The Straits Times, 30 December 1996

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1996 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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    PM Goh: I'm ready to go to court
    1572 1  -  Warren Fernandez On Saturday: Yesterday: Tang Liang Hong, branded a chauvinist, told: Sue me, quick By Tang denies making them Workers' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong last night denied that he had made anti-Chris-tian statements at a public function more than two
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    Tang's views reflect 'dangerous line in multi-racial S'pore'
    520 1 *But the next step will be the Chinese-educated Chinese must vote m the Chinese-educated MPs, and before you know it, each community is going to produce candidates to vie for the votes of the community' -PMGoh. WORKERS' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong's
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    Lock icon 20 hostages freed as rebels in Peru soften stand
    483 1 Direct talks bear fruit I EXCUSE MEEEEEI I TERRORISTS,., LIMA The first direct talks between the Peruvian government and leftist rebels who seized the Japanese embassy residence here proved fruitful with the release of 20 new hostages, including the ambassador of
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      Lock icon N. Korea apologises over submarine incursion
      461 2 SEOUL North Korea apologised yesterday for the first time for an incursion by one of its submarines into South Korea m September, expressing "deep regret" m a statement that was hammered out with US diplomats. The statement, carried by the official Korean Central News
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      Lock icon 2,000 spy missions by US: N. Korea
      83 2 BEIJING The United States sent planes on more than 2,000 sorties to spy on North Korea this year, the Xinhua news agency quoted newspapers m Pyongyang as saying yesterday. The US sent surveillance planes over North Korea at an average of 120 times
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      Riots in W Java town caused $3Om of damage
      510 2  - Riots in W Java town caused $3Om of damage Susan Sim By Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA As life m Tasikmalaya town returned slowly to some semblance of normalcy yesterday, estimates put the damage caused by Thursday's riots at more than 50 billion rupiah (Ss3o million). The Kompas newspaper's report on the
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      Lock icon IN THE WAKE OF GREG
      69 2 About 1,000 relatives mourn as they gather around coffins in a village in Sabah, Malaysia on Saturday. Massive search operations by some 500 rescue workers have found some 140 bodies following tropical storm Greg which struck towns and villages in west Sabah late on Christmas
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      What it should have been
      61 2 IN OUR report headlined "BG Yeo calls SDP a master of distortion", we reported Health Minister George Yeo's reference to a case m which a hospital patient was billed wrongly. We quoted him as saying: "We said we apologised for it." The sentence should have
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      Lock icon Russian ties a check on US: China
      508 3 TJoth leaders made it clear they do not favour a world dominated by one power/ BEIJING China yesterday hailed Premier Li Peng's short visit to Moscow last week as a breakthrough m its efforts to unseat the United States as the world's sole
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      Lock icon KL to deport 13 Indonesians seeking asylum
      430 3 KUAfeA LUMPUR Malaysia wiJI deport 13 Indonesians who were detained for trespassing m foreign embassies m their attempts to seek political asylum, a police official said. Datuk Ghazali Yaakub, the poliqe .internal security and publicorder director, said that the ify from Indonesia's Aceh
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      S'pore doctor the first Asian to win spine research award
      476 3  -  Allison Lim By A SINGAPORE doctor has won an award from the oldest spine research society m the world, the Scoliosis Research Society. Dr Tan Seang Beng, a consultant m the department of orthopaedic surgery at the Singapore General Hospital,
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      148 2 Newsif^Mß Newsyj&ys& hi the house of riches Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayaialrtha jayaram'snome. THEBUSINESSTfMES Creative and Powermatic eye hot technology The two listed companies are on the trail of a card that delivers data at high speed over existing phone lines. Corporate profile: Thakral The management of this BT-SRI component
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      215 3 ALFRED DUNHILL Choose wisely to stay healthy. Starting from 30 December '96, Health Line brings you a new special series on food and nutrition Mj^^ NutriLine. So get on our Health Line now and tap on the r 1 A t "T 1 Ihjj^ NutriLine to find out more about
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Lima govt and guerillas wage psychological war
      553 4 Peru hostage crisis Mind games A"Comraandante Santana" said m a TV interview from New York that the residence would be blown up on New Year's Day unless Mr Fujimori agreed to the rebels' demands. A guerilla "communique" charged the government with corrupting the
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      Lock icon 'They asked me a lot about Malaysia'
      305 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Ambassador Ahmad Mokhtar Selat, who was freed by Peruvian rebels on Saturday, said the guerillas asked him many questions about his country and even got him to teach them a few words of Bahasa Melayu like terima kasih and selamat
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      Lock icon 'Get us out quickly, it's getting dangerous'
      145 4 'Get us out quickly, it' s getting dangerous' TOKYO Japanese still held captive m the Lima hostage siege yesterday urged a quick end to the standoff. In a letter to Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto carried out by nine Japanese hostages released yesterday, the still captive Japanese, numbering about 20 diplomats
      Reuter; Kyodo  -  145 words
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      Lock icon Annual tusk-taking
      37 4 picture. KEEPER Heino Susott of the Hagenbeck Zoo m Hamburg, Germany, measuring the tusks of walrus Antje during the annual stock-taking on Friday. The tusks of the 21-year-old, 800-kg walrus are 66 cm long. AFP
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      Lock icon India's answer to the Patriot passes flight test
      274 4 NEW DELHI Indian scientists yesterday flight tested an indigenously built surface-to-air missile named Trishul (Trident) successfully, the Press Trust of India (FTD reported. Trishul has been, dubbed by analysts as India's answer to the US-made Patriot, which was used effectively to shoot
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      Lock icon Hair-chewing dolls turn play sessions into nightmares
      147 4 MIAMI Voracious Cabbage Patch dolls turned play sessions into horror scenes for two young girls when the dolls chewed up their hair, giving their families a scare. The dolls, designed to chew plastic food such as a toy licorice bar and french fries,
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    • PEOPLE
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        Keating in hot soup over pet
        140 5 Neighbours file complaint I over his dog's barking SYDNEY Former Prime Minister Paul Keating (above) is m trouble again because of his dog, Reuben. (> Neighbours of Mr Keating m Canberra have filed a statutory declaration and compiled six hours of a taped recording
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        Lock icon Directors film awards stolen
        113 5 I ROME— Burglars have made off with the most prestigious awards which Italian director Michelangelo i An ton ion i had won m his career, police said on Saturday. Items taken from his Rome flat included the Oscar he received last year for his lifetime's work,
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        Lock icon Clinton tops most-admired list
        131 5 WASHINGTON US President BUI Clinton (above left), has topped a Gallup poll list of the most-admired people. Among the top 10 men after him were Pope John Paul 11, retired General Colin Powell, the Reverend Bilfy Graham, former Senator Bob Dole, former presidents Ronald Reagan and
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        'DNA tests' for Jacko's wife
        68 5 WASHINGTON Singer Michael Jackson reportedly wants to be certain that his wife is carrying his baby. A British newspaper said that he had ordered DNA tests before signing a contract with his spouse, Ms Debbie Rowe. The Daily Mirror said Ms Rowe would get US$l25
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        141 5 Meanwhile AFP QUIET HOLIDAYS FOR YELTSIN: Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who used to dress up as Father Christmas, will spend a quiet New Year Eve with his family, his wife Naina said in a interview on Saturday. A SHOT AT STARDOM: More than 1,500 people flocked to the provincial Argentinian
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        63 5 Td have a car and driver, we Ve already worked that out. I thought if d be like Margaret Thatcher's husband. I remember when she went to the Falkland Islands. I kept worrying about whether she'd forget him and leave him there.' Former Senator Bob Dole op. recurring rumours that
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      Lock icon 10,000 defy rally ban to attend Belgrade funeral
      474 5 Panel orders new polls m disputed districts BELGRADE About 10,000 opponents of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic braved driving snow and a police ban on demonstrations on Saturday to attend the funeral of the first person to die m a five-week-long protest movement
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      Lock icon India's most wanted bandit offers to give up
      233 6 |His terms: Amnesty! $399 m m cash NEW DELHI India's most -wanted bandit, blamed for some 100 murders, has said he would surrender provided he was offered amnesty and paid millions of dollars, the United News of India £<UNI) said yesterday. Veerappan,
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      Lock icon Aussie PM urged to fight bid to undermine Aborigine rights
      506 6 Australia's High Court ruled last week that pastoral leases land leased to farmers or cattlemen did not override claims by Aborigines automatically. Prime Minister John Howard has since come under increasingpressure to make changes to native title laws to protect
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      Lock icon All wired up in Hebron
      52 6 AFP pkture. AN ARMED Palestinian seen patrolling a street m the West Bank town of Hebnm throu^ a roUofbart)ed wire on Saturday anridj growing tefeion. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have declared that an agreements Hebron should be reached before
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      Lock icon Special status for Jerusalem?
