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Title Section20 1997-03-01 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY. MARCH 1, 1997 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 156/08/9620 words
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Article, Illustration573 1997-03-01 1 Tan Li Eng - S’poreans going overseas and spending more By Tan Li Eng THE number of Singaporeans flocking overseas has doubled in the past five years and so has their spending abroad thanks to growing affluence and increased business travel as companies go regional. Travellers made 3.3 million overseas trips last year, aFOO MWfl WEN; SOURCE. DEPT OF STATISTICS - 573 words
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Article, Illustration249 1997-03-01 1 Thomas Koh - Ashraf, 11, shows having one arm is no handicap By Thomas Koh NATIONAL soccer coach Bar™ Whitbread’s most often-heard lament is the lack of strikers in the Republic. His problem might be solved in a few years when 11-year-old Ashraf Abdul Rashid (above) grows up. This Primary 6Picture by JERRY SEH. - 249 words
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Advertisement20 1997-03-01 1 Planning a CAREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 Government sets out guidelines for handling child abuse cases: Page 220 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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604 1997-03-01 2 Julie Kee - No negligence in Winny Ho case, Committee of Inquiry says By Julie Kee THERE was no negligence in the way government officers managed the Winny Ho child abuse case, a Committee of Inquiry has found. But there were errors in judgment604 words
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Article, Illustration541 1997-03-01 2 Lea Wee - By Lea Wee DOCTORS in Singapore are being briefed on the Advance Medical Directive (AMD), which allows a person to choose to stop treatment when he becomes terminally ill. The AMD Act. which was passed in Parliament in May last year, will probablyNOEL ROSAIFS - 541 words
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547 1997-03-01 2 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon THE courts will not deal with Ecstasy abusers lightly, even if the offender is a tertiary student, because this would send the wrong signal to other students. Chief Justice Yong Pung How said on Tuesday. He said this547 words
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Official Secrets Act case
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Article, Illustration759 1997-03-01 3 Lim Li Hsien - By Lim Li Hsien CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How will review the questions which the Public Prosecutor wants referred to the Court of Appeal, following the CJ’s landmark decision to overturn lawyer Christopher Bridges’ convictions under the Official Secrets Act. He said this on Thursday759 words
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Article, Illustration230 1997-03-01 3 lAWYER Christopher Bridges (above), 33, was charged under the Official Secrets Act after he obtained the new addresses of four people from a police officer between July 1993 and April 1994. The officer, then a field intelligence officer with the Criminal Investigation Department, got the information from230 words
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Article, Illustration352 1997-03-01 3 A TOTAL of 139 Singaporeans were infected last year with HIV\ the virus that causes Aids. This is an increase of about 25 per cent over the 111 cases in 1995, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. Figures accompanying a ministry statementADAM LEE; SOURCE MINISTRY OF HEALTH - 352 words
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HOME
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595 1997-03-01 4 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal SINGAPORE has moved up in the ranking of the world’s exporting nations but it faces growing competition in global markets from newly emerging economies, the first major review of trade since 1985 has shown. A Committee on International Trade (Coit),595 words
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Article, Illustration518 1997-03-01 4 Melissa Heng - Underwear-clad robbers strike Lomie Road bungalow By Melissa Heng THREE men, clad in only their underwear, robbed a family in Lomie Road of at least $200,000 in cash and jewellery early last Friday morning. Mr Yeo Chong Lin, 63, a di rector in a familyPicture by WONG KWAI CHOW. - 518 words
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467 1997-03-01 4 THE Government is looking at ways to allow more Singaporeans to take part in the policy-making process by contributing ideas to help tackle problems facing the country. Youths, professionals, associations and interest groups would be included in what Pasir Ris GRC MP467 words
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Article, Illustration1000 1997-03-01 5 Tan Ooi Boon - By Tan Ooi Boon RISING property values over the past few years have prompted more families to go to the High Court to resolve their cattles over their homes. The courts do not keep records of theseEOOHWEI WEN - 1,000 words
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Article338 1997-03-01 5 Sworn enemies HE HAS eight siblings. But at least two of them are now his sworn enemies. In an interview with The Straits Times, the man, a senior manager of a company, said he no longer considered them family. The enmity has come about because of a very338 words
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Article121 1997-03-01 5 SETTLING disputes out of court does not mean the end of the bitter blood, said one party. A man who was involved in a squabble with his sisters over their mother’s house told The Straits Times that his case was settled when he decided to pay121 words
