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Title Section20 1990-05-19 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1990 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI(P) 37/8/8920 words
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Article, Illustration587 1990-05-19 1 HOLD a single Cultural Month for all races instead of three separate functions as this would allow all groups to attend and appreciate one another's cultures. And call such a single function the Singapore Cultural Festival, Dr Tay587 words
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163 1990-05-19 1 TWO drug traffickers were hanged at Changi Prison yesterday. Sim Mai Tik and Koay Poh Seng, both Malaysians, were hanged at dawn. The executions nring to 28 the number of people hanged since the death penalty was introduced for drug offences 15 years163 words
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Article, Illustration122 1990-05-19 1 SINGAPORE, like the two bird enclosures of the Jurong Bird Park in the pictures, is a "small pond” populated by “birds of different feathers” or people of different races and religions. Dr Tay Eng Soon used this analogy when he recalled what he saw122 words
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371 1990-05-19 1 THE second session of the current Parliament will open on June 7 at H. 30 pm, the Government Gazette announced last night. President Wee kirn Wee is expected to open the new session with a Presidential Address outlining a major update371 words
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Advertisement36 1990-05-19 1 Second Singaporean gets heart transplant PAGE 4 Dawn fire rages for 8 hours at Asia Radio Building PAGE 6 Singapore student wins prestigious British award PAGE 8 MALAYSIA PAGES 10-11 I HOME PAGES 14-19 I MONEY36 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration337 1990-05-19 2 TAN kok liming is a name that will soon he in every trend-setting woman’s wardrobe. On Tuesday night, he became Singapore’s latest (ashion discovery when he won the Singapore A’oung Designer's Contest. Kok Hoong, 23, a merchandiser designer with I Am boutique, heat nine other finalists337 words
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711 1990-05-19 2 IT WILL be a matter of time before people speculating in temporary certificates of entitlement “get their fingers burnt”, as buyers get to know the vehicle quota system better and as economic circumstances change. The Communications and Information Ministry said this on711 words
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382 1990-05-19 2 LORRIES from Malaysia carrying more than 3.700 pigs arrived in Singapore on Thursday as farmers there resumed their supps to Singapore after a threeday cutoff. The pigs were brought to the Jurong and Kim Chuan abattoirs in Singapore as early as 8382 words
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Article, Illustration431 1990-05-19 2 Yeo Kim Seng - By Yeo Kim Seng THE maker of a new software protection device thinks it is so good that it is challenging hackers to break its secret code, run the software and win $l,OOO. It threw this challenge to all computer buffs in431 words
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455 1990-05-19 3 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang THERE are prospects for joint cooperation in tourism projects in Riau, said Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong after his familiarisation tour of the Indonesian region last Saturday. But it was up to the private sector to455 words
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Article, Illustration357 1990-05-19 3 TWENTY-FIVE theme trishaws, each marking a year of Singapore's independence, will be part of a colourful celebration in Orchard Road on Sunday night. They will be a link in the Unity Chain Event which marks the launch of Singapore’s357 words
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598 1990-05-19 3 Ng Wei Joo - 2,300 students vying for about 500 places in its business, design courses By Ng Wei Joo TEMASEK Polytechnic has met with overwhelming response to its first enrolment exercise. The new polytechnic, Singapore’s third, received over 2,300 applications for about 500 places in its598 words
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212 1990-05-19 3 GET ready for the radio of the future. It will enable listeners to instantly get the station they want on its best frequency and see, on the digital readout, the station’s name. It also offers a built-in paging system telling the212 words
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HOME
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654 1990-05-19 4 Kwan Weng Kin - By Kwan Weng Kin, Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO The Second Deputy Prime Minister. Mr Ong Teng Cheong. has signed an agreement here with a Japanese labour foundation to promote personnel exchanges and to encourage unionists from Japan and other countries to study in654 words
