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Title Section21 1999-04-17 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday April 17.1999 Price: S$ 1 .20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA (P) 080/08/9821 words
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554 1999-04-17 1 ZU RAID AH IBRAHIM - Mr Goh Chok Tong suggests combined roadshows to the US, Europe and Japan to aid recovery By ZU RAID AH IBRAHIM IN BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ASEAN should organise joint roadshows to the United States, Europe and Japan to draw investments back to the region554 words
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Article, Illustration97 1999-04-17 1 MEAT MEETIHG: a suckling pig is the centre of attraction for abattoir workers meeting to discuss plans to set up a co-operative to import chilled and frozen pork. About 130 industry people gathered at the event held last Saturday at the Mandarin Hotel. Because Malaysian and Indonesian porkms \scu - 97 words
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291 1999-04-17 1 US firms anxious to return to SE Asia AFP WASHINGTON The US business community is nowanxious to return to the oncestruggling economies of South-east Asia "in a major wav", Commerce Secretary William Daley said here on Thursday. Addressing a gathering of the World Economic Forum, he also said that the– AFP - 291 words
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Advertisement53 1999-04-17 1 V>, CKI M K Jailed For Hurting Cops Soil Gek Kim, 36, lacked three police officers while they were trying to arrest iier during a domestic squabble. PACE fi Water Wonders Three siblings, bom a year apart, taste victorv at a recent biathlon championships all thanks to training by their53 words
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PRIME NEWS
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449 1999-04-17 2 CHI A Mi l lIOONG - Investors who take a long and informed' view of situation will find it worth their while, he says B't CHI A Mi l lIOONG IN LONDON ASIA will make a comeback, but which country recovers first depends on individual countries responses to449 words
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Article, Illustration77 1999-04-17 2 STUDENTS ARE TCS' NEW STARS: The search has ended. Nick Shen and Vivian both 22-year-old students, are Singapore television’s latest stars. They were crowned on Sunday night at the Television Corporation of Singapore in the biennial Star Search contest. Both had impressed the judges withJF.HOMf MIM. - 77 words
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152 1999-04-17 2 KUALA LUMPUR A fivenation military exercise involving Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore kicked off on Wednesday after being put off last year, officials said. The eight-day air exercise, codenamed “Major Adex 99-2". is being coordinated by the headquarters of the Integrated Air Defence152 words
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Article572 1999-04-17 2 M. MR MALA - UIL M. MR MALA SCHOOLS with a larger number of students will get additional teachers and their principals will be given more autonomy to decide how they should be deployed, from next January. Those which have more weaker pupils will also be given extra teachers,572 words
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Article, Illustration624 1999-04-17 3 Bi/ BRENDAN PEREIRA; DOUGLAS WONG - Former DPM vows to appeal. Protesters light bonfires and clash with security forces j Bi/ BRENDAN PEREIRA and DOUGLAS WONG IN kI ALA Ll T MPI'R ANWAR Ibrahim was found guilty of corruption and sentenced to six years’ jail by the High Court onMNCHttt JIT Poll \M\MKWS VETWOKK - 624 words
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455 1999-04-17 3 DENNIS CHAN - TOUGH STANCE REPORTED a 'L DENNIS CHAN SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) has warned its alliance partner Air New Zealand (Air NZ) not to block its bid to buy 50 per cent of Australian airline Ansett, according to a report on Wednesday. Citing455 words
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341 1999-04-17 3 THE outlook for Changi airport looks a little sunnier given the upturn in air passenger traffic in recent months. The number of air passengers went up to fi.22 million in the first three months of the year an increase of 11.4 per cent compared341 words
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PARLIAMENT
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Article, Illustration346 1999-04-17 4 The Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act is still needed, argues minister Ho Peng Kee, to fight secret society activities SECRET societies, protection rackets and Hongkong-style triads have been kept at bay in Singapore because of its tough laws, including the Criminal Law (Temporary346 words
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308 1999-04-17 4 IMPORTERS, butchers and others who depended on live pig imports for a living will have to adjust to the new business environment and switch to selling chilled and frozen pork. One stallholder in Marine Parade has already done so. He ho»-- renovated his stall308 words
