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Title Section20 1989-06-10 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1989 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 42/8/8820 words
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Article, Illustration769 1989-06-10 1 CONRAD RAJ - Lawyer-turned-banker to be appointed Supreme Court judge By CONRAD RAJ MR YONG Pung How, chairman and chief executive of OCBC Bank, will leave the bank at the end of the month to become a judge of the Supreme Court. A government769 words
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191 1989-06-10 1 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his Cabinet colleagues have expressed shook and sadness over developments in China and said they hoped that wiser counsel would prevail so that the Chinese people could resume the progress that the open-door policies had brought191 words
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Article, Illustration85 1989-06-10 1 POLICE had to be called in to control crowds outside the main Singapore branch of the Bank of China in Battery Road and its three sub-branches this week as hundreds of depositors took the cue from the bank’s Hongkong customers and rushed to85 words
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Advertisement27 1989-06-10 1 BBC TALKS TO PM LEE Report in Page 4 Shares rebound sharply after 4-day plunge: Page 15 Firms brace for setback in trade with Chia: Page 427 words
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Advertisement77 1989-06-10 1 n 4» i? 2 \mi Membership has its privileges. HOME S’pore may switch to German-Swiss school system PAGE 2 SIA acts to prevent illegal immigrants entering Canada PAGE 5 JPs to help ease wedding queues at Registry PAGE 6 CAUSEWAY PAGES 8-9 New NEP must reflect Malay supremacy: Najib PAGE77 words
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650 1989-06-10 2 EDUCATION Minister Tony Tan indicated this week that Singapore might shift from the British American model oi education and get closer to tha» of the Germans and Swiss to bring oat the best in every child. The British/American system650 words
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Article, Illustration945 1989-06-10 2 Decision by end of the year on a third polytechnic POLYTECHNIC graduates will find it easier to enter university in future and. by the end of the year, the Government will decide whether to go ahead with a proposal to build945 words
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134 1989-06-10 2 EDUCATION Minister Tony Tan said that 15 junior colleges might be "more than enough" for Singapore’s needs. There are now 14 junior colleges, offering twoyear courses leading to the A level examinations, and together they took in 10,500 first-year students this year. The last134 words
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Article, Illustration336 1989-06-10 2 IF SINGAPORE gets a third polytechnic, its students might be able to take courses in nursing, physiotherapy, design, hotel management and tourism, Senior Minister of State for Education Dr Tay Eng Soon said. He said that besides the engineering courses already336 words
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Article, Illustration471 1989-06-10 3 AHMAD OSMAN - They can outvote Dr Mattar and non-elected directors By AHMAD OSMAN LEADERS of Malay grassroots organisations will play a decisive role in setting the policies and direction for Mendaki 11, the proposed body to tackle the socio-economic problems of the Malay-Muslim community.471 words
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Article, Illustration504 1989-06-10 3 Study Constitution carefully, he advises Malays MALAYS should study the Singapore Constitution carefully before discussing the proposal to change the financing of Malay tertia-ry-level students, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Sidek Saniff said. If they simply launched into the pros504 words
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419 1989-06-10 3 A SELECTION of short stories from a two-volume collection edited by local writer Robert Yeo will form the second Singapore book to be used worldwide as an O-level literature text. Sixteen stories, now being compiled into a single edition, were chosen by419 words
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Article, Illustration623 1989-06-10 3 SERENA TOH and; FRANCESCA NATHAN - By SERENA TOH and FRANCESCA NATHAN GETTING marriageminded people together is hardly a new problem in Singapore, but authorities are just getting around to realising that doctors, nurses and other hospital staff are in worse straits than most. Half623 words
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Article, Illustration1925 1989-06-10 4 THE BBC on Wednesday broadcast a half-hour interview with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in which he gave his candid views on a range of subjects and a rare insight into the way he runs the Government. The interview, which is1,925 words
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294 1989-06-10 4 ALAN HUBBARD - By ALAN HUBBARD: Europe Editor INTERVIEWER Geoffrey Stern, who has conducted all the interviews in the BBC’s leadership series, considers the one with Mr Lee Roan Yew the most satisfying. Mr Stern, a lecturer in international .Affairs at the London294 words
