The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 28 December 1996

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    20 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1996 Price: 551.20 (In Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 156/08/96
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  • Article
    'Your vote will have immediate impact on your life’
    704 1  -  By Sumiko Tan UNLIKE previous elections. Singaporeans voting in the Jan 2 election will see the effects ol their vote immediately, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Monday. If they choose the People's Action Party, their neighbourhoods will be tan*
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  • Battle lines
    • Article
      Walkovers: 47 SEATS
      27 1 Four-seat GRCs (MMHaaHHHNMMni Kreta Ayer-Tanglin Tampines Five-seat GRCs Ang Mo Kio Bishan-Toa Payoh Bukit Timah Six-seat GRCs East Coast Marine Parade Sembawang tanjong Pagar
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      Returned unopposed
      46 1 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew Deputy PM Lee Hsien Loong Deputy PM Tony Tan and ministers: Richard Hu (Finance); Lim Boon Heng (without Portfolio); Wong Kan Seng (Home Affairs); S. Jayakumar (Foreign Affairs and Law); Mah Bow Tan (Communications)
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    • Article
      Contested: 36 SEATS
      91 1 Single-seat constituencies Ayer Rajah PAP v SPP Boon Lay PAP v NSP Bukit Gombak SDP v PAP v SPP Chua Chu Kang PAP v NSP v DPPvIND Hougang WP v PAP Kampong Giam PAP v DPP MacPherson PAP v SDP Nee Soon Central SDP v PAP Potong
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    • Article
      Challenged
      32 1 Ministers: Lee Yock Suan (Education); Yeo Cheow Tong (Trade and Industry); George Yeo (Health and Information the Arts); Lee Boon Yang (Labour); Teo Chee Hean (Environment); Lim Hng Kiang (National Development).
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      Where opposition leaders are going
      29 1 Chee Soon Juan, SDP: MacPherson Chiam See Tong, SPP: Potong Pasir J.B. Jeyaretnam, WP: Cheng San GRC Tan Chee Kien, NSP: Hong Kah GRC
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    PAP is back in power
    861 1  -  It takes 47 out of 83 seats Polling Day on Jan 2 By Warren Fernandez THE People's Action Party was returned to power on Monday winning 47 out of 83 seats without any contest, but it will have to fight for the rest when Singaporeans
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  • GE ’97
    • Article, Illustration
      PM furious with US meddling in elections
      622 2  -  State Dept official rapped PAP strategy By Dominic Nathan PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong said on Thursday that he was furious when he heard of the United States government's interference in the elections herr> Referring to a US State Department official's comments criticising
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      Serious men vs opportunists
      937 2  -  PAP highlights difference in leadership selection By Warren Fernandez THERE is a clear difference between how the People's Action Party selects its election candidates and how the opposition parties do it and the result can be seen in the men being thrown up. PAP leaders said
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    • Article
      US has no intention of interfering: Embassy
      340 2 THE United States has no intention of getting involved in Singapore’s domestic election campaign, a US Embassy spokesman said on Thursday. Responding to queries from The Straits Times, the spokesman said: “The Dec 24 US State Department comment was made in response to
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      A modest man who has done much
      390 3 MR LEE Yock Suan, who is heading the People’s Action Party team in Cheng San GRC, is a modest man who has done much as Education Minister, said Mr Goh Chok Tong. The Prime Minister said that Mr Lee came from a very
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      WP’s Tang Liang Hong a dangerous character: PM
      1016 3 WORKERS’ Party Cheng San GRC candidate Tang Liang Hong is a “dangerous character’’ entering politics because he has a “personal axe to grind”, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. He described the 61-year-old lawyer as a “covert opponent” of the Government’s education
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      Jeya and Tang are strange bedfellows, says SM Lee
      630 3 The 2 WP men are language chauvinists’ brought together by political opportunism WORKERS’ Party chief J. B. Jevaretnam and his newest team-mate Tang Liang Hong make for strange oedfellows. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said on Thursday night. Speaking at the
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    • Article
      ST offers Personal Election Watch service
      194 3  -  By Paul Jansen HAVE you a personal list of constituencies that interest vou the most in this General Election? Are you interested in receiving this hews on Jan 2 at a time of your choice 0 Then you should use The Straits Times Interactive’s
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    • Article
