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Title Section20 1994-11-26 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1994 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) »87/08/9420 words
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680 1994-11-26 1 Bertha Henson - Govt sets criteria for recruitment and retention Bv Bertha Henson SWEEPING changes in personnel management have been Dut in place lor the elite Administrative Service, including transfers of officers out of the service. Following the proposals in the White Paper to pay competitive salaries680 words
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Article, Illustration460 1994-11-26 1 Chua Mui Hoong - By Chua Mui Hoong IT WAS a night when Prime Minister Gon Chok Tong and several Cabinet ministers played the role of counsellor to 200 student leaders who sought their advice on a range of issues. Nervous young students fingered their ties and dabbed460 words
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392 1994-11-26 1 Lee Yee Hwa - By Lee Yee Hwa THE evidence was found literally inside him. Rather than be caught red-handed, a robber swallowed the goid chain and pendant he had grabbed from a three-vear-old girl. Police had it extracted from his throat later. rhe unemployed man.392 words
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Advertisement12 1994-11-26 1 Planning a AREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 8 11 *****1"241S6312 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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524 1994-11-26 2 Bertha Henson - PM in New Zealand By Bertha Henson in Wellington SINGAPORE'S regionalisation strategy went south on Wednesday with three business deals sealed in the presence of the Prime Ministers of Singapore and New Zealand. Pidemco Land put down about NZ$5 million <S$4.6 million) for524 words
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781 1994-11-26 2 Bertha Henson - PM Goh: We will give views on free trade way in advance By Bertha Henson. WELLINGTON Singapore and New Zealand will do their part to smoothen the road to Osaka, where next year’s Apec meetings will be held, by spelling out way in advance781 words
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580 1994-11-26 2 M. Nirmala - By M. Nirmala ALMOST nine out of 10 new graduates from the class of '93 landed jobs less than six months after completing their final examinations, according to a survey. But the percentage has slid from 93.4 per cent in580 words
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Article, Illustration214 1994-11-26 2 AN ECONOMIST. Dr Pang Eng Fong, has been appointed Singapore’s Ambassador to South Korea. A statement on Tuesday from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said he has replaced Mr Raymond Wong, who has returned to MFA headquarters as a deputy secretary. Dr Pang.214 words
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673 1994-11-26 3 SINGAPORE’S justice system, which was criticised sharply by the American media during the Michael Fay affair, has won high praise from a distinguished American professor who visited the Republic in lyUniversity of Oklahoma professor of criminal justice. Dr Harald Otto Schweizer, was moved673 words
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Article, Illustration265 1994-11-26 3 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew was featured in a newspaper advertisement in Taiwan, which was used by an opposition candidate to bolster his chances for next week's provincial elections there. Mr Chen Ting-nan, a Democratic Progressive Party candidate for governorship, launched a series265 words
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Article, Illustration446 1994-11-26 3 FAMILY values come to the Aids awareness campaign this year. Advertisements of a man carrying a photograph of his family in his wallet, for instance, aim to drive home the message that fidelity is the best protection against the deadly disease which infected446 words
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HOME
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567 1994-11-26 4 Leong Chan Teik - Workers save by buying old m-cycles instead of paying $BO a month By Leong Chan Teik MALAYSIANS living across the Causeway have found a way to avoid paying newly-revised vehicle entry permit fees to come to work here daily. They567 words
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Article, Illustration453 1994-11-26 4 Sandra Pearce - By Sandra Pearce A FOREIGN worker was shot in the chest and 18 others were arrested after a pre-dawn fight involving parangs and knives at a construction site in Alexandra on Tuesday. Police said the 19 workers arrested were Thai and Indonesian nationals. A police453 words
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353 1994-11-26 4 Geraldine Kan - By Geraldine Kan SMALL-SCALE fund-raising efforts by companies, groups and individuals have raised almost $534,000 to date for people suffering in war-torn Rwanda. The money has been channelled to organisations such as The Red Cross, the Salvation Army and Unicef. The staff of353 words
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446 1994-11-26 4 A TEAM of transportation experts, led by Mr Mah Bow Tan. Minister for Communications and the Environment, will head for Europe and Japan early next year to study the workings of Light Rail Trains (LRT) there. He446 words
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551 1994-11-26 5 Bertha Henson; and Chua Mui Hoong - Administrative Service changes Reports by Bertha Henson and Chua Mui Hoong MORE than 30 Administrative Service officers have been asked to consider career options outside the elite service. Permanent Secretary Lim Siong Guan declined to confirm or deny551 words
