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Title Section20 1994-09-03 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1994 Price: S$1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 087/08/9420 words
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660 1994-09-03 1 Warren Fernandez - By Warren Fernandez NINE out of 10 Singaporeans receive more benefits and subsidies from the Government than the taxes they paid, with 70 per cent of them enjoying a net gain of nearly $20,000 a year, Prime Minister Goh660 words
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Article, Illustration243 1994-09-03 1 A DELIGHTED teacher shaking the hand of President Ong Teng Cheong at a Teachers’ Day reception at the Istana on Thursday. For many of the camera-toting teachers at the party, it was also a chance to take one for the album with the243 words
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Article, Illustration546 1994-09-03 1 Wang Hui Ling - By Wang Hui Ling THE Government has appointed four newcomers and two incumbents as Nominated MPs for a new two-year term starting on Sept 7. The new faces are: Dr Lee Tsao Yuan. 38, deputy director of the Institute of Policy546 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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674 1994-09-03 2 Heidi Yeo - By Heidi Yeo AN UNMARRIED mother can name the father of her child and he will be barred from applying for HDB flats, said the Acting Minister for National Development. Mr Lim Hng Kiang said this when he was interviewed by SBC674 words
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Article, Illustration729 1994-09-03 2 Gerry de Silva - By Gerry de Silva FOR Mr Lim Kim San, Tuesday was just another routine day as Port of Singapore Authority chairman, as it has been for the last 15 years or so. But for PSA staff, it was a special, if sad, day. TheyPictures by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 729 words
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444 1994-09-03 2 THE National Trades Union Congress has criticised Mr Enzo Friso, the leader of the world’s biggest labour movement, for making misinformed and wild allegations about Singapore’s labour laws. An NTUC booklet, rebutting his claims that trade union rights here are being violated,444 words
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Article, Illustration672 1994-09-03 3 Derwin Pereira - Major companies in third-country joint ventures By Derwin Pereira SINGAPORE and South Korea will launch joint ventures in third countries in a landmark deal between two of its major conglomerates that will strengthen ties between the two nations. The joint ventures, to672 words
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Article, Illustration500 1994-09-03 3 Wang Hui Ling - By Wang Hui Ling THE International Herald Tribune (IHT) on Wednesday apologised “without reservation” for suggesting that Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was appointed to his post on account of his father, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The500 words
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384 1994-09-03 3 DR KER Sin Tze, the Minister of State for Education and Information and the Arts, left the Government front bench on Wednesday to return to the private sector. In a letter to him on Tuesday, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong thanked384 words
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Article, Illustration390 1994-09-03 3 FORMER Commercial Affairs Department director Glenn Knight was among three lawyers ordered struck off the rolls on Wednesday in separate show-cause actions. The others were Mr Gnaguru Thamboo Mylvaganam, better known as M.G. Guru, 41, and Mohamed Jiffry Muljee, 45, now in jail for390 words
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PARLIAMENT
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843 1994-09-03 4 Balloting out from Oct 1; first-timers to get priority A QUEUE system for new Housing Board flats will replace the current balloting system from Oct 1, announced Acting National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang last Friday. In a statement in Parliament, he outlined843 words
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584 1994-09-03 4 THE Government is empowered to ban smoking in all airconditioned offices and factory floors with the passing of the Smoking (Prohibition In Certain Places) (Amendment) Bill last Friday. It can also extend the ban to common enclosed or airconditioned areas in residential584 words
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457 1994-09-03 4 SINGAPORE can expect a fourth broadcast television channel, the Minister for Information and the Arts announced last Saturday. Devoted to nature and cultural programmes, it will free space on Channel 12 for more Tamil shows, and allow Channel 8 to go all-Chinese. Brig-Gen457 words
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HOME
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439 1994-09-03 5 Yvonne Chew - NUS convocation ceremonies By Yvonne Chew THERE is a 71 per cent increase in the number of postgraduate students at this year’s National University of Singapore (NUS) convocation ceremonies. Last year, 388 postgraduates convocated from NUS but the figure at439 words
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Article, Illustration273 1994-09-03 5 A 16-YEAR-OLD Malaysian boy made history on Tuesday by being the youngest person to graduate from the National University of Singapore (NUS). But he was without his family during his moment in history. Loh Chang Shiung, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, told273 words
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Article, Illustration500 1994-09-03 5 CONDUCTOR Tay Teow Kiat, the person largely responsible for the vibrant Chinese classical music scene here today, is the only recipient of the Cultural Medallion this year while eight artists have won the Young Artist Award. A spokesman for the National Arts Council (NAC) said Mr Tay500 words
