The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 24 November 1990

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    21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1990 Price: 5J1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI (P) 71/8/90
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  • Article
    PM: New team can make S’pore work
    226 1 MR LEE Kuan Yew has given a ringing endorsement of the new leaders, saying that they made an extraordinary team capable of making Singapore work. In his address to the PAP cadres on Sunday, he emphasised that the “greatest achievement would be for
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  • Article
    Chok Tong gives insight into 4 key decisions
    779 1  -  IDPM: Why I picked BG Lee to act as Prime Minister in my absence By Bertha Henson PRIME Minister-designate Goh Chok Tong has given the People’s Action Party faithfuls an insight into how he arrived at the decision to appoint Brig-Gen (Res)
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  • Article
    Top executive, heart specialist picked as NMPs
    621 1 TOP company executive Chee Whye and heart specialist Maurice Choo will be Singapore's first two Nominated Members of Parliament. They were appointed by President Wee Kim Wee and will serve a two-year term, the Speaker’s Office announced on Tuesday. Mr Leong and Assoc
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  • MEN IN THE NEWS
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      Humble beginnings
      223 1 HIS humble beginnings would be his biggest asset when Mr Leong Chee Whye makes his Parliamentary debut as an NMP. For one, he would be able to give Parliament a perspective on the problems of lower income Singaporeans. said his friend of 30 years. Dr Tan Ser Kiat,
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      Man with a ‘fine mind’
      240 1 HE IS a man with a fine mind, one whose interests go beyond medicine, said Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large, Prof Tommy Koh. Asked why he had proposed Assoc Prof Maurice Choo as an NMP, Prof Koh, who is also Director of the Institute of Policy Studies, reeled
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Raja once risked arrest to shelter fugitive Plen says sick Red knew he could trust Raja
      801 2  -  By Sunny Goh COMMUNIST leader Fang Chuang Pi. better known to Singaporeans as The Plen, has revealed how former minister S. Rajaratnam once proved to be a friend indeed to a sick communist. Mr
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    • Article
      13 blood donors found to have Aids virus
      441 2 Victims were detected through screening tests since 1985 THIRTEEN blood donors have been found to be infected with the Aids virus since mid-1985, when screening tests for the HTV virus began. Dr Ong Yong Wan. medical director of the Blood Transfusion Service,
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    • Highlights of interview
      • Article
        The Plen thanks Prime Minister Lee
        157 2 Veteran journalist FOONG CHOON HON spent a week in Bet ong, near the MalaysiaThai border last month. He interviewed The Plen and other former Communist Party of Malaya members. Below are some highlights from a Shin Min Daily News series of articles based on
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      • Article
        Singapore videos at jungle hideaway
        63 2 THREE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation television programmes on this year’s 25th anniversary celebrations have reached the CPM's hideaway village near Betong. For the group of about 50 Singapore communists there, the tapes are a way of keeping in touch with Singapore. Mr Foong observed that the
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      • Article
        Mooncake Festival celebrated in jungle
        68 2 THE Mooncake Festival is celebrated on a grand scale at the CPM village. Communists working in the towns return for the annual celebration, bringing trusted friends, relatives, mooncakes and pomelos. The communists’ own cultural troupe performs to liven up the festive mood. CPM chairman Abdullah
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        Romance and marriage CPM-style
        94 2 ON THE surface, the CPM discouraged marriage and babies for its members. The rationale: in an emergency, pregnant women and children would be a liability. But there was no stopping love from blooming, even in the jungle. At the right time, couples reported to their superiors
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      • Article
        Chin Peng still respected
        103 2 LONG-TIME CPM secretary-general Chin Peng is still respected, even though the CPM has given up its armed struggle. Party members recall his struggles and sacrifices for communism over half a century, and remember that he exposed his predecessor, Lai Teck, as a traitor and saved the
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      Come forward and insure S’pore’s future: Chok Tong
      825 3 First Deputy Prime Minister makes appeal with story of how he became a politician MR GOH Chok Tong told the story of his life last Saturday night when he appealed to reluctant Singaporeans to step forward and serve the nation. The moral
