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Title Section29 1995-06-10 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1995 y Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) »87/08/94 1145 YYY 1993 The Straits Times ISO YliAKS29 words
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Article, Illustration747 1995-06-10 1 Ann Williams - 19,000 units on 200 ha More jobs with new industrial area By Ann Williams ABOUT 200 ha of vacant state land will be set aside for the development of some 19,000 new housing units in the Hougang area. Many more job opportunities will also be createdTimesgraphlcs; Source: URA - 747 words
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Article, Illustration640 1995-06-10 1 Chiang Yin Pheng - By Chiang Yin Pheng PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong last Saturday urged Nantah alumni anguished over the loss of their alma mater to look forward and adopt the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as Nantah’s successor. Giving an indication of the Government’s stand, hePicture by MALCOLM MCLEOD. - 640 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration737 1995-06-10 2 Ann Williams - Move aimed at giving more options for better lifestyle By Ann Williams THE Government is considering releasing, for the first time, state land parcels for the exclusive development of recreational clubs. The Straits Times also learnt that the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)737 words
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Article, Illustration478 1995-06-10 2 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon THE 18-year-old driver, whose car rammed into a full-time national serviceman at Fort Road after speeding at 191 km/h along the East Coast Parkway (ECP), passed his driving test just last month. The Straits Times also learned thatTimesgraphics - 478 words
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Article188 1995-06-10 2 THE Traffic Police will act to plug a legal loophole which has enabled motorists to stay on the road despite having their driving licences revoked. The Road Traffic Rules will be amended to stop any motorist who accumulates more than 12 demerit points from taking a188 words
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520 1995-06-10 3 Neville Stack - Asia’s dynamic growth also a threat to Europe By Neville Stack in London ASIA’S dynamic growth was proving a challenge and also a threat to Europe, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said. In an interview at the end of520 words
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432 1995-06-10 3 NEVILLE STACK - NEVILLE STACK. SINGAPORE must insist on certain standards and moral values if it is to preserve the strength of its society. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew made this observation in an interview with the press on Tuesday when he was asked to432 words
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Article, Illustration318 1995-06-10 3 REPORT THAT MADE SM REACT LONDON A panel of the Church of England recommended on Tuesday that the phrase “living in sin” be abandoned and that unmarried couples, heterosexual and homosexual, be more readily welcomed into Anglican congregations. While Britain’s state church should318 words
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489 1995-06-10 3 LAUDING Singapore for its constructive role in Apec and the Asean Regional Forum, a key US official said the United States was “working closely” with the Republic in both forums. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs489 words
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HOME
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500 1995-06-10 4 Susan Sim - By Susan Sim THE three US forensic experts selected by Singapore and the Philippines to conduct the final autopsy on the remains of murdered Filipino maid Della Maga have agreed to serve on the panel. In response to press queries, a Singapore500 words
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Article, Illustration198 1995-06-10 4 THIRTEEN Neighbourhood Police Posts (NPPs) from the Bedok Division opened their doors to the public on Sunday as part of Police Week 1995. Professor S. Jayakumar, Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, was the guest of honour at Bedok NPP’s open198 words
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Article, Illustration685 1995-06-10 4 ‘Get smart don’t start’ is the slogan A NATIONAL campaign against drug abuse involving the Government, teachers, parents and volunteer organisations was launched yesterday to teach youths how to say no to drugs. The campaign is organised by the newly formed National Council685 words
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234 1995-06-10 5 THE Government will spend $2 billion over the next five years to tackle pollution problems, Acting Environment Minister Teo Chee Hean said on Sunday. More than $1 billion will be used for a new offshore landfill site and the rest will be used234 words
