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Title Section20 1990-04-07 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 7. 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 37/8/8920 words
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Article424 1990-04-07 1 Data on childcare, leisure, religious practices being sought for first time Exercise will include S’poreans studying, working or living abroad SINGAPORE’S biggest ami most important statistical exercise, the 1990 Census of Population, has been launched. The two-month long collection of demographic and socio-economic data covering every424 words
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Article, Illustration364 1990-04-07 1 Countries should help maintain deterrant, says envoy SINGAPORE’S offer to host some United States military facilities is a concrete sign that it recognises the value of a continued US presence in the region, Ambassador Robert Orr has said. Other Asia-Pacific countries which364 words
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Article, Illustration645 1990-04-07 1 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Singapore have laid the foundation for good relations between the two countries in future, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Malaysian leaders were also trying to have more contact with other leaders in the region,645 words
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Advertisement104 1990-04-07 1 Singapore workers rated top by Beri again See Back Page wm NEWS FOCUS 48 more weekly air services soon at Changi Airport PAGE 2 Day of nostalgia planned for ex-RI students PAGE 3 HOME Tourists get glimpse of HDB life PAGE 4 Court dismisses 4th appeal by ISA detainee PAGE104 words
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Advertisement11 1990-04-07 1 r' .Anli» i q«l5r:l! 3~t2 .’WM rut Membership Has Its Privileges11 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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461 1990-04-07 2 Seventeen airlines to start or increase their flights AIR travellers from Singapore will soon be able to look forward to another 48 weekly services from Changi Airport. Seventeen airlines plan to start or increase their flights through the airport by end-Octo-ber.461 words
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388 1990-04-07 2 IT WAS a smooth start for the Registry of Vehicles’ new Vehicle Quota Section when it opened on Monday to sell tender forms to prospective buyers under the new quota system. The section at the ROV headquarters in Sin Ming Drive was among388 words
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Article, Illustration92 1990-04-07 2 SO THIS is how buttermilk is prepared the old-fashioned way. With the traditional mortar and pestle, the chairman of the Indian food fiesta sub-committee, Mrs V. Kulasekaram (extreme right), introduces President Wee Kim Wee to some of the traditional kitchen utensils used in92 words
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Article, Illustration493 1990-04-07 2 s2lm system turns lights on and off according to sun’s brightness ALL 80.000 street-lights in Singapore are now operated by the ripple control system which allows the lamps to be automatically switched on and off according to the degree of brightness recorded by493 words
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759 1990-04-07 3 Sandra Davie - Plan to sell historic site to private developers By Sandra Davie HIGH restoration standards will be set for the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ) site in Victoria Street and the uses of the restored complex controlled to759 words
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Article, Illustration435 1990-04-07 3 AFTER years of working life, former boys and girls of Raffles Institution can go back to the classroom for a day to be “taught” once more by their former teachers. This is part of the 167-year-old school’s "Thanks for the Memories Day” activities.435 words
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279 1990-04-07 3 THE fear of dying in their sleep is driving some Thai workers to pack their bags and return home. Twenty- three have returned home while 31 will be doing so over the next few days. Crowds of Thai workers have also sought their embassy’s279 words
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795 1990-04-07 3 Chua Chong Jin; and Elaine Tan - By Chua Chong Jin and Elaine Tan A TEACHER from Holy Innocents’ High near Hougang Avenue 5 let a Secondary 2 pupil stay in her house during the exam period last year as his home was far from the school. At Delta795 words
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HOME
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452 1990-04-07 4 HANDPHONE subscribers here can now collect such telephones for immediate use in Thailand when they land at Bangkok International Airport under a new agreement signed by the telecommunications bodies of the two countries. Users here will not only be saved the bother452 words
