The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 9 January 1988
1988-01-09
1
24
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/stoverseas
The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
-
Title Section20 1988-01-09 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
-
Article, Illustration618 1988-01-09 1 CATHERINE C. ONG - By CATHERINE C. ONG BI’SINKSSMAN Allan Ng Poh Meng was charged in a subordinate court yesterday with insider trading. Ng, 4«, the executive chairman of listed property company First Capital Corporation, pleaded not guilty. He is on $1 million hall, his passport has been618 words
-
Article481 1988-01-09 1 SANDRA DAVIE - Even more babies likely this year 9y SANDRA DAVIE SINGAPORE’S birth rate, which hit a worrisome record low in 1986, showed a dramatic increase last year and promises to climb even higher this year, a Health Ministry Dopulation expert said this week. Using last481 words
-
Article, Illustration92 1988-01-09 1 DISTRAUGHT with grief, her yearold son whom she rescued clutched in her arms, Madam Shiao En Lo of Singapore, 29-year-old mother of three, faces the terrible reality that her has band, two Uttle daughters and her mother had perished In Bangkok’s worst hotel Ore in more than92 words
-
693 1988-01-09 1 THE Commission of Inquiry into the "Teh Cheang Wan Affair" has found that the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau was thorough in investigating graft allegations against the late Minister for National Development. The three-man panel said in its report that Teh, who committed693 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement102 1988-01-09 1 •puiui jo INSIDE HOME NEWS Growth of 5-6% achievable, say business leaders PAGE 4 After three lean years, the retail sector is back on its feet PAGE 5 The big New Year's Eve bash PAGE 6 ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY/ ASEAN Koon Swan: I thought of ending my life during first102 words
-
-
HOME
-
Teh Cheang Wan Inquiry Report
-
Article, Illustration1308 1988-01-09 2 ALAN JOHN; CHENG SHOONG TAT; AND BERTHA HENSON - Reports by ALAN JOHN, CHENG SHOONG TAT AND BERTHA HENSON AS THE man who called for the Inquiry and then refused to lead in evidence on the terms of reference he drafted himself. Mr Chiam See Tong came in1,308 words
-
1111 1988-01-09 2 THE Commissioners refused Mr Chiam See Tong’s repeated requests to inspect files and interview witnesses because he could not give any reason for wanting to see them or show how they were relevant to the terms of reference he drafted. They said he1,111 words
-
Article, Illustration757 1988-01-09 3 CPIB did ‘as much as they could have usefully done’ Commissioners IT WAS relentless perseverance by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau that led to the discovery that the late National Development Minister, Teh Cheang Wan, took $BOO,OOO in bribes. Drawing this conclusion, the Commissioners said the CPIB did “as much757 words
-
247 1988-01-09 3 MOST of the money in the Teh family’s bank accounts in Singapore, from 1875 to 1885, coaid be accounted for, the Commissioners said. Bat investigations could not trace the source of $553,888 in remittances from Hongkong and another $355,145. Only Teh Cheang Wan’s247 words
-
Article, Illustration459 1988-01-09 3 OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong, who asked for the Commission of Inquiry to be set up, has responded to its findings by maintaining that he had no duty to produce evidence at the inquiry. He said he459 words
-
-
724 1988-01-09 4 ANNE KOH; and RONNIE LIM - By ANNE KOH and RONNIE LIM BUSINESS leaders say that the Government's forecast of 5 to 6 per cent economic growth for Singapore this year is cautious but achievable. But they feel the Government should not pile on too many additional costs too724 words
-
301 1988-01-09 4 A NEW book on the Singapore economy, co-authored by 26 economists from the National University of Singapore, is to be launched on Jan 12. The 490-page book, entitled Policy Options for the Singapore Economy, is the second book on the Republic's301 words
-
Article50 1988-01-09 4 THE chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, Mr John Evans, has been named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in Queen Elizabeth's New Year Honours List. Mr Evans, 56, is chief executive of the shipping company, Orient Lloyd Pte Ltd.50 words
-
