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Title Section21 1990-06-02 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only M( I(P) 37/8/8921 words
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Article, Illustration269 1990-06-02 1 KUALA LI MPI R Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Hussein Onn, has died in a San Kraneise» hospital after tun operations within the past six weeks. He was 6k. Tun Hussein was accorded a state funeral and his remains laid to269 words
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Article, Illustration211 1990-06-02 1 MR GOH Chok Tong has set a challenge for schools in the 1990 s to produce students who are well-rounded individuals with artistic and social skills, and not just good at examinations. Singapore schools, he said, have done well in teachingPicture by AI.PHONSO CHAN. - 211 words
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Article, Illustration1052 1990-06-02 1 ‘Built-in wage hikes should not exceed productivity growth’ THE National Wages Council has announced its recommendations for this year designed to maintain Singapore’s competitiveness and to link wages to productivity growth. Setting a tone of “guarded optimism”, the NWC recommended that built-in wage increases1,052 words
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Advertisement12 1990-06-02 1 PM: S’pore must strive to be measured on own standards: Back page12 words
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Advertisement17 1990-06-02 1 to. iwitMiUiwjyu i&woj££ "I 3 Ib'S ,'}M Till 0995' 5 g '«sr• rr: Membership Has Its Privileges17 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration105 1990-06-02 2 THIS is the Prime Minister as few Singaporeans have ever seen him or are ever likely to. Here, within the Istana grounds, is Mr I>ee Kuan Yew, not as the stern leader familiar to the nation, hut as doting grandfather blowing soap hubbies105 words
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493 1990-06-02 2 DR TOH Chin Chye, the former Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the PAP Old Guard who helped steer Singapore through the difficult early years, has launched a book saluting the nation's progress, its people, diversity and cultural heritage. The book, Singapore:493 words
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953 1990-06-02 2 Tan Ee Sze - Class C fees will always be heavily subsidised so that poor can afford them, says Cheow Tong By Tan Ee Sze PEOPLE who are warded in the four Government hospitals, Tan Took Seng, Alexandra, Changi and Woodbridge, or who are treated as953 words
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931 1990-06-02 3 Leong Chan Teik; and Rav Dhaliwal - By Leong Chan Teik and Rav Dhaliwal A LIST of the open-market values (OMV) of cars sold in Singapore was released for the first time by the Registry of Vehicles last Saturday to give the public a better understanding of what931 words
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Article, Illustration318 1990-06-02 3 FOR the first time, a 14-year-old schoolboy will represent Singapore in an international academic Olympiad alongside five of the best junior college students here. IJn Ziwei, a Secondary 3 Science student at Chinese High, will pit his skills against top318 words
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Article, Illustration421 1990-06-02 3 Chua Chjong Jin - By Chua Chjong Jin TEO Chuan Tze, 12, a student at Anglo-Chinese Secondary, got his A 1 for mathematics in the GCE O level even before he sat for his Primary School Leaving Examinations last year. This Secondary 1 student421 words
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PM’s visit to Britain
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796 1990-06-02 4 Reports by Alan John BRITAIN'S Sky satellite television station gave Mr I>ee Kuan Yew 10 minutes on the air last Thursday evening to reply to some of the attacks made against him by Times of London correspondent Bernard Levin. In a fast-paced796 words
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Article156 1990-06-02 4 SKY TV talk show host Frank Bough had questions for Mr Lee Kuan Yew about former MP J.B. Jeyaretnam. But before he could get to them, the Prime Minister settled a question about the People's Action Party's overwhelming majority in Parliament: Mr Bough: In ’Bl, he156 words
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Article, Illustration831 1990-06-02 4 CAMBRIDGE Young Singaporeans must dare to dream up new ideas and hold on to new ideals to suit the rapidly changing times they live in. Brigadier-Gen-eral (Reservist) George Yeo said on Sunday. Addressing a group of Singaporean and Malaysian831 words
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499 1990-06-02 4 MR LEE Kuan Yew has described First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s desire to evolve a participatory style of government as “good politics”. Mr Goh had shown that he was a shrewd man in wanting to give more Singaporeans a say499 words
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Article138 1990-06-02 5 IN ONLY two of the British media interviews was Mr Lee Kuan Yew questioned on the Bernard Levin issue. Mr Levin, a columnist for The London Times, attacked Mr I,ee and in one of his articles, referred to the “tyranny” of Mr I^e. A recent138 words
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Article, Illustration214 1990-06-02 5 LONDON Five or 10 years from now, Singapore may have more television channels catering to different segments of the population, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said on Wednesday, The situation could be similar to that in Britain today, where different radio and TV214 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration265 1990-06-02 5 Elaine Tan - By Elaine Tan THE victory of the San Diego crew in the first World Invitational Dragon Boat Race on Sunday was their third triumph in Singapore, having previously lifted the trophy in dragon boat races in 1988 and 1984. This time, the American team surged265 words
