The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 24 October 1987

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  • 21 1 The Straits T imes WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1987 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/87
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  • 863 1  -  ST Index down 31 pc in tandem with world bourses By LIM ENG HAI THE bull run on the Singapore stock market came to an abrupt halt last week as the unprecedented collapse on Wall Street sparked off waves of heavy selling and four days of volatile
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  • 1275 1  -  By CHEONG YIP SENG VANCOUVER Singapore is not attracting as many talented people from abroad as it used to because Canada and Australia are competing aggressively for them too, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said in an interview with Singapore reporters here.
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  • 589 1 THE Singapore stock market yesterday lost almost all the ground it regained on Thursday, as Investors bailed out over anxieties that the sharp decline in Tokyo might undermine Wall Street’s performance. There was also widespread concern that the Hongkong market could re-open on Monday
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  • 438 1  -  ‘Racial relations soured by rallies and protests' By ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on all his ministers and other politicians to stop making irresponsible statements. Underlining his concern over the escalation of communal
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  • HOME
    • 499 2 THE Singapore Government has given gave details of how four national servicemen strayed Into Malaysian waters In two boats In April, and revealed that they had been tried and punished with up to 41 days' detention
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    • 709 2 'When the second boat caught up with the first, both boats were already 500 metres inside Sungei Melayu... None of the servicemen reported the incident THE GOVERNMENT STATEMENT IN FULL THE Singapore Government had considered the incident where four SAF national servicemen had strayed into Sungei Melayu as dealt with
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    • 312 2 THE UMNO YOUTH LETTER Translation of an Umno Youth protest note In Malay to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew through the Singapore High Commission In Kuala Lumpur on the straying incident. UMNO Youth
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    • 222 2 Bemama. VANCOUVER Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said he is “quite satisfied” with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s explanation on the four Singapore soldiers who strayed into Malaysian territory. He told Malaysian journalists here last Saturday that, according to Mr Lee,
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    • 550 3 But 63 staff members have asked for transfers out THE three secondary schools that are going independent have received a total of 63 requests for transfers from their staff, but more than 750 teachers from other schools have applied to join them. Thursday
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    • 441 3 PEOPLE here have taken to overseas holidays on such a big scale this year that some travel agents are turning away potential customers due to shortage of flights. Travel out of Singapore jumped 24 per cent in the first seven months of the
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    • 137 3 A TOTAL of 171 Muslims have submitted forms to the Health Ministry offering to pledge their kidneys In the event of accidental death. Of these only 41 have so far been approved; the others have had to be returned for correction because they were
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    • 262 3 A FOUR-MEMBER disciplinary committee has been appointed by the Chief Justice to hear complaints against three lawyers. The three lawyers include two brothers, Mr Tang King Kai and Mr Tang King Suong, admitted as advocates and solicitors in 1973 and 1978 respectively.
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    • 412 3 MR FRANCIS Seow, the former president of the Law Society who had to give up his post last year, is planning to make a comeback. He has asked the High Court to allow him leave to stand for election to the society’s
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    • 369 3  -  By LOH KENG FATT A DIRECT recruitment campaign for workers is taking to the road, in the shape of a moving-display advertisement on board more than 100 Singapore Bus Service buses. Rolling posters advertising jobs for production workers now
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    • 164 3 TRISHAWS decked with Konica signboards are back on the streets again, this time with the approval of the Registry of Vehicles. A ROV spokesman said it had authorised Trishaw Tours Ltd to put up advertising signs on 150 trishaws. The use
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    • 529 4  -  Fears firm may ship it to Moscow By MICHAEL LIM in The Sunday Times THE United States government has slapped a ban on the sale by IBM of a powerful $500,000 computer to a shipping company here. The reason? A suspicion that
      in The Sunday Times  -  529 words
    • 110 4 A RETIRED bank manager has claimed trial to a charge of having accepted a $30,000 bribe from a director of Hock Tat Development six years ago. Lim Jun Ying, 54, who was then general manager of Malayan Banking, denied taking the bribe from Mr
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    • 146 4 NATIONAL University of Singapore students beat the Singapore Polytechnic team to win this year's inter-var-sity debate final in Mandarin. This is the second time they have emerged as champions of the debate in Mandarin the last time was in 1985. The best speaker on Thursday
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    • 403 4 Streaming success! plunge in number of early school leavers last year LESS than one per cent of Singapore students below 16 years old left school last year with less than 10 years of schooling under their belts and it was largely due to streaming. According to Dr Soon Teck Wong,