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Article401 1999-04-17 4 AMENDED AMLA BILL GIVES GREATER POWERS PARLIAMENT on Thursday passed a Bill to give more clout to the Islamic court and make it more efficient in handling child custody and matrimonial property battles among divorced Muslim couples. Those involved in such cases must ask the Syariah401 words
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361 1999-04-17 4 A GROUP of 79 people related to the late Sultan Hussain and who have been receiving government payments under an ordinance will receive more than 10 times the money they are being given now. Under the new scheme, they will share 5350.000 a year361 words
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HOME
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450 1999-04-17 5 WENDYTAN - *L WENDYTAN THE bugs, it seems, are winning. More of them are developing resistance to antibiotics as a result of doctors prescribing antibiotics too freely, often in response to demands from patients. Researchers have found that a common bug which causes respiratory tract infections450 words
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420 1999-04-17 5 TAN 001 BOON - World Bank has recommended Subordinate Courts as a model, but it should not rest on its laurels, says Chief Justice l±L TAN 001 BOON THE World Bank has recommended Singapore’s Subordinate Courts as a model for developing and developed countries to study testimony that the420 words
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Article, Illustration654 1999-04-17 5 KARAMJIT K.AI R - Oil KARAMJIT K.AI R MASS Rapid Transit services broke down for almost seven hours on the North-South line on Tuesday, after an empty train went off the tracks between Yio Chu Kang and Ang Mo Kio stations. The disruption happened at about 10 am andSTEVEN LIT - 654 words
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Article, Illustration583 1999-04-17 6 TAN 001 BOON - Woman, 36, kicked, scratched and bit three policemen when they tried to arrest her during a domestic squabble last year «a. TAN 001 BOON A REMISIER who hurt three policemen when they tried to arrest her during a domesticsquabble was jailed aWONG KW \I CHOW - 583 words
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231 1999-04-17 6 PAULINE LEONG - PAULINE LEONG THE tattoos on his arms and neck gave the game away for a suspected mobile phone thief. Police yvere already looking for the 22-ycar-old unemployed male Singaporean with dragons tattooed on his arms and a fireball tattoo at the back of his231 words
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Article410 1999-04-17 6 LIM SENG JIN - Oil LIM SENG JIN THE two men on trial for helping a debtor to commit suicide by jumping from an Outram carpark were found guilty by the High Court on Monday. At the end of the nine-day trial. Justice Kan Ting Chiu sentenced Soh Hock410 words
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Article548 1999-04-17 7 GERALDINE YEO - COEs premiums rose in the first tender exercise with just two car categories, even though more COEs were allocated »!tl GERALDINE YEO THE first Certificate of Entitlement (COE) tender with only two car categories saw prices going up, according to results released last Friday. The548 words
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Article370 1999-04-17 7 CHI A CHIN HON - CHI A CHIN HON TEN minutes. That was all the difference betw-een life and death for 10-year-old Ang Rui Cheng, who was electrocuted at a neighbourhood fun fair last Friday night. The two-week fun fair was into its last day and was supposed to have370 words
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Article, Illustration523 1999-04-17 8 JOANNE LEE - Six people heat odds of one in over eight million to share the top Toto prize of $7 million '±L JOANNE LEE SIX people became instant millionaires on Monday when they shared the top prize of over $7 million in the Toto jackpot. Beating odds of one in overr\ssi w \\\ - 523 words
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300 1999-04-17 8 EVELYN YAP - 'll EVELYN YAP SINGAPORE Airlines is breaking a different sort of sound barrier. By May 1, it will set up a new world record by offering passengers the latest highquality sound system for in-flight movies and feature films. The move comes only months300 words
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Advertisement181 1999-04-17 6 The only course of its kind in Singapore, the MA in Asia Pacific Studies is an internationally recognised Master's level programme from one of the UK's premier academic institutions. It is designed for professionals who require a strategic understanding of the region and covers business and politics in CHI\ 7181 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 1999-04-17 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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Article, Illustration569 1999-04-17 9 CHAN TSE CHLEEN - No club, no big-name coaches it’s just Dad for Mustapa kids who won at a recent competition BIATHLON On. CHAN TSE CHLEEN MOST people would baulk at swimming 35 laps (1,750 metres) in the pool, followed immediately by a 2.4-km run. Muhammad Diyar Mustapa, 15,emu M M. KIM - 569 words
