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Title Section14 1987-09-12 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1987 $1.20 CENTS MCI(P) 222/8/8714 words
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659 1987-09-12 1 CHUA CHIN CHYE - By CHUA CHIN CHYE in Johor Baru A HUNT is on for the Singapore ringleader of a Malaysian kidnap gang after five kidnappers, one a woman, were shot dead as police stormed a bungalow here659 words
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Article, Illustration51 1987-09-12 1 THIS 3.55 kg queen flsh was the prize catch at a fishing contest held at Marina Park last Sunday to mark a new era of clean rivers for Singapore. Contractor Lau Boon Slew, seen with his children admiring the catch, won S7M for his effort. See Page51 words
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Article, Illustration554 1987-09-12 1 KUANTAN The Malaysian Prime Minister has spoken of a group within the judicial branch which, he alleged, has begun to get involved in politics and tried to influence the political situation. Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad told newsmen here on Monday that judges554 words
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Article274 1987-09-12 1 BUS fares will remain unchanged when the first MRT trains start running by December this year, officials of the two bus companies said. And passengers will have, at least for the next two or three years, to use separate tickets for buses and trains274 words
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Advertisement64 1987-09-12 1 INSIDE HOME NEWS PM’s vision of Marina Bay of the future PAGE 4 KL paper article attacks PM for banning preachers PAGE 2 Mr Ho’s palace in the sky PAGE 5 Property prices up 15-25 per cent PAGE 7 ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY/ ASEAN PAGES 8&9 COMMENT/ Perspective PAGES 10,12,13 FORUM/64 words
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Advertisement21 1987-09-12 1 '■tar* 1 i V,-NOH3-136-IJ 4 jMria* tom#' Hata’tow Stew a<s A I t V f ■i lf.»t(.‘i» jj Peace of mind.21 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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807 1987-09-12 2 THE Singapore Government, through its PM, Mr I,ee Kuan Yew, has again acted boldly and audaciously to insult Islam in the region without regard to the feelings of its neighbours who are Muslims. With the latest action to bi»n four ulamas, one of807 words
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Article532 1987-09-12 2 THE Singapore Malay National Organisation (PKMS) has accused Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of making a ‘‘racist speech" when he spoke about Malay issues and the need to separate religion from politics at the National Day Rally on Aug 16. The opposition party said532 words
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Article, Illustration424 1987-09-12 2 RAV DHALIWAL - By RAV DHALIWAL AN EMERGENCY on the tracks would be no problem at all, if everything could go as smoothly as it did at last Sunday’s Mass Rapid Transit drill. But all the 557 "passengers" knew exactly what to do, with the briefing before theyPicture courtesy of the MRTC.; – Picture by SIMON KER. - 424 words
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112 1987-09-12 2 A COUPLE’S wedding day came to a nightmarish end when their car was Involved In an accident and an 89-year-old pedestrian died on the spot. Mr Tan Yew Keln died after the accident happened near the Ennos flyover on the Pan Island Expressway. The112 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration405 1987-09-12 3 LEW ENG FEE - Organisation apologises for mistake By LEW ENG FEE A COMMUNITY Chest advertisement has upset the family of a retired dentist, who was portrayed as a destitute In It. In real life, Mr Teo Kong Wah, 84, Is a contented patriarch of 26 grandchildren and two405 words
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411 1987-09-12 3 AUDREY PERERA - By AUDREY PERERA THE Health Ministry has released guidelines to ensure that fertility clinics that can now be set up in private hospitals and by gynaecologists and obstetricians come under strict government scrutiny. Essentially, the 56-point list shows a concern for patient411 words
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165 1987-09-12 3 THE Singapore Bank Employees Union is to ask more than 40 banks to extend their staff retirement age from 55 to 60. The proposal will be made next year during negotiations to renew collective agreements for more than 7,000 employees in 47 banks. ‘‘There165 words
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Article, Illustration260 1987-09-12 3 MR DONALD Sinclair, once among the better-known stock market analysts here, collapsed while jogging and died of a heart attack in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Monday morning. He was found lying on the road near the old polo ground, a small open field popular260 words
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Article, Illustration273 1987-09-12 3 A RECENT telephone survey by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation showed that 78 per cent of Singaporeans watched this year’s National Day parade on television. Of the 554 people interviewed, 97 per cent said the parade made them proud to be Singaporeans, the Minister273 words
