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Title Section20 1994-07-09 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 002/08/9320 words
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Article, Illustration635 1994-07-09 1 Chua Mui Hoong - By Chua Mui Hoong PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday gave his vote of confidence to today’s youth, saying he was sure they would not squander the nation’s wealth, and would add to it. But they needed to find a larger national purpose635 words
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279 1994-07-09 1 MOST Singapore entrepreneurs tend to keep a low profile, resulting in the wrong perception that the Republic suffers from a dearth of entrepreneurs and that the system here stifles the development of entrepreneurial spirit, said Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong279 words
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Article214 1994-07-09 1 Tan Hsueh Yun - By Tan Hsueh Yun THE Phantom of the Opera, one of the world’s most successful musicals, is coming to Singapore next February. Singapore Press Holdings will present Andrew Lloyd Webber’s romantic and sensual musical as part of The Straits Times’ 150th anniversary celebrations. Mr Tham Khai214 words
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Article406 1994-07-09 1 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva THE $lO5 million lawsuit against Coopers Lybrand. former auditors of the ill-fated Pan-Electric Industries, came to an abrupt end with a surprise out-of-court settlement on Thursday. Pan-El liquidators Price Waterhouse had brought the suit against Coopers for professional negligence. Hearings406 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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529 1994-07-09 2 Mathew Pereira; and Grace Chan - By Mathew Pereira and Grace Chan THE SINGAPORE Armed Forces (SAF) aims to be No. 1 in its mission to safeguard the country’s peace and security and its way of life, outgoing Defence Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong said last Friday.529 words
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Article, Illustration239 1994-07-09 2 OPERATIONALLY Ready National Servicemen (NSmen) who showed commitment and professionalism beyond the call of duty were presented with special awards last Friday. Two awards, the Formation National Servicemen of the Year and the SAF National Servicemen of the Year, were introduced in December. Last Friday,239 words
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Article, Illustration333 1994-07-09 2 THEY came, they looked 10 years into the future and liked what they saw. Despite the drizzle, residents of Bishan-Serangoon area came to Junction 8 shopping centre on Sunday to view the exhibition of their town council's master plan. The exhibition displayed maps, drawings and333 words
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Article, Illustration384 1994-07-09 2 TWO foreign workers were crushed to death when their lorry carrying an empty electrical cable drum was trapped in a heightrestricted passageway below a block of flats last Friday. They were later identified as Mr Duraisamy, 33, and Mr Murugaiyan. 31. both from– Picture by Aziz Hussin. - 384 words
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Article, Illustration591 1994-07-09 3 Wang Hui Ling - Selection of Nominated MPs By Wang Hui Ling AT LEAST two women are willing to put themselves up for selection as Nominated MPs, going by interviews w'ith 12 prominent Singaporean women on Thursday. While one did not wish to be named,591 words
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641 1994-07-09 3 Salim Osman - By Salim Osman in Johor Baru SELF-PROCLAIMED Singaporean preacher Abu Talib Harun said he issued his own fatwa on temporary marriage to enable him to have six more wives in addition to the four permitted under Islamic- law. The641 words
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Article141 1994-07-09 3 SINGAPOREAN preacher Abu Talib Harun has said that he slept with all of his 10 wives, one at a time, according to a roster worked out by them. In his statement to the religious authorities after his arrest on April 10, he said that he had sex with141 words
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395 1994-07-09 3 THE threat by some developed countries to use workers’ rights as an issue to restrict trade with developing nations is frightening and unrealistic, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) chief Lim Boon Heng said on Thursday. It will cut the number of jobs395 words
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282 1994-07-09 3 SINGAPORE could be accused wrongly of violating two labour standards if the international community approved the social clause in trade agreements sought by some developed countries. NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng noted on Thursday that the law here allowed children282 words
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Article, Illustration180 1994-07-09 3 INDONESIA will confer its highest civilian honour, the Bintang Jasa Utama, on the chairman of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, Mr Philip Yeo, later this month. Announcing this in a statement. the Indonesian embassy here said that the award was for Mr Yeo's contribution to180 words
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Article, Illustration451 1994-07-09 4 David Miller - Heavy rain and winds up to 87 kmh sweep across island By David Miller A SEVERE storm with heavy rain and winds reaching speeds of 47 knots (87 kmh) swept across Singapore on Sunday, leaving two men dead and a trail of damage.451 words
