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Title Section20 1988-01-02 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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486 1988-01-02 1 BANGKOK Seven Singaporeans were among 13 people killed when a pre-dawn fire swept through the nine-storey First Hotel In Central Bangkok. Police said the Are was possibly Ignited by the cigarette butt of a New Year reveller. A Singapore family was the worst hit486 words
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Article, Illustration999 1988-01-02 1 Economy achieves broad-based growth WITH the Singapore economy growing by 8.6 per cent In 1987 and the younger generation of leaders proving their capability, Singaporeans can face 1988 with confidence, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said in his999 words
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97 1988-01-02 1 SALES of the Far Eastern Economic Review the Hnngkong-h&sed weekly news magazine, have been restricted to aM copies In Singapore from this week. The magazine claims a Singapore circulation of 9.MNI copies. The government action, the fourth since late 1986 on foreign publications97 words
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Article709 1988-01-02 1 THE Prime Minister filed a writ of summons and statement of claims in the High Court here on Thursday against the Far Eastern Economic Review, which he is suing for libel. Mr Lee Kuan Yew named as defendants Review editor Derek Davies; correspondent Michael Malik publisher709 words
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209 1988-01-02 1 KIIALA LUMPUR The government has issued orders for the long-term detention of 33 people arrested in a recent police crackdown against alleged racial and religious extremists, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. The detention orders issued by the Home Ministry under209 words
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Advertisement125 1988-01-02 1 ‘sjfojiaud sjt svcf (Jicfsu.yiujix u LOOTb an Ivor 2*?LE .perry?-an CTTExnrre*? Ayvjif (v S3JIA J 3 8861 -eg INSIDE HOME NEWS Marxist plot: Only Vincent Cheng still under detention PAGE 4 Singapore sets up task force to combat Aids PAGE 5 SJI to return to character building: Archbishop PAGE 7125 words
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Article904 1988-01-02 2 PHILIP LEE - By PHILIP LEE TIIK Government ha* restricted the circulation o' the Far Eastern Economic Review, a Hong-kong-based weekly news magazine, to 5M copies per issue. This action, the fourth of Its kind since late IM€ on foreign publications sold here, follows an exchange over a904 words
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1101 1988-01-02 2 ‘New light on detentions Catholic priest answers Jayakumar’s allegations’ This is the Review article which appeared in its issue, dated Dec 17, published with the same headlines. -4 SOME 7 now light has been shed on the Singapore Government’s detention of1,101 words
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Article320 1988-01-02 2 Letter from PM’s Press Secretary, for the Review’s issue dated Dec 24, with the headline that was published: -4 IN PARAGRAPH 4 of the article “New Light on Detentions, Catholic Priest answers Jayakumar’s allegations” (17 December) you claim that it is based on Father Edgar D’Souza’s “statement issued320 words
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171 1988-01-02 2 The Review’s reply accompanying the Press Secretary’s letter THE article was based on the two press statements referred to by Fu, plus a much fuller account by D’Souza of the 3 June meeting between Archbishop Yong and the Catholic priests, at which Yong reported on171 words
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Article1332 1988-01-02 3 Letter from the PM’s Press Secretary, for Review’s Dec 31 issue, with the headline that was published. IN YOUR reply to my letter (FEER, 24 Dee) you have confirmed that Michael Malik’s story “New light on detentions” (FEER, Dec 17) was based on Fr D'Souza’s two press statements,1,332 words
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Article941 1988-01-02 3 The Review’s reply accompanying the Press Secretary’s letter in the issue dated Dec 31 (above). THERE seems to be some confusion on Fu's part between allegations made by D'Souza and reports of them in the REVIEW. At no point in the 17 IXh'ember report was there any suggestion941 words
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Article515 1988-01-02 3 PRIME Minister l«ee Kuan Yew says he had to stand firm against the Ear Eastern Eeonomir Review herause of the serious accusations It made against him and his Government. In slashing the FEEK’s circulation from over 9, Ml to SN copies a week,515 words
