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Title Section20 1990-04-28 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 37/8/8920 words
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Article, Illustration646 1990-04-28 1 Cheng Shoong Tat - By Cheng Shoong Tat LONDON Mr Goh Chok Tong is likely to take over as Singapore’s second Prime Minister some time between late November and early December. The First646 words
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Article, Illustration504 1990-04-28 1 .4 MAJOR update of government policies and directions can be expected in the middle of this year, when President Wee him Wee opens the second session of Singapore’s Seventh Parliament. Just 15 months after opening its first session, in504 words
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317 1990-04-28 1 FDR the first time in a decade, American risk analysis company Business Environment Risk Information (Beri) has strengthened its rating of Singapore’s political stability. After declining through the first half of the 1980 s and remaining stuck at 74 points out of a possible317 words
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Advertisement92 1990-04-28 1 First Deputy Prime Minister to start tradition of proroguing Parliament: Page 2 Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year PAGE 23 HOME Factory girls take up martial arts to fight molesters PAGE 5 More places for Alevel students keen on CL2 PAGE 6 Jaya: More Indians needed to make up for92 words
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Advertisement11 1990-04-28 1 s-oasb M 2 ■:.Wi V* .w<~ r*i*U Membership Hus Its Privileges11 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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404 1990-04-28 2 Reports by Cheng Shoong Tat - IDPM's press conference in London last Saturday rounding up his visit to the US and Britain Reports by Reports by Cheng Shoong Tat MR GOH Chok Tong said last Saturday that ho intended to commence a tradition of proroguing Parliament regularly once a404 words
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Article, Illustration573 1990-04-28 2 THREE nominated MPs (NMPs) will soon be appointed for terms of two years to the Singapore Parliament, with a second batch of three more to follow in one or two years. Disclosing this at a press conference here573 words
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236 1990-04-28 2 MR GOH Chok Tong said last Saturday that be was glad some Malaysian media eommentatars thought he eonld work towards better Singapore-Malaysla relations, hot made It clear that he, after beeomiog Prime Minister, would continue to ensnre that236 words
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395 1990-04-28 2 MR GOH Chok Tong said last Saturday that his 10-day visit to Washington and London had enabled American and British leaders to know him personally and where he stood on various issues, just as he was about to take over as Singapore’s Prime395 words
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Article, Illustration340 1990-04-28 2 But Government will ensure life in the Republic is attractive enough to draw those who are interested back THE Government will not offer financial incentives to attract ex-Singaporeans to re-settle in Singapore, but will ensure that the Republic’s way of life is attractive340 words
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Article, Illustration725 1990-04-28 3 People should he given 'more freedom to choose certain basic services’ FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong plans to keep government to the fundamentals and widen the area of private participation when he takes over as Prime Minister. “I would like725 words
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Article, Illustration514 1990-04-28 3 A TOTAL approach is needed in voluntary welfare service if Singapore is to solve the challenges of the next decade, President Wee Kim Wee told participants at a seminar on community service on Sunday. This approach meant moving away from institutional care of514 words
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605 1990-04-28 3 All but one of successful bids for cars were under $5,000 MOTORISTS heaved a collective sigh of relief when they learnt that the quota premiums they have to pay to buy new vehicles under the quota system will not hit their pockets as hard605 words
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Article, Illustration182 1990-04-28 3 INTERVIEWED by the Nihon Hoso Kyokai, Mr Goh Chok Tong was asked how he would describe Prime Minister I** Kuan Yew. This Ls what he said: “He’s a great and moral man. “Great because he has devoted his whole life to Singapore and182 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration975 1990-04-28 4 This week's Singapore Symphony Orchestra guest soloist Lee Pan Hon, a home-grown musical talent who scaled world heights, shares insights into his life abroad and his Asian roots with Christine Khor. LEE PAN HON, Singaporeborn violin prodigy-made-good, is at 40 so comfortable on the concert stages975 words
