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Title Section20 1989-05-13 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1989 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 42/8/8820 words
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Article, Illustration760 1989-05-13 1 ISMAIL KASSIM - They still cannot compete with the other races in Malaysia, he says By ISMAIL KASSIM JOHOR BARU Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad declared in a fighting speech before tens of thousands of Urn no members at the Istana Besar on Thursday760 words
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Article, Illustration194 1989-05-13 1 A HOUSEWIFE was charged in her hospital bed this week with the murder of her three young children. Urn l*ai Choo, 25, had allegedly thrown her children from a block of flats on Tuesday before plunging to the ground herself. A194 words
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447 1989-05-13 1 R. RAJENDRAN - By R. RAJENDRAN THE takeover bid for Mul-ti-Purpose Holdings Berhad, the investment arm of the Malaysian Chinese Association, took a new twist on Wednesday. Kamunting Corporation Berhad, one of several parties reportedly preferred by the MCA as an alternative suitor, made its move with447 words
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Advertisement74 1989-05-13 1 Orchard Road’s Big Squeeze Pages 12-13 INSIDE HOME Jeya fails in petition for pardon PAGE 2 Why S'pore ministers are among highest paid PAGE 5 An Asean first for S’pore heart surgeons PAGE 6 CAUSEWAY Umno’s big birthday celebration PAGE 10 Member of Pahang’s royal family murdered PAGE 10 EDITORIALS74 words
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Advertisement11 1989-05-13 1 V 3Tbe jm» tu i'J™ n Membership has its prn nleges11 words
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Article, Illustration461 1989-05-13 2 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee has rejected Workers’ Party leader J. B. >le>aretnam’s petition for a pardon on his four criminal convictions for fraudulent transfer of party funds and false declaration. The President sought the advice of the Attorney-General before deciding that a pardon461 words
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1271 1989-05-13 2 Full text of Attorney-Gen-eral Tun Boon Teik’s advice to the President. IN RESTORING Mr Jeyaretnam to the rolls last October, the five Law Lords had remarked that Mr Jeyaretnam's convictions on charges of false declaration and fraudulent transfer of funds1,271 words
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699 1989-05-13 2 He publish here, in full, the letter sent to Mr Jeyaretnam last Friday by the Private Secretary to the President, Mr Sng Hoh Khim. Dear Sir, I refer to your petition to the President dated April 3, 1989, and your letter of April 20,699 words
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Article112 1989-05-13 2 MR J. B. Jeyaretnam said last Saturday that he was disappointed that the President had decided to turn down his petition for a pardon. Addressing a Workers’ Party rally to mark Labour Day at the Bedok stadium, he said that he had been told by the President’s112 words
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Article, Illustration535 1989-05-13 3 FRANCESCA NATHAN - ‘No more Singlish, please’ so SIA sends Singapore Girl back to English classes By FRANCESCA NATHAN STARTLED passengers on a Singapore Airlines flight could hardly believe their ears when a stewardess announced: “We will now be serving snakes.” Of course, they were not. What she had meant was that the535 words
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201 1989-05-13 3 “LADIES and gentlemen, some of our cabin crew will be rolling down the aisles in a few minutes. They will be selling spiritual Items, cigarettes and perfumes.” This announcement by an In-flight supervisor stunned a planeload of Singapore Airlines passengers. But201 words
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114 1989-05-13 3 FOREIGN Affairs and Community Development Minister Wong Kan Seng will lead Singapore’s delegation to the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement in Harare, Zimbabwe, from May 17 to 19. The conference will review international political and economic affairs, a Foreign114 words
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Article34 1989-05-13 3 TWENTY-EIGHT residents of the Sri Narayanan Home for the Aged were admitted to hospital over the past five days with suspected food poinsoning. Seven have been discharged while the rest are recovering.34 words
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509 1989-05-13 3 ONG MING SEING - Political detainees By ONG MING SEING Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON A total of 150 legislators from the United States and six other countries have sent a telegram calling on the Singapore Government to release or grant “fair trials” to two political detainees held under509 words
