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Title Section20 1994-01-01 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 002/08/9320 words
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716 1994-01-01 1 Productivity grew faster than real wages, but manufacturing shows signs of slowing MR GOH Fhok Tong told Singaporeans yesterday tnat mey did wpII last year with ’he economy j osting a growth rate ol 98 per rent ut reminded them ’hat they would have716 words
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Article384 1994-01-01 1 M. Nirmala - Total of 50.200 babies expected for last year By M. Nirmala SINGAPORE may see the highest birth rate since 1991 if the current trend continued. From January to October ’ast year, a total ot 41,200 babies were born This was a i. 3 per384 words
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Article, Illustration55 1994-01-01 1 UNDER-COVER COP: With whole-day Area Licensing being introduced this week, the Cisco constables manning Restricted Zone gantries will neeu all the protection they can get from the elements. This shelter at Temasek BoiLevard and 10 others to be mstailed should be of help. More will shop at night55 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration435 1994-01-01 2 Tan Ooi Boon - KL condo collapse By Tan Ooi Boon THANK you. Singapore This message of gratitude was conveyed to Singapore, particularly tne Singapore Civil Defence Force, by the Malaysian Hign Commissioner last Friday for its help in tne rescue operation in Malaysia’s worst building disaster On Dec435 words
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163 1994-01-01 2 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last Friday met members of the Singapore Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Dart) which was instrumental in the search-and-rescue operations during the condominium tragedy. The 32-member team went into round-the-clock action on theBernama - 163 words
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Article, Illustration444 1994-01-01 2 Russell Tan - No one hurt; dawn fire at porch put out by neighbours By Russell Tan THREE petrol bombs were thrown into the front porcn of a house with 16 occupants just after dawn on Tuesday. The bombs started a fire which damaged a cane furniture set.444 words
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320 1994-01-01 2 SINGAPORE’S biggest taxi company is preparing to go public over the next few months. Disclosing this on Tuesday, the outgoing managing director of Comfort Holdings. Mr Lew Syn Pau. said that both the public and the company’s taxi drivers and staff will have a320 words
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640 1994-01-01 3 Yeo Hwee Yng - By Yeo Hwee Yng IN A significant change of eating habits, Singaporeans are consuming more vegetables and less red meat. In 1992, each Singaporean chewed through 83.4 kg of vegetables. According to the Primary Production Department (PPD) figures, the amount of vegetables640 words
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541 1994-01-01 3 Cephah Tan - Include budget units and those designed by private sector By Cephah Tan THE Housing Board plans to offer as many as 29.000 new flats this year, about 1,200 more than that available last year. The new flats include the four-room budget flats,541 words
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Article, Illustration648 1994-01-01 3 Sandra Pearce - By Sandra Pearce THE killers of a Singaporean businessman stripped him to his underwear, doused the body with petrol and set it alight after they strangled and robbed him in China. Mr Ng Chai Wui, 34. the younger648 words
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Article, Illustration213 1994-01-01 4 IT IS twice the size of the H Love Boat” or to use a Singaoorean measure it is the length of nearly 15 SBS Superbuses. The vessel is the Langkapuri Star Aquarius (above), the latest eruise ship that will beTlmesgraphlct - 213 words
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469 1994-01-01 4 Leong Chan Teik - Whole-day Area Licensing Scheme from this week By Leong Chan Teik CITY life is expected to be more bustling at night and on Sundays when the whoie*day Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) goes into effect from this week. This was a key469 words
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633 1994-01-01 4 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon LAST year's Singapore Bar examination saw a drop in the number of failures, after last year's record failure rate. Students said that they studied harder and their examiners agreed. Their performance improved though the test questions were633 words
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Article, Illustration557 1994-01-01 5 Elena Chong - He sent out letters saying that she was promiscuous By Elena Chong A WOMAN hotel manager who sued a National University of Singapore lecturer for libel has won $25,000 in damages Madam Lin Soon Wah. 28, had alleged that Dr Jayasooriah557 words
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Article, Illustration454 1994-01-01 5 TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Ang Wan Jun was given until Christmas to live. But she defied the odds and fumed up last Saturday on Christmas Day to present flowers to the First Lady, Mrs Ong Teng Cheong, who was the guest-of-honour at a charity lunch in aid of454 words
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449 1994-01-01 5 A PRICE war among tour agencies in Japan may be the cause of recent increases in the number of Japanese tourist arrivals in Singapore. The numbers have now risen for the fifth consecutive month. Last November, there were 81,687 arrivals from449 words
