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Title Section20 1996-11-23 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23, 1996 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 156/08/9620 words
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673 1996-11-23 1 Warren Fernandez - By Warren Fernandez PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has launched the People’s Action Party’s manifesto tor the coming General Election, which spells out the party’s vision for Singapore in the next century. Dubbed “Singapore 21: Make it our best home”, the programme673 words
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Article422 1996-11-23 1 Housing 140,000 new HDB flats to be built, costing $4 billion in subsidies. 60 per cent for first-timers. Better-quality flats, like those in Punggol 21. Another 185,000 families will have their flats upgraded in the next five years. The Executive Condominium scheme will be expanded.422 words
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Article, Illustration275 1996-11-23 1 M. Nirmala - By M. Nirmala SINGAPORE has come out tops in a 45-country survey of 13-year-olds who study mathematics and science. A total of 8.500 academically bright and weak students in Secondary 1 and 2 beat half a million of their peers from the United275 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement8 1996-11-23 1 SDP team fined $51,000 for contempt: Page 38 words
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Advertisement11 1996-11-23 1 8 *****1'*****6 15 GRCs, 9 single seats for polls: Page 2411 words
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Advertisement9 1996-11-23 1 Planning a CAREER Mo CHECK OUT Pages 21 229 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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471 1996-11-23 2 Thomas Lee - All government computer systems to be fixed by 1998 By Thomas Lee MOST computer systems cannot recognise the year 2000 and will make errors' when the time arrives, so the Natior.a. Computer Board is spearheading a government drive to tackle the problem with471 words
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Article, Illustration478 1996-11-23 2 Edmund Tee - Student beats 466 for top prize in essay competition By Edmund Tee GRANNY is more than just a grandparent’. 17-year-oid Howard Tan. She is aiso mother, frieno. teacher, and even protector. So well did the teen express his feelings for his oatemaigrandmotner. Madam CmaPicture by AZIZ HVSSIN. - 478 words
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694 1996-11-23 2 Lee Siew Hua - By Lee Siew Hua in Washington A SECOND commentary by columnist William Safire criticising a Washington think-tank for its choice of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew for an award has Drompted a strong response from the nĕad of the organisation.694 words
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271 1996-11-23 2 A FORWARDING agent poisoned more than $360.000 worth of crabs with a deadly cyanide solution. to spite a ’competitor" whom he felt was stealing his business. The more than 820 cartons of live crabs belonged to Mr Liu Pi Chiang. 38. a271 words
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636 1996-11-23 3 Chua Mui Hoong - They are fined total of $51,000 for their conduct before Select Committee By Chua Mui Hoong THE Committee of Privileges yesterday found four Singapore Democratic Party members guilty of contempt of Par liament for their conduct before a Select Committee on636 words
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Article, Illustration429 1996-11-23 3 Tan Hsueh Yun - By Tan Hsueh Yun THANKS to the Housing Board, Mr Yeo Yong Meng, 62, has transferred from a rental flat without a lift landing to another with lift access. This is one of several ways in which the HDB can help elderly orPicture by LIM SENG TIONG. - 429 words
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Article, Illustration520 1996-11-23 3 Ginnie Teo - He committed second offence while out on bail By Ginnie Teo A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was jailed a month and fined $5,000 for having sex first with his 14-vear-old girlfriend and when sne was sent away to Australia, with a 15-vear-old girl, whose520 words
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HOME
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Article739 1996-11-23 4 Indrani Nadarajah - Four to five day-care centres for old folk to open by 2000 By Indrani Nadarajah SENIOR citizens here are in good shape and good health, have strong family ties and enough money to spend, but few put away money for retirement. Most are unaware of739 words