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244 1994-07-09 4 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) has reduced the bond period for scholars pursuing their studies in Japan. France and Germany from eight years to five years. The move is designed to make scholarships for studies in nonEnglish speaking countries more attractive, said the244 words
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541 1994-07-09 4 Jimmy Yap - By Jimmy Yap THE breakaway faction of the Singapore Democratic Party filed an application on Tuesday to register a now political party to be called the Singapore People's Party. The new party will aim to be a “moderate version of the SDP" that will541 words
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Article, Illustration503 1994-07-09 4 AN ARCHITECT will take centrestage at this year's National Day parade as the first national service parade commander. Lieutenant-Colonel (NS) Clement Hendricks. 41, will give all the commands for the ceremonial segment and will lead the traditional march-past of the Guard503 words
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Article, Illustration503 1994-07-09 5 Kate Yu Juan - By Kate Yu Juan GUANGDONG province in China is adopting some features of the educational system in Singapore to help its polytechnic students perform better. It wants to start a gifted programme for its young designers to help them realise their full503 words
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286 1994-07-09 5 THE Government, which expects the economy to grow by about 7 per cent this year, will stick to the long-term growth target of 4-6 per cent. Speaking to reporters at a Kreta Ayer fund-raising dinner at Westin Stamford Hotel286 words
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Article, Illustration322 1994-07-09 5 ABOUT 200 air force personnel and 16 aircraft from Indonesia and Singapore are taking part in an eight-day bilateral exercise which started on Wednesday. Codenamed Elang Indopura, the biennial exercise is the eighth in the series between the two air forces since it started in 1980. Both322 words
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205 1994-07-09 5 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal SINGAPORE will be the permanent venue for a major Asian travel fair to be launched next year. The annual Asia Travel Market, an offshoot of Europe’s premier travel event the World Travel Market will be held for the205 words
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Article, Illustration461 1994-07-09 5 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik SCRAMBLER riders have been tearing through some nature reserves, giving unsuspecting joggers and walkers a scare and damaging the environment. The two-wheelers slough off the turf and top soil, causing soil erosion. Last year, 29 scrambler bikers were461 words
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Article, Illustration530 1994-07-09 6 Chung Tsung Mien - By Chung Tsung Mien THE Malay Language Month (Bulan Bahasa) serves as a timely reminder of the importance of promoting the Malay language, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Sunday. Speaking in Malay at the official opening of the event, he530 words
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371 1994-07-09 6 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon POLICE have arrested a 54-year-old Singaporean who allegedly cheated several hotels around the city area by pretending to be a professor from abroad. The bespectacled, distin-guished-looking Indian man always dressed smartly would tell hotel staff that he371 words
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Article, Illustration316 1994-07-09 6 COMMUNITY centres can play a role in the care of the young and the old. said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew last Friday night If child-care centres are set up. they can provide care for the children of working parents when grandparents live316 words
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434 1994-07-09 6 YOUNG Singaporeans can look forward <o having fheir own voire in Parliament. The four MPs on the National Youth Council w!il identify concerns of young people and raise them in the House, said NYC cnairman l,im Hng Kiang in an434 words
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Article, Illustration212 1994-07-09 7 LAST Friday’s SAF Day parade was the first for President OTC and the last for Dr Yeo Ning Hong as Defence Minister. Both President Ong and Dr Yeo were among those who witnessed Singapore Armed Forces soldiers execute their precision212 words
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Article, Illustration195 1994-07-09 7 and a last Dr Yeo’s quiet farewell at Defence Ministry DEFENCE Ministry officials bade farewell to Dr Yeo Ning Hong in a simple ceremony at the ministry last Friday. About 30 senior officers and Mindef staff lined the corridor to the entrance of the building where Dr Yeo’s car and195 words
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559 1994-07-09 7 Doctor named potential defendant at coroner’s inquiry IN THE COURTS A A LEUKAEMIA patient died nine days after a house officer injected a drug into her spinal fluid instead of into her veins, a coroner’s court heard last week. Production operator Josephine Kiang559 words
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256 1994-07-09 7 BOATING enthusiasts can look forward to at least three more marinas being set up within the next few years, said Trade and Industry Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. Speaking to reporters after he opened the Raffles Marina Club at Tuas on Saturday,256 words
