The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 22 March 1997

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  • 20 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY. MARCH 22, 1997 Price: 551.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 156/08/96
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  • 745 1  -  A while before ties with Singapore can return to the old level, says statement By Brendan Pereira in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government on Wednesday accepted Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s unreserved apology and his move to ask the court to delete from court records his
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  • 189 1 THE following statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Professor S. Jayakumar, was released on Wednesday night: "The Government of Singapore notes the statement by the Malaysian government which accepted Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s unreserved apology and which viewed positively his intention to delete
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  • 484 1 HONG LEONG group executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng, 55, has been named Singapore’s new Businessman of tne Year. He was chosen “for his vision and outstanding entrepreneurial success in steering the continued growth of the Hong Leong Group, Singa pore,
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 469 2  -  A regional centre and Singapore’s northern gateway in the making By Stephanie Yeo WOODLANDS is set to shed its “ulu” image and be transformed into a regional centre and Singapore’s northern gateway. More than 37,000 new homes are coming up in a 1,358-ha planning area,
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    • 509 2  -  By Chang Ai-Lien and Melissa Heng THE clampdown on drug abusers, gangsters and under-aged drinkers at Boat Quay nightspots has been stepped up with two joint Home Affairs raids over last weekend the third in a week. More than 50 people were arrested, more
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    • 204 2 TO BUSINESSMAN Thia Chai Hock, 54, (above) $500,000 in cash now is worth more than a $750,000 condominium in two year's time. He won the Courts Ultimate Dream Choice Draw and had the enviable task of choosing between cash and conao at the
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    • 682 3 ‘No Singapore student will be disadvantaged’ Dr Tony Tan. I Flat fee for most courses Move to draw foreign talent THE two universities are revising their fees in a move to charge the same fee for all courses except medicine and dentistry ana to attract
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    • 574 3  -  They will nurture friendship in face of change Thai PM’s visit to Singapore By Edward Tang ENSURING that future generations of Singaporeans and Thais nurture a friendship which mirrors the close relations of their leaders, even as competition hots up in the
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    • 414 3 A TOTAL of $4 million has been raised for a new professorship set up to honour Dutch economist Albert Winsemius, who played a pivotal role in Singapore’s economic success. Half the money came from the Government and the rest was raised by a group
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  • HOME
    • 900 4  -  By Ahmad Osman LAWYER Tang Liang Hong abused the court process when he tried to stop Justice Lai Kew Chai from hearing 12 lawsuits against him, the judge said yesterday. In his written judgment Justice Lai who dismissed Mr Tang's application with costs,
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    • 801 4  -  Tang’s assets Family bungalow: Worth $4.5 million but is mortgaged as security for a $3.2-million overdraft, leaving its value at about $1.3 million. Four life insurance policies: Worth $lBO,OOO. Law practice: Worth about $178,000. Local bank accounts: About $Bl,OOO. Two office accounts: About $24,000.
