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Title Section20 1994-10-08 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1994 Price: SH.2O (In Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 087/08/9420 words
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Article498 1994-10-08 1 M. Nirmala - Programme to focus on rehabilitation; hardcore addicts may be jailed, caned By M. Nirmala A TOUGH comprehensive antidrug programme was unveiled by Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng on Sunday to deal with the problem of drug addiction, which has been growing despite Singapore’s tough antidrug498 words
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Article, Illustration395 1994-10-08 1 CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How looked healthy and fit last Saturday when he attended the launch of Children’s Heart Day at the Singapore General Hospital as a surprise guest. Wearing a T-shirt with the words "A Mended Heart. A Better Life",395 words
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592 1994-10-08 1 Ben Davidson - By Ben Davidson A COURT can order the Central Provident Fund Board to hold back, in a member’s CPF account, any money to which the member’s spouse is entitled to as a share of the matrimonial assets after a592 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration515 1994-10-08 2 First- and business-class passengers to enjoy 10-20% reductions from Oct 16 IN A bid to keep its competitive edge, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will reduce its firstand business-class fares to 33 destinations in Asia, the south-west Pacific and South Africa. First-class passengers will enjoy515 words
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405 1994-10-08 2 FOOTBALLER Michal Vana is now a wanted man. A warrant of arrest was issued against the 31-year-old Czech last Friday after he failed to show up in court. District Judge S. Thyagarajan twice adjourned the case at405 words
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227 1994-10-08 2 A CATHOLIC priest who touched and caressed a Filipino maid on an SIA flight was sentenced in court last Friday to one week in jail and fined $5OO after he pleaded guilty to using criminal force on her. Emmanuel Joseph Arumainayagam. 40, is a227 words
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713 1994-10-08 2 Felix Soh - By Felix Soh in Honolulu THE relationship between the US and Singapore would stay strong and grow, said the com-mander-in-chief of the 300.000strong US forces in the Pacific. Asked to describe the state of US-Singapore defence cooperation, Admiral Richard Macke said:713 words
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466 1994-10-08 3 SINGAPORE Democratic Party leader Chee Soon Juan has agreed to meet People’s Party Action MP Matthias Yao in a one-to-one contest in MacPherson in the next General Election. Dr Chee said he would prefer to fight Mr Yao, who is in charge of466 words
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Article, Illustration532 1994-10-08 3 Warren Fernandez - H It can join S pore s investment missions to Europe, US I The Republic to transfer expertise in transport, storage By Warren Fernandez in Jinan (Shandong) SINGAPORE will assist Shandong province by helping it to raise foreign investments from third countries, as well as532 words
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Article623 1994-10-08 3 Winds shifting while rain helps BLUE skies are returning to Singapore as the haze is thinning, says the chairman of the haze task force. Mr Khoo Chin Hean’s upbeat assessment comes at a time when the Pollutants Standard Index (PSI) is hitting lower levels daily since623 words
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302 1994-10-08 3 SINGAPORE and Malaysia have suggested setting up a system to provide early warning of a haze and monitor it. Such a system, in future, will help to manage problems relating to the haze. This was one of the decisions made at a two-day302 words
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HOME
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572 1994-10-08 4 Tan Lian Choo - By Tan Lian Choo SINGAPOREANS are being asked to help in the creation of a special Mona Lisa for a unique museum now under construction in Spain. The director of the museum. Mr Ramon Nunez, wants photographs of Singaporeans to add to572 words
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451 1994-10-08 4 Rav Dhaliwal - 4m visited in first 7 months By Rav Dhaliwal VISITOR arrivals to Singapore may reach seven million this year, if the strong growth trend continues for the rest of the year. In the first seven months of the year, there were almost451 words