      Main issues at Opposition rallies: Upgrading, alternative voice in House
      691 4 TWO issues have emerged as the main planks of the opposition attack against the People's Action Party the linkage of upgrading of HDB estates to the vo„e, and denial of the people’s right to an alternative voice in Parliament. In
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      Lock icon Chee admits mistakes and asks for understanding
      510 4 SDP DR CHEE Soon Juan has de fended his integrity, saying that he had done what he did be cause he cared for Singapor eans. who needed an effective opposition to voice their concerns. In emotionally-charged speeches at both tne party's rallies on
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    • Article
      ‘Book subsidies only’ for flats
      348 4 SPP THE Government does not give real subsidies for Housing Board flats. Instead. Singaporeans receive onlv "book subsidies”, said Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong at his first rally for this election on Thursday nign;. The secretary-general of the Singapore People's Party was speaking to
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      Break PAP's hold on power, JBJ urges
      286 4 WP WORKERS' Party (WP) leader J.B. Jeyaretnam said on Thursday night that the People's Action Party was obsessed with power and voters should use the election to break its stranglehold. "The one thing you have to achieve is to break this monopoly, this
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      Economic issues, free exchange of ideas raised
      443 5 SP ECONOMIC issues such as the cost ot living, ana the need for an alternative voice in Parliament were the main issues raised at National Solidarity Party (NSP) rallies in the past three nights. At the party's first rally, in Choa Chu Kang
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      Chok Tong lists schemes which will be managed by CDCs
      691 5 They include improving estates and caring for the young and old PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong on Monday unveiled a long list of schemes which will be managed by Community Development Councils (CDCs). They include estate improvement projects like HDB
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      18 ex-PAP MPs left political arena this week
      577 5 L HTEFN former TAP MPs say goodbye lo active politics this week, the biggest batch to do so since 1984. Twenty MPs, including ministers Goh Keng Swee and Howe Yoon Chong, steppea down in that year. Heading the current list is Mr
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      Boat Quay only venue approved for lunchtime rallies
      114 5 LUNCHTIME rallies during the General Election campaign will be held at the pedestrian mall in front of UOB Plaza at Boat Quay, the police said. The site by the Singapore River was picked because police found the previous venue at Fullerton Square
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    • Article
      Who's standing where
      879 6 Single-seat AYER RAJAH 22 020 vo'.ers PA’ 5 ""an Cheng Bock, 56, Medical docto" SDT Sin Kek Tong 50. Managing director BOON LAY (20.013 voters) PAP Goh Chee Wee. 50, Minister of State NSP Christopher Neo Ting Wei, 33. Directo BUKIT GOMBAK 24 899 voters; Opposition-he d
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  • HOME
    • Article, Illustration
      Fann Wong holds talks over contract
      492 7  -  By Chin Soo Fang r CS actress I ann Wong has com* 1 out of ding after ymg "W or aoout a week e midst oi the Christas t eer e j'opu-ar te evir on ar ho was suspended i v CS ast wee:,
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      Chiam wins $120,000 libel damages from SDP leaders
      651 7  -  '2 may have to pay $lOO,OOO in legal costs it against CEC of SDP By Ahmad Osman FORMER Singapore Democratic Party leacier Chiam See Tonp won $120,000 in carnages on Thursday from Dr Chee Soon Juan anc 11 other SDP leaders who
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    • Article
      Remisier took $2.3m from clients, jailed 5 years
      480 7  -  By GinnieTeoand Yasmeen rtameec A REMISIER with Tat Lee Securities misap- (>• natec $2.3 million ot his cments rhe< ues and shares from 1993 to 19% to pay otf ms own trading osses. a district coun heard on Thursday. Foh Lik Jin
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      Salesgirls used stolen credit cards
      333 7  -  They went on three-week $l8,000 shopping spree for designer goods By Lim Li Hsien TWO health-care salesgirls sco e credit cards w.ach belonged to a customer anc a co.ieague anc used them to craik up about $lB,OOO in a three-wee. s o'.ping soree. Quel: Mei
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      Lock icon A flavour of Xmas round the world – in S’pore
      487 8  - A flavour of Xmas round the world in S’pore Shopping centres dressed for the season By Tracy Lee THIS festive season, shoppers did not have to travel out oi trie country to get a taste of Christmas in Bethlehem. Italy or the North Pole. Shopping centres across Singapore provided this
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    • Article
      Registration age for ICs raised to 15 years old