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290 1994-09-03 5 AN ENGINEER, who killed a National Junior College student and injured another in an accident earlier this year, last Friday appealed in court to be allowed to give safe-driv-ing talks in school rather than be sent to jail. But District290 words
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679 1994-09-03 6 Felix Soh - Reports by Felix Soh SINGAPORE said that Japan, because of its economic weight, should play an active and leading role in broadening and deepening cooperation in the region. And there was an obvious meeting of minds on this when visiting Japanese Prime679 words
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Article, Illustration488 1994-09-03 6 MR GOH Chok Tong told visiting Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama that the people of Singapore were touched by his gesture of laying a wreath at the memorial to civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation. On Sunday, Mr Murayama becamePicture by CHEW SENG KIM. - 488 words
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517 1994-09-03 6 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira THE free flow of cheaper compact discs, video tapes and computer software can continue now that the Government has clarified its stand on parallel imports. Apart from consumers, importers and copyright groups based here are likely to benefit from517 words
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Article381 1994-09-03 7 A LAWYER was on Wednesday jailed for a total of five years and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane for five criminal offences. Ramanathan Yogendran, 41, was convicted of fabricating evidence, giving false information, criminal intimidation and criminal breach of trust.381 words
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418 1994-09-03 7 David Miller - By David Miller AN INDONESIAN maid was tested positive wrongly in three separate pregnancy tests at a Serangoon Gardens clinic earlier last month. She would have been sent home had her employer not sent her to another doctor, who certified418 words
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Article, Illustration216 1994-09-03 7 A SINGAPOREAN has been picked, for the first time, to head a UN agency. Dr Noeleen Heyzer, 46, now working in a Kuala Lumpur-based think tank, was chosen from among 41 candidates to be director of Unifem, the United Nations Development Fund for Women.216 words
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441 1994-09-03 8 MR LIM Boon Heng last Thursday sounded a warning against Western liberalism when he pointed out that some of its unhealthy signs were already here. Singapore was already seeing higher divorce rates, an increasing number of children born out of wedlock, rising rates441 words
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235 1994-09-03 8 A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy died last Thursday after hitting his head during a rugby game on Aug 20. Lam Wei Jung, a Secondary 4 student of St Joseph’s Institution, was thrown down and hit his head when he fell after being charged at during an235 words
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Article, Illustration175 1994-09-03 8 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong teed off to shouts of “Good shot" and “Well done" at the Lions Charity Golf Tournament at Raffles Country Club last Saturday afternoon. The four-hour tournament, organised by a service club, the Lions Club of Singapore. Jurong. raised a total of $60,000175 words
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Article, Illustration391 1994-09-03 8 THE father of American student Michael Stephen Freehill, one of several youths arrested last year for vandalism and mischief, was charged in night court last Friday. He faced five charges, for offences ranging from using abusive language to assault. Robert391 words
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Advertisement324 1994-09-03 7 The fttmitsTimes WEEKLY EDITION News From Home Wherever You are r~ The Straits Times Weekly Edition offers you a crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore and Asean. You can stay in touch with the social issues, politics, business and economy at home wherever you arc studying or324 words
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Article, Illustration493 1994-09-03 9 Joe Dorai - By Joe Dorai MALAYSIAN Premier League champion Singapore will not take part in the Asian Games in Hiroshima next month. The Singapore National Olympic Council’s Selection and Appeals Committee has rejected an appeal by the Football Association of Singapore to include the493 words
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Article, Illustration447 1994-09-03 9 Shirlynn Ho-Pereira - Teenage Laser sailor misses second spot by two points YACHTING By Shirlynn Ho-Pereira TRACEY Tan was the world’s No. 5 youth Laser sailor in July. Last week, she became the world’s third best. The 18-year-old ensured Singapore’s place in yachting annals by becoming the first Singaporean447 words
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299 1994-09-03 9 BODYBUILDING AGNES LEE capped a remarkable comeback when she won the Asian Women’s Bodybuilding Championships’ heavyweight title in Dongguan City, China, on Sunday. After a five year absence from the competitive bodybuilding scene, the 41-year-old Lee won the national women’s Open crown two299 words
