The Straits Times, 18 March 1998

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1998 60 CENTS MITA(P) 114/12/97*
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  • 738 1  -  Susan Sim Move to appease demands for clean government By Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA President Suharto, moving to appease demands for a clean government, yesterday instructed all ministers, governors and high-ranking officials to report their private wealth. In his first meeting with his
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  • 101 1 SHIVERING, wet and shirtless, these Aye suspected illegal immigrants were caught 5.6 km off the Katong shoreline by a Police Coast Guard patrol boat early yesterday morning. Armed with a wooden oar each, they were apparently trying to row their way to Singapore from Batam.
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  • 393 1 A CHURCH m Katong is m a fix after the sponsor of a BMW car prize m a donation draw it was organising withdrew his sponsorship. The sponsor said he has been hit by the region's financial crisis. So the Church of the Holy
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  • 462 1  -  Elena Chong 'A cruel animal' By A WOMAN, who beat her 11--year-old daughter with a stick and a clutch of canes until they broke, had her jail sentence doubled yesterday to 24 months. Chief Justice Yong Pung How called Lo Yen
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    • 184 1 ESSE 5Z2559 164 PAGES TODAY: The Straits Times comes m a 164-page seven-part edition today main paper (two parts), Life!, Classifieds (two parts), an eight-page Career Choice feature and a 52-page Computer Times. Make sure you get all seven parts. MMj http://www.Qsial.com.sg/stroitstimes Interested parents and prospective students are invited to
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 579 2  -  Ho Ai Li Allison Lim First day of toll charges at Causeway and Second Link By and It is about exchanging time for money. Although there is no congestion at the Second Link, I would rather use the Causeway as it is
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    • 328 2 IT WAS all quiet on this western front. Few motorcycles and cars and even fewer buses and lorries were on the Second Link yesterday, although those who chose to use it m the morning were pleasantly surprised that they could enter Malaysia free. While Singapore
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    • 629 3  - IMF praises S'pore's robust fundamentals Lee Siew Hua But it warns of a sharp slowdown By US Correspondent High savings Fiscal and current account surpluses Flexible markets Robust reserves High standard of regulation and supervision for domestic financial institutions WASHINGTON The International Monetary Fund praised Singapore for obust fundamentals which
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    • 465 3 Singapore's response SINGAPORE yesterday wel corned the International Monetary Fund's endorsement of its macro-economic management but disagreed with some of its calculations on the Singapore dollar's exchange rate. A Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) statement detailed some of the steps taken to maintain the strong
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    • 95 3 Picture by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and the Sultan's younger brother, Prince Haji Jefri Bolkiah, on their way to dinner hosted by PM Goh m honour of the Sultan of
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    • Article, Illustration
      134 3 BY" DESIGN Continuing the series on Straits Times editors commenting on what the re-design of the newspaper, to be launched on March 23, means to them: "More human interest stories, simpler writing, brighter pages. That's what Money readers can look forward to. "We will take the opportunity to reach out
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  • THE ASIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS
    • 485 4  -  Lee Siew Hua IMF sizes up Republic's economy m annual review By US Correspondent WASHINGTON The Inter national Monetary Fund said Singapore's economy was "very sensitive" to the world electronics market and had experienced a slowdown m mid-1996 which proved "helpful" m trimming the positive output
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    • 283 4 BEIJING China has pledged to make a significant contribution to the International Monetary Fund's bail-out package for Indonesia, officials said yesterday. A spokesman for the People's Bank of China, the central bank, said Beijing did not have the economic muscle of
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    • FACE-OFF
      • 516 6 We have never hesitated to interrupt our financing when a country doesn't fulfill its commitment.' Mr Michel Camdessus (right on what would happen if Mr Suharto did not implement the reforms. *I think we will not adopt the currency-board system now because it requires
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      • 392 6 SYDNEY Australia stepped up efforts yesterday to broker a reconciliation between Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund by warning the IMF to avoid plunging Jakarta into deeper crisis. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, speaking on the eve of a trip to Washington for talks with
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      • 466 6 JAKARTA Indonesia's economic woes should be blamed on the government's failure to implement reforms, not on deficiencies m the International Monetary Fund's programme for the country, the agency's chief, Mr Michel Camdessus, told Time magazine m an interview. His comments came as
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    • 276 7 FOREIGN Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar has told Singapore's honorary consuls that the message they should take home to their countries about the current financial crisis is that all is not lost for the region. Speaking at the opening of the week-long
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    • 495 7 Bleakest assessment yet by planning chief TOKYO Japan's economy was now m a "very, very severe" condition, the country's economic planning chief admitted yesterday m his darkest assessment yet, signalling recession was just around the corner. Mr Koji Omi, director-gen-eral of the Economic Planning
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    • 287 7 WASHINGTON The Asian crisis is likely to slow the buoyant US economy and may even substitute for an increase m interest rates that otherwise may have been needed, Federal Reserve governor Laurence Meyer has said. "The economy entered 1998 with considerable forward momentum,
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    • 392 7 'No recession in Malay si a, only slower gro wth' KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian economists yesterday ruled out the risk of a recession hitting the country, amid the Asian financial crunch which has sent the once-booming economy into a tailspin. "At this point we can rule out a recession due to
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    • 203 7 JAKARTA An Indonesian airline has suspended 300 workers, including pilots and flight attendants, to cope with costs that have soared during tne current economic crisis, the Indonesian Observer newspaper reported yesterday. "If the crisis continues, by midApril we may tell 900 more
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    • 445 8  -  Luz Baguioro By m Manila Trade groups plan rallies this week PROTESTS against high m terest rates resulting from the peso's de facto devaluation last July have intensified m recent weeks as more companies falter because of the currency crunch. Business groups m key
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    • 295 8 ASIAN currencies ended mostly steady or were rising against the US dollar yesterday but the Indonesian rupiah weakened as markets gradually discounted Jakarta s plan to peg the unit to the greenback, dealers said. The rupiah fell as much as 10 per cent earlier m the
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    • 176 8 Crisis 'will lay a more solid foundation for growth' NEW YORK Leading manufacturers foresee Asia emerging from its current financial crisis on a sounder economic footing for the fu ture, a study released here has shown. "The antiquated and inefficient policies m Asia will be swept away by the current
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    • NOTEBOOK
      • 97 8 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's crowded telecommunications industry is expected to see a shakeout that will reduce the number of players sharply, telephone firm Binariang Bhd's chief operating officer said yesterday. Mr Jamaludin Ibrahim said the market for fixed-line telephones may drop from sue to
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      • 93 8 JAKARTA Indonesia's newly-appointed Agriculture Minister, Mrs Justika SyarifUdin Baharsyah, pledged to boost the production of several important commodities, including rice, corn and soya beans to cut back on imports, The Jakarta Post newspaper reported yesterday. Increasing output of such
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      • 99 8 JAKARTA A German-led joint venture took over a state-run Indonesian gas company after government funding dried up m the current economic crisis. Germany's Messer Group and Indonesia's PT Tira Austenite Tbk (TA) bought out staterun Aneka Gas Industri (AGI), the Bisnis Indonesia
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      • 108 8 BANGKOK A panel set up to probe the Thai Central Bank's failed attempt to bail out debt-laden finance firms and prop up the baht will submit its findings to Finance Minister Tan-in Nimmanahaeminda on April 1, The Nation daily said yesterday. It
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      • 101 8 SEOUL The International Monetary Fund has rejected South Korea's request to cut interest rates and advised it to watch the for-eign-exchange market further, IMF officials said yesterday. "We cannot base policies on one day," Mr John Dodsworth, head of the IMF representative
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  • WORLD
    • 435 9 Museum m London denies being involved BRISBANE Australian Aborigines were systematically murdered to fill orders for collectors In Britain and Europe last century, experts claimed yesterday. One beneficiary was London's Natural History Museum which is now refusing to open its records to experts,
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    • Article, Illustration
      44 9 picture. students from Guatemala University hand a suspected m Guatemala City after stripping ana beating him on Monday. The students, raising funds m the streets to support a strike against government policies, are wearing hoods so as not to be identified. AFP
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    • 181 9 CHICAGO A towing company here is facing a possible lawsuit after its employees hauled away a car with an 85-year-old leukaemiastricken woman inside. Mr Bruce Wexler said he had left his elderly mother m his Chevrolet Corvette m a {writing lot to
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    • 542 11  -  Abraham Rabinovich Gaffes harm Israeli opposition leader and peace-process advocate Reports by m Jerusalem 'AMdidwas speak the truth and, m the end, truth prevails/ Mr Ehud Barak (above). A POLITICIAN who speaks the plain truth, whatever the consequences. How refreshing.