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Article, Illustration145 1994-10-08 4 Ms Madeline Chew, an officer at the Design and Exhibition Department at the Singapore Science Centre, battling a giant “praying mantis” at Plaza Singapura along Orchard Road on Monday On-lookers gawked in open-mouthed surprise at the 5-m-long “insect” as it fought with the bug-buster. The battlePicture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 145 words
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471 1994-10-08 4 THE Managed Healthcare System (MHS) launched by NTUC Income in July will have a network of more than 200 general practitioners and 300 specialists, Income’s chief executive officer. Tan Kin Lian, said on Monday. This would provide a foundation enabling the health471 words
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584 1994-10-08 5 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira THE Law Society may hold a portion of conveyancing money paid to law firms under proposals aimed at protecting the public in their dealings with lawyers. The recommendations by the society's Legal Practice Review Committee will be584 words
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310 1994-10-08 5 THE Singapore-Pahang soccer game at the end of the month will be smoke-free. That is the hope of the Singapore Sports Council, which has been discouraging smoking in the stadium stands from last Saturday. A SSC spokesman said it will print the “no smoking” message310 words
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Article, Illustration419 1994-10-08 5 ROBOTS will do the fetching at Singapore Airlines’ new $3O- supplies centre, which will open in Loyang Industrial Estate towards the end of this year. If a Singapore Girl wants a new sarong kebaya, the storeman will key a code into a computer to find out419 words
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Article, Illustration202 1994-10-08 5 THE president of Singapore Technologies Ventures, Ms Ho Ching, is the new chairman of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir). From last Saturday, she taook over from Colonel (NS) Quek Poh Huat, whose term ended last Friday. He was the chairman for202 words
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370 1994-10-08 5 A COUPLE whom the High Court allowed to back out of selling their flat allegedly because their housing agent misled them about its actual worth will have to go ahead with the sale after all. The Court of Appeal reversed the High Court370 words
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459 1994-10-08 6 Yvonne Chew - By Yvonne Chew SINGAPOREAN students applying to Harvard have more than doubled in the past few years. Their numbers have risen from about 50 to 60 each year during the mid-80s. to 70 last year and 140 this year. Harvard admits about459 words
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533 1994-10-08 6 David Miller - By David Miller THE Education Ministry is investigating three complaints on the way St Hilda's Secondary School in Tampines disciplines its students. The complaints came after reports that a Secondary 1 student, Gabriel Foo. 15, left his classroom on Sept 15 before533 words
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Article, Illustration133 1994-10-08 6 TWENTY-MONTH-OLD Arin Fong was not too happy about her parents’ $2O donation to charity on Sunday. But about 250 people were, for they turned up to surrender their tufts to 100 stylists from various hair salons, even though the haircuts were donePicture by CHEW; SENG KIM. - 133 words
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253 1994-10-08 6 EIGHT hawkers have applied to the Ministry of the Environment (ENV) to sell their stalls at profits of between $34,000 and $llO,OOO. Seven of them are cookedfood stalls, and the eighth is a wet-market stall which is being sold at a profit of253 words
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298 1994-10-08 6 SINGAPOREANS who to pursue a degree course in Chinese language and literature at one of China’s premier universities can do so without leaving the country. They can sign up for the correspondence course offered by Xiamen University. “This is the first time a298 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration527 1994-10-08 7 Hakikat Rai - She collects bowling’s bronze in singles ASIAN GAMES By Hakikat Rai HIROSHIMA Bowler Grace Young won Singapore’s first medal at the Asian Games in Hiroshima when she collected a bronze in the women’s singles competition here on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Young knocked down 1,218 pinfallsPicture by ALBERT SIM. - 527 words
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Article, Illustration379 1994-10-08 7 AT LONG last, the Singapore flag was raised at the Big Wave on Thursday. Never mind that it was in honour of Joscelin Yeo’s third-placed result in the 100 metres butterfly. As far as the young swimmer was concerned, her Asian Games bronze medal is379 words