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Article471 1999-04-17 9 TAYCHENG kIIOON - S-LEAGUE SOCCER ft!L TAYCHENG kIIOON I NEVER scream in public. But it is getting harder and harder to "behave”. When I was young, my parents believed in “children being seen but not heard" a rale enforced strictly. When I became a sports reporter, it was drammed471 words
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Article437 1999-04-17 9 FLOORBALL SINGAPORE wants to tussle with the best in the world in the little-known sport of floorball. On Thursday, it joined reigning world champion Sweden, Finland, Japan and Australia in a five-nation invitational competition here. It is the first time an international meet is held437 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration464 1999-04-17 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - The Premier, who is dischai *ged from hospital, will he back at work once he has recovered fully By BRENDAN PEREIRA I\ Kl \I I.I’MPUt PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad took the first step towards returning to his dawn-to-dusk464 words
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Article235 1999-04-17 10 Bernama SEPANG The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) suffered a two-hour power failure on Sunday and the Transport Ministry on Monday said measures would be taken to prevent a recurrence. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik said the power failure from 2.44 pmBernama - 235 words
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673 1999-04-17 10 What now for Anwar Ibrahim? Our correspondent in Kuala Lumpur BRENDAN PEREIRA looks at whether a six-year jail term will turn the former Deputy Prime Minister into the forgotten man of Malaysian politics or a martyr in the eyes of the people GOVERNMENT critics and673 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration380 1999-04-17 11 AFP, Reuters JAKARTA Former Indonesian President Suharto’s youngest son went on trial on graft charges on Monday the first member of what was once the country’s most powerful family to he tried since Mr Suharto's downfall. Hutomo “Tommy" Mandala Putra, 36, and two other men areAFP,; Reuters - 380 words
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600 1999-04-17 11 KWAN WENG KIN - The polls, scheduled for June, will probably be postponed, says the ex-president in an interview B’l KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO Indonesia's general election, scheduled for June 7, is likely to be postponed because the government is not ready to hold it, former600 words
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442 1999-04-17 11 SUSAN SIM - FEAR OF ELECTION VIOLENCE MAY SEE 25,000 FAMILIES LEAVING B'l SUSAN SIM IN DON ESI A CORRESPOND FAT JAKARTA Fears of election violence, coupled with a rising sense of anti-Chinese persecution by a government trying to win popular support, are fuelling an exodus of442 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article607 1999-04-17 12 MONPAY April 12, 1999 TURNING dreams into reality with a USSI-billion (551.73billion) technopreneurship investment fund? Sounds more like a high-stakes gamble. Indeed it is, because there will be big winners and losers. This new fund is a venture in which the sky is the limit for607 words
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Article619 1999-04-17 12 FRIDAY April 16, 1999 INDONESIA'S financial woes have been made worse by the World Bank's decision to hold back US$6OO million (551.03 billion) in loans because there is no independent monitoring mechanism to ensure proper use of the funds. For all its readiness to help the619 words
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Article, Illustration873 1999-04-17 12 ALAN JOHN - SECOND LAST WORD ALAN JOHN PARENTS are still buying canes to strike their children with, and this form of punishment is alive and well in Singapore homes. Two-thirds of parents use the cane, according to a recent survey reported in The Sunday Times, because873 words
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1065 1999-04-17 13 TAN SAISIONG - BY THE WAY «7 TAN SAISIONG COLLEAGUE Geoffrey Pereira argued in a recent column that while all cases for making false reports to the police should be viewed seriously, it should be more so if the fake report relates to1,065 words
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948 1999-04-17 13 TAN 001 BOON - I crave to say let’s have less legal mumbo jumbo MY VIEW TAN 001 BOON IT IS not unusual for the man-in-the-street to complain that he does not understand the law. After all, law is a specialised and complicated subject which takes a person at least four years to study948 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1553 1999-04-17 14 Committees are sprouting like mushrooms to allow people to give their views in policy-making. But do they mark a real receptivity by the Government to new ideas? Or are they just nibber-stampingbodies with token representation? ZURAIDAH IBRAWM discusses this approach in governance. IN 1990,I l l>\M(. II i<> - 1,553 words