154 1988-01-09 4 A TRADE delegation from China has arrived in Singapore, optimistic of closing $2O million worth of business with local companies. The 38-strong delegation from Hunan province is pinning its sales hopes on a trade fair they are holding, and which opened154 words
-
Article, Illustration291 1988-01-09 4 IRENE HOE - By IRENE HOE MISS Singapore 1984 became Mrs Singapore 1988 on New Year’s Day. This time, Koh Li Peng, 25, declared: “No more for me! This is it!" as her delighted husband, Rundstedt Krusemann, 31, swept her up in his arms on thePicture by WAN SENG YIP. - 291 words
-
Article, Illustration243 1988-01-09 4 SINGAPORE’S highestranking woman police officer, Senior Assistant Superintend rat Mandy Goh Peng Nee, has retired after a M-year career In the police force. Sr ASP Gob made history in August 1182 when she became the first woman to he made the chief of the ClD’s243 words
-
Article, Illustration738 1988-01-09 5 ANNE KOH - By ANNE KOH 1986 was a good year for retailers. More people were shopping and spending. With these words, Mr Tang Wee Sung, chairman of the Singapore Retail Merchants Association, summed up the state of the retail trade738 words
-
392 1988-01-09 5 MORE and more women are taking to the wheel as taxi drivers despite the hazards of night work and possible assault and robbery. A check with the Registry of Vehicles showed that the number of women cabbies has more than trebled since392 words
-
794 1988-01-09 5 THE Singapore Government is very sensitive about how the Republic is being reported by the international press because it does not take for granted the country’s stability or, indeed, its very existence, a British academic with deep knowledge of this794 words
-
219 1988-01-09 5 AP. WASHINGTON The president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors has protested against restrictions by the Singapore Government on circulation of publications. Ms Katherine Fanning, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, cited the Government's restriction on the Far EasternAP. - 219 words
-
270 1988-01-09 5 THK Malay language will remain Ike national language of Singapore and will not be replaced by English or any other language, Mr Sldek Sanlff, Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Indnstry), says. Regional factors Singapore's position In Southeast Asia, surrounded by Malay-speaking countries would act as "a270 words
-
Article, Illustration132 1988-01-09 6 EUPHORIA reigned at the Raffles City atrium the minute the clock stiuck midnight for the last time in 1987 Strangers clapped other strangers on the back as the crowd of about 5,000 erupted into a deafening cacophony of goodwill and noise. Thousands of pink132 words
-
Article, Illustration732 1988-01-09 6 Restriction on sate of the Review The following are the two letters sent by the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, Mr James Fu Chiao Sian, to the Far Eastern Economy Review, with replies from Review editor Derek Davies. They were published under the headline, The Singapore Saga, in732 words
-
234 1988-01-09 6 A SWISS tourist has reported that he lost nearly $17,000 worth of gold bars after he was lured into a gambling session by three men on Wednesday Mr Gross Niklaus Beat, 33, told police that he was befriended by a234 words
-
128 1988-01-09 6 JAKARTA Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Mr S. Dhanabalan, is to visit Jakarta later this month in what his Indonesian counterpart described as a trip to promote bilateral ties. Dr Mochtar Kosomaatmadja said on Thursday that this would be the Drat bilateral visit by128 words
-
Article, Illustration504 1988-01-09 7 VALERIE LEE; and SANDRA DAVIE - Changes include smaller classes, more time with pupils By VALERIE LEE and SANDRA DAVIE SMALLER classes and time set aside each day for teachers to spend with their pupils were two of the more noticeable changes made at the three independent schools which began operations504 words
-
Article, Illustration155 1988-01-09 7 NOBEL Prize-winning author William Golding, best known here for his first novel, lx>rd of the Flies, will visit Singapore from Jan 30 to Feb 7. Mr Golding may give a public reading and visit selected junior colleges and the National University of155 words
-
78 1988-01-09 7 A DRUNK who threw several things down from his ninth-floor kitchen window was jailed two weeks by a court for his negligent act. Ratuman s/o Kuppusamy, 48, returned to his Teck Whye Lane flat and started throwing things all over the place after a78 words
