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Title Section22 1990-03-10 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 37 H 8922 words
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Article, Illustration879 1990-03-10 1 Bertha Henson - First Deputy Prime Minister will concentrate on building bilateral ties that will last for succeeding generations of leaders By Bertha Henson KUALA LIJMPUR Mr Goh Chok Tong has said that he will adopt a forward-looking, fu-ture-oriented approach in dealing with MalaysiaBernama picture. - 879 words
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336 1990-03-10 1 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira KIGHT young Thai workers have died of heart failure in Singapore this year all after eating glutinous rice c<»oked in PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipes. The Thai Kmbassy here, suspicious over this common factor in the deaths,336 words
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Advertisement59 1990-03-10 1 INSIDE JB’s pleasure drome Page 9 NEWS FOCUS Ministerial panel on transport to be set up PAGE 2 HOME Man cheats single women of slm PAGE 7 MALAYSIA Over 51,900 left Malaysia since NEP started in 1970 PAGE 10 MONEY PAGES 14-19 FORUM Nudity: Time for more exposure PAGE 2059 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration1085 1990-03-10 2 Bertha Henson - Committee will look into all aspects of Singapore’s land transport policy By Bertha Henson A MINISTERIAL Committoe on Land Transportation will be set up to look into all aspects of Singapore's land transport nolicy, Mr Goh Chok Tong has announced. To be1,085 words
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Article, Illustration461 1990-03-10 2 COMMUNICATIONS and Information Minister Yeo Ning Hong has released some details of the vehicle quota scheme to explain how big-timers would be prevented from forming cartels to corner the market. In an effort to dispel the fear among461 words
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Article, Illustration894 1990-03-10 2 TAN SAI SONG - Comment By TAN SAI SONG WITH the vehicle quota scheme. Singaporeans may at last have a chance to find a way out of the maze of high car taxes that they have been lost in for well over a decade while894 words
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Article, Illustration504 1990-03-10 3 Make subject fun so pupils will enjoy, not hate it, says Dr Seet A POOR attitude rather than a lack of ability could lx? the main reason behind a student’s difficulties in learning a second language (1,2), Dr Seet Ai Mee has504 words
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Article, Illustration401 1990-03-10 3 Ong Ming Seing - By Ong Ming Seing Washington Correspondent UNITED NATIONS Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States, Mr Tommy Koh, has been elected chairman of the preparatory committee for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. He was elected by acclamation at the opening401 words
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Article, Illustration351 1990-03-10 3 Visitors to Sentosa allowed to handle the harmless creatures CLOSE-UP of marine life without getting wet. This ex|>eriencp awaits visitors to Sentosa’s tropical fish oceanarium when it opens in June, Another attraction: Visitors will also bo able to handle harmless sea creatures such as351 words
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497 1990-03-10 3 Rav Dhaliwal - Toa Payoh families to play host in night tours in STPB's pilot project By Rav Dhaliwal TOURISTS will soon be taken on night tours in housing estates, starting with Toa Payoh, to experience the home life of Singaporeans. The tours will take the497 words
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HOME
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429 1990-03-10 4 Each race 'can preserve its cultural heritage’ EVERY race in Singapore is given equal treatment in the effort to help each of them preserve its cultural heritage. Mr Goh Chok Tong has said. That was why each community was given a whole month to429 words
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Article, Illustration202 1990-03-10 4 PHOTOGRAPHS, musical instruments and clothes of the late Zubir Said (above), composer of Singapore's national anthem, go on public display from today. The exhibition of Zubir memorabilia will be on till March 26 at the National Archives Exhibition Hall in Hill Street.202 words
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Article, Illustration611 1990-03-10 4 Charmaine Chan - He gets them to part with money with promises of marriage By Charmaine Chan THIRTY-THREE single women handed over more than $1 million in loans to an apparently wealthy bachelor who proposed marriage to each one of them. But Tan Swee Kok611 words