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356 1994-01-01 5 Phua Kok Kim - They include food and household goods By Phua Kok Kim FROM today, an extra 406 products, ranging irom furniture to biscuits, will enter Singapore dutyfree. This will bring the total number of duty-free imports to 5.736 items, representing per cent of all356 words
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Article, Illustration458 1994-01-01 6 Veronica Koh - By Veronica Koh INTRODUCING the President’s Tie, fashionably designed with maroon orchid motifs on a black background. Besides President Ong Teng Cheong himself, only about 300 people own one. Commissioned by NTUC Income, the tie is now out of stock The President has worn458 words
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Article, Illustration315 1994-01-01 6 STUDENTS of an arts college are helping to design souvenirs that will be distributed at 14 outlets in Singapore The students from LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts were commissioned by Singapore Cable Car (Pte) Ltd (SCC) to come up with315 words
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677 1994-01-01 6 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik MOTORISTS here still prefer to buy new cars, not used ones, despite the escalating cost of Certificates of Entitlement. Although bookings of new cars have slowed down of late, the market for used cars has not picked up, said677 words
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488 1994-01-01 7 Commodities firm deceived him into paying $272,300 A MAN who was led to believe that he had lost huge sums of money in gold trading won back his money plus interest and costs. Mr Michael Chon, a marine contractor, had sued Mr488 words
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Article, Illustration404 1994-01-01 7 FISH for fresh water prawns tn air-conditioned comfort with soothing music right in the heart of town. A T-shaped prawn-fish-ing pond about the size of a Housing Board executive flat will be the highlight of a new food court opening soon at the basement of Apollo Centre404 words
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Article, Illustration636 1994-01-01 8 Four new HDB blocks catch attention with curvy facades FOUR newly-completed Housing Board apartment blocks are making waves in Tampines. Their distinctive, curved facades are attracting the attention of passersby What is different about these fluid-looking facades is that they are pre-cast slabs made in factories636 words
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Article, Illustration616 1994-01-01 8 Ten professionals get together to form The Roundtabie TEN Singaporeans have come together to form a "citizens' thinktank", the second group to do so this year Calling itself The Roundtable. it aims to offer a politically non-partisan viewpoint on national issues The group,616 words
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289 1994-01-01 8 CHRISTMAS shopping may be over but it was hard to tell at some of the stores around town on Monday They were still drawing shoppers by angling their year-end clearance sales on the Christmas-after period Most of the big stores had289 words
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Advertisement158 1994-01-01 7 DELIVERED WEEKLY AS ERg :•< arKfefe EatlM r?/*t The Straits Times Weekly Edition. A crisp summary of happenings in Singapore. o< Politics, the economy, investment And snippets on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid delivered to you every week, whereever you may be. Subscribe now. And be in touch. The158 words
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Article, Illustration338 1994-01-01 9 Joe Dorai - SOCCER: By Joe Dorai AUSTRALIAN midfielder Abbas Saad has decided to play for Singapore in next year’s Super League starting in April. He has accepted a new offer by the Football Association of Singapore and has informed Patrick Ang, general manager (teams),338 words
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517 1994-01-01 9 Shirlynn Ho - Money will go towards preparations for Commonwealth and Asian Games Sports Excellence 2000 By Shirlynn Ho SINGAPORE athletes preparing for next year’s Asian and Commonwealth Games can look forward to more training and competitions abroad. This has been made possible through the517 words
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Article, Illustration345 1994-01-01 9 Hakikat Rai - ATHLETICS: By Hakikat Rai SOME members of Singapore’s athletics squad have been dashing from the track to the lab in a bid to catch up with their regional rivals. Eight male athletes nave been put through the grind in the Singapore Sports Council's humanPiclurc hy JERRY SEH. - 345 words
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MALAYSIA
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360 1994-01-01 10 KUALA LUMPUR The government will allow local universities and colleges to use English as the medium of instruction for technology-related courses soon. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. He said the matter had been discussed360 words
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381 1994-01-01 10 get carried away Bernam.i KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has called for the concentration of energy, thought, new strategy and sacrifice to make Malaysia No 1 in everything it does "We are heading towards the 21stget carried away " Bernam.i - 381 words
