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Title Section21 1991-12-14 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1991 Price: 5J1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 33/8/9121 words
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720 1991-12-14 1 Kwan Chooi Tow - Trend shows parents prefer children to keep dialect surnames By Kwan Chooi Tow THE Education Ministry has decided to allow dialect names, instead of the pinyin version, to appear first in school records from next year. But pupils will still720 words
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Article, Illustration123 1991-12-14 1 A BILLDOZER consigning baskets of contraband ham from China to the dumping grounds at lim Chu Kang on Wednesday. The meat weighed a total of nearly II.WM) kg and was the largest seizure of illegal processed meat in the past decade by the Primary■ Picture by CHOO CHWEE HU A. - 123 words
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177 1991-12-14 1 SingaporeMalaysia military exercises to resume next May Bernama JOHOR BAKU A joint Malaysia-Singapore military exercise is expected to Ih> held next May after a threeyear lapse, said Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Kazak The exercise, involving the army, navy and the air forces of both countries, would beBernama - 177 words
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Advertisement112 1991-12-14 1 INSIDE I had no idea how much he was going to donate until he took out the money and put 1 them in four stacks of US$lO,OOO each, comprising US$lOO bills. “I almost fell off my chair in surprise! This was the first time that the society had such a112 words
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Advertisement12 1991-12-14 1 Good jobs go fast. Read The Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION APPOINTMENTS12 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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574 1991-12-14 2 Minister outlines principles of S’pore’s security policy SINGAPORE'S defence must never be the exclusive duty of an economic underclass forced to join the armed forces because they have no other economic opportunity. Or Lee Boon Yang said on Tuesday. The Minister574 words
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Article, Illustration161 1991-12-14 2 IT IS a pity that the Japanese parliament had serapped the idea to pass a resolution apologising for the Paeifie War, Brigadier-General (Res) George Yeo said on Sunday. “If we are asked to forgive, we should forgive, but we must never forget," said the161 words
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Article, Illustration430 1991-12-14 2 A FORMER volunteer tutor for retarded children, who was contemplating suicide, went on a cheating spree last month to buy gifts for needy people as an act of charity, her counsel said. By the time430 words
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Article, Illustration557 1991-12-14 2 Dominic Nathan - By Dominic Nathan A PLAN to erect a new war monument in Bukit Batok, where memorials honouring the war dead of both the Japanese and Allied troops once stood, has been shelved. When asked about this development, a Ministry of Information and557 words
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Article, Illustration528 1991-12-14 3 Mathew Pereira - By Mathew Pereira THE SAF now has a highly sophisticated radar which can locate long-range artillery and rocket launcher |x>sitions within seconds after firing. Called the TPQ-37, it lets the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) pinpoint enemy positions in seconds, according to the528 words
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165 1991-12-14 3 A 68-YEAR-OLD woman who was brutally struck on the head with an electric fan by a woman robber on Dec 10 went into a coma about five hours later. The woman, Madam Yip Kwai Heng, who was interviewed by detectives before slipping into a165 words
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286 1991-12-14 3 BG LEE AND HIS FATHER DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has an understanding with his father to keep their private and professional lives separate. Making this revelation last week in an interview with China Times, a Taiwanese daily, he said that it286 words
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367 1991-12-14 3 ALMOST half of the 116 contributors to the $lO-million Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship fund were pub-licly-listed companies The 55 listed companies came from various sectors ranging from trading, industrial, financial to property. They included heavyweights like Keppel Corporation, Natsteel, the Sembawang group,367 words
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Article, Illustration288 1991-12-14 3 A SINGAPOREAN businessman, who frequently visited night spots in Johor Baru, was found murdered in a rubber plantation about 12 km from the town on Tuesday. Mr Yu Song Kiat, 22, of Minbu Villa in Balestier, had severe head injuries and is believed to288 words
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HOME
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595 1991-12-14 4 Move follows negative feedback over earlier price jump from $ll THE cost of a tourist visa to India has dropped from $B5 to $l7 just over a month after it was raised by more than six times. The move, which takes effect595 words