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Article, Illustration448 1988-01-02 4 FIVE more detainees held under the Internal Security Act since May for their involvement in a Marxist conspiracy were released by the Government five days before Christmas. They were the fifth batch to be freed since the first group of 16448 words
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Article, Illustration438 1988-01-02 4 He’s also ordered to pay $lO,OOO prosecution costs CHARTERED accountant James Tan Giap Hong, 38, was sentenced to two months’ jail last week and ordered to pay prosecution’s costs of $lO,OOO. A week earlier, he pleaded guilty to making a misleading statement in438 words
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Article, Illustration504 1988-01-02 4 THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT has managed to persuade several local bookshops to stop selling the controversial book Spycatcher, which is banned in Britain. At least three book retailers have taken copies of the book, a runaway bestseller in the US, off their shelves after getting504 words
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406 1988-01-02 4 THE further development of Fort Siloso into a world-class tourist feature and an amphitheatre at the old ferry terminal these are among the new attractions planned for Sentosa with the latest sale of land by public tender. The Sentosa Development Corporation called406 words
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468 1988-01-02 5 Ministry acts as two more cases are reported AN AIDS task force has been set up and members of another team named in what is seen as the Government’s new concerted effort to come to grips with the world’s most feared and468 words
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169 1988-01-02 5 ST ANDREW’S Orthopaedic Hospital at Tay Lian Teck Road in Siglap has shut down because of the declining number of patients. In a statement, the Ministry of Health said the hospital had been underutilised for the past few years. Changes in disease169 words
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317 1988-01-02 5 TWO of the four private hospitals which applied to run fertility clinics here have been given the go-ahead. Childless couples can now seek help at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Thomson Medical Centre, which will introduce fertility techniques such as in-vi-tro fertilisation317 words
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Article, Illustration321 1988-01-02 5 DR GOH Keng Swee has been appointed chairman of the newly-formed Singapore Totalisator Board. A Finance Ministry statement said on Dec 23 that the Finance Minister has also appointed Mr Tan Chin Tuan, Mr Hsu TseKwang, Mr Sim Kee Boon and321 words
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244 1988-01-02 5 SINGAPORE has expressed support for the United Nations Security Council's resolution deploring Israel’s handling of Palestinian protests in the Occupied Territories. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that Singapore "strongly condemns the use of military force244 words
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270 1988-01-02 5 AP, Renter. RANGOON A British teacher, convicted of murdering his Singapore-born wife, was sentenced to death by a Burmese court this week. Thomas Kirkpatrick, 38, who taught at the Institute of Education In Singapore before coming to Burma, wept as– AP,; Renter. - 270 words
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Article, Illustration165 1988-01-02 5 THE Singapore Turf Club has donated $25.2 million to about 260 organisations. Club chairman Tan Hock Chong presented cheques to representatives from the 61 organisations which received $50,000 or more during the club’s annual dinner and dance at the Mandarin Hotel last week.165 words
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Article, Illustration496 1988-01-02 6 GENEIEVE KWEK - Problem causing concern to embassy By GENEIEVE KWEK THE Philippine Embassy here has reported that 30 to 40 of the 18,000 Filipino maids working here run away from their employers each month. Many leave because they feel they have been given too much496 words
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Article, Illustration141 1988-01-02 6 THE Indian High Commission In Singapore has asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry to help trace a schoolboy (above) who has been missing from his home In Calcutta since last July. Police said the boy’s father, Mr Shyam Sander Jain of Calcatta, wrote141 words
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576 1988-01-02 6 SIA likely to fight hard to recapture slsom-a-year business THE scene is set for a fierce battle for the right to run the duty-free liquor and tobacco concession at Changi Airport from next July, with Singapore Airlines fighting hard to win back576 words
