The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition, 4 December 1999
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The Straits Times : Weekly Overseas Edition
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Title Section20 1999-12-04 1 The Straits Times Weekly Edition Saturday December 4, 1999 Price: S$ 1.20 (in Singapore) Elsewhere by subscription only MITA 074/08/9920 words
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535 1999-12-04 1 DENNIS CHAN - Bold initiatives will build on the momentum gained from the merger of the two exchanges DENNIS CHAN THE Government on Wednesday night unveiled bold new initiatives to enhance the competitiveness of Singapore’s capital markets! But, in revealing the details at the launch of the535 words
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Article, Illustration383 1999-12-04 1 CHI A CHIN HON - CHI A CHIN HON SINGAPORE'S Everest saga came to a perfect close when one of the heroes who planted the country’s llag atop the highest point, Mr Edwin Siew Cheok Wai (right), 30, became a Singapore citizen. The other hero, Mr Khoo Swee Chiow, 35, becameJOM 1 NKIQI ! SORIANO - 383 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement53 1999-12-04 1 A Chirpy Breakfast, Anyone? Have breakfast with the birds, or dine in a jungle-like setting this is what two new theme restaurants are offering their patrons. page 7 S PORTS S'pore's Greatest Footballer A kampung boy made good Fandi Ahmad has scored more than 100 career goals to become a53 words
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PRIME
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Article, Illustration588 1999-12-04 2 DEBBIE GOH - Residents of a Dunearn Road housing estate where the attacks took place hand out warning flyers and carry sticks now DEBBIE GOH RESIDENTS at a private housing estate in Dunearn Road are taking extra precautions after two large dogs killed a small dogPicture* 11 IS ASCI I - 588 words
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364 1999-12-04 2 CHEONGSAMS belonging to the late Mrs Ong Teng Cheong were put up for sale at a beauty pageant, raising $50,000 for charity. The 16 cheongsams were worn by the contestants before being auctioned off during the Miss Chinatown Singapore Pageant 1999 held at The Neptune Theatre364 words
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622 1999-12-04 3 TAN 001 BOON - England’s House of Lords rules that no special privilege will be given to those who make defamatory political claims Bn TAN 001 BOON ENGLAND’S House of Lords has ruled that it is important to uphold the reputation of public figures and said that622 words
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Article, Illustration437 1999-12-04 3 M. NTRMALA - PSLE RESULTS *L M. NTRMALA THOSE were the first words that popped out of Yusrina Yusoffs mouth when her principal broke the news to her last Saturday. The Temasek Primary pupil tied with Lee Syn Yi, 12, from the Gifted Education Programme in Nanyang Primary,11 IN \SCU - 437 words
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395 1999-12-04 3 SHARMILPAL KAIR - UIL SHARMILPAL KAIR TRANQUILLISER use is on the rise and a study just published shows a sharp jump of nearly 70 per cent in sales between 1995 and 1997Almost 17 million tablets, capsules and injections were sold in 1997. compared with over 10 million395 words
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HOME
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445 1999-12-04 4 CHANG AI-LIEN - Nets is confident it is Y2K-ready, but it will still have staff on dutv during the crucial hours Hu CHANG AI-LIEN YOUR ATM card will not melt down, come New Year's I)av. Neither will the machine eat up your card or445 words
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Article, Illustration410 1999-12-04 4 K.RIST 800 - Hu K.RIST 800 THERE is music in tne cariin. the skv ali arouna and Sentosa beneath your feet so never mind the wait. Tourists and local visitors waited patiently on Wednesday for the chance to try out the six new glass cablePICTl RES BY TAN MW \\\ - 410 words