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630 1996-11-23 4 A NEW $5OO million Senior Care Fund will be set up to provide financial assistance to look after elderly Singaporeans with medical problems. Income from the endowment fund will be used to subsidise the running costs of family and community based630 words
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582 1996-11-23 4 M. Nirmala - By M. Nirmala THE Education Ministry is trying to settle the Chinese High Scnool squabble where two directors are vying for chairman of the board. A ministry spokesman gave this brief statement last Saturday in response to quenes from The Sunday Times. There582 words
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655 1996-11-23 5 SumikoTan; Chua Lee Hoong; Eliza Teoh; Jason Leow; and Joanne Lee - Latest and final three introduced, bringing total to 24 INTRODUCTION OF NEW PAP CANDIDATES Reports by SumikoTan, Chua Lee Hoong, Eliza Teoh, Jason Leow and Joanne Lee THE People’s Action Party will field the largest slate of new faces since 1984 in the coming655 words
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Article, Illustration671 1996-11-23 5 NEWSPAPER editor Zainul Abidin Rasheed had declined to stand as a candidate on the People’s Action Party ticket so many times that this time round, he could not say no. “When the PAP approached me again. I felt a bit embarrassed. 1 have671 words
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Article, Illustration707 1996-11-23 5 WITH her two children now fairly grown up, general practitioner Lily Neo reels the time is right for her to enter politics and speak out on issues like women’s rights and the problems of the aged. Dr Neo, 43, who has a 14-year-old707 words
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Article, Illustration620 1996-11-23 5 NEW PAP candidate Yeo Guat Kwang, a Chinese language specialist inspector with the Ministry of Education before he entered politics, has fond memories of sharing baths with Indian and Malay children when he was young. This was in Kampung Chitek Baru in620 words
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397 1996-11-23 8 SINGAPORE Airlines plans to introduce the self-check-in system next year, followed by ticketless travel. SIA subsidiary. Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), which has been studying these systems, will call for tenders soon to supply self-check-in machines. The new systems will be tried out for397 words
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Article, Illustration446 1996-11-23 8 Julie Kee - Disabled Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards By Julie Kee POLIO victim Frankie Thana pal. 45, needs an aluminium Brace to help him to walk, but has no trouble standing tall. He even swims and runs at competition level. For 23 years,Pictures by STEPHANIE YEOW. - 446 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1130 1996-11-23 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 12401,130 words
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SPORTS
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Article, Illustration812 1996-11-23 9 S. Murali - SOCCER By S. Murali IT WAS “Oscar Night” for the S-League and the man who grabbed the spotlight with arguably the night’s biggest prize Was Croat Ivica Raguz, who was named Player of the Year last Friday. The Singapore Armed Forces Football ClubABU SAMAH - 812 words
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520 1996-11-23 9 Santokh Singh - By Santokh Singh FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, will meet on Dec 7 to decide if Abbas Saad can play in Asia. The Asian Football Confederation has written to Fifa, asking it to sanction a continent-wide ban on520 words
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MALAYSIA
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655 1996-11-23 10 ‘But we must not be forced to give in to all of their demands’ Bemama. NST. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Sunday that PAS and Umno could form a coalition government in Kelantan provided Umno was notBemama.; NST. - 655 words
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Article, Illustration378 1996-11-23 10 Surinder Singh - By Surinder Singh in Sydney FOUR people, a 21-year-old man and three teenagers, appeared in an Adelaide court on Monday in connection with the robbery and murder of a Malaysian-bom doctor while he was making a house call. Dr Peter Goh'sAdelaide Advertiser picture. - 378 words
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449 1996-11-23 10 NST KUALA LUMPUR The gov emment’s open policy on information flow will make it more difficult for media editors and journalists to practise self-censorship, even if they wished to do so, the group editor of one of the country’s main publishing houses hasNST - 449 words
