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Title Section19 1996-08-31 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, AUGUST 31. 1996 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA(P) 156/08/9619 words
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Article529 1996-08-31 1 M. Nirmala - Three institutes to help in technology race By M. Nirmala MOKE than $l3O million will be used to start up three new research institutes at the National University of Singapore (NUS). These'institutes will do long-term research projects which will help Singapore take pole position in529 words
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Article, Illustration460 1996-08-31 1 Braema Mathi - Caring Teacher Awards By Braema Mathi IT WAS a Literature lesson with a difference for 15 Kangoon Second ary students they discussed their texts in the living room of their teacher’s five-room flat. This was because their teach er, Mrs Cheah Yip Lin,460 words
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485 1996-08-31 1 THREE under-21 youngsters earned monthly salaries of $6,000 or more as at Dec 31 last year, accord ing to the Central Provident Fund Board's <CPF) 1995 annual report And 11 CPF members between 21 and 25 years old had balances above $lOO,OOO485 words
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Advertisement11 1996-08-31 1 Planning a CAREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 *****1 *****611 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration511 1996-08-31 2 WILL Singapore last three gener ationsThis is the constant worry of Prime Minister (Joh Chok Tong, who quoted the Chinese saving,./» bu gun san dai. that wealth would not last three generations. Addressing his constituents in Mandarin ana English at the Marine Parade511 words
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Article93 1996-08-31 2 “I have told them, take leave in October. I promise I would not hold elections in October, so you can go on leave, but thereafter, I would have four windows left.” PM Goh on what he told sown journalists when they asked him when93 words
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Article, Illustration298 1996-08-31 2 GinnieTeo - BOTCHED BREAST ENLARGEMENT By GinnieTeo A BEAUTICIAN who was not licensed to carry out surgery botched up a Breast enlargement procedure and was fined the maximum $5OO on Tuesday. Mah Cheng Peng. 37. a Taiwanese national with Singapore permanent residence, was the sole proprietor of PPicture by TAN SUAN ANN.' - 298 words
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Article, Illustration528 1996-08-31 2 Tan Tarn How - By Tan Tarn How China Correspondent GULLIBLE mainland Chinese have been fleeced of tens of thousands of dollars by conmen who pass off disused Peruvian notes as Singapore currency. In the last two months, the ruse has taken in at least five victims528 words
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418 1996-08-31 2 Karamjit Kaur - By Karamjit Kaur THE parents of an 11-year-old boy have made a police report alleging that their son was punched in the shoulder and upper arm 15 times by his primary school teacher. The alleged incident happened last Tuesday. According to Nishant Hemanth Kumar,418 words
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530 1996-08-31 3 Work to keep independence instead, say Feedback Unit participants KNOUGH talk about re-merg-ing with Malaysia. Instead of looking back and thinking about rejoining Malaysia, Singaporeans should be proud of their country’s independence and work to keep it. This was the general view of participants at530 words
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Article, Illustration351 1996-08-31 3 Cultural Medallion awards A COMPOSER who started for mal music training late in his teens and a poet wno wrote poems on social issues received Singapore’s highest arts award, the Cultural Medallion, last night. Mr Phoon Yew Tien, 44, head of the music department at thePicture by LAU FOOK KONG. - 351 words
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463 1996-08-31 3 A FORMAL complaint lodged by Health Minister George Yeo against lour members of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) research team for contempt of Parliament has been referred to the Privileges Committee by the Speaker of Parliament. Addressing the House at the start of463 words
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374 1996-08-31 3 Less book-learning, more self-study ALL National University of Singapore (NUS) lecturers will trim their syllabus by 20 to 30 per cent so that they can focus on teaching the fundamentals and give students time to study on their own, said NUS374 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Article830 1996-08-31 4 Walter Fernandez - Perjury i| Prevarication Misconduct Giving false info By Walter Fernandez THE four Singapore Democratic Party members facing contempt of Parliament charges have been accused of penury, prevarication, misconduct and wilfully giving false information in a letter bf complaint to the Speaker of Parliament which was made830 words
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233 1996-08-31 4 AS MATTERS now stand, it is the husband's moral and legal duty to maintain his wife and not the other way around though things might change in the next century. This was Community Development Minister Abdullah Tarmugi's view on amending the law to233 words