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Article, Illustration298 1999-12-04 5 YOUTH SKILL OLYMPICS MR SOH Teck Leong, 20, a Singapore Polytechnic graduate, won a gold medal at the International Youth Skill Olympics (IYSO). He won the medal in the Industrial Electronics category. Held in Montreal, Canada, from Nov 11 to 14, theDESMOND 100 - 298 words
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Article749 1999-12-04 5 SHARMILPAL KAL'R - More are coming down with gastric flu and high fevers; but doctors say this is normal for this particular time of the year Bu SHARMILPAL KAL'R THE bug is back the flu bug, that is. The Health Ministry said its polyclinics saw' 11,000749 words
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Article487 1999-12-04 5 HO KA WEI - »!L HO KA WEI MADAM Lim (not her real name), 79, once left her flat, wandered the streets, took a bus and got lost. She was found along a road by the police. Doctors then diagnosed her as having dementia. For dementia victims like her,487 words
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347 1999-12-04 6 Industrial accidents in the first 10 months this vear fell by almost 8% over the same period last year FEWER workers were injured or killed in factories and worksites in Singapore this year, thanks to better safety measures and greater emphasis on industrial347 words
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476 1999-12-04 6 SEARCHES FOR A FEE THE National Library Board (NLB) has come up with a new information service for users that makes full use of its print and electronic resources. For a fee. library officers will search their vast collection of books, periodicals, electronic databases476 words
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Article, Illustration481 1999-12-04 6 TANKAHTJAN - Hi, 1 TANKAHTJAN A YOUNG police sergeant in the force for barely a year died on Monday, after the patrol car he was in went off'the road and hit a tree on Sunday night. Sergeant Ho Boon Chee. 21. was vvitnTAM 11 Ml R\Sl - 481 words
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Article330 1999-12-04 7 A SINGAPORE Airlines stewardess who sued for nearly 8590,000 in damages for injuries suffered while working on an Airbus 310-300 has won her case in the High Court against SI A and Airbus Industrie. Miss Tan Shwu I .eng, 36, a leading stewardess at the330 words
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Article, Illustration434 1999-12-04 7 JLLYN KANG - The Zoo and Bird Park have opened theme restaurants offering Asian and Western fare to boost visitor numbers JLLYN KANG BREAKFAST with bird song or dinner in a jungle-like setting. This is what two new restaurants which opened last month are offeringikkomi: viinc. - 434 words
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507 1999-12-04 7 BRAEMA MATIII - Oil BRAEMA MATIII EIGHT out of 10 parents of in-tellectually-disabled children are in favour of their children carrying special identity cards (ICs), a survey initiated by an ad-hoc committee set up by the Down Syndrome Association (I)SA) revealed. These special ICs, which will507 words
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430 1999-12-04 8 Hr/ SAMANTH A SANTA MARIA - It denies that a woman was photographed in one of its dressing rooms and threatens to take the culprit to court Hu Hr/ SAMANTH A SANTA MARIA METRO Singapore has been labelled a Peeping Tom in a malicious e-mail making the rounds since last430 words
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Article, Illustration430 1999-12-04 8 SANDRA DAVIE - 'h. SANDRA DAVIE RAFFLES Girls' Secondary has appointed an old girl. Mrs Deborah Tan, as its 16th principal. Mrs Tan, 40, became a teacher in 19H2 and taught biology at Hwa Chong Junior College. She became its vice-prin-cipal two years ago. On Thursday, sheSOMA T VS - 430 words
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Page 8 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1062 1999-12-04 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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TIMESPORT’S MILLENNIUM SERIES ON SINGAPORE SPORTING GREATS
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1168 1999-12-04 9 WILFRED VFO - Fandi S'pore's player of the century A kampung boy made good, he scored more than 100 career goals to become a legend '2IL WILFRED VFO IF THE Fandi Ahmad we know had not existed, someone would probably have invented him. It would have been someone with imagination, someone who loved1,168 words