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292 1990-05-19 4 SINGAPORE Airlines and Delta Air Lines will share different legs of daily services between Singapore and Dallas Fort Worth from July 1. This follows a Delta-SIA alliance involving a cross-share purchase and a comprehensive marketing co-operation agreement announced last year. Under the agreement, the292 words
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Article, Illustration479 1990-05-19 4 Dominic Nathan - By Dominic Nathan ROCK and mountain climbing enthusiasts from Indonesia and Singapore may be getting together to promote the sport by climbing and training together. This idea was brought up when a group of women mountain climbers from Indonesia met local479 words
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352 1990-05-19 4 38-year-old man operated on in Sydney A 38-YEAR-OLD man has become the second Singaporean to have a heart transplant. Mr Fong Peng Wah was operated on by a team led by Dr Victor Chang at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. The five-hour operation which began352 words
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Article, Illustration516 1990-05-19 5 ‘Guilty’ verdict ends longest criminal trial here FIVE men were sentenced to death by the High Court on Monday for drug trafficking at the end of Singapore’s longest criminal trial. At the conclusion of the 168day trial, the judges, Mr Justice F.516 words
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Article, Illustration492 1990-05-19 5 A STRIKE by 25 porters half-way through a moun-tain-climbing expedition and a decision to call off the venture later, because of avalanche risk, have been valuable lessons for three Singapore reservists. The three climbers from the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists’ Association returned492 words
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128 1990-05-19 5 AFP. WELLINGTON Two Singapore nationals went on trial in the High Court of Auckland on Monday, charged with importing heroin. Tan Swan Mui, 48, a tae-kwon-do instructor, and Vincent Teo Eng Khiam, 37, a painting contractor, both of Singapore, and LeeAFP. - 128 words
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Article, Illustration415 1990-05-19 5 BUILDING the world’s longest raft formed by canoes and holding a moonlight swing these are some of the activities which 6,000 young people will be involved in next month. The month-long activities will be organised by the People's Association Youth Movement Central415 words
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Article, Illustration276 1990-05-19 6 A DAWN fire, fuelled by flammable materials, ratted un at the Asia Radio Building in Bcncoolen Street for eight hours before it was brought under eontrol on Monday. About Ml firemen and five fire engines (ought the blaze which started276 words
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529 1990-05-19 6 Lee Seow Ting - By Lee Seow Ting HOUSING Boarci residents in four estates will soon be able to go fishing virtually at their doorstep. From August, four ponds in housing estates will be run by commercial operators who will stock them with fish,529 words
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468 1990-05-19 6 Properly managed, it can be environmentally safe, profitable SCRAP is not rubbish, but valuable material which, if properly managed, can prove to be both environmentally safe and financially profitable. This was the message that the organisers of a world convention on recycling, which468 words
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Article, Illustration497 1990-05-19 7 EIGHT daring young men in red berets will thrill spectators when they nose dive from the floodlight towers of the National Stadium during the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) military tattoo next month. Using a free-fall rapellmg technique they developed. the497 words
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Article, Illustration354 1990-05-19 7 A FRIENDLY-LOOKING clay figurine of a Han dog valued at $12,000 was sold for $15,000 at an auction on Wednesday. The sale was a highlight at the official opening of the $3 million Treasures of Han Exhibition at Empress354 words
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387 1990-05-19 7 SINGAPORE Aerospace and French aerospace experts Latecoere are poised to sign a deal that could total $6O million, for the production of an aircraft component for the Airbus A 340, a new-gen-eration, long-range passenger jet. The signing of the contract for387 words
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222 1990-05-19 7 MYSTERY surrounds the stabbing of a couple at a beacon tower in the East Coast Park on Tuesday. Miss Tan Ah Hong, 21, died soon after she and a friend, Mr James Soh Kook Leong, 22, were attacked from behind by two unknown222 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article, Illustration157 1990-05-19 8 DO YOI' have US$l.25 million (552.29 million) to spare'* That is the asking price for a brand-new Ferrari F4O being offered for sale through advertisements here. Mr Stephen Shan. 35, a real estate broker in Hongkong, advertised in The Straits Times157 words
