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Title Section20 1994-06-25 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 25. 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 002/08/9320 words
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559 1994-06-25 1 SINGAPORE Airlines has placed a $15.7 billion order for 52 new aircraft, its biggest ever, to see it into the next century. The order will add 22 Boeing 8747-400 s and 30 Airbus 340-300 E aircraft by the year 2003, SIA559 words
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Article, Illustration613 1994-06-25 1 M. Nirmala - Govt sets up Family Values Promotion Fund By M. Nirmala THE Government has set up a $1 million fund to help finance projects that further the five core family values. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong announced this new family fund on Sunday when613 words
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239 1994-06-25 1 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong conferred Singapore's highest military award on the Commander-m-Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri), General Feisal Tanjung, at the Istana on Tuesday. Gen Feisal was awarded the Darjah Utama Bakti Chermerlang (Tentera) or the Distinguished Service Order (Military) for239 words
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Advertisement9 1994-06-25 1 O-level exams should we cut Cambridge connection?: Page 129 words
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Advertisement11 1994-06-25 1 Planning a CAREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 7181 «24111 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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542 1994-06-25 2 THE Health Ministry has formed a national ethics committee with members drawn from wide-ranging backgrounds to look into ethical issues in medical practice and research. Led by Dr Chew Chin Hin, a former deputy director of medical services, and comprising542 words
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285 1994-06-25 2 POLICE and tax authorities are investigating the conduct of a prominent leader of the Methodist Church here. The church leader is now serving in the Trinity Annual Conference, the umbrella body for the English-speaking Methodist congregations in Singapore, based at the Methodist headquarters in285 words
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Article, Illustration502 1994-06-25 2 AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy feli three floors from an escalator at Ngee Ann City and died shortly afterwards on Monday barely hours after arriving from India for a holiday here Rahul Babbar was at the shopping-cum-office complex in Orchard Road with his parents and friendsTimesgnpMfc - 502 words
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506 1994-06-25 2 LAWYERS have been told not to act as housing agents or brokers, even though the temptation to do so might be great in the buoyant property market. In a recent circular, the Law Society reminded the 2,400-strong Bar that the business of a506 words
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671 1994-06-25 3 Revenue losses with about half of tax forms processed already amount to s4o2m THE Government stands to lose more than its earlier estimate of 5570 million in revenue from the income tax breaks that accompany the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax.671 words
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Article, Illustration628 1994-06-25 3 M. Nirmala - Reports by M. Nirmala AMERICAN vandal Michael Fay, 19, freed from Queenstown Remand Prison on Tuesday, left Singapore for the United States the next day. Coming out of prison at 8.20 am on Tuesday, his only words to the628 words
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776 1994-06-25 3 Charges a publicity ploy, says Ministry of Home Affairs MAKING big money through a movie was on Michael Fay’s mind even while he was in jail for damaging 18 cars. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of776 words
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HOME
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747 1994-06-25 4 Chan Sue Meng - Changes to investment scheme rules By Chan Sue Meng THE Central Provident Fund Board is allowing members for the first time to take out profits on shares bought under the old Approved Investment Scheme (AIS). From next month. CPF members can transfer747 words
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Article, Illustration496 1994-06-25 4 National Mandarin Speech Contest TWO sisters from India are taking part in this year's National Mandarin Speech Contest. And one of them, Ms Roopa Sarma. 36. won Sunday’s preliminary, the first of eight during the contest India is a new addition to496 words
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470 1994-06-25 4 M. Nirmala - Housing, education help to lift them from poverty M. Nirmala MORE than 100 families have received money for housing and their children's education under a new scheme to help poor families. The 119 families will each receive up to $26.400 in housing grants and470 words