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Article, Illustration187 1999-12-04 9 6 Fandi Ahmad Golden Boots Age: 37 Probably Singapore’s best-known sportsman. Fandi, seen here at the age of 22, was the first Singapore footballer to make a million dollars playing the game. Honours: Six Malaysia Cup titles. Three SEA Games silver medals. S-League titles with Geylang United andI II S ( 111 Si. R»\l. - 187 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration385 1999-12-04 10 DOUGLAS WONG - Prime Minister meets King to seek official approval to form new government and starts working on make-up of the new Cabinet DOUGLAS WONG l\ KI'AI.A LUMPUR PRIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad began the task of forming his new CabinetSTAH/\SI \ NEWS NKTUOHK - 385 words
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830 1999-12-04 10 BRENDAN PEREIRA - NEWS ANALYSIS Bti /BRENDAN PEREIRA HISTORY offers valuable lessons. The results of Malaysia’s 10th elections provide evidence that the Umno leadership overlooked the past at great cost. It lost two states to PAS and saw the Islamic fundamentalist party chisel away at Umno830 words
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SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration2015 1999-12-04 11 Calls for independence for Aceh are growing by trie daw raising fears of a dismeinberment of the republic. DERWIN PEREIRA looks at forces propelling the demands for self-rule in the province THE HORROR stays locked in Ms Norlailah's mind. Her eyes are dark-ringed holesDKKWIN I*» HI IH \ - 2,015 words
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COMMENT
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Article573 1999-12-04 12 TTJESDAY NOVEMBER 30 J. 9.9.9 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong’s proposal for the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to show support for Indonesia's territorial integrity, in the face of separatism in the province of Aceh, has received strong backing from leaders of the grouping, China. Japan and573 words
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Article568 1999-12-04 12 WEDNESDAY DECEMBER /,1.99.9 THE results of Malaysia’s general election on Monday are sweet and sour for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN). Buoyed by the country’s economic recovery, it has preserved its two-thirds majority in the federal Parliament, where it won568 words
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Article, Illustration927 1999-12-04 12 c m \ i n iiooM - SECOND LAST WORD c m i n iiooM. IT MUST be a sad day for any country when valuable space in newspapers has to be given over to debates on how mobile phones ought to be used...or not be used. If it were927 words
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COMMENT/PERSPECTIVE
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Article, Illustration1007 1999-12-04 13 TAN IISI Ell YIN - Sweat the small stuff it makes all the difference MY VIEW Bt, TAN IISI Ell YIN AS I listened to a colleague detail her frustrations with Sing Tel Magix recently, it struck me that having grand plans is good, but if you cannot iron out the details, you are outvoii Hosiers - 1,007 words
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Article918 1999-12-04 13 Clll A HI Ck CHENG - EYE ON THE WORLD B'l Clll A HI Ck CHENG YOU could have such fun with these imaginary headlines in the British and Greek press: “Clinton romancing the stone", “Clinton trips over Acropolis stones”, "Clinton loses his marbles", "Brits petrified". Or “Clintstone” definitely tabloidish on918 words
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INSIGHT
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1978 1999-12-04 14 Singaporeans grew up believing that the Central Provident Fluid would provide for their golden years. But with so many new uses has the CPF lost its original aim and become a many-headed Hydra? SUSAN LONG asks. IT WAS a cunning plan,1,978 words
