The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 24 June 1995

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    21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1995 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) MITA (P) 087/08/94 The Straits Times ISO YliAKS
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  • Article
    Community channels on cable television plan
    524 1  -  This will boost civic groups, says BG Yeo By Tammy Tan CABLE television, which was launched in Tampines yesterday and available islandwide by 1998, could be “localised” to community level, with different channels for different parts of Singapore, said Minister for Information and the
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    Lock icon Singaporean tops US Air Force Academy
    511 1  -  By Felix Soh WHEN Low Chung Guan was congratulated by President Bill Clinton for being the top graduate of the prestigious US Air Force Academy late last month, he was making military history by being the first Singaporean to win the honour. He beat
    Lt Low being congratulated by President Clinton at the graduation ceremony. — Picture by MARK REIS of the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph.  -  511 words
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon New air-combat simulation system for air force pilots
      569 2 AIR FORCE pilots can now engage each other in realistic dog fights, complete with simulated missile attacks over Singapore, with a new simulation system. The Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation (ACMI) system provides pilots with more realistic and effective air-combat training, because it
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      Couple who left twins in Phuket arrested on weapons’ charge
      209 2 THE couple who abandoned twin baby boys in Phuket in April were charged in court last Saturday with possessing offensive weapons in a public place. Harry Tan, 29, and Kwek Poh Choo, 27, were arrested at Block 121, Geylang East
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      5% pay rise should be viewed as an average, not as a rule: NTUC
      535 2  -  By Ahmad Osman COMPANIES that are doing well can give their workers more than the average wage increase of 5 per cent for this year. They can pay more to reward staff for their productivity and
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      Fee hike for NUS and NTU postgraduate programmes
      742 3  -  By M. Nirmala FEES for postgraduate programmes at the National University of Singapore have been revised for the first time in almost 30 years. The Nanyang Technological University is also revising its postgraduate fees for the first time since 1992. About 4,800
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      MORE MONEY FOR SCHOLARS
      155 3 POSTGRADUATE research students on scholarships will receive more money so that they will not drop out. Research and development is essential for Singapore’s future progress, said Professor Lim Pin, the National University of Singapore’s vice-chancellor. “We have been very gentle with the research students,” he said.
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      Pension schemes to attract, retain employees
      457 3 Nominated MP John De Payva calk for more work incentives COMPANIES which can afford to should consider setting up pension or other schemes to keep their employees, Nominated MP John De Payva said on Tuesday. They can channel part of their staff annual wage
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      Women’s activist Julie Tan dies of lung cancer
      262 3 A LEADING women’s activist in Singapore, Mrs Julie Tan Eng Poh, died of lung cancer last Saturday. Mrs Tan, who was 65, was the first president of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) and a vigorous champion of women’s rights here.
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  • HOME
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      I will destroy my horses if MRA bans me: Cahayadi Si
      1257 4  -  By Malcolm Bastians and Danny Khoo INDONESIAN businessman Herry Cahayadi Si, the biggest horse owner in Singapore and Malaysia, said on Tuesday he would destroy all his horses in protest should the Malayan Racing Association bar him from entering
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      12 men chase and capture teenager’s molester
      372 4 GOOD SAMARITANS OF PENANG LANE TWELVE men chased and caught a molester at Penang Lane near Dhoby Ghaut MRT station on Sunday. A 20-year-old full-time national serviceman (NSF) was the first to give chase after the culprit, a 29-year-old construction worker, twice touched
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      Scout commissioner to revitalise regional movement
      256 5 SINGAPORE’S scouts commissioner Felix Li, the first Singaporean to head the Asia-Pacific Region Scout Committee, plans to raise money to promote scouting. He also wants to revitalise the regional movement by giving scouts international exposure. He also plans to boost membership during his three-year
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      Teenager who assaulted teacher put in boys’ home
      537 5  -  Judge notes his long history of defiance By David Miller A BOY who was 15 years old when he assaulted his teacher in school and was disorderly in public was committed to the Singapore Boys’ Home for two years on Tuesday. In
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      Rise in theft of new Mercedes cars
      455 5  -  The target By Brendan Pereira AN INCREASING number of new MercedesBenz cars are being stolen from carparks, condominiums and shopping complexes around Singapore, insurance companies say. Some Singaporean motorists have also been forced to surrender their cars at knifepoint while driving in Malaysia.
