The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 9 October 1999
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Title Section18 1999-10-09 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday October 9,1999 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA^74/08/9918 words
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Article, Illustration625 1999-10-09 1 CHUA MUIHOONG - In his address to Parliament, the President outlines a bold vision to harness people to bring Singapore into the future fie CHUA MUIHOONG PEOPLE will be at the heart of government policy in the Singapore of the next millennium. Every effort will be madeENRIQUE SORIANO - 625 words
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424 1999-10-09 1 ELENA CHONG - Bn ELENA CHONG A TEENAGE boy who kicked and robbed an elderly man, with two young relatives, was sentenced last Friday to five years’ jail and ordered to be caned 10 strokes Mr Teo Sak Loke, 71, a former hawker, died424 words
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Advertisement76 1999-10-09 1 Passport changes Local Icons For More Security Illustrations of the Singapore skyline and national flower will make the new international passport harder to forge. It will also use digital photos and have a special laminate. pace 3 SCHOOLOF NURSING TO CLOSt ITE To Train Nurses Now A new full-time nursing76 words
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PRIME NEWS
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600 1999-10-09 2 LIM SENG JIN - Sending one offender to jail, he savs probation is not a realistic solution for such new crimes Hu LIM SENG JIN YOUNG hackers can expect to be sent to jail if they are old enough to know what they are doing. This landmark ruling600 words
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Article, Illustration193 1999-10-09 2 SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA - Bu By SAMANTHA SANTA MARIA EDUMALL. the $500,000 website developed by the Ministry of Education, the National Computer Board and research institute Kent Ridge Digital Labs was defaced on Monday. The screen was blank, except for the phrase “owned...can we say more?" from a193 words
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Article, Illustration281 1999-10-09 2 ALETHEA LIM - ALETHEA LIM FORMER Nominated MP Chuang Shaw Peng was accused of corruption yesterday. He faces three charges. Chuang, 47, a managing director of Chuang Uming, a construction company, became an NMP on Sept 25,1997 and had served a two-year term. He had sought toSTEVEN LEE - 281 words
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306 1999-10-09 2 KARAMJIT KAUR; and HO KA WEI - KARAMJIT KAUR and HO KA WEI STARTING next year, tertiary institutions here can expect to pay copyright fees for course materials that they photocopy for students. The charges have not been fixed yet, but the newlv-formed Copyright Licensing and Administration Society of Singapore Limited (Class), plans306 words
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Article, Illustration415 1999-10-09 3 SITIANDRIANIE - *!L SITIANDRIANIE THE Singapore international passport is getting a new look and will soon feature images of the Singapore skyline and the national flower. The illustrations are to make it more difficult for syndicates to forge or tamper with the passport. They are just oneTAN SCAN ANN - 415 words
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Article474 1999-10-09 3 SUSAN LONG - It will repackage, reinvent and renew itself, and sell its projects instead of its political affiliation Bu_ SUSAN LONG THE People’s Association will undergo a major image revamp for the new millennium by focusing on three strategies: repackaging, reinvention and renewal. The aim is474 words
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Article, Illustration112 1999-10-09 3 'SAFETY FIRST' LESSON FOR MANA6ERS:Tekken Corporation s 79 supervisory staff watching slides of the unsafe conditions at the Pava Übi Industrial Park site, where an accident last month left two workers dead and four others injured, earlv this week. Thev were also told what thevSTEVEN LEE - 112 words
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Article421 1999-10-09 3 RAVI VELLOOR - B>l_ RAVI VELLOOR THE Monetarv Authority of Singapore on Monday added to the abundance of measures ensuring that Singapore’s financial sector will enter the millennium without disruption from computer glitches. It announced a special fallback scheme to meet any temporary liquidity problems of banks and421 words
