The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 18 September 1999
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Title Section19 1999-09-18 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday September 18,1999 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 074/08/9919 words
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Article, Illustration630 1999-09-18 1 DERWIN PEREIRA - The unexpected move by the TNI started yesterday, as confusion arose over when foreign troops would arrive By DERWIN PEREIRA IN JAKARTA INDONESIAN troops began an unexpected early pullout from East Timor’s capital of Dili yesterday as commanders here and in the territoryJEROMEMINC - 630 words
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Article314 1999-09-18 1 SINGAPORE will be sending 250 military personnel to join the multi-national force authorised by the United Nations to go into East Timor. Apart from being military observers, they will provide medical and logistics support. In a press statement yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and314 words
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Advertisement57 1999-09-18 1 Home Worrying Signs Among More secondary girls are now involved in offences in schools. And teachers say they have become less repentant of their misbehaviour. page 5 Sports Athletics Down In The Dumps Eighteen years after Loh Lin Kok took over SAAA, Singapore athletics, which once enthralled many, is now57 words
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PRIME NEWS
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Article, Illustration623 1999-09-18 2 LEE KIM CHEW - The forum’s leaders pledge strongest possible support’ and urge other WTO countries to join effort to get talks off the ground By LEE KIM CHEW IN AUCKLAND APEC leaders on Monday pledged to give their “strongest possible support” to launch a new roundALPHONSOCHAN - 623 words
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Article, Illustration452 1999-09-18 2 Bu SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA - By Bu SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA A 48-YEAR-OLD Singaporean, who had ties with regional drug dealers, planned to set up the first underground laboratory here to make Ecstasy pills on a large scale. But his effort was thwarted by theWONG KWAI CHOW - 452 words
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Article, Illustration838 1999-09-18 3 SHARON VASOO; and TAN KAH TIAN - Former marketing manager and accomplices arrested after businessman’s daughter is freed on getting payment of $330,000 By SHARON VASOO and TAN KAH TIAN A FORMER marketing manager, who has two university degrees under his belt, plotted and carried out the kidnapping of the 14-vear-old daughter ofSHIN MIN DAILY NEWS LI AN HE ZAOBAO - 838 words
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Article, Illustration659 1999-09-18 3 SHARON VASOO - Ransom or be sold off as a prostitute *L SHARON VASOO THE 14-year-old daughter of a wealthy businessman, who was abducted last week, said that her alleged kidnappers had apparently threatened “to sell her off as a prostitute” if her family could not raise the ransom money on time. AccordingLIANHE ZAOBAO - 659 words
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389 1999-09-18 4 Br/ SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA - The US$l billion fund has found three foreign partners to finance high-technology start-ups here By Br/ SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA THE US$l billion fund Singapore announced in April to stimulate the financing market for new high-technology companies has drawn smart investors here as planned.389 words
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Article, Illustration145 1999-09-18 4 MR HENRY Goh, general manager of Capital City Posters, explained how the Smartßike scheme would work. The bicycles will be parked at common areas such as void decks, MRT stations, bus interchanges and hawker stations. When a user signs up to use the bike, he will receiveAI.BERTSIM - 145 words
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331 1999-09-18 4 FIRST there was car sharing, now it is bicycle sharing. By year-end, some HDB residents will be able to try out bicycles operated using smart cards. This free service will be tried out in one housing estate, and for starters,331 words
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Article430 1999-09-18 4 YOUNG EXPECT TO DOWNGRADE ALMOST two in three young Singaporeans aged between 20 and 34 will choose to move from their present homes to smaller ones when they grow old. This is according to the findings of a survey commissioned by the Chinese-lan-guage430 words
