The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 2 November 1991

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  • 21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1991 Price: 551.20 (to Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/91
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  • 859 1  -  Risk of Government being voted out, grassroots leaders told By By Warren Fernandez THE Government may be voted out of office unless the trend among Singaporeans to vote against it on short-term interests or single issues was checked, Mr Goh Chok Tong said on
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  • 321 1  -  By John Lui AN ALL-WEATHER swimming pool will be built at Changi Airport as part of its $299-million plan to upgrade Terminal 1. This will make it the first airport In the world to have a pool, said Communications Minister Mah Bow
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  • 578 1 Chok Tong launches Productivity Month at Istana for first time SINGAPORE must re-double its training efforts to produce the highest-quality workers. This will help It to overcome its biggest handicap the finite available supply of trained manpower because of its small population, Prime Minister
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 463 2 THE Government may have to work harder to educate and convince younger Singaporeans not to take religious harmony for granted, BrigadierGeneral (Res) Lee Hsien Loong said last Saturday. Unlike the older folk, the younger generation did not witness actual
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    • 458 2  -  By David Miller THE Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) is watching out for “swallowers” drug couriers who ingest small balloons or condoms filled with heroin in an of fort to avoid detection. Although there has boon only one such case detected in Singapore in
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    • 670 2 CHINESE parents who are educated in English will strive to ensure that their children will be more firmly grounded in the Chinese language and culture, Brig-adier-General (Res) George Yeo said last Saturday. “The desire by parents for the next generation
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    • 622 3  -  By Mathew Pereira THF. (loath knell for ragging, which had persisted in the National University of Singapore despite being banned, has finally been sounded. The university has issued a new set of guidelines for hostel orientation banning activities such as
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    • 439 3 Last year 90% found jobs within I V2 months: Survey THE VITB graduate is highly employable, commands a good salary and has good career prospects, said Dr Tay Eng Soon on Tuesday. The Senior Minister of State (Education) was reviewing the performance of Vocational
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    • 304 3 THE “royal flush", a urine bath, heavy physical exercises these were just some of the routine rituals new students entering hostels were subjected to, according to hostelites past and present. The "royal flush” involved placing a student's head in a
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    • 431 3 EIGHT out of the 10 medal winners at the Vocational and Industrial Training Board graduation ceremony on Tuesday want to get a university degree. They feel that a degree is needed to help them get on in their careers
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  • HOME
    • 659 4  -  By Sunny Goh SINGAPORE has welcomed Vietnam’s desire to sign the Treaty of Amity and Co-op-eration among South-east Asian countries. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Thursday that with the signing, there will be a more relaxed environment in
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    • 200 4 VIEWERS from as far away as Mongolia and the Middle East can now tune in to popular SRC drama shows like Samsui Women, Painted Faces, Strange Encounter I and Mystery. Hongkong- based Star TV on Thursday signed an agreement with the Singapore
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    • 364 4 PROMINENT accountant Keith A. K Tay resigned from the Public Service Commission on Thursday, citing the “public’s impression' of his involvement in the recent trial and conviction of Glenn Knight as the reason. The resignation of Mr Tay. chairman
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    • 356 4 WORKERS’ Party leader J.B. Jeyaretnam on Thursday paid up nearly $400,000 in legal costs for a libel suit won by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew just a day before he would have been made a bankrupt. The High Court Registrar had
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    • 188 4 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has urged Vietnam to sign a generous air service agreement with Singapore. If Vietnam could do this quickly, it would send a powerful signal to the business community here that it was serious about its intention to step
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    • Forum on role of community leaders in the Next Lap
      • 485 5 THE fear that telephone calls are going to cost more is the real issue underlying the current controversy over the time-based charging system, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Sunday. Speaking at a forum on the role of community leaders in