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Article, Illustration691 1996-08-31 4 New Bill requires 80% to 100% to go into sinking funds A NEW Bill introduced in Parliament will require town councils to set aside between 80 per cent and 100 per cent of their surpluses into their sinking funds if a new691 words
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588 1996-08-31 4 More authority to make husbands pay up and help reconcile families PARLIAMENT on Tuesday passed the much-debated amendments to the Women’s Charter, which gives the courts more powers to enforce maintenance orders against husbands and to take steps to reconcile families. Taking588 words
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HOME
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668 1996-08-31 5 Lim Li Hsien - No malice in their prosecution for murder, Court of Appeal rules By Lim Li Hsien THREE labourers, who were jailed three years for a murder they did not commit, have lost their suit against the investigating officer and the Government for false arrest and668 words
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569 1996-08-31 5 think of a way.” — By Lim Li Hsien - Judge says she asked for remedies he could not grant -By think of a way.” By Lim Li Hsien. THE wife of former Minister of State Wee Toon Boon will have to give up her home of 30 years, after dropping her569 words
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Article, Illustration184 1996-08-31 5 FORMER Minister of State Wee Toon Boon, 67, signed an unlimited guarantee in 1993 to back the borrowings of Winds Cruises. He was then a director of this entertainment company. Listed in the Registry of Companies and Businesses to run cabarets, karaokeLianhe Zaobao picture. - 184 words
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517 1996-08-31 5 MEMBERS of the Young PAP (YP) must be in touch with the ground so that they can help the ruling party keep abreast of' the various changes that take place at the grassroots level. By doing so, they will not517 words
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Article, Illustration591 1996-08-31 6 TWO of Singapore's brightest youths this year have chosen police and military careers. Singapore Police Force scholar. Probationary Inspector Cheng Tai Heng. and Singapore Armed Forces scholar. Midshipman Kelvin Lim Wee Khoon, were also picked as this year's President's Scholars. Both are 19 and will591 words
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Article700 1996-08-31 6 Ravi Veloo - 20 schools taking part in programme of small acts of big-heartedness By Ravi Veloo TWENTY secondary schools have become founder-members of a Small Kindness Movement (SKM> here in a pilot project to encourage daily acts of kindness in Singapore. The effort involves the Information and the700 words
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259 1996-08-31 6 MERITOCRACY and multi-ra cialism are core values which un derlie Singapore's success, granting all Singaporeans equal opportunities while allowing minority races to preserve their own culture and religion. Reiterating this point on Sun day. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Lootig said that these val ues259 words
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Article, Illustration466 1996-08-31 7 Julie Kee - By Julie Kee LIKE many students planning to study overseas, Philip Ong Chong Hang, 18, first considered universities in Britain. It was not until early this year, when the Ihiblic Service Commission announced a new scholarship tied to a Foreign Service career, thatPicture bv STEPHANIE YEOW. - 466 words
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Article, Illustration442 1996-08-31 7 Lynn Seah - By Lynn Seah FIVE veteran writers were hon oured last Friday for their contri butions to the growth of Singapore literature. They received the first Montblanc-NU'S Centre for the Arts Literary Awards. One up-and-coming young writer was awarded a Young Writer's Fellowship, a grant442 words
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407 1996-08-31 8 M. Nirmala - Foreign academics praise it at end of review By M. Nirmala AN ADVISORY panel of academics from leading research institutes have said that the National University of Singapore's Engineering Faculty is on its way to achieving world-class standards. The five-men panel, from the407 words
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Article, Illustration327 1996-08-31 8 GinnieTeo - FANDI’S BRIDE-TO-BE: COME TO MY WEDDING By GinnieTeo KEEP Dec 8 free because everyone is invited to this year's wedding of the year, between soccer star Fandi Ahmad and South African model Wendy Jacobs. Last Saturday. Miss Jacobs, 21. sent out an open invitation to all327 words
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Advertisement195 1996-08-31 7 Home Delivery Weekly! The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITS PS Piau 3sBS&-Ssais£L m Kg?®» MS» fea*-* SK Si# ■s*l&Si&teg §}f jfilfii 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 you195 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1131 1996-08-31 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (31M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News/Tonight on RSI 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Frontiers 1130 News 1135 The Front Page 1138 Take Five 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (Asia-Pacific) 1205 E Z Beat 1220 Business Market Report 1230 News 12401,131 words
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SPORTS