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418 1994-11-26 5 Scheme aims to pick cream of talent GOVERNMENT ministries, statutory boards and some government-linked companies have been asked to nominate their top officers for entry into the elite Administrative Service each year. With the extension of the scheme, the 200-member Administrative Service418 words
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428 1994-11-26 5 ABOUT one-third of each cohort of Administrative Service officers are expected to reach Superscale Grade G by age 32, the scale at which salaries are benchmarked to the private sector. These are officers with the potential to become permanent secretaries. The rest will428 words
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571 1994-11-26 5 Ahmad Osman - By Ahmad Osman SINGAPORE society must be organised on the basis that the individual is best motivated to take good care of himself and the interests of his family, NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng said last Saturday. This would help the571 words
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Article, Illustration561 1994-11-26 6 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal SINGAPORE'S air traffic controllers. the backroom boys of Charmi Airport s success story, took centrestage on Nov 16 when they received a special award. The Minister for Communications and the Environment. Mr Mah Bow Tan. presented the International Civil561 words
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Article, Illustration350 1994-11-26 6 FOUR decades ago. as a student. Mr Chia Hoon Chye cleaned old folks' homes and spent time talking to residents. Today, a retiree, he is still bringing cheer to the elderly, organising medical screening and other activities for them. For his efforts,350 words
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424 1994-11-26 6 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal. A 74-YEAR-OLD woman checked in at Los Angeles Airport for a holiday which would take her on a cruise from Singapore, unaware that her passport had expired. She had left her valid passport in Palm Springs, two424 words
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Article, Illustration541 1994-11-26 7 Tan Hsueh Yun - Most of those who signed up are men By Tan Hsueh Yun FINDING dates the computer way is hotting up, and this is one singles dating service where women have the pick of the men Of about 1,000 singles who have signed up for541 words
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332 1994-11-26 7 SINGAPORE’S newest political party, approved by the Registrar of Societies on Monday, will invite Mr Chiam See Tong to stand under its banner in the next general election, its secretary-general said on Monday. Mr Sin Kek Tong told The Straits332 words
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568 1994-11-26 8 Yvonne Chew - By Yvonne Chew THOUGHTLESS remarks like "Use your brains" or “That’s simple" can make students cringe and lose confidence. And some university lecturers attending a teaching seminar at the National University of Singapore were reminded on Nov 18 not to insult their568 words
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Article, Illustration340 1994-11-26 8 Bert Wee - By Bert Wee SALES executive Hor Boon Long woke up to bad news early Tuesday morning when a policeman knocked on his door at 7.30 to tell him that someone had poured tar all over his $38,000 white Suzuki Swift. To add insult to340 words
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Article, Illustration436 1994-11-26 8 Lee Yee Hwa - The small size of the German-developed courts make them perfect for land-scarce Singapore By Lee Yee Hwa SEVERAL community centres here are building street soccer courts as part of their programmes to promote clean and healthy lifestyles for youths in their constituencies. One constituency436 words
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Advertisement192 1994-11-26 7 Home Delivery Weekly! The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION ««.s aae ak YSg.tSSSSH^ PMN mm .Jfif fe Sess-S 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 may192 words
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512 1994-11-26 9 Lee Yulin - SEA GAMES By Lee Yulin SINGAPORE’S appeal for squash and hockey to be included in next year’s South-east Asia Games in Chiangmai has been successful. This was disclosed by Singapore National Olympic Council secretarygeneral S.S. Dhillon who attended the Sea Games512 words
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Article651 1994-11-26 9 PETER KHOO reports on the Malaysia Cup soccer match in Kuantan: Pahang 2 Singapore 2 KUANTAN Singapore lived dangerously yet again on Tuesday when it staged another desperate comeback from two goals down to hold Pahang to a 2-2 draw and become the first team651 words
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Article, Illustration588 1994-11-26 9 Shirlynn Ho-Pereira - Move will also help S’pore’s swimming star cope with studies SWIMMING By Shirlynn Ho-Pereira JOSCELIN YEO, Singapore’s prodigious swimming talent, is planning to go to Australia next year. The 15-year-old feels that she will be able to juggle studies and sport better there. The move is588 words
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MALAYSIA
