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Title Section20 1988-07-09 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 222/8/8720 words
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Article, Illustration1032 1988-07-09 1 ISMAIL KASSIM - Action initiated by Chief Justice over order to Salleh case tribunal not to send findings to the Agong By ISMAIL KASSIM Kuala Lumpur FIVE Supreme Court judges were suspended on Wednesday in a worsening rift between the executive and the judiciary, sparked off by1,032 words
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Article210 1988-07-09 1 SITTING ENDS. REPORT WITHHELD FROM KING KUALA LUMPUR The tribunal inquiring into the rase against suspended I,ord President Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas was dissolved on Thursday after completing its report on the two-day hearing last week. Tribunal secretary Dr Mazlan Ahmad said a 52-page report was210 words
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Advertisement3 1988-07-09 1 Executive-judiciary crisis worsens3 words
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Advertisement130 1988-07-09 1 uttpujsid* 31b8 i «UOOl W 7? «1 jom ttl Membership has its prn ileges s >:> THE FALL OF A PRESIDENT Four-page pull-out on the Govt White Paper PAGES 11-14 Open letter by Devan accuses PM of seeking political revenge PAGE 3 B-G Lee: Why we had to tell all130 words
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Article, Illustration696 1988-07-09 2 LIAK TENG KIAT - Courtesy campaign has succeeded ‘to some extent’ By LIAK TENG KIAT SINGAPOREANS are heller behaved today than 10 years ago when the courtesy campaign was first launched, and would rate quite well by Asean standards. Judged against the Japanese, however, they696 words
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352 1988-07-09 2 OPPOSITION politician Seow Khee this lost his application for a stay of execution of a High Court order that he pay $500,000 in damages for defaming Prime Minister Kuan Yew and his Cabinet. In dismissing the Singapore United Front leader's application352 words
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Article, Illustration152 1988-07-09 2 FATHER Joseph Ho (right), former chairman of the now disbanded Justice and Peace Commission (JPC), is recovering in hospital after a heart attack last week. He had a stroke on the eve of his departure for a pilgrimage to Medjugorje in Yugoslavia, said152 words
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109 1988-07-09 2 pore in April 1985. ALAN HI BBAKD - pore in April 1985. ALAN HI BBAKD. LONDON British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is Ui make an offieial twoday visit to Singapore at the end of this month. Aeeording to her Downing Street office, she has accepted an invitation from Singapore Prime Minister Lee109 words
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Article, Illustration621 1988-07-09 2 BEN DAVIDSON - By BEN DAVIDSON THE High Court has ruled that a |>erson who makes written representations to a parliamentary select committee at an invitation to the public is immune from any criminal or civil action. Judicial Commissioner J. Grimberg made this decision last Monday621 words
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211 1988-07-09 2 THE family of Madam Tay Siew Kien, whose death two years ago was found to have been caused by the negligence of a nurse at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, has consulted its lawyers on the course of action to take. Last month,211 words
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The Devan Nair affair
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Article372 1988-07-09 3 Ex-President attacked Government, not just PM TRADE and Industry Minister Brig-General (Res) liee Hsien Loong has aroused ex-President Devan Nair of a “full frontal assault” on the Government, and said this was the reason for making known the full eirrumstanees of his372 words
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Article195 1988-07-09 3 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has said he wished the events and activities disclosed in the government White Paper on Mr Devan Nair had never taken place. “It is sad that all those things should happen,” he told reporters after last week’s195 words
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Article, Illustration276 1988-07-09 3 ACTING Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong has described the Government’s disclosure of medical reports on Mr C. V. Devan Nair as an exception to the established practice by doctors of keeping their relationship with their patients confidential. Responding to276 words
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208 1988-07-09 3 CEPHAH TAN. SENIOR Minister Mr S. Rajaratnam revealed last week that he thought of asking the Government to re-offer a pension to former President Mr Devan Nair early this year. He said that when Mr Nair started— CEPHAH TAN. - 208 words