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874 1996-08-31 9 THE S-League’s Pioneer Series has shown, just past the half-way stage, that the eight teams can be divided into three groups: the Contenders, the Dethroned and the Strugglers. Timesport’s Santokh Singh explains. S-League Pioneer Series half-time report THE CONTENDERS: Singapore Armed Forces874 words
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340 1996-08-31 9 TENNIS TWO world No. Is are the latest entries to next month’s Heineken Singapore tennis championships at tne Singapore Indoor Stadium. Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge, the leading men’s doubles pair on the professional circuit, nave both entered for the singles340 words
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Article, Illustration342 1996-08-31 9 Hakikat Rai - By Hakikat Rai THEY met at a training camp in Kienbaum, Germany, and partied during the last World Atnletics Championships in Gothenburg. But it was his cooking that cemented the love between German discus thrower Jana Lauren and Singapore’s South-east Asia Games championPicture by JERRY SEH. - 342 words
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MALAYSIA
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458 1996-08-31 10 Malaysia’s blackout Reuter. Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's national electricity company Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) will give its customers rebates of MsBo million (5544.8 million) to Msloo million in compensation for the Aug 3 blackout. the Business Times said last Saturday. TheReuter.; Bemama. - 458 words
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586 1996-08-31 10 AFP, Reuter. NST, Bemama. KUALA LUMPUR The New Economic Policy (NEP). which accords preferential treatment to ethnic Malays, is still needed to bridge economic gaps among races, but its implemen tation will be changed in keep ing with the times, saidAFP,; Reuter.; NST,; Bemama. - 586 words
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Article, Illustration217 1996-08-31 10 MALACCA I'm no Youth leader Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thambv Chik has dismissed allegations that he was Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's “blue-eyed boy" who could get awav with any misconduct including having sex with an underaged girl. Watan Ahad yesterday217 words
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596 1996-08-31 10 Singapore-Malaysia re-merger issue KUALA LUMPUR Former Ma laysian Foreign Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie has said that Malaysia and Singapore would never be merged even though they are dependent on each other. “The present generation of Singaporeans who have no understanding of596 words
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219 1996-08-31 10 Bemama. SHAH ALAM Selangor intends to close all illegal video-game outlets and karaoke lounges in the state from Sept 1. Licensed videogame arcades would also be closed on expiry of their licences while licensing conditions for karaoke lounges had been tightened.Bemama. - 219 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration439 1996-08-31 11 Paul Jacob - By Paul Jacob Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto told Indonesia’s intellectuals on Tuesday that they had a moral responsibility to contribute to the development process, especially in addressing major challenges like eradicating poverty and ensuring greater social equity. The government, on its part,439 words
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Article, Illustration150 1996-08-31 11 PHILIPPINE lawmakers have accused President Fidel Ramos of setting a bad example by giving more attention to Mexican singer-actress Thalia than to the centennial of the Philippine revolution. "We are becoming a nation of Mari Mar fans," Representative Edcel Lagman wasPhilippine Daily Inquirer picture. - 150 words
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312 1996-08-31 11 Nirmal Ghosh - True AsiaPacific community possible: Ramos By Nirmal Ghosh Philippines Correspondent MANILA A true Asia-Pacific "community” would only be pos sible if the role of governments was complemented by the pri vate sector. President'Fidel Ra mos said on Wednesday. Opening a three-day conference on "Deepening Asia-Pacif-ic Co-operation” the President said that312 words
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Article555 1996-08-31 11 Lee Siew Hua - Good food, good salary and good life are just some of the attractions By Lee Siew Hua Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK Thailand still regards Israel as a favoured destination for its large overseas workforce, despite the recent upset caused by the killing o( a555 words
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COMMENT/Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article645 1996-08-31 12 AUGUST 30, 1996 IT is natural to be concerned over two cases, brought to light bv this newspaper, of primaryschool students Doing beaten by their teachers. In one case, an 11-vear-old boy. who was kept in hospital overnight, said that he had been punished because645 words
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Article679 1996-08-31 12 AUGUST 28 1 996 MALAYSIAN reaction to the notion of Singapore and Malaysia being one country again has been a revelation, though not a surprise, for its having defined certain attitudes derived from ideas about race and political choices. This should give the Singaporean leadership679 words