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Article, Illustration185 1990-03-10 4 Outfits with orchid motifs a big hit with Singaporeans THE Singapore Dress with its orchid motifs has become a big hit with Singaporeans, judging by sales at a recent exhibition on the apparel. The Search for Singapore Dress Textile and Garments Sale and Exhibition sold $2M,Nt185 words
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334 1990-03-10 4 MORE unionised companies are raising the retirement age, with almost nine out of 10 collective agreements signed between October and December last year extending it to beyond 55. About seven out of 10 agreements signed in the same period334 words
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Article, Illustration1333 1990-03-10 5 Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, the MP for Siglap, talks to Cephah Tan about his concern that racial chauvinism exists, even among the highly-educated in Singapore. This is dangerous as their views sound rational, he says. But on the whole, he believes relations1,333 words
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Article, Illustration393 1990-03-10 5 SINGER Chris Ho’s show at Dreams disco in Amara Hotel scheduled for Monday —has been cancelled. The action came after police put a condition for the show. No stimulating act that may lead to unruly behaviour, say police. Sources say the action393 words
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Article, Illustration334 1990-03-10 5 A SENIOR banker under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau was found dead below a block of private apartments in Tanjong Rhu. Mr Chan Chwee Chiew, 51, is believed to have fallen from the 11th storey home of a friend at Austra334 words
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222 1990-03-10 5 A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby girl, born with an unusual heart defect, has had the condition corrected at National University Hospital. The heart of Patrice, the baby, was found to have two aortas, one more than usual. This condition was said by some heart222 words
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455 1990-03-10 6 GCE A-level results THE General Paperproved a stumbling block for some students in last year's GCE A level examinations. This partly accounted for the 4 per cent drop in the overall pass rate compared to 1988. While 72.5455 words
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Article, Illustration632 1990-03-10 6 97 r c of students score passes, thanks to one-to-one tutorials and extra GP classes RAFFLES Junior College topped the honours list in last year's GCE A level results with 96.9 per cent of its students having at least two A and two AO passes632 words
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Article198 1990-03-10 6 THE genuine jade burial suit of the King of Liang and a gilded girl holding a lamp from Changxin Palace are among more than 200 pieces of 2,W)0-year-old artefacts from the Han Dynasty to go on display at The Empress Place from the end of198 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article119 1990-03-10 6 SINGAPORE won the Best Display award at the Hongkong International Flower Show 90 recently with four thousand stalks of colourful orchids creatively arranged in a pebble garden. The award was based on a “Flowers and Gardens of the World” theme in which 60 international and local119 words
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Article97 1990-03-10 6 TWO gala dinners were held on Tuesday to promote Singapore as a fun-filled destination for the family. Singapore Night, hosted by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board and Singapore Airlines, was held at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Madras. The second dinner was held at the Taj Mahal97 words
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Article75 1990-03-10 6 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board led a team of 62 |>eople to Europe's largest travel trade show, which ended on Thursday. The team to the six-day International Tourism Borse was headed by STPB executive director Pek Hock Thiam and includes representatives from 33 hotels. 11 travel agencies75 words
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Article, Illustration87 1990-03-10 6 SINGAPOREANS got to see Evita. the first Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to be performed here, on Wednesday. The original Broadway cast will give 12 performances at the Kallang Theatre until March 16. The musical tells the story of the rise and fall of Eva Peron. the87 words