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    • 669 4  -  By Tan Ooi Boon A CORONER, finding “disturbing revelations” which could indicate child abuse, returned an open verdict on the death of a five-year-old boy who suffered head injuries in September last year. State Coroner Siva Shanmugam said on Thursday that the death
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    • 793 5  -  Bangladeshi, paralysed in worksite accident, may go home soon Lift base on worksite rams into his head Left lying for 3 hours on wooden plank Driven to Sembawang forest and abandoned Soldiers hear his cries; call ambulance By Jasbir Singh CRIPPLED Bangladeshi worker Mohamad
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    • 275 5  -  By Lim Seng Jin A MAN who had been on the run for 16 years turned himself in to the police on Dec 16 last year because his girlfriend made him do it. Wee Boon Khoon, 43, escaped
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    • 553 5  -  By Koh Buck Song in Wellington, New Zealand SINGAPOREAN holiday-makers in New Zealand, who are here in droves this week, will soon get more flights to ease the usual school vacation rush. A greater flow of air traffic between the two destinations will
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    • 421 6  -  Tops flying course and wins award By Rav Dhaliwal WHEN pilot Azmi Yazdani was summoned to the principal's office at the SIA Flving College two months ago. his stomach did a barrel roll But he came in for more than a safe landing he came
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    • 542 6  -  By Karamjit Kaur HIS was a life dedicated to moulding young minds and. even after retiring more than 25 years ago. he continued giving tuition to the boys from St Patrick’s Sec ondary School, where he lived. His students never forgot him and
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    • 386 7 Room for disabled built to tickle youngsters’ senses AS THE shimmering beam of light traced luminous patterns in soft shades of blue, red and green, Putri, who has cerebral palsy, sat fascinated. The six-year-old was so captivated by the multicoloured column of bubbling water that she sat
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    • 298 7 A MAN was killed when he jumped onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train at Kembangan MRT station on Sunday. None of the 300 commuters on board the train was hurt as it made an emergency stop at 10.17
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    • 176 6 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
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1131 7 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 1240
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  • SPORTS
    • 771 8  -  S-League opens with a bang, throws up aces SOCCER By Godfrey Robert BRAVE HEARTS not exactly clones of Mel Gibson there were aplenty on the opening night of the S-League, Singapore s professional soccer tournament. The main actor, no doubt, was striker Fandi Ahmad, who
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    • 425 8  -  By Santokh Singh THE S-League Board has directed its lawyers to start legal proceedings against apparel sponsor Adidas. R. Palakrishnan, chairman of the league’s Legal Affairs Committee, confirmed tnat the measure had been taken following numerous correspondence between the two parties. He said: “Yes
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    • 260 8  -  By Thomas Koh LITTLE-KNOWN Singapore kegler David Ang (above) shocked a star-studded field that included several former world champions to win the Malaysian Open Bowling Championships at Kent Bowl last Saturday. The 32-year-old, in only his second year as a national
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 571 9 Private-sector may operate some services BANGKOK The government is planning a complete overhaul of the bureaucracy which would lead to radical changes in the civil service, more autonomy for local administration and greater private-sector participation in providing services to the people, according to a
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    • 253 9 Reuter, AFP BAGUIO (Philippines) Seven women on Sunday became the first female gradu ates of the once male-domi-nated Philippine Military Academy (PMA), ending nearly a century of tradition. “I say to my fellow men Filipinos, better watch out,” President Fidel Ramos, the academy’s most
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    • 357 9  -  By Nirmal Ghosh Philippines Correspondent MANILA Manila has announced a night curfew on youth in an effort to clamp down on teenage violence and drunkenness. Mayor Alfredo Lim over last weekend approved the imposition of a 9 pm to 5
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    • 208 9 Reuter. BANGKOK An elephant performing in a popular show in northern Thailand crushed an Australian tourist to death on Tuesday, police said. Mr William Park, 57, was found dead near the Mae Rim Elephant Show in Chiang Mai province, about 750 km north of Bangkok,
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 1182 10 They are finding it hard to maintain high standards, says Umno Youth leader Reactions to SM Lee’s remarks Harian Watan (HW): What is the importance of this Lee Kuan Yew issue to the Umno Youth? Zahid Hamidi (ZH): Lee Kuan Yew’s behaviour in
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    • 457 10 NST. KUALA LUMPUR An agreement between Malaysia and Singapore to jointly develop the Malayan Railway land could not take off following differences on how it should be undertaken. Under the agreement signed in 1990 by former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin and former
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    • MORE REACTIONS
      • 154 10 OBVIOUSLY. Malaysians are still angry with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew but they must be careful*about what they say. advised Utusan Malaysia columnist Awang Sulung on Tuesday. He wrote: “Awang understands this feeling. Even then, we should be careful in our actions and
