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Title Section20 1994-03-05 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 002/08/9320 words
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Article, Illustration635 1994-03-05 1 Sumiko Tan - Lifting of US embargo will lead to growth: PM By Sumiko Tan HANOI Trade and investment in Vietnam will increase because of the lifting of the US trade embargo and Singapore companies are well positioned to take advantage of this, Mr Goh ChokSPH picture by PETER CHEW. - 635 words
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548 1994-03-05 1 Patricia Adveraario - Single largest foreign investment project here By Patricia Adveraario MAJOR petrochemical companies from Europe, United States, and Japan announced on Tuesday that they will go ahead with the $3.4 billion expansion of the Singapore petrochemical complex, despite concerns over the present worldwide petrochemical slump. The548 words
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Advertisement8 1994-03-05 1 Teenage vandal gets jail and cane: Back Page8 words
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Advertisement9 1994-03-05 1 Planning a AREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 229 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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583 1994-03-05 2 Ahmad Osman - By Ahmad Osman THE Government will help a small group of pensionable officers meet their medical needs after they retire at the age of 60, if they opt for the new co-payment medical benefits scheme by March 31 Between 400 and583 words
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Article, Illustration425 1994-03-05 2 Elena Chong - By Elena Chong A DISTRICT judge last Saturday found two men guilty of rigging the share price of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL). The conviction of diamond merchant Tan Boon Chiang and remisier Casey Low Chin Yee for marketrigging is believed to be425 words
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Article, Illustration390 1994-03-05 2 COMPASSION earned taxi driver Lee Lam Seng, 68, a Guinness Stout Effort Award. This quality shone through on Thursday when he gave away more than he received. He won the prize because for more than a year, he had taken cancer-strick-en clerk Esther390 words
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297 1994-03-05 2 Paul Jansen - By Paul Jansen WESTERN Australia may become a new playground for NTUC and Safra National Service Association members, the Western Australian Premier indicated on Tuesday. Mr Richard Court, who was on a three-day official visit to Singapore, said both organisations297 words
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Article, Illustration673 1994-03-05 3 Sunny Goh - S’pore Govt pledges top-level support for project By Sunny Goh BEIJING The Prime Ministers of Singapore and China last Saturday wit* nessed the signing of an agreement which brings the development of an industrial township in Suzhou to fruition. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong andPicture by FRANCIS ONG. - 673 words
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240 1994-03-05 3 MR GOH Chok Tong on Sunday assured Singaporeans that the Government would monitor consumer prices before and after the Goods and Services Tax takes effect, and act against profiteers. “Some rises in prices cannot be avoided, but if prices go up too240 words
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402 1994-03-05 3 SEMBAWANG Shipyard Ltd was last Friday given the maximum fine of $25,000 on each of two charges of violating the Factories Act, in connection with separate fires that broke out in two vessels docked at the yard in 1992. The company pleaded guilty through402 words
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Article, Illustration403 1994-03-05 3 SINGAPORE’S former chief planner Liu Thai Ker has been appointed an adviser to Tianjin to help solve the city’s chronic housing problem and guide its massive coastal development project. His twin tasks: TO build affordable high-rise housing for thousands of residents now living403 words
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HOME
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541 1994-03-05 4 THE University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate lost the O-level scripts of 259 Singapore students who sat for the Literature in English paper last year The Ministry of Education on Monday said it was the first time Singapore scripts had been lost Cambridge has541 words
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Article, Illustration611 1994-03-05 4 Yee Nee and Davin score 11 Als each O-level THE top Olevel students came from Nanvang Girls' High School and Raffles Institution. with both students scoring 11 Als Nanvang Girls' top student Tan Yee Nee. 16. said "It's like I'm living through a611 words
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565 1994-03-05 4 A-level A LIFE-LONG battle with brittle bones crippled Julie Chong, but it made her determined to do well in her A-level examinations. In her first year at Tampines Junior College, she broke a leg and missed school for four565 words