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Article, Illustration554 1989-06-10 5 SERENE LIM - Passports of passengers photocopied before departure By SERENE LIM SINGAPORE Airlines has been photocopying the passports of all passengers on its twice-weekly flights to Canada to fight the problem of unwittingly carrying illegal immigrants into Canada. This exercise also covers SIA employees554 words
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142 1989-06-10 5 THE new Japanese and French ambassadors to Singapore presented their credentials to President Wee Kim Wee at the Istana on Wednesday. The Japanese ambassador, Mr Tatsuo Yamaguchi, 56, succeeds Mr Wasuke Miyake who completed his tour of duty on June 1. Mr Yamaguchi has served142 words
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264 1989-06-10 5 CLOSE to 5,000 people who drove into the Restricted Zone (RZ) in the first seven days of the revised Area Licensing Scheme from June 1 to 7 will not be fined. They will be let off with a warning. Minister264 words
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360 1989-06-10 5 TAN EE SZE - By TAN EE SZE THE Padang, venue of countless cricket matches and rugby tackles, will be transformed into one huge concert arena when the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of world-renowned conductor Zubin Mehta, gives its second open-air performance360 words
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507 1989-06-10 5 SERENA TOH - First such corrective surgery in S’pore By SERENA TOH A FIVE-WEEK-OLD baby boy. born without a major heart artery, has received a replacement blood vessel from a one-year-old English infant who died recently. Medical sources say this is the first507 words
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Article206 1989-06-10 5 CHINA-MADE canned food and “munchies” continue to be available in provision stores and supermarkets but traders are uncertain whether they will get future supplies. A spokesman for Yaohan (S) Pte Ltd supermarkets which stock Chinese canned meat, fish and vegetables, expressed a worry that future supplies206 words
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Article, Illustration460 1989-06-10 6 Soon they will be able to solemnise marriages SINGAPOREANS will soon be able to go through customary and civil marriage rites at their homes or any other place they find auspicious with the ceremony solemnised by a Justice of the Peace (JP). Currently, only460 words
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163 1989-06-10 6 THE Democratic Socialist Club of the National University of Singapore issued a statement on Saturday expressing support for the student movement in China. It strongly condemned the Chinese government for using violence against innocent and unarmed students and citizens. It urged the163 words
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526 1989-06-10 6 NWC wage guidelines THE National Trades Union Congress has clarified that workers should get nominal wage rises of around 11.2 per cent this year not 8.2 per cent if their companies do as well as last year. Mr Ng Pock526 words
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89 1989-06-10 6 THE Singapore Government has welcomed the United States’ announcement that it intends to strengthen the programme of assistance to Prince Norodom Sihanouk and the Cambodian non-communist resistance. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the move would boost the stature of Prince Sihanouk and the89 words
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Article78 1989-06-10 6 MOST taxi drivers talk about the latest government curbs on road usage or the weather, but cabbie Lee Guek Thong chose to talk about sex with his young woman passenger, insisting that she tell him about her sexual habits. And when she ignored him, he used vulgar78 words
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648 1989-06-10 6 GILLIAN POW CHONG - By By GILLIAN POW CHONG NEARLY one-third of 38 Singaporeans infected with the Aids virus found out that they had the virus after donating blood to the national blood bank. Their blood was rejected. Singapore's Blood Transfusion Service at the National Blood648 words
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Article43 1989-06-10 6 SINGAPORE has appointed Mr James Leonard Janssen Van Raay, 57, a lawyer, and member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands' Christian Democrat Party, to br its Honorary Consul in Rotterdam. The new consulate will be operational in July.43 words
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Article, Illustration416 1989-06-10 7 SCORES of people were wounded and many others trapped under rubble yesterday when parts of Singapore were devastated during an enemy air-raid. That was the simulated war-time scenario which called 800 reservists from the Singapore Joint Civil Defence Forces (SJCDF)416 words
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216 1989-06-10 7 AT LEAST 2M fire fighters braved toxic fumes and explosions to bring under control a five-hour blaze which broke out at midnight at a Jurong chemical company on Sunday. Manpower aside, the Singapore Joint Civil Defence Forces (SJCDF') also activated 20 support216 words
