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Title Section21 1990-09-29 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1990 Price: 511.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI (P) 71/8/9021 words
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703 1990-09-29 1 Bertha Henson - Better mixing and more shared views among races, survey shows By Bertha Henson RACIAL lines in Singapore are blurring with the different communities recognising that they depend on one another to defend the country and make it tick. Malays, Chinese or Indians no longer see issues703 words
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Article, Illustration1007 1990-09-29 1 Liak Teng Kiat - By Liak Teng Kiat LENINGRAD Singaporean businessmen should start investing now in the Soviet Union if they want to reap the benefits of the economic restructuring taking place in the country, Mr Lee Kuan Yew has said. If they wait until thePicture by Yow Yun Woh. - 1,007 words
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Advertisement9 1990-09-29 1 Singapore bags three medals in Asian Games: Back Page9 words
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Advertisement20 1990-09-29 1 -•j .AMS RISANI i-;XPR JSUWtM* o*W»L'(&»fck»- I L -*e. ■:»ooaooo <■ mi; is m 3 5 )&< IX»nt leave home without them20 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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738 1990-09-29 2 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song THE marathon of life must see all Singaporeans running in the same race, with more consolation prizes so that everyone gets something, Brig-Gen (Res) Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday. Runners should also take738 words
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202 1990-09-29 2 MALAYSIAN authorities have accepted Mindef's latest statement on allegations that Republic of Singapore Air Force helicopters had intruded into Malaysian airspace. BG Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday. Mindef has explained that Malaysian authorities knew about an RSAF helicopter near Gelang Patah,202 words
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570 1990-09-29 2 Serene Lim - Travellers and SIA crew mostly hit in Los Angeles By Serene Lim FREQUENT travellers and Singapore Airlines employees say they have been the target of robbers and snatch thieves overseas especially in Los Angeles, where there was at least one Rolex robbery a570 words
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426 1990-09-29 2 Ng Wei Joo - By Ng Wei Joo THE Singapore General Hospital is among the world’s best when it comes to producing babies the IVF way. Using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), the hospital’s Centre for Assisted Reproduction (Care) achieved a take-home baby rate of 28.6426 words
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Article, Illustration302 1990-09-29 2 TWO deaths and a number of serious illnesses among Singapore Airlines cabin crew are worrying some of them, even though the incidents are unrelated. A chief steward and a stewardess died in the past two weeks, one from brain haemorrhage302 words
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Article, Illustration451 1990-09-29 3 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew has been awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Obstetricians Gynaecologists (RCOG) for contributing to Singapore’s high standard of health care. In the citation for the award, read out by Prof Ronald Tindall, senior vice-president451 words
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768 1990-09-29 3 PM’s interview with Ming Pao Daily News WITH communism collapsing world-wide, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has said that China too will have to change to become more like Taiwan, Hongkong or South Korea. But he pointed out that this did768 words
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Article, Illustration742 1990-09-29 3 Language elective programme SECONDARY school students who have studied French, German, or Japanese at O level will soon be able to take them at A level through the language elective programme (LEP). Scholarships will be offered to a number of them. Those who742 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration1074 1990-09-29 4 Liak Teng Kiat - Real hope for the world body to play a positive part in world conflicts now, he says PM’s visit to Soviet Union Reports by Liak Teng Kiat MOSCOW Thanks in part to Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, there is now real hopePicture by Yow Yon Woh. - 1,074 words
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297 1990-09-29 4 Political contacts are growing, says Soviet Premier MOSCOW Soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkov on Monday described Singapore-Soviet relations as being on the upsurge. He said this in a speech welcoming the visiting Singapore delegation at a banquet given in honour of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.297 words