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    • 430 11 JERUSALEM Sixteen years after it grabbed the Lebanese tiger by the tail, Israel has begun to consider how to let go without getting nipped. A series of proposals m recent weeks for withdrawing from southern Lebanon has given unexpected life to an
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    • 721 12 Why Clinton says he was mystified at sex charges ON THE left are facsimiles of three letters released by the White House on Monday. From Mr Clinton to Ms Willey (extreme left). The letter, dated Dec 21, 1995, thanks Ms Willey for
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    • 678 12 EXCERPTS from letters written by Ms Kathleen Willey to President BUI Clinton after Nov 29, 1993, when she said he tried to force himself on her sexually. Nov 11, 1994 Dear Mr President, You have been on my mind
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    • 332 14 WASHINGTON Foreign ministers of the maior powers will meet next Wednesday m Bonn to discuss the crisis m Serbia's Kosovo province, a US official has said. A meeting of the Contact Group made up of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia
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    • 326 16 Looking younger seen as a career aid WASHINGTON Cosmetic surgery, once reserved for the idle rich and ageing starlets, is now moving mainstream as more Americans consider looking younger a career move. The ageing of the American population and a desire to look young
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    • 368 14 Flag flap in Canada This has no place m Parliament OTTAWA Flag-waving is now officially a sin inside Canada's Parliament. House of Commons Speaker Gilbert Parent backed Quebec separatists to rule on Monday that Canada's trademark red-and-white ma-ple-leaf banner has no place m the Commons because it disrupts the decorum
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    • WORLDFILE
      • 54 14 Zambian President Frederick Chiluba yesterday lifted the state of emergency imposed after a failed coup by junior army officers last October, state radio reported. Mr Chiluba imposed emergency rule m the wake of the coup. More than 90 people were arrested m connection with the attempt, including former
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      • 67 14 former member of the extreme-left Red Army Faction terrorist organisation, Peter-juergen Boock. has been released on parole after spending 17 years behind bars, a spokesman for the judiciary m Hamburg said on Monday. Boock, now 46, was arrested m 1981 and sentenced to life imprisonment m 1984 for
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      • 53 14 A cargo craft carrying a vital set of wrenches reached Russia's Mir space station yesterday, and docking went ahead successfully, Itar-Tass reported. The news agency said the ship reached Mir carrying, among other items, a set of wrenches to help open a jammed airlock and resume delayed
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      • 60 14 European Union farm ministers voted on Monday to ease the two-year-old ban on British beef exports imposed over "mad-cow disease", offering a ray of hope to the country's battered beef farmers. They backed a proposal allowing some beef to be shipped from Northern Ireland, where computer records show
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      • 85 14 A peace accord for Northern Ireland could be struck by Easter, with a referendum on the issue to follow m late May, Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Mo Mowlam has said, ahead of a meeting with US Senator Edward Kennedy m Washington. "We have under a dozen issues where
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      • 81 14 Mexico's most powerful drug cartel bought a controlling stake m a small, struggling Mexican bank m 1995 and 1996 m a bid to have a private moneylaundering operation, the Reforma newspaper reported on Monday. Citing government documents, it said the Juarez cartel once run by the late
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    • PEOPLE
      • 95 16 MOSCOW He loves lemon tea and tennis, and can barely boil an egg, but he is all charm when receiving British political leaders. These are some details which emerged during a visit to the newly opened website of Russia's First Deputy Premier and
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      • 106 16 MEXICO CITY Valuable clues on the life of legendary revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara died with veteran Cuban intelligence figure Manuel "Red Beard" Pineiro Losada last week, Mexican biographers said on Monday. Nicknamed "Barba Roja" for the red beard he had as
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      • 89 16 PARIS Making the transition from top model to designer is Very rare and far more unusual than actors or actresses who end up m the director's chair. So for Ines de la Fressange Karl Lagerfeld's aristocratic muse at Chanel Monday marked a big
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      • 127 16 Meanwhile MINISTER TO RETURN MONEY: Due to public protests, Germany's former Construction Minister Klaus Toepfer said he would return the 500,000 marks (*****,000) he received m compensation for a pay cut when taking up a United Nations post. BUSINESSMAN TO SUE MINISTER: A Prominent German businessman announced m Cape own
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      • 47 16 1 don't make plans for the future because my future may never come.' Mr Raymond Gilmour, an active member of the Irish Republican Army who has not seen his wife and family for 12 years. He lives m exile, wondering if each day would be his last.
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    • 591 18 But Jews say it's too little, too late 1 don't think that we can talk about rectifying the past without pointing at who didn't do anything to save what it was possible to save.' -Israel's Chief Rabbi YisraelLau. VATICAN CITY The Roman
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    • 362 18 He is also given reprini«and for obstructiiigjustice WASHINGTON A military jury has sentenced Sergeant Major Gene McKinney to a reduction m rank and a reprimand, but spared him a jail term, after he was convicted for attempting to obstruct an investigation into charges of sexual misconduct.
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    • 385 18 Defence Secretary also wants separate housing for the sexes WASHINGTON United States Defence Secretary William Cohen has told the military to use more female recruits and trainers. He also wants it to provide separate housing for men and women recruits and
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    • 353 18 MOSCOW Kremlin doctors yesterday ordered President Boris Yeltsin to remain partially confined to bed all week, forcing leaders of 12 former Soviet republics to cancel a Moscow summit, officials said. Doctors advised 67-year-old Yeltsin to remain at his Gorky 9 residence
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 377 19 but it is vague on details TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday said it would accept China's invitation to end a 32-month deadlock m talks, but was vague on agendas and likely participants. Taiwan's semi-official Straits Exchange Foundation was responding to a recent letter from
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    • 370 19 HONGKONG Hongkong yesterday called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help tackle an outbreak of cholera after 28 Hongkong residents were confirmed to have cholera since Saturday, and all of them had returned from tours of Thailand earlier this month. Director of
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    • 152 19 HONGKONG Travel agencies here were flooded with holi-day-makers trying to change their plans after 25 people who returned from Thailand were confirmed to have cholera, it was reported yesterday. One of them, Hong Thai Citizens Travel Services, reported a 20 -percent drop m
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    • 190 19 TOKYO A 46-year-old Japanese has been arrested for refusing to pay his restaurant bill after munching through a pile of food m a 55-hour binge, police said yesterday. Mr Sakae Watanabe, who is unemployed, was arrested at the 24-hour Royal
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  • NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
    • 603 20  -  Mary Kwang Reports by r*u: ci (.nina Lorresponaeni Economic czar elected with 98% of votes BEIJING Chinas tough-minded economic czar Zhu Rongji was endorsed overwhelmingly yesterday as the country's new Premier, carrying with him the hopes of a nation struggling under the weight of
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    • 209 20 BEIJING Railways Minister Han Zhubin was elected as China's new top prosecutor yesterday by deputies to the National People's Congress. He was voted to his new job by 65 per cent of the NPC deputies present yesterday, a low rating rarely seen m the
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    • 473 20 BEIJING "Down steps an idiot and up rises a madman is the political ditty already making the rounds m Beijing days before Mr Zhu Rongji's appointment yesterday as Chinas new Premier. His critics call him a madman to vent their unhappiness at his
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    • 511 22 Charge based on intelligence agency papers SEOUL North Korea helped South Korea's former ruling camp to prolong its grip on power through Machiavellian plots, a senior politician said yesterday. But the former ruling Grand National Party (GNP) dismissed the charge as groundless, accusing
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    • 143 22 GENEVA A new round of Korean peace talks got off to an unpromising start on Monday as a dispute over seating arrangements delayed discussions on substance. The talks m Geneva were held up for over five hours. During this time, delegations from the
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      62 22 picture. Taiwan's high-tech "peeping Toms" may finally have met their match m the form of a pocket-sized device called "Discovery I". The device, which resembles a pager, detects radio waves emitted by wireless remote-control cameras. Taiwan has m recent months been hit by a flood of cases
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      • 62 22 The value of "pure gold" key rines and ornaments should be measured m sentimental, not monetary, terms, Hongkong's Consumer Council said. It said most prices were based on design and production costs, not the amount of gold used, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. Ten ornaments tested
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      • 45 22 Guangdong official has been executed for embezzling 17.6 million yuan (553.47 million) m the province's largest misuse of public funds. Cen Huanreng, viceparty secretary and local Sovernment head m iangzhou, was put to death last Friday, said the South China Morning Post yesterday.
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      • 60 22 China has executed a local official for encourag ing an acid attack on his boss, the China Daily reported yesterday. Yang Jinsheng, deputy director of the Fujian Environmental Protection Bureau, encouraged an unidentified group to throw sulphuric acid at his boss m April last year The group received
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      • 35 22 Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi will visit South Korea for two days from Saturday to discuss bilateral issues with the new administration of President Kirn Dae Jung, Japan's Foreign Ministry said yesterday. AFP
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      • 36 22 Canadian tight-rope walker Jeff Cochrane plans to rewrite his own record by living for 22 days on a 70--m high wire over the Shanghai Stadium from Oct 29, the Shanghai Star reported yesterday. AFP
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    • 178 22 Chinese human rights record 'still unsatisfactory WASHINGTON The United States will not support an antiChina resolution at this year's United Nations Human Rights Commission. Nevertheless, the US stressed that it still considered Beijing's human-rights record unsatisfactory. State Department spokesman James Rubin said on Monday that the US would not sponsor
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    • 69 22 WASHINGTON US-Sino relations will stay their upward course under Chinese President Jiang Zemin, newly re-elected for another five-year term, the White House said on Monday. "We will continue our cooperative work on a broad range of things that reflect the expansive nature of
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    • 427 23 Concern about Indonesia's image at XL Games JAKARTA New Indonesian Environment Minister Juwono Sudarsono wants to make battling recurring forest and bush fires top priority, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Mr Juwono, a professor of international relations, said the fires would damage
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    • 360 23 Dialogue invitation to student protesters genuine, says Abri chief JAKARTA Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri) chief General Wiranto yesterday said the military's offer to hold a dialogue with students, who have stepped up their demonstrations across the country, was genuine. "This invitation to talk with the students is not
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    • 476 25  -  Edward Tang By Thailand Correspondent Fresh US aid a weapon against opposition attacks BANGKOK Fresh from a successful visit to the US, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai and his Cabinet face their first major political test m a no confidence debate m Parliament today.
