The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 22 April 1995
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Title Section26 1995-04-22 1 Th e Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1995 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 087/08/94 the Straits times ISO YUAKS26 words
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739 1995-04-22 1 Zuraidah Ibrahim - By Zuraidah Ibrahim A SPECIAL High Court tribunal on Thursday ruled that the President has no power to withhold his assent to any constitutional Bill or any Bill which seeks to restrict his powers. The three-judge tribunal decided this after considering whether a specific739 words
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Article, Illustration440 1995-04-22 1 Narendra Aggarwal - New data being collected for the first time By By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE launched its first-ever mini Census on Tuesday which will, for the first time, capture new data on home upgrading, skills, job mobility and the number of Singaporeans working and studying overseas. In440 words
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Article, Illustration111 1995-04-22 1 MR LIM Hng Kiang being sworn in as Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs at the Istana on Monday. He took his oath in a ceremony before Acting President Lim Kim San. President Ong Teng Cheong is away on111 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration742 1995-04-22 2 Ng Wei Joo - They will be ranked by potential and how they perform By Ng Wei Joo THE Education Ministry has introduced a new appraisal system for teachers, which ranks them according to their performance and potential. Under the system, a teacher’s promotion will be based742 words
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Article, Illustration161 1995-04-22 2 LEAPING through the air, these two participants in the Outward Bound course try out the new “Commitment Pole”, which is designed to test their confidence. Each participant has to first climb to the top of two poles, one 4.5 m and the other 6 m(OBS) on Pulau Ubin. – Picture by LIM SIN THAI. - 161 words
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289 1995-04-22 2 A SINGAPORE woman and her two children died in a fire at their home in Melbourne last Friday. Madam Wan Cheng Butler, 43, a housewife, and her children Elizabeth, eight, and David, five, suffocated in their smoke-filled bedroom in the289 words
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Article, Illustration623 1995-04-22 3 SINGAPORE has to increase and upgrade its attractions in the face of increasing competition from the region if it does not want to become a two-hour tourist stopover. Sounding this caution, Minister for Trade and Industry Yeo Cheow Tong said on Wednesday:623 words
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452 1995-04-22 3 Rav Dhaliwal - Event part of S’pore’s 30th anniversary celebrations By Rav Dhaliwal THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will spend $4 million promoting this year’s Great Singapore Sale, the second. It has launched a $2.5 million advertising campaign in Korea, Japan and India. The452 words
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Article, Illustration374 1995-04-22 3 BRIGADIER-GENERAL Lee Hsien Yang has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Singapore Telecom. The management reshuffle, to take effect from May 1, will see Mr Wong Hung Khim relinquish his positions as president and CEO of the group. Under the new structure,374 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration478 1995-04-22 4 Leong Ching Ching - By Leong Ching Ching THE Government will set minimum standards for workers' quarters in construction sites soon. The standards will cover the siting. layout and design of the quarters, and ensure that buildings are well-lit and ventilated. The details of these standards478 words
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Article, Illustration409 1995-04-22 4 A 21-YEAR-OLD woman was burnt to death early on Monday when the van in which she was travelling burst into flames after it overturned in Changi. Police said the van was travelling along the Changi Coast Road when the accident happened at about409 words
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252 1995-04-22 4 THE man who gave a false address to get his daughter into Singapore Chinese Girls' School has withdrawn her from the school and moved her to another. A short press statement from the Education Ministry on Thursday said tha252 words
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521 1995-04-22 5 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira THE Law Society is planning to offer free legal consultation to more than 25 family service centres and their clients. It met the organisations recently to find out their needs and to work out how volunteer lawyers521 words
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Article, Illustration658 1995-04-22 5 Yvonne Chew - By Yvonne Chew MANY university students here do not speak up in class because they fear “losing face". And when they do speak up at job interviews, they lose out because they speak so badly. Three speakers, in two separate sessions of a658 words
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737 1995-04-22 5 Chua Mui Hoong - Some practices could be adopted: BG Yeo By Chua Mui Hoong in Shanghai SINGAPORE will be prudent in its approach towards Chinese medicine, Brigadier-General (NS) George Yeo said, after his first trip to China as Health Minister last week. He said that medicine737 words
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Article, Illustration512 1995-04-22 6 Hng Kiang’s constituency visit to Yuhua THE Government is prepared to spend its reserves if necessary. to build and run desalination plants to ensure that Singapore obtains the water it needs, said National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang on– Picture by STEVEN LEE. - 512 words