      392 6 Israel IvHl consider, but|t won't fnidge on sovereignty yrs.*' JERUSALEM Israel will consider a proposal from King Hussein of Jordan to grant a special status m Jerusalem to the world's three major monotheistic religions Christianity, Islam and Judaism. "We will consider King Hussein's proposal after the
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      Lock icon Clinton to fight state laws allowing medical use of marijuana
      367 6 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton has approved a plan to combat new state laws m California and Arizona which legalise the medical use of marijuana, threatening doctors with revocation of their federal registration and possible criminal prosecution if they prescribe the
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      Lock icon Chernobyl workers fear losing jobs as shutdown process begins
      491 8 CHERNOBYL (Ukraine) With little more than three years to go before the complete closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power station, employees here are far from sharing the world view that it will mean a safer future. While other nations want to
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      Lock icon Picnic on ice
      13 8 picture temperatures dropping below zero deg C to skate. Reuter
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      Lock icon Singing the Nazi tune in Sweden
      668 8 Rise of white-power music groups coincides with surge of racist violence WHO THEY ARE." More than 40 neo-Nazi or white-power bands have emerged m Sweden over the past two years, using their own brand of music to spread neo-Nazism among young people. THEIR METHODS:
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      Lock icon Sinn Fein warns of pro-British bomb attacks
      296 8 BELFAST Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, warned Irish nationalists on Saturday that they should be on the alert against attack by pro-British Loyalists after police defused a bomb under a leading Republican's car. Security forces m Northern Ireland meanwhile continued
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      Lock icon Oh no, not another super long weekend
      228 8 Oh no, not another super long weekend MOSCOW "By order of the Russian government, Jan 5, Sunday, will be shifted to Jan 3, Friday Thus, Russian people will have four days off for the New Year holiday." This recent announcement by the Itar-Tass news agency is actually comprehensible to Russians,
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon RADICALS HELD
        73 8 The Egyptian authorities have arrested up to 200 members of a new Muslim radical group seeking to set up an Islamic state m Egypt, police sources anc the government press saidin Cairo yesterday. Police sources identified the new group as Al Kutbiyoun and said it was named after
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        Lock icon MIRACLE BUN?
        72 8 Hundreds of people have flocked to a small coffee shop m Nashville, Tennessee to see a "miraculous" likeness of Mother Teresa —on a cinnamon bun. Visitors were lining up at the Bongo Java coffee shop on Saturday to stare at the bun, which was glazed and put on
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        Lock icon BOOZE BAN
        69 8 Alcohol is to be banned at Sydney's annual Bondi Beach New Year's Eve bash this year, m an attempt to prevent the drunken riots which marred last year's celebrations, police said yesterday. Under the ban, even those who take a bottle of champagne to celebrate the new year
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        Lock icon U.S.BLACKOUT
        73 8 U.S. BLACKOUT Hundreds of utility crews, i ,v» > scrambled on Saturday to b ie ii restore power to tens of m> m thousands of homes and businesses m Washington* state and Oregon before another powerful Pacific j storm slams the region. Snow and freezing rain which hit the north-western
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        Lock icon POISON TOLL
        57 8 91-year-old woman died o£ food poisoning m Airdrie, Scotland, on Saturday, bringing to 16 the number of lives claimed m Britain's worst outbreak of the condition. The woman had contracted the E-coli bacteria from produce Vf j bought at the butchers suspected of triggering the outbreak. All those
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        Lock icon KABUL BOMBED
        65 8 At least one person was killed and five wounded lak,: when opposition iets bombed the residential ,ow i areas of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday night, a Pakistan-based Afghan news agency said yesterday. m«»: i The Afghan Islamic Press said that two opposition jets bombed lf Kabul twice
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      Lock icon '600 arrested' in Iraq since shooting of Saddam's son
      489 9 Senior army, party and govt officials among those held DAMASCUS The Iraqi authorities have arrested over 600 senior army, party and government officials following an assassination attempt on the eldest son of President Saddam Hussein, according to Iraq's former intelligence chief.
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      Lock icon Green light for project to make Egypt's desert bloom
      370 9 CAIRO Egypt showed it was serious about a controversial scheme to make the Western Desert bloom when it announced the first stage m an international tender to build what it said would be the world's' biggest pumping station. J0 The Ministry
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      Lock icon NY's murder count below 1,000 for first time in 30 years
      395 9 NEW YORK New York City is poised to finish the year with fewer than 1,000 murders for the first time m almost 30 years. '< The authorities said at the weekend that dramatic drops also were evident m the
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      Lock icon Algerian terrorists 'selling videos of killings to raise funds'
      407 9 LONDON Algerian opposition terror groups are raising funds m London by selling video tapes of their actions, including the murders of police and government officials, according to a report m the Sunday Times. The report said the videos, made by the
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      448 6 SINGAPORE M Showers expected m the W9M High: Sunset today. H| I afternoon and early evening. 31 709 pm Sunrise tomorrow:. kJ 23 707 am ■for an update on the local weather, call 542-7788 ;For detailed current weather, call 542-3983 fi AIR QUALITY PSI (at 4 pm yesterday): 44 (Good)
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      171 8 If I j You know that smo cm 9 s Hrn A Jl 1 Ml Jk harming your health and |P^^^^^^^^| you should stop smoking. But the last time you tried quitting you had a hard time. y Wm\. And so you told yourself: W Jk "maybe next time..." M
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      204 9 The Westin TAi Ping Ymmg Shanshai Rumour has it that the winters m Shanghai can get rather harsh. WI9£TE^'BO9{US (15 Dec '96 -28 Je6 '97) I 1 Starting from US$llB Probably started by people who never stayed at The Westin Tai Ping Yang. At The Westin Tai Ping Yang, you're
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      462 9 Infbnnatfe*' annual gradtsMtton ceremony was hefct on 30 No* 9». Hor« than 2000 graduates were presented 1 wftH certMtcates ranging from Diploma*,, Advanced Diplomas, Bachelor degree*, right up to Masters degrees. The ceremony was graced by S distinguished visiting professor* from reputable uniVe^ University erf Londtoro,Unfv«r<fty of Ce^ On t^
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon I'm willing to visit mainland to boost ties: Lee Teng-hui
      216 10 TAIPEI Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui has offered to speak at Beijing University as part of a "journey of peace" to the mainland, the United Daily News reported yesterday. He has offered to go to China since his inauguration m May
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      Lock icon Not your average Beetle Club meeting
      58 10 picture. TWENTY five members from The Hongkong Beetle uud managed 10 squeeze mio a Volkswagen Beetle on t rictay. The novelty event took place during the opening ceremony of The Funniest And Wildest Shopping Carnival held m Hongkong. The carnival, a trade show of
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      25,000 besiege Seoul party headquarters
      506 10 Protests against new Korean labour law Riot police cordon building but avoid clashes with protesters SEOUL About 25,000 angry workers marched around the ruling party headquarters here yesterday to protest against an unpopular new labour law that has caused crippling strikes at South Korea's major
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        Lock icon FREIGHTER BARRED
        94 10 A Chinese freighter refusing to fly the Taiwanese flag has been barred from calling at Keelungport for emergency repairs, a port official said yesterday. He said the 4,462-tonne log carrier Da Long had a hold leak on Dec 20 off Taiwan on its way to Japan. It flew
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        Lock icon AFRICAN TOUR
        40 10 Taiwan's Foreign Minister John Chang will visit seven African countries next month that maintain diplomatic ties with the island, said the United Daily News. He will visit Senegal, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau. Malawi and Swaziland. Kyodo
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        49 10 China has opened its US$B2.5 million (*****.5 million) Three Gorges airport to boost work on the dam and to kick-start the local economy, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. It will handle 46 flights a week to 11 cities from the start of next year. AFP
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        Lock icon BIGAMIST JAILED
        53 10 A Canadian business executive was sentenced to two years' jail in Shanghai for having three wives in China, a report said yesterday. Shi Tingqiang, head of a regional office of a Canadian firm, was convicted by an intermediary court on Dec 21, said the Hongkone branch of China
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        Lock icon GAS LEAK
