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Title Section20 1998-06-13 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday June 13,1998 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 047/08/9720 words
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Article543 1998-06-13 1 TAMMY TAN - BG Lee unveils strategy for hanks to build on strengths during the present crisis «2. TAMMY TAN IN A move to help local banks build on their strengths amid the regional crisis, Deputy Prime Minster Lee Hsien Loong on Monday outlined five policy areas to543 words
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Article, Illustration332 1998-06-13 1 HE REACHED the top in the dark. His headlamp failed, his reserve lamp too. But climber Edwin Siew, 27. followed the trail of a Bolivian climber ahead of him, and the Outw'ard Bound School instructor now has the distinction of being the first man from SingaporeKVKKfNTTEVM - 332 words
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246 1998-06-13 1 DEPUTY Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Ix>ong paid the highest tribute to Dr Goh Keng Swee on Monday by accrediting him with Singapore’s emergence as an international financial centre. He said Dr Goh’s “vision, determination and courage in the face of immense difficulty246 words
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Advertisement67 1998-06-13 1 P 1 B LIC TR AN SPO RT Line Set To Take Off The government will build the Marina Line, costing $1.75 billion. Up to 20 stations will he built with driverless trains plying the route. pace 2 Stsukvey results Big 'Yes' To Foreign Talent Three in four back government67 words
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PRIME NEWS
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Article, Illustration556 1998-06-13 2 THE Government has decided to go ahead and build the $1.75 billion Marina Line, a 13-km mostly underground railway to serve the new Downtown area, said Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan. He said the new line would have up to 20 stations andSource: ITA; JALEHA HASHIN and RAYMOND LEE - 556 words
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Article, Illustration416 1998-06-13 2 KALPANA RASHIWALA - By By KALPANA RASHIWALA LISTED MCL Land is to sell its Seletar Springs condo at an average 5437-5446 psf after discount a new low for the times and the first time 99-vear private condo prices have fallen to executive condo (EC) levels. MarketALAN LIM - 416 words
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Article, Illustration446 1998-06-13 3 LIM SENG JIN - By LIM SENG JIN FOUR people in Singapore became millionaires overnight. They were made richer by $1.27 million each, as the joint winners of the top prize of $5.12 million in Monday’s Toto draw. This is a record payout in the 30CI'OKGE CASCO?. - 446 words
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571 1998-06-13 3 AHMAD OSMAN - Btt AHMAD OSMAN CIVIL servants will not get any NWC wage increase this year and the annual variable payment for them in July will be cut because of the economic slowdown. They will get half instead of the usual three quarters571 words
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Article392 1998-06-13 3 JASBIR SINGH - Figure is four more than same period last year, but police say there is no cause for alarm ĔIL JASBIR SINGH THERE were 28 murder cases, involving 31 deaths, in the first five months of this year, compared to 24 cases and 27 deaths392 words
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HOME
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Article, Illustration500 1998-06-13 4 GERALDINE YEO - RETURN OF THE EVEREST TEAM ail GERALDINE YEO SOME knew them personally. Some did not. But the 500-strong welcoming crowd that turned up, including a boisterous team from the Outward Bound School, were all in high spirits. Others included two British grannies whoCHEW SENC KIM; DENISE TAN - 500 words
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392 1998-06-13 4 DOROTHY HO - By DOROTHY HO A GAUNT and sunburnt Everest team on Sunday described its climb as a “big pay-off after four years of hard work and training. Team leader David Lim, 33, said: “The success is not only for Singapore mountaineering, but it is392 words
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Article, Illustration484 1998-06-13 5 THE sale of sites for the Sentosa Cove project that was to provide more than 2,000 exclusive waterside homes on the resort island has been postponed indefinitely, due to the slump in the property market. The Sentosa Development Corporation was to have begun selling land parcels484 words
