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Title Section20 1994-08-27 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 087/08/9420 words
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Article, Illustration668 1994-08-27 1 Zuraidah Ibrahim - By Zuraidah Ibrahim THE Prime Minister on Sunday made the preservation of traditional moral and family values a key theme of his National Day Rally speech, and announced several measures to strengthen the family unit. These values, he said, were the bedrock of Singapore’s668 words
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Article213 1994-08-27 1 CIVIL servants will get a special bonus this year even if the economy slows down in the second half of the year, announced Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to much applause on Sunday. This was because with the 10.5 per cent growth achieved for the213 words
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358 1994-08-27 1 SINGAPOREANS can look forward to the Government topping up their Central Provident Fund account by more than $4OO each in years when the economy does exceptionally well. The Prime Minister disclosed this when he spelt out the358 words
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Advertisement12 1994-08-27 1 181 Malaysian Premier League soccer: Lions are champions at last Page 912 words
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Advertisement9 1994-08-27 1 Planning a CAREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 229 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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605 1994-08-27 2 SINGAPOREANS who are not doing as well as their fellow citizens should not lose heart, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in his National Day Rally speech in Mandarin speech on Sunday. Everyone who works hard has the chance to move up605 words
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Article, Illustration212 1994-08-27 2 LION dance troupe member Tan Kok Leong fell during a performance about 12 years ago and became permanently paralysed and wheel-chair bound. Despite this, he became an accomplished mouth artist, married, and now he and his wife, who was born without212 words
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Article, Illustration627 1994-08-27 2 Sumiko Tan - It was meant to be light-hearted, says agency By Sumiko Tan THE Sustagen advertisement which Mr Goh Chok Tong objected to will not be run in Singapore any more. The advertising agency in charge has decided to withdraw it following the Prime627 words
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Article, Illustration545 1994-08-27 3 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon THE Subordinate Courts have launched a project to equip courtrooms with advanced audio-visual systems aimed at speeding up trials and improving performance. The project, which is believed to be the region’s first, is code-named Court Vision 21.– Picture by ALBERT SIM. - 545 words
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Article, Illustration374 1994-08-27 3 READ about how Ong Teng Cheong courted and married Ling Siew May, his thoughts on becoming a politician and later Singapore’s first elected President in a book telling his life story, which will be launched on Sept 1. The Chinese-language book,374 words
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301 1994-08-27 3 A DENTIST was found dead with masking tape wrapped round his head at his clinic in Tanjong Pagar Plaza on Thursday. Dr Ho Kong Cheong, 52, was found lying face down on the floor, with his hands and legs tied, by301 words
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PM’S National Day Rally Speech
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Article2717 1994-08-27 4 Singapore has the right traditional values for progress, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Sunday. But the experience of other countries shows that societies can go wrong quickly. PM Goh highlights the link between moral values and a vibrant society, and offers three lessons for2,717 words
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Article, Illustration106 1994-08-27 4 WHY put an American boy’s way of speaking to a father into a Singaporean boy’s mouth? We must not unthinkingly drift into attitudes and manners which undermine the traditional politeness and deference Asian children have for their parents and elders. Michael Fay, back in America, got106 words
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Article, Illustration130 1994-08-27 4 COMPARE the attitudes of Michael Fay’s parents and Shiu Chi Ho’s parents. Fay’s parents were outraged instead of being ashamed. They went on radio, TV, CNN, talk shows, blaming everyone but themselves. Shiu’s parents showed pain, avoided publicity, and considered leaving Singapore because of130 words
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Article, Illustration493 1994-08-27 5 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday night criticised the Western media for prescribing Western-style democracy and press freedom to all countries, regardless of the differences in culture and history. They praised countries like Taiwan and South Korea for following their prescriptions:Reuter picture. - 493 words