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174 1988-07-09 3 FORMER President Devan Nair’s allegations against the Government forced it to make public more information about his alcoholism and misbehaviour. Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of of State (Education), said. “I personally think it is unfortunate. In a174 words
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976 1988-07-09 3 MR C. V. DEVAN NAIR yesterday accused Mr Lee Kuan Yew of seeking political revenge when the Prime Minister spoke to Parliament and released a White Paper on the circumstances leading to his resignation from the presidency. He described Mr Lee’s June976 words
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485 1988-07-09 4 MAYLEE CHIA - Everyone ‘fighting for same piece of cake’ as tourism picks up By MAYLEE CHIA SCENE I: Guests are waiting to check into a hotel, but their room is not made up yet because of a shortage of chamber maids. Finally, the assistant housekeeping485 words
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Article350 1988-07-09 4 AHMAD OSMAN - so clerks at Hongkong Bank will get a sharp pay rise By AHMAD OSMAN ABOUT 900 employees of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will receive pay rises of up to 33 per cent of their basic salaries in a move by their employer to350 words
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Article, Illustration143 1988-07-09 4 SINGAPORE Airline’s ground staff will have a new look soon. Prom Aug 1, a smart three-piece suit created by Parisian designer Hermes will replace the present tomato-red uniform. The suit, designed to give an overall slim, tapered look, comprises a blue batik blouse,143 words
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340 1988-07-09 4 GERRY DE SILVA - By GERRY DE SILVA SINGAPORE Airlines aircraft have been giving the conflict zone in the Persian Gulf a wide berth well before Sunday's downing of the Iran Air jetliner. Other airlines, meanwhile, have started skirting their flights over the Gulf to avoid340 words
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162 1988-07-09 4 A SOVIET deputy prime minister, the highest ranking Russian leader to visit Singapore in five years, Is due tomorrow for a one-day visit. A Soviet foreign minister was here in 19X3. This time Mr Vladimir Kamentsev, one of the USBR’s162 words
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274 1988-07-09 4 A HIGH-POWERED advisory council made up of prominent ex-Rafflesians has been appointed by the Permanent Secretary to the Education Ministry to help Raffles’ Institution chart its future direction. The question of whether the premier government school should go independent is274 words
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309 1988-07-09 5 Unions to press for higher wages, foreign labour group told THE National Trades Union Congress has rebutted an allegation by an international labour federation that mast unions in Singapore are led by nonunion professionals, who are often government or employer representatives. It also declared,309 words
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452 1988-07-09 5 OPPOSITION politician Jufrie Mahmood was on Thursday fined $3,000 for contempt of court over remarks he made during a public forum questioning judicial independence in Singapore. The Singapore Democratic Party executive committee member will also have to pay costs to the High452 words
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Article167 1988-07-09 5 A MAID had to flee topless to freedom from the amorous clutches of her employer, a court heard this week. Sales representative Chng Hock Heng, 38, admitted outraging the modesty of his Filipino maid in his home in Jalan Mutiara, off River Valley Road.167 words
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138 1988-07-09 5 THE Hotel Momingside property in River Valley Road has been sold for $10.6 million to Hong Leong Holdings. Hong Leong is planning to build a condominium on the 70,833 sq ft (6,587 sq m) freehold site in place of the 15room pre-war hotel, say138 words
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Article, Illustration157 1988-07-09 5 A WOMAN collapsed daring her first cha-cha dance lesson and died despite attempts by two doctors to revive her. A police spokesman said beautician Suzanne Sin, 34, mother of an eight-year-old girl, died of cardiac respiratory failure at the dance studio157 words
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Article, Illustration935 1988-07-09 6 CHENG SHOONG TAT - Charges of harsh treatment a publicity gimmick, says State Counsel Govt reveals how detainees are treated By CHENG SHOONG TAT SENIOR State Counsel S. Tiwari last week iloscribed the conditions under which lawyer Teo Soh Lung was detained to put to935 words
