your children and loved ones.
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    • 324 28 8M CONDOLENCES BS4 CONDOLENCES yV With Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to the family of our old friend and Kentridgean ABBAS ALI BIN FAKHRUDDIN From: Wai Cheong Adrian Danker Wai King Pierce Chow Aurill Kam Wendy Tan Tse Haw Jingjih Stanley Ng Chow Kheng Ruby Vincent Soo Ping Call CATS at
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    • 76 28 858 REQUIEMS 858 REQUIEMS Hiii smiling way and pleasant face Are a pleasure to recall; He had a kind word for each And died beloved by all. Some day we hope to meet him. Some day. we know not when. To clasp his hand in the better land. Sever to
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  • The Straits Times MONEY
    • 327 32 SIXTH ROUND OF REDUCTIONS In the past 3 V2 months, local banks have gone through five rounds of prime rate cuts as the three-month interbank rate sank to 1 per cent. DBS Bank today slashes its prime lending rate by half a percentage point
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    • 8 32 Photo: RAYMOND LEE AKP
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    • STI
      • 52 32 WEEK'S RISES Cents t Semb Marine 270 51.0 23.3 Shangri-La 268 38.0 16.5 ElecSOc 540 35.0 6.9 OUT Foreign 180 30.0 20.0 Keppel FELSSOC 318 25.0 8.5 UOB 655 25.0 4.0 Haw Par Corp 185 21.0 12.8 AVJennings A25c 60 18.0 42.9 GP Bat 80c 352 18.0 5.4 Vicom2sc 60
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      • 52 32 WEEK'S RISES Cents tAVJennings A25c 60 42.9 18.0 Vicom2sc 60 42.9 18.0 Pertama2sc 16.5 26.9 3.5 MHE Hldgs Wt99 5 25.0 1.0 Semb Marine 270 23.3 51.0 OUT Foreign 180 20.0 30.0 ComfortGrp2sc 59.5 W.O 9.5 CM Telecom WtOO 9.5 18.8 1.5 Sincere* 25c 19 18.8 3.0 Penguin 10c 32
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      • 53 32 WEEK'S FALLS Casta Robinson 370 50.0 11.9 SPH 100 1750 50.0 2.8 DBS Foreign 1490 40.0 2.6 OCBC Foreign 1120 40.0 3.4 UOB Foreign 1060 30.0 2.8 City Dev 50c 715 20.0 2.7 Creative T 25c 2330 20.0 0.9 JurongShip SOc 715 20.0 2.7 SIA Foreign 1210 20.0 1.6 FSN
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      • 44 32 WEEK'S FALLS __m CKTangWt99 1 33.3 0.5 EltectiWW. 1 33.3 0.5 NatKapsoc 34.5 28.1 13.5 •overtGenAsloc... 3 25.0 1.0 GoWtron2oc 11 15.4 2.0 TSMRes5c..„ M 15.2 2.5 OCBSFmWtW 36 14.3 6.0 SPPWt99„_ 3 M.3 0.5 Superbowl Wt02 6 14.3 1.0 GRP2OC 15.5 13.9 2.5
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    • 600 32  -  WALTER FERNANDEZ B JL Business failures accounted for nearly 40% of the bankrupt individuals, who were typically male and aged 31-50 WITH the economy in recession and businesses ravaged brutallv by the financial crisis bankruptcy is a word cropping up more and more frequently
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    • 47 29 Chanqe Straits Times Index 1392.73 -1.97 BT 08/OS -72.00 81.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -37.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 8.00 DBS CPF Index 414.61 -2.15 DBS 50 Index 464.19 -1.44 OCBC 30 422.84 -3.17 UOB Blue Chip 528.87 0.91 MSCI Singapore 212.37 -1.38 Simsci Futures 213.80 ♦0.20
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    • 106 29 MAIN SDO Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Multi Ind 10 3 4 0 0 0 Manufacturing 49 22 13 20 12 5 Commerce 20 15 3 7 2 0 Tpt/Stor/Comms..l3 8 3 110 Finance 20 13 7 0 0 0 Construction 8 7 2 3 3 1
