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Title Section20 1996-09-21 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 21 1996 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 156/08/9620 words
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474 1996-09-21 1 Yeow Pei Lin - Strong, active RC will give a precinct an edge By Yeow Pei Lin IF YOU want to get your Housing Board block upgraded, fly the flag, join the residents’ committee and help improve the community life in your neigh bourhood. Better still, get your474 words
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205 1996-09-21 1 MORE than 5,300 flats in five HDB precincts in Bukit Ho Swee, Bedok, Queenstown, Jalan Eunos, Tanjong Rhu/Mountbatten will be the next to be upgraded. These flats will have utility rooms, balconies or bedroom extensions added if at least 75 per cent of205 words
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Article, Illustration307 1996-09-21 1 Passengers can surf the Net while they wait WITH 18 hours to kill between flights at Changi Airport on Monday, Japanese college student Lisa Inagaki, 19, relieved her boredom by sending electronic mail to a friend in Switzerland. She is one of the 100 airline transit307 words
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Advertisement7 1996-09-21 1 Faster promotions for govt doctors: Page 247 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration343 1996-09-21 2 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong met polytechnic students last Friday and urged them to think carefully about the Singapore they want. He left them with much to think about when he sketched two scenarios of how this country might turn out in343 words
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247 1996-09-21 2 THE Straits Times Interactive. which is now drawing over 3.5 million hits a month, has established a “mirror site" in the United States to make it easier for Americans and other people to access its pages. This alternate site is in247 words
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192 1996-09-21 2 THE director of Grasse Beaute de Paris Pte Ltd was fined $lO,OOO for having poisons and laser equipment in his beauty salon. Neo Thiam Hock. 29, did not have a licence to have such equipment. Deputy Public Prosecutor Ong Chin Rhu told a district192 words
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Article, Illustration529 1996-09-21 2 GinnieTeo - Beautician fined $1,500 for performing operations without licence By GinnieTeo NEWSVENDOR Tan Kwee Peng hated the bags under his eyes, which were due to his late nights overseeing the distribution of newspapers. So when he saw Meililan Hairdressing and Beauty School’s advertisement on lower eyelidPicture by TAN SUAN ANN. - 529 words
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495 1996-09-21 3 Dominic Nathan - But low smoking* world rating remains By Dominic Nathan SMOKING is on the rise here again. Cigarette sales went up last year after falling for two years. Ad sales are likely to be even higher this year. People here smoked an estimated 3.06495 words
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Article105 1996-09-21 3 FEBRUARY was the month that recorded the highest cigarette sales in the first half of this year. Over $2OO million was spent on about 814 million cigarettes that month alone. This was more than the total for the other five months in the first half of105 words
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Article, Illustration470 1996-09-21 3 Ginnie Teo - He had been sent to three different hospitals By Ginnie Teo A YEAR-OLD toddler who fell at his babysitter’s home died two days later, after having been sent to three hospitals. Coroner Tan Jen Tse ruled on Monday that his death was a470 words
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Article, Illustration177 1996-09-21 3 TIGER CUP BRIBERY CASE TWO Malaysians and a Singaporean were charged in a district court yesterday with corruption in the Tiger Cup football tournament. Kandasamy Karuppen, a 45-year-old businessman, 54-year-old retiree Yam Phung Fei, both Malaysians, and personnel manager Chong Thin Hoong, 32, are accused of177 words