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Article255 1994-10-08 7 Lions’ former assistant trainer is no longer in panel and relieved of duties as Under-19 coach THE Football Association of Singapore has removed youth coach, Vincent Subramaniam, from its coaching panel. But the 39-year-old exnational assistant coach is seeking legal help to clear his name.255 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration456 1994-10-08 8 Kalimullah Hassan - Move comes after mounting pressure because of sex scandal By Kalimullah Hassan KUALA LUMPUR Malacca Chief Minister Tan Sri Rahim Thamby Chik. implicated in a sex scandal with a minor, has submitted his resignation from ail government and political posts. Prime Minister456 words
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173 1994-10-08 8 Bernama. PETALING JAY A A former air-traffic controller was charged in the Sessions Court here on Monday with setting fire to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) communications centre. Johari Saaid, 41. pleaded not guilty and was allowed bail of M 530.000 (SS17.100) inBernama. - 173 words
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Article, Illustration281 1994-10-08 8 Bernama. KOTA BARU Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. whose name was linked to a singer-actress recently, said he had decided to take his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, to all his official functions to avoid being slandered.Bernama. - 281 words
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185 1994-10-08 8 JOHOR BARU Teenage girls in several towns in Johor are selling their favours for as little as MSS (552.90) or just a few hours' ride on a motorcycle. according to a senior state government official. The Sunday Star quoted State Culture, Youth and Sports185 words
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385 1994-10-08 8 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government should review the retirement age of all categories of workers and set up a National Council on Ageing to help on issues relating to old people. It must also formulate a policy on old people which– NST. - 385 words
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470 1994-10-08 8 in the state. — By Kalimullah Hassan - By in the state. By Kalimullah Hassan. KUALA LUMPUR Four key officials of a National Front component party in Sabah last Friday quit to join the opposition Parti Bersatu Sabah. Displaying once again the transient nature of Sabah politics, deputy470 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration556 1994-10-08 9 Paul Jacob - This should be a never-ending task: Suharto By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto, in a speech praising the military’s supportive role in Indonesia’s growth and development, on Wednesday reminded the rank and file that this was “a never-ending task". He describedReuter picture. - 556 words
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275 1994-10-08 9 Reuter. BANGKOK Thousands of followers of Golden Triangle warlord Khun Sa faced starvation and were preparing to flee his stronghold on the edge of Myanmar’s Shan State after Thailand sealed its border, Shan sources said on Thursday. Ho Mong, a normally thrivingReuter. - 275 words
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214 1994-10-08 9 Reuter. MANILA The latest addition to Manila’s nightlife scene had run into problems, the owners of the new Condom Cafe said last Friday. “We cannot use the words Condom Cafe officially because the municipal government believes it is obscene," Mr Joemar Fleras,Reuter. - 214 words
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565 1994-10-08 9 Simon Sinaga - Talks ahead of ministers’ meeting on forest fires By Simon Sinaga JAKARTA Indonesia and Singapore on Wednesday held preliminary discussions ahead of bilateral talks between their environment ministers later this month on issues surrounding forest, peat and coal fires now burning in565 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article670 1994-10-08 10 OCT 7. 1994 EXASPERATION comes through loud and clear in the much tougher measures against drug addiction announced by Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng this week. Consider the modest size of the problem relative, say. to Malaysia’s where young Malays are reeling all over under670 words
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Article637 1994-10-08 10 OCT 6. ‘994 SINGAPORE’S relations with Indonesia, which have been close, are getting closer with the latest agreements to expand cooperation in tourism and air services between them. The two pacts signed in Yogyakarta last week are a measure of the broadening and deepening bilateral ties637 words