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625 1991-12-14 4 John Lui - Charities and card makers put out live million of them By John Lui MORE than five million Made-in-Singapore Christmas cards are on the market this year, as greeting card makers and charities vie for a share of a multi-million-dollar pie. The cards625 words
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Article, Illustration403 1991-12-14 4 Red Cross House surprised by mystery donor AN EMPIXIYEE at the Red Cross House almost fell off her cha'r when a donor walked in with US$4O,OOO (5565.600) in cash to help Philippine disaster victims. The mysterious donor, a foreigner, sent the money through a friend here after403 words
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Article, Illustration383 1991-12-14 4 PASSENGERS on Singapore Commuter taxis no longer need to use cash to pay their fares. All they need is a Visa credit card. Singapore Commuter spent $1.5 million to equip its taxis with credit card transaction terminals last month when383 words
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638 1991-12-14 5 Serena Toh - By Serena Toh THREE people received the blood donated by two Aids carriers, but their chances of being infected were very slim, the Health Ministry said on Monday. This was because the two carriers were probably not638 words
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281 1991-12-14 5 A FORMER Singapore Airlines chief steward who smuggled 80 pieces of gold from Singapore to Nepal was fined $5,000 and ordered to pay a penalty of $B,OOO on Monday. Yeo Chong Yeow, 39, hid the gold, which weighed just over 8 kg and281 words
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Article, Illustration554 1991-12-14 5 MRT stations, airport to get new markers MULTI LINGUAL signs will go up in eight MRT stations, selected streets in the conservation areas and Changi Airport in the next few months. In four to six weeks, station signs in the four languages will554 words
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461 1991-12-14 5 A NEW transit hotel and airline lounge complex are to be built as part of a $2OO million project to upgrade Changi Airport’s Terminal 1. The director-general of Civil Aviation, Mr Lim Hock San, announced this at the opening of the British461 words
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Article, Illustration1062 1991-12-14 6 Sandra Davie - Two S’porerans under investigation by US govt for selling aircraft, missile parts By Sandra Davie A SINGAPORE company, a subsidiary of a Miami-based corporation, has become embroiled in an arms smuggling scandal. Two Singaporeans linked to the company, Aero Systems Private Limited, are among1,062 words
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478 1991-12-14 6 Sandra Davie - By Sandra Davie. A SINGAPORE company, which was charged hy the American government with selling sensitive, USmade equipment to Iran, has said it believed its customers were Hongkong rompanies and not Iranian arms dealers. The company, Aero Systems Pte Ltd, said478 words
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279 1991-12-14 6 ANOTHER top law graduate has been appointed a justices’ law clerk. Miss Mavis Chionh Sze-Chyi, 22, is the sixth person to be appointed under the scheme mooted by Chief Justice Yong Pung How when he took over as head of the judiciary in279 words
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476 1991-12-14 6 THE days of mistaking the red $2-note for $lO will soon be largely over. The Board of Commissioners of Currency, in a press statement last Friday announced that it would issue a new $2-note which will be made available to476 words
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Article, Illustration424 1991-12-14 7 A GARBAGE truck driver of the Environment Ministry was crushed to death on Sunday when he fell into the truck while trying to close its jammed back door. Mr Phua Lea Muai. 57, had climbed up the truck and was trying424 words
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429 1991-12-14 7 First seizure since signing of wildlife pact TEN rhinoceros horns worth about $lOO,OOO were seized at Changi airport last Friday. This was the first such seizure since Singapore joined the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora429 words
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Article, Illustration268 1991-12-14 7 FORMER communist Gerald de Cruz, best remembered by Singaporeans for his robust lectures against the ideology during the *****, died in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, aged 72. Hi was buried the same day in Johor’s Kampong Singapura, the hometown of his widow, Madam Maimunah Mohammed,268 words
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Article, Illustration395 1991-12-14 7 Action comes after bookings and suspensions AFTER 15 bookings, 19 warning letters and two suspensions each lasting fortnight, a seafood hawker at Newton Food Centre had his licence revoked on Tuesday. This action came a week after another hawker at the popular food395 words