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304 1994-06-25 4 THE Lee Foundation, one of Singapore’s richest family foundations, has given a piece of prime real estate to the Salvation Army. The welfare organisation has occupied a corner of the plot rent free since the 1950 s The 26.198 sq m property, off304 words
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Article, Illustration328 1994-06-25 5 SINGAPOREANS lodged 545 complaints to the Consumers Association of Singapore in the last financial year, a 19 per cent increase over the 459 complaints for the year before. One in four, or 25 per cent, complained about defective goods. Another 15 perTlniMfreplilcs/Faini - 328 words
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Article, Illustration587 1994-06-25 5 Elena Chong - He cheated broking firms after losses By Elena Chong AN AIR Force captain caught the stock market fever last year, lost heavily and ended up issuing dud cheques for sums totalling nearly $1.3 million to two stockbroking firms. Chan Hock587 words
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Article, Illustration437 1994-06-25 5 OFFICIALS from nine countries are at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) swapping experiences on running campaigns for everything from farming to Aids awareness and anti-smoking drives. A Zimbabwean. Mr S. R. Madhu, 52, told his fellow participants how two workers from the437 words
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Article, Illustration523 1994-06-25 6 Ginnie Teo - ‘Stay away on Saturday nights as crowds pack the zcx>" By Ginnie Teo OVERWHELMING response has forced the Night Safari to suspend advance ticket sales to groups and appeal to visitors to stay away on Saturday nights. At a press briefing at thePicture by YOU YI N WOH - 523 words
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147 1994-06-25 6 A SET of four commemorative stamps will be released on July 1 to mark 25 years of Operationally Ready National Service. The stamps pay tribute to NSmen for their role in the defence of Singapore. The four stamps show the transformation of an147 words
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519 1994-06-25 6 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira UNDER the law. retailers do not have to check their stocks to ensure that they do not infringe the copyright law. a district judge said. Giving the grounds of decision for a long-drawn parallel import case. District Judge Jasvender519 words
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Article, Illustration450 1994-06-25 6 POPULAR teacher S.K. Ratnam. who died on Sunday at the age of 101, was a favourite teacher of the late Minister of State for Education. D: Tay Eng Soon He had taught Dr Tay English and Literature when the latterFile picture - 450 words
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490 1994-06-25 7 Dominic Nathan - Incident in 1978 at steel mill an isolated one: Ministry Radiation not detected in materials used in buildings By Dominic Nathan AN INCIDENT of radiation contamination at NatSteel in 1978, when contaminated scrap metal was melted at the steel mill, was an isolated one which was490 words
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280 1994-06-25 7 DR CHEE Soon Juan avoided bankruptcy yesterday after the lawyers of Dr S. Vasoo and two others were allowed to withdraw their bankruptcy petitions against him. The High Court granted the applications after taking into account the fact that Dr Chee had280 words
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481 1994-06-25 7 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon THERE has been a scramble for this year's Postgraduate Practice Law Course (PLC), with more than 550 law graduates applying for places in the course which prepares graduates for legal practice. Legal sources say that many are rushing481 words
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Article, Illustration359 1994-06-25 7 SIXTY young unmarried couples, on “bicycles built for two” along East Coast Park, had an unusual quarry on Sunday. They were looking not for love, but for a married couple. The hunt on bicycles, organised by the Social Development Section for its members, celebrated its359 words
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371 1994-06-25 8 THE decline in Chinese visitors has turned drastic, with travel agents reporting decreases of 80 to 90 per cent in such business over last year. A major travel agent. Ik Chin Travel Service, said that it used to handle about 80 groups371 words
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Article, Illustration429 1994-06-25 8 Allison Lim - By Allison Lim SOME primary schools now engage specialists, including some from China, to coach their pupils in extra-curric-ular activities (ECA), instead of relying on their teachers to take charge of ECA Apart from those from China, the other instructors are professionals with companies429 words
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Article, Illustration291 1994-06-25 8 Geraldine Kan - By Geraldine Kan EARLY last Friday morning, nine cyclists from Singapore started on a 334-km ride up and down windy, bumpy Malaysian roads, travelling from Singapore to Kuantan to raise money for charity. The all-male team, most of whom are professionals, left291 words
