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Title Section25 1995-06-03 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1995 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by (P) 087/08/94 1145 YYY 1995 The Straits Times 150 YI1ARS25 words
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526 1995-06-03 1 Boon Heng: 5% wage increases for workers SINGAPOREANS should be cautious about wage increases and bonuses for this year, said NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng on Sunday. Mr Lim, who is the secre-tary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, said that wage526 words
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Article, Illustration304 1995-06-03 1 LIKE DONATING A BRICK HE MADE only S 3 or $4 a day pedalling his trishaw under the hot sun in the *****. Yet, when the call went out to the people to donate what they could to build a university for the304 words
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Article, Illustration336 1995-06-03 1 GRADUATES of the former Nanyang University should not bemoan the fact that their alma mater no longer exists, as this would go against the essence of the Nantah spirit, said banker Wee Cho Yaw on Wednesday. Instead, using a Chinese proverb336 words
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Advertisement13 1995-06-03 1 Planning a CAREER Move 5,,-. CHECKOUT '.v I’a*e»!2l &22 887 1 81 *****613 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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591 1995-06-03 2 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng SEVERAL banks here are raising their fees for a range of customer services in the next two months a move that, they claim, is prompted by higher operating costs. For OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Citibank, the591 words
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Article, Illustration227 1995-06-03 2 IT USED to be a swampy, smelly river which residents turned their backs on. Mosquitoes lurked in the tall lallang which grew along its banks. But improvements by the Environment Ministry have changed the Geylang River’s appearance and residents’ attitudes towards it.227 words
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564 1995-06-03 2 Elena Chong - By Elena Chong A DRIVER and his wife were jailed and fined on Tuesday for abusing their Filipino maid, who escaped by climbing out of their llth-floor kitchen window. Ng Guan Lam, 35, who had used a cane and a bamboo564 words
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790 1995-06-03 3 Penal Code interpretation overturned TWENTY-FIVE people who had earlier been acquitted of the charge of assembling unlawfully to gamble now have a case to answer. Their acquittal, which was made in a magistrate’s court last July, had been based on an earlier Court790 words
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421 1995-06-03 3 Leong Ching Ching - By Leong Ching Ching KINDERGARTEN teachers will have their own training institute by January next year. Called the Institute of Early Childhood Education, it is being set up by the PAP Community Foundation (PCF), at the cost of $5 million. The institute will offer421 words
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Article, Illustration508 1995-06-03 3 Chang Ai-Lien - Mishap occurred after bangle caught in machine By Chang Ai-Lien A WOMAN had her right hand severed just above the wrist when it got caught in a dough-mixer at the Central Sikh Temple two weeks ago. Madam Dip Kaur, 42, who has been a508 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Debate on Flor Contemplacion case
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Article, Illustration835 1995-06-03 4 THE Singapore Democratic Party’s letter to President Fidel Ramos came under fire on Friday last week from PAP MPs who wanted to know why the party did not state its stand on the Gancayco report. SDP chairman Ling How Doong tried835 words
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Article, Illustration467 1995-06-03 4 SINGAPORE has yet to receive from the Gancayco Commission the letters which alleged that Flor Contemplacion was raped in prison, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said on Friday last week. He told the House that Singapore had asked the Commission467 words
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326 1995-06-03 4 MR WONG Kan Seng revealed on Friday last week how Philippine forensic pathologists had not numbered Mrs Della Maga’s ribs correctly, and how a videotape of her exhumation showed a chaotic scene. He made these points when outlining what happened at the Singapore-Philippine examination326 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration745 1995-06-03 5 Ng Wei Joo - SDP’s criticism of Flor Contemplacion case By Ng Wei Joo THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) has never questioned or criticised the Singapore Government’s handling of the Flor Contemplacion case, SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan has said. Emphasising the SDP’s position in a745 words