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Article, Illustration269 1989-06-10 7 IT was sales executive Balvinder Singh’s first attempt at vertical marathon and not only did he win the race up the 73-storey Stamford Westin’s 1,366 steps, but he is almost certainly going to have his name in the Guinness Book of Records. Balvinder 24, reached269 words
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Article42 1989-06-10 7 RICE dumplings, eaten with great relish during the Dragon Boat festival, have gone up-market this year. While home-made dumplings with meat stuffing can cost as little as SI, the made-in-style varietv is selling at $8 earn at the Shangn-La Hotel.42 words
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591 1989-06-10 7 SANDRA DAVIE - By SANDRA DAVIE RIFTS between parents and children in Singapore are growing, report youth organisations, counsellors and people who man telephone hotlines. The Ministry of Community Development, concerned about the communication gap between parents and their teenaged children, has chosen to focus591 words
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Article, Illustration410 1989-06-10 8 First formal meeting since PM took office Bernama PETALING JAYA Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will meet Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) leaders on July 5. This will be the first official meeting between the MTUC and Dr MahathirBernama - 410 words
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333 1989-06-10 8 ISMAIL KASSIM - By ISMAIL KASSIM KI’ALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has indicated that it will not block an attempt to set up a rival trade union body to the Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC). Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir333 words
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183 1989-06-10 8 NST. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR A civil service union representing 180.000 employees has announced its opposition to the formation of the proposed Malaysian Labour Organisation (MLO). The chairman of the National Joint Council Staff Side for Statutory Bodies. Mr Abdul Majid Mohamed Ali, said the– NST.; Bernama. - 183 words
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Article89 1989-06-10 8 Bernama. THE Malaysian government has lifted the ban on former Utusan Melayu chief editor Said Zahari, prohibited from entering Malaysia since 1961. Mr Said. 61, a freelance journalist in Singapore, said he received a letter, dated May 24, from the Malaysian Home Affairs Ministry,Bernama. - 89 words
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Article, Illustration97 1989-06-10 8 -NST. KUALA LUMPUR A woman was sentenced to four years’ jail here this week after being convicted of helping her boyfriend rape a teenager. The Sessions Court here heard that cosmetic saleswoman Sharifah Hanl Zaman, 40, held the hands-NST.; NST picture. - 97 words
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94 1989-06-10 8 NST. JOHOR BARU Factorymanager Tan Kok Kim had the shock of his life when he received his water bill for May a staggering M 52.7 million (Ss2 million). “I just couldn’t believe it.” he said. His bill showed he had used* 5.7L5.160 litres– NST. - 94 words
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346 1989-06-10 8 Bernama NST. JOHOR BARU Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has appealed to Singapore's Firsi Deputy Prime Minister Goh Cliok Tong to look intc the plight of fishermen af fected by the territorial dispute over the ownership of the Horsburg Lighthouse on PulauBernama; NST. - 346 words
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249 1989-06-10 8 NST, Bernama. JOHOR BARU Any move to scrap the proposed second link between Singapore and Malaysia will retard the growth potential of the southern region, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said here this week. This was because the existing Causeway cannot cope withNST,; Bernama. - 249 words
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226 1989-06-10 8 licly endorsed them. Bernama. JOHOR BARU The MP for Johor Baru, Datuk Shahrir Abdu! Samad has said the Umno Supreme Council had practised double standards when it deferred a decision on his membership in the party. Datuk Shahrir said Umno had broken its promiselicly endorsed them. — Bernama. - 226 words
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Article, Illustration402 1989-06-10 9 ‘Historical facts must be considered’ BANGI (Selangor) NST Bernama HISTORICAL facts regarding Malay supremacy must be given due consideration in the formulation of Malaysia's post-1990 policies, Umno Youth leader Datuk Seri Najib Razak said this week. He said the National Economic Consultative– NST; Bernama - 402 words
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442 1989-06-10 9 ISMAIL KASSIM - By ISMAIL KASSIM KUALA LUMPUR Relations between the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and its senior partner in the ruling National Front, Umno, are still sound despite the occasional friction, said MCA deputy president Lee Kim Sai. “Ties may look a bit442 words