      326 8 CHILDREN who will be 12 years old next year need not register for an identity card un til they turn 15 in the year 2000. These 43.000 or so youngsters will then need to re-register only when they are 30. unlike
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 8 Miscellaneous Column 1
      1172 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 9530 KHz (31VI BAND MONDAY 1100 News/Tonight on RS' 1109 Business Market Reoort 1116 frontiers 1130 News 1135 Tne rront Page 1138 Take Five 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (Asia-Pacific) 1205 i Z Beat 1220 Business Market Reoort 1230 News 1240
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  • SPORTS
    • S-League
      • Article
        Marine Castle pulls out
        222 9  -  SOCCER By Santokh Singh NEWCOMER Landmark Marine Castle has pulled out of the S-League. The decision comes within a month of the S League Board’s approval of the club’s joining Singapore’s professional soccer ranks. Following a club management committee meeting last Friday, a day after the
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        Dilwant Singh banned for one year
        284 9  -  By Joe Dorai. NEWLY-admitted S-League ciub Landmark Marine Castle's manager Dilwant Singh ..as been suspended for .2 months from ail soccer activities lor signing a piayer illegally trom another ciub. 'I he ban was meted out by t e S-League Board iast hursdaj nigi.t
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      Competition to proceed with nine teams
      317 9  -  S-LEAGUE S REACTION By Joe Dorai THE S-League, starting on March 15 will go on as scheduled with nine clubs. The S-League s technical committee chairman li. Palakrishnan said on Monday that newcomer Landmark Marine Castle s puilout wou.d not disrupt the competition. He
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      185 9 Home Delivery weekly! A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executives appointments.... and highlights on Malaysia and the Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Yes! Every week. Subscribe now. And be at home with the ST
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Explain charge, Mahathir tells Selangor Mentri Besar
      469 10 Bernama. AFP. NST. KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maha thir Mohamad has ordered Selangor Mentri Besar Muhammad Muhammad Taib to submit a report on allegations that he tried to take out a large amount of cash from Australia without declaring it.
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      Posters used in hunt for rapist
      335 10 KUALA LUMPUR About 40.000 posters bearing the photograph of a suspect linked to investigations into a series of rapes will be put up in shopping complexes, bus terminals ana police stabons nationwide this week. This is the first time that a poster campaign of
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      KL govt no longer wants to send students abroad
      505 10 Objective not being met, says Mahathir BANGALORE The government was no longer interested in sending its students overseas as its objective was not being fulfilled, the Utusan Malaysia newsDaper on Monday quoted Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad as saying
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      Lock icon Flood-relief bodies nationwide put on alert
      360 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Flood-re-lief agencies nationwide have been put on alert following the evacuation of residents from several villages in Terengganu. A spokesman for the National Natural Disaster Relief Committee secretariat said on Monday that the police. Maiavsian Red Crescent Society (MRCS). civil defence
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      Lock icon Govt to pay $16,700 for using handcuffs on traffic offender
      266 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR The High Court has ordered the Malaysian government to pay M 530.000 <S$ 16.710) in damages to businesswoman Fong Ooi Lee for handcuffing her in public four years ago. Judge Datin Paduka Rahman Hussain also ordered the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • Article
      Indonesia makes 2% contribution compulsory
      811 11  -  Ijevy on after-tax income to help poor enter business By Susan Sim Indonesia correspondent JAKARTA Piesident Suharto has made good on a threat to force wealthy Indonesians ana conglomerates to donate two per cent cf their aiter-tax income to the poor. After a year of
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      Lock icon Ramos back at work after surgery
      337 11  -  By Leticia Perez in Manila A SMILING President Fidel Ramos was I ack on his feet welcoming Cabinet members and media representatives on Tuesday at noon in his first public appearance after undergoing surgery in the neck on Monday morning. Asked by journalists how
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      Lock icon Super baby
      42 11 KRATAE Saengwang (right) of Phuket is bigger than a three-year-old (left) but he is onlv one and weighs 23 kg. His parents, at first delighted with Kratae’s dramatic growth, are now worried and are seeking medical help. The Nation picture.
