The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 30 December 1995

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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 539 2  -  New HDB town of 46,000 flats ready by end of 1997 The board’s architects and planners have designed Singapore’s newest HDB town with a tropical feel. By Tan Hsueh Yun SHADY green walkways and Housing Board flats inspired by stately old colonial
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    • 225 2 SINGAPORE’S inflation rate has dropped to below 1 per cent. New figures released by the Department of Statistics over last weekend show that consumer prices were up last month by just 0.9 per cent compared to November 1994. The Consumer Price Index for November rose
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    • 452 2 Rumpus over grassroots leader’s behaviour at free textbooks distribution GRASSROOTS leader Lawrence Chong, who came under fire after he made a scene at an event to distribute free textbooks, has resigned his Eost as chairman of Kaki Buit Zone D Residents’ Committee. Eunos GRC MP
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    • 402 3  -  By Leong Ching Ching A NEW programme at the National University of Singapore (NUS) will prepare science graduates to help ease the shortage of electronic engineers here. The Economic Development Board is behind the sixmonth conversion programme to train science graduates for
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    • 423 3  -  Former gifted student went for high living By Sharon Vasoo A 23-YEAR-OLD man went on a monthlong $42,000 spending spree with a stolen credit card “to keep up with fashion”. John Lee Chee Khiang got his chance in September, when he
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    • 241 3 MORE than 40 shutterbugs snapped away frantically amid a hail of bullets, acrid smoke and the smell of gunpowder. They were there to watch officer cadets going through Fibua (Fighting in Built Up Area) and Fofo (Fighting on Fortified Objective) training. The cadets are trained
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    • 306 3 MS HO CHING, the former managing director of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (ST), is resuming her position on Jan 1, just over a month after she resigned unexpectedly from the post. ST, the operational headquarters of the Singapore Technologies Group, said
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  • HOME
    • 476 4  -  By Felix Soh THE possibility of new forms of military cooperation between the US and Singapore was discussed at the first SAF-US Pacific Command annual staff talks held ly-Brigadier-General Thomas Fleming, the American cochairman of the inaugural talks held at Pacific
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    • 240 4 THE younger son of President Ong Teng Cheong and the First Lady, Mr Ong Tze Boon, 27, got married on Christmas Day. The bride was Miss Wang Yi Yi, 26, a corporate planner with the Caltex group of companies in Singapore. The couple
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    • 392 4  -  By Annabelle Lim THOSE who seek him will find Confucius at practically all MRT stations in weeks to come. Not that the famous Chinese philosopher is being reincarnated. Rather, he will live on in print, as commuters digest and ponder over five of his sayings
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    • 585 5  -  Door wedged to prevent it from slamming Baby who died after being scalded by porridge By Julie Kee THE six-month-old baby girl, who died last Saturday after being scalded by porridge, had pulled at the dangling wire of an electric steam cooker
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    • 187 5 PARENTS of very young children should make sure that their home is child-safe. An administrative officer from the National Safety Council of Singapore, Mr Seet Wee Swee, offered some tips on how to do this: Very young children should be supervised closely at all times.
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    • 384 5 SAINT Joseph’s Institution (SJI) has donated two portraits of two of its distinguished pioneers to the Singapore Art Museum. The gifts were to commemorate a visit to the old SJI building at Bras Basah Road, now home to the museum, by
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    • 397 5  -  By Sharon Vasoo THREE men who ran a syndicate to help NSmen pass their physical fitness tests were sent to jail on Wednesday. District Judge F. G. Remedies heard how Ho Seng Chew, 26, was a regular serviceman with the Singapore
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    • 359 6 THERE were more people than birds to be seen at the Jurong Bird Park on Christmas Day when a record number of 80,000 visitors turned up. They were there to take advantage of the offer of free admission to celebrate
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    • 335 6 IN THE COURTS n A YOUTH held a grudge against his friend’s father for putting a stop to their friendship and so he instigated two others to help him damage the father's van. Full-time national serviceman Mohamad Norrahhi Norman, 20,