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545 1994-07-09 8 It will co-ordinate expertise, diagnosis and treatment A SINGAPORE Cancer Centre will be established at the Singapore General Hospital in 1996 to spearhead the battle against the Number One killer here. Health Minister George Yeo said it will bring545 words
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307 1994-07-09 8 TUBERCULOSIS has not been wiped out in Singapore. It exists, and the number of cases has risen from last year, warned the medical director of the Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association (Sata), Dr E M. Reuben. Speaking at Sata's 46th annual genera! meeting at its307 words
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Article, Illustration327 1994-07-09 8 TRAFFIC flow into the city will improve when construction of a 280-metre-long bridge at Marina Bay is completed in 1996 It is part of the project to extend Nicoll Highway from the Bras Basah-Raffles Boulevard junction to Collyer Quay. The new linkage between327 words
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136 1994-07-09 8 SINGAPORE has banned the export of arms to Rwanda from this month, according to an order by the Ministry of Trade and Industry. The order, published in the Government gazette last Friday, said that the ban will cover items such as weapons, ammunition,136 words
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439 1994-07-09 8 IT IS time to put Singapore on the map as a food paradise, the Trade and Industry Minister, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, said last Friday. Launching the month-long Singapore Food Festival the first to be held at Clarke Quay, he said: “The439 words
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SPORTS
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Malaysian Premier League soccer
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Article, Illustration537 1994-07-09 9 Peter Khoo - By Peter Khoo EVEN a bout of flu did not stop Singapore captain Fandi Ahmad from slamming in four goals at the National Stadium on Tuesday night. His goals helped propel the Lions to a 5-0 victory against a bewildered Malacca in their MalaysianPicture by Jerry Seh. - 537 words
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572 1994-07-09 9 Sweeper Jang Jung snuffs out Terengganu raids SINGAPORE produced one of its most outstanding soccer performances away from home this season to beat host Terengganu 2-0 at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium last Saturday night. The victory, thanks to572 words
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139 1994-07-09 9 Lee Yulin - SWIMMING By Lee Yulin Lee Yulin SINGAPORE’S swimming sensation Joscelin Yeo will take part in next month’s Commonwealth Games in Victoria. Canada This was revealed by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association in a briefing at Toa Payoh Swimming Complex on Monday. Joscelin. who captured the139 words
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Article, Illustration393 1994-07-09 9 Lee Yulin - ATHLETICS By Lee Yulin Lee Yulin SINGAPORE'S top sprinter, Muhamad Hosni Muhamad, lopped 9.1 see off a 26-year-old national sprint record when he clocked 11.2 ser yesterday in winning the 100 metres the blue riband event of the Flash Athletic Club's 19th track and field championships393 words
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MALAYSIA
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464 1994-07-09 10 Ismail Kassim; and Salim Osman - Action against Al-Arqam leader ‘reflects support for Malaysia’ By Ismail Kassim in Kuala Lumpur and Salim Osman in Singapore THE Malaysian Minister-in-charge of Islamic Religious Affairs on Monday described the Singapore action in barring the leader of the Al-Arqam movement from entering the Republic464 words
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359 1994-07-09 10 which expires in September. Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Lord President Tun Hamid Omar has been cleared by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) of allegations that he profited from the sale of his government-issued Mercedes-Benz and that his family held controlling shares in a private company.which expires in September. Bernama. - 359 words
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Article, Illustration193 1994-07-09 10 PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (above) taking time off from his holiday in Europe to visit Malaysian peacekeeping troops in Bosnia-Herze-govina. He was welcomed by Malaysian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Haron Salleh (right) when his plane landed at Split airport inpilgrimage) in Mecca. AFP picture. - 193 words
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380 1994-07-09 10 Kuala Lumpur said. Bernama, AFP. KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian and Indonesian governments are to set up a common clearing house to speed up joint-venture projects. Disclosing this on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said that the move was meantKuala Lumpur said. Bernama, AFP. - 380 words
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ASEAN
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536 1994-07-09 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto on Saturday upheld his government's commitment to maintaining the process of political openness, but warned against anyone using this to undermine the national interest and promote disunity. In remarks that were a clear defence of536 words