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414 1990-09-29 4 MOSCOW Prime Minister I.ee Kuan Yew has urged the Soviet Union to continue with its restructuring programme or perestroika (restructuring) despite the pain it is causing because “you can’t get a good harvest without some effort". In an interview on Soviet television414 words
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Article, Illustration808 1990-09-29 5 Serene Lim - By Serene Lim ALMOST 500 members of the legal fraternity turned up at the Supreme Court Building on Thursday to bid farewell to Chief Justice Wee Chong Jin, in a brief but touching ceremony which left several misty-eyed. Mr Justice Wee, who retires808 words
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590 1990-09-29 5 Choo Siew Bee - Change in line with new Cambridge syllabus By Choo Siew Bee SINGAPORE schools have drastically cut back on the inhumane practice of dissecting animals during their biology classes. Often, they show videos and other audio-visuals instead. This is due to a change in the590 words
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569 1990-09-29 5 THE Government is exploring the possibility of teaching Chinese as the first language to Chinese Singaporeans in primary schools. In an interview with the Hongkong Chinese-lan-guage daily, Ming Pao Daily News, excerpts of which were published on Thursday, Mr Goh Chok Tong569 words
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1066 1990-09-29 6 Bertha Henson - Survey on Singaporean attitudes towards race and religion Reports by Bertha Henson THE different races in Singapore are getting together and mixing more often, going to each others' homes for family functions and festivals. But the Chinese can improve on1,066 words
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459 1990-09-29 6 NO, IT is not true. Most Chinese do not typecast the Malays as lazy nor do the Malays think that the Chinese are money-mind-ed. There is no strong ethnic stereotyping today, as no particular trait was mentioned by more than half of each459 words
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579 1990-09-29 7 One suggestion is to set up an Ombudsman SINGAPORE can endure as a nation if some of the existing institutions in Singapore are restructured and new ones set up, said Professor Tommy Koh, director of the Institute of Policy Studies. Speaking on579 words
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Article, Illustration304 1990-09-29 7 SINGAPORE’S fighter aircraft can now operate longer in the air thanks to the air force’s air-to-air refuelling capability. Air-to-air refuelling requires keen skills and coordination on the part of both tanker pilot and the pilots of the aircraft receiving the fuel. The key304 words
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Article, Illustration349 1990-09-29 7 SINGAPORE’S First Deputy Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong donned his tennis gear and was an instant hit with four of the world’s top women tennis stars when he took to the courts at Mount Pleasant last Saturday. Former world No. IsPioture by Jerry Seh. - 349 words
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565 1990-09-29 7 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal BUS and taxi fares will go up starting from next month because of steep increases in operating costs. Bus fares, which are being increased for the first time in almost a decade, will be raised by 10 cents for each565 words
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SNIPPETS
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Article, Illustration160 1990-09-29 8 AN ACTRESS with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation said she nearly drowned while filming in Kuching According to a Shin Min Daily News report on Tuesday. Miss Sun Baoling was on a three-day location shooting in Kuching last week for a new SBC serial on160 words
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121 1990-09-29 8 A SIKH originally from Singapore was jailed for six years in Melbourne on Tuesday for paying Australian women to marry Sikhs so they could live in Australia. Satwant Singh, 31, paid eight Australian women up to A 57.500 (SSU.IOO) each to marry Sikhs from121 words
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Article, Illustration220 1990-09-29 8 MR GOH Joon Seng. 55. an advocate and solicitor, will be Singapore’s newest judicial commissioner from Oct 1. His appointment, announced last Friday in a press statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, makes him the seventh judicial commissioner appointed under an 11-year-old scheme providing220 words
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Article, Illustration425 1990-09-29 8 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik SCENE: Over Phuket Island in Thailand, a Qantas jumbo jet with some 380 passengers and crew aboard is flying towards Singapore. Suddenly a huge US Air Force transport plane heading north looms into view, barely missing the jumbo by425 words
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480 1990-09-29 8 FOOD is going to be big business at Changi Airport’s new Terminal 2. And firms have been bidding fiercely for a chance to open their business there. Apart from continental, Chinese and Japanese restaurants and fast food outlets, which Terminal480 words
