The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 5 September 1987

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1987 MCI(P) 222/8/87
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  • 368 1 LABOUR Minister Lee Yock Suan has called on employers to stop discrimination against older Singaporean workers. He warned that his ministry, which was studying the situation, “may be compelled to act” if the discrimination
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  • 400 1 TRADE and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong has told Parliament that the Government could not keep out foreign workers until the last jobless Singaporean was hired. Reaffirming the Government’s policy of allowing a controlled inflow of foreign workers, he
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  • 182 1 TWO Singaporeans were among the 83 people, mostly tourists, who died in the Thai Airways Boeing 737 disaster off the Thai resort island of Phuket. They were Juliet Tan (iuek How, 24. who was studying for a master’s degree in social develop- ment at
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  • 244 1 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has criticised the analysts who predicted a racial war in multiracial Malaysia. Speaking at the opening of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference, he said Malaysians were tolerant and respected each other’s religions, customs
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    • 118 1 3iba <UOin »r Ml Membership has its privileges. INSIDE HOME NEWS UPDATE Two special page* to help you catch op on some of the top stories that appeared In The Strait* time* In recent week» PAGES 2 and 3 ME NEWS Mcve to suspend drivers who face serious charges OAGE
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  • 2 special pages in this inaugural issue to help you catch up on some of the main news items published in August
    • HOME NEWS UPDATE 1
      • 897 2 Inquiry into the Teh Cheang Wan affair MEMBERS of the Commission of Inquiry were: Judicial Commissioner Chan Sek Keong (chairman), Mr Robert lau, a management consultant, and Mr Thai Chee Ken, an accountant THE Commission of Inquiry into “the Teh Cheang Wan
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      • 477 2 Inquiry hears of big sums moved between family accounts THE late Teh Cheang Wan’s bank account deposits here totalled more than million over a 11-year span, the Commission of lnqolry was told. This was apart from the sizeable sums in the bank accounts of his wife, son
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      • 201 2 SENIOR lawyer H.E. Cashin was censured by a three-judge court last month for breaching the rules regarding money deposited in clients’ accounts. The Law Society’s disciplinary committee had earlier decided he will have to show cause to a three-judge court why he should not be
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      • 145 2 FORMER Malaysian politician Tan Koon Swan, who is serving a two-year term at Changi Prison for his part in the multi-million Pan-Elec-tric Industries debacle, "has turned to Gkxl". WEEKENDeast, Singapore’s only free weekly newspaper, quoted the prison chaplain, the Rev Henry Khoo, as confirming that
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    • HOME NEWS UPDATE 2
    • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY UPDATE
      • 487 3 the south. AFP, Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The Supreme Court has ordered United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) not to sign a multi-billion dollar contract with the government for a highway project pending the outcome of a suit against the company. Justice Tan Sri
        the south. AFP, Bernama.  -  487 words
      • 88 3 AFP. KUALA LUMPUR MP and lawyer Karpal Singh has died a writ in the High Court asking that an announcement by the Saltan of Selangor that he would not pardon drug traffickers be declared unconstitutional. In his writ, Mr Singh said Sultan Salahuddin Shah, as
        – AFP.  -  88 words
      • 296 3 KUALA LUMPUR Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has said he thought it was wrong of Umno, as a leading political party, to use its power to amass wealth at the expense of private companies. Writing in his weekly column
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  • HOME
    • 776 4 Proposed ban on motorists charged with dangerous driving THREE vital checks will be made before police summarily suspend the licences of certain motorists awaiting trial for traffic offences under a controversial proposal to remove ‘‘clearly irresponsible" motorists from the roads. CHECK ONE:
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    • 245 4 Ex-GM pleads 'not guilty in $2.5m Bofors graft case THE former general manager of arms firm Allied Ordnance Company of Singapore, Tan Kok Cheng, pleaded not guilty last week to 51 charges against him, Including one of taking a s2..vmlllion bribe from Swedish weapons maker, Bofors. Four Swedish state prosecutors
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    • 135 4 A PII.M festival, to be held here this month, will be unique in that it will only show movies directed solely by women. The festival is organised by the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) a group devoted to combating sexual stereotypes
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    • 71 4 THE newly-formed National Solidarity Party held a dinner to celebrate National Day last week. Party president Kum Teng Hock is a former member of the People's Action Party, the United People’s Party and the Workers' Party. The party's vice-presi-dent is Mr Tan Chee Kien, the former