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      All’s quiet for now but killer zoo tiger will be back on display
      448 11  -  By Susan Sim Indonesia Correspondent CISARUA <Bogor) The only evidence that a tragedy took place in the baby zoo here was the yellow crime-scene tape wrapped around one section of the low. green railings enclosing the empty
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  • CPF Newsline A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER OF THE CPF BOARD 05/96
    • Article
      More investment choices from 1 lan
      417 12 / 13  -  By Chen Jingwen, SPH On 1 Jan, the Basic Investment Scheme (BIS) and Enhanced Investment Scheme (EIS) will be merged to form the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). This means that BIS and EIS investors will come under CPFIS, which allows a wider range of
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      Pre-Medisave Top-Up scheme
      247 12 / 13  -  By Chan Yin Yin, CPF Board This month, the CPF Board has sent over 118,000 letters to remind older Singaporeans to make co-payments into their Medisave Accounts so that thev will benefit from the government top-up Members who are aged 62 and above as at April this
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      Reminder MINIMUM SUM TOP-UP DEADLINE IS 31 DEC 96
      181 12 / 13 CPF members who turned 55 on 1 Jan 1987 are reminded that they have until end December to top up the Minimum Sum in their retirement accounts. The toppinq up could be made by members memselves, their spouses or children. Since
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    • Article
      Withdraw CPF savings by post
      228 12 / 13 CPF members reaching their CPF withdrawal age, that is, 55, 58, 61 and so on, in January next year need not go to the CPF Board's office to apply for the withdrawal of their savings. They can do so by post. The Board will send
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      Know your 3Ms
      416 12 / 13  -  CPF members can insure their spouse, children, parents and grandparents under MediShield or MediShield Plus provided their family members are Singaporeans or permanent residents. By Ronald Chong, CPF Board Medisave is the national savings scheme which helps CPF memlxTs put aside part of their ,CPF contribution in
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    • CPF IN SHORT
      • Article
        More PAL Machines
        106 12 / 13 The CPF PAL Machine made its debut a* the CPF PAL Lobby, Admiralty MRT station, on 25 May this year. The second of this multimedia machine was installed at the CPF Main Office on 13 June and the third at POSB Hougang Central Branch on 19 Aug.
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        Don’t forget these
        92 12 / 13 If you are collecting a CPF statement from any CPF office for a CPF member who is in Singapore, you need to show your identity card (photocopy not acceptable), the member's identity card and a letter from the member authorising you to collect on his/her behalf. The
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        CPF interest rate
        29 12 / 13 The CPF Board interest rate from 1 Jan to 30 June next year are: 3.48% for Ordinary and Medisave Accounts. 4.73% for Special and Retirement Accounts.
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        Change of address
        51 12 / 13 Your address record with the CPF Board will automatically be updated the next working day when you report your new home address to the National Registration Office, Neighbourhood Police Post or Police Division HQ. This is made possible by OSCARS, the One Stop Change of Address Reporting
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        CPF PAL PIN
        72 12 / 13 With CPF PAL services, CPF members do not need to go to the CPF offices to make routine enquiries. All they need is their PAL PIN number to access their CPF details through ♦he PAL Phone or PAL Machine. If they have lost, forgotten or never applied
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        Membership card
        42 12 / 13 Members who wish to enquire about their particulars or records kept with the CPF Board can call Members' Record section at 229-3496. The old number on the back of your CPF Membership card *****52 is no longer in use. -.jy,
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  • COMMENT/Pick of the week’s editorials
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      Back off, Uncle Sam
      637 14 CECEMBER2B '996 FOR too long the State Department of the United States has arrogat* i to itself the right to pronoun on what is happening around t. world. Ana sometimes what it says leaves others flabbergasted, not that they can do much about it as the
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      PAP ups stakes for voters
      712 14 DECEMBER 24 1996 ALTHOUGH the outcome of nominations yesterday surprised no one :t should not go unrecorded as a clear endorsement ot the Goh Chok Tong government. It is aa>o a c.ear signal that the people want wnat it has pledgea to deliver to them
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      Taiwan should tread cautiously
      658 14 DECEMBER 23 1 996 iT IS true that the proposal to abolish Taiwan's legal status as a province would help streamline its administration, but the move has political implications that need to be pondered carefully. The case for administrative efficiency is supported by the fact that
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      All it takes is a little consideration...