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    • 39 29 KepTatLee Bk DBS WOO 21,451,000 ST Capital 25c 20,359,000 Brilliant 8c 14,937,000 DBS Land 11,436.000 KepTett-M Bank WO2 11,018,000 H;"0 \ee HKIOO 9,894,000 K°nTMLee Bank WOO 9,886,000 K.crfrl LandWOO 9,621,000 K'rpprl Landsoc 9,555,000 Sp-r.bCorp! 25c 8,832^000
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    • 61 29 TURNOVER COOO) Main Sesdaq Total Multi Ind 7,067 7,067 Manufacturing 19,540 4,262 23,802 Commerce 11,660 147 11,827 Tpt/Stor/Comms 6,225 127 6,352 Finance 7,506 7,506 Construction 3,613 1,111 4,924 Properties 8,396 8,396 Hotels/Rsts 264 132 396 Services 2,447 228 2,675 Others BLW 14,876 124 15.000 TOTAL 81,814 6,131 87,945
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    • 219 29 BOMBAY Indian shares are likely to be torn between selling pressure from institutional investors and speculative buying by domestic traders, brokers said last Saturday. The 30-share Bombs) Stock Exchange HQkitivi index was up 5.61 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 3.060.34 at close of trade
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    • 699 29  -  Colin Tan ROUND-UP Singftpt 'it *We believe the STI can achieve a target 0f 1,700 by the end of 1999/ Salomon Smith Barney report HOW* will 1999 turn out for the economy and in particular the stock market? An analyst said that making predictions during
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    • 68 29 MANILA Philippine share prices are expected to continue rising this week after the index finished last year on a high note, analysts said. "Probably within the first two weeks (of January), the bullishness in the market will continue. Once we hit the new year, we
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    • 924 29 ROUND-UP Overseas markets SHARK prices in Japan are likely to tall this week on growing concerns over the government bond market, analysts said. "C'riven the volatility in the bond market last week, it is likely that share prices will face pressure this week," said a
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    • 247 29 Taiwan shares likely to ease further TAIPEI Taiwan share prices face more losses in the first trading week of the new year amid concerns about more financial troubles at local companies, analysts said last Thursday. "Local companies face strong financial pressure early next year. Traditionally, companies need to settle their
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    • 554 29 Thursday, DtcMotar 31 1 ABN Amroßank NV 6 i ABSA Bank Limited 7 Agricultural bank Of China 6 ANZ Banking Group 7 Allied Irish Bank PLC 6 American Express Bank 7 Arab Banking Corp 7'. Arab Bank PLC 5 Asahi Bank Ltd 6 I Ban Hin Lee
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    • 433 29 Profit-taking halts rally on Wall Street FOCUS ON NEW YORK PROFIT-TAK-ING eroded the gains made earlier last week by US stocks as Wall Street shed 1 per cent last Thursday to end 0.4 per cent down on the week but still 16.1 per cent up on the year. At 9,181.43
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    • 831 30  - Time to close the knowledge gap TAN SAI SIONG MONEY TALKS It is troubling when a stockbroker questions issues which should be well known amongst traders in recent Vickers Ballas/ST Capital offer A STOCKBROKER, Mr Steven Loh Oo Seng, wrote to the Forum page late last month griping about the
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    • 22 30 IN OUR Jan 1 edition, we published the wrong foreign exchange rates for Dec 31. We reproduce the corrected version here.