-
117 1988-01-09 7 A RETIRED schoolteacher was found guilty on Tuesday of cheating the Ministry of Education into giving her a $24,000 renovation loan by using a false invoice from a general contractor. Jerome Anthony Lopez, 46, was jailed one day and fined $l,OOO for committing the117 words
-
141 1988-01-09 7 THE champion of one of the newest sports here will have the flexibility of a gymnast, the stamina of a runner, the toned muscles of an athlete and the co-or-dination of a dancer. This is because aerobics doing exercises to the sound of pop and141 words
-
Article242 1988-01-09 7 THE government has lifted a longstanding restriction on condom advertising In order to fight the spread of Aids. From now on, condom advertisements will be allowed In newspapers, magazines, cinemas and on radio and television. In the wake of four known deaths here from242 words
-
351 1988-01-09 7 KuageN. — SANDRA DAVIE - KuageN. SANDRA DAVIE. LEARN from Japan that’s common advice on getting that edge In export promotion. Bat a visiting British professor has suggested that Singaporeans learn from Britain, or rather, learn from his country’s mistake of not having enough people who can speak foreign351 words
-
245 1988-01-09 7 SINGAPORE has emerged as the world’s top user of Linguaphone language tapes, say its distributors here. One in 500 people owns a set compared with one in 2,500 in Britain and one in 1,200 in Hongkong. STP Distributors, the sole distributors of the tapes245 words
-
-
across the CAUSEWAY
-
Article, Illustration535 1988-01-09 8 Serious problems should be resolved behind closed doors, he says NST. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called on the people to stop touching on the sensitivities of the various races in Malaysia. “Small matters should not be blownNST. - 535 words
-
138 1988-01-09 8 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said there would be no Cabinet reshuffle, ending speculation that he would bring party rivals back into the government, a financial magazine said. The speculation started two months ago with politicians saying the PrimeReuter. - 138 words
-
Article38 1988-01-09 8 NST. THE Ministry of Works has banned smoking at all public service counters, departments and federal government buildings. Anyone who persists in smoking will be evicted. Other ministries are expected to take similar measures soon. NST.NST. - 38 words
-
382 1988-01-09 8 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Leaden of major political parties have welcomed Prime Minister Da tnh Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s formula for malatalalag peace and hnnneny In the country. MCA PRRBIDENT and Transport Minister Datak Dr Ling Llong 81k expressed “full support*' forNST. - 382 words
-
Article, Illustration415 1988-01-09 8 KUALA LUMPUR FORMER Malaysian Chinese Association president Tan Koon Swan, who is facing court action involving Ms 23 million, had thought of committing suicide during his first week in Changi Prison, the Chi-nese-language tri weekly Berita Awam415 words
-
210 1988-01-09 8 NST, Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR A 34-year-old Malaysian engineer has died at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, the first death from Aids in the country. The man, a bachelor, died from complications arising from acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The deputy director of Health Services,– NST,; Bemama. - 210 words
-
243 1988-01-09 8 -AFP. KUALA LUMPUR Twelve associations and political parties have asked the Malaysian government to identify 33 people it had detained without trial for allegedly threatening national security. The associations and parties which have formed a support group to monitor the arrests of 106-AFP. - 243 words
-
589 1988-01-09 9 ISMAIL KASSIM - By ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR Throe Malaysian papers which have been banned since last October as part of a national security crackdown are still waiting to get the green light to hit the streets again. Sources here said that it was only589 words
-
Article, Illustration298 1988-01-09 9 KUALA LUMPUR MCA Deputy President Lee Kim Sai returned on Tuesday night from vacation overseas and attended a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. His earlier than scheduled return caught many by surprise. Malaysian Chinese Association president Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik had said earlier that298 words