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PARLIAMENT
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680 1994-08-27 6 Cherian George - By Cherian George PARLIAMENT has given the Supreme Court an advisory role in interpreting the Constitution. In acknowledgment of the Constitution's growing complexity, the President will also be able to appoint a legal advisor from the private sector. Under a new provision to the680 words
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Article, Illustration290 1994-08-27 6 SINGAPORE'S economic growth should come down to Set» eer. 6 and > per cent next year as tius year s unexpectedly good showing cannot be sustained. said Finance Minister Richard Hu in Parliament on Thursday. He said that290 words
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575 1994-08-27 6 THE law which allows criminals to be detained without trial received another five-year lease of life with the passing of the Criminal Law 'Temporary Provisions» Bill on Thursday. At the Bill's Second Reading. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said the legislation was575 words
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566 1994-08-27 6 CHANGES to give ministries direct powers to hire and promote civil servants will be put in place from Jan 1. Unions, staff, heads of department and permanent secretaries will be briefed on these changes by the Public Service Division responsible566 words
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HOME
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560 1994-08-27 7 Paya Lebar MGS tops N-stream lists Ministry of Education’s ranking of secondary schools RAFFLES Girls’ boat brother school Raffles’ Institution for the second year running to clinch the top spot in this year’s ranking of secondary schools. It headed the list of560 words
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191 1994-08-27 7 THIS year’s top graduate from Ngee Ann Polytechnic is an ace both in class and on the soccer pitch. Mr Lim Nian Hua, 24, its soccer captain last year, scored 25 distinctions and 6 As for the 31 subjects191 words
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Article, Illustration481 1994-08-27 7 Yvonne Chew - 35 offered jobs before exams; some earning $1,500 now Ngee Ann Polytechnic graduation ceremony By Yvonne Chew THE first batch of Quality Assurance Engineering (QAE) diploma holders from Ngee Ann Polytechnic are hot in the job market. Thirty-five of the 65 students in the481 words
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615 1994-08-27 7 Dominic Nathan; and Bert Wee - Aim is to stop them from working illegally By Dominic Nathan and Bert Wee TO DISCOURAGE foreign students from working here illegally, the Immigration Department now requires that they put up their security bond of $5,000 in cash instead615 words
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543 1994-08-27 8 Elena Chong - By Elena Chong A SALESMAN escaped the callows after his conviction for murdering a Central Narcotics Bureau officer was quashed by the Court of Ap[>eal on Monday Roshdi Abdullah Altway. 35. was instead sentenced to 10 years' jail for culpable homicide. He543 words
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Article, Illustration119 1994-08-27 8 FORMER President Wee Kim Wee (right) will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters for his distinguished public service and his special contribution to the National University of Singapore as its Chancellor for eight years. He will be awarded the119 words
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286 1994-08-27 8 SINGAPORE Airlines will soon have the most smoke-free international flights provided by any airline. From Oct 30. all its flights, except those to and from Japan, will go smoke-free. With this move. 90 per cent of the 888 SIA flights286 words
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Advertisement52 1994-08-27 8 MAKING AN ISSUE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES The Straits Times Weekly Edition. A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executive appointments... And highlights on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Every week. The Straits52 words
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SPORTS
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Malaysian Premier League soccer
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Article, Illustration1087 1994-08-27 9 Tay Cheng Khoon - Singapore keeps its cool as Brunei self-destructs on and off the pitch S’pore 1 Brunei 0 By Tay Cheng Khoon BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN While Singapore did what was necessary to win the Malaysian Premier League soccer championship here on Tuesday, Brunei suffered a “reddish" nightmare.– Picture by JERRY DEH. - 1,087 words