        52 10 About 160 people were treated in hospital in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou after a suspected gas leak at a steel plant, the Hongkong government radio reported yesterday. A spokesman for the Guangzhou Steel Corp said 80 people, mainly plant workers, were kept in hospital on Saturday
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        Lock icon PACTS SIGNED
        52 10 China's Deputy Foreign Minister Tian Zengpei ended a four-day working visit m Morocco on Saturday during which he met Moroccan Prime Minister Abdellatif Filali for talks on closer economic and political cooperation. China and Morocco signed three agreements including one on diplomatic and political consultations between the foreign
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        Lock icon MURDERER EXECUTED
        54 10 The man who confessed to the murder of well-known Chinese writer Dai Houying and her niece was executed after losing his appeal, it was reported yesterday. Tao Feng, 27, was executed on Friday for murdering the duo while robbing their Shanghai apartment on Aug 25, the China-backed Ta
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        Lock icon FAKE MONEY
        68 10 A Shanghai court has sentenced a local businessman to 13 years' jail and three others to terms of between six months and four years for buying and using fake money, the Business News reported yesterday. During six visits starting from September last year, the four men bought fake
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      Chinese airline to fight court ruling on inflight magazine
      588 10  - Chinese airline to fight court ruling on inflight magazine Sunny Goh By 'CAAC is among the largest and most powerful ministries m China that own and control Air China. Top management officials at CAAC have, for years, expressed a very strong will to maintain CAAC Inflight magazine on board Air
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      Lock icon Front-line lesson
      58 10 picture. GRADUATES learning to assemble guns on Taiwan's outlying island of Kinraen. They arrived there yesterday to begin their mandatory two-year military duty. About 30,000 soldiers are stationed m v Kinmen, an island located 2 km off China's south-eastern coast that serves as Taiwan's front-line defence. Graduates are
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      Lock icon Tibet separatists waging terrorist campaign: China
      512 10 Warning follows big bomb blast m Lhasa BEIJING A large bomb explosion m the Tibetan capital of Lhasa on Christmas Day has sparked official warnings from China of an all-out terrorist campaign from separatist groups led by the Dalai Lama. The bomb exploded outside
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Beijing to Manila: Don't let Spratlys issue harm ties
      252 11 MANILA China admonished the Philippines yesterday, and urged it to refrain from moves that could harm bilateral ties following a Christmas Day visit by Philippine military officials to an island m the disputed Spratlys. The statement issued by the Chinese embassy
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      Lock icon King pays his respects
      63 11 picture THAI King Bhumibol Adulyadej (centre, m white) arriving at the province of Thon Buri to pay homage to the late King Taksin at his monument on Saturday. King Taksin the Great, as he is known, was the founder of the Thon Buri kingdom more than
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      Lock icon 50% drop ingraft will be good enough: Chavalit
      435 11 1 cannot say that vote buying will be eradicated completely because I think that whatever the political reforms, vote buying will still exist.' Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said that he would be satisfied with a 50 per
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    • REGIONAL FILE
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        Lock icon PHILIPPINE-HK TIES
        72 11 Philippine President Fidel Ramos is looking forward to enhanced ties with the post-colonial government of Hongkong under newly elected Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, the presidential palace said on Saturday. In a letter to Mr Tung, Mr Ramos expressed his desire to further strengthen bilateral and trade exchanges
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        Lock icon NEW BISHOP APPOINTED
        63 11 East Timor's Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Filipe Belo yesterday hailed the appointment of his assistant, Basilio Do Nascimiento as a second bishop by the Vatican to work with him. The new bishop will take charge of the Baucau diocese, where 200,000 Catholics live, from Jan
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        ATM ROBBERY FOILED
        63 11 An armed gang which tried to blow open a bank's two ATMs m the Thai province of Samut Prakan with explosives was beaten back by a group of security guards, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. The sound created by the explosion brought the guards who were about
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        Lock icon LIKELY ALLIANCE
        73 11 An alliance between Cambodia's royalist Funcinpec party and the opposition Khmer Nation Party, which is yet to be officially recognised, has moved a step closer, officials from both parties said on Saturday. A five-member Funcinpec delegation to the KNP's annual congress on Saturday was "a sign that things
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        Lock icon KIDS HURT IN BLASTS
        80 11 Two children were injured, one critically, and two buses set ablaze m the central Philippine city of Bacolod on Saturday when a child playing with sparklers ignited accidentally a pile of firecrackers worth one million pesos (5553,200) m a store, officials said. A series of blasts,
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        DOLLS TOP GIFTS
        62 11 Decorative dolls top the list of New Year gifts purchased by Bangkok residents, The Nation newspaper reported yesterday, quoting a Thai Farmers Bank Research Centre survey. The survey, released on Saturday, found that total spending on holiday presents m the capital came to over 6 billion baht
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      Lock icon Filipino saved from UAE death penalty -for now
      151 11 ABU DHABI The United Arab Emirates Supreme Court has rejected a death sentence passed by a lower court against a Filipino accused of murdering an Indian colleague. But it said on Saturday that it would issue its sentence on Jan 18, when
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      Lock icon Filipino war veterans in US seek equal benefits
      430 11 They want to go home and still get paid SAN FRANCISCO Hundreds of Filipino veterans of the World War II US military are separated from their families by a US government policy that makes them choose between living m their homeland without
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      Lock icon Cholera alert as death toll hits 140 in Sabah
      567 12 Some bodies could have been swept into sea by currents KOTA KINABALU With the death toll having climbed to 140 and flood waters receding, the authorities issued a cholera alert as they began assessing the damage from tropical storm Greg which
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      KL may adopt HK's storm-warning system
      158 12 KOTA KINABALU Malaysia may adopt an early warning system similar to that used m Hongkong to alert people to impending storms or floods. The system, which uses different coloured balls or flags, could be placed m flood-prone areas around the country, said Datuk Law
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      Lock icon Call to whip parents who abuse or abandon children
      286 12 MUAR Johor Wanita Umno has proposed that the Child Protection Act 1991 be amended to provide heavier penalties, such as mandatory whipping, for those who abuse or abandon their children. Its chief, Ms Sabariah Ahmad, said it would set up a
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      Lock icon Proton to roll out its one millionth car today
      491 12 Analysts confident Malaysia is on the road to world standard KUALA LUMPUR As Proton rolls out its one millionth car today, analysts are confident that this is another milestone on the road for Malaysia to become a world-class car maker. The
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      Reclamation to add 500 ha to Penang
      162 12 PENANG Penang will take on the shape of a "lopsided turtle" when more than 500 ha is reclaimed on its northern coast and eastern foreshore. Two mega reclamation projects will extend the shoreline by up to 1 km and create a link to
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        Lock icon KEY POSITIONS
        71 12 Gerakan secretarygeneral Tan Sri Chan Choong Tak said several party men who supported BatuMPDatuk Joseph Chong during a leadership tussle have been given key positions m an attempt to consolidate the party. "As the party is currently engaged m setting up more branches m the country, we should
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      • Article
        FAKE OFFICERS
        53 12 Four bogus immigration officers robbed 19 Bangladeshis of cash and jewellery worth M$ 11,000 (556,160) m Subang Jaya on Friday night, the Sun newspaper reported. Police said four suspects, believed to be the impostors, were held. The Bangladeshis smashedthe windscreen of the getaway car when they grew suspicious
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        Lock icon COMING SOON
        50 12 Malacca expects its first private medical institute to be operational by the middle of next year, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Zin Abdul Ghani. The private institute will be a joint venture involving the Malacca foundation, a local firm, and the India-based Manipal University m Mangalore. NST
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        HIGHWAY DEATH
        47 12 A 61-year-old businessman driving from Kuala Lumpur to Penang died m a three-vehicle accident on the North-South Highway near Ipoh on Saturday. Firemen took 45 minutes to extricate the body. Drivers of a lorry, a bus and its 25 passengers were unhurt, press reports said.
