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Title Section20 1997-07-19 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY EDITION SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1997 Price: S$1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 156/08/9620 words
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Article, Illustration546 1997-07-19 1 Move to prevent gangs from recruiting teen members FROM Oct 1, under-16s will not be let into afternoon tea dances. Discotheques and restaurants selling alcohol and which have aance floors will also be out of bounds to them. Police are546 words
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388 1997-07-19 1 Lee Siew Hua - By Lee Siew Hua US Correspondent WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will visit Singapore on July 29-30 to discuss regional developments and review the “very strong” bilateral relationship with senior leaders of the Republic. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns388 words
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Article, Illustration476 1997-07-19 1 THE Information and the Arts Ministry has banned this month’s issue of the British Vogue, which it said contained an article condoning and promoting drug use. In a two-page press statement on Thursday, Mita identified the offensive article, entitled “High Society”,476 words
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Advertisement18 1997-07-19 1 Planning a CAREER Move CHECK OUT Pages 21 22 Bodybuilder Azman acquitted of false info charge: Page 218 words
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NEWS FOCUS
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Article743 1997-07-19 2 FALSE INFO CHARGE BODYBUILDER Azman Abdullah was last Saturday acquitted of giving false information to the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau in April last year. Giving his verdict after an eight-dav trial. District Judge Zainol Abeedin Hussin said that the prosecution had not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that743 words
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Article, Illustration495 1997-07-19 2 Lim Seng Jin - By Lim Seng Jin WHEN Azman Abdullah was acquitted last Saturday he immediately went nn to nis lawyer, Mr Edmond Pereira, and shook his hand vigorously. Wrapping up his case earlier. Mr Pereira argued that the prosecution had failed to prove beyond a reasonable495 words
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548 1997-07-19 2 M. Nirmala - By M. Nirmala THE move to turn the Singapore Institute of Management into a private university will see a radical change from the way universities are being run here. Its future students can expect: To sit for an entrance test similar to the548 words
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Article249 1997-07-19 2 MEMBERS involved in turning the Singapore Institute of Management into a private university have narrowed their search of oversea models to three institutions, said to be the finest in their field. They areI Wharton School: Founded in 1881. this business school in the University of Pennsylvania has been249 words
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Article, Illustration548 1997-07-19 3 Lim Li Hsien - Landmark ruling: Man’s claim for damages from wife’s lover struck out By Lim Li Hsien A HUSBAND sued a man he believed to be his wife’s lover, demanding damages for losing his wife’s companionship, in a case which was believed548 words
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Article, Illustration409 1997-07-19 3 Raoul Le Blond - BOUND FOR OXFORD By Raoul Le Blond A SINGAPOREAN who graduated from California’s Stanford University has been chosen to be the Republic’s 16th Rhodes Scholar. She is Miss Patricia Tan Shu Ming, 23, the daughter of Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan.409 words
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485 1997-07-19 3 Karamjit Kaur - By Karamjit Kaur COMMUTERS will wait 90 seconds only, instead of the current 2 1 minutes, for a train during peak hours under a $lOO-million plan by Singapore MRT to improve its signalling system. Announcing this on Wednesday, SMRT managing director485 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration722 1997-07-19 4 Jasbir Singh - Plane crash in Bandung By Jasbir Singh THE Singaporean who was reported to have died in a plane crash near Bandung on Thursday afternoon is alive and is now recovering at the National University Hospital. Sempati Air’s spokesman said yesterday in a telephone interviewPicture by GEORGE GASCON. - 722 words
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435 1997-07-19 4 TWO out of three malaria cases imported from Indonesia this vear came from Bintan and Batam. the destinations in the archipelago that are most popular witn Singaporeans. In the first six months of this vear. 44 cases came from the two islands out435 words
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400 1997-07-19 4 Each will manage one to four NPPs Faster response, better service promised RESIDENTS will be served by three new Neighbourhood Police Centres (NPCs) that will be added from later this year to the existing police posts. This will help beef up police400 words