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HOME
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468 1999-10-09 4 SALMA KJIALIK - To provide ‘seamless health care’, polyclinics will be restructured and integrated with govt hospitals fly < SALMA KJIALIK PATIENTS who need more than basic health care will find it easier to be referred from government polyclinics to hospitals when the clinics are restructured and integrated468 words
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Article, Illustration379 1999-10-09 4 EUNICE LAII - EARLY CHILDHOOD Hi EUNICE LAII BY 2004. all supervisors of child-care centres must have the appropriate diplomas in early childhood care and education. The Ministry of Community Development has. for the first time, developed a set of guidelines for diplomas in this field. MrsJOSK HAVMONO - 379 words
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Article398 1999-10-09 4 DEBBIE GOH - Hil DEBBIE GOH A NEW full-time nursing course will be offered at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) starting in January. In offering the two-year national certificate in nursing course for GCE O- and N-level school-leavers, the institute will also train enrolled nurses. They398 words
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241 1999-10-09 4 THFI Deepavali Light-up will be brighter than usual this year, with lights and decorations along five side streets, and not just on Serangoon Road. Campbell Lane, Dunlop Street. Upper Dickson Road, Buffalo Road and Kerbau Road will also be lit up and decorated. The Hindu241 words
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Article, Illustration462 1999-10-09 5 SITI ANDRIANIE - Dignitaries witness a simple and elegant ceremony on Monday that lasts just three minutes Bt/l SITI ANDRIANIE THE august occasion may have marked the dawn of a new era, but it was over in a blink of an eye. The new Parliament House, whichPicture»: Al PHOVSOCHAN - 462 words
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445 1999-10-09 5 NATALIE SOH - IjtL NATALIE SOH OVER the next four years, Singapore will invest $44 million to help the construction industry ride the information technology’ (IT) wave. IT will change the way the industry’ presents information and will improve its work processes. It will eliminate445 words
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415 1999-10-09 5 M. MRMALA - By M. MRMALA THE business curriculum at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will be revamped to turn out business graduates who are streetsmart and computer savvy. The changes, which will be implemented over the next three years, will start with the 1,500 undergraduates now415 words
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Article, Illustration279 1999-10-09 6 Including four new faces, the nine were appointed by the President for a two-year term NINE Nominated Members of Parliament were appointed last Friday by President S.R. Nathan in a short ceremony at the Istana. They include four new faces. The other five are servingWONG KWM CHOU' - 279 words
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322 1999-10-09 6 CLARIFICATION OF REMARK MALAY-MUSLIM group Majlis Pusat last Friday welcomed Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's readiness to have a dialogue with the community on his remark on Malays in the Singapore Armed Forces. According to Mr Ja'afar Sidin. the secretary-general of the council for322 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 1999-10-09 6 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 Ud 1145 Newsline 1200 News/Weatner (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, Illustration400 1999-10-09 7 37 Fred de Souza (1918-1964) The Rifleman The late shooter was a star in the late 1950 s and early *****. His greatest achievement was bringing home the 1962 Asian Games gold. It put him in the SSC Hall of Fame. Sport: Shooting Honours: 1962TIEN CIU NC PING - 400 words
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Article, Illustration414 1999-10-09 7 S. MURALI - GOAL 2010 PROJECT DIRECTOR: By S. MURALI SINGAPORE soccer’s “Superman” flew in last Friday. And the first thing that Dane Jan Poulsen, Singapore’s new Goal 2010 project director, did was to tell a group of assembled pressman that he was wearing no cape and had his414 words
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Article587 1999-10-09 7 JOHN DE SOUZA - What the sport meant to one of Singapore’s earliest world-class icons on the firing range By} JOHN DE SOUZA THE public face of Fred B. de Souza was the sportsman who struck gold for Singapore in small-bore shooting twice at the South-east Asian Peninsular Games (the587 words
