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Title Section20 1988-10-22 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1988 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 42/8/8820 words
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Article910 1988-10-22 1 Govt efforts to help the community will fail without your commitment: Chok Tong IT IS the support, commitment and determination of the Malay community not government support that are fundamental in helping to realise the aspirations of the Malays, Mr Goh Chok Tong said910 words
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Article, Illustration111 1988-10-22 1 SIX-YEAR-OLD Lee Shu Ze has good reason to smile. In a matter of just five days, Singaporeans donated a staggering $202,000 to a fund to help him undergo a liver transplant operation in Britain! Shu Ze, seen above in his hospital bed,111 words
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Article604 1988-10-22 1 RONNIE LIM - Company tax cut to 35 per cent, pay rise for civil servants By RONNIE LIM KUALA LUMPUR Malaysians were presented yesterday with a “go-get-ter" Budget for 1989. The Budget dished out goodies to both big and small companies as well as to civil servants who got604 words
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106 1988-10-22 1 A LAST-DITCH bid by former rubber magnate Ng Quee Lam and three relatives to avoid bankruptcy failed in the High Court yesterday. Mr Ng. 68. his brother Kwee Teng. nephew Eng Kiat and son-in-law Kong Chooi Sian, were declared bankrupt after Mr Justice P Coomaraswamy106 words
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Advertisement73 1988-10-22 1 Company boss £aces 1,000 fraud charges Page 2 HOME NEWS Portrait of the middle class Singaporean PAGES 14 Ministry halts sale of The Last Temptation PAGE 2 Wife who plotted banker husband's death jailed PAGE 6 New Umno wins Parit Raja by-election test PAGE 10 I II Western values: Boon73 words
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505 1988-10-22 2 He’s accused of cheating firm’s clients of s2om Business Times. THE managing director of Futurelink Pte Ltd, the Singapore company raided by police last November on suspicion of illegal trading in Hongkong’s Hang Song index futures, was charged in courtBusiness Times. - 505 words
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Article, Illustration406 1988-10-22 2 ‘Good design will give our products a competitive edge in world markets’ PRIME Minister Kuan Yew has said that good design will give Singapore products a competitive edge in world markets. “Today, the term Made in Singapore simply means that the product406 words
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537 1988-10-22 2 LYNETTE ONG - By LYNETTE ONG TWO controversial books Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses and Nikos Kazantzakis' The Last Temptation are under scrutiny by censorship officials here, according to major publishers. Unsold copies of The Last Temptation, which was on sale in major537 words
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278 1988-10-22 2 NEXT century may be heralded as the “Pacific Century”, but Pacific Rim countries are already making a significant Impact on world economy. According to Euromoney’s latest world economic rankings and projections for 1188 to 19M, six of the top 11 countries on the list278 words
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583 1988-10-22 3 GILLIAN POW CHONG - By GILLIAN POW CHONG A NATIONAL sperm bank is to be set up in one of the government hospitals by next year. The Health Ministry hopes to have it set up by June. There are also plans to583 words
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431 1988-10-22 3 HONG ronment." — (ilLI.IAN I»OW C - Husbands being examined in greater depth ronment." (ilLI.IAN I»OW C HONG. MORE clinics to examine infertile men and women are being set up in SingaI>ore. Men, in particular, are Iteing examined in greater depth, as more are now l>eing seen as a contributing factor431 words
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Article60 1988-10-22 3 A COUPLE caught making love in public at Kampong Java Park were fined $lOO each. Navanesan Arumugam Thamiraiah, 33, and Filipina Carmelita L Mirador, hi. were having sex when they were spotted by a passer-by, who called the police. Navanesan told the court he60 words
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590 1988-10-22 3 SERENE LIM - By SERENE LIM SOME maid agencies here say they are unlikely to bring in domestic workers from the Philippines because of new conditions imposed on employers by the Manila government. One of these is that maids must be given 15 days’590 words