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Article, Illustration514 1995-04-22 6 Allison Lim - Two methods under study by PUB By Allison Lim THE Public Utilities Board may set up a pilot desalination plant, depending on the outcome of its study of such plants overseas. The board confirmed, in a statement to The Sunday Times, that it was' ' .... ■■ ggigurtirt t - 514 words
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331 1995-04-22 6 Rav Dhaliwal - By Rav Dhaliwal SINGAPORE has concluded an agreement with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) to be a long-term host of the Pata Travel Mart. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board signed the agreement at Pata’s headquarters in San Francisco on April 12. The331 words
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626 1995-04-22 7 M. Nirmala - Shanmugam calls for broader outlook By M. Nirmala TAMIL will remain relevant for Tamil Singaporeans as it is rich in culture and will be useful for doing business with India, Sembawang GRC MP K Shanmugam, said last Saturday. Giving this categorical assurance626 words
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Article, Illustration458 1995-04-22 7 A NEW focal point for the Indian community here has been established with the opening of the refurbished Little India Arcade after a 14-month refurbishment project. Its three blocks of 80-year-old pre-war shophouses are bounded by Serangoon Road, Hastings Road and Campbell Lane.458 words
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Article, Illustration510 1995-04-22 7 Lee Yee Hwa - By Lee Yee Hwa AN SBS bus driver stopped his bus after hitting a motorcyclist, but drove off when he found the rider’s head crushed under his wheels. On Tuesday, bus driver Ong Lai Hock, 44, was sentenced to a total of 12510 words
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Article, Illustration543 1995-04-22 8 Julie Kee - Higher overheads the reason for doubled fees, say agents By Julie Kee MAID agencies here have jacked up the cost of bringing in maids from Sri Lanka. Prices have almost doubled to about $1,200 compared with the $6OO-to-$BOO range charged last year. Agencies543 words
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Article, Illustration387 1995-04-22 8 THE late Zubir Said, best remembered for composing Singapore’s national anthem, was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award in a poignant ceremony on Sunday. His wife, Ibu Tarminah Kario Wikromo, went on stage with one of his daughters, Dr Rohana Zubir, to receive the award given387 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1244 1995-04-22 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (31M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News in Brief/Weather Forecast (Asia Pacific) 1105 Frontiers 1120 Business Market Report 1130 Full News 1138 The Front Page 1140 Take Five 1145 Business world 1200 News in Brief 1205 E Z Beat 12201,244 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration721 1995-04-22 9 Hakikat Rai - Sportsboy edges out Ju Wei to retain award By Hakikat Rai SINGAPORE’S foreign-based swimmers Joscelin Yeo and Gerald Koh clinched the 1994 Sportsgirl and Sportsboy awards respectively on Tuesday, making it two out of two for the sport. Joscelin, 15, who is studying721 words
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256 1995-04-22 9 BADMINTON SINGAPORE’S Zarinah Abdullah is one of eight top Asian women badminton players who will compete in the Ciba Asia Cup tournament in China from June 14-18. The tournament in Qingtao, organised by the Asian Badminton Confederation, is strictly an invitational event. The256 words
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Advertisement358 1995-04-22 9 The Straits Times XT mmmmsmmummmm News from Home wherever you are. L he Straits Times Weekly Edition offers you a crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore and in the Asean region. You can stay in touch with the social issues, politics, business and economy at home wherever358 words
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MALAYSIA
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Nomination Day
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Article, Illustration562 1995-04-22 10 Kalimullah Hassan - By Kalimullah Hassan in Kuala Lumpur THE ruling National Front got off to a winning start last Saturday even before the first votes were cast for the April 24-25 general election, gaining a psychological edge over the opposition by bagging 11 parliamentaryReuter picture. - 562 words
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367 1995-04-22 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim in Kuala Lumpur THE ruling National Front coalition is heading for its biggest victory in the April 25 general election, its secretarygeneral Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said on Thursday. Speaking to the press at Angkasapuri (Radio Television complex) as the campaigning reached367 words
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Article, Illustration499 1995-04-22 10 Court told of attempt to get permanent residence PERTH A Malaysian went on trial on Wednesday paying A 515.000 (SS15.000) to a former massage-parlour worker to go through a sham marriage so that he could be a permanent resident in Australia the first suchson Lo. — The West Australian picture. - 499 words
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153 1995-04-22 10 PENANG A part-time beautician has been sentenced to three years’ jail for killing her husband after catching him with another woman. The Sun newspaper reported last Friday that Chan Chai Yong, 47, inflicted injuries on trader Wong Ghee Lee which a pathologist153 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration594 1995-04-22 11 Nirmal Ghosh - Accepts responsibility for shortcomings in maid issue The Flor Contemplacion case By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent PHILIPPINE Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo, close to tears, announced his resignation on Monday, citing the adverse effects of the Flor Contemplacion case on the administration’s achievements. “It is my594 words