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Article, Illustration761 1991-12-14 8 SPOTLIGHT on the Aids intrusion It is bad enough when you are single and fighting a killer disease like Aids. It is even more traumatic if you are a spouse or breadwinner. Serena Toh of The Straits Times uncovers the trauma affecting761 words
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347 1991-12-14 8 CASE STUDY 1 SEBASTIAN 41, found out he was an Aids carrier eight months ago when he went to donate blood Married with two children, he admits having led a “flamboyant life" with many girlfriends. He insists that he has never been to prostitutes since347 words
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Article352 1991-12-14 8 CASE STUDY 2 He is a production worker in his 40s, who found out about his infection when he went for a blood test in 1987, just before his traditional wedding. The woman, a clerical worker in her 30s, decided to go ahead352 words
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NEWSFRONT
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182 1991-12-14 8 A THIEF stole 10 pairs of shoes early last Saturday and hid them inside a garbage bin to be picked up later. But a maid saw him behaving suspiciously near the bin a short distance away from her employer's home in Hillside182 words
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109 1991-12-14 8 A YOUTH was fined $5OO by a district court on Wednesday for urinating in a Housing Board lift on Tuesday. The court heard that Sathiyaseelan Sevarajawan, 17, a Malaysian, left his Boon Lay Drive flat and went down to the ground floor to109 words
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Article, Illustration135 1991-12-14 8 NEXT year’s Tourism Awards will include six scholarships worth $4,000 each. One each will be given to the best hotel, store, nightspot, Asian restaurant, Western restaurant and travel agency for use by an employee. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, organiser of the annual awards135 words
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Article78 1991-12-14 8 AN EXHIBITION featuring the works of seven women artists from Mexico will be held at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) Gallery from Dec 22 to 30. Some of the art forms used include expressionism, figurative painting, native or primitive art, magical realism, and cubism.78 words
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536 1991-12-14 9 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal AN AIRLINE cartel plans to drop its price-fixing and enforcement role following its failure to curb the recent fare war. The Intra Marketing Programme (IMP), comprising more than 20 airlines operating out of Changi Airport, has practically crumbled536 words
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502 1991-12-14 9 L«ong Chan Taik - By L«ong Chan Taik VACATIONING students are bolstering security in department stores as the stores gird themselves against shoplifters during the festive season. The students were hired either as security staff or as sales assistants. Each of the six Metro stores502 words
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Article159 1991-12-14 9 THE new Parliament will 1 «pen on Jan I at 2.M pm. The dttlng of the tint session of the Eighth Par- (lament was announced by President Wee Kim Wee in the Government Gazette last Friday. The new session comes i tour months after159 words
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Article, Illustration493 1991-12-14 9 Joe Dorai - SPORTSFRONT By Joe Dorai TIONG BAHRU Constituency Sports Club has budgeted $550,000 for its 1992 soccer programme. The money will be used to pay for a clubhouse, the first to be owned by a soccer club, as well as the recruitment493 words
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318 1991-12-14 9 Malcolm Bastians - BODYBUILDING By Malcolm Bastians THERE was no mistaking Singapore’s top woman bodybuilder at Changi International Airport last Friday. As cameras clicked, Jojo Sinclair went into her posing routine amidst her baggage ih a body-hugging black dress while fellow passengers ogled. She was318 words
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Advertisement73 1991-12-14 7 S.C. FLOWER <bivo.A Gift of lovo We do floral arrangements and hampers for all occasions, both locally and overseas. Free delivery to the doorstep anywhere in Singapore, Johor Bahru and Hong Kong. We accept Visa, Master Card and American Express for phone orders. MON-SUN PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ALL ENQUIRIES ARE WELCOME73 words
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MALAYSIA
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434 1991-12-14 10 Kalimullah Hassan - By By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Thursday that Malaysia and Singapore must always maintain good relations for their mutual benefit. Dr Mahathir told a visiting high-powered business delegation from Singapore that relations between the434 words
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Article, Illustration215 1991-12-14 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway is expected to be closed for two days because of a massive landslide at the 48-km mark of the road. The Star newspaper said that the landslide, which occurred at 4.40 am on Wednesday, sent huge boulders tumbling across the– The Star picture - 215 words