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        Lock icon LONGER VISITS
        59 12 Prisons Department Director-General Datuk Zaman Khan said it was planning to double visiting time for inmates from the present 30 minutes. He said m Taiping on Saturday that he would write to the AttorneyGeneral's office to have the rules amended to enable prisoners to spend more ■•> time
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        MORE WOMEN
        62 12 Malaysian Indian Congress vice-president Datuk K. Kumaran said it was time that Parliament and state assemblies kept 30 per cent of seats for women. The Star quoted him as saying m Pangkor that it was time women were given more chances to represent people, citing a Bill now
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        Lock icon RAPE MANHUNT
        55 12 Police are looking for three men said to be involved m i the rape of an American housewife during a robbery I* at her house m Jalan Semenyih. Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. The three sought by police are Affandi Zainal Abidin. 19, of Kajang, Mohamed Fadn, 22, of
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  • GE '97
    • Focus: PAP and opposition rallies
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        Lock icon Jeya: US criticism is not interference in S'pore politics
        487 13 Jey a: US criticism is not interference in S'p ore politics WORKERS' Party leader J. B. Jeyaretnam last night said that American criticism of the People's Action Party's policy of linking, voter support to upgrading m Housing Board estates was not interference m Singapore's domestic politics. Describing the PAP policy
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      • Article
        Chee again takes credit for upgrading
        746 13 DR CHEE Soon Juan last night continued to claim credit for the upgrading projects m MacPherson constituency, declaring that he was proud to have played a part m bringing them to residents. However, the Singapore Democratic Party leader, who is contesting m the ward
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      • Article
        PM on Chia Shi Teck: A man of many ideas but not practical ones
        313 13 INDEPENDENT candidate Chia Shi Teck is a man of many ideas but they are not practical, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. Mr Chia responded by saying there was nothing wrong with his proposals, and
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      • Article
        'Don't support those who hack dishonest leader'
        414 13 LABOUR Minister Lee Boon Yang urged Jalan Besar GRC voters not to give their support to candidates who allowed themselves to be led by a dishonourable man. The secretary-general of the Singapore Democratic Party team contesting the ward, Dr Chee Soon Juan, was
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        Upgrading: Hng Kiang answers opposition queries
        647 13 "In Jalan Besar GRC, your flats are more than 18 years old. Your flats qualify for the main upgrading programme. I've worked very closely with the old MPs here m Jalan Besar GRC and with the new candidates Dr Lee Boon Yang, Mr Peh
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        Lock icon Chiam sincere but it's not enough, says PAP
        442 13 Chiam sincere but it' s not enough, says PAP MR CHIAM SEE TONG is a decent and sincere man but it takes more to than those qualities to be a good effective leader. That was the message four speakers delivered to- a crowd at a People's Aeti«n Party rally m
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    • ELECTION BRIEFS
      • Article
        Freeze on GST to stay: Dr Hu
        233 13 THERE is no change on the Government's stand to freeze the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for five years from 1994, Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu reiterated last night. And if the country's economy grew strongly, the 3 per cent rate will be
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        'Puzzling incidents'
        113 13 PEOPLE'S Action Party (PAP) candidate Choo Wee Khiang last night highlighted two "puzzling incidents" and questioned what the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) was up to. A "non-Singapore registered vehicle" was parked outside the PKMS Building m Changi Road, which JheSDP is using as election headquarters, he claimed at
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        Why Mobil invests in S'pore
        170 13 THERE are many countries m Asia where the giant oil corporation, Mobil, could invest $5 million; but only three where it would put $500 million, and Singapore is one of them. Speaking at a People's Action Party rally m Potong Pasir, Home Affairs Minister Wong
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        PAP web pages had to go too
        185 13 OPPOSITION parties were not the only ones asked to remove information about their candidates from the Internet The People's Action Party was also ordered to do so. Speaking at last night's PAP rally m Potong Pasir, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said
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        Choo rapped for 1992 remark
        210 13 B PAP MP choo Wee Khiang was criticised at opposition for his 1992 remark about Little India being "pitch dark", a remark for which he had to apologise. The Workers' Party's incumbent m Hougang, Mr Low Thia Khiang, said at a rally last night that
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      TODAY'S RALLIES
      122 13 11.30 am to 2.30 pm PAP: Pedestrian mall m front of UOB Plaza (facing Singapore River). 7 pm to 10 pm A PAP (Nee Soon Central): Open field at junction of Yishun Avenue 2 and Yishun Central (behind Yishun Medical Centre). WP (Cheng San GRC): Yio Chu Kang
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      Lock icon CPF withdrawal age won't be raised
      293 14 THE Government has made it "unmistakingly clear" that it will not raise the Central Provident Fund withdrawal age, Finance Minister Richard Hu said yesterday. The claim by opposition parties that this would go up from 55 to 60 years old was "one big lie",
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    • Article
      PM Goh gives his assessments at halfway mark
      614 14 PM Goh gives his assessments at halfway mark "l have many friends who go, they say it is very enjoyable. They tell me the PAP is very serious...So go and enjoy yourselves, this is election time. But when you vote, please vote for your future." PMGoh, telling Singaporeans to attend
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      Cheng San's private estates to be upgraded
      521 14 Cheng San's private estates to be upgraded 'Some of them &k me if I am his replacement, because I am new to them. 22 1 think that's a good sign, that they want Mr Heng to stay around/ Mr Zainul on the questions asked about his teammate, Mr Heng, on
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      Tang affair and PAP effort to manage Chinese ground
      1002 15  -  Cherian George POLL WATCH Pursuing these twin imperatives of the mother tongue for the people'shearts and English for their heads has required a fine political balancing act. The divide between the Chinese-educated and the English-educated complicates the task. THE campaign to
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      Lock icon Tang is 'not what he makes himself out to be'
      550 15 PEOPLE who listen to Workers' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong speak at rallies will not get the impression that he holds radical views and is chauvinistic about Chinese language and culture, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong noted yesterday. But the
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    • PM, SM stand by their views on Tang and refuse to apologise
      • Letter
        Letter to PM
        419 15 Dec 28, 1996 Mr Goh Chok Tong Secretary-General of People's Action Party c/o Istana Annexe Singapore *****3 Dear Sir, We act for Mr Tang Liang Hong, a lawyer and one of the candidates for Cheng San Group Representation ConstitOur client's attention was 'drawn to the following articles
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      • Letter
        Reply from PM's lawyers
        714 15 29 December 1996 M/s Tang Co 24 Raffles Place #25-03 Clifford Centre Singapore *****1 Pear Sirs, Threatened Action Against Mr Goh Chok *o»g IJVe act for the Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong. Your letter dated 28 December 1996 to our client has been handed over
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      • Letter
        Letter to SM Lee
        303 15 December 28,1996 Mr Lee Kuan Yew .^jG/q Istana Annexe Singapore *****3 Dear Sir, We act for Mr Tang Liang Hong, a lawyer and one of the candidates for Cheng San Group Representation Constituency. Our client's attention was drawn to the article (copies enclosed) entitled "Serious men
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      • Letter
        Reply from SM Lee's lawyers
        887 15 20 December 1996 Messrs Tang Company 24 Raffles Place #25-03 Clifford Centre Singapore *****1 Dear Sirs We act for Mr Lee Kuan Yew, and refer to your letter to him dated 28 December 1996. Our client is pleased that your client accepts that being called
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      PAP issues more open letters to S'poreans
      573 16 Your MP must also speak up for you m Parliament, based on facts and logic, not fabricated data and lies/ fun Chee's character, integrity f THE People's Action Party has issued another two open \letters to residents m MacPherson, questioning opposiion candidate Chee
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    • Article
      On health-care, cost of living
      467 16 THE People's Action Party (PAP) has sent out two open letters to Singaporeans, m which it comments on the health-care and cost-of-living issues raised by the opposition. The message do not worry unnecessarily about healthcare costs and prices of essentials such as nee and sugar.
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    • ELECTION SHORTS
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        'De facto walkover'
        183 16 THE PAP can expect a "de facto walkover" m Kampong Glam, where the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tan Lead Shake has hardly been seen, said Finance Minister Richard Hu yesterday. After touring the Albert Centre market and food centre, he predicted that PAP incumbent Loh Meng See
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      • Article
        SDP's 'masked marvels'
        169 16 "If you walk around Simei, you'll be hard put to find out who the opposition candidates are because the posters are still not up and this is Day Five of the campaign. They are like masked marvels. We don't quite know who they are. To win the
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      • Article
        Let opposition take over?
        79 16 "You know, sometimes I believe that it may be good for people to see the alternative. Then a whole generation is educated. If it were possible, the best thing that could happen for Singapore is to let the opposition take over for five years. "You will
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        Heng can be 'more than MP'
        138 16 MR HENG Chee How (right), the People's Action Party contender for Hougang, is capable of being more than a Member of Parliament, said Minister- without-portfolio Lim Boon Heng yesterday. Backing the new candidate after visiting the ward, he said: "I have worked with him
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      • Article
        'No govt money in Suzhou'
        197 16 SINGAPORE'S investment m the Suzhou industrial park m China is being made entirely by the private sector and without government money, said PAP candidate for Aljunied GRC David Lim, who heads the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company. No Central Provident Fund savings are involved,
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        On Chee, Cheo, Ling, Chiam
        132 16 "In MacPherson, more than m any other constituency, the issue is the character of the candidate... I'm not disparaging Dr Chee m a personal sense but an MP must meet certain standards. The most elementary is honesty and truthfulness. "Mr Cheo Chai Chen didn't say
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      Lock icon Dining outdoors is once again a fashionable thing
      912 18  - Dining outdoors is once again a fashionable thing Dorothy Ho Geraldlne Yeo jt By and Old-world charm revived but with better hygiene OUTDOOR dining can also be seen as a revival of an old-time eating activity eating out at food stalls at Koek Road and the carpark opposite Centrepoint. Such