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Article, Illustration189 1994-03-05 5 WITH three strikes of the kentong, a hanging drum used traditionally to summon villagers to prayer, Geylang Serai glowed in a million points of yellow lights. Mr Yatiman Yusof, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, struck the instrument to launch the189 words
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Article, Illustration274 1994-03-05 5 Tender for eating house is sl.6m higher than reserve price THE Housing Board has received a $6.8-million bid for an eating house, the size of a food court, in Choa Chu Kang New Town. This is $1.6 million higher than the HDB’s reserve price for the274 words
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353 1994-03-05 5 Sunny Goh - By Sunny Goh TIANJIN Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has used contrasting family values to show how two societies have moved in opposite directions the West in decline, and the East on the rise. He told a press conference in Tianjin last Friday:353 words
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465 1994-03-05 5 Ravi Velloor - By Ravi Velloor of The Straits Times Foreign Desk SINGAPORE will not rush to ban an anti-bacterial drug used for more than two decades but blamed for more than 100 deaths in Britain. London’s Sunday Times reported over lastof The Straits Times Foreign Desk - 465 words
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Article, Illustration635 1994-03-05 6 TWENTY-NINE Justices of the Peace (JPs) were appointed on Tuesday by President Ong Teng Cheong. They included prominent professionals, businessmen and former MPs. President Ong presented the appointees with their warrants of appointment in a solemn and simple ceremony at the635 words
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638 1994-03-05 6 Paul Jansen - By Paul Jansen WESTERN Australia wants to piggyback on Singapore's regionalisation drive, state Premier Richard Court said on Tuesday. He told reporters that he had high regard for the way Singapore was going about creating new “footholds” for itself and then building638 words
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Article, Illustration253 1994-03-05 6 THE 94-year-old abbot and former chairman of the Singapore Buddhist Federation, the Venerable Guang Qia, died last Thursday. The abbot, who was a leader of the Singapore Buddhist Lodge, was in charge of the Long Shan and Zhan Bo temples before his death,253 words
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257 1994-03-05 6 David Chew - By David Chew SINGAPORE will be represented by a former Member of Parliament, Mr Ng Kah Ting, in the Commonwealth delegation monitoring the first non-racial democratic elections in South Africa next month. Commonwealth Secre-tary-General Emeka Anyaoku said on Tuesday that257 words
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Article, Illustration240 1994-03-05 7 THE Government has named two new envoys to Brunei and Egypt. Mr Anthony Chng Chye Tong, 49, will be High Commissioner to Brunei and Mr Veluthevar Kanaga Rajan, 54, Ambassador to Egypt, a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement said last Friday. Mr Chng was240 words
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Article428 1994-03-05 7 They had lived together for more than 30 years IN A novel divorce case on Tuesday, Justice G.P. Selvam granted a divorce to a couple who had lived together for over 30 years but never married. Apart from the couple cohabiting since 1959 and having three428 words
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505 1994-03-05 7 Edmund Teo - By Edmund Teo in Perth SINGAPOREANS in Western Australia have been chided for being apathetic and not showing more interest in the activities of the Singapore Temasek Club. Worse, some stay away believing that it is a "spy club" for the505 words
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Article, Illustration515 1994-03-05 8 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal A SINGAPORE company is holding discussions with the US aircraft manufacturer Beech Aircraft to buy a corporate jet for the company’s own use. The Singapore company, which Beech Aircraft declined to name except to describe it as a ‘‘s2o million company”, signifies for515 words
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396 1994-03-05 8 Asian Aerospace ’94 EVEN before the close of the Asian Aerospace '94 show at Changi on Sunday. more than two-thirds of the exhibition space for the 1996 show here have been taken up. Slightly under half of the chalets396 words
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631 1994-03-05 8 PEOPLE who want to know more about the legal aspects of writing a will or selling a property can seek help from lawyers free of charge at an exhibition this weekend. The Law Awareness Weekend at Raffles City Atrium from March 5631 words
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Advertisement271 1994-03-05 7 If s great to hear news from home when you’re abroad The Straits Times Weekly Edition is a weekly tabloid which contains a summary of all the important news that were reported during the week. Thousands of Singaporeans living abroad and others with a special interest in Singapore find this271 words
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SPORTSFRONT