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    • REGIONALFILE
      • 56 25 An upsurge m dengue fever had killed 125 people m Indonesia's South Sumatra province during the first two months of this year, The Jakarta Post newspaper reported yesterday. It quoted provincial health official Suwandi Makmur as saying the mosquito-borne disease had spread throughout the province and was not
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      • 62 25 Myanmar based troops were reportedly massing opposite the vulnerable Mawker refugee camp m north-west Thailand as border tensions mounted, sources m the area said yesterday. Aid workers said troop movements were reported on the border overnight and yesterday, with a large concentration of men and weapons building up
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      • 58 25 Vietnam and the United States would begin negotiating a bilateral avia tion agreement next week, a Vietnamese aviation official said yesterday. Mr Dao Mann Nhuong, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, said he hoped the two countries would conclude an agreement as "soon as possible"
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      • 59 25 The Philippine government and communist rebels have signed a hu-man-rights accord, a breakthrough m talks aimed at ending almost 30 years of Marxist insurgency. The accord, called the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law, is a major step m negotiations between the government
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    • 402 25 picture. MANILA All vowed to save the economy, and one offered to be shot to prove he had not stolen public money. In a televised debate on Monday night, seven of the 11 candidates running for the May 11 Philippine presidential election
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    • 423 23 WASHINGTON The Pentagon has been training Indonesian military forces since 1992, despite a congressional ban intended to curb humanrights abuses by those soldiers, Defence Department documents show. The Indonesian forces trained by the Pentagon include a special-force commando unit called Kopassus, which
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    • 305 27 System aimed at enhancing safety KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will com mission a Msloo million (Ss44 million) radar system that will enhance traffic safety m the Malacca Straits next week, Trans gort Minister Datuk Sen Dr Ling Liong ik said yesterday. To be launched
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    • 223 27 PETALING JAVA The redeployment of foreign workers to the plantation sector does not appear to be taking place, despite a government assurance early this year. This has left plantation companies m the lurch as they have been expecting the authorities to provide them
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    • 534 27 DRAMA ON THE HIGH SEAS Boats with high-powered engines and filled with illegal immigrants from Indonesia try to sneak into Malaysia through Tanjung Piai, Tanjung Kupang, Selat Nenas. Pasir Gogok and near Belungkor. They are chased off by Johor s marine police.
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    • 600 29 KUALA LUMPUR The Internal Security Act (ISA) might be used against anyone found openly burning forests, Malaysia's environment minister warned yesterday. Datuk Law Hieng Ding, who is Science, Technology and Environment Minister, said yesterday that the current penalty was no deterrent against
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    • 225 29 MALACCA A kindergarten teacher and her 18 pre-schoolers had a fright one morning when an 18-tonne steel coil came crashing down from a trailer m Jalan Padang Jam bu. Ms Sapiah Yusop, 47, was holding a class when she heard a loud sound
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      • 67 29 Sixteen suspects, including two women, were arrested m the past two days and six Mercedes-Benz cars valued at M 52.3 million (about Ssl million) reported stolen m Pet aline Jaya last week were recovered. Selangor CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Johar Che Din said yesterday they were
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      • 36 29 newborn girl was found abandoned near a septic tank m Shah Alam on Monday night, Selangor state police said yesterday. A police spokesman said the baby was sent to the Selangor Medical Centre. Bernama
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      • 52 29 A traffic policewoman on her beat with five other policemen m Penang was molested by a motorcyclist on Saturday, Penang state police said. The Sun yesterday reported that the motorcyclist slowed down and rubbed the woman's buttocks before fleeing. Her colleagues gave chase but were unable to detain
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      • 67 29 A securities Arm m Penang lost nearly Msi million (*****.000) af- ter an employee, who was forced to resign, undersold shares on his last day of work, according to a police report. The Star yesterday reported that the man sold without authorisation 1,000 lots at Ms 2 35
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      • 35 29 Sarawak Piief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib ihmud has launched the Chair Dayak Studies, aimed at promoting research on the community, comprising the Iban. Bidayuh and the Orang Ulu, the Sun reported yesterday.
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      • 79 29 Labuan and that he was not notified of any prominent Umno member leaving. Bernama former aaoan «_.mei minister uatuk Harris Salleh was leaving Umno to lead an opposition party, Parti Barisan Rakyat Sabah Bersekutu, the par ty's acting information chief, Datuk Askalani Abdul Rahim, confirmed m a statement
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    • 615 30  - Life! goes hip... Dorothy Ho lifestyle section to become 'noisy* and vibrant to connect with the young Reports by LISTEN UP! Come Monday, the Life! that hits the streets will have an "in-your-face" attitude. "We must be plugged into the way that people communicate over the Internet now," said Life!
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    • 351 30 Life! is the second-most read section after the Home pages m The Straits Times. Many readers read Life! first before the main section. A number of Life! pages are done dairy by The Straits Times satellite office m Sydney. Those guys and babes there are cool,
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    • 518 36  -  Edmund Tee Facility being built at NUS B} HERE are some ways synchrotron beams can be used. Research Scientists use the beams to study the structure of atoms. With this knowledge, they can, for instance: 1. Develop more potent chemicals and drugs. 2.
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    • 387 36 THE tiny blip on the radar at 5.40 am yesterday morning could easily have been dismissed as another "false echo" caused by large waves left m the wake of passingships. But using night-vision binoculars, Police Coast Guard (PCG) officers on patrol boat PT 12 confirmed
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    • 715 37 NOT AT FACE VALUE Today I don't care and I never dreamt that rd be working with the Community Development Council. Mr Gerard Ec (right), who used to be afraid of turning up at government meetings with earrings and long Hair.
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      • 164 37 AH MENG, the Singapore Zoological Gardens' most famous resident, now has her image imprinted on a full-colour ingot. The cupro-nickel colour ingot, which features the orang-utan and her son, Satria, m their natural surroundings, is included m a sterling silver proof coin set
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      • 84 37 THE Marine Parade Polyclinic has been closed for four months for major renovations. Patients and members of the public are advised to go to either the Bedok or Geylang polyclinics. The addresses and telephone numbers of the polyclinics are: Bedok Polyclinic Block 212 Bedok North
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      • 133 37 THE Europa group of companies has given six welfare and arts groups $720,000 as part of its contribution to the President's Star Charity fund-raising event. The group had pledged to match dollar-for-dollar for all donations called m during the television telecast of the musical Beauty world on
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    • 292 37 Grouping up for a cause LIKE-MINDED volunteers have grouped together to further the cause of civil society m Singapore, said some speakers at tne forum. They include: Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware): Members started lobbying against domestic violence about 10 years ago. Recalling her first talk at
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    • 587 38  -  Karen Wong I Odd-job labourer who supports sick father, handicapped sister. Drug addict and secret society member who abuses his mother. By I TAN Cheng Huat, 22, an odd job labourer, is a good son who supported his sick father and
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    • 380 38 THE prosecution yesterdaylost its appeal against the $100,000 fines imposed on two directors of an award-winning Housing Board contracting firm for corruption. It had wanted the two men jailed. Choo Gim Cheong, 70, former managing director of Hock Guan Cheong Builder,
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    • 184 38 A MAN who had just been released from a drug rehabilitation centre on Monday was m court again yesterday to face a charge of making a bomb hoax call to the police m 1994. Sivabalan Annadurai, 27, was sent to jail for three
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    • 292 38 1 am very angry that my father died because of a hit>and-run driver. He was still very strong. He was never sick.' Mr Mohamed Helm i, the victim's youngest son. A 74-YEAR-OLD security guard cycling home from working the night shift was killed m
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  • BUDGET DEBATE — DAY 7
    • 533 32 Govt will intervene to prevent excessive swings THE Government cannot keep its hands off the property market completely, because the market is linked closely to the overall stability of the economy, National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. The Government did not
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    • 1122 32 Should the Government leave the property market well alone or jump m to prop it up? Four MPs Associate Professor Low Scow Chay (Choa Chu Kang), Mr Lew Syn Pau (Kreta Ayer-Tanglin GRC), Mr Inderjit Singh (Ang Mo Kio GRC) and Mr R.