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Article640 1994-10-08 10 OCT 4, 1994 IN THE moves announced byMr Lee Kuan Yew to free more funds from government coffers and the Central Provident Fund for management by outside fund managers and investing in regional economies, is there anything for the thousands of small investors who thronged640 words
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929 1994-10-08 10 Sia Cheong Yew - By Sia Cheong Yew THE front-page report of businessman Michael Chng bringing 100 destitute old folk for a joyride in a chartered plane published in this newspaper on Aug 1 is the kind of human-interest story that would move most people. The929 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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1174 1994-10-08 11 Sumiko Tan - By Sumiko Tan CAN it he true that Singaporeans do not regard the ruling People’s Action Party with affection, and that this can lead to untoward consequences for the country? Author Catherine Lim offered this theory recently when she wrote about1,174 words
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Article, Illustration1104 1994-10-08 11 Thinker, scholar, economist, research chief, member of Apec Eminent Persons Group and now Nominated MP. What is Dr Lee Tsao Yuan really like behind this forbidding and formidable facade? Wang Hui Ling finds out. DROP Dr Lee Tsao Yuan’s name in any conversation among1,104 words
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CPF NEWS Hi Wm A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER FOR CPF MEMBERS 04/94 A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER FOR CPF MEMBERS 04/94
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Article, Illustration121 1994-10-08 12 / 13 On 26 Sept, CPF Board launched a series of six skits on SBC 8’s Chinese Variety Show, Gao Xiao Xing Dong", to put across CPF messages in a light-hearted and entertaining way to the public. The skits, led by popular entertainers, Jack Neo121 words
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Article, Illustration109 1994-10-08 12 / 13 More than 250 people responded to the CPF Blood Donation Drive held at the CPF Building. These enthusiatic blood donors included CPF staff, members of the public, and people working in neighbouring buildings. Organising the Blood Donation Drive is one of CPF’s ongoing community service projects.109 words
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369 1994-10-08 12 / 13 Between 1 Oct 93 and 30 Sept 94, you may have made profits from your investments under the CP/ 4 Basic Investment Scheme (B/S) or Enhanced investment Scheme (E/S). You can re-invest your profits or participate in the otiter CPF schemes. However if369 words
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Article, Illustration130 1994-10-08 12 / 13 Service counters for CPF Schemes and Employer Services at the Main Office are now located on the second floor in our newly-renovated customer service centre which is more friendly, spacious and comfortable. When you come for your CPF transactions, you will be given a queue number130 words
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Article, Illustration81 1994-10-08 12 / 13 Our CPF Jurong office has moved to CPF Jurong Building at Jurong FLast Town Centre. Here, you can take care of CPF matters in a comfortable environment. The office is bigger and offers more privacy to our members. Besides the usual CPF services available at our counters,81 words
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Advertisement130 1994-10-08 12 / 13 Tel:1800-*****35 r 7 Test your knowledge WIN A SPECIAL CPF SOUVENIR Limited to the first 100 correct entries only. Answers can be found in CPF Newsline. 1. How many CPF Schemes are there? 16 10 8 2. At what age can you withdraw your CPF savings? 55 years 160 years130 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, Illustration2409 1994-10-08 14 Will living wills help doctors decide better whether to continue treating a terminally ill patient? As a national panel gathers feedback on the proposal, Chua Mui Hoong examines the key issues. IN THE past, doctors did all they2,409 words
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OFF-THE-RECORD
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Article109 1994-10-08 15 ONE hint of an impending £>neral election is when the lectoral Boundaries ReviewCommittee publishes its report. The Prime Minister has said that he would propose to this committee that MaoPherson be detached from Marine Parade GRC for the next general election so that People’s109 words
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Article82 1994-10-08 15 THE Bangkok Post, overdosed on regional institutions after covering the Asean economic ministers meeting (AEM) in Chiangmai this week, has published its own irreverent list of what various abbreviations stand for. The AEM, for example, is Ask Everyone Else’s Minister. A further sampling: SEOM (Senior82 words