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Article, Illustration585 1990-04-28 4 Two children will represent Singapore in the International Children's Song Festival in Japan starting on Tuesday, reports Lisa Kong. JAPAN, here they come! A group of Singaporeans will he flying off to the International Children’s Song Festival at the Osaka Kxpo H next week. There, they will585 words
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Article, Illustration451 1990-04-28 5 Mathew Pereira - More than 40 machines have been sold here since March By Mathew Pereira FIRST it was car phones for the busy executive, now comes the car fax. A company has brought in a car-fax machine after seeing how fast it is becoming451 words
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Article, Illustration510 1990-04-28 5 Leong Lai Yee - By Leong Lai Yee SOME women workers in a factory in Kallang Way are learning martial arts because of reports of several molestation and attack cases in the area. At Sanyo Electronics, four women workers were said to have been510 words
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502 1990-04-28 5 SBC has pledged it would become more responsive to the market and give its listeners, viewers and advertisers what they wanted. Its chairman, Dr Cheong Choong Kong, made clear in his first public address on Tuesday since taking over502 words
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289 1990-04-28 5 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has been voted the best national tourist organisation in the Asia-Pacific region for the second year running. Singapore Airlines, Changi .Airport and Sheraton Towers, Singapore, also won top honours. The kudos came from travel tour operators, agents289 words
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Article, Illustration632 1990-04-28 6 Mathew Pereira - It will be sealed in November and opened in the year 2015 By Mathew Pereira THE traditional costumes of each of the main races, pictures of this year's National Day Parade, MRT and bus tickets, the Singapore Year Book, a part of632 words
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370 1990-04-28 6 COMMITTED trade unionists will get a chance to upgrade themselves when the new Singapore Institute of Labour Studies takes in its first batch of students in August. It will offer a two-year part-time diploma course in industrial relations, run courses370 words
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Article, Illustration223 1990-04-28 6 THESE little darlings will be all over Singapore soon. Picked from three annual Young Singaporean Searches which attracted a total of more than 2,211 entries, these four children are among 25 who will be featured on about lI,Mi publicity posters for Community WeekPicture by ALPHONSO CHAN. - 223 words
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313 1990-04-28 6 THE creation of a distinctive Singapore culture cannot be pressnre-c««ked. It needs time to develop and cannot be rushed, Second Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong has said. Addressing about 1,2 M members of the Gao dan, he encooraged the various cultural groups313 words
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420 1990-04-28 6 THE popularity of the new Language Elective Programme (LEP) among students has led to an increase in the number of places from the original 20 to more than 60. In all, more than 200 students applied for the programme, which started in420 words
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Article, Illustration396 1990-04-28 7 THE Singapore Armed Forces snipers can get more shooting practice, thanks to a three-target system which also cuts down on manpower required for checking targets. This new system, created by an SAF Work Improvement Team (WIT), the public sector396 words
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Article, Illustration629 1990-04-28 7 THE Indian community here needs to be boosted by the immigration of talented individuals, because too many highly qualified Indian Singaporeans are emigrating. and Home Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar said last Saturday that the Government was concerned at the “disproportionately629 words
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424 1990-04-28 7 A NEW scheme to attract A level and diploma holders to sign on as combat NCOs chalked up a more than three-fold increase in the number of potential soldiers for recruitment at its first formal presentation. Eighteen of the 100 A level and424 words
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430 1990-04-28 7 LESSONS learnt from failures, including major ones, makes a man a complete person this was one of the points made by by Dr Hong Hai, an MP for Bedok GRC, in his keynote address at a seminar last Saturday on how to get430 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article, Illustration206 1990-04-28 8 A COCNTRY club membership awaits this year's successor to actress Zoe Tay as the winner of SBC’s Star Search '9O The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's contest to discover new talent, last held in 1988. promises better prizes not just for the winners, but for206 words