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352 1995-06-03 5 The Della Maga autopsy SINGAPORE and the Philippines have agreed on the names of the three American experts who will conduct the final autopsy on the remains of murdered Filipino maid Della Maga. A Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman confirmed that officials from the two352 words
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Article, Illustration110 1995-06-03 5 FUN WAY TO SLIM DOWN GARY Pey, 16, from East View Secondary, clings on to a life-line as he balances himself above a river, to climb down this rock-face deep in the jungles around Lake Cini in Pahang. With the rest of his friends, GaryPicture by LILLIAN FOO. - 110 words
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268 1995-06-03 5 CONTACT lens practitioners will soon require a licence to operate. Under a Bill introduced in Parliament on Thursday last week, a Contact Lens Practitioners Board will be set up to lay down qualifications, regulate standards and issue licences. The long-awaited legislation, first announced by268 words
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Article, Illustration720 1995-06-03 6 Dawn Tan - But most turn up at embassies and bosses do not lose bonds By Dawn Tan EVERY month, about 300 maids run away from their employers, thus putting their employers’ $5,000 security bonds at risk. But few actually go missing. Most turn up at theirTimesgraphics - 720 words
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445 1995-06-03 6 HIRING a stranger to work and live in their homes has its risks too, said employers. They said it is not always their fault that maids run away. Some maids leave because they have stolen from the family and445 words
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356 1995-06-03 6 COMPANIES and governments must respond to economic changes happening when countries with large markets and labour pools such as China and India enter the international market. Those which do not will wither away, while those which adapt well will shine, said Rear-Admiral356 words
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Article, Illustration408 1995-06-03 7 Bra«ma Math - By Bra«ma Math! ADOLESCENTS are getting more open in their relationships, smooching and hugging each other in the open. This was the view of about 35 secondary school teachers attending a two-day workshop, Understanding Adolescent Sexuality, organised by the Singapore Planned Parenthood Association408 words
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332 1995-06-03 7 David Miller - By David Miller A 56-YEAR-OLD teacher from Ghim Moh Primary School has been arrested by the police for allegedly molesting some of his pupils. Three girls from the co-ed school have made police reports, but the police believe that there may be other332 words
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598 1995-06-03 8 Wooing the Japanese traveller: Reports by Rav Dhaliwal A MAJOR drive is on in Japan to promote Singapore jointly with nearby destinations, to attract Japanese tourists. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) office in Japan is trying to sell the Republic together with beach598 words
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Article, Illustration243 1995-06-03 8 WHEN Miss Junko Igarashi, 32, visited Singapore in June last year, what struck her most was the safety here. “We used to go out late into the night and yet felt so safe,” she said. But little did she expect Singapore to be243 words
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Advertisement191 1995-06-03 7 Home Delivery Weekly! g k The Straits Times a£SR n«. {«r; «4 «an *e*SSSiS ASS mM 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 you191 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1242 1995-06-03 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 12201,242 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration650 1995-06-03 9 Shirlynn Ho-Pereira - SPORTS AWARDS: By Shirlynn Ho-Pereira ONE had his camera out and was clicking as many pictures as possible. The other was considerably calmer but the satisfaction was obvious as his son stepped into the limelight. And so as the 1994 Sportsman and650 words
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Article, Illustration648 1995-06-03 9 Thomas Koh - Virtual unknown sends ripples through ranks of S’pore bodybuilders By Thomas Koh A STAR Is born. Simon Chua, a virtual unknown on the local bodybuilding scene prior to Sunday, made a sensational debut at the National Championships when he dethroned two-time Asian champion Mohammad648 words
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Article288 1995-06-03 9 Shirlynn Hw-Pereira - SWIMMING Shirlynn Hw-Pereira. SWIMMER May Ooi, no stranger to full-time training, has decided to skip school to train for December’s South-east Asia Games. And to do that, she will miss a semester of her universitystudies in the United States. The 18-year-old business studies undergraduate288 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration548 1995-06-03 10 Move to reduce congestion in Malacca Straits: Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia nas proposed a new land link with Thailand to ease shipping congestion and reduce pollution in the busy Straits of Malacca. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday that548 words