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342 1994-08-27 9 Peter Khoo - By Peter Khoo FOUR Penang soccer players have admitted that they accepted bribes to fix several Malaysian Premier League matches this season, according to state team officials. One of the matches involved Penang’s 3-0 win over Singapore in Georgetown’s City Stadium on April342 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration472 1994-08-27 10 Bernama BEIJING Malaysia's larg-est-eve: trade mission comprising 147 businessmen and 26 government officials arrive'! in China on Thursday Led by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, the delegation would be in China until Aug 31 and thenBernama; NST picture - 472 words
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367 1994-08-27 10 MALAYSIA plans to punish illegal female immigrants with flogging, but it will be more like the caning done in schools so as not to leave scars. Both the Home and Law ministries were in the process of framing a law to that effect, based367 words
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514 1994-08-27 10 ing his self-interest." Bernama. AFP. AFP. KUALA LUMPUR The AlArqam movement had been used by its leaders to satisfy their lust by making women their sex slaves". Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Monday. “The focus ofing his self-interest." — Bernama. AFP.; AFP. - 514 words
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357 1994-08-27 10 Derwin Pereira - By Derwin Pereira MALAYSIA planned to implement aspects of Singapore’s junior-college system and training programmes of technical institutes in the Republic, the Malaysian Education Minister, Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud, said on Tuesday. The lecture-tutorial system of junior colleges, and courses in robotics and industry357 words
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ASEAN
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254 1994-08-27 11 MANILA Asean has sought a further 10 years of preferential trading with the United States, saying that lost revenues from lower tariffs would be offset by increased US exports to the region, Philippine officials have said. The Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), which254 words
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71 1994-08-27 11 birthday. The party,birthday. The party, held at the President’s private residence in Jakarta on Tuesday, was attended by members of the first family. — Jakarta Post picture. - 71 words
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564 1994-08-27 11 Lee Kim Chew - By Lee Kim Chew in Yangon SINGAPORE has proposed that Myanmar expand its air links with other countries, improve its infrastructure and service industry to tap the regions growing tourist trade. These were among the key proposals in a paper564 words
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207 1994-08-27 11 Bernama. JAKARTA Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad will make a two-day visit to Indonesia next month. The Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia, Datuk Dali Hashim, said on Thursday that he would hold talks with President Suharto at the Istana Negara on Sept 16,Bernama. - 207 words
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325 1994-08-27 11 Lee Siew Hua - Perks for private schools setting up branches By Lee Siew Hua Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand is working on a new education policy which will decentralise the school system and lead to a well-educated population to pull the country ahead economically. Senior education325 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article687 1994-08-27 12 AUG 26. 1994 PROFESSIONAL sport offers probably the only other highrisk thrill that might also yield large winnings in legalised betting That is. if financial regulators the world over do not squawk over stock and futures trading being lumped together with sport and casino gambling687 words
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Article659 1994-08-27 12 AUG 25. 1 994 INDUSTRIAL revolutions produce winners. But they also produce losers, at least in the short term In his National Day Rally speech. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong spoke of Asia experiencing the biggest industrial revolution in human history. The transformation would take three to659 words
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Article659 1994-08-27 12 AUG 23. 1994 SINGAPORE is where it is today because of correct policies. But who thought up the policies and who made them work 9 This ability to grasp the nettle and escape from the dregs of deprivation is traced back to the people's traditional moral659 words
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824 1994-08-27 12 Leslie Fong - By Leslie Fong I AM afraid Mr Goh Chok Tong did my colleague Sumiko Tan an injustice when he mentioned briefly her recent column on the idea of being a single mother during his National Day Rally speech last Sunday. He824 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1188 1994-08-27 13 Koo Tsai Kee - By Koo Tsai Kee SRI Lanka has a new prime minister, Mrs Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the daughter of Mr Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, the prime minister who ignited the ethnic flames in the paradise we once knew as Ceylon. In 1956. Mr1,188 words
