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Title Section21 1991-03-02 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1991 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MCI (P) 71/8/9021 words
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Article, Illustration785 1991-03-02 1 Mary Kwang - It is also to build economic resilience By Mary Kwang FINANCE Minister Dr Richard Hu yesterday unveiled a ‘‘Shenton Way” Budget with several tax incentives for the financial sector, as well as a half percentage-point increase in total Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution rate from July 1.785 words
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Article290 1991-03-02 1 Central Provident Fund One percentage point increase in the employer’s contribution rate ana a half-oomt reduction in the employee’s rate with effect from July 1, 1991. Tax breaks for individuals Property tax refund with effect from April 1, 1991 on vacant residential buildings undergoing construction290 words
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171 1991-03-02 1 SINGAPORE welcomed the announcement by President Bush that the US and its coalition partners were suspending hostilities in the Gulf war. Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng, in a statement on Thursday, said that Singapore shared the joy of the Kuwaiti people at the liberation171 words
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Advertisement13 1991-03-02 1 r Singaporeans must decide on the kind of society they want: Back Page13 words
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Advertisement14 1991-03-02 1 RIOAN3< gXfR 'Jg p b!m£ m-Tiaai t>i"lĕV»-\ IV <2 »n’t lo.ivi* home without them.14 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration656 1991-03-02 2 i-eong Chan Teik - By i-eong Chan Teik WORK or tne l<>krr extension of the MRT line to Woodlands will start later this year and is expected to be completed in five to seven yeas. The $1 billion extension, which will run from Yishunmwgraone» Dy TIEN CHUNG PING - 656 words
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Article, Illustration628 1991-03-02 2 Elaine Tan - By Elaine Tan WOMAN was found murdered last Saturday m a Pasir Ris house after burglars escaped with $22 700 worth of jeweller. Madam Jasmel Kaur. 37, a nurse was killed around midnigh* while her two vourg children were sleeping in anotner bedroom628 words
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456 1991-03-02 2 Ben Davidson - By Ben Davidson THE Monetary Autnor.f. of Singapore 'MAS ‘as given permission to as.< the High Court to imprison a former woman employee for allegedly making nuisance calls to certain excolleagues Judy Liew Kiat Phin, a former MAS clerk, kept456 words
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263 1991-03-02 3 ABOUT 40 people have volunteered to spend three weeks teaching English in rural Indonesia. But fewer than 10 will be picked for the job in a pilot project to be iaunched this June, Mrs Esther Tan, director (Youth) of the People’s263 words
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371 1991-03-02 3 THE first batch of secondary school students to take their 0 levels in the 90s started the decade well with 68.9 per cent of them scoring at least five passes in their exams last year. The latest results, released on Tuesday,371 words
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Article, Illustration310 1991-03-02 3 WHILE most of her peers dread the very word, top student Li Dongjin thrives on the pressure that comes with examinations. In fact, the Raffles Girls’ School student, who scored 11 Als in her GCE O-level examinations, attributes her ability to fight off the310 words
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Article, Illustration178 1991-03-02 3 ACADEMIC excellence runs in the Chua family. Chua Kok Wee (right), the son of a taxi driver and housewife, scored II Als in the «CE O-level examinations last year. Ills sister, IMng Ping, had eight distinctions when she took her exams in 1988. And178 words
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431 1991-03-02 3 New name among the changes in upgrading plans this year VOCATIONAL institutes will get an improved image and more autonomy over how they run their institutes this year. Among the changes in store: EACH VI will be known by a new name Technical431 words
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PARLIAMENT
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MPs debate the Presidential Address
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Article, Illustration727 1991-03-02 4 Civic organisations need to play their part, says BG Yeo SINGAPORE needs an array of non-government committees and civic organisations, at home and abroad, to help Singaporeans govern themselves, so that Singapore can be governed with a light touch and not a heavy727 words