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351 1991-12-14 10 Republic claims scum on coastline came from Johor NST JOHOR BARU The Department of Environment is investigating charges by Singapore that Johor's palm-oil mills are polluting its coastline after floating white scum was discovered over several areas in the Republic last week. TheNST - 351 words
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234 1991-12-14 10 NST SHAH ALAM The Selangor government will cut down on elaborate official functions to make better use of working time and reduce expenditure. The move is among the many cost-saving steps being taken by the state government now that the federal governmentNST - 234 words
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126 1991-12-14 10 AMALACCA Secret societies have infiltrated several secondary schools in Malacca and some students are suspected to he active gang members, according to a Malaysian daily. The Star newspaper reported on Thursday that police had stepped up investigations to flush out these students. Central Malacca police spokesman126 words
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386 1991-12-14 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR Defence Minister Datuk Najib Tun Razak said on Wednesday that it was not possible for the government to prevent air crashes on its territory involving aircraft from a neighbouring country. In a written statement to Parliament,386 words
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84 1991-12-14 11 Bernama KOALA LUMPUR A total of 3.6 million tourists visited Malaysia this year up to the end of August, with the vast majority of them coming from Singapore, Parliament was told on Thursday. Parliamentary Secretary to the Culture, Arts and Tourism Ministry Datuk Abdul RahmanBernama - 84 words
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390 1991-12-14 11 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Chinese will support wholeheartedly the country’s economic development and help to achieve Vision 2020 once they are sure that the government will not try to deprive them of their "cultural roots”, entrepreneur Robert Kuok has said. According to a390 words
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Article, Illustration118 1991-12-14 11 Bernama. DR NOORDIN SOPIEE (right), director-general of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), has been elected a member of the Club of Rome. He is the first Malaysian to be elected to the prestigious club which was founded in 1968Bernama. - 118 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration532 1991-12-14 11 Reuter, AFP. UPI. MANILA Presidential contender Jovito Salonga was ousted as Senate chief on Thursday in a political revolt that could foreshadow a bitter fight for the Philippine Presidency in next year’s elections The 71-year-old Liberal Party chief, who led a moveReuter,; AFP.; UPI. - 532 words
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Article, Illustration260 1991-12-14 11 Reuter. AFP, AP. MANILA Former Philippine First I,ady Imelda Marcos pleaded not guilty to tax fraud charges on Monday when she went on trial in her homeland for the first time since she returned from exile in the United States. Her sonReuter.; AFP,; AP.; Renter picture. - 260 words
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125 1991-12-14 11 AFP. MANILA The Philippines had protested to the British Broadcasting Cerp about a film on mail-order brides, which It alleged was offensive to Pilipinas, Foreign Department officials said on Wednesday. In a letter to BBC direc-tor-general Michael Checklan, the Philippine Ambassador to– AFP. - 125 words
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316 1991-12-14 11 AFP. Reuter. JAKARTA Indonesian military chief General Try Sutrisno has said that the country's handling of security issues was not open for debate. Antara news agency on Wednesday quoted him telling journalists on Tuesday that only those well acquainted withAFP.; Reuter. - 316 words
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Article146 1991-12-14 11 JAKARTA A team of surgeons removed a 19-kg tumour from the stomach of an 18-year-old Acehnese girl, according to The Jakarta Post. It quoted Dr Fauzi Sahil, the leader of the team, as saying that the operation at the Permata Bunda Hospital in Medan was146 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article664 1991-12-14 12 DECEMBER 14. 1991 OVER-REACTION is said to be the characteristic of insecure governments. That is not entirely true. While oppressive regimes respond violently to peaceful dissent because they are desperate, they can do so also because they know that they will get away with it. Unfortunately,664 words
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Article640 1991-12-14 12 DECEMBER 13. 1991 HE came to defend government philosophy on doing business in Singapore. He left behind an invitation to identify instances of government linked companies being given unfair advantages, if any. In both respects, Brigadier-On-er a 1 (Res) Lee Hsien Loong’s speech to the Singapore640 words