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272 1988-01-02 6 ABOUT 10,000 people have so far been trained by the Economic Development Board’s training institutes in its effort to supply technical skills to industry. A year-end report by the board on its manpower development programmes said a total of 5,143 skilled craftsmen and 756 technicians272 words
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Article, Illustration445 1988-01-02 6 Seminar on Partnership for Progress THE Singapore Chinese and Malay business communities will join hands for the first time in a business venture by becoming partners in a holding company. The company, to be formed in three months, will be a vehicle445 words
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Article, Illustration517 1988-01-02 7 RUSSELL LIM - ONLY 4, AND SHE’S ALREADY STARTED READING HEMINGWAY Report: RUSSELL LIM FOUR-YEAR-OLD Singapore tot Andreana Lau Su Ling has started reading Ernest Hemingway. Andreana may be only four, but she has the intellectual abilities of a 12-year-old, says her pre-school teacher Mary Jo Rogers, 37, in Qlinios, wherePictures: JONATHAN CHOO - 517 words
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235 1988-01-02 7 POOR demand for multigeneration flats has led the Housing Board to suspend the building of such units. An HDB spokesman said at a press briefing on its annual report that it took the board some time to sell about 300 of these235 words
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73 1988-01-02 7 TWO senior journalists from The Straits Times Press will hold press fellowships at Cambridge University's Wolfson College this year. Mr P. N. Italj), a deputy editor, will be In the college from January to April while Mr Ismail Kassim, a regional correspondent, will73 words
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131 1988-01-02 7 THREE men, carrying axes and wearing green skimasks, got away with two bags full of jewellery in a smash-and-grab robbery at a goldsmith’s shop in Joo Chiat Complex on Tuesday. The trio took about three minutes to smash the glass showcases at Ming131 words
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Article, Illustration321 1988-01-02 7 BY BECOMING an independent school, St Joseph's Institution will be able to return to the fundamental aim of mission schools here that of developing the character of their students. This was the "rallying point and ultimate justification" for SJl’s decision to go independent, Archbishop321 words
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314 1988-01-02 7 SINGAPOREANS will get to set' authentic imperial treasures and other historical and cultural relics from Chinese cities such as Shenyang, Xian and Nanjing when the Empress Place exhibition hall is ready. A company has been formed to stage a series of five Chinese314 words
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Article, Illustration602 1988-01-02 8 Ex-MCA chief freed on Mslm bail AFP, NST, kets. AFP, NST, Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR FORMER MCA president Tan Koon Swan, just released from a Singapore jail for his involvement in the Pan-Electric Industries debacle, was charged here onAFP,; NST,; kets. AFP, NST, Bernama. - 602 words
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449 1988-01-02 8 Outside Changi prison 10 seconds of freedom FORMKR Malaysian Chinese Association president Tan Koon Swan stepped out of Changi Prison at 7.45 am last Saturday morning, after having served a two-year term for his part In the Pan-Electric Industries debacle. Within II seconds, he was a prisoner again. Waiting outside449 words
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Article, Illustration296 1988-01-02 8 Lee Lam Thye ‘too soft’, say critics KUALA LUMPUR The opposition Democratic Action Party is reported to be facing a leadership crisis as some sections of the membership are not satisfied with acting secretarygeneral Lee Lam Thye’s political style. The Chinese-language daily China Press reported296 words
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Article, Illustration351 1988-01-02 8 FORMER MCA president Tan Koon Swan has said it is not true that his companion Miss Penny Chang has left him and asked that all such speculation be ended. In his first newspaper interview since his return from Singapore, Tan told Nanyang Siang351 words
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363 1988-01-02 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The public and the government must have a twoway relationship, with the government explaining its policies and actions and the people responding with feedback, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad says. The Prime Minister said the people’s opinions wouldNST. - 363 words
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Article, Illustration163 1988-01-02 9 SOCIAL reformist and critic Dr Chandra Muzaffar, released from detention with seven others a few days before Christmas, relaxing with his family at his home in Penang. Dr Chandra. President of Aliran, was freed after almost two months in detention under the Internal SecurityREUTER PICTURE - 163 words