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Article, Illustration385 1990-06-02 5 Yang Wai Yin - By Yang Wai Yin IF space and the Housing Board permitted, Mr Andrew Soh would probably succeed in growing durians on the balcony of his Yishun maisonette. For now, however, he is proud of an almost equally astounding feat. He has proved that large, juicy385 words
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145 1990-06-02 5 A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was arrested by police on Monday, 14 hours after a cleaner found the body of a newborn baby girl in a rubbish bin. Police said they picked up the suspect from her workplace in Defu Lane, off Tarnpines Road, at145 words
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Article, Illustration464 1990-06-02 6 Massive model will be the centrepiece at Singapore 2000 exhibition SINGAPOREANS will be able to live in waterfront apartments in the city centre of the future. These and other exciting plans for the city centre will be displayed in a massive model at the Lifestyle 2000464 words
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Article, Illustration410 1990-06-02 6 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira A WOMAN only learned of her younger brother's defiance of an order not to buy a motorcycle when the police came to inform her that he and his brother had died in a crash. The fatal incident happened after410 words
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Article, Illustration392 1990-06-02 6 Tay Cheng Khoon - By By Tay Cheng Khoon AFTER almost two decades of sterling leadership, Mr E.W. Barker stepped down as president of the Singapore National Olympic Council on Tuesday. At the SNOC’s annual meeting at the National Stadium, the 69-year-old former Law392 words
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Article, Illustration446 1990-06-02 7 LAWYER Teo Soh Lung, the Internal Security Act detainee who failed in four legal battles to get herself freed, was released yesterday with conditions. A Home Affairs Ministry statement said yesterday that the Government had suspended her one-year detention order, due to446 words
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Article, Illustration536 1990-06-02 7 Brendan Pereira - DART members display their skills in high-rise helicopter rescue operation The new elites By Brendan Pereira THE newly-formed crack rescue team of the Civil Defence Force marked its debut on Wednesday by carrying out a high-rise helicopter rescue operation. Known as DART, or Disaster Assistance536 words
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404 1990-06-02 7 – SERENA TOH - New technique is less invasive than surgery SERENA TOH. SINGAPORE has become the first country in Asia to use a new technique to clear blocked heart arteries by using a tiny drill with a tip of between 1.5 mm and 3404 words
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Article, Illustration207 1990-06-02 7 THE SAF has a jumbosized problem. It has to capture three wild elephants on the run in Pulau Tekong. The animals are believed to have swum across the sea from Johor and taken refuge on the island which is used by the Singapore207 words
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718 1990-06-02 8 Move is part of campaign to fight flab on all fronts: Dr Yeo BASIC military training will be extended from three to five months for obese national service recruits from January next year to help them adjust better to army life. But718 words
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349 1990-06-02 8 UNIVERSITY applicants with borderline resnltK are being given a second chance. More than I,O<H) people who applied for places at the National University of Singapore’s Arts and Social Science Faculty were Interviewed by faculty staff last week, a spokesman said. The outcome is349 words
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249 1990-06-02 8 THE Singapore Mint will hold promotions in Tokyo, Seattle and Hongkong over the next few months to market its new Singapore Lion gold bullion coins. This will be the first time the company is marketing its products overseas. One side of the249 words
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221 1990-06-02 8 Caroline Chan - By Caroline Chan FROM Monday, all importers of live pigs must be licensed under the Price Control Act in a move to prevent the manipulation of pork prices in Singapore. All licensed pig importers must, for a start, sell at least 20 per cent221 words
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SNIPPETS
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163 1990-06-02 8 ISN’T this rich? A member of the Shaw family who owns the Shaw Organisation cinema chain when asked if he was aware that a Rolls Royce belonging to the family had been left in a carpark, replied he “vaguely remembered" there being one.163 words
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Article, Illustration159 1990-06-02 8 MISS Jessie Leong, 18, who won the Supermodel of the World Singapore 1990 title on Sunday night, was so excited by her triumph that she did not sleep at all after she went home at 2 am. After her sleepless night, she went159 words
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Article158 1990-06-02 8 THE Public Utilities Board will not raise water tariffs until early next year as long as water stocks are not depleted. The PUB and the Ministry of Trade and Industry said on Sunday that this was “in view of the positive response by the158 words