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Article, Illustration434 1999-09-18 5 M. MRMALA - Though 97% commit minor offences like playing truant, these actions could be symptomatic of serious problems Bjl M. MRMALA MORE secondary schoolgirls are now involved in offences in school. While most 97 per cent commit minor offences such as playing truant, some are also involvedDAVID KWEK - 434 words
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606 1999-09-18 5 BAD secondary schoolgirls smoke, use vulgar language and play truant. They also dye their hair, wear several earrings and, some even dress up as boys. These signs are worrying as these students could commit more serious offences than the ones606 words
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295 1999-09-18 5 Debbie Goh - Debbie Goh GIRLS as young as 16 are getting tattoos, although some parlours set the age limit at 18. Ms Jazz Tan, manager of The Tattoo Shop in Far East Plaza, said that many of the young girls she has seen have295 words
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Article, Illustration413 1999-09-18 6 LESLIE KOH - But the MOM’s latest labour market report warns of more retrenchments, especially in the electronics industry m. LESLIE KOH THE unemployment rate here dropped to 3.3 per cent in the second quarter, from 3.9 per cent in the first quarter. The dropSource: MINISTRY Of MANPOWER; JALEIIA It ASH IM - 413 words
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Article, Illustration660 1999-09-18 6 SHARON VASOO - Housewife's new chore patrol By SHARON VASOO TWICE a week, housewife Kok Mew Lin, 57, arms herself with a torch and scours a carpark in Telok Blangah Crescent, on the lookout for car-thieves who have been plaguing the neighbourhood. Making her round after 10 pm, accompanied by her husband orSTEVEN LEE - 660 words
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450 1999-09-18 6 SINGAPORE is not ready for a Speakers’ Corner like the one in London’s Hyde Park, says Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. In an interview with World Link, the magazine of the World Economic Forum, he said that although Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew had450 words
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Article516 1999-09-18 7 RAVI VELLOOR - MIT comes here via the Net Thanks to Internet 11, 31 NUS graduate students get to ‘attend’ a class held in Boston’s MIT *L RAVI VELLOOR “HELLO, Boston, this is Singapore... A question for you, Professor Peraire.” Welcome to the future world of global cooperation in education. In a landmark516 words
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Article, Illustration604 1999-09-18 7 SALMA KIIALIK - HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CAMPAIGN Bt/ SALMA KIIALIK PRIVATE companies, the unions and the Government have come together to “take health promotion at the workplace to a higher plane”. Announcing this last Thursday, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said they will form a tripartite committee to beCHEW SEVC KIM - 604 words
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364 1999-09-18 7 TANHUIYEE - §IL TANHUIYEE A PART-TIME S-League footballer, Mohamed Fathi Mohamed Yunus, was jailed for 18 months on Tuesday for breaking into a coflfeeshop. The 23-year-old player for Clementi Khalsa Football Club admitted that he had broken into the coffeeshop at Bedok North Street 2 on June364 words
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Article, Illustration494 1999-09-18 8 CHANG AI-LIEN - Separated during the Japanese Occupation, the two met here recently after elder sister’s husband started search last year Bu CHANG AI-LIEN TWO sisters who were separated during the Japanese Occupation and are grandmothers now, have been reunited after being apart for more thanDENISE TAN - 494 words
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Article209 1999-09-18 8 THE Chinese Heritage Centre is planning to produce textbooks on overseas Chinese for schools here and abroad. They will be based on materials collected for its groundbreaking Encyclopaedia of the Chinese Overseas published in English and Chinese earlier this year, said its newly-appointed director, Professor Kee209 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 1999-09-18 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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SPECIAL REPORT ON THE FIASCO IN ATHLETICS
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Article, Illustration904 1999-09-18 9 HAKIKAT RAI - Singapore athletics is now one of the region’s worst after its debacle at Brunei SEA Games «1 HAKIKAT RAI EIGHTEEN years, seven vicepresidents for training and selection, three technical directors and between $l2 and $l5 million later, Singapore athletics is in a904 words