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    • 248 32 Plans to upgrade private estates delayed PLANS to upgrade private residential estates, which were expected to be unveiled this year, will be postponed indefinitely, announced National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang yesterday. He told Parliament that m view of the economic crisis, it would be difficult for him to explain
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    • 412 33 Claims staff had more rights In 1950s WAS the Lim Yew Hock era a golden period for Singapore workers? Or are workers today much better off? Opposition leader J. B. Jeyaretnam argued m Parliament on Monday that workers enjoyed more rights m
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    • 345 33 PSBplan THE Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) was planning a programme to help employers re design jobs, said Dr Lee Boon Yang, who will head the new Manpower Ministry. It would engage consultants to develop basic job redesign models, such as part-time and
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    • 491 33 Levy for maids, unskilled construction workers to go up m April Manpower Ministry TOTAL budget for 1998: $71.98 million, an Increase of 14.5 per cent «Vom last year. This represents 0.05 per cent of GDP. the same aai last year. The ministry will
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    • 551 34 Deregulation of the taxi industry Coflafnunications Ministry Total budget for 1998: $2.17 billion, an increase of 28.1 per cent from last year. This represents 1.38 per cent of GDP, a decrease from 1.24 per cent last year. Tf necessary, we
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    • 166 34 Nominated MP Shriniwas Rai, a 51 -year-old lawyer, gave up his car 15 years ago and now Yesterday, he called on young Singaporeans to stop wishing for a car and to join him on the bus or MRT instead. There were better things for them to
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    • 803 34  -  Chua Lee Hoong Managing scarce resources amid exuberant aspirations THOUGH yesterday's Parliament sitting did not make it to the front page of this newspaper (there being no major announcements), the issues that were discussed touched the lives of many Singaporeans. The debate on
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    • 320 34 Fear of driving away commuters TAXI operators cannot raise their fares arbitrarily as they fear this would drive passengers away, said Mr Goh Chee Wee (Boon Lay), who is also managing director of the Comfort Group, Singapore's largest taxi company. Speaking during the debate
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    • 327 34 MORE MRT and LRT lines could be built if there are opportunities thrown up by lower costs during the current economic crisis, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. Nominated MP Chuang Shaw Peng had earlier urged him to capitalise on lowered
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    • 699 35 MPs criticise the COE system "Most Singaporeans do not drive. They take the bus and the MRT. They will not be affected by the ERP, and, indeed, if we can make the roads clearer for the buses, then surely that must be
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      603 35 Q)mmunications Minister Mah Bow Tan replied to several MPs' questions or comments on a wide range of topics. Excerpts: Dr Michael Lim (Cheng San GRC): Please consider lowering ERP charges Tor those who use the roads more frequently. Mr Mah: The ERP is a pay-per-pass system. The more
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    • 224 35 Basis of allocation remains unchanged THE Land Transport Authority will release 7 per cent more certificates of entitlement (COEs) over the next 12 months, starting from next month's tender. The total number will rise to 47,885 from the current year's quota of 44,813,
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    • 145 33 MISSING MAIDS: About 500 foreign maids have been reported missing m all, which is very few considering the "several hundred thousand" who have worked here m the last 20 years, said Dr Lee Boon Yang, who will be Manpower Minister. So there was no need to change the system of
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  • 728 40 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1998 Give India's BJP a chance, too "I can't imagine anyone spurning me, can you? But if they did, I'd cut more than their tie m half/ Actress Joan Collins. The Communist Party should be afraid of him and not the other way around."
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    • 1456 40 Real action to put out Indonesia's forest fires will come only if the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund turn global attention to averting the haze disaster, argues Dom-Lnic Nathan, Environment Correspondent of The Straits Times. To give the
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    • 666 41  -  Vikram Khanna By EVER since India launched its economic reforms m mid-1991, Indian politicians and business leaders nave periodically found themselves obliged to intone, m mantra-like fashion, that the reforms are "irreversible". With a new, untested government set to take over the
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    • 994 41  -  Alan John SECOND LAST WORD By MAI HO is one incredible woman. She has the most cheerful face, lovely laughing eyes and a young girl's giggle that makes you feel happy instantly. And there she sits, m the Town
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    • 611 42 Such organisations help re-integrate ex-addicts into society and avert drug-related crime IT SADDENS me to read about the predicament of Care Centre m The Sunday Times report "Halfway houses m a tight spot" (March 15). Not knowing the precise
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    • 283 42 I REFER to Ms Tan Sai Siong's column "Should S'poreans rely on one man to do so much?" (ST, March 16). She has raised a crucial point on the current scenario of "loading" the talented few m Singapore with too
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    • 260 42 I REFER to Mr Tan Chor Khoon's letter 'How much depreciation?" (ST, March 16). The fuel-cost component of the electricity tariff is adjusted quarterly to reflect changes m the market price for fuel oil. Current fuel oil prices do not have an immediate impact on
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    • 115 42 Police NSmen deployed along coastline I THANK Mr Wong Bheet Huan for his suggestions m his letter "Protect shores from refugees with NSmen, volunteers on March 13. Police National Servicemen, both full-time and operationally ready, are already being deployed at strategic points along our coastline to look out for illegal
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    • 385 42 I REFER to the letter "PSA should be doing more to help firms" by Mr Lawrence Ho Sam Choon (ST, March 12). With about 11 per cent of the market share, PSA Warehousing is but one of the many warehouse lessors m
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    • 220 42 I REFER to Mr Harry Lim Cheng Chwee's letter "Reconsider HDB resale levy 1 (ST, March 9). The resale levy affects only those who are buying their second flat from HDB. Lessees who sell their HDB flat to buy another resale flat
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    • 104 42 MY FRIENDS and I have tried to buy the ERP Cash Cards at several banks so that we can test the in-vehicle units m our cars before the road pricing system is implemented. However, all the banks we tried said they had no stock.
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    • 797 43 European Cup match: Manchester United v Monaco (Live on Premiere 12, 3.35 am, Thursday) SOCCER LONDON Former Manchester United legend George Best believes the current side has not yet got quite what it takes to be crowned king of Europe, but insists the league
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      • 167 43 MUNICH Fading German giant Bayem Munich and current European Cup holder Borussia Dortmund will be hoping for a win to wipe away a mediocre league campaign and sal vage some lost pride. The two sides drew 0-0 two weeks ago. Bayem, holder of three successive
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      • 168 43 ROME Former European Cup winner and last year's runner-up Juventus faces a tough task ahead as it travels to surprise package Dynamo Kiev, which forced a 1-1 draw m Turin two weeks ago. The Italian champion's 2-2 draw with bottom side Napoli on Saturday will
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      • 183 43 MADRID Spanish cham pion Real Madrid's confidence m stepping closer to winning its first European Cup since 1966 took a knock ahead of to day's tie against German club Bayer Leverkusen. The Spanish club could only draw with Racing San tan der over the
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    • 314 43 THE STRAITS TIMES/COCA-COLA AWARDS THERE is a widely-circulated photograph of Tiger Woods, aged five, already with a complete golf swing. But even the US Masters champion would have to look hard inside his photo album to top Singapore's cricketing pnde, Stefan Juriansz. Stefan, at
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    • 530 43 BOWLING Victor's Sports Club Jr ("ships singles (winners only) Boys' U--19: Shaun Ng 604 pinfalls. U-17: Adrian He 594. U-14: Vincent Chan 583. Girls' U-19: Genevieve Tay 487. U-17: Cheryl Soon 510. U-14: Kong Ying Vi 395. BASKETBALL NBA: Utah 102 Minnesota 96, San Antonio 96 Milwaukee
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    • 279 43  -  Chan Tse Chueen SCHOOLS' SOCCER B) THE Schools' South Zone B Division soccer third-place match between East Payoh Secondary and Beatty Secondary will be replayed next Tuesday at Farrer Park Stadium. The decision was made after East Payoh protested that referee Adly Esmadi