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Article, Illustration175 1990-04-28 8 A LOCAL singer has joined the ranks of megastars like singer Michael Jackson and basketball player Kareem AbdulJabbar in promoting a sports gear company. Chris Ho (left), one of Singapore’s better-known deejays and performing artistes, will fly to Hollywood next month to produce175 words
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Article90 1990-04-28 8 IT WILL be fiesta time at Sentosa on Sunday when a Philippine Fiesta will re-create the activities of a traditional Filipino village celebration. Jointly organised by the Sentosa Development Corporation and the Filipino Business Executive Group of Singapore, the fiesta will offer home-cooked Filipino food, dances90 words
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Article80 1990-04-28 8 FOOD lovers have been thronging the Rasa Singapura Foodcourt since it moved to its new home at the Bukit Turf Gub on Tuesday. Eighteen hawkers from the popular food centre, which was formerly located at Tanglin Road, have shifted to the modern premises in Bukit80 words
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Article, Illustration565 1990-04-28 8 Participants at dialogue session fear that it may end up in a rut CIVICS and moral education could be left in a rut if it is not made an exam subject and not every teacher may be able to do a good job of565 words
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Article, Illustration712 1990-04-28 8 Tan Ee Sze - By Tan Ee Sze WHEN a Japanese says you look tired or that your wife will be worried about you, it may be a hint that he is tired and wants to go home. This is just one example of amae or sensitivity712 words
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Article, Illustration144 1990-04-28 8 THE Government has appointed a career foreign service officer, Mr Edward Lee Kwong Foo, as Singapore’s next ambassador to the Philippines. He is expected to take up the appointment later this month, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. Mr Lee, 43, was Singapore’s High Commissioner to144 words
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Article, Illustration536 1990-04-28 9 Household gadgets are turned on by phone call THE homemaker in Year 2090 would hardly need to fret over housework what with a cooker which cooks by itself, a refrigerator that thaws food using infra-red rays, and even a portable microwave536 words
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Article, Illustration572 1990-04-28 9 The handphone, once exclusive to businessmen and yuppies, can now be seen cradled in the palms of fishmongers and nightclub public relations managers, television repairmen and bookies, reports Adeline Woon. HANG on to your Filofax. Soon it could be the only symbol of yuppiedom. Your572 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration462 1990-04-28 10 Some of them can now compete with those of other races, he says Bernama IPOH The government’s efforts to train the Malays and give them exposure in business since 1969 had produced many Malay businessmen, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad hasBernama - 462 words
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363 1990-04-28 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The government is studying a proposal to set up a Skilled Manpower Development Fund to finance programmes to train skilled workers for the industrial sector. Announcing this last Thursday. Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the proposed fundNST. - 363 words
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233 1990-04-28 10 Bemama. JOHOR BARU The Health Ministry has placed Johor Baru and the Kuala Nerang district in Kedah on full medical alert because of the worsening outbreak of typhoid. The ministry’s Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Chua Jui Meng, said on Wednesday thatBemama. - 233 words
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301 1990-04-28 10 Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will sign a bilateral agreement with Aus- tralia on the confiscation of the assets of drug traffickers, Director of the An-ti-Drug Task Force, Mr Zainuddin Abdul Bahari, has said. He added that he hoped the agreement could be signedBemama. - 301 words
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Article, Illustration297 1990-04-28 10 Bemama. JOHOR BARU The federal government has approved the projects to widen the customs complex at the Causeway, Malaysian Highway Authority Director-General Datuk Mustafa Ahmad said. Jalan Tun Razak, leading to the customs complex from the railway station, will be widened and turned intoBemama. - 297 words
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Article83 1990-04-28 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has said that he had been misquoted when he was reported to have said that the Malays could not handle trade and commerce because they had not been trained to do so. ‘‘l won't be foolish enoughNST. - 83 words