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Article100 1990-03-10 6 A COMPREHENSIVE book on Singapore trees for horticultural enthusiasts, amateur gardeners and students will soon be on sale. The book, which was launched on Monday at the National University of Singapore, was the result of increasing public demand for more knowledge about plants in Singapore. “People100 words
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Article102 1990-03-10 6 NATIONAL Training Commissioner Joseph Wong has been appointed Chief Commissioner of the Singapore Scout Association. The appointment by President Wee Kim Wee, who is also the Chief Scout, is for a term of three years. Mr Wong joined the scout movement in 1953 as a boy scout102 words
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Article, Illustration407 1990-03-10 7 Leave Your Heart in Singapore will be shown in Changi Airport departure hall A LONE fisherman rowing his sampan is silhouetted against the orange sunrise sky. Another day has begun in the sunny island state of Singapore. Taiji exponents sway with the breeze in407 words
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125 1990-03-10 7 THK video wall will be launched in the west wing departure hall of Chang! Airport next Saturday. It will screen the video show, Leave Your Heart In Singapore, 12 times a day on the large video wall in Changi Airport’s west125 words
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274 1990-03-10 7 INDONESIA is keen to have more co-operation in port management and facilities with Singapore, visiting Indonesian Communications Minister Azwar Ana/ has said. He said that Indonesia was in the process of developing 170 ports throughout the country, and could learn from Singapore’s "vast274 words
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Article256 1990-03-10 7 FAX a Mac. McDonald’s now has McFax customers get a faxed menu, write their orders on it and simply fax it back. Within 30 minutes, the food is delivered free, without customers having to leave the comfort of their offices. And what’s more, there256 words
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609 1990-03-10 8 Bidding for 14,000 vehicles to be open for a week BUYERS of new vehicles under the quota scheme will have to make their bids in the first week of April for the first lot of licences in the May to July609 words
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249 1990-03-10 8 AN ISLAND-WIDE rainfall on Thursday afternoon brought relief after Singapore's hottest spell since 1983. A spokesman for the Meteorological Service said the rain started in Sembawang at about 3 pm before spreading to all parts of Singapore. He added that the last time249 words
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Article, Illustration286 1990-03-10 8 18 S’pore officers get an emotional welcome home AN EMOTIONAL reunion with their families and loved ones greeted the first batch of 18 police officers to return to Singapore after a 43-week tour of duty in Namibia on Monday. As a band struck up Stand Up for286 words
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300 1990-03-10 8 FOR the first time, a whole month June will be devoted to the youth of Singapore. The Youth Month is to project a more "tangible image" of the country’s youth movement to the public and encourage more youths to join it.300 words
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Article114 1990-03-10 8 SOME 110 members of the Houston Symphony, one of America’s oldest performing arts organisations, will be in Singapore as part of this year’s Festival of Arts. The orchestra will give two performances at the Victoria Concert Hall on June 8 and 9. They will be headed by114 words
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Article, Illustration1935 1990-03-10 9 On the average, at least 16,000 Singaporeans endure long queues every day to cross the Causeway to visit Johor Baru, the capital of the state of Johor. Seafood and shopping aside, it is the colourful nightlife in JB that is the draw. Sharon Lim reports. LIFE is,1,935 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration471 1990-03-10 10 Indonesian-Singapore military co-operation KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Armed Ferres <MAF) has never been suspicious of Indonesia's action in providing military training facilities for Singapore nor has it felt itself threatened, the Mingguan Malaysia reported. The paper, the Sunday edition of the influential Malay language471 words
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273 1990-03-10 10 AFP KOTA KINABALU The federal government has banned a television commercial on Sabah's tourist attractions, branding it as political propaganda, state officials said here on Monday. The officials, who expressed surprise over the move, said that the federal government wrote to the SabahAFP - 273 words