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Article661 1991-12-14 12 DECEMBER 11. 1991 ONE of the most critically important projects the Ministry of Education can undertake is the setting up of the School Psychological Service announced recently. The pilot project to give professional help to primary school children with learning problems is good news long overdue.661 words
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902 1991-12-14 12 Tan Sai Siong - Viewpoint By Tan Sai Siong WHERE, oh where, is the caring society that politicians from the Prime Minister downwards have been talking about with increasing frequency in Singapore? And how convincing can words like sharing and loyalty tripping off the tongues of human resource managers902 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration1963 1991-12-14 13 The once business starved Tanjong Pagar conservation area is coming to life at night, as pub and restaurant owners pull no punches in their battle to lure customers. Jenny Lam checks out the oftenrollicking scenes behind those quiet streets. YOW! Is everyone having a good time?" screams the1,963 words
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INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
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Article, Illustration1343 1991-12-14 14 Statistics and how to interpret them was a matter which attracted considerable interest during a recent PAP convention. Do statistics tell the whole story, or do they often miss the point? Cherian George discusses the issue with several academics and researchers. WHEN Mr Ong Teng Cheong1,343 words
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471 1991-12-14 14 Numbers can cloud as well as clear the air. And no wonder. From forgetting the fine-print to faulty logic and fuzzy averages, statistics are full of pitfalls for the unsuspecting. Here are some examples: HOW WELL are Singapore's workers paid? Labour MP Goh471 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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116 1991-12-14 15 DID you know that your humble office photocopier was considered a printing press and, strictly speaking, required a permit under Section 3 of the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act? Some alert organisations were aware of it and had been applying dutifully for permits to116 words
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Article128 1991-12-14 15 LET'S just say her looks could kill. The woman in question, a sweet young thing in a little black dress, started off cheerily when she greeted the 1,000 people awaiting the Prime Minister at an NUS lecture with a “Hi, everybody”. But if the audience128 words
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Article, Illustration112 1991-12-14 15 ■IF THE assistant director of the NTUC Research Unit, Mr Yang Ban Seng, had his way, unionists would be making their presence felt in the mini-plots of SBC Chinese drama serials. Writing in the NTUC’s 30th anniversary annual, he said that story-lines could be112 words
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120 1991-12-14 15 IN THIS space a fortnight ago, Opposition politician Zeng Guoyuan said he would not pay for a limousine he rented on Election Day. But last week, the acupuncturist and Workers’ Party candidate who lost in the fight for Bukit Timah forked out $1,300120 words
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Article, Illustration977 1991-12-14 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong ASK the board of directors or senior management of any listed company to whom they feel primarily responsible, and chances are they will say it is the shareholders. This is hardly surprising. After all, it is how successive977 words
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528 1991-12-14 15 Zuraidah Ibrahim - COMMUNITY WATCH li Zuraidah Ibrahim ARE Malay drug inmates being helped or mollycoddled? First, they received "star" treatment from celebrities such as rocker Ramli Sarip, footballers Fandi Ahmad and Abbas Saad and rock group Wings, who visited them. Then,528 words
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MONEY
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Article5684 1991-12-14 16 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 13, 1991 INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 1991 High Low Tel Cod* Company Curr Last Traded Sale OfQr'i Vol Day Last Quote Oiv '000 High Low Buyer Seller Net P/E 28S 162 1000 Acma 215 8 73 215 213 214 216 10 ON 142 255 180 11425,684 words
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425 1991-12-14 17 The weekly share market report SHARE prices on local bourse closed largely unchanged in lacklustre trading last week. Prices started declining at the start of the week but managed to recover ground on a technical rebound on Friday. The Straits Times Industrials Index closed at425 words
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Article163 1991-12-14 17 ST Industrials Index The Strait* Time* Industrials Indei rose 10.77 point* on the week to 144! 32 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday ’.430 74 (*0.19) 19 56m '$36 38m' Tuesday ’430 68 (—0.06' 25 50m ($53 68") Wednesday 1422 73 (-7 95) 30.07m ($65 84m' Thursday 1424 91163 words
