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Title Section20 1990-04-21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 37/8/8920 words
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Article, Illustration854 1990-04-21 1 Cheng Shoong Tat - Chok Tong: That’s our goal for coming years FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEETS S’POREANS IN WASHINGTON By By Cheng Shoong Tat WASHINGTON A big leap from Singapore Inc to Singapore International, and from a mere city state to a great international city state that854 words
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243 1990-04-21 1 WASHINGTON Mr Goh Chok Tong said on Tuesday that the United States administration was looking forward to working with the new Singapore leadership after Mr Lee Kuan Yew steps down as Prime Minister later this year. Briefing reporters after a 35-minute meeting243 words
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391 1990-04-21 1 AMBASSADOR Tommy Koh confirmed last night that he is stepping down as Singapore’s envoy to the United States in June. In a telephone interview from his Washington DC office, he said that he had asked to return home, even though his current391 words
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Advertisement78 1990-04-21 1 BG Lee: S’pore has ‘tremendous plus’ for investors: Back Page INSIDE Those were the days PAGE 5 j NEWS FOCUS Students going abroad can apply for credit cards PAGE 2 Bosses hire private eyes to check on employees PAGE 3 HOME Singapore Dress to make world debut PAGE 5 Ex-model78 words
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Advertisement6 1990-04-21 1 Me tubers bip Has Its Privileges6 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration573 1990-04-21 2 Sandra Davie - Forum on the educational assessment system By Sandra Davie WELL-DESIGNED examinations ran be effective in assessing students' abilities to apply knowledge, analyse, put things together, even judge. Dr Tay Eng Soon has said. The Senior Minister of State for Education made573 words
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Article, Illustration609 1990-04-21 2 A DEAN'S list of students who excel in studies and ex-tra-curricular activities (ECA), a common General Paper (GP) test to reassess A level students who fail this subject but are strong in other subjects, and more continual assessment for tertiary students. These were609 words
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151 1990-04-21 2 ABOUT 80 students were hit by food poisoning after a meal of sotong (squid) balls, cabbage, meat and rice at a school camp last month. Two of the students, from three uniformed groups in Mei Chin Secondary School in Queenstown, were treated151 words
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466 1990-04-21 2 MAS exemption for under-21s to help students and parents SINGAPOREANS below 21 years old can still obtain their supplementary credit cards if they are going overseas for studies. This is the exception to advice given by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)466 words
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246 1990-04-21 2 HERD instinct proved stronger than the Singaporean's customary search for efficiency at a university campus on Wednesday, when undergraduates crowded around the main office no-tice-board to check their examination results. For the National University of Singapore students were doing this246 words
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Article, Illustration668 1990-04-21 3 Tan Ee Sze - New destinations, more flights and bigger fleet are being planned By Tan Ee Sze NEW YORK, Toronto, Moscow, East Berlin, possibly Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires Singapore Airlines will spread its wings to more than a dozen new destinations over the next six years.Timwyyta» oy TIEN CHONG PiNG - 668 words
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445 1990-04-21 3 FEWER hotel rooms are being rented out although more people are visiting Singapore. This is because the rising cost of rooms has led some tourists to share rooms or look for cheaper alternatives. January was the second month running that saw445 words
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749 1990-04-21 3 Sandra Davie - By Sandra Davie SOME bosses are not relying on interviews alone to hire staff but are hiring private investigators to check out applicants before offering them jobs. Many organisations are also using these sleuths to keep tabs on their employees, especially those749 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration875 1990-04-21 4 Cheng Shoong Tat - United States ‘will remain a Pacific power' despite recent events and a huge budget deficit First Deputy Prime Minister’s visit to Washington By By Cheng Shoong Tat WASHINGTON President George Bush has assured First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong that the875 words
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Article, Illustration659 1990-04-21 4 Cheng Shoong Tat - ‘Soviets would clearly like to fill vacuum' Interview with US Vice-President Dan Quayle By By Cheng Shoong Tat WASHINGTON Powers that are more destabilising than helpful may fill the vacuum should the United States pull out of South-east Asia. US Vice-President659 words