-
257 1988-01-09 9 Group 'prepared to use armed force against govt' Minister TEMRRLOH (Pahang) The Home Ministry has disclosed that a certain group of people was prepared to use “armed force” to pressure the government Into meeting Its demands. Deputy Home Minister Datnk Megat Junid Megat Ayub was quoted In the Malay-langnage newspaper257 words
-
Article, Illustration146 1988-01-09 9 JAGUH lost the battle for supremacy of the crocodile enclosure In a recreation park, but his fight to the death has earned him a place In a museum. The 22-year-old Jaguh, weighing BN-kg, took on another crocodile, the 9N-kg Johnny, In the enclosureNST picture. - 146 words
-
Article172 1988-01-09 9 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Foreigners who make their investments during the "magic four years” ending December 1990 will not be required to restructure as long as they stick to the original conditions of their projects. This assurance was given by Trade and Industry Minister Datin Paduka RafidahBernama. - 172 words
-
238 1988-01-09 9 Ber- nama AFP. THREE men have been sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking. In KUALA LUMPUR. Ng Sin Huat, 36, and his nephew. Yap Bok Seng, 25, were found guilty on Wednesday of trafficking in 132.52 g and 123.61 gBer-; nama; . AFP. - 238 words
-
-
ASEAN
-
Article, Illustration453 1988-01-09 10 Once we do that there will be no capital inflow, says Prawiro Reuter, AFP JAKARTA INDONESIA has said it will not join a number of Third World countries seeking to reschedule their debt. The pledge came as bankers and economists warned that the burdenReuter,; AFP - 453 words
-
324 1988-01-09 10 JAKARTA The Secre-tary-General of the Indonesian Churches Alliance (PGI) has said the organisation respects the Singapore Government's decision to expel five members of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) for having deviated from the CCA’s principles, the Jakarta Post reports. The324 words
-
Article70 1988-01-09 10 AP. MANILA Fire broke out on the second floor of Holiday Inn hotel here on Wednesday night, forcing hundreds of guests to flee from their rooms. No serious injuries were reported and the fire was put out in an hour. Witnesses said guests on the upperAP. - 70 words
-
Article299 1988-01-09 10 Ferry disaster inquiry Reuter, AP, AFP. MANILA A man licensed to work only as a lookout was piloting the oil tanker Vector when it collided with a ferry in the world’s worst peacetime sea disaster last month, a shipmate testified. Mr Reynaldo Tarefe told aReuter,; AP,; AFP. - 299 words
-
161 1988-01-09 10 Indonesian economist sees 2.6% 3% growth JAKARTA A leading eronnmlflt predicted that Indanesla will register a growth o( between 2.1 and 3 per rent this year, about the same as last year, the Jakarta Post reported. Professor Sumltro Djojohadlknsnmo, a former trade minister and a presidential adviser, said In a161 words
-
Article, Illustration423 1988-01-09 10 BANGKOK Chin Sophonpanich, a poor shop apprentice who founded South-east Asia's largest bank the Bangkok Bank and became one of the region’s richest men, has died, local newspapers reported on Monday. He was 77. Mr Chin died at Bangkok's Bamrungrad Hospital last423 words
-
246 1988-01-09 10 Reuter, AP. MANILA Testifying amid a bomb threat, a surprise court witness said this week that he saw a soldier shoot Mr Benigno Aquino in the head as the Philippine opposition leader arrived from US exile in 1983. Mr Jessie Barcelona, an airport groundReuter,; AP. - 246 words
-
234 1988-01-09 10 MANILA The Philippine Cabinet will step up efforts to enforce stricter controls on firearms to prevent more killings in the run-up to this month’s local elections, officials said. The statement came in the wake of a series of attacks since campaigning began last234 words
-
-
FORUM
-
Article204 1988-01-09 11 WHILE addressing the participants at the seminar on Partnership for Progress, Professor Syed Hussein Alatas of the National University of Singapore was reported to have posed the question: “For example, can you find a Thai who’s not a Buddhist?” Of course you can. There are204 words
-
289 1988-01-09 11 IN DISMISSING Mr Chiam See Tong’s performance at the Teh Cheang Wan Inquiry Commission as a “fishing expedition”, the commission, I am sorry to say, failed to appreciate that there was method behind Mr Chiam’s apparent confusion. Having closely studied Mr289 words