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382 1994-06-25 8 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal THE Automobile Association of Singapore’s travel agency, which has been losing money, is to close down after 11 years. The association will appoint another travel agency to provide travel services for its members AAS vice-president Gerard Ee said that AA382 words
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306 1994-06-25 8 Derwin Pereira - By By Derwin Pereira in Pretoria SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will add another weekly 747 flight to South Africa from April 1 next year It plans to add two more flights by 1997 to make it a daily service The additional flights306 words
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Article, Illustration414 1994-06-25 9 Yeo Hwee Yng - By Yeo Hwee Yng SALES executive Freenda Lim was strolling along Changi beach one night when a turtle trundled up and laid 20 eggs right in front of her. Miss Lim. 20, a printing sales executive, said: “I just couldn't believe my eyes. You414 words
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474 1994-06-25 9 Yvonne Chew - By Yvonne Chew THE first Interim Upgrading Programme, for six blocks in Marsiling Drive, has received the residents’ overwhelming support. More than 80 per cent of the residents responded on the first day of voting, and every one said “yes”. This exceeds474 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration461 1994-06-25 9 Joe Dorai - SOCCER: By Joe Dorai FIFA referee T. Rajamanickam has been suspended for three months by the Football Association of Singapore for breaking the referees’ code of conduct. Rajamanickam, who became a qualified referee in 1976, was found guilty of making comments to the press461 words
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Article, Illustration321 1994-06-25 9 Thomas Koh - BOWLING: By Thomas Koh THE Singapore national bowling team will have the advantage of a full-dress rehearsal ahead of the Hiroshima Asian Games in October. The Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress on Tuesday announced its team for the July 1-11 Asian FIQ Championships in Guam.321 words
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MALAYSIA
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543 1994-06-25 10 NST, AFP. Country ‘on track for another robust year’ KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian economy grew by a strong annual rate of 8.6 per cent in the first quarter, indicating that the country was on track to recording yet another robust year, DeputyNST,; AFP. - 543 words
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Article, Illustration314 1994-06-25 10 Bernama. LONDON “Mak!". meaning mother, was the first word uttered by four-year-old Nadira Zulkifli after her seven-hour transplant operation at King’s College Hospital here last Saturday It was a moving tribute to the person who made a supreme act of loveBernama.; NST picture. - 314 words
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Article, Illustration299 1994-06-25 10 tions. — By Kalimullah Hassan - By tions. By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR Former Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Musa Hitam has given up his final post in llmno, that of Segamat division head, signalling his exit from active politics after 34 years. Sources said Tan Sri Musa,299 words
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262 1994-06-25 10 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday that Malaysia was still not ready to establish diplomatic ties with Israel although Kuala Lumpur had admitted to contacts with Tel Aviv recently. Speaking to reporters after the Umno Bpedal262 words
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240 1994-06-25 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has proposed a “time-sharing” plan to enable Singaporeans to buy cars in Johor and use them (or travel in Malaysia. The aim is to get Singaporeans to own cars240 words
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ASEAN
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793 1994-06-25 11 Irene Ngoo - Promotion tour of six US cities by American envoys met with good response On Singapore ‘We have most of the Fortune 600 companies in Singapore. They have been there for some time; they know how to do business from there. Trade and investment793 words
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Article, Illustration430 1994-06-25 11 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent MANILA The under-rep-resentation of women in politics and at all levels of decision-making must be corrected, said Singapore Nominated Member of Parliament Dr Kanwaljit Soin on Thursday. She told The Straits Times at a conference here430 words
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425 1994-06-25 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA The government on Tuesday revoked the licences of three leading weekly magazines, dealing what editors and diplomats said was a severe blow to the climate of political openness that Indonesia had promoted since 1990. The Information Ministry’s director-general425 words