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242 1994-09-03 9 IN FRONT of five hundred screaming football fans, Mr Mah Bow Tan was "crowned” Singapore's biggest fan at the Hotel New Otani last Friday. The occasion was a dinner hosted by the Football Association of Singapore, the Lions and Tiger Beer the main242 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration451 1994-09-03 10 National Day speech Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Prime Minister in his National Day speech on Tuesday called on his countrymen to build up a culture of selfdiscipline and responsibility towards society. “If we discard habits that are detrimental to us. theBernama - 451 words
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Article229 1994-09-03 10 Arson behind latest blaze in men’s toilet: Dr Ling KUALA LUMPUR A fire broke out at Terminal One of the Kuala Lumpur airport in Subang on Wednesday, the second in less than a month, and authorities suspect arson Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling229 words
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Article, Illustration332 1994-09-03 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim KUALA LUMPUR Tengku Zahariah Sultan Salahuddin, better known as the Joan Collins of Malaysia, has decided not to proceed with her fifth marriage to businessman Mr Naim Datuk Mohamad. In an interview with the Utusan Malaysia published last332 words
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366 1994-09-03 10 Sinfah Tunsarawuth - By Sinfah Tunsarawuth BANGKOK Al-Arqam leader Haji Ashaari Muhammad, who was detained with several of his followers by Thai authorities in Bangkok yesterday, has been deported to Malaysia, Bernama reported last night. The Malaysian national news agency said in a report from Kuala Lumpur that366 words
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241 1994-09-03 10 Bernama. SHANGHAI Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ended his six-day official visit to China on Wednesday, confident of a bright future for Sino-Malaysian relations which go beyond trade and economic considerations. He said all the Chinese leaders whom he met had highBernama. - 241 words
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ASEAN
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509 1994-09-03 11 Sinfah Tunsarawuth - 75,000 more people expected to contract fatal disease every year By Sinfah Tunsarawuth BANGKOK Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai on Wednesday urged all strata of Thai society to play their part actively in checking the spread of Aids, as 75,000 more Thais were projected509 words
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Article, Illustration256 1994-09-03 11 MANILA A top Filipino industrialist kidnapped 10 days ago escaped before dawn on Thursday while his captors slept off the effects of a drinking bout. Mr Meneleo Carlos, 62, an industrial adviser to President Fidel Ramos, told reporters that he fled from the rural256 words
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Article, Illustration46 1994-09-03 11 CHIANG RAI residents fishing on a flooded road in the northern Thai provincial town, which has been submerged because of heavy rain on Wednesday. Floods have hit 15 northern and north-eastern provinces in Thailand. Bangkok Post picture. Bangkok Post picture.– Bangkok Post picture. - 46 words
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619 1994-09-03 11 Nirmal Ghosh - 52 nationalities have taken up permanent residents offer By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent MANILA Mr Gulab Thadani, an exporter, is an Indian passport holder and a permanent resident of Hongkong. Singapore, Taiwan and Indonesia. A few months ago, he added the Philippines to619 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article644 1994-09-03 12 SEPT 1. 1994 PARLIAMENT last week passed a Bill to give the Supreme Court an advisory role in interpreting the Constitution. It will enable the Government to refer any constitutional question to a special tribunal for clarification. This tribunal will consist of at least three Supreme644 words
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Article660 1994-09-03 12 AUG 30, 1 994 BY ITSELF, the more than three-fold increase in the number of undischarged bankrupts in Singapore from 4,297 in 1984 to 13.733 at end-1993 is not reason enough for a major overhaul of the bankruptcy laws. The rise could reflect a more lax660 words
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Article655 1994-09-03 12 AUG 29. 1994 SINGAPORE, which has the most stringent anti-smoking laws in Asia, has expanded its considerable armoury with the passage of the Smoking (Prohibition in Certain Places) Amendment Bill. Already, it has one of the world’s lowest smoking rates of around 20 per cent.655 words
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881 1994-09-03 12 Warren Fernandez - By Warren Fernandez SEVERAL recent events and statements by government leaders make it clear that the Government here is taking up cudgels in its quest to preserve Singapore's traditional values. The latest was the announcement last Thursday that the Ministry of881 words
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859 1994-09-03 13 Bob Ng - By Bob Ng GOOD news is an undervalued and unappreciated commodity in Singapore. There is plenty of it about these days, but people do not appear to take notice of it at all. We often shrug it off nonchalantly. even unfeelingly, almost859 words
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Article, Illustration1381 1994-09-03 13 Dr Ker Sin Tze, the Minister of State for Information and the Arts and for Education, left his post for the private sector on Wednesday after a two-year stint with the Government. Chiang Yin Pheng of the Political Desk talks to1,381 words
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INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
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Letters to their children