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Article231 1999-10-09 7 SANTOKH SINGH - Bt/ SANTOKH SINGH PASSING the ball accurately and making it work for the team that is a key element missing from Singapore soccer. Jan Poulsen, FAS’ new director for Goal 2010, made the observation after watching two S-League matches last week. Woodlands Wellington’s 1-0 win231 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration351 1999-10-09 8 inwar affair. —The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR Businesswoman Ummi HafildaAli, who accused Anwar Ibrahim of sexual misconduct that resulted in his fall from high office. was declared a bankrupt by the High Court on Wednesday for failing to pay more than RM300.000 (55i.31,921) to ainwar affair. —The Star/Asia News Network - 351 words
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Article524 1999-10-09 8 BRENDAN PEREIRA - MALAYSIA'S NEXT GOAL: By BRENDAN PEREIRA l\ KUALA LUMPUR AFTER almost a decade of playing second fiddle to the manufacturing sector, food production in Malaysia will take centrestage. with ambitious plans by the government to turn the country into a major producer of vegetables, livestock524 words
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454 1999-10-09 8 DOUGLAS WONG - Directive to freeze the leave of all ministers, deputies and parliamentary secretaries issued; Umno supreme council to meet By DOUGLAS WONG IN KUALA LUMPUR GOVERNMENT leaders stepped up their electioneering rhetoric on Thursday as a freeze on ministerial leave raised expectations that national454 words
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Article203 1999-10-09 8 The Star/Asia News Network KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government will consider reviving the plan to introduce high-speed tilting trains which promise to halve travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to three hours. Transport Minister Dr Ling Liong Sik said that the purchase of the tiltingThe Star/Asia News Network - 203 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration603 1999-10-09 9 DERWIN PEREIRA - 'Strong support for Megawati as president Muslim leader Abdurrahman, Gen Wiranto assure her Muslim parties in the 'Central Axis' will throw their weight behind her DERWIN PEREIRA IN JAKARTA PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Megawati Sukarnoputri’s bid for Indonesia’s top job appears to have strengthened after she received backing in talks on ThursdayREUTERS - 603 words
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457 1999-10-09 9 MANILA The Philippines presidential palace, Malacanang, is the country’s biggest parking lot for confiscated luxury vehicles. The 103 vehicles, valued at 165 million pesos (SS7.I million), have been transferred to the Office of the President through the Presidential Retrieval Task Force by457 words
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231 1999-10-09 9 LONDON Prince Jefri Bolkiah, brother of the Sultan of Brunei, is raising money, reportedly to pay off his debt, by holding a £4OO million (SSl.l billion) distress sale of his art collection, the London Evening Standard has reported. It could be the biggest231 words
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COMMENTARY
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Article603 1999-10-09 10 MONDAY Oct 4,1999 INTERNATIONAL peacekeeping bv the United Nations is something of a misnomer. By the time foreign troops arrive in a country ravaged by civil war, genocide, ethnic cleansing, scorched earth policies or some other atrocity on offer, there is no peace to keep. Instead,603 words
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Article553 1999-10-09 10 THURSDAY Oct 5,1999 BEYOND attracting world attention to the political paralysis in Myanmar, the gunmen who seized its embassy in Bangkok last week achieved precious little to advance the cause of the hobbled pro-democracy movement in that benighted country. Instead. they have made things even harder553 words
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Article, Illustration798 1999-10-09 10 ALAN JOHN - SECOND LAST WORD Oil ALAN JOHN SOME years ago a senior journalist giving a critique of local news in The Straits Times summed it up like this: anyone reading the newspaper will think that Singapore is populated by politicians and men in grey suits. It798 words