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134 1989-05-13 3 A QUEEN’S Counsel, Urd Alexander of Weedon, was admitted to the Bar last Friday to argue detainee Teo Soh Lung’s appeal. Last month, the High Court turned down Teo’s application to be released after ruling that amendments to the Constitution and the Internal Security134 words
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155 1989-05-13 3 CHINA’S Procurator-Gen-eral, Mr Liu Fuzhi, here on a week-long visit, met Second Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong and Law Minister S. Jayakumar on Wednesday. As head of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Mr Liu is in charge of all prosecutions in courts, legal supervision155 words
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Article, Illustration550 1989-05-13 4 JACQUELINE WONG - Government may be asked to provide slom annual grant By JACQUELINE WONG THE Advisory Council on Culture and the Arts has recommended the setting up of a su|>er arts agency to spearhead the development of the arts and help realise the vision of550 words
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332 1989-05-13 4 RUSSELL HENG - By RUSSELL HENG SINGAPORE businessmen travelling to Vietnam now have to give the Immigration Department extra information on the purpose of their trip and the nature of their businesses. All visitors to Vietnam must fill a new form stating, among other things, their intention332 words
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Article175 1989-05-13 4 TANAMERA, the drama serial of war-time Singapore filmed on location here, will not be telecast by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. The series was sold to TV3 on a “pre-Singapore basis” in which the Malaysian private station got a sponsor to pay a premium price for175 words
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475 1989-05-13 4 A TOTAL of 281 clients who deposited $2.74 million with a local commodities trading firm to trade in Japanese commodities futures lost all their money. But this was not due to a bear market. Their orders were just never placed475 words
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Article, Illustration340 1989-05-13 4 Match-making isn’t outdated Dr Seet GEMS were the subject of the occasion hut match-making was the message l)r Seet Al Mee had In mind at an exhibition on diamonds. Her message when she opened the exhibition was that match-making was not an out-dated practice. What was more, said the Minister340 words
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118 1989-05-13 4 THE Housing Board is stepping up action against residents who persist in conducting public religious activities in their flats. Those who refuse to comply with the board’s warnings to stop such activities face eviction. The latest warning came after a spate118 words
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Article65 1989-05-13 4 SINGAPORE is not among 16 countries whose citizens will have to get entry visas to visit West Germany, as a result of a recent change in German law. The German Embassy here said Singaporeans visiting as tourists for less than three months need not apply65 words
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Article, Illustration175 1989-05-13 5 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee made a public appearance before large crowds at the Istana last Monday. It was his first since he underwent an operation to remove a cancerous growth in the rectum earlier this year. A much thinner President Wee,175 words
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Article, Illustration741 1989-05-13 5 CATHERINE C. ONG - Why S’pore ministers are among highest paid in world Dr Hu ‘We are the most open about it’ he tells Hongkong audience By CATHERINE C. ONG. Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Singapore’s Finance Minister. Dr Richard Hu. said on Monday that Singapore ministers were among the highest paid in the world hut741 words
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207 1989-05-13 5 We’re No 1 again for the sixth year SINGAPORE has been voted the top convention destination in Asia yet again for the sixth consecutive year. The annual study was carried out by the Brus-sels-based Union des Associations Internationals (UAI), an association founded in 1907 which grades all countries and cities207 words
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204 1989-05-13 5 UPI. PHILADELPHIA US Vice-President Dan Quayle has praised Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as “one of the great strategic thinkers on the world stage". In a speech last Wednesday to the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia about his recent 12-day Pacific swing. MrUPI. - 204 words
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Article67 1989-05-13 5 MORE than 155, Ml European tourists visited Singapore in the first two months of this year, np 12.8 per rent over the same period last year. The biggest percentage growth 44 per cent was la the number of visitors from the USSR and Eastern Europe. A67 words