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Article186 1990-04-28 10 Ping Lin - Ping Lin Two days later, the Tunku wrote to Nanyang Siang Pau to confirm that its report on his statements about Malay participation in business did not misquote him. In a statement, he said: “When I said I was misquoted, I did not mean that186 words
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244 1990-04-28 11 NST. PENANG All foreign students in England and Wales will have to pay the controversial “poll tax” if they are above IK years old. About lI,IM Malaysian students have to pay the tax, called the community charge, which came IntoNST. - 244 words
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Article, Illustration249 1990-04-28 11 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim has reiterated that the appointment of lecturers and professors in Malaysian universities would be based on academic excellence and the ability to teach, regardless of race. However, the government would maintain its policy of appointing bumiputrasBernama. - 249 words
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175 1990-04-28 11 KUALA LUMPUR A five-year campaign costing Ms7o million (5547.6 million) will be launched in June to develop a “clean and beautiful Malaysia", The Star newspaper has reported. It quoted Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Lee Kim Sai as saying175 words
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212 1990-04-28 11 KUALA LUMPUR The government will not allow English to replace Bahasa Malaysia as the medium of instruction for some courses in local universities, Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. According to the New Sunday Times newspaper, Mr Anwar made it clear that English212 words
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ASEAN
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487 1990-04-28 11 AFP JAKARA The Indonesian economy, having successfully adjusted to become more market-oriented, is now on the verge of “taking off” into the 21st century with more growth and opportunities for the rest of this century, the Co-ordinating Minister for the EconomyAFP - 487 words
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171 1990-04-28 11 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to jointly exploit resources in a disputed oiland gas-rich territory in the Gulf of Thailand. A formal agreement on setting up a Joint Development Authority (JDA) to supervise and co-ordinate development in the 7,300 sqBernama. - 171 words
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Article, Illustration354 1990-04-28 11 AFP. MANILA The United States military presence in Asia should remain strong into the next century, despite the easing of world tensions, in order to maintain regional stability, the head of the US Pacific forces said. “I believe, In the Pacific,AFP. - 354 words
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197 1990-04-28 11 AFP. JAKARTA Indonesian youth should be encouraged to become involved in politics, said President Suharto. But he also warned that they could be used by others, the Antara news agency said yesterday. “Youth should be given the opportunity to develop activities in the fieldAFP. - 197 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article668 1990-04-28 12 APRIL 27. 1990 THE recent round of air talks between Singapore and the United States ended inconclusively and earlier than expected last week. The results brought neither jubilation nor dismay. On the positive side, both countries came away fully re-endorsing the need for a668 words
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Article651 1990-04-28 12 APRIL 26. 1990 ABOLT a year ago. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev visited Beijing and shook hands with China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, thus ending more than two decades of estrangement between these two erstwhile friends. That historic event was, however, overshadowed by a more tumultuous development651 words
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Article678 1990-04-28 12 APRIL 23, 1990 THE Aquino administration, having blown hot and cold over the American bases, appears to be warming up a little to the question of their retention as negotiation nears. For the first time since the issue went public, President Corazon Aquino confirmed last week678 words
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672 1990-04-28 12 TAN SAI SONG - Viewpoint By TAN SAI SONG DID people feel a sense of deja vu. I wondered, when they read what some Japanese employers here have to say when asked to explain why their companies are lagging behind other foreign companies in672 words
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Article113 1990-04-28 12 ‘'Telecommunication gadgets are status symbols these days. First it was fashionable to have pagers, then it became mobile phones; now you have this." Straits Times reader saying he would get a car facsimile machine so as to keep up with the times. (See Page 5). “I feel it would113 words
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COMMENT