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Article683 1996-08-31 12 AUGUST 27 1996 EACH generation tries to re-in-vent its country- in its own image. That is legitimate, but it is equally natural for older generations to wonder how the young will do this and worry that they might get it wrong. So it is in Singapore, where683 words
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Article, Illustration718 1996-08-31 12 Yeong Ah Seng - By Yeong Ah Seng THE subject of this column is prompted by a number of letters to the Forum page earlier this month. The letter writers wrote about their experience with misdiagnoses by general practitio ners who failed to detect early signs of cancer inLUDWIG lUO - 718 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1215 1996-08-31 13 TAN SAI SIONG - By the way With TAN SAI SIONG Reader william Lau Ghee Kai said in a letter (ST Weekly Edition, Aug 24) that Singaporeans settling in another country had nothing to do with patriotism but everything to do with wanting theLUO WIG mo - 1,215 words
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Article, Illustration1080 1996-08-31 13 CHUA MUI HOONG - Can lah leave it to us, the post-65ers My View CHUA MUI HOONG A CIVIL SERVANT friend and I were commiserating with each other the other day on the trau ma of growing older and gaining seniority in our jobs. Both of us have been in the same job since1,080 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, Illustration1869 1996-08-31 14 What does the proposed system of mayors, Community Development Councils and the division of the island into 10-15 communities mean to the ordinary Singaporean? How will it affect the political process? And will it really lead to community bonding? ChuaIjOWIu iUO - 1,869 words
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Article, Illustration1120 1996-08-31 15 In his National Day Rally speech, the Prime Minister threw this gauntlet down to the post-independence generation: do not be too preoccupied with cars, holidays and promotions, join me in nation-building. Lawyer Harpreet Singh Nehal, 30, gives his response1,120 words
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Article, Illustration1320 1996-08-31 15 Han Fook Hwang - Thinking Aloud Han Fook Hwang IT IS not easy to rouse a peo pie and to get them excited about an idea, but the Prime Minister gave it a good shot last Sunday. That he did not set the country on fire was1,320 words
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MONEY
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373 1996-08-31 16 Singapore sharemarket review SPECULATIVE interest in perceived takeover counters dominated generally lacklustre trade during the week as institutional investors remained sidelined. These included Metro Holdings, Jurong Shipyard Ltd (JSL). Parkway Holdings. ANA Hotels. Chuan Hup Holdings and PCI. However, most affected counters retreated after prompt373 words
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Article1731 1996-08-31 16 Company Oat# ann Net earn TY LY ($m> <$m> EPS TY LY (cts) lets) AMDS* Jun 25 P ***** 17.142 5.7 2.9 ABN Amro Jun 28 I 1696 1.244 492 367 ABR Hldqs Jun 6 F 0.697 2.007 Y.6 4.6 AV jenmnqs Jul IB F 12.762 5.163 12.31,731 words
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Article283 1996-08-31 16 Company Place Date Time Comfort A Sapphire Room Auq 27 3 00pm Croup Orchid Country CluO E t Orchid Club Road (*****2) Oriental E Sri intan, 2nd Fir Aug 28 12.30pm Hldgs The City Bayview Hotel 2SA Farquher Street ***** Penenq Lianq E The Wuthelam Club Auq 30283 words
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Article87 1996-08-31 16 Comoanv Amcol One-for-two S2.0S Econ Inti Ona-for-two 9 $1.22 Mulpha One-for-four 9 M$t60 OUT One-for-one 9 $2.00 OUT Foreign One-for-one 9 $2.07 PSC Ona-for-two 9 $0.70 Company Bonus Issue MAA Ona-for-five OUT One-for-flve Oriental H T*o-for*fiv# PSC Ona-for-flva Seksun P Ona-for-two Tnakral Ona-for-tan Company City Day Proposed Issue87 words
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Article90 1996-08-31 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index fell 27.98 points on the week to 2153.54. DAY Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday CLOSE 2160 03( 21 49) 2171.45 (•►11 42) 2159.88 (-11 57) 2162.65 2.77) 2153 54 9 11) TURNOVER 57 413m ($160.257m) 73.554m ($275 909m) 7690 words
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Article794 1996-08-31 16 Payment (H) Ck date Books dost *»v date ABN AmroSflflO) 1 36a Auq 16 Sep 25 Al«« Hldqs b 6 Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 18 Asia Pac Lfl b 2 Sep 16 Sep 20 Oct 18 Avimo Grp 20< l 6.3TE Aug 16 Auq 22 Sep 16794 words
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Article73 1996-08-31 16 RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio data cloaa Paymt Orchard P One-tor-one Sl.80 Sap 2 Sap 6 NYA OTHERS ExBooks ACC i Company Ratio 6m tt closo Paymt Pan Ronouncaahi* Pral Offar Jul 31 Aug 6 NYA Unitod of 1 wrt for ovary 5 ousting shares hold at73 words
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425 1996-08-31 17 Embassy: They are transparent and not oppressive SINGAPORE has one of the world’s most open investment regimes, says a report by the United States Embassy. The Singapore Investment Climate Report. August 1996, released on Wednesday, noted that the Republic's investment policies were “transparent and the425 words