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    • 156 30 INTERBANK RATES (9am, Dec Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Australian dollar 1.0070 1.028C Canadian dollar 1.0600 1.0820 NZ dollar 0.8680 C.eB7C Sterling pound 2.7390 2.768C US dollar 1.6530 1.664C Singapore collars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.80 14.20 Belgian franc
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    • 143 30 BEIJING China is planning organisations similar to bridging banks to rescue staggering amounts of bad loans that are sapping the strength of state-owned commercial banks, China Daily reported yesterday. The China Construction Bank (CCB), one of the country's biggest stateowned commercial banks, is creating
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 71 31 CAS A Holdings has reported that its group net profit plummeted 92J5 per cent to $335,000 for the year ended Sept 30 from $3.15 million in the previous sear, hurt by reduced turnover, currency exchange losses and heavy provisioning for doubtful debts. Group turnover sagged .57
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      • 70 31 HITACHI Zosen Singapore, which has been renamed Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) after its shipyard operations were merged with those of Keppel Corp, has appointed seven directors to its board. The board will be headed by chairman Bernard Tan, who is also a National University of
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      • 54 31 DATACRAFT Asia said it had acquired EMS Wiring Systems and Perfect Network Inc (PNI) for 554.5 million and US$l.4 million (552.3 million) respectively. EMS provides structured cabling solutions and technical support in Singapore, while PNI is a consulting company for system solutions, sales and maintenance of
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      • 40 31 URACO Holdings said the group has made further provisions of 51. 46 million for doubtful debts. This brings its loss after tax but before minority interests for the financial year ended July 31 to 515.1 million.
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    • CORPORATE RESULTS
      • 414 31  - Pacific Can pares net loss to over $8m YEOW PEI LIN '21L It is also proposing a capital reduction exercise to write off part of the group's accumulated losses PACIFIC Can Investment Holdings has pared its fullyear net loss to $8. 3 million from $13.5 million, and is proposing a
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      • 582 31 IMPROVEMENT SEEN THIS YEAR MAINBOARD- LISTED CAM International Holdings has cut its group net loss to $11.94 million for the year ended Sept 30 from $15.9 million in the previous year and predicted results in the current year would improve. It attributed the loss
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      • 258 31 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Securities Commission, the nation's primary companies regulator, said it has set new rules on mergers and acquisitions, effective immediately. The rules aim to better protect shareholders' interests as well as provide greater transparency in share trading during takeovers while enabling
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      • 574 3  - Looking for a guy with a slin ky walk CLARISSA OON Curtain Call Bu His Caucasian lover and supporting cast also sought for M. Butterfly as the Singapore Repertory Theatre prepares to stage the contemporary classic YOU ARE a Chinese man in your 20s, and can move as gracefully as
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      • 151 3 WEIMAR. Germany Se\ eral thousand people celebrated on New Year's Kve in Weimar M the east German town, the birthplace afGoethe. took over from Stockholm as Ku rope's official cultural capital. Revellers gathered to watch fireworks displays and theatrical performances a.N the town took on
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      • 236 3 SYDNEY A world-re-nowned puppet troupe from Vietnam has been denied visas by the Australian government and may miss this year's Sydney Festival, organisers said on Saturday. Festival director Leo Schofield said the Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe of Hanoi was told its visa applications had been
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      • 102 3 LONDON Impressionist Claude Monet has broken the record for the most advance tickets ever sold for an art exhibition in Britain. Organisers of the Royal Academy exhibition said almost 100,000 people from as far afield as Hawaii and Hongkong had applied for tickets to the
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      • 486 8 movies provide a nostalgic look back on a time when the good guvs are all good and the bad ones are wicked through and through. The line-up by VarietyVision includes a Cantonese opera, love dramas and a series ot comedies that have its characters speaking Mandarin
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      • 136 8 Don Juan to the rescue TODAY'S SCV HIGHLIGHTS r ■■•-v :>* DON JUAN DE MARCO TNT/CN Ch 7, 17,9 pm Repeat: Jan 28 THIS modern version of the Don Juan myth revolves around a retiring psychotherapist, played by Marlon Brando, burnt out by years of treating other people's problems. Johnny
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      • 113 8 WORLD FOCUS: MISSING IN KULU BBC World Ch 13,4.30 pm THIS programme presents a unique insider s view of a traveller's paradise where all is not as it appears. The Kulu valley in India surrounded by snow-cap-ped peaks, is a major New Age destination, a magnet for
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      • 91 8 Family affair revealed A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE Hallmark Cli 36, Bpm Repeats: Tomorrow. Jan 10,1115,16,19,20,23, 24, 28, 29 WHEN Sarah Zarn (Katy Boyer), a young nurse, is forced to vacate her apartment and move back home, she finds her parents, Lily (Shelly Fabares) and Don (Gerald Mcßaney), still quarrelling bitterly.