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Article, Illustration593 1997-07-19 5 David Miller - By David Miller SAY Happy Birthday to the nation on Aug 9 via the Internet. Singaporeans at home and abroad can send their good wishes through a special Net page designed by The Straits Times. The best letters submitted, along with photoerapns, will593 words
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471 1997-07-19 5 Karamjit Kaur - By Karamjit Kaur THE Small Claims Tribunals will now hear claims of up to $lO,OOO, a change that doubles its previous limit of $5,000. And if the parties agree, the tribunals may also hear claims of up to $20,000, again twice the471 words
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Article, Illustration380 1997-07-19 5 THREE Singapore Armed Forces servicemen on Monday received a new State award for the courage they showed during an accident in New Zealand on March 9 in which two soldiers died and 12 others were injured. They were Lieutenant-Colo-nel Toh'Boh Kwee, 31, commandingPictures by CHEW SENG KIM. - 380 words
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Article, Illustration448 1997-07-19 7 LeongChanTeik - I Jan-June 1997: 270 sold Whole of 1996: 320 sold By LeongChanTeik FANN Wong owns one, and Singaporeans have snapped up nearly twice as many of such cars in the first half of this year as they did last year. “Lifestyle cars”, a term which covers448 words
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Article, Illustration499 1997-07-19 7 Melissa Heng - By Melissa Heng THE Central Narcotics Bureau is investigating a case in which a man was arrested and detained after his pink asthma tablets were thought to be Ecstasy pills. The man, photographer Hon Boon Heng, 33, called The499 words
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Article, Illustration342 1997-07-19 8 THEY did not need the ferry. Paddle power and will power got them to the Indonesian islana of Bintan, despite strong winds and currents. But they did need some help coming ashore on Thursday. Fourteen disabled adventurers, along with their able-bodiedPicture by WONG POK SEE. - 342 words
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Article, Illustration142 1997-07-19 8 CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How will serve as chairman of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights for another three years. His appointment took effect from Tuesday, according to the Government Gazette released last Friday. The council was set up in 1969 to ensure that no laws passed by Parliament142 words
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BUDGET
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608 1997-07-19 6 Discussions could throw up helpful points, they add HOLD dialogues on the Budget before it is unveiled by the Finance Minister so that businessmen and consumers can offer proposals that the ministry might consider, participants at a Feedback Unit dialogue suggested. Mr G7G.608 words
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681 1997-07-19 6 DR RICHARD Hu had good but not great news for individual taxpayers last Friday, when he announced another rebate on personal income tax and higher reliefs for aged parents, spouses and children, but no tax rate cut. All taxpayers will enjoy681 words
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365 1997-07-19 6 BUSINESSES welcomed the Government’s fine-tuning of one of its incentive schemes to promote regionalisation last Friday but said that more could be done to offset the costs of venturing abroad. The changes to the Overseas Enterprise Incentive (OEI) scheme bring it in line with365 words
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Article, Illustration277 1997-07-19 6 Last contribution THE Government will put $5OO million in the Edusave Endowment Fund to top it up to $5 billion, said Finance Minister Richard Hu last Friday. This will be its last contribution. Edusave, the brainchild of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong,277 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1117 1997-07-19 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6155 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 The Front Page 1138 E Z Beat 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (Asia-Pacific) 1205 E Z Beat 1220 Business Market1,117 words
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SPORTS
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414 1997-07-19 9 Tay Cheng Khoon - By Tay Cheng Khoon IT MAY soon be possible to place a bet on S-League soccer results legally. A study, commissioned by the Singapore Sports Council and carried out by Singapore Pools, has shown that it is feasible to organise football pools414 words
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319 1997-07-19 9 S. Murali - SOCCER By S. Murali CLUBS need not worry that no one will be in charge of the SLeague now that chief executive officer Douglas Moore has stopped work. That is because the Singapore Sports Council’s deputy executive director John Koh319 words