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157 1996-11-23 10 JOHOR BARU The Johor state government last Saturday announced new measures restricting foreign ownership of properly in the state. Under the new rules announced in the state Budget for next year, foreigners would no longer be allowed to buy terrace houses, The157 words
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351 1996-11-23 10 -NST. PETALING JAYA Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has called on local universities to follow the example of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in making Bahasa Malaysia a compulsory subject for its foreign students. “Some do not require their foreign-NST. - 351 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration562 1996-11-23 11 Sinfah Tunsarawuth - Poll winner NAP and five smaller parties join forces By Sinfah Tunsarawuth in Bangkok THE New Aspiration Party led by General Cnavalit Yongchaiyudh on Monday formeda coalition with five other smaller parties after official results showed that it had won the most seats in Thailand’sAFP picture. - 562 words
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292 1996-11-23 11 Reuter. YANGON Myanmar’s military government, ignoring foreign criticism and calls for boycotts, launched its official tourism year on Monday with ceremonies featuring dancing, music and traditional costumes. The inauguration of Visit Myanmar Year the government’s strongest effort ever to open the once-isolated countiy– Reuter. - 292 words
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Article, Illustration162 1996-11-23 11 FUGITIVE Indonesian actress Zarina (above), who was escorted home from the United States where she was detained on Nov 4, talking with her lawyer Amir Syamsudin in the transit lounge of the Ngurah Rai airport in Denpasar, Bali, on Sunday. She was laterReuter picture. - 162 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article675 1996-11-23 12 NOVEMBER 22.1996 WHAT is noteworthy about the election manifesto of the Peo pie's Action Party, launched this week, is that it is a do able list of goals and completely unsurprising. Those who are well-dis posed towards the ruling party for its long list of achievements675 words
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Article708 1996-11-23 12 NOVEMBER 20.1996 KELANTAN. Malaysia’s onlv op-position-held state which is lurching into ever trickier problems by the day. may not yet have slipped into the grasp of*Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Umno. the party he heads. The operative word is “yet”. Circumstances have so evolved after a708 words
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Article670 1996-11-23 12 NOVEMBER 19 1996 THAILAND'S friends were dismayed by the unsavoury controversies that surrounded last Sunday's general election. Early predictions of an 18 per cent increase over the cost of the July 1995 election could not be as cribed to inflation alone; in the event, spending was670 words
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Article, Illustration774 1996-11-23 12 Bob Ng - By Bob Ng PARALLEL importers are a relatively recent phenomenon which promises to make further inroads into Singapore com merce. They first came to public attention, though in a limited way, some years ago774 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1171 1996-11-23 13 WARREN FERNANDEZ - My View WARREN FERNANDEZ THE road to the Cambod iana hotel was impassable. A flash flood struck soon after the rain came. Our driver scrambled to find an al ternative route back. Outside, in the streets, little children were running about in the1,171 words
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908 1996-11-23 13 Ravi Veloo - To bridge the gap between doctor and patient, health education should begin in school Ravi Veloo THIS article is not about sex education. About that, and whether we should have more or less, much has been written already. But more health908 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, Illustration2139 1996-11-23 14 If the recent public hearings on health and costs of living are any guide, many Singaporeans seem to be less than knowledgeable about government schemes and policies. Why? And what can be done about it? Ravi Veloo finds out if anythingMlfcL - 2,139 words
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Article, Illustration1102 1996-11-23 15 Clan associations could complement the Government’s effort in community development, urged Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong last week. But would such a role dilute their identity? Are they equipped to undertake new responsibilities? Jason Leow discusses these issues withPicture by LILLIAN FOO. - 1,102 words