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480 1996-09-21 3 Ginnie Teo - By Ginnie Teo A SINGAPORE Polytechnic stu dent was sentenced to five years and four months’ jail, and ordered to be given 24 strokes of the cane for armed robbery and molesting women in lilts. District Judge Khoo Oon Soo heard a list of offences480 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration761 1996-09-21 4 M. Nirmala; Walter Fernandez; and Raoul Le Blond - He wants people to start thinking about the choices First Polytechnic Forum Reports by M. Nirmala, Walter Fernandez and Raoul Le Blond PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong is not going to worry alone, when he ponders about the kind of place Singapore might be in theJIMBO AIBANO - 761 words
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Article195 1996-09-21 4 I need the help of all Singaporeans to secure a brighter future for all of us. This is not just a job for myself or for my team in Parliament. A united Singapore, working together, is a strong Singapore. We must build up the links and bonds195 words
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303 1996-09-21 4 North-east line THE thousands of people who will benefit when the Northeast line of the MRT system is built must not forget the hun dreds who are giving up their homes to make way for it. Mr Goh Chok Tong said303 words
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271 1996-09-21 4 Health care SINGAPORE'S excellent and affordable health-care service means that people will live longer, well after retirement. But it also means that a growing band of old people will make huge demands for medical services, Mr Goh Chok Tong said last271 words
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435 1996-09-21 5 Sim Wai Chew - By Sim Wai Chew SINGAPORE will continue to expand its port infrastructure to maintain its position as the region’s premier hub port, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said on Tuesday. However, there will be room for other major ports to develop435 words
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Article, Illustration447 1996-09-21 5 Tribunal on why it rejected application PARENTS who abandon, neglect or abuse their children must not expect their children to support them when they grow old. The Tribunal for the Maintenance of Parents delivered this clear message when it dismissed an application from an 80-year-old447 words
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Article, Illustration493 1996-09-21 5 Ahmad Osman - By Ahmad Osman EXEMPLARY mum Rahmah Abdullah did not go to school. But she knows the value of a good education. Three of her six children are graduates and one is an undergraduate, and this despite the fact493 words
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Article, Illustration377 1996-09-21 5 Yeow Pei Lin - His joyriding added to rise in car thefts By Yeow Pei Lin A JOBLESS 39-year-old man fancied himself as something of a Romeo. M. Suppih would go to pubs and lounges, and his favourite pick-up line was: "Would you like377 words
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Article, Illustration420 1996-09-21 6 He wants: Less work More pay Fancy title 5-day week MEET the “gimme, gimme” job seeker He wants less work, more pay. a fancy title, quick promo tions and a* five-day week Nevermind that he is fresh from school or university. Since there areJIMM AISANO - 420 words
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Article, Illustration725 1996-09-21 6 The collection of 57 letters written in 1956 by Singapore's first Chief Minister was launched here recently. ASAD LATIF reports. A COLLECTION of 57 letters written by Mr David Marshall, Singapore's first Chief Minister, from China in 1956 was launched on Tuesday. The letters, which he■ File picture. - 725 words
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446 1996-09-21 6 His love for her was not reciprocated, court told A 36-YEAR-OLD man who stabbed his cousin to death after hearing voices telling him to “kill her” was given the maximum life imprisonment on Monday for manslaughter. Lee Chee Seng, a reinforcing446 words
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Article, Illustration580 1996-09-21 7 Pleaded guilty to CBT involving $8.76m FORMER managing director of commodities trading firm Credit Consultants, Tony Tay, was last Friday sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for criminal breach of trust. District Judge F.G. Remedios also sentenced Tay, 45. to an additional six580 words
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393 1996-09-21 7 Chua Lee Hoong - Weekly also sued for article on HPL condo purchases By Chua Lee Hoong SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsieri Loong have filed a defamation suit against lawyer Tang Liang Hong and Yazhou Zhoukan, a Hong-kong-based Chinese current393 words
