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Title Section21 1997-01-18 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1997 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MIT A (P) 156/08/9621 words
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625 1997-01-18 1 Geraldine Yeo - Tourist promotion board to market Singapore’s best shops worldwide By Geraldine Yeo SINGAPORE’S best retailers will have their names made known worldwide in a new effort to recognise top-rate service to customers. Called the Quality Retail Scheme, it will be launched this year as625 words
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Article, Illustration376 1997-01-18 1 Lim Seng Jin - By Lim Seng Jin NATIONAL bodybuilders Azman Abdullah and JoJo Sinclair were on Wednesday charged in court with supplying false information to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). They allegedly told CPIB investigators that Singapore Bodybuilders’ Federation (SBBF) president Paul ChuaFile picture. - 376 words
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370 1997-01-18 1 David Miller - By David Miller CRIMINALS who leave no fingerprints behind may soon be identified by the way they smell. The Police Dog Unit is hoping to train its dogs to detect human scent from any item touched by a sus pect370 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article, Illustration918 1997-01-18 2 Felix Soh - Reports by Felix Soh SINGAPORE and Japan have reached concrete agreement on several bilateral projects to strengthen their relations. These included the setting up of a Japan-Singapore Business Council to promote business collaboration in the region and a Japan-Singapore Action Agenda CommitteePicture by CHEW SENG KIM. - 918 words
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578 1997-01-18 2 THE Hashimoto Doctrine was unveiled in Singapore on Tuesday by the Japanese ftime Minister in a major policy initiative aimed at expanding the breadth and depth of his country’s relationship with Asean member nations. Mr Ryutaro Hashimoto’s initiative, which he announced when578 words
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473 1997-01-18 3 Leticia Perez; Julie Kee - By Leticia Perez in Manila and Julie Kee in Singapore THE Filipino Bureau of Immigration has blacklisted 18 Singaporeans from entering the country after they were alleged to have recruited Filipinos illegally into Singapore. Immigration Commissioner Edgardo Mendoza told The Straits473 words
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Article646 1997-01-18 3 Llm Li Hsien - Evidence does not prove he killed his married lover, says Court of Appeal By Llm Li Hsien FORMER Seletar Country Club mechanic Nadasan Chandra Secharan, was acauitted on Monday of the murer of his married lover. Mad am Ramapiram Kannickaisparry. The Court of Appeal quashed his646 words
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Article, Illustration539 1997-01-18 3 Chang Ai-Lien - By Chang Ai-Lien MR NADASAN Chandra Secharan’s homecoming on Monday, after almost two years in prison facing the death penalty, was a joyous reunion with about 20 relatives. There were tears mingled with laughter as he stepped into his four-room flat at Yishun. MondayLianhe Zaobao picture. - 539 words
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HOME
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572 1997-01-18 4 THERE will be 16 town councils, down from 23, following the General Election, and this streamlining is expected to generate economies of scale and lower operating costs. The changes, however, are unlikely to cause any disruption to town572 words
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Article, Illustration328 1997-01-18 4 MORE than 700 people were evacuated from their offices at Suntec City Tower One on Wednesdav aftemoon when a fire broke out in the building's lift control room on the 29th floor. The lunchtime blaze was the first fire in the 45-storey office towerLIANHE ZAOBAO picture. - 328 words
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425 1997-01-18 4 homas Lee - By Tl homas Lee THE Singapore Armed Forces has announced three new schemes for those in its Warrant Officers and Specialists Corps, which comprise the bulk of SAF regulars. They are the men and women who hold such ranks as sergeant, staff sergeant and425 words
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Article309 1997-01-18 4 WORKERS’ Party secretarygeneral J.B Jeyaretnam has been declared a Non-Constitu-ency Member of Parliament (NCMP) officially. A Government extraordinary gazette on Tuesday night, signed by Returning Of ficer Tan Boon Huat, declared him an NCMP. This means that the 71-year-old lawyer will be one of only309 words
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620 1997-01-18 5 Jasbir Singh - By Jasbir Singh SINGAPOREANS were the victims in under 1 per cent of all serious and violent crimes such as armed robbery and murder that were committed in Johor last year, said the head of the Malaysian state’s Criminal Investigation620 words