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      • 97 8 THE TWISTED TALES OF FELIX THE CAT TNT/CN Mondays to Fridays 7.30 am, 12pm, 5 Wpm FELIX the Cat. one of the world "s most beloved cartoon characters, is shaking and baking with a new animated series. The lovable and magical feline has a sense
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      • 62 8 ADVENTURES WITH KANGA RODDY Eureka Ch 06. 7 pm A GROUP of children is transported into the mystical land of Yi-Ha. where a 2.2-m tall talking kangaroo. by the name of Kanga Roddy, lives. It uses martial-arts values such as humility, discipline and respect with song and
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      • 236 10 Mortals just love watching SHORT TAKES SOME may hate it, but obviously, most love it. TCS B's period show, Legends Of The Eight Immortals, which ends on Wednesday, is 1998s most-watched drama serial tor the Television Corporation of Singapore. Going by viewership figures last available on Dec 30, Ma Jing-tao's
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      • 149 10 Surely girls will look over now MALAYSIAN singing sensation A-gu may not need to sing his charttopping hit, Please Look Over, The Girl Opposite anymore. In the song, the Pe-nang-born singer, who wowed fans with his kampung-boy look and heart-warming songs about common folk, croons about his pathetic attempts at
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      • 179 10 ONE must not dawdle when it comes to booking popular Hongkong TV actress Chan Chung Ling for a show. The Television Corporation of Singapore may just miss a chance to cast the TVB actress in a drama serial because it was a trifle too slow in signing
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      • 100 10 CANTONESE movie star Sit Ka Yin may just become the first comeback actress in Hongkong to debut in Hollywood. The middle-aged actress, who returned to an acting career after raising her children, told Hongkong reporters recently that she was thinking of following in the footsteps
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      • 499 6 Vehicles Properties 377 CAR FINANCING/ INSURANCE 3 YRS.- 2.75%/ 4 yrs.- 3%/ 5 yrs. 6-7 yrs. 3.25%. Flexi 5 5%. Prodnve 280-9929. EDMUND MOTOR OFFERS low inter est rate COE loan for commercial vehicles. Pis. call 250-3339. BEST RATES FOR new/ used surance loan financing from 2.60% per annum. *****20.
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      • 523 6 382 VEHICLES FOR HIRE I Daily Special k ■Mj tftteekl) ifUonthlv ciiu us now »1)l-22O West Coast Wa> Hona l.tung i.iriltii Shopping Ctr mil tm**! (5 Days Package) 2 TEL: 7788 900 h4 #02-04/08 West Coast NN Recreation Centre 50% \£JtSCOtUtt I Min. 3 Days j fPlaza Hotel »B 1
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      • 1548 6 391 VANS FOR SALE 391 VANS FOR SALE A MITSUBISHI L3OO VAN MORM Only Vd 8U U 00 Downpayment "($6OB x 7 yrs] One year Free Insurance with our AutoLoan Scheme Free Replacement Vehicles during servicing period High Trade-in [A Privileged §@rep@@ AUTHORISED DE^^^R] 1 OWNER "97 S '95 Nissan
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      • 1149 6 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS -RENT PTE APTS RENT Hermitage SCOTTS ROAD VICINI I \m _L^_4 Lay? mn I i READY FOR il'lEiil.g- jjijlliiiißll EUi VIEWING ™Et M 1. \2Wil JQUMj „l :^~.u. itl E t I Jiji L|j Located in Sarkies Road,
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      • 918 6 404 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND P T E APTS-RENT D 10 TULIP GON. Cosy 2-storey mais. 2400 sq.ft. Own parking lot. 4+l bdrms. Furn. Condo facilities SLBHP 225-5520/ 9205-9840 D.09 HORIZON TWRS. West. #11-04. 2485 sq.ft., Pte. lift, 4+l, Spacious living rm and dintng area. P/ fully furn. Rent neg.