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    • 97 4 PETS are barred from markets, hawker stalls and food centres and signs have begun to appear at such places to remind people. The Environment Ministry said last week: “We have noticed that people have brought dogs or pets to the markets and food
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    • 133 4 THE Muslim Religious Council (Muis) has expressed deep regret at the actions of Iranian pilgrims who caused violence and the loss of lives in Mecca on July 31. In a press statement, Muis President Haji Ridzwan Dzafir said the incident caused much distress and
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    • 259 4 THE chairman of the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Mr Michael Fam (above), has been named chairman of the 13-member Public Transport Council. He is among the nine new members appointed by the Minister for Communications and Information on a two-year term. Those named in
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    • 340 4 YOU can count on it. On Sept 6, a Mass Rapid Transit train carrying some 500 community leaders will break down on the viaduct between Yio Chu Kang and Bishan. Then a “rescue" train to which the passengers have been transferred by ramp
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    • 325 5 SEVERAL void decks in Ang Mo Kio are no longer void. They are now graced by the presence of the satay man, snake charmer and other vanishing traders, who are all over the walls and pillars of Block 111.
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    • 332 5 TWO hundred new school heads and double that number of vice-principals will be needed over the next five years, says a report in The Sunday Times. Some 900 teachers will also be promoted heads of department during this period and there
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    • 59 5 INDIAN nationals visiting Singapore are required to have visas from Sept 14. The decision was announced last September to help solve the problem of large numbers of Indian nationals who overstay and work here illegally. A two-week grace period will be allowed initially for those
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    • 99 5 JOHN Little, long known as the poor man’s Robinsons, Is shedding Its dowdy Image acquired over the decades. The store at Specialists’ Centre In Orchard Road has also "changed” Its name to just “JL”. "We arc now 147 years young,” said Mr Alan
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    • 135 5 FROM January, five more surgeons will be available to carry out organ transplants under the Human Organ Transplant Act 1987. This will bring the total number of trained transplant surgeons in Singapore to seven. The five new surgeons authorised to carry out such transplant
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    • 461 5  -  By TEO HAN WUE in Qufu. China SECOND Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong on Monday identified some familiar passages from ancient Chinese books as a programme for world peace. He quoted from the Confucian classics The Great Learning and
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    • 291 5 IF YOU need ta make an argent call from a pa bite telephone, what are yonr chances of getting through? Checks by The Sunday Times last month found about nine out of every 1C pay-phones worked. Those that did not were more Uhely to be In
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    • 396 7 Company may also set up regional operational HQ here SONY, a relative latecomer to Singapore’s industrial scene, is studying proposals to expand its brand-new $35 million manufacturing operations here, Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed on Wednesday. Speaking at the opening
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    • 373 7  -  HDB TO REVISE PRICE POLICY By ANNIE CHIA HOUSING Board flats in choice localities or those which command good views will soon cost more. No longer will all units in the same block be priced the same. Units on upper floors
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    • 208 7 THE first made-in-Singa-pore facsimile (or fax) machines will roll off Matsushita’s first overseas fax plant in Ayer Rajah next month. The company’s managing director, Mr Yanagawa Masaru, said: “We will be producing the latest fax model with the latest technology
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    • 147 7 THE last signature went on “The Great Book” at the stroke of midnight on Aug 31 the final day of National Day month bringing the total number of people who had signed their names under the National Day pledge to a staggering Miss
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    • 399 7 SINGAPORE’S society is maturing in four measureable ways, lawyer and diplomat David Marshall declared. The country’s ambassador to France, Portugal and Spain made the assertion after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from President Wee Kim Wee on Wednesday, the first day
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    • 87 7 SINGAPORE’S first rape trial in a subordinate court has ended with the accused, Peh Teong Guan, 36, being found guilty and sentenced to seven years’ jail. District Judge Edmond Pereira also ordered him to be given 12 strokes of the cane. Peh, self-employed, had
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  • HOME/Parliament
    • 879 6 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PARLIAMENT SITTING OF AUG 31, 1987 Chiam assured of support in moving important issues THE Leader of the House assured Mr Chiam See Tong that he could always count on the support of a PAP MP as seconder for
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    • 915 6 It doesn’t want to abdicate responsibility, says Jaya THE Government made it clear it would not yield to foreign criticisms of its use of the Internal Security Act to detain those threatening Singapore's security however vocal or influential these critics