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      • 292 10 Johor w as leaving it to the Cabmet to decide whether Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew s second apology was sufficient but had questioned tne silence bv his son, Brigadier General (NS) Lee Hsien the matter. The Star reported V USIPrGHy. Mentri Besar Datuk
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      • 83 10 ‘Lee’s affidavit clearly reflects the half-conscious mentality of the leaders (and perhaps even the peopje) of Singapore. To them, Singapore is better than Malaysia in all aspects. Singapore is already in the list of developed countries. Recently, Singapore was selected as a member of Asia's Group
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    • 314 11 KANGAR Perlis may be linked to Aceh in Indonesia via Langkawi through an undersea railway system in the future, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has said. “This sounds like a daydream but all realities start from dreams,” The Sunday Star quoted him
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    • 452 11  -  By Ho Wah Foon in Kuantan PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Monday launched Malaysia’s new national project to turn the country into a major manufacturer and exporter of electrical home appliances, but said that there would be no special incentives
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    • 385 11  -  By Salim Osman MORE Singaporean tourists can be expected to visit Johor’s latest tourist attraction, Sebana Cove, in Pengerang, with the start of a direct ferry link on May 1. Tan Sri Azman Hashim, the majority share-holder of the Sebana Golf
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    • 485 11 Move to keep up with industrialisation NST. KUALA LUMPUR The government is drawing up a long-term policy aimed at producing scientists and research ers at a much faster rate to meet the country’s future needs. Science, Technology and Environment Minister Datuk Law Hieng
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    • 285 11 KUALA LUMPUR Doctors will be able to access the medical records of all Malaysians through the national multi-purpose smart card expected to be introduced next year. However, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), expressing its reservations, raised the issue of confidentiality, reported The Star. Health
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  • COMMENT/Pick of the week’s editorials
    • 636 12 MARCH 21 1997 NO STRANGER to Singapore. Thai Prime Minister Cnavalit Yongchaivudh's visit provides yet another opportunity for a meeting of good friends who go a long wav back. As his host, Mr Goh Chok Tong, put it. it was none other than General Chavalit who. during
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    • 695 12 Quick crush these gangs MARCH 19 1997 YOUNG hotheads should not be permitted to spoil things for others: this is the clear message of law enforcement actions in prime entertainment districts in recent weeks. Businessmen and parents alike who want order in tneir lives one to get on with making
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    • 684 12 MARCH 17 1997 IT MIGHT be unwise to expect too much from the proposed first meeting between Indian Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and his Pakistani counterpart. Mr Nawaz Sharif. The legacy of the past lies too heavily on two countries that have been called
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    • 853 12  -  By Chua Lee Hoong SCENE from a local secondary school: A an 18-year-old girl, de mands monev from B. aged 14. B refuses. A threatens to assault her if she does not pav up. Another student advises B to do as A savs if
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
    • 1393 13  -  By Asad Latif THE goal of Singapore’s unique elected presidency is to protect the reserves and ensure the integrity of the public services. But is it the best means to that end given that it places Singapore between a presidential and a
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  • INSIGHT A LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY BY THE STRAITS TIMES POLITICAL DESK
    • 1080 14 Customer-driven, market-oriented but tempered by the community that is the gospel of good government preached byTed Gaebler, consultant and co-author of the influential book, Reinventing Government. He talks to Ravi Veloo about his ideas, some of which are already practised here. Governments are like fat
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    • 997 14 INSIGHT: Are the ideas expressed in your book applicable to all cultures? Mr Gaebler: What is universally true is that governments around the world have organised themselves bureaucratically, and people want that to change, and for government to be faster, more flexible,
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    • 1148 15 What is wrong with Singapore schools today? Unruly children, IT-illiterate teachers, the lack of male models... new Government Parliamentary Committee (Education) chairman Loh Meng See plans to grapple with these issues and more in the new Parliament. The Kampong Glam MP speaks
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    • 1263 15  -  Thinking Aloud Warren Fernandez THE average American senator spends US$4.5 million (556.3 million) in his campaign for a seat in Con gress. more than three times me amount spent by all 122 candidates who contested the Gen eral Election here in January.
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  • MONEY
    • 483 16 Weekly share market review FEARS of a hike in US interest rates, uninspiring local corporate results ana the revelation on Thursday of an unexpected 7.9 per cent fall in Singapore’s nonoil domestic exports last month combined to round off a lacklustre trading week.