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224 1990-03-10 10 KUALA LUMPUR Islamic religious programmes aired over television and radio were not meant to Islamise Malaysians belonging to other religions. This was the assurance the government gave last Friday in a reply to a written question raised by opposition leader Lim Kit224 words
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113 1990-03-10 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines (MAS) will buy 28 additional aircraft and increase the number of flights to foreign destinations. Deputy Transport Minister Datin Paduka Zaleha Ismail said MAS currently provides services to 23 domestic and 43 overseas destinations It will start flying to Ho113 words
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Article168 1990-03-10 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines had 2,424 flights delayed between Jan 1 and Feb 25 this year, Deputy Transport Minister Datin Paduka Zaleha Ismail said on Tuesday. In a written reply to National Front MP, Mr Ong Tee Keat, Datin Paduka Zaleha said the delays168 words
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260 1990-03-10 10 Parliament KUALA LUMPUR More than 51,900 Malaysians have migrated since the New Economic Policy was implemented in 1970, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday. In a written reply to Haji Nik Abdullah Arshad, the Parti Islam MP260 words
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304 1990-03-10 10 KUALA LUMPUR A total of $435.7 million was withdrawn between 1985 and 1989 by 14,729 Employees Provident Fund contributions who were emigrating. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Loke Yuen Yow said. Replying to Encik Ahmad Omar (BN-Pagoh), Datuk Loke said304 words
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Article, Illustration276 1990-03-10 11 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat met Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Monday to discuss the problem of Soviet Jewish settlers in Is-raeli-occupied territories. A senior Malaysian Foreign Ministry official said Mr Arafat told Dr Mahathir that moves wereReuter.; AFP picture. - 276 words
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312 1990-03-10 11 KUALA LUMPUR Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday that he would help to resolve the controversy over the appointment of five non-Malay deans in the University of Malaya. He told reporters after a post-Cabinet meeting with Education Ministry312 words
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314 1990-03-10 11 NST. KUANTAN The government will continue its efforts to unite the different races in Malaysia to create a single united and harmonious society, the Prime Minister has said. Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the determination of the government– NST. - 314 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration458 1990-03-10 11 Businessmen are urged to sell some shares to co-operatives to narrow the social gap Reuter. JAKARTA President Suharto called together many of Indonesia’s richest businessmen over the weekend and lectured them about the need to spread wealth by selling part of their companies toReuter. - 458 words
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Article, Illustration313 1990-03-10 11 Abby Tan - By Abby Tan Manila Correspondent MANILA The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered jailed opposition senator Juan Ponce Enrile freed on bail of 100,000 pesos (557.534). The 15-member Supreme Court voted 10-4 to grant Enrile's petition for bail. One judge abstained. Enrile was arrested a— AFP picture.. - 313 words
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175 1990-03-10 11 Tan Lian Choo - By Tan Lian Choo Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK The Thai Cabinet has dismissed the governor of the Bank of Thailand, Mr Kamchorn Sathirakul, and appointed his deputy, Mr Chavalit Thanachanan, to succeed him. An announcement by the official Radio Thailand said on Tuesday Mr Chavalit’s175 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article716 1990-03-10 12 MARCH 9. 1990 WITH the economy enjoying a record low unemployment rate of 2.2 per cent, the good times of the last few years are rolling on for Singaporeans. For employers however, this statistic is a silver lining with a cloud, signalling that the chronic labour716 words
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Article667 1990-03-10 12 MARCH 6. 1990 THF recent call by Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister of State (Trade and Industry), for moderation in wage rises this year should be seen in the context of a general concern in the business community with the rising costs of doing business Given the667 words