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      • 490 5  -  Reports by Warren Fernendez GIVE us more information to help us explain Government polices better, several grassroots leaders interviewed on Sunday said. Six of the eight grassroots leaders interviewed called for more dialogues between grassroots leaders, Ministers and civil servants
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    • VIOLENT END TO TWO QUARRELS
      • 515 5 1A DIVORCEE was stabbed repeatedly in the abdomen at an office block on Monday as a lunchtime crowd looked on in horror. The suspect, a 33-year-old property agent, was arrested after the attack which occurred at the entrance of Gateway East
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      • 152 5 2 AN UNEMPLOYED man was arrested on Monday for the murder of a painter after the two had a quarrel. Investigations revealed that the victim, Mr Quok Siong Leong, had shouted from his truck at about 2 am that day after his estranged
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    • Forum on the role of the press in The Next Lap
    • 760 6 Senior Minister’s interview with Time magazine THE Confucian values of nation before self and consen-sus-building had helped East Asia to grow and could be applied elsewhere, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said. In an interview published in the latest issue of Time magazine, the
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    • 386 6 TWO boys stumbled across a bag containing two hand grenades, both of which appeared to be quite new, in a monsoon drain at Bedok on Wednesday. The boys, Affendi Liew and Li Shun An, both 12. said they were playing in
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    • 618 7 SOME Singaporeans have suggested that a historic block of flats in Meyer Road in Katong be conserved instead of being demolished to make way for a proposed condominium project. They want to see Crescent Flats, thought to be the earliest block of
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    • 417 7 THE newly-formed Singapore International Foundation (SIF), which aims to put Singapore firmly on the grid of international relations, has found a small group of relatively fresh faces to work for it. Its professional staff now include writer and lawyer
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    • 304 7 AN 18-HOLE golf course for the public will be built in Tampines in a few years’ time. The course, to be developed by the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), will not have entrance fees so that more people can enjoy the sport, SSC
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    • 432 7  -  By Tan Hauah Yun MORE Singaporeans are keeping their telephone numbers out of the directory. The reasons: Some Singaporeans simply want more privacy while others said bad experiences with nuisance calls made them apply for unlisted telephone numbers. A spokesman for Singapore Telecom
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    • 519 8 SAF overseas scholars have a chance to serve in important positions in the public sector after they have served their bonds, and some do so even while they are in the SAF, Defence Minister Yeo Ning Hong said on Tuesday. He said
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    • 410 8 STPB figures also show rise in arrivals for fourth straight month SINGAPORE has to look to Asia for its tourism growth this year. Arrivals for the first eight months show strong increases from Asian countries whose economies are performing well, while visitors from
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    • 130 8 THE visiting Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force, Major-General Loven Abadla, called on the Minister for Defence, Dr Yeo Nlng Hong, at the Ministry of Defence’s headquarters In Gembak on Monday. MaJ-Gen Abadla arrived in Singapore on Sunday tor a four-day official visit
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    • 511 8 TRAVEL agents are hopeful that Singaporeans will take advantage of the current price war to holiday abroad during the year-end vacation. Though they are now getting more enquiries than firm bookings, they expect a rush of ‘‘last-minute” bookings as school holidays draw near
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    • 419 8  -  Offer for business and first class passengers By Philip Lew Writing for The Straits Times VANCOUVER Singapore Airlines has joined hands with a leading Canadian tour operator in offering its business and first class passengers flying from Toronto free holidays, including
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    • 764 9 Government’s target to let 60% have tertiary education SINGAPORE must reduce wastage of the talent pool in the schools if It wants to achieve its target of allowing 60 per cent of each year’s batch of primary one pupils to
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    • 367 9 movements. The New Paper. ANITA Sarawak wanted to do "something special" as a surprise for the evening. And her opening song certainly surprised everyone including the Senior Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Anita sang Stand Up For Singapore like you’ve never heard it before. After the
      movements. — The New Paper.  -  367 words
    • SPORTSFRONT
      • 422 9  -  By Joe Dorai A PLAYER from Stamford Singapore Recreation Gub, Jegathesan Krishna, has been banned for life from all soccer activities from Oct 28. It is the first time a life ban has been imposed on a player in Singapore. The previous
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      • 437 9 BOWLERS can attend lessons by national coaches for as little as $5 an hour from next February, when the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress starts its National Bowling School. STBC president Dr T. T. Ong said on Tuesday the school, the