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649 1989-05-13 6 SERENA TOH - Irregular heartbeat corrected by surgery By SERENA TOH A COMPLEX operation which cures patierts suffering from life-threaten-ing irregular heartbeat can now be performed in Singapore The operation called cardiac arrhythmia surgery has been successfully performed oy a team of specialists from Singapore649 words
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282 1989-05-13 6 FIVE hundred top civil servants and chief executives in the private sector will taxe part in a joint effort to draw up a national plan to "sell" Singapore as a business centre In a statement yesterday, the Economic Develooment Board said: “This will282 words
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73 1989-05-13 6 THE Government nas appointed an Austrian citizen Dr Klaus Liebscher, as its Honorary Consui in Austria. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said the Singapore consulate in Vienna is at Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank AG, A-1011 Vienna. Herrengasse 1, Austria. The telephone number is (0222) ***** 1229; the73 words
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Article, Illustration504 1989-05-13 6 A GADGET that will allow a car to extricate itself from a ditch and double up as a crane to lift heavy objects has won a Singapore inventor Lhe top prize in an international contest. Mr Leonard Lau, 31, the managing director of a printing504 words
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Article, Illustration316 1989-05-13 6 WHEN national serviceman Ong Chin Kai developed a software program that can teach music theory and submitted it for a competition last year, he did not expect it to be a "double winner". Not only did he wir $l,OOO and a persona computer316 words
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256 1989-05-13 7 STPB invites tenders from experts A CLUSTER of isles in the Southern Islands group will be develoDed into a showpiece ‘‘South Seas” beach paradise of international standard. Selected islands within the group will be linked to each other by breakwaters and bridges and.256 words
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Article, Illustration375 1989-05-13 7 Name will be exclusive to Bugis Street project THE word “Bugis” will not be allowed as part of the registered name of any more food businesses. The Registry of Companies and Businesses is not accepting any more such applications following a request375 words
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Article59 1989-05-13 7 A 14-YEAR-OLD boy fell four floors to his death in an attempt to leave a flat after his mother had locked him in. Manickaraja s/o Veerappan Ramasamy, who was mentally retarded, was found dead on the grounds of Block 141, Tiong Bahru Road on March59 words
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Article, Illustration505 1989-05-13 7 CHARMAINE CHAN - By CHARMAINE CHAN NEW lawyers are finding it difficult to get traditional legal robes since the only Singapore tailor who made them retired three years ago. Singapore lawyers used to be able to505 words
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263 1989-05-13 7 TRADE and Industry Minister lx*? llsien Loong left yesterday on a 10-day investment mission to the United States. A statement from the Economic Development Board said the mission is also “part of the continuing effort to forge closer economic and263 words
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Article156 1989-05-13 7 OPPOSITION MP and lawyer Chiam See Tong has been warded in the National University Hospital. The secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party and MP for Potong Pasir was admitted on Monday, but neither Mr Chiam nor his party officials would disclose the reason for his nospitalisation.156 words
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228 1989-05-13 7 SINGAPORE Airlines can operate three more flights weekly to Australia from this week, thus creating another 1,200 passenger seats. Qantas, the Australian national airline, will increase its weeklv passenger flights to Singapore by five, increasing its capacity along this route by another 1,600 seats.228 words
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450 1989-05-13 8 DAVID MILLER - 18 wards will be involved, actual date is secret By DAVID MILLER ALMOST one million people are expected to take part in the first joint emergency food a.id water exercise next month. Eighteen constituencies in the eastern and southern parts450 words
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Article, Illustration312 1989-05-13 8 SHARON LIM - CNB officers were waiting outside the door By SHARON LIM A COUPLE slashed their wrists before plunging to death from a ninth-floor flat in Jurong West Street on Wednesday as officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau waited for them to open312 words