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554 1997-01-18 5 Koh Boon Pin; and Rav Dhaliwal - It may be similar to the Air Mauritius blaze By Koh Boon Pin and Rav Dhaliwal A MALAYSIA Airlines aircraft caught fire at Changi airport’s Terminal 2 while engineers were conducting regular maintenance checks on it. No one was hurt in the554 words
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Article, Illustration420 1997-01-18 5 They separated 3 months after tying the knot DICK Lee and Jacintha Abisheganaden have called it quits. One of the best known couples in Singapore’s entertainment industry, they were granted a divorce at the Family Court in Paterson Road on Tuesday, on the grounds420 words
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744 1997-01-18 6 Braema Mathi - By Braema Mathi SCHOOL athletes who place first to fourth in national interschool competitions can now earn bonus points that will help them qualify for junior college and polytechnic entry from 1998 onwards Education Minister Lee Yock Suan said the744 words
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Article, Illustration553 1997-01-18 6 HE HAD a pain in his heel that would not go away and. more than two years later, he discovered that* it was due to a blade that was left in his heel after surgery On Monday, former army553 words
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Article, Illustration747 1997-01-18 6 WRITER Catherine Lim's nov el The Bondmaid will soon be published in five countries and four languages. She credits her world debut to the efforts of her agent Susan Wakeford, who approached her after reading the book early last year. “I was surprised747 words
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Article, Illustration462 1997-01-18 7 Melissa Heng - By Melissa Heng SCHOOLBOY David Ong Guo Wei, 10, was having dinner with his family outside a coffee house when he was killed after a reckless driver crashed his car into them. Last Friday, the motorist, Ng Kwang Yong, 40. was sentenced462 words
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517 1997-01-18 7 AMERICAN disk drive maker Seagate Technology Inc on Monday gave a fillip to the Singapore electronics industrv with the opening of its $2OO million plant at Ang Mo Kio, bringing its total investment here to $1.6 billion. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, who517 words
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Article, Illustration164 1997-01-18 8 TRAINER Raja Segran had to do a balancing act on a roof to coax the star of this year’s Chingay celebrations into his arms. Frightened by the media glare at Monday’s preview. Billy, a 17-year-old scarlet macaw, ignored the two hoops it was supposed to164 words
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463 1997-01-18 8 THE Government is in the process of identifying which four private estates will qualify for a pilot upgrading programme. National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said last Saturday. Under the programme, common areas such as footpaths, drains and children’s playgrounds might463 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1131 1997-01-18 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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890 1997-01-18 9 Santokh Singh - Players breaking contracts will also be penalised SOCCER By Santokh Singh ANY club wishing to sign on Nazri Nasir will have to pay Sembawang Rangers a transfer fee. The amount, over and above the compensation that the player will have to pay the890 words
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Article, Illustration485 1997-01-18 9 Zarinah. By Santokh Singh - By Zarinah. By Santokh Singh. BADMINTON NOT all her personal problems have been solved. Still, national woman shuttler Zarinah Abdullah will return to full-time training this week. After she registered her marriage to German boyfriend Muhammad Salihin Saas Abdullah at the Muslim Registry of MarriagesPicture by TAN SUAN ANN. - 485 words
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Article, Illustration536 1997-01-18 9 Santokh Singh - By Santokh Singh. They will have three-level playing programme EVERY school sport will field Combined Schools teams this year. This was the assurance given by Ong Lye Huat, deputy director of the Extra-Curricular Activities Centre, at the 38th Annual General Meeting of the536 words
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MALAYSIA
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588 1997-01-18 10 Prime Minister explains concept at Los Angeles conference to woo investors LOS ANGELES Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad On Wednesday described his Multimedia Super Corridor <MSC) concept as a multicultural web of mutually dependent international and Malaysian companies collaborating beyond the588 words
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331 1997-01-18 10 A SINGAPOREAN preacher who was sentenced to 25 months’ jail for several religious offences, including one of having 10 wives, has been released from prison eight months ahead of time for good behaviour. According to a report in Singapore’s Berita Mingjgu on Sunday. the preacher.331 words