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      Many channels for youth to have their say: Hng Kiang
      729 6 THERE is no dearth of channels for young Singaporeans to give their feedback to the Government. National Youth Council (NYC) chairman Lim Hng Kiang said on Sunday. All they needed to do was to take advantage of the many formal
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      Comfort expects its 10,000th cab to be in service soon
      391 6  -  By Leong Chan Teik WITHIN a few months, the size of Comfort’s taxi fleet will reach 10.000 the maximum it is licensed to run. Comfort spokesman Sarah Koh confirmed this, saying the company recently secured enough Certificates of Entitlement (COEs)
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      Home safe containing $1m stolen while owner away
      418 6  -  By Tan Ooi Boon A BUSINESSMAN who returned from a holiday found his safe missing together with about SI million worth of diamond jewellery and cash it held. But his Cairnhill Plaza apartment was not broken into. Police said there was no
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      Loanshark who made $600,000 in 2 years arrested
      396 7  -  He used debtors’ ATM cards to collect his due payments By Tan Ooi Boon HE WAS unemployed but he made about $600,000 in two years by dishing out illegal loans to about 1,000 people. With this income, the 49-year-old loanshark was able
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      Fake woman bomoh cheated retiree of almost $47,00 life savings
      556 7 A RETIRED clerk lost almost all his life savings of $46,800 to a woman who pretended to be a bomoh and convinced him that he, his wife and daughter were possessed and she could exorcise the evil spirits. Last Saturday,
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      Manager cleared of molesting clerk in retrial
      400 8 A DIVISIONAL sales manager of Great Eastern Life Assurance was on Tuesday acquitted of having molested a clerk with the company, who was then 19 years old. Lim Tai Sin, 42. was cleared after his defence was called by District Judge Tan Siong
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      Painful but proud memories in a kiss
      315 8 A GROUP Post Warden in World War II on Sunday kissed a plaque which marks the site of the Kranji Beach battle. To Mr Ngui Jim Chiang, 84, who was in charge of the north-west of the island, it represented all the sacrifices
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      193 7 Home Delivery Weekly! A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore, the newspaper covers news from politics, to business, to investment opportunities and others. What's more, it also offers news on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be, once a week. So,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      1248 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (3IM 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
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  • SPORTS
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      New manager Ang wants Fandi back as skipper
      398 9  -  SOCCER: By Joe Dorai NEWLY-APPOINTED Singapore team manager Patrick Ang’s top priority will be to convince skipper Fandi Ahmad to re-assume the captaincy of the national squad for the South-east Asia Games in Chiangmai in December. Ang’s other task will be to
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      Dhillon quits top SNOC job
      688 9  -  Secretary-general’s surprise retirement accepted ‘with regret’ By Hakikat Rai S.S. DHILLON has quit as secretary general of the Singapore National Olympic Council almost two years before his term ends. No successor has been named. In a statement on Tuesday, the SNOC said that it had
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      Tears and sadness after 24 years’ yeoman service
      643 9  -  By Godfrey Robert HIS left eye kept welling in tears. But everytime he wiped the tears as they streamed down his shaven face, he kept re-assuring: "I’m not crying, but my left eye has been troubling me for the past few days.”