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Article, Illustration379 1999-09-18 9 SANTOKH SINGH - *L SANTOKH SINGH BREAKING into an all-men’s club is not new to Annabel Ess. She was the first and to date, the only, woman vice-president of the Singapore Hockey Federation and one of few women to be vice-president of the Law Society of Singapore. She379 words
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MALAYSIA
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520 1999-09-18 10 He says Anwar’s allegations that he was poisoned were timed to coincide with Apec meetings and Commonwealth Law Conference AFP, Bernama KUALA LUMPUR For the second time in two days. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad attacked his jailed former deputy, saying that– AFP,; Bernama - 520 words
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313 1999-09-18 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - By BRENDAN PEREIRA IN KUALA LUMPUR ANWAR Ibrahim is being given VIP treatment in prison, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi said last Friday night. The Deputy Prime Minister said he was forced to talk about the privileges enjoyed by Anwar313 words
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Article, Illustration101 1999-09-18 10 HARIAN METRO A LONG DIVORCE Editorial assistant Aida Melly showing the Kuala Lumpur Syariah High Court a chart indicating she had spent almost four years in her fight to get a divorce. She started divorce proceedings against her estranged husband Khairul Anwar in 1996 and was grantedHARIAN MKTRO - 101 words
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419 1999-09-18 10 SEREMBAN Police detained six state football plavers ano seized a mattress anii several used condoms as evidence during a rain on a nouse rented m- tne Negri bembilan Football Association 'NSFA,. wnere an alleged gang rane ol a teenage salesgirl tooK mace. The419 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration820 1999-09-18 11 SUSAN SIM - He may give running of armed forces to deputy, who has warned time might not be right for parliament to meet SUSAN SIM INDONESIA CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA Indonesia’s powerful defence forces (TNI) chief General Wiranto will likely step down next month to prepare forAFP - 820 words
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359 1999-09-18 11 -AFP, Bloomberg News JAKARTA International auditors probing the scandal-hit Bank Bali have obtained enough information to establish indications of fraud and bribery at senior level in government despite impediments put in their way by Indonesia’s central-bank and government officials. In revelations that-AFP,; Bloomberg News - 359 words
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235 1999-09-18 11 Ripple effect now, call for Aceh vote Reuters, AFP JAKARTA Two of Indonesia’s most prominent Muslim politicians joined about 4,000 people who demonstrated in restive Aceh province on Wednesday to demand a referendum on independence similar to the one in East Timor. Students and Muslim scholars held the protest atReuters,; AFP - 235 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article619 1999-09-18 12 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15,1999 THE spate of corruption and other offences involving policemen this year will be greeted with dismay by Singaporeans who worry that the country’s reputation for integrity has been dented. And critics of the Singapore system will hold up the incidents as proof that619 words
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Article559 1999-09-18 12 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 13,1999 THERE is a species of modern hypocrisy which consists of highly intelligent people pretending tnat culture and learning do not matter. Thus, in the US. tnere are people vmostlv white, mostly privileged > who promote the virtues of ‘'ebonies’. an AfricanAmerican English patois, saving it559 words
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Article, Illustration715 1999-09-18 12 SIA CHEONC YEW - SECOND LAST WORD *L SIA CHEONC YEW THIS is about that time of the year when a new batch of bright voung Singaporeans will go West to further their education As thev depart with the customarv well-wishes from their lovea ones and benefactor».715 words
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Article1151 1999-09-18 13 JANAPAS DEVAN - OPERATION EAST TIMOR JANAPAS DEVAN AUSTRALIA is going to lead the UN peacekeeping forces in East Timor. Since it will contribute about 4,500 soldiers, which make up the bulk of the forces, it stands to reason that it should command all of them. According to news reports,1,151 words