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 291 10 Bernama, NST. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will be asking countries which have workers here to furnish it with their medical particulars to ensure that they are free of communicable diseases. Health Minister Datuk Lee Kim Sai said on Monday that the move was proposed
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    • 366 10 per rent, she said. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Foreign investment in Malaysia amounted to M 512.8 billion (SJ7.B billion) or 56.2 per cent of the total approved capital investment in the first nine months of this year. Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri
      per rent, she said. — Bernama.  -  366 words
    • 293 10 PAS ‘to go ahead with Islamisation of Kelantan government’ even if non-Muslims object, says party leader NST. KOTA BARU Parti Islam deputy president Haji Abdul Hadi Awang has said that PAS will proceed with the Islamisation process in the Kelantan government even if there are objections from the nonMuslims. He
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    • 168 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The government has no intention to set np a commission to encourage the return of Malaysians who have migrated to seek greener pastures. The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Raja Datuk Ariffln Raja Kulalman, said that
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    • 371 10 Bride finds her long-lost 25-year-old sister NST. PENANG A simple wed ding on Sunday turned out to be a tearful reunion for two twin sisters who were separated for almost 25 years after one of them was given up for adoption. It was one
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    • 499 10  -  By By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR Minister Datuk Seri Dr, Mahathir Mohamad has accused the Malaysian Council of unpatriotic 'acts which had undermined investor confidence ih'fhe country. Speaking at a‘ news 'conference on Tuesday on nis return from the Commonwealth
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    • 409 11 except on one occasion in 1989’ KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Wan Abu Bakar Mohamed told Parliament that Singapore had never violated the country’s air, land and sea space except on one occasion in 1989, Berita Harian Malaysia reported last Friday. Replying
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    • 269 11 NST, Bernama. JOHOR BARU Malaysia needs stricter laws against prostitution, including the death penalty for pimps, to check the spread of Aids, National Unity and Social Development Minister Datuk Napsiah Omar said on Sunday. Those who bring Aids-in-tected prostitutes Into the country
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  • ASEAN
    • 45 11 MODELS showing off Muslim dresses during a fashion show in Jakarta on Wednesday. The dresses are modern in design, yet conform to religious rules that say most of a woman’s body must be covered. Reuter picture. Reuter picture.
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    • 526 11  -  It wants to turn S-E Asia into a region of peace and stability By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Vietnam said last Friday that it intended to seize the opportunity presented by the resolution of the conflict in Cambodia to open a new
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    • 180 11 JAKARTA The city administration of Jakarta plans to restrict the use of can daring peak bears by people owning more than one ear. The Jakarta Post on Wednesday quoted Governor Wlyogo Admodarmlnto as saying that ear owners would be provided with stickers
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    • 339 11 AP. MANILA The son of former President Ferdinand Marcos flew back to the Philippines on Thursday, the first member of the Marcos family to return from exile since the late dictator was overthrown six years ago. Mr Ferdinand Marcos Jr flew
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    • 188 11 AFP. JAKARTA Forestry Minister Hasjrul Harahap said on Wednesday the forest fires in Kalimantan and in parts of Sumatra had caused a loss of 26 billion rupiah (Ss22 million). The fires, which are due to the current drought, had razed about 44,000 ha of
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    • 52 11 AFP. BANGKOK Thailand’s Queen Sirikit left here for Washington to receive a humanitarian award from a US museum. The Capital Children’s Museum presented the Queen with the International Humanitarian Award yesterday in recognition of her efforts to revive Thai traditional arts and to create jobs for
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  • COMMENT/ Pick of the week's editorials
    • 636 12 NOVEMBER 2, 1991 THE flow of people between the private and public sectors is an inevitable feature of local labour dynamics, and a healthy one. It is inevitable because the small pool of talent relative to the country’s needs must generate pulls from all
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    • 647 12 NOVEMBER 2. 199 1 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong’s warning to Singaporeans about the dangers of voting on short-term interests or single issues goes beyond the results of the last General Election. In a sense, single-issue voting is something that affects the health of all democratic systems.
