The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 13 April 1991

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1991 Price: S$1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by sutettfertteumly MCI (P) 71/8/90
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  • 828 1  -  Do not abandon tried and tested methods for regional stability, he umes By Ahmad Osman MANILA Singapore and the Philippines should continue to co-operate and fully support regional groupings which promote economic growth, Mr Goh Chok Tong said on Thursday night. The
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  • 283 1 enough”. AHMAD OSMAN. MANILA The Government Is considering the possibility of buying television time in Hongkong to broadcast Singapore programmes for Singaporeans living and working there, Mr Goh Chok Tong said on Thursday. The Prime Minister told members of the
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    • 79 1 INSIDE Singapore Malaya change views after Gulf war: Page 2 When danger lurks will you stand up for S’pore?: Page 3 Hey look! He’s just the kind of man I want to meet: Page 7 Man killed for his Rolex watch: Page 8 Cyclist Kenneth gets US and Europe stint:
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 546 2  -  Reactions of Malay Singaporeans to the Gulf war By Cherian George SEVERAL prominent Malays. including the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, has said they are encouraged by the findings of the second survey of public opinion on the Gulf war. The
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    • 829 2  -  But differences still exist between community and rest of the population over certain issues By Bertha Henson MALAY Singaporeans have changed their views on the Gulf war now that it is over, but significant differences of opinion still remain between the Malay community
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    • 373 2 Civilian deaths outstripped military casualties, so S’poreans must take civil defence seriously, he says CIVILIAN casualties outnumbered military ones during the recent Gulf war. a fact Singaporeans must heed. It showed the importance of protecting the home front and of
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    • 248 2 FORMER Commercial Affairs Department director Glenn Knight, who was warded in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s Coronary Care Unit, is said to be recovering. Mr Knight, 46. was believed to have been admitted late last week following complaints generally associated with heart problems.
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    • 202 3 HIJACK OF FLIGHT SQ117 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Monday hosted a tea reception for the key |>eople involved in the rescue operation following the recent hijacking of an SIA jet. He did this to express the Government’s appreciation to them and
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    • 269 3 PAKISTANI police officers, here to discuss the probe into the March 26 hijack of a Singapore Airlines plane by four Pakistanis, have held talks with their Singapore counterparts. A police s|)okesman said the meetings at the Criminal Investigation Department were held last Friday and
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    • 779 3 TALKING POINT Hijack raises questions of patriotism WILL you stand up for Singapore in a crisis? Yes, because we should be proud to be Singaporeans. said postal operator A. Asnah. No, said most others, for reasons of personal safety. The Straits
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  • HOME
    • 526 4 TOP medical students at the National University of Singapore can now take a year off their studies to pursue a second degree Those who qualify and opt for the scheme will spend six instead of five years in the university. But
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    • 437 4 Nearly all 18,000 tickets sold for second major S'pore musical FRIED Rice Paradise is a sell-out although the musical is not even halfway through its scheduled run of 20 shows Nearly all the 18,080 tickets for the musical have been snapped up even though there
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    • 383 4 Illegal tapes smuggled into S'pore in biscuit boxes ILLEGAL video-tapes are being smuggled into Singapore from Johor in neatlypacked biscuit and cereal boxes and also through a special “home delivery" deal. Shops at the Holiday Plaza in Johor Baru are packing the video reels minus the plastic cartridges
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    • 130 4 HERE comes the SAE commandos' very own Star Burst, a spectacular free-fall formation "choreographed" by the intrepid soldiers. The Star Burst performed by six SAF commandos was a highlight at Sri l.anka’s 43rd National Day celebrations recently. the second successive year they have