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Article362 1994-07-09 11 PRESIDENT Suharto has welcomed the national trend in Indonesia towards having small families but warned that it had a downside: it weakened the family bond, clearing the way for a host of other problems. According to a Jakarta Post report last Thursday, Mr Suharto said that362 words
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490 1994-07-09 11 Lee Siew Hua - By Lee Siew Hua Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand’s ambition is to become the economic leader of the region, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai said last Friday. To help fulfil this vision, the private sector can take the initiative in building and investing in490 words
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Article, Illustration236 1994-07-09 11 – LEE SIEW HI A - LEE SIEW HI A. THE second Bangkok international airport, to be ready in six years, will ultimately be expanded for an annual passenger load of 100 million by 2020. That is the combined capacity of Europe’s three largest airports today. Hotels, banks, business centres236 words
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255 1994-07-09 11 THE World Bank has singled out Malaysia and Indonesia for having reduced poverty dramatically through concerted efforts to provide infrastructure in rural areas. The latest annual World Bank Development report said the institutional framework for infrastructure development in Malaysia had been effective in255 words
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Article347 1994-07-09 11 Ginnie Teo - By Ginnie Teo AN INDONESIAN Cabinet minister said on Wednesday that the government intends to stop Indonesian women from working overseas as domestic help. At present, there are 15,000 Indonesian maids in Singapore. Antara, Indonesia’s news agency, reported Indonesian Minister for Women Affairs Mien Sugandhi as347 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article674 1994-07-09 12 JULY 5. 1994 THE comment last week by NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng that older workers could bo as good as young ones given the right training and placed in the right job was a refreshing change for older Singaporeans who want, or need, to work674 words
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Article654 1994-07-09 12 JUL V 4. 1994 ALLEGATIONS that the AlArqam movement plans to take over Malaysia and that it is training a suicide squad in Thailand highlight an all-too-fa-miliar issue: the prospects of extremism present in modernising societies. In the case of Al-Arqam. that conclusion must remain tentative654 words
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Article635 1994-07-09 12 JULY 8.1994 BARELY 14 months ago. the United Nations despatched 22.000 peacekeepers to Cambodia and spent US$2 billion to organise the country's first free and fair elections. As a result, a two-headed coalition government was created in Phnom Penh with high hopes of rebuilding the war-ravaged635 words
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1129 1994-07-09 12 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong TINKER, tailor, soldier. sailor. Rich man, poor man, beggarman, entrepreneur. Just who will become the third batch of Nominated Members of Parliament? Will the full quota of six NMPs be filled with difficulty or has1,129 words
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FEATURE
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Article, Illustration1716 1994-07-09 13 able is coming. Cherian George of the Political Desk looks at what Singapore can expect from the next TV revolution. ON SUNDAY mornings 30 years ago, families in Singapore had nothing at all to watch on their spanking new television sets. TV Singapore came1,716 words
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Article311 1994-07-09 13 WHAT will be carried on Singapore's cable television network? The line-up is still anybody's guess. But it is likely to include a wide mix of entertainment and informational channels in a number of languages. Most of these channels could be obtained off-the-shelf from311 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1634 1994-07-09 14 A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK Eighteen months ago, the Prime Minister said that the National Youth Council should adopt a higher profile in looking after the needs of youths. How has it fared since? Bertha Henson asked NYC1,634 words
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413 1994-07-09 14 WILL today's young Singaporeans turn out to be like their parents? Mr Lim Hng Kiang thinks so. “When we were young, we also complained that the Government was restrictive, that there was no freedom and so forth." It was natural for young people413 words
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OFF-THERECORD
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Article76 1994-07-09 15 ONE of the nice things about being a diplomat is enjoying a standard of living one could not otherwise afford, former Ambassador to the United Nations Chan Heng Chee told foreign service hopefuls at a career talk last week. To which Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh felt compelled to76 words
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Article, Illustration146 1994-07-09 15 STILL on the career talk: Prof Tommy Koh noted that a Singapore diplomat in Moscow had once been blackmailed into handing over state secrets after being seduced by a beautiful Soviet agent. "I asked the former Foreign Minister of Malaysia. Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie. how146 words