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      Don’t forget dialect roots, BG Yeo tells Chinese Singaporeans
      692 3 CHINESE Singaporeans should not forget their dialect roots or the regions where their ancestors came from, even though they find Mandarin more practical and useful, Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs George Yeo said on Sunday. In a speech
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    • Article
      BG Yeo, Aline Wong in PAP executive body
      377 3 BRIGADIER-GENERAL (Res) George Yeo and Dr Aline Wong are the two new faces who made it into the policy-making body of the People’s Action Party at the cadres' conference on Sunday. Out of a slate of 17 candidates, the Minister of State
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  • HOME
    • Article, Illustration
      Double joy at Orchard Rd the fairyland
      187 4 IT WAS a doable celebration last Saturday as Orchard Road took on a festive air with a Christmas street llght-ap, a fashion show and fair. The entire stretch of the tonrlst belt, from Tndor Court In Tang tin Road to the Dhoby Ghaat
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    • Article
      Quota premiums up for most car groups
      596 4 COEs cost less for small cars, other categories THE vehicle quota premiums for three out of four car categories went up by between $5OO and $2,880 in the latest tender exercise for Certificates of Entitlement (COE). For the remaining car category cars of
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    • Article
      Raja scholarship fund launched
      201 4 PEOPLE in Kampong Glam donated the bulk of the $730,000 collected for an overseas scholarship fund named after their MP of almost three decades, Mr S. Rajaratnam. At the official launch of the scholarship on Tuesday, Mr Loh Meng See, the present MP, said the support
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    • Article, Illustration
      Better-educated SAT men in future will be are trainable
      638 5 FUTURE soldiers of the Singapore Armed Forces will be better educated, and therefore more versatile and trainable. The Minister for Trade and Industry and Second Minister for Defence (Services). Brig-General (Res) l.ee Hsien I.oong made this observation on Wednesday in relation
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    • Article, Illustration
      Death of three commandos: RSAF copter pilot fined $8,000 for negligence
      539 5 AN AIR force helicopter pilot on Wednesday pleaded guilty to a charge of causing the deaths of three servicemen through negligence and was fined $B,OOO. Ng Soon Chai, 29, a Republic of Singapore Air Force captain, negligently released the
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      Locally upgraded tanks top their older cousins
      422 5 THE first of the locally upgraded AMX 13 tanks with “a lot more under the hood” were officially commissioned by BrigadierGeneral (Res) Lee Hsien Loong on Monday. Called the AMX 13 SMI, the light tanks have a new engine which takes them to
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    • Article, Illustration
      $3.7 million heroin haul at airport: HK suspect arrested
      437 6  -  By Leong Chan Teik BARELY 24 hours after nabbing a suspected heroin trafficker. Customs officers at Changi Airport have caught another Hongkonger with $3.7 million worth of heroin strapped to his body. In the latest arrest on Wednesday the drug, weighing
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    • Article
      New Malay radio service
      123 6 RIA is Malay for lively and happy. From Dec 1, it will also be the name of a new Malay-ianguage radio station aimed at the young. From 6 am to midnight daily, it will play a mix of Malay pop, jazz, top hits and evergreens, and
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Malay couples now marrying later and earning more
      694 6  -  By By Yohanna Abdullah MALAY couples are marrying at a later age and are better off financially when they set up their homes. The average age of Malay brides has risen from 23.8 years in 1980 to 25.4 years in 1989, while
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    • Article
      President Wee gets a feel of RSAF’s F16
      351 6 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee felt like an ace Fl 6 fighter pilot for a day when he visited Tengah Air Base on Tuesday. He climbed into the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s latest and most sophisticated fighter aircraft, which even had his
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    • Article, Illustration
      Man gets death for throwing girl from 10th storey flat
      710 7 ‘Death fall after sex’ case THE High Court on Thursday sentenced Hensley Anthony Neville to death, for throwing a 19-year-old girl from the kitchen window of his 10th storey flat six years ago. In passing sentence, Mr Justice Lai Kew
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    • Article
      Percentage of aged in S’pore will be ‘highest among Asean by 2025’
      490 7 SINGAPORE will have the highest percentage of aged in its population among Asean nations by 2025, according to a population expert. And Singaporeans will feel the effect of the ageing population as early as in 10 years’ time,