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203 1989-06-10 9 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Education Minister Woon See Chin said the trend among Malaysian Chinese graduates to delay getting married and for more women graduates to remain single could pose a problem for the ethnic Chinese population in the country. He said it203 words
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91 1989-06-10 9 KUALA LUMPUR Titles such as Datuk, Tan Sri, Haji or Hajah will no longer be allowed to be used in the new national identity cards which will be issued next year. Only names as they appear in birth certificates will be used,91 words
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Article, Illustration185 1989-06-10 9 JAKARTA AN INDONESIAN parliamentarian has said that the current political crisis in China could slow down the normalisation of Slno-lndonesian relations. Mr Theo Sambuanga, a member of the Indonesian parliamentary foreign relations commission, told the Indonesian Observer that the current power struggle in China185 words
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Article, Illustration653 1989-06-10 9 Yang Razali Kassim - By Yang Razali Kassim Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Last week's exit of General Yoga Sugama. Indonesia’s long-serving and powerful intelligence chief, could be read as a signal from President Suharto that he is strong enough to continue, if necessary, without those he once653 words
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161 1989-06-10 9 AFP. JAKARTA Malaysia last week reminded Indonesia of its claim to a 16th century treasure ship carrying booty worth US$9 billion (5517.3 billion), which the authorities here plan to salvage. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had drawn President Suharto’s attention– AFP. - 161 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article668 1989-06-10 10 JUNE 5. 1989 WHAT a bloody sad day for China! The truculence of old men unwilling and unable to contemplate even the merest hint of a threat to their iron grip on the country has finally exploded with a murderous vehemence. And so is crushed, with668 words
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Article613 1989-06-10 10 JUNE 9. 1988 THE brutal military suppression of protesters in China last weekend has produced a tricky problem for the British government. It is how to provide reassurance to the 5.6 million Hongkong residents that the Chinese government will respect the letter and spirit of the 1984613 words
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Article637 1989-06-10 10 JUNE 6. 1989 THE man who gave new meaning to Islamic radicalism Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died last Saturday. Since his return from exile in France to Iran in February 1979, more than a decade ago. the world has witnessed a rise in terrorist acts carried out in637 words
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603 1989-06-10 10 HISTORY MADE EASY HISTORY was made easy and fascinating for me this week by an old friend and history buff, also a retired schoolmarm. Madam Elsie Kiong (Elsie to me) was responding to what I recently wrote in this column on Cecil603 words
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Article141 1989-06-10 10 “They (young Singaporeans) think they have ail the freedom of choice now of a mature, developed society. I do not believe that. And they will discover it to be so.” Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in a BBC interview. “Japan’s diplomacy seeks peace. Japan is an economic power141 words
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Article, Illustration1092 1989-06-10 11 COMMENTARY, headlined History will pass stern judgement, published in Hongkong s Ta Kung Pao on Monday. The whole world has been shocked at the violence committed by the Chinese army during the weekend massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing. The action of the Chinese— Reuter picture. - 1,092 words
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554 1989-06-10 11 EDITORIAL, headlined Denouncing the LiYang clique, traitors to the people, published in Hongkong’s Wen Wui Po on Monday. The question now before the Chinese people is no longer one of asking the Li-Yang clique to step down, but of554 words
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Article532 1989-06-10 11 EDITORIAL, headlined Ignore criticisms: not airaid of bloodshed published on Monday in Hongkong 's Ming Pao. When the Japanese army advanced into Nanjing, the capital of wartime China, Japanese soldiers mercilessly massacred numerous defenceless civilians. To this day, the world still condemns the incident. Japanese532 words
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FOCUS / Analysis
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Article, Illustration2859 1989-06-10 12 Two top architects, a sociologist from the National University of Singapore and a civil servant discuss with The Sunday Times the nuts and bolts of turning into reality the Minister of National Development’s prediction that Singapore will be the first developed city in the2,859 words
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937 1989-06-10 13 For the Government to hand over this huge responsibility to Mendaki II now is to risk being seen as losing interest in helping the Malays, writes Zuraidah Ibrahim. MANY Malays are feeling rather miffed over what might be called the free937 words