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480 1990-04-07 4 Gerry de Silva - s2om drive to extend network to 5,000 outlets by 1995 By Gerry de Silva NETS, the electronic payment system operated by the Big Four local banks and POSB Bank, is going on an aggressive $2O-million drive to extend its network to small retailers including480 words
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Article, Illustration631 1990-04-07 4 Rohaniah Saini - By Rohaniah Saini MR KOH Baba had always regarded his five-room flat as spacious, but on Wednesday all the space seemed to shrink when more than 20 tourists squeezed into it. Another group of 21 tourists had to wait their turn outside to have631 words
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216 1990-04-07 4 A FORMER forklift driver set fire to his lover’s home after he saw her with another man on a bus and became very jealous, a court heard. Abdul Latiff bin Abdul Jabar, 43, now unemployed, was jailed for 18216 words
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145 1990-04-07 5 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has selected French-made Aerospatiale attack helicopters to meet its anti-tank requirements, according to defence industry sources here. The final number of AS 350 L-2 Ecureuil light helicopters to he ordered has still to beBernama. - 145 words
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156 1990-04-07 5 THE Air Force has brought its whole range of sophisticated air defence guns and missiles in its arsenal to let potential enlistees get a hands-on feel of them in its latest recruitment drive. The weapons in the threeday static display, which ends today,156 words
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Article, Illustration771 1990-04-07 5 Sumiko Tan - By Sumiko Tan THE Appeal Court has dismissed with costs Internal Security Act detainee Teo Soh Lung's fourth attempt to be freed. In a 47-page judgment on Tuesday, Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin, Mr Justice L. P. Thean and Mr771 words
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482 1990-04-07 5 A LEADING backbencher has railed on Malaysian politicians to verify their farts before making “wild allegations” against Singapore authorities. Dr Arthur Beng, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law, said that he was “astonished to482 words
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403 1990-04-07 5 MALAYSIA’S Culture and Tourism Minister, Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik, has said that the number of tourists from Singapore who entered Malaysia via the Causeway rose in the first two months of this year as compared to the same period last year, Nanyang Siang403 words
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323 1990-04-07 5 THERE is no truth in the allegations by some Malaysian fishermen that they had been detained and tortured by Singapore authorities for fishing in the Johor Straits, a Singapore Police spokesman has said. He was responding to press queries about the323 words
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138 1990-04-07 5 JOHOR BARU State Secretary Datuk Haji Abdul Rahim Ramli has dismissed recent press reports that spies from a neighbouring country tried to extract information about development programmes in Johor. Staff at all levels working in the Sultan Ismail Government Administration Building here had undergone138 words
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619 1990-04-07 6 SHA hopes its future school will make S’pore a top training centre THE hotel industry here is working towards setting up a new training school which will offer degree courses for those seeking careers in the hospitality trade. The Singapore Hotel Association619 words
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Article, Illustration330 1990-04-07 6 GREATER co-operation with foreign food companies can help Singapore food manufacturers break into the world market and remain competitive. Making this point on Tuesday, the Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Mah Bow Tan, said premier international events provide330 words
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407 1990-04-07 6 EMPLOYERS and workers need to be realistic about pay increases and go for moderation, said Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister of State (Trade and Industry, and Communications and Information). In an interview’ in the latest issue of NTUC News, he said that407 words
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Article, Illustration127 1990-04-07 6 FORMER Singapore Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Dr Chlang Hai Ding has been appointed Singapore’s Ambassador to Egypt. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said that the 51-year old diplomat served in the Soviet Union for four years until last year, with concurrent127 words
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406 1990-04-07 6 Tan Ee Sze - By Tan Ee Sze “MoNASI" and "Dim Sum King" may well bo Asian fare that will cat into the fast-food franchise market now dominated by burgers and pizzas. In a paper on Franchising Asian Ethnic Foods presented at Food Hotel Asia 1990406 words