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345 1988-07-09 6 QUEEN'S Counsel Anthony Lester told the High Court in his final submission that he was not challenging the Internal Security Act itself or the need for that legislation in Singapore, hut was only concerned with its application to345 words
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490 1988-07-09 6 QUEEN'S Counsel Anthony Lester last week argued that the treatment meted out to detained lawyer Teo Soh Lung now had rendered her detention unlawful even if it was initially legal. He based his contention on two British cases, which suggested that an initially lawful detention490 words
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White Paper on the resignation of C V Devan Nair
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Article, Illustration1220 1988-07-09 11 BERTHA HENSON; and SUMIKO TAN - He drank a lot at party he flirted a lot with the European women present... his hands ‘were all over the place...’ Reports by BERTHA HENSON and SUMIKO TAN FOKMKR president C. V. Devan Nair’s bizarre behaviour first eame to light during an unoffieial trip1,220 words
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Article913 1988-07-09 11 VISITS BEGAN AFTER 1984 ELECTION L J MK l)evan Nair began associating with a (ierman woman sometime after the December 1981 general election. He “entertained” her at the Istana I/odge and Changi Cottage and visited her at her hotel and later at her home.913 words
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More extracts from the Devan Nair White Paper
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Article, Illustration994 1988-07-09 12 FORMER President Devan Nair came from a family of heavy drinkers and. beginning from 1979, went through bouts of heavy and continuous drinking by himself, each lasting more than a week.994 words
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Article, Illustration491 1988-07-09 12 Kuan Yew I hate writing letters. But I MUST put you right on one thing. When you said that I had deceived you. it was like a stab in the heart. I did deceive you, but you491 words
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277 1988-07-09 13 f I will tender my resigna- tion for the reasons I gave him, and which he accepted before I left for Kuching. My lapses in going out of the Istana in disguise, and the innocuous (albeit unpresident ial pranks) in Kuching, do277 words
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206 1988-07-09 13 DEAR MR LEE, I deeply regret what has happened. I bear great responsibility for it My family will, as it is our natural duty, look after my father. We will bear as bravely as possible the private tragedy.206 words
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Article, Illustration443 1988-07-09 13 DEAR JANADAS, Thank you for your letter 28 March. You have a responsibility to your mother to protect her from dangers of a relapse in your father's alcoholism. You have to lend her enough strength to cope with the problems of443 words
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Article476 1988-07-09 13 ASIDE from misbehaviour with women, Mr Nair's physical condition on some occasions caused concern too. He also displayed other signs of erratic behaviour. According to Dr Teo Seng Hock, Associate Professor, Medical Director, Woodbridge Hospital, these included his frequent lapses of memory and bouts of giddiness476 words
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592 1988-07-09 13 I sensed something was wrong when he started chasing my nurses Dr Wong Interview with Sarawak doctor IT WAS only when Mr Devan Nair started paying undue attention to women in Kuching that a Sarawak doctor sensed there was “something wrong” with the former president. "When I first saw him,592 words
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Article, Illustration1818 1988-07-09 14 April 11, 198« DEAR Kl AN YEW My sons Janadas and Janamitra were briefed on 9 April 85 by Kwa Soon Bee. Tambyah and others on the reports of what had1,818 words
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376 1988-07-09 14 DEAR DEVAN, Thank you for your letter of 11 April. Nobody in Sarawak wanted or tried to do you in. What happened, did happen. You have to face up to your problem. It is alcoholism What you did in Sarawak376 words
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across the CAUSEWAY
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1007 1988-07-09 7 The executive-judiciary crisis WE WISH to state that this morning the five of us received letters of today’s date from the Chief Secretary to the Government stating that we have been suspended from the exercise of our functions as Judges of the1,007 words
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Article507 1988-07-09 7 Bernama, NST. THE following are brief profiles of the five judges who were suspended on Wednesday: Justice Tan Sri Wan Suleiman Pawan Teh Born in Telok Intan, Perak, in 1926, he read law at Lincoln’s Inn and was called to the English Bar on FebBernama,; NST. - 507 words