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Article656 1990-03-10 12 MARCH 5, 1990 IT WAS a rare Budget indeed which Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu presented on Friday all honey and no sting. Some will argue that the sting was delivered earlier, the vehicle quota scheme being a case in point. Even so, it is difficult to656 words
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690 1990-03-10 12 Kalimullah Hassan - By Kalimullah Hassan of the Foreign Desk IN THE early 1970s, a new education policy in Malaysia saw English being phased out in schools in favour of the national language, Bahasa Malaysia. The change in emphasis. it was said, was to promote national690 words
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Article113 1990-03-10 12 “1 think it is a crime for us to destroy the beautiful Singapore which we have built. I don’t think our children and grandchildren can ever forgive us.” IDPM Goh Chok Tong on the dire consequences of over-building roads in a bid to satisfy the people's desire to own113 words
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COMMENT
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1498 1990-03-10 13 The impending leadership handover in Singapore, the position of Singapore Malays, and the Republic’s armed forces were the focus of a commentary by A 1 Yahya published in the current issue of Mingguan Kota, a weekly Malaysian Malay language tabloid with a circulation1,498 words
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797 1990-03-10 13 TAN SAI SONG - My word TAN SAI SONG A REGULAR Sunday Times contributor, who signs her columns with the name "Vana", astounded me the other day. Writing two Sundays ago about the changing and unchanging behavioural pattern of people in Singapore, she observed: though we797 words
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MONEY
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Article, Illustration476 1990-03-10 14 Genevieve Cua - International Convention and Exhibition Centre to cost $1.5 billion By Genevieve Cua THE race is on to clinch the single biggest building job in Singapore the $750 million to $1 billion main contract to build the International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Invitation476 words
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Article262 1990-03-10 14 Chow Chee Son - Chow Chee Son. YOUR very own shower compartment carved out of a solid onyx block with 16 shower heads, a private elevator to your own sundeck and swimming pool, luxurious suites replete with electronic gadgets and secret panels these are all part of a262 words
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333 1990-03-10 14 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva THE joint venture Singa-pore-Indonesian Batam Industrial Park is offering a comprehensive and attractive labour package including screening of potential workers to get local companies and multinational corporations based here to shift some of their operations to Batam Island.333 words
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Article, Illustration416 1990-03-10 14 Chow Chee Sun - By Chow Chee Sun AMERICAN billionaire Donald Trump's leisure division is looking to move its Far East representative office to Singapore from Hongkong soon. Mr Javier Tejeda, VicePresident of International Marketing for Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino, said416 words
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612 1990-03-10 15 Koh Bee Ann - By Koh Bee Ann AMERICAN multinational corporation Oner a 1 Electric is hack in Singa|>ore with a bang it will invest US$4OO million (***** million) in a manufacturing plant hero and is planning to relocate its Pacific headquarters to Singapore612 words
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91 1990-03-10 15 A USSSO-MTLLION unit trust investing only in the Thailand stock market was launched last Friday by two of Singapore’s largest banks. DBS Bank and OCBC Bank. On offer will be five million units at US$lO.5O (5519.50) per unit, said DBS Bank It91 words
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Article171 1990-03-10 15 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to on* unit ot foreign currency US dollar Buying 00 I 8570 Seing 1 8790 Sterling pound 3.0539 3 1135 Australian dollar I 3975 1 4384 Canadian dollar l .5619 1 5964 N7 dollar 1 0804 1.1152 Singapore dollar* to 100 unit* ol foreign171 words
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189 1990-03-10 15 IN A MOVE aimed at giving high profile exposure to lo-cally-made products, the Trade Development Board (TDB) will host a Singapore Showcase at Changi Airport later thus year. It is leasing 180 square metres of shop space at the airport's Terminal 2. which189 words