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152 1987-09-12 3 AN ARTIST from China, charged with entering Singapore without a valid permit, told a court on Tuesday that he was seeking political asylum here. Ton Xue Shang, 26, who left China In March last year, was alleged to have entered Singapore152 words
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124 1987-09-12 3 AFTER four years of faltering growth, SBCText is now zapping its way across thousands more screens, re-energised by the recent bullish stock market. Sales of Teletext-fitted television sets have increased dramatically this year, dealers report. Sony, for example, is said to be selling about124 words
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Article, Illustration859 1987-09-12 4 PM holds up vision of playground, reservoir and flood barrier THE Marina Bay area may one day be turned into a huge freshwater lake, used not only for recreation but also as an emergency water reserve and for flood control. In859 words
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Article, Illustration677 1987-09-12 4 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK A DECADE ago, Mr Lee Kuan Yew threw down the gauntlet: Give Old Man River a new lease of life. Clear the murky, barren waters, remove the stench. He said then: "Let us have fishing677 words
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Article, Illustration100 1987-09-12 4 THE downward drop of the carve In this graph shows how dramatically the once-polloted Kallang River has been cleaned np. The drop Is In the demand made on the dissolved oxygen In the water by decomposing organic matter. Such rubbish takes np oxygen in the rotting100 words
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Article, Illustration595 1987-09-12 5 LIVIA CHUA; and QUAH CHOON POH - It has 15 bathrooms, one with a safe big enough to walk in Many rooms have ceilings of ornately carved wood panels By LIVIA CHUA and QUAH CHOON POH WOW! To walk intoPictures by TAN SUAN ANN. - 595 words
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Article222 1987-09-12 5 L.E. PREMA - By L.E. PREMA MORE babies are now being delivered in private hospitals. One possible reason for their increasing popularity with expectant mothers is that Medisave can now be used to pay for deliveries, say spokesmen for both private and government hospitals. Latest figures show that222 words
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427 1987-09-12 6 Travel agents’ top choice for fourth time in a row SINGAPORE Airlines has retained its position for the fourth time in a row as the travel agents’ favourite choice in the Asia-Pacific region. The independent Intramar survey is conducted once every three427 words
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197 1987-09-12 6 A TOTAL of 57.052 households responded to the third and largest Food Plan exercise on Sunday. Altogether, 379.000 residents from 91,116 households in the 15 participating constituencies were informed last week of the exercise. Registration and distribution of ration coupons at the various centres197 words
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Article, Illustration588 1987-09-12 6 FOREIGN businessmen will be able to learn more about Singapore through the Weekly Overseas Edition of The Straits Times, Mr Philip Yeo, Economic Development Board chairman, said. In this way, it will help promote investment, trade and tourism here, said Mr588 words
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Article116 1987-09-12 6 AN EMINENT Swedish economist, Prof Assar Lindbeck, who is chairman of the Nobel Prize Committee for Economic Science in his home country, has been appointed Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor from Sept 6 to Oct 16. He is Professor of Inter- national Economics and Director116 words
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495 1987-09-12 6 BERTHA HENSON - By BERTHA HENSON THIRD KUge, the dram* Knap linked to the Marxist conspiracy uncovered by the Government earlier this year, Is not taking part In this year’s Drama Festival. The group took part last year and was Invited In Mareh to take495 words
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540 1987-09-12 7 ANNIE CHIA - By ANNIE CHIA PROPERTY prices in Singapore have risen after hitting rock bottom between April and June last year, says a Ministry of National Development report. According to property sources, current prices for all types of property except for industrial property540 words
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164 1987-09-12 7 PRICES of resale flats have gone op following the annonneement last week that new Housing Board units commanding good views or in choice locations would coot more. Four real estate agents Interviewed said they were flooded with calls from HDB flat-owners164 words
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263 1987-09-12 7 RESIDENTS in private estates have been urged to be more active in community activities. The call came from Dr Lee Boon Yang. Minister of State (National Development and Home Affairs), following his three-hour walkabout of Ulu Pandan, a "mixed" constituency of private and public263 words