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    • 578 4  -  AND AWAY FROM HOME CHEONG YIP SENG VANCOUVER Mr Wong Kan Seng, the Minister for Community Development and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, had a lively discussion with Singapore students at Simon Fraser University here last week. The discussion dwelt largely on political
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    • 836 5 Convictions show defect of character, says court J. B. JEYARETNAM has been barred from practising as a lawyer after a three-judge court on Monday found that his conviction on four criminal charges showed that he was unfit for the profession. Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin,
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    • 397 5 AN EXHIBITION featuring exhibits from the Shenyang Museum in China on the lives of Qing emperors and empresses will be held in Singapore in January 1989. The eight-month show will be the first in a series of ongoing exhibitions whose
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    • 174 5 SINGAPORE will not rejoin the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cnltnral Organisation despite the withdrawal of Its much-criticised directorgeneral, Mr Amadoo Malitar M’Bow, from seeking a new term. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said Singapore left Unesco three years ago tor Its own reasons,
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    • 530 5 THE Government, responding to a resolution drawn up by the Foreign Correspondents Association to express regret over the restriction on the local sales of Asiaweek, has declined to meet its members to clarify how the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act was to be
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    • 308 5 NEW labour laws under study by the Government will make part-time work worthwhile for employers and workers. This was disclosed by Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan, who said his ministry was discussing legislation for part-time work with the National Trades Union Congress,
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    • 193 6 First Asian non-allied country to get US permission to acquire strategic products SINGAPORE is to be allowed to acquire strategically-sensitive American products almost as freely as US allies can. According to a report by the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. Singapore will be the first non-allied country
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    • 376 6 But rise could be due to awareness: Doctor MORE] children and teenagers are seeking psychiatric treatment. Dr Teo Seng Hock, medical director of Woodbridge Hospital, said on Thursday. The number went up by 30 to 40 per cent between 1982 and last year, he
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    • 184 6 A SPECIAL ward to treat people suffering from severe alcoholism will be built in the new Woodbridge Hospital. The 3#-bed unit the first to he built here Is among several facilities In the new hospital expected to he completed in IStl.
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    • 488 6 THE High Court on Wednesday found an army officer guilty of abducting and raping a part-time beautician at the point of a cutter more than two years ago. Kulwant Singh s/o Dalip Singh, 21, was sentenced to 14 years’ jail
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    • 167 6 THREE women and seven men have received scholarships to pursue their doctorate degree» In universities here and abroad. The 11, moot of whom are studying engineering and the science», were awarded the Tan kah Kee Postgraduate Scholarship Awards. Mr lJnn In Hna, president of
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    • 359 7 MR LIM Boon Heng and Mr Ng Pock Too have assumed new posts as deputy secretaries-general of the National Trades Union Congress. Their promotions were approved by the NTUC’s central committee at a meeting on Tuesday. The NTUC said in a statement
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    • 62 7 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew returned home on Wednesday after attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference in Vancouver. The conference was also attended by the Minister for Community Development and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr Wong Kan Seng. Mr liee returned via Hongkong where
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    • 93 7 A 35-MEMBER delegation from the Singapore Press Club left on Wednesday for a six-day visit of the Philippines. The team, led by the club president, Mr T. S. Khoo. will pay courtesy calls on President Corazon Aquino and Vice-President Salvador Laurel. The members will
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    • 109 7 THE cost of living In Singapore dropped slightly last month doe mainly to cheaper food and transport. The consumer price Index for the month fell marginally by 9.1 per cent over August, according to the Department of Statistics. Cheaper pork, fruits and
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    • 232 7 THE intricate motif being drawn on little Anisha Merchant’s hand is more than a decorative touch for the festive season. The use of mehndi, or myrtle leaf paste, on the hands signifies joy and celebration, in this case for Deepavali, the Festival of Lights. Housewife
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    • 471 7 THE surgeon who performed Singapore’s first heart-valve operation has been promoted. Moving up to the same scale with him is a pathologist who is a familiar figure in the Coroner's Court and an author of articles on topics ranging from accidents in
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    • 461 7  -  By SERENA TOH A SECOND junior college principal will be joining St Joseph's Institution, which intends to go independent. He is Brother Joseph Kiely, 54, the present principal of Catholic Junior College. Brother Kiely will be SJI deputy principal in charge of curriculum.