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Article, Illustration683 1990-06-02 9 Dominic Nathan - By Dominic Nathan in the South China Sea TWO BLIPS Hash on the radar screen as two jets swoop in low towards the ship. Electronic verification determines that the aircraft are unfriendly and immediately the anti-aircraft guns lock on to their targets and trackPictures by JACKY HO. - 683 words
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723 1990-06-02 9 Kwan Weng Kin - Our correspondent's file Kwan Weng Kin TOKYO THE big turnout of Singaporeans at the annual receptions hosted hy the Singapore Embassy in Tokyo for the community has often made me wonder what is it that draws people to such occasions.723 words
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370 1990-06-02 9 GUINNESS World of Records has appointed Changi International Airport Services as its official representative to witness record-breaking attempts in this region. This means that a CIAS representative has to be present at every such attempt. A CIAS statement said it will370 words
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MALAYSIA
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341 1990-06-02 10 Convicted of drug trafficking Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Eight Hongkongers convicted of drug trafficking were hanged on Wednesday despite international appeals for clemency. Prison officials said it was the nation's highest number of executions in a single day and the first time that a foreignBernama - 341 words
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180 1990-06-02 10 Bemama. ALOR STAR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said all parties should respect the independence of the Anti-Cor-ruption Agency in carrying out investigations of Universiti Malaya vice-chancellor Prof Syed Hussein Alatas. As an independent body, the ACA had the– Bemama. - 180 words
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332 1990-06-02 10 KUALA LUMPUR Primary and secondary students in Malaysia will spend eleven years in school from 1991, Berita Harian Malaysia reported on Thursday. The two-year extension was announced by Deputy Education Minister Woon See Chin in Kuantan on Wednesday. He was quoted by332 words
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258 1990-06-02 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Many new lawyers have a poor command of English and dare not use the language for legal arguments in courts, an associate professor of linguistics has said. This, Dr Loga Baskaran of Universiti Malaya said, could lead– NST. - 258 words
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234 1990-06-02 10 Bernama. PENANG The state election in Sabah will be held on July 18 and 17, the Election Commission announced on Tuesday. Nominations for the polls will be held on July 2, the commission’s chairman, Tan Sri Abdul kadir Talib, told a news– Bernama. - 234 words
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Article, Illustration408 1990-06-02 10 NST JOHOR BARU Bilateral relations between Singapore and Johor are strong and cordial, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has said. He said the close bonds had been further strengthened through informal meetings between leaders and officials on both sides of theNST - 408 words
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230 1990-06-02 10 KUALA LUMPUR China will be the first communist country to accept students from Malaysia, once both governments have worked out the details of an education tie-up, the Tong Bao newspaper reported last Saturday. The Chinese-language daily quoted* Chinese embassy spokesman230 words
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Article, Illustration1259 1990-06-02 11 OBITUARY: Tun Hussein Onn, 1922-1990 NST. KUALA LUMPUR -Tun Hussein Onn soldier, statesman and a gentleman neither wanted nor sought high office but ‘‘there is no nobler thing to do than to serve your country”, he said. Once, when asked whether heNST. - 1,259 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration272 1990-06-02 11 JAKARTA President Suharto will resign if circumstances demanded that he step down, a senior Indonesian minister has said. According to the Co-ordi-nating Minister for Security and Political Affairs Retired Admiral Sudomo, Mr Suharto had reiterated to him that he did not272 words
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240 1990-06-02 11 ABBY TAN. MANILA Singapore remained the only Asean country to acknowledge that the US bases benefited the region, but the Philippines has not heard from its other neighbours, President Corazon Aquino said. .Asked by reporters if her government was considering asking otherABBY TAN. - 240 words
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Article, Illustration522 1990-06-02 11 Package to make Indonesian economy more competitive AFP, Reuter, AP JAKARTA Indonesia has announced a major package of economic deregulation, cutting import tariffs on nearly 2,500 commodities and removing non-tariff barriers on 371 others. “This new package is meant to increase the efficiency and competitivenessAFP,; Reuter,; AP; AFP picture. - 522 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article642 1990-06-02 12 JUNE 2. 1990 INDIA and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir, and indications are that they are heading for a third conflict over the same disputed territory. If fighting does take place, it would be the starkest reminder yet that despite the end of the Cold642 words