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909 1988-07-09 7 Charges against Tan Sri Datuk Wan Suleiman Pawan Teh 1. Staying away and failing to perform his duties at the Supreme Court hearing scheduled for July 2, 1988, in Kota Baru, Kelantan, without good reasons. This is an irresponsible act and clearly reflects909 words
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1068 1988-07-09 8 The executive-judiciary crisis THE Yang diiL Pertuan Agong has suspended five Supreme Court judges with effect from today under Article 125 (5) of the Constitution. They are: Tan Sri Wan Suleiman bin Pawan Teh, Datuk George Edward Seah1,068 words
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Article, Illustration387 1988-07-09 8 against the law. Bernama. SEREMBAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has charged that a group has been spreading lies by saying that there will be a roup d'etat in Malaysia if his rival, former Trade andagainst the law. Bernama. - 387 words
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436 1988-07-09 8 By a correspondent KUALA LUMPUR The Johor Baru parliamentary by-election, an event seen here as the first open fight between supporters of the old and New Umno, has been fixed for Aug 25. Announcing this on Tuesday, the chairman of436 words
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97 1988-07-09 8 sition bench. ISMAIL KASSIM - sition bench. ISMAIL KASSIM. KUALA LUMPUR Another backbencher from the ruling National Front Snngei Benut MP Tawflk Ismail has defected to Join the independents in the Dewan Rakyat. Mr Tawfik is the second MP from the deregistered Umno who has asked the Speaker to change97 words
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CAUSEWAY/ ASEAN
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407 1988-07-09 9 SEVERAL Malaysian newspapers have welcomed the signing last week of the Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and Singapore saying it marked another milestone in close co-oper-ation between the two countries. Three Malay language papers, the Utusan Melayu, Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian, said407 words
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Article153 1988-07-09 9 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysia-Singapore agreement on gas use by the Republic to be signed later will be for 15 years, Petronas president Tan Sri Azizan Zainul Abidin said. Malaysia and Singapore last week signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of 4.2Bernama. - 153 words
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Article79 1988-07-09 9 JOHOR BARU The Johor Executive Council has endorsed the Singapore-Malaysian memorandum of understanding on water singed in Kuala Lumpur on June 28. Mentri Besar Muhyiddin Yassin, who briefed the exco on the contents of the memorandum on Monday, said they had accepted the document as it was79 words
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Article, Illustration752 1988-07-09 9 TAN LIAN CHOO; and PAUL JACOB - All six nations will take part in Jakarta meeting By TAN LIAN CHOO and PAUL JACOB BANGKOK In an upbeat mood after three days of talks on the Cambodian issue, Asean foreign ministers revealed here this week that the regional grouping is readyReuter picture. - 752 words
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Article, Illustration238 1988-07-09 9 CAMBODIAN resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk yon Tuesday lived up to his reputation of being "mercurial” blowing hot one minute, and cold the next. Asean officials and journalists covering his working dinner here with the six Asean foreign ministers were surprised at238 words
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Article205 1988-07-09 9 omy. — TAN LIAN CHOO; PAUL JACOB - omy. TAN LIAN CHOO and PAUL JACOB. BANGKOK Singapore and the United States may not see eye to eye on whether Singapore goods should be entitled to privileges under the Generalised System of Preferences. But when it comes to giving a bouquet for a more205 words
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Article, Illustration64 1988-07-09 9 Bhumibol is longest--reigning Thai monarch AFP. RANfikOK Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej (above) last Saturday celebrated 1’ years and 23 days on the throne, making him the country’s longest reigning monarch. The fid-year-old monarch, the ninth in the C’hakri dynasty, marked the occasion by paying his respects to the memory ofAFP. - 64 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article619 1988-07-09 10 JULY 9. 1988 LAST Thursday's clarification by the Singapore Society of Accountants (SSA) that it has no plans to impose a mandatory system of fees must come as a relief to the public. Promoting the interests of a profession at the expense of depriving those who619 words