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Article526 1997-01-18 10 Reports by Brendan Pereira - 10 Singapore women reported being tricked Reports by Reports by Brendan Pereira in Kuala Lumpur THE MCA Complaints Bureau last year received reports from 10 Singaporean women who had been tricKed into having sex and surrendering between MS 10.000 (555.600) and M 530.000 to temple mediums.526 words
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361 1997-01-18 10 KUALA LUMPUR Umno Supreme Council last Saturday accepted Selangor Mentri Besar Muhammad Muhammad Taib’s explanation regarding his failure to declare an equivalent of AS 1.2 million (SSI.3 million) in cash at the Brisbane international airport. Australia. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who361 words
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Article, Illustration458 1997-01-18 10 LONDON A 12-year-old Malaysian girl has been offered a place in Oxford University to study mathematics, according to Utusan Malaysia on Monday which quoted' a Sundav Tele graph report. Sufiah Yusof, the third of five siblings, will enter the university this458 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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573 1997-01-18 11 Susan Sim - By Susan Sim Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA For the second week running, President Suharto has appealed to Indonesians not to blow out of proportion the issue of wealth disparity in the country for such comments could lead to even more unrest. "There573 words
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Article, Illustration128 1997-01-18 11 CAMBODIA’S victims of landmines, all raring to go on Sunday at the starting line of their 3-km-long wheelchair race, which was part of the 1997 Phnom Penh Marathon. The disabled athletes stole the show. Nearly 50 men and women finished at least a portion ofAFP picture - 128 words
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150 1997-01-18 11 AFP. BANGKOK A Thai MP has proposed awarding pick-up trucks as lucky draw prizes to lure truant legislators back to the notoriously ilf-attended parliament. The Nation reported on Tuesday. Mr Man Pattanothai of the Prachakom Thai Party suggested on Sunday atAFP. - 150 words
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451 1997-01-18 11 Addicts waste s2b a year on narcotics, says Premier BANGKOK Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Monday declared war on drug abuse and said his government would make serious efforts to minimise the problem this year. Likening the spread of drug abuse to451 words
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278 1997-01-18 11 AFT. MANILA The Philippines has unveiled an US$B.l-billion (SSii.4 billion) development master plan to turn the former US Clark Air Base north of Manila into a bustling aviation and business centre in the next 28 years. The state-run Clark Development Corp said lastAFT. - 278 words
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COMMENT/Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article650 1997-01-18 12 JANUARY 18 1996 PRIME Minister Ryu taro Hashimoto’s policy outline on Japan reaching out* to Asean, delivered as the Singapore Lecture on Tuesday, was a politic piece of di plomacy. It recognises the value of Asean as an economic force of independent weight, as distinct from even650 words
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Article706 1997-01-18 12 JANUARY 15 1996 THERE can be no argument that the Education Ministry’s revision last week of the bonus points system for sports achievement in school ECA (ex-tra-curricular activities) is a sound one But. it should be noted, this was more a matter of putting right a706 words
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Article677 1997-01-18 12 JANUARY 13. 1997 TEN days ago. the Malaysian government began sending home illegal immigrants, beginning with a shipload of 1,026 Indonesians. It will take an armada to despatch the large number of Indonesians working without permit in Malaysia, to say nothing of Bangladeshis. Pakistanis, Filipinos and677 words
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Article, Illustration843 1997-01-18 12 Sonny Yap - By Sonny Yap UIZ A: Who is the sexiest man alive? Does Wong Li-Lin have I—■ breast implants? Who is Princess Diana's latest date? Guess who turned up for Pan Ling Ling’s wedding? Has Jennifer An istoiWianged her hairstyle? Quiz B:JIMBO AIBANO - 843 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1201 1997-01-18 13 My View IT WAS a rowdy, merry making party at Boon Lay that New Year's Eve. Residents were out in force to mark the completion of upgrading works at their precinct, celebrating the end of over two years of inconvenience,JIMBO AIBANO - 1,201 words
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878 1997-01-18 13 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song MUCH has already been said about the Tang Liang Hong affair. But the voice of the monolingual English-educated Chinese community has been largely unheard. I use the word “community” deliberately. The 1990 Population Census showed that households which use878 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, Illustration2108 1997-01-18 14 The Tang Liang Hong affair showed up, once again, the deep fault lines in Singapore society over race, language and religion. But more than anything else, as Chua Lee Hoong finds out, it also highlighted divisions within the majority2,108 words