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    • 80 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 66.98 points on the week to 2068.48. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2135.23 <—0 23) 151.25m ($358,291 m) Tuesday 2124.29 (-10.94) 165.55m ($366.484m) Wednesday 2120.56 3.73) 145.74m ($347.950m) Thursday 2095.43 (-25.13) 126.59m ($351.219m) Friday 2068.48 (-26.95) 147.18m ($354.144m) BT—
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    • 1763 16 Company 0#t# #nn Nat aarn TV LY <$m> (Sm> EPS TV LY (cts) lets) AS Auto Nov 28 1 4895 3.193 5.44 385 Actr Mar 12 F 32.481 31.029 19.6 22 8 A*#* mags Dae 12 1 0.88S 1.159 2.95 3.86 Amstaai* Jan 30 1 64.863 58.760 6.20
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    • 225 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Company Ratio data closa Easyknit Two-for-one Jan 24 Jan 30 M Comont Ona-for-four Mar 11 Mar 17 Noel Gifts One-for-two Jan 14 Jan 20 OTHERS ExBooks Acc k Company Ratio data close Paymt Guthria Renounceabla Praf. Offar Feb 14 Feb 20 Mar 17 GTS of
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    • 214 16 Company Right» Issue AISB Throe-tor-five RM5.50 Amcol One lor-two 9 S2.05 H teong Cro<S One-tor-ten 9 M$6.90 MUI One-for-two 9 MS1.30 Mulpha One-for-four 9 M$V60 Nlppercraft One-for-tour 9 $0.28 PMI Three-for-two M$1.00 Pub 8k F One-for-fiye 9 M$3.30 Company Bonus issue Komoyon Corp One-for-three Koppol Corp One-tor-four M
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    • 577 16 Payment (kb) Es date Books closo Pay date ASF US$0.0! 100 F 10 Mar 18 Mar 31 Apr 9 ASIA Pacific F 10 Feb 28 Mar 6 Mar 19 Avimo Croup 20C F 15TE Feb 28 Mar 6 Mar 25 BAT 2K F 119 Apr 10 Apr 16
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    • 149 16 Company Placa Data Tima WBl Corpn A 65 Chutia Straat »5000 OCBC Cantra (*****3) Mar 19 10.30am Hum# M C Confaranca Roam Laval 8 o I K>.30am Wlsma Hong Laong IS Jalan Parak ***** Kuala Lumpur Landmarks A Parkroyal Ballroom Mar 21 10.00am Bhd A Parkroyal KL Jin
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    • 484 17  -  Feb’s surprise 7.9% fall the fourth in a row By William Choong SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports fell an unexpected 7.9 per cent last month compared to February 1996, its fourth consecutive decline since November last year. Earlier this week, Reuters quoted economists as expecting an average
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    • 235 17 A NATIONAL task force should be set up to study all aspects of worker training, deployment and work organisation in Singapore, a National University of Singapore academic has suggested. Prof Basant Kapur, head of the department of economics and statistics at the university,
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    • 144 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to on* unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar Sterling pound Australian dollar Canadian dollar NZ dollar EC unit 1.4351 2.2685 1.1144 1.0336 0.9801 1.4515 2.3234 1.1494 1.0572 1.0135 1.6711 Singapore dollars to 100 unit* of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.8406 Belgian franc
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    • 117 17 Contract date: March 21 1997 UNIT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE us$ 4'Vl6 57,6 57,6 57,6 57,6 47,6 25/3/19 A$ 57,. 57,6 5': 5s 5-7,6 57,6 25/3/19 NZ 6-7,6 6’. 6’ 7 t 6-7,6 77,6 6 25/3/19 STG 5s
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    • 513 17  -  -By Narendra Aggarwal. EXXON Chemical of the United States is to build a US$2 billion (552.86 billion) petrochemical complex in Singapore, a move expected to draw at least another US$5OO million worth of new investments in related projects. The new Exxon chemical complex
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    • 480 17 March 21 1997 HK* ASM Pacific 5.45 -0 050 Allied Ind Inti 1 75 0 02 Allied Oversea 0 86 0 02 Asia Sec Inf 2 75 0 10 Bank of EA 26 05 0 05 C P Pokphand 2 55 0 05 COv Hotel 3 70 -0 15
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    • 771 17 Abtrutt Fund Mgr» Abtrust Spore Gr Fd 1 0200-1 0540" American Inti A»»ur A1A Unft Lmked Fund 1 076-1 133* AXALife Fortress Fund 1015* Citicorp Invt Bank Citi Global Bond Fd 1 036-1 046" Citi Asia Infrastructure Fd 1 16-1 21" Credit Lyonnais Int'l Attet Mgt CL Asia-Pac