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113 1988-01-02 9 KL slashes food import bill by M$800 m NST. PETALING JAYA Malaysia has slashed its food import bill by MsBoo million over the last 12 months. Agriculture Minister Datuk Sanusi Junid attributed the saving to the vigorous increase in local food production. He said the country’s annual food imports hadNST. - 113 words
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Article238 1988-01-02 9 be continued. Bernama. KOTA KINABALU Followers of other religions need not fear Islamic developments and activities, as Muslims consider evil to be their only enemy, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Dr Yusof Noor, said on Tuesday. So everybody, regardless of race andbe continued. Bernama. - 238 words
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208 1988-01-02 9 Bernama. KOALA LUMPUR Peninsular Malaysia’s trade surplus more than doubled to Ms4s billion in the first II months of this year, the Statistics Department has declared. The trade surplus for the same period last year was Mtf billion. Export earnings Increased by 24.2Bernama. - 208 words
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148 1988-01-02 9 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines will schedule 371 extra flights, 130 of them international, during the Lunar New Year holidays from Jan 31 to March 5 to meet heavy demand for seats. An airline spokesman yesterday said the large number of additional flightsBernama. - 148 words
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273 1988-01-02 9 NST. NIBONG TEBAL Malay community leaders and intellectuals must take immediate steps to make sure that Malays retain their share of wealth in Penang, state Umno liaison chief Anwar Ibrahim says. Mr Anwar, who is also Education Minister, said they shouldNST. - 273 words
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Article114 1988-01-02 9 Bernama. KOTA BARU The Kelantan Consumers Association claimed that Edaran Otomobil Nasional (EON) is indirectly forcing prospective buyers of the Proton Saga 1.5 S (metallic) to buy optional accessories worth about MJ2.300 by in- eluding their cost in the new price of the car fromBernama. - 114 words
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Article221 1988-01-02 10 Reuter, AP. JAKARTA President Suharto has told a Cabinet meeting that 1988 would be a difficult year for Indonesia, and ordered further efforts to boost foreign earnings Information Minister Harmoko quoted the President as saying: "We should face the year with self-confi-dence.” The PresidentReuter,; AP. - 221 words
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Article, Illustration494 1988-01-02 10 MANILA UPI, Reuter. PHILIPPINES Armed Forces Chief General Fidel Ramos has said the communist timetable for seizing power has been set back in the past year but the insurgency remains the most pressing threat to the stability of the country. “Political, economicUPI,; Reuter.; Reuter picture. - 494 words
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Article, Illustration260 1988-01-02 10 AFP. BANGKOK Thailand's traffic-congested capital has come up with a plan to get itself out of the jam a mass transit elevated rail system. West German consultants suggested the idea back in the early 1970 s and Thailand's Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority– AFP. - 260 words
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Advertisement708 1988-01-02 10 REACH SINGAPORE FROM HOME To advertise, contact our representatives below: MALAYSIA: The' New Straits, Times Press (M) Bhd 31. Jalan Riong Kuala Lumpur ***** Tel *****44 Cable New Times’ Tele* MA ***** Fax (03) *****34 U.K.: Mr John Armour/Mr R Ramcsh The Straits Times Press (London) Ltd 102/106 Temple Chambers,708 words
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325 1988-01-02 11 On being Muslim and the Malay identity WITH reference to the report “Call to include Islam in definition of ‘Malay’" (ST, Dec 11), I vehemently oppose the definition of "Malay” and the religion Islam as being "part and parcel of the Malay identity".325 words
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Article233 1988-01-02 11 I REFER to your report “Call to include Islam in definition of ‘Malay" (ST,Dec 12). Frankly, I am very upset with Mr Syed Ali Redha Alsagoff’s opinion of having Arab 6 and Indian Muslims included as Malays. No doubt, what he meant was to allow233 words
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223 1988-01-02 11 1 RECENTLY visited Singapore as one of the tour leaders of a party of 350 New Zealanders and Australians. It was my first return visit to Singapore after nearly 30 years. I served as a young non-commissioned officer in the NZ Army during223 words