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Article, Illustration1250 1990-04-28 13 From New Year’s Day in 1993, Europe will present the world with a united aviation front. There will be an open skies policy within the EC, where all European carriers will have the freedom to fly anywhere within the Community. The1,250 words
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MONEY
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459 1990-04-28 14 John Tan - By John Tan A FREIGHTER every two years. That’s part of the ambitious plans SIA Cargo has mapped out for the 1990 s to propel itself further into the big league. By the end of this decade, it expects to have up459 words
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273 1990-04-28 14 Conrad Raj - By Conrad Raj JAPANESE retailer Sogo’s Aid to build a 500-room hotel-cum-shopping complex in Bideford Road has been rejected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The URA turned down Sogo’s application on the grounds that it was against the Master Plan for zoning of273 words
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407 1990-04-28 14 Koh Bee Ann - By Koh Bee Ann HAVING achieved the status of being the biggest private owner of prime office space in Singapore, Singapore I-and is not resting on its laurels. It is forging ahead to expand overseas. The company last month acquired a five-storey office407 words
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Article, Illustration306 1990-04-28 14 Han Fook Kwang - By Han Fook Kwang TOKYO Hitachi’s regional centre In Singapore, Hitachi Asia, was awarded operational headquarters (OHQ) status in a simple ceremony here last Wednesday attended by Trade and Industry Minister Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong. He presented a certificate commemorating the award to Hitachi’s president,Picture by Yap Yew Plang. - 306 words
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309 1990-04-28 14 IN WHAT will be one of the biggest residential developments on Batam, the Econ Group of Singapore, together with an Indonesian developer, is jointly investing in a Ss4B-million project to build 682 residential units at Batam Centre. Batam Centre, a new town,309 words
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Article, Illustration656 1990-04-28 15 Salma Khalik - By Salma Khalik in Vancouver CASH-RICH Singapore Airlines plans to increasingly move into hotels, catering, engineering and freight services as part of its diversification programme to support its core business. Mr Lim Chin Bong, SlA’s deputy chairman, told The Straits Times656 words
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Article363 1990-04-28 15 Week orrdwd April 20. Compiled by Buainooa Time* Final results Gross Group not Company dividend profit/loss (’000) Year to RHB MJ6.6/0 (MS6.681) No* 89 UPP 4 $2,673 ($3,485) Dec 89 Maruichi 12 MJ13.157 (MS11.578) lan 90 DBS 16 (16) $250,338 ($200,168) Dec 89 MBS 9TE (12TE) $11,616 ($15,814)Compiled by Buainooa Time* - 363 words
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308 1990-04-28 15 TWO government departments are leading the first major shipping promotion mission to Tokyo to lure more Japanese shipowners and shipping lines to use Singapore as a base. The four-day mission, which began on Tuesday, Ls led jointly by the308 words
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426 1990-04-28 15 Koh Bee Ann - By Koh Bee Ann INVESTORS wanting to apply for future new issues or simply trade in mainboard stocks will have to make sure they first have valid securities accounts with the Stock Exchange of Singapore's Central Depository Ltd (CDP). This is because trading426 words
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76 1990-04-28 15 FRENCH OIL and chemicals giant Elf Aquitaine is stepping up its investments in Singapore as part of its plans to take on a higher profile in the region. The first leg of the investments has already began with the construction of a new $876 words
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84 1990-04-28 15 CAPITALISING on the rapid growth of the Asia-Pacific region. British luxury car maker Jaguar has opened a new regional office in Singapore. The office, which is staffed by two senior Jaguar managers from England, will co-ordinate the marketing and aftersale services for the company84 words
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Article106 1990-04-28 15 Contract data: 27/4/90 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTU 12 MTH CALI VALUE DATE USE 8 8 8 4 8’» 8V» 7 Vi 2/5/90 AJ 13»4 13’» 14 13’. 14 12V» 2/5/90 NZ$ 12»» 12V* 12V» 12 5 12 V* 10 s 7/5/90 STG106 words
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Article, Illustration160 1990-04-28 15 Source SUnder/) Chartered Bant COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ona unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Settng US dollar 1.8600 1 8820 Sterling pound 3.0243 ***** Australian dollar 1 3848 1 4256 Canadian dollar 1 5900 1.6252 NZ dollar 1 0560 1.0906 Singapore dollars to 100 units ofSource SUnder/) Chartered Bant - 160 words