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233 1990-04-07 6 IT IS goodbye to the old style of correspondence for a growing number of Singaporeans. Envelopes and stamps have been replaced by fax and telephone lines. It is fast, cheap and reliable. The change has been speeded up by plummeting prices for fax233 words
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Article, Illustration633 1990-04-07 7 Serena Toh - But choice should be a ‘personal one’ By Serena Toh IT IS better to use human organs to save lives than waste them, say leaders of some religious groups in Singapore, but the choice should be a personal one. The leaders who gave633 words
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432 1990-04-07 7 SEAWATER from Marina Bay is keeping the massive Marina Square’s water bills down by about $3.4 million a year and helping to conserve fresh water. The saltwater is treated by a plant in Marina Park and then used to absorb the heat from432 words
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487 1990-04-07 7 F. Nathan - By F. Nathan THE Health Ministry has announced two moves to boost research in Government and restructured hospitals to help them achieve medical excellence. Dr Kwa Soon Bee, the Permanent Secretary for Health, told a gathering of doctors that a $2.5487 words
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Article, Illustration94 1990-04-07 7 THIS sleep laboratory at the Singapore General Hospital aims to save the lives of snorers by studying them while they snooze. The laboratory was set up V/a years ago to study sleep apnea, a condition where snorers stop breathing and die in their94 words
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277 1990-04-07 7 DOCTORS in government hospitals who are interested in research will now have ample opportunity to take up projects under the ministry’s Department of Clinical Research (DCR), which will officially open in June. It will be housed at the Singapore General Hospital. Dr277 words
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Article, Illustration530 1990-04-07 8 Rohaniah Saini - Discovery of religious artefacts suggests that some early S’pore residents were Buddhists By Rohaniah Saini THE latest archaeological discovery at Fort Canning suggests that some 14thcentury Singapore residents were Buddhists. Religious artefacts dating back to that period, in eluding a tiny blue porcelain figure530 words
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Article, Illustration401 1990-04-07 8 Ong Soh Chin - By Ong Soh Chin FROM crumbling pre-war army quarters to a showcase of Singapore dance. The Republic’s only professional dance company will get its own home in refurbished Fort Canning barracks this year. The barracks are now being renovated for the401 words
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345 1990-04-07 8 A “DESIGNER radio station” went on the air on Sunday with the launch of SBC's Class 95 FM. The Station With Style. Said Madam Chua Foo Yong, the director of radio programmes: “The station will play classy music appealing to an upmarket group of listeners.”345 words
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373 1990-04-07 8 SOFTER silhouettes, less shoulder padding and a more casual dress style for the woman of the '9os that is the shape of Singapore fashion to come. This was the view of many of the 10 finalists in the Singapore Young Designers Contest, who373 words
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Article, Illustration1835 1990-04-07 9 Lo and behold! If you are seeing things, you are right. This is what our waterfront would have looked like if we had stopped the wrecker s ball from demolishing these historical buildings along Collyer Quay. Could this skyline have been preserved? AGNES CHEN reports. UNTIL asDrawn by Ang Choon Kiat from a 1963 photograph by Lae Sow-Lim. - 1,835 words
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MALAYSIA
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532 1990-04-07 10 Ungku Aziz also blames health and poverty higher learning. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya has blamed Malay tertiary students' poor academic performance on their wrong study attitude Royal Professor Ungku Aziz said on Tuesday that health problemshigher learning. — Bernama. - 532 words
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Article, Illustration151 1990-04-07 10 Bernama. KAJANG A senior officer of the Royal Malaysian Air Force was charged in a magistrate's court here on Wednesday for accepting bribes from a contractor with whom he had official transactions on the overhaul and repair of aircraft. Brigadier-General Anim Harun. 45.Bernama. - 151 words
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Article58 1990-04-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR The government has announced a programme costing Mssoo million to provide 9.369 houses for police personnel. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the government would buy 7,432 houses from private developers at a cost of M 5411.6 million and build another 1,93758 words