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      SDS swingles jam Warehouse disco
      430 7 THE organisers had expected a modest turnout at a party to celebrate the Social Development Section’s (SDS) fifth anniversary on Sunday but were they surprised. More than 1,000 members of the SDS jammed the Warehouse discotheque at Havelock Road where the party was held and
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      Move to modify kindergarten programme to suit pupils’ language backgrounds
      840 8  -  By Chua Chong Jin KINDERGARTENS should adjust their existing programmes to cater to the different needs of Singapore children who come from diverse language backgrounds, said Dr Tay Eng Soon. Speaking at the close of the first national kindergarten conference
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    • Article
      ‘Balance is the key’
      496 8 BG Yeo’s advice to graduands: Work with the grain of the material Institute of Education convocation KNOW your students and understand the need for balance between scientific knowledge and the creative arts. This was the advice Brig-adier-General (Res) George Yeo gave to more than 1,000 graduands
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      RJC students to go on study tour of E. Europe
      257 8 EXPERIENCING firsthand the exciting changes that are taking place in Eastern Europe this is the aim of a group of students from Raffles Junior College who are going on a study tour on Dec 5. Forty-six RJC history students, led
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    • SNIPPETS
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        ‘Psychedelic car’ gets green light from ROV
        240 8 THE 1961 Morris Minor painted in a psychedelic mix of seven colours will be allowed on the road in all its multi-hued glory. The arty look of the 1961 model was the brain-child of the Singapore Automotive Engineering Autocenlre (SAE), which overhauled the
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        Guitarist Eric Clapton arrives for concert
        76 8 POPULAR blues guitarist Eric Clapton (left) flew into Singapore without fanfare on Tuesday for his concert today. Clad in a black jacket, T-shirt and denim jeans, Clapton strode straight to a waiting bus. There were no cheering fans at Changi airport. Receiving him were
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        British composer is Distinguished LKY Visitor
        151 8 PROFESSOR Alexander Goehr (right), one of the most respected and influential living British composers, has been appointed Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor from Tuesday to Dec 14. He has composed 54 works including operas, music for theatre and largescale choral and orchestral works. He
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      S’poreans getting taller, study of students shows
      590 9  -  Better nutrition the main reason for this By V. Prema SINGAPOREANS have every reason to walk tall they have become taller and may continue to grow slightly in height in the future. The main reason: Better nutrition. Data collected by the School Health
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      Ethnic groups asserting their identity ‘a healthy trend’
      605 9 Govt to help groups set up museums on cultural heritage, says Chok Tong YES, the races in Singapore are asserting their ethnic identity more strongly, and this is a good and healthy trend, said Mr Goh Chok Tong. But the First Deputy
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      Meet Republic’s tallest man and woman
      499 9  -  By Kwan Chooi Tow BEING the tallest Singaporean can have many disadvantages like failing a driving test three times, riding a motorcycle from the back seat and hitting the ceilings of buses. But for Mr Hardip Singh, 23, it can be a good thing
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  • MALAYSIA
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Umno VP candidates deny making pact
      471 10 They are among the current top four contenders for the posts Run-up to Umno General Assembly Bernama, NST. JOHOR BARU Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Education Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Trengganu Mentri Besar Tan Sri Wan Mokhtar Ahmad have denied
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      Council to decide whether to debate role of the sultans
      389 10  -  debate. Kalimullah Hassan. KUALA LUMPUR The Umno Supreme Council will meet to decide whether to have an open debate on the position of the rulers at the Umno General Assembly on Nov 30. Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba said that
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      MCA members told not to back PAS in Kelantan
      332 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) has instructed members not to support the activities of the opposition Parti Islam (PAS) government to turn Kelantan into an Islamic state. MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik was quoted by The
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      Lock icon Sprucing up time at the Batu Caves