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337 1988-10-22 3 A GROCER, who was being pursued by two robbers, never suspected that the driver of a car which pulled up beside him and waved him in was anoiher member of the gang. It was only when Mr Gerk Thiam Kwee was337 words
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Article, Illustration148 1988-10-22 3 MRS Rauni Marjatta Seow. wife of lawyer-politician Francis Seow, died here on Friday. She leaves a son, Ashleigh, and a daughter, Annalisa. Mr Seow, who contested and lost on a Workers' Party ticket in the September general election, and then accepted a Government offer to be148 words
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Article, Illustration505 1988-10-22 4 More departments using only Mandarin in dealing with Chinese-speaking THE drive to get front-line Chinese staff in the public sector to speak Mandarin has registered success, with 11 ministries or departments completely eliminating the use of dialects in their dealings with the505 words
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301 1988-10-22 4 higher”. – LYNETTE ONG - higher”. LYNETTE ONG. PHILIPS, the electronics firm in Toa Payoh, “has cleared the unhappiness" among its South Korean women workers over their working conditions. The management said this week they met the workers at its Toa Payoh plant and have “amicably resolved"301 words
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Article72 1988-10-22 4 MORE than two-thirds of about 3# French staff at the French Embassy stayed at home on Tuesday in response to a call by their Paris-based trade union to observe a worldwide two-day strike. The union was protesting against a proposal by the French Foreign Ministry in August72 words
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Article, Illustration182 1988-10-22 4 in a month.” — GAN CHEONG SOON - in a month.” GAN CHEONG SOON. ONE of Singapore’s top models, Nora Arifin (above), broke three of her ribs in a nasty fall during a fashion shoot in Bangkok recently. She was modelling Thai costumes for Vogue Paris in September182 words
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198 1988-10-22 4 EVEN at the age of 79, former gold-medal-win-ning marksman Daniel C. Perreau loved to vroom around on his motorbike. This week he died as the result of an accident while riding it. "He was not the type to just keep still,198 words
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Article, Illustration458 1988-10-22 4 FORMER rubber magnate Ng Quee Lam, 68, and three relatives were declared bankrupt by the High Court yesterday after a vain last-ditch bid to have the petitions against them postponed. Their lawyer made the attempt even though Mr Justice L. P. Thean458 words
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182 1988-10-22 4 A PRIVATE company has been set up to run the newly built National Skin Centre, a highly specialised clinic to deal with skin diseases. The $l9-million centre, located near Tan Tock Seng Hospital, will offer essentially the service which Middle Road Hospital has been182 words
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545 1988-10-22 5 AHMAD OSMAN - Weeding out of pro-opposition union officials By AHMAD OSMAN THE National Trades Union Congress experts all its 70 affiliates to comply with its new policy of disallowing opposition party activists to remain as officials of union branches, several unionists said. They said the545 words
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138 1988-10-22 5 A SINGAPORE Democratic Party candidate in the recent general election, Mr George Slta, has lost his joh as a night-time Basic Education Skills Training (Best) teacher with the National Trades Union Congress. lie was dismissed last month because the NTUC felt138 words
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92 1988-10-22 5 TWO more kidney sufferers, a labourer and an artisan, underwent kidney transplants this month. They received their transplants from a 30-year-old salesman who died in a road accident. The donation was the seventh case under the Human Organ Transplant Act which became92 words
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Article, Illustration347 1988-10-22 5 TAN TECK HUAT - ‘Reinstate sacked unionist’ demand to NTUC By TAN TECK HUAT THE Singapore Democratic Party on Thursday threatened to organise a boycott against the 34 NTUC Fair Price supermarkets if recent actions taken by the NTUC against two SDP members were not reversed within 48 hours. It347 words
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231 1988-10-22 5 PRODUCTIVITY in the booming commerce sector grew 11.4 per cent in the first half of the year reversing its long spell as the laggard among the key sectors of the economy. The sector has bounced back from poor times, due to the influx231 words