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Article128 1994-10-08 15 MR MATTHIAS Yao. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development, says the Government wants some Housing Board blocks to do an about-face. Speaking to reporters recently, he said in older estates such as Toa Payoh, the back rather than the front of the blocks faces128 words
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Article94 1994-10-08 15 MR Lee Kuan Yew’s July speech to university students, “What if I were a young undergraduate again”, is still provoking discussion. Her World has an article in its latest issue entitled “If I were a young woman today. (What Lee Kuan Yew never told94 words
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Article, Illustration1139 1994-10-08 15 Chua Huck Cheng - THINKING ALOUD Chua Huck Cheng THE little things a taxi driver said about the haze and the plague outbreak in India as I rode in his cab through a peasouper on Sept 28 evening captured, for me, the essence of what1,139 words
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Article, Illustration944 1994-10-08 15 September will no doubt go down as the month of The Haze. How is the Environment Ministry tackling the pollution that has drifted in from Indonesia? Sumiko Tan spoke to Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, Minister of State (Environment), last Thursday. Insight: How worried944 words
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MONEY
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Article7325 1994-10-08 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: Oct 7.1994 1M4 Curr Leal Vol Day Qr’a Net M CapWt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale -t-or-000 High Low Diw P/E $mil Price 1440 835 ml s Acma 1050 cd 40 330 1050 1020 17.5 16 8 723.7 1009 *****7* t7,325 words
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320 1994-10-08 17 points lower at 2.330.09. – KOH KEAT KIAN - points lower at 2.330.09. KOH KEAT KIAN SINGAPORE shares shone in the early part of the week, especially blue chips and property counters but the gains were wiped out at the end of the week when investors turned cautious ahead of kev320 words
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Article95 1994-10-08 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index tel 2.54 points on the week to 2330.09. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2348 52 15 89) 223.78m ($638 780m) Tuesday 2370 56 (+22 04) *****m ($792. 526mj Wednesday 2380.83 10.27) 240.08m ($764 517m) Thursday 2333.31 (—47.52) 250.97m ($807 534m) Friday95 words
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372 1994-10-08 18 THE Jardine group, which is shifting the share-trading operations of all its five Hongkong listed companies to Singapore from January next year, plans to establish its operational headquarters here. Disclosing the move at a briefing on the development of Jardines’ regional businesses here last Friday,372 words
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3744 1994-10-08 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Date Net T arn n i EFS 1.3 ompiint ann <Sm) <>m) (etx) (ctx) ABK Hldgs Sep l«J 1 1 10V 1 765 2 5 3.3 Wnu Sep 16 1 48 426 IV 5|7 710 28 6 Alcom* Aug 1 1 4 ?7t 7.V053,744 words
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489 1994-10-08 18 Robert Ng - By Robert Ng SEVERAL stockbroking firms, anticipating continued good market conditions, are bidding to enlarge their market share by beefing-up their dealing and backroom operations. With daily average share transactions up from $5OO million last year to $540 million for the first nine months of489 words
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Article98 1994-10-08 18 PACIFIC Can Manufacturing Pte Ltd (PCM), a subsidiary of Pacific Can Investment Holdings Ltd, has formed a 60-40 joint venture with See Hup Seng Tin Factory Pte Ltd (SHS) to invest in printing and can-making businesses in Xiamen. The joint-venture company, to be known as98 words
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219 1994-10-08 19 SINGAPORE Telecom has been ranked the world’s 25th largest public-listed company in terms of market value in the Asian Wall Street Journal's (AWSJ) latest annual rankings. In a list dominated by Japanese and American firms. Telecom’s market capitalisation of U 5535.7 billion (5553.2219 words
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Article546 1994-10-08 19 Friday Octobar 7 HKS 4/ASM Pacific 5 50 unch Allied Ind Int'l 0 50 40 01 Allied Oversea 0 74 -0 01 Asia Sec Int 2.73 4008 Bank of EA 32 30 unch C P Pokphand 2 15 4002 COL Hotel 3 40 40 02 Cafe De Coral 2.55546 words
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Article314 1994-10-08 19 Manager’s prices for Oct 8 10 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.68-178 The Savings Fund 163-172 S pore Prog Fund 0 65—0 69«d S pore Sec Fund 1.04—1 10 S pore Invest Fund 1.23-130 S pore Equity Fund 084-089 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt Ct Asia Pac Gr314 words