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Article, Illustration123 1990-05-19 8 FIRST DEPUTY Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was among the many VIPs who, on Tuesday night, went to pay their last respects to Mr K.M. Byrne, a stalwart of the first PAP government. The former Minister for Labour. Law and Health died of123 words
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144 1990-05-19 8 THE WORLD’S most formidable dragon boat crews from 15 countries fighting for the title in the very first World Invitational Dragon Boat Race will add to the excitement of this year's Merlion Week. The event, from May 25 to June 3. will144 words
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Article, Illustration89 1990-05-19 8 ABBY TAN - ABBY TAN. SINGAPORE’S new ambassador Edward Lee on Tuesday presented his credentials to President Corazon Aquino in a brief ceremony at Malacanang Palace.” Mr Lee, a career diplomat who was accompanied by his wife Sonia, later had a private chat with Mrs Aquino in her89 words
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Article, Illustration587 1990-05-19 8 Chua Chong Jin - Catholic Junior College student is first male, non-humanities scholar to win prestigious British award By Chua Chong Jin FOR the first time, the prestigious Angus Ross Prize for literature has been won by a student who is not a humanities scholar, making it Singapore's third587 words
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Article, Illustration449 1990-05-19 8 Elaine Tan - Polio victim completes 15-hour rowing trip round the island By Elaine Tan IT WAS a valiant 15-hour struggle by one man to conquer the sea and the odds were against him. But the indomitable spirit of Mr Simon Woods, 36, a polio449 words
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Article, Illustration682 1990-05-19 9 Mathew Pereira - The first sentinels of S’pore skies phased out after 20 years Reports by Mathew Pereira SINGAPORE’S first sentinels of the skies, the Bloodhounds, were recently phased out after 20 years of guarding the skies. The surface-to-air, antiaircraft missiles have been replaced by the I-Hawks, a modern and technologically682 words
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Article, Illustration312 1990-05-19 9 Sophisticated missiles will boost defence capabilities THE sophisticated Improved Hawk missiles, which replaced the Bloodhounds, will qualitatively improve the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s air defence capabilities. The American-made surface-to-air missile provides low-medium air defence cover for the Singapore skies. The I-Hawk unit, 163 Singapore Air Defence Artillery,312 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration631 1990-05-19 10 Kalimullah Hassan - MCA deputy chief decides to withdraw ‘for the good of the party and community’ By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Chinese Association deputy president Datuk I>ee Kim Sai will not challenge Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik for the MCA party presidency polls in July.631 words
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Article, Illustration296 1990-05-19 10 Kalimullah Hassan - Kalimullah Hassan. KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said on Tuesday he had never stated that he would "definitely” contest one of the three posts of vice-president in the Umno party elections scheduled for this year. Datuk Musa,296 words
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Article, Illustration441 1990-05-19 10 ‘lf not Malaysia will have to depend on foreign workers’ KUALA LUMPUR More foreigners will be working in Malaysia if young married couples fail to have more babies, the country’s Information Minister, Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, has said. According to him, there was a trend441 words
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238 1990-05-19 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR A total of 3.8 million tourists visited Malaysia during the first three months of the Visit Malaysia campaign which began in January an increase of 1.3 million over the same period last year. Excluding Singaporeans w'ho travelled toNST. - 238 words
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255 1990-05-19 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is recruiting about 1,000 employees this year as part of its programme to improve its services. MAS managing director Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman said that the new employees were for the reservations, cabinNST. - 255 words
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Article137 1990-05-19 10 Bemama. KOTA KINABALU About 3.000 Malaysian and Australian military personnel began a 10-day joint exercise on Wednesday to assess their capabilities in conventional warfare A total of 3,034 soldiers from the 13th and 26th battalions of the Royal Malay Regiment and the 2nd and 9th battalions ofBemama. - 137 words