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1052 1999-09-18 13 ASAD LATIF - §!L ASAD LATIF AUSTRALIA’S leadership of the international effort to protect East Timor’s independence makes two important points. First, it redeems some of Canberra’s reputation, tarred by its support for Jakarta’s invasion and annexation of the territory in the *****. Second, it announces Australia's1,052 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1637 1999-09-18 14 The Prime Minister has given a ringing re-affirrmtion of parliamentary democracy in Singapore. But hoiv can Parliament be made more relevant and meaningfiil to the people? Will it continue to be the forum for the clash of ideas? CHUA LEE HOONG discusses its millennial challenges. DR WANG Kai\OKI. ROSAI KS - 1,637 words
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Article, Illustration1034 1999-09-18 15 ASAD LATIF - THINKING ALOUD ASAD LATIF SINGAPORE is an ageing society. That is good, because it attests to this country's success in providing the food, peace and medicine that enable people to live longer. A country has another dimension, however. It is a1,034 words
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Article1031 1999-09-18 15 CHLA LEE lIOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS Hu CHLA LEE lIOONG THE People’s Action Party is the very dominant party in Singapore; to contemplate its obsolescence must seem like thinking the unthinkable. But in a world where change is the only certainty and seats of power are musical1,031 words
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MONEY
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372 1999-09-18 16 THE stock market had an undistinguished week as investors were mostly sidelined over US interest rate worries and the destabilising effect of a runaway yen. Not even a lower-than-ex-pected rise in US consumer price index figures was able to calm fears that the372 words
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Article1850 1999-09-18 16 Company D«U •nn Nat aarn TV IV <$m) (Sm) CPS TV IV let*) (eta) ASA Sap 16 1 4.937 3.752 3.22 2.88 ASJ Sap 13 3.407 2821 3.79 3.13 AsiiPac Braw Jun 11 1 28.597 37.235 11.3 14.7 Alazandra Jun 30 P 0.436 9.5751 1.45 321 Allgraan Prop1,850 words
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Article117 1999-09-18 16 BONUS ISSUE Company Ratio Eldata Books dost ACC Paymt OUS Surwlll ona-for-*our on#-»or-ttn Sap 21 Oct 7 Sap 28 RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Cx0Xtf it Acc 6 Paymt Koh Bros Panouncaapia rlqhts mu# of up to 47.9m warrants on too bails of I warrant for tvtry S tsistinq117 words
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Article76 1999-09-18 16 Straits Times Index Th« Straits Timas Index slipped 1.13 paints in tha weak ta 2,131.94. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2,139.23 6.16) 174.1m ($468.0m) Tuesday 2,142.50 <♦ 3.27) 195.9m <$478.3m) Wednesday 2,120.58 (-21.92) 267.9m ($490.9m) Thursday 2,089.84 (-30.74) 281.5m <$459.3m) Friday 2,131.94 (+42.10) 394.6m ($528.5m) BT-SRI Index Tha76 words
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Article667 1999-09-18 16 Paymant i£!l> Cx data !i data Alex Hidgs SOc b 1.5 Sap 15 Sap 22 Oct 6 Amtek Hidgs 20c F 0.8TE Nov 24 Dec 1 Oac 10 Auric Pacific 50c 1 2 Oct 6 Oct 13 Oct 28 Brilliant 8c b 0.8 Sap 17 Sap 24 Oct667 words
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Article370 1999-09-18 16 Company Placa Data Tima Broadway C 18 Entorprlsa Rd Jurong S’pore<*****4) Oct 6 10.00am UOB E Tha Grand Ballroom 2nd Floor Grand Plata Parkroyal Spore 10 Colaman Stroat S port (*****9) Oct 6 10.00am Koppai Land E Tha Straits Room 230 Victoria St MlS'OS.Bugis Junction Towors (*****4) Oct370 words
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Article228 1999-09-18 16 Company Date rlpt Ion Horsing One-for-two Bonus issuo IPCO Propotad Acquisation of all tha issued shares in tha Capital of Spring Sun intnl (SSI) PonPac Proposed placement of 7,500,000 Modi* Now Ordinary Shares of SSO.OS each in the capital of Panpac Madia at SS0.99 for aach shara. OCBC228 words
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Article1532 1999-09-18 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Sept 18,1999 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS «bwfctn Atttt Mot Alia Ltd Aberdeen S'pore Or Fd 1.772 1.863 Aberdeen Select Portfolio American Opport Fd 1.014 1.065 Continental Euro Eqty Fd 1.032 1.084 Japan Eqty Fd 1494 1.570 Aslan Fixed Income Fd 0.962 0.992 Pacific Equity Fd!” 1.1471,532 words
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Article, Illustration634 1999-09-18 17 Hu NARENDRA AGGARWAL - Asian crisis poses no barrier, with the number of million-dollar earners swelling 40% to hit a new high of 742 Hu NARENDRA AGGARWAL SINGAPORE’S million-dollar income earners’ club grew by 40 per cent last year, the Asian financial crisis notwithstanding. The number ofADAM LEE - 634 words