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    • 530 44 NEWCASTLE Newcas tie United supporters have called on former chairman Sir John Hall to come out of retirement after a barrage of disturbing allegations about his successor, Freddie Shepherd and son Douglas Hall. Weekend reports m the News of the World and other newspapers
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    • 587 44  -  Santokh Singh Club targets 2,000 fans a match at its new stadium as yardstick SOCCER B^ TWO thousand fans per match that is the target S League club Jurong FC has set itself as a yardstick for success. Results on the pitch, say club officials,
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    • 348 44 THEY receive more attention m the S-League than they ever did back home m England. That is what Jurong FC's two new foreigners, Damien Henderson and Matthew Hyson, are most happy about m Singapore. They are impressed, even if they say it themselves, at
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    • 376 44 LONDON England manager Glenn Hoddle left Paul Gascoigne out of his squad on Monday, urging him to take his time over a return from injury so that he would be fit for the World Cup finals. "My worry is that because Paul
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 116 44 IRAN, which last played m France 22 years ago, is the first of the 1998 World Cup finalists to go on a practice tour of the country ahead of the June-July tournament. The Iranians, who drew 1-1 with France m Toulouse m 1976, will play three
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      • 111 44 BRITAIN'S Sports Minister Tony Banks told thousands of ticke tless soccer fans on Monday to stay away from the World Cup m France and warned them that French policemen "don't mess about". He told the House of Commons that the allocation of tickets for English
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      • 95 44 ENGLAND had to settle for a draw with West Indies after prolonged rain halted what promised to be a fascinating final day of the Fifth cricket Test m Barbados on Monday. The teams travel to Antigua for the final match of the series "with plenty
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      • 95 44 MANCHESTER United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who tore his hamstring m his side's 0-1 defeat against Arsenal on Satur day, was named on Monday m Denmark's squad for its friendly against Scotland m Glasgow on March 25. He will not play m the match but coach
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    • 67 43 [TODArSEVENTSj SOCCER Civil Service Cup sfinals: Ministry of Education v TTSH (NJC), Club HDB v SSC (Kallang practice track) 5.15pm. SBHFL Div 1: Shell v SGS (Yio Chu Kang). Div 3: Teledata v GE Life (St. Wilfrid) 5.15pm. SNOOKER SBSC National Classics, Ist rd (SBSC Tournament Hall, spm). TABLE TENNIS
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      • 108 45 S-LEAGUE clubs beware Jurong FC promises to be more potent this year. Team manager K. Suppiah, who spent a month researching more than 100 books m India on poisonous creatures, decided to change the team's mascot from the scorpion to the cobra as he found the
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      • 102 45 IF FORMER world badminton champion Zhao Jianhua were a karaoke enthusiast his favourite song might well be Wind Beneath My Wings by Bette Midler. He credits his girlfriend Wu Wenjing (pictured above with him) a former Asian doubles champion and now a coach with the Singapore Badminton
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      • 95 45 WE ALL know K. Suppiah as a fast-talking, seasoned soccer administrator. But last Saturday, he took on a new role that of a sports journalist. During the press conference which followed Tiger Beer's $5.5 million donation to the S League, the Jurong FC team manager not only
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      • 117 45 DID Timesport help raise an additional $500,000 for the S-League? Yes, said a source m Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS), which last Saturday announced a $5. 5- million donation over the next three years for professional soccer m the Republic. According to the source, the bottlers of Tiger
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      • 125 45 IT SEEMS the Singapore Sports Council's Spex 2000 di rector Robert Tan's worry about hair loss from Netball Singapore president Ivy Singh-Lim's constant "harassment may be valid after all. At the association's presentation of student awards last week, Singh-Lim noted that SSC's netball officer, Ma
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      • 138 45 FORMER world No. 1 squash player Jansher Khan is going to Manchester United. Fans of the English Premiership soccer champion can relax, he is not going to play for the team. Jansher is going to consult the Red Devils' knee specialist. The player had worn bandages
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      • 108 45 LOUD music which keeps them awake at night, dirty rooms, corridors which double up as dining rooms and the stench of sewerage for company. Welcome to the world of top junior athletes. For these, apparently, are the conditions Kenyan runners, preparing for this month's World Cross-country Championships m
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      • 137 45  -  SHIRLYNN HO-PEREIRA GERMAN Boris Becker played soccer as a youngster, and so did a lot of European players on the professional tennis tour. And the sport helped clearly with footwork and leg strength. His compatriot, Steffi Graf, did not. The former women's world No. 1 has
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    • 631 45  -  Danny Khoo Floodlights to be installed at new home of racing RACING By THE Singapore Turf Club will have facilities for night racing at its new course m Kranji. Last Friday, the STC invited tenders to design, supply and install night racing track lighting system.
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    • 541 45 PERSIAN Gold looks set to shine m a Class 2 Div 2 event over 1,200 m on Saturday going on his impressive workout m Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by jockey Saifu din Ismail, the gelding cantered a lap before covering the 600 m m 35.6
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    • 466 45 NBA BASKETBALL SEATTLE Sunset over the Pacific. If this was not night falling on the Los Angeles Lakers and its hopes of winning the division title, it was a pretty good imitation, this 89-101 loss on Monday to Seattle before 17,072 at Key
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    • 312 45 But he has not ruled out completely the bids by England and Germany, both already lobbying furiously for support among Asia's 40-plus votes. Velappan said the continental federations had "agreed to the principle of rotation" of the finals. The main dispute is over
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    • 168 45 DRUGS IN SPORT BERLIN The former East Germany's systematic doping policy moves back under the spotlight today when six former sports officials go on trial accused of harming young athletes by giving them banned drugs. The four swimming coaches and two sports doctors all worked
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 524 46 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths "I Am The Resurrection And The Life, He Who Believes In Me, Though He Were Dead, Yet Shall He Lives." John 11:25 LOE HON KIE AGE: 75 was called home to be with the Lord on 17th March 98, leaving behind loved ones. (Wife:
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    • 89 46 858 Rsquiems 858 Requiems The Family Of The Late SINGARAM NEELACHI Departed on 4th Mar 98 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, condolences, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held at Blk 444 Jurong
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    • 246 46 850 Deaths 850 Deaths RAMAN DEYANI Age: 80 passe d away peacefully on 1 7.3.98, laaving behind lovad onei Husband: P. Letchumanan Sons: Daughters m law: L. Parameswaran Malathi Nayar L. Shekaran G. Kanagabai Daughters: Sons-in-law: L. Letchumy K. Subramaniam L. Visayam (VG) M. Narayanan Grandchildren: Grandchildren m law: S.
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      62 46 AIMJALAI AMMAL tVO IMARAYANASAMY MALLIKONDAR P«MsMv aTWAy p+e)C6>TtNfy cc 17 2 SS In India Sena: NSandarabote N Kanesen N.Kannan D*«a*isesa: N Thanaletchimi N.Kumari Dcvi deuehter-in-iew. eono In leer a rtr hllifa *> ■.■novinwi ell 30th day memorial prayers will 8* held on 18.3.88 (Thursday). 4pm onvaordo it Ilk
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    • 308 46 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements 'Bear One Another's Burdens. And So Fulfill The Lew Of Christ' Gelatiens 6 2 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE SANDRA TRUDY CHUA Departed on 12 March 1998 Withes to express their hesrtfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues well wishers for their love, care, concern
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    • 28 46 854 Condolences 854 Condolences With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family ofthe Late Tan Hock Soon Departed 14 March 1998 From: Management Staff of Singapore MRT Ltd
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    • 103 46 IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAMES HEATHCLIFF ZEHNDER Safe m the arms of Jesus on IS Merck ISSS Often to memories we cling For the pest 2 years To know we've loved and lost Will always bring back tears When m times of need How we with that
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    • 99 46 In Loving Memory Of KOH SWEE GHEE Departed 18/3/88 Dearest father. You had a smile, a pleasant way, a helping hand to all you knew, you were kind, generous and true. May your courage and spirit be with us always. Fondly remembered by children, grandchildren all loved
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    • 30 46 2ND ANNIVERSARY SEM MOW KEE Departed IS/B/M Gone from our live* one so dear. But m our hearts forever near. Al way i remembered by loved once.