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Article, Illustration442 1991-03-02 4 MR CHIAM SEE TONG on Thursday called for immediate negotiations between Singapore and Malaysia to form an economic union. The proposed union will expand the small domestic market for Singapore products, the opposition MP for Potong Pasir told Parliament. It will also442 words
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Article, Illustration277 1991-03-02 4 WILL Singaporeans welcome an economic union with Malaysia 7 Mr Heng Chiang Meng (Cheng San GRC) said they would. But it would be difficult, he added, to achieve the proposal by Mr Chiam See Tong (Potong Pasirt for Singapore277 words
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Article, Illustration220 1991-03-02 4 VETERAN diplomat Tommy Koh is to head the new National Arts Council when it is set in June This was disclosed in Parliament on Thursday by Acting Minister for Information and the Arts 'Mita* George Yeo. who said Professor Koh was helping him220 words
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Article, Illustration801 1991-03-02 5 It wants Singaporeans to feel this is their home: Davinder THE Goh Chok Tong Government will definitely deliver the goods as promised in its long-term plans in Singapore: The Next I.ap, but it wants to do so with the support of801 words
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588 1991-03-02 5 SINGAPORE should woo its emigrants back and lay out the red carpet for them, just as it does for immigrants from elsewhere. This call was made by MPs Chng Hee Kok (Tiong Bahru GRC) and Heng Chiang Meng (Cheng San588 words
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Article, Illustration358 1991-03-02 5 GOVERNMENT Parliamentary Committees must be given more support if they are to play the more prominent role promised in the President’s Address, Mr Eugene Yap (Mountbatten) said. Although People's Action Party MPs were already doing a good job,358 words
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Article, Illustration615 1991-03-02 6 THE Government needs to give careful and constant thought to ways ot protecting racial harmony and multi-racialism. These are concepts that require “constant affirmation" until they are internalised by Singaporeans. Mr K. Shanmugam <Sembawang615 words
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Article, Illustration633 1991-03-02 6 SIEW CHOH CRITICISES PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS, BUT MPS TAKE UP GAUNTLET FOUR MPs stood up to opoosp Non-Constituency MP Lee Siew Choh s proposal to amend the motion before the House. Dr Lee wanted to amend the motion to express regret that the Presidential633 words
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Article, Illustration103 1991-03-02 6 NCMP Dr Lee Slew Choh proposed an amendment to the Motion of Thanks to the President which first read as: “We, the Parliament of the Republic of Singapore, express our thanks to the President for the speech which he delivered on behalf of the opening of103 words
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699 1991-03-02 6 THE Government should be more "thick-skinned” about public criticism and provide channels for the airing of legitimate grievances and differences of opinion. Mr Davinder Singh (Toa Pavoh) said on Tuesday And when proven wrong, it should be gracious enough to admit its errors699 words
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509 1991-03-02 7 OPEN Government. I>ess Government. A kinder, gentler Government. In a nutshell, these terms describe what MPs sought of the Goh Chok Tong Government when Parliament sat on Tuesday. They welcomed the Government's promise to widen public participation in policy-making, applauding the move to509 words
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Article, Illustration685 1991-03-02 7 Classes from 8.110 am to 3.80 pm. with optional after-school lessons till 6 pm School fees will be raised to $25, but part of it can be paid through Edusave 1 ROM next year, a selected number of primary scnools will go685 words
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Article, Illustration473 1991-03-02 7 Arthur Beng champions the male libido WHY do Singapore men excel in the boardroom but not in the bedroom? Dr Arthur Beng (Fengshan) raised this question in Parliament on Tuesday when he spoke about the need for more young Singaporeans to get married473 words
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333 1991-03-02 7 IT IS time for Singapore to play a bigger role and adopt a higher profile on the world stage, several MPs said on Tuesday. They cited the country’s participation in international efforts in the Gulf, Namibia and the Philippines to show that333 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration470 1991-03-02 8 AFTER eight days of live telecasts from Cable News Network, professionals in the financial industry in Singapore say it is a useful complement to their usual sources of up-to-date news and should lx- extended beyond the one-month period The 12-hour coverage from Mondays470 words