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445 1994-01-01 10 Proposal is in line with Islamic teaching, says mufti NST. KOTA BARU The Kelantan state government is looking into the possibility of segregating men and women at the cinemas and theatres, according to Mentri Besar Haji Nik Aziz Nik Mat. ButNST. - 445 words
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KL condo collapse
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Article, Illustration369 1994-01-01 10 NST. KI'ALA LUMPUR Prelimlnary findings of an inquiry committee on the Highland Towers condominium tragedy appear to have confirmed earlier reports that the block of luxury apartments collapsed earlier last month because ot a landslide Ampang Ja.va Municipal Council president Abdul Karim MunisarNST.; NST picture. - 369 words
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336 1994-01-01 10 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Monday warned property developers that the government would take action against them if they defied a Cabinet order to stop work on highrise buildings on hillsides. All local authorities wouldBernama. - 336 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration584 1994-01-01 11 Chiang Yin Pheng - PM Goh and Chuan agree Aft a should be set up sooner; Asean study proposed By By Chiang Yin Pheng BANGKOK The relationship between Singapore anti Thailand is growing from one that has been cordial and formal to one that is more of a partnership, ThaiSPII pool picture by YOONG CHOON HWA. - 584 words
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367 1994-01-01 11 Reuter JAKARTA Indonesia said last Friday that it would raise the legal minimum wage by 800 rupiah (Singapore 60 cents) a day in the country's capital and its outskirts, but labour activists said the increase was still far from enough.Reuter - 367 words
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318 1994-01-01 11 AFP. Reuter JAKARTA President Suharto on Thursday called for an all-out national effort to boost exports, revenues and make better use of available funds in the face of lowworld prices for oil. one of the nation's biggest sources of income. HeAFP.; Reuter - 318 words
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103 1994-01-01 11 Bernama BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei will introduce a satellite broadcasting service, the RTB-Sukmain-dera, from Jan 1. according to a statement last Friday. It said that the government-owned Radio Television Brunei, the country’s sole broadcasting station, would telecast a one-hour programme daily via Palapa B2P.Bernama - 103 words
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400 1994-01-01 11 AFP, AP Pevter MANILA President Fidel Ramos on Thursday signed into law a 362-bil-lion-peso (Ss22-billion) Budget for the Philippine government next year, vetoing several cuts and realignments put in by Congress. Chief among the items vetoed were a 32-billion-pe-so cut in the amountAFP,; AP; Pevter - 400 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article632 1994-01-01 12 JANUARY 1. 1993 SINGAPORE’S achievements last year should make it easier for the country to move closer during 1994 to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's long-term vision of "a rounded, balanced society, competitive and compassionate" Obviously, Singapore's changing age profile, to which he referred in632 words
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Article641 1994-01-01 12 DECEMBER 30. 1993 THE Small Families Improvement Scheme (SFIS), which starts appropriately enough on New Year’s Day, may have a significance beyond its immediate application. As Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said in Parliament, it will help to complement the competitive yang spirit with the641 words
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Article686 1994-01-01 12 DECEMBER 28, 1993 TAXIS that ply Singapore’s roads are not the world’s most inefficient. Nor are their fares among the highest charged in cities of comparable size or standard of living. Passengers pay several times more in Tokyo and Bonn and about 40 per686 words
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884 1994-01-01 12 Tan Kim Song - Viewpoint By Tan Kim Song SHOULD Nominated MPs be made Cabinet Ministers” With the Prime Minister lamenting the dearth of ministerial talent, the talk of co-opting NMPs into the Cabinet is beginning to make its round again As long as the NMPs have884 words
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Article, Illustration1575 1994-01-01 13 Koo Tsai Kee - By Koo Tsai Kee An EX-UNIVERSITY colleague of mine was in Singapore early last year to present a technical paper at an international seminar. While in town, he rang several times without prior notice to say hello. Unfortunately. when he caught me1,575 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, Illustration2045 1994-01-01 14 The White Papers on the GST and Affordable Health Care came and went. So did the Cost Review Committee report. The revised pay-cum-medical benefits scheme for the civil service was debated only recently in the House. So what kind2,045 words
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Article131 1994-01-01 15 VIPS like to end their speeches in this festive season with customary greetings So it was with Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo during his speech at Singapore Cable Vision's dinner last Thursday After outlining the future of cable TV, he gave a131 words