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448 1994-10-08 19 Chng Hee Kok stamps his mark as new CEO in less than one month MR CHNG Hee Kok has started making his mark as Yeo Hiap Seng chief executive by effecting changes in the senior management ranks, less than a month448 words
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Article, Illustration343 1994-10-08 19 APPLE Computer’s research and development facility in Singapore launched on Wednesday its first major innovation for world markets the multimedia system Macintosh LC 630 computer. The Apple Far East Design Centre, which developed and designed the logic board and343 words
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Article147 1994-10-08 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to ona unit ot foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.4694 1.4861 Sterling pound 2.3176 2.3714 Australian dollar 1.0730 1.1047 Canadian dollar I 0826 1.1077 NZ dollar 0.8758 0 9056 EC unit 1.8482 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.2833147 words
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Article138 1994-10-08 19 Contract data: 7/10/94 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE OATE USJ 4'j 5 54 5 1 2 5*. 34 11/10 94 A$ 5v» 5H 54 6‘/4 6 s 4 1 K 11/1C,94 NZS 6’ 4 6 3/ 4 7 74138 words
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537 1994-10-08 20 Paul Jacob - This is despite Singapore’s new emphasis on IT and financial services By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent YOGYAKARTA Singapore's manufacturing sector will still have an important role to play, even as the Republic moves to the next phase of economic emphasis on information technology537 words
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Article, Illustration509 1994-10-08 20 THE Economic Development Board has set up a high-j)ow-ered International Advisory Council comprising top business leaders from around the globe to advise it in its international and regional work, and promote the exchange of contacts and information. Chaired by former Cabinet minister S.509 words
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Article152 1994-10-08 20 SINGAPORE Telecom last Friday announced that BrigadierGeneral Lee Hsien Yang has been appointed to a newly-cre-ated post of deputy president. He will oversee the overall operations of the international investments, international services and local services directorates of the group with immediate effect. BG Lee152 words
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722 1994-10-08 20 Ann Williams - HDB figures show slight decline in prices of some flats in July By Ann Williams DEMAND for HDB resale flats has eased in recent months, with this reflected in a drop in the number of transactions and a cooling off in722 words
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FORUM
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890 1994-10-08 23 MY APOLOGIES to Mr Matthias Yao for the anxiety of waiting for my reply. I have been away with the SDP delegation on our 10-day visit to Australia. Mr Yao says that I prefer Singaporeans to ignore my "dishonourable conduct” and890 words
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297 1994-10-08 23 CHEE Soon Juan challenged me to an election contest in a single member constituency. I accepted. Chee admitted that MacPherson was a ward where he and I could have an equal fight. Now he demands “fair access to297 words
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Advertisement54 1994-10-08 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. The Straits54 words
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656 1994-10-08 24 Warren Fernandez - By Warren Fernandez BEIJING Singapore has progressed because its people had the right values and a pragmatic approach to government. which enabled it to take tough measures to overcome the country’s problems. Mr Lee Kuan Yew said on Wednesday. His 40 years' experience656 words
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491 1994-10-08 24 SINGAPORE has asked the United Nations to establish guidelines for UN involvement in conflict situations. Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar told the 49th session of the UN General Assembly in New York last Friday that intra-state conflicts posed new challenges for the UN and required491 words
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Article, Illustration329 1994-10-08 24 Lee Yee Hwa - By Lee Yee Hwa A KOREAN pastor was sentenced to eight weeks’ jail on Tuesday for tampering with a weekend car coupon and fined $5,000 for driving such a car without a valid coupon. Kim Young Chul, 29, of the329 words