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345 1990-04-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said that the objectives of the next economic policy would not change, hut the method of implementation would he different. The new policy would give equal emphasis to performance and quota,345 words
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416 1990-04-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board has been told to wind up its activities by September. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday. He said it would take six months to phase out the operations416 words
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Article, Illustration234 1990-04-07 10 KUALA LUMPUR Nicole Adams and Danielle Prejean are two young American women here to soak up the sun, meet people and generally have a great time so that they can go back to tell other Americans about their Malaysian experience. The lovely234 words
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223 1990-04-07 11 JOHOR BAKU The final draft agreement on the water supply from Johor to Singapore is ready, the Johor Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, has said. The draft has been sent to the attorneys-general of the two countries for ratification, he told223 words
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Article, Illustration349 1990-04-07 11 NST. ALOR STAR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has described as obnoxious a recent statement by Tun Mohamed Suffian Hashim, the former Lord President, who said that he regarded Malaysian politicians as people with a "primitive mentality”. He told reporters that politicians inNST. - 349 words
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342 1990-04-07 11 NST, AFP. KUALA Ll'MPl’R Former Lord President Tun Mohamed Suffian Hashim has resigned as adviser of Standard Chartered B°nk with effect from last Saturday. A spokesman for the itank said Tun Suffian indicated “sometime ago” that he wanted to retire. “In early March,– NST,; AFP. - 342 words
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Article, Illustration511 1990-04-07 11 Move clears last hurdle to ending 23-year freeze in relations with China AFP, Reuter. JAKARTA Indonesia will repay at least US$l2O million (*****.6 million) it owed to China from loans taken before bilateral relations were frozen in 1967, Foreign Minister Ali Alatas has said. A technicalAFP,; Reuter. - 511 words
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Article291 1990-04-07 11 Business Times. MANILA Proton Saga, Malaysia's internationally known car may be manufactured in the Philippines. At Manila's Trade and Industry Department, economists are drawing up the blueprint for the possible assembly and manufacture of the Malaysian car in the Philippines. "We will pursue this carBusiness Times. - 291 words
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495 1990-04-07 11 ‘Post not restricted to Indonesian military’ JAKARTA A leading Indonesian politician has said that military leaders and civilians in Indonesia can vie for the post of President of the country. The Jakarta Post last Saturday quoted Mr Jailani Naro as495 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article625 1990-04-07 12 APRIL 7. 1990 AT a time when the United States government is battling cigarette smoking at home, it is hard to reconcile the fact that the Americans are threatening trade sanctions against eoun tries that try to keep out US tobacco products. For the US government to be625 words
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Article632 1990-04-07 12 APRIL 2. 1990 PARLIAMENT set another milestone in Singapore politics on Thursday when it passed a Bill allowing for Nominated Members of Parliament. The concept, which was first publicly aired early last year, has finally reached legislative fruition after considerable debate. Representing a very significant632 words
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Article657 1990-04-07 12 APRIL 6. 1990 MALAYSIA’S search for an economic policy which will succeed the controversial 20-year-old New Economic Policy (NEP) began in earnest early last year with the formation of the National Economic Consultative Council (NECC). The council has spent the past year on the difficult task657 words
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853 1990-04-07 12 TAN SAI SONG - Viewpoint *L TAN SAI SONG Although there has been much talk of inflation and the rising cost of doing business in Singapore. Singaporeans have been given proof that it is still more worry than tyResponding to concern raised on the subject853 words
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Article93 1990-04-07 12 “Malay culture is Singapore culture. So is Indian culture and so is Chinese culture. And if we learn to appreciate each other’s culture, we become more Singaporean as a result.” IDPM Goh Chok Tong arguing that Singaporeans can be Singaporeans and yet retain their ethnic cultures. “In no country93 words
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COMMENT