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    • 507 4 A 64-YEAR-OLD lawyer was suspended on Thursday from practising for a year for grossly improper conduct. A three-judge court found that Mr Pritam Singh Brar had misrepresented to his client, Pang Wee Chu. that he had to entertain deputy public prosecutors and police inspectors
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    • 817 5 THE electronic media is breaking new ground in the way Singaporeans get their news, but newspapers will continue to thrive here, top newsman Cheong Yip Seng said. Speaking at a lunch meeting of the Singapore Advertisers Associationlast Friday, he noted
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    • 387 5 $400,000 phone-info system is first in Asean SINGAPOREANS can check out their horoscope, place an advertisement in newspapers, subscribe to a magazine or conduct a quick consumer poll at the touch of a telephone button. They can do this and more 24 hours a day, every
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    • 213 5 FORMER beauty queen Madam Alice Woon fell to her death from a block of flats in Commonwealth Close. Madam Woon, 45, who was Miss Singapore 1965, lived with her architect husband Leong Swee Lim and their three sons, aged between three and seven
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    • 362 5 SINGAPOREAN teenage violinist Kam Ning will not be playing second fiddle anymore. After winning a major competition last Friday, she performed a solo piece with the City of London Sinfonia at a gala concert conducted by Sir Yehudi Menuhin. Kam Ning, 15, who
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    • 696 6  -  By Sunny Goh CANS around the world have made Singapore the base for launching their cultural and educational programmes. as part of their worldwide effort to revive interest in the clan Mr (Jan Eng Huat, 63. president of the Gan Clan
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    • 264 6 THIRTEEN years ago, a four-year-old child who sat through the film Star Wars never dreamt that one day she would receive an award from its makers. Miss Wena Poon. a Singaporean, is the first overseas student outside the United States to be offered
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    • 484 6 Beauty quest, karaoke among activities lined up THIS year's Speak Mandarin campaign will get a lighter and livelier touch, with the inclusion of activities such as a beauty contest in which participants must be able to converse in Mandarin. Besides the beauty contest held
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    • 669 6 Chief Justice Yang Pune How told new lawyers last month to avoid setting up one-man firms or firms with only two or three lawyers. Start firms with at least six partners, he said, or risk being left behind by changes in the
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    • 540 7 THE telephones at the Social Development Unit (SDU) have not stopped ringing ever since Bernard 2B, appeared in an article on the "SDU man” in the April issue of Her World magazine. Many of the callers were
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    • 375 7  -  By Brendan Pereira FOR nearly a year, eight people enjoyed ihe good life. Night-clubbing, gambling and shopping sprees amounting to thousands of dollars. Police said the eight were members of a syndicate which made up to $5 million after a year of
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    • 501 7 THE weekend car scheme looks set for a roaring start on May 1. On Monday, the Registry of Vehicles (ROV) counted a whopping 1,300 or so bids for the first batch of weekend car Certificates of Entitlement (COEs). This is just over five times
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    • 156 7 NEARLY 13,000 bids were received for Certificates of Entitlement in this month’s tender exercise, including 1,300 for weekend cars. The total numoer of bids is more than twice that in either January or February, when the Gulf crisis reached a climax and
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    • 361 7 Dangerous parking TOUGHER action against errant motorists, including a penalty of three demerit points for certain illegal parking offences, will be introduced later this year. Also, from next month, those who park illegally will face increased composition fines and higher towing and
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    • 656 8  -  American School and UWC spend $l5 m to $2O m a year By Sandra Davie and Koh Bee Ann Air-conditioned classrooms, individual attention for students, interesting courses and extra-curricular activities, from music, drama and dance to photo jour nalism. scuba diving and film-making These
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    • 165 8 THE co-owner of a paint shop in River Valley Road died at 10.10 pm on Thursday, two hours after he was stabbed and robbed of his $lO,OOO Rolex watch. Mr Ong Joo Siam, 63, a partner in Hua Seng paint shop, was leaving for