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580 1991-12-14 18 Mahathir reiterates warm welcome Malaysia will give to Republic’s businessmen KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia on Thursday assured Singapore that investments from the Republic whether from the public or private sectors would not offend political sensitivities in Kuala Lumpur. Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies580 words
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Article665 1991-12-14 18 Company Data Vaar Craup Nat Nat earnings Crass aan ta preflt/last (l) par shara dividend COOOl (cants) H (6M Dec 3 tun 91 S2OOMiSl 418 36(2 5) 3(7) Amai Star Mo. 79 tun 91 MS78 084 ($45 877) 19(117) 20(8 3T€) Mat* Ctamars Mo. 27 tun 91 S7665 words
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Article181 1991-12-14 18 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to on* unit ot foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar i 6426 1 6606 Sterling pound 2 9513 3 0165 Australian dollar 1 2681 1 2926 Canadian dollar 1 4276 1 4596 N/ dollar 0 9038 0 9346 Singapore dollar* to 100 unit*181 words
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Article114 1991-12-14 18 Contract data: 13/12/91 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALI VALUE DATE uSS 4 Vi 3 7 3-v, 3V. 3 ‘4 3 Li 17/12/91 AS 7 6 Vi 6% 6% 6'. 6*4 17/12/91 NZS 6V« 6 V 6’/j 6% 6, 5 7114 words
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362 1991-12-14 18 CAR distributor Cycle and Carriage (C&C), which is expanding into properties, has reported another record year in which pre-tax profits exceeded the $lOO-million mark for the first time. This came on the back of a hefty 41-per cent increase in group turnover to $1.2362 words
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200 1991-12-14 18 FOOD-BASED Cerebos Pacific Ltd made a pre-tax profit of $83.63 million for the 14 months ended September. Group pre-tax profit for the previous 12 months was $70.02 million. The group changed its financial year-end, which used to be in July, after it was200 words
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Article665 1991-12-14 18 Friday Dacambar 11 HK! Amoy Propart»» ...5 30 0 05 Allied Over seas 0 86 -0 01 Asia Sac Int'l 1 17 001 Allwd TW 0 63 001 Bank ot EA 22 50 0 20 3 575 4-0 025 Cafa da Coral 2 35 0 075 CanturyClty 145 003665 words
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Article379 1991-12-14 18 Manager's prices for December 14 16 Singapore Unit Trust the Commerce 1 20-1 28 The Savings Fund i 04- 1 11 Spore Prog Fund 0 47 -0 SO S pore Sec Fund 0 /8- 0 83 Spore Invest Fund 0 86 0 92 S pore Equity Fund 0379 words
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Article, Illustration343 1991-12-14 19 IT IS no accident that the tallest and best-equipped office blocks in Singapore have been set up by banks, said Dr Goh Keng Swee. This also happens in most other countries, he added at UOB Plaza's topping-upPieture by Dominie Wong. - 343 words
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433 1991-12-14 19 LOCAL firms must upgrade their management techniques anti enter into larger groupings to overcome limitations in size if they want to compete effectively in Singapore's o|>en market system. This was stated on Thursday by the Senior Minister of State433 words
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241 1991-12-14 19 TRADING house Inchcape Bhd will be losing its distributorship for Audi and Volkswagen cars to a private company of the Tan family which controls the Tan Chong Motor group. Inchcape has been served a notice of termination of the distributorship for the241 words
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Article856 1991-12-14 19 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment date close payable the year last year MSB 50c I2%(b) Dec 30 Jan 14 Jan 21 12% 10% Amal Steal 50c 10% Dec 9 Dec 23 Jan 20 20% 20% Amtell Eng 20c 6%TE Dec 5 Dec 11 Dec856 words
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Article172 1991-12-14 19 Company Rights Issue City Dev Renounceabie rights issue on the basis of one-for-ten «1 $2 85 per share Ex-date- Dec 9 Boohs close: Dec 19 Acceptance Payment NYA H Negara One f or-one (a $2 7b per share Ex-date Nov 12 Books close- Nov 22 Acceptance Payment lan172 words
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Article457 1991-12-14 19 Company Rights Issue i Asia Pac Land Four-for seven MS0.50 per share n Alliance Tech One-tor-one <g $1 00 per share Bolton Issue of $90 9 78m nominal amount of 35% Redeemable Unsecured Guaranteed Bonds 1991 '96 with *****m detachable warrants on the basis of $2 nominal amount457 words
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663 1991-12-14 20 THE Government will do its best to ensure healthy competition and a level playing field for all companies, be they multinational corporations (MNCs), governmentlinked corporations (GLCs) or local private firms, Deputy Prime Minister Brig-Gen (Res) Hsien Loong said on663 words
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415 1991-12-14 20 SENIOR Thai officials contacted in Thailand and Singapore on Monday were non-committal about a Bangkok newspaper report which stated that the Thai government has scrapped its earlier plan to lease the Thai Embassy site along Orchard Road for commercial use. The415 words