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Article634 1988-07-09 10 JULY 8 1988 THE Soviet people have stirred. After years of cynicism, they are beginning to take an interest in politics again. What was refreshing. even unique, about last week's Soviet Communist Party Conference was not just its freewheeling debate which was televised live but also the interest634 words
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Article655 1988-07-09 10 JULY 7. 1988 LAST Sunday’s shooting down of an Iranian airliner was a horrible accident. The tragic death of 290 innocent people killed in mid-air is not easy to accept. But it is also hard to see what the US could have done to avoid this tragedy. The655 words
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472 1988-07-09 10 FASCINATION HISTORY fascinates me. MALACCA history, for example, dating far back to 1511 when Malacca fell under Portuguese rule. Isn’t it fascinating to learn that it was Sir Stamford Raffles who saved Malacca’s historic Portuguese Fort “A Famosa” (circa 1511) from total472 words
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Article187 1988-07-09 10 “In Singapore, you have a master in the art of plain speaking, your Prime Minister. No wonder the rest of you are so good.” Dr G. R. Maddooks, National Director of the Plain Speaking Award, Australia, who was the chief judge at the Second National Plain Speaking Award,187 words
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COMMENT/ Perspective
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856 1988-07-09 15 NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Obesity is now the big problem with both boys and girls By NARENDRA AGGARWAL THE 50,000 babies expected to be born this year will not only have a longer life span than their parents, but can expect to be taller and heavier than what mum856 words
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Article, Illustration761 1988-07-09 15 and be yourself." By GOH YUE YIJN - Lt-General Winston Choo has close ties with his regional counterparts and be yourself." By GOH YUE YIJN A record of achievement 1959: Began his career with the then Singapore Military Forces. He received basic military training at the Federation Military College in Fort Dickson. 1961: He served as761 words
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Article, Illustration1306 1988-07-09 16 LEE SWEE HOON - Has an employer the right or duty to prohibit employees from making remarks hostile to the Government? And what comments are punishable? NTUC Comfort’s plan to penalise cabbies for badmouthing it or the Government has created some controversy. What do employers feel about1,306 words
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Article, Illustration665 1988-07-09 16 BILL TARRANT - By BILL TARRANT Reuter. BANGKOK The recent Street violence in Burma has demonstrated deep opposition after 25 years along the “Burmese road to socialism” under strongman Ne Win. The latest outburst of rioting, the third since last September, is one of theReuter. - 665 words
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Page 15 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous9 1988-07-09 15 (plit/k'$ l>he &$j0sP* y THtl'W V m mzd > a9 words
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Article, Illustration537 1988-07-09 17 LEE HAN SHIH - 3 members of HK Bank group seek damages over collapse of Carrian Two weeks after firm files suit against fellow-accountants Coopers LEE HAN SHIH in Business lime THREE MEMBERS of the Hongkongßank group are suing international accounting firm Price Waterhouse, the former auditors537 words
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250 1988-07-09 17 THE Straits Times circulation figure has for the first time soared past the 3(Ml,(MMi mark, setting an all-time record of 301,212 copies last Saturday. Previous Saturdays came close to breaking away from the consistently strong sales of more than 2%,M0 copies over the last250 words
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533 1988-07-09 17 TONG SUIT CHEE - By TONG SUIT CHEE in Business Times A HEADHUNTING firm, which has taken an injunction to stop its US head office from terminating its licence agreement, has lost its fight to retain the licence. An interim injunction on June 7 by Singapore’s Boydenin Business Times - 533 words
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152 1988-07-09 17 MALAYSIAN print giant The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd (NSTP) has purchased three new presslines at a cost of M 544.92 million (5535.19 mUlion) to improve its press capacity and capability. The new presses will be delivered within the next two152 words
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445 1988-07-09 17 well to own this book. R. RAJENDRAN - well to own this book. R. RAJENDRAN. AT LAST, would-be entrepreneurs can lay their hands on a comprehensive and easy-to-read book on setting up business in Singapore. Written in simple lan guage, Starling a Small Business in Singapore, is445 words