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411 1991-03-02 8 MALE A-level school leavers without full certificates can sign on as NCOs and retake their exams under a new scheme introduced in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Known as the A-level Study Programme (ALSP), the scheme is in line with the411 words
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Article, Illustration328 1991-03-02 8 AN EVEN greater degree of openness in the Ministry of Defence is what the new Director of Public Affairs is committed to. Colonel Ramachandran Menon, 50. who took over the appointment yesterday from Colonel Kwan Yue Yeong. said information on things328 words
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264 1991-03-02 8 A MAN brought home $9,675 of computer parts stolen from an exhibition booth. But his wife, who wanted help to operate the equipment, looked up the Yellow Pages and unknowingly called the owners. Slvasurian Kolanthavelu. 31. surrendered to police after his wife was arrested.264 words
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SNIPPETS
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166 1991-03-02 8 CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How created legal historv on Monday when he became the first Supreme Court judge to sit in the Subordinate Courts. In the morning, Chief Justice Yong sat with District Judge Hamzah Moosa in the Registrar's Court (Court 14)166 words
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Article, Illustration150 1991-03-02 8 PROFESSOR Chan Hong Choc (right) returned to Singapore on Tuesday after two years as the Republic’s Ambassador to the United Natioas. Foreign Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has confirmed that Prof Chan was leaving Singapore’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. But he150 words
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171 1991-03-02 8 TWO Thai workers died after they were apparently overcome by gas while working in a manhole in Cecil Street early on Monday. Police said the men, Mr Nakhon Phanom, 26. and Mr Suang Phoonpakhon, 27, died in hospital an hour after the incident.171 words
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187 1991-03-02 8 THE long-dormant Malay Village in Geylang Serai will spring to life once more when it opens next month for the Hari Raya Puasa festivities. Non-Ma-lay traders are also invited to sell their wares during this two-month period starting March 10. According to Majlis187 words
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Article, Illustration515 1991-03-02 9 Foo Choy Peng - By Foo Choy Peng Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Three Hong-kong-based tycoons with dose links to Singapore have been roped in to help set up the republic’s first international primary school for children of Singaporeans and other nationalities. Entertainment baron Sir Run515 words
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747 1991-03-02 9 Zuraidah Ibrahim - By Zuraidah Ibrahim THE day he swopped his "multi-coloured shirt and pants" for a white-and-white PAP outfit was also the day Mr Yatiman Yusof found out that he had lost part of the Malay ground. More than a dozen letters747 words
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183 1991-03-02 9 A GARMENT factory owner became the first to be convicted under the new Employment of Foreign Workers Act for employing a foreign worker without a work permit. Lee Hwee Yeow. of Hudson Garments Manufacturer at Kallang Bahru, was fined $7,200 the minimum183 words
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264 1991-03-02 9 THE Government Parliamentary Committee for Law and Home Affairs will propose and push for electronic tagging of drug offenders as a substitute for imprisonment at the Budget Debate next month. Dr Arthur Beng, the GPC chairman, said last Saturday he was264 words
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Article, Illustration418 1991-03-02 9 HONGKONG came to Singapore last Saturday night when some 1,800 new immigrants from the colony met in a Lunar New Year gathering at a hotel. To the tune of Hongkong ballads from a stage singer, Singapore’s new permanent residents reminisced over their favourite418 words
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MALAYSIA
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433 1991-03-02 10 Prime Minister." Bernama. KOTA KINABAL' Chief Minister Datuk Josenh Pan in Kitingan has denied tha» his ruling Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) government was planning to take Sabah out of Malaysia and make it an independent state "I do not know ofPrime Minister." — Bernama. - 433 words