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345 1994-03-05 9 FOOTBALLERS in the Singapore squad will receive about $500,000 as salaries this year. This was disclosed by the Football Association of Singapore executive secretary Tan Eng Yoon after the club officials had signed contracts with the FAS on behalf345 words
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Article, Illustration463 1994-03-05 9 HONG YAP KOON; TAY CHENG KHOON; AND THOMAS KOH - SNOC SPORTS AWARDS 1993: REPORTS BY YAP KOON HONG, TAY CHENG KHOON AND THOMAS KOH SPORTS, which surged on a bull run of achievements last year, recorded the highest number of recipients when the Singapore National Olympic Council announced its list of winners on Tuesday.463 words
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457 1994-03-05 9 THE only non-surprise by tbe Singapore National Olympic Council annual awards selection panel on Tuesday was the naming of Asman Abdullah and Joscelln Yeo as the 1193 Sportsman and Sportswomen of the Year respectively. As expected, no one came near 14-year-old Joscelin with her457 words
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Article204 1994-03-05 9 SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AZMAN ABDULLAH created history last year when he became the first bodybuilder to land the Sportsman of the Year award. Yet the 30-year-old said on Tuesday that this award was sweeter than the first. Said a beaming Azman at the World204 words
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Article, Illustration296 1994-03-05 9 SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR IT WOULD suit Joscelin Yeo just fine if there was no such thing as a Sportswoman of the Year award. Despite the superstar status heaped on her after her nine-gold showing at last year’s Sea Games, this 14-year-old296 words
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MALAYSIA
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426 1994-03-05 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will review the ban on the screening of in-house videos in hotels and may allow them to apply for a licence, according to Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik “It was discussed by426 words
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Article, Illustration416 1994-03-05 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR A music teacher, accused of murdering and chopping a showgirl into II pieces, has pleaded guilty to an amended charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder On Monday, Gan Wei Seng admitted stabbing Ms Lily Chua YueNST. - 416 words
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197 1994-03-05 10 KUALA LUMPUR Singapore tourist arrivals to Malaysia in January dropped sharply by 15.6 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year, according to Culture, Arts and Tourism Minister Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik. The Star last Saturday quoted him as saying that the number197 words
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426 1994-03-05 10 NST, Bernama. LANGKAWI Malaysia wants to prove that an Islamic nation can progress and develop like any other developed nation, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said He said on Thursday night that Malaysia aspired to be a model IslamicNST,; Bernama. - 426 words
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Article, Illustration333 1994-03-05 10 NST. IPOH Former Deputy Speaker of the House, D. P. Vijandran, told a court here that his nephew, S. Ravindran, “spliced and superimposed video images of him on a pornographic tape” following a heated quarrel between them. Vijandran, who is chargedNST. - 333 words
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246 1994-03-05 10 Bernama. MELBOURNE A total of 470 highly skilled Malaysians settled permanently in Australia last year, according to the Bureau of Immigration and Population Research. They comprised professionals, managers and ad- ministrators, said the bureau. It said that more highly skilled peopleBernama. - 246 words
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ASEAN
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491 1994-03-05 11 Paul Jacob - Armed forces chief defends recent police shootings of criminals who resisted arrest By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Armed forces chief General Feisal Tanjung on Wednesday defended recent police shootings of criminals who resisted arrest or attempted to flee. He dismissed the notion that this491 words
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Article, Illustration419 1994-03-05 11 Sinfah Tunsarawuth - By By Sinfah Tunsarawuth BANGKOK The first shipment of Thai rice to Japan has been found with dead mice, a Japanese communist politician claimed yesterday, but major Thai rice exporters contacted by The Straits Times denied the allegations. The claims, whichReuter picture. - 419 words
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221 1994-03-05 11 UPI. JAKARTA Indonesia is planning to build the world’s first internationally backed equatorial spaceport or satellite launching centre, it was reported on Monday. Minister of Tourism, Posts and Telecommunications Joop Ave told local journalists that Indonesia and France were exploring the possibility of constructing aUPI. - 221 words