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Article, Illustration518 1994-09-03 14 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong spoke to the nation last Sunday on the need to retain moral and family values if Singaporeans wanted to remain a vibrant and successful society. He said that popular culture, television and consumerism were all combining to erode the traditional518 words
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572 1994-09-03 14 Mr Chan Soo Sen, 38, executive director of the Chinese Development Assistance Council and chief executive officer of the Singapore-Suzhou Township Development, is a father of two sons, Nicholas, 9, and Richard, 5. Dear boys, I would ask you to be at ease with572 words
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Article, Illustration499 1994-09-03 14 Sumardi Ali, 41, chief executive officer of Mendaki, is a father of five children, aged between eight and three. Dear Nur, Dilah, Alea, Dayah and Khairi, IT IS tough being children, especially when you do not get things your way. And499 words
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Article, Illustration445 1994-09-03 14 Feminist and winner of this year’s Woman of the Year award, Mrs Hedwig Anuar, 65, is a divorcee with a daughter, Shirin Nair, 31, who is married and lives in Canada, and a son, Azmi, 36. Dearest Shirin, Mutual love, respect and a sense445 words
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OFF-THE-RECORD
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Article118 1994-09-03 15 GUESTS who had gathered at Kallang Theatre an hour before the Prime Minister's National Day rally speech on Aug 21 were treated to stage performances by students. It was a light entree to the heavy-duty talk. But one item went over the heads of the audience.118 words
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Article101 1994-09-03 15 MUCH has been said about ministers handling more than one portfolio, but they are evidently not the only ones in the Government burdened by the manpower shortage. According to the latest edition of the Singapore Government Directory, Mr Goh Kim Leong is the official with the101 words
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Article90 1994-09-03 15 THE swearing-in of Singapore’s first elected government in 1959 has been captured by artist Lai Kui Fang in an oil painting presented to the yet-to-be-opened Singapore History Museum this week. Mr Lee Kuan Yew, portrayed with right hand raised in taking the oath of office,90 words
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Article94 1994-09-03 15 THE soon-to-be corporatised Singapore Broadcasting Corporation organised an in-house contest to gather suggestions for names for its successor companies. Ms Rathna Kumari, a lettering artist, suggested “Future Vision" for the company that will operate Channels 5 and 8. “Silksound” for the radio company, and “The Backbone" for94 words
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Article, Illustration1361 1994-09-03 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong IT SEEMS ironic that, while a project is underway to equip all Subordinate courts with high-tech au-dio-visual systems to speed up proceedings, judges hearing many civil cases in the High Court have still to take1,361 words
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Article, Illustration941 1994-09-03 15 An inter-ministry committee will be formed to solve the problems of broken families, juvenile delinquency and drug addiction. Sumiko Tan spoke to committee chairman Abdullah Tarmugi, acting Minister for Community Development and Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs, last Thursday for his views on941 words
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MONEY
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Article7315 1994-09-03 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1994 Low Company Curr Last Vol Day Grs Net M Cap WtAvg High Traded Sale -for000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 1440 835 1 s Acma 990 -5 59 990 990 17.5 15.8 682 4 997 800 400 t s Ale* hldgs 50c7,315 words
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336 1994-09-03 17 points down to 2,330.61 ROBERT NG - points down to 2,330.61 ROBERT NG. THE Singapore stock market started the week on a mixed note as trading volume eased on a lack of fresh factors. But sentiment picked up from the middle of the week as investors’ who could not trade336 words
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Article95 1994-09-03 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Indei rose 37.10 points on the «reek to 2330.61. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2305 80 12 29) 128 04m ($310.344m) Tuesday 2299 51 (-6 29) 151 48m ($399 761m) Wednesday 2312 70 13.19) 140.92m ($401 746m) Thursday *****3 24.13) 236.21m ($66695 words
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324 1994-09-03 18 OVERSEAS investments by Singapore companies reached $l3 billion at the end of last year, according to the latest figures from the Department of Statistics. Investment assets accumulated overseas by Singapore companies have grown at an average rate of 25 per cent annually from324 words
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3139 1994-09-03 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net E arn FIN Date n l> 11 1 1 nmpanv •inn tSmi <Sm) tots» (ets) ABK Hid^s Slav Ul 1 1 40' 2 851 y: ?0 \emu Jur. 15 f 41.518 14 >8 *2.7 21 1 Alcorn* Aug 1 1 4 37.1 73,139 words
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Article, Illustration553 1994-09-03 18 Chan Sue Meng - Wywy Group chairman brought in to head executive committee By Chan Sue Meng YEO Hiap Seng Ltd has put its loss-incurring US operation. the Chun King Group, up for sale. On top of that, the locallylisted food and553 words
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120 1994-09-03 18 THE Central Provident Fund Board has added another six shares to its list of trustee stocks and removed three others. The stocks which have been added are Bonvests Holdings Comfort Group, Guthrie GTS, Malayan Credit, Scotts Holdings and Tibs Holdings. Those120 words