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1062 1999-04-17 15 SONNY YAP - THINKING ALOUD SONNY YAP PUT the abattoir workers, bidders, butchers, ter huang kiam chye stallholders. bak kut teh sellers, bak kua retailers...well. anyone who depends on the pis to bring home the bacon. It took only one new strain of virus to do1,062 words
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879 1999-04-17 15 CHIA LEE HOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS CHIA LEE HOONG IT WAS ironic: The same day that Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's sound-bite, “It is talent, talent, talent, not money, money, money, that will lead to success", made the rounds in Singapore, Deputy Prime Minister879 words
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MONEY
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373 1999-04-17 16 AFTER faltering for a breather on Monday, the local bourse continued its inexorable push toward the 1,700 point level after gaining more than 120 points the previous week. Buying momentum and strong liquidity kept the index climbing until it breached the psychological barrier midweek.373 words
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Article75 1999-04-17 16 Straits Times Index The Straits Timas Indus surged 104.66points on the week to 1,769.9 DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 1,661.3 (-3.98) 327.8 ($561.62m) Tuesday 1,680.0 (*18.70) 369.9 (S551.22m) Wednesday 1,702.7 (*22.75) 817.2 (5807.80m) Thursday 1,706.1 (*3.40) 851.4 ($1,016.98m) Friday 1,769.9 (*63.79) 959.53 ($1.193.17m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI Indus75 words
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Article1872 1999-04-17 16 Company Data ann Nat aarn TV IV (Sm) <$m) EPS TV IV (eta) (eta) ABR Mar 24 P 2.862L 5.346L 6.0L 12L ACE Caramic Mar 22 P 11.038 9895 7.80 7 90 ANA HottlS Mar 31 P 0.207L 2.914 0.4L 608 Acma Mar 26 P 20.169 23 5351,872 words
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Article156 1999-04-17 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date close Paymt Serial Sys ane-*or-three Apr 30 May 7 NA RIGHTS ISSUE ExBooks ACC 6 Company Ratio date dota Paymt ABR Hldgs two-for-ones*' $0.25 Oec23 Dec 30 NA OTHERS Ex* Boohs ACC 6 Company Ratio date close Paymt FlexteCh $22,000,000 2.25%156 words
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Article46 1999-04-17 16 Company Description OUB Proposed Bonus Iss of not more then 83,311,490 new Ora shores of $1.00 on the bosis of one new Ord shore of $1.00 eoch for every ten snores of $1.00 eoch held by shoreholders os ot o dote to be determined.46 words
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Article124 1999-04-17 16 Company PI.C. Date Time MCI Land c 5 Raffles Av» Renoir Suite Level One The Orientel S pore (*****7) May 6 11.45am Republic Hotels A 9 Rattles Place ***** Republic Plaza S'pore (*****9) May 5 11.00am c&c c The renoir Suite The Oriental Level One S Rattles Ave124 words
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Article1009 1999-04-17 16 Payment (cts) Cs date Books dose Pay date Armstrong 10c b 0.15 Apr 20 Apr 27 May 7 ABN AmroNG1.25 F NLG0.67 Mar 10 May 28 Auric Pac 50c b 35 Apr 28 May 5 May 24 BBRSc b 1 May 20 May 27 Jun 15 BAT 2tc1,009 words
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Article1258 1999-04-17 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AprH17,1999 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS I f I I 1 Nicholas-Appleqate Aberdeen S pore GrFd 1.278 1.344 NA Asia-Pac Gr Fd 0.580 0.610 NA S pore Gr Fd!** 0.830 0.875 Aberdeen Select Portfolio NA Reg China Fd!** 0.435 0.460 American Opport Fd 1.068 1.122 NA Reg1,258 words
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547 1999-04-17 17 DENNIS CHAN - Many top executives are holding options deeply out of money, which will expire without an extension by their companies «!L DENNIS CHAN SENIOR executives at Fraser Neave (F&N), Cycle Carriage (C&C) and DBS I-and are likely to endure another year of seeing547 words
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Article, Illustration352 1999-04-17 17 FUND'S FIRST ASIAN PURCHASE DEVELOPER Allgreen Properties, which is expected widely to launch its initial public offering (IPO) soon, is selling a $5O-million stake to a group of institutional investors in a global investment fund called the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Program. The352 words
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Article4513 1999-04-17 18 Transaction date: April 16,1999 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk High Low Company Curr Last Traded Sale ♦orVol OOC Day I High Low Gr's Div Net M Cap P/E $mil Wt Avq Price 125 17.5 i m D Acma 50c 90.5 cd ♦5 2755 92.5 85.5 10 7.4 149.7 844,513 words