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Article181 1994-03-05 11 ALARMED with the increase in unresolved rape cases, the Philippine House Committee on Women had approved a Bill that would minimise the trauma of victims and encourage them to report rape to police, The Manila Chronicle reported on Monday. The Bill requires that rape cases181 words
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319 1994-03-05 11 AFP. AP. MANILA Asean would proceed cautiously and wait for a consensus before deciding to accept Vietnam as a member, Singapore Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar said here last Saturday. Mr Jayakumar, who arrived here last Friday for aAFP.; AP. - 319 words
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COMMENT/ Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article652 1994-03-05 12 MARCH 5. 1994 PREDICTABLY, the United States has reintroduced the Super 301 trade law which will enable it to punish those trading partners that it claims obstruct unfairly the sale of US products in their markets. The decision, announced on Thursday by Trade Representative Mickey Kantor,652 words
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Article642 1994-03-05 12 MARCH 1, 1994 DR OW Chin Hock, the MP for Leng Kee, worries that the waivers, rebates and other perks given during times of high economic growth might become so much ingrained in Singaporeans expectations that they might not be able to accept less when642 words
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Article622 1994-03-05 12 FEBRUARY 28. 1994 IN A way, the Second Asia-Pacific Defence Conference provided a curtain-raiser for the Asean Regional Forum’s inaugural session in Bangkok in July. Even if the focus was not always identical, the concerns addressed overlapped to some extent. But the very vastness of the622 words
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874 1994-03-05 12 Tan Kim Song - Viewpoint By Tan Kim Song AS SINGAPORE'S second economic wing begins to take shape, some economists have expressed concern about a possible “hollowingout" effect, not of production activities but of skilled manpower Will there be enough talent left to man874 words
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Article, Illustration902 1994-03-05 13 Historian Mary Turnbull is writing the story of The Straits Times, which intertwines with the story of Singapore, to mark the grand old paper’s 150th birthday next year. LEE SIEW HUA reports. THE Straits Times has been Singapore's diarist for nearly 150 years. It has written902 words
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1128 1994-03-05 13 SHE is a scholar who writes about the sweep of history in South-east Asia. So people sit up when they hear that Professor C. Mary Turnbull has been asked by The Straits Times to put its story into a book Still, the surprise choice1,128 words
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Advertisement85 1994-03-05 13 Do you have a story for us? IF YOU have any good stories, documents or personal connections with The Straits Times, please write to: Prof C. Mary Turnbull c/o Ms Lye Choy Lean, Secretariat/Legal Division Singapore Press Holdings, News Centre, 82, Genting Lane Singapore 1334. Professor Turnbull would like your85 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, Illustration2673 1994-03-05 14 Are young Singaporean professionals too impatient for the good life? ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM polled 65 aspiring yuppies for what they expected of career, car and condo. TWENTYSOMETHING corporate banking officer John Francis had a bit of a rude awakening when he started work two years2,673 words
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101 1994-03-05 15 LURED by booming economic opportunities, two more academics are heading for the private sector. Dr Sharon Siddique, developmental sociologist, and economist Sree Kumar, both from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, will leave Iseas next month. They are teaming up to form a consulting firm on101 words
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Article150 1994-03-05 15 BG LEE Hsien Loong was a hit with the boys last Tuesday. Top CEOs of international companies at the Asian Aerospace exhibition almost got physical with him, jostling and shoving each other in their bid to get him to view their stalls. The losers, such as those150 words
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Article99 1994-03-05 15 THE names of Singapore’s two new envoys to Brunei and Egypt were announced just last Friday. Our Little Bird has wind of one more Mr Bilahari Kausikan is due to go to Russia as Ambassador. When he does so. he would be following in his father’s99 words
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Article195 1994-03-05 15 The Consumers' Association of Singapore released its weekly survey of prices of household goods last Friday. But for several years now, one group of residents here have had their own price watch the expatriates. It is compiled by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and takes up195 words
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Article, Illustration847 1994-03-05 15 Han Fook Kwang - THINKING ALOUD Han Fook Kwang WHICH group of Singaporeans has the most to celebrate whenever the price of Certificates of Entitlement goes up? No, the answer is not the Government, although the cynical might think so, not unless it enjoys being berated constantly847 words