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    • 166 8 MARIA Santiago, 17, studies Japanese, English, Nutritional Seienee, Organisation and Managerial Studies, Drama and Mathematies at the United World College. In addition, she dances, produces and acts in plays, and is the layout editor of the school’s yearbook, Interseol. The bubbly self-confident Fllipina
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    • 365 8 THIS year’s winner of the Angus Ross Prize for the best A-level literature student outside Britain thought it was an April Fools’ joke when she learnt last week that she had won Miss Ng Pei San. 18. a former
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    • 577 8 FROM July. 21,500 teachers in government and govern-ment-aided schools will have a new annual appraisal system to rate their performance and potential. Twenty teachers interviewed by The Straits Times liked the
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    • 574 9  -  Shimano and SCC will foot his $50,000 bill By Hakikat Rai KENNETH TAN. Singapore’s best cyclist, loft on Tuesday for a six-month training*cum-competition stint in Europe and the United States. The European trip will see him teaming up with the Shimano racing team for
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    • 525 9 Sentencing of driver involved in fatal accident A TEACHER who killed a father and son last month through negligent driving was on Tuesday fined $5,000 and banned from driving for five years. The sentence did not sit well with the widow, Madam Yeong
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    • 260 9 Too much paperwork involved THE Traffic Police are considering stopping follow-up investigations into simple accident cases. Insurance claims arising from such cases, where no one is hurt, will be settled by insurance companies without relying on police investigations. The reason for the
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    • 473 9  -  They include luxury apartments, cash, BMWs and a Mercedes Benz By Susan Loh BANKS are offering luxury condominiums, BMWs and cash as prizes in big-time lucky draws in a fierce battle for the depositor’s dollar. Leading the way is POSBank with
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 419 10 NEP Bernama, NST. AFP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will outline to Parliament in June a 10-vear plan to replace the New Economic Policy (NEP) which expired last year. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the plan, which
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    • 293 10  - Mahathir most popular figure survey By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has emerged as the country’s most popular figure in two successive polls conducted by Watan. the thrice weekly Malay tabloid. He defeated five rivals, including Kelantan Mentri Besar Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat
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    • 327 10 Bernama. NST. KUALA LUMPUR Police have questioned a Malaysian in connection with the hijacking of a Singapore Airlines aircraft by four Pakistanis while on a flight from here to the Republic on March 26. InspectorGeneral of Police Tan Sri Haniff Omar said on
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    • 307 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday that the relationship between Australia and Malaysia will not improve unless Australia adopts a more friendly attitude towards the country. There was evidence that certain elements in Australia
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    • 433 10 NST. Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The new fees for studies in local universities will be between MSI .020 (*****) and MSI.BOO a year for first degree courses. Education Minister Datuk Dr Sulaiman Haji Daud said on Wedneday. The fees, which are much lower than the
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    • 383 10 Bernama, NST. Historical and personal articles lost in the blaze PENANG A seaside bungalow belonging to the late Malaysian Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, was destroyed in a fire. A number of historical and personal articles of the late Tunku were also lost in the
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  • ASEAN
    • 284 11  -  By Filipino people. By Ahmad Osman. MANILA Mr Goh Chok Tong has suggested that Singapore and Manila join hands to help the Philippines become another newly-in-dustrialising economy, a Filipino official said on Thursday. Mr Tomas Gomez, Philippine Press Secretary, told a press conference
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    • 419 11  -  Pata 91 By Salma Khalik BALI Tourism in Indonesia is like the volcano Krakatoa. It has always been there; but it was not until it erupted that it suddenly drew the attention of the world. Tourism in Indonesia is now erupting, said
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    • 435 11  -  By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Government fears about the formation of a new pro-democracy group seem to have been allayed after a meeting between a senior Home Affairs Ministry official and Forum for Democracy leader Abdurrahman Wahid on Tuesday. Home Affairs