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284 1990-05-19 11 Kalimullah Hassan - By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR The government will not place restrictions preventing Chinese and Indians from improving their economic position, Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba has said. However, Umno, the dominant partner in the ruling National Front, will continue to ensure that Malays284 words
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116 1990-05-19 11 JOHOR BARI Many Singaporeans have bought orchards in the area around Gelang Patah, the Johor end of the proposed second link between Singapore and the Malaysian state, Sin Chew Jit Poh newspaper reported on Sunday The paper quoted a Malaysian Finance Ministry report on116 words
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127 1990-05-19 11 JOHOR BARII The Sunday Star newspaper reported on Sunday that chickens in Johor laid fewer eggs during the two-month heat wave which ended lyIt quoted a spokesman of the Veterinary Services Department as saying that prices of eggs went up127 words
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Article, Illustration321 1990-05-19 11 KUALA LUMPUR Defence Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen has said that Malaysia had always adopted an open attitude towards Singapore on defence matters. This, he pointed out, could be verified by the statements of both countries regarding the Integrated Air Defence321 words
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300 1990-05-19 11 PENANG The Malaysian and Singapore governments will not bear the cost of developing the proposed second link between the two countries because the proposal is a private project, Works Minister Datuk Leo Moggie said on Sunday. The question of cost300 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration583 1990-05-19 11 JAKARTA Prominent Muslim figures have pledged their support for the re-elec-tion of President Suharto in 1993, adding confusion to recurring speculation about whether the incumbent leader would step down. Some 21 influential ulamas (Muslim religious teachers) and leaders of powerful Muslim organisations583 words
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292 1990-05-19 11 AFP. JAKARTA The World Bank has called for US$4.5 billion (SsB.3 billion) in foreign aid to Indonesia this year but stressed the importance of further industrial and investment reforms to speed up economic recovery. The reforms would help ensure that the largeAFP. - 292 words
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104 1990-05-19 11 MANILA A Philippine general has told his men to pot on record who their real wives are, saying it confases the military when more than one woman shows ap to claim the body of a dead soldier. “The problem here104 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article619 1990-05-19 12 MAY 19. 1990 ILL winds have blown across the Taiwan Straits since 1949. As Mao Zedong’s communists swept the mainland and Chiang Kaishek's Kuomintang partisans departed the mainland for Taiwan, a situation of absolute hostility quickly developed. When it became apparent that military force would not dislodge619 words
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Article643 1990-05-19 12 MAY 17. 1990 THE United States Congress was livid when it learned last December that President George Bush had sent two secret missions to Beijing to meet Chinese leaders responsible for the Tiananmen crackdown in June. The White House explanation was that punishing the hardliners by643 words
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Article656 1990-05-19 12 MAY 14. 1990 LATER this week. Vietnam will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ho Chi Minh, the country’s first president. But to the estimated 63 million Vietnamese, it will be a party without much joy. For 15 years after the end of the Vietnam656 words
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Article, Illustration779 1990-05-19 12 PATRICK DANIEL - On The One Hand PATRICK DANIEL THE most remarkable thing about the news that the Singapore economy chalked up 10.1 per cent first-quarter growth was that it was met with so little elation. Aside from the stock market which779 words
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Article100 1990-05-19 12 “Mr Armitage emphasised that he is not an accountant, he does not stand next to a cash register when conducting foreign relations, and he does not put a price tag on Philippine honour or sovereignty.” US spokesman Stanley Schrager quoting US negotiator Richard Armitage’s retort to Filipino claims of100 words
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COMMENT
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Article, Illustration1536 1990-05-19 13 United Industrial Corporation, after seven months of stalking Singapore Land, has closed on its prey and looks set to shake up the company further. Tan Sai Siong of The Straits Times Economics Desk looks at some issues which have been1,536 words