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228 1989-05-13 8 SINGAPORE Airlines is, for the first time, conducting walk-in interviews in its recruitment of pilots abroad. Advertisements have appeared in British dailies for commanders, first officers and flight engineers. An SIA spokesman said plans are also underway to advertise in major dailies in Australia,228 words
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173 1989-05-13 8 TWO Malaysian drug kingpins were hanged in Changi Prison yesterday the 21st and 22nd persons to go to the gallows since the death penalty was introduced for drug offences in December 1975. Tan Sek Cheong, 50, and Law How Chai, 43, who were173 words
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Article122 1989-05-13 8 A CORONER’S court ruled this week that a couple killed themselves and their three young children after their father used a cigarette lighter to set off an explosion in their gas-filled Buldt Batok flat. All five who were badly burnt died within three weeks.122 words
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335 1989-05-13 8 BERTHA HENSON - By BERTHA HENSON IN A bid to retain talent in the lower rungs of the Administrative Service, the Public Service’Commission has broken from past practice and promoted officers who have served for less than two years. Sources said335 words
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226 1989-05-13 8 COME September and millions of Americans will get to see Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew at work, at an MRT station, jogging in the Istana grounds and relaxing with his family. Mr will be featured in a segment of 60 Minutes, the226 words
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Article, Illustration333 1989-05-13 9 It should stay clear of politics, he says NST, Bernama. BENTONG Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim last week castigated the Malaysian Bar Council for failing to uphold the image of the legal profession, saying it should concentrate on helping the people and keeping its house inNST,; Bernama. - 333 words
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360 1989-05-13 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Bar Council said last Friday that Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim had made a number of unfounded and sweeping statements about the council. Chairman S. Theivanthiran said in a statement that the council's concern for the poor was demonstrated byBernama - 360 words
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113 1989-05-13 9 Bernama. 5c,7.8 KUALA LUMPUR People who have borrowed money from the Co-opera-tive Central Bank (CCB) and have fled the country would have their assets frozen, the bank's receivers said. The move would help recover part of the bank's bad loans which amount toBernama. - 113 words
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218 1989-05-13 9 Bernama, NST. KUALA LUMPUR Two soldiers have been suspended from duty after their unloaded M-16 assault rifles were seized by three men at an army camp here last week. The soldiers were on sentry duty at a gate near the married quartersBernama,; NST. - 218 words
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Article54 1989-05-13 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Nine more Aids carriers, including one woman, have been detected in Malaysia, the chairman of the National Aids Task Force said. Dr Jones Varughese said that as at April 3t, there were four Aids cases (all of whom have died) and one AidsNST. - 54 words
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Article, Illustration167 1989-05-13 9 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee visited Sultan Mahmeod Iskandar of Johor at the Istana Bukit Serene in Johor for Hari Raya Aidllfltrl on Sunday. Accompanying them on the visit, at the Invitation of the Sultan,167 words
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293 1989-05-13 9 Bernama KUAI.A LUMPUR The Deputy President of the Malaysian Chinese Association Lee Kim Sai said on Sunday that the government’s decision to relax travel regulations to China was not intended to sway Chinese votes in Saturday’s BentongBernama - 293 words
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111 1989-05-13 9 Bernama JOHOR BARU A state assemblyman and a former teacher have teamed up to spearhead experiments in growing grapes here. They hope to introduce the crop to local farmers. Mr Ahmad Abdullah, the state assemblyman for Kukup, and Mr Joseph Santiago. 56, haveBernama - 111 words
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136 1989-05-13 9 JOHOR BARU Taxi drivers here, unhappy with a ruling by the Road Transport Department (RTD) that they must use the fare meter, have resorted to charging passengers 20 sen for every item carried into the taxis, even umbrellas, The Star reported. The RTD re-imposed136 words
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Article, Illustration335 1989-05-13 10 JOHOR BARU Thousands throng Istana grounds for grand rally Rernama UMNO celebrated its hir'hdav in a colourful ceremony steeped in Malay tradition at the Istana Besar here on Thursday. The rally was graced by the presence of the Sultan of Johor who consented toRernama - 335 words