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Anwar unveils liberal moves to open up markets in Malaysia
      853 10  -  Measures will help KL compete as a financial centre By Chan Sue Meng and Koh Keat Kian in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday unveiled a package of far-reaching measures to open up the financial and
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      Lock icon Sad tale of an HIV child
      321 10 Malaysian girl, twice abandoned, lives in KL hospital almost all her life NST. KUALA LUMPUR Abandoned twice and confirmed an HIV carrier, four-year-old Chew Hui Siew knows no other home but ward KK2 in the Paediatric Institute of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Left in
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      Sabah govt to keep passport rule for peninsula Malaysians
      490 10 No problem for people to enter the state: Chief Minister KOTA KINABALU The Sabah government would not abolish the passport requirement for Malaysians from other states entering the state, Chief Minister Datuk Mohamed Salleh Tun Said Keruak said. He said that
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  • ASEAN
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      S’porean cigarette smuggler jailed, fined in Vietnam
      399 11  -  By Lee Siew Hua Bangkok Correspondent A SINGAPOREAN shipping director who smuggled 1.2 million packets of cigarettes into Vietnam had been sentenced by a provincial court to 12 years in jail, a Singapore Embassy spokesman in Hanoi said on Thursday. He told The
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      Islands dispute: Jakarta says going to ICJ may be possible
      527 11  -  Bilateral talks with KL to continue By Paul Jacob Jakarta Correspondent FOREIGN Minister Ali Alatas said Indonesia was not closing off the possibility that a sovereignty dispute with Malaysia over two islands off Borneo could be referred to the International
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      Lock icon Conductor delivers own baby on bus
      170 11 Reuter. MANILA A bus conductor who thought she was just seven months' pregnant went into labour and gave birth while her bus was stuck in one of the Philippine capital’s notorious traffic jams. Ms Rosinayda Jamiero, 31, said she went into labour during the
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      Indonesia now a lower middle-income country
      448 11  -  Thanks to strong growth Economy could overheat By Paul Jacob. JAKARTA Indonesia, riding on the back of strong growth, has moved into the ranks of lower middle-income countries but must continue to exercise caution in macro-economic policies amid signs the economy could overheat, according
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  • COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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      The future of volunteerism
      660 12 JUNE 23. 1995 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong’s call last week to senior citizens who are fit, to come forward and do volunteer work underscored how much remains to be accomplished on that front. He was correct in focusing on a group rarely considered to be a
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      Fighting haze needs resolve
      652 12 JUNE 21. 1995 THE Asean Cooperation Plan on Trans-boundary Pollution, adopted by its environment ministers in Kuala Lumpur last Saturday, is a commendable effort. While it also addresses problems caused by movements of hazardous wastes and shipborne pollution, its focus is clearly the haze, which has
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      Young need to build on ties
      600 12 JUNE 19, 1995 THE third Singapore-Indonesia Youth Forum, which was held here last week, explored the possibility of joint projects involving training courses, exchange programmes for undergraduates, the participation of Indonesian firms in the Singapore International Foundation’s Work Asia scheme, and collaboration in vocational
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      When corporate bottom line is top priority
      782 12  -  By Sia Cheong Yew TWO recent developments in the Western corporate world have provided much food for thought on how some of its organisations see their social responsibility. One was a move by some well-known Western manufacturers and retailers to either get out
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      Children long on expectations and short on appreciation
      1108 13  -  By Tan Sai Siong AFTER reading what 200 teenagers told an informal poll by teachers to find out about family values and adolescents in Singapore, should parents take the young people’s responses to heart and let theirs grow heavier still with guilt
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      MT case: Why our leaders have to make a stand
      984 13  -  By Sumiko Tan WHEN a colleague heard that the Prime Minister. Senior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister were going to testify in the International Herald Tribune case, she groaned and said our leaders "shouldn't be doing this". I understood her.
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  • INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
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      The ties that do not bind
      2266 14 At the recent opening of the Chinese Heritage Centre, Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo reminded ethnic Chinese here and in the region that in celebrating their cultural connections, they must remember that their political loyalty goes to the countries they belong to.
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      The evolution of a policy on China
      467 14 FROM SUSPICION TO DIPLOMATIC TIES SINGAPORE’S policy on China was no abrupt, sudden shift. It evolved over the last 40 years in accordance with the changing circumstances both within China and the region, says Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. In the 1950
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      Is ranking of schools good or bad? It all depends...