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Article, Illustration404 1990-03-10 15 Proposed deals could have impact on S’pore’s Nat Iron Reuter KUALA LUMPUR A Taiwanese and a South Korean firm are negotiating to build two giant steel mills worth MSI2 billion (558.25 billion) in Malaysia, which could have a major impact onReuter - 404 words
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Article, Illustration451 1990-03-10 15 Business Times BEVERAGE group Yeo Hiap Seng is firming up plans to penetrate the Philippines' multi-billion peso preserved foods and drinks market. As its initial step, YHS has forged a marketing tie-up with Seven C’s Corp. a Filipino firmBusiness Times - 451 words
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Article101 1990-03-10 15 ASIAN CURRENCY UNIT Contract data: 8/3/90 CURttNCri MTH 3 MTH 6 «4TH 9 MTU 12 HTW CALI VALUE us$ 7». 7»» iy% 7V. DATE 12/3/90 a 15'. 14' 143. 14»/« 14H 13V. 13/3/90 m 12’ r 12 s 12». 12S 12M. 10'4 12 3/90 STG 14 1101 words
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Article1829 1990-03-10 16 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 9. 1990 Gr's IMS/90 Tet _ait Vo! Oay Last Quote Olv Net High Low rod* Company Sal* -or- 000 High Low Buyer Seller V. P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 244 111 1000 Aetna 201 -5 86 202 197 199 202 207 87* 1143 Amcol 25c 206 151,829 words
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Article376 1990-03-10 16 INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 290 150 1142 Ale« Hldgs 50« 290 10 3 290 285 280 300 60 51 8 1589 Causeway A 228 182’ 56 X 1160 Inno-Pacitic 132 1 23 132 130 131 132 1 5 1156 Ini Wood 76 sutp mo 155 1808 K Kolias 25p 970376 words
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Article808 1990-03-10 16 1 MB/BO High Low T*( Cod* Company Loot Soto -orVol Oay '000 High Low Lmi Quoit luyor SoMtr Or* Dhr Oatt PiyiMt 130 124 t 1543 CK Tang W1 90 234 -4 2 234 234 234 270 73« 66 1546 Causoway Loan 73 unch 3 73808 words
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Article542 1990-03-10 17 Weekly sharemarket review LACKLUSTRE trading was the predominant feature on the Singapore stock market throughout the week, as a lack of positive leads continued to dampen investor sentiment. Brokers said the traditional rally during the corporate results reporting season was not emerging because much of the good542 words
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Article1961 1990-03-10 17 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 9, 1990 1M«I Tal Last High Low Cod* Company Sal* orVol Day 000 High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller HONGKONG STOCKS 102 94 1418 COL Hotel* Inti 95 1610 96 94 94 95 1246 Cathay Pacific 1000 980 1739 Cheung Kong 1000 1245 Dairy Farm1,961 words
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Article151 1990-03-10 17 ST Industrials Index THE Straits Times Industrials Index gained 34.71 points on the week to 1,584.18 points. Day-to-day Indices: MONDAY: 1,552.45 points (up M 8); 89.65 m unite (valued at $179.14 m); TUESDAY: 1,552.55 (up 9.19); 84.86 m unite ($169.9 m); WEDNESDAY: 1,568.93 (up 16.38); 81.91 m151 words
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Article575 1990-03-10 17 Friday Man* MKS Amoy Prop*rties 2 675 -0 025 Allied Overseas 091 *0 01 Asia Sec Int'l 205 ■0075 Asia Sac War 91 Allied TW 0 41 1 00 ♦0.01 0 06 Bond Corp Int i Bond Corp War 91 Bank of EA 1 «3 0 78 14 00575 words
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COMPANY RESULTS
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121 1990-03-10 18 SOMI) CONTKIKI TIONS from its listed subsidiaries has helped Keppel Corporation report record sales of $1 billion, up 31.4-per cent from before. For the year ended last Dec 31, the diversified conglomerate’s group pre-tax profit swelled 86.7 per cent to $150.83 million, also121 words
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117 1990-03-10 18 NEWLY-LISTED trading group Sime Singapore Ltd has announced a 16-(>ci cent increase in pre-tax profit to $25.6 million on the hack of a 13-per cent lower turnover of $2OO million. For the six months ended Dec- 31. group after-tax profit rose 41117 words
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147 1990-03-10 18 DKSPITK LOU BK commodity prices and a 43-per cent drop in contributions from the plantations division, Sime Darby Bhd has reported a 24-per cent higher interim pre-tax profit of M 5280.7 million (*****.78 million). Group sales for the first half year to Dec147 words
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153 1990-03-10 18 STRAITS STEAMSHIP LAND has reported a 13.3per cent higher pre-tax profit of $27.3 million despite a drop in turnover. The property company said its better pre-tax earnings reflected the improved performance in its core activities and higher net interest income which jumped153 words