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Article, Illustration1070 1999-10-09 11 HELEN CHIA - MY VIEW By HELEN CHIA IN MY colleague Susan Long’s Insight article the week before on a possible review of censorship laws, a mother was quoted as saving that she regrets putting a computer in her son’s room. She is concerned that heLI'DWIG 11.10 - 1,070 words
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773 1999-10-09 11 LEE KIM CHEW - SECOND LAST WORD By LEE KIM CHEW INDONESIA’S new lawmakers are bent on reforms, or so it seems. On paper, at least, this much can be said about the election of two key party leaders to take charge of the country s legislature.773 words
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CPF newsline A CORPORATE NEWSLETTER OF THE CPF BOARD
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Article, Illustration456 1999-10-09 12 / 13 CPF Interest Rates The CPF interest rates from 1 October to 31 December 1999 Ordinary Medisave accounts 2.5% per annum Special Retirement accounts 4% per annum The interest rates are reviewed quarterly. Minimum Sum Top-Up If you are 55 years old. you can start to top up456 words
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Article, Illustration184 1999-10-09 12 / 13 CPF members would be glad to hear that they have been receiving top-rated telephone service from the Board for the past years. The CPF Board is the Public Sector Service Award winner of the 1999 Teleperformance Grand Prix Contest held in first half184 words
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Article, Illustration372 1999-10-09 12 / 13 When Madam N.L. Bong's husband a hawker suddenly passed away eight months ago, he was only 43 years old. Madam Bong, 42. w as left with their three sons 10, 15 and 17 years old. "All my children are still in372 words
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Article, Illustration81 1999-10-09 12 / 13 Your nomination form to CPF Board is a legal document. It tells the Board who you want to distribute your CPF savings and assets to when you pass away. It is a legal requirement that you complete sour nomination form in the presence of two witnesses81 words
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Article, Illustration210 1999-10-09 12 / 13 To help CPF members make better investment decisions, a new performance and risk monitoring system was developed to complement the Board's existing Risk Classification System (RCS). Appointed by the CPF Board, investment consultant. William M Mercer came up w ith a rating system210 words
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Article344 1999-10-09 12 / 13 The CPF Board was awarded the Singapore Quality Class Award in July last year, and along came the responsibility of sharing the know ledge and experience of its on-going quest Ijk for service excellence. W Recognising the importance of sharing and learning in a knowledge-based344 words
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277 1999-10-09 12 / 13 Come early November, you can withdraw profits made since 1 October 1998 under the CPF Investment Scheme (CPFIS). From 23 October 1999, you will receive the Profit and L.oss Statements and Profit Withdrawal Forms for Investment Accounts holders from your agent bank. For members holding only277 words
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Advertisement13 1999-10-09 12 / 13 Q /UIALITY CLASS ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION EFFORT BY A QUALITY CLASS ORGANISATION 2c13 words
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INSIGHT
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Article, Illustration1356 1999-10-09 14 President S.R Nathan cypened a netv session of Parliament on Monday and set out a nexc ai lenda. SUSAN LONG looks back at the last session. FOR the past two years, the "Best Home" buzzword, w hich first surfaced in PAP campaign speeches during the 1997Illustration NOKI. ROSAI.KN - 1,356 words
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Article1071 1999-10-09 15 SONNYYAP - THINKING ALOUD BiJ SONNYYAP IF YOU have been reading The Straits Times Forum pages lately, you would have been struck by the growing chorus of complaints about banking practices. The lamentations have ranged from an ATM machine which stopped in mid-use,1,071 words
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Article1038 1999-10-09 15 CHIALEE HOONG - LAST WEEK IN POLITICS BtJ• CHIALEE HOONG WHAT is one to make of the recent go-ings-on at The Chinese High School? An extraordinary general meeting, mass resignations, allegations of misconduct, a press conference...all elements of high drama one might have associated more with the1,038 words