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  • across the CAUSEWAY
    • 601 8  -  By ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR The Civic Consciousness rally organised by Umno last Sunday turned into an occasion to revive the spirit of the Malays and unite them behind the party. From the beginning, there were constant references to the perceived
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    • 112 8 KUALA LUMPUR Umno MPs will wear the Malay dress when attending the parliament from this week as part at the efforts to revive the Malay spirit, according to party sources. They will continue to wear the Malay drew* until Nov 1, when a public
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    • 532 8 PENANG Former Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has suggested the establishment of a reconciliation committee, if the United Malays National Organisation and the Malaysian Chinese Association feel they have a misunderstanding. He was reported in the The Star as saying that
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    • 337 8 Row over school postings KUALA LUMPUR Bernanm. EDUCATION Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said the Cabinet committee set up to resolve the Issue of the appointment of non-Chl-nese-edueated teachers to Chinese primary schools will not change the decision on appointments made by the promotions
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    • 64 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s national oil corporation, Petronas, is likely to raise its oil production next year to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 500,000 bpd now. Petronas senior vice-presi-dent (upstream sector) Datuk Rastam Hadi said the increase in oil production is still subject to government
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    • 223 8 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Agriculture Minister Datuk Alex Lee has urged Attor-ney-General Tan Sri Abu Talib to look into the possibility of applying the Seditions Act to prosecute Umno leaders who, he said, made seditious speeches at last Saturday’s Umno Youth rally The rally was
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    • 634 9 KUALA LUMPUR AP, UPI, charged. AP, UPI, Bernama. AN ARMY ranger who fired more than 40 rounds from an M-16 rifle in a street in the city’s commercial quarter, killing one man and wounding two others, surrendered to
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    • 212 9 MALACCA Umno will not allow Malay dominance in Malaysia to be disputed by any group as it will lead to chaos among the various races, Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik has said. He reminded certain sections of the people not
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    • 214 9 NST. JOHOR BARU Mentrl Besar H»jl Mnhylddln Mthamed Yassin hopes Singapore will heaear Ito promise that Ito troops will not la trade Into Malaysian territory again. “Singapore has already given as an assurance that there will be no more Intensions by Its armed forces,”
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    • AROUND ASEAN
      • 161 9 AFP. JAKARTA Indonesia’s ruling Golkar party has reaffirmed its support for President Suharto, nominating him for a fifth consecutive five-year term in office starting next March, a party spokesman said on Wednesday. In a political statement issued at the end of Golkar’s annual
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      • 602 9 Reuter, AP, AFP. JAKARTA More than 100 people died and 305 others were injured when two crowded commuter trains crashed head-on in Jakarta on Monday, police said. Many of the victims were crushed or dismembered by the twisted metal as the two trains
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      • 72 9 JAKARTA A six-year-old boy, trapped from the waist down, was freed early on Tuesday from the wreckage of Indonesia's wont train crash as the death toll rose to 152 and the namber of lnjnred stood at 316, police said. President Snharto visited the crash victims
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    • 85 9 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The government has obtained some leads on those responsible for the burning of mosques in Pahang in August, the Dewan Rakyat was told on Monday. Deputy Home Minister, Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob, said the authorities did not want to disclose the
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  • FORUM/ Pick of the letters
    • RESTRICTION OF ASIAWEEK CIRCULATION
      • 213 10 MR T.S. KHOO (ST, Oct 13) shows much admirable restraint in being just amazed at the addition of 470 words by Asiaweek to a letter. As an ex-journalist, I am disgusted by such blatant dishonesty. Remembering all those hours when
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      • 273 10 WHILE visiting Singapore I read with interest your illuminating summary of the controversy over the “doctored” letter of a Singapore Government spokesman which was apparently “edited” by Asiaweek magazine. The “editing” took the form of substantial omissions and, far worse, substantial additions to the correspondent’s
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      • 302 10 1 HAVE often heard and read complaints from older retrenched workers of their difficulties and frustrations when looking for employment. A recent job interview with a la-bour-backed organisation confirmed this. It was for a junior clerical position with a remuneration of less
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    • 321 10 I CONGRATULATE the government of India on the tough action it has taken against those Tamil terrorists who are not prepared to abide by the peace accord. Recent events have shown how ruthless the terrorists can be, even to fellow terrorists of another organisation. I