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158 1990-03-10 18 PRIMA LTD has turned in a 14.8-per cent fall in group pre-tax profit to $27.74 million for the year ended last Dec 31. Group turnover, however, increased 14.9 per cent to $97.85 million, although investment income shrank from $824,000 to $292,000. The flour158 words
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480 1990-03-10 18 S Subramaniam - But no decision yet on admission of China, HK and Taiwan to forum By S Subramaniam ECONOMIC co-operation among 12 Asia-Pacific nations has been given a push with the launching of six projects to study ways to boost trade and480 words
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244 1990-03-10 18 SINGAPORE has been chosen as the first regional training centre by the International Air Transport Association (lata) with Singapore \irlines providing support in the form of training expertise and scholarships. lata’s move should give an added boost to the local aerospace and aviation244 words
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Article, Illustration794 1990-03-10 18 Yaw Yan Chong - By Yaw Yan Chong FOREIGN investors especially Hongkong-based firms are buying up entire blocks of residential properties in Singapore as an investment measure. This trend is likely to become more bullish in the next few years and has caused property prices to rise,794 words
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Article265 1990-03-10 19 Week ended Mar 2. Compiled by Business Times. Preliminary results Gross Group pre-tax Year to Company dividend profit/loss ('000) B A T 122.7 b (72) $32,161 ($18,084) Dec 89 D C Bank NYA (0 9a) M 515.697 ($10,221) Dec 89 Eu Yan Sang 8.5 (7.5) $1,909 ($1,344) DecCompiled by Business Times. - 265 words
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649 1990-03-10 19 APPROVED ISSUES Company Rights Issue AMMB One tor tour (a M$2 40 per share Ex-dale Mai 8 Boohs close Mar 22 Acceptance Payment NYA Bousteadco One-tor three <n $1 15 per share Ex date Ian 19 Books close: Feb 1 Acceptance Payment Mar 19 etc649 words
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Article99 1990-03-10 19 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will be buying 234 engines from Pratt and Whitney for US$2.2 billion (554.07 billion). In an announcement on Wednesday, SIA said the engines will be used to power the 30 Boeing 747-400 “Megatop" aircraft and 20 McDon-nell-Douglas MD-lls which it ordered99 words
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Article54 1990-03-10 19 SEMBAWANG Maritime, the salvage and harbour towage group soon to be controlled by Sembawang Shipyard, has won a $3l million contract to supply and construct a submarine pipeline for Shell Eastern Petroleum. The eight-km-long pipeline will link Shell's refinery on Pulau Bukom to its new54 words
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Article, Illustration407 1990-03-10 19 Quak Hiang Whai - By Quak Hiang Whai BANK customers have never had it so good. To maintain if not to gain market share, banks are outbidding each other by offering high interest rates for depositors but low rates for borrowers. The competition has caused lending margins407 words
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Article266 1990-03-10 19 Manager’s prices for March 9 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 132-139 The Savings Fund 110—1 16*d S pore Prog Fund 0 49-0.53 S pore Sec Fund 0 85-090 S'pore Invest Fund 0 89 -0 94 S pore Equity Fund 0 59-0 63 > Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest266 words
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Article431 1990-03-10 19 Current Ex Books Date Total tor Total for payment date close payable the year last year Asean Fund US10c(b) Mar 7 Mar 19 Mar 26 US10C Ayimo 1»TE Feb 28 Mar 12 May 15 25%TE 25%TE BAT 90 9%(n) Apr 6 Apr 19 May 3 122 7%(n) 72%431 words
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FORUM
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Article414 1990-03-10 20 Authorities deserve credit for allowing exhibition I WENT to the exhibition on Beijing Oil Paintings on Chinese Nudes at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce last month to view the paintings as well as to observe the crowd. I noticed that a considerable number of the414 words
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408 1990-03-10 20 THE article "Euthanasia may have a place in tomorrow’s society” (The Sunday Times, Feb 18) deeply saddened me. To suggest euthanasia could be a part of Singapore life in the future must have brought fear to the old408 words