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394 1995-06-10 5 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng FREQUENT flyer programmes and other schemes offered by banks to reward credit cardholders are likely to be scrapped under the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s latest measures to curb card promotion. Bankers say these campaigns contravene MAS guidelines394 words
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286 1995-06-10 5 Edward Tang - By Edward Tang SINGAPORE has re-established its embassy in Phnom Penh after a lapse of 20 years. This was announced on Monday by a spokesman from the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs during a briefing to the press about a meeting earlier in286 words
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Article, Illustration218 1995-06-10 5 MODERN-DAY RECRUITS SOME of the 2,000 young men called up for national service had a cooler ride than others on the way to their respective units on Wednesday. They rode in the cool comfort of air-conditioned coaches, complete with pipedin music, which ferried them218 words
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Article, Illustration307 1995-06-10 6 A MAN swiped a wallet from an unattended supermarket trolley in Ngee Ann City on Tuesday, but did not get very far with it. Hot on his heels were two employees of a fitness centre, dressed in their Tshirts, shorts and running shoes and raring307 words
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197 1995-06-10 6 Leong Ching Ching - By Leong Ching Ching DIVER Toh Kim Kwee, 33, fought strong currents and bad weather to save living corals. “We had to carry chunks of coral, which weighed up to 30 kg on land, and at the same time, deal with strong current. “The197 words
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Article, Illustration600 1995-06-10 6 Tan Hsueh Yun - By Tan Hsueh Yun OUR families are not spending enough time with us, some adolescents in a survey said. Their answers in a survey of 206 secondary school students revealed that slightly less than half 48 per cent shared a meal with600 words
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397 1995-06-10 6 MOST of the 120 Secondary 1 students did not need any prompting to attend a three-day history lesson on post-war Singapore, and they were rewarded. Their classroom history lessons came alive when they visited the Surrender Chamber in City Hall and acted out397 words
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473 1995-06-10 6 THE Singapore Medical Council released details of its revised ethical code on Tuesday, which set out guidelines for doctors’ behaviour. This is the first time that the 15member council has revised its guidelines on ethics since its founding in 1965. said its president,473 words
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Article, Illustration540 1995-06-10 7 THE strong Singapore dollar and stiff competition for tourists from other countries in the region have led to a slight fall in visitor arrivals here in March. This is the first time that visitor numbers have fallen since February 1993. A marked540 words
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427 1995-06-10 7 Tan Yong Meng - By Tan Yong Meng THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board has become such a good resource centre for social security matters that more than 1,300 foreign delegates have come here to tap its expertise in the past six years. So far this year,427 words
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Article368 1995-06-10 8 NEW students of the Open University will have a choice of two minor subjects, economics and management, from next year. They will be able to study this either in combination with any of the three majors of English, mathematics and computer science, when they apply368 words
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Article, Illustration438 1995-06-10 8 Anti-housebreaking squad put 400 burglars in jail THE Jurong anti-house-breaking team is a group of detectives even law-breakers talk about in prison. The reason: the squad has put more than 400 burglars behind bars since its formation in July 1993. They solved more than 700 burPicture by MALCOLM MCLEOD. - 438 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1245 1995-06-10 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 12201,245 words
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SPORTS
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442 1995-06-10 9 SINGAPORE’S top striker Fandi Ahmad wants to end his long and successful football career on a high note by playing in the Japanese J-League competition. Fandi, 33, said he planned to quit the national squad after December’s South-east Asia Games in Chiangmai, Thailand,442 words
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Article, Illustration653 1995-06-10 9 S. Murali - By S. Murali BARRY WHITBREAD will take over the mantle of national soccer coach on June 22, one day after Singapore’s Premier League fixture against Balestier United. The Football Association of Singapore’s technical director takes over from current national coach Douglas Moore, who653 words