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    • Hotheads in court
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        Businessman gets 3 weeks' jail for hitting coach driver
        241 18 A MAN was jailed for three weeks for assaulting a coach driver who backed into his parked MercedesBenz. Businessman Nai Ngak Chew, 43, had originally claimed trial to causing grievous hurt to Mr Chua Yong Han, 38, whose fifth rib was
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        Angry taxi driver set office door on fire
        259 18 A TAXI driver was so angry he did not get a commission for the sale of a Yishun house, even though he had introduced the housing agent to the seller, that he tried to burn the agent's office. Tan Huah Bee, 54,
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      Lock icon Museum gets WWII memorabilia
      464 18 A YELLOWING and tattered piece of paper that a former war volunteer had kept since the Japanese Occupation was donated to the Singapore History Museum on Heritage Day on Saturday. This was a list of members of the volunteer corps active during World War 11, one
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      Minority rights council gets new member
      207 18 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong has appointed Haji Shafawi Ahmad to be a member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. Haji Shafawi will be a member of the council for a period of three years. The council was set up m 1969 to ensure
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      Judge tells couple to split $6.8-m house 50-50
      610 19  -  Lim Li Hsien By AN ESTRANGED couple each claimed an 80 per cent share of a $6.8-million house at Brighthill Crescent and they each submitted a detailed list of their cash contributions towards this house. But the High Court ruled the house
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        Temple to undergo $1.2 m renovation
        225 19 Worshippers at the Sri Vairavimada Kaliamman Temple squeezing into a narrow space to pray to the deity Durga, who helps devotees overcome their problems. To their left is the Navagrahm sanctum which will be moved to another part of the temple under the redevelopment
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        MRT souvenir ticket
        89 19 SINGAPORE MRT will launch a special limited edition Festive Souvenir Ticket on Jan 2 to usher m the Lunar New Year of the Ox. The Year of the Ox 1997 ticket features the auspicious sign of the ox set against a backdrop of red fire-crackers. The tickets,
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        Robbed in Race Course Lane
        110 19 A PAKISTAN national studying m Singapore was robbed of more than $3,000 while walking along Race Course Lane early on Saturday morning. Mr Azhar Rashid, 25, who is studying m a private commercial school here, was approached by two men outside the Broadway Hotel at
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        Crash on the PIE
        77 19 A CAR travelling along the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) hit a tidal gate m the middle of the expressway and crashed into a private bus going m the opposite direction. The accident happened at about 12.20 am on Friday. The driver of the car fractured his right
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        Oldies by the riverside
        82 19 LISTEN to music from a bygone era by the riverside at Boat Quay this New Year's Eve. The River Dance Hal! will perform from a barge converted into a stage, and will play the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Two large screens
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      Lock icon Rubbish truck with robotic arms
      288 19  -  Sharon Vasoo By COMING soon to your estate, a one-man garbage truck. That is, if the Environment Ministry decides to buy the idea. To lift two rubbish bins at the same time, the driver activates a handle to guide mechanical arms at the back of
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      Lock icon Simei residents 'relieved' after tour of hospital
      516 21  - Simei residents 'relieved' after tour of hospital Indrani Nadarajah Fears about its nearness dispelled By MANY of the Simei residents who were invited to tour the New Changi Hospital (NCH), located near their flats, yesterday were relieved to find that it looked more like a hotel than a hospital. Many
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      Eight charged with rioting at work site
      188 21 EIGHT Malaysian workers were charged m a district court on Saturday with rioting. No pleas were recorded from Chan Keat Ling, 33; Scow Kam Wah, 32; Chan Heng Wa, 37; Tarn Mun Keat, 25; Ng Kok Yau, 30; Wong Kar Wai, 31; Chan
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    • IN SHORT
      • Article
        POSTAL CODE
        264 21 Checking the six-digit postal code of an address can now be done easily over the Internet. This service, which was launched on Thursday, is available on the Singapore Post's home page at http://www.singpost. com.sg Internet users can check the postal code by keying m any of the following:
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        MEDISAVE TOP-UP
        147 21 There are just two days left for senior citizens to qualify for the pre-Medisave top-up. So far, about 160,000 Singaporeans have qualified. The deadline is tomorrow. The Pre-Medisave Top-Up Scheme is for Singaporeans aged 62 and above on April 1. It is given to senior citizens to help
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        FREE PARKING
        46 21 Motorists can now park for free on Sundays and public holidays, from 7 am to 10.30 pm, at these two coupon-parking multi-storey carparks. The carparks are: TPM7 at Block 120A, Toa Payoh Lorong 2, and CLM at Block 129A, Clarence Lane, off Alexandra Road.
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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        Behind Hie riots in Indonesia...
        694 22 LAST Thursday's riot m an Indonesian town, which resulted m four known dead, was dismayJ ingly familiar m its build-up. It began as fury against high-handedness by public officials but de--9 veloped into an assault on unrelated Chinese and Christian interests. Where there is seething
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      QUOTES
      32 22 "Democracy is a good thing m moderation." —Peter Luff British Conservative MP. "Thoughts of marriage and children are far off. Perhaps I will become a nun, who knows?" —Actress Liz Hurley.
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      Lock icon Jiang's visit helps to improve ties with India
      1105 22  -  Dipankar Banerjee Trends pubjicalion of l^lmmmcof SqmhcmAsjan Studies By I Politically, Sino-Indian relations are poised delicately. The asymmetry m political power is widening Through skilful diplomacy, China has established itself as a major player m the world On the other hand, India
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      Higher education as commodity for the masses in Malaysia
      1194 22  -  Thong Lay Kim By Higher education is being developed further to cater not only to the domestic market, but as part of an overall strategy to promote education as an export industry and the marketing of Malaysia as a centre of
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      Water aplenty but less to drink in Asia
      877 23  -  Kenneth L. Whiting By SINGAPORE Hoods killed hundreds of people m China this year and heavy rains spread havoc m Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and elsewhere. But despite this, much of the booming region is running short of water. Long an abundant resource
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    • Asian Currents
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        Downside of foreign labour
        119 23 From an editorial m The New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur: The downside of this country's reliance on foreign labour has long been obvious. The social and economic consequences of having 1.5 million or so alien workers, however, are not only due to their numbers. Over time,
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        Taiwan's greatest danger
        132 23 From a letter m Taiwan's United Daily News, a masscirculation and pro-unification daily: A Taiwan university student recently told of a syndicate that claimed it could get students exempted from doing national service. Apparently, he gave it NT5350,000 (5517,500) m the belief he would be spared from
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        HK crime rate falls
        99 23 From an editorial m Hongkong's Wen Wei Po, a proBeijing daily: Hongkong's crime rate fell by 13.5 per cent this year, thanks to close police cooperation between the territory and the mainland. Given the proximity of Hongkong and China, criminals could evade the law easily by
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        Like sex without passion
        128 23 From an editorial m the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila: Poets, beware. Barbarians are at the gate. In the race towards Philippines 2000, and wanting the Filipinos to be more "productive" and the country to be highly technological by the start of the third millennium, the Commissioner
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        Help teachers fulfil needs
        137 23 From a letter m Malaysia's Nanyang Siang Pau, a Chi-nese-language daily: Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said recently the reasons for the shortage of teachers m Chinese schools were that young Malaysians preferred to work m the business sector and that parents were
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        How to gain credibility
        170 23 From an editorial m Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News, an independent paper: Compared to the selection of the Chief Executive (CE), Hongkong citizens find it more difficult to identify with the provisional law-making body. Both the Provisional Legislature and the CE were picked by the 400-member
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        Tragic deaths
        142 23 From an editorial m the Indonesian Observer, an En-glish-language daily published from Jakarta: Recently, we have been confronted with the alarming news that Indonesia has the highest mortality rate for mothers at childbirth m South-east Asia. According to 1994 reports, at least 390 died per 100,000 as a
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        Cantonese comes into its own
        138 23 From a commentary m Ta Kung Pao, a pro-Beijing daily m Hongkong: Hongkong Governor Chris Patten and his successor Tung Chee Hwa met for the first time last Monday. After Mr Patten had spoken to reporters, Mr Tung addressed them m Cantonese. It was a
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        Flawed solutions
        120 23 From an editorial m the Bangkok Post: The scourge of amphetamines has gripped the imagination of the authorities. On the one hand, there is Pol Gen Salang Bunnag, the deputy police director-general, ordering the blowing away of people he thinks are amphetamine dealers, and Mr Veerakorn Khamprakorb, a
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        Better-off S'poreans to play part in CDCs too
        273 24 I REFER to Mr Christopher Buay Kee Seng's letter "CDCs must make concerted effort to involve residents m private estates" (ST, Dec 27). We agree with him on the neajLfco involve private estate resroents m the Community Development Councils (CDCs). The CDC
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        Teens under 15 won't need ICs
        97 24 I REFER to Ms Wong Xiaohui's letter "Teens need IC for major exams and withdrawing money" (ST, Dec 27). Banks and 1 all other institutions will now no longer insist on NRICs to identify children below 15. Birth certificates, passports or bus passes will
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      • Letter
        Drink Jockey Service provides safety
        301 24 I REFER to the letter by Mr Chan Kwee Sung, "Posh-car owners' reason for relying on Comfort service misplaced" (ST, Dec 24). The Drink Jockey Service was conceived for all car owners who do not wish to drive after consuming alcohol and would prefer somebody
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        Apply for special carpark label
        205 24 I REFER to the letter "A pass will encourage families of disabled" (ST, Dec 27). The National Council of Social Service (NCSS) understands the need for drivers who transport disabled family members to have the freedom to use a reserved parking lot for their vehicle.