      1158 15 The ranking of secondary schools came under scrutiny again following reports about principals who discouraged students from taking English Literature to boost their examination scores. Is the ranking system creating too much competition? Does it need to be fine-tuned? Ng
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      Checks are needed against overzealous investigators
      1029 15  -  THINKING ALOUD Leslie Fong THERE appears to be a growing sense of unease among some Singaporeans over what they see as inadequate checks and balances against overzealous interrogation methods or even abuses by the police and other official investigators. It was triggered, no doubt,
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  • MONEY
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      SES MAIN BOARD
      6995 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Data: June 23.1995 1995 Curr Last Vol Day Gr'a Net M CapWtAvg High Low Company Traded Sale +Of'000 High Low Div P/E Smil rrlCt 488 382 m t t Acma 50c 462 cd +2 97 462 458 22.5 9.7 636.9 457 450 450
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      Blue chip prices drift lower in thin trading
      387 17 IT WAS a quiet week for the krai stock market. Prices for most Singapore blue-chips in the banking, property and shipyard sectors drifted lower in thin volume. The strong rebound in the May non-oil domestic exports which registered 152 per cent growth
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      DAY-TO-DAY INDICES
      80 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits fines Industrials Mei lost 30.53 points on the week to 2102.78. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2128.10 (-5.21) 54.720m (*****93m) Tuesday 2116.54 (—11 56) *****m (*****91m) Wednesday 2120.54 (+4.00) 143.36m (8401.904m) Thursday 2102.40 (-18.14) *****m (5412.319m) Friday 2102 78 (+0.38) 95.416m (5373.311m) BT— MGA
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      Step up investments in Asia, PM Goh urges Europe
      549 18  -  By Chan Sue Meng PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Friday last week urged Europe to step up investments in Asia, adding that Singapore could serve as a bridge between the two continents. Without a strong presence in Asia, European companies
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      CORPORATE RESULTS, DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      2944 18 CORPORATE RESULTS Net T arn 1 l*S Date n 1.5 15 15 < ompanx ann (>m> (Snt) lets) Ids) \BK Hldgs Slav 22 T 2.007 1 40’ 4 6 3 2 •\cnia Jun T 65.446 41 518 4’ 8 31 i Alliance Tech lun 12 T
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      Technology plan to be updated in next 6 months
      374 18 Aim: To boost cooperation with MNCs THE Government will update its National Technology Plan over the next six months, in a move aimed at strengthening cooperation between multinational corporations (MNCs) and small local enterprises. The review will concentrate on finding ways
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      Lock icon S’pore to be top Myanmar investor
      108 19 Reuter. YANGON Singapore, currently the fourth largest foreign investor in Myanmar with $315 million invested in 25 projects, will soon take over the number one position, Myanmar’s Minister of National Planning and Economic Development told a press conference. “Things are changing every day, every
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      HONGKONG
      465 19 Friday June 23 HKS ASM Pacific 6.10 -0.150 Allied Ind Int i 0.41 0.02 Allied Oversea 0 66 4- 0.01 Asia Sec Int 2.67 unch Bank of EA 23.30 0.20 C.P. Pokphand 2.75 0.05 CDL Hofei 4 05 -0.25 Cafe De Coral 1.74 0.04 Cath Pac Air 11.05 4-
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      371 19 Manager’s prices for June 24 26 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1.57 —1 66*d The Savings fund 1.52-1.61 Spore Prog fund 0.62-0.66 Spore Sec fund 0.98-104 Spore Invest fund 1.07—1.13xd pore Equity fund 0.74—0.79 Credit Lyonnais Int’l Asset Mgt CL Asia-Pac Gr fund 2.555-2685" Cl Spore Gr fund
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      S’pore is now Indonesia’s third largest trading partner
      532 19  -  Republic moves up from fifth position with an sBb trade volume By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE has moved up to become Indonesia’s third largest trading partner from fifth place previously, with last year’s trade volume crossing the US$6-billion (SsB.4 billion) mark following a
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      Retail sales in April decline 10.6% to $1.65b
      399 19 RETAIL sales here in April declined by 10.6 per cent at current prices over the previous month to $1.65 billion. This was due mainly to Singaporeans spending less on furniture and household equipment. Excluding sales of motor vehicles, the April retail sales
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      CURRENCY