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922 1994-08-27 13 Zuraidah Ibrahim - By Zuraidah Ibrahim THREE weekends ago. a National University of Singapore hostelite I know came home lugging a load of laundry and dispensing an earful of woes. He and his fellow undergraduates were miffed. Mr Lee Kuan Yew had922 words
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INSIGHT
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Article2416 1994-08-27 14 A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK Singapore students scored well in an international ranking of reading abilities among students in 32 countries. But some educationists fear that standards of English may be slipping. What factors determine2,416 words
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OFF-THE-RECORD
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Article99 1994-08-27 15 THE Potong Pasir Pinnacle, a magazine produced by the PAP’s branch in the ward, has a column titled “Did you know that...”. It reported that the land in the area was so fertile it was once described by a geographer, J. W. Humphrey. as “one99 words
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Article71 1994-08-27 15 MR CHIAM SEE TONG, estranged and erstwhile leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, was at the National Day parade at the National Stadium but without the SDP badge. Asked why, he said there was no need to wear the party symbol to the parade, which was, after71 words
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Article88 1994-08-27 15 SINGAPORE students are a modest lot. judging by the findings of an international survey on students in 32 countries. Asked by a Dutch research group to rate their reading abilities, most of the nine- and 14-year-old students in Singapore. Hongkong. Finland and France, said they88 words
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Article119 1994-08-27 15 FROM another survey: students responding to a Straits Times poll on what they got up to after school may have been somewhat economical with the truth in their answers. More than half said they spent five days of each week doing school work. The students119 words
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Article, Illustration904 1994-08-27 15 Han Fook Kwang - THINKING ALOUD Han Fook Kwang THE figures are startling even if they are not unexpected: that such a high proportion of students from well-educated parents should do so well in school compared to those from lesser educated ones. One in three of those904 words
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Article, Illustration1149 1994-08-27 15 The state of the taxi service is a perennial talking point in Singapore, and there is no shortage of suggestions on how to improve it. Should private cars double up as taxis to relieve the shortage? Chiang Yin Pheng interviewed1,149 words
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MONEY
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Article7237 1994-08-27 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Daf Aug 26,1994 1994 Curr Last Vol Day Gre Nat M CapWtA«g High Low Company Traded Sale •for000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 1440 835 #l s Acma 985 -15 108 995 985 17 5 15 7 678 9 998 800 4007,237 words
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355 1994-08-27 17 – ROBERT NG - ROBERT NG. THE Singapore market ended the week in a whimper as negative political and social developments in Malaysia shaved 1.5 per cent off Malaysian share prices here on Friday. Punters’ hopes of an earlv Malaysian election took a knock following planned investigations355 words
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Article98 1994-08-27 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index fell 53.66 points on the week to 2293.51. DAV CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2320.94 26 23) 233.91m ($637 696m) Tuesday 2302 88 (-18 06) 220 37m ($565 498m) Wednesday 22/8 82 24 06) 290.80m ($689 /98m) Thursday 228/.21 8 39) 23498 words
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318 1994-08-27 18 Robert Ng - By Robert Ng THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) has issued a set of detailed guidelines to stockbrokers as a precautionary measure against money laundering activities in the securities industry. The guidelines, which were sent to all SES member firms last week, also apply to318 words
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2927 1994-08-27 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net E arn El*s Date ix 1 x IX 1 X i mil pant inn (Snil (Sm) lets) (cts) XBK Hldgs Mav X) E i 4tr 2 851 3 2 7.0 Acuta Jun 15 E 41 518 14 2b8 b2.5 23 1 Mcom Aug2,927 words
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383 1994-08-27 18 Douglas Wong - By Douglas Wong SINGAPORE’S economy will grow by 9.9 per cent this year before slowing to an 8.3 per cent growth rate next year, according to latest forecasts by the National University of Singapore’s Econometric Studies Unit (ESU). This upward383 words
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315 1994-08-27 18 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng SINGAPORE has become a leading investor in Malacca, with 26 manufacturing plants set up in the Malaysian state so far. In terms of number, it ranks second after Taiwan, which has put up 37 plants there, according to the315 words