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517 1996-09-21 8 Elena Chong - Oral sex does not come under section of the law By Elena Chong A TECHNICIAN was on Monday cleared of three charges of molest and unnatural sex without his defence being called. In acquitting Kwan Kwong Weng, 47, of two counts of unnatural sex.517 words
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Article, Illustration205 1996-09-21 8 THERE was a “jam" on the Benja min Sheares Bridge on Sunday, not of the four-wheeled kind, but of the two-legged type. Almost 40,000 people took part in the fifth Sheares Bridge Run '96, organised by Safra National Service Association. Environment Minister andPicture by NG HAN GUAN. - 205 words
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Article, Illustration465 1996-09-21 9 Susie Wong - By Susie Wong IN HER first solo exhibition since graduating from the LaSalle SIA College of the Arts last year, the 15 small works of Josephine Chang, 21, are reminiscent of altars placed in the homes of Hindus. The cerulean washes and dec orative465 words
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343 1996-09-21 9 Susan Tsang - By Susan Tsang THE second Asia Pacific Choreographic Workshop is open for applications again, three years after it was created by Singapore Dance Theatre’s Goh Soo Khim and the late Anthony Then. Organiser Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) is inviting choreographers from the343 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1131 1996-09-21 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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Article, Illustration561 1996-09-21 9 Joe Dorai - Champion Geylang Utd sees 90 per cent drop in attendance By Joe Dorai GEYLANG UNITED seems to have lost its touch both on the field and on the terraces. Not only is the Tiger Beer Series champion struggling (it is now fourth in the561 words
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Article, Illustration417 1996-09-21 9 S. Murali - By S. Murali FOOTBALLER S. Anthonysamy will receive about $170,000 from NTUC Income if doctors conclude that his paralysis is permanent. The insurance company said in a statement on Thursday that the lump sum excludes hospitalisation and medical expenses at Toa Payoh Hospital. The417 words
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MALAYSIA
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427 1996-09-21 10 Plans to develop thinking skills and creativity TAIPING Schoolchildren will soon be allowed to bring books and notes into examination halls for use as reference materials, the Education Ministry said. Datuk I)r Wan Mohamed Zah id Mohamed Noordin. the ministry's director-general, said that this427 words
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405 1996-09-21 10 Bemama KAJANG There is no necessity for Malaysia to be hasty' in emulating Singa pore's Central Provident Fund in dealing with the country’s housing problem. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday. He said any decision couldBemama - 405 words
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Article, Illustration226 1996-09-21 10 PETALING JAYA Standard Six pupils will begin using the abacus from next vear to improve the standard of mathematics. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Kong Chan Onn has said. He noted that since the abacus was introduced in the curriculum226 words
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Article, Illustration239 1996-09-21 10 NST. GELANG PAT AH (Johor) Almost 30 per cent of the work on the Malaysian end of the second link with Singapore has been completed. Also, piling work on 20 of the 23 piers in Malaysian waters has been– NST.; NST picture. - 239 words
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413 1996-09-21 10 -AFP. KUALA LUMPUR The proposed trans-Asia rail link using tne Singa-pore-Kunming route will cost nearly US$9OO million (SSI.2 billion) and officials fear financing will be the big gest hurdle in the project. A senior Malaysian railway offi cial told a transport seminar-AFP. - 413 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article591 1996-09-21 11 Paul Jacob - Ousted leader of PDI fails to make list of party candidates By Paul Jacob Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia's political parties tiled their candidate lists for next year's polls on Monday, but attention focused on the failure of ousted Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) leader Megawati591 words