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Article, Illustration204 1995-04-22 11 AP. BANGKOK Police believed 10 Latin Americans arrested last weekend are the gang responsible for a series of money-bag snatchings in Bangkok over the past year, local newspapers reported. The gang pulled off its most spectacular theft at a jewellery exhibition last year, when– AP.; Bangkok Post picture. - 204 words
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520 1995-04-22 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob in Jakarta INTERNATIONAL rating agency Standard Poor’s has accorded Indonesia a long-term foreign currency rating of “BBB” on the strength of the Suharto government’s record of prudent financial management and economic reform policies. The step up from a “BBB—” (888 minus)520 words
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404 1995-04-22 11 Simon Sinaga - Move will help raise island’s competitive edge to attract foreign investors, says official By Simon Sinaga in Jakarta THE operations head of the Batam Industrial Development Authority (Bida) has proposed that foreigners be allowed to own land in Batam and surrounding islands404 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article664 1995-04-22 12 APRIL 22, 1995 WEDNESDAY’S car bomb attack in Oklahoma City was about many things. But it was ultimately about Baylee Almon. Baylee had turned a year old on Tuesday. She had begun the second year of her life as a member of the human race.664 words
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Article668 1995-04-22 12 APRIL 19. 1995 SINGAPORE has acceded to Philippine President Fidel Ramos’ request to send two pathologists to examine the remains of the murdered Filipina maid. Mrs Della Maga, even though Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had said, rightly, that the examination should be held at668 words
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Article638 1995-04-22 12 APRIL 18. 1995 DESPITE what is depicted by Western comic strip characters like Andy Capp or Brutus Thornapple, in-law battles are not as widespread as perceived generally. This is true at least in Singapore, if the number of calls received by hotlines set up for people638 words
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826 1995-04-22 12 Sonny Yap - By Sonny Yap TODAY’S column is about 447,000 workers and their livelihood but alas, few of them will be reading it. They are the people with Primary 6 or lower education who make up 26 per cent of our 1.7 million work force.826 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration2692 1995-04-22 13 Excerpts of Finance Minister Richard Hu’s interview with Catherine Ong of Business Times on the fund management industry, the huge government surpluses and other issues BT: Since Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew announced incentives last September to promote the fund management industry, we’ve2,692 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, Illustration2106 1995-04-22 14 Why have Filipinos reacted with such venom and outrage at Singapore’s decision to let the law run its course in the Flor Contemplacion case. Warren Fernandez reports. THE night before she died, thousands of Filipinos lit candles and held vigils to2,106 words
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Article, Illustration1034 1995-04-22 15 How has the Singapore-Philippines row over the hanging of Filipino maid Flor Contemplacion affected the maid industry here? Ng Wei Joo talks to Dr Chua Kim Seng, the president of the Foreign Maids Employment Agencies Association. Insight: Has1,034 words
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Article, Illustration973 1995-04-22 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong EVEN as we Singaporeans shake our heads or bristle at the outrageous attacks directed at us by the Philippines over the Contemplacion affair, we would do well to reflect on some of the lessons this unfortunate fracas teaches973 words
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MONEY
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Article7149 1995-04-22 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Data: April 21.1995 1995 Low Curr Last Vol Day Qr’a Net M CapWI Avg High Company Traded Sale +or'000 High Low Oiv P/E Smil Prica 482 388 m t s Acma 50c 424 Cd 10 253 428 414 22.5 8.9 584.5 422 4507,149 words
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334 1995-04-22 17 THE week started on a dismal note, with share prices trading between a narrow range, weighed down by the US dolllar which touched a new low of 79.75 yea But in the latter part of the week, the recovery of the334 words
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Article82 1995-04-22 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose S.08 points on the week to 2079.50. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2053.73 (-17.69) 62.699 (5157.071m) Tuesday 2051.09 (-2 64.) 83.440m ($228 626m) Wednesday 2035.67 (-15 42) 82.612m (5271.438m) Thursday 2039.30 3.63) 86.845m (5278.576m) Friday 2079 50 (-*-40.20) 158 83m82 words
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684 1995-04-22 18 Tan Kim Song - Dr Hu: Help for badly-hit industries, if necessary By Tan Kim Song in Bali THE Government is looking into the impact of the strong Singapore dollar on different industries and will take measures, if necessary, to help those which have been affected adversely,684 words
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3212 1995-04-22 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Date Net Earn TV LY EPS TV LY Com pan> ann •Sm) ism) (cts) lets) MSB* Mar 31 1 1.973 0 843 2.92 0.92 Alliance Tech Mar 30 P 1 3801. 1 564L AS A Hold» Apr 3 P 3 392 2.591 7 073,212 words