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Article, Illustration278 1998-06-13 5 CONTRARAND SEIZED AT WOODLANDS MORE than 4,000 video compact discs (VCDs), many suspected to be of obscene films, were discovered hidden in a special compartment under the floorboards of a Johor-registered van when the van driver tried to enter Singapore late on Monday night.I.AU FOOK KONG - 278 words
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Article413 1998-06-13 5 SANDRA DAVIE - By SANDRA DAVIE PRIMARY 1 pupils in eight schools are taking part in a pilot scheme in which they are taught to w rite Chinese in Hanyu pinyin before learning the Chinese characters. They learn the romanised form of the language for the first six413 words
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Article335 1998-06-13 5 KOH BOON PIN - *L KOH BOON PIN MASSA Motor, which distributes Alfa Romeo and Fiat cars, has said it would give customers a guarantee that they will receive their refund deposits within 10 day's if it was unsuccessful in getting them a Certificate of Entitlement on the third bid.335 words
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Article494 1998-06-13 6 PANG GEK CHOO - Three in four back government plan to attract foreign talent to Singapore, ST survey shows ST SURVEY ON FOREIGN TALENT POLICY B'l PANG GEK CHOO THREE in four Singaporeans support the Government’s move to welcome foreign talent to Singapore. And they are giving it the494 words
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Article381 1998-06-13 6 ONE in three Singaporeans have thought of going overseas to work because they had been bitten by the desire to gain exposure or experience in another country. Nearly all have also been in favour of local companies going regional and sending Singaporeans to work in381 words
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Article, Illustration466 1998-06-13 6 HONGKONG-BASED sales and marketing manager Claudia Loh spends a hefty $3OO on phone calls to Singapore every month. For her. the phone line, including the e-mail, is one of the most important links to home. She has been working overseas for more than two466 words
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Article370 1998-06-13 6 Most Singaporeans support the Government's drive to bring in talent from abroad while encouraging local firms to go regional But only one-third have thought of taking up the challenge to go overseas themselves. SUPPORT GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO ATTIACT FOREIGN TALENT TO SINGAPORE WHY SUPPORT Will370 words
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413 1998-06-13 7 KARAMIIT KAUR - Bu KARAMIIT KAUR THE police will suspend the licence of a motorist involved in a fatal road accident only if they are satisfied that he is at fault, said Minister of State (Law and Home Affairs) Ho Peng Kee. Asked what would happen if the413 words
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Article, Illustration512 1998-06-13 7 LEONGWENGKAM - Bu LEONGWENGKAM MOST art collectors hang their paintings on the walls of their homes or just keep them in cold storage. But not architect Koh Seow Chuan, 58, who loaned them for free to the Singapore Art Museum (SAM). All the 32 ChineseLIMTECKPKNC - 512 words
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Article, Illustration391 1998-06-13 8 GIN’ME TEO - Htr GIN’ME TEO GRACE Chan. 18. has Down's Syndrome. She cannot hear very well and also finds it hard to say certain words. But that has not stopped her from scoring in her studies. She has just passed two Institute of Technical Education (ITE) courses.\7.IZ MISSIS - 391 words
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Article339 1998-06-13 8 KAREN WONG - *IL KAREN WONG A DOCTOR with over 40 years’ practice prescribed drugs regarded as poisons to someone without first examining her. He was fined $B,OOO on Monday in a district court for contravening the Poisons Act. This states that medical practitioners can prescribe drugs regarded339 words
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Advertisement181 1998-06-13 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 maybe. Yes! Every week. Subscribe now. And be at home with the ST weekly.181 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 1998-06-13 8 RADIO SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME SCHEDULES 1100 1400 Hours (GMT) 6015 KHz (49M BAND) 6150 KHz (49M BAND) MONDAY 1100 News 1109 Business Market Report 1115 Arts Arena 1130 News 1135 Wired Up 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weather (AsiaPacific) 1210 E Z Beat 1230 Business Market Report 1235 The Written Word1,062 words