-
346 1988-01-09 11 FURTHER to the two recent letters from Mr Eric K. S. Lim and Mr Zain Alsagoff regarding the value of airport perfume prices, we wish to confirm that our prices are guaranteed the lowest compared to other airports in Southeast Asia.346 words
-
231 1988-01-09 11 WE refer to the letter "Different visitors, different periods of stay” from Mr Richard Thomas (ST, Nov 10). Visitors are usually granted a two-week visit pass. This Is to facilitate the clearance of large numbers of arriving passengers at the various231 words
-
-
Page 11 Advertisements
-
Advertisement96 1988-01-09 11 Dear Readers THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers, if any. They should preferably be typed, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. But we would prefer96 words
-
Advertisement210 1988-01-09 11 flu Sf 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 in on the210 words
-
-
COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
-
Article649 1988-01-09 12 JAN 7, 1988 TRADE and Industry Minister Brig-Gen (Res) l>v Hsien Ixxmg has served notice to employers that they may soon have to pay more to the Central Provident Fund (CPF), the Skills Development Fund (SDF) and for the foreign workers they employ. Despite assurances that these changes649 words
-
Article308 1988-01-09 12 JAN 6. 1988 GRACIOUS LIVING certainly does not come cheap. The 26 corporate donors who were recently commended for their contribution to the arts here forked out a total of $5.5 million in cash and kind between 1984 and 1986. That may sound like a huge308 words
-
Article253 1988-01-09 12 EDUCATING Singaporeans on the need to practise "safer sex” is an important exercise in helping to control the spread of acquired immunity deficiency syndrome (Aids), a major health problem now in the United States and some other countries. In this connection, condom advertisements can act as253 words
-
Article618 1988-01-09 12 JAN 4. 1988 TAKING into consideration pressures from the United States, the Japanese Cabinet recently approved a 56.7 trillion yen (*****.8 billion) Budget for fiscal 1988. The aim is to increase public spending and domestic consumption. boost support for US military bases in the country and hasten the618 words
-
612 1988-01-09 12 Ning Juita - Ning Juita IF EVER a phrase epitomises hope, it is “Happy New Year”. The "old” year may have been dismal. Your fortunes may have floundered, your career come close to crashing. The love of your life may have told you to get lost.612 words
-
Article124 1988-01-09 12 “Life was so difficult In the first few days However, after a few days, when I finally decided to face the cruel reality, when I realised that my reputation, my honourable position in society, my wealth and my business had all gone forever, I told myself,124 words
-
-
COMMENT/ Perspective
-
Article, Illustration871 1988-01-09 13 TAN SAI SIONG - TAN SAI SIONG in The Sunday Times LET the starving millions die. It is the sort of stark brutal newspaper headline guaranteed to take away the appetite at the breakfast table. But it is also certain to make thein The Sunday Times - 871 words
-
Article, Illustration937 1988-01-09 13 MARTIN LOH - By MARTIN LOH PROTECTIONISM is a major issue these days. On the one side are American congressmen calling for strong measures to reduce the United States trade deficits with Japan and other Asian countries. On the other, proponents of free trade937 words
-
Article, Illustration2970 1988-01-09 14 TAN SAI SIONG continues with her recording of events in the year gone by which will have a lasting impact on Singapore. Far-ranging and significant though the 1987 born-again awareness of Malay/Muslim issues in Singapore may be to its2,970 words
-
Article536 1988-01-09 15 TAN SAI SIONG - Look Back In Wonder A personal view of the week's news By TAN SAI SIONG THE average Singapore working mum clearly needs more help in her task Wider recognition of the superhuman efforts demanded by her role is the first step towards getting that help MY536 words
-
Article352 1988-01-09 15 IT MAY not seem much in percentage terms in one year the equivalent of 3 per cent of the total number of Filipino maids working in Singapore run away from their employers. Still the 30 to 40 maids reported in The Straits Times, who352 words
-