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      • 906 7 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT 0.09 SEE HWA Court 2 bdrms. 936 sq furn. Near MRT Call Owner *****16 0.10 DRAGON COURT (Holland) 3 bdrrr.s. 1,400 sq.ft P/furn. Call owner 3300-178 0.09 RICHMOND PK. Above 22nd fir 2+ 1. 1259 sq.ft. P/furn. TakashiMya -ew. Pis call: 224-3979 0.09 ORCHARD
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      • 880 7 406 Oil 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT SYMPHONY 1668 SO.FT. 4+l. Choice unit. Pool nature view. P/furn. $4.5K. Agts. welcome. *****766 D.21 BUKIT VIEW, irresistible rent! Dream home for expats! Newly I renovated/ furn. Pg. 9514-7917. REGIS MANSION. 2+l. F/furn. Price neg interested pis. call Lucy 4499-266 D.ll NEWTON MRT. tlmira
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      • 1422 7 410 Dl5-16 EAST COAST 410 Dl5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT Ready for occupation in Aug '98 Choice of 2, 3or 4 bedrooms 1055 -2568 sq.ft. Spacious open terraces, balconies or bay windows Swimming pool, clubhouse, gym, tennis court, barbeque pits, board games room Close to East Coast Park, beach, cafes
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      • 714 7 418 MIXED DISTS PTE APTS -RENT BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW CONDO. FOR RENTAL D.lO Aspen Hgts., sth. Ave., Duchess Cres. D.21 Blossomvale, Siqnature Pk. D.23 Maysprlnq Fully or p/furn. Call 9792-7616/ 9535-2626 ERA PARC VISTA. NEAR Lakeside MRT. 3 rms. 1 hall. High floor. $1650 nett. Tel: *****51 CR D.05 REGENT
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      • 1405 7 420 HOUSES FOR RENT 420 HOUSES FOR RENT HOUSES FOB JEST Immediate Occupation DIST LOCATION DESCRIPTION AREA (SQ.FT) 11 Chancery Grove 3+l 2031 (3 storey townhouse) 11 Watten Estate Condo 3+l 2465 (272 storey townhouse) 21 Jalan Jambu Ayer 3+l 3060 (2 storey semi-detached) 21 Jalan Lim Tai See 4+lU+lG
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      • 862 7 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT FLAT FOR RENT: Redhill, Holland. Bt. Batok, Jurong, Bt. Panjang, CCK, Woodlands, Bedok, Hougang 1 Eddie 759-9274/ 9234-9898 3-RM. T. BLANGAH 43, Hougang 210/ 5-rm Oueensway 20, Simei 1 244/ Exec. Apt. Tampines 324. I Furn. Aircon. MRT. *****428 agt. 1 RM. 1 hall
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      • 805 7 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT PASIR RIS. 4-RM. approved unit, j Newly renovated. F/furn. MRT/ j amenities. Linda 369-2578 HY. CHEAP RENTAL. (HOUGANG). P/furn. Aircon. Amenities. Near j airport. Prefer family. 9214-0006 APPROVED 4-RM. BENDEMEER/ 3 i rm. AMK Central. F/furn. All ame- nities. Page Nimmy 9526-5072 5 'A'
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      • 827 7 Properties 426 ROOMS FOR RENT MARINE PARADE. AIRCON rm. with phone, TV. Full boarding optional S6OO-SBOO. Call owner 443-0511 F/FURN. AIRCON. 1 mm. from Brad dell MRT. Near amenities. $550. No cooking. Call H/p. 9739-7401 BT. TIMAH NEW condo. Beautiful aircon. rm. Full facilities. Tansport convenient. Lady owner 4646-106 BALESTIER
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      • 963 8 Properties 443 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE i O.lO Kings Cl. 2 tforvi >e" 1300/ 2600 «)Jt s+l 51.48M D.lO Kinqs Rd. 2-storey semi-d. BOG 2500 sq.ft. 3+l. 51.75M D.tO Greenleaf Dr. 2 storey semi-d. 3600 2400 -,4 ft Sl-55M D.M Hilkrest Rd. 2-storey semi-d. .'-0.~ rej oems FfMIM
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      • 857 8 431 Dll 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE SOUTHAVEN 1,862 SO.FT. 3+l*l Ddrms. Good Orientation with pool view. Sale with tenancy. $915,000. Call owner *****16. D.ll WNITLEY VILLA approx. 2000 sq.ft. 4 rms. Pool. Fhold. Motivated seller. View make your offer! Ashley Realty *****66/ *****615 D.ll NOVOTEL HOTEL vicinity. 2000 sq.ft. 3+l.