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Article, Illustration191 1994-06-25 11 JAKARTA Eight months after Indonesia banned a book containing photographs of Ms Dewi Sukarno in the nude, the pictures of the Japanese-born widow of Indonesia’s first President are available locally on floppy disks. The Jakarta Post last Saturday reported that191 words
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296 1994-06-25 11 JAKARTA Cambodia’s Cabinet has adopted a new package of investment incentives which it hopes will pull in significant levels of foreign investment. First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh said on Tuesday the draft package would have an easy passage through the National Assembly. Increasing296 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article652 1994-06-25 12 JUNE 24. 1994 THE Indonesian authorities' ban on three magazines, and the demonstrations of support for the media this has brought, have presented the government with a tricky question: just what was the campaign of political openness signalled by President Suharto four years ago meant to652 words
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Article647 1994-06-25 12 JUNE 23. 1994 "EXCESSIVE profits do not reflect the true relation between supply and demand." That crisp one-liner comes, not from a just-pub-lished book of great economic quotations, but from China's State Planning Commission, which is trying to fight inflation that appears periodically as a647 words
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Article659 1994-06-25 12 JUNE 21. 1994 MORE than three years ago, the Government agreed to review the fees payable to solicitors for conveyancing and to consider opening this work to non-lawyers. A year later, the idea of opening the field was dropped. Another two years passed. Now. word659 words
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745 1994-06-25 12 Alan John - Viewpoint By Alan John WOULD you want your child’s Olevel examination scripts to be marked in Singapore by Singapore teachers? Three out of five parents with children in secondary schools said yes when asked that question in a Singapore Press Holdings survey.745 words
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COMMENT/ ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration862 1994-06-25 13 Dr S. H. P - Dr S. H. P. IT IS indeed heartening to hear that BG (NS) George Yeo, the Minister of Health, has formed a committee to address the ethical issues of medical practice and research. This official national committee, whose tasks include studying and advising doctors862 words
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Article, Illustration1054 1994-06-25 13 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song ARE Singapore youths nar-row-minded and inhibited because society at large has made them so 9 At the recent Pre-University Seminar, several students who spoke from the floor drew applause when they said this was the case. As Harveen Singh from St Andrew’s1,054 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, Illustration1629 1994-06-25 14 The creme de la creme of Singapore’s youth applied their minds to the challenges of the future last week. Did they pass with flying colours? Here is Chua Mui Hoong's report card on the 24th Pre-U Seminar. THESE 17- and 18-year-olds want nothing less than1,629 words
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290 1994-06-25 14 IN 1974, students at the Fourth Pre-University Seminar were criticised for being salary-minded, and for seeing their education in terms of job opportunities. Panel speaker Dr Ho Wing Meng, then the head of the Philosophy department in the University of Singapore, created a stir290 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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Article92 1994-06-25 15 SOFT drink in hand. Acting National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang’s young sons Christopher, 11, and Andrew, nine, reached eagerly for the television remote control to watch the cartoons. They were in the Harbour Queen, a PSA launch, with their father on a constituency visit to St92 words
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Article99 1994-06-25 15 THERE has been a bit of buzz among the footloose young, ever since the Foreign Ministry said it was looking for 80 foreign service officers (FSOs). What can they expect? After two to three years at home, most FSOs would be posted to one of Singapore’s 34 diplomatic99 words
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Article131 1994-06-25 15 Cheow Ann - Cheow Ann. WOULD-BE diplomats may like to hear some stories from the Foreign Ministry’s deputy director Michael Tay, 35. He once shook hands with Chilean dictator Au'gusto Pinochet and washed them afterwards. This, he says, was to dissociate himself from a man who was known to131 words
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Article90 1994-06-25 15 ONE of the establishment's noted bachelor boys has tied the knot. Mr S. Iswaran, who caught the public eye two years ago as the young, dynamic and not unattractive CEO of Sinda. the Singapore Indian Development Association, married Kay Mary Taylor a fortnight ago, soon after90 words