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522 1994-03-05 15 Chiang Yin Pheng - COMMUNITY: WATCH M Chiang Yin Pheng COME May, some children from a Chinese clan’s drama class will strut their stuff on stage in Beijing. Performing Singaporewritten plays and songs, these members of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan’s drama troupe are aged 10522 words
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MONEY
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Article6819 1994-03-05 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Trantactlon Date: March 4. 1994 1993/M Curr Last Vol Day Or'* Nat M Cap High Low Company Traded Sala +or- 'OOO High Low Div P/C Smil 1440 260 t Aetna 1120 St 12.5 48 5 772 0 760 220 t s Ale* Hldgs 50c6,819 words
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321 1994-03-05 17 THE Singapore stock market ended the week on a positive note after sliding more than 180 points during a six-day down period extended from the previous week. Market blues since the nonbusiness Budget announced on Feb 23, clouded trading throughout the whole of321 words
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Article107 1994-03-05 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Wes M 108.76 points on the week to 2248.63. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2342 72 (—l4 67) 237 31m ($661 513 m) Tuesday 2313 68 (-2904) 249.27 m (J 673 148 m) Wednesday *****9 (—29 19) 236.31 m ($655 054107 words
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339 1994-03-05 18 PARTLY because of yearend bonuses, investible CPF funds have risen by $7OO million, bringing total available funds under the Basic and Enhanced investment schemes at end-January 1994 to $18.2 billion, from $17.5 billion at end-Decem-ber 1993 This rise came after $272339 words
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3315 1994-03-05 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Farit EPS Date IN n IN 1 A (umpan» ann ($m) ($m) lets) lets) \cma Sep 10 1 Id 5J7 6006 28 3 d 7 AISH* Oct 2# 1* 2 095 0 3 34 2 IM 0 3 Alliance Tech Sep '0 13,315 words
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COMPANY RESULTS
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393 1994-03-05 18 THE buoyant stock market and fatter interest margins boosted Keppel Bank's ra bottom-line profits 3 per cent to $42 million for the year ended Dec 31 last year. The group, listed in June last year, achieved record group profits before extraordinary items393 words
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338 1994-03-05 18 SHOWING all the benefits of being a diversified conglomerate, Keppel Corporation turned in higher earnings of over $lBB million (or 1993, in contrast to poorer results from major rivals Jurong and Sembawang shipyards. Better operating profits and bigger contributions from associate companies also338 words
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507 1994-03-05 19 Douglas Wong - By Douglas Wong SINGAPORE’S economy is expected to grow by 7.3 to 8.5 per cent this year, according to a team of economists from the National University of Singapore (NUS). They said last Friday that this is507 words
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Article546 1994-03-05 19 Friday March 4 HK* Allied Ind Inl'l 0 88 0 02 Allied Oversea 1 15 0 05 Amoy Properties 11 00 unch Asia Sec Int 2 15 -0 02 Bank of EA 3200 unch C P Pokphand 2 80 0 10 COL Hotel 3 48 unch Cale De Coral546 words
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Article263 1994-03-05 19 Manager’s price» lor Mar 5 7 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.76—1.85 The Savings Fund 1.61—169 S pore Prog Fund 0.75—0.79 S'pore Sec Fund 1.11—117 S pore Invest Fund 1.28—1.34 S'pore Equity Fund 0.89—093 Credit Lyonnais Int’l Asset Mgt CL Asia-Pac Gr Fund 2.98—314** Cl S'pore Gr Fund263 words
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Article, Illustration299 1994-03-05 19 STANDARD Chartered Singapore has appointed a Singaporean and a woman for the first time to head its local operations here. Its new chief executive officer (CEO), Mrs Theresa Foo, has taken over from Feb 1. She succeeds Mr Christopher Harrison, who has been posted to299 words
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342 1994-03-05 19 MANY local electronic manufacturers are resorting to using oneoff monetary gifts to attract staff in the current tight labour market. A check showed that some pay their existing workers between $BO and $2OO tor bringing in friends through what is called a "recommend-a-friend" scheme.342 words
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Article147 1994-03-05 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to ons unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Mb* US dollar I 5699 l 5876 Sterling pound 2.3281 2.3809 Australian dollar I 0975 ***** Canadian dollar 1.1517 1.1783 NZ dollar 0.8850 0.9152 EC unit 1.8018 Singapore dollar* to 100 of foreign currency unit* Austrian schilling147 words
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Article104 1994-03-05 19 Contract data: 4/3/M CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 24 34 34 34 34 24 8/3/94 AJ 34 3% 4 4 4 3 8/3/94 NZ$ m 44 44 44 4 34 8/3/94 STG 44 44 44 44 44 34104 words