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    • 569 6  -  By Dominic Nathan SINGAPORE will stop importing ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) from Jan 1, a move which brings to an end a decade-long international move to phase out use of one of the most versatile groups of chemicals ever invented. The chemicals,
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    • 122 6 A WOMAN borrowed her friend’s gold bracelet and then pawned it, using the money for drinks and entertainment. Noraini Samuri, 26, a machine operator, was sentenced to six months’ jail on Tuesday for cheating Ms Surinah Eddy Maelo. On Aug 4,1993, Noraini borrowed
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    • 520 7  -  But skills of other parents have yet to be tapped for the good of students By Braema Mathi PARENTS not only organise seminars for students at Queensway Secondary, a neighbourhood school, but also offer them counselling services. Its principal, Mr Wong Lok
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    • 290 7  -  Trio drifted there after dinghy’s engine failed By Jason Tan THREE spectators at the Bth Asian Sailing Championships reported lost on Tuesday ended up safe and sound in Batam on Wednesday morning. Mr Jason Lim, the event’s organising secretary, said Mr Koh Aik Beng,
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    • 381 8  -  By Chang Ai-Lien A MORNING jog ended in a triple tragedy when a woman and her two dogs died instantly after being hit by a Malaysiabound train, near Commonwealth Drive on Friday last week. Eyewitnesses said the jogger was
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    • 324 8 TENNIS comes easily to athletic Jack Lai, 38, even though he is wheelchair-bound. And his ready partner in the game is his wife Tricia, 40. who also plays in a wheelchair. He says it is easy compared to the 48 km route he covers when
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 189 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
    • 1245 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 1220
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  • SPORTS
    • 778 9 Some tough seas ahead for Tan as he prepares for the Olympic Games WAS Ben Tan, Singapore’s sole Asian Games gold medallist last year, in danger of losing his Sea Games gold? Tan tells Timesport’s GERARD WONG what happened off the waters of Rayong in southern
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    • 323 9  -  GOLF By S. Murali SINGAPORE’S top professional Samson Gimson passed through the Japanese Qualifying School to retain his card for an additional year. He shot rounds of 70, 70, 70 and 71 to finish joint-10th in the qualifier held two weeks ago
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    • 384 9  -  SOCCER By Santokh Singh WITH the South-east Asia Games over, the chase for Singapore’s hottest soccer property resumes. Fandi Ahmad is now being sought by four teams, Tampines Rovers being the latest to join in the fray. Besides Tampines, a Brunei businessman, Geylang
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 330 10 JOHOR BARU Development is fast catching up in Gelang Patah, as this peaceful and laidback kampung is being transformed into a new township. The village is poised to become Johor’s industrial-cum-commercial-hub and is also likely to replace Johor Baru
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    • 494 10 SUNGAI GOLOK Malaysia needs a growth rate of at least 7 per cent a year to become a fully developed nation by the year 2020, Tun Daim Zainuddin has said. The Star last Saturday quoted the economic adviser to the government as
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    • 202 10 KUALA LUMPUR Princess Rattana Devi Norodom stood out in her own way during the graduation of 33 stewardesses from Malaysia Airlines and Royal Air Cambodge (RAC) here last Saturday. Dressed in a simple green blouse and a black skirt, anddespite her small frame, she was
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    • 374 10 17% increase faces probe, says report KUALA LUMPUR Room rates at all leading hotels have either gone up or will be raised from Jan 1 by as much as 17 per cent a move seen as a setback for Malaysia's tourism industry.
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    • 222 10 SHAH ALAM The Selangor Religious Council (Mais) has clarified that last week’s religious ruling on smoking being forbidden in Islam is still not conclusive. Berita Harian Malaysia quoted the deputy chairman of the council, Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad, as saying
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 368 11 It will determine pattern of continued development PRESIDENT Suharto, saying that preparations for the 1997 general election had begun, stressed on Thursday that the polls for the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) would determine the pattern of Indonesia’s continued development. “Through the general election,
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    • 465 11  -  Death of Filipino maid in Singapore By Leticia Perez in Manila THE Philippines’ National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Tuesday closed the case of Filipino maid Angelina Palaming after its autopsy findings showed that they were compatible with those of a Singapore police report.