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Article69 1994-06-25 15 SINGAPOREANS slotted $271 million worth of coins into jackpot machines last year and contributed $ll2 million in tax. This comes from Finance Minister Richard Hu’s reply to Nominated MP Chia Shi Teck, who asked whether controls on one-armed bandits were enough. There are almost 1,200 machines spread over69 words
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Article61 1994-06-25 15 IN HIS CV, Brig-Gen (NS) George Yeo describes himself as a “poor golfer". Not so to Dr Harry Rowen, project director of the Salzburg Seminar, organisers of a conference here on industrial Asia, which ends today. He suggested a change of description after playing a round with the61 words
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Article, Illustration1173 1994-06-25 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong WHAT can Singaporeans and other people in this region do about unfair, and sometimes outright malicious, reporting and commentary by some sections of the Western media 9 I have been thinking about this, off and on,1,173 words
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504 1994-06-25 15 Wang Hui Ling - Names that ring a friendly bell and some that do not COMMUNITY; WATCH M Wang Hui Ling SIR Winston Churchill, the legendary wartime British Prime Minister, was particular with words, taking fastidious care over names of policies and operations. Silly names were a definite no-no. For example. Operation Ballyhoo was504 words
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MONEY
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Article6593 1994-06-25 16 i INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: June 24. 1994 1994 Curr Last Vol Day Gr’t Net M C 10 High Low Company Traded Sale or'000 High Low Div P/E Smil ‘440 835 1 s Acma 1000 -30 502 1040 980 17.5 160 689 3 800 400 16,593 words
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372 1994-06-25 17 ROBERT NG - ROBERT NG. THE Singapore stock market went through a rough ride last week as uncertainties over two major developments the date of the Malaysian general election and a possible hike in US interest rates clouded investor sentiment. While Malaysian stocks here dominated trading,372 words
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Article96 1994-06-25 17 DAY—TO —DAY STOCK INDICES ST Industrials Index The Straits fines Industrials Indei dropped 60.41 points on IN week to 2245.82. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2284 50 (-21.73) 173.71m <J523.131m) Tuesday 2261.87 (-22.63) 103 74m (J297.746m) Wednesday 2255 30 (-6 57) 132 46m (6336 650m) Thursday 2250.45 (-485) 95 893m (524496 words
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402 1994-06-25 18 SINGAPORE’S manufacturing sector grew by 12.1 per cent in April this year compared with the corresponding month last year, with increased output registered in almost all major industry sectors except petroleum. The Economic Development Board (EDB) released the April data on402 words
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2879 1994-06-25 18 CORPORATE RESULTS i Vet F urn 1 PN Dale ia 1 A 1 A 1 A i.mpans •inn iNni IMIII (els) lets) \BK Hldgs Via, HI t 1 40' eSS| 12 ’o \e m*t Jun U F 41 .'IX 14 >» 62 5 23.1 Xiiwnec Tech2,879 words
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282 1994-06-25 18 THE Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) forecast last Friday that the Singapore economy would grow at 8-9 per cent this year. This figure is higher than the Government’s projection last November that gross domesticproduct (GDP) would grow between 7 and282 words
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356 1994-06-25 18 RETAIL sales in April dropped by 34.2 per cent as demand for all products, particularly big-ticket items, fell heavily after the rush of pre-Goods and Services Tax (GST) buying in March. Furniture and household equipment retailers reported a big month-on-month356 words
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404 1994-06-25 19 Michelle Lee - By Michelle Lee TAIWANESE investments in Singapore have almost tripled in the first five months of this year compared to the same period last year said the new head of Taipei Representative Office here. Mr Cheyne Chiu, on Monday. Mr Chiu, who404 words
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Article502 1994-06-25 19 Friday June 24 HK$ ASM Pacific 4 62 0 025 Allied Ind Int'l 0.72 unch Allied Oversea 0.89 001 Asia Sec Int 2.40 unch Bank of EA 35.25 -0.50 C P Pokphand 2.15 -0.02 CDL Hotel 2 80 -005 Cate De Coral 4.17 -0.03 Cath Pac Air 1100 unch502 words
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Article338 1994-06-25 19 Manager’s prices for Jun 25 A 27 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.63 —1.73*d The Savings Fund 154-163 Spore Prog fund 0 70—0 /4 S pore Sec Fund 102-1.08 S pore Invest Fund 117—1 24*d Spore Equity Fund 0 82 -087 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt Cl Asia338 words
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Article95 1994-06-25 19 THE Singapore International Chamber of Commerce will lead a mission to Cambodia and Laos next month as part of its efforts to help members go regional. The mission is the first to those countries to be organised by a Singaporean chamber, said SICC executive director, Mr95 words