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808 1990-05-19 13 Catherine Ong - The moral of SingLand story one gets what one deserves By Catherine Ong Business Times. Long-suffering minority shareholders of Singapore land have finally given Mr SP Tao his comeuppance, for a bumbling defence which resulted in the loss of control of the property group to predator United Industrial Corporation (UIC).Business Times. - 808 words
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MONEY
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493 1990-05-19 14 Steven Pak - By Steven Pak THE venture capital industry in Singapore is worth more than $1 billion, with about half already committed in various start-up projects ranging from biotechnology to electronics. Mr Tan Keng Boon, managing director of South East Asia Venture Investment (Seavi),493 words
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308 1990-05-19 14 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Finance Minister Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin has said that continuous efforts must be taken to Increase the international exposure of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) so that an accurate and informative picture of the bourse could beBernama. - 308 words
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Article, Illustration167 1990-05-19 14 WEST Germany’s Deutsche Bank has for the first time appointed a Singaporean, Mr Winston T.H. Tan, as the general manager of its local branch. Mr Tan, 42, is currently deputy general manager as well as head of corporate banking in Deutsche Bank Singapore.167 words
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565 1990-05-19 14 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva QUALITATIVE improvements in labour and capital inputs, rather than sheer additions to the amount of capital, are needed to propel Singapore’s labour productivity and economic growth in the future, said the National Productivity565 words
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Article, Illustration232 1990-05-19 14 UPMARKET pastries at reasonable prices is a market niche that Hongkong bakery chain Saint Honore Cake Shop hopes to fill with its initial $1.5 million investment in Singapore. The 50-50 joint-venture with local company Eng Kheng Investments, called Saint Honore Cake Shop (S)232 words
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Article261 1990-05-19 14 Manager's prices for May 19 21 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.25-133 The Savings Fund 1 07—1 14 S pore Prog Fund 0 48- 0.51 S pore Sec Fund 0 84- 0 89 S'pore Invest Fund 0.91—0 97 S'pore Equity Fund 0 58-0 6? Asia Unit Trust Mai261 words
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Article, Illustration317 1990-05-19 15 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang ESSO, which has so far invested $l.l billion in Singapore, is planning to further strenghthen its presence here with petroleum and chemical projects worth another $1 billion. These projects, if approved. would be carried out317 words
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Article415 1990-05-19 15 Weak ended May 11. Compiled by Business Times Final results Gross Group net Company dividend profit/loss (’000) Year to Singatromcs 125TE (125TE) »4.689 (16.165) Dec 89 Keppel Fin 4 $5.169 ($96) Dec 89 S Steam land 10 (4TE) $19,375 ($16,694) Dec 89 Lim Kah Ngam 4 (2 5)Compiled by Business Times - 415 words
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217 1990-05-19 15 MAJOR oil companies here are making Singapore the “swing” or balancing refining centre of the Asia-Pacif-ic region to stay competitive and complement other refining centres, Trade and Industry Minister Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien l,oong said last Friday. BG Lee said that217 words
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Article, Illustration545 1990-05-19 15 Lynette Ong - By Lynette Ong A SIMPLE and flexible management structure that allows quick decisions even on major issues this is the secret of the Singapore Airlines’ success story. Revealing this at the 4th annual MBA Alumni-NUS seminar over last weekend, Mr Lim Chin545 words
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206 1990-05-19 15 THE Singapore dollar closed at a record high of 551.8495 against the greenback on Monday. Forex dealers attributed this to expectations of lower American interest rates, and the recent strength of the Singapore dollar. With the US trade deficit for March206 words
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Article161 1990-05-19 15 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar I 8375 1 8595 Sterling pound 3 0902 ***** Australian dollar 1.3800 1 4207 Canadian dollar 1 5553 1.5900 NZ dollar 1 0422 1.0767 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 15.7106161 words
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Article109 1990-05-19 15 Contract date: 18/5/90 CUMtENCYl MTH-3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CULL VALUE D4TI USS V, 7 »4 7*4 V, Vi 7'4 22/5 90 A$ 13 3 13*4 13*4 13*4 13'* 12*. 22/5 90 N7S 12 12'« 12*4 12'/4 12 W 10*4 22/5'90 STG 14 1109 words