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    • 299 6 GOVERNMENT subsidies and school endowment funds will help ensure that no bright student is denied a place in an independent school because he is too poor. Education Minister Tony Tan announced incentives to support the endowment funds of independent schools. These
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 470 8 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on banks to set up special departments to promote foreign investment in the country and helD local entrepreneurs undertake joint ventures with foreigners. The banks, he said, should play a greater
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    • 265 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's central bank said a detailed study ana discussions are now being conducteu to set up a Ms3oo million revolving fund to help ailing bumiputra companies. The government has asked the central bank to study the feasibility of
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    • 96 8 NBT. MALACCA AI signboard* located near tourist destination, within the Malacca Municipality will In future be written in Kahasa Malaysia and KngllHi. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chlk said It was necessary for the Malacca Municipal Connell to Include English on the
      – NBT.  -  96 words
    • 121 8 Bernama, Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's brother-in-law will be appointed head of the country’s armed forces soon The current armed forces chief, General Tan Sri Ghazali Che Mat, will retire in January and will be replaced by current
      Bernama,; Reuter.  -  121 words
    • 170 8 Bernama. KUALA KANGSAR Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba has said there was no need to review the Constitution now because it was still “practical” for preserving unity among the people. “Even without a review, the Constitution can still serve the people and
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    • 48 8 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Former prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn was discharged from the General Hospital last week after recovering from a heart attack at his home early last month. ‘T‘m feeling fine now," he told reporters. His doctors have told him to rest.
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    • 317 8 Bernama. BUTTERWORTH Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned that the current atmosphere in the country appeared similar to the mood prevailing just before the May 13, 1969, racial riots He urged Malaysian leaders to unite to resolve the problems confronting the
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    • 168 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Chinese Association deputy president Datuk Lee Kim Sai said it was not proper to force non-Muslims to wear the songkok for any function or ceremony. “It is like the wearing of the sarong. It is up to the
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    • 307 8 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR A salary dispute between the workers and management of the Royal Selangor Golf Club has attracted attention at the highest level with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong helping to bring about a settlement. It is believed this is the first time in
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    • 410 9 permit to Aliran. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The social reform group Aliran has succeeded in getting the High Court here to quash a decision made by the Home Ministry rejecting its application for a permit to publish a magazine in Bahasa Malaysia. Justice Datuk Harun
      permit to Aliran. Bernama.  -  410 words
    • 342 9 PENANG A New Zealander woman, Lorraine Cohen, was sentenced to death on Monday for heroin trafficking by the High Court here, but her son was spared when the judge convicted him on a reduced charge. Her 20-year-old son, Aaron, was
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    • 218 9 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Umno Youth has described the fires at five mosques in Pahang believed to be the work of arsonists as “abhorrent" acts against Muslims. In a statement condemning the fires, acting Umno Youth head Datuk Najib Razak said firm action should be taken
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    • AROUND ASEAN
      • 332 9 AP, Reuter. BEIJING Cambodian resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk said on Tuesday his main ally China wants him to resume active leadership of the movement. “We had very, very exciting talks," he said after a meeting with China’s supreme leader
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      • 131 9 Reuter. MANILA Philippine Church leader Cardinal Jaime Sin has criticised corruption in the government and said only a miracle saved President Corazon Aquino from being overthrown in last Friday’s army putsch. “I cannot understand why it (the coup attempt) was unsuccessful," Cardinal Sin said in
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      • 294 9 Indonesia’s total reserves now exceed $2l b AFP. JAKARTA Confidence in the Indonesian rupiah, which came under strong selling pressure in May and June, has returned in the past two months with more than US$l billion (Ss2.l billion) flowing back into the
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      • 72 9 AFP. JAKARTA President Suharto has decided to extend a controversial statesponsored multi-million football lottery called "Porkas" to the end of the year. The lottery scheme netted about 13.9 billion ru- piah (5517.8 million) for the government last year and officials have forecast higher profits this year.