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Article, Illustration335 1988-10-22 5 K.F. TANG - By K.F. TANG A GIRL camping out with a giant teddy bear and her male fellow-students in the corridors of Changi Airport for a "study” weekend. Students taking seats at the McDonald's outlet without patronising it. Students gambling. These are some of335 words
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141 1988-10-22 5 SINGAPOREANS who were abroad during last month's General Election can have their names on the electoral register reinstated by filling in forms which they can obtain from the Republic's missions in their respective countries, and mailing them to the141 words
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Article, Illustration1061 1988-10-22 6 Court told: He repaid her love with abuse and cruelty SHK WAS given away for adoption at the age of two, became a cabaret girl soon after 20 and fel! in love with a man 11 years younger. She supported1,061 words
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Article, Illustration379 1988-10-22 6 12-YEAR-OLD girl was raped by a former hotel executive after he waylaid her at an overhead bridge at knifepoint and drove her to Adam Park where he committed the offence in his car, the High Court was told yesterday.379 words
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Article, Illustration349 1988-10-22 6 GENEIEVE KWEK - GENEIEVE KWEK in The New Pape r DOCTORS should not preach in hospital wards. A doctor caught doing so will he reprimanded. This is the no-nonsense government line on claims that some Christian government doctors try what, in Christianity, Is known349 words
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138 1988-10-22 6 and other benefits. Business Times. TWO Singapore maritime unions have signed a collective agreement with the Danish Shipowners’ Association allowing Singapore officers and ratings to work on ships listed in the Danish offshore register. The two local unions Singapore Maritime Officers’and other benefits. — Business Times. - 138 words
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Article45 1988-10-22 6 FACTORY worker Ho Kim 500n,28, was fined S7M by a district court for urinating in a lift while on his way up to his 11th floor Marsiling flat. He was trapped after a urine detector activated and jammed the lift.45 words
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Article, Illustration494 1988-10-22 7 NG WEI JOO - By NG WEI JOO SINGAPOREANS DO care, judging by the heart-warming display of concern and generosity showered on a boy with liver cancer. Within hours of publication of the story of six-year-old Lee Shu Ze, and the sacrifices his parents494 words
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228 1988-10-22 7 FROM Nov 1. Central Provident Fund members can use their savings to pay for the full valuation of their homes, instead of the present «0 per cent. The change, announced earlier this year by Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan, will apply228 words
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Article75 1988-10-22 7 LABOURER Rengarajalu Naidu was told by his landlady to throw away anything he didn’t want when he said he was leaving his rented room after a heated quarrel with her. He did just that and ended up in prison for throwing his TV75 words
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Article, Illustration476 1988-10-22 7 GERRY DE SILVA - Dr Susan Lim will help in Shu Zes surgery By GERRY DE SILVA A WOMAN surgeon, Dr Susan IJm, has made local medical history by being the first Singaporean to carry out a human liver transplant. The history-making transplant was carried out six months476 words
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Article201 1988-10-22 7 THE Attorney-General’s Chambers is looking into the breaching of a judge’s order by Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao when it published the name of an alleged rape victim. This was confirmed by an official from the AG’s Chambers. The order prohibiting the publishing of201 words
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Article106 1988-10-22 7 THE Public Utilities Board has raised the retirement age of its workers from 55 to 60 years. This is provided for under a new three-year collective agreement signed by the PUB and its staff union. The raising of the retirement age, effective from Oct106 words
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Article, Illustration483 1988-10-22 8 SALIM OSMAN - Statements 'aimed at subverting political stability' By SALIM OSMAN: Kuala Lumpur DATUK Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has hit out at his former deputy, Datuk Musa Hitam. for making what he considered "baseless and mischievous” statements that he would call a snap election483 words