      886 14  -  By Bob Ng THE recent public spat over the proposed dog run ;n Bishan Park once again demonstrates that while at 41 years, Singapore the Republic has all the physical trappings of a developed country, its people still have some growing up to
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon Election is about bringing the voter closer to home matters
      1193 15  -  My View CHUA MUI HOONG VOTING is one of the basic rights a Singaporean has as a citizen of this country and. on Monday, most knew whether they will get to exercise that right in the constituency they live. This
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      Need to lighten up while chasing the dream
      895 15  -  By Koh Buck Song LAST Friday, you could say that Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong stopped short of lifting the ban on chewing gum imports. If anvof the 1.000 undergraduates at the Nariyang Technological University forum had wondered if he might do
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  • INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Key issues and implications of the coming ‘watershed’ elections
      1852 16 Monday was Nomination Day, when parties unveiled their slates to contest the coming polls. What are the issues that will shape the campaign and outcome? What implications will the elections have for politics here? Warren Fernandez reports. IT HAS been called
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      Chandra Das: Yes, I would certainly do it all over again
      1234 17 Interview Mr S. Chandra Das. 56. is one of nearly 20 PAP MPs who are stepping down in the coming Dolls. The Cheng San GRC MP waxes nostalgic as he talks to Leong Ching Ching about ms 16 years
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      Lessons on good govt – from the Tang Dynasty
      1376 17  - Lessons on good govt from the Tang Dynasty But what realiv placed Emperor Li s government m a class of its own was its readiness to listen to and accept criticisms. Thinking Aloud Leslie Fong BEAR with me. readers who think they have heard all they really cared to about
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  • MONEY
    • Article
      SES MAIN BOARD
      8417 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ansaction Date December 27 1996 995 96 Curr act oi t ay Ur’s Mel M Cap Wt Avo High Low Company raoec Saw or000 High LOW Div n Sm.l Prica ASE NTS 10 200 US •OCX) 90C A:>F USS0 01 100 us 900 0
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      Trading activities dipped to the year's lowest
      437 20 Singapore share market review HOLIDAY mood pervaded on the stock market this week, with institutional investors almost totally absent from the market. Bored dealers said trading activities for the entire week dipped to their lowest for the year. However, the bourse's major indices
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      DAY-TO-DAY STOCK INDICES
      80 20 ST Industrials Index fhe Straits Times Industrials Index rose 5.79 points on the week to 2202.60. da\ CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2195 86 0.95) 43.218m ($151.827m) Tuesday 2187.14 8.72) 36 838m ($118.642m) Wednesday Closed T hursday 219/69 (+10.55) 19 295m ($43.995m) Friday 2202.60 (+4.91) 124.64m ($387.296m) BT— MGA
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      CORPORATE RESULTS
      1827 20 Company Oat* ann Nat earn TY LY ($m> i$m> EPS TY LY (eta) (ett) 1 ABN Amro Sap 16 1 1.696 1372 492 402 AlSB* Sap 30 1 1629 8 737 1.50 6 52 Aiconr»* Sap 12 1 13.682 14 510 10 7 114 A IPX HldQS Dac
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      95 20 Company Mac* Data Tlmo Bouttoadco l Sir Stamford 1 Mozianmo floor Hyatt Roqoncy notoi 10-12 Scott» Rood (*****D Doc 23 1100am Kon Brot c 11 Lorong PortdoK Kon Brotnort Bunding (*****9) 0«c 26 1100am Hf»ht mag* A 60 Martin Road *05-45 Tradomart Sporo (*****5) Doc 27 10 00am
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      APPROVED ISSUES