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Article, Illustration361 1991-12-14 20 TUESDAY, Dec 10, saw two major ground-break-ing ceremonies here for more than $1.5 billion worth of building developments. One was for the $750-mil-lion Republic Plaza at Raffles Place, and the other for the $BOO-million Bugis Junction at North Bridge Road, Victoria Street. The361 words
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317 1991-12-14 20 JAPANESE trading house Mitsubishi Corporation has relocated its entire support operations for its worldwide oil trading activities from Tokyo to Singapore. This was disclosed by Mr Atsushi Fukunouye, the managing director of its oil trading subsidiary here, Petr o-Diamond Singapore, in an interview.317 words
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394 1991-12-14 20 Eddie Toh - By Eddie Toh ASIA Pacific Breweries, the bottler of Tiger and Anchor beer, is considering close to $1 billion worth of joint ventures, including the establishment of four or five more breweries in the region over the next 10 years.394 words
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Advertisement755 1991-12-14 21 f, The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition ."‘=3: Singapore Civil Service Your Ist Choice In Careers The Singapore Civil Service is looking for able and highly motivated graduates who are seeking challenging careers. If such are your qualities and aspirations, we invite you to apply for Division I appointments, some755 words
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Advertisement294 1991-12-14 22 DARE TO DREAM ■V ■v Thirty Years Of Economic Development The EDB mission is to spearhead the economic development of Singapore. Over the last 30 years, with vision and drive, the EDB single-mindedly pioneered new programmes, schemes and initiatives aimed at stimulating national economic growth, helping businesses grow and creating294 words
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FORUM
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414 1991-12-14 23 LESLIE Fong’s column “False image of greedy government needs to be corrected fast” (ST Weekly Overseas Edition, Doc 7) justified the need for large reserves, and gave statistics which were interesting, but did not have the impact to improve the image of414 words
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902 1991-12-14 23 WHEN Prime Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong addressed NUS students recently, they presented him with two scrolls inscribed with the much-quoted words of Fan Zhong Yan <(i f«p of the Song Dynasty. Lianhe Zaobao of Nov 30 carried a picture showing Mr Goh902 words
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Advertisement123 1991-12-14 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 their names. This rule will be waived only in very exceptional circumstances, such123 words
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Advertisement164 1991-12-14 23 mm WEEKLY The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. Politics, the economy, investment opportunities; 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 Straits Times WEEKLY OVERSEA*164 words
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608 1991-12-14 24 Chua Chong Jin - Pilot project to start in 12 primary schools next March By Chua Chong Jin THE Ministry of Education will start a pilot project in 12 primary schools next March to identify and help pupils with a range of learning problems. The project details608 words
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511 1991-12-14 24 Foo Choy Peng - By Foo Choy Peng Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Foreigners will find it harder to enrol in Singapore's first overseas school should demand for places from Singaporeans grow strongly in the next couple of years, according to Education Minister Tony511 words
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Article, Illustration252 1991-12-14 24 TWO monkeys are being used to protect picnickers at a Sentosa beach from falling coconuts. The macaques from Terengganu have been "employed" by the Sentosa Development Corporation to pluck and remove coconuts on Siloso Beach before they drop. The apes, called BulatPicture by MAK KIAN SENG. - 252 words
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608 1991-12-14 24 Chua Chong Jin - Pilot project to start in 12 primary schools next March By Chua Chong Jin THE Ministry of Education will stan a pilot project in 12 primary schools next March to identify and help pupils with a range of learning problems. The project details608 words
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513 1991-12-14 24 Foo Choy Peng - By Foo Choy Peng Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Foreigners will find it harder to enrol in Singapore's first overseas school should demand for places from Singaporeans grow strongly in the next couple of years, according to Education Minister Tony513 words
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Article, Illustration252 1991-12-14 24 TWO monkeys are being used to protect picnickers at a Sentosa beach from falling coconuts. The macaques from Terengganu have been "employed” by the Sentosa Development Corporation to pluck and remove coconuts on Siloso Beach before they drop. The apes, called BulatPicture by MAK KIAN SENG. - 252 words