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563 1996-09-21 11 unrest in Jakarta. Bv Paul Jacob - An internal security Act being planned unrest in Jakarta. Bv Paul Jacob. JAKARTA The armed forces (Abri), reviving proposals first made 10 years ago, disclosed that it was working to draft an internal security Act to enable the authori ties to better563 words
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Article, Illustration399 1996-09-21 11 Leticia Perez - By Leticia Perez in Manila FILIPINO maid Sarah Balabagan, who had stabbed her Arab employer to death after he allegedly raped her, has signed a contract with a local film producer estimated to be worth five million pesos (S$280,000). Viva Films,399 words
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406 1996-09-21 11 Nirmal Ghosh - By Nirmal Ghosh Philippines Correspondent MANILA President Fidel Ra mos supporters in Congress have collected 1.7 million signatures from Filipinos supporting a move to amend the Constitution to allow an extension406 words
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188 1996-09-21 11 AFP MANILA The worsening traffic situation here has been brought into the spotlight with the killing of a motorist by an off-duty police officer on Tuesday. Senior Superintendent Absalom Piedad, 51. shot and killed another motorist in what the authorities haveAFP - 188 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article702 1996-09-21 12 SEPTEMBER2I. 1996 WHILE no incident that puts the Korean peninsula's brittle security situation under stress should be overlooked, this week's apparent North Korean landing of agents by submarine in a remote stretch of the South's eastern shoreline can be exaggerated beyond its capacity for narm.702 words
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Article672 1996-09-21 12 SEPTEMBER 20 1996 REVOLUTIONS are bad for business. That was the thrust of President Suharto's reminder to some of Indonesia’s richest people last week. In a meeting with 500 tycoons and businessmen in Bogor. he warned about the growing threat of a revolution by elements trying to take672 words
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Article669 1996-09-21 12 SEPTEMBER 17, 1996 IN TRYING to negotiate new aviation agreements with a host of Asian and European countries, the United States should not overlook the old adage that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. A sense of fair play is669 words
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Article, Illustration750 1996-09-21 12 Sia Cheong Yew - By Sia Cheong Yew LAST week’s headline “One doctor quits public sector each week: Survey" (ST Weekly Edition. Sept 14) was alarming enough to make most of us sit up and ask: What’s happening in our hospitals? It prompted me toJIMBO ALBANO - 750 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1078 1996-09-21 13 NG WEI JOO - My View NG WEI JOO HOW important is education to Singapore’s sur vival and progress? Very, according to the Prime Min iste'r. Speaking to 4,500 educators on Sept 8 in his first Teachers' Day rally speech. Mr Goh told them that "education1,078 words
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793 1996-09-21 13 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song MR LIM SIONG GUAN’S National Education Committee has a big job at hand: to make young Singaporeans feel more for their country. The Permanent Secretary (Prime* Minister’s Office) is chairing a panel of representatives from ministries such as Defence and793 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, Illustration2096 1996-09-21 14 Last month. Health Minister George Yeo filed a complaint of contempt of Parliament against a Singapore Democratic Party research team. Two weeks ago, Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng said that he might do the same against SDP chairman Ling HowLUDWIG ILIO - 2,096 words
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Article, Illustration1229 1996-09-21 15 Interview Mr Mohamed Noor Sahul Hameed, 42 and his wife, 38, are both cleaners. Their daughter, Juli, 17, is a polytechnic student and her brother, Rafi, 14, hopes to join the Institute of Technical Education nextPicture by ALPHONSO CHAN. - 1,229 words
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Article, Illustration1211 1996-09-21 15 Leslie Fong - Thinking aloud Leslie Fong ONE of the more unsa tisfactory features of politics here must surely be the dearth of upright, capable opposition politicians. It is unsatisfactory because in a healthy democracy, which is surelvwhat Singapore should aspire to be. the people ought1,211 words
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MONEY