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222 1990-04-21 4 WASHINGTON The t nited States is “very appreciative" of Singapore's free trade and free market attitude and welcomes the Repn bile’s support for fair and free trade, Mr Dan Quayle said. “This wifi enhance economic deveionment for al! countries,” he said in an222 words
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Article, Illustration567 1990-04-21 5 The final curtain fell on Lido on Tuesday. The building will be demolished to make way for a new complex with a department store, five cinemas and an office tower. Brian Miller reminisces. WE used to tell them stories about the ladies’ toilet being haunted. We567 words
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Article, Illustration212 1990-04-21 5 THE Singapore Dress will be given its first international exposures at two upcoming beauty pageants. The gowns will be worn by two Singaporean beauties Roslizah Ahmad, 19, at the Miss Charm International Pageant in Leningrad on April 30, and Celia Teh. 18. at the212 words
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Article, Illustration563 1990-04-21 5 Zuraidah Ibrahim - By Zuraidah Ibrahim A YEAR ago. the only Malay word civil servant Loh Kim Chuan could muster was makan(eat). On Thursday, he might well have been mistaken for a native speaker as he delivered a polished speech in standard Malay, peppered with563 words
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242 1990-04-21 5 Tan Ee Sze - By Tan Ee Sze IT WAS a Singapore sweep after all. And the final ingredient in the winning combination at an international culinary competition was provided by West in chef Choo Heng Boy. Mr Choo, 34, was the victim of a242 words
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Article, Illustration381 1990-04-21 6 THESE women sitting for a three-hour "personality test" on Monday had one thing in common they were looking for an unconventional job. And they were sure they will find it in the Singapore Armed Forces. They were among the short-listed candidates who hope381 words
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Article, Illustration186 1990-04-21 6 SWIMMING star Ang Peng Siong sprang a surprise on friends and newsmen gathered at Marina Park on Sunday to witness his lft-km charity swim. Just one hour after battling tide, currents and jelly fish in the nearly three-hour-long swim inPicture by NIK KASMANI. - 186 words
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101 1990-04-21 6 AN ILLEGAL durian hawker Ang Say Seng. 29. pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening a Housing Board hawker liasion officer. Mr Kevin Joseph, with a durian and a knife He was fined $BOO Ang lost his temper when two HDB officers who101 words
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450 1990-04-21 6 Dominic Nathan - By Dominic Nathan 11' BUS driver Silvarasan Wydhyadharan’s Singapore Sweep ticket wins tne top prize, he may well walk away with $2 million instead of $1 million. This is because Mr Wydhyadharan. 40, has got two Singapore Sweep tickets with the450 words
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314 1990-04-21 6 Thai doctors here to investigate discount reports THE leader of a team of Thai doctors here on a work ing trip has discounted recent news reports in Thailand linking the sudden unexplained deaths of Thai workers here to their "poor living conditions".314 words
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Article564 1990-04-21 7 Salma Khalik - The two teams will meet again in the Republic in Oct By Salma Khalik in Washington THE Americans are willing to offer Singapore condition--1 trans-Atlantic rights but iot more flights between Ja,jan and the United States. The right to fly across the Atlantic to564 words
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350 1990-04-21 7 IT WAS a day when everyone looked hard at everyone else with each person searching in the crowd for a familiar, maybe forgotten, face. It was not in vain as shrieks, delighted smiles and a thousand handshakes marked the reunion of former students and350 words
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Article, Illustration167 1990-04-21 7 $1 m vidiwall will screen film clips from 6 am to midnight SINGING stars Diana Koss, Tina Turner and the pop group Tears For Fears will he performing here not live hut rather larger-than-life on a giant videowall at Changi Airport. The $1 million video167 words
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Article, Illustration250 1990-04-21 7 THE school with the coun-try-club look was officially opened on Tuesday. Northland Primary was opened by Mr Ng Pock Too. MP for Nee Soon Central and Political Secretary (Prime Minister’s Office). Located at Yishun Avenue 4. the school with its large front porch and split-level design250 words