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271 1988-10-22 8 Normal political speculation Musa BATE PAH AT Datuk Musa Hitam has reiterated what he said in Hongkong about a snap election In Malaysia. Speaking to reporters after delivering a talk at Parit Seri Dalam In Partt Raja state constituency last Friday, he said: “This is normal political speculation and 1271 words
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303 1988-10-22 8 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The editor-in-chief and a journalist from the Malay language newspaper group, Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd, this week filed their defence in a libel suit brought by former Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and three others forBernama - 303 words
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406 1988-10-22 8 KUALA LUMPUR New Umno has opened its doors to all Malays, including dissidents, because the party has con-, solidated itself and gained the sup|)ort of the majority of the Malays, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said over the406 words
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Article159 1988-10-22 8 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and MP for Gua Musang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah met face to face in Parliament House on Monday. Tengku Razaleigh was fielding questions from journalists at the lobby when Dr Mahathir appeared. On seeing Dr Mahathir,Bernama. - 159 words
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Article180 1988-10-22 8 NST. KUALA 1.l M I*l R MCA deputy president la*e kim Sal denied that Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik will resign from the party when he returns from his six-week leave. However, he said he eould not dismiss the possibility that Dr Ung, whoNST. - 180 words
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Article52 1988-10-22 8 AFP. KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA) will send a 16-member delegation to the 11th Association of Total Fashion Fair in Osaka from Nov 15 to 17. Mr Allan Tan, president of the MTMA, said the delegation from seven companies will display clothings manufacturedAFP. - 52 words
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Article69 1988-10-22 8 PENANG Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has denied involvement in a business deal with Taiwan's largest car manufacturing company as reported in Chinese newspapers. "I have never indulged in any business venture before, except that of producing films. Any further report to the effect that69 words
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Article64 1988-10-22 8 NST. KOTA TINGGI A schoolgirl died and 16 other students were hospitalised after they were attacked by hornets during a jungle trek at Tanjung Siang Jungle, Tanjung Penawar, about 90 km from here. Maznah Mustaffa, 15, died in hospital about 10 hours after being stung. TheNST. - 64 words
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237 1988-10-22 9 BUTTKRWORTH The government would like students of all races, ineluding Malays, to take up Mandarin as a possible second language, Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. He said this would contribute to “smoother race relations” in Malaysia. “The government237 words
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482 1988-10-22 9 NST JOHOR BARU New Umno is sincere and genuine in wanting to hold reconciliation talks with Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and Datuk Musa Hitam, said party secretary-gen-eral Datuk Mohamed Rahmat this week. He said it was a serious attempt by the New Umno leadershipNST - 482 words
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100 1988-10-22 9 Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR Former Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn said on Tuesday that New Umno’s invitation to dissident Umno leaders for talks on Malay unity should be made according to proper procedures through an official letter. He said the Invitation should not be IssuedBemama. - 100 words
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166 1988-10-22 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will soon have its own building complex in Tokyo to house its embassy, the home of its ambassador and staff as well as the offices of various Malaysian agencies in Japan. Works Minister Datuk S. Sarny VelluNST. - 166 words
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161 1988-10-22 9 NST. IPOH Two girls and a hoy died of salicylate poisoning yesterday, raising the death toll to seven. Six other children are in critical condition. Perak’s Acting Director of Health and Medical Services, Datuk I)r Martin Joseph, said senior medicalNST. - 161 words