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Article, Illustration419 1991-03-02 10 Bernama. KOTA KINABALU Berjaya, which ruled Sabah for nine years from 1976. is to dissolve itself to allow its members to join Umno. The party took the decision to support Sabah Umno at a meeting of the Berjaya supreme council chairedBernama. - 419 words
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Article, Illustration606 1991-03-02 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday outlined a 30-year master pian (o turn Malaysia into a developed country on par with the industrialised world bv the year 2020 He said a Key underpinning of606 words
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Article, Illustration209 1991-03-02 10 northern Sumatra and southern Thailand. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The federal government is seriously looking into the possibility of turning the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Butterworth into an international airport. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik on Monday said thenorthern Sumatra and southern Thailand. Bernama. - 209 words
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300 1991-03-02 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR The hereditary head of Selangor state, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz, disturbed by the loss of life in the Gulf war, has cancelled celebrations for his 65th birthday, on March 8. "It will not be appropriate for me to celebrate my birthday thisBernama. - 300 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration695 1991-03-02 11 Tan Lian Choo - ‘Power will be restored to people after political reforms in place’ Thai coup aftermath By Tan Lian Choo Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand’s new military junta, which seized power n a bloodless coup :asi Saturday, has pledged to return the country to a695 words
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202 1991-03-02 11 Reuter JAKARTA .t.donesia is sotting up an interest-free Islamic I ans to get round a Muslim taooo on usury. "Many mamas ireugious scholars Piieve canning is usury atm usury is forbidden bj Isiam said dr Ali Yafie c! Die Indonesian Llamas Council (MUI* whichReuter - 202 words
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466 1991-03-02 11 Paui Jacob - By Paui Jacob .akarta Corresoonoent JAKARTA Junior Industry Minister Tungki Ariwibowo has sought to correct an impression tnat the ;evei ot Jakarta s participation in ■he Growth Triangle couid draw resources away from development in eastern Indonesia. This came alter newspal>ers here on Wednesday466 words
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190 1991-03-02 11 Reuter. JAKARTA Jakarta, whose wealthy residents usually fly to neighbouring Singapore for their shopping sprees, wants to be Asia's next shoppers paradise, the Antara news agency said. "Development gains in the city show support for the plan,” it quoted tourism official M.Reuter. - 190 words
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492 1991-03-02 11 Reuter. HONGKONG Major donor countries and international organisations on Tuesdav pledged US$3.3 billion (555.6 billion) in fresh loans and aid to the Philippines in a last-ditch attempt to prop up the country’s debt-burdened economy. But officials warned Manila that theReuter. - 492 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article667 1991-03-02 12 MARCH 2. 1991 WHEN the world last faced crises in the Gulf the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the start of the Iraq-Iran war the year after the American President of the time declared the “moral equivalent of war” and came out with a stiff energy667 words
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Article646 1991-03-02 12 FFB27. 1991 INDIAN President Ramaswamy Venkataraman's call for a stop to the power struggles that have been undermining the government will fall on sympathetic ears among his countrymen. However, the plea is unlikely to mean much to those it is directed at. the politicians themselves. Indians should set646 words
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Article648 1991-03-02 12 FEB 26. 1991 DISAPPOINTING though the latest Thai military coup may have been to those who had hoped that democracy had finally taken root in Thailand, it cannot have come as a great surprise to anyone, its main victim included. As a former general who is reputed to648 words