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394 1990-04-21 8 Sivam Subramaniam - Returns on investments in Republic rank third highest worldwide By Sivam Subramaniam SINGAPORE has been rated the most profitable location in Asia for American manufacturing investments with every dollar invested giving a return of 40.5 cents in 1988. According to the394 words
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Article, Illustration435 1990-04-21 8 FORMER top model Wong Shing Mooi. 44, has been charged with cheating 15 people of 534.570 involving alleged claims that her company was authorised to run courses on behalf of a British university. Wong, who is better known as May Wong, daughter435 words
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278 1990-04-21 8 ANOTHER road brute has struck, savagely assaulting a motorist simply because the man had earlier sounded his car horn at him. Last year, several people were charged in court with assaults stemming from traffic accidents and police have again warned that they278 words
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Article, Illustration116 1990-04-21 8 NOT quite tops, but proud all the same that was how Singapore’s Serene Low, 19, (above) felt when she became the fourth run-ner-up at the recent Miss Intercontinental 1990 Pageant in Nigeria. The reigning Miss Singapore Intercontinental said her fifth placing was a116 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article, Illustration132 1990-04-21 8 AN URN at a columbarium caused a stir when it was found to contain the ashes of a cremated pet dog. The urn had the name, Danny Lee, and the date of death April 7 written on it. A columbarium official said the urn was132 words
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165 1990-04-21 8 MAJOR computer users in Singapore have the Good Friday public holiday to be grateful for. The dreaded computer virus which had been expected to strike their software systems on Friday the 13th did not have a chance. This was simply because Friday, April 13165 words
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110 1990-04-21 8 THE biodegradable diaper has come to Singapore to join other environment-friendly products like CFC-free aerosols and biodegradable plastic bags. Gatsworth, a trading company specialising in infant products, started distributing the biodegradable Bunnies diapers here about two weeks ago, said manager Mr Sebastian Loh. Gatsworth said110 words
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Article102 1990-04-21 8 MORE than 200 media people will be feted to a Singapore-style gala dinner and entertainment in Vancouver on Monday as part of an effort to promote Singapore as a tourist destination. Guests will see lion dances, hear the beat of the kompang, the traditional Malay drum;102 words
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Article, Illustration2137 1990-04-21 9 This three-year-oid will be ready for kindergarten next year. But will there be a desk waiting for her? Many parents ana parents-to-be have expressed fears that the rapidly growing aemand for pre-scnooi education cannot be met. reports Janice Seah ISTER Marjorie. principa» of2,137 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration339 1990-04-21 10 our manifesto," he added. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The ruling National Front has decided to place greater emphasis in selecting younger candidates to fight the next general election, Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said. “The number of changes to be made to theour manifesto," he added. — Bernama. - 339 words
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396 1990-04-21 10 KUALA LUMPUR Two mainly Chinese based parties in the ruling National Front, which were at loggerheads, have now agreed to bury the hatchet. The Malaysian Chinese Association will fully co-op-erate with the (ierakan throughout the country to ensure a National Front victory in396 words
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Article, Illustration518 1990-04-21 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR The Spirit of '46 and the Democratic Action Party (DAP) have decided to launch a second nation-wide campaign to win support for their electoral pact against the ruling National Front in the coming general election. This518 words
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Article, Illustration223 1990-04-21 10 KUALA LUMPUR Chin Peng, former secretary-gen-eral of the disbanded Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), will return to Malaysia in the second half of this year with about 260 former CPM members, Sin Chew Jit Poh reported on Tuesday. The Chinese-language daily223 words
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Article, Illustration363 1990-04-21 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has approved a substantial allocation to improve the performance of Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft, including Nuri helicopters, and make them safer. Defence Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen said. “The Nuris will be upgraded and workBernama - 363 words