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410 1996-09-21 16 Singapore sharemarket review THERE was a bit of a rally in the Singapore bourse this week, on tne back of record gains on Wall Street earlier in the week when fears of a United States interest rate hike subsided.410 words
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Article1770 1996-09-21 16 Company D*tt •nn Nat earn TY LY ($m) ($m> EPS TY LY lets) lets) Acme Sap 3 1 24.242 21.113 14.7 17.3 A»t* Mldgs Jun 26 P 2.S34 2.159 8.45 7.20 Alliance Tech Jun 14 F 7.679L I.380L Amcoi jun 14 F 21.240 44.679 7.18 15.3 AMOB* Jun1,770 words
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Article80 1996-09-21 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 61.59 points on the week to 2187.86. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2154.49 (+28.22) 115.52m ($329.150m) Tuesday 2189.05 34.56) 130.95m ($482.644m) Wednesday 2182.31 (-6.74) 94.441m ($387.109m) Thursday 2206.09 (♦23.78) 105.66m ($410.007m) Friday 2187.86 (-18.23) 91.730m ($299.124m) BT— MGA Index80 words
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Article122 1996-09-21 16 Company Plot* Dot* Tim* Renong E Th* Bollroom Mtttonm* Floor Hot*l Equotorlol Jolon Sulton limoll ***** Kuolo Lumpur $*p 16 10.00om Firjt Eng A Novot«l Orchoro Spot* Sep 18 10.00am t 214 Oun*orn Rood c (*****6) Golden Hop* c PocifK Bollroom Pon Poctfic Hotol Jolon Putro ***** Kuolo122 words
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Article210 1996-09-21 16 RIGHTS ISSUC Company Ratio Exdata Books closa Acc 6 Paymt Gadjan 2000 Ona-for-ona RuplOOO Oct 2 Oct 8 NYA Orchard P Ona-for-ona (P $1.»0 Sap 2 Sap 6 Sap 27 OUT (U OUT (F) Ona-for-ona 0 $2.00 Ona-for-ona <6 $2.07 Sap 25 Oct 1 Sap 25 Oct 1210 words
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Article29 1996-09-21 16 Amcol One for-two $2.05 Econ Intl Onp-for-two $1.22 Mulpha One-tor-tour <$• M$l.60 PMI Thr»«-fpr-two M$1.00 MAA On*-for-fiv« Milayawitd One-lor-two OUT On«-for-(ive PMI One-for-*our S*k«un P On»-for-tw« ThJkrpl One-tor-ten29 words
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Article1046 1996-09-21 16 Payment <%> Ex data Bookt close Pay date ABN AmroMIOO) 1 36a Auq 16 Sep 25 Acme 50C 1 12.5 Sep 12 Sep 18 Oct 1 AMOB 50C b S Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 23 Alex Hldqs b 6 Oct 2 Oct 8 Oct 18 ask Ptc1,046 words
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525 1996-09-21 17 Chua Mui Hoong - Survey looked at profit opportunity over five years By Chua Mui Hoong SINGAPORE is the second most profitable country for businesses to invest in. now and for the next five years, according to a ranking by the American-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence unit. The525 words
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Article, Illustration425 1996-09-21 17 THE founder of semiconductor distributor Serial System Pte Ltd beat 11 other finalists to clinch the Rotary-ASME (Association of Smalfand Medium Enterprises) Entrepreneur of the Year award last Friday. Mr Derek Goh, who is also the chief executive officer and president of Serial, received– Picture by ALBERT SIM. - 425 words
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Article153 1996-09-21 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Selling Buying OD US dollar 1.3972 1.4132 Sterling pound 2.1495 2.2021 Australian dollar 1.0910 1.1253 Canadian dollar 1.0119 1.0351 NZ dollar 0 9653 0.9983 EC unit 1 7745 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency 13.4378 Austrian schilling153 words
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Article106 1996-09-21 17 Contract date: September 20 1996 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE uss 4--5 5'. 5'. 5'. 4*. 24/9/% AS 6'6’ 6'6 55‘4 24/9% NZS 9 8 8 8 8 8 24/9 STG 5 5 5 5 5 4 4106 words
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Article520 1996-09-21 17 September 20 1996 HKS ASM Pacific S 40 0 100 Allied indlntl 040 -0 01 Allied Oversee 0 67 -0 01 Asia Sec Ini 1 18 0 03 Bank of EA 28 50 unch 2.58 COL Hotel 4 25 0 03 200 Cath Pac Air 1260 0 05 Century520 words
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Article618 1996-09-21 17 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 66-1 76a The Savings funfl 1 61-1 714 S pore Prog Fund 0 67-0 71»d4 S pore Sec Fund 0 98-1 04»d# S po'e Invest Fund 1 09-1 164 S pore Faulty Fund 0.80-0 864 Credit Lyonnais Int i Asset Mgt Cl618 words