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    • 676 12 OCTOBER 30, 1991 SINGAPORE employers came up with some astounding answers in response to the call in the Strategic Economic Plan (SEP) for ideas to curb job-hopping that had suggested linking a solution to the revitalisation of Cowec Company Welfarism through Employer CPF contribution started 10
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  • 865 12  -  Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong THE Strategic Economic Plan, published earlier this month, may sound like so much science fiction to the Singaporean without much imagination. Who worries about 2030 when there are more immediate matters to be taken care of like what
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 3848 13  -  What the press must dedicate itself to doing HELPING to build and maintain a national consensua, amid the clamour for more democracy and debate. It is imperative that the press not permit the clash of ideas normal in a pluralistic society to
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  • INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
    • 1415 14 Packaging and presentation. They are the new political buzzwords. Rut just where do they fit in the art of policy-making? Cherian George unpacks the issue for a closer look. THE on-going controversy over time-based telephone charging highlights a wider political issue in Singapore today:
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    • OFF-THERECORD
      • 113 14 SOME people will complain about anything, and to whoever comes to mind. With the setting up of the Service Improvement Unit, there is no question now where Singaporeans turn to when something bugs them. But even the SIU must have been surprised at some of
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      • 129 14 GRASSROOTS leaders at Telecom’s briefing on time-based charges showed that when it came to giving feedback, giving “face” was a low priority. Mr Lim Eng, the Telecom manager who presented a slide show explaining the rationale behind the new billing system, found this out
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      • 106 14 IS MR CHUM See Tong the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament or is he not? At his post-election press conference, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had declared that a real opposition had arrived in Parliament, and that Mr Chiam could now be considered its leader.
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      • 150 14 FORMER Straits Times editor-in-chief Peter H. L. Lim seems to have forgotten about deadlines. His long awaited novel, a political thriller set in Singapore, which was supposed to be ready by August, has now apparently been put on hold. Instead, he has accepted a commission
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    • 903 15  -  THINKING ALOUD Han Fook Kwang THE public discussion on the new telephone charging system has generated some of the most spurious arguments I have heard for a long while. It is time for some plain talking on the matter before the
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  • MONEY
    • 5658 16 TRANSACTION DATE: NOVEMBER 1, 1991 Or’* 1M1 Tel Curr LmI Vol Day Laat Quota Div Nat High Low Coda Company Tradad data +oc- '000 High Low Ouyar Sailor P/E INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL 285 162 1000 Acma 214 2 114 214 213 213 214 10.0N 142 255 180
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    • 445 17 The weekly share market report CAUTION was the prevailing theme of the week in the Singapore stock market Retail bargain hunters nibbled at selected local blue-chips while showing more interest in certain Malaysian Clob International counters right up the closing hours of Friday’s market
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    • 159 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Time» Industrial» Indei rose 8.07 point» on the week to 1416.52. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1402 56 (-5 89) 44 81m ($75 54m) Tuesday 1405 76 3 20) 5965m ($*****m) Wednesday 1402 50 (-3.26) 53 91m ($104 46m) Thursday 1407.11 (-1-4.61) 37.80m
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    • 560 18  -  Japan’s major broking houses will be admitted later, say industry sources By Doreon Siow and Koh Bee Ann THE Stock Exchange of Singapore is expected to accept its first international members from January, going ahead with a scheme announced just over a year
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    • 237 18 A COMPREHENSIVE 24hour on-line trade and business information service. ClobaLink, is now available to about 2,000 companies and businessmen in Singapore. In operation from yesterday, GlobaLink offers its subscribers a broad range of information covering products and services, property, legislation, local and international tenders,
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    • 608 18 AUDITED RESULTS Cwmmt Data tear Craap Nat Mat parsing» Or»»» ana to praftt/la»» <L) par thara MhrMaad COCO) (cant») H frrtt Capital Oct 1« lun 91 88 891(811.211) 55(7 2) 1(1) Bariaya Group Oct 16 Apr 91 M824 620(826.377) 7(71) 5(10) Saa tom Oct 16 luo 91 86.622(86.262)
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    • 173 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ona unit of foreign currency Buying 00 SeSng US dollar l 6/30 1 6950 Sterling pound 2 90// 2 9629 Australian dollar l 2833 1 3306 Canadian dollar l 4810 1 5161 N/ dollar 0 926/ 0 9594 Singapore dollars to 100 units
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    • 119 18 Contract data: 1/11/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 4 Vi 4 Vi 4 Vi 4% 4 Vi 4 Vi 6/11/91 AJ 7 Vi 7H 7'/« 7 Vi 7 6 Vi 6/11/91 N2J 6V. 6v« 6V« 6Vi 6