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1224 1997-01-18 15 Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew noted that Mr Tang Liang Hong was the only person who said ‘yes’ to the Government’s offer to the Chinese community to set up Chinese schools in 1991. Mr Tang also wanted to increase instruction time1,224 words
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Article, Illustration1294 1997-01-18 15 Han Fook Kwang - Thinking Aloud Han Fook Kwang OF ALL the explanations offered on why the PAP was able to pull off such a decisive victory at the recent General Election, here is one which is hardlv mentioned but which tops my1,294 words
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MONEY
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Article425 1997-01-18 16 rJean Chia - Weekly share market review By rJean Chia. THE Singapore stock market demonstrated how susceptible it could be. to the whims ol players on the global stock markets last week. As the sequence of events on the United States and Japanese stock exchanges unfolded, Singapore stocks425 words
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Article1613 1997-01-18 16 Company is Nat aam TY LY ($m> (Sail EPS TY LY (eta) (eta) ABN Amro Sap 18 1 1.696 1272 492 402 AISB* Sap 30 1.629 8.737 1.50 6.52 Alcorn* Sap 12 1 13.682 14.510 10.7 118 Alt* HldQS Dac 12 1 0.885 1.159 295 3.86 Amitaal* Sop1,613 words
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Article132 1997-01-18 16 Company Place Date Tima Hal Sun Hup C 200 Cantonment Road •0901 Southpomt (*****3) Jan 13 11.00am Scott* c Marnot Hotel Jan 13 11.00am HOMO** Pandan Room Laval 2 320 Orchard Road (*****5) ho won c 192 Gul Circle JantS tOJOam Genting Int Jurong (*****0) 1 1 A132 words
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Article80 1997-01-18 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 1.90 points on the week to 2244.21. I)AV CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2232 40 9.91) 177.89m ($397.612m) Tuesday 2215.52 (-16 88) 117.86m ($274.467m) Wednesday 2221.15 5.63) 133.17m ($278.430m) Thursday 2220.36 0.79) 207.31m ($360.087m) Friday 2244.21 (+23.85) 288.54m ($611.113m) BT—80 words
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Article1007 1997-01-18 16 Piywwl <%> Ex data Pay data AVjennings M 1 1.25 Jan 8 Jan 14 Jan 29 AISB 50C b 3 Jan 3 Jan 7 Jan 29 Amstael SOC b 10 Jan 6 Jan 10 Jan 31 Anteh Hldgs 50C b 6 Dec 9 Dac 13 Jan 6 ASIA1,007 words
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Article70 1997-01-18 16 u s 5 t z a ii < > z ii i i s li s s in o i o M s ii m N i ii 1 2 g i 3 2 2 3 S Itrfl f >1 ill! is! 1 s i i Sill g70 words
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Article114 1997-01-18 16 Company Rights laiua AISB Three-for-five RM5.50 Amcol Ona-for-two 9 $2.05 H Loonq Cr*d Ono-for-ton 9 M$6.90 MU! Ona-for-two 9 M$1.30 Muipha One-tor-four 9 M$’.60 Nlppercraft Ono-for-tour 9 $0.28 PMI Three-for-two 9 MSl.OO Company Bonus Issua Komoyan Corp One-for-three H Leonq Crop Ono-for-flva MAA Ona-for-flva Malayawata Ona-for-two Noel Gifts114 words
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Article, Illustration233 1997-01-18 17 HONG Leong Group’s execu tive chairman, Mr Kwek Leng Beng. has been appointed to the International Advisory Board of Britain’s largest domestic bank. National Westminster Bank (Natwest). Mr Kwek, 55, is the first Singaporean and fifth Asian member of the 15-member Natwest233 words
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605 1997-01-18 17 Sim Wai Chew - Singapore fending off regional challengers By Sim Wai Chew CONTAINER traffic through Singapore grew 9.3 per cent last year, a performance which places the Republic within striking distance of Hongkong for tne title of the world’s largest port. Latest figures released by605 words
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403 1997-01-18 17 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal CALIFORNIA’S public pension fund managers, with US$234 billion (Ss32B Pillion) at their command, have joined hands with Temasek Holdings to co-invest US$2OO million over the next five vears. Announcing this here on Thursday. California State Treasurer Matt Fong said Temasek403 words
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Article142 1997-01-18 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Selling US dollar 1.3934 1.4089 Sterling pound Australian dollar 2.3194 1.0736 2 3753 1.1070 Canadian dollar 1.0311 1.0543 NZ dollar 0.9752 .1.0082 EC unit 1.7263 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.1926 12.7384142 words
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Article121 1997-01-18 17 Contract date: January 17 1997 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE us$ 4 y 16 4 v,« 5/l6 57,. 5Vu 4>< 21/1/97 AS 5Vl* 5 1 5/i& S'/to 5'. 5‘. 21/1/97 NZ 6’. 6'. 6'-. 6 v 6 s121 words