204 1988-01-09 15 SOME Housing agents and some of the nouveau riche are living under a delusion if they believe that the proximity of Housing Board flats lower the value of a property. This is my reaction after reading the piece, How class Conscious is Singapore?,204 words
-
Article, Illustration983 1988-01-09 16 They sell everything (even elephants) from everywhere for everyone. Harrods of London has acquired no mean reputation as the shopping haunt of royalty and the nouveau riche. And now that grand dame of emporiums has introduced the aroma of a new and very Singaporean fragrance983 words
-
816 1988-01-09 16 RECENT evrnta have shown the existence of a growing link between charitable gronpn In Australia and communist activities In the Philippines. A number of Kill pi no communists have openly visited Australia to promote their cause and to solicit fnnds. Authorities816 words
-
-
Page 13 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous16 1988-01-09 13 (pll%'S lint M rue fluiffy ,<\ f-A* T°° 1b 1 s,m*m c (o«r&. rrv (v 0. o.16 words
-
-
TIME$
-
Article2173 1988-01-09 17 RANKING BY MARKET CAPITALISATION AS AT DEC 31, 1987 Rank Company Rank as at Dec 31 1986 Market value (In $mll) as at Dec 31 No. ol shares Issued (In million) as at Dec 31 1987 share price High Low Par value Market price as at2,173 words
-
Article1097 1988-01-09 17 CORRINA LIM - By CORRINA LIM in Business Times THE EUPHORIC bull which pushed share prices up to dizzy heights last year fell flat on its face when stock markets worldwide crashed on Black Monday. By the end of last year, the market capitalisation of BT’s TOP1,097 words
-
Article3214 1988-01-09 18 Saturday, Jan 9 1987/81 Last Yield Vol Day High low Company Sale Change 000) High low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS ft COMMERCIAL 27b 80 Acma 129 6 07 57 131 128 96 26 Alcom 50 308 96 Amal Staal 50« 149 2 26 279 1553,214 words
-
442 1988-01-09 18 AFTER five straight days of gains, blue-chip stocks succumbed to profit-taking in moderate trading on the Singapore stock market yesterday, pushing The Straits Times Industrial Index back below 900 points. Dealers said the selling was to be expected in view of442 words
-
Article167 1988-01-09 18 KUALA LUMPUR share prices retreated slightly across the board in moderately active trading yesterday. The New Straits Times Industrial Index shed 8.98 points to 1,395.38. It had gained 95.77 points following the past three days’ run-up. A broker said buying interest was still focused167 words
-
Article59 1988-01-09 18 HONGKONG share prices closed slightly higher in active trading, but profit-tak-ing brought them well below their early peak. The Hang Seng index ended 8.15 points higher at 2,460.67 after an early surge of 43 points and the broad-er-based Hongkong Index gained 5.61 points to 1,609.24. The value59 words
-
643 1988-01-09 19 RONNIE LIM - By RONNIE LIM OIL and chemicals giant, Shell, has made an offer to buy up the Singapore Government’s entire sl-billion stake in the petrochemical complex on Pulau Ayer Merbau. A statement issued on Monday by Temasek Holdings, the government holding company, confirmed643 words
-
Article204 1988-01-09 19 SINGAPORE is set to make its mark in the diamond trade when it hosts Asia’s first World Diamond Congress this year Mr Isac Pinsler, Vice-President of the Diamond Exchange of Singapore, confirmed that the congress the 24th in the biannual series will be the first204 words
-
Article392 1988-01-09 19 |jn S HKS Ounce Assot Inti Hotels 1 99 008 Bonk Ot foil Amo I9 60 08 Capital Corp 0 87 001 Cathay Pucitit Ak 6 10 0 1 Cheung Kong China light 7 0S 18 70 0 05 02 City Resource* 1 38 ■0 04 Closs Hart) Tunnel392 words
-
Article226 1988-01-09 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign currency local dolars to one unit of foreign currency Foreign currency to SS10 Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar Sterling pound US dollar 1 4392-1 4409 1 5850 -1 5864 1 3188 -1 3214 3 6736-3 6775 *****-2 0425 710-689 637-6 26 7226 words
-
294 1988-01-09 19 IT HAS not been a happy new year for Faber Merlin Malaysia Bhd while others have been busy celebrating, the troubled hotel and property group has announced a pre-tax loss of almost Ms 72 million. This poor performance for the year to last June294 words
-
Article274 1988-01-09 19 Managers' prices for January 9 11 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 93 -0 99 The Savings fund 080 0 86 S'por* Prog fund 0 37-0 41 Spore Sec fund 0 62-067 Spore hives! Fund M Spore [quity fund Asia Unit Trust 0 44 0 48id Mel Invest274 words