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Article670 1990-06-02 12 JUNE 1, 1990 BORIS Yeltsin is a very loud man, both in what he says and in how he says it. As for the first, the former Moscow party chief is an unabashed partisan of the reformist cause, arguing that President Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika670 words
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Article618 1990-06-02 12 MAY 31. 1990 IN recommending as a general principle that built-in wage increases annual increments plus wage adjustments should not exceed growth in productivity, the National Wages Council has addressed the dual, and crucial, question of how companies can attract workers in a tight labour618 words
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734 1990-06-02 12 Shaun Seow - Viewpoint By Shaun Seow ALTHOUGH they are far apart, China’s majestic Huang He and Singapore’s market economy were on Monday brought together in a refreshing analogy by Professor Lim Chong Yah. Like the Huang He (or Yellow River) which sustained734 words
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Article83 1990-06-02 12 “Singaporeans know that I am a tenacious in-fighter besides being a resolute out-flghter. And if I wanted to out-manoeuvre my colleagues and push my son into centre-forward position, it could have been done a long time ago." Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew saying that there is really no need83 words
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COMMENT
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Article, Illustration2812 1990-06-02 13 The second of a two-part article by Dr Goh Keng Swee Governing China Copyright: The Sunday Times. Last week, Dr Goh Keng Swee upturned media stereotypes of hardliners and reformers in his review-essay on Policy Making in China: Leaders, Structures and Processes (Princeton University Press, 1988), byCopyright: The Sunday Times. - 2,812 words
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NEWS ANALYSIS
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1533 1990-06-02 14 Studies have to be made before any firm decision is taken A high-level Singapore ream \isited Indonesia's Riau province recently to study the possibility of getting water supplies for the Republic. The Singapore Government said that it would first have to work out1,533 words
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Article, Illustration917 1990-06-02 14 Analysis of Singapore's political process by Kompas. an Indonesian daily. The article was first published on May 26. LEADERSHIP succession in Singapore takes place smoothly and flawlessly, as smooth as the movement of traffic on its roads, said the Kompas917 words
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MONEY
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531 1990-06-02 15 Lynette Ong; and Valli Subramony - By Lynette Ong and Valli Subramony FOUR major national organisations yesterday expressed clear support for this year's NWC guidelines, which focused on keeping built-in wage increases in line with productivity growth to maintain Singapore’s competitiveness. These were the National Trades Union Congress531 words
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Article, Illustration466 1990-06-02 15 Mary Kwang - 75 adopted flexible salary systems compared with 36% for non-unionised firms By Mary Kwang UNIONISED companies have made better progress in adopting flexi-wage systems than non-union-ised firms. The unionised companies also paid out higher wage increases last year, according to the Labour Ministry’s466 words
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336 1990-06-02 15 THE Government has identified a three-pronged strategy to help more Singapore companies achieve world-class standards. Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister of State (Trade and Industry), said on Monday that a close partnership between the Government and business is required to: NURTURE an336 words
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Article, Illustration402 1990-06-02 15 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva THE telecommunications network which will link Batam and Singapore is set to begin operations by January next year. Sources close to the project said the link will enable international telephone calls and facsimile transmissions made from Batam to402 words
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Article2147 1990-06-02 16 Gr’s '990 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quota Dlv Net High Low Coda Company Sale or- 000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 191 l 1000 Acma 249 4 355 251 210 248 249 290 165 1142 Alex Hldgs 50c 290 106 602,147 words
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Article842 1990-06-02 16 1960 High Low Tel Cod* Company Last Sato 0» Voi 000 Htgh°** Low Last Buyer Ouolo Qr's Dhr Dale Payable 212 130 t 1565 CAC W1 206 6 97 206 203 206 206 77 4 68 1546 CauMwoy Loon 76 754 76 60 Doc 31 674842 words
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457 1990-06-02 17 The weekly sharemarket review TRADING on the Singapore stock market got off to a slow start with investors taking a cautious wait-and-see attitude which they failed to shake off during the week. The Straits Times Industrials Index lost 9.54 points over the457 words
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Article2156 1990-06-02 17 TRANSACTION DATE: JUNE 1, 1990 1**0 Tel High Lew Cede Company Sale orVol Day 000 High Low Last Quota Buyer Seller Qr’a Dlv Net Pit OLl 157 9U 127 n«( S 4000 Amtel< Eng20c 134 1 6 134 134 132 134 6 ON 170 126 101 4008 Fuji2,156 words
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Article180 1990-06-02 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index lost 9.54 points on the week to 1555.81. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1557 33 (-8.02) 71 18 m (J142.12 m) Tuesday 1558 20 0 87 63 77 m (8131.07 m) Wednesday 1557 41 (-0 76) 58 99 m (8131180 words