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420 1997-03-01 5 Lim Seng Jin - They accepted $14,000 bribes By Lim Seng Jin FIVE Woodlands checkpoint immigration officers who accepted bribes from two syndicates, to make it easier for Indonesians to enter Singapore, were given jail sentences on Wednesday. They were also each ordered to pay a penalty equal to420 words
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Article, Illustration1268 1997-03-01 6 Lim Li Hsien - Best solution is to change legislation, say lawyers and academics When is oral sex an offence? By Lim Li Hsien A RECENT Court of Appeal decision ruling that oral sex is an offence except when it is used as foreplay between1,268 words
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240 1997-03-01 6 Walter Fernandez - By Walter Fernandez DR CHEE Soon Juan and Mr Ling How Doong were returned unopposed as the secretarygeneral and chairman of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) at its biennial cadre cori ference last Saturday. There were, however, two key leadership changes in the240 words
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Article, Illustration541 1997-03-01 7 Elena Chong - $1.25m negligence suit By Elena Chong A FORMER seamstress whose medical negligence suit was settled earlier for more than $1 million said she will use the money to continue her medical treatment, including getting a liver transplant. Madam Sim Bee Ngo, 40, had checked541 words
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330 1997-03-01 7 Ong Sor Fern - By Ong Sor Fern FOR 11 years, artist Ching Hing Kang had to paint his large canvases in the common corridor outside his five-room HDB flat because he had no workspace. Now, for $2OO a month, the 52-year-old can paint in air-conditioned comfort330 words
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Advertisement195 1997-03-01 6 The Singapore National Employers Federation presents i i i i PROGRAM FOR EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT (7 to 17 April /997, Singapore) An intensive 1()-day program designed to give fast-track functional managers the broad perspective necessary' to function at senior organisational levels. (.earn to 1. Develop the conceptual skills and the broad195 words
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Advertisement193 1997-03-01 7 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 ST193 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration459 1997-03-01 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have stepped up a campaign to seize houses, cars and other assets of alleged drug dealers as part of a war against a growing narcotics problem, press reports said nere on Wednesday. Three houses and threeAFP; The Sun picture. - 459 words
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198 1997-03-01 10 Bemama. KOTA BARU A Form Three student assaulted his school discipline master with a piece of wood after he was reprimanded for going to school late on Wednesday. The boy, of Tengku Indera Petra Secondary School in Gua Musang, was suspended for 10 days, KelantanBemama. - 198 words
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531 1997-03-01 10 Brendan Pereira - By Brendan Pereira in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA had no choice but to embrace information technology and the unrestricted flow of information which came with it, otherwise, it would be left behind, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on Wednesday.531 words
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Advertisement218 1997-03-01 10 rrrrr g GAIN A STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION Leeds is rated 7th in research power in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise The Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies I taught in Singapore, made available to the region via internet... The only course of its kind218 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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295 1997-03-01 11 Ignatius Stephen - By Ignatius Stephen in Bandar Seri Begawan IN A surprise move, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei has announced the resignation of his youngest brother. Prince Jefri Bolkiah, as the oil-rich state’s Finance Minister. The announcement said the 40-year-old prince had resigned for personal295 words
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Article, Illustration622 1997-03-01 11 Nirmal Ghosh - Well done, but don’t change Constitution: Cardinal Sin B y Nirmal Ghosh Philippines Correspondent MANILA President Fidel Ramos said on Tuesday that although the Philippines had seen remarkable economic progress, many promises had yet to be fulfilled, while Manila Archbishop Jaime622 words
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450 1997-03-01 11 Edward Tang - By Edward Tang Thailand Correspondent BANGKOK A proposal to allow a non-elected person to be Prime Minister has met strong resistance from the Thai public, including the head of the political-reform body tasked to draft the new Constitution. Mr Uthai Pimchaichon, chairman of the450 words
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COMMENT/Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article691 1997-03-01 12 MARCH 1 1997 ALMOST everyone now has a favourite human clone to emerge as a follow-through to Dolly. That is a sheep created by genetic manipulation last July by I)r lan Wilmut. a British embryologist. but just reported in the scientific press. As a feat of691 words
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Article671 1997-03-01 12 FEBRUARY 25. 1997 THE report of the committee of inquiry on the Winnv Ho childabuse case. released last week, can be taken at two levels As the injuries inflicted on the child by her mother were so brutal as to cause brain damage, the public's interest671 words