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      • 610 8 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 465 017-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL A City South West 01-21 1-8
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      • 557 8 492 HDB APTS FOR SALE (ANGMOKIO) SELLING BELOW VALUATION. 5-rm. blk. 250, 802. Near sch., Bishan Pk. Unblocked. Pg. 9215-7986 A1 3 'NG' AMK Ave. 10 Blk. 473. Renovated. Split aircon. Low fir. Can contra. All races. 9234-9234 FAB 3 'NG' BLK. 121, 333, 512, 507, 536, near amenities. Excellent
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      • 1237 8 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) mH fi ""I A ■f W Make the WGHT Choice Call Me Today M ill the RIGHT teaml 4 'S' CORNER Bedok S. Blk. 168. Low fir. Recess area. Well kept. Valued. View to offer. Pg: 9510-1141 496
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      • 657 8 497 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BTMERAH/QUEENSTOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH i 3-RM. BLK. 2I T. BlangahCres. High fir. Lift landing. Near mkt./ shop/ I sch. Low cash! Pg: 9213-6629 Eric 1 3-RM. TELOK BLANGAH Blk. 12. 814/ Queens Cl. Blk. 23A 812/ C'wealth Blk. 80. 89. AA 9-558-2324 3-RM. BLK. 168 Stirling
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      • 599 8 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKiT PANJANG) LOW CASH. 4 "A* CCK. Blk 707. Well kept. Simple. Unblocked. Near sports council. Pg. 9494-3311 ERA. LOW CASH! 4 A' corner/ 4 S' Bt. Panjang blk. 220, 240/ 4 'A' CCK. blk. 567, 514. MRT. 9218-5157 SELL BELOW VALUE S2K! 5
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      • 1017 8 501 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 3 'NG' CLEMENTI BLK. 329. High fir. Unblocked. Valued. Move-in. No co-broke. 9418-8373 3 'NG' CLEMENTI Blkk. 401. Low fir. Malay owner. Low cash. Valued. Amenities. 9405-8854 Mitra 3 'NG' BLK. 731 Clementi. High fir. Lift level. Amenities. Renovated. Pg. 9311-5428 PW
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      • 1059 8 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 4 'A' S'GOON. Bik. 231/ 144. Big hall bright. Well kept. Mkt./ amenities. Elvin 9209-2702 Eastview 4 'A' CORNER, SSK cash. Hougang 618. Early move-in. Exec. mais. 357. Below value. 841-3181 4 'A' CORNER Hougang Bik 101. High fir. Unblocked, convenient. Renovated,
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      • 3234 9 493 HOB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HDB ESTATES) Qir[ JV^f^^ jj3|^Telok Blan'gah J^j/I^^ ¥S^^IKB3BISS^SA
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      • 602 9 I 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) 5 T BLK. 757. Yishun, mid floor. I Corridor end. Renovated. MRT/ amenities. Pg. 9407-9135 WLP 5 T BLK. 624, 346, 221, 166, well renovated. Unblocked. Near MRT. sch, market. Pg. *****779 Elix S 'I' CORNER Yishun blk. 647, renoi vated. Spacious bright
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      • 753 9 527 HUDC/HDB APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) A HDB SPECIALIST Kree \aluatiun Highest price Sale within I week Cash HK/PR buyers Willing In wait 3-4 mills Eugene Chan (TEP) *****02 ATTENTION!!! All LANDLORDS We have Professionals/ Students/ Families urgently looking for: HDB/ Pte. apt. 1-rm. 1 hall 5950 2rm.lhall $1300 3-rm.l
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      • 710 9 S27HUDC/HDBAPTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) AMY, A sincere buyer need HDB j flats 3/ 4/ 5-rm./ Exec. Mais./ Apt. any area. Owners call 275-3900 JAPANESE LADY (SINGLE) wants to rent HDB 1-rm 1-hall or 2-rms. Ihall. S6OO-S9OO. Call: 3535-322 A MALAY BUYER urgently looking for 3/ 4-rm Bukit Panjang other estates.