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239 1990-04-21 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The spirit of Ramadan (fasting month) has prompted a Supreme Court judge here to advise singer Shartfah Aini and her mother to “forgive and forget” and settle their differences with each other. He urged them to settleBernama. - 239 words
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Article183 1990-04-21 11 Tour firms ‘help sell documents to overseas syndicates’ DOZENS of Malaysians who travel abroad are selling their international passports to crime syndicates for quick money, ranging from Msls,ool> (S$10,100) to M 530,000 for each passport, according to the Sunday Mail. It reported that the passports were sought183 words
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322 1990-04-21 11 IPOH The Malaysian Chinese Association has assured the Chinese community that the characteristics of Chinese education in the country will be preserved, The Star reported on Monday. It quoted the deputy president of the Malaysian Chinese Association, Datuk Kim Sai, as saying that both322 words
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246 1990-04-21 11 KUALA LUMPUR The government has asked teachers in Malaysia to help evaluate the system of teaching English in secondary schools. The Sunday Star newspaper reported on Monday that the teachers were asked to provide feedback on the successes and failures of the Integrated246 words
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Article, Illustration166 1990-04-21 11 LIEUTENANT Emilia Kamaruddin, 26 (above), is Malaysia’s first woman fighter pilot, according to Utusan Malaysia, a Malay-language daily. The paper reported that Lt Emilia started flying fighter planes recently after completing her training at the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Kuantan. “We166 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration411 1990-04-21 11 Abby Tan - By Abby Tan Manila Correspondent MANILA President Corazon Aquino has confirmed that she will not ask American forces to leave the country after the expiry of the lease on two giant United States military bases in the Philippines next year.411 words
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261 1990-04-21 11 MANILA President Corazon Aquino has confirmed that British troops are training Filipino security forces despite warnings by military rebels that they will attack foreign “mercenaries”. Last week, the Young Officers’ Union, a group believed to be linked to last December’s failed coup, said “British261 words
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Article, Illustration324 1990-04-21 11 BANGKOK The Thai Foreign Ministry, concerned about a big increase in drug smuggling by Nigerians and other Africans and possible spillovers of Middle East conflicts into Thailand, has decided to revoke visa privileges for citizens of Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and 13 other African324 words
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110 1990-04-21 11 AFP. Reuter. CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida) The US launched an Indonesian communications satellite back into space on Friday after a six-year hiatus. Astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery rescued it and a Chinese satellite from a uselessly low orbit in November 1984. The satellites had been launched nine– AFP.; Reuter. - 110 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article632 1990-04-21 12 APRIL 21. 1990 THE Kremlin has opted for the slow slice of a sickle over the hard knock of a hammer in dealing with Lithuania. President Mikhail Gorbachev's choice of an economic squeeze over a military crackdown came after the Lithuanian parliament failed to rescind measures taken632 words
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Article638 1990-04-21 12 APRIL 19. 1990 THE First Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong, could not have chosen a more appropriate occasion to outline the goal that he and his colleagues have set for themselves in the coming years. At a dinner on Monday organised by the Singapore Club638 words
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Article660 1990-04-21 12 APRIL 17, 1990 THE Government’s controversial decision to sell the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus site for restoration and development by the private sector has once more put conservation on the public agenda. The debate was also brought td the fore when a reader660 words
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707 1990-04-21 12 S. SUBRAMANIAM - Viewpoht By S. SUBRAMANIAM WHEN one is living overseas, it always feels good to spot familiar sights or hear sounds that remind one of home. Not surprisingly, businesses which move overseas also crave for such reassuring sights and sounds. I refer to707 words
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Article86 1990-04-21 12 “There will be no change in substance of polities or goals with the change of leadership in Singapore. The style will change because personality changes. I’m of a different make-up from Mr Lee and I’ve got to do things in accordance with my own personality. Also, the electorate has86 words
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COMMENT