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Article8210 1996-09-21 18 I INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 1995 96 High Low Company Curr Last Traded Sale +orVol Day '000 High Low Gr’s Div Net M Cap Wt Avg P'E Smil Price ASE NT510 200 US 214 165 Acer 50c US 176 •1 130 177 176 5.ON 109 320 308 m8,210 words
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Article, Illustration650 1996-09-21 20 Colin Tan - By Colin Tan JURONG Town Corporation (JTC). Singapore's largest industrial landlord, has under gone a major revamp to make itself more customer focused, its chief executive, Major-Gen-eral Lim Neo Chian, said. The reorganisation, which took effect on Monday, is aimed at making– Picture by AZIZ HUSSIN. - 650 words
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302 1996-09-21 20 CENTRAL Provident Fund (CPF) members can start withdrawing their investment profits, including proceeds from the sale of discounted Singapore Telecom shares, by the fourth week of October. Shares sold after Sept 20 will not be taken into account for profit and loss302 words
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Article131 1996-09-21 20 FIVE companies have responded to the National Computer Board's (NCB) call for industry members to provide training in two information technology (IT) fields. Under the board's Critical IT Resource Programme (Citrep), the five companies Cisco Systems (USA). Lotus Development BV (Asia Pacific). Microsoft Singa131 words
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386 1996-09-21 20 WTC no longer adequate to meet projected growth: Cheow Tong PLANS for Singapore’s 60.000 sq m mega exhibition centre will be finalised this year and the $2OO million complex will be ready by early 1998, Trade and Industry Minister Yeo386 words
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Advertisement881 1996-09-21 22 sia EnGiriEEßinG comPAnY SIA Engineering Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is engaged in providing aviation engineering services of the highest quality. Our success is built on the work of our highly skilled and committed workforce. If you are ambitious, hardworking and are looking for a challenging job which881 words
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FORUM
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834 1996-09-21 23 I READ with great dismay Teo Sin Giap’s letter, “Protect our youth from violent movies” (below). Mr Teo does not seem to understand the real relationship between violence portrayed in the media and anti social behaviour exhibited by youths. Due to lack of834 words
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Article, Illustration382 1996-09-21 23 BEING a youth worker, I have had the privilege of working with juveniles and teenagers from troubled homes. It is my job to know their value systems. One thing has become clear to me: Teenagers are easily influenced by the media. Many of their382 words
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265 1996-09-21 23 THE article “One doctor quits public sector each week: Survey” (ST Weekly Edition. Sept 14) was a good reminder that doctors, like the rest of us, are human too. We have come to expect a lot from our doctors new drugs265 words
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705 1996-09-21 23 Why leave a vibrant city that attracts others? I COULD not agree more with Ms Tan Sai Siong’s ar tide “Are parents really emigrating for the good of their chilaren?" (ST Weekly Edition. Aug 31). It exasperates me that there should still be Singaporeans705 words
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587 1996-09-21 24 Allison Lim - By Allison Lim THE Health Ministry will promote government doctors faster and raise their night-duty allowances to retain, in particular. the talented young ones. The revisions, which will cost the ministry an extra $11.6 million a year, will take effect from next month. Those who587 words
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Article, Illustration235 1996-09-21 24 THE Chinese Gardens looked almost like a child’s magical fantasy land on Thursday night when it was lit up by giant lanterns from Guangdong, China. The Guangdong Foshan Lantern Show and the Liannan Cultural Show are the highlights of the cvmual lantern festival at thePicture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 235 words
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Article, Illustration364 1996-09-21 24 Tammy Tan - By Tammy Tan SINGAPORE Telecom’s share price on Thursday rebounded as much as 12 cents in midday trade after having fallen three days in a row. Sing Tel shares traded in the various board lots of 1.000. 100 and 10 shares aligned themselves to364 words