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Article86 1994-01-01 15 SEVERAL ministers have been spotted fishing out reading glasses when they read out speeches in Parliament, or during interview*. Trade and Industry Minister S. Dhanabalan uses them often in the House when making speeches. So does Law and Home Affairs Minister S Javakumar. Defence Minister Yeo86 words
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Article102 1994-01-01 15 THE new Association of Muslim Professionals i AMP) chairman is a businessman, and it shows. At the second anniversary dinner of the community self-help group last Wednesday. Mr Ahmad Mohamed Magad used the vocabulary of the boardroom in his speech. AMP lacked funds, he said. It102 words
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Article120 1994-01-01 15 THE Hollywood movie Baby Boom starred Diane Keaton as a hot-shot corporate executive who opted for a slower life in a country town to take care of a baby she inherited Nearer nome. one woman managed to juggle both roles. The woman, a partner in a120 words
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Article122 1994-01-01 15 IT IS that time of the year for MPs to send season’s greetings to their constituents. And what better way than through greeting cards 7 Some MPs use the “official" cards bearing motifs of Parliament House. The cards read "warmest greetings and best wishes" which122 words
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Article, Illustration999 1994-01-01 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong AS A Singaporean, I cannot help but feel troubled by Mr Goh Chok Tong’s recent disclosure that he might have to use professional headhunters to help him spot and recruit young men and women with ministerial potential. Others,999 words
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607 1994-01-01 15 Chua Mui Hoong - POWER WATCH Chua Mui Hoong SKIRTED tables of snacks and drinks stood by one side, and strains of Broadway and Asian folk songs wafted in the air. In the background, the Istana glowed a pearly white. Undergraduate607 words
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MONEY
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Article6978 1994-01-01 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Data: December 31. 1993 I 1993 Curr Last Vol Day Gra Net M Cap High Low Company Traded Sale +or000 High Low Div P/E $mil 1400 260 1 Acma 1280 20 26 2 1310 1250 12 5 554 882 3 310 220 16,978 words
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383 1994-01-01 17 DRIVEN by strong retail and institutional buying the Straits Times Industrials index (STII) broke past the 2.400 level for the first time in history this week. The bull run tha‘ commenced just before Christmas, continued this week as across the board buying383 words
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Article102 1994-01-01 17 ST industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 99.34 points on the week to 2425 68 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2378.43 (+5209' 796 46m ({1 518b Tuesday 2392.37 13 94' 602 06m (SI 288b Wednesday 2426 85 34 48' 770 07m f$1617b Tnursdav 2390 61 -36.241102 words
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466 1994-01-01 18 Phua Kok Kim - By Phua Kok Kim SINGAPORE'S economic [lerformance this year will receive a boost from economic recovery in the West and strong regional growth, economists say. But. (hey added, growth will be dampened by a stock market slowdown from last year's feverish level466 words
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2917 1994-01-01 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net E arn l IN Date IV l\ 13 n mnpam ann tMtll (Smi U1x| (ctxi MSB* Oct is 1* 2 IN' 0 ttj 2 04 0 \»luncc Tech Vp .to 1 0 440L 0 150 0 5 Xlev Hldgs iX\ 3 1 iMt*2,917 words
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389 1994-01-01 18 Tan Sung - Trades with Singapore brokers must follow guidelines By Tan Sung MALAYSIAN brokers have been told to abide by existing regulations to charge a minimum 0.5 per cent commission on trades clone with Singapore counterparts. In a circular sent out on Tuesday,389 words
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321 1994-01-01 18 Kevin Lim - By Kevin Lim IBM Singapore has started reducing its staff here through voluntary means, owing to pressure from its troubled US parent. Sources said on Wednesday that those who have taken up the company s voluntary severence package include former managing director Philip Ng,321 words
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Article, Illustration487 1994-01-01 19 It seeks tie-up with industry partner for diploma programme TEMASEK Polytechnic is looking for a restaurant operator to help it train students to run a food business. It wants to tie up with an industry partner to set up a restaurant-cum-train-ing487 words
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120 1994-01-01 19 TIMES Publishing is expected to release its first computer multimedia publication in the first half of this year This will comprise a Cl>Rom (compact disk-read only memory) containing existing editorial material, chairman Mr Lim Kim San said in the company's annual report which was120 words
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Article592 1994-01-01 19 Friday Oacambar 11 HKI ASM Pacific 4 10 -0 100 Allied ind int'l 0 85 •0 02 Allied Oversea 1 2t -0 02 Amoy Properties 12 80 •0 30 Asia Sec Int 1 87 -F 0 01 Bank of EA 5300 unch C P Pokphand ...3 40 -0 08592 words
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354 1994-01-01 19 Reuter. Kl ALA LTMPIR Malaysia has launched its second car company, a joint venture with Japan’* Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd, with the capacity to make 45,000 compact cars a year for the lower end of the nrirkct. “It willReuter. - 354 words