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292 1999-09-18 17 DENNIS CHAN - Bv DENNIS CHAN US-BASED The Capital Group Companies, a mutual fund giant that has amassed 5.05 per cent of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) ordinary shares, has not contravened the law that forbids individuals from owning more than 3 per cent of a292 words
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Article3968 1999-09-18 18 Transaction date: Sept 17,1999 j MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wli Curr Last Vol Day Gr's Nat M Cap Wt Avg High Low Company Traded Sale ♦or'000 High Low Olv P/E $mtl Price 126 ♦4 203 126 121 10 10.3 208.4 124 84 25 c 41 ♦1 41 41 18.83,968 words
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Article1070 1999-09-18 19 52-Wh High Low Curr Loot Company Traded Solo ♦orVol 000 Day High Low Cr't Dlv M Cap $mll Wt Avg Prlct MANUFACTURING 21a 61 c AS Auto 10c 172 cd ♦8 265 176 166 10 N 196.4 169 137 45 c ASJ Midgj 20c 90 3.8 14.8 81 871,070 words
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Article1480 1999-09-18 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Sept 17,1999 52-Wh High Low Lott Company Solo ♦Of Vol '000 Day Hlqh Low Loot Ouota Buyer Sellar Wt Avg Prlca 104 3 i *Actr W*****1 USS 45 ♦4 203 45 42 44 45 5 80 4.5 s Acma W*****4 37 ♦3 24 37 351,480 words
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Article142 1999-09-18 19 (9am, Sept 17) Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to ont unit ot foreign currency Australian dollar 1.0880 1.1110 1.1360 1.1600 0.8820 0.9010 2.7330 2.7620 US dollar 1.6880 1.6990 Singapore dollars to 100 units ot foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.60 13.00 Belgian franc 4.310 4.410 Cninese renminbi 18.90 19.20 Danish142 words
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Article411 1999-09-18 20 TAMMY TAN - The sB4m tie-up will set up Internet sites in the region to provide search technologies and e-commerce services «1 TAMMY TAN SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) has taken another step forward to becoming a key force in regional e-commerce by setting up a USSSO million (5584.5 million)411 words
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405 1999-09-18 20 TAMMY TAN - By TAMMY TAN THE foreign equity limit for Internet service providers has been lifted with immediate effect, paving the way for open competition in the fledgling industry in Singapore. The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) said on Monday that it was405 words
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Article, Illustration543 1999-09-18 20 ByKALPANA KASHIWALA - By By KALPANA KASHIWALA CHANGES to the law to enable collective sales to go ahead without the unanimous consent of owners are expected to come into force early next month, says the Ministry of Law. These changes were gazetted earlier this month. The543 words
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287 1999-09-18 20 DENNIS CHAN - §1 DENNIS CHAN SINGAPORE Airlines’ (SIA) shareholders last Saturday paved the way for the company to spend up to $1 billion to buy back its shares and to trade them in a single tranche. They approved all the resolutions at the company’s annual general287 words
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FORUM
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Article, Illustration1022 1999-09-18 23 IN “A healthy dose of idealism can create one united people” (ST Weekly, Sept 11), Mr Cherian George argued that the Government’s approach to race relations and democracy contributed to an “affective divide” between it and the electorate. In race relations, Mr George claimed1,022 words
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464 1999-09-18 23 IN “LEADERS must accept change” (ST, Sept 3), Dr Melanie Chew argued that the Government should voluntarily “retreat from the high ground of power”. She said that although Singapore’s bureaucracy was efficient and honest, like all bureaucracies it was “structured to enforce controls464 words
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Article, Illustration560 1999-09-18 24 SANDRA DAVIE - Sec 1 students have been using this made-in-Singapore device to read textbooks, surf the Net and e-mail questions to teachers §!L SANDRA DAVIE HEAVY schoolbags will be history and the eduPAD, a portable and wireless hand-held computer, will be hip if a pilot scheme atCHEW SK\C KIM - 560 words
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570 1999-09-18 24 IRENE NC - Bjl IRENE NC SINGAPORE will be benchmarking itself against leading arts cities, such as New York and London, in its bid to become a Renaissance City in the next millennium. Other cities of Singapore’s size, such as Hongkong and Melbourne, will also be used for570 words