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800 1989-06-10 13 Few children, when asked what they want to be when they grow up, say ‘teacher’. Even fewer say ‘Prime Minister’, writes Tan Sai Siong. NOT counting morticians and undertakers, there is still a handful of jobs in Singapore for800 words
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603 1989-06-10 14 GERRY de SILVA - Firms holding back on export orders as crisis worsens By GERRY de SILVA SINGAPORE traders are bracing themselves lor a serious ulsruiuion in business with China just as the Government on Tuesday urgeu Singaporeans working or .n transit in Beijing603 words
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134 1989-06-10 14 WING Tai Holdings is placing 16 million new 25-rent shares ai $2.26 each to help finance its recent property acquisitions. The garment-nased company said yesterday it will use net proceeds of about $35.7 million io finance its purchases of Marina House and134 words
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86 1989-06-10 14 HELPED by a construction boom in Malaysia, Maiayawata Steei 3hd has reversed five years of osses with a hefty M$S. B-million (556.3million) profit for the year ended March 31. The turnaround, achieved with a 21.8-per cent r ise in turnover to MSI93 million, was86 words
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466 1989-06-10 14 DOREEN SIOW - Sv DOREEN SIOW AS PROPERTY transactions in Hongkong came to a standstill with investors adopting a wait-and-see attituue analysts here expect tne turmoil in China io resu.t in a surge of interest for .oca. properties. Projierty consultants say interest will be466 words
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Article157 1989-06-10 14 HIGHER palm and rubber prices ano an increase in palm production have helped Harrisons Malaysian Plantation Bhd (HMPB) to turn in record profits for the year endea March 31. The company posteu a 79per cent increase in pre-tax protit to M 5204.72 million < 5J147.39 million)157 words
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Article200 1989-06-10 14 THE strong retail sector helped luxury watch retailer. The Hour Glass Ltd, chalk up record profits in the year to the end of March. The company, which was listed on Sesdaq last September, posted a pre-tax profit of $8.86 million, almost double its previous year's $4.56200 words
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Article, Illustration727 1989-06-10 14 TAN SAI SIONG - PROFILE OCBC’s new Chairman By TAN SAI SIONG “IN THE cirrus they nave an oid elephant which they trot out whenever they need something to show. This was what Mr Teo Cheng Guan said with typica* modesty when approached by The727 words
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500 1989-06-10 15 PROPERTY consultants predict that the extension of the Area Licensing Scheme will force some companies to move out of the Central Business District to carry out their operations. This trend should benefit property owners with buildings at the fringe500 words
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128 1989-06-10 15 RIDING on the tight supply of retail space In the Orchard Road area, the Naraindas brothers well-known In the property market for making quick millions in snap deals have sold a shop space in the Far Fast Plaza shopping complex which they bought for128 words
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238 1989-06-10 15 NOMURA Securities, the world’s largest broking house, plans to actively promote Singapore stocks to its global clients through its office here. The Japanese broking house also said that the role of its local merchant bank and broking subsidiary, Nomura Singapore, will be238 words
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Article162 1989-06-10 15 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ono unit of foraign currency Buying 00 Setting US dollar I 9355 1 9545 Sterling pound 3 0363 3 0891 Australian dollar l 4432 1 4825 Canadian dollar ***** 1 6390 N7 dollar I 0881 1.1219 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign162 words
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746 1989-06-10 15 Sharemarket review A SHARP rally yesterday helped the Straits Times Industrials Index to recover 34.10 points to 1,241.21, after a loss of almost 100 points in four days of trading. At the close of business though, the index was still down a746 words
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333 1989-06-10 15 SINGAPORE companies are facing difficulty getting the Big Four local banks to issue letters of credit for their trading activities with companies in Vietnam. The problem seems to have surfaced in April, at about the same333 words
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Article, Illustration188 1989-06-10 15 Business Times. LEADING authority on modern marketing at the Harvard Business School. Professor Theodore Levitt, will visit Singapore in August to help the Republic develop a national marketing strategy. Professor Levitt will meet about 500 senior executives from both the public andBusiness Times. - 188 words