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Article684 1997-03-01 12 FEBRUARY 24 1997 THE extension of road pricing to two key expressways and the changes in the area licensing scheme underscore the point that modifications and fine-tun-ing are an integral part of man aging traffic growth in a small city state. The tinkering has to684 words
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Article, Illustration842 1997-03-01 12 Alan John - By Alan John THE tragedy of Winny Ho focused attention, rightly, on the various authorities which handle child abuse cases, and the recent committee of inquiry report gave us some reasons why things went wrong. Now' we know that the social842 words
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COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1030 1997-03-01 13 KOH BUCK SONG - Education brace yourself for change and more change My view KOH BUCK SONG ABOUT a week ago. I wrote a report in The Straits Times on a “school of the future” concept being tried out in the United States, which the Education Ministry here is studying. The scheme's most radical1,030 words
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835 1997-03-01 13 Koh Buck Song - By Koh Buck Song IN HIS Mailbag letter last Friday, Mr Goh Sin Tub referred to the “weird juxtaposition” of Annabel Chong and the 12 Senior Counsel in my column last week. I had questioned the easilyassumed link between schools835 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, Illustration1533 1997-03-01 14 The Annual Economic Survey released last week shows a brighter outlook for the Singapore economy this year, but uncertainties remain about the Republic’s position over the long-term. Koh Buck Song zeroes in on the key factors underlying the unending1,533 words
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Article, Illustration1147 1997-03-01 15 Interview Mr Yatiman Yusof, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Information and the Arts, is one of four Government office-holders who head town councils and one of six PAP MPs taking charge of a town council for the first time. How does he1,147 words
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Article, Illustration1317 1997-03-01 15 Warren Fernandez - Thinking Aloud Warren Fernandez CLEARLY, Prime Minis ter Goh Chok Tong and his colleagues nave heard the rumbling on the ground, and sensed the unease in segments of the Chinese-educat-ed community over the on-going Tang Liang Hong saga. Their unhappiness1,317 words
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MONEY
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472 1997-03-01 16 Weekly share market review BROKERS in Singapore were busier quoting the prices of Malaysian over the-counter stocks than they had time to look at Sin-gapore-listed counters this week. The top ten most actively traded counters for most part of the week, was made472 words
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Article1693 1997-03-01 16 Company Data ann N«t •*rn TY LY ($m) <$m) EPS TY LY let») let*) ABN Amro Sap 18 1 1,696 1,372 492 402 AiSB* Sap 30 1 1.629 8.737 1.50 6.52 Alcorn* Sap 12 1 13.682 14.510 10.7 11.4 Ala» Midqs Dac 12 1 0 885 MS* 2.951,693 words
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Article257 1997-03-01 16 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Exdata Books Aec 8 dost Paymt Gadjah 2000 Ont-for-ona RuplOOO Oct 2 Oct 8 NYA BONUS ISSUE El* Books Company Ratio data dost Easykmt Two-for-ont Jan 24 Jan 30 Not! Gifts Ona-for two Jan 14 o C OTHERS ElBooks Acc 8 Company Ratio data257 words
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Article194 1997-03-01 16 Company Rights Istua AIS8 Thraa-for-fiva 9> RM5 50 Amcol Onafortwo *> $2.05 H loom) Crad Onafor-tan M$6.90 MUI Ona-tortwo <ĕ M$1.30 Mulpha Ona-forfour <0 M$160 Nipparcraft Ona-forfour $0.28 PMI Thraa-for-two <9 M$1.00 Company Bonus Issua Kamayan Corp Onafor-thraa H Laong Crad Ona-for-fiva M Camant Onefor-tour MAA Ona-for-fiva Malayawata194 words
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Article79 1997-03-01 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 45.58 points on the week to 2195.70. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 2233.99 7.29) 2201.97 (-32.02) 2216.07 (+14.10) 2190.63 (-25.44) 2195.70 5.07) 419.96m ($845.692m) 468.04m ($924.059m) 507.83m ($1039.27m) 384 08m ($733.764m) 405.68m ($662.058m) BT— MGA79 words
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Article689 1997-03-01 16 Paymant <*> Ca data Books closa Pay data ASF US$0.***** F to Mar 18 Mar 31 Apr 9 Amstaal SOC D 10 Jan 3 Jan 10 J an 31 Ask Pacific F 10 Fab 28 Mar 6 Mar 19 Avimo Croup 20C F 15TE Fab 28 Mar 6689 words
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Article112 1997-03-01 16 Company Plaet Data Tima C Proport lot A Laval 2 Alexandra Point 438 Alexandra Road (*****8) Tab 24 10.00am Asia Pacific A Laval 2 Alexandra Point 438 Alaiandra Road (1199$8) Fab 25 10.00am Carabos E Board Room n Third Laval Tha Regent Sir» pa port l Cuscadan Road112 words
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402 1997-03-01 17 Douglas Wong - By Douglas Wong SINGAPORE Power (SP) wants to use its existing underground national cable network to offer a full range of multimedia services as well as the basic telephone services for which it is bidding. "We have the ability to quickly roll out all402 words
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549 1997-03-01 17 Tan Li Eng - Money freed could mean higher interest rates By Tan Li Eng THE Post Office Savings Bank (POSBank) can now maintain lower cash reserves with the Monetary Authority of Singa pore (MAS), bank chairman Moses Lee said last Friday. This will free up its surpluses549 words