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260 1990-09-29 8 V. Prema - By V. Prema THE Board of Film Censors has lifted its ban on the film, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), after an appeal by the Singapore Film Society The film, which was to have been shown to the society's members at the260 words
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Article, Illustration375 1990-09-29 9 FOUR Singaporean women went shopping over the weekend and splurged more than $60,000 on exclusive Gianni Versace gowns. Three of the big spenders, who all declined to give their names, each ordered a $lO,OOO black crepe wool gown, which was the375 words
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Article, Illustration564 1990-09-29 9 Mathew Pereira - Joint training to promote a singular spirit and common set of values By Mathew Pereira FUTURE officers of the thrpe services of the Singapore Armed Forces will forge even closer ties among themselves with the introduction of joint cadet training. They will train together564 words
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Article, Illustration476 1990-09-29 9 Shortage of training grounds on mainland reason for using island SAF troops are now training on Pulau Sudong in the Southern Islands as one way of maximising the use of training areas. The Southern Islands are used by the Republic of SingaporePicture from Pioneer. - 476 words
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MALAYSIA
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489 1990-09-29 10 He hopes disclosure of $325,000 loan will pre-empt graft charges Bernama CHANGLUN (Kedah) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has disclosed a plan to build a new house for himself, using a M 5500,000 (*****.000) government loan. He said he was disclosingBernama - 489 words
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391 1990-09-29 10 Operators of get-rich-quick scheme abscond with millions NST. ALOR STAR Thousands of people swamped the office of the operators of a get-rich-quick scheme here on Tuesday as news spread that the operators had absconded with millions of ringgit. The crowd had to be dispersedNST. - 391 words
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205 1990-09-29 10 PENANG Gerakan wants Penang Chief Minister Datuk Dr Lim Chong Eu to contest the next general election and defend his Padang Kota state seat which he has held for 21 years. The Star newspaper on Tuesday quoted party president Datuk Seri Dr Lim205 words
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473 1990-09-29 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Mass rallies, which have been banned in Malaysia for more than 20 years, could be held during the coming general election if the police could maintain peace and safety, the outgoing chairman of the Election Commission told BernamaBernama. - 473 words
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Article, Illustration93 1990-09-29 10 THE Home Ministry held its Family Day in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday and the life and soul of the party was none other than the boss himself, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The Home Minister and Prime Minister gamely took part in most ofNST picture. - 93 words
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218 1990-09-29 10 NST. JOHOR BARU Malaysia Airlines plans to make Johor Baru a major base for domestic and international air travel with direct flights to Hongkong. Jakarta and Perth, MAS district manager Michael Gua said. He said the move was in lineNST. - 218 words
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145 1990-09-29 11 Bernama JOHOR BARU Singapore’s “plastic money" is creating quite a stir in Johor. People in the state are reacting with amusement and perplexity, wondering how to use it. Most of all, they were curious to know if the new form of Singapore currencyBernama - 145 words
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344 1990-09-29 11 KUAI,A LUMPUR Deputy Education Minister Woon See Chin has assured the Chinese community that Mandarin would remain the main medium of instruction in Chinese primary schools under the new Education Act. The status quo would be maintained with the schools using Bahasa Malaysia344 words
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Article, Illustration230 1990-09-29 11 Bernama. SHAH ALAM A prince who killed his own father has been adjudged guilty but insane by the court here. The High Court which passed the judgment last Friday, ruled that the 26-year-old prince, Tengku Raihan Tengku DatukBernama. - 230 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration479 1990-09-29 11 AFP MANILA The Philippines has told the United States that it wants joint use of Clark Air Base by January and American troops completely withdrawn from the base in 12 months, a top negotiator on the issue said on Wednesday. ManilaAFP; Jakarta Post picture. - 479 words
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129 1990-09-29 11 – PAUL JACOB - PAUL JACOB. JAKARTA Trade and Industry Minister liee listen lowing and hLs wife attended a wedding reception hosted by newly-wed Retired Admiral Sudomo and hLs wife here on Tuesday night. Mr Sudomo, Indonesia’s Co-ordinat-ing Minister for Political and Security Affairs, and129 words