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1489 1990-04-07 13 Tan Lian Choo - By Tan Lian Choo Bangkok correspondent CAN retired army commander General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh’s entry into government help prolong the life of Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan's 19-month old administration? Gen Chavalit’s simultaneous appointment as a Deputy Premier as well as Defence Minister caused1,489 words
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1025 1990-04-07 13 Foo Choy Peng - By Foo Choy Peng Hongkong correspondent HONGKONGERS cannot fail to notice the new headquarters of the Bank of China in the prime business district of Central. The silver-grey, ultramodern building designed by I. M. Pei towers over the city’s skyline and1,025 words
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MONEY
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Article, Illustration810 1990-04-07 14 PATRICK DANIEL - On The One Hand PATRICK DANIEL SINGAPORE officials last weekend were toting up the hefty legal bills they incurred in successfully defending in Washington the first-ever case of alleged unfair subsidies for a software product. As luck would have810 words
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Article, Illustration580 1990-04-07 14 Wah Chang International president Ho Kwon Ping looks at why family businesses seem genetically timed to self-de-struct in three generations. THE old Chinese saying that the first generation builds, the second generation consolidates and the third generation dissipates appears to have a statistical base580 words
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Article, Illustration726 1990-04-07 14 THE habit of saving, often considered a cornerstone of the Asian value system, is not only alive hut also thriving in Singapore. A Straits Times check with several hanks showed that the number of new savings accounts opened by young Singaporeans has increased726 words
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434 1990-04-07 15 Anna Teo - By Anna Teo WITH A 1988 per capita gross national product of US$9,lOO. Singapore stands 27th in the World Bank's latest list of 35 high-income economies. The list comprises mostly member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,434 words
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Article607 1990-04-07 15 Week ended Mar 30 Compiled by Business Times Company Preliminary results Gross Group pre-tax dividend profit/loss 000) Year to Ambassador $8591 ($3.8301) Dec 89 ANA Hotels $458 ($3 6921) Dec 89 Bonvesfs Hldgs 3 (3) $15,791 ($5 391) Dec 89 Bousteadco 6 (4 la) $8,212 ($5 276) DecCompiled by Business Times - 607 words
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454 1990-04-07 15 Foo Choy Peng - By Foo Choy Peng Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG More than half of the foreign multinationals polled in a recent survey here chose Singapore as the top alternative location, should they decide to move their regional headquarters out of Hongkong. Kuala Lumpur emerged454 words
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Article, Illustration546 1990-04-07 15 JAKARTA Indonesian companies can list their shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore as long as the SES does not insist on reciprocity, said Mr Marzuki Usman, chairman of Indonesia’s Capital Market Executive Agency (Bapepam). Mr Usman, who is546 words
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Article161 1990-04-07 15 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ona unit of foraign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar I 8595 ***** Sterling pound 3 0440 ***** Australian dollar I 4078 1 4488 Canadian dollar 1 5807 ***** HI dollar 1 0632 1 0979 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foraign currency161 words
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Article114 1990-04-07 15 Contract date: 6/4/90 CURRENCYl MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALI VALUE DATE US$ V. 7 8 8 8 7>. 10/4/90 AJ 14 14 14 13 13 7 13 1C 4 90 NZS 12»'» 12 4 12 V, 12 V, 12 1 11 10114 words
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Article1878 1990-04-07 16 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 6, 1990 INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 244 111 t 1000 Acmi 199 1-2 99 201 195 194 198 245 87‘ S 1143 Amcol 25« 217 -1 1033 221 212 215 217 100 472 1230 1040 t 1602 Asia Pacific 1040 -30 7 1050 1040 1070 358 181,878 words
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Article373 1990-04-07 16 INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL 290 ISO 1142 Alai Hldgs 50« 270 60 482 1569 Cauaaway A 182' 56 S 1160 Inno-Pacitic 126 cd •1 10 126 125 125 127 1 5 1156 Int Wood 76 SUSP 1170 155 1808 K Kalla* 25p 900 775 725 t 1585 Kappal Corp373 words
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Article789 1990-04-07 16 330 124 t 1543 CK Tang Wt 90 233 200 233 77« 66 1546 Causeway Loan 76 unch 37 76 75« 75« 76 60 Dec 31 66 37'« 1545 Causeway Wt 62 •3 225 62 59« 62 62« 62 70 t 1591 Chuan Hup Notes 81789 words