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Article, Illustration241 1988-10-22 9 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Tuan Johari Atan, a 28-year-old lawyer who was born without legs and with only one hand, was admitted to the Malaysian bar recently along with 10 others. Mr Tuah graduated from the University of Malaya with an honours degreeNST. - 241 words
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350 1988-10-22 9 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said the key to check corruption was to contain greed and avoid spending beyond one’s means. Corrupt practices occurred not because of the smallness of one’s income but because ofBernama - 350 words
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Article44 1988-10-22 9 3ernama. KUALA LUMPUR The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has conferred the Panglima Setia Mahkota (PSM) award on Indonesian police chief Gen Moehamad Sanoesi Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad presented the award, to Gen Moehamad on behalf of the King. Bernama.3ernama. - 44 words
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151 1988-10-22 9 NST. PETALING JAYA The Health Ministry has decided to register 14 eye surgeons from the Soviet Union to enable them to practise at the proposed Langkawi eye hospital. They will be registered for five years. Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Abdul KhalidNST. - 151 words
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Article, Illustration443 1988-10-22 10 SALIM OSMAN - By SALIM OSMAN BATU PAH AT National Front candidate Mohamed Yasin Kamari tx*at his main rival, MiHam dan Yahva. in the Parit Raja state by-eiec-tion by a narrow margin of 413 votes. He polled 7.262 votes against the independent candidate’s 6.849443 words
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169 1988-10-22 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The draft procedure for dadah (drugs) tests on government servants is ready for tabling at the next meeting of the National Anti-Dadah Committee, sources said this week. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir will chair the meeting but no date hasBernama - 169 words
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Article, Illustration246 1988-10-22 10 AFP MANILA President Corazon Aquino has dismissed rumours that she was spending millions of pesos on her dresses because she never wore an outfit twice. Mrs Aquino, 55, said in her weekly radio talk on Sunday that her Filipino couturier had told herAFP - 246 words
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525 1988-10-22 10 Six trampled to death in rush for jobs JAKARTA AFP THE problem of providing enough jobs for Indonesians has been brought into sharp focus this week wnen half a dozen fieople were trampled to death in the rush to apply for jobs OfficialsAFP - 525 words
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Article, Illustration156 1988-10-22 10 TAN LI AN CHOO. BANGKOK Prime Min ister Chatichai Choonhavan’s coalition government this week successfully deflected its first parliamentary challenge during an opposition-led censure against Deputy Interior Minister Santi Chaivirattana. The coalition government emerged with a comfortable win of 64 votes, allowing MajorGeneral Chatichai to– TAN LI AN CHOO. - 156 words
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203 1988-10-22 10 AFP. JAKARTA The Indonesian government has executed two former presidential guards of the country’s first head of state, President Sukarno, a leading Indonesian human rights lawyer said. Giyadi Wignyosuharyo and Sukardjo, both former sergeants in the late president’s elite Cakrabirawa Guards, wereAFP. - 203 words
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Article, Illustration1475 1988-10-22 11 SEAH CHIANG NEE - Recent moves regarded as tactics to win concessions By SEAH CHIANG NEE Kuala Lumpur THE leadership conflict within Umno, the ruling Malay party, has affected almost every member of its alliance, the Barisan Nasional but none so much as the1,475 words
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814 1988-10-22 11 TAN SAI SIONG - By TAN SAI SIONG writing in The Sunday Times THE other day I found myself in a school hall facing some 400 Secondary 4 pupils. I was giving a talk on journalism as a career with a colleague from The Singapore Broadcasting Corporation.814 words
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Article, Illustration1075 1988-10-22 13 THE Sumatran prince, Parameswara, who founded Malacca in 1403, would never have imagined the changes now sweeping the tiny Malaysian state. Long known for its old world charm, ‘Sleepy Hollow’ Malacca is now in the midst of an accelerated industrial drive with factories1,075 words