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267 1989-05-13 10 Bernama PETALING JAYA Tengku Mohamed Ismail Tengku Mohamed, 63, a brother-in-law of the Sultan of Pahang, was stabbed to death while he was having breakfast at his home here on Tuesday morning. A former student in don, who returned to Malaysia afterBernama - 267 words
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Article, Illustration258 1989-05-13 10 JOHOR BAKU The Sultan of Johor has called on Johor Malays to give their full support to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Umno. Sultan Mahmood Iskandar, who stepped down as Malaysian King last month after completing his fiveyear term,258 words
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123 1989-05-13 10 NST. PENANG Police have uncovered a drug processing laborato ry and seized about 10kg of heroin in a raid on a flat near Jalan Kampar here. A 38-year-old man was arrested. Pdlice also seized an assortment of drug processing paraphernalia. The suspect isNST. - 123 words
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435 1989-05-13 10 MCA leader accepts DAP dare KUALA LUMPUR The deputy president of the Malaysian Chinese Association, Mr I.ee Kim Sai, will step down as labour Minister and MP for Hulu langat on May 19 to challenge the Democratic Action Party’s435 words
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407 1989-05-13 11 JOHOR BAARU London paper’s charges ‘baseless’ AFP. DEFENCE: Minister Tcngktt Ahmad Rithauddeen has strongly denied a report in a British newspaper that Umno received kickbacks after the signing of a memorandum of understanding to buy ill billion (553.2 billion) worth of British– AFP. - 407 words
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350 1989-05-13 11 Bernama, AFP. KUALA LUMPUR A former Bank Negara clerk was sentenced to five years’ jail and fined M 550,000 (5535,500) last week for the theft of M 522.2 million from the Malaysian central bank. Harun Othman, 37, of Jitra, Kedah,Bernama,; AFP. - 350 words
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Article76 1989-05-13 11 Be mama. KUALA LUMPUR A new political party, the Malaysian Solidarity Party, has been formed and Is awaiting approval from the Registrar of Societies, Its pro-tern secre-tary-general, Mr Yeoh Poh San, said. He told a news conference on Thursday that the party, which comprises mainlyBe mama. - 76 words
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Article51 1989-05-13 11 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The installation of Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak as the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong will take place at Istana Negara here on Sept 18. The Culture and Tourism Minister, Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik, has been appointed the chairman of the Installation Ceremony Central Committee.Bernama. - 51 words
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Article, Illustration419 1989-05-13 11 130 massacred in latest reported incident AP. BANGKOK Thai fishermen have killed or left for dead hundreds of Vietnamese boat people in the past year in what Western officials call a reversal of recent progress against piracy in South-east Aslan waters. Survivors reachingAP. - 419 words
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146 1989-05-13 11 ABBY TAN - ABBY TAN. MANILA President Corazon Aquino's relatives joined mayors, rich society matrons, the city’s police chief and other officials in a rally in front of the US embassy yesterday' demanding that US charges against an American opponent of Ferdinand Marcos be dropped. Mrs Aurora Aquino,146 words
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Article, Illustration458 1989-05-13 11 ABBY TAN - By ABBY TAN Manila Correspondent PRESIDENT spokesman Teodoro Benigno resigned from his job recently because he was unable to cope with the demands of being spokesman for an unorthodox president. But he denied speculation that he quit because he had lost the trust and458 words
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110 1989-05-13 11 TAN LIAN CHOO - TAN LIAN CHOO. BANGKOK Libya has threatened to expel 75,H# Thais if Thailand tries to evacuate 3M of its workers from the alleged chemical weapons factory In Rebta, Libya, The Nation reported. The report, quoting government spokesman Suvit Yodmani, said Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan110 words
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116 1989-05-13 11 WASHINGTON The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a resolution urging Asean to resume providing refuge to Vietnamese fleeing their homeland. The resolution was approved by the committee on Wednesday as part of an effort to state America's policy, before an116 words
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Article, Illustration2363 1989-05-13 12 AGNES CHEN - The heat is on. Rents are soaring in Singapore’s glamour shopping belt. Even a fast-food chain has been pushed out into the street. Can the smaller retailers survive? And what does it mean for the shopper? BY AGNES CHEN AFTER five years of serving up pizza2,363 words