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518 1994-11-26 10 Ismail Kassim - This will make Umno strong, he tells members By Ismail Kassim in Kuala Lumpur UMNO president Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad last Sunday appealed to members to abandon unhealthy political practices to make the party strong and united. He said that unity was518 words
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388 1994-11-26 10 THE Malaysian High Commission has since last September stopped registering the names of children who were born in Singapore and whose one parent was Singaporean and the other a Malaysian. According to a statement from the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore on Tuesday, it will388 words
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253 1994-11-26 10 Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Sakaran Dandai has said that he will relinquish his post soon. “Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has agreed it has been planned and not something which was raised today." he said lastReuter. - 253 words
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447 1994-11-26 10 NST JOHOR BARU The government will amend the Employment Act 1955 to encourage more women to work, make working hours more flexible and remove rigidities in employment. Human Resource Minister Lim Ah Lek has said. He said on Monday that the LabourNST - 447 words
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Article, Illustration363 1994-11-26 10 KUALA LUMPUR The government would consider an application by a Swiss Muslim seeking asylum in Malaysia after being accused of kidnapping his two children, Foreign Minister Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said. “We will consider any request for asylum,” he said on Tuesday when asked363 words
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ASEAN
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444 1994-11-26 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob in Jakarta INDONESIA on Monday expelled four foreign journalists from East Timor, citing their lack of proper accreditation and in the case of one. saving he had anti-government posters in his possession. A Foreign Ministry statement, which did not444 words
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386 1994-11-26 11 Simon Sinaga - Central bank chief wants lid on lending By Simon Sinaga in Jakarta INDONESIA’S central bank has warned that the economy might overheat and urged banks to help prevent this by keeping growth in lending in check. Bank Indonesia Governor Soedradjad Djiwandono pointed in particular386 words
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398 1994-11-26 11 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent NEW convention and exhibition facilities partly geared towards holding the 1996 Asia-Pa-cific Economic Co-operation (Apec) Leaders’ Meeting form part of plans to improve infrastructure in the Philippines. President Fidel Ramos on Wednesday said he would create398 words
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366 1994-11-26 11 AFP. JAKARTA A district court here handed down an eightyear jail term on Thursday to a former state bank director for his involvement in a US$43O- (*****-million) banking scam. Presiding Judge Sujatman said the defendant, Towil Heryoto, 55,AFP. - 366 words
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Article, Illustration146 1994-11-26 11 instead.” NIRMAL GHOSH - instead.” NIRMAL GHOSH IT IS official: Ms Rosemarie "Baby” Arenas will run for political office next year. Socialite Ms Arenas confirmed her intentions while distributing food to victims of Mount Pinatubo’s eruptions recently. While Mayor Jejomar Binav and congressman Joker Arroyo have been worried that Ms146 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article662 1994-11-26 12 NOV 26, 1994 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tons had a good run of a favourite theme when he closed a busy year's travels with a trip to New Zealand this week. As was the case with his Australian tour in September, he wanted to apprise662 words
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Article651 1994-11-26 12 NOV 22. 1994 SINGAPORE'S fund management industry boasts control of $62 billion at the end of 1993. up six times from 1989 figures. The number of fund managers who handle funds of over $1 billion has grown from 10 to 21. Yet. the sums are651 words
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Article674 1994-11-26 12 NOV 21. 1994 THERE is magic still in the Singapore marketplace. The point has to be emphasised because the brilliance of the Christmas illuminations does not appear to have relieved the gloom that seems to prevail in some shopping areas, especially Orchard Road. But the674 words
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912 1994-11-26 12 Sumiko Tan - By Sumiko Tan THERE is a feeling among some Singaporeans, namely those in the English-speaking arts circle, that the days of a consultative, consensus-seeking government are over. They feel that Mr Goh Chok Tong’s promise of an open government912 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1136 1994-11-26 13 Tai Sai Siong - By Tai Sai Siong AFTER I vented my feelings in my column about how ministers sometimes raked over old coals needlessly (ST, Nov 12 and reproduced in the ST Weekly Edition, Nov 19), I received the following reactions which are1,136 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, Illustration2004 1994-11-26 14 As the Government l(X)ks for ways to reward those who had contributed to Singapore's success, Asad Latif writes about why the past is so important to the country’s future. THERE is an enduring sense in which Singapore’s history has been a series of escapes2,004 words