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Article, Illustration133 1990-09-29 11 TAN LIAN CHOO - TAN LIAN CHOO. BANGKOK Mr Rama Kannabiran, 47, a Tamillanguage writer, is the Singapore winner of this year’s South-east Asia Write Awards. The annual regional literary awards were presented on Tuesday by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at The Oriental hotel. Mr KannabiranBangkok Post picture. - 133 words
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420 1990-09-29 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA President Su harto said the practice hert of always seeking “direc tives” and "guidance” frorr superiors could stifle initia tive and creativity and has called for the habit to bt abandoned. “People still asking foi guidance and420 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article631 1990-09-29 12 SEPT 28. 1990 IN a climate of sometimes hot debate about managing race relations in Singapore, the results of a recent survey have come like a cool breeze. There had been some concern that Singaporeans were beginning to think more in ethnic than in national terms,631 words
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Article633 1990-09-29 12 SEPT 27. 1990 THE importance of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s visit to the Soviet Union becomes clearer when it is examined against the state of bilateral relations since the first trip Mr Lee made to the country in 1970 Those relations scarely moved forward633 words
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Article644 1990-09-29 12 SEPT 25. 1990 THE Parliamentary Select Committee hearings on the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Bill which ended last Friday demonstrate clearly that there is general acceptance among Singaporeans of the need for legislation to establish ground rules on what is, and is not, acceptable behaviour644 words
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878 1990-09-29 12 Alan Johr - Viewpoint Independent schools’ fee hike By Alan Johr AS NEWS broke out two weeks ago of the new round of fee increases at independent schools, a family friend with two children in secondary school described what it will mean for878 words
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ANALYSIS
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Article2428 1990-09-29 13 As the chip becomes smaller in size, its contribution to manufacturing grows bigger. Dr Goh Keng Swee examines what makes the chip tick so strongly in the economic progress of Singapore and the region. Part Two of Singapore and the development issues of the 1990 s2,428 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration752 1990-09-29 14 Magdalene Lum gains an insight into life in two kampung in Singapore, before they made way for progress BALIK kampung. In Malay, this means going back to your own village or roots the community where you grew up. The word ‘‘kampung’' is associated with nostalgia for days752 words
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Article, Illustration712 1990-09-29 14 Ismail Kassim - Joget days are here again and it’s full house almost every night By Ismail Kassim OLD-TIMERS in Singapore can still remember fondly the cabarets in the three entertainment worlds known as Great, Happy and New and of course, Bunga Tanjong the “joget moden” dance hall at New World. Those were712 words
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MONEY
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Article, Illustration467 1990-09-29 15 John Tan - Its mega-stores will offer ‘lifestyle’ shopping in massive complex By John Tan BT YAOHAN, which changed local shopping habits with its first supermarket here 16 years ago, is about to do it all over again. Its new project will see "lifestyle” shopping– BT - 467 words
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Article, Illustration414 1990-09-29 15 JAPANESE department stores in Singapore have begun to diversify into other activities such as specialty retailing and advertising. According to a recent issue of The Japan Economic Journal (JEJ), a leading Japanese financial weekly, the move was prompted by fierce competition, rising rentals and a414 words
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484 1990-09-29 15 SEVERAL local companies, stuck with shipments of goods that their Middle East customers have cancelled, have been forced to find new markets in places like Eastern Europe and Africa. Several local companies said that the Aug 2 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq484 words
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301 1990-09-29 15 A $lOO-MILLION wholesale fashion mart will be set up on the present Singapore Warehouse premises by 1992. It will be jointly managed by Parkway Holdings and American company Mart Management Inc, which runs a similar project in the 325.000-sq301 words
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Article3169 1990-09-29 16 TRANSACTION DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1990 Gr 1990 T*l Last Vol Day Last Quote niv N#l High Low Cod* Company Sale Of* 000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E I INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 277 152 1 1000 Acma 169 -4 40 173 16« 168 169 290 165 1142 Ale» mdgs3,169 words