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Article, Illustration1255 1996-11-23 15 Han Fook Hwang - Thinking Aloud Han Fook Hwang WHILE talk is hot in town about where the economy is heading, here is one economic snippet not often discussed: Singapore stands alone among the most af fluent countries in not only being wealthy but also with an1,255 words
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MONEY
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432 1996-11-23 16 Singapore share market review BETTER-than-expected economic numbers managed to stave off the malaise on the local stock market towards the end of this week. Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports increased 1.1 per cent last month, and bucked a two„-month downtrend and analysts’432 words
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Article80 1996-11-23 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 1.11 points on the week to 2194.75. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2178.03 (—15.61) 88.640m ($268.470m) Tuesday 2170.18 (-7.85) 89.277m ($243.583m) Wednesday 2194.28 (+24.10) 150.49m ($363 470m) T hur$day 2197.69 (+3.41) 140.88m ($429.698m) Friday 2194.75 (-2.94) 128.60m ($371.033m) BT—80 words
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Article1573 1996-11-23 16 Company Ottt snn Not oorn TV LV ($m) lSm> EPS TV LV lets) let*) ABN Amro Sop IS 1 1,696 1,372 492 402 Acmo Sop 3 1 24.242 21.113 14.7 17.3 AISB* Sop 30 1 1.629 8.737 1.50 6.52 Alcorn* Sop 12 1 ***** 14.510 10.7 114 Ait*1,573 words
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Article292 1996-11-23 16 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio lx* dat# II -I S a < a Gad|kh 2000 One-for-one RuplOOO Oct 2 Oct 6 NYA H loong ind One-for-five RM6.00 Novi) Nov IB NYA IntRoller Ono-tor-two $0.35 Nov 1 Nov 7 Nov 29 •onus issue Company Ratio Cleat# Books close H Loong292 words
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Article117 1996-11-23 16 Company Rights Issua AtSB Thraa-for-ftva RMS.SO Amcol Ona-tor-two $2.05 Econ Inti Ona-tor-two $1.22 MUI Ona-tor-two M$1.30 Mulpha Ona-tor-four M$1.60 PMI Throa-tor-two MSi.OO SunQ»i Way Ona-for-tour M$4.00 Company Bonus lasua Kamayan Corp Ona-for-throa MAA Ona-tor-flva Matayawata Ona-tor-two Noal Gifts Ona-tor-two PMI Ona-tor-foor SaAsun P Ona-tor-two Shangri-is Ona-tor-tan Sungai Way117 words
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Article799 1996-11-23 16 Paymant <H> Cl dat« I! P«Y data AlSB 50« D 3 Jan 2 Jan 7 Jan 29 Auric Pac 50« F 5 Nov 26 Dac 2 Dac 18 BMT $10 <1001 F 5.6 Nov 6 Nov 12 Nov 22 Bariaya Croup F 5 Dac 3 Dac 9 Jan799 words
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Article87 1996-11-23 16 Company Plaea Data Tima Econ Inti E 2 Ang Mo Klo St 64 Ang Mo Kio Ind. Park 3 (*****4) Nov 18 ILOOam Faunae A E Jurong Country Club ARHzia 2 9 Scianco Contra Road (*****8) Nov 21 3.00pm Chuan Hup A 322. Jin Ahmad Ibrahim (*****1) Nov87 words
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414 1996-11-23 17 AMERICAN bank First Chicago NBD Corporation is back in the Republic with an offshore branch, almost a decade after giving up its full banking licence. However, it will relinquish its merchant banking licence here and will wind upFirst Chicago Asian Merchant414 words
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618 1996-11-23 17 Narendra Aggarwal - Worst seems to be over for critical trading segment, say economists By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports, a key indicator of the manufacturing sector's health, staged a surprise rebound last month, recording marginal 1.1 per cent year-on-year growth. The improvement took618 words
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Article314 1996-11-23 17 SINGAPORE banker Wee Cho Yaw has been named one of the five top Chinese businessmen in Asia by Hongkong’s weekly news magazine, Yazhou Zhoukan. In its latest edition, the Chinese-language magazine said its annual Entrepreneur Achievement Award was given this year to recognise the314 words
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Article142 1996-11-23 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar Sterling pound Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar EC unit 1.3904 2.3307 1.1141 1.0305 0.9813 1.4063 2.3871 1.1489 1.0541 1.0147 1.8128 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.9507 Belgian franc142 words