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Article, Illustration564 1990-04-21 13 WHEN Mr S. Chandra I)as became head of the Feedhaek nit last April, he made it plain right from the start that he did not want to be called “Mr Feedback”. That label had been popularly used to describe his predecessor, the unit’s564 words
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Article, Illustration1601 1990-04-21 13 Professionals who scoffed at the Government’s Feedback Unit five years ago now express confidence and respect for it. Bertha Henson of the Political Desk traces the changes so far, and the new directions under Mr S. Chandra Das, just appointed to a second term as1,601 words
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MONEY
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Article, Illustration763 1990-04-21 14 What has beancurd got to do with conveyor belts? A Surendren finds out from the male winner of the Endec (Entrepreneurship Development Centre) Entrepreneurship Excellence Award PETEK 800 grew up low on cash but high on determination. He was a (arm boy who, at one time,763 words
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487 1990-04-21 14 Koh Bee Ann - By Koh Bee Ann DRAWN by the current buoyant prices, residential property developers have in the past few weeks flooded the market with no less 50 new projects. These range from 10-unit apartments restricted to Singaporeans, to big condominiums like the Far East487 words
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444 1990-04-21 14 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal PRICES of all private property from condominiums and bungalows to offices and factories continued to surge upwards in the third quarter of last year, just-re-leased figures from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (ERA) show. Leading444 words
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Article, Illustration356 1990-04-21 14 12.9 million. — Koh Bee Ann - $12.9 million. Koh Bee Ann. TWO prime residential properties put on the market by the United States Embassy have fetched prices which are “beyond expectations”. Sources said that the Nassim Road bungalow alone raked in $10.2 million, compared to the356 words
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549 1990-04-21 15 Catherine Ong - Besides a higher interest rate, the Hongkong depositors also stand to gain from capital appreciation as the Singapore dollar is currently one of the strongest currencies in the world. By Catherine Ong HONGKONG The Singapore dollar is becoming a much-sought-after currency here as potential549 words
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Article338 1990-04-21 15 Week ended April 12. Compiled by Business Times Final results Gross Group net Company dividend profit/loss ('000) Year to Pacific Chem 50 (30TE) MJ484 490 (M$740.636) Dec 89 D Kramat 44 34) M$7.533 (MJ4.001) Jan 90 Inch Kenneth 105 (85) M$3.153 ($3,407) Dec 89 UOl 3 (0 9a)Compiled by Business Times - 338 words
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Article, Illustration290 1990-04-21 15 MORE than 100 paintings by local artists now in Singapore companies’ collections will be exhibited alongside Dutch paintings in Rotterdam in June. This will be followed by a reverse showing of the cor-porate-owned art, when both the local and Dutch paintings will290 words
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Article, Illustration598 1990-04-21 15 Caroline Chan - By Caroline Chan THAI Foreign Ministry officials, including Thailand’s Ambassador to Singapore, will be meeting in Bangkok this week to discuss redevelopment plans for the Thai Embassy site in Orchard Road. This follows the ministry's apparent decision to drop its598 words
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Article160 1990-04-21 15 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency US dollar Buying OP I 860: Selling 1 8820 Sterling pound 3.0458 3.1053 Australian dollar 1 4241 1 465’ Canadian dollar 1 588T 1.6238 NZ dollar 1.0723 1.2076 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling160 words
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Article95 1990-04-21 15 Contract data; 30/4/90 ClWtfltCYl MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 1? MTH CAU VALUE DATE USJ 74 8 8 84 84 74 24/4/90 AJ 13»« 13V, 13*4 13V, 134 124 24/4^90 NZJ 124 124 124 124 124 104 24/4 90 STG 14’, 14 V, 144 14495 words
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Article2301 1990-04-21 16 Gre 1M0 Tat La at VOI Oay Last Quota Olv Data High Low Com Company Sala Of000 High Low Buyer Sailer Payable INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 244 •91 1000 Acma 221 -3 694 226 218 221 222 290 165 1142 Aiex Hidgs 50c 270 273 60 4822,301 words
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Article826 1990-04-21 16 1M0 High Low Tot Cod* Company Last Wt* »*c Voi Day 000 High Low 1 QypH Gc’s Ol« Not P/t 306 230 J 1543 CK Tang wt 90 233 180 217 77* 68 1546 Cauaoway Loan 76* unch 6 76* 76* 76* 77 60 Doc 31826 words