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  • FORUM/Pick of the letters
    • 280 10 THE report "Send no flowers, please” (ST, Aug 7) quoted a bank general manager’s secretary as commenting that it is a “wasteful” practice to send flowers on certain occasions. She appealed to well wishers to instead donate money to the
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    • 78 10 HAVE been a motorist for the past 20 years. I annot say that I have not been careless. However, •eokless, no. Drunk? Unthinkable. I welcome any move to improve road safety and, herefore, support the suggestion of the chairman >f the GPC for Home
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    • Ban on four missionaries
      • 259 10 I REFER to the report “An iron-fisted move, says youth group" (ST, Aug 22). It is rather absurd for Mr Kamaruddin Mohd Noor to have made such remarks. Any head of government would have done what our Prime Minister did. In Singapore, people of different
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      • 68 10 I READ with interest the report “Why four Muslim preachers were banned from Singapore” (ST, Aug 17). I wholeheartedly agree with the Government taking such action against these preachers for making damaging and disparaging remarks aimed at our peaceful and harmonious city. Their style of preaching is against
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      • 179 10 DURING the National Day Rally, the Prime Minister revealed that four Muslim preachers had been banned from entering Singapore No one would have known of this had he not discussed it openly. The ban has evoked some unkind criticism and comments from across
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    • 533 10 EXCERPTS from the report of the Prime Minister’s National Day rally speech referred to by the letters above are reproduced here for the benefit of overseas readers who might not have read It. It was published In The Straits Times on Aug
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    • Replies
      • 166 10 I REFER to the letter “Retire age: Set an example" by “Justice and Equality" (ST. Sept 2). In point of fact, the compulsory retirement age for all civil servants appointed after July 1, 1956 is already 60 years. Almost all civil servants
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      • 173 10 I REFER to the letter "Nasi lemak served after throat surgery" by Mrs Jenny Mohan (ST, Aug 24). The patient had an operation on her thyroid. The throat was not involved in this operation. It is a usual practice to serve normal diet
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      • 125 10 WE refer to the letter "National Museum captions and notes only in English” by Mrs Serene Tan (ST, Aug 19). It is unfortunately not feasible owing to space and display constraints to label all museum exhibits in all four official languages. We welcome the suggestion to
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    • 201 10 ONE important point has been left out in the discussion about kidney patients and the Human Organ Transplant Act, i.e. the need to extend income tax relief to kidney patients or taxpayers with such dependents. It now costs about $l,OOO a month to buy
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    • 89 10 Dear Overseas Readers The Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name and address. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we would prefer your using your real name. Brevity
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • 929 11  -  By IVAN FERNANDEZ Though the much-heralded show of the year has come and gone, the National Day parade is still a talking point in many circles. The organisers, in particular, are doing their post-mortem and tossing ideas for future, even better, shows.
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    • 441 11  -  By JANE E. BRODY New York Times NEW YORK Alcoholism runs in families, a fact recognised since ancient times. Although familial alcoholism has long been attributed to an inherited "weak character”, most researchers thought until recently that it was almost entirely the result of environmental
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    • 1554 13  -  Around the region By ISMAIL KASSIM of the Foreign Desk KUALA LUMPUR Dec 31, 1990 is an important deadline for Malaysians of all races and from all walks of life. On that day, the 20-year New Economic Policy a bold and
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    • 437 13 fto fab fate new town A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN THE honesty of children can be revealing and devastating. Here is a story. It was prize-giving day for a Clean and Green Singapore children’s art competition. Time: About two years ago. Place: Somewhere in
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  • COMMENT/Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 640 12 Sept 2,1987 IF DURABILITY is measured by the number of coup plots she has survived, President Cory Aquino certainly ranks well above average. The latest attempt to unseat her is the most serious and violent to date. This time, the coup plotters were no clumsy amateurs. Their intentions
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    • 355 12 Aug 31,1987 ALTHOUGH the great tourist bust of 1983 has been extremely painful for the industry, not to mention the etonomy as a whole, it appears to have had some positive consequences, judging from the remarks made by industry members in the article published in The
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    • 342 12 Aug 29,1987 THE call by NTUC boss Mr Ong Teng Cheong on Singapore firms to first employ the retrenched, who totalled 60,000 at last count, before hiring foreign workers no doubt found sympathy with a broad section of the population. As Mr Ong pointed out on Thursday,
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    • 224 12 Aug 29,1987 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority deserves appiause for its decision to sell 120 units of prewar shophouses in the Tanjong Pagar conserva- tion area. This first-ever sale marks how far the authority has come since the maddening boom days of the early Eighties when it
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    • 312 12 The Sunday Times VIEW THE sentiment underlying President Wee Kim Wee’s suggestion last week that profitable companies should consider donating some surplus to the Community Chest is laudable and deserving of wide support. This is because corporations in general, and society in particular, are not yet
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    • 35 12 “We should never blame (ate (or our (ailares because If we strive and succeed, that was also (ate.” Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, urging Malaysian Muslims to strive for self-re-liance.