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Article55 1987-09-12 7 PARENTS of minors who are Singaporeans by descent or registration are reminded that their children mast take the oath of allegiance within 12 months after they reach the age of 21. Those who fail to do so will lose their citizenship. Those overseas can take the pledge55 words
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Article241 1987-09-12 7 EVERYTHING anyone wants to know about Aids and how to deal with it will be discussed when more than 600 medical and para-medi-cal personnel meet at Singapore’s first national workshop on Aids on Oct 4. The topics will cover the entire gamut of the acquired241 words
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373 1987-09-12 7 VALERIE LEE - By VALERIE LEE RAFFLES Institution launches its first drive tonight to raise money for an endowment fund with the hope that once enough is collected it will be in a better position to go independent. The launch373 words
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Article, Illustration503 1987-09-12 7 HEDWIG ALFRED - By HEDWIG ALFRED THE Singapore doctor who scored a world medical first with a frozen-egg pregnancy in Australia is returning home. Dr Christopher Chen, who left Singapore nine years ago because of a lack of opportunities in his field, is coming back to503 words
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337 1987-09-12 8 KUANTAN (Pahang) ‘lt’s dangerous and could lead to rioting’ NST, Bernama, AFP PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has warned those who speculate that the burning of mosques in Pahang was the work of Christian Indonesian illegal immigrants or Muslim apostates who– NST,; Bernama,; AFP - 337 words
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Article, Illustration266 1987-09-12 8 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The recent resurgence of Islam is not a threat to humanity as has been viewed hy many Westerners, Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. “It Is certainly a threat, but only to Imperialism and other forms of decadence, corruptionBernama. - 266 words
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153 1987-09-12 8 NST KOTA KINABALU Sabah Muslims are concerned over the setting up of a Christian seminary here using Bahasa Malaysia as its medium of instruction. They claimed that the motive of the college was to preach Christianity more extensively and to increase efforts– NST - 153 words
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Article, Illustration259 1987-09-12 8 R. VASANTHI - R. VASANTHI. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Indian Congress Deputy President Datuk S. Subramaniam has called on party President Datuk S. Sarny Vellu not to make emotional and provocative statements which were detrimental to the party's interests. Datuk Subramaniam was commenting on a statement by259 words
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64 1987-09-12 8 KUALA LUMPUR Three men were released on bail after being arrested by anti-corruption officers on suspicion of offering a 16,000 bribe to a state football team captain to fix a Malaysia Cup match. They are expected to be charged in court soon.64 words
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Article64 1987-09-12 8 AP. BEIJING Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Abdul Ghafar Baba, has said his country wants to increase economic cooperation with China and hopes China will import more Malaysian natural resources. Mr Ghafar, who arrived on Sunday for a week-long visit, made his comments at– AP. - 64 words
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Article, Illustration472 1987-09-12 8 KUALA LUMPUR NST. MALAYSIAN Bar Council president Param Cumaraswamy has said it is part of the traditional role of judges to speak up on the law, the Constitution and the administration of justice outside the courts. Responding to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir– NST. - 472 words
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Article129 1987-09-12 8 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Chinese pornographic novels are being sold side by side with comics for children in some bookshops. A random check showed that obscene storybooks published in Hongkong and Macau were selling for about Mss. Some parents have complained that the open display– NST. - 129 words
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76 1987-09-12 8 Bernama JOHOR BARU About 500 settlers from four Felda settlements in the Taib Andak group scheme in Johor staged an hour-long peaceful demonstration on Monday in protest against Felda, the government resettlement agency. They carried placards condemning Felda’s withholding of monthly payments and foodBernama - 76 words
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218 1987-09-12 9 KOTA KINABALU Bernama. AN ASSISTANT minister in the Sabah government has been sentenced to four months’ jail for committing zina (illicit sex) with a 20-year-old girl. The Syariah court here also jailed the girl, Raini Abdul Rahman, who pleaded guilty to committingBernama. - 218 words
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AROUND ASEAN
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Article, Illustration288 1987-09-12 9 Aquino visit to 3 nations cancelled Reuter. MANILA President Cornzon Aquino has cancelled her planned visit to Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei In November, diplomatic sources said. MANILA The daughter of Philippine President Corazon Aquino said her mother gathered the familyReuter. - 288 words