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482 1990-04-21 17 The weekly sharemarket review IT WAS generally a very flat trading week on the Singapore stock market, with average daily volume almost halved to 31.73 million units valued at $70.36 million compared to the previous week’s 59.89 million shares worth $144.37 million. This was probably the482 words
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Article2136 1990-04-21 17 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 19*0 Te< High Low Cod» Compan 20, 1990 Last Sal* orVol Oey 000 High Low Last Quote Buyer Seiler Ora Dlv Net P/E HONGKONG STOCKS 102 864 1418 COL 25c (2000 (HK 874 Cl unch EN1 320 rsi 88 87 87 874 875 0 12462,136 words
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Article144 1990-04-21 17 ST Industrials Index THE Straits Times Industrials Index fell 4.M points on the week to 1,530.56 points. Dav-to-dav Indices MONDAY: 1,531.97 tup 5.75); 35.41 m units valued at $54.» m); TUESDAY: 1,536.(3 (down 4.34); 33.33 m units ($79.79 m); WEDNESDAY: 1534.11 (up 7.45); 34.31 m units ($80.85144 words
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Article616 1990-04-21 17 FrVUy A«r1t 2C HKS Amoy Proparties 2 825 -oos Allied Overseas 094 *002 Asia Sac Int'i 2.30 0.075 Asia Sec War 9 0 39 unch Allied TV 099 unch Bone Coro Int 2125 0.215 Bond Corn War 91 083 *0 14 Ben» of E/i 13.40 -0.20 Cavendisn 355 -0616 words
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650 1990-04-21 18 FT. SINGAPORE'S Big Four banks which turned in record performances for 19X9 with combined group after--tax profits of $765.8 million,up 34) per cent are expected to grow further this year to take earnings over the $1 billion threshold. The four DBSFT. - 650 words
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Article, Illustration241 1990-04-21 18 SAP International AG of West Germany, a leading European software applications company, is setting up a $4-million regional headquarters in Singapore. Mr Rudolph R. Vanderhoeven, its managing director, said that at least a quarter of the investment will be used for local241 words
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453 1990-04-21 18 Koh Bee Ann - In-principle nod for G. K. Goh, Pacific Carriers, Hotel Plaza and General Magnetics By Koh Bee Ann WITH the scripless trading system firmly in place, a wave of new listings will soon hit the market. These include stockbroking firm G. K. Goh,453 words
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388 1990-04-21 18 Magdalene Ng - By Magdalene Ng Business Times. GK GOH HOLDINGS is to offer for sale 50 million new shares at about $1 each by the end of April or early May as a prelude to a listing on the stock market (seeBusiness Times. - 388 words
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318 1990-04-21 18 LOCAL precision engineering firm Horiguchi Engineering Co Ltd on Monday launched its public offer of 10.5 million 25-cent par value shares at 60 cents each. The company, which is headed by managing director Kimiko Kasuya, will be listed on Sesdaq, the second such318 words
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198 1990-04-21 18 DBS BUANA Tat Lee Bank, the joint venture between DBS Bank, Tat Lee Bank and Indonesia’s P. T. Bank Buana Indonesia, opened in Jakarta on Wednesday. The bank, with an initial paid-up capital of 50 billion rupiahs (Ssso million) is to complement198 words
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Article281 1990-04-21 18 Manager's prices (or April 21 A 23 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 128-1 36 The Savings Fund 1.05-1.12 S pore Prog fund 0 49—0 52 S pore Sec Fund 0 83-0 88 S pore Invest Fund 0 86—C 92 S pore Equity Fund 0 57-0 61 Asia Unit281 words
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Article294 1990-04-21 19 Koh Bee Ann - By Koh Bee Ann SINGAPORE Land chairman S. P. Tao on Thursday broke his silence on the $2.6billion bid on his company. The developer said the sl>a-share offer by United Industrial Corporation does not value Sing Land “at its real worth”. He sees UlC’s move as hostile294 words
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Article, Illustration459 1990-04-21 19 COM POSED and still in control of things that was the impression Singapore l>and chairman S. P. Tao gave of himself In his first Interview with the local press. Faced with the tenuous position of being the second largest shareholder in459 words
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Article1308 1990-04-21 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Amtek Enj 6%TE(I) Apr 11 Apr 17 Ap- 28 6%TE 6%TE Anno 15%TE Feb 28 Ma' 12 May 15 25%TF ?5%TF BAT 90 9'« (n) Apr 6 Apr 19 May 3 1221,308 words
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Article330 1990-04-21 19 Company Rights issue Apofr One-ror-one (n $1 8a oer shar>-Ex-dal»* Ac 23 Books Close May 7 Acceptance p aymen* NYA AMMB One tor tour MJ7.40 per share hdate Mar 8 Books dose Ma- 2? Acceptance S Payment May 10 lien Hoe Capital Restructuring Scheme (CRS) involving the cancellation330 words
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Article248 1990-04-21 19 Company Rights Issue Causeway Inv Capital reduction scheme to reduce par value ot shares trom $1 00 to $0 60 Rights issue o' 3:2 <« $0 60 per share. FACB One-tor-one (<■■ M$0 50 per share Faber Mertr Onetor-one (<i M$0 25 per share followed by a share248 words