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Article623 1990-06-02 17 Friday Juna 1 MKS Amoy Propartiaa 2 975 ♦006 AlhOd Ova'»*»» 1 07 -0 05 Asia Sac lot i 2*26 ♦010 At«a S#c War 9' 043 094 2 025 0 035 «004 -0 025 Bond Corp War »1 08* 14 30 uneh unch 3 S25 0 075 Cat* d*623 words
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257 1990-06-02 18 SINGAPORE Telecom has invested some $4 million to upgrade its training centre, which has been renamed The Singapore Telecommunication Academy. The academy now has the capacity to train 600 people at a time, and will be open to participants from around257 words
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Article403 1990-06-02 18 Week ended May 25. Compiled by Bueineaa Timea Final results Gross Group net Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Year to RDC 3 (3) $1,553 ($1,493) Dec 89 Kings 5 (4.5) $/,099 ($1.9761) Dec 89 M Resources M$6,788i ($40.6161) Dec 89 MU Mfg 96 (6) M$6,890 ($8,271) Dec 89 TongCompiled by Bueineaa Timea - 403 words
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Article, Illustration457 1990-06-02 18 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva PETROCHEMICAL Corporation of Singapore, in which the Government holds a 20-per cent stake, is entering a period of consolidation, having chalked up $279.7 million in pre-tax profit last year. It is now finalising a three-year plan to457 words
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383 1990-06-02 18 Doreen Siow - By Doreen Siow SINGAPORE Land’s controlling shareholder, United Industrial Corporation, believes that Sing Land’s generous 2-for-l bonus issues of its shares and warrants will not have problems getting the nod from exchange authorities. Sources close to UIC expressed this belief on Tuesday383 words
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Article162 1990-06-02 18 Singapore dollars to one unit ot foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1.8365 1.8585 Sterling pound 3.0719 3.1316 Australian dollar 1.3959 1 4366 Canadian dollar 1.5558 1 5905 NZ dollar 1.0481 1 0826 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 15.3461 15 9254 Belgian162 words
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Article98 1990-06-02 18 Contract data: 25/5/90 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALI VALUE DATE US* 7% 7% 7% 7% 8 7% 29/5/90 AJ 13% 13% 13% 13% 13% 12% 29/5/90 N2J 12'-/ 4 12% 12% 12% 12% 10% 29/5/90 STG 14% 14% 14% 1498 words
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257 1990-06-02 19 THE next phase of national Information Technology development here will provide critical support to Singapore's thrust towards globalising its eeonomy, Trade and Industry Minister Brig-Gen (Res; liee Hsien l<oong said on Monday. BG Lee said the reeent suggestion by Mr257 words
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Article1238 1990-06-02 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year BAI 8% Jun 8 Jun 22 Jul 2 8% 5% Benvests 3% Jun 25 Jul 6 Jul 18 3% 3% Boustead 5%(l) Apr 18 May 4 Jun 7 5% 15% Bousteadco 3%1,238 words
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Article, Illustration403 1990-06-02 19 Lynette Ong - By Lynette Ong AMERICAN computer firm NeXT Inc is exploring the possibility of tapping local skills and expertise to develop software for its computer here. Mr Steven Jobs, president of NeXT, who was in Singapore last Friday to launch the computer,403 words
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Article334 1990-06-02 19 Company Rights Issue Apob One-for-one (a $1.85 per share Ex-date Apr 23 Books Close May 7 Acceptance Payment lun 15 leigu One-tor-one (a. M$0 70 per share Ex-date Apr 9 Books close Apr 24 Acceptance Payment Jun 12 MU T#o-tor-five (c M$1 90 per share Ex-date: Apr 4334 words
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Article, Illustration1570 1990-06-02 20 Bankers see the 13 local banks shaping up into five distinct groups in the coming years, reports Hong Lee Tiam Business Times. THE Big Four local banks DBS Bank. OCBC Bank, Overseas Union Bank and United Overseas Bank may have dominated the bankingBusiness Times. - 1,570 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration697 1990-06-02 23 Views show S’poreans care about their heritage I REFER to the recent spate of letters and articles on the sale of the old Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. It is timely now for the URA to give a comprehensive response to these697 words
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334 1990-06-02 23 AS A recent visitor to your elegant city, I happened to read Ning Juita’s Eschewing fattystuff only to see phantom of cholesterol fade away” (ST, May--23). While your columnist’s style was witty and entertaining, I found her message alarming. I am a334 words
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Advertisement141 1990-06-02 23 MM ISS 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.141 words
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Article, Illustration1047 1990-06-02 24 Alan John - PM’s visit to Britain By Alan John in London LONDON Singapore under a younger team of political leaders must strive to be measured on its own standards and on world standards, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said on Wednesday. Close links■ AP picture. - 1,047 words
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328 1990-06-02 24 FROM Friday, the passports of reservists will be valid for two years instead of one. This makes travel preparations more convenient for reservists as they need not extend their passports so often. This is especially so when most countries will not allow visitors328 words