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77 1987-09-12 9 Reuter. JAKARTA The Indonesian Parliament, facing mounting international pressure, has passed tough new legislation aimed at curbing the country’s huge copyright piracy industry. The new law includes copyright protection for foreign films, music, and books. The old law protected only locally published works. TheReuter. - 77 words
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Article, Illustration209 1987-09-12 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Traffic ground to a halt on Wednesday when about 200 hawkers protested against the authorities by pushing their way through the city centre in a convoy of 45 carts. The hawkers, some with their children in tow, plodded along Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman– NST.; NST picture. - 209 words
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156 1987-09-12 9 IPOH A hospital attendant who accidentally sliced off a part of the penis of a nine-year-old boy during a circumcision last year will have his monthly pay cut over the next three years, the Star newspaper reported. It said the Ipoh General156 words
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Advertisement143 1987-09-12 9 Are your deposits earning interest as high as 9* 0 These were our deposit and exchange rates during last week c. c> 1 We are 100% wholly owned subsidiary of N2I Bank Ltd and a member of NZI Corporation in New Zealand The NZI Group has been in Singapore for143 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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Article, Illustration1486 1987-09-12 10 ABBY TAN - Around the region This article on the leadership problem in the Philippines was written after last month’s coup attempt in Manila but before the resignation of the entire Aquino Cabinet on Wednesday. By ABBY TAN Manila Correspondent MANILA Public opinion is with President Corazon AquinoRenter picture. - 1,486 words
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FORUM / Pick of the letters
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535 1987-09-12 11 Excerpt from a letter published in last Tuesday’s Straits Times PLEASE refer to your report “MP hits out at those who deride acts of patriotism” (ST, Aug 27). I want to relate an incident which happened to me following what one might call a535 words
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173 1987-09-12 11 1 RECENTLY wrote to your paper as a representative of an independent school in Canada (ST, Aug 31). In my letter, I mentioned that the province of British Columbia is in the process of passing legislation that will provide for the voluntary accreditation173 words
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Article100 1987-09-12 11 I AM very impressed indeed with the success of the Clean Rivers Scheme. In particular, the Kallang River basin has been transformed Into a scenic environment with sandy beaches along Its banks. The results of the scheme are undoubtedly a manifestation of the great vision of the100 words
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Article95 1987-09-12 11 SO much attention and emphasis have been placed on the clean-up operation at the Singapore River and Kallang Basin that a shameful sight now greets us along the beach at the lagoon end of the East Coast Parkway. There has been a huge build-up95 words
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Advertisement92 1987-09-12 11 Dear Overseas Readers The Strait* Times Weekly Overseas Edition 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 your92 words
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Advertisement211 1987-09-12 11 THE SINGAPOREAN NEWS FOR SINGAPOREANS OVERSEAS. if*— The Straits Times cz WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 5. ISBT ;r^ M.CUP: No 222 8 S 7 The Straits Times Overseas Weekly. It’s the new weekly newspaper, printed on lightweight paper in convenient tabloid size. It will carry business, economic, political and211 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article634 1987-09-12 12 EDITORIALS published in this page are from The Straits Times unless otherwise acknowledged. Sept 9,1987 DESPITE cultural and language similarities, China and Japan have a lot to learn about accommodation. Relations have deteriorated since the fall of Mr Hu Yaobang, and the coming 13th Party Congress is unlikely634 words
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Article322 1987-09-12 12 Sept 8, 1987 DEMOCRACIES are weak when it comes to perseverance. This must be how Hanoi perceives the United States and how it is exploiting the issue of those American soldiers who fought the Vietnam War and are still considered Missing in Action (MIA). For Hanoi,322 words
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Article284 1987-09-12 12 THE UN Secretary-General, Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, is expected to visit Teheran and Baghdad this week to press for a ceasefire in the escalating Gulf war an objective the Security Council sought in its July 20 resolution. Iraq has already said it would abide by284 words