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OFF-THE-RECORD
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Article71 1994-11-26 15 PROFESSOR Tommy Koh has been invited by Stanford University’s Institute for International Studies to give a series of lectures there next year. The Ambassador-at-Large was president of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea in 1981 and 1982. and chaired the preparatory and71 words
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Article144 1994-11-26 15 CADRES of the ruling People's Action Party are wondering what to make of a sudden postponement of its ordinary delegates conference from Dec 11 to next Jan 15. Has it something to do with the timing of the next general election? Could the ground reactions to144 words
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Article52 1994-11-26 15 OUR little bird tells us that former President of Singapore. Mr Devan Nair. will be returning to this part of the world to live: to Malacca, to be precise. The cold winters of Indiana. US. are said to be too much for Mr Nair. who is 7152 words
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Article118 1994-11-26 15 MR LEE KUAN YEW’S recent mention in Parliament of various MPs' corporate involvement left staff of one company confused. The Senior Minister had said that Deputy Speaker Eugene Yap was chairman of Abacus Corporation. Soon after we reported this, someone called to ask where this118 words
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Article84 1994-11-26 15 HOW IS this for opportunism (or enterprise)? The day after we reported that most law firms do not have formal appraisal methods for legal assistants, a management consultancy saw its chance. It faxed a copy of the article and offered a list of performance appraisal84 words
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Article, Illustration1075 1994-11-26 15 Han Fook Kwang - THINKING ALOUD Han Fook Kwang NOW that the dust from the debate on ministers' pay has settled somewhat, it is time to look at some of the other issues that were raised in Parliament. They have to do with political leadership, and should not1,075 words
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Article944 1994-11-26 15 The Civil Service Ls set to undergo radical change next year, in the wav it hires and promotes people and in how it rewards them. Insight looks at how the service has changed over the years. LIFE was cushy for a civil servant in colonial944 words
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MONEY
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Article7196 1994-11-26 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: Nov 25. 1994 1994 Curr Last Vol Day Gr’t Net M CapWtAvg High Low Company Traded Sale 4-or-000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 720’ 417 5 •ml s Acma 50c 474 4 44 484 474 88 15.1 6534 465 547’ 267”7,196 words
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429 1994-11-26 17 iOH SOO MAY - (iOH SOO MAY THE Wall Street reared its ugly head this week and investors worldwide beat a hasty retreat. Stock markets around the world took a whipping following big declines in the US Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday and Tuesday which429 words
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Article100 1994-11-26 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index fell 116.92 points on the week to 2237 75. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2321 99 (-32 68) *****m ($235 737m) Tuesday 2270.05 51 94 1 140 97m <$429 628m) Wednesday 2217.SI (-52 24) *****m ($648 684m) Thursday 2236 40 18100 words
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636 1994-11-26 18 Kwan Weng Kin - First outside Japan to make recordable compact discs By Kwan Weng Kin Tokyo Correspondent SINGAPORE has been chosen as the site for the first facility to be built outside Japan by a Japanese company for the production of recordable compact discs. The Ss2o636 words
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2861 1994-11-26 18 CORPORATE RESULTS <>nipam DUf ann Set Earn IV IV (Smi iSm) EPS IV IV Ids) tetsl \HK Hldgs Sep Id 1 1 ItN 1 365 2.5 3.3 Vma scp 16 1 4* 42f Id 51' 10 28 Mliance Tech Sep 28 1 0.002 04d(U. 0.01 Vmal2,861 words
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Article, Illustration369 1994-11-26 18 TOTAL American investment in Singapore is approaching $3O billion, said the United States Ambassador to Singapore on Monday. Speaking at the opening of Caterpillar Asia’s $5O million distribution centre in Jurong, Mr Timothy Chorba said the US investments meant quality jobs and good369 words
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212 1994-11-26 19 CITIBANK’S new US$6O million (5588.2 million) data processing centre in Singapore is expected to process some 10 million customer accounts by the year 2000. Called the Asia Pacific Computer Centre, it is touted to be one of the largest in the Asia Pacific212 words
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Article451 1994-11-26 19 Friday Novambar 25 HKS ASM Pacific 5.65 unch Allied Ind Int'l ...0 50 unch Allied Oversea 0.64 unch Asia Sec Int 2.77 unch Bank of EA 32.60 unch C.P. Pokphand 2.00 unch CDL Hotel 3.25 -0.10 Cafe De Coral 1.81 0.01 Cath Pac Air 11.00 0.20 Century City 2.02451 words
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Article362 1994-11-26 19 Manager's prices for Nov 26 28 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 164 1.73 The Savings Fund 1.57— 1.66 S pore Prog Fund 061 —0.65 Spore Sec Fund 0 97—1.03 S pore Invest Fund 1 18—1 25 S pore Equity Fund 0 79 -0 84 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset362 words