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Article554 1989-05-13 13 FRANK BENJAMIN: The undisputed king of Orchard Road boutiques could have carried on a family tradition and become an optician. But the young Frank, a third-generation Singaporean Jew, struck out on his own in the trading business. Today, after "struggling for close on 15 years”, his554 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article642 1989-05-13 14 MAY 12. 1988 TWO score and three years ago, Umno was founded in Johor on May 11. A two-day celebration in Johor Barn which started on Wednesday marks the anniversary of this party whose history is so intertwined with that of the country it has ruled since642 words
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Article634 1989-05-13 14 MAY 11. 1989 THE era of the global economy is upon us, but countries remain divided over what that implies. Senior statesman S. Rajaratnam has no doubts. The time has passed, he says, when major players could indulge in “old style national capitalism", nurturing their domestic economies634 words
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Article616 1989-05-13 14 MAY 9, 1989 ASEAN was established in 1967 with the stated objective of promoting social and economic cooperation among member states. Asean ministers and officials have made it a point to restate this objective whenever opportunities arise, particularly when there are suggestions that Asean is moving towards the616 words
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644 1989-05-13 14 GOOD OLD JUDGE HE IS “Good Old Judge" to two generations of lawyers in Singapore. He is none other than Mr. Justice F. A. Chua who turns 76 on Monday. The longest-serving judge on the Supreme Court Bench here, he is also644 words
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Article134 1989-05-13 14 “This happened in international waters, so we have no right to make a loud demand... We are just asking the United States to give us an explanation.'’ Japanese Foreign Ministry official explaining Tokyo’s low-key position on the incident involving the loss of a US hydrogen bomb off Okinawa134 words
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396 1989-05-13 15 LIM ENG HAI - By LIM ENG HAI FAR East Levingston Shipbuilding must be the envy the entire con-tract-hungry world of rig-building. It has just clinched a "rare job" to build an oil rig for US-based international oil drilling contractor Santa Fe396 words
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Article, Illustration353 1989-05-13 15 AMERICAN multinational Conner Peripherals is gearing up to produce about $1 billion worth of disk drives in Singapore this year to meet increased customer demand worldwide. It has just set up a third plant here at Lorong Chuan which will353 words
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Article179 1989-05-13 15 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1 9440 1.9620 Sterling pound 3 2214 3.2726 Australian dollar ***** 1 5519 Canadian dollar ***** 1 6599 N7 dollar 1 1925 1.226? Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling179 words
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136 1989-05-13 15 HONGKONG A Malaysian hanker, Mr Um Boon Kick, has been appointed as the new head of the collection team to recover Ka Wah Bank’s had loans following the arrest last Friday ot Paul Banner. Banner was appointed three years ago136 words
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508 1989-05-13 15 Sharemarket review THE Singapore stock market ended its second successive four-day trading week on a mixed note after the Straits Times Industrial Index hit a new post-Oc-tober 1987 Crash high of 1,287.32 points on Thursday. Turnover remained high, with more than508 words
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Article, Illustration396 1989-05-13 15 HONGKONG AFP. ZAP! BANG! POW! Jademan. barely recovered from his gruelling victory over Spaceman, must now face the wrath of the Whole Force! That’s the story-line in an ongoing takeover battle in Hongkong's vastly lucrative comics empire. Whole Force Utd, a newly-formed company under– AFP. - 396 words
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Article6651 1989-05-13 16 AH shares quoted have a par value of $l, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N Tai-eiempted dividend. P/E ratios and gross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences. Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme. J Margin stocks. ABN is traded in lots of6,651 words
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Article306 1989-05-13 17 Manager s prices for May 13 A 15 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 15 1 22 The Savings Fund 0 98 -1 04 Spore Prog fund 0 45 0 49 Spore Sec fund 0 76 081 Spore Invest Fund 0 80 0 85 Spore Fquity fund 0306 words