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Article, Illustration894 1997-07-19 9 Ace makes histoiy but Chua misses it by a stroke GOLF British Open TROON (Scotland) Mardan Mamat became the first Singapore golfer to qualify for the British Open, wnich teed off here on Thursday. The Jurong Country Club professional, who missed qualifying inPicture by JEFF HOLMES. - 894 words
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MALAYSIA
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550 1997-07-19 10 KUALA LUMPUR Water tariffs in several states in Peninsular Malaysia will be increased because of new wa ter-supply projects and other running costs, the Works Ministry has said. The Sin Chew Jit Poh reported on Monday that the states involved include Selangor.550 words
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585 1997-07-19 10 Five Selangor vice operators identified At least five vice operators in Selangor have been identified. The police have so far arrested 63 suspected call girls over the past six months, 34 of whom were Chinese nationals. The others included six Indonesians,585 words
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263 1997-07-19 10 KUALA LUMPUR Student cleaning of school toilets will be part of “formal action" to help promote a healthy and hygienic lifestyle among them, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Star on Tuesday quoted Datuk Najib as saying that students at both primary263 words
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Article, Illustration257 1997-07-19 10 Chicago’s Sears Tower claws back its ‘tallest’ title from Petronas Towers CHICAGO Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers has been dethroned as the world’s tallest building. The group arbitrating such matters, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, decided that the 110-storey black glass and steel Sears Tower in Chicago257 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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522 1997-07-19 11 Susan Sim - Concern that some soldiers may be protecting shady firms By Susan Sim "donesia Correspondent JAKARTA Serving military (Abri) officials and their spouses are barred from engaging in business, whether actively or as backers, Defence and Security Minister Edi Sudradjat stressed here, amid concerns522 words
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Article, Illustration120 1997-07-19 11 REAR-ADMIRAL (NS) Teo Chee Hean, the Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence (left), paying a courtesy call on Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei on Tuesday when he was in the Sultanate for ceremonies marking the ruler’s 51st birthday. The minister, who was accompaniedBrunei Information Department picture. - 120 words
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492 1997-07-19 11 Luz Baguioro - By Luz Baguioro in Manila PRESIDENT Fidel Ramos on Thursday warned the electorate against Being swayed into electing politicians with a populist agenda in a veiled criticism of Vice-President Joseph Estrada, who has openly declared his ambition to succeed him next year. Given the492 words
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332 1997-07-19 11 Nirmal Ghosh - Gunman with string of aliases linked to other murders in Manila By Nirmal Ghosh Philippines Correspondent MANILA Philippine police have announced the arrest of a man allegedly involved in the killing of several businessmen and five-year-old Singaporean Jeremy Tay in December 1995.332 words
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COMMENT / Pick of the week’s editorials
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Article699 1997-07-19 12 JULY 19 1997 THERE is light at the end of the Cambodian tunnel and co-pre-miers Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen should seize the opportunity of Asean's mediation to resolve the political crisis in their hapless country. Before anything can be done, they must have699 words
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Article670 1997-07-19 12 JULY 18 1997 THE United Nations reform proposals presented on Wednesday by Secretary General Kofi Annan have not been sneered at by the White House or Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. That is a nice change. For several years, the United States had by turns670 words
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Article664 1997-07-19 12 JULY 17.1997 WHEN a six-kilometre promenade. running along the length of the Singapore River, is completed by the end of next year, it will show how far the country has come in beautifying a part of itself that was once an eyesore. Declaring the Upper Peirce664 words
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957 1997-07-19 12 Tan Sai Siong - By Tan Sai Siong LAST month saw some exciting developments for drug and other offenders here who want to mend their ways. Sixteen heads and counsellors of halfway houses returned to Singapore, bubbling with enthusiasm and ideas after visiting San Francisco’s Delancev957 words