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    • 200 10 Flin someone overseas about Singapore. The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION {ST unmoev, scmwnui i £2 MUFifm 277^* The Straits Times Overseas Weekly. It’s the weekly newspaper, printed on lightweight paper in convenient tabloid size. It carries business, economic, political and general news on Singapore as well well as investment
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    • 91 10 Dear Overseas Readers The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name and address. They should preferably by typed, doublespaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish, but we would prefer your using your
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  • COMMENT/Perspective
    • 1622 11  -  ‘Administrative issue’ turns into politics of race Why has the issue of posting of teachers to some Chinese primary schools in Malaysia been so controversial? What exactly is the politics behind the controversy? This article explains. By ISMAIL KASSIM of the
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    • 1157 13  -  THE ASIAWEEK AFFAIR By TAN TARN HOW in The Sunday Times AMONG the Singaporeans who say they are against the Government’s recent restriction of Asiaweek’s sales must no doubt be a few who profess to be “liberals”, especially of the
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    • 825 13 HONGKONG AP. THESE are twilight years for many of Hongkong’s expatriate civil servants, once the backbone of the British Colonial Administration and now targets of a controversial drive to replace them with local Chinese. As the colony prepares to revert
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    • 4575 14 An interview with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew gave a 45-minute interview with the Singapore press at the close of the Commonwealth heads of government conference in Vancouver last week. He talked about the conference and two of its most-publicised topics
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  • COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 632 12 EDITORIALS published in this page are from The Straits Times unless otherwise acknowledged. Oct 21, 1987 THE unprecedented decline in share prices over the past two days has given investors the kind of jitters which they have not felt since the Pan-Electric Industries crisis of 1985.
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    • 638 12 Oct 22,1987 THE survival and well-being of a country is dependent not only on its military preparedness, but the willingness of its citizens to consider the place their home, stand up and, if necessary, die for it. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in a recent interview,
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    • 585 12 Oct 24,1987 IT HAS been a harrowing week for Malaysians who have had to contend with renewed fears of racial trouble. A shooting incident in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday sparked dangerous rumours which, if not for the prompt action of the Malaysian authorities in defusing the
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    • 200 12 Oct 23,1987 THE fact that Singapore has become the first Asian country, outside of Japan, to gain access to strategically-sensitive American products is an indication of the trust which Singapore has earned in Washington. For one, it shares practically the same ideological goals as the
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    • 148 12 "Nobody’s taking lunch today. That Is a sure sign that the mustard has hit the fan.” Mr Clarence Rogers, a Wall Street hot dog salesman, observing on Monday the pandemonium at the New York Stock Exchange. "I would expect some steadying In the market.” Mr Henry Kaufman, chief
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  • TIME$
    • 2843 16 Friday, Oct 23, 1987 1987 Last Yield Vol Day High Low Company Sale Change (’000) High Low SECTION ONE VOUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 275 80 Aetna 130 -22 07 177 150 120 96 56 Alcorn 66 308 109 A mat Steal 50« 138 •17 28 1016
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    • 196 16 Reuter, and MS2.70. Reuter, Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Share prices plunged across the board on nervous selling on the Kuala Lumpur market yesterday in line with the world trend and as operators awaited the Malaysian budget. Most of Thursday’s gains were wiped out in heavy
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    • 470 17 It was a mistake, says chairman Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR A $25 million bad investment in Java, Indonesia, was the root cause of Mulpha International Trading Corporation selling off its 51.02 per cent stake in Mulpha (Singapore) Ltd (MSL). At Mulpha's extraordinary general meeting here
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    • 148 17 AFP. MANILA State-owned Philippine Airlines (PAL) has publicly apologised for Its poor service and promised to Improve Its performance Immediately* In an nnasual fall-page newspaper advertisement, PAL president Dante Santos said accidents Including a domestic crash In Jane which
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    • 280 17 West German computer firm to expand further in Republic NIXDORF’S total investment in Singapore will reach $ll6 million when the second-stage expansion of its Kallang complex is completed. To date, the company West Germany’s largest investor in Singapore has ploughed $9O
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    • 221 17 SESDAQ newcomer Singatronics managed to hold its own on its debut on Monday, despite panic selling on both the main and secondary markets. It not only recorded the highest volume of any Sesdaq counter on its first day of trading, but also managed to