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770 1988-10-22 13 LOUISE BRANSON - By LOUISE BRANSON of the Foreign Desk SHENYANC] China’s Communist Mandarins are faced with a mindboggling dilemma. Should the party inspired by lx*nin and organised by Mao accept into its ranks a self-made millionaire? This is the subject of a hot national770 words
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Article, Illustration1345 1988-10-22 14 Survey on this diverse group of Singaporeans gives surprising results It has become a cliche to say that the great mass of people between rich and poor the middle class are the bulwark of the Republic. These are the people credited with sparking Singapore’s prosperity and1,345 words
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Article, Illustration1088 1988-10-22 15 The Chinese-language Shin Min Daily News last month organised a discussion among leading figures in the Chinese community to discuss the Westernisation of Singaporean society and what can be done about it. We carry a report of the two-hour discussion below: BEING English-elu-cated.1,088 words
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752 1988-10-22 15 TAN TARN HOW - By TAN TARN HOW in The Sunday Times THOSE who lament that most young Singaporeans lack the passion and idealism usually associated with youth now have firmer evidence to go by. It is to be found in a recently-released Government study752 words
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Article638 1988-10-22 12 OC7 22. 1988 IN 1978 when Vietnam invaded Cambodia the countries of Asean were absolutely livid. It was not because they approved of the Khmer Rouge or its lunatic efforts to return Cambodia to the Stone Age. What they were furious about was the manner638 words
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Article628 1988-10-22 12 OCT 21. 1988 IT BEGAN with a remark by First Deputy Prime Minister (loh Chok Tong that the Malays were not supporting the People's Action Party enough. That brought in tandem the question of continued government funding for Mendaki. Other questions have since emerged: Are the Malays628 words
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Article623 1988-10-22 12 OCT 20. 1988 RECENT reports about private practitioners not responding to emergency house-calls highlight a growing trend of a less personal relationship developing between doctors and patients. It is the result of growing affluence in Singapore. As the standard of living rises, the demand for good quality623 words
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595 1988-10-22 12 THE TRIO THE Bench, Bar and Police. Together they make up the trio in all those subordinate courts trying criminal cases. Until the mid-*****, the district and magistrates' courts at Court House in South Bridge Road and the two traffic courts and595 words
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Article178 1988-10-22 12 “There’s nothing that gives you a lift like seeing somebody get better from a serious disease. The Nobel is something that is going to disappear in a few days. But the other is permanent.” British researcher Sir James Black, who has won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine,178 words
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Article4566 1988-10-22 16 TRANSACTION DATE: OCT 21, 1988 Tel High Low Code Company 88 Last Sale orGr’s Vld Vol Oay 000) High Low Last Quote Buyer Seller 141 SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 95 > 1000 Acma 113 ’3 09 30 114 112 in 112 85 42 1001 Alcom 65%4,566 words
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Article56 1988-10-22 17 TIIK day-to-day ST Industrial indices and daily turnover for the week: MONDAY: 1,0413.01 points (up 8.5); 13.37 m units (value $31.85m); TUESDAY: 1,010.0» (up 13.02); 20.60 m units ($lO.H9m); WEDNESDAY: 1,019.10 (up 3.07); 24.01 m units ($10.36m); THURSDAY: 1,022.33 (up 3.17); 14.00 m units ($38.28m); FRIDAY: 1,038.1256 words
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Article114 1988-10-22 17 Rubber (per kilo) S’pore Malaysia (rents) (sen) Oct 17 198.00 276.50 Oct 1« 203.00 277.50 Oct 19 207.00 280.50 Oct '20 211.00 283.50 Oct 21 213.00 286.00 Palm oil (tonne) I’rlce 1 Jkst 1 radr (KinrfRio Sales Month Price last Trade Sales No» 1075 10?9 1079 50 Dei114 words
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Article63 1988-10-22 17 HONGKONG stocks yesterday gave up early gains to close barely steady, following heavy profit-taking It emerged in the late morning on unfavourable technical factors and uncertainty in share price outlook, brokers said. The Hang Seng Index ended 2.35 lower at 2,581.69 after gaining more than 2063 words
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264 1988-10-22 17 Weekly sharemarket report TIIE SINGAPORE market marked the first anniversary of the October Big Crash with a surprisingly solid points’ jump on the week in the ST Industrial Index, wiping out the losses of the previous two weeks. In between bouts of pro-fit-taking,264 words