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Article339 1988-01-02 11 What matters is whether they belong to community I REFER to your report "Call to Include Islam In definition of Malay" (SI. Dec 11) and to the letters by Ms Shaniba Beevl and Mr Khaled Abed Tallb (ST, Dec 21) on the two Bills339 words
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Advertisement176 1988-01-02 11 'Hu Sf ni it Now, keeping in touch with what’s happening in Singapore couldn’t be easier. Or more economical. Because all the major news of every week is condensed into one paper. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. Printed on lightweight paper in convenient tabloid size, it fills you in176 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article602 1988-01-02 12 DEC 31, 1987 TIME magazine had an easy job picking its Man of the Year this time round. While other newsmakers may have had greater impact (and appeal) in individual countries or regions. Mr Mikhail Gorbachev was undoubtedly the person who made the greatest splash worldwide.602 words
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Article659 1988-01-02 12 DEC 29, 1987 THE Government s restriction of the Far Eastern Economic Review’s sales in Singapore has revived charges that it is intolerant of criticism and that it has further curbed the free flow of information. Such charges cannot be dismissed lightly for if repeated659 words
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Article624 1988-01-02 12 DEC 25. 1987 MERRY Christmas to all Christians and those who are celebrating with them. On this day, it is always the conventional practice to wish one and all well and not to say what may be dampening for the festive spirit. But this Christmas, some624 words
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639 1988-01-02 12 Ning Juita - Ning Juita A CULTURAL show at a restaurant brought back the magic of a faraway childhood. The kuda kepang dance item did it. I watched the dancers “riding” their “horses" round and round, rhythmically, mesmerisingly, and all at once I was a child639 words
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Article105 1988-01-02 12 “I have a pretty scarred hide. I am accustomed to arrows and bolts of lightning." PM Lee Kuan Yew in reply to a suggestion that he might be over-reacting, perhaps is over sensitive to press criticism. "Studies show that large-scale crackdowns on drunk drivers may deter105 words
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Article, Illustration828 1988-01-02 13 TAN SAI SIONG - TAN SAI SIONG in The Sunday Times THE Florence Nightingale spirit is not in the best of health in Singapore. There are places for about 1,100 nurses in the hospitals and no noble takers are to bein The Sunday Times - 828 words
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Article, Illustration851 1988-01-02 13 JANICE SEAH - World No 1 spot within darts ace Paul’s reach By JANICE SEAH THE line beeped, then crackled as a bemused Paul Lim came onto the phone. “Wha from Singapore? Interview me? Oh sure, sure. No, no, plenty of time." Pause. “Interview me for what? Oh,851 words
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The year 1987 in review
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Article, Illustration2659 1988-01-02 14 Many years from now, if one were asked the question “What do you remember of 1987?”, one is most likely to say the stock market crash. Not necessarily because it was the most important single event of the year as2,659 words
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1286 1988-01-02 15 CHUA CHIN CHYE - By CHUA CHIN CHYE of the Crime Desk SINGAPORE is beginning to wrestle with computer crime a modern-day electronic plague that has already struck in other parts of the world. Business and government officials worry that computer technology, while a boon to efficiency,1,286 words
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Article1960 1988-01-02 16 SHAUN SEOW - Many Singaporeans go to business schools overseas for extra edge By SHAUN SEOW LIKE Jason in search of the Golden Fleece, many Singaporeans have in recent years headed for universities overseas in pursuit of a Masters of Business Administration degree. They have gone to business1,960 words
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Article, Illustration271 1988-01-02 16 Harvard MBA helped me a lot in my career HDB chairman ONE of the most inspiring success stories in Singapore is that of Mr Hsuan Owyang, who graduated from the Harvard Business School in 1952. Mr Owyang, 59, who is the executive deputy chairman of the Post Office Savings Bank271 words
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Article, Illustration508 1988-01-02 17 DOREEN SIOW - CK to spend s4m to fit out new store By DOREEN SIOW TANGS department store will open a second store this year, replacing Metro Grand as the anchor tenant at the $2OO million Scotts Shopping Centre development. The changeover of anchor tenants508 words