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514 1990-09-29 17 The weekly share market review NEWS of higher oil prices and concern over a sliding Straits Times Industrials Index breeching the psychological 1,000-mark, led investors to engage in stop-loss selling on the Singapore stock market. The main factor for the current bearish phase was the514 words
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Article2238 1990-09-29 17 TRANSACTION DATE: SEPTEMBER 28, 1990 1990 Tel Lest Vol Day Last Quote Gre Dlv Net High QC< Lew Qn Code Company an Sale or* 000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E at 157 all 88% 4000 Amtek Eng20c 95 82 99 12 ON 11 4 128 80 4008 F2,238 words
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Article175 1990-09-29 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index led 49.71 points on the week to 1098.68. DAY CLOSK TURNOVER Monday 1132.7r<—15.65) 32.27 m ($56 80 m) Tuesday 1113 19 (-1955) 43 10 m ($74 82 m) Wednesday 1104 24 (-8.95) 43.33 m ($83 73 m) Thursday 1107.05175 words
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Article642 1990-09-29 17 ►ftO«y September 7t MKJ Amoy Properties 2 975 »0 07$ Allied Overseas 063 •001 Ash Sec Int'l 16' -001 As a Sec War 9' 0 25 unch Allied rw 064 001 Bond Corp Int'l f 39 -00' Bond Corp War 91 064 unch Bank 0* EA 12 TO -0642 words
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Article, Illustration455 1990-09-29 18 Yong Pow Ang - Firms move from property and hotel development to manufacturing By Yong Pow Ang BT. SINGAPOREAN investment in China is gradually moving beyond property and hotel development and into manufacturing, says Mr Wang Jiu An, the Commercial Representative of the People’s Republic of China in Singapore.BT. - 455 words
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Article530 1990-09-29 18 Week ended Sept 21 Week ended Sept 21. Compiled by Business Times itifMTPn nrcm tc AUDITED RESULTS Company Date Year Group Nat Nat earning» Grots ann to profit/:«>i (l) par thara dividend COOO) (cants) 1 Cement Sep 10 Mai 90 *1.771(*l.019t) 5 0(—) 25(05) Argi Mua Sep 8Week ended Sept 21. Compiled by Business Times itifMTPn nrcm tc - 530 words
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Article152 1990-09-29 18 Singapore dollar* to one unit ot foreign currency Buying OD US dollar ***** Sterling pound 3.2593 Australian dollar 1.4348 Canadian dollar 1.5024 NZ dollar 1 0628 Singapore dollars to 100 units ot foreign currency Austrian schilling 15 8493 Belgian franc 5 4030 Danish k f onor 29.1469 Deutschemark152 words
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Article110 1990-09-29 18 Contract date: 28/9/90 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 7 V, 7Vh 73» 7 Vi 73» 7'. 02/10/90 4$ 12 5 12 1 4 12'» 12' 12'/« 11 '2 03/10/90 NZ$ 12’/» 13'' 13*4 13 13'« 11 »3110 words
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365 1990-09-29 18 Caroline Chan - July’s 22.3 trade rise highest since Jan: TDB By Caroline Chan SINGAPORE’S total trade volume grew by a robust 22.3 per cent in July compared with the same period last year the highest monthly increase since January. The increase was on the hack of a 26.5-per cent growth in import365 words
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422 1990-09-29 18 Mary Kwang - By Mary Kwang INDIA, Pakistan and Bangladesh, which had depended heavily on Kuwait for oil products, are turning to Singapore refiners for their supplies. A Singapore Petroleum Company spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that Pakistan has invited international tenders for diesel and422 words
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Article322 1990-09-29 18 Manager's prices for Sept 29 Oct 1 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 108-1 15 The Savings Fund 0.86 —0.92 S’pore Prog Fund 0.39-0 42xd S’pore Sec Fund 0 69-0 73 S’pore Invest Fund 0.72-0.77 S'pore Equity Fund 051-054 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund 147-1.56 Mai Prog Fund322 words
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Article, Illustration416 1990-09-29 19 THE five member bodies of the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SFCCI) failed to see eye-to-eye again at Tuesday’s election of a new president, and had to resort to a secret ballot to resolve their differences. At the federation's annual general416 words
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Article1103 1990-09-29 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Alei HkJgs 6% Aug 28 Sep 7 Sep 26 6% 6% AMDS 25% Sep 14 Sep 28 Oct 27 2.5% 2% AMW 10% Sep 21 Oct 5 Nov 1 10% 75%(a) A1,103 words
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369 1990-09-29 19 SINGAPORE Airlines has been named among the top 10 corporate giants in the Pacific Rim excluding Japan by Fortune International, a leading business magazine. It is also the only Singapore enterprise to make it to the list of up-and-coming companies369 words