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Article1016 1999-04-17 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦or* Vol 000 Day High Low Cr's Oiv Net P/E H Cap Wt Avg $mil Price MANUFACTURING 193 30 C AS Auto 10c 110 ♦4 2042 112 107 15 N 10.4 125.6 109 79.5 45 c ASJ Hidqs 20c 64 •21,016 words
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Article1568 1999-04-17 19 Transaction date: April 16,1999| 52-WH High Low Company List Sale ♦or* voi '000 Day High Low Last Quote Buyer Sellar Wt Avq Price 18 3 s A Acer W*****1 USS .15.5 ♦0.5 302 16 15.5 15.5 16 27 4.5 s Acma W*****4 .25 ♦1.5 3201 261,568 words
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Article151 1999-04-17 19 (9am,April 16) Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currtncy Australian dollar 1.0830 1.0980 Canadian dollar 1.1290 1.1530 NZ dollar 0,9140 0.9330 Starling pound 2.7160 2.7450 US dollar 1.6920 1.7040 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 13.00 13.40 Belgian franc 4.450 4.550151 words
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699 1999-04-17 20 JEANCHIA - It tops Singapore’s listed ipanufacturing firms in terms of economic profit with $124 m '2IL JEANCHIA PUBLISHING group Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) was the best value creator for investors among the listed manufacturing companies in Singapore, according to a survey by KPMG Consulting.699 words
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Article531 1999-04-17 20 TAMMY TAN - RESPONSE TO STARHUB’S CHALLENGE OVER IDD RATES TAMMY TAN SINGAPORE Telecom will match, or even better, overseas call prices offered by Star Hub when it begins operations on April 1 next year. SingTel’s chief operating officer Lim Toon sent this signal in his first interview since531 words
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263 1999-04-17 20 HONGKONG Singapore fared better than Hongkong in a survey of 150 fund managers and analysts, the South China Morning Post reported last Friday. The survey of analysts and fund managers based in Hongkong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur showed that a fifth of the respondents planned263 words
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FORUM
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481 1999-04-17 23 I HAVE some trouble assimilating Mr Anthony la-c Mui Yu’s linking of violence against women in the Indian sub-continent to South Asian culture (“Attacks on women unacceptable," ST, March 30). Forgive my naivety, but what’s the difference between Bangladeshi men attacking women481 words
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Article, Illustration320 1999-04-17 23 MS TAN Sai Siong seems to have complicated a simple matter in her article on false rape (“Don't judge women who make false rape reports too harshly”, Page 13). Firstly, introducing tougher measures to deter a woman from making false reports against a man\D\M - 320 words
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Article360 1999-04-17 23 I REFER to the reports on the misuse of antibiotics. I have noticed since I arrived here just over a year ago, that one is just about guaranteed to be prescribed antibiotics on every visit to the doctor. It is pathetic that the medical profession blames360 words
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Article303 1999-04-17 23 I AGREE with Mr Alan John, "Calling's just an easy way out” (page 12). that parents must have an arsenal of non-violent devices to discipline their wavward child. But I do not believe that caning is just an easy way out for parents. Most303 words
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Article, Illustration116 1999-04-17 24 FIRES burning in central Sumatra brought the haze back to Singapore on Thursday, sending the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) up to 60 the highest in recent months. This return of the haze is earlier than expected as it was supposed to recur only during theJKHOMK MING - 116 words
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487 1999-04-17 24 DOMINIC NATHAN - No need to buv coupons for toll charges from Jan. ERP may also be used to ease congestion there +1 DOMINIC NATHAN DRIVING into Malaysia will involve less “paperwork" from next January, when motorists will no longer have to buy coupons to487 words
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412 1999-04-17 24 THE Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act was extended for another five years in Parliament on Thursday. Amendments were also made to the Act to give drug officers the power to arrest and detain suspected drug traffickers and people who help them. It was412 words
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186 1999-04-17 24 Satellite pictures had shown hot spots in central Sumatra since Monday, and winds had blown smoke over to Singapore since early Thursday morning, it said. It is believed that fires of this size and intensify-186 words