      94 10 THIS human chain at Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur is an example of how many hands help to make light work. About 1,000 men, women and children form a chain all the way up the 272 steps at Batu Caves leading to a
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      Lock icon KL to buy 28 Hawk fighters from Britain
      377 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has agreed to buy 28 Hawk fighter-bombers from Britain valued at Ms 2 billion (Ssl.3 billion), Defence Ministry secretary-general Datuk Nasruddin Bahari has said. The first delivery of the aircraft, which will complement and later replace
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      Lock icon S’pore, Johor to sign new water pact
      303 11 Bernama, NST JOHOR BARU Johor and Singapore will sign a now water agreement in Kuala Lumpur today, after two years of negotiatioas. Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said on Wednesday that details of the agreement would he released today. Prime Minister
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      PM Lee to brief Mahathir on US-S’pore agreement
      423 11 IPOH Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew would visit Kuala Lumpur later this month to brief his Malaysian counterpart, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, on an agreement allowing the United States increased use of military facilities in Singapore, Foreign Minister Datuk Abu
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon Jakarta and Hanoi sign accords
      463 11  -  Suharto ends visit with agreements to promote Viet ties By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto’s first-ever visit to Vietnam ended on Wednesday with the two countries signing an economic, scientific and technical co-opera-tion agreement. They also agreed to set up a joint ministerial-level
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      Lock icon Monkeys to get brunch treat
      152 11 AP. BANGKOK The invitations have gone out. Hundreds of monkeys which have received them are eagerly awaiting their second annual sit-down brunch, courtesy of a hotel owner. Mr Yongyoot Kitwattanusoan, owner of the Lopburi Inn, said he is spending 800.000 baht (5554.080) to prepare the
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      Lock icon Filipino Speaker makes bid for presidency
      362 11 AP MANILA House of Representatives Speaker Ramon Mitra last Thursday became the first person to announce he would run for president in 1992. Mr Mitra called on President Corazon Aquino and told her he was seeking nomination as standard bearer of the pro-administration Struggle
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      Lock icon Thai govt repeals press-control law
      189 11 AP. BANGKOK The Thai government has abrogated a 14-year-old press-control decree that many journalists in Thailand had criticised as an infringement of freedom of the press. Thailand’s constitutional monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, issued a royal decree scrapping Decree 42, the government’s Radio Thailand reported on
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  • COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
    • Article
      Sense of place, sense of time
      626 12 NOV 24. 1990 TO SAY that Vietnam is in South-east Asia is both correct and wrong. It is a geographical fact, of course, but Vietnamese expansionism in Indochina put Hanoi fundamentally at odds with the interests of other South-east Asian nations, especially after the
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      Wealth sharing S’pore-style
      630 12 NOV 21. 1990 FOR those who believe that massive giveaways are a panacea for the poor, a sobering reminder is to be found in Finance Minister Richard Hu's keynote address at an economics conference on income distribution held here last week. He said Eastern Europe and the
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      Firm basis for later learning
      646 12 NOV 20. 1990 EVEN in a decade of dramatic reforms, the proposed changes to the primary school course announced last week by Dr Tony Tan must rank as some of the most far-reaching. The latest proposals go beyond mere refinements to offer a plan of
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      A leader S’poreans can be proud of
      889 12  -  Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong IN four days’ time, Singapore will have a new Prime Minister, a changeover for which Singaporeans have been prepared as long ago as 1987 when Mr Lee Kuan Yew started talking publicly about retirement. As “the old order
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Management of state enterprises
      1868 13 Although China advanced rapidly between 1984 and 1987, serious weaknesses in the system were unaddressed, resulting in last year’s discontent, says Dr Goh Keng Swee in the second of a three-part analysis of the country’s economic growth. AS an expose of the strategic thinking behind the
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  • FEATURE
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      Airtropolis now