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COMMENT /ANALYSIS
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Article, Illustration1219 1997-07-19 13 NG WEI JOO - My View NG WEI JOO HEARD of the Singapore Armed Forces Scholar ship? I am sure most of us have, given its stringent selection criteria and the rewards that go with it: prestige and the promise of a1,219 words
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Article, Illustration1184 1997-07-19 13 CHERIAN GEORGE - CHERIAN GEORGE WITH a stroke of a pen, nations decide on matters of sovereignty. At the stroke ot midnight, a whole people is transferred from one state to another. If only overcoming mental hangovers were as simple as political handovers. If only prejudices could be changed1,184 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, Illustration1671 1997-07-19 14 A record 11,000 workers were retrenched last year, the highest since Singapore came out of the 1985-86 recession. Has the wave peaked, or is there more to come? Chua Lee Hoong finds out. Madam Wang (not her real name) is in her 40s, speaks little English, andNOtl ROSALES - 1,671 words
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Article, Illustration1222 1997-07-19 15 POSBank has always been the big bank with the difference, encouraging Singaporeans to save, while other banks may encourage them to spend. POSBank chairman Moses Lee talks to Tan Li Eng of the Money Desk on how the bank plans to uphold1,222 words
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Article, Illustration1126 1997-07-19 15 Asad Latif - Thinking Aloud Asad Latif THE motion was an intriguing one: “The problem is that there is no problem.” It was an under graduate debate, held in an other country more than two decades ago. The issue was this: the real problem was that few1,126 words
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MONEY
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407 1997-07-19 16 Weekly share market review HOPES of a post-Budget day rally on the stock mancet this week were dashed by renewed bashing of regional currencies by speculators. Although the incentives spelt out in the Budget speech were overwhelmingly in favour of the finance sector,407 words
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Article80 1997-07-19 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped 42.91 points on the week to 1924.23. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1954.60 (-12.54) 95.394 ($256 610m) Tuesday 1937.09 (-17.51) 101.125 ($235.704m) Wednesday 1917 89 (-19.20) 103.362 ($281.518m) Thursday 1920.54 2.65) 144.277 ($245.655m) Friday 1924.23 3.69) 113.277 ($340.827m) BT—80 words
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Article53 1997-07-19 16 Company P*«. nm. LC Dav M Kim Tlan M *03-00 Kim Tl*n Pirn <1*9262) Jot M 10.00am StWUM C 9 S*fX»o Orlv* <7*W*T) June 10.00am Peak* Corp A 39 Quality M < 616*10) Jui 29 10.00am i J i s s I i < < a uj t53 words
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Article1161 1997-07-19 16 Payment EX Booki Fey data close data city D«v 50C S 5 Jun 27 Jul 3 Jul IS Cllptal 30C F 20TE*11 Jun 27 Jul 3 Jul 18 Comfort Grp 25C b 6 Sap 2 Sep 8 Sep 23 Coico Inv F 2 Jull Jul 7 Jul 171,161 words
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Article442 1997-07-19 16 RIGHTS ISSUC ex- Books Acc 6 Company data cIom Ptymt H Loom) Crod Ono-for-ton M$6.90 Jun 17 Jun 23 Jul 24 Mulpha Ono-for-four <P MS1.60 Jun 17 Jun 23 Jul 23 Oiprty M Ono-lor on. 9 $1.45 Jun 27 Jul 3 Jul 24 Showpla Ono-tor-ono US$0.19 Jun 27442 words
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740 1997-07-19 17 Kalpana Rashiwala - Apartment may cost 7 years’ pay 3y Kalpana Rashiwala SINGAPORE is still one of the most expensive cities in the world for an expatriate executive to own or rent a house, relative to his salary, accord ing to a recent survey by740 words
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Article149 1997-07-19 17 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Buying OD Selling US dollar 1 4468 1.4650 Sterling pound 2 3987 ***** Australian dollar 1.0517 1.0862 Canadian dollar 1.0431 1.0682 NZ dollar 0.9288 0.9619 EC unit 1.6202 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 11.2657149 words
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485 1997-07-19 17 Patrick Tan - s3olm invested in first quarter of year By Patrick Tan MORE Central Provident Fund (CPF) members are putting their retirement funds in life insurance policies sold under the new CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS) introduced this year. The Life Insurance Association said $186 million485 words
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Article132 1997-07-19 17 Contract date: July 18. 1997 UNfT ONE MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE us$ 5 5'. 5 57,6 5 s 47 6 22/7/97 AS 4 7,6 47, 47« 47,6 47,6 4V„ 22/7/97 NZS 7'->/„ 7'A 776 6s 6 7,6 7s 22.7/97132 words
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Article464 1997-07-19 17 July 18 1997 HK$ ASM Pacific 690 0 150 Aliwd lod Inti 3 50 unch 0 8? ♦001 A»>a Sec Int 4 62 ■0 03 Bank o< EA 32 00 0 10 C p Pokphand 2 38 -0 05 CDL Hot»: 3 85 -0 15 Cat* D* Coral 2.1*464 words