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549 1990-04-07 17 The weekly sharemarket review SENTIMENT on the local stock market was badly affected by the volatile Tokyo bourse which roller-coasted during the week with alternating near-record gains and falls. The Straits Times Industrials Index lost 4.6 per cent or 72.78 points during the week to 1,508.30549 words
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Article1975 1990-04-07 17 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 6, 1990 1NM0 Tal Laat Vo< Day Laal Quote High Low Code Com pony Sal* cr000 High Low ■uyar Sallac H0N6K0N6 STOCKS 102 87 1418 COL Hot*'* 2000 88% unch 388 89 88 88% 89 1246 Camay Pacific cd 1000 960 1739 Chaung Kong 12451,975 words
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Article156 1990-04-07 17 ST Industrials Index THE Straits Times Industrials Index fell 72.78 points on the week to 1,5*8.3 points. Dav-to-day indices: MONDAY: 1,549.19 (down 31.89); 81.59 m units (valued at $1*4.17 m); TUESDAY: 1,555.92 (up *.73); 78.68 m units ($179.92 m); WEDNESDAY: 1,543.91 (down 12.91); 65.99 m units ($133.72156 words
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Article572 1990-04-07 17 Friday April HKS Amoy Properties 2 85 -0 175 Allied Overseas 095 -001 Asia Sec Int't 2 175 unch Asia Sec War 9^ 039 -0 005 Allied TW 1.00 -0 02 1 89 0 02 Bond Corp War 91 071 001 13 4C unch 3 425 Cat* da Coral572 words
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Article, Illustration375 1990-04-07 18 Caroline Chan - By Caroline Chan GOLDHILL Properties, believed to be the biggest single buyer of shophouses in the URA Tanjong Pagar conservation area, is hoping to reap a cool $5O million from the sale of 23 of 29 restored units it375 words
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Article, Illustration486 1990-04-07 18 Koh Bee Ann - Indonesian conglomerate to base international operations in S’pore By Koh Bee Ann STRENGTHENING its operations in Singapore, Indonesia s Salim group backed by businessman Mr Liem Sioe Liong has bought over the entire operations and assets of plastic manufacturer Lamipak for $8.75486 words
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344 1990-04-07 18 S. H. Lim - By S. H. Lim TO TAP the growth of securities markets in the region, Kim Eng Holdings the first local securities firm to be listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore’s main board has obtained a seat on the Makati Stock Exchange of344 words
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334 1990-04-07 18 PONTIAC Land, which is interested in reviving the stalled Rahardja Centre project in Marina Centre, is busy seeking out partners for this. It is understood that Pontiac, which belongs to the Kwee family, has agreed to take over the project from Societe334 words
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Article, Illustration270 1990-04-07 18 their wealth. Be mama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Finance Minister Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin says the government is looking into the possibility of amending the Bankruptcy Act to ensure “millionaire bankrupts” pay back all money owed by them. “They must nottheir wealth. — Be mama. - 270 words
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415 1990-04-07 19 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang PENANG To boost its move into high-technology manufacturing. Penang is keen to woo Singapore firms which can provide support and ancillary services to multinational corporations here. The Chief Minister of Penang. Dr Lim Chong Eu. said on Wednesday that Singapore415 words
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Article1072 1990-04-07 19 Current Ex Boohs Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Amtell En| 6%TE(I) Apr 11 Apr 17 Apr 28 6%TE 6%TE Aveno 15%TE Feb 28 Mar 12 May 15 25%TE 25%TE BAT 90.9%(n) Apr 6 Apr 19 May 3 122 7% (n)1,072 words
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282 1990-04-07 19 COMPANIES' RESULTS UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) posted an impressive 39.1-per cent increase in net after-tax profit to a record $239.61 million last year, and is rewarding its shareholders with a l-for-10 bonus issue. The bonus shares will be capitalised from the group's282 words
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172 1990-04-07 19 CITY Developments Ltd has turned in another set of record results on the back of a buoyant property market and strong economy last year. The property giant achieved group pre-tax profit of $71.94 million for the year ended last Dec 31. up 57172 words
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Article314 1990-04-07 19 Company Rights Issue AMMB One-for-four (a M$2 40 per share E»-date: Mar 8 Books close Mar 22 Acceptance Payment May 10 etc Two-for-ftve (a $2.10 per share Three warrants tor every 10 existing shares held at $048 pe' warrant. Ex-date Feb 7 Books close Feb 19 Acceptance Payment314 words