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Article620 1987-09-12 12 Sept 7,1987 ONCE, the idea that small could be beautiful seemed like heresy. Now, three decades later, the appropriate technology movement it spawned is simply good sense. Today the idea that an older worker may be as useful as a younger worker may be just620 words
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Article307 1987-09-12 12 The Sunday Times VIEW SINGAPORE students attracted to do a spot of swotting in fast-food restaurants, shopping centres, HDB void decks and even at the waiting lounge of Changi Airport, are merely doing what other students in cooler climates do when the weather is fine. There,307 words
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Article50 1987-09-12 12 “It is like having a healthy set of teeth you are not conscious of them, and yet, how essential they are to your well-being.'’ Mr David Marshall, Singapore's ambassador to France, emphasising the importance of the intergrity of the judiciary and civil service to a society's social stability.50 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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252 1987-09-12 13 Excerpt from 'Look Back In Wonder a personal view of the week's news’ by Straits Times columnist TAN SAI SIONti LAST week's sharp market correction has led a 10-year veteran of the Singapore market to share with me his theory that the seventh moon252 words
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Article, Illustration1774 1987-09-12 13 TAN BOON KEAN - Banks blamed for financial problems of companies Around the region By TAN BOON KEAN Special to The Straits Times THE attempt to build a strong bumiputra business class in Malaysia is being stymied by a series of blows from the recession of the past1,774 words
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Page 13 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous90 1987-09-12 13 Lat’s Scenes of Malaysian Life KHOIHP AN c’XVuAN MASK UKf THIS AlT£4k' I Ki'M THf u'MPANT M£ N J AHuVt YOU E%TINuUI*H Vi'llK IIoARETTB ANP (MM£ Pi AT I.Y HOI P MASK riK\UY Ti’WAKP* YOU. f>LA C£ THE M/*>K iH£k’ ViUIR HO>t AA IP MOUTH WITH THf HEAP HArYO TIIUiUY90 words
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Article3127 1987-09-12 14 Friday, Sept 11,1187 1987 Last Yield Vol Day High low Company Sale Change 000) High Low SECTION ONE ■BUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL to 275 130 Acmt 231 1 04 13 232 231 96 56 Alcorn 62 308 109 Amat Steal SO* 283 3 1 4 973,127 words
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162 1987-09-12 14 AFTER potting on 71 points since last Friday, when It benneed back from the sharp (alls earlier In the week, the Straits Times Industrial Index had Its first decline on Thursday when It dropped B.M points to 1,457.81 points. Volnme162 words
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334 1987-09-12 14 TRADING on the Singapore stock market remained lethargic yesterday with the number of shares changing hands only marginally higher than Thursday. Dealers said the mood was cautious because many investors were still uncertain about the new delivery and settlement system which started on Monday.334 words
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Article70 1987-09-12 14 KUALA Lumpur share prices recovered some ground yesterday after a two-day weak spell. Fairly widespread double-digit gains were recorded. Blue chips and secondliners were especially firm. Finance and com- modity stocks attracted renewed interest to register handsome gains. The New Straits Times Index rose 6.25 points70 words
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Article74 1987-09-12 14 HONGKONG share prices advanced on a broad front yesterday with the Hang Seng Index rising to a record high. The index rose 59.54 points to close at 3,660.50. Its previous high was 3,654.48 set on Sept 4. Turn- over amounted to a hefty HK52.65 billion, up from74 words
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403 1987-09-12 15 DEPOSITS PASS SIOB MARK THE Post Office Savings Bank made $69.38 million last year 92.7 per cent more than the $36 million it had forecast. Not surprisingly, POSB Executive Chairman Chua Kim Yeow said in the national savings bank’s annual report, released recently, that403 words
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127 1987-09-12 15 CONSTRUCTION group Cum ('hang Holdings Ltd Is buying Vos per Pte Ltd’s Tanjung Rhu shipyard for < more than $l5 million and will redevelop It as a resl- i denttal estate. The purchase agreement i was reached between Vosper liquidators Ernst and i127 words
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Article374 1987-09-12 15 Sept 11 HK$ Clunfe Assoc Inti Hotels 3 55 02 Bonk Ol tost Asio 31 25 05 Copitol Corp 3 775 -0 025 Cathay Pacific Air 8 20 025 Cheung Kong China Light 1290 26 30 0 1 •0 1 City Resources 4 40 •0 05 Cross Horb Tunnel374 words
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Article, Illustration444 1987-09-12 15 MRS THERESA Foo-Yo Mie Yoen, described by many in the financial community as Singapore’s top woman banker, has resigned from Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation after three years with the bank. A bank spokesman said that Mrs Foo, one of three executive vice-presidents at OCBC, "is444 words