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431 1994-01-01 19 Ann Williams - By Ann Williams SEVERAL industry groups have welcomed the proposed confederation of manufacturing industries, viewing it as a step towards a giant umbrella group representing all businesses here ultimately. The confederation as outlined by Singapore Manufacturers Association (SMA) president Mr Robert431 words
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Article184 1994-01-01 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Burnt 00 Sffcnj US dollar 1.5960 ***** Sterling pound 2 3414 2 398! Australian dollar 1 0656 i 0978 Canadian dollar 1 1914 1 2206 N? dollar 0 8793 0 9099 EC unit 1 8092 Singapore dollars184 words
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Article130 1994-01-01 19 Contract dato: 31/12/93 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 2*4 2'« 2*4 2*4 2*4 2'4 5/1/94 A$ 3 3*4 3-4 3 3*4 2'4 5/1 94 NZS 3 1 a 3*4 3'. 3‘. 3 3 4 2'. 6/1 94 STG 4'« 4*4130 words
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Article306 1994-01-01 19 Manager’s prices for Jan 3 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.89 1 98 The Savings Fund 175-181 Spore Prog Fund 0 77—08! S pore Sec Fund 1 13—119 S pore Invest Fund 134—141 Spore (.Qi/ity Fund o.BB—o 92« d Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt Cl Asia-Pac Gr Fund306 words
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Article, Illustration410 1994-01-01 20 Kevin Lim - Record figure for a month indicates popularity of Telecom share issue By Kevin Lim A RECORD $4.1 billion in CPF funds was withdrawn (or share applications in October last year, attest- ng to the popularity of the Singapore Telecom share410 words
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Article, Illustration544 1994-01-01 20 Robert Ng; and Tan Sung - All others gain from the magnificent hull run By Robert Ng and Tan Sung THE magnificent bull run on the local stock exchange, which began way back fast January, has resulted in only one listed company, Inchcape, recording a544 words
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467 1994-01-01 20 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva LOCAL shipyards, which had been experiencing a downturn last year, are cautiously gearing up for better I times this year. Low freight rates and thin margins helped make last year a tough year for the marine sector, said467 words
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522 1994-01-01 20 Chan Hwa Loon - Malaysia has ‘the best prospects in the region’ By Chan Hwa Loon RESEARCH firms in Singapore and in the region expect major Asean countries to maintain or better their economic performance this year They agreed with a recent report by the Organisation522 words
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Article, Illustration334 1994-01-01 23 PROFESSOR Brian AbelSmith has drawn our attention to identifying the root of the problem in the rising cost of health care (ST Weekly. Dec 25) He, however, has failed to mention the other main cause.. In all, 1334 words
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Article, Illustration379 1994-01-01 23 I REFER to the report “Valiant Singapore rescuers return home from Malaysia” (Page 2). Our 32-member Singapore Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Dart) did well in their mission with the other two foreign teams from France and Japan, in the379 words
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545 1994-01-01 23 Pay for public servants 1 REFER to Khaw Boon Wan’s letter “Public servants should not be shortchanged in duty's name” (ST Weekly. Dec 25). Let me assure Mr Khaw that my main concern was the question of whether salaries should be made545 words
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322 1994-01-01 23 YOUR report “Five million Vickers Balias shares unal located due to error" (ST Weekly, Dec 25) raises a few concerns. It is not merely a case of a missed opportunity for those who might otherwise have got some shares in the ballot but, more322 words
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Advertisement123 1994-01-01 23 Dear Readers THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, full name, address, and home and office telephone numoers. We do not accept tor publication letters from writers who decline to use their names. This rule will oe waived only in very exceptional circumstances, such123 words
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465 1994-01-01 24 Ann Williams - By Ann Williams THE Government has started drawing up a masterplan for landed properties in Singapore to preserve the character of established private housing estates islandwide. The masterplan will contain guidelines dictating housing types, height restrictions and plot ratios applicable to465 words
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567 1994-01-01 24 Boost to links among partner industries for growth THE Government has set up a $1 billion Cluster Development Fund to develop the capabilities of Singapore companies on an industrywide or cluster basis. Announcing this at the list annual dinner of the Singapore Manufacturers567 words
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Article, Illustration175 1994-01-01 24 WHO says Singaporeans are not sparging this season? Two hundred of them nave forked out $lOO,OOO for a gourmet dinner and dance to welcome the New Year at Raffles Hotel. Tickets, priced at $5OO each for the black tie unction were snaripeu up within175 words