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MONEY
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366 1999-10-09 16 Edna Koh - Edna Koh ALL eyes were on the US Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting this week with investors mostly looking to the US for direction. *A wait-and-see approach adopted by traders and punters left the market fairly directionless early in the week, but a366 words
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Article1794 1999-10-09 16 Company Dot* onn Ntt tarn TY LY ($m) <$m) EPS TY LV (eta) (ett) ABR Hldgs Sep 30 0.491 0.675 0.26 0.58 Armstrong Sep 23 1 0.835 0.938L 0.42 0.5L ASA Sep 16 1 4.937 3752 3.22 288 ASJ Sep 13 1 3.407 2.821 3.79 3.13 Acm* Sep1,794 words
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Article185 1999-10-09 16 BONUS ISSUE Company Ratio Eldata Books dose Acc Paymt Rotary one-for-one Burwill ono-for-tan WahShing one-for-flvt RIGHTS ISSUE Company Ratio Oct 20 Oct 7 Sap 28 Eldata Oct 27 Oct 5 Books dose Acc t Paymt Koh Bros Renouncoablc rights issua of up to 47.9m warrants on tho basis185 words
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Article76 1999-10-09 16 Straits Times Index TIm Straits Timas Index rosa 63.23 points on tha weak to 2,114.49. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2,037.87 13.39) 91.26 ($225.61m) Tuesday 2,064.72 26.85) 165.52 ($343.17m) Wednesday 2,100.71 <♦ 35.99) 383.00 ($685.49m) Thursday 2,119.97 19.26) 291.46 ($571.82m) Friday 2,114.49 5.48) 203.21 ($391.37m) BT-SRI Index TIm76 words
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Article677 1999-10-09 16 Payment (ets) Ex data Books data Pay data Acma 50c 1 1.25 Oct 27 Nov 3 Nov 17 Alai Hldgs 50c b 1.5 SepiS Sap 22 Oct 6 Amt*k Hldgs 20c F 0.8TE Nov 24 Dec 1 Dec 10 Auric Pacific 50c 1 2 Oct 6 Oct 13677 words
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Article60 1999-10-09 16 Company Description Cosco Proposed Renounceabie Rights Issuo of up to 37,829,333 Redoenable Convertible Cum Pref Shares of par value SSO.Ol each In the Cap of Cosco, at an Issue price of SSl.SO for each RCCPS. Inno-Pac Proposed Issue of 30,700,000 New Ord Shares of S$O.SO each in the60 words
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Article158 1999-10-09 16 Company Ptaco Date Time Detapulse e ISA Tai Sang Drtva Oatapulsa Industrial Building (S3S25S) Oct 30 9.30am Lim Kah E 30 Prinsap Straat Oct 29 10.00am Ngam #09-00 LKN-Prlnsep Housa S pore *****7) Orchard E Confaranca Rm 1 Oct 28 11.30am Parad* Laval 2 Central Sguara 20 Havelock158 words
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Article1357 1999-10-09 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Oct 9,1999 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mft Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global Technology Fd!” 1.000 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 1.000 American Opport Fd t.OO! 1.061 Continental Euro Egty Fd 1.043 1.096 Japan Eqty Fd!*' 1491 1.567 Asian Fixed income Fd 0.954 0.984 Pacific1,357 words
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Article, Illustration78 1999-10-09 17 NO. 1* Raffles International’s Jennie Chua (right), has been promoted to president and chief operating officer, making her the highest-ranking woman executive in the hotel industry here. She will remain Raffles Hotel’s general manager. In 1971, she became the first Singapore woman to graduate with78 words
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Article489 1999-10-09 17 ALVIN CHEW - Even if their property value falls, borrowers can turn to new packages with low interest rates H,j ALVIN CHEW THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Monday clarified that it will allow borrowers to switch bankers even if the new loan amount exceeds 80 per489 words
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Article393 1999-10-09 17 EDN A KOI I - S'pore seeks to be top hub REINSURANCE Bu EDN A KOI I SINGAPORE has succeeded in attracting 48 professional reinsurers many of which arc big-league names to set up shop here. But more work is needed to turn the country into a leading reinsurance huh in Asia, said Second Minister393 words
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Article4302 1999-10-09 18 Transaction date: Oct 8,1999 MULTI INDUSTRY 52-Wk Curr Lilt High Low Company Trodod Sol* ♦orVot 000 Day High Low Gr*s Olv <* Net M Cap P/E $mll Wt Avg Prk* 182 17.3 m b AcmoSOc 116 cd unch 102 117 113 10 9.5 191.9 114 84 254,302 words