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    • 221 11 Thailand’s ‘godfather 5 and his bodyguard shot dead by gunmen Reuter, UPI. BANGKOK Masked gunmen, firing assault rifles from the back of a pick-up truck, shot dead Klaew Thanikul. president of the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand, in what is believed to be an underworld assassination, local newspapers reported last
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    • 171 11  -  By Kim (iooi. BANGKOK Deposed Thai Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan returned to Bangkok on Thursday from temporary exile in England to receive a royal decoration from King Bhumibol Adulyadej. The award, the Rattanaphorn Order, is one of the country’s highest honours. The King approved
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    • 229 11  -  By "just for fun". By Paul Jacob. JAKARTA The former editor of a weekly entertainment newspaper was on Monday found guilty of blasphemy by a Jakarta court and sentenced to five years’ jail, the maximum sentence for this offence under Indonesian law. Arswendo Atmowiloto, who
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  • COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 697 12 APRIL 13. 1991 THE death of Graham Greene earlier this month ends the career of a writer who could never tolerate complacency in anything, least of all morality. He sought to fight complacency through doubt, compassion and. if necessary. disillusionment, the three main themes of
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    • 655 12 APRIL 11. 1991 HEALTH Minister Yeo Cheow Tong's announcement in Parliament last month that a high-level committee was being formed to review health care policies and to make recommendations for the future was good news to those concerned about the direction the health care system is going. Although
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    • 638 12 APRIL 10. 1991 FORMER Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen would be shaking his head if he were alive today. Fifteen years after he first nudged Singapore's ethnic-based chambers of commerce into coming together to give the private sector more effective representation, the situation has improved so little as
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    • 930 12  -  Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong THERE is one parable from the New Testament which I particularly like. It is the story about a father killing the fatted calf to celebrate the return of a son who had been absent
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1586 13 Against a worldwide Americanisation trend, Acting Information and the Arts Minister BG (Res) George Yeo said in Parliament recently that Westernisation in Singapore was superficial. The Straits Times asks if Americanisation has gone beyond Coca Cola and McDonald’s. IF YOU listen to Miss Germaine Tan without looking
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    • 361 13 IN SCHOOLS, the girls dress up in short, frilly skirts and kick high in cheerleading squads. They squeal: “Give me a C! Give me Junior college students these days are going to the proms. As for pre-university students, the best and
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  • NEWS FEATURE
    • 1389 14 Chasing after Singapore’s sports queens proves to be an event all by itself M Concluding the series on the Singapore National Olympic Council awards: the Sportswomen M They have come, they have seen, they have conquered. Now, careers beckon or children tug apron strings. Way down
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    • 365 14 MM SEOK Hl'l and Mah Li Lian have more in common than being squash’s only two Sportswomen of the Year. Besides being famous for their laughter Mah’s nickname is “Hyena" each is an only child. PATRICIA CHAN and her father Dr Chan Ah Kow were both honoured for
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    • Focus on three Sportswomen: Lim Seok Hui, Junie Sng and Patricia Chan
      • 676 15 LIM SEOK HUI: 1984 SQUASH r<*tiret* Lim Seok Hui should seriously consider canning her infectious giggle into a product like one of the 20 stuffed toys she owns It might even prove to be more saleable than teenage mutant beasties. considering that
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      • 688 15 JUNIE SNG: 1977-1979 JUNIE SNG is so. gosh, l-o-n-g winded. She has obviously discovered 101 ways and words to say “yes" or “no" the latter two words were staple statements in her swimming days. Then, interviews with Sng lasted all of 50 silent
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      • 596 15 PATRICIA CHAN: 1967-1971 PATRICIA CHAN was playing a game of Singapore Trivial Pursuit with friends when she was asked the question: "How many gold medals did Patricia Chan win at the South-east Asian Peninsular Games’’” “Thirty-three,” was the confident reply of someone who gives her