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388 1994-09-03 19 Koh Keat Kian - By Koh Keat Kian METRO Holdings has found a buyer for its entire 50.3 per cent stake in main board-listed marketing and distribution company Transmarco, ending days of suspense in the market. Arton Pte Ltd. an investment holding company controlled by388 words
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Article495 1994-09-03 19 Friday September 2 HKS ASM Pacific 5.90 unch Allied Ind Int'l 0.59 0.01 Allied Oversea 0 82 -0.01 Asia Sec lot 2.19 -0 03 Bank of EA 32.40 0.40 C P Pokphand 2 48 0 03 CDL Hotel 3.31 unch Cafe De Coral 3 30 -0 20 Cath Pac495 words
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Article328 1994-09-03 19 Manager’s prices for Sep 3 5 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.69—179 The Savings Fund 1.61—170 S pore Prog Fund 0.73 —0.78 S pore Sec Fund 1.05 —11 l*d S pore Invest Fund 1.22—129 S pore Equity Fund 0 83—0.88 Credit Lyonnais Int’l Asset Mgt CL Asia Pac328 words
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Article, Illustration438 1994-09-03 19 THE first Singapore businessman to build a hotel in Vietnam is making more investments to tap the country’s growing business and leisure travel market, bringing his investments to almost US$l4 million (Ss2l million). In the coastal town of Ha Long, near Hanoi. Mr Steven438 words
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Article148 1994-09-03 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1 4888 1.5057 Sterling pound 2.2813 2.3351 Australian dollar 1.0934 1.1256 Canadian dollar ***** 1.1063 NZ dollar 0.8863 0.9165 EC unit 1.8342 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.1913 13.7736148 words
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Article116 1994-09-03 19 Contract data: 2/9/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 4',« 44 44 44 5 34 6/9/94 A$ 44 44 54 54 6 34 6/9 94 NZS 54 54 64 64 64 34 6/9 94 STG 44 4’» 54116 words
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337 1994-09-03 19 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng INDUSTRIAL Commercial Bank (ICB) is making a voluntary takeover offer for the entire capital of Far Eastern Bank (FEB) Ltd as a prelude to a merger of the two United Overseas Bank (UOB) Group subsidiaries. The takeover bid337 words
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Article, Illustration606 1994-09-03 20 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE is proposing building an “air-bridge" to India, developing joint-venture domestic airlines, restoring grand old buildings into world-class hotels, and developing coach tours and tourism training institutes under an ambitious plan to help boost tourism there. In all, the606 words
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Article258 1994-09-03 20 LOCAL shipping group, Neptune Orient Lines, will team up with shipping giants, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Hapag-Lloyd on the Far EastEurope trade. The announcement is the latest development in the round of new alliances being farmed and old ones being broken since early this258 words
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212 1994-09-03 20 ALMOST seven out of every 100 persons here now own a handphone giving Singapore the highest mobile phone penetration rate in Asia. Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Yang, executive vicepresident (local services) of Singapore Telecom, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said Telecom hopes to raise this212 words
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492 1994-09-03 20 Kalpana Rashiwala - By Kalpana Rashiwala HANOI The Sembawang Group is scouting for a site in Vietnam to develop an industrial park, a source here said on Monday. Sembawang is said to be studying two sites near Ho Chi Minh City in the south, and another492 words
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FORUM
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1086 1994-09-03 23 THE bottom has finally fallen out. Mr Matthias Yao has backed away completely from engaging in a debate on the issues and has written a letter based solely on personalised aggression (ST Weekly, Aug 27). To get an idea of how lamentable1,086 words
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316 1994-09-03 23 CHEE Soon Juan (above) stated: “As for taxi fares, I know where and how I travelled and I have receipts to back me up. The claims for taxi fares were never inflated." As Chee’s superior at the National University of Singapore, in January 1992,316 words
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Advertisement52 1994-09-03 23 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. Hie Straits52 words
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Article, Illustration668 1994-09-03 24 A constant for S'pore amid changing world NATIONAL Service is an integral part of Singapore’s values system and will remain a constant amid the many changes sweeping the world, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Tuesday. •‘We are in a happy668 words
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Article, Illustration350 1994-09-03 24 FORMER president Wee Kim Wee has revealed three rules he had picked up from the "University of Life” be contented, humble and kind to all. Mr Wee had just been conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the NUS chancellor, President Ong Teng Cheong,350 words
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428 1994-09-03 24 THE weekend car scheme will be replaced from October with a new scheme which will benefit especially those who buy smaller cars for use during off-peak periods. New tax concessions announced by Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan on Wednesday will prove428 words