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Article1094 1999-10-09 19 52-Wk High Low Curr Lot Company Traded Sal* ♦or* Vol '000 Day High Low Or'* Div Net P/E M Cap Smil Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 218 64 C AS Auto 10c 169 ♦1 5 170 166 10 N 193 168 137 45 c ASJ Hldgs 20c 93 •3 1081,094 words
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Article1426 1999-10-09 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Oct 8,1999 52-Wk High Low Company Lott Sola ♦or* Vol '000 Doy High Low Last Ouota Buyar Stlltr Wt Avg Price 104 3.5 s A Ac»r W*****1 USS .38.5 -2 8 38.5 38.5 38.5 41.5 80 55 s Acma W*****4 .32 •0.5 54 33.5 31.51,426 words
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Article135 1999-10-09 19 (9am, Oct 8) Buying 00 Selling Singapore dollars to on# unit of fortlqn currency Australiandoilar 1.0980 1.1130 Canadian Collar 1.1300 1.1540 N2 dollar 0.8590 0.8780 Starling pound 2.7590 2.7870 US dollar 1.6740 1.6850 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12.94 13.21 Belgian franc 4.410 4.510135 words
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Article, Illustration714 1999-10-09 20 DENNIS CHAN - Group cites higher ad revenue, strong investment income and contributions from associates in the second half of financial year Bu_ DENNIS CHAN SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) full-year group net profit soared 17-5 per cent to $326.3 million, due to improving advertising revenue in the714 words
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410 1999-10-09 20 COLIN TAN - By COLIN TAN JURONG Town Corporation (JTC) on Wednesday outlined a five-pronged approach in response to a call for an infrastructure framework in order for a knowledge-based economy to thrive. Its programme is aimed at promoting innovation and know'ledge-driven activities, and developing infrastructure410 words
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Article469 1999-10-09 20 SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) will look into seeking a listing over the next year or two, Information and the Arts Minister Lee Yock Suan said on Sunday. This would strengthen the cable company’s status as the pre-eminent service provider in cable TV and broadband services469 words
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FORUM
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Article521 1999-10-09 23 THE insurance companies and the police are the main beneficiaries of the new no-injury motor accident reporting system. It is the motorist who loses out. At the public forum organised by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) and the Automobile Association on Sept 25, it was521 words
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Article402 1999-10-09 23 I REFER to Mr Christopher Liu Chih Wei’s letter “Let Chinese High students speak up" (ST Weekly. Oct 2). It is quite natural and understandable for students to express their feelings on the retirement of their principal, especially one who has contributed significantly to402 words
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Article, Illustration224 1999-10-09 23 I REFER to the letters# regarding Pulau Ubin. Pulau Ubin spans over 1,000 ha, half of which is being managed as a recreational area. In developing the recreational area, we are mindful of the need to preserve the natural charm of Pulau Ubin for the enjoyment224 words
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Article371 1999-10-09 23 MR LIEW Kim Siong’s quick response in his letter “Development makes nature spots more accessible” (ST, Sept 30) is a feeble and somewhat “guilt-ridden” attempt to justify- the mammoth development that has taken place in Sentosa. Indeed, the many w-ho appreciate what Übin has371 words
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Article, Illustration854 1999-10-09 24 TAN 001 BOON - She will spend only six months behind bars now instead of 12. Court was told she is pregnant Bt, TAN 001 BOON A WOMAN remisier who was jailed a year for hurting three policemen when they arrested her during a domestic squab- ble,WONG KWAICIIOVA - 854 words
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Article673 1999-10-09 24 BRAEMA MATH I - Mother wanted in US for ‘kidnap CUSTODY BATTLE OVER DAUGHTER, 4 By BRAEMA MATH I A SINGAPORE businesswoman, embroiled in a custody battle with her former husband, is now wanted in the United States for kidnapping their four-year-old daughter. The trouble for Madam R. Rajii, 33, began after she returned673 words