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      92 46 ATHMA SHANTI POO J A The family of the late SUBRAMANIAM s/o MAKKAPPAN Departed 04.03.68 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives .friends colleagues for their kind assistance, condolence, wreaths and donations during their recent bereavement. Karumethi prayers will be held at Blk 9-A,
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
      • 140 47 MALAYSIA'S key stock index yesterday dropped a second day, led by Telekom Malaysia and bank shares as lingering concerns about the health of the banking industry kept investors away. "I wouldn't want to commit my clients into the market until the banks' results
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      • 210 47 The key Hang Seng index closed up 74 points or 0.7 per cent to 1 1 ,255.54 yesterday as it approached the 11,400-point resistance level, dealers said. Turnover was HK$6.Bl billion. Sassoon Securities analyst Simon Tarn said turnover did not expand with the index level, so it was difficult
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      • 31 47 The Dow on Monday gained 116.33 points or 1.35 per cent to 8,718.84 breaking the 8,700-point barrier the first time buoyed by end-of -quarter Durchases of mutual funds. AFP
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      • 40 47 Thai share prices ieu yesieraay, led by selling m the energy sector and fears over the health of exporters hit by a strengthening baht. The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index dipped 2.08 points o- A A R,A points. AFP
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      • 31 47 The FTSE- 100 Inaex on monday advanced by 2.8 points to 5,785.1, as Wall Street's good start onset dealer caution ahead ofthe British Btid|2 n vaalprrlov eniH trad. ers. AFP
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      • 48 47 Australian shares lumped 1.3 per cent yesterday, boosted by continuing strong interest m Telstra stock, an overnight surge on Wall Street and improving sentiment m Asian markets. The All-Ordinaries Index closed 37.2 points higher at 2,767.1. Turnover was 323.54 million Sh°*""° <uni4k AOORO. 1 1118 lion. AFP
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      • 34 47 Indonesian share prices rose slightly yesterda* as investors waited for Cabinet initiatives from the first meeting of recently sworn-in ministers, dealers said. The Jakarta Composite Index was up 1.35 points at 512.14. AFP
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    • 11 47 Closing prices OesVUlo) KL Tin $2036 (+0.44) Tumovsr 66 (+l2)
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    • 1782 47 Transaction Date: March 17. 1998 MALAYSIAN STOCKS (m Ss) -JUMP' JHMBHnHMnOTBiftMaWMHffMBWVaMft Of* 1997 98 Curr LMt V<X Day Dlv N«t M Cap High Low Company Tractod Sal* or- 000 High Low P/E IcnJi 47* »m* MSB 50c 90S +0.5 497 96 *9 5.0 37.6 92.6 137 12 5
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    • 71 48 March 17 Ctungt ST industrials *****6 +1647 ST Finance 2847 S2 +1206 STHoMk 1616 94 +3 83 ST Properties 925 74 +15 04 BT Composite 1407 92 +10 49 BT-MGA 803 17 -3 0J BT-SRI ***** +1053 BT 08/ OS -067 +223 BT CAW -***** +58 BT 06V +*****62
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    • 33 48 Sing Tel 15c 83,879,000 IPC Corpn 5c 18,164,000 Renong Bhd 50c 13,684,000 M Resources 12,795,000 DBS Land 12,553,000 Wing Tai 25c 11,473,000 Rekapacrtic Bh 8,137,000 Uniptvoenix 7,778,000 Ket^Landsoc 7,517,000 MBfCaprtal 6,540,000
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    • 315 48  -  PATRICK TAN MARKET REPORT THE local market closed higher yesterday, buoyed by Wah Street's strong overnight performance. The firming of Southeast Asian currencies as investors isolated Indonesia's weak rupiah from the rest of the region also helped boost confidence, said dealers. The Straits Times Industrials
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    • 63 48 MAIN CLOB Up Dn Unch Up Dn Unch Industrial 88 56 41 25 15 8 Finance 17 7 5 8 2 2 Hotels 4 5 3 1 1 0 Properties 11 2 4 13 1 5 Plantations 0 0 0 5 12 Mining 0 0 0 10 0 BLW
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    • 1699 48 BONDS. LOANS WARRANTS AH shares quoted have a per value of $1 ureses otherwise specified, bi trading In that stock It restricted lo buyfng-in market only arSuetad tor ecrlpMylil*- N Tai-exetnptod dividend PftE rattoe reflect the lest annual coneotideted leeuNi PftE reboe and Gr's Y'ld of foreign shares are adajstad
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    • 789 48 Mgrs' Prices. March 18 Ahirdsan »eeet Hat Aea» U* Aberdeen Spore Ground 0 988—1 018" Aberdeen Select Portfolio (el MAY) Aaen Feed Income Fund 0 905" PacAc Equity fund 09*9" Inttonaea/i Equity Fund 0 741" Melayeaw Equity Fund 1077" PK*pp«e Equity Fund 0940" SaigKioreEqurVFund 0923" TreaandEqSrFund 1143" AS
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    • 794 48 19*7 98 Curr Last Vol Day Or Nat MCapWtAvg High Low Company Tradad Sal* or- 000 High Low Dlv P/E $mll Prtoa 186 76 AMHldgaSc 98 3.0 141.4 44 0 97 44S 76 AS Auto 10c 196 unch 143 196 196 IS ON 16 3 223.8 199 129 46.6
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    • 557 49 Windfall from share gains He gets options package and 10-year consultancy contract NEW YORK International Business Machines Corp (IBM) chairman and chief executive officer Lou Gerstner stands to reap a windfall m the hundreds of millions of US dollars
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    • 529 49 It is important for governments to allow market forces to reward prudent behaviour and penalise excessive risk-taking/ -Ms Phillips. AMSTERDAM Bank regulators around the world should improve their practices worldwide, particularly m the supervision of risk management, US Federal Reserve Governor
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    • 185 49 NEW YORK Eastman Kodak Co will go through a "tough" first quarter and a "less tough" second quarter, but this year as a whole will show significant improvement over 1997, chairman and chief executive George Fisher said on Monday. "I think we're going to
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    • MONEYWORLD
      • 56 49 Nike Inc may take a US$3OO million to US$5OO million (*****.5 million to *****.5 million) charge when it reports earnings today, as part of a plan to fire 1,500 workers and write down slow-selling shoes to boost sales hit by falling orders from Asia and US
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      • 51 49 Club ivieui lerraiiee o/\ saies ruse 2 per cent year-on-year to 1.79 billion French francs (Ss4Bo million) m the three months to Jan 31, said a French official state journal announcement. The firm expects to return to profit this fiscal year after last year's record loss. Bloomberg
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      • 37 49 Last year, Bankers Trust New York Corp paid chairman and chief executive Frank Newman U5512.95 million (Ss2l million), up 13 per cent from 1996, as the bank raised profits by 13 per cent. Bloomberg News
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      • 46 49 Aetna Inc said it would buy New York Life Insurance Co's health-care business NYLCare Health Plans for US$l.O5 billion (Ssl.7 billion), and will finance the purchase which will add 2.2 million members to its existing 13.7 million health-insurance membership by selling bonds. Bloomberg News
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      • 44 49 Texas Utilities Co said it would issue US$l.5 billion (552.44 billion) m stock over 18 months and US$l.3 billion m preferred and convertible securities to help finance its US$lO.4 billion offer for London-based electric utility Energy Group pic. Bloomberg News
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      • 48 49 Former Philip Morris Cos worker Edward Reiners, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges m 1996, and his alleged associates were sued for US$lOO million (*****.5 million) by banks and other companies which the ring allegedly cheated of more than US$32O million. NYT News Service
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      • 53 49 Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc will raise capital expenditures by 14 per cent to US$l. l billion <S$ 1 .79 billion) this year to expand warehouses, plants and distribution centres, and to buy more coolers for retailers. It will also open a 420,000 sq ft warehouse m New Orleans this
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      • 39 49 US rural telephone firm Alltel Corp agreed on Monday to buy wireless service provider 360 Communications Co for US$4.2 billion (556.83 billion) m stock, creating a firm with US$4.5 billion m annual sales and 20,000 workers. Reuters
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      • 45 49 Diageo pic's Burger King Corp introduced an advertising campaign yesterday with the slogan "It just tastes better" m its bid to continue its share gains against McDonald's, the leader m the US$lOO billion (S$ 162.5 billion) US fast-food market. NYT News Service
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      • 31 49 Matsushita communication Industrial Co Ltd said yesterday it would develop, design and produce new generation tri-mode digital cellular phones for AT&T Wirel MO Service under a two-year deal. Reuters
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    • 265 49 SAN FRANCISCO Apple Computer Inc co-founder Steve Jobs now has more than one reason to be happy about the recent doubling m the computer maker's stock price. The Cupertino, Californiabased company has granted Mr Jobs, who has been leading Apple since last summer, options
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    • 479 49 Time fast running out for Pan Am MIAMI Financier Carl Icahn dropped his US$43million (5569.9 million; bail-out bid for Pan American World Airways and a new potential investor emerged on Monday, but a US bankruptcy judge warned time was running out for the troubled carrier. Lawyers announced at a US
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    • 460 50 Free memory upgrades also being offered HOUSTON Compaq Com fmter Corp is expected to offer ree monitors to lure buyers and help the world's largest personal computer maker get rid of its excess inventory, analysts said. Compaq is also offering free
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    • 345 50 LG Electronics $325 m in the red due to forex loss SEOUL South Koreas LG Electronics said yesterday it suffered a 1997 net loss of 289.7 billion won (*****.3 million) due to foreign exchange costs resulting from the won's fall against the dollar. Last year's deficit compared to a 1996
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    • 597 50 The days when the Dram business was the centrepiece ofthe Japanese semiconductor industry have gone. Japanese chipmakers will never thrive on the Dram business/ Hitachi president Tsutomu Kanai. TOICYO Hitachi Ltd plans to concentrate its dynamic random-access memory (Dram) chip production on
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      87 50 Models Rina Uchiyama (left) and lomoKo Hikawa snowing the world's smallest instant camera, the Polaroid pocket Xiao, during the press preview on Monday. Just 44x 130x40mm m size, the "Xiao", which means small m Chinese, is equipped with a flash and e reduces 24 x 36mm pictures prints
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    • 169 50 SAN FRANCISCO US mak ers of computer chips and related electronic devices created goods worth US$4l.6 billion (5567.6 billion) m 19%, more han any other industry, according to a study released yesterday by the Semiconductor Industry Association. The study was issued as 15 industry executives
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    • 441 51 TOKYO Japan Airlines (JAL) president Akira Kondo said he and chairman Susumu Yamaii will step down to take responsibility for accumulated losses of 150 billion yen (Ssl.9 billion) m the year ending March 31. Japan's largest airline yesterday forecast a group
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    • 726 51 TOKYO The Japanese government patted itself on the back yesterday for its surprise pick to head the scandaltarred Bank of Japan (BO J), but he got only a cautious welcome from the nations financial markets. "It's a wonderful selection," beamed
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    • 183 51 Hayami vows to stabilise system TOKYO Japan's incoming central bank chief vowed yesterday to steady his country's rocky financial system and stabilise the yen. Mr Masaru Hayami, a senior business leader who spent a large part of his career at the Bank of Japan, will be appointed the Bank's governor
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    • 265 51 SEOUL Six out of South Ko rea's top 10 conglomerates lost money last year because of slumping sales, foreign exchange losses and high financing costs, the Korea Stock Exchange said. The disappointing earnings are likely to be mirrored by some 600 South Korean
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    • 352 51 HONGKONG Mr Alexander Au Siu-kee, chief executive and vice-chairman of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, the second largest listed bank m Hongkong, resigned to join rival Standard Chartered, said HSBC Holdings, Hang Seng's parent bank. HSBC Holdings unit Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corp which owns 62.1 per
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    • 515 50 SAN FRANCISCO Microsoft Corp said its Windows 98 operating system would be available m stores for sale on June 25 amid the company's biggest marketing blitz since it released Windows 95 two and a half years ago. Windows 98 will be
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    • 558 52  -  Colin Tan Major tenants include leading advertising firms By FAR East Organization has leased 60 per cent of retail and office space m its $190 million China Square development, which it expects to earn $15 million m rent m its first full
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    • 328 52 THE Canadian government is setting up a business incubation centre here to help its small and medium enter E rises use Singapore as a tunch pad into tne region. It will also provide a network to support these companies with advanced Internet applications
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    • 349 52 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian telephone firm Binariang Bhd says it wants to raise fresh capital to fund an aggressive growth plan despite tough market conditions that have squeezed the economy. Binariang chief operating officer Jamaludin Ibrahim said yesterday that the firm was examining several financing
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    • 274 52 TAIPEI Taiwan venture capital giant China Development Corp said yesterday it would buy a controlling stake m Bangkok First Investment and Trust, a Thai finance and securities firm. China Development president Benny Hu told reporters m Taipei that agreements would be signed m
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    • 539 52 WELLINGTON Founder president of Brierley Investments Ltd (BID, Sir Ron Brierley, is said to be looking at taking a 20 per cent stake m his old firm for about NZ$6OO million (*****.3 million), the Dominion newspaper reported yesterday. The paper said there had
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    • 320 52 The prolonged dry season has actually helped us because people are drinking a lot of beer/ Mrßienvenido Bautista. MANILA San Miguel Corp, the Philippines' largest food and drinks company, renounced raising beer prices this year because unseasonably hot and dry weather boosted
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    • 540 53  -  Chan Wee Chuan Corporate results By ST COMPUTER Systems Services yesterday proposed a one-for-two bonus issue after delivering a sterling performance m 1997. Group net profit more than doubled to $13.8 million from $6.3 million for the year ended Dec 31, surpassing comfortably
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    • 228 53 WEE Poh Holdings' interim net earnings plunged 50 per cent to $1.2 million drained by lower turnover, unspecified foreign exchange losses and provisions for doubtful debts. Turnover at the Sesdaq listed diversified construction group fell 24 per cent to $57.9 million for the six months
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    • 423 53 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned yesterday that action will be taken against anyone found responsible for Sime Bank Bhd's huge losses once the central bank's investigation is completed. "We leave it to Bank Negara.