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  • TIMES
    • 3160 14 Friday, Sept 4,1987 1987 Last Yield Vol Day High Low Company Sale Change 000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 275 130 Acma 228 6 04 132 235 222 96 56 Alcorn 62 unch 17 62 61 308 109 Amal Steal SOc 267 15
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    • 191 14 LAST Tuesday’s fall of 19.38 points In the Straits Times Industrial Index from 1,453.93 to 1,414.55 was the steepest In one day slnee the “Black Thursday” of Dee 5, 1985, when the ST Index plunged a massive 82.71 points on the day trading
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    • 323 14 THE Singapore stock market ended a roller coaster week on a positive note yesterday, as some confidence returned after bargain hunters arrested the market’s decline just before noon. The Straits Times Industrial Index, which lost 38.27 points on Thursday, slipped a further nine
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    • 102 14 SOME last-minute covering and bargain-hunting helped prop up share prices at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Most counters recovered some lost ground after going through four successive sessions of bearish trading. However, the market finished mi\ed despite the buying support at lower levels as investors re-
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    • 75 14 HONGKONG share prices closed steady yesterday in heavy trading as institutional profit-taking erased strong gains in the morning. The Hang Seng Index edged up 0.53 point to 3,654.48 after gaining more than 25 points early in the day. Turnover surged to HK52.65 billion from Thursday’s HK52.49 billion.
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    • 306 15 JURONG Shipyard Ltd attracted a record $9.83 billion in application monies with its public offer of 45 million shares, which was 145.7 times subscribed. A total of 317,091 applicants seeking 6.56 billion shares were received when applications closed after almost two weeks of
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    • 50 15 MR LEE Kim Yew, chairman of the aggressive United Industrial Corporation group, has resigned from the board of government-linked company Intraco Ltd, two months after UlC’s sale in June of its entire 13.4 million Intraco shares, representing a 17. S per cen* stake, at $3.58 each.
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    • 382 15 Scot 4 HKS Chjrtje Assoc inti Hotels 3 375 02 Bonk Of tost Asio 32 00 05 Capital Corp 4 075 •0 125 Cathay Pocrfic Air 8 30 02 Cheung Kong Chino light 13 10 27 00 -02 03 City Resources 4 675 -0 125 Cross Harb Tunnel 1230
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    • Interim results
      • 281 15 NATIONAL Iron and Steel Mills has built on the recovery it made last year with an impressive 185 per cent jump in pre-tax profit to $2O 96 million for the first half of this year. The diversified steelbased group, whose profit soared 325
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      • 183 15 INTRACO, the governmentlinked trading company which rebuffed a takeover bid by fast-moving United Industrial Corporation last year, has achieved a 177 per cent jump in group pre-tax profit to $11.06 million for the first half of this year. And it is likely that pretax profit
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      • 171 15 SOFT DRINKS bottler Yeo Hiap Seng, which took over the distribution of 7-Up from rival FAN this year, has reported increased sales and profits for the first half of this year. Group pre-tax profit for the period amounted to $7.27 million, 43.6 per cent
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      • 154 15 LOTTERY operator Magnum Corporation ran up a small pre-tax loss in the first six months this year, but was in the black at the bot-tom-line because of extraordinary gains. The group blamed lower sales from its four-digit lottery operations and reduced income from
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      • 193 16 KENTUCKY Fried Chicken (S) Lid ban turned in a markedly improved performance at half time, with pretax profit Jumping 'll t per cent on a 29.2 per cent increase In turnover. The franchise-holder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food chain In Singapore reported a pre-tax profit
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      • 67 16 AUSTRAL Enterprises Bhd’s group pre-tax profits surged to M 53.28 million in the six months to July 1987, from M 5512,000 previously. At the net level, profits after tax and minorities stood at M 53.3 million (M 5473,000), with stated EPS soaring six cents to
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      • 48 16 GROUP profit after tax at Sing Investments Finance Ltd was $1.95 million ($941,000) on operating revenue of $7.33 million ($7 million) for the six months ended June 30, 1987. Earnings per share came to 9.03 cents (4.35 cents). No interim dividend has been declared.