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436 1994-08-27 19 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong THE launch of Singapore Telecom last October, coinciding with the start of more liberal investment schemes for Central Provident Fund members, has led to a leap in the number of CPF participants in the share market and a436 words
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Article, Illustration547 1994-08-27 19 Source Telerate Friday August 26 HK$ ASM Pacific 5.75 0.100 Allied Ind Int'l 0 55 -0 01 Allied Oversea 0 81 000 Asia Sec lot 2 20 -0.08 Bank of EA 30.70 unch C P Pokphand 2 64 001 CDL Hotel 3 23 -0 02 Cafe De Coral 3.65Source Telerate - 547 words
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Article354 1994-08-27 19 Manager s prices for Aug 27 29 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 165-175 The Savings fund 1 57- 1 66 Spore Prog fund 0 71-0.75 S pore Sec fund 1.03-1 09»d S pore Invest fund 1 19—1 26 Spore Equity fund 0 83- 0 88 Credit Lyonnais Int’l354 words
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214 1994-08-27 19 AFTER hitting 4.1 per cent in June, year-on-year price rises slowed last month to 3.7 per cent over July 1993. Month-on-month, prices of clothing and housing dropped slightly, according to figures released by the Department of Statistics. The Government said earlier this214 words
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607 1994-08-27 19 Chan Sue Meng - Step taken after hanks suspend refinancing schemes By Chan Sue Meng THE Housing Board on Monday froze all applications for second-mortgage loan schemes that are {lending its approval. The move came after banks suspended their HDB refinancing schemes last week in response to advice607 words
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Article148 1994-08-27 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit ot foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.4891 1.5060 Sterling pound 2 2968 2.3510 Australian dollar 1.0931 1.1254 Canadian dollar 1.0771 1.1021 NZ dollar 0.8847 0.9145 EC unit 1.8653 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.4610 14.0430148 words
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Article, Illustration136 1994-08-27 19 Source: OCBC Bank Contract data: 26/8/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTVI 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALI VALUE DATE us$ 4‘i 4 Vi 4 5,4 4 vi b 3 V. 31/8,94 AJ 4'» 4 3 4 b’. 5'i 5 vi 3v. 30 8 94 NZS 5Source: OCBC Bank - 136 words
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Article, Illustration450 1994-08-27 20 Patricia Adversario; and Tammy Tan - By Patricia Adversario and Tammy Tan MORE Singapore-based manufacturers are coping with the labour shortage by bringing in production workers by bus from far-flung towns and villages in Johor, instead of their traditional Johor Baru source. Human resource managers of companies interviewed by450 words
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219 1994-08-27 20 INNO-PACIFIC Holdings, which owns the Shakey’s franchise worldwide except for Japan, is setting up a fast-food pizza chain in India. Inno-Pac is the first Singapore franchisor to launch a chain there, and Shakey’s has beaten big names like MacDonald's. Pizza Hut and Kentucky219 words
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425 1994-08-27 20 Lee Kim Chew - By Lee Kim Chew in Yangon A NEWLY-FORMED Singapore consortium has drawn up an ambitious $4 billion concept plan to transform Yangon into an engine of growth that will take Myanmar into the next century. Sinmardev International on Tuesday signed a memorandum of425 words
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453 1994-08-27 20 Colin Tan - By Colin Tan SINGAPORE companies selling goods under their own brand names should seek overseas markets, says Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chee Wee. That way more markets would grow' to have confidence in a “made-in-Singa-pore” label, he453 words
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FORUM
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478 1994-08-27 23 Chee still maintains that his conscience is clear...The court injunction only prevents Chee from repeating the defamatory statements about Dr Vasoo, Prof Ernest Chew and Mrs Janice Chen. It does not stop him from defending himself against my charges. My challenge478 words
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1318 1994-08-27 23 MY SENTIMENTS about Mr Matthias Yao’s letter (ST Weekly, Aug 13) can be summed up in one short phrase: There he goes again. When it comes to dodging issues, Mr Yao is peerless. He starts off by saying “Dr Chee1,318 words
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Article241 1994-08-27 23 WE DECIDED not to publish Dr Chee’s response to Rear-Admiral (NS) Teo’s brief comments about the former’s book, Dare To Change, as we did not regard that as a case in vhich a reply was called for. Dr Chee and the SDP had been given space in241 words
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Advertisement124 1994-08-27 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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