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Article2210 1990-04-28 16 1M0 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quota Dlv Nat High Low Coda Company Sale or000 High Low Buyer PIE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 244 191 t 1000 Ac ms 208 4 98 208 20« 207 208 290 165 a 1142 Ala» Hidgs 50c 270 109 300 602,210 words
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Article814 1990-04-28 16 1M0 High Low T#l Cods Company Last Sals -orVol Oay '000 High Low Last Quota Suyar Sailor Qr’s Dlv Data Payable 306 200 t 1543 CK Tang Wt 90 200 170 198 77» 68 1546 Causaway Loan 75» 9 75» 75» 75» 76 60 Dae 31814 words
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468 1990-04-28 17 The weekly sharemarket review SHARE prices on the Singapore stock market fell in the first half of last week, but stabilised and drifted for the latter half in light trading which was helped by a few large married deals during the468 words
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Article2116 1990-04-28 17 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 27, 1990 Qr's 1990 Tel Last Vol Day Leal Quote Dhr Net High Lew Code Company Sale ♦or000 High Low Buyer Seller Pit HONGKONG STOCKS (HK Cl :N1 s 102 86* 1418 COL 25< (2000) 06’* -1 428 w 88 86* 66* 87 865 02,116 words
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Article87 1990-04-28 17 ST Industrials Index DAY CLOSE TURNOVER MONDAY *****1 (-15.95) 36 28m ($80.86m) TUESDAY 1479.01 (-2560) 54 07m ($105.74m) WEDNESDAY 1467 84 (-11 17) 62 06m ($145 28m) THURSDAY Closed FRIDAY 1470 44 2.6) 55 61m ($171.55m) BT—MGA Index DAY CLOSE MONDAY 755.05 (-7.38) TUESDAY 739 58 (-1587 words
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Article586 1990-04-28 17 Friday April 27 HKS Amoy Properties 2.70 uneh Allied Oversea* 093 -0.01 Asia Sac Int i Asia Sac War 91 2 36 0.42 unch -0 02 AMiad tw OK ■0.01 unch unch unch unch unch -0.01 unch unch •001 -0 03 Bond Corp Int'l Bond Corp War 91 Bank586 words
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Article, Illustration627 1990-04-28 18 S.Tsering Bhalla; and Khaw Wei Kang - By S.Tsering Bhalla and Khaw Wei Kang T APANESE companies here lag behind their American and European counterparts in employing Singaporeans in top management ranks, although several Japanese chief executives claim that localisation is catching on. A random check by627 words
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271 1990-04-28 18 BRITLSH information services giant, Reuters, is finalising plans to invest in a "multi-million dollar” centre at the Science Park by 1992. The project will see the Republic playing a major part in Reuters’ development of new information services products. Disclosing this in271 words
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377 1990-04-28 18 JAPANESE conglomerate Suntory Pacific Pte Ltd’s takeover bid for food-based Cerebos Pacific Ltd has met with acceptances of 96.81 per cent of its paid-up capital, making the delisting of Cerebos from the Stock Exchange of Singapore possible but unlikely. Mr Hajime377 words
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Article, Illustration355 1990-04-28 18 FOLLOWING its takeover of Asia Commercial Bank, diversified conglomerate Keppel Corporation has announced a management reshuffle at the top and, as anticipated, will merge the operations of finance arm, Keppel Finance, with Asia Commercial Finance for its "synergistic effects”. In the reshuffle,355 words
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194 1990-04-28 18 ONE of Singapore’s top stockbrokers is out paddling for cash hopefully at about $50,000 an hour. Mr Simon Woods, stockbroking chief of BZW-Pacific Union, is planning a charity cash call of up to $1 million to be donated to six children’s charities. The194 words
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Article284 1990-04-28 18 Manager's prices for April 28 30 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 127-135 The Savings Fund 1.03-1.10 S'pore Prog Fund 0 48-051 S'pore Sec Fund 0 82-0.87 S'pore Invest Fund 0 84 -0.90 S'pore Equity Fund 0 56 0 60 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 1 55 1284 words
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466 1990-04-28 19 S. Subramaniam - By S. Subramaniam SINGAPORE already a favourite spot for big Japanese manufacturers can expect more small Japanese investors as well. About 380 Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have indicated in a survey that they will be coming here in the next few466 words
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274 1990-04-28 19 ADB predicts 6 growth for S’pore THE Asian Development Rank has forecast that the Singapore economy will grow by 6 per cent this year, outpacing world economic growth by 3.1 percentage points. This is at the low-end of the Singapore (lovernment’s own expectation of economic growth of “between 6 and274 words
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Article1338 1990-04-28 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date dose payable the year last year IWntck Elf 6%Tt(l) Apr 11 Apr 17 Apr 28 6%TE 6%TF Avmo 15%TE Feb 28 Mar 12 May 15 25%TF 25%TF BAT 90 9%(n) Apr 6 Apr 19 May 3 122 7%(n)1,338 words