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      • 68 16 ISLAND Peninsular Bhd’s group pre-tax profits edged up to M 57.82 million in the half-year ended July 31, 1987, from M 57.66 million previously. Profits after tax and minority interests rose 46.9 per cent to M 54.27 million (M 52.91 million), giving earnings per share of seven
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    • 217 16 STAFF of stockbroking firms coping with massive mountains of paperwork arising from record trading volumes during the current boom in the stock market are being rewarded with interim bonuses ranging from one to three months' salary and a promise of yet more to come, reports
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    • 432 16 FIRST Capital Corporation's proposed $lOl million acquisition of The Promenade in Orchard Road is proceeding on schedule and the final settlement is expected on or before Oct 8, reports Business Times. This was disclosed on Tuesday by FCC in a
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    • 371 16  -  By LIM ENG HAI CASH-STRAPPED property developer Ho Kok Cheong has lost his luxury penthouse in Chinatown. The property and three smaller penthouses and 10,570 sq ft of office space, all in the People’s Park Complex, were put up for sale by
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    • 75 16 MARINA SQUARE’S bid to rival Orchard Road as the centre of Singapore shopping got underway this week with the opening of local retail giant Metro’s latest store, Metro Marina. Early next month, Japanese retail giant Tokyo will open the doors to its first store in
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    • 392 16  -  By CONRAD RAJ PROPERTY group Hong Fok Corporation this week applied to the Stock Exchange of Singapore for a resumption of trading in its shares more than a year after they were suspended following a default on a loan. The application came after
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    • 393 16 UNITED Industrial Corporation's coffer* were bulging with $B9 million In cash at the end of July. This was revealed In the company’s circular on Its Joint purchase of GoldhlU Square with United Oversfufi Land. Armed with this cache, which was farther swelled by profits
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    • 214 22 G N D FILL IN SOMEONE OVERSEAS ABOUT SINGAPORE. ''•W' ,N<^SW^ NNN N «&> V*' The Strait *Times mmm {jU I) V WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION 'Vi 44M M»,« CUP) 222/8 No SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 1387 The Straits Times Overseas Weekly. It’s the new weekly newspaper, printed on lightweight paper in convenient
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  • TIMESPORT
    • MALAYSIA CUP
      • 645 23 Biggest blow for 25-time Cup winners ~fwf foil in bid for second spot in league SINGAPORE failed to make It to second place when they scored only three goals In their final match against lowly Malaysian Armed Forces at the National Stadium on
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      • 185 23 FANDI AHMAD may still play for Singapore in the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta from Sept 9-20. Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah, the vice-president of the Football Association of Malaysia and president of the Asian Football Confederation, will make an appeal for Fandi's release. Tan
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      • 259 23 Striker scores winning goal for Singapore to clinch Cup JOE DORAI reports on the Ex-Internationals’ Goodwill Cup match SINGAPORE 1 MALAYSIA 0 EVEN in the twilight of his soccer career, speed demon Quah Kim Song dazzled with a goal that helped Singapore ex-internationals beat their Malaysian
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      • 195 23 P w D L r APts Pakaag 16 12 2 2 10 38 k Uapir 16 10 3 3 37 13 33 Htagap*re 16 11 0 I 35 15 33 J*hor 16 10 2 4 33 13 32 Trrtuiin 16 9 4 27 13 n Peril*
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    • TURF HIGHLIGHTS
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