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Article, Illustration431 1999-12-04 15 M MRMALA - What ST Readers Said About Last Week’s Issue £<J M MRMALA COMPULSORY education may improve Singapore’s standing in the global league of well-educated nations, but the more important thing is to help academically weaker pupils, un-der-educated parents, workers and even children431 words
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1158 1999-12-04 15 cm A Ml i lIOONC - THINKING ALOUD By cm A Ml i lIOONC. HANG up the crusading cape, and take out the mirror and the microphone. That about sums up the calls to the mass media here from Government leaders in the past few months. The message,1,158 words
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MONEY
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373 1999-12-04 16 TRADING on the Singapore bourse this week was lacklustre as investors stayed shy of the market to digest over the Government's latest initiatives to open up the securities market. Second-liners, in particular, had a torrid time after the new Singapore Exchange tightened rules373 words
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Article1848 1999-12-04 16 Company Date ann Net earn TY LY <$m> ($m) EPS TY LY (CtS) (CtS) A6R Hidgs Sep 30 1 0.491 0675 0.26 058 Armstrong Sep 23 1 0.835 0.938L 042 0.5L ASA Sep 16 1 4 937 3.752 3.22 2 88 ASJ Sep 13 1 3407 2.821 3.791,848 words
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Article178 1999-12-04 16 BONUS ISSUE ExBooks Acc Company Ratio date dost Paymt S Chance one-for-two Dec 9 Dec 16 Dec 30 Striae on«-for-two Dec 10 D*c 17 NA Datapuise one-for-one Dec 22 Dec 29 Jan 12 RIGHTS ISSUE Ex* Books Acc Company Ratio data dost Paymt OTHERS ExBooks Acc Company Ratio178 words
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Article77 1999-12-04 16 Straits Times Index Th« Straits Times Indei slipped 8.01 points in the week to 2,227.81. DAY CLOSE TURNOVER Monday 2,222.43 13.39) 271.2m ($485.5m) Tuesday 2,237.13 (*14.70) 261.6m ($668.9m) Wednesday 2,208.63 28.50) 377.7m ($551.7m) Thursday 2,227.30 (*18.67) 289.2m ($426.4m) Friday 2,227.81 0.51) 271.0m ($534.9m) BT-SRI Index The BT-SRI77 words
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Article263 1999-12-04 16 Company Place Date Time Times Put) A The Oriental S'pore S Rattles Aye S'pore (*****7) Jan 21 11.00am Heine E HeShe Building 806-01 9 Tai Seng Drive S'pore (*****7) Dec 23 10.00am mtraco E 230 Victoria St *12-00 Buqis Junction Towers S'pore (*****4) Dec 20 9.00am GP Batteries263 words
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Article504 1999-12-04 16 Payment (CtS) date Books close Pay date Amtek Hldgs 20c F O.BTE Nov 24 Dec 1 Dec 10 Allied 10c t> 0.2 Dec 17 Dec 24 Jan 7 AV Jenmnqs A25c h A1.50 Dec 1 Dec 8 Dec 17 CM Tel HK75C 1 3TE Jan It Jan 18504 words
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Article131 1999-12-04 16 Company Description Yeo Hidp S*nq Proposed stock split ot one existing snore ol SS1.00 into 4 new snores ot per value ot SS0.25 eocn. Proposed reduction ot par value ot eocn ordinary snare in tne capital ot the Company from $1.00 to $0.20. Lim Kan Nqam Hwa Honq131 words
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Article1557 1999-12-04 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Dec 4,1999 Managers' prices (S$) UNIT TRUSTS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global Technology Fd!** 1.087 1.143 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.98’ 1.031 American Opport Fd 1.041 1.094 Continental Euro Eqty fd 1.111 1.168 Japan Eqty fd!** 1.59? 1.678 Asian Fixed Income fd 0.9701,557 words
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Article, Illustration624 1999-12-04 17 TAMMY TAN - It warns of a weaker second half as it plans further rate cuts to fend off upcoming competition from Star Hub’s arrival in April bjl TAMMY TAN HURT by its biggest-ever IDD rate cut, Singapore Telecom (Sing Tel) on Friday last week reported itsC MFVV Li ve. KIM - 624 words
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Article296 1999-12-04 17 INTERIM contributions from Singapore Telecom’s (Sing Tel) overseas investments jumped 49 per cent to a record $lB9 million, but were offset partially by a $lO5 million provision for the group's investment in a global satellite project. Sing Tel, which has a 4 per cent stake in ICO296 words