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Article296 1990-04-28 19 Company Rights Issue Apak One-for-one (a. $1 85 per share Ex-date: Apr 23 Books Close May 7 Acceptance 8 Payment NYA MM One-for-four M$2 40 per share Ex-date Mar 8 Books close Mar 22 Acceptance Payment May 10 Lien Hoe Capital Restructuring Scheme (CRS) involving the cancellation o<296 words
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Article260 1990-04-28 19 Company Rights Issue Caweway hv Capital reduction scheme to reduce par value ot shares from $100 to $0 60. Rights issue ot 3:2 <& $0 60 per share FAC8 One tor one <o, M$0 50 per share Faber Mufti Oneforone <g M$0 25 per share. ♦ollowed by a260 words
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FORUM
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505 1990-04-28 20 WE ARE blessed with abundant rainfall and if we can make good use of the water Clod showers on us, we need never be short of water. Our present water requirement is approximately one million cu m per day; that is, 30 million505 words
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Vehicle quota system
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245 1990-04-28 20 THE vehicle quota bidding results again demonstrated the kiasu mentality prevailing among Singaporeans. I'nfortunately, the system indirectly encourages this as there is no risk when the potential car buyer bids a higher price than he is prepared to pay, knowing very well that the245 words
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Article283 1990-04-28 20 THE Minister for Communications and Information, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, has given assurances that the Government would try to be as equitable as possible in implementing the vehicle quota system. But the fact that kiasu Singaporeans are bidding as high as $50,000 and getting away with paying283 words
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Advertisement144 1990-04-28 20 n Ifin SvlHI UK ISSUE! 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 Times144 words
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Advertisement132 1990-04-28 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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Advertisement491 1990-04-28 21 APPOINTMENTS A Be an Expert. Be a Defence Engineer. iWfrif! m Si 2 tfoh Defence Technology Group Engimxnnj; our nation's future Nothing can he more satisfying than a job that lets you do what you do best and enjoy a rewarding and stable career. The MINDEF's Defence Technology Group (DTG),491 words
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Advertisement407 1990-04-28 22 X a Singapore: Home to global companies Build up a career in Singapore Visit Career Fair '9O in Australia New Zealand August 1990 There is much going on in Singapore today. Our economy has developed to the point where we are now the Asia-Pacific hub for many industrial and business407 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration647 1990-04-28 23 J. Rajendran - Shooter, bowler rewarded for winning gold medals at South-east Asian Games SPORTS AWARDS By J. Rajendran TRAP shooter I„ee Wung Yew and bowler Grace Young were on Wednesday named Singapore’s best sportsman and sportswoman respectively for 1989. Wung Yew. 24, who captured gold medals in647 words
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310 1990-04-28 23 Peter Khoo - SNOOKER By Peter Khoo THE 48 players Ur the Kiag’s Sand wemea’s sa—ker Usrnameat, new on at Mariaa Square, are either begiaaers ar aae-year-ald regulars. Bat they all have •nr thing in roranai: they are traly hooked on the sport. “1 used310 words
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Article468 1990-04-28 23 Hakikat Rai interviews Singapore’s Sportswoman of the Year, who is now training in Denmark THE news was 24 hours late but it was worth the wait for Singapore's bowling queen Grace Young, who was tucked away in far off Denmark sharpening up her game. When468 words
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Article, Illustration438 1990-04-28 24 It can serve more than 5,000 passengers during its peak hour CHANGI Airport’s second passenger terminal expected to be ready by the end of this year will use enough electricity to run a housing estate like Ang Mo438 words
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Article, Illustration456 1990-04-28 24 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang SINGAPORE and Indonesia have agreed to go ahead to jointly develop a network on Batam. This was disclosed by Prof B.J. Habibie, the Indonesian State Minister for Research and Technology, who was on transit at Changi Airport on Tuesday. In an456 words
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357 1990-04-28 24 Geoffrey Harris - By Geoffrey Harris Writing for The Straits Times MELBOURNE A Singapore couple was involved in a A 53.3 million (554.7 million) scam on the Japanese futures market, a Melbourne court was told on Monday. Joanne Loh, 26, and her husband, Paul Kua, 31,357 words