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897 1991-03-02 12 Tan Sai Siong - Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong I WONDER how many Singaporeans who read the potted political and social history of Kuwait which The Straits Times reproduced on Feb 12 from The Independent Magazine got the feeling I did that there but for the grace of897 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration1045 1991-03-02 13 Han Fook Kwang focuses on the political challenge implicit in the just published Government book, Singapore: The Next Lap NKW leadership. A new chapter in Singapore's history. A new lap in the race1,045 words
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Article, Illustration989 1991-03-02 13 What was it like at the beginning of the first lap of the race? Indeed, what were the first visions? Chua Mui Hoong delves into the archives and dusts off a 1959 PAP document. The night-soil collector was still making his rounds. Babies were being989 words
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Article, Illustration1529 1991-03-02 14 Is it a trend young people preferring to travel the less conventional path of life, taking long breaks after university graduation or from work? Those who opt to drop out of the rat race admit that they could be a hit mad but swear there is1,529 words
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886 1991-03-02 14 1N EDUCATION, the road less travelled is now taken by a small group of young Singaporeans who believe in doing things their way. Instead of going up the educational ladder taking the usual route, they have made detours in diverse wavs. Some886 words
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MONEY
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398 1991-03-02 15 THE fastest-growing sector last year was the financial and business services sector, which grew by H. 9 per cent and contributed 3.4 percentage points to the nation's overall growth The Annual Economic Survey for 1990 released on Tuesday showed that the financial398 words
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665 1991-03-02 15 Narendra; Aggarwal - Annual Economic Survey 1990 By Narendra Aggarwal THE Singapore economy can expect to grow this year at the higher end of the 3 to 6-per665 words
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299 1991-03-02 15 FOREIGN multinationals in Singapore are still getting a rate of return of about 15 percentage points higher than that in their home countries despite the wen' cost increases here In conjunction with the release of official profitabilityindicators for the first299 words
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391 1991-03-02 15 THE Government registered a surplus of $3.2 billion last year, down 34.7 per cent from 1989's surplus of $4.9 billion However, statutory boards' surplus was up 12.5 per cent from 1989 to $2.7 billion last year The Annual Economic Survey391 words
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Article, Illustration359 1991-03-02 15 Reactions to the Gulf ceasefire SINGAPORE can expect a robust second half-year with an early end to the Gulf war, according to business community leaders here. The ceasefire will boost business prospects for flagging industries like those engaged in359 words
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Article5554 1991-03-02 16 TRANSACTION DATE: MARCH 1, 1991 Gr's 1990/91 Tal Lest Vol Day Last Quote Oiv Net Hflh LOW Cod* Company Sale Of000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 277 '52 1000 Acma 210 SUSP 290 166 1142 Ale* Hldgs 50c 255 60 47 2 245 112 t5,554 words
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523 1991-03-02 17 The weekly share market report THK Straits Times Industrials Index continued its climb, ending the week. 52.53 points higher at 1462.98 The period of consolidation at the stock market. ex|)ected by most analysts, did not materialise. Investors were unperturbed when the ground523 words
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Article155 1991-03-02 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Indei rose 52.53 points on the week to 1462.98. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1417 26 6 81) *****m ($203 23m) Tuesday 1432 78 15 52) 146 39m ($265 40m) Wednesday 1443 35 10 57) 131.21m ($238 71m) Thursday 1459 57155 words
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Article638 1991-03-02 17 Friday March 1 HKS Amoy Properties 420 0» Allied Overseas 08? -0 01 Asia Sec Int i 2 25 ‘0 15 Asia Sec Wa- 91 0 090 -»0,019 Allied TW 0 86 unch Bond Corp Int'l ..1.11 »002 Bond Corp War 91 0.346 0 075 Bank o! EA 16638 words
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385 1991-03-02 18 Annual Management Awards LOCAL businessmen should seize the opportunity to expand regionally in the present climate of good inter-government ties, said Deputy Prime Minister !.ee Hsien losing yesterday. Noting that cordial intergovernment ties will set a tone of confidence for385 words