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Article4580 1999-12-04 18 I Transaction date: Dec 3,***** MULTI INDUSTRY 52'Wk Curr ,.ast High Low Company Traded Sale ♦orVoi 000 Day High Low Gr's Net M Cap Dlv P/E $mil m Avg Price 18 2 '7.5 Ill ♦3 132 111 107 10 9.1 183.6 109 84 25 404,580 words
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Article1135 1999-12-04 19 52-WK High Low Curr Last Company Traded Sale ♦orVol 000 Day High Law Gr’j Div Net P/E M Cap Smll Wt Avg Price MANUFACTURING 218 80.5 c ’AS Auto 10c 128 •1 509 129 125 10 N 146.2 131 137 52.5 84 •1 2 84 84 3.8 13.8 75.71,135 words
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Article1450 1999-12-04 19 BONDS, LOANS WARRANTS Transaction date: Dec 3,1999 52-Wk High Low Company Last Salt ♦orVol 000 Day High Low Last Quota Buyar Sailor Wt Avg Pric# 104 10.5 S A Acar W*****1 US$ .40 unch 140 40 40 40 40 5 80 14.5 S Acma W*****4 32 ♦0.5 49 32 301,450 words
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Article145 1999-12-04 19 Fortlgn Currency Not* Hitts (9«m, Dec 3) Buying 00 Selling Singapore doners to 0 no unit 0* *oregn Currency AuStraiiandOHar 1.0S7Q 1.0720 Canodionoo'lor 1.1270 1.1500 Sterling pound 2 6820 2.7100 Singapore dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian schilling 12 13 12.38 Bolqion franc 4 130 4230 Chinese145 words
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Article546 1999-12-04 20 CHEEJANN PERNG - From March 15 next year, buyers have to pay up within three days from the date of the transaction By CHEEJANN PERNG THE settlement period for share purchases will be shortened to three days from the current five days from March 15 next year.546 words
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444 1999-12-04 20 Bt/ V4RENDRA A'GGARWAL - H,, Bt/ V4RENDRA A'GGARWAL MANUFACTURING growth in Singapore remained strong overall last month, a new survey has shown. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for November rose above the ho per cent level to 60.6 per cent alter inehing up by 0.8 percentage point. The PMI.444 words
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Article, Illustration398 1999-12-04 20 TAN HWEE ANN - H,, TAN HWEE ANN SESDAQ-LISTED Nobel Design Holdings, which sells furniture and provides design sendees, on Wednesday said it planned to sell to overseas retailers through the Internet after buying a 68 per cent stake in an online furniture catalogue firm. It11 is I \Kiyi i \si i i - 398 words
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FORUM
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465 1999-12-04 23 While we are not in a position to make comparisons between overseas universities and our own universities and polytechnics, it is clear that the standards of our higher-education institutions are ivell-regarded in other countries. I REFER to the articles, “Ix*t Singaporeans pursue465 words
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Article, Illustration185 1999-12-04 23 THE ongoing complaint against inconsiderate mohile-phone and pager users in cinemas and concert nails is »u, thing that seems to have no end. I adopt three methods that work well, at least for me: I blacklist my friends. 1 refuse to go185 words
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377 1999-12-04 23 Shoiu them that they will be trusted to be responsible citizens who ivould love and protect the country of their birth. A SHORT response to Ms Chua Mui Hoong’s “No lackey or adversary, the media’s a partner" (ST, Nov 27). According to377 words
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341 1999-12-04 23 WHILE the bus system in Singapore is highly usable, with a range of routes and frequency of services that make travelling by bus a viable alternative to driving, any praise of the bus design is another example of designers patting themselves on the pack341 words
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Article, Illustration473 1999-12-04 24 SUSAN LONG - First contingent of SAF men committed to peacekeeping mission return to Singapore after two-and-a-half months »!L SUSAN LONG EIGHT-year-old Andrea Tan skipped and shrieked for joy when she spotted her father on the deck of the RSS Excellence as it docked at Tuas Naval BasePicture*»by IAKIQt't: SORIANO - 473 words