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228 1995-06-03 10 PENANG A Singaporean pathologist may be asked to conduct another postmortem on an air-conditioning mechanic who died in police custody. Mr Karpal Singh, the lawyer representing Mr Lee Quat Leong's family, said that such a move was likely if228 words
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388 1995-06-03 10 KUALA LUMPUR The Health Ministry is trying to bring back at least 15 eminent Malaysian doctors who are now serving abroad to help boost the country’s medical service. Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said that with rapid development in the medical388 words
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414 1995-06-03 10 KUALA LUMPUR The government is likely to extend the stay of foreign workers beyond the maximum three-year period to ensure that there is no shortage of skilled workers in the country. Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said414 words
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Article, Illustration377 1995-06-03 10 Ismail Kassim - By Ismail Kassim in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S former Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba will head this year’s national awards given in conjunction with the birthday of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the Malaysian King. Sources close to his family confirmed that the 70-year-old377 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration684 1995-06-03 11 Paul Jacob - PM: Summit leaders risk being labelled ‘dreamers’ By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent SINGAPORE and Indonesia on Thursday signalled their concern that Japan might not push hard enough for a concrete plan of action to move the free trade process forward at November’s informalReuter picture. - 684 words
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319 1995-06-03 11 Leticia Perez - By Leticia Perez in Manila FOREIGN Affairs Secretary Domingo Siazon on Monday said Singapore and the Philippines should look beyond the autopsy findings of the skeletal remains of murdered Filipino maid Della Maga and make peace. Mr Siazon told journalists at an interview here319 words
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429 1995-06-03 11 AP, Reuter, AFP. CANBERRA Indonesia's Research and Technology Minister, Mr B. J. Habibie, on Tuesday proposed an Australian-Indonesian-Japanese consortium to build commercial aircraft for Asia. “Only three countries in the region are capable of making a commercial airline, that is, Japan,AP,; Reuter,; AFP. - 429 words
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183 1995-06-03 11 JAKARTA Disc jockeys of private radio stations have received a stern warning against the use of foreign languages in their broadcasts. The association overseeing the network of private stations in Indonesia said that stations, especially those in Jakarta, have taken to using English183 words
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Article130 1995-06-03 11 Reuter. MANILA Philippine immigration agents detained a Singaporean on Wednesday for alleged bribery and possible complicity in people smuggling, officials said. Mr Renato Mabolo, immigration chief at Manila airport, said the Singaporean was instrumental in bringing to the country three Chinese nationals carrying fake Japanese passports.Reuter. - 130 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article666 1995-06-03 12 JUNE 2. 1995 A CAMPAIGN led by Canadian and European leaders the past six months to form a North America-Europe free trade area has so far generated tantalising questions more than anything else. An obvious one is whether the United States wants to be rushed666 words
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Article660 1995-06-03 12 MAY 30. 1995 GOOD grief, after only one quarter of slower growth and the National Trades Union Congress secretary-general is already telling workers to expect lower wage rises. This might be how some people would react to remarks made by Mr Lim Boon Heng. who is660 words
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Article658 1995-06-03 12 MAY 29. 1995 IF IT is possible to win an election without being a candidate, President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines has just done it. For the high 75 per cent turn-out for the May 8 polling to fill more than 17,000 public offices,658 words
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771 1995-06-03 12 Bob Ng - By Bob Ng SINGAPORE must be a nation of gardening enthusiasts, going by the number of flouriauing nurseries sprouting up in many parts of the island. And by the evidence all around us of lush gardens in houses, balcony gardens in apartments,771 words