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FORUM
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508 1990-04-21 20 Let momentum of building a ‘Singaporean S'pore' move on I AM responding to your Editorial “Similarity out of diversity” (ST, April 10, Overseas Edition, April 14). I have not seen anyone denying the “fact of ethnic diversity" in our country. Most writers,508 words
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235 1990-04-21 20 Reply MR DANIEL Koh Kah Soon (“Reclaim the plus factors from our ethnic heritage” ST, April 16, Overseas Edition, 21) opposes the Government’s policy of maintaining the existing ethnic ratios in Singapore. But this policy was meant to reassure Malay and Indian235 words
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81 1990-04-21 20 Reply WE REFER to the letter “Stamps and coins would be valuable 25th year mementoes” by Mr Yong Hon Loon (ST, April 13. Overseas Edition, April 21). We would like to inform Mr Yong that the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore would be81 words
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354 1990-04-21 20 AS SINGAPORE celebrates its 25th year of independence, there is reason to reflect on two forms in which our heritage could be preserved for posterity stamps and coins. A set of postage stamps was issued in June 1959 to mark the354 words
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Advertisement140 1990-04-21 20 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executive appointments... And highlights on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Every week. The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. Making an140 words
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Advertisement927 1990-04-21 21 APPOINTMENTS An established international hotel has immediate vacancy for: CHIEF ENGINEER Pre-requisites: Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or its equivalent. A good working knowledge of Planned Preventive Maintenance and wellversed in the management and day-to-day running of the Engineering Department of a hotel. At least 3 years’927 words
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Advertisement408 1990-04-21 22 m Build up a career in Singapore Visit Career Fair '90 in Australia New Zealand August 1990 There is much going on in Singapore today. Our economy has developed to the point where we are now the Asia-Pacific hub for many industrial nnd business activities. Singapore has become second home408 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration827 1990-04-21 23 RHYTHMIC gymnastics is a new Olympic sport which made its debat at the last South-east Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur where Malaysia’s Faiznur Miskin swept the board with five gold medals. The Singapore Amateur Gymnastic Association are making a strong bid to ensure that827 words
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504 1990-04-21 23 Sprint ace needs sponsor for full-time training in US SWIMMING EIGHT years after he torpedoed through the pool to surface at the other end as the world's No. 1 in the 50 metres, Ang Peng Siong is still determined to mount the winners'504 words
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Article, Illustration224 1990-04-21 23 Peter Khoo - SNOOKER By Peter Khoo SIX-TIME world snooker champion Steve Davis and former British Open champion Jimmy “Whirlwind" White will play in Singapore in August. The two English stars will play exhibition matches in conjunction with the opening of a $6.5 million snooker centre called224 words
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Article, Illustration572 1990-04-21 24 Caroline Chan; and Mary Kwang - They range from courtyard-style cluster housing to high-density low-rise projects By Caroline Chan and Mary Kwang BRAND-NEW housing concepts ranging from possible courtyard-style cluster housing to high-densitv low-rise developments are expected to emerge from a government review of planning guidelines for572 words
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179 1990-04-21 24 Singapore has agreed in principle to sign a reciprocal agreement with Britain to facilitate the seizure of drug traffickers’ assets in the two countries, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said here yesterday. ThLs could be effected after a Bill now being179 words
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531 1990-04-21 24 Han Fook Kwang - By Han Fook Kwang TOKYO Singapore has one tremendous plus for foreign investors: It can be promoted as one entity with a group instinct, and with good relations between the Government, unions and management. It is a formula that has worked, and Singaporeans531 words
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396 1990-04-21 24 THREE reservists who obtained exit permits fraudulently to evade in-camp training were each jailed six months by a district court on Tuesday. In the first case of its kind, the court heard that the men were released from reserve396 words