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422 1988-01-02 17 SHAUN SEOW - By SHAUN SEOW SUGAR and locally-made candies will be cheaper in Singapore following the lifting of the import duty of $308.56 a tonne on raw and refined sugar The Ministry of Trade and Industry announced this week that import duties on422 words
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321 1988-01-02 17 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ THE Registrar of Companies and Businesses is investigating the breaches of the Companies Act by Haw Par Brothers International Managing Director Loo Siew Poh, whose resignation was announced recently. A spokesman for the registrar confirmed the investigations but declined to321 words
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146 1988-01-02 17 EDMUND LOH - By EDMUND LOH QUERIES by the Stock Exchange of Singapore have so far failed to lift the cloud of mystery over property company Malayan Credit caused by market talk of a takeover. But trading group HawPar Brothers International, which was said to be the frontrunner146 words
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304 1988-01-02 17 GOODWOOD Park Hotel Ltd and one of its subsidiaries, Hotel Malaysia Ltd, have turned In their worst performances in years. Goodwood, the flagship of tycoon Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat, saw both Its earnings and volume of business more than halved for304 words
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351 1988-01-02 17 BOTTOM-LINE profit at "Sugar King" Robert Kuok’s Perlis Plantations Bhd shot up by almost four times in the year ended in September, despite a fall at the pre-tax level. And the group said its results would continue to improve following the recent takeovers351 words
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Article163 1988-01-02 17 THE Singapore Society of Accountants has formed a task force to look into the implications of scripless trading. Scripless trading, which is already available on Sesdaq, involves comput-er-based dealing which keeps track of transactions by making book entries rather than by physically transferring share scrip.163 words
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Article3228 1988-01-02 18 Thursday, Dec 31, 1987 1987 Last Yield Vol Day Mifti Low Company Sale Change 000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS l COMMERCIAL 275 80 Aetna 114 4- 1 08 16 116 114 96 26 Alcom 38 12 3 38 37 308 96 Amal Staal3,228 words
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380 1988-01-02 18 THE Singapore stock market ended the year on a high note, defying the trend on other world markets, as bargain-hunting and window-dressing helped most counters close firmer after two days of falls. And the second market, Sesdaq, saw its best day’s trading380 words
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Article178 1988-01-02 18 THE last trading day of the year on the Kuala Lumpur market was an anti-climax as share prices retreated on light selling on Thursday to close easier. Brokers said the much expected run-up of share prices in the half-day year-end trading session did not178 words
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Article110 1988-01-02 18 HONGKONG share prices closed steady on Thursday in dull and thin trading in the absence of fresh factors. The Hang Seng Index rose 10.77 points to end the year at 2,302.75 and the Hongkong Index was 7.74 points higher at 1,505.82. Turnover for the halfday session was110 words
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393 1988-01-02 19 SINGAPORE’S export boom continued in November with the volume of non-oil domestic exports growing by 41.7 per cent over levels a year ago. The increase is due mainly to greater external demand for Singa-pore-made computer and computer-related products and components, telecommunication393 words
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Article142 1988-01-02 19 MBT. KUALA LUMPUR The Improved prices for commodities proved to be a boon to plantation group Koala Lnmpor Kepong Bhd, which has reported a tripling in pre-tax earnings for the year ended Sept 39. (■roup pre-tax profit came to M 591.84 mi 11 ion compared with– MBT. - 142 words
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Article370 1988-01-02 19 Dec n HKS Chin(« Assoc Inti Hotels 1 78 001 Bank Ot tost Asia 1800 02 Capital Corp 0 78 -0 0b Cathay Pocific Air b6b unch Cheung Kong 6 8b 0 lb China Light 16 90 unch City Resources 1 2b 0 1 Cross Harb Tunnel 1400 unch370 words
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152 1988-01-02 19 SIN CHEW Travel Pte Ltd will be managed by Singapore Press Holdings' subsidiary, Times Publishing Berhad from this month. The travel firm, which is 99.99 per cent owned by SPH, was until last month managed by another SPH subsidiary, Singapore News152 words