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COMMENT / ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1050 1995-06-03 13 WHY are annual reports of listed companies so little read? Because they are irrelevant, uninformative or difficult to understand? Which was what a survey conducted by a group of accountancy students revealed recently. Admittedly, the responses of the 48 people who addressed the1,050 words
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1037 1995-06-03 13 Wang Hui Ling - By Wang Hui Ling NEWSPAPER headlines in recent weeks have been strong on the theme of the family, its role and responsibility. One, on the front page of The New Paper three weeks ago, was about a crippled man who had apparently1,037 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, Illustration1796 1995-06-03 14 The former Nanyang University marks the 40th anniversary of its founding this week with a gala dinner today It will be attended by nearly 6,000 of its alumni, including 1,400 now settled overseas. Chiang Yin Pheng finds out what memories of their alma mater1,796 words
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Article, Illustration938 1995-06-03 15 Security Council the UN watchdog for peace and security Singapore has applied to be a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2001 to 2002. Derwin Pereira examines the actions and role of the council over the years. THE Gulf war in 1991 ended not on938 words
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Article, Illustration1032 1995-06-03 15 Asad Latif - THINKING ALOUD Asad Latif DIPLOMAT-extraordinaire Lee Khoon Choy, who was Singapore’s envoy to Egypt. Pakistan, Yugoslavia, Ethiopia. Lebanon, Indonesia, South Korea and Japan, relates an interesting anecdote in his memoirs. Diplomacy of a Tiny State. After presenting his credentials in Pakistan, to which1,032 words
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MONEY
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Article6966 1995-06-03 16 1 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Data: Juna 2.1995 1995 Curr Last Vol Day Gr’a Nat M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sato +or’000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price 482 382 mt Acma 50c 470 cd 12 863 474 460 225 9.8 647.9 454 4506,966 words
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286 1995-06-03 17 THE Singapore market was quiet for most of the week although it came alive on Thursday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new all-time high. This coincided with United Overseas Bank’s move in cutting interest rates Analysts are now286 words
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Article88 1995-06-03 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 45.27 points on the week to 220S.51. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2154 40 (-884) 98.496m ($278 231m) Tuesday 2162 48 (+808) *****m <$255.821m) Wednesday 2178 36 15 88) *****m ($244 809m) Thursday 2205.03 26.67) 170.32m ($586.028m) Friday 2208 5188 words
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Article, Illustration436 1995-06-03 18 UOB cuts prime rate by percentage point to 6% IN THE first interest rate cut by banks here this year, the United Overseas Bank group reduced its prime rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 6 per cent. The move, effective on Thursday, has come at a timeSource: Bloomberg - 436 words
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3024 1995-06-03 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Earn EPS Date PY LY rv LY Compaay AMI (eta) (eta) ABR Hldgs May 22 F 2.007 1407 4.6 3.2 ANA Hotels May 5 F 3.392 2.591 7.07 5.40 Avimo May 19 I 154b 4.668 2.44 450 Aztech May 2 F 17.026 15.0863,024 words
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539 1995-06-03 18 Automatic 10-50/o increase in spending limit valid for one year OCBC BANK is offering selected customers a higher spending limit on their Visa and Master Card cards ahead of the June holiday season. The selected cardholders were pleasantly surprised last week to539 words
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228 1995-06-03 18 Singapore is the biggest investor with sl.4b in projects AFP. JAKARTA Foreign investment on the industrial island of Batam more than quadrupled in the three months ended March to U *****.5 million (*****.5 million) from last year’s US$36 million, a government official saidAFP. - 228 words
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Article661 1995-06-03 19 Fee will be pegged to-its competitor’s revenue performance under TAS guidelines THE entry of a competitor mobile phone operator here in 1997 will result in Singapore Telecom paying significantly more in licence fees under new Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) fee guidelines. This is because661 words
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Article447 1995-06-03 19 Thursday Juna 1 HK$ ASM Pacific 6.15 0 050 Allied Ind Int'l 0.38 0.03 Allied Oversea 0.51 0.01 Asia Sec lot 2.77 unch Bank of EA 23.25 0.05 C P Pokphand 2 83 0.08 CDL Hotel 3.83 0.05 Cafe De Coral 1 85 0.01 Cath Pac Air 11.70 0.45447 words