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    • 441 11 ‘Not true’ that she got 10% for every project AFP. JAKARTA President Suharto on Friday last week made an unprecedented defence of his wife against rumours that she took commissions for large development projects, the official Antara news agency reported. Speaking
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    • 416 11  -  By Sinfah Tunsarawuth in Bangkok THE chief of a Thai securities regulatory body was sacked from his post on Tuesday and also lost his other job at the country’s central bank amid allegations that he had violated banking laws. Mr Ekamol Khiriwat told
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    • 166 11 JAKARTA President Suharto has urged Indonesians to help the country’s women play a greater role in development, according to a report here. Conditions conducive to the establishment of an equal partnership between men and women already existed, he said. “The task remaining is
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    • 195 11 AFP PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos on Wednesday replaced Labour Secretary Jose Brillantes and named him ambassador to Malaysia. Mr Brillantes replaces Mr Alberto Encomienda, who moves to Singapore. Mr Leonardo Quisumbing vacates his post as senior deputy executive secretary to become the new head of the Labour Department, his appointment
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  • COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 600 12 DEC 29. 1995 WHEN the Government announced its intention a few years ago to turn Singapore into a media and information hub for the region, the incredulity from some quarters was palpable. Even compared with neighbours that were less advanced economically, Singapore seemed to some
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    • 684 12 DEC 28. 1995 SO, AT long last, work has begun on Pontiac Land's plan to build a sophisticated medical centre. Some will doubtless say that the proposed 18-storey facility. which is aimed at the top end of the market, will be another feather in Singapore’s
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    • 637 12 DEC 25. 1995 CAMBODIAN Prince Norodom Sirivudh’s dramatic decision to go into exile instead of facing trial over an alleged plan to kill co-Prime Minister Hun Sen. suggests a degree of political uncertainty in Cambodia. Instrumental in his decision was King Norodom Sihanouk, whose concern for
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    • 832 12  -  By Sia Cheong Yew LAST week Singapore welcomed its seven millionth visitor, a significant occasion for the tourism industry as it was the first time that the target was achieved within a year. As expected, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board made it a big
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
    • 1049 13  -  By Tan Sai Siong IT FOUND space in this newspaper as only a small item. The brief item read: “About 350 elderly people from 18 homes tucked into an eight-course Chinese meal, including boneless chicken and fish. “The outing
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    • 951 13  -  By Zuraidah Ibrahim FOR Singapore politics. 1995 has been a year notable for the frequency with which leaders reminded the people about the country’s physical limitations and the dark clouds that hang over its ideological landscape. From the Prime Minister to
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  • INSIGHT
    • 1820 14 The Feedback Unit intends to use new ways to find out how Singaporeans feel about Government policies. Chiang Yin Pheng reviews the work done by the Unit, which turns 10 next April. IN THE conference rooms of community centres across the
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    • 986 15 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong recently pointed out instances of bad social behaviour in newly-upgraded precincts, and said the programme to upgrade old flats would succeed only if Singaporeans upgraded their behaviour too. Pang Gek Choo speaks to Singapore Courtesy Council chairman
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    • 1116 15  -  THINKING ALOUD Chua Huck Cheng MOST readers who saw our front page report on Thursday last week headlined “Ramos forms team to probe death of maid in S’pore” would have groaned. “Not again no.” That would be the reaction of the rational.
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  • MONEY
    • 7375 16 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: Dec 29.1995 1995 Curr Last Vol Day Or'a Net M Cap Wt A vg High Low Company Traded Sale +or'000 High Low Div S P/E tmil Price 210 176 Acer 50c US 191 unch 87 191 189 13.0 316 2 490 318
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    • 338 17 THE expected profit-taking took its toll on Singapore shares this week after the previous week’s spectacular gains to a new year’s high. Except for the last day of the trading year when there was window dressing, brokers said the market was quiet. It
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    • 78 17 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 20.88 points on the week to 2266.54. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Closed Tuesday 2276.86 (-10.56) 100.040 (S202.416m) Wednesday 2271.35 (-5.51) 123.795 ($258.481m) Thursday 2254.19 (-17.16) 125.040 ($247 031m) Friday 2266 54 12.35) 124.818 ($266 388m) BT— MGA Index
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    • 222 18 SINGAPORE’S direct investment in the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) nations last year totalled U 554.43 billion (556.2 billion), making the Republic the fifth largest investor within the economic grouping, according to a report by the Japan External Trade Organisation. In
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    • 472 18 Communications and IT expecting big growth SINGAPORE’S communications and information technology industry will see “at least’’ double-digit growth in business spending next year after a 77 per cent rise to $264.9 million this year, the Economic Development Board said on Wednesday. This year’s
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    • 1105 18 Company DsU son Nat aarn TY LV (Sm) <$m> EM TV UV (cts) (eta) AiSB* Oct 30 8.737 2.175L 8.5 Ain Hidgs Dac 14 1 1159 1.896 3.9 95 Allionc* Tach Sap 27 1.589L 0.002 Amstaal* Sap 26 P 125.742 123.204 10.2 11.5 Amtak Eng Oct 25 f
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    • 236 18 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Ea- Books Act 6 data closa Raymt L Mom** Ono-for-ono AS0.40 Doe 7 Doc 13 NVA OTHERS El- Books Acc 6 Company Ratio data ele so Paymt Borjoy* Non-ronouncoablo ottor Sop 15 Sop 29 NVA irxi for salt of 1 mtlplus maro of MSl.OO