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Article6502 1989-06-10 16 All shares quoted have a par value of 51, unless otherwise specified. Adjusted for scrip/rights. N .Tax-exempted dividend P/E ratios and gross yields of foreign shares are adjusted for currency differences. Trustee stocks under CPF Approved Investment Scheme, t Margin stocks ABN is traded in lots of6,502 words
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Article282 1989-06-10 17 Manager's prices for June 10 12 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 107—1 13»d The Savings Fund 0 96-1 02 Spore Prog fund 0 43-0 47 Spore Sec fund 0 73-0 78 Spore Invest fund 0 79-0 84 S'po'e Equity fund 0 52-0 56 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest282 words
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Article638 1989-06-10 17 Friday Juna HK* 23» 0 075 Asia Sac Int i 1 31 007 Aaia Sac War 91 036 unch Bank ofEA 1290 010 Bond Corp Ini 1 1 56 *004 Bond Corp War 91 0 14 •0 007 Cabia Wiraiaaa 56 SO 0 92 001 Capital Corp tutp Cathay638 words
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Article63 1989-06-10 17 THE Straits Times Industrials Index fell 64 points on the week to 1,241.21 points. Day-to-day indices: MONDAY: 1,271.37 (down 33.84); 33.85 m units (valued murti TUESDAY: 1,233.13 (down 38.24); 188.83 m unite (3224.48 m); WEDNESDAY: 1,228.74 (down 6.33); 73.73 m unite ($166.13m); THURSDAY: 1,287.11 (down 13.83); 38.4363 words
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Article55 1989-06-10 17 THE New Straits Times Industrials Index fell 38.52 points on the week to 2,181.32 points. MONDAY: 2,214.43 points (down 58.31); 38.55 m unite (value M388.35m); TUESDAY: 2,184.58 points (down 23.85); 38.83 m units (M388.83m); WEDNESDAY: Closed. THURSDAY: 2,133.87 (down 44.31); 38.88 m units (M377Jlm); FRIDAY: 2,185.32 (up55 words
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Article42 1989-06-10 17 THE Hongkong Hang Seng Index fell 487 points to 2,288.38 on the 2,883.61 potato (down 581.77); turnover HK32.25 TUESDAY: 2448.71 (up 56.1); HK32 billion; WEDNESDAY: 2,224.66 (np 74.35); HKS2JI billion; THURSDAY: HOLIDAY FRIDAY: 2,268.38 (np 43.72); HK3IJB hUHon.42 words
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582 1989-06-10 18 PATRICK DANIEL analyses the first-quarter results WITH a first-quarter growth of 8.4 per cent, the bets are on: Will the economy grow by more than the official forecast of 6-7 per cent this year? The Trade and Industry Ministry, not one to throw caution582 words
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Article, Illustration392 1989-06-10 18 LIM ENG HAI - Sale of Chateau at Scotts By LIM ENG HAI A FEW months ago, sceptics, including real estate valuers, were laughing at news that DBS Land was asking $6O million for its pyramid-shape hotel at Scotts Road, the Chateau at392 words
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Article645 1989-06-10 18 Week ended June 2 Compiled by Business Times AUDITED RESULTS Company Year to Group Nat Nat earnings Groaa profit/loaa (L) par ahara dividend (’000) (cent») Cold Storage H Jan 89 $i5,6571$16/4661 126(132) 7,9(117) Eu Yan Song Dec 88 $860l$469) 9 6(52) 7 5(7 5) D Keramot Jan 89• Compiled by Business Times - 645 words
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253 1989-06-10 18 TURNAROUND time for ships calling at Singapore port will be even quicker when the port implements an advanced multi-million dollar electronic integrated system in 1992. Mr Anthony Chia, Assistant Director of the Port of Singapore Authority, described the project as253 words
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216 1989-06-10 19 I'NITEI) Industrial Corporation has made a profit of Mslo million (557.16 million) from the sale of a substantial part of its stake in Inter-Pacific Bhd, formerly known as Raleigh Bhd. The Singapore property and trading group, which held an 11.2-per cent stake216 words
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314 1989-06-10 19 R. RAJENDRAN - By R. RAJENDRAN KAMUNTING Corporation has revised its M5592-mil-lion (*****.87 million) fund-raising package related to its takeover bid for Koperatif Serbaguna Malaysia (KSM). KSM is a substantial shareholder in Multi-Pur-pose Holdings. Announcing the change on Tuesday, Kamunting said it would issue 129314 words
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257 1989-06-10 19 THE vibrant tourist industry and lower interest charges on its borrowings has helped hotel owner and operator, Goodwood Park Hotel Ltd, to report higher earnings for the sue months to March. To cap its improved performance, the group, which is controlled by the257 words
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76 1989-06-10 19 A STRONGER Singapore dollar and delays in completing certain contracts have hurt Avimo Singapore, a maker of precision optics equipment. For the half-year to March, the group’s after-tax profit fell 9 per cent to $5.98 million despite an 8-per cent rise in turnover to $27.5276 words
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Advertisement743 1989-06-10 19 REACH SINGAPORE FROM HOME To advertise, contact our representatives below: MALAYSIA: The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd 31 Jalan Riong, Kuala Lumpur ***** Tel: *****44 Cable New Times' Tlx: MA ***** Fax 03 *****34 U.K.: Mr John Armour/Mr R Ramesh The Straits Times Press (London) Ltd 102-106 Temple Chambers,743 words