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Article372 1995-06-03 19 Manager’s prices for June 3 5 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.62—1.71xd The Savings Fund 1.58-167 S pore Prog Fund 0.63—0.67 S pore Sec Fund 1.00—1 06 S pore Invest Fund 1.18-1.25 S'pore Equity Fund 0 76—0.81 Credit Lyonnais Int’l Asset Met CL AsiaPac Gr Fund 2.615—2 750*372 words
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282 1995-06-03 19 LOCAL spending on information technology (IT) is expected to exceed US$2 billion (Ss2.B biUion) by 1998 and demand for software and services will make up almost twothirds of expenditure. This is against the back-drop of a boom in the Asean282 words
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546 1995-06-03 19 Tammy Tan - By Tammy Tan in Milan THE world’s largest number of Internet messages are sent out from Singapore, said Professor Nicholas Negroponte, founding director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Media Lab, on Monday. In addition,546 words
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Article148 1995-06-03 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.3800 1.3958 Sterling pound 2.1892 2.2423 Australian dollar 0.9777 1.0074 Canadian dollar 0.9971 1.0204 NZ dollar 0.9071 0.9383 EC unit 1.8429 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.6975 14.3228 Belgian148 words
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Article122 1995-06-03 19 Contract data: 2/6/95 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 5> 2 5*4 5*« 5*4 5*4 t’i 6/6 95 AS 6 6 7 t 6 7 i 6* 6 T 5*4 6/6/95 NZS 8'. 8 8 7\n 7 V4122 words
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770 1995-06-03 20 Narendra Aggarwal - Group sees China, India as 21st century market giants By Narendra Aggarwal ONE of Singapore’s leading business houses, the Thakral Group of Companies, has committed investments worth US$35 million (5548.7 million) in India and is actively looking at several other big projects for770 words
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380 1995-06-03 20 SINGAPORE is joining the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Negotiating Group on Basic Telecommunications (NGBT) as a full member to show its support for international liberalisation of telecommunications. Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan announced this on Monday, the first day of the Asia380 words
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Article, Illustration354 1995-06-03 20 60% of work in first phase completed already RECLAMATION work on the first phase of the Pasir Panjang container terminal is on track, with 60 per cent of the reclamation completed already. The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) also said on Monday that354 words
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FORUM
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679 1995-06-03 23 MR SONNY Yap’s article, “Why must so many die on the roads every year?” (ST, Weekly Edition, May 27), caught my attention. While pondering over what he said, I read with horror the report (page 2) of the ghastly death679 words
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435 1995-06-03 23 WHILE I fully appreciate the comprehensive system of checks and balances as described by the Home Affairs Minister in Parliament, I wish to bring out one aspect of the criminal justice system which needs to be finetuned. While it is a clear-cut case435 words
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674 1995-06-03 23 MR DOUGLAS Chua Hock Lye (ST, May 25) observed correctly that Singapore society and law are quick to judge, condemn and mete out harsh punishment to men for conduct perceived as deviant while women tend not to be judged by the same674 words
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422 1995-06-03 23 I REFER to the letter “Don’t use overly subjective criteria to assess teachers” by Mr Francis Chong Fu Shin (ST, Weekly Edition, May 27). The two qualities, “sense of reality" and “political sensitivity", together with seven others, are intended to measure the overall effectiveness of422 words
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Article, Illustration619 1995-06-03 24 Leong Chan Teik - By Leong Chan Teik MOTORISTS can expect manual road pricing to be applied on more congested expressways before Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) becomes islandwide after the year 2000. Communications Minister «Mah Bow Tan on Thursday envisaged that for a few years, manualPicture by LIM SIN THAI. - 619 words
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Article, Illustration476 1995-06-03 24 Annabelle Lim - By Annabelle Lim GYNAECOLOGIST S.S. Ratnam, 66, was on Monday fined $2,500 and banned from driving for a year. The maximum penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol is a fine of $5,000 or six months’ jail, and at least one476 words
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311 1995-06-03 24 IDD users here are able to call and send faxes to American companies that use US domestic toll-free numbers as product enquiry or customer service numbers. Singapore Telecom (ST) said on Monday that access to the US 800 numbers domestic toll-free numbers for311 words