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Article, Illustration221 1995-06-10 9 THE Indonesian Dragon Boat team ruled the seas on Sunday and were the first to cross the finishing line. Paddle power from the Indonesian Rowing and Canoeing Association helped them clinch the World Invitational Championship held off Siloso Beach, Sentosa. They led from the start,221 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration376 1995-06-10 10 Ismail Kassim - Be vigilant, says King at Parliament opening By Ismail Kassim in Kuala Lumpur THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Ja’afar on Thursday urged Malaysians to remain vigilant against racial strife despite the country’s success in maintaining peace, harmony and justice. ALthough national unity had reachedAFP picture. - 376 words
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456 1995-06-10 10 NST. LONDON Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has issued a fresh warning that the poor command of English language in Malaysia is a growing problem and could hamper the country’s efforts in going global. Speaking after a familiarisation visit toNST. - 456 words
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196 1995-06-10 10 KUALA LUMPUR Muslim men may have no choice but to marry foreigners or remain bachelors if the trend of demanding exorbitant dowries continues. The Star newspaper quoted the president of the Ulama Association of Malaysia (PUM), Mr Ahmad Awang, as saying that the trend196 words
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472 1995-06-10 10 meeting on Wednesday. Bernama. MERSING The Johor government would develop Mersing district and turn it into a leading tourism centre on par with other resorts, Mentri Besar Haji Abdul Ghani Othman said on Thursday. He said the district had attractions such asmeeting on Wednesday. Bernama. - 472 words
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Article142 1995-06-10 10 AP. KUALA LUMPUR After match-fixing, bribery, drugs and illicit sex, Malaysian soccer has another scandal. The Star newspaper reported on Thursday that the chief coach of a state team has been dismissed because he allegedly attended a national tournament last month with a worn-AP. - 142 words
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ASEAN
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Article, Illustration585 1995-06-10 11 Nirmal Ghosh - Workers will be sent only to countries which offer adequate protection By Nirmal Ghosh Manila Correspondent PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos signed into law on Wednesday a Bill aimed at improving protection for Filipino overseas contract workers (OCWs). The President said the law established a policy585 words
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460 1995-06-10 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent PRESIDENT Suharto said on Monday there was an urgent need for the Indonesian government to move on plans for a port on Java’s western coast, saying its construction was vital to sustaining economic growth. He told460 words
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343 1995-06-10 11 AFP. MANILA President Fidel Ramos insisted on Monday that Manila would proceed with plans to develop two new international airports one in the Philippine capital and the other at the former US Clark Air Base to the north. A presidential palace statement quoted MrAFP. - 343 words
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507 1995-06-10 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob. JAKARTA President Suharto is likely to stay on for a record seventh five-year term in 1998 if Indonesians, through the representatives in the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR), ask him to do so, a senior aide and close507 words
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372 1995-06-10 11 AFP.' MANILA The Philippines will start building seven lighthouses next month on reefs in the disputed Spratly islands to strengthen its claim to the potentially oilrich chain of islands in the South China Sea. Navy Vice-Admiral Pio Carranza told aAFP.' - 372 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article643 1995-06-10 12 JUNE 9. 1995 IT IS disturbing in the extreme that Singapore’s efforts to cope with the drug problem should be handicapped by a shortage of volunteer counsellors just when aggravation on the ground justifies the national campaign to teach youths to resist drugs that is being643 words
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Article694 1995-06-10 12 JUNE 8. 1995 SELLING precious state land on 30-year lease for private clubs to be built, which the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URAI intends to, can be justified on some counts. This is despite the fact that planners and public alike will regard such land use as694 words
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Article661 1995-06-10 12 JUNE 5, 1995 THERE is no danger of Singapore not tapping the tremendous potential of the Internet. But a system such as this is only as useful as people make it. It is all too easy to forget in the excitement of a new invention661 words
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828 1995-06-10 12 Alan John - By Alan John MINUTES after being fined $2,500 and banned from driving for a year because of drunken driving, gynaecologist S. S. Ratnam told reporters that he did not have a drinking problem. He said he was only a social drinker,828 words