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213 1989-06-10 20 WITH reference to The Straits Times Editor’s note, “Please use your full name’’ (ST, June 1). I would like to raise a related issue which concerns contributions to the Forum Page by civil servants. My husband, a teacher, has been told to213 words
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Article173 1989-06-10 20 FROM July 1, we will consider for publication only letters from readers who will use their own names, instead of a pseudonym or initials. We will, however, consider waiving the rule in exceptional circumstances, such as when identification is likely to pose a veryreal threat to173 words
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502 1989-06-10 20 On the problem of recruiting teachers I AM a graduate secondary school teacher and have been in the teaching service for six years. I like teaching and believe that it is a noble and very meaningful career. I am also a mother502 words
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416 1989-06-10 20 I REFER to the article “Teaching profession not well regarded: Survey" (ST, May 22). What really disturbs and angers me is the constant lament by the Institute of Education that it is barely able to meet its target of recruiting416 words
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Advertisement1161 1989-06-10 22 APPOINTMENTS Join COMSERTRAC for the BEST in IT Established in 1976 to support and complement Singapore's IT strategy, we pride ourselves on our progressive approach to provide the best in IT training. Our-up-to date training facilities, multi-vendor computer environments and universities affiliation have made us a leading school in computer/IT1,161 words
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TIMESPORT
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Article, Illustration524 1989-06-10 23 JOE DORAI - Pre-World Cup qualifying round Second leg matches Singapore 7 Neoa( 0: Reports by JOE DORAI South Korea into Round 2 HOT favourites South Korea moved into the j second round of the Asian /one qualifying round of the pre-World Cup tournament, winning all– Picture by JERRY SEH. - 524 words
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Article467 1989-06-10 23 S Korea 3 Singapore 0 CLASSY South Korea completed the World Cup Asia Group Four qualifying soccer tournament on an unbeaten but sour note at the National Stadium on Wednesday. Despite beating hosts Singapore 3-0, the Koreans put up an unprecedented show of indiscipline. Speedy467 words
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Article108 1989-06-10 23 P w D L F A Pts. South Korea 6 6 0 0 25 0 12 Malaysia 6 3 1 2 8 8 7 Singapore 6 2 1 3 12 9 5 Nepal 6 0 0 6 0 28 0 ALL THE RESULTS First leg (in Seoul 0:108 words
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403 1989-06-10 23 SINGAPORE’S well-known swimming Oon brothers, Jin Teik and Jin Gee. have ruled themselves out of the national team to the Kuala Lumpur South-east Asia Games in August. Elder brother Jin Teik, 26. said he was sad he could not swim for403 words
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444 1989-06-10 23 S'pore 2 Malaysia 2 SINGAPORE’S strikeforce was almost non-exis-tent. But the midfield showed promise of regaining its former strength. And it came as no surprise as Singapore’s goals in Saturday night's 2-2 draw with Malaysia in the World Cup qualifying round soccer444 words
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Article, Illustration501 1989-06-10 24 By all accounts, it was a frightening experience for Singaporeans who were in Beijing when the drama at Tiananmen Square unfolded. SI A despatched a special flight on Wednesday and Thursday to fly the Singaporeans home. But even501 words
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Article219 1989-06-10 24 never happen." Mr S. P. Ho, 30, who arrived on a different flight earlier Wednesday evening from Shanghai, where he had been working on a construction project, said the situation there was peaceful but tense. “The students had put up road blocks everywhere, using vehicles219 words
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225 1989-06-10 24 CREDIT officers of Singapore banks overseeing China loans are furiously redoing their sums in the wake of the China turmoil. liOans to finance infrastructure projects and the numerous joint ventures In China are said to amount to an unconfirmed (;ssaoV million (Ss%s million). To225 words
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131 1989-06-10 24 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday said events in China had stalled its close business relations with, built over several years. In a statement the chamber said it was “shocked and horrified” by the recent bloodshed at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. “The131 words
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Article130 1989-06-10 24 THE Bank of China in Singapore expects things to return to normal next week, after the four-day run on the bank by depositors in the wake of the Beijing bloodbath. The bank declined to reveal how much was withdrawn from its Battery Road130 words