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Article575 1997-07-19 17 Mars Prices, July 19 Aher<J«tn AlMt Mft Asia Ltd Ahrdttn S'oorf Gr fund 0 970-1 020" Amancan Inti Afttur AlA UfWt l nktd fund (Soore 1 067-1 124* A'A Unrt w tnked fund (B f une*. 0 960—1 000a AXAUf» ’ortressFund 0 991. Cfttcorp Invt Bank c>ti 3l0t>»i575 words
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Article9017 1997-07-19 18 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Ti ransaction Date: July 18,1997 1997 Curr Last Vol Day Grs Net M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or000 High Low Div PE Smil Price ASE NT510 200 US 885 885 885 ASF US1C 100 us 885 5 ON 14.3 2039,017 words
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Article, Illustration540 1997-07-19 20 William Choong - Currency turmoil By William Choong A HOLIDAY in the United States or Britain has become more expensive for Singaporeans because of the strong US dollar and British sterling. But trips to nearby countries such as Thailand and the PhilippinesSOURCE BLOOMBERG; TIEN CHUNG PING - 540 words
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149 1997-07-19 20 SINGAPOREANS made a total of l.l million trips overseas in the first four months of this year, a 13 per cent increase over the same period last year. About two-thirds, or 65.5 per cent, travelled by air and the rest by sea.149 words
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Article446 1997-07-19 20 Chua Lee Hoong - By Chua Lee Hoong AMERICAN manufacturer GE Motors is retrenching 100 of the 750 workers at its Jurong plant. Company spokesman Jeff Borda said the retrenchments were the result of “a decline in market demand and the strength of the currency”. He told446 words
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312 1997-07-19 20 MALAYSIA’S Acting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday lashed out at currency speculators, but also conceded that there were limits to what governments could do to fend off such concerted attacks. As speculative attacks continued though at312 words
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FORUM
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Remisier’s AL Slicence cheating case
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372 1997-07-19 23 SEVERAL Straits Times Forum page writers Mr Johnny Lee and Mr Boon Chuan Whee (ST, July 12) and Mr Chia Quee Khee and Mr Lam Yeok Ping (ST, July 15) said that Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) licences should372 words
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Article279 1997-07-19 23 I AM shocked at the severe sentence two weeks’ jail meted out to a remisier for using another car’s ALS licence, although I am sure it would have pleased the person who provided the tip-off. From what I know, there were mitigating factors that did not279 words
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339 1997-07-19 23 Accidents in Australia THE number of road accidents involving Singaporeans in Australia has grown in recent years. Sadly, logic suggests that even more accidents will occur in future The Western Australian government has stepped up its advertising campaign to draw more Singaporean tourists to its339 words
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Article489 1997-07-19 23 THE statements made by the prosecution in the remisier’s ALS case (ST Weekly Edition, July 12) are disturbing. It made allegations that the remisier’s use of the licence “made a mockery of the ALS” and that his intention was to “deceive the authority and frustrate the rationale489 words
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135 1997-07-19 23 WAS the remisier a cheat or was the LTA prosecutor overly harsh? It is not uncommon for motorists to exchange cars within the family, for example, when one car is being serviced. Are we trying to cheat the law if we transfer the ALS135 words
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410 1997-07-19 23 I READ with concern your report “Remisier jailed for cheating on ALS label" (ST Weekly Edition, July 112. I think a jail sentence is too harsh for the offence, especially considering the circumstance's that led to the arrest. I do not know Mr Charlie410 words
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Article, Illustration520 1997-07-19 24 Sim Wai Chew - By Sim Wai Chew Singapore Airlines has appointed Minister-without-Portfolio, Mr Lim Boon Heng to its board of directors. The national carrier, listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. announced this last Saturday in a short statement after its annual general meeting held at520 words
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Article, Illustration548 1997-07-19 24 Tan Hsueh Yun - Promenade from Fullerton to Great World City By Tan Hsueh Yun FANCY a stroll down the length of the Singapore River from Fullerton Building near the river’s mouth, to Great World City in Kim Seng Road, along a tree-lined walkway uninterruptedSOURCE URA; LEE CMEE CHEW and TIEN CHUNG PING; Picture by LAU FOOK KONG. - 548 words