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Article367 1988-10-22 17 Oct ?1 HKS Chjnft Assoc Inti Hotels 2 525 unch Bonk 0* Eost Asio 16 70 -02 Capitol Corp 0 69N •001 Cothay Pocrfic Ait 8 75 unch Cheung Kong Chmo Light 750 unch 16 10 4-0 1 City Resources 1 to unch Cross Horb Tunnel 1530367 words
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Article118 1988-10-22 17 WIDESPREAD optimism in anticipation of a favourable Budget sent prices to higherground on the Kuala l.umpur stock market yesterday. Dealers said the buoyant mood was reinforced by Wall Street’s rise and better sentiment in other overseas markets. The Barison Nasional's victory in Parit Raja also encouraged118 words
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279 1988-10-22 17 Interbank Over the counter Foreign Local dollars to Foreign currency currency one unit ol foreign currency to SJ10 Australian dollar 1 6404 6433 6.15—600 Canadian dollar 1 6712-1 6734 6 03-5 94 N/ dollar 1 2454 -1 2480 8 20 7 95 Sterling pound279 words
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935 1988-10-22 18 STEVEN PAK - One year after the Big Crash By STEVEN PAK y STEVEN PAK writing in The Straits Times of Oct 17 WEDNESDAY is the first anniversary of the Crash of ‘B7. Nearly a year ago. ‘‘Black Monday" saw the Dow935 words
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Article187 1988-10-22 18 Week ended Oct 14. Compiled by Business Times. Final results Gross Group net Year to Company dividend profii/loss 000) API MJll.772hSI2.416l) Dec 87 Austral Amal 25 (15) MS2.098( $1,245) June 88 Berjaya Corp 8.5 (5) M$10,658( J4.161) Apr 88 Khong Guan 5 (7.5) $2971($5401) Apr 88187 words
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Article, Illustration542 1988-10-22 18 Business Times. THE Straits Trading Company Ltd, one of Singapore's most venerated companies, is finally preparing to flex some of its huge financial muscles, if the latest appointment of a chief executive officer is any indication. the company, which is headed by chairmanBusiness Times. - 542 words
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450 1988-10-22 18 DAMIEN LIM - By DAMIEN LIM PART of the mystery surrounding the block of seven million Singapore Land shares which changed hands on the Singapore stock market last week has been cleared the Kuwaitis were the buyers. In a statement. Singl-and revealed that the London450 words
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81 1988-10-22 18 able on Dec 12. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Tasek Cement Bhd has reported an 18-per cent drop in operating pre-tax profit to M 111.65 million (SsB.9 million) for the year ended June 30. Turnover was 20 per cent lower at M 1101.22 million. Tasek Cementable on Dec 12. — Bernama. - 81 words
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435 1988-10-22 19 DAMIEN LIM - We will stay on till Year 2020 Hilton chief Hotel Props’ ‘breach of contract’ claim denied By DAMIEN LIM HOTEL chain Hilton International intends to continue managing the Hilton International Singapore in Orchard Road until the year 2020 despite being told to leave in six months by the owners Hotel435 words
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344 1988-10-22 19 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian casino and hotel group Genting Bhd expects a record profit this year, its deputy managing director Lim Chee Wah said. “Our performance for the second half of this year is likely to match the first half, whichReuter. - 344 words
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Article253 1988-10-22 19 JACK CHIA (Australia) Ltd, the Australian property developer that is 60-per cent owned by Singaporelisted Jack Chia-MPH Ltd, has made a kangaroo leap in its profits for the six months ended Sept 30. Building on the sharp turnaround of the previous financial year, Jack Chia253 words
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210 1988-10-22 19 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Brazil is likely to replace Malaysia as the world’s top tin producer in the next one or two years, the general manager of Pernas Charter Management Sdn Bhd told the recently-end-ed Second Commodities Policy Group Meeting. Mr AbdulBernama. - 210 words
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170 1988-10-22 19 AMERICAN Express may just he paying the highest rental in Singapore to position its two newest automated teller machines (ATMs) at Changi Airport. The international charge card company won the tender to operate two Express Cash ATMs at170 words