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Article657 1989-05-13 17 Friday May 12 HKt 4/. Amoy Proparlia» 4 20 4005 Asia Sac Int 1 2 725 -0 05 Alia Sac War 91 0.71 -0 04 Bank ol EA 18 70 4090 Bond Corp Int 1 205 -0 075 Bond Corp War 91 053 -001 65 00 -0 50 Cata657 words
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Article52 1989-05-13 17 THE ST Industrial Index rose 3.45 points on the week. Day-to-day indiees and volumes: MONDAY: HOLIDAY. TUESDAY: 1,280.51 points (down 1.05); 120.3 m units (value M 1115.02 m); WEDNESDAY: 1,280.81 (up 0.1); 01.1 m ($14l.81m); THURSDAY: 1,281.32 (up 0.05); 101.97 m (SloB.osm>; FRIDAY: 1,285.01 (down 2.25); 11352 words
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Article43 1989-05-13 17 THE New Straits Times Index rose 20.9 points. MONDAY: HOLIDAY HARI RAYA PUASA; TUESDAY: HOLIDAY; WEDNESDAY: 2,202.4 points (up 1.54); 59.13 m units (value M592.28m); THURSDAY: 2,218.08 (up 10.28); 09.58 m units (MsloS.32m); FRIDAY: 2,221.10 (up 3.08); 45.15 m ($82.84m).43 words
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Article44 1989-05-13 17 THE Hongkong Hang Seng Index «Hie 15.51 points. MONDAY: 3,208.54 points (up 5.68); turnover HR32.54 billion; TUESDAY: 3,202.25 (down 0.20); HK31.19 billion; WEDNESDAY: 3,280.08 (up 18.13); HKSI.S9 billion; THURSDAY: 3,285.10 (up 4.12); HK$l.6B billion; FRIDAY: 3,218.43 (down 6.61); HK31.42 billion.44 words
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Article, Illustration443 1989-05-13 18 Junk logo gets facelift as bank takes on new image Business Times. IT USED to take pride in being "solid as a rock". These days, however, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation would rather be known for "setting new standards". And so, in keepingBusiness Times. - 443 words
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Article156 1989-05-13 18 INCLUSION of its Australian and UK operations for the first time last year has trebled Jack Chla-MPH Ltd’s pre-tax profit to $28.8 million. The group, which only last year rehounded from the 1985-87 losses irom the Melbourne South Yarra project and Singapore's Hotel TaiPan operations, appears156 words
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609 1989-05-13 18 LEE HAN SHIH - Monthly rates forecast to exceed $9 per sq foot By LEE HAN SHIH writing in Business Times OFFICE RENTS in Singapore are almost certain to hit a new record within the next 12 months, said international property consultant Jones Wootton. According to609 words
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273 1989-05-13 18 DOREEN SIOW - DOREEN SIOW. COLD Storage Holdings, Singapore's largest listed supermarket operator, has acquired the 7-Eleven convenience store chain of 62 outlets from Jardine Matheson Holdings (Singapore). This will extend its al-ready-comprehensive network to over 100 retail and food outlets in Singapore. A statement from Cold Storage273 words
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Article, Illustration769 1989-05-13 18 Week ended May 5. Compiled by Business Times. Final results Group net Year to Company dividend profit/loss 000) ABN 28(27) 61 le (517e) Dec 88 A|inomoto 10 (8 3a) 221 ($2,233) Dec 38 Balu Lintanj? M$9 8691 ($4 4391) Sept 88 Bousteadco 5 $3,303Business Times. - 769 words
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Article, Illustration475 1989-05-13 19 GRACE CHNG - Company to employ 150 more graduates By GRACE CHNG IN A major reorganisation, Hew-lett-Packard Singapore has assumed Asia-wide responsibilities for two of its main product divisions personal computers and peripherals. The move will mean that Mr Koh Boon Hwee. HP’s Managing Director here, will475 words
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381 1989-05-13 19 EUROPEAN multinational, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, plans to invest another $360 million in its Singapore operations in a bid to make it into the top 10 world producers of integrated circuits (ICs). The investment commitment one of the largest non-oil investments announced so far381 words
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Article97 1989-05-13 19 KUALA LUMPUR The Foreign Investment Committee has given in-principle approval lor the general offer made by Home Industries (M) Bhd (or the entire issued and paid-up capital of Multi-Purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB). Aseambanker Malaysia Bhd, In a statement on behalf of Hume, on Wednesday said approval97 words
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Article, Illustration482 1989-05-13 19 LIM ENG HAI - By LIM ENG HAI SINGAPORE Land Chairman S. P. Tao, who has been trying to back out of a deal to sell his personal stake in the Gateway office project in Beach Road, has buckled under persistent pressure from482 words
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Article114 1989-05-13 19 Company RIGHTS ISSUE George Town Three lor two @1 $1 00 pe> share date Match 13 Books close March 26 Acceptance Payment May <2 Guthrie GTS 1 hree lor one ol $0 XI share SO 72 each with two $0X1 nommol loon stocks and lour T$Rs dote Apnl114 words