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    • 105 18 Company •«nut ItMM Magnum Carp Ono-for-two Company OtlMrt Bprjpyp Loisuro Rtgfttt (stu« of < min of M$226m and up to m«t of M$303m nominal «mount of 5-y«*r 8.0% ICULS •98/2000 PtKXJH of tho nominol «mount on tho bo tit of M$1.00 nomtnti «mount of ICULS for ovary 2
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    • 503 18  -  By Tammy Tan SINGNET has fired another salvo in the Internet price war by lowering its access rates across the board, resulting in even lower charges compared to Pacific Internet’s recently reduced ones. Beginning Jan 1, Sing Net’s di-al-up or low volume users will pay
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    • 191 19 SINGAPORE Airlines is still flying high in the estimation of Asian professionals but it is Shangri-La Hotel that has improved its image most, according to an annual survey by the Far Eastern Economic Review. The poll of more than 4,000 professionals in
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    • 439 19 Friday Oac 29 HK$ 4/ASM Pacific 6.70 0.050 Allied Ind lot i 0.33 0.01 Allied Oversea 0 50 unch Asia Sec Int 2.70 0.20 Bank of EA 27.75 4 0.10 C.P. Pokphand 3.10 unch CDL Hotel 3.90 0.17 Cafe Oe Coral 1.76 unch Cath Pac Air 11.80 4 0.05
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    • 446 19 Managers’ prices, Dec 30 Jan 2 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 161-170 The Savings fund 1.59-1.68 S pore Prog Fund 061-0.65 S'pore Sec Fund 095-1.01 S pore Invest Fund 1.13—1.20 S'pore Equity Fund 0 75—0.80*d Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt CL AsiaPac Gr Fund 2.520-2650** CL S'pore Gr
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    • 480 19  -  They enter venture with four Chinese partners By Tammy Tan SINGAPORE Telecom and Singapore Technologies, together with their four Chinese partners, will fork out initially about US$2O million (Ss2B million) each in a planned US$5OO-$BOO million regional satellite-based
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    • 349 19 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) on Friday last week said that it had “no intention of pressing companies to review their foreign shareholding limits”. It was responding to a Business Times (BT) report on Friday last week which said
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    • 145 19 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency Buying 00 S«Mn| US dollar 1.4023 1.4194 Sterling pound 2.1513 2.2058 Australian dollar 1.0319 1.0652 Canadian dollar 1.0221 1.0464 NZ dollar 0.9030 0.9347 EC unit 1.8221 Singapore dollar* to 100 of foreign currency units Austrian schilling 13.6033 14.2327 Belgian
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    • 133 19 Contract data: Dac 29, 1995 CURRENCY 1 MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 5 5 5 4V« 4 Vi 4 Vi 3/1/96 AJ 6*11 6 Vi 6 Vi 6»i 6 Vi 5*i 3/1/96 NZJ 7vi 7V« 7V 4 7% 7
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    • 636 20  -  By Narendra Aggarwal THE Stock Exchange of Singapore on Thursday barred Mr David Lum, managing director of Lum Chang Holdings and LC Development, and Mr Raymond Lum, executive chairman of Lum Chang from holding directorships in listed companies, other than the
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    • 520 20  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala TRANSMARCO chairman Sukamto Sia was ticked off by the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) on Wednesday for failing to disclose that he was the subject of a pending lawsuit in Hawaii at the time of
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    • 289 20 PARKWAY Holdings subsidiary, Gleneagles International, is entering the health care business in India through a joint-venture hospital project in Calcutta. Gleneagles, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Gleneagles Development, reached an agreement on Friday last week with Duncan Industries Ltd, an Indian listed firm.
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    • 520 20 PROPERTY investment sales have hit a record $7.6 billion (or this year, breaching last year’s all-time high of $7.4 billion, with a decline in the residential sector offset by a jump in commercial and industrial properties. Investment sales of property refer to purchases of
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  • FORUM
    • 793 23 ‘Every normal healthy new mother can succeed and must be given the informed choice to breastfeed her newborn immediately after birth. Medical advice put forth then by the medical staff that baby should be on bottle should then become a secondary choice.. WE WERE excited
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    • 201 23  -  CHAN KWEE SUNG A WASTEFUL and destructive custom of celebrating Christmas had descended on local households as reported in “A live pine tree for my living room” (Sunday Times, Dec 24). Thousands of pine trees are being cut down before they reach prime growth
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    • 380 23 Wages determined by overseas buyers and retail markets While politicians and human rights activists worldwide continue their interminable and seemingly inconclusive debates on who should rightfully run Myanmar, can the country’s population be expected to wait helplessly without gainful employment? I REFER to Mr
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 124 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, such
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  • 610 24  -  By Chiang Yin Pheng THOSE with views on national policies can leave their comments on new feedback forms available at community centres. The Feedback Unit has also printed a brochure detailing its work, which will be distributed through the CCs and Residents’ Committees
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  • 164 24 LIKE any Singaporean, Inuka the polar bear loves eating and it shows. The first polar bear to be born in the tropics, he is almost twice his mother’s size, although he had just turned five on Tuesday at the Singapore Zoo. Only 700 g at birth,
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  • 512 24  -  By Douglas Wong THE liquidators of Baring Futures (Singapore) have obtained a court order to examine the affairs of the company’s six former directors in a development which turns up the heat on senior management in the Barings collapse. Law firm Rajah Tann
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