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Article465 1997-01-18 17 January *****7 MK$ ASM Pacific 620 Allied Ind Inti 1 37 0 05 Allied Oversea 0 92 unch Asia Sec Int 1 78 -0 06 Bank of EA 37 20 030 C P Pokphand 3 30 005 CDL Hofei 4 42 -0 03 2 05 Cath Pac Air 12465 words
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Article728 1997-01-18 17 AbtrustFundMgrs Abtrust Spore GrFd American Inti Assur AIA Unit Linked Fund AXALife 0.971 —1.021 1 065—1 122# 1,038« Citicorp Invt Bank Citi Global Bond Fd 1.040-1 050" Clti Asia Infrastructure Fd 118—1 23” Credit Lyonnan Inf 1 Asset Mft Cl AsaPacGrFund 0 960—1 OlOxd" Cl S'ooreGrFund 0.990-1 040«d”728 words
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Article8881 1997-01-18 18 I INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: January *****7 1996 97 Curr Last Vol Day Grs Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High LOW Div PE Smil Price ASE NTS10 200 us 1000 900 ASF US$0 01 100 US 900 900 214 1658,881 words
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Article, Illustration664 1997-01-18 20 Kalpana Rashiwala - It offers a better than expected $96.8m for prime property By Kalpana Rashiwala PROPERTY tycoon Ng Teng Fong’s Far East Organization outbid DBS Land for Scotts Tower on Wednesday, offering a higher-than-expected $96.8 million to the building’s 32 apartmentJOHNNY LIM - 664 words
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Article, Illustration444 1997-01-18 20 Tammy Tan - By Tammy Tan SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) has invested US$5l million (5571.5 million) in a new submarine cable network that will link the Pacific Rim, South-east Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Called SEA-ME-WE 3, the US$l.3 billion cable network will serve444 words
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392 1997-01-18 20 SINGAPORE is reviewing its legislation to further strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law, Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee said on Wednesday. As a member of the international Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), Singapore is392 words
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Advertisement784 1997-01-18 22 MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE We have vacancies and welcome applications for the following positions in our Information Services Department: A) Systems Analyst/ Senior Programmer Analyst b) Senior information Centre Analyst/ Information Centre Analyst Successful applicants will be part of the teams involved in: development and maintenance of both mainframe and784 words
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Article, Illustration425 1997-01-18 23 It opens a door for politicians with extreme beliefs WHEN the Workers’ Party did an about-turn and agreed to accept the Non-Constituency MP (NCMP) seat, its defeated candidate Tang Liang Hong came within a whisker of entering Parliament! Just as well Mr J.425 words
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308 1997-01-18 23 I REFER to the letter by Mr Sean Roulet, “Penny-pinching practices in cafes aha bars” (right)). While I cannot speak for all cafes, restaurants or bars in Singapore, I think that there was never any intention to steal from any customer or308 words
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326 1997-01-18 23 SINCE I have been in Singapore, I have noticed that bars and cafes tend to retain the extra cents from the bill. When the change is $1.28, $1.20 is returned. And if you dare ask for the correct change, the waiters glare at you326 words
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259 1997-01-18 23 I REFER to Mr Chan Kim Lim’s letter “Take measures to ease jams at Causeway” (ST, Jan i) in which he made two suggestions on immigration clearance. There is one set of lanes at the Woodlands Checkpoint for immigration clearance of people arriving259 words
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Article, Illustration436 1997-01-18 23 PAFs priority policy an entirely different matter THE thoughtful commentary by Mr Simon Tay and Mr Zulklfii Bahareddin on the recent elections contains one important error. They seem to take the view that the Prime Minister’s policy that priority in upgrading be determined436 words
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Advertisement124 1997-01-18 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, such124 words
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689 1997-01-18 24 Tammy Tan - It wants bidders to focus on facilities and services By" Tammy Tan THE Government had decided to fix the licence fees for the basic telecommunications services and not subject them to the bidding process because it wanted the bidders to concentrate on the facilities689 words
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Article, Illustration253 1997-01-18 24 FAMILY life looks set to become more complicated for Zoo mascot Ah Meng, who celebrated, last Friday, the birth of her son and K ddaughter by the same sr. Both she and daughter Hong Bao were "matchmade” with 22-year-old Pusung. So AhPicture by ALPHONSO CHAN. - 253 words