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Article, Illustration517 1994-03-05 20 THE $34-billion expansion of Singapore’s petrochemical complex which will double the current output of the world-scale complex when ready in 1997 will be led by the Shell Group Shell is understood to be investing the lion’s share of about $2 billion in517 words
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Article, Illustration515 1994-03-05 20 SINGAPORE investors have poured about As6oo million (Ss6B4 million) into the purchase of Australian hotels since the start of last year, and more acquisitions are set to be announced shortly. The latest in a string of deals is Monday’s announcement by Straits515 words
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183 1994-03-05 20 MR CHUA Kim Yeow has relinquished his position as the chairman of the Securities Industry Council (SIC). A Gazette last Friday said Mr Tan Boen Eng, a senior tax consultant with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, has been appointed the new chairman of183 words
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250 1994-03-05 20 TEMASEK Polytechnic’s School of Engineering received a major boost last Friday with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Beijing’s Tsinghua University and Mentor Graphics Associates (MGA) on the design and production of integrated circuit (IC) wafers. Under the arrangement,250 words
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Advertisement827 1994-03-05 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition WmmM Wm 11 ttWSS D r\ff y-.o W f w r MULTIMEDIA SOFTWARE ENOimiRS Cp 1 has successfully published the first interactive animated CD-ROM called Willy Wabbit His Magical Books on both Mac and PC formats in this region and is actively marketing this multimedia827 words
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Advertisement744 1994-03-05 22 semaSUgroup Sema Group Asia Pacific is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sema Group pic which is one of the largest, dynamic and fast expanding computer and engineering group of companies with offices throughout Europe and in the Asia Pacific. Sema Group employs over 8,000 skilled professional worldwide. Our rapid expansion744 words
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240 1994-03-05 23 THE Singapore Retailers’ Association (SRA) should go ahead and conduct a survey on its own to assess the impact of the whole-day Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) on business in the Central Business District and the losses suffered by businessmen as a result.240 words
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275 1994-03-05 23 DR LIM Boon Hee criticise» the Government for "taming down SRA's request for dialogue” (above). The Government has not received any request for a dialogue from the Singapore Retailers' Association (SRA), much less turned It down. The Department of Statistics' (DOS) monthly survey275 words
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355 1994-03-05 23 THE letter by Ms Aminah Busu “Inconsiderate neighbours ruin common areas of HDB blocks’’ (ST, Feb 14) has addressed a very important social problem. It was a poignant lament from Ms Aminah and a sad commentary on the standard of social behaviour.355 words
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142 1994-03-05 23 THE incident relating to the loss of 259 Literature examination scripts by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate must be viewed in its larger perspective. The issue that arises is whether there is still a need to collaborate with Cambridge over the142 words
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Advertisement123 1994-03-05 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 give their names. This rule will be waived only in very exceptional circumstances, such123 words
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Advertisement144 1994-03-05 23 HOME* DEUVERED WEEKLY The Straits Times Weekly 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 StraitsHmes Making an issue144 words
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Article, Illustration551 1994-03-05 24 Sunny Goh - By Sunny Goh TIANJIN The potential for economic cooperation between China and Singapore is considerable because the needs of the two countries are complementary, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has said Singapore has to export its capital, know-how and managementPicture by FRANCIS ONG. - 551 words
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Article, Illustration570 1994-03-05 24 Elena Chong - US youth appealing against sentence, now out on $75,000 bail By Elena Chong AMERICAN teenager Michael Peter Fay was on Thursday sentenced to four months’ jail and six strokes of the cane and a $3,500 fine for vandalism, mischief and keeping stolen items. His570 words
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167 1994-03-05 24 SUNNY GOH - SUNNY GOH. BEIJING Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday said his presence at the signing of the Suzhou industrial township agreement indicated the importance the Singapore Government accorded to the project. "It is an important agreement so I think I should come personally167 words