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SPORTS
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306 1998-06-13 9 THE S-League will be among the first in the region to have its own set of collectors’ cards for fans. Card-makers Cardwon of Taiwan and locally-based Viccard launched the cards at a press conference on Monday. Each club has been given 1,000 cards to306 words
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Article, Illustration234 1998-06-13 9 S-LEAGUE SOCCER THE picture on the left has landed national goalkeeper Rezal Hassan in hot soup. The custodian was caught pointing his middle finger at a fan who had abused him during the match between SAFFC and Jurong FC last Saturday. Reacting to the picture on234 words
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Article, Illustration342 1998-06-13 9 THOMAS KOH - RUGBY By THOMAS KOH THE Anchor Reds, as the Singapore rugby team is popularly known, is confident of achieving its best-ever result at the Oct 24-31 Asian Rugby Championships. The Singapore Rugby Union is also looking forward to staging the largest and grandest tournament in AsianDEMSETAN - 342 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article438 1998-06-13 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Entrepreneurs can now draw on government fund to revive small and medium-sized enterprises BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR THOUSANDS of cashstrapped Bumiputra businessmen can now breathe easier, thanks to an injection of Mssoo million (Ss2lo million) bv the government into a special fund. The money438 words
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535 1998-06-13 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - Bt, BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR YES, Asians want to be wealthy. But they also want to retain control over big businesses, banks and car plants in their countries, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Yet the West ignored the nationalistic factor535 words
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Article, Illustration59 1998-06-13 10 ANWAR BRAVES THE RAPIDS l Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim taking on the Musuh Karam rapids in Pahang on Sunday after launching the first stage of the Cameron Descent 98, a canoeing expedition. He rode the canoe from Musuh Karam to Kampung Pos LanaiTHKSTAB - 59 words
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Article404 1998-06-13 10 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR The Umno Youth movement on Sunday called on the Malaysian government to press for reforms to curb corruption, nepotism and power abuse in the management of the country’s economy. The movement’s chief, Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, said that in the wake ofBernama - 404 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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297 1998-06-13 11 LUZ BAGUIORO - By LUZ BAGUIORO IN MANILA ONE in every five Philippine policemen was facing either administrative or criminal charges, officials here acknowledged. According to the Inspectorate and Internal Affairs Office of the Philippine National Police, about 22,400 members of the police force are297 words
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Article, Illustration506 1998-06-13 11 EDWARD TANG - By EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thai graduate Wasana Subunjuy did not expect anything in return when she agreed to speak to The Straits Times six months ago about the difficulty she faced finding a job. But today, the 25-vear-old masters-degree holder in agricultural506 words
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Article440 1998-06-13 11 LUZ BAGUIORO - By LUZ BAGUIORO IN MANILA TAX cheats in the Philippines, who are believed to comprise about 90 per cent of all taxpayers, would be granted a oneyear amnesty on condition that they mend their ways and pay the correct amounts from now on, President-elect Joseph440 words
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Article508 1998-06-13 11 EDWARD TANG - Both groups accuse the government of not doing enough to help them ride out the current economic crisis EDWARD TANG THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thailand’s Chuan Leekpai government is trapped between a rock and a hard place as it grapples for answers to the economic508 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article550 1998-06-13 12 THURSDAY June 11,1998 THERE was never a cloud yet, howsoever sombre, that did not boast the shimmer of a silver lining. So, too, with the pall that might seem to darken the Singapore banking industry’s horizon. There is opportunity for it in uncertainty, and a chance550 words