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334 1996-08-31 17 A RECORD $l7 billion worth of construction contracts will be awarded this year, according to the latest forecast by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). The projection, made last month, is up 18.9 per cent from an earlier forecast in January of334 words
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709 1996-08-31 17 Colin Tan - Anti-speculation curbs make impact By Colin Tan TWO-THIRDS of properties sold to non-Singaporeans in the first seven months were snapped up bv Indonesians. Malaysians, llongkongers and the Taiwanese. According to data from the Singapore Institute of Surveyors ana valuers (SISV). foreigners bought 806 property709 words
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Article141 1996-08-31 17 COUNTER RATES Sinaapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling 1 3974 1.4134 Sterling pound Australian dollar 2.1575 1.0936 2.2107 1.1279 1.0384 0.9870 1.8076 Canadian dollar NZ dollar 1.0152 ***** Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency 13.1905 4.5264 *****5 13.7897 4.6977 24.8806 Austrian schilling141 words
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Article112 1996-08-31 17 Contract date: August 30 1996 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 4\ 4'. 5 5 5 4:. 3/9/96 A$ 6'. 6'. 6 6 6 5-4 3/9/96 NZS 9'9 8 8 8 8 3/9/96 STG 5 5 4 4112 words
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Article533 1996-08-31 17 August 30 1996 HK* ASM Pacific 5 15 •0100 Allied Ind Ini 1 041 0 02 Allied Oversea 0 63 •0 01 Asia Sec Ini 1 31 •002 Bank of EA 28 05 •0 10 C P Pokphand 2 62 -0 10 CDL Hotel 4 08 •0 02 Cate533 words
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Article623 1996-08-31 17 Singapore Unit Trust TheComme'ce 1.64-1743 T ne Savings fjnc 1.60-1 70« S »0'e P'3g Fj"C 0.69-0 739 S'DO'f Sec Fund 097-1 C3«d« Spc-e invest Fjnd 1 07-1 144 Soc’e Eoudy Fund C 79—0 844 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt CL As <t B ec G' Fjip 0 856-0623 words
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Article8369 1996-08-31 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: August *****6 1995 96 Curr Last vol Day Grs Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High Low Div PE Smil Price ASE NTJ10 200 US 214 165 Acer 50c US 180 unch 155 180 180 5 ON8,369 words
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Article, Illustration815 1996-08-31 20 Colin Tan - By Colin Tan NEARLY one Quarter of 2,966 HDB dwellers bought private properties in districts 21 and 23 in the first seven months of this year, according to data from the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV). Unlike their wealthier foreignSOURCE' SISV REAlmk DATABASE; AOU SAMAH - 815 words
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453 1996-08-31 20 Lee San Chouy - By Lee San Chouy Taiwan Correspondent TAIPEI Singapore will become the world's wealthiest nation by the year 2020 with a per capita GNP (gross national product) of U *****,729. according to a statement from Taiwan’s Council for Economic Planning and453 words
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447 1996-08-31 20 CONSUMER confidence in Singa pore reached an all time high for the first half of the year, according to Master Card International's lat est bi-annual Masterlndex survey of consumer confidence in the Asia Pacific region conducted in June. The Singapore Masterlndex score447 words
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FORUM
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389 1996-08-31 23 ON RE-MERGER WITH MALAYSIA I AM very disturbed by talk of a possible re-merg-er with Malaysia. Singapore is my country and I have no wish to be Malaysian or anv other nationality. People who contemplate rejoining Malaysia if389 words
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Article, Illustration662 1996-08-31 23 I REFER to the recent views that have been raised on the issue of Singapore re-merging with Malaysia. I strongly agree with Mr Tan Keng Soon !abovel that it is highly distressing that our leaders have allowed the662 words
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285 1996-08-31 23 Community Development Councils THE Prime Minister in his National Day Rallv Speech announced that hie would be setting up Community Development Councils (CDCs). Each would be headed by an elected Member of Parliament who would also be the mayor. Some politicians have285 words
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760 1996-08-31 23 IN LATE June, I was entertaining a China guest at a karaoke lounge along with a lawyer and a Singaporean businessman. Certain acquaintances came to say hello to me and my guests in our private room. Unknown to us. one of those760 words
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Advertisement123 1996-08-31 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, such123 words
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811 1996-08-31 24 Chua Lee Hoong - They are not short-term electoral ploy By Chua Lee Hoong THE setting up of Community Development Councils (CDC) is a long-term investment to ensure social cohesion for the future, and not a short-term electoral ploy. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said on811 words
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Article, Illustration109 1996-08-31 24 UP AND UP: Kite-flying was all in a day’s work for Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Sunday, when he joined 32,000 people at the Family Fitness Festival at Marina South. Singaporeans of all ages gathered for a morning of fun that marked the launch ofPicture by LAU FOOK KONG. - 109 words