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327 1991-03-02 18 FOUR Singapore companies on Wednesday emerged winners of the first Management Awards after passing with flying colours a rigorous year-long selection test. Singapore Airlines (SIA), Neptune Orient Lines (NOLi, Westin Stamford Westin Plaza and NTUC FairPriee were singled out for management excellence327 words
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Article102 1991-03-02 18 Contract data: 1/3/91 CURRENCY 1 MIH 3 MIH 6 MIH 9 MIH 12 MIH cut VALUE DATE JS$ 6-'» 6*4 6 6 6 5*3 5/3 91 A* 10*3 10 10'» 10 9'. 9*4 9 3 91 N/S 10'« 10% 10 10*4 0 9*3 5/3/91 SIG 12*3 1?102 words
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Article161 1991-03-02 18 Singapore dollars to on# unit ot foreign currency Buying 00 Seing US dollar 1.7135 1.7355 Sterling pound 3.2657 3 3270 Australian dollar 1.3276 1.3754 Canadian dollar i 4806 ***** NZ dollar 1.0173 1 0508 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 15 8783 *****6 Belgian161 words
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357 1991-03-02 18 THE recently set-up Singapore Port lastitute aims to become the top port training centre in the Asia-Pacific region, said Mr Mah Bow Tan. The Minister of State (Communications and Trade and Industry» said at the institute's official inauguration at Maritime Centre on357 words
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362 1991-03-02 18 BANKS which only recently started to accept seven-day fixed deposits have reported that they detect corporate clients, insurance firms and cash-rich individuals shifting funds into the new shortterm deposits. Under the revised regulations of the Association of Banks in362 words
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Article324 1991-03-02 18 Manager's prices for March 2 4 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.26- i 34 The Savings fund 1 02- 1 09 «d S'pore Prog fond 0 47—0 50 S'pore Sec Fund 0.81-0 86 S' pore Invest Fund 0 88 0 94 S'pore Equity Fund Asia Unit Trust 0324 words
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Article, Illustration474 1991-03-02 19 WITH an eye on the emerging boom on the international bonds market. OCBC Bank has launched a unit trust which will invest in bonds the first such financial instrument to be introduced in Singapore The objective of the new unit trust is474 words
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Article317 1991-03-02 19 Currant Ex Books Date Total lor Total lor payment date close payable the year last year Hum fun) US$0 10(b) Me' 18 Ma' 28 Apr 8 US$010 Ammo 5%TE Feb 25 Ma- 7 May 15 12.51TE 25%Tt nr 50%{l) Feb 20 Ma- 4 Mar 6 50% 150% Btrjm317 words
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Article484 1991-03-02 19 Singapore Stocks Last Full Year Conpany Period Date Year Net EPS Gross Net aremnced endn* (cents) dv profit last year (S'OOO) CMB Pidupt Interim Nov 13 Dec 90 29 7 13.2 11.616(e) BMT Interim Jan 10 Jun 91 254.2 1500 773 Apdo Final Feb 16 Dec 90 1.7461484 words
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362 1991-03-02 19 IN ANOTHER move aimed at boosting capitalisation and making the market an international equities supermarket. the Stock Exchange ot Singapore is reviewing how it can facilitate secondary listings here of “reputable” foreign companies. Sources said the guidelines for this will focus362 words
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Article171 1991-03-02 19 Company Rights Issue 1 H Lecng Credt Two-tor-hve (a MJ? 80 or share b-date Feb 21 Books close Mi' 7 Acceptince Payment NVh Petoir Bhd Two% five MSI 60 per snare b-date Mr 4 Boons close Ma r 13 Acceptance A Payment NYA Company Bonus Issue IHieng Credt171 words
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Article250 1991-03-02 19 Company Rights Issue Mcor i One for two (o MJ1 00 or shaft Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares of MSG 10 each at MSI pei share with 10m detachable TS° Bailor One-tor-tour (a MS200 nm sna f FACb Capital Reduction Scheme to reduce oa value of250 words
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182 1991-03-02 19 THE Trade Development Board 'TDB) will lead a U-member mission to Japan later this month to promote Singapore as a source of high quality cut orchids It is part of TDB s programme to market orchids to Japan, which now accounts tor182 words
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Article, Illustration198 1991-03-02 20 Reuter. CANBERRA Govern-ment-owned domestic carrier Australian Airlines will begin talks with Singapore Airlines this week about a possible commercial alliance. Australian Airlines chairman Ted Harris told Reuters that two executives of the company would go to the talks in Singapore, whichReuter. - 198 words
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Article, Illustration400 1991-03-02 20 THE share-swop deal that would cement the close relationship between Singapore Airlines and Swissair could reach a value of Ssl4<> million. The swop will see SIA hold a 2 77-per cent stake in Swissair while the European carrier will own 0.62 per cent400 words