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Article995 1988-10-22 19 Current Ex Book* Date Total tor Total lor peyment date close payable the year last yaaAsiatic Dev 7',' in Oc l? Oct 26 Nov 7' 2*r 5% Austral Amctl 15" Oc 7 Oct 7' No. 8 25", 15%. Ayer Hitam Rub '754' (bl Oc I' Oc 25 Oc'995 words
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RESPONSE TO 'RI’S CHARACTER WILL BE LOST' LETTER
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Article, Illustration687 1988-10-22 20 I REFER to the letter ‘‘Rl’s eharacter will he lost" by Dr Eugene Ung (ST. Oct 11). In the same way, I speak for the vast majority of. not Rafflesians, but Josephians. In his letter. Dr Ung implied that Rafflesians belong to a unique institution,687 words
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145 1988-10-22 20 I AM an ACSian. I refer to the letter “Rl's character will be lost" by Dr Eugene Ung. (ST. Oct 11). It was mentioned that nobody got admitted to Raffles Institution through the back door because his parents made a large donation145 words
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114 1988-10-22 20 I WISH to respond to Dr Eugene Ung's letter "Rl's character will be lost". (ST, Oct 11). While I think Dr Ung’s comments on Raffles Institution are fair in his views, it is unfair for him to "rub off” on the other independent schools.114 words
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261 1988-10-22 20 PLEASE refer to the letter "Rl’s character uill he lost” from Dr Eugene Ung (ST, Oet II). In his letter, Dr t ng alleged that parents have been able to get their children admitted to ACS and the other independent schools by making261 words
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ON DOCTORS AND HOUSE CALLS
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467 1988-10-22 20 THE current furore over house calls underscores one of the many social problems which beset our society: That physicians and the public have simply lost their faith and trust in one another. First, let me put my personal view clear. I believe that467 words
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224 1988-10-22 20 I REFER to your report "Neighbourhood doctors who refuse to help" (ST, Oct 14). The number of requests for house calls a day is astronomical, and doctors who refuse to respond to house calls form but a negligible portion of the224 words
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242 1988-10-22 20 I REFER to the letter "Of fake watches and massage cards” by “Andy" of Tokyo. (ST, Oct 8). Being the general manager of a hotel which is trying its utmost to contain the distribution of massage cards, the letter has reinforced my view242 words
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TIMESPORT
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Article, Illustration238 1988-10-22 23 Kedah win in extra time of replay SINGAPORE and Kedah battled for almost five hours at three venues in their Malaysia Cup quarter-final tie without once being able to put the ball into the net. And when thePicture by JERRY BEH. - 238 words
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Article346 1988-10-22 23 J. RAJENDRAN - J. RAJENDRAN. ALL the tears shed by the Young Lions could not have washed away the hard truth about Singapore’s exit. No matter how you looked at it, Singapore deserved to lose. A team which cannot nnd the net once in 3M minutes of soccer346 words
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Article347 1988-10-22 23 gapore defence. JOE DOK VI. KEDAH took full advantage of a lapse in the Singapore defence in the 24th minute of extra time to snatch the all-important goal that put them on the road to the Malaysia Cup Final. The highly reputed and reliable defencegapore defence. — JOE DOK VI. - 347 words
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Article, Illustration535 1988-10-22 24 CHUA CHONG JIN - By CHUA CHONG JIN A SINGAPOREAN deaf-mute has obtained an honours degree in civil engineering without any special assistance from his university. Mr Che Sin Quee, 24. who graduated from the Loughborough Institute of Technology in Britain recently, admitted the going535 words
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Article, Illustration400 1988-10-22 24 Problem is we're not progressing rapidly enough: Mattar THE Malays are already part of the national mainstream, so there is no question of iheir branching off as a community on their own. the 10 Malay Members of Parliament said. They said the Malays400 words
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Article158 1988-10-22 24 IT WAS a night nf fun. dance and generous hearts as the ."00 telephones buzzed busilv in a piione-a-donation drive in a TV charity show. The evening’s highlight brought in more than $4 million for the (ommunity best of Singapore as a responsive public dug into158 words
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