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      • 1138 9 Properties 531 FACTORY SPACE 331 FACTORY SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT Richfield Industrial Centre Area: 1518 1636 sq.ft. Loading capacity: 7.5kn/sq.m Celling height: 3.8 m Near amenities/expressway Immediate occupation Reasonable rental For Enquiries HFAR EAST ORGANIZATION Tel *****11 1 18 Lorong 23 Geylang (Corner Aljunied Road/Sims Drive) I Unit Size
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      • 1776 10 Properties Travel Guide 534 OFFICE SPACE 534 OFFICE SPACE 534 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT FOR RENT FOR RENT wmm-* -*mm- maam mm 9tt Office Space For Lease < Units available 700 to 5,000 sq. ft. (Some fitted out) Mid floors Available immediately Asking $6.50 p.s.f. Contact Tel. No. 739 9893
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      • 815 10 537 SHOP SPACE FOR RENT REDHILL SHOPHOUSE. NEAR Redhill MRT, Blk. 136. Facing Alexandra j Road, Ground floor 648 sq.ft. apI prox. Fully renovated. Aircons, Carpets, Alu. security shutters, Glass doors. Divided into 2 offices, good location. $2000 neg. Tel: 474 2025 D.15 EAST COAST d/storey conservation shpphouse. Outstanding frontage/
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      • 645 14 Learning For Success Incorporating Postgraduate Programmes m^) What do these top MNCs have in common? AIA CANON DBS BANK DEUTSCHE BANK ERNST YOUNG ESSO SINGAPORE FUJI XEROX KPMG PEAT MARWICK NESTLE MATSUSHITA PRICE WATERHOUSE RENTOKIL SGS-THOMSON SIEMENS NIXDORF SHELL STANDARD CHARTERED BANK UNISYS UNILEVER At least one of their top
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      • 1677 19 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ 606 PROFESSIONAL/ EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS f MV^ L^L^^L^^ Register On-line at vfww.adecco-asia.com/singapore.htm 10 Anson Rd #22-04 Int'l Plaza IT. TRAINER up to $2500 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT $4000 neg E-COMMERCE RELATIONS OFFICER up to $48K pa .apanese
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      • 446 19 624 ART/ CREATIVE POSITIONS An Established firm specialises in Architect ornamental metal works furniture requires SALES DESIGNERS To run a brand new showroom (6000 sq.ft.) Interested pis. fax/ mail to: 163 Übl Ave. 4. S'pore *****5 Fax no: 743-6483 FINE RATTAN COLLECTION A fast growing local furniture design retail co.
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      • 692 20 630 SALES POSITIONS 630 SALES POSITIONS HMI Manufacturer of the Filter Queen Defender Industries An American Icon time 1 928. j iompeny feted on NASDAQ, Icicted m Cleveland, Ohio, USA of excellent in worldwide distribution over 54 countries. Die V :ontipLed eocnsion within the region, we are looking for motivated
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