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291 1987-09-12 15 ONG Company, one of Singapore's leading stockbroking firms which got into a cash bind following the Pan-Electric crisis, is now strong enough to undertake large-scale institutional business. The company said in a statement last week that its foreign partners have injected about $lO million291 words
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Article67 1987-09-12 15 AFP LONDON De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd has announced that the price of uncut diamonds will rise by an average of 10 per cent next month. The increases will be more for large diamonds. The price rises follows greater market firmness, especially in the Far East. Japanese purchasesAFP - 67 words
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445 1987-09-12 16 THE world’s largest manufacturer of synthetic rubber and latex, Polysar, has been awarded regional operational headquarters (OHQ) status by the Government for making Singapore the focal point of its Asia-Pacific operations. The Canadian multinational is the seventh investor to be given445 words
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600 1987-09-12 16 LIM KN(i HAI - Sesdaq proves its critics wrong LIM KN(i HAI. PUNTERS may not have made many happy forays into Sesdaq but merchant bankers think the second securities market has, in its first seven months worked well, proving its critics wrong. And the market, which kicked600 words
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Company results
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Article762 1987-09-12 16 PLANTATIONS giant Sime Darby Bhd has turned in better results and an increased dividend for the year to June 30. Only the plantations division produced lower returns, where poor crude palm oil prices outweighed better commodity trading. Profit margins improved over the year. Group pre-tax762 words
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137 1987-09-12 16 CONSTRUCTION company Lim Kah Ngam Ltd slipped into the red in the first six months of this year. The group suffered an interim pre-tax loss of $355,000, compared with a profit of $5.97 million for the same period of 1986. However, directors expect137 words
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115 1987-09-12 16 DIVERSIFIED Berjaya Corporation (M) Bhd reported a 3 per cent decline in pre-tax profit to M 510.03 million for the year ended April 30, 1987. Turnover also shrank slightly to M 559.66 million (M 560.03 million). An extraordinary item of M 51.63 million ate115 words
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181 1987-09-12 16 UNITED Industrial Corporation and United Overseas Land have called off their joint venture agreement to buy Goldhill Square, barely seven weeks after it was first announced. Citing differences over the financing for the $225 million purchase of the 32-storey commercial complex at Thomson181 words
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102 1987-09-12 16 SESDAQ will link up with its giant US counterpart, Nasdaq, next month. Preparations for the link, which would allow US stocks to be traded in the Asian time zone through Singapore for the first time, are well under way, Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu102 words
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Advertisement640 1987-09-12 17 APPOINTMENTS P PEPPERL FUCHS, a name synonymous with electronic proximity sensors and intrinsically safe control units is fast expanding its operations here. In line with computerising our production line, we are looking for highly motivated individuals to take up the challenge of setting up a CIS SYSTEM in our plant.640 words
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Advertisement676 1987-09-12 18 One Vision. One Mission. 4 4 Great companies are built by people willing to make bold moves, who take events into their own hands and dare to act on their vision... we are in the vanguard of a movement that is sure* to redirect Senior Engineer (Vendor Quality) The successful676 words
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Advertisement857 1987-09-12 19 rm WE ARNE BROTHERS GROUP OF COMPANIES Wc are a diversified and expanding group of companies with a network of subsidiaries and associates in Singapore and overseas. The Group is engaged in high technology electronic components, microcomputers, agrotechnology, engineering, property development, construction, motor, manufacturing and trading activities and is continually857 words
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Advertisement743 1987-09-12 20 FINANCIAL CONTROLLER XT it:;::; rrOCC ,I,Q T TtXXlt Singapore Refining Company Private Limited invites suitably qualified and experienced candidates to apply for the above position The person we are looking for will have at least 7 years' working experience in accounting, have a good working knowledge of EDP systems, and,743 words
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Advertisement1037 1987-09-12 21 VJ l» 4» I PRINTRONIX TDK FIRST LINK IN PRINTERS. PRINTRONIX is an acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of high-speed printers for computer systems, based in California, USA. We pioneered our state-of-the-art technology in printer manufacturing that has set new industry standards, and are the first to manufacture1,037 words