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        Nothing wrong in drinking a little to celebrate Xmas
        376 24 I REFER to the letter "Is drinking the only way to celebrate?' r by Ms Kathryn Chia (ST, Dec 25). She suggested that it is foolish to drink, especially during the festive season, and reminded readers not to risk damaging their
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Li likely to get New Year wish
      559 25  -  Joe Dorai Chinese woman star unbeaten m all six races BOARDSAILING By FIVE-TIME China national boardsailing woman champion Li Ke is almost certain of getting her wish to start the 1997 season with a title this evening. The 27 year-old, who finished fourth
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      Lock icon Jordan scores 45 against the Cavaliers
      487 25 BASKETBALL: NBA CHICAGO Michael Jordan scored 45 points against the National Basketball Association's stingiest defence and the Chicago Bulls held on for its ninth victory m 10 games, 102-97, over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday. The star was 13-of-25 from the field and 19-of-20
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
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        Wright gets 3-match ban
        102 25 ARSENAL striker lan Wright will miss three crucial games m the New Year for his controversial dismissal at Nottingham Forest last week. Referee Stephen Lodge has decided not to reverse his decision to send off the England striker for an off-the-ball clash with Nikola Jerkan. The
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        Ronaldo grounded
        96 25 BARCELONA coach Bobby Robson is not letting his Brazilian star striker Ronaldo return home for New Year's Eve as punishment for missing a training session on Saturday. Ronaldo, a hot contender for this year's Fife Player of the Year award, was due back at training m the morning
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        Coach Sacchi pessimistic
        97 25 COACH Arrigo Sacchi on Saturday accused many of his AC Milan players of being mentally absent, saying the team's hopes of retaining the Italian Serie A title were practically dead as leader Juventus looked unstoppable. Asked if he believed Milan could cut the eight-point gap which separates
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      Worden's future still uncertain
      280 25 SOCCER DESPITE leading Selangor to its second successive Malaysia Cup triumph on Saturday night, Australian soccer coach Ken Worden has yet to receive an extension to his contract for next season. He said yesterday that he was leaving his future m the hands of the Football
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      Prince rules over Typhoon
      359 25 MIN VI Prince put m a magnificent team effort to snuff out Typhoon 118-103 m a vital top-of-the-table Tiger Beer Challenge basketball clash at the Geyfang Indoor Stadium last night. Both teams had identical records of three wins and two losses before their showdown. The frenetic
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      Lock icon Defending champ Croatia off to flying start
      143 25 PERTH Reigning champion Croatia overcame a major upset to give itself a flying start m the U*****,000 ($896,000) Hopman Cup tennis mixed team tournament yesterday. In the opening match of the eight-na-tion championship at Burswood Dome here, Croatia clinched the deciding mixed doubles
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    • THE LATE NEWS
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        China totals 1,000 world titles
        90 25 CHINESE athletes have won 1,000 world titles since the country rejoined the International Olympic Committee m 1979, the sports authorities claimed yesterday. Wu Zhaozu, Minister of the State Sports Commission, said China's athletic standards had risen dramatically m the last 17 years. It won only
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        Ex-Pakistan skipper dies
        82 25 FORMER Pakistan hockey captain Qazi Mohib died yesterday after a long illness, according to reports from the official Associated Press of Pakistan. He was 37. Mohib, who leaves a widow and young daughter, developed cancer on his right thigh and was admitted to a hospital m Peshawar
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      255 25 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: AFC wild-card game: Jacksonville 30 Buffalo 27. NFC wildcard game: Dallas 40 Minnesota 15. ATHLETICS World Cross-country Challenge m Durham (England) Men's 9.3 km: 1 Jon Brown (Brit) 28min 24sec 2 Daniel Kotnen (Ken) 28:27 3 Hendrick Ramaala (SA) 28:31. Women's 5.2 km: 1
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      Lau and Law heading for two tourneys
      390 25  -  Thomas Koh BADMINTON By *My partnership with Eric is a a! scratch combination as he normally partnersT Desmond Tan. BifMwe will give it ounan i best shot and see how it goes/ rioflo Jfivnq Patrick Lav. >// HARD-SMASHING Patrick Lav, one of the
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        Lock icon Hingis: I'm ready for Graf's top spots
        397 25 TENNIS PERTH Sixteen-year-old Martina Hingis said yesterday she was ready to assume the top spot m women's tennis from Germany's Steffi Graf. The Swiss sensation soared up the world rankings to end the 1996 season at No. 4 following a remarkable string of
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        Becker to defend Open
        97 25 BORIS BECKER plans to defend his Australian Open ten-HS nis title next month despite an ankle injury sustained m training recently. The German was quoted m Bild newspaper on Satur-&£ day saying he intends to play m the Australian Open m Melbourne, which starts on Jan
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      Lock icon Newcastle back on track with thumping win
      855 26 Man United shoots into second spot ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON Newcastle United returned to form with a bang on Saturday as it reignited its faltering title bid by thrashing Tottenham Hotspur 7-1 at Si James' Park to end a seven game winless streak. Kevin
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      Lock icon Recent history on Liverpool's side in chase for title
      502 26 LONDON If recent history is any guide then Liverpool has a better than even chance of winning the English Premiership title this season. The pointer to Liverpool's success is the league table at the turn of the year, midway point m
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      Lock icon McStay's return fires Celtic
      239 26 McStay's return fires Celtic SCOTTISH LEAGUE GLASGOW Celtic managed Tommy Burns hailed the rcM<J* turn of Paul McStay after seeing his side make up ground oft /£> Rangers at the top of the Scot- tish Premier Division with a 4-2 win over Dunfermline on Sat- urday. Ex-Celt Gerry Britton headed
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  • OBITURIES
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      304 26 860 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths KIOW NAM SONG Age: 84 years passed away peacefully on 28 December 1996 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Lee Kirn See, deceased) Brothars-in-law: Sisters-in-law: (Lee Kirn Chiao, deceased) Liow Yuen Yin (Lee Kirn Song, deceased) (Fan Gwek Keow, deceased) Lee Kirn On
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      170 26 850 Deaths 850 Deaths JOHN LIM CHYE SENG Age: 81 was called home to be with the Lord on 29th Dec. 1996. Wife: Lucy Ng Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Ah Kow Tan Kirn Choo Lim Nee Tee Ng Kui Eng Lim Swee Hock (Lim Swee Lee, deceased) Ng Hong Heok Daughters:
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      195 26 v I VMilml ■.-•v 1 yn ~j~" The following must be produced: 1) ORIGINAL DEATH CERTIFICATE 2) IDENTITY CARD OF PERSON PLACING THE NOTICE All OBITUARIES MUST BE PREPAID News Centre, 82 Genting Lane Mon Fri 8.30 am to 5.00 pm Sat Public Holidays :8.30 am to 1.00 pm Specialists'
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      73 26 The years may wipe out many things But this they'll wipe out never; The memory of those happy days Which we had spent together I The Straits Times $9.00 per line The Sunday Times $9.00 per line The Straits Times $28.87 per col. cm. The Sunday Times $30.33 per col.