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470 1995-04-22 18 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE’S flagship investment project in India, the Bangalore Information Technology Park, is ready to take off with its formal launch here planned for next month. The 56-acre IT Park located in Bangalore, which is dubbed India’s Silicon470 words
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Article232 1995-04-22 19 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Wednesday launched the sale of 18 conservation shophouses at Pagoda Street in Chinatown. Six will be auctioned off on May 30 the fourth time that the URA is using the auction method to sell 99-year unrestored shophouses. The remaining232 words
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Article426 1995-04-22 19 Friday April 21 HKS ASM Pacific 5.10 unch Allied Ind Int'l 0.35 unch Allied Oversea 0.55 unch Asia Sec Int 2.90 -0.02 Bank of EA 21.55 -0 05 C.P. Pokphand 2.50 0.05 CDL Hotel 3 65 unch Cafe De Coral 1.76 0.01 Cath Pac Air 11.40 unch Century City426 words
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Article347 1995-04-22 19 Manager’s prices for April 22 24 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.59—1.68 The Savings Fund 144-152 S pore Prog Fund 058-062 S pore Sec Fund 0.95—1.01 S pore Invest Fund 1.11—1.18 S'pore Equity Fund 0.71-0.75 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Met CL AsiaPac Gr Fund 2.305-2.425** CL S pore347 words
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608 1995-04-22 19 Tan Sai Siong - Volume figure encouraging; potential for more outlets exist By Tan Sai Siong IT WOULD be business from a very dull day for the 33 stockbroking houses, but the amount took all of 17 months for the 133 authorised sales centres (ASCs) set608 words
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585 1995-04-22 19 Ann Williams - By Ann Williams THE office property sector continued to shine in the first quarter of this year, with prices climbing by 8.5 per cent and rents by as much as 14 per cent over the previous quarter, said property consultants Jones Lang585 words
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Article144 1995-04-22 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 SeMng US dollar 1.3884 1.4053 Sterling pound 2.2165 2.2714 Australian dollar 1.0091 1.0404 Canadian dollar 1.0069 1.0310 NZ dollar 0.9198 0.9521 EC unit 1.8656 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 14.0077 *****3 Belgian144 words
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Article145 1995-04-22 19 Contract date: 21/4/95 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE US! 5Vi 5 Vi 5 Vi 5 S /4 5V< 4 vi 25/4/95 A! 7 7'4 7Vr 7Vi 7 Vi 5 Vi 26/4/95 NZ$ 8'i 8 Vi 8 Vi 7145 words
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Article, Illustration514 1995-04-22 20 Sim Wai Chew - URA is also looking into downtown housing in the area By Sim Wai Chew THE Government is looking into the possibility of developing an underground shopping mall stretching from City Hall Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Interchange to Marina Centre. The Urban RedevelopmentTimesgraphics - 514 words
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664 1995-04-22 20 Chan Sue Meng - Huge capital inflows prompt finance houses to cut rates; banks likely to follow suit By Chan Sue Meng FINANCE houses have started cutting fixed deposit rates in the last two months, and this could be a prelude to similar reductions by major local banks. But664 words
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428 1995-04-22 20 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal FUGITIVE Rajan Pillai, who has been on the run from Singapore law for over a week, on Wednesday failed for the second time in his attempt to get anticipatory bail in Bombay. At a hearing on Wednesday a428 words
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420 1995-04-22 23 WHEN I first read the report of Dr Chee Soon Juan’s SDP press statement (ST Weekly, April 15), it seemed to be just another SDP attempt to attract publicity to itself. On further reflection, I realised that it was not only420 words
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627 1995-04-22 23 RHETORIC like “Dr Chee, are you for Singapore or against Singapore?” (above) is a very sad reflection of the state of affairs in our country. Are we against Singapore by speaking out? Let none of our fellow citizens misunderstand: We are Singaporeans and627 words
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Advertisement124 1995-04-22 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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Advertisement50 1995-04-22 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 StraitsTtmes50 words
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317 1995-04-22 24 SINGAPORE’S Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Philippine’s Department of Foreign Affairs will work out the arrangements for a third-party forensic panel to study the remains of murdered Filipino maid Della Maga. A Foreign Affairs Ministry statement yesterday said the317 words
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Article, Illustration728 1995-04-22 24 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent FOUR hours of examination and discussions on Wednesday failed to produce agreement between Singaporean and Philippine forensic teams reviewing part of the skeletal remains of murdered Filipina Della Maga. The Philippine panel maintained its original position thatAFP picture. - 728 words
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342 1995-04-22 24 THE three American experts acting as consultants to the two-man Singaporean panel said here on Wednesday that they were in unanimous agreement on the panel’s findings. Dr Cyril Wecht, director of pathology at Pittsburgh's St Francis Central Hospital, said “there were no inconsistencies and342 words