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495 1997-03-01 17 Kalpana Rashiwaia - By Kalpana Rashiwaia FASHION Cafe, the themed restaurant chain whose own ers include supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Elle MacPherson, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington, hopes to open ah outlet m Singapore this year. Its Asian franchisee is said to be eyeing prime Orchard495 words
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Article151 1997-03-01 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar Sterling pound Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar EC unit 1.4152 2 2813 1 0848 1.0271 0.9638 1.4314 2.3373 1.1197 1.0506 0.9973 1.6503 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.6768151 words
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Article109 1997-03-01 17 Contract date: February 28 1997 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE us$ 4 11 4 Vl6 57,6 57,6 57,6 47,6 4/3/97 AS 5V,. 57u 57,6 57.6 5’ 2 4 4/3/97 NZ 6-V. 6'V.6 7 7 7>. 6'. 4/3/97 STG109 words
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Article486 1997-03-01 17 February 28 1997 HK$ HONGKONG ASM Pacific 6 45 unch Allied Ind Int'l 1 61 -0 03 Allied Oversea 0 91 unch Asia Sec Int 2 96 -0 12 Bank of EA 28 25 025 C P Pokphand 2 80 unch COL Hotel 4 38 0 17 Cafe Oe486 words
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Article808 1997-03-01 17 AbtruitFund Mgrs Abtrust Spore Gr Fd 1 0230—1 0750* American Inti Assur AIA Unit Linked Fund 1 113-1 172# AXA Life Fortress Fund 1 050» Citicorp Invt Bonk Cti Global Bond Fd 1 042-1 052" Crt' Asia Infrastructure Fd 1 20—1 25** Credit Lyonnait Int'l Asset Mgt Cl808 words
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Article9064 1997-03-01 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: February *****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 NT$ 10 200 us 1000 900 ASF USS0 01 100 US 900 900 214 1639,064 words
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616 1997-03-01 20 Tan Li Eng - By Tan Li Eng THE Government will not relax the anti speculation prop ertv curbs imposed last Mav, Finance Minister Richard hfu said last Friday. “We think that the measures have worked quite effectively,’ he said. Property prices had softened bv 10 to 15616 words
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532 1997-03-01 20 Narendra Aggarwal - By Narendra Aggarwal A THREE-PRONGED strategy has been unveiled to develop Singapore into a global city of international trade. The plan, devised by a high-level Cel set up by the Trade Development ird (TDB), calls for. A PARADIGM shift in the way532 words
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Article, Illustration576 1997-03-01 20 Kalpana Rashiwala - Former residence of High Commissioner may fetch sB2m By Kalpana Rashiwala ABOUT half of the Malaysian High Commissioner’s disused residence at Gallop Road will be up for sale soon. The 150,000 sq ft area a tract of primeG CHANDRADAS - 576 words
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Advertisement876 1997-03-01 21 m SINGAPORE LAND LIMITED We seek a dynamic and highly motivated individual to assume a key position as our Qeneral 'Manager Building Management Services Reporting to the President and CEO and supported by a team of building managers, you will assume an important role in ensuring high standards of management876 words
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FORUM
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668 1997-03-01 23 Staying ahead in the economic race I REFER to Mr Koh Buck Song's article, “Singapore's hare' must be careful to stay ahead of the ‘tortoises' (see page 14). He talked about the eco nomic race between Singapore and its neighbours. To keep ahead. Singapore668 words
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Article, Illustration225 1997-03-01 23 I REFER to the discussion about MRT etiquette. I have some suggestions. We could start bv introducing the keep left rule. Commuters should keep to their left when they are getting on or off the train. Arrows can be painted on the225 words
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357 1997-03-01 23 I REFER to the latest government measures (ST Weekly Edition. Feb 22) to relieve congestion on our expressways. Taken as a whole, the package seems reasonable and practical and. in the short run. will achieve the objective of curbing congestion on our "major357 words
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421 1997-03-01 23 Project in MSc course provides practical training Training for IT professionals I REFER to the article “New breed of systems analysts needs skills in dealing with people” (ST, Feb 23). According to the study by the Data Processing Management Association and the421 words
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PM Goh outlines factors behind city state’s success
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Article, Illustration722 1997-03-01 24 Chua Mui Hoong - Reports by Chua Mui Hoong m Johannesburg A GOVERNMENT that is accountable and transparent, plans long-term, and dispenses social justice. One that gets its economic fundamentals right by being market oriented, exer cising fiscal discipline, encour aging high savings and investment. and investing inPicture by ALPHONSO CHAN - 722 words
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258 1997-03-01 24 SINGAPORE will set in place a three year rolling plan of technical coopera tion between Singapore and the southern African nations of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. This is an extension of an on-go*«g programme in which Singapore offers technical assistance training258 words
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359 1997-03-01 24 NATIONAL Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang on Sunday identified three possible sites to replace the Tanjong Pager railway station. These sites for the future underground station are along Scotts Road, where it would be linked with Newton MRT station. near Suntec City where359 words