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    • 8905 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Transaction Date: March 21 1997 1996 97 Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Net Nl Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High Low Div PE Smil Price ASE NTS10 200 US 100C 900 ASF US$0 01 100 US 900 900 214 158
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    • 437 20  -  High-tech military projects may be sold By Thomas Lee A COMPACT, high-perfor-mance computer tne size of three slices of bread, and a device which can detect even a drop of poison in a reservoir are two high-technology military projects that may be available commercially
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    • 900 20  -  It beats Sing Tel on off-peak hours and free air time By Tammy Tan NEW operator Ml’s cellular phone rates are 10 to 20 per cent cheaper than Singapore Telecom charges because it offers longer off-peak hours and more free air time, Ml chief operating
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    • 863 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition v:¥:¥:|: HJ-M ms *»<s> NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL PRODUCTION ENGINEERING Applications are invited for appointments as Senior Research Engineers and Research Engineers in the Department of Mechanical Production Engineering, to assist in the NSTB-funded Robust Engineering Project Mechanical and Materials Robust Design
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    • 994 22 IM* SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Sentosa is the region’s leading tourist attraction and a favourite recreational playground for Singaporeans. Staying ahead as the market leader requires a pro-active management team able to rise to the challenges of a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. We seek the following self-motivated persons to
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  • FORUM
    • 510 23 Reactions to SM Lee’s remarks I MUST confess that I am flabbergasted by the enormity and the vindictiveness of the Malaysian backlash against our Senior Minister. An innocuous statement of truth has been exploited and manipulated into a political skewer to ridicule and humiliate
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    • 321 23 NOW that our Senior Minister has apologised for what is, to all intents and purposes, an alto- ether unintended offence on his part, I hope le Malaysians would let the matter rest as it would serve no purpose whatsoever to pursue
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    • 187 23 WHILE the legal suits between Mr Tang Liang Hong and some Singapore ministers have yet to be settled, a little political thunder is brewing in the skies over Malaysia and Singapore. Certain words used by the Senior Minister in his affidavit filed in the court
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    • 215 23 I REFER to the recent incident pertaining to Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s criticism of Johor. The Senior Minister’s statement in his affidavit reflected his personal perception of Johor and was not intended for the public. Contrary to Malaysia’s claim of being a friendly country, we
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    • 74 23 IT TAKES great courage for a man to say sorry after having said or done something wrong seriously! whether with intention or without. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew is such a man. He has apologised unreservedly to Malaysia for his offside
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    • 358 23 COME HOME, MR TANG I LIKE Mr Tang’s claim that he is a patriot. Most of the patriots I know stayed put to fight injustices or invaders within their own borders. Mr Nelson Mandela is a living example worthy of all our following, Mr Tang
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    • 124 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, such
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  • 699 24  -  Karimun complex, shipyard commissioned By Paul Jacob SINGAPORE and Indonesia marked what Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong described on Monday as “another milestone" in their close economic relations with the commissioning of an industrial complex and shipyard on Karimun Island. President Suharto, for his
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  • 295 24  -  By Melissa Heng A SINGAPOREAN contestant crashed during a motor race at a Johor track on Sunday and is now in a coma in a hospital here. Mr Doraisamy Krishnan, 43, suffered head, spine and face injuries in the
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