-
443 1988-01-09 20 LIM ENG HAI - By LIM ENG HAI THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has queried food-based group QAF Ltd on its statement that it will be unable to achieve the forecast profit for this financial year made in the prospectus for its recent rights443 words
-
296 1988-01-09 20 DAMIEN LIM - By DAMIEN LIM BANK and trade creditors of Teck Hock Co agreed at their court-ordered meetings on the beleaguered coffee trader’s debt repayment plan on Wednesday to adjourn their respective meetings to Feb 2. In a statement issued after the meetings,296 words
-
961 1988-01-09 20 DOREEN SOH - By DOREEN SOH MANAGED funds, which nearly all failed to keep up with the raging bull in 1986, disappointed again in 1987 with a handful of notable exceptions. Out of 23 funds, 10 failed to survive the Oct 19 bear raid and fell961 words
-
-
Page 21 Advertisements
-
Advertisement569 1988-01-09 21 APPOINTMENTS BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS SINGAPORE BRANCH SENIOR MONEY MARKET DEALERS The Banque Nationale De Paris, with an experienced and wellmotivated dealing team, is one of the most active foreign banks in Singapore operating in the money and foreign exchange markets. We are looking for SENIOR DEALERS to join our569 words
-
-
Page 22 Advertisements
-
Advertisement859 1988-01-09 22 URSI INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS URS International Inc. (URSI) is an affiliate company of Thortec International Inc. a publicly owned Professional Services Organization whose stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange. URSI is seeking UNIVERSITY DEGREED PROFESSIONALS for on going work in SOUTH EAST ASIA and other OVERSEAS LOCATIONS. DEGREED859 words
-
-
TIMESPORT
-
559 1988-01-09 23 TAY CHENG KHOON - $200,000 more for NormanAoki clash GOLF... By TAY CHENG KHOON ALMOST $200,000 worth of additional prizes have been put up for the Skins (lame between world champion golfer Greg Norman and Japanese ace Lsao Aoki at the Singapore Island Country Club on Jan 24. Add that to the $270,000 which559 words
-
Article, Illustration328 1988-01-09 23 JOE DORAI - Premier League kicks off to a good start By JOE DORAI SINGAPORE’S move Into semi-professional soccer with the Premier League has got off to a flying start with encouraging attendances, good entertainment valor and well-prepared teams. Both organisers, the Football Association of Singapore andpicture by ALBERT SIM. - 328 words
-
Article, Illustration466 1988-01-09 23 He only needs to be among first 25 ONLY a nasty turn of events can bunker M. Murugiah's hopes of being the first Singapore professional golfer to top the local Order of Merit in his rookie season. With only one tournament of466 words
-
Article283 1988-01-09 23 RACING JOCKEY Maree Lyndon, 24, flew home to New Zealand on Tuesday after taking the local racing scene by storm on her first stint. She will take a fourweek break, skipping the first two meetings of the new racing season at Ipoh and Bukit Timah283 words
-
-
Article, Illustration145 1988-01-09 24 IT WAS a last-minute decision that led hotel cook Hoe Teng Mai, 27, and his bride, Teo Ah Heok, 21, a printer both victims of Bangkok's worst hotel fire in IS years to join a package tear of Thailand for their 111-fat-ed honeymoon. The145 words
-
496 1988-01-09 24 THE Far Eastern Economic Review has published two letters from the Prime Minister’s Press Secretary, after being warned that how it dealt with his letters would influence how long the magazine remained restricted here. Mr James Fu Chiao Sian told Review editor496 words
-
229 1988-01-09 24 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Natural rubber prices have soared to their highest point for four years, ouoyed by good demand, lower output and Aids. “We have made substantial sales but the price has still gone up,” said Mr Aldo Hofmeister,Reuter. - 229 words
-
Page 24 Advertisements
-
Advertisement7 1988-01-09 24 C Nikon) THE WORLD'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM7 words
-
-
Page 24 Miscellaneous
-
Miscellaneous43 1988-01-09 24 SUN TAN 'fxit&cbHt SSSAkE Don't iout/iKSCr T'SfCof lUine, /ou& Time away IY/nc uaDcA \j* coconut ry<££ By Collette W 1... you Aff iUiTf rtiSrfT rr iSTIMETOCMANf,c M/ HAfciTS T Tl (S: i/.v >■ V rT'N ns no ult 5L I 6 iv* Jp e43 words
-