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Article140 1990-09-29 19 Sales in millions Prolltt in millions Business activities Samsung (South Korea) $35,189 $515 Electronics, shipbuilding, insurance, trading Daewoo (South Korea) $19,981 $115 Electronics, construction, autos, hedvy machinery lucky-Goldstar (South Korea) $19,964 $285 chemicals, trading, «instruction Ssangyong Group (South Korea) $7,422 $172 Cement, trading, oi refining, cohstruction140 words
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Article377 1990-09-29 19 Company Rights Issue Industrial Oiyt«n One forone (a M$0 80 per share Rights issue of SI 00 nominal amount of 5% Redeemable Unsecured loan Stock 1990 1995 with one Transferable Subscription rights for every two existing shares held Ex-date Aug 23 Books close Sep 6 Acceptance Payment Oct377 words
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Article, Illustration520 1990-09-29 20 Massive hotel, office and retail development will revitalise area JAPAN’S Saison Group has become the latest partner in the massive SHOO-million Bugis Junction project. Comprising a hotel, retail and office complex, the development will help revitalise the once-infa-mous Bugis Street area. Earlier indications520 words
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Article, Illustration388 1990-09-29 20 TOUR prices for all major destinations from Singapore are likely to go up by about five per cent from Nov 1. The Intra-Orient Marketing Programme (IMP), a travel industry group that sets the minimum selling price of tour packages, is388 words
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349 1990-09-29 20 SINGAPORE is setting the lead in promoting international co-operation in the fight against commercial crime and abuse, a prominent British specialist in legal and enforcement matters has said. I)r Barry Rider, the executive director of the Centre for International Documentation on Organised and349 words
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Article, Illustration423 1990-09-29 20 Steven Pak - Firm plans to invest s2b in S’pore over next 10 years By Steven Pak UNFAZED by the uncertainties caused by the Gulf crisis, American chemicals giant Du Pont is proceeding with plans to build a $lBO-million synthetic elastic fibre plant in Singapore.423 words
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Advertisement752 1990-09-29 21 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition APPOINTMENTS Singapore Aerospace Systems Singapore Aerospace Systems Pte Ltd is involved in the repair and overhaul of a wide range of military and commercial aircraft components. We invite suitably qualified candidates for the following position: AERONAUTICAL/MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Aeronautical/Mechanical Engineering degree with a minimum of752 words
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Advertisement732 1990-09-29 22 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition APPOINTMENTS '**o MINISTRY <)I DKFKNCK The Ministry of Defence invites applications for the post of R ESEARCH OFFICERS \\V arc looking Tor Research Officers to work in the area of Military Tactics <S; Military Technology for our SAFTI Exhibition Centre. We promise that the732 words
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FORUM
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471 1990-09-29 23 I AM alarmed by the open-minded and easy-going attitude expressed by Mr Peter Boyd in his letter, “Teenagers need more respect, not restrictions” (ST, Sept 13). The views expressed by Mr Boyd may go down well in a Western society, but I do471 words
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Article, Illustration133 1990-09-29 23 HOME has never meant as much to us as it does now, when we are away. While in Singapore, we are contended with our lives and never realised our good fortune. Now that we are thousands of miles away, we realised how much we133 words
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206 1990-09-29 23 A TEACHER'S lot is not to be envied. Having taught for 12 years, I was beginning to fall into a rut. 1 thought the creative part in me as a teacher was gone. But then I was sent to a drama centre.206 words
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Advertisement132 1990-09-29 23 Dear Readers THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numbers. They should preferably be typed, doubled-spaced, on one side of the paper. Brevity is an advantage. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who132 words
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520 1990-09-29 24 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song IT WELL be tough finding candidates who meet the stringent criteria for the Elected President, but the man for the job must be competent because the stakes are high, Trade and Industry Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.520 words
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Article, Illustration310 1990-09-29 24 Asian Games Peng Siong (silver) 50m free Seng Mok (bronze) individual trap Peng Siong, Harold Gan, David Lim and Kenneth Yeo (bronze) 400m relay SINGAPORE won a silver through swimmer Ang Peng Siong, and their second bronze from gun-tot-ting businessman Chng Seng Mok on the fifth310 words