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Article2229 1990-05-19 16 Gr's 1990 Tel Lett Vol Week Last Quota Olv Net High Low Cod* Company Sale or- '000 High Low Buyer Seller V, P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 253 191 t 1000 Acma 253 »8 1256 253 245 253 254 290 165 1142 Alex Hidgs 50c 270 2682,229 words
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Article871 1990-05-19 16 Qr's 1MC Tol Last Vol Day Last Quot Olv Data High Low Cod* Company Sale *or000 High Low Buyer Sollor Payable 186 130 l 1565 C6C Wt 186 »29 1083 186 162 185 186 306 175 X 1543 CK Tang Wt 90 162 -3 1 182871 words
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404 1990-05-19 17 The weekly sharemarket review THE Singapore stock market ended with a big bang on Friday when the Straits Times Industrials Index surged 23.97 points to 1,552.88. This gave it a total gain of 20.61 points for the week. Dealers said investor404 words
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Article2153 1990-05-19 17 1990 Tol Laat Vol Day Last Quote Dlv Net High Low Cod* Company $ai* '000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E TRANSACTION DATE: MAY 18. 1990 SESDAQ 157 127 t 4000 Amtek Eng 20* 132 -3 15 134 132 131 133 6 ON 16 7 126 101 4008 Fuji2,153 words
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Article186 1990-05-19 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index gained 20.61 points on the week to 1552 88. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1536 07 3.8) 90 69 m ($219 53 m) Tuesday 1530 86 (—5 21) 60 96 m ($158 44 m) Wednesday 1524 35 (-6 51) 52186 words
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Article615 1990-05-19 17 Friday May 11 HKt Amov Prooartia* 28C -0 025 Aiiiad Ovaraaa» 097 0 02 2.20 unch unch Asia Sec War 91 040 Allied rw 0 90 -0 02 ♦0.01 Bond Corp Int'l 200 Bond Corp War 91 0 75 ♦003 1340 0.2C *0 06* 3.35 Cete de Coral 1615 words
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284 1990-05-19 18 THE Singapore Inter* national Monetary Exchange (Simex) \%ill launch the world’s first options on Euroyen futures contract tin .June 19 to complement trading in the Euroyen Future*. contract introduced last October. Simex announced on Tuesday that the options trading will284 words
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Article, Illustration502 1990-05-19 18 EVEN as the development of Brani Container Terminal is underway, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) is spending some $l6O million to develop its facilities at Pasir Panjang Terminal to handle more conventional cargo. The investment comprises two development projects, one502 words
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558 1990-05-19 18 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang THE Singapore senior manager, with an average annual salary of U *****,240 (*****,759) last year overtook his Taiwanese counterpart to come in as the highest paid Asian executive outside Japan, according to the World Executive’s Digest. After taking into558 words
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329 1990-05-19 18 implemented. 3emama. SHAH ALAM The flow of foreign investments to Malaysia, which acclerated by 30.8 per cent last year, has become a gush, said Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz on Tuesday. Foreign investments approvedimplemented. — 3emama. - 329 words
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477 1990-05-19 18 Conrad Raj - By Conrad Raj SIME Darby, the diversified Malaysian conglomerate, is planning to make its biggest acquisition to date New Zealand's largest forestry group, for an estimated Ms 2 billion. Some of Sime’s senior management staff are now said to be477 words
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303 1990-05-19 19 SINGAPORE has raced ahead of Hongkong to become the world’s number one container port. Figures for the first quarter of 1990 clearly confirm it is the busiest: between January and March, a total of 1.21 million TEI s (20-ft long containers) passed through the303 words
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Article1329 1990-05-19 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year BAI 8% lun 8 lun 22 lul 2 8% 5% Bonvests 3*1 iun 25 Jul 6 lul 18 3% 3% Boustead 5%(l) Apr 18 May 4 Jun 7 5% 15% Bousteadco 3%1,329 words
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Article, Illustration546 1990-05-19 19 EDB may allow potential PRs to invest in the fund AN INFLUENTIAL group of businessmen including Member of Parliament S. Chandra Das and Indonesian tycoon Edward Soeryadjaya have pooled their expertise with merchant bank NM Rothschild Sons Singapore in a new venture and capital546 words
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Article264 1990-05-19 19 Company Rights Issue Apolo One-lot-one $1.85 per share Ex-date Apt 23 Books Close May 7 Acceptance Payment lun 15 Lnpx One-tor-one (h M$0 70 per share Ex-date Apr 9 Books close Apr 24 Acceptance Payment Jun 12 Mil Two-for-five (a M$1 90 per share Ex-date Apr 4 Books264 words