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  • RACING
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      Massive graft probe highlight of the year
      599 27  -  Malcolm Bastians By FOUR-DIGIT DRAW Dec 29 1996 FIRST 8938 SECOND 3738 THIRD #1757 STARTERS 8989 3044 8779 8438 7039 5246 2942 3108 2165 8459 .CONSOLATIONS 5226 5949 0700 $421 4334 6947 ■750 2459 0304 K 6040 ALL shook up. That was how
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      Lock icon Arc winner Helissio, jockey Swinburn hog the spotlight
      1395 27 pXftlS European Horse of the Year Helissio and jockey Walter Swinbum dominated a racing season that got better as the months went by. Helissio, owned by Spanish businessman Enrique Sarasola and trained by Tunisian-born Ellie<JLellouche m Chantilly, rounded off his European season
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      Confidence wins Gold Cup in fine fashion
      330 27  - Confidence wins Gold Cup in fine fashion Danny Khoo PENANG ROUND-UP By SHOULDERING top-impost proved to be no obstacle for Confidence V, who captured the Governor's Gold Cup at Penang yesterday. The six-year-old Serheed gelding made lightwork of his 57kg-load to score a resounding Vi -length win m the 2,200
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      YESTERDAY'S PENANG RACE RESULTS
      1096 27 RACE 1 RES TERMS DIV 2 1 ,200 m 3 COUNTING STARS 57 (31 -11) Doleuze (5) 4 3 1 2 BROKEN ARROW 57 (58-1 7) Wan (4) 1 1 2 5 NO MISTAKE 57 (11 1-32) Lee (2) 5 5 3 6 RACE FIGHTER 57
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      174 27 PORSCI KTV DISCOTHEQUE NITE CLUB I'ITDT (NEW MANAGEMENT) Come And Meet The f"CLUB PORSCE SUPERSTAR a Purchase 2 bottles of 70cl Martell Cordon Bleu and you are entitled to an Exclusive Membership of Club Porsce KTV Discotheque. Members are entitled to a 15% discount on bottle liquor. Members who check
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  • MONEY 5
    • Article
      Lock icon China issues set to dominate IPOs in HK next year
      475 28 China issues set to dominate IPOs in HK next year It is also a way for the Chinese government to show its support for one country, two systems after the handover/ PW Asia Brokerage senior analyst KinsonAu. Buoyant market Ideal listing environment* China's imgproving economic outlook is net to boost
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      Small Hongkong broking firms merging operations
      406 28 UP TO 20 small Hongkong brokers have agreed to merge their businesses m a bid to cut costs and offset increasing competition from large international broking houses, the South China Morning Post reported last Friday. Mr Peter Chan Po;fun, head of Concord Securities, is
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      Lock icon OUT WITH THE BAD
      61 28 South Korea's stock market closed for the year last Friday with its traditional paper shower, despite a recent panicky slide in prices in reaction to the country's snowballing labour strikes. The Composite Index ended 26.2 per cent down at a 45-month low of 651.22. It has
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      Lock icon Taiwan phone bid results soon
      213 28 TAIPEI The Taiwan government will announce the winning bidders for the island's eight mobile telephone operation licences this Saturday, an official said at the weekend. The official, who asked not to be named, said the Ministry of Transportation and Communication was "very close to" finalising
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      Lock icon Foreign investors in Japanese stocks 'to turn more wary'
      411 28 TOKYO Foreign investors, often a driving force m long-term rallies on the Japanese stock market, are likely to turn more cautious next year, analysts say. The yen's weakening against the US dollar cuts the dollar-denominated value of Japanese equities, which may
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    • MONEY WORLD
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        Lock icon Indian Airlines needs $363m
        87 28 Indian Airlines needs $363 m NEW DELHI India's state-owned national domestic airline, Indian Airlines, needs a cash injection of around US$26O million (***** million) over the next five years if it is to remain competitive, an expert panel has reported The committee, headed by Mr Vikjay Kelkar, secretary of the
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        Lock icon Chinese brokers in the red
        74 28 BEIJING China's commodities brokers posted dismal results this year with as many as 80 per cent of them losing money, the Futures Herald newspaper said on Saturday m an edition seen m Beij ing. In an article contributed by the Shanghai Cereals and Oils Exchange,
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        Lock icon Manila draws $3.4b funds
        85 28 Manila draws $3.4 b funds MANILA The opening of the banking sector has enabled the Philippines to attract 57.3 billion pesos (553.38 billion) m investments m the first 18 months after deregulation, the central bank said on Saturday. Ten foreign banks were allowed to operate here from last year, ending
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        Lock icon Jardines bans personal trades
        61 28 LONDON Jardine Fleming Group, Asia's largest fund manager outside Japan, has prohibited all fund managers from buying investments for their own account, The Sunday Telegraph reported. The move comes after the firm's lawyers. Linklaters Paines, completed a compliance review after an investigation m August found a
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        Lock icon Cartel to drill for Azeri oil
        66 28 TOKYO A cartel of Japanese oil firms will sign an agreement next year to develop oil fields m Azerbaijan, the Ninon Keizai Shimbun reported yesterday. It said a consortium headed by Itochu Corp, Japan Energy Corp and Teikoku Oil will seal a deal m
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      285 28 Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd, producers of HT}xt m S olf balls s kinds of g° lf balls specially dethe finest quality golf balls and equipment, have JL \J\Jm\. y signed for pros and top amateurs to give them developed the SRIXON Tour Special series dPECLAAj that extra edge m speed,
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      BANK RATES
      284 29 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB POSB KB DEPOSIT RATES Savings 3 2H 2% 3 3 2v, 2% Fixed deposit 1 month 3m 3v* 3v» 3* 3m 3m 3 months 3v* 3h 3% 3h 3m 3w 6 months 3* 3h 3% 3h 3% 3V4 12 months 4 4 4
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      PRIME LENDING RATES
      539 29 Doe to a technical error, thePLR for Dec 27 are not available. ThePlßisthe towest tending rate at which a bank is prepared to lend m Singapore to its clients on an overdraft or demand basis. Prim* lending rates at the close of business on Friday, Dec 20
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    • MARKET REPORT
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      INDICES
      62 29 December 27 Change ST Industrials 2202 60 +4.91 ST Finance 4320.44 +14.22 ST Hotels 2086.80 -0 59 ST Properties 1905.94 -152 BT Composite 2208.58 +6.28 BT-MGA 1051.90 +293 BT-SRI 1093.10 +1.38 BT OB/OS -12 +97 BT CADI -***** +50 BTOBV +*****031 +***** DBS CPF Index 603.56 +1.25 OCBC 1679.12
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      WEEK'S SCOREBOARD
      63 29 MAIN CLOB Up DnUnch Up DnUnch Industrial 54 66 36 16 21 11 Finance 13 11 4 7 1 4 Hotels 3 7 10 2 1 Properties 5 9 1 6 10 5 Plantations 0 0 0 4 5 1 Mining 0 0 0 0 0 2 BLW
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      WEEK'S TOP ACTIVES
      34 29 KimEngWt97 6,590,000 XL Industries 5,826,000 Informatics 5c 5,292,000 HK Land US$O.lO 4,589,000 WeePoh2oc 4,106,000 Wong 50c 3,791,000 City Dcv 50c 3,730,000 Sing Tel 15c 3,447,000 Courts 20c 2,670,000 Berjaya Group 2,612,000
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      TURNOVER (READY)
      44 29 Total Market Fri Thu Industrials 69.869m 10.455m Finance 9.598m 1.727m Hotels 1.460m 344,000 Properties 23.608m 2.806m Loans Stocks 19.266m 3.725m Plantations 638,000 195,000 Mining 201,000 43,000 Total volume 124.640m 19.295m Total value in S$ 387.296m 43.995m Sesdaqvotume 12.989m 2.518m Nasdaqvolume NH Nil
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS WEEKLY ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon Tight-fisted Budget sends Tokyo shares slumping
        339 29 TOKYO share prices slumped to one-year lows last week as investors saw the government's tax and budget policies putting a damper on economic recovery, brokers said. "The recent sharp falls are a sign of investor disappointment m a lack of government market-friendly economic measures,"
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        Lock icon HONGKONG
        176 29 Share prices closed 2.1 per cent higher during a holiday-shortened week on selective buying of property and financial shares, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Hongkong's key Hang Seng Index gained 272.73 points from the previous week's finish to close at 13,404.14 points last Friday. The market was closed
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        178 29 The key stock index rose 0.5 per cent m the week to last Friday, helped by interest m selected blue chips despite a lethargic market due to year-end holidays, brokers said. "Trading is expected to remain thin m the closing days of 1996 with most key players away
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        213 29 Investors held their interest m Australian shares despite the holiday-shortened week and helped advance the market by 0.9 per cent by the end of the week. The Australian Stock Exchange's key barometer, the All-Ordinaries Index, finished the three-session week at 2,395.6 last Friday, up 21.8 points on the previous
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        212 29 Share prices closed the week 2.3 per cent up last Friday m thin trading marked by bargain-hunting despite concern about the country's economic fundamentals, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index was up 18.92 points on the week to close at 835.71, while the SET 50 Index
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        208 29 The Jakarta bourse closed 0.8 per cent up last Friday mainly on the back of gains m select blue chips and end-of-the-year windowdressing, analysts said. "It is the end of the year, and this is the time many just want to see their portfolios look a bit better," a
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        Lock icon LONDON
        113 29 The stock market posted modest gains during a shortened week, in which the bourse closed for two days over the Christmas break, profiting from weak trading volumes to break new records. The FTSE Index of the 100 leading companies ended the week with a gain of 13.4 points, or
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      Lock icon Santa helps erase losses sparked by Greenspan
      495 29 NEW YORK Wall Street investors got what they wanted for Christmas last week a record for the Dow Jones industrials and the second straight weekly gain, erasing losses from earlier this month. The Dow rose 76.51 points (1.18 per cent) for the week
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      Recovers
      57 29 THE greenback eased against the Singapore unit last week m thin holiday trade. It sank to as low as 1.3985 last Thursday before recovering to close unchanged for the week at 1.4. This week, it is expected to trade sideways again as the holiday season extends into a second
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      Ringgit may ease further
      49 29 THE ringgit moved sideways against the Sing dollar last week m the absence of fresh factors. The shortened working week contributed to thin trading volumes. The ringgit dosed last Friday at 55.36, down slightly from 55.41 the Friday before. It is poised to weaken further.
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      Yen to trade sideways
      61 29 THE yen ended weaker against the Sing dollar last week as prospects for Japanese bonds and stocks waned. Speculation that foreign investors were poised to bail out of yen-denominated assets led to the yen sell-off. Last Friday, the yen was quoted at 1.2181, down from 1.2243
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      Sterling still inching up
      39 29 STERLING continued its steady climb last week on continued expectations that British interest rates will go up soon. Sterling closed at 2.3455 last Friday, up from 2.3298 the Friday before. It still has upside potential.
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      A$ takes a breather
      46 29 THE Aussie dollar took another breather against the Singapore dollar last week as traders tried to figure out whether there was any more upside for the Aussie currency The Aussie unit closed last Friday at 1.1139, compared to 1.1124 the Friday before.