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Article, Illustration1139 1995-06-10 13 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong BEFORE the seven People’s Action Party MPs hammered the opposition verbally in Parliament last month over their contribution to the Flor Contemplacion controversy, Singaporeans had already voiced their strong objections. No fewer than four letters had1,139 words
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908 1995-06-10 13 Ng Wei Joo - By Ng Wei Joo WHEN The Straits Times introduced the ST Schools 100 in 1992, a ranking list for secondary schools, its purpose was simple: to give parents information that would help them make informed choices. While such a ranking, based chiefly908 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, Illustration1258 1995-06-10 14 BLOCK 79, Toa Payoh Central. There are more than 40 shops at the foot of this curving, slab block of three-room flats. Some shops have been divided and sub-let as kiosks, offering photograph developing services, or providing small office space for travel1,258 words
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390 1995-06-10 14 Mr LEE TECK MENG, 60, has a chance to buy over his 1,400 sq ft shop, which has a threeroom flat on the second floor, for about $1.25 million. But the shopkeeper, who sells tyres, is worried about becoming a shopowner. He390 words
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Article334 1995-06-10 14 SHOE retailer John Ng (not his real name) saw an opportunity to make a quick buck when the Government started its sale of shops scheme three years ago. He tendered $16,000 a month to rent a Yishun shop from the Housing Board with334 words
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315 1995-06-10 14 DR Y.M. WONG is one specialist who believes in locating his clinics in the HDB heartlands. Since 1990, the gynaecologist has opened four clinics in HDB estates. The latest, complete with designer wallpaper, plush upholstered sofas and even a coffee bar for waiting patients, opened315 words
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Article, Illustration1015 1995-06-10 15 When Chinese community leader Wee Cho Yaw opened the exhibition of Nanyang University artefacts last week, he called on Nantah alumni to stop mourning the loss of their alma mater and concentrate instead on perpetuating the Nantah spirit. Chiang Yin Pheng spoke1,015 words
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Article, Illustration1030 1995-06-10 15 Leslie Fong - THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong Another stroke has been added to the writing on the wall that says Singapore will have to work even harder and smarter to make a decent living in the years ahead. It comes in the form of a1,030 words
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MONEY
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Article6779 1995-06-10 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: June 1995 1995 Curr Last Vol Day Qr’a Nat M CapWIAvg High Low Company Traded Sale +or'000 High Low Div p/e $mil rrlCf 488 382 ml Acma 50c 452 cd •12 203 462 448 22.5 9 5 623.1 474 450 450 i6,779 words
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289 1995-06-10 17 THE Singapore market fell victim to profit taking this week after a strong run-up the week before. The most obvious casualties were the banks and the property counters. These two sectors had run up because of the cut in local interest rates289 words
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Article93 1995-06-10 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index lost 48.07 points on the week to 2160.44. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2218.03 52) 94 665m ($301 605m) Tuesday 2190 98 (—27.05) 100 26m ($307 049m) Wednesday 2179 11 (-11 87) 95 030m ($324 297m) Thursday 2175 48 (—3.63) 8193 words
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460 1995-06-10 18 THE growth rate of Singapore’s exports dropped to single-digit levels in April this year for the first time in more than a year. In real terms, after adjusting for inflation, non-oil domestic exports rose by only 7.4 per cent,460 words
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2721 1995-06-10 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net Flam KPS Date n L\ rv 1.3 C ompans ann (Sml (Sm) lets) lets! \BK Hldgs Mas 22 F 200"’ 1 407 4.6 .3.2 ANA Hotels Mas 1 E 3 792 2.591 7.07 540 Asiamatrik Jun 1 F 3.I77L 1 KKbL Avimo Mas2,721 words
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Article, Illustration692 1995-06-10 18 Chan Sue Meng - By Chan Sue Meng SEVERAL economists here have pared their forecast for Singapore’s economic growth this year, against the backdrop of April’s sluggish export performance. At least five research houses now expect this year’s growth rate earlier estimated at 8-8.5 per centTimesgraphics; Source: S G.Warburg - 692 words
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Article, Illustration465 1995-06-10 19 Douglas Wong - By Douglas Wong THREE more international consortia will launch resorts at the massive Bintan Beach International Resort (BBIR) by the end of the year, bringing to eight the number to be developed there. Mr Yeo Nai Meng, general manager of the465 words