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    • 415 53 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim ruled out yesterday any probe into the country's second largest bank and denied it was facing financial difficulties. He said the government would conduct investigations through proper channels but it
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 46 53 Hersing Realty whose initial public offering was 16.7 times subscribed has allocated 52.9 per cent ofthe three million shares available for public subscription to successful applicants who subscribed for between one and nine lots. Trading m the shares is expected to start today.
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      • 98 53 Harimau Investments, ututs ciosea-ena iuna, yesieraay reported a 30.3 per cent fall m net profit to $2.7 million for the year ended December last year. Income from dividends and interest rose 39.2 per cent to $4.4 million. Net earnings per share fell to 4.5 cents from 6.46
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      • 83 53 Sesdaq listed ITE Electric reponea yesteraay a 64 per cent plunge m net profit to $412,000 for the year ended December last year due to higher operating costs, lower exports and losses by its Malaysian subsidiaries. Turnover rose a marginal 1 per cent to $30.4 million while
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      • 122 53 Rotary Engineering saw a iz per ceni jump m group net profit to $6.2 million for the year ended December last year due to an overall increase m productivity. Turnover fell 6 per cent to $1 13.6 million. Earnings per share rose to 3. 1 cents from
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      • 33 53 UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) yesterday announced that it had been appointed by Vontabel Asset Management AG, Zurich as the sub-adviser to oversee the Asian investments of its new Luxembourg-based fund.
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      • 58 53 Taiwan-based venture capital group Hotung Investment Holdings listed on the mainboard last August yesterday reported a group net profit of NT5750.3 million (5539.4 million) for the 10 months to December last year. Turnover for the 10 months was NT$BO4 million, compared to NT$5l4 million for the whole
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      • 57 53 Sime Darby Hong ivuiig iiiu nas saiu ji nas aeciaea noi 10 proceed with the sale of a 70 per cent stake m Sime Travel Holdings Ltd to controlling shareholder Sime Darby Bhd. It said the sale was announced last November but had not received the
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    • 295 53 GOVERNMENT investment arm Temasek Holdings has placed out 80 million Singapore Telecom shares at $3.09 each its second placement of Sing Tel shares this year. The block of 80 million shares was crossed at $3.09 on the stock exchange early yesterday morning a 5.2
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    • 245 50 X GLASStech ASIA '9B k£!JL International Glass Products fflfSHfl Glass Manufacturing TCrHiAciA Processing Materials TECHASIA Exhibition^ Conference World Trade Centre, Singapore (Hall 3A) 17 -19 March 1998 11am 6pm daily GLASStech ASIA '98 is the region's FIRST event to cater to the ENTIRE flat glass industry. Over 100 major companies
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    • 625 51 Hersing Realty Ltd (Incorporated m the Republic of Singapore on 7 October 1997) Invitation m respect of 21,000,000 ordinary shares of $0.05 each comprising 18,000,000 New Shares and 3,000,000 Vendor Shares as follows -(a) 5,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.36 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (b)
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    • 120 52 Are Spore property prices hitting bottom? gm gg m mmm*** X Prices at Villa Verde and (fi L^Lj|f^ Woodgrove as well as gl RS^-wi trends m residential hot m Ejpr^-*-! spots like Upper Bukit TJt| 111 Timah may be pointing to a significant new development m the property market. Are
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    • 558 54  -  Ravi Velloor Group may move its entire production here eventually By CONSUMER electronics giant Sony will begin manufacturing its top ofthe-line flat Trinitron television tubes m Singapore next month and may ultimately move its entire production here, the company announced
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    • 504 54 HONGKONG yesterday unex pectedly dropped all criminal money-laundering charges against former Merrill Lynch [)rivate banker Kevin Wallace, caving him free to leave the territory. The criminal charges were withdrawn because of "unforeseen difficulties with the case", said Ms Lynda Shine, the Hongkong government lawyer
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  • THE STRAITS TIMES Life!