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Article211 1988-07-09 17 Week ended My 1. Compiled by Buuness Tines Final results Company Gross Group net Year It dividend profit/loss 000) Alcorn l lohan Hides Metal Roi S'poie MS 19 0411(830.2381) M8962( 32.8641) Oec 81 Ian 88 Mai 88 Ma> 88 Mai 88 Metro Hides 149(14 9) 813.124(812.411) liansmatco 4(274)Compiled by Buuness Tines - 211 words
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Article3222 1988-07-09 18 Due to a technical problem, closing prices carried in this issue are as at end of trading on Thursday, July 8, 1988. 1988 last Yield Vol Day High tow Company Sale Change COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS COMMERCIAL 139 95 Acma 125xd -13,222 words
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246 1988-07-09 18 Weekly sharemarket report A sharp rally albeit on low volume yesterday saved the .Singapore stock market from suffering its worst one-week setback in several months after prices plunged on Wednesday and Thursday following the suspension of five Malaysian Supreme Court judges. The market had already246 words
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245 1988-07-09 18 TURNOVER in the Singapore stock market plunged to 23.17 million units worth $40.35 million yesterday compared to Thursday’s 48.39 million units worth $93.46 million, as investors settled on the sidelines to watch how the new trading system shaped up. Despite this, The245 words
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129 1988-07-09 18 IN KUALA LUMPUR, after two sessions of heavy selling, share prices recovered yesterday to finish higher across the board on bar-gain-hunting and short-cov-ering. But a late bout of profittaking took prices off the day’s high. A dealer noted that blue chips held well while there129 words
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Article40 1988-07-09 18 HONGKONG stock prices yesterday closed marginally lower on light institutional selling. The Hang Seng Index lost 6.73 points to 2,752.90 and the Hongkong Index shed 5.01 points to 1,819.60. Turnover totalled HK$l.2O billion against Thursday’s HK11.35 billion.40 words
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597 1988-07-09 19 s3om a year in net dividends for the next 30 years KUALA LUMPUR MBT UNITED Engineers (Malaysia )'s share of net dividends from the concession company undertaking the North-South Expressway project is exjjected to lx» about M 51.165 billion (*****.23 million) over the .'lO-year– MBT - 597 words
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73 1988-07-09 19 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The government has no plans to give permanent resident status as an incentive to foreigners who invest In the country, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has told Parliament. This was because many of them came to MalaysiaBernama. - 73 words
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Article368 1988-07-09 19 M 8 HK$ Chanie Attoc Inti Hotel» 315 ■0 025 Bonk Ot Eo»t Auo 18 70 -0 2 Copitol Corp 0 96 -0 01 Cathay Pacific Air 8 55 -0 05 Cheung Kong China Light 8 10 18 30 unch •02 City Resource» 1 23 unch Cro»» Horb Tunnel368 words
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Article109 1988-07-09 19 Rubber (per kilo) 8'porc Malaysia (penis] 1 (sen> July 4 263.50 362.50 July 5 262.00 361.00 July 6 260.00 358 00 July 7 258.00 354 50 July 8 258.00 354 00 Palm oil (tonne) Price 1 latsl Trade (Ringgit) Sales Month Price Last Trade Sales luly 1160 11/0109 words
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Article264 1988-07-09 19 Interbank Over the counter Foreign currency Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency Foreign currency to SJ10 Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar Sterling pound US dollar 1 6377-1 6356 1 6902-1 6917 1 3997 1 4075 3 4964 -3 5001 7 0435-7 0445 6264 words
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Article248 1988-07-09 19 TWO of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat's hotel companies flagship Goodwood Park Hotel and Hotel Malaysia have turned in better interim results. For the half year ended March 31, Goodwood Park, which runs the hotel of the same name, turned in a 3.2 per248 words
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Article254 1988-07-09 19 Manager*' price* for July 11 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce I 00—l Of The Savings fund 087—093 Spore Prog fund 0 «7-0 46, Spore Sac fund 0 70-0 7^ Spore Invest fund 0 70id 0 75id Spore f Quit* fund 040-0 54 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund254 words
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FORUM
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535 1988-07-09 20 On the PM’s statement and the White Paper on the ex-President I WOULD like to comment on former President C.V. Devan Nair’s remarks on the Prime Minister’s statement in Parliament and the Government’s White Paper. 1. Mr Nair declared that he would respond535 words