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Article231 1988-01-02 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local doBars to foreign currency currency one unit of to Sslo foreign currency Australian dollar 1 4432 —1 4450 7 05 —6 86 Canadian dollar 1 5359 —1 5384 657—6 46 NZ dollar 1 3163-1 3200 7 74- 7 50 Sterling pound 3231 words
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243 1988-01-02 19 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s largest co-opera-tive bank, Co-operative Central Bank Bhd (CCB), recorded a net loss of MJ331.1 million in 1986 following huge provisions for bad and doubtful loans. According to its latest annual report, the bank set aside M 5272.9Reuter. - 243 words
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Article265 1988-01-02 19 Managers’ prices for January 2 A 4 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 089 095 The Swings fund 0 77—08? Spore Prog Fund 0 35 -0 39 Spore Sec fund 059 063 Spore Invest fund 063—068 Spore Equity fund 042 ~046id Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund 125-137 Mai265 words
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Advertisement850 1988-01-02 20 APPONTMENTS Reliability is more than just failure analysis. Sick and tired of PCBs and PWBs? Read on. To be resilient. To be innovative. To be totally quality conscious. That's how you lead and maintain that lead in any competitive market. And in the case of Seagate we're nurturing a new850 words
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Advertisement323 1988-01-02 21 Be the first of the first He»/\eU-P a tnillion f e a „fn> s “SffS* here lu be lhe n l i on Scentraun ?o ej amS {or soil*** n etworVdnß cotnpo ler recruit Th e and 25 between 2 (irs t year. V neers in sea* to 0 whom323 words
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Article, Illustration1014 1988-01-02 22 SPORTS EDITOR GODFREY ROBERT TAKES A PEAK 1NT0... IN AN Olympic year, usually every other sporting event during that period takes a back seat. 1988 promises to be so. But Singaporeans, while keeping a discerning eye on the heart of Seoul, will have many1,014 words
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Article191 1988-01-02 22 NST. JOHOR BARI! The five Johor players who have signed to play with Singapore soccer clubs are free to do so and Johor Barn District Football Association council member Abdul Aziz Aha Bakar has no say in the matter. JBFA secretary Wan Rahman■ NST. - 191 words
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Article, Illustration950 1988-01-02 23 JOE DORAI - Administrators must be gutsy and imaginative Looking back at 1987 By JOE DORAI STRADDLED with a deficit of more than $200,000 and a bare cupboard, no one in the Football Association of Singapore can sit back, put their feet up and say they950 words
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247 1988-01-02 23 IT WILL coat Swiss First Division soccer club PC Basic $24,1N to obtain the services of Singapore striker V. Snndramoorthy. This is the amount the Football Association of Singapore are seeking as compensation before Issuing Snndram with the letter of transfer to247 words
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455 1988-01-02 23 MAHMOOD GAZNAVI - ATHLETICS By MAHMOOD GAZNAVI OUTSTANDING athletes who nelped “bring glory to the sport in Singapore’’ were given the highest recognition yesterday. Canagasabai Kunalan, Chee Swee Lee. Yeo Kian Chai, K. Jayamani, P.C. Suppiah and Nor Azahar Hamid were awarded the International Amateur Athletic455 words
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252 1988-01-02 23 LUCKY LEO - RACING: HK INVITATION LUCKY LEO. THE Racehorse Owners Association has written to the Malayan Racing Association suggesting that it take a second look at the overall situation regarding the participation of horses based in Singapore and Malaysia in the invitation race in Hongkong252 words
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Article744 1988-01-02 24 It broke undertaking not to indulge in politics, says Ministry THP' Government is expelling the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), a regional ecumenical organisation based here, for breaching an undertaking not to indulge in political activities. Announcing this in a statement, the Home Affairs Ministry said744 words
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Miscellaneous53 1988-01-02 24 SUN TAN By Collette IT SNOTFAfA-l hAl€ To SLAVE FfioM DAWN To DUSk,WHiIE V 0« =3 SACND All DAY SIE£A/N<*; AND ANTS BiT/N6,)TS almost impossible to &TA DECENT Day's SLEEP THATs All You kxcw-\ you don't undemtand MY P«o6uEf*S- CAa»S squawking ,6ecs y BUXTIN& y c 5C* O IV, »W/‘53 words
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