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203 1990-04-07 19 TRADING conglomerate Inchcape Bhd has announced record pre-tax earnings of $119.58 million and is giving shareholders a special dividend of 3(1 per cent on top of the final dividend of 1(1 per cent. The group, which distributes Toyota cars, has already given two203 words
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338 1990-04-07 20 But govt should leave no doubts about consultation process I REFER to the report, ‘‘Bill will allow for quota system to be introduced" (ST, March 29). The vehicle quota system opened for public bidding on Monday. It appears to many Singaporeans that it is338 words
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Article, Illustration393 1990-04-07 20 IT SHOULD unfortunately have come as no surprise that the recent performances of Evita at the Kallang Theatre disappointed many people, as letters and articles in The Straits Times have suggested. No disrespect to those connected with SlA’s Great Performers series, but393 words
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393 1990-04-07 20 YOUR report "Staging different cultural months ’won’t polarise races’ (ST. April 2) might give the impression that, in a recent speech I made, I took a jaundiced view of traditional culture and of the cultural months organised by each of the393 words
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Advertisement140 1990-04-07 20 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executive appointments... And highlights on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Every week. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. Making an140 words
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Advertisement132 1990-04-07 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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Advertisement1076 1990-04-07 21 APPOINTMENTS A well-established Company involved in the development, design and integration of advanced electronic systems has immediate vacancy for: Procurement/Materials Manager The incumbent would be responsible to develop and manage the Company's procurement system sourcing, selection of suppliers, price and contract terms negotiation formulate, review and implement purchasing system and1,076 words
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Advertisement716 1990-04-07 22 APPOINTMENTS NflNfflNG EXCELLENCE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY <sr Seagate CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN SINGAPORE. Seagate Technology is a US$2.5 billion disk drive company and the biggest private employer in Singapore with a total staff strength of 13.000. Our PCB plant is highly sophisticated and reputed to be one of the finest in the716 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration358 1990-04-07 23 Joe Dorai - Several newcomers get the nod from coach Robin and manager Shahar By Joe Dorai FOUR members of last season’s Singapore national soccer squad, including strikers Jamludain Hassan and Hussein Sattar, have been left out of the list of 17 players offered ninemonth358 words
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Article285 1990-04-07 23 SINGAPORE’S soccer squad will go to Western Australia instead of Thailand or Indonesia for a 10-day training tour as part of their preparations for the Semi-Pro Division One Malaysia Cup soccer competition starting on May 4. The Football Association of Singapore had originally planned a285 words
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Article, Illustration292 1990-04-07 23 CYCLING SINGAPORE'S top cyclist Kenneth Tan has set his sights on a gold medal in September's Asian Games in Beijing, and will be using a six-month training stint in Japan to achieve his target. Kenneth. 23, who leaves for Osaka next Tuesday, hopes to292 words
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Article, Illustration800 1990-04-07 23 Godfrey Robert - THE SPORTS EDITOR, SAYS... By Godfrey Robert IF YOU pay peanuts, you get monkeys. By the same token, if you have homo sapiens indulging in monkey business, you stick to paying peanuts. I am referring to the payments to our national800 words
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568 1990-04-07 24 Steven Pak - Study ranks local workforce world’s best for 9th year running By Steven Pak THE Singapore worker has been rated best in the world for the ninth successive year in the latest labour force survey conducted by the American risk evaluation firm, Business Environment568 words
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419 1990-04-07 24 Nationwide emergency exercises also planned for next few years MORE bomb shelters will be built in Singapore and several nationwide emergency exercises are being planned for the next few years. Announcing this on Thursday, the Minister for Home Affairs, Professor S. Jayakumar,419 words
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Article, Illustration372 1990-04-07 24 Chua Chong Jin - By Chua Chong Jin THE cactus flower took centrestage in the garden Of President Wee Kim Wee and the First Lady on Sunday night, when more than ‘2OO of them burst into bloom from a single tree. The cactus tree, which has been with372 words