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627 1994-11-26 19 Ann Williams - Move seen as strategy for expansion in Malaysia, say analysts By Ann Williams LOCALLY-LISTED property group DBS Land has used its shareholding in the giant Seri Alam township in Johor to acquire a significant stake in a publicly-listed627 words
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Article, Illustration340 1994-11-26 19 WING TAI Holdings’ managing director Cheng Wai Keung is tipped to take over the chair of the listed group after his brother. Dr Edgar Cheng, the current chairman, retires next month. Dr Cheng said he was stepping down from340 words
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Article152 1994-11-26 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.4552 1.4707 Sterling pound 2.2568 2.3093 Australian dollar 1.0907 1.1228 Canadian dollar 1.0508 1.0745 NZ dollar 0.8906 0.9207 EC unit 1.8072 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.0587 13.6143 Belgian152 words
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178 1994-11-26 19 CDL HOTELS International plans to snap up more hotels in the US and Europe in its continuing global buying spree. The deals now being studied could take its total acquisitions past the $2 billion mark which would make it one of the178 words
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Article127 1994-11-26 19 Contract date: 25/11/94 CURRENO 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 5'» 54 54 6 64 4 4 29/11/94 A$ 5 4 6 s 7 74 74 44 29/11/94 NZS 64 74 73, 8 84 54 29 11 94 STG127 words
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Article, Illustration453 1994-11-26 20 Bertha Henson - By Bertha Henson in Wellington SINGAPORE Technologies Ventures (STV) on Wednesday began its move into the regional telecommunications market by taking a 20 per cent stake in Bell South New Zealand. It sealed f he deal on Wednesday with its American partner, Bell SouthSPH pieture by VICTOR CHICK. - 453 words
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397 1994-11-26 20 WELLINGTON Pidemco Land will be investing about NZ$3O million (5527.6 million) over the next three to five years to develop its New Zealand site acquired on Wednesday. Group general manager Larry Chua said there are plans for a 130room hotel complex,397 words
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168 1994-11-26 20 SESDAQ-LISTED Informatics Holdings Ltd (Informatics) will market a New Zealand polytechnic’s diploma and degree courses to students in Asia through its 75 training centres. The information technology training and education company signed a collaborative agreement with The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand (TOPNZ)168 words
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506 1994-11-26 20 Reuter. SINGAPORE will ask govern-ment-linked companies (GLCs) to issue bonds, instead of raising bank loans, io help revive a moribund government bond market, said Finance Minister Richard Hu. The debt market is underdeveloped, he said in an interviewReuter. - 506 words
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Advertisement532 1994-11-26 22 TRAINERS The Service Quality (SQ) Centre Pte Ltd is set up to help organisations in Singapore succeed in service excellence. We have trained more than 35 000 staff from over 350 organisations in the last three and a half years at our training facilities in Sembawang. Besides training, we are532 words
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629 1994-11-26 23 It is time we start to care about our future A STATISTIC caught my eye as I was reading Bertha Henson's summary of Singaporeans' reactions to the ongoing debate between the PAP's Mr Matthias Yao and the629 words
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808 1994-11-26 23 I REFER to Ms Tan Sai Siong's Comment Analysis piece. “Hear from those at the receiving end to tackle discipline problem” (ST Weekly Edition, Oct 15). Professor Patricia Graham, former dean of Harvard University Graduate School of Education, has said if there is a808 words
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175 1994-11-26 23 DR CHEE Soon Juan (see letter below) evaded the Prime Minister's challenge. Mr Goh Chok Tong asked the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) to state how much ministers should be paid. Dr Chee replied that “the people’s respect" and “the support and concern175 words
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588 1994-11-26 23 I HAVE just returned from my visit to the United States and regret that I could not respond any earlier to Mr Goh Chok Tong’s challenge to the opposition to name its price to be government (ST Weekly. Nov 5). Before responding,588 words
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620 1994-11-26 24 Ministers pay: Link it to growth, says BG Lee THE Government can understand whv some Singaporeans reacted adverseiv wnen they learnt of *he new salaries tor ministers, saia Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loons. But while their reaction was not unusual. thev snouid ask themselves if this system ot paying620 words
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Article, Illustration427 1994-11-26 24 Leong Ching Ching - By Leong Ching Ching MR WONG Kan Seng proved that he can sing and his singing raked in half a million dollars on Wednesday. The 1.100 guests at a dinner organised by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCT. PledgedPicture by ALI YFSOFF. - 427 words