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Article560 1998-06-13 12 MONDAY June 8.1998 SKILLS make Singapore what it is; skills will yet save it from succumbing to the crisis that afflicts the neighbourhood. But they are not necessarily the same skills, which is why the labour force has to be kept under constant review through initiatives560 words
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Article761 1998-06-13 12 SIA CHEONG YEW - Second Last Word Bti SIA CHEONG YEW THE recent squabbles at the Singapore Recreation Club and The Tanglin Club must have been a real eye-opener for officials of such establishments who thought they could do what they like without being questioned. In the case of761 words
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1281 1998-06-13 13 r/ CHE RIAN GEORGE - MY VIEW r/ CHE RIAN GEORGE APPEAL to a civil servant to make an exception to a rule, and he will probably welcome it as if you had asked him to give you his ATM card and PIN. He guards his rule1,281 words
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881 1998-06-13 13 TAN SAI SIONG - BY THE WAY B'J TAN SAI SIONG IS THERE an adult Singaporean with access to newspapers or a TV set in recent weeks who doesn’t know about the upheaval that has taken place in Indonesia? I don’t think so. Of these,881 words
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Advertisement211 1998-06-13 12 GAIN A STRATEGIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION The Master of Arts in Asia Pacific Studies taught in Singapore, made available to the region via internet... I The only course of its kind in Singapore, the M A in Asia Pacific Studies is an internationally recognised Master's level programme211 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1733 1998-06-13 14 This week marks the first anniversary of the Ninth Parliament ivhich sate the entry of 23 new PAP MPs. They were described by Mr Lee Kiuin Yew during the hustings as the party s best batch since 1955. How have they faredMontage hi TIEN CHI AC PING anil RAV MOM) LEE - 1,733 words
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1232 1998-06-13 15 Bt/ WARREN FERNANDEZ - THINKING ALOUD B,j Bt/ WARREN FERNANDEZ SHOULD Singaporeans' joy over the success of its Everest expedition be dampened because the two men who reached the top, Edwin Siew and Khoo Swee Chiow, were Ma-laysian-born Singapore permanent residents? Should the country now start training a core of1,232 words
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971 1998-06-13 15 KOH BUCK SONG - THIS WEEK IN POLITICS Bj KOH BUCK SONG IT WAS a celebration of a Malay community organisation whose literary name is misleading, because the self-help group’s work covers areas like counselling and parenting skills as much as poetry and prose. But there971 words
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MONEY
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392 1998-06-13 16 SINGAPORE’S benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index STII) this week fell to its lowest level in 9 O years, sparked by massive fund redemptions on fears that China may be forced to devalue its vuan. .\sian markets were routed after the392 words
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Article1883 1998-06-13 16 Company 0«tt WA Nat earn TY LY ($m) ($m> EPS TV LY (Cts) (cts) Alliance T#ch Mar 27 P 30.423L 1.815 36.8 268 AsiaPac Land* Apr 30 P 3.707 36.089 0.50 5.10 Amsteel Bnd* Mar 31 1 593.907 L 64.863 47L 5.20 Amara M Mar 26 P 7.4251,883 words
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Article226 1998-06-13 16 RIGHTS ISSUE (iBooks ACC k Company Ratio date close Peymt OUE Two-for-tive IPSS2 75 May 12 May 19 Jun 8 BONUS ISSUE e«Books Company Ratio d«tt close Flextech One-for-flve Jun 2 Jun 9 NA SM Summit Ono-tor-two Jun 2 Jun 9 Jun 25 Sup Motal One-for-two Jun 2226 words
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Article77 1998-06-13 16 ST Industrials Index The Straits Times Industrials Index dropped the week to 1091.49. 76.97 points on DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1128.57 (-39.89) 107.410 ($206.463m) Tuesday 1117.21 (-11.36) 110.501 ($252.517m) Wednesday 1067.81 (-49.40) 112.995 ($208.176m) Thursday 1086.83 (♦19.02) 124.383 ($244.424m) Friday 1091.49 4.66) 117.821 ($262.994m) BT-M6A Index The77 words