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Article116 1996-11-23 17 Contract date: November 22 1996 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USS 4 »-4 4% 4 4 4’. 4>< 26/11/96 AS 5*. 5>. 5'. 5' 5 J S'. 26/11/96 NZ$ 8 7-. 7'. 6% S', 26/11/96 STG 51» 5'v.116 words
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Article453 1996-11-23 17 November 22 1996 HK* ASM P«crf'c 5 90 Allied Ind Int 1 06« Allied Oversea 0 91 006 Asia Sec Int 2 00 018 Bank otEA 33 40 -0 20 C P Pokphand 2 73 005 CDL Hotel 3 98 unch Cate Oe Coral 2 30 Cath Pac Air453 words
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Article613 1996-11-23 17 Mars' Prices, Nov 25 Abtrust Fund Mgrs Abtrust S'oor* G' Fd 0 974-1 024-• Allied Phillip Met Asia Pacific Grown fd 1.134—1 191 American Inti Attur AIA Unit linked Fund 1.049-1.105» AXAlift Credit Lyonnais Int i Asset Mgt CL Asia-Pac Gr Fund 0.910-0960" CL S pore Gr Fund613 words
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Article8502 1996-11-23 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: November *****6 1995/96 Curr Last Vol Day Gr’s Nat M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale •for000 High Low Div P/E Smil Price ASE NT*10 200 us 1000 900 ASF US$0 01 100 US 900 900 214 165 Acer 50c8,502 words
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Article, Illustration614 1996-11-23 20 Narendra Aggarwal - Poor global demand for electronics squeezes non-oil exports By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE’S trade growth is expected to fall to only 5 per cent this year from last year’s strong 13.2 per cent squeezed by flat global demand for614 words
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535 1996-11-23 20 1997. By Narendra Aggarwal - By 1997. By Narendra Aggarwal. THE Scotts Holdings board has finally accepted the resignation of executive chairman Ameerali Jumabhoy brushing aside some directors’ attempts to have him sacked for mismanagement. With Mr Ameerali’s departure. Scotts’ founding Jumabhoy family has lost all executive control over the535 words
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622 1996-11-23 20 Colin Tan - By Colin Tan THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has put on sale a residential site with the highest plot ratio to date, along with a mixed landed residential site and two industrial sites. With a plot ratio of 3.5, the 427,349 sq ft622 words
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542 1996-11-23 23 Writer should show clemency to the English language I REALLY must take Mr Dimitri Simes to task. As president of the Nixon Centre tor Peace and Freedom that has just honoured the Senior Minister, he stands condemned for the misleading542 words
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681 1996-11-23 23 WE REFER to Sng Choon Kwee’s letter “Vital to uphold Asian values they underpin our success” (see this page y. While we agree that many Asian families face social and cultural problems migrating to the West. Mr Sng has oversimplified complex issues, such as Eastern681 words
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474 1996-11-23 23 Vital to uphold Asian values they underpin our success I AM a Singaporean studying in a European university. I write this letter out of concern for all Singaporeans and for our country. As the General Election draws near, we inevitably sit back and evaluate the performance of our Government. How474 words
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Advertisement126 1996-11-23 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, such126 words
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781 1996-11-23 24 Warren Fernandez - Most constituencies changed in major redrawing of electoral boundaries By Warren Fernandez SINGAPOREANS will elect 83 MPs in 15 Group Representation Constituencies and nine single-seat wards, the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee has proposed in its report. which the Government says it accepts and781 words
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Article178 1996-11-23 24 15 Group Representation Constituencies: Six new ones: Bishan-Toa Payoh, Bukit Timah, East Coast, Kreta Ayer-Tanglin, Pasir Ris, West Coast. Six enlarged: Aljunied, Ang Mo Kio. Hong v. Kah, Marine Parade, Tampines, Taniong Pagar. Two made smaller: Cheng San, Jalan Besar. One unchanged: Sembawang. Six scrapped/renamed: Bedok,178 words
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Article, Illustration394 1996-11-23 24 Allison Lim - By Allison Lim THE first liver-transplant patient in Singapore has fulfilled her dreams of motherhood. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Wednesday. Madam Surinder Kaur, 31, delivered her son by Caesarian section. He weighed 2.4 kg. She called him aPicture by STEPHANIE YEOW. - 394 words