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Article61 1994-07-09 15 AN INTERVIEW with members of the controversial Al-Arqam Islamic sect showed that they knew how to parry tough questions. In reply to one about whether they had an army (an allegation made by the Malaysian government), one of them said: “We want to spread love and care.61 words
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Article109 1994-07-09 15 WHEN the name Zeng Guo Yuan came up in a conversation with Mr Ashleigh Seow, the Singapore Democratic Party member gave a blank look. Mr Zeng, a Workers Party candidate in the last general election, had been in the news last week when he claimed trial to109 words
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Article, Illustration1052 1994-07-09 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong NEVER say never especially in politics. I learnt this lesson again last Wednesday night when, to my amazement. it was announced officially that socialist leader Tomiichi Murayama had been elected Japan's new Prime Minister. I was jolted1,052 words
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487 1994-07-09 15 Ng Wei Joo - POWER WATCH Ng Wei Joo WHEN cardiologist Maurice Choo ended his ninemonth stint as one of Singapore's first two Nominated MPs in 1991. he said: "I had intended to run the two years like a 400 m race, but the race was called487 words
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MONEY
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Article7057 1994-07-09 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: July 8, 1994 1994 Curr Last Vol Day Grs Net M Cap Wt Avq High Low Company Traded Sale 4-or-000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 1440 835 A i s Acma 995 20 101 1010 980 17 5 159 685 87,057 words
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377 1994-07-09 17 THE Singapore market languished this week as investors agonised over the possibility of interest rate hikes in the US after the weakening of the dollar to consecutive post-war lows. Market watchers were waiting with bated breath for the end of the Federal377 words
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Article97 1994-07-09 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times industrials Index lost 47.71 points on the week to 2162.94 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2191.16 (-1949) 68.557m ($184 777m) Tuesday 2187 95 (—3.21) 83.128m ($233 796m) Wednesday *****8 (-25 07) 78 496m <$237.718m) Thursday 2146.01 (-20.76) 85 677m <$274.032m) Friday 216297 words
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Article, Illustration360 1994-07-09 18 TWO more multinational companies, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Asia Pacific and Caterpillar Overseas SA, have been awarded Business Headquarters (BHQ) status by the Economic Development Board. This brings the total to seven companies so far three local and four MNCs which have been given BHQ status. Under360 words
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2603 1994-07-09 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Earn EPS Dale n 1 V 13 1 V ompjnv an n t'mi ism) lets) (els) VBK Hldgs Via» K) I 1 40' 2X51 2 7 0 Verna Jun 1) F 4| 5IX I4 26X *2.5 2 3 1 Vies Hldg' lun '42,603 words
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323 1994-07-09 18 Kalpana Rashiwala - By Kalpana Rashiwala MARRIOTT, which has taken over the management of the former Dynasty Hotel, will give former staff the first crack at jobs when it starts recruitment in late November or early December. All 600-plus staff of Dynasty Hotel received retrenchment323 words
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224 1994-07-09 18 TECHNOLOGY Parks Pte Ltd (TPPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jurong Town Corporation, launched its $B2million high-tech industrial complex in Ang Mo Kio on Monday. To be completed by April 1995, the six-storey building will be targeted at firms in light industries like electronics, computer224 words
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Article, Illustration466 1994-07-09 19 Patricia Adversario - By Patricia Adversario SINGAPORE-BASED oil tradinq firms, battling to maintain profits in an increasingly competitive market, are investing in multi-million-dollar energy assets in the region. Oil trading managers said investments in physical assets such as oil terminals and storage facilities had accelerated in theTimesgraphics - 466 words
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Article526 1994-07-09 19 Friday July 8 HKS 4/. ASM Pacific 471 unch Allied Ind Int'l 0.67 -0.01 Allied Oversea 0 81 -0.01 Asia Sec Ini 2.38 unch Bank of EA 30 90 -0.10 C P Pokphand 1.94 -0 06 CDL Hotel 271 0 01 Cafe De Coral 4 12 -0.01 Gath Pac526 words
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Article329 1994-07-09 19 Manager's prices for Jul 9 11 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.58-167 The Savings Fund 1.49-158 Spore Prog Fund 0 68-0.72 S'pore Sec Fund 1 01-1.07 S pore Invest Fund 1.12-119«d S'pore Equity Fund 080-0.85 Credit Lyonnais Int’l Asset Mgt Cl Asia Pac Gr Fund 2 695 2329 words
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Article110 1994-07-09 19 SINGAPORE Telecom and Deutsche Telekom of Germany have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for greater cooperation Deutsche Telecom is one of Europe’s biggest telecommunications companies. It is due to be transformed into a joint stock company next year with the first shares offered to110 words
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499 1994-07-09 19 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has turned down an application from Guthrie GTS for the conversion date of its expired warrants to be extended. Guthrie had made the application after some warrant-holders claimed they did not499 words