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Article408 1995-06-10 19 Friday Jun* 9 ASM Pacific HK$ 6 30 0.050 Allied Ind Int’l 0.39 0.04 Allied Oversea 0 59 0.06 Asia Sec Int 2.75 unch Bank of EA 23 20 0.15 C P Pokphand 2.75 0.02 CDL Hotel 3.95 0.05 Cafe De Coral 1.78 unch Cath Pac Air 11.45 0.20408 words
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Article354 1995-06-10 19 Manager’s prices for June 10 12 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.58—167*d The Savings Fund 1.53-1.62 S'pore Prog Fund 062-066 S pore Sec Fund 0.99-1.05 S pore Invest Fund 1.16-1.23 S pore Equity Fund 0.7« —0.79 Credit Lyonnais IntT Asset Mgt CL Asia Pac Gr Fund 2.585 —2.715**354 words
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232 1995-06-10 19 GOODWOOD Park Hotel Ltd said on Wednesday it had signed a conditional agreement to buy The Royal Garden Hotel in London from Rank Holidays and Hotels Ltd for £65 million ($143 million). The purchase includes the 398room, five-star hotel, and the232 words
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670 1995-06-10 19 Ann Williams - Support by firms acquiring land, developers are seeking critical mass By Ann Williams THE latest state land tender results show that companies looking to acquire a land bank and developers going for a critical mass of projects in one location are670 words
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Article144 1995-06-10 19 Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Buyinf 00 Sefttt US dollar 1.3810 1.3968 Sterling pound 2.1870 2.2401 Australian dollar 0.9809 1.0106 Canadian dollar 0.9979 1.0212 NZ dollar 0.9100 0.9413 EC unit 1.8413 Singapore dollars to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.6797 14.3041 Belgian franc 4.6986144 words
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Article130 1995-06-10 19 Contract data: 9/6/95 CURRENCY 1 MTU 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CAU VALUE DATE USJ 5*4 5H 5* 5 V* 5'4 4 Vi 13/6/95 AJ 6 T 6 7 i 6 7 4 6 7 4 6 7/ 5*4 14/6/95 NZI 8 1 8'/»130 words
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Article, Illustration465 1995-06-10 20 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew, predicting that there would be a second wave of investments in East Asia, has urged British companies to take advantage of the region’s business opportunities. Speaking to reporters in London after an hour-longAFP picture. - 465 words
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506 1995-06-10 20 SHELL Eastern Petroleum, long seen as an “iron rice bowl” employer, on Monday confirmed that it will have to lay off 29 employees to “remain competitive in an increasingly difficult business environment”, reported Business Times on Tuesday. The Anglo-Dutch oil company,506 words
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706 1995-06-10 20 PARIS Singapore could team up with France, as it had with some other west European countries, in exploring the enormous economic possibilities in the east Asian region, Mr Lee Kuan Yew told French journalists during his private visit there, Singapore, the Senior706 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration614 1995-06-10 23 I REFER to the article headlined “Be responsible to yourself before asking for charity” (Sunday Review, May 26). I cannot agree more with the writer that individuals should be responsible for themselves before others are obliged to assume responsibility for them.614 words
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207 1995-06-10 23 I REFER to the letter by Mr Phang Fook Ghay (ST, June 2). We would like to confirm that the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) allows consumers to buy handphones from overseas and register them with the serviceprovider, Singapore Telecom, for their personal use.207 words
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Article, Illustration635 1995-06-10 23 I REFER to the report (ST, May 26) titled “Enough safeguards to check police abuse”. Paragraph 10 of the report reads: “Statements containing confession evidence could be rejected by the courts for a variety of reasons, for example, if the court was635 words
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542 1995-06-10 23 CASE would like to give consumers a few pointers on comparing prices of goods and services across countries. First, cheapness is not a good indicator of affordability. Things that are cheap may not be affordable (for example, a bowl of noodles in China542 words
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515 1995-06-10 24 M. Nirmala - By M. Nirmala THE Government is controlling information in the electronic age because “just as cars can knock down people, ideas can also be dangerous”. “Ideas can kill,” the Acting Environment Minister Teo Chee Hian told students when he launched515 words
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Article, Illustration578 1995-06-10 24 Tan Hsueh Yun - By Tan Hsueh Yun THE Istana Park will have trees that glow at night when it is completed at the end of the year. Yellow flame trees and coconut palms, among others, will be lit from the ground so that their branchTimesgraphics/ riEN CHUNG PING; Source: Parks and Recreation Department - 578 words