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    • 309 17 FINANCE and property group Malayan Credit Ltd, which is making a $ll4 million cash call, has forecast a 69 per cent jump in profit this financial year. In its rights issue circular, the company said it expected group pre-tax profit of $4.6 million
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    • 236 17 JACK Chia (Australia) Ltd, an associate of Jack ChiaMPH Ltd, has reversed its fortunes with an interim pre-tax profit of A 51.47 million (552.2 million) against a loss of A 5733,000 in the previous first half. Turnover jumped 126 per cent to A
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    • The stock market crash
    • 340 18 Manager*' prices for October 24 26 Singapore Unit Trust Thf 1 00 10/ The ,,i utngs f yfVl 08/ 0 93 S pttfe Prf ji'd 0 J9 0 4 hd Spur** Set fund 066 0/1 Spoi*- Invtst fund 0/1 0/6 S pt.re f qu'ty fund 0 60 0
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    • 394 18  -  DOREEN SOH KEPPEL House, a five-sto-rey commercial block at the junction of Keppel Road and Tanjong Pagar Road, has been sold for $27 million. Virginia Developments Pte Ltd a 51-49 per cent joint venture of Straits Steamship subsidiary Straits Properties Ltd and BritishAmerican Tobacco Company
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    • Investors’ reactions
      • 494 18 THE crash on the Singapore stock market has drawn mixed reactions from small investors. Some are scrambling to sell their shares to recover whatever they can because they think the market will drop even further. Others, mainly those who had diverted part of
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      • 354 18 ON THURSDAY small investors turned up at the broking houses in droves as trading resumed after the Deepavali break. Some rushed to bail out. A number were "bargain-hunting”, and they complained that there were more buyers than sellers and some went home empty-handed. Some could not
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    • 1072 19 APPOINTMENTS ANGLO-CHINESE -SCHOOL FOUNDED IN 1886 The Board of Management of the Anglo-Chinese School invites applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the following positions: VICE-PRINCIPAL -Pastoral Care This is an important position requiring a person with a vision of excellence to meet the goals of an Independent school. The
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    • 720 20 Th« National Productivity Board (NPB) is looking for professionals who are interested in being part of a forward looking team to support its role in the productivity movement. Applications are invited for appointments as:SYSTEMS ANALYST Requirements: Candidates must possess a good Honours degree from a recognised University in Science or
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    • 356 21 Journalism It is a job like no other! It is not routine. Each day’s news is different from the previous day’s. You will be involved in conveying the significance of events. Your work will influence people’s perceptions and attitudes. All this adds up to a challenging and exciting job. We
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 706 23 PETER SIOW on a crucial decision facing Singapore’s soccer coach Bury the past, leave Sundram out of your plans First Person SO KEDAH’S soccer Cinderellas did not quite have a ball to remember last Saturday. The Malaysia Cup soccer final turned into
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    • 264 23 JOE DORA! JURONG TOWN FC, one of the eight teams playing in next year’s semi-professional Premier League, are trying to get Perils’ Malaysia Cup team captain V. Marimuthu to play for them. Negotiations have been finalised and the club have made Marimuthu, the Perils goalkeeper,
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    • 465 23  -  JOE DORAI SINGAPORE striker V. Sandramoorthy received a pleasant Deepavall present on Wednesday a ticket to Switzerland to Join FC Boole on a three-week trial and a reimbursement of !M»te cover his loss of allowance from the Football Association of Singapore. Jubilant Sundramoorthy
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    • 648 23  -  By JOE DORAI THE popular belief that a Malaysia Cup soccer final at the Merdeka Stadium will be a sell-out only with the presence of such teams as Singapore, Selangor, Pahang or Trengganu has been debunked. This was proven last Saturday when Kuala
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  • Brunei bank trial
    • 619 24  -  By CATHERINE C. ONG BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Tan Sri Khoo ffeck Puat, one of Southeast Asia's richest men, has been named in five charges of conspiracy to defraud, cheat and commit criminal breach of trust in the National Bank of Brunei fraud case.
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    • 228 24 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Round One In the Natlonnl Bank of Brunei billion-dollar fraud case went to the prosecution. An attempt by defence counsel to end the trial before It even started by arguing that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the
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    • 497 24  -  him, lawyers said. CATHERINE C. ONG BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN The Brunei Government has issued a warrant of arrest for tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat for conspiring to defraud the National Bank of Brunei. The warrant was taken out last Saturday, 11 months after
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  • 971 24  -  By CHEONG YIP SENG VANCOUVER The Malaysian Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has told Mr Lee Kuan Yew that while he wants better relations with Singapore, he hopes the climate for these relations would not become inhospitable because the two countries
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