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Article, Illustration285 1994-06-25 19 THE superstructures for Suntec City’s first two of four 45-storey office towers were topped out last week a month ahead of schedule. Suntec City Development Pte Ltd (SCD), in a statement on Wednesday, said that this was made possible because the285 words
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Article160 1994-06-25 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Seing US dollar 1.5158 1.5331 Sterling pound 2.3216 2.3763 Australian dollar 1.0947 1.1270 Canadian dollar 1 0823 1.1073 NZ dollar 0 8821 ***** EC unit 1.8514 Singapore dollar* to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.1528160 words
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Article125 1994-06-25 19 Contract data: 24/6/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 3’« 3"fc 4 >4 4U 4 >4 3 *4 28/6/94 AJ 4 43, 4 V, 5 5 >4 214 28/6/94 NZ$ 4A'. 5’ 5 3 4 5'/, 5 >4125 words
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Article, Illustration468 1994-06-25 20 Robert Ng - Shareholders can also subscribe to rights issues, says SES president By Robert Ng in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE investors may, from next month, buy shares over 107 authorised bank counters in addition to the existing service offered by the Republic’s 26468 words
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401 1994-06-25 20 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong THE Stock Exchange of Singapore is looking into cutting the permitted minimum price change for shares traded above $25 from the current 50 cents to 10 cents. This was stated by a senior SES official when401 words
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Article84 1994-06-25 20 SINGAPORE’S first timber trade mission to South Africa will leave this weekend for an 11-day visit to explore export opportunities and possible sourcing of timber from that country. Organised by the Trade Development Board (TDB), Singapore Timber Exporters Association and the Singapore Timber Manufacturers’84 words
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Article, Illustration442 1994-06-25 20 LISTED Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation’s (Stic) construction arm, CDC-Construction Development, has bought a 1.5 hectare plot of land for a pre-cast concrete factory in Bintan Industrial Estate (BIE) for $4 million. It joins textile manufacturer Gimmill Industrial, which last Thursday announced442 words
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424 1994-06-25 20 Goh Soo May - Ernst Young is listed companies’ top auditor By Goh Soo May ERNST Young is the top auditing firm in Singapore in terms of the number of local listed companies it audits. Its client list includes onefifth or 48 of 227 companies sampled. As expected, the top five spots are held424 words
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FORUM
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375 1994-06-25 23 I REFER to the article on “Govt studying feasibility of marking Olevel papers here" bv Leong Chan Teik (ST Weekly. June 18). Although it was reported that “six in 10 parents wanted the examination papers to be marked here", it is important that375 words
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682 1994-06-25 23 I WRITE to support the move by the Minister for Health. Brigadier-General (NS) George Yeo, to strengthen medical ethics (Page 2). One strong reason why medical ethics has become important is that science and clinical research involving patients have made dramatic progress. Some682 words
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153 1994-06-25 23 Michael Fay case I REFER to Leslie Fong’s Insight article “S’poreans can learn from US media bias in Fay affair” (ST Weekly, June 11). There is an error in the article. In condemning American media coverage of the Michael Fay case. Mr Fong153 words
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Advertisement123 1994-06-25 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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Advertisement231 1994-06-25 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 Straits Times Making an231 words
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Article, Illustration752 1994-06-25 24 Dominic Nathan - 95 per cent of tenants in 4 centres take up Govt’s offer in first phase of plan By Dominic Nathan AN OVERWHELMING 95 per cent of hawker and market stall tenants in four centres have opted to buy their stalls in the first752 words
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282 1994-06-25 24 DEFENCE Minister Yeo Ning Hong has submitted formally his resignation from the Cabinet and will leave it on July 2, said a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Thursday. Mr Goh Chok Tong had announced on Dec 14 last year that282 words
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Article655 1994-06-25 24 Government to pay under new formula SINGAPORE'S civil servants will receive |>ay hikes next month, with lower-paid employees getting a bigger share than in the past. Each of the Government’s 62,000 "timescale” employees will get a raise amounting to 1 per cent of their present655 words