      145 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar» to one unit of foreign currency Buyint 00 Se*n{ US dollar 1.3889 1.4048 Sterling pound 2.2003 2.2533 Australian dollar 0.9884 1.0185 Canadian dollar 1.0029 1.0262 NZ dollar ***** 0.9490 EC unit 1.8645 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.8703 14.5038 Belgian
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      135 19 Contract data: 23/6/95 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 5'4 5 s 5'4 5 V,i 4’» 27/6/95 A$ 6 V« 6 J 4 6V« 6*4 6 s 5'4 27 6 95 NZ$ 8‘4 8 8 7 V. 7
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      More Japanese, US disk media makers to set up plants here
      457 20  -  By Tammy Tan UP TO 10 more foreign disk media companies are expected to announce investment plans here over the next six to nine months, said Economic Development Board chairman Philip Yeo. He disclosed this to reporters after the
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      CDL Hotels may list US and UK hotels on London bourse
      487 20 Group ‘eyeing five more hotels’ in UK and Europe CDL Hotels International may soon float its hotels on both sides of the Atlantic on the London Stock Exchange. The Straits Times understands that the Hongkong-listed hotel arm of local
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      Pine Grove maisonette is first HUDC flat sold above $800,000
      416 20  -  By Ann Williams THE first HUDC flat to go beyond the $BOO,OOO-mark has been sold at Pine Grove estate. The local buyer, a financial controller in a multinational corporation, exercised the option for the $805,000maisonette on Monday. A unit at
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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      Page 21 Advertisements Column 1
      792 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition •Si-yy. JiVi vil Allied Signal AEROSPACE A multinational US Aerospace Company invites candidates for the following posts: SENIOR HR OFFICER The Job: Manage human resources with emphasis on staffing, talent upgrade, career development and compensation Develop a plan to recruit and retain the best and
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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      Page 22 Advertisements Column 1
      887 22 A Champion Career OUR MISSION "To foster a fit and healthy nation based on the policy of promoting participation in sports from the recreational to the high performance levels so as to enhance the quality of life and contribute to nation-building." We invite you to join our management team in
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  • FORUM
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      Criminal justice system works
      851 23 It safeguards the rights of accused persons I REFER to the recent letters commenting on Singapore’s criminal justice system. In my earlier letter (ST, Weekly Edition, June 17), I had enumerated the various checks and balances on the taking of confession statements from accused persons and
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      Don’t reject other legal procedures as impractical
      287 23 Other countries have safeguards for treating accused I WRITE in response to Mr S.B. Balachandrer’s letter “Criminal justice system works” (above). He stated that “criminals can walk away scot-free because of technicalities and loopholes in the system". He then went on to refer
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      What schools can learn from Japanese invasion
      431 23 AUGUST 1995 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Japanese surrender and the end of the Pacific War. Although schools are preoccupied with school work, remedial classes, extracurricular activities and vacation programmes, school principals should devote some time during school hours or assembly
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    S’pore must respond quickly to changes in economy: BG Lee
    538 24  -  By Rav Dhaliwal SINGAPORE must be quick to respond when there are changes in the growth of the economy and this is a reason why civil servants will receive smaller pay rises this year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    Year’s best painting inspired by Indian temples
    377 24 THE winner of the 14th United Overseas Bank Painting of the Year competition is no newcomer to art. Or winning art competitions, for that matter. Ms Tan Chin Chin, 29, won the top prize of $12,000 cash for her mixed media piece titled
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    Four S’poreans die on Aussie roads
    427 24 FOUR young Singaporeans died and another was injured seriously in two separate accidents in Perth, Australia, this week. In both cases, the drivers lost control of their cars, which veered to the opposite side of the road and crashed. On Thursday, three Singaporeans died
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