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Article, Illustration198 1990-05-19 20 THE MP for Kehun Baru, Mr Lim Boon Hong, recently urged the government to remove restrictions on Singaporeans using satellite dishes to receive overseas television programmes. This prompted me to look forward to the day when we can receive broadcasts from networks198 words
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381 1990-05-19 20 Saving the Earth I WOULD like to commend Singapore Broadcasting Corporation for screening the informative and entertaining Earth Day Special on May 1. Although the programme provided shocking statistics about how much garbage is generated per person each day and how much381 words
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175 1990-05-19 20 I REFER to the letter, "Let viewers enjoy the variety of satellite TV”, by Mr Richard Quek Hong Liat (ST, May 11 and see above)). There is a wide range of foreign TV shows, films and magazines, some of which purvey values and lifestyles175 words
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106 1990-05-19 20 I REFER to the letter "What dad found in son’s music closet” by Mr Koh Peng Koo (ST, May 4. ST Overseas, May 12). We would like to assure Mr Koh that albums which exert an unhealthy influence, such as those which106 words
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Advertisement993 1990-05-19 21 APPOINTMENTS Training Specialists For Global Communications m INFORMATION COMMUNICATION institute OF SINGAPORE The Information Comunication Institute of Singapore (ICIS) is a specialist training institute established by the National Computer Board of Singapore and AT T to provide training in information communication technologies and practices. We invite qualified professionals to join993 words
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Advertisement1223 1990-05-19 22 APPOINTMENTS SAFRA > (11 111 I <>N v. SAF Reservists' Association which has 3 clubhouses in Bukit Merah, Toa Payoh and Tampines, provides its 121,000 members and their families through a comprehensive package of sports and recreational facilities, special benefits ana activities In line with its expansion, the Association has1,223 words
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Article, Illustration525 1990-05-19 23 Peter Khoo - Mechanic breaks national record by 17 sec ATHLETICS By Peter Khoo NATIONAL marathoner Tan Choon Ghee has achieved his life-long dream of being the fastest Singaporean to run the 42.195-kilometre race. The South-east Asia Games representative chopped a massive 17 seconds off Goh Gam Seng's525 words
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Article, Illustration362 1990-05-19 23 Backstroker leaves next month for three-week stint SWIMMING OLYMPIAN David Lim will leave next month for a three-week training-cum-competition stint in California to prepare for September's Asian Games in Beijing. Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's secretary Woon Sui Kut said on Monday362 words
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Article, Illustration462 1990-05-19 23 decide.” – PETER KHOO - Schoolboy upstages S’pore’s top sprinter decide.” PETER KHOO. HAMKAH AFIK upstaged Singapore’s No. 1 sprinter Haron Mundir on his birthday to become Singapore’s fastest schoolboy at the 100 Plus Third All-Comers’ Meet at the National University of Singapore on Sunday. Hamkah, 17, won his heat in462 words
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211 1990-05-19 23 Bernard Pereira - BADMINTON By Bernard Pereira The New Paper. NATIONAL trainee You Kok Kiong has been picked to play in the singles event of the Australian Open badminton championships in Perth from June 13-18. It will be his first individual international assignment. Kok KiongThe New Paper. - 211 words
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596 1990-05-19 24 Abby Tan - Way now clear for review of ties, possible new agreemet on bases By Abby Tan Manila Correspondent MANILA The Philippines and the United States successfully concluded exploratory talks on the American military facilities here, paving the way for a review of bilateral ties596 words
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Article264 1990-05-19 24 AFP, Reuter. MAMLA Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Raul Manglapus has singled out Singapore, which has offered military facilities to the United States, as the only South-east .Asian country which has so far made a categorical stand on the issue. In an opening statement at the start ofAFP,; Reuter. - 264 words
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Article, Illustration733 1990-05-19 24 Alan John - By Alan John in Ankara PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew ended two days of meetings with Turkish leaders on Thursday, saying he was optimistic that Singapore and Turkey could build on existing ties in trade, tourism and industrial development.Picture by Robert Chia. - 733 words