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    • 653 18 Friday Movambar 1 HK« Jardine Int'l Motor 4 55 0.15 Jardine Math 33 00 unch Amoy Properties 5 15 -0 05 jardine War 92 9 90 -0 20 Allied Oversea* 0 73 0 02 J S H 16 50 unch Asia Sec Int'l 1 45 001 Kader Ind 0
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    • 275 18 SINGAPORE is second only to Japan in the world in intensity of use of robots in manufacturing, said Mr John J. O’Hara, chairman of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Intensity of use is measured as the number of
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    • 391 18 Manager's prices for November 2 4 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce i ?a i ?b The Savings fund 1 03--1 10 Spore Prog fund 0 46 0 49.0 S pore Sec fund 0 78 0 83 S pore Invest fund 0 86- 0 92 Spore Equity fund 0
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    • 465 19  -  It commits s46m on new equipment to cope with new demand By Mary Kwang OAKLAND (California) It IS full steam ahead for Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) as the shipping corporation is well advanced in preparations for its five new services
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    • 112 19 SINGAPORE TELECOM has introduced its Singapore Direct service in China, enabling those travelling there to call the international operator here directly to reach someone in Singapore. The service removes the need for callers to go through the operator in China when they use the specially designed
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    • 901 19 Current Ex Book» Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year A ana 5%TE(I) Oct 21 Oct 31 Nov 15 5%TE 10% TE Ant ah Hdfi 50c 6%(b) Nov 21 Dec 5 Dec 24 6% 6% Anmo 20c 5%TE(I) Oct 14 Oct 24
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    • 270 19 SINGAPORE'S total trade for the first nine months of the year amounted to $163.7 billion, up 10.8 per cent from the same period last year, according to the latest figures from the Trade Development Board. The increase was accounted for more by
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    • 82 19 Company Rights Issue MBf Finance Twofor three (q M$0 90 per share Ex-date No» 1 Books close: Nov 18 Acceptance Payment NYA Company Bonus Issue MBf Finance One for-three Ex-date Nov 1 Books close Nov 18 Company Others Amal Steel Restricted Offer for Sale of Angkasa Marketing Bhd
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    • 557 19 Company Rights Issue Am Pac Land One-foMwo MS065 per share Alliance Tech One-for-one $1 00 pe' share Berjaya Group Rights issue of $89m nominal amount 10*o irredeemable Convertible Unsecured Loan Stocks (ICULS) on the basis of one for four Bolton issue of S*****m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable
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    • 664 20  -  By Tan Sung THE economir transformation and rapid development in Indonesia's Riau province, especially Batam, is a direct result of the firm commitment shown by investors. These investment commitments are long term in nature and are unlikely to fizzle out, Deputy
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    • 394 20 HIT by a reduced passenger load, a strong Singapore dollar, and increased costs, Singapore Airlines' interim pre-tax profit was dragged 7 per cent lower to $634.5 million. The setback came despite the group’s total revenue rising 5 per cent to $2.65 billion during
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    • 449 20 Retailers to specialise in less expensive but trendy wear for execs THE sluggish rtc?il trade has led local -nailers to try to cash in on a relatively untapped niche the increasingly fashionable but budget-conscious Singaporean male. Two retailers, Heshe Holdings and F. J. Benjamin A
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    • 192 20 PLANS for the development of a 235-hectare Batam Executive Village (BEV) to accommodate the growing expatriate community in the Batam Industrial Park (BIP) were formalised at the Indonesian island on Monday. A total of five developers signed a memorandum of understanding to undertake
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    • 243 20 NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) chief executive officer Lua Cheng Eng has been elected president-des-ignate of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco). He will be the first Asian to head Bimco, which is one of the world’s oldest and largest shipping organisations. Mr
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    • 173 23 I I WEEKLY wM »3» a The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, fa investment appointments... And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. And be in touch. The
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  • 686 24  -  By Chiang Yin Pheng THE Government has urged bright young Singaporeans to take on the responsibility of leading and managing society. Unless some of the best men and women take on this responsibility, enter public service and perhaps eventually take up politics,
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  • 296 24 MALAYSIAN BUDGET 1992 KUALA LUMPUR Smokers and drinkers will have to pay a lot more to indulge in their habits, but by and large Malaysian Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim left the ordinary Malaysian untouched. In his maiden Budget for 1992 presented in
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  • 98 24 THE United Overseas Bank Plaza is almost a year away from completion, bat round-the-clock work has made it a sparkling late-night spectacle. Designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, the $464 million project will comprise a 64-storey tower block, a six-storey podium block and the existing UOB Building
    Singapore. This picture, by photographer ALBERT SIM, was taken at 2 am last week.  -  98 words