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Article1252 1998-06-13 16 Payment Ci lets) data Books closa Pay data HBM Print 10c F O.ITE Jul 6 Jul 13 Jul 23 H Grand Central F 4 Jul 7 Jul 14 Jul 31 Haw Par Corp F 4 Jun B Jun 15 Jun 30 Haw P Health 20c F 2.4 Jun1,252 words
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Article30 1998-06-13 16 Company Right* isaua AsiaMatrix one-tor-ten (each wrt with 3 Wrts carrying tor tach 10 Rts to subl existing shares ®80c Company Bonus Issue Eastern Pub One-tor-two Rotol One-tor-one30 words
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Article57 1998-06-13 16 Mm. Tima NatStatl E 12 Kallang Way Jun 10 10.45am Cite S port (*****6) Ktpptl A 325 Talok Bltngah Jon 10 11.00am financt Board Rm Of Ktpptl Corp S'port (*****1) Yto Hup A 1 Tanglm Rd Jun 12 3.00 pm S*nq Antica 2nd Ltvtl Orchard Paradt Hotel A:57 words
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Article262 1998-06-13 16 Payment (ets) ts date Books close Pay date ACE Dynamics20c F 0.05 Jun 12 Jun 19 Jun 30 Acma 50c F 7.5 Jul 2 Jul 9 Jul 22 Acer 50c F 2.5TE Jun 2 Jun 9 Jun 18 ACMB F 4 Jun 15 Jun 22 Jul 9 ANA262 words
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599 1998-06-13 17 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Both lose $23 million paid so far for Kembangan condo site in first default on state site in 7 years «V By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE ailing property market was hit by its first big default last Friday when mainboardlisted company Elteeh Electronics failed599 words
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Article, Illustration459 1998-06-13 17 EDNA KOII - i^L EDNA KOII FUNPOLIS Asia has shut down its 30,000 sq ft family entertainment centre at Marina Square. The company, a joint venture between Singapore Technologies Industrial Corp and NTUC Club Investments, is also putting its bowling and entertainment centre business in ChinaAZIZ HVSSIN - 459 words
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Article144 1998-06-13 17 COUNTER RATES Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of toreign currency US dollar 1.7241 1.7605 Sterling pound 2 7814 2.8769 Australian dollar 0 9968 1.0401 Canadian dollar 1.1648 1.2026 NZ dollar 0.8439 0.8826 EC unit 1.9273 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.2880144 words
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Article109 1998-06-13 17 Contract Rate: June 12. 1998 Unit If 3 mth* 6 mths 9 mth* 12 mth* Call Value date US 5 5/. 5/. 57. 57. 47. 16/6 AS 47. 47. 4’7. 5 57. 37. '6/6 NZ 87« 87, 8V. 87. 87. 87. '6/6 STC 6*/. 7 77« 7/.109 words
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Article767 1998-06-13 17 MaiNKier's prices; June 13,1998 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen S pore Or Fund 0.754-0.793*“ Aberdeen Select Portfolio(et NAV) Asian Fixed income Fund 0.944** Pacific Equity Fund 0 816** Indonesian Equity Fund 0.521** Malaysian Equity Fund 0.893” Philippine Equity Fund 0.842” Singapore Equity Fund 0.726” Thailand Equity Fund767 words
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Article3883 1998-06-13 18 Transaction date: June 12,1998 INDUSTRIAL t COMMERCIAL 1998 Cimt Last High Law Company Traded Salt ♦orVol '000 Day High Lew Gr-s Nat M Cap Div P/E Smil Wt Avg Price 43 16.5 a ACE 0ynamics60c.. 17.5 «d unch 39 17.5 16.5 0.1 21.9 14.3 17 31 213,883 words
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Article779 1998-06-13 18 IMS Law Curr Lott Vol Day Oft Ngt MCip Wt Avg High Company Tradod Sad ♦or'000 High Low DtvH p/e $mll Pric# 134 243 79.5 76 ABR Hldgi 5< AS Auto 10c 92 82 •i3 110 84 79 1S.0N 6.8 44.9 93.6 88 83 82 48.5 ASJ Hldgt 20c779 words
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Article1509 1998-06-13 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: June 12,1998 1998 Last Vol Day Last Quote Wt Avq High Low Company Sale ♦Of•000 High Low Buyer Seller Price 23.5 9 m m AMDS CS.5%*****6 12 9.5 20.5 7 ‘Acer W*****1 USS 8 ♦1 2 8 8 7 8 9S 8.5 Acm» W*****4 91,509 words
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Article1362 1998-06-13 19 Transaction date: June 12,1998 19*8 High Law Company Curr Last Traded Sale Vol ♦or000 Day High Law Grots dlv Nat P/E M Cap $mll MALAYSIAN STOCKS (in S$) 135 28 m AiSBSOc 49 -0.5 57 495 49 5.0 19.8 50.3 655 12.5 m AMDS 50c 19 5 •0.51,362 words
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Article465 1998-06-13 20 THE Singapore economy may slip into a recession next year if the Government does not do anything about it now, warned top banker Wee Cho Yaw. Describing the current economic conditions in Singapore as the worst he had seen in a banking career stretching over465 words