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220 1991-03-02 20 WHILE major airlines have recently shelved purchases of new aircraft because of the current gloomy economic outlook, Singapore Airlines (SIA) Ls going resolutely ahead with its billion-dol-lar order to build up its fleet. The airline said in a statement220 words
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422 1991-03-02 20 Caroline Chan - By Caroline Chan THE Government will continue to release more land for sale to the private sector this year despite the uncertainties caused by the Gulf war and the softening property market here. National Development Minister S. Dhanabalan said last Friday.422 words
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285 1991-03-02 20 THE Housing Board (HDB) is going ahead with the sale of 8.1 hectares of land, earlier scheduled to be put on the market last November. HDB said tender for the land, in four parcels, started from Tuesday. The sites are285 words
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Article, Illustration329 1991-03-02 20 THERE will no longer be unsightly transmission towers poking out of the Fort Canning skyline in future. Singapore Telecom has decided to replace the existing tower there with a new multi-million-dollar one which it said "will be an excellent329 words
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Advertisement535 1991-03-02 21 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition APPOINTM mmmmm 081 NATIONAL Nft&j UNIVERSITY J OF SINGAPORE FACULTY OF LAW Applications are invited for leaching appointments in the Faculty of Law. For appointments at Lectureship level and above, candidates should have at least a Master's degree in law or equivalent and relevant535 words
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FORUM
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452 1991-03-02 23 International Conference on Migration WE WOULD like to clarify two issues raised by Mr Cherian George in his article “Conference failed to come to grips with issues -elevant to Singapore" 'ST Feb 15). Firstly, he argued that the conference failed to tarto452 words
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289 1991-03-02 23 TO PREVENT speculation and minimise fluctuations in ear quota premiums, the Government decided to hold the tender exercises for the COKs monthly instead of quarterly. Although this has stabilised the quota premiums payable for new ears and is therefore welcomed, the authorities289 words
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277 1991-03-02 23 IT IS indeed heartening that the Government has given the green light for live CNN broadcasts. I suppose this is one thing we can thank Saddam Hussein fori Having taken this first step in making global television accessible to Singaporeans. the Government277 words
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Advertisement172 1991-03-02 23 HOME DELIVERED WEEKLY V y$ The Straits Times Weekly <:;« Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings m Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment V' opportunities > 'executive appointments... rf; '■ZW r '.sM± And snippets on Malaysia and Asean, A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, wherever you may be172 words
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643 1991-03-02 24 Bertha Henson - By Bertha Henson IT IS for Singaporeans to decide, not the Government to dictate, the kind of society they want to live in. Brig-Gen (Res) George Yeo told Parliament on Thursday. And it does not matter fhich Government643 words
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Article, Illustration364 1991-03-02 24 A SECOND heart transplant was successfully carried out at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on a 36-year-old man on Sunday night. The recipient is Mr Krishnasamy Chandrasegaran, 36, a Port of Singapore Authority employee who was suffering from terminal congestive cardiac failure364 words
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Article, Illustration275 1991-03-02 24 A 17-YEAR-OLD boy made the difficult decision to give his father’s heart and kidneys to strangers, going against the Chinese belief that dead bodies must be complete. Chionh Shunzhou, 17, said: "My grandma left me with the final decision since I am275 words
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Article, Illustration198 1991-03-02 24 PEN and paper, not oranges, were the main articles changing hands at the Prime Minister’s Lunar New Year Garden Party at the Istana yesterday. Mr (ioh Chok Tong and other ministers spent several hours obliging a stream of auto-graph-hungry guests, who presented198 words