      171 20 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Eldata Books c'osa ACC 6 Paymt Econ inti Ona lor two $1.22 Oac S Oac 11 Jan 7 i Cadian 2000 One-for one RupiOOO Oct 2 Oct 6 NYA j H l.tortQ ind One-for five RM6 OC NOv 13 Nov 19 NYA Sungc Way
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      PROPOSED ISSUES
      123 20 Company Rights issua AISB Thraa-for-tiva »M5 50 Amcoi Onafortwo 52.05 H laonq Crae One-for tan 4 w$6 90 MUI One-for-twc M$1.30 Muipha Ona-for-four 8> M$1.60 PM, T hrat-for two 4 M$1 00 Company Bonus issue Kamayan Corp Or.a-tor-thr«a H Laooq Craa On* for-‘we MAA Ona for ftva Malayawata
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      Lock icon HDB upgraders back in private property market
      523 21  -  350 units changed hands in October: SISV data By Colin Tan HOUSING Board flat dwellers are back in the private property market and transaction volume rose to 350 units in October, up almost two-thirds from July when the market bottomed out, according to
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      1030 20 Payment (HI Ex data Books close Pay date 1 AVjenn.nqs H 1 ’25 Jan B Jan 14 Jan 29 j AISBSOC D 3 Jan 2 Jan 7 Jan 29 Amstee’ 50C b 10 Jan 6 Jan 10 Jan 31 Antah Higgs 5CC D 6 Dec 9 Dec 13
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      Lane Crawford back in business in S’pore
      203 21 HONGKONG-LISTED retailer Lane Craw ford, which closed its Singapore department store a few months ago, is back in business this time selling shoes and accessories on level two of Ngee Ann City. It occupies part of the premises vacated by Tangs Studio earlier
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      CURRENCY
      147 21 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar Sterling pound Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar 1.3879 2.3035 1.0909 1.0101 0.9654 1.4048 2.3615 1.1260 1.0340 0.9991 1.7493 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.4554 Belgian f ranc 4.2703
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      120 21 Contract date: December 27 1996 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE US3 5 5 5 5 5 1 4 s 31/12/% A'. 5s 5'. 5s 5'. 5v. 4s 31/12/96 NZ 7 7 6 6h 6h 6s 31/12/% STG 5S
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      CK Tang cuts interim loss to $7.2m
      180 21 RETAILER CK Tang on Monday reported a smaller $7.2 mil lion interim group net loss and in fact achieved an operating profit of $955,000. against a $2.5 million loss a year ago. “The turnaround in operating profit is the result of the recovery
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      HONGKONG
      476 21 December *****6 HK* ASM Pacific 600 0 100 Allied ind Inti 1 28 -0 15 0 64 1 67 Bank of EA 34 30 010 C P Pokphand 290 0 05 COL Hot») 440 *0 to Cafe De Coral 205 unch Catn Pac Air ..1205 025 Cantury City 2
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      UNIT TRUSTS
      681 21 Mars Prices, Dec 30 AbtrustFund Mfrs AOtruStS’PoreGrFd 0 961—1.010* Allied Phillip Mft Asa Pacific Growth Fd 1 149—1 207 American Inti Assur AIA Unit Linked Fund 1.027-1 082« AXAUfe Fortress Fund 1 013Citicorp tnvt Ban* CitiGlooalBondfd 1.038-1 048 Citi Asa Infrastructure Fd 1 14-1 19-• Credit Lyonnais Int'l
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      UOB to merge two Malaysian units and form broking venture
      1056 22  -  Move will make it third largest foreign bank across the Causeway By Ho Wah Foon m Kuala Lumpur and Tan Li Eng in Singapore THE United Overseas Bank (UOB) will merge its two banking subsidiaries in Malaysia, making it the
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      Lock icon Two ex-Amcol directors on insider trading rap
      585 22  -  By Tan Li Eng TWO more former directors of Amcol Holdings Ng Chee Kheong and Tang Siu Shing were charged by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) on Monday, this time with insider trading. The proceedings constituted the third batch of charges against the
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