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  • MONEY 3
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      Lock icon Brand's embodies the essence of success for Cerebos Pacific
      929 30 Cmbos Pacific WHEN Suntory of Japan bought over Cerebos Pacific m 1990, the Japanese press hailed the $850.5 million purchase as one of the best by a Japanese company that year. They were to be proven right. Cerebos is an unassuming
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      Lock icon Growing Philippine car sales trigger off price wars
      536 30 MANILA Philippine car sales are expected to remain buoyant next year as the economy grows, but intense competition and price wars could drive some manufacturers out of the market, industry officials said. Ever since the government opened the car industry to more
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan privatisation chief steps down
      167 30 COLOMBO Sri Lanka's privatisation chief resigned amid allegations that his panel committed the country to unfavourable conditions m a deal with the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell, official sources said yesterday. Public Enterprise Reform Committee chairman Rajan Asirwatham tendered his resignation and was joined by
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      Lock icon Baht will remain shaky next year: Analysts
      403 30 BANGKOK The Thai baht weathered several market attacks this year and will remain shaky next year under the weight of Thailand's sluggish economy and prolonged bearish stock market, analysts said. "Baht sentiment will remain weak next year. Confidence will recover if the new
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      Lock icon Soh Chee Wen to stay at helm of Promet and Kelanamas
      595 31 Divestment of stakes reaps gains of $367 m for corporate strategist KUALA LUMPUR Corporate strategist Soh Chee Wen will end up with a cool M 5664.5 million (*****.9 million) from his divestment of a 17 per cent stake m
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        358 31  -  Chan Wee Chuan Compiled FLEXTECH Holdings' decision to acquire Spire Technology reflects its desire to embark on high value-added activities to enhance its earnings quality, says Vickers Ballas Investment Research. The purchase will provide Flextech with an early entry into
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        439 31 WBL Corporation has reported better-than expected net profits of $32.9 million, an increase of 99 per cent over last year's earnings, albeit on a marginal 2.6 per cent rise m turnover to $751.4 million. The results were way above the consensus of $23.2 million
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      164 31 FIRST Capital Corp (FCC) said on Saturday that it has agreed to buy 20.26 million shares m Lap Heng Company totalling HK$lB7 million (Ss34 million) from Guoco Group Ltd. The Guoco group has an interest of about 58 per cent m FCC, and had
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      503 32  -  Alvin Tay By DEPARTMENT stores and supermarkets m Singapore reported higher sales m 1994 but their profit margins were badly squeezed because of keen competition, a nationwide survey by the Department of Statistics (DOS) shows. According to the Wholesale and Retail 1994
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      600 32 SWISS-BASED Allseas Group is asking for £275.2 million (*****.5 million) m damages if it wins a court case against Sembawang Corporation (SembCorp) over a 1993 contract involving its vessel, Solitaire. SembCorp, on the other hand, has alleged wrongful termination of the contract and is claiming $231.2
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      258 32 DBS BANK has promoted Mr Ng Kee Choc to president and Mr Tan Soo Nan to deputy president. The new appointments will take effect from Wednesday. A bank statement yesterday said deputy president Lav Chan Sin will remain as deputy chief operating officer.
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        Lock icon The wired, plugged-in world of a computer tycoon
        1763 2 GATES' HEAVEN MIDDLEMEN 'Buyers and sellers will go direct. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the percentage of middlemen will go down quite a bit.' MICROMARKETS In the future you'll see lots of content that is aimed at a
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        871 3  -  KOH BUCK SONG MONDAY WITH I WILL not be voting m this General Election. In fact, I have never had the chance. I had been looking forward to the prospect, especially when a rumour surfaced two weeks ago that Singapore Democratic Party
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        1774 3  -  EVELYN YAP He lost a bundle m a failed business, and spent the last four years renting just a bed m a two-room flat. His wife had died, and he had lost touch with his only child. THE new year will hold
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        SSO to celebrate Brahms and love
        515 4  -  REBECCA LIM The inaugußri! concert for its new music Aector Lan Shwwi to* off tteneod season and W WITH the Singapore Symphony Chorus singing a rousing chorus of "Hallelujah!" from Handel's Messiah, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra ended its 1996 concert season on Dec 21.
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        288 4 THESE are some of the SSO's not-to-be-missed goodies from next month to May. Jan 10 and 11: Inaugural Concert Of Maestro Lan Shui. Singapore-born and world-renowned pianist Scow Yit Kin is the guest soloist. Programme: Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, Piano Concerto No. 4 and Symphony No. 5.
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        Moveable Feast whips up appetite round the globe
        415 4  -  MICHELLE HENG MOVEABLE FEAST, the 13.5-minute light-hearted short film which clinched the Best Short Film Award at the 1996 Singapore International Film Festival, is stirring up an appetite among film-goers on the international short film circuit. The quirky film made by Kelvin
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        S'pore-born TV boss in deal with Xinhua
        630 5  -  WONG CHEE MENG CHINA'S state-owned Xinhua news agency has tied up with a Hongkong television Station to produce documentaries for the world market. g> The Chinese official •mouthpiece has formed a company with •Hongkong's China Entertainment Television Broadcast (CETV) to produce nonpolitical documentaries.
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        When stars came late and models were not wanted
        781 5  -  JUNAIDAH DAHLAN The girls deserved better attention than what they received tonight.' Eddy All, a technician who watched the show IT WAS touted as the most glamorous and star-studded Malay music event of the year, incorporating Ratu Supermodel '96. About 60
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        Greedy man caught by the ears
        361 5 Greedy man caught by the ears Malay Folktales ONE day, a rich man went to see the king for advice. He said: "Your Majesty, two small children live m my garden. They have no father and no mother. "Every time food is cooked, they come to my kitchen door. They
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        Ma-tong: Even poets and scholars use it
        1487 5  -  Li Lien Fung Bamboo Green MA-TONG is a utensil so fetrictly Chinese that I do not know any English word that can be the exact equivalent 6f it. It functions somewhat like a chamber-pot, storing both solids and liquids, but it does not
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        510 12  -  CLAUDETTE PERALTA 'Dolphins have very close family units which I wanted to display m the sculpture/ Stephen Glassborow SIX dolphins arch and soar skywards playfully, taking centre stage within Singapore's newest suburban shopping mall White Sands at Pasir Ris. No, they are
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      224 4 THE HOUSE OF LIM GARFIELD I DON'T ENOW WHY HA MADE $UCH ft FUSSI (..WHAT'S $0 DIFFICULT ABOUT GETTING) K_/ p^-^J |iUi!Jiaift!l|d I JO-AKN, IT'5 JON ARBOCKLE. I PON'T I HER ANSWERINCr MACHINE J PT__irs^_l ft&°^^ TAKING YOU AND f 1 StVERftL ITLMS NEEDED FORVOUR NEW W dfJ ffircT^r WffWUfUrf^
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      2601 10 B^ Bk. ShOW On Tue: 15 students today only) from Ticket Charge. A TRIBUTE TO GOLF- INTERNATIONAL GOLF WLJ/.JS Z\ MA^^M* JEEVAGAANAM'96 PAINTINGS BY BRmSH ARTISTS \f\l|_| iSMm\W^\ jdfi^W J*^m\ mMB hT^% Wmw AmmZmW AfA World Trade Centre Aud 't° rium Today: 7 pm. This drama, which m- Fei Gallery,
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        854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences
        67 14 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences JF M W MR. QUAH TIONG HWEE mm <ut> Me demc&e <U &6& beloved lotfe* 4L QUAH SWAY CHOK 4 '|L From the Management Staff of: W TORIE CONSTRUCTION PTE
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        852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements
        86 14 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late WU MOH CHYE Departed on 25th Dec. 1996 .Wished to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb^b^ The Family of The Late ANDREW FRANCIS SILVA
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        37 14 FIRST ANNIVERSARY With EwnovinQ Mmwiovhmi Of JUDY TAN QEAK CHIN Departed on 30 Dec. 1998 Time changes many things, But not the memory this day brings. Always remembered by close friends. COLUW BETTY TEO
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        57 14 856 In Memoriam 856 In Mamoriam With Fond Memories Of ANG BENG LEA Departed: 30 December 1986 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf Always remembered by Parents Sisters. I I VICTOR TEO TECK LIAN Departed on 30 December 1995 Sadly missed by: Parents,
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        55 14 IN LOVING MEMORY OF N C KATTEL Departed on 30/12/87 Always remembered by Wife, children > grandchildren In Loving Memory Of I TAN TOH SIAH Departed 30/12/91 Time changes many things. But not the memory this day brings. Always remembered by: Nalson ft Connie Phang William ft
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        83 14 In Remembrance Of Mdm. Catherine Tan Soo Ngoh (Mrs. Peter Koh Chong Hock) Departed: 30th Dec. 1976 ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY Husband, Sons, Daughters, Sons ft Daughters-in-law, Grandchildren, Grandsons ft Granddaughters-in-law, Great Grandchildran and all loved ones. May bar soul rest m heavenly peace. LIM KENG WEE, MERVYN
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        856 In Memoriam
        67 14 IST ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY ISSAC Departed on 30/12/95 It seem like only yesterday. Memories of you remain always. Cherishing the love you've given ue. Always remembered by Husband: Daniel Jesudason, Daughters, Sons, Daughtais-in-law, Sons-in-law, Grandchildren ft Lovd Ones. INADASAN PILLAI Departed: 33 year* ago
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