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Advertisement886 1987-09-12 22 Manager Industrial Engineering Hong Kong (Negotiable at HK$3OO,OOO pa plus attractive benefits) Our client is an operator of one of the world's largest and busiest privately-owned container terminals whose expansion programme will lead to a doubling of capacity by 1989. To facilitate this expansion, our client seeks a qualified and886 words
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TIMESPORT
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South-east Asia Games in Jakarta
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119 1987-09-12 23 – GODFREY ROBERT - Football GODFREY ROBERT. SINGAPORE and Malaysia gave the 14th Southeast Asia Games soccer programme a tame lift-off when they laboured to a goalless draw, devoid of class and character, at the Senayan Stadium. Caution was the byword and tension overcame the players in119 words
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317 1987-09-12 23 GODFREY ROBERT - By GODFREY ROBERT JAKARTA Singapore’s stranglehold in water polo will end abruptly if there is not enough support for the sport in future Southeast Asia Games. That’s because the Sea Games Federation Council approved in principle a Sea Games Sport and Development Committee317 words
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Article60 1987-09-12 23 IN THEIR opening match on Wednesday, Singapore’s water polo team swamped hosts Indonesia 9-3 at the Senayan Sports Complex, thanks to flawless teamwork and the excellent goalkeeping of Edison Foo, who saved two penalties. Singapore’s scorers were Tan Hong Teck (3), Lim Teck Yin (2) and Lionel Low,60 words
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Article, Illustration371 1987-09-12 23 HAKIKAT RAI - Swimming By HAKIKAT RAI MALAYSIA'S Nurul Huda Abdullah ruled the waves on opening night of the 14th Sea Games swimming programme at the Senayan Sports Complex on Thursday. But there was no joy for Singapore's Ng Yne Meng, who, despite breaking his own national record,– Picture by ALBERT SIM. - 371 words
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Article718 1987-09-12 23 First day's results CYCLING IMkm team time trial: 1 Indonesia (lan Tanujaya, Fanny Cunawan, Robby Yahya. Ungut Ong Kim Hong) 2hr 19min 18.265e0 2 Thailand (Kajohnsak Kongpu, Pongsak Sanlom, Taksin Sornsuth, Somchai Buapet) 2:21:10.45 3 Malaysia (M. Kumaresan, Khairul Fazal, Tai Cheng Hai, Chen Choong Ming) 2:21:36.64718 words
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501 1987-09-12 23 SALMA KHALIK - By SALMA KHALIK SINGAPORE is almost set to go for the big one. After several years of trying, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board appears to have overcome government objections and is on the verge of submitting a bid to host501 words
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373 1987-09-12 24 YANG RAZALI KASSIM - Surprise Jakarta visit by Sultan By YANG RAZALI KASSIM Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah paid an unexpected visit to President Suharto on Thursday, offering US$lOO million (Ss2oB million) in interest-free loans and promising major investments in Indonesia. The Sultan and his373 words
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Article65 1987-09-12 24 JOHOR BARU The Customs and Immigration departments here have been directed to open ail 16 booths at the Causeway checkpoint during the peak hours to ease congestion, The Star newspaper reported. Johor Customs chief Ahmad Padzll Mohiyiddin said all the booths would open from 2 pm to65 words
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Article, Illustration277 1987-09-12 24 EDWIN THAM - By EDWIN THAM IT WAS a place where they could seek spiritual solace and a temporary refuge from the havoc of war. It was at best a hut, with a makeshift crucifix nailed to an asbestos roof. Its benches were open to the277 words
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121 1987-09-12 24 Bemama. BANGKOK Thai army units in the south have been directed to mount an all-out push against remnants of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM). The Fourth Army Region Commander, Lt-Gen-eral Visit Artkhumwong, gave the order and called for continued pressure to forceBemama. - 121 words
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351 1987-09-12 24 PETER HAZELHURST - By PETER HAZELHURST Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO A disappointed Singapore has only managed to get two out of seven additional flights to Japan that it wanted. Talks between the two countries, which ended only at 3.40 am last Saturday.351 words
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122 1987-09-12 24 THK STPB Is appealing to ex-servicemen and prison-ers-of-war, most of whom are now In Britain and Anstralia, to donate mementoes of their years of Imprisonment In Changi Prison daring the war. It Is looking for photographs, personal letters, old uniforms, Identity cards, medical records,122 words
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181 1987-09-12 24 A MAJOR syndicate which provided a home delivery service of pornographic tapes has been smashed by the Film Censors Board. It supplied tapes to customers in the Ang Mo Kio, Hougang and Upper Serangoon areas. In all, 201 pornographic video tapes, three video cassette recorders,181 words
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