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  • MONEY
    • 5646 16 TRANSACTION DATE: APRIL 12, 1991 Grs 1991 Tel Last Vol Day Last Quote Div Nel High Low Cod* Company Sale Of 000 High Low Buyer Seller P/E 1 INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 162 1000 Acma 220 cd 1 20 221 220 219 220 10 ON 14 7 255
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    • 431 17 The weekly share market report THE local bourse continued its correction phase during the week in quiet trading. The Straits Times Indus trials Index fell 30-odd points for the first half of the week before making a slight recovery on technical grounds in the later
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    • 167 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 20.68 points on the week to 1481.67. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1492.24 10 11) 54 12m ($104 48m) Tuesday 1469 44 22 80) 71.51m ($119 16m) Wednesday 1460 16 9 28' 64 33m ($125 27m) Thursday 1470 97
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    • 614 17 Friday April 1? HKJ Amov Properties 450 0.10 Allied Oversees 0.9C unch AS'« Sec Int'l 2075 unch Asia Sec War 9’ 0058 -0 00" Alliec TW 0 42 uncf Bond Corp Int'l 102 unch Bond Coro War 9’ 0 22 unch Bank o* EA IS 70 unch Cavondisr 3
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    • 373 18 SINGAPORE banks which are members of the Swift global electronic banking network will able to transmit their messages much faster when they convert to the new Swift II system next year. Mr Chan Ting Sum. chairman of the Swift user group in
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    • 218 18 THE presence of two senior Singapore ministers at next week's opening of the DBS Bank branch in Hongkong, coupled with the $475-million cash ca»l announced by DBS last week, nave generated expectations of a major announcement concerning
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    • 687 18 AUDITED RESULTS Company Data Year Croup Nat •lot earnings Cross amt to protit loss (t) per snare dividend •oooi (cents) 86 Pacific Cm Mai 18 Sep 90 SI «50U 5531m) -0?) --<--) Krppei tinaner Mai IS Dec 90 $5,726(55 169' 58(63! 5(4) Samanda Mttgs Mai 14 Sep 90
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    • 180 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ona unit ot foreign currency Buying 00 Setting US dollar i.7405 1 7625 j Sterling pound i 0975 3.1663 1 Australian dollar i4C9 1 3889 j Canadian dollar 5033 1 5380 1 NZ dollar :.C168 1 0505 Singapore dollar* to 100 unite of
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    • 122 18 Contract data: 12/4/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CAU VALUE DATE uss 53, 53/, 5‘/j 5 Vi 5 Vi 4'i 17/4/91 A$ 10‘s 10‘. 10 9'* 9 Vi 8 Vi 17/4/91 NZJ 10H 10 3 o» 10 Vi 10 V* 10
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    • 433 18 IN ANOTHER crackdown on errant members, the Stock Exchange of Singapore has levied fines on seven securities firms for breaching its bye-laws, exacting a total of $70,000 Two individual dealers were also reprimanded by the exchange tor failing to exercise care
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    • 354 18 THE newly-formed Singapore Design Council has outlined its blueprint to mane the Republic an international design hub. This includes the promotion of a design culture here, providing support to industries interested in using design to add value to their products, and design education
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    • 324 18 Manager’s prices for April 13 A 15 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 129-137 The Savings Fund 1.03—1.10 id S'pore Prog Fund 0 48 -0 51 S pore Sec Fund 0 83-0 88 S pore Invest Fund 0 88-094 Spore faulty Fund 059-063 Asia Unit Trust Mai Invest Fund
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    • 381 19 KL bourse writes to 26 S’pore brokers asking for source of scrip THE Stock Exchange of Singapore last month assisted its Kuala Lumpur counterpart to locate Ms 7 million (SSI. 11 million) worth of Malaysian share certificates reported earlier as “misplaced” in
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    • 1510 19 Currant Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year Acma 5%TE lun 5 lun 17 lul 1 10% TE Amtek Eng 6%TE(I) Apr 11 Apr 17 Apr 26 6%TE 12%TE hvmo 5%TE Feb 25 Mar 7 May 15 125%TE 25%TE BAT
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    • 133 19 SIME Singapore is proposing a l-for-4 rights issue to finance the expansion of its core businesses and for diversification into new ventures. The company's rights issue of 108.75 million 23-cent shares at $1 apiece an 11.5 per cent discount on its last traded price
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    • 350 19 Company Rights Issue Alcorn One-for-two (a WIJ100 per share Issue of 40m Cumulative Redeemable preference Shares (CRPS) o' M$010 each at MSI per share with 10m detachable TSR on the basis of 1 CRPS with TSR fo r every 4 CRPS Bolton One-for-four (a MS? 00 pei share