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246 1990-03-10 20 I WOULD like to extend my congratulations to those neighbourhood schools which nurtured students to excellent results in the 1989 GCE O level examinations. This unequivocally dispels the notion that only established and independent schools can groom and produce students with outstanding academic results. Kudos,246 words
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Advertisement132 1990-03-10 20 Dear Readers THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers. They should preferably be typed, doubled-spaced, on one side of the paper. Brevity is an advantage. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who132 words
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Advertisement936 1990-03-10 21 APPOINTMENTS i We are among the leaders in the US FORTUNE 500 companies for several years now. In Singapore, we have a manufacturing and sales operation. We have another 3 offices in the Asia Region. We have just completed our restructuring and to meet our ambitious objectives, we invite suitably936 words
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Advertisement1167 1990-03-10 22 APPOINTMENTS MALAYAN BREWERIES (S) PTE LTD, a well established company engaged in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of beer, invites applications for the positions of: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICERS They will be assisting in the company's corporate media and public relations programmes, production of publications, organisation of tours in our high1,167 words
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SPORTS
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Article626 1990-03-10 23 Tay Cheng Khoon - The Dunlop Salver squash international in Kuala Lumpur By Tay Cheng Khoon SINGAPORE suffered one of their worst thrashings as they crashed 4-9 to Malaysia in the Dunlop Salver squash international at Jalan Duta last Saturday. Not only did they lose the Salver for the626 words
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Article, Illustration451 1990-03-10 23 Joe Dorai - Semi-Pro Division One Soccer By Joe Dorai DEFENDING champion Geylang International and Jurong Town FC are the only teams left in the race for the Premier League soccer title which also carries a cash award of $30,000. The451 words
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Article, Illustration176 1990-03-10 23 SINGAPORE'S best butterfly hope Tan V-Meng aims to make an impact in September’s Beijing Asian Games by winging his way to the United States. The 16-year-old international is the second swimmer in less than six months to win a Singapore Sports Council scholarship to176 words
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Article, Illustration300 1990-03-10 23 SINGAPORE squash will lose its longest-playing and most illustrious champion by the end of this year. Zainal Abidin, 10-time winner of the East Asia Individual championships and pillar of the Singanore team in more than a decade of success at world, Asian and300 words
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Article, Illustration680 1990-03-10 23 Godfrey Robert £ - THE SPORTS EDITOR SAYS... By Godfrey Robert IT IS exactly one year since the Minister for National Development, Mr S. Dhanabalan. set a new direction for Singapore sport with the unveiling of an ambitious policy that suddenly livened up activity on the playing680 words
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Article, Illustration78 1990-03-10 24 IT THUNDERED down to within a few metres above Lim Chu Kang Road before soaring off into the sky again. That was how the Republic of Singapore Air Force's F-16 Fighting Falcon made its first public appearance on Thursday. The aircraft was one78 words
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Article, Illustration1055 1990-03-10 24 Steven Pak - Service sector can hire Malaysians; stiffer penalties for errant bosses may include mandatory jail sentence By Steven Pak THE Government on Tuesday announced a new policy to allow all sectors of the economy to recruit foreign workers. It is also planning stiffer penalties for1,055 words
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234 1990-03-10 24 LOCAL companies which want to employ foreign workers may one day have to bid for them under a quota system similar to the one for vehicles to be implemented in May. "There is no reason why we shouldn’t apply this to foreign workers in future,”234 words
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247 1990-03-10 24 Dominic Nathan - By Dominic Nathan TWO state-of-the-art Royal Air Force (RATO fighter jets, which will be taking part in a major air defence exercise under the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) next week, will arrive here on Monday. The Tornado GRls, which will247 words