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Article399 1989-05-13 19 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Alcorn Proposed capital 'eduction trot" M$8l 56 to M$l6 3lm through a write down ol M$l oai value f o M$0X) tollowed by the consolidation ol tive of the ?0 sen shore mto one share ot Mji each Pighrs issue ol three lor one M$080399 words
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482 1989-05-13 20 ON RELIGION AND PREACHING ON CAMPUS WK HAVE been reading with concern your articles on the so-called religious revival in Singapore and the editorial comment on the subject. Throughout history, religious revivals, particularly of the Protestant Christian variety, have been482 words
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313 1989-05-13 20 1 FOLLOW with concern the recent series of reports and commentaries in your [taper on the state of religion in Singapore. I agree with you that insensitive approaches in propagating one’s faith in our multi-religious setting should lx* discouraged. The over-zealous proselytisers313 words
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Advertisement97 1989-05-13 20 Dear Overseas Readers THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the ptper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we would97 words
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Advertisement1153 1989-05-13 21 APPOINTMENTS A Career in Management ForA Laboratory Manager Beecham Pharmaceuticals is a leading supplier of antibiotics manufactured at locations in the UK, USA, Europe and Singapore. O The Company Over $l4O million has been invested in Singapore where we produce semisynthetic penicillins for export to over 40 countries around the1,153 words
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Advertisement962 1989-05-13 22 APPOINTMENTS TAT LEE BANK LIMITED invites application for the post of OFFICER in our Accounts Department. REQUIREMENTS A recognised accounting degree or equivalent professional qualifications Minimum 2 to 3 years' relevant experience preferably in a financial institution or public accounting firm Knowledge of Foreign Exchange/ACU Settlement will be an advantage962 words
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Article, Illustration736 1989-05-13 23 JOE DORAI - VIEWPOINT by JOE DORAI COMPENSATION for the release of players between clubs is part and parcel of the professional and semiprofessional soccer scene. So, rightly, the Football Association of Singapore and clubs Geylang and Singapore Armed Forces Sports736 words
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Article, Illustration363 1989-05-13 23 JOE DORAI - JOE DORAI. FORMER Singapore skipper Au-yeong Pak Kuan has been recalled to the Republic's national soccer squad for this year's three major competitions after a four-year absence Versatile Au-yeong, 29, left the Singapore national squad in 1985 to pursue a two-year electronic engineering course at363 words
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Article, Illustration139 1989-05-13 23 SWIMMER David Lim was on Thursday crowned Sportsman of the Year for the third time while rising squash star Mah Li IJan won the Sportswoman award. David, who gets to keep the trophy for his third victory, was139 words
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Advertisement233 1989-05-13 23 I The Straits Times 0© Now keeping in jaip > touch with what s WCtKtt OVt«st*S »o»t*oN happening in Singapore couldn’t be easier. Or more economical. Because all the major news of every week is condensed into one paper. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. Printed on lightweight paper in233 words
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Article, Illustration467 1989-05-13 24 Passenger ship to take 600 home next week HUNDREDS of Indian illegal workers and overstayers were transferred from the Indian High Commission to the civil defence camp in Jalan Bahar on Thursday, as arrangements were being made for a passenger467 words
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118 1989-05-13 24 A HOUSEWIFE who snipped off the penis of her daughter’s boyfriend with a pair of scissors left a district court a free woman this week after the prosecution said it was not proceeding with the case. No reason was given. Tan Kim118 words
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412 1989-05-13 24 MATHEW PEREIRA - By MATHEW PEREIRA THE opening of Changi .Airport’s showpiece Terminal 2 may be delayed by about two months because of the recent repatriation of illegal foreign workers and other factors, sources said yesterday. The original opening date of the $651-million412 words
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276 1989-05-13 24 KUALA LUMPUR The ruling National Front is tipped to win the Bentong parliamentary seat in the by-election today but with a reduced majority against a determined challenge from the opposition Democratic Action Party. Sources from the camps of Umno and the Malaysian Chinese Association276 words