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    • 266 19 Company Rights Issue Dunlop Est Restricted issue o* S88 514m nominal value of 10% Convertible Redeemable Unsecured Loan Stock (CUlS) 1991/19% issued on the basis of {1 nominal amount of CULS for every 3 ordinary shares of $1 each held at nominal value Ex-date Apr Books close Apr
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    • 459 20 THE chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). Mr E.W. Barker, has expressed the belief that the internationalisation of securities trading is here to stay. Declaring open the international conference on Global Fund Management here on Wednesday, he said this
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    • 354 20 NEPTUNE Orient Lines’ Simillion shipbridge simulator will be the •star" at the Singapore Maritime Showcase, the Port of Singapore Authority's proposed high-tech tourist attraction. The Singapore Maritime Showcase (SMS) is due to be opened at the end of
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    • 420 20 THE Singapore Government has taken a substantial stake in a strategic US$3BO- (*****.18-million) advanced memory chip plant being built here by three electronics giants. This is to ensure supplies of the highly-sought-after component for both local and multinational electronic firms here.
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    • 391 20 300 have paid $2,000 to $12,500 to be members since 1981 IT WAS first touted in the early 1980 s as “a new getaway" resort for Singaporeans. Now, the Batam Lsland Country Club (BICC) is causing aggravation to many of its
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    • 634 22 The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition mm v <* Cj- EXTERNAL AFFAIRS SENIOR EXECUTIVE We are seeking a high quality person to fill this new, interesting post in our Regional Office THE JOB The principal function of this post is to advise and support the Regional Director in all matters
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  • FORUM
    • The Singapore Emigrants
      • 319 23 Competitive spirit is why S’poreans abroad do well TWO ASPECTS of our education policy its competitiveness and bilingualism have been cited by emigrants as reasons for leaving. Singapore's education system is not perfect but is generally free from the malaise afflicting many education
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      • 190 23 I REFER to Sumiko Tan's excellent reports on the Singapore emigrants (ST Weekly Overseas Edition. April 6). Although I am a Singaporean resident in Singapore. I have spent more than one third of my life overseas. Miss Tan's articles were consistent with my own
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      • 547 23 I READ with interest the report in The Sunday Times. (April 7) on legal practice in the 1990 s and the next century. (Sec page 6). While I agree that a oneto two-man firm would be disadvantaged within the present system
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    • 123 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. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who decline to use ther names. This rule will be waived only in very exceptional circumstances, such
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    • 58 23 Some Reasons For usMisnis H/EEKLY OVERSEAS Your son is studying overseas. And you want him close to home with news >> from home. V 5 I I It* fet 1C 1« ’V* f It re You travel often on business and want to catch up on your return. The weeks
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  • 368 24 SINGAPORE workers are still Number One in the world, and still ahead of the Swiss. Risk evaluation firm Business Environment Risk Intelligence (Beri) made a mistake in its 1991 labour force survey released last week and put the Swiss on
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  • 793 24  -  Washington urged to be more balanced in reporting Republic’s trading practices By Shaun Seow THE Government has rebutted criticisms against Singapore in the 1991 US Trade Estimates Report and urged Washington to take a more balanced approach in reporting local trading practices. This is the
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  • 146 24 LENDING an arm to a President who appreciated the giving of alms. President Wee Kim Wee and Minister for Community Development Mr Wong Kan Seng and Mr S. Chandra Das (right) share what must have been a very good joke during a tea party at the Istana
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  • 327 24 THE Government should consider matching charity donations made by workers under the Share programme, suggested Mr S. Chandra Das, who headed the 25th Anniversary Charity Fund committee last year Under the Share scheme, employees regularly donate a certain amount from their salaries
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