      839 14 A mini-city. A place where the traveller’s needs reign supreme. Every facet of the buildings that make up Changi Airport reflects that vision. And with the opening of Terminal Two, which began operations on Thursday, Singapore is one step closer to the creation of the Airtropolis, reports Choy
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      SIA’s $5m transit lounge
      383 14 SINGAPORE Airlines’ Silver Kris Lounge at Terminal 2 is a $5-mil-lion wonder. It is 2,750 sq m big and can seat 550 people making it probably the largest in the world. SlA’s director of marketing Joseph Chew, who said this at the lounge’s opening on Tuesday,
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  • MONEY
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      Republic’s problem to find market niches: PM
      416 15 SINGAPORE’S problem will increasingly be one of finding niches which offer the best returns for its role in the distribution of knowledge. said Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Mr Lee said that more and more, Singapore is moving into an age of Information
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      Companies less optimistic about prospects in the next six months
      463 15  -  By Mary Kwang MORE than three months into the Gulf crisis, Singapore companies have become much less optimistic about the immediate business prospects, with stockbroking and transport firms being the most pessimistic. The latest quarterly business expectations survey of more
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      Globalisation is new key to Singapore’s economic dynamism: Mah
      486 15  -  By Gob Eng Yeow SINGAPORE. which has so far concentrated on making its go<xls and services glol> ally competitive, will now have to globalise its businesses and citizens, said Mr Mah Bow Tan on Wednesday. On the last point, the Minister
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      New scheme to promote S’pore as convention hub
      345 15 A NEW Approved International Fair (AIF) scheme has been launched to develop Singapore into a premier international centre for trade fairs and conventions. Announcing this on Tuesday, Trade Development Board’s chief executive officer, Mr Yeo Seng Teck, said the TDB-managed scheme, which
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      SMA exploring business opportunities in Burma and Vietnam
      385 15  -  By Caroline Chan THE Singapore Manufacturers' Association (SMA) has joined the rush to exploit the economic potential of Vietnam and Burma, two countries which are beginning to open their doors to foreign investments. A SMA spokesman on Monday confirmed that a eight-member
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    • Article
      SES MAIN BOARD
      3121 16 TRANSACTION DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 1990 Grs 1990 Tol Last Vol Day Last Quote DI» High Low Cod* Company Sale -or000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E l INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 277 152 t 1000 Acma 173 169 171 290 165 1142 Alex Hldgs 50c 210 60 389 245 112
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      Punters focus on few local stocks
      511 17 The weekly share market report WITH the situation in the Gulf providing few pointers for equities worldwide, punters chose to focus on local developments this week even as the Singapore stock market continued to wallow in lethargy. “Nothing much has hap-(K-ned in the past
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      Clob International
      2083 17 TRANSACTION DATE: NOVEMBER 23, 1990 SESDAQ 1990 Tel Lad Vol Day Last Quote Or Dlv Net High Low Cod# Company Sale -or ooc High Low Buyer Seller P/E 128 80 1269 Fuji OW»at20c 120 105 10 ON 118 300 13V 1266 GB Hidgs20e 135 cd 120 135 10
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      DAY-TO-DAY STOCK INDICES
      162 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Index rose 10.45 points on the week to 1128.80. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday fnday 1122 75 4 4) 1126 98 4 23) *****8 (000) 1127 57 0 59) *****0 1 23) 36 00m (S59 84m) 47 21m ($85
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      HONGKONG
      628 17 Friday No* 2] HKI Amoy Properties 3 425 unch Allied Overseas 0 76 uoch Asia Sec In! 1 1 94 ♦001 Asia Sec War 91 Aiiieo tw 0 215 0750 unch ♦0 01 Bond Corp Int i Bond Corp war 91 1 56 056 -001 -0 01 Bank ol
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      Govt rejected Hotel Prop’s land sale to prevent speculation
      484 18  -  By Doreen Siow THE Government has disallowed Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) to sell off half its Orchard Boulevard site on the grounds that the listed company was speculating on the property. Replying to questions from The Straits Times on Thursday, the
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      COMPANY RESULTS
      577 18 Compied by Business Times. AUDITED RESULTS C«m*aay Oat* Year Croup Net Nat «anting» Grass ann la prefit/lass <L) par skara dividend coom (cents l H M Glass No* 9 dil 90 M»7 434(89.030) 29 9(36.3) 16TK16TI) GK God No* 9 lun 90 18.167 < 4.1< S(— f*l ms
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      YOUR SINGDOLLAR