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242 1988-07-09 20 THE following statement has NO political implications. It is a statement to clarify the social standing of the late Mr C.S. Nair, the elder brother of Mr C.V. Devan Nair. After carefully reading through the recent publications relating to the White242 words
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277 1988-07-09 20 MRS Devan Nair has expressed disgust at the Prime Minister’s speech in Parliament in which Mr Lee Kuan Yew detailed the events leading to Mr Nair’s resignation as President in 1985. Why? For how long is the Prime Minister required to turn277 words
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252 1988-07-09 20 I READ with dismay your reports on the Prime Minister’s speech and Government White Paper on the circumstances under which Mr C.V. Devan Nair is said to have resigned. Such a White Paper may have been appropriate in 1985, when these events252 words
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105 1988-07-09 20 AFTER being exposed for taking bribes, the late Minister for National Development Teh Cheng Wan took full responsibility for his mistakes by taking his own life. I respect him for doing that. On the other hand, Mr C.V. Devan Nair, despite being given105 words
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Advertisement210 1988-07-09 20 77.,N0w, 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 the latest in210 words
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Article, Illustration317 1988-07-09 23 RACING SIX-YEAR-OLD English-bred Trend Defy upset all calculations when he beat off his rivals in the straight to win the $400,000 Singapore Gold Cup at Bukit Timah last Sunday. He paid $194 for a win. Trained by Malcolm Thwaites and ridden by APicture by ALBERT SIM. - 317 words
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Article495 1988-07-09 23 J. RAJENDRAN - MALAYSIA CUP SOCCER By J. RAJENDRAN JOHOR BARU Singapore should consider themselves a little lucky to have escaped with a 1-1 draw in their Malaysia Cup soccer match against a spirited Johor side at the Larkin Stadium here last night. A brilliant goal from495 words
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371 1988-07-09 23 OTHER CUP ACTION Bernama, NST KUALA LUMPUR Fandi Ahmad missed a hat-trick as he skippered Kuala Lumpur to a 3-1 win over hard-fight-ing Sarawak in their Malaysia Cup tie at the Merdeka Stadium here last night. Surprisingly, the defending champions found themselves locked in aBernama,; NST - 371 words
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BADMINTON
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126 1988-07-09 23 JAKARTA Mr Rudy Hartono, the former eight-time All-England badminton champion, may have to undergo a heart operation in Australia if his heart condition worsens. But that would be a last resort, he said, adding: “I have been ordered by doctors to stay awayBernama. - 126 words
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Article, Illustration392 1988-07-09 23 J. RAJENDRAN - Scholarship will enable him to further his studies in UK university By J. RAJENDRAN SINGAPORE’S top badminton player Lau Wing Cheok has received a $30,000 scholarship from the Singapore Sports Council’s Sports Aid Fund to study in England. The three-time national champion will leave in392 words
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Article, Illustration646 1988-07-09 24 ALAN JOHN - By ALAN JOHN SEOUL Japan and fho newly industrialising countries must face up to a changing international climate and act to keep the world's trading system healthy for the good of all. including themselves, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew saidPicture by YOW YI N WOH. - 646 words
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95 1988-07-09 24 THE Government yesterday expressed deep regret over the shooting down of an Iranian airliner by United States naval forces in the Persian Gulf. It said in a statement that the unnecessary and tragic loss of lives underscored the urgent need to resolve the95 words
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Article, Illustration438 1988-07-09 24 TAN LIAN CHOO; and PAUL JACOB - By TAN LIAN CHOO and PAUL JACOB RANGKOK Singapore and the United States appear to have patched up their differences when US Secretary of State George Shultz and Singapore Foreign Minister S. Dhanahalan agreed here to put recent bilateral problems behind them. In the first high-level Sin-gapore-l– Picture by MAK KIAN SENG. - 438 words
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Article, Illustration192 1988-07-09 24 BANGKOK Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has conferred awards on the visiting Asean foreign ministers on the occasion of the 21st Asean Ministerial Meeting here. Singapore Foreign Minister S. Dhanahalan received the higher award, the Maha Vajira Mongkut (Special Grand Cordon) of the Most NoblePicture by MAK KIAN SENG. - 192 words
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