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660 1998-06-13 20 NARENDRA AGGARWAL; KALPANA RASHIWALA - NARENDRA AGGARWAL and KALPANA RASHIWALA MEMBERS of the feuding Jumabhoy family are selling their controlling stake in mainboardlisted property and hospitality group, Scotts Holdings. And an obvious contender for the stake, say market watchers, would be the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) as it owns660 words
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Article, Illustration292 1998-06-13 20 YEOW PEI LIN - YEOW PEI LIN FORGET about designer wear shops. Even discount stores cannot keep afloat these days. Wing Tai Apparel is winding up its Connexions chain of fashionware, known formerly as Stockmart, which has 21 discount stores and sales counters. The closures, which started in March,SOMA TAN - 292 words
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Article515 1998-06-13 20 Bn NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Bn Bn NARENDRA AGGARWAL HOMEGROWN Thakral Corporation is investing $25 million to diversify into producing software products in China and Hongkong to tap the multibillion dollar video compact disc (VCD) business on the mainland. Thakral Corporation, known for its electronics goods, expects the new line of515 words
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Advertisement874 1998-06-13 21 The Straits Times Weekly Edition 111 ■m: 1 w ss> •XX* Airfoil Technologies International LLC is a joint venture between General Electric Engines Services and Sermalech International. We are in the process of setting up a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to the repair of cold section airfoils. This new subsidiary. Airfoil874 words
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Advertisement818 1998-06-13 22 t National Heart Centre SINGAPORE The National Heart Centre (formerly known as the Singapore Heart Centre) is the national centre for cardiovascular medicine in Singapore. It will become an autonomous centre in 1999. The NHC provides ambulatory and inpatient cardiac services, and conducts training and research. Applications are invited for818 words
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FORUM
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778 1998-06-13 23 THE recent crackdown on speeding following a spate of newsworthy car crashes seems too naive and simplistic. One must remember that it is not just speed that causes the disaster, but also loss of control, although speed may have been a contributory, aggravating factor. Also,778 words
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Article411 1998-06-13 23 FROM being a “bunch of softies”, Singaporeans are now a “confused lot" and a lot of life’s stresses are of our own doing. It would appear from Mr Selvakumar Prakasam’s viewpoint “Why Singaporeans are so stressed out" (ST, June 4) that w’e hold the411 words
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Article, Illustration263 1998-06-13 23 I USED to wonder why parents gave pagers or handphones to their children. I found out a few days ago. To my utter shock and surprise, I discovered that two of my children aged 12 and 15 own and maintain accounts with Singapore Telecom,\DAM LEK - 263 words
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Article111 1998-06-13 23 I REFER to the letter “Pagers, handphones too easy for kids" bv Ms Winnie Woon Kim Wah. It is an industry practice not to limit the offering of paging services to adults only. This policy is adopted by all Singapore paging operators. Sing Tel Paging does not111 words
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673 1998-06-13 24 JOANNE LEE - Hi JOANNE LEE MORE than three-quarters of the 650 new Housing Board studio flats for the elderly have been snapped up, and the Government plans to build 262 more in Toa Payoh and Bukit Merah. It will also introduce a slew of new measures673 words
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Article, Illustration595 1998-06-13 24 BRAEMA MATHI - Sentence of 30 days is a first in Syariah Court history. It selves as a warning to others against breaching the court’s orders’ kjl BRAEMA MATHI THE Syariah Court on Tuesday sent a father in a child custody battle to jail for contempt595 words
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Article426 1998-06-13 24 CHANG Al-LIEN - Hi CHANG Al-LIEN A LEADING career and recruitment fair, Choice Employers 98, has been postponed owing to lacklustre response from companies. The fair’s coordinator, MP Asia, said only 20 companies had booked places in the fair, one-fifth of the 100 companies that took part last year.426 words