      169 18 Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar l 6940 1.7160 Sterling pound 3.3291 3 3908 Australian dollar I 2809 1 3282 Canadian dollar i 4523 1 4864 NZ dollar I 0296 1.0631 Singapore dollars lo 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNIT
      121 18 Contract date: 23/11/90 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 7 1 7 Vi 7'4 7 Vi 6 3 4 6 V. 27/11/90 A$ 11 Vi 11*4 11 10*4 10 Vi 10W 27/11/90 N2$ 12‘4 12 s 12 W
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      Trade team hopes to clinch $72m in deals with Iran
      294 18 A SINGAPORE trade mission to Iran earlier this month expects to secure $72 million worth of contracts in the next 12 months. Organised by the Trade Development Board, it was the first major mission to that country since the IranIraq
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      Telecom to set up ‘Teleshops’ in town centres, shopping centres
      380 18 SINGAPOREANS can soon go to the nearby "Teleshop” to be located at either town centres or shopping centres to buy their telephones, mobile phones, pagers and Teleview terminals. Businessmen can similarly shop for items like facsimile machines, Private Branch Exchange
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      306 18 Manager's prices for November 24 26 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 12-1 19 The Savings Fund 0.89-0 95 Spore Prog fund 0 40-0 43 S pore Sec Fund 0.71-0 76 S pore Invest Fund 0.75-0.80 S pore Equity Fund 053-0 56 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest fund
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      Osaka city to market its import trade centre here
      369 19 SMA and furniture manufacturers among those interested in renting space THE City of Osaka office here, which celebrated its first anniversary last month, expects to start a local marketing drive for the International Trade Mart at Osaka City’s Asia and Pacific
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      734 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year AIS8 10% (b) Jan 4 Jan 18 Jan 28 10% 12% Ant ah 6%(b) Nov 22 Dec 6 Dec 28 6% 6% Bcrjaya Corpn 6% Nov 7 Nov 21 Dec 14 12%
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      S’pore developers planning huge projects in Xiamen
      452 19  -  Currently underway are 2 major private housing projects By Goh Eng Yeow XIAMEN Singapore developers are planning mul-ti-million-dollar construction projects in Xiamen, Fujian. At least two major private housing projects are currently underway the Jia Lian Gardens and the Taiwan Villa. Jia I.ian
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      377 19 Company Rights Issue CWA Five-for-four <a M$4 00 per share Ex-date Nov 23 Books close Dec 7 Acceptance Payment NYA Fmtex One-for-one (a MJ1 00 per share Ex-date Nov 5 Books close Nov 19 Acceptance Payment N V A M Banking One-tor two <u MS5 00 per share
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      Asean adopts Growth Triangle concept for energy co-operation
      425 20  -  By Abby Tan Manila Correspondent MANILA Asean energy ministers has adopted a Singapore initiative to push for regional energy co-oper-ation along the lines of the Growth Triangle concept. A joint statement issued at the end of their two-day meeting here last Friday
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      S’pore and Johor to jointly attract investors
      212 20 JOHOR and Singapore are planning to undertake joint promotional and marketing efforts to draw foreign investments. Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Haji Muhyiddin Yassin, who disclosed this, said this will help develop the whole region as a premier investment spot. The Johor-Singapore-Ba-tam economic
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      Rubber association to revamp trading system
      356 20 Plans may include setting up of a formal rubber futures exchange THE Rubber Association of Singapore (RAS) is planning to carry out a revamp of the rubber trading system in Singapore by next year. It is believed that this revamp could include the establishment
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      Kuok’s Allgreen Properties wins $188.8m STPB tender
      281 20 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) has reaped almost $193 million from the sales by tender of two parcels of land bounded by Tanglin and Grange Roads. The first award, worth $lBB.B million, went to the Kuok Group’s Allgreen Properties Ltd which will
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  • FORUM
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      Build some flexibility into the weekend-car scheme
      524 23 On weekend-car scheme I READ with interest the report headlined “Weekend cars by next year" (ST. Nov 12). Perhaps the Ministry of Communications would like to consider these suggestions: Owners of weekend cars should he given the option to convert to normal cars
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    • Article
      Rethink plan to allow car use in the evenings
      210 23 I AM in agreement with most of the proposals suggested by Dr Winston Lee (see above) but feel that more thought should be given to allowing weekend cars to be used in the evenings on weekdays. My fear is that a
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