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392 1994-07-09 19 PROPERTY-BASED Liang Court Holdings plans to invest between M 5125.5 million and MSI43 million (5584.4 million) to develop properties in Malaysia, which are to be acquired by its purchase of Wuthelam Investments Wuthelam Investments whose majority shareholder, Wuthelam Holdings, also holds the major392 words
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Article157 1994-07-09 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit ot foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.5092 1.5265 Sterling pound 2.3066 2.3602 Australian dollar 1.0844 1.1164 Canadian dollar 1.0795 1.1044 NZ dollar 0.8923 0.9227 EC unit 1.8628 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian sch'lling 13.3976 13 9889157 words
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Article130 1994-07-09 19 Contract date: 8/7/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 3'41» 4H 4 H 4'« 3'« 12/7 94 AJ 4 4;', 5 5 3 5’. 3M> 12 7 94 NZJ 3'« 6 6 6 1 6'. 4m 12/7 94130 words
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Article, Illustration382 1994-07-09 20 HASBRO, which claims to be the world’s largest toy maker with products like G.I. Joe. Transformers, Mastermind and Trivial Pursuits. has just opened a regional office here to sell its toys in Asean. The office, in Toa Payoh. will also function382 words
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524 1994-07-09 20 Elaine Tan - By Elaine Tan SOCCER-MANIA may have hit the living rooms of many Singaporeans during this World Cup season, but fortunately, that fever has not shown up in higher absenteeism at work. Employers contacted said they did not see a marked524 words
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Article173 1994-07-09 20 SINGAPORE'S exports rose by 33.4 cent in May this year, outstripping its performances in March and April. Non-oil domestic exports alone increased 30.6 per cent, compared to the same month last year. The comparative figures for March and April were 16.1 per cent and 23.6173 words
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526 1994-07-09 20 Ann Williams - By Ann Williams THE Monetary Authority of Singapore’s view that the recent surge in private housing prices is not sustainable may be the catalyst that will bring about the long-awaited drop in property prices, analysts said last Friday. But most526 words
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365 1994-07-09 20 NO BIG developer took part in the first government tender for 60-year leasehold land. The tender attracted just four bids from three smaller companies and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats). The highest bid of $33.1 million came from First Entrepreneur Pte Ltd. an365 words
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Advertisement815 1994-07-09 21 1 f'r rst The Straits Times Weekly Edition W:¥:¥¥:¥:¥:¥:i Wtf RAFFLES INSTITUTION FOUNOtD ’8» HEADMASTER The Headmaster of Singapore s premier sehool, the oldest secondary' hoys’ school in Singapore, reports to its Board ol Governors, and takes responsibility for administration and development of the school. The position becomes available in815 words
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FORUM
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592 1994-07-09 23 I REFER to the article "Should Nominated MPs serve for more than 2 years?" by Nr Wei Joo (ST, July 2). Before we can answer that question, we need to ask: What is the role of Parliament? Parliament is a place where592 words
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217 1994-07-09 23 RECENTLY, I attended a wedding at a hotel between a Chinese bride from a relatively traditional family and her expatriate European groom. It was a clash of cultures. Informality was evidenced by the afternoon nuptials and photography sessions with wellwishers in a217 words
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270 1994-07-09 23 I REFER to the letters. "School can use advisory committee as arbiter before resorting to caning" by Mr Mohamad Azni Abdul Ghani (ST, June 29) and “Besides principals, let teachers use the cane as well" by Mr Charles Tan (ST, June270 words
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Advertisement124 1994-07-09 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, such124 words
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Article, Illustration585 1994-07-09 24 Elaine Tan - SMEs, factory staff and retrenched workers to benefit By Elaine Tan EMPLOYEES of small firms, workers in the high value-added manufacturing sector and retrenched staff will benefit from three new training schemes being launched to upgrade skills. Trade and Industry Minister Yeo585 words
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Article, Illustration445 1994-07-09 24 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng TEN weeks of in-fighting among the Yeos came to an end on Tuesday when major shareholders took just 10 minutes at an extraordinary general meeting to withdraw a motion to oust Mr Alan Yeo. The withdrawal meant445 words
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383 1994-07-09 24 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE has developed a tourism plan for India which has just been forwarded by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to the Indian premier. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the visiting Chief Minister of Maharashtra state. Mr Sharad Pawar. who383 words