    • 8 55 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! WEDNESDAY Mj\RCH 18, 1998
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      • 900 56  -  LEONG WENG KAM WALK into the Ng Eng Teng Gallery on level 4 of the Central Library Building at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and feel free to touch the sculptures there. You may even want to rock some of the top
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      • 751 56 DR BENJAMIN SPOCK, whose book Baby And Child Care rivalled the Bible m post-war sales, was working on a seventh edition of his bestseller for publication on May 2 which would have been his 95th
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      • 631 57 SCULPTOR Ng Eng Teng is a born artist who was "good with my hands" even as a primary schoolboy at the Presbyterian Boys' School back m the '40s. He was a natural when working with lumps of plasticine given to him during
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      • 265 57 NUS adds museum to its collection THE Ng Eng Teng Gallery is the second art museum to be run by the National University of Singapore's (NUS) nine-month-old Museums Department. The department was set up to administer and manage NUS' growing number of museums and art collections. Established m July last
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    • 1097 58  -  David Kraal My family will have an extra-special get-together to marie this special event Singapore, too. should make it a party for the people On Wednesday There is much to plan and do this gathering is going to be as much about roots as
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    • 450 58  -  LEONG WENG KAM IN ANOTHER bid to save his Hongkong-based satellite television channel from closure, Singaporean media entrepreneur Robert Chua met Information and the Arts Minister George Yeo on Monday. During their half-hour meeting at the PSA Building, he updated the minister on his fate and
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    • 674 58  -  ELIZABETHA KAIDEN IN ITS brief seven-year existence, the Montblanc de la Culture award has honoured the activities of, among others, American writer Susan Sontag for her work m Sarajevo, Anna Sonmen m Hongkong for her involvement with the Academy of Performing
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    • 878 60  -  CHIN SOO FANG Sammi Cheng, known for her outrageous outfe, weekend. But with orders that ste covets herself up wfa frequent mAmmtoAMktaAmmwmymimnM *I am a homebody who likes to cook and watch laser discs at home. In short, I am very 'jade
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    • 396 60 MOVIEGOERS got more bang for their buck m Titanic the most expensive and technologically ambitious movie ever made but it is unlikely they will see another such production soon. "I think Titanic is the movie equivalent of Halley's Comet," said Mr Jack Valenti, the head
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    • THE BUZZ
      • 202 61 A LOT of women are coming out of the movie, The Man In The Iron Mask, sorely disappointed. Heart throb Leonardo DiCaprio is nowhere m sight, they cry, although it is supposed to be his new film. Well, it is, and
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      • 258 61 MADONNA'S new album may sound spiritual, but wait till you find out where she got the inspiration for one of her songs from. Sky First Heaven was inspired by an old TV commercial for clothing chain The Gap! The original version, written by poet
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      • 236 61 KEVIN COSTNER is not exactly having the best of luck with his latest film projects. His last boo-boo of a movie, The Postman, which he wrote, directed and acted m, has been slammed by critics left, right and centre. Now, his latest acting project
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      • 130 61 FRIENDSHIP knows no boundaries, especially among the cast of Friends. Courtney Cox may have been busy filming Scream 2, but she still had time to think of her good pal Jennifer Aniston, who plays her housemate Rachel on the sitcom. So much so
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    • 517 61  -  Jason Leow Chinese Pop Update ERIC MOO SINGS LIU WEN ZHEN Eric Moo EMI THIS album could be a bit hard to handle for those who are an fait with news of every spat between Moo and Liv Wenzhen. Who would have guessed
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    • 144 61 ACTRESS Farrah Faw cett's movie director-boy-friend has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shoved, kicked and choked her m her driveway after she rejected his proposal of marriage. James Orr's plea was entered last Friday m Los An- geles by his lawyer. Judge Joseph Biderman
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    • 406 75 328 Nissan For Sale 6/92 PRESEA 1.6 auto. Original ABS. Grey. Good cond Loen avail $49,500 Pg 9523 2031 S.K Tan 6/86 SUNNY 1.61 manuel. 1 owner. Low mileage. Tax 6/98 Full accessories. Green 741 0677 7/84 NISSAN SUNNY 16 manu al. 1 owner Full accessories. New tax. Accident free
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    • 915 75 334 Proton For Sale _B_l_M^_a_MMM_H_____i MID '92 T* 3A 1 SGL, 1 owner j power steering/ window, tip top Loan avail Price neg *****29 NEAR '90 SAQA 1 3GL Nev paint. S/rims. 1 owner. Tip top $21,800 *****39/ *****402 3/82 SAGA 1.3. 1 malay owner S/nms. Good cond. Deposit $6000
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    • 230 76 342 Suzuki For Sale '88 VITARA I.BJLX. (Manual) Grey. 1 owner. PARF $14K. Tip lop. Tax 6/98 *****516 344 Toyota For Sala TOYOTA IPSUM 7 seaters (2.0) MPV with C.O.E. We provide Flexi Scheme Fixed Rate High Trade In 11_wM800£n^^ MITSUBISHI SPACEWAGON 2.4 MPV (GDI) Toyota Models available: J Toyota
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    • 749 76 344 Toyota For Sala TOYOTA SPACIO TOYOTA EMINA TOYOTA PR ADO NISSAN MARCH Car Express Pte Ltd 1 59 sMn MwtQ Rom 01 -OS Amtech BuHdkig T«l: SSZ 2522 CHARMING '88 STARLET COE (2005) New tax. s/rims, CD player, nice interior, Al engine, tip top cond. $30,800. Loan 18 yrs.
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    • 718 76 344 Toyota For Sala 1 OWNER 'S3 Toyota Corolla 18 GLi. Tax new. Full accessories Beige Like new. Tel: *****85 1 OWNER LATE 92 Corons 16 GLi New tax. Excellent cond. Lot 55 Kaki Bukit Car Men. *****66 1/93 CORONA, 2 owners, beige, menuel. accident free. OMV $20,308. Tel: *****17
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    • 697 76 347 Volvo For Sala AUTHENTIC '83 MODEL. Volvo 244GL. Auto. Power steering/ window COE mid 2002 Full leather interior/ upholstery. Deposit $5800 New tsx/ $2K psint. Remote alarm. CD Changer. New 16* alloy s/rims. Smooth engine. Agt. main tamed $18,800 mthly $400>, 1-4 yrs. loen neg Call: 345-1108. ■SBV 2S2*
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    • 499 76 356 Off Peak Cars A BEST OFFER/ SELL All Used Cars Weekend/ Offpeak Cars Hq: Lot 7 Kallang Auto Ctr Miss No (Bam 11pm) Br: Lot 8 Keki Bt Carmart A HK3H OFFER/ SELL ALL WEEKEND/ Off PEAK CAPS *****05 from B.ooam. 11 pm. Contact Menard CR MOTORING Lot 41
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    • 433 76 j 377 Car Financing/ Insurance I ARRANGEABLE* LOWEST INTEREST RATE for new/ used car loans. Immed. ap proval. Instant insurence quota tion. Citiprime Leasing *****55. COE/ NEW A used cars loan, low interest rste. Call Vintage Treding j *****64 Lim EDMUND MOTOR OFFERS low interest rete/ high loen for com
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    • 930 76 ——a 382 Vehicles For Hire 382 Vehicles For Hire l RELIABLE LEASING ~_;"*^-<. WITH AUTO BUSINESS £*&T C^* No Heavy Car In ___J^_ fc -a__BT -"2 Cash your outlay name Nawcr "X' M feS W*+ used car 1 leasing "-^.V- ](ailaa)reers)l m ffffl Tel: 281 2278 II BRAND NEW AT
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    • 932 77 353 Vehicles Wanted ANY LORRY, VAN. pickup, tip per, minibus, car wanted. Best prices. Tel *****18/ pg. 9300 1388 ARC YOU SELLING your car? Call us. we pay $1000 more Call 9617-8038/ 9309 8910 CALL MURU FOR your valuable car at reasonable price. Tel: 552 2283/ 9 *****65. 24 hr
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    • 1042 77 387 Lorriea For Sale 1 OWNER. MID 93 Mitsubishi I Canter. 10 ft. low deck, diesel. i New tax. $25,500 18 Opal Cresc 1 OWNER '81 Isuzu NPR 58L 14' I wooden deck. Aircon. New Paint, i Tax 9/98 $16,800. *****00 1 OWNER 10/ 94 Nissan Cabstar j 10ft. lorry.
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    • 903 77 391 Vans For Sale MITSUBISHI L3OO. GOOD Con dition. $3500. Rd. tax April. Please pg 9256 1047 Gahari NEW FIAT SCUDO. Your busi ness partner. $46,800 mcl. C.0.E. 1 Tel: *****00 Messa Motor. SELLING 5i 8.300 ONLY. Near 89 Toyota Hiace petrol 5-dr. COE b'2003 New peint. Tel: *****62 TOYOTA
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    • 942 77 393 Motorcycles/ Scooters For Sale UNIVERSAL MOTORS PTE LTD 388 Alexandra Rood (SHOWROOM a SALES CTR.) Opp. IKEA and next to SHELL SCRAMBLER SPECIAL OFFER PAMPERA 200 7,950 KTM 200 $12,500 NEW BIKES SHADOW4OO CB4OOSFVS SHADOW/50 CBR4OORRR CMI2S RXZ RSI2S MEJESTY 250 PEGASO6SO RS2SO USED BIKES MAGNA 750, EN4OO, CBX4OOF,
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    • 1058 78 404 DO9 10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant D.OS RICHMOND PK. 1259 sq.ft. I Spacious 2 rma. Heart of (own. i MRT, shops/ restn. Good facilities. I P/furn $6000. Foursome Holdings I 345 2088/ 9618-7767 0.08 YONO AN Park 3 bdrma. i 1800 sqft. Pool view. $6500. Cus I
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    • 1086 78 404 DO9 10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant UE SQUARE. HIGH fir. Pool facing. 1600 sq.ft. 3+l. $5.5 K. neg. Duchess Pk 1800 sq.ft. 3+l $4 5K Facilities. P/furn. Blessly, *****62 WATTEN EST. TOWNHSE. 3 maid's. Newly renovated Roof terr. Condo. facilities. Near sch. $6.8K Std *****66/ *****133 ANQULLIA
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    • 1090 78 404 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant D.OB RIVER VALLEY. 3+l. Work er welcome. $1800. Contact tel: *****69/ Pg *****835 Agent. D.OB RIVER VALLEY area 1 100 sq ft. 3 rms. Pool. Immed. $4000 neg 731 6882/ 9207 2500 Agt D.OS RIVERSHIRE. 3+l. attached bath. 1700 sq.ft. P/ furn.
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    • 1089 78 > 404 DO9 10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant D.IO PINETREE CONDO. near Orchard Rd 1238 sqft. 3+l rms. S/pool Immed REB: *****31 D.lO REOENCY PK. 3+l. Low rise. Large balcony. Bright/ quiet. Full facilities $10K *****14 SML D.IO REGENCY PK. Like Newll 3+l. 3.175 sq.ft. high fir. Huge
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    • 905 78 404 DO9 10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Rant RIVER VALLEY CONDO. for rent. Interested, pls. Pg. *****789 C&H SOMMERVILLE STUDIO APT. High fir Aircon Furnished. Rent $1800 Pg. *****443/ *****69 agt SOMMERVILLE PK. UPPER Mais. 2000 sq.ft 3+l rms Green cry Quiet. Immed. NGR *****325 SOPHIA COURT. NEWLY reno
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    • 1110 78 406 Dll _21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi PTE APTS Rent a__a 0.1 l HILLCREST ARCADIA. 2 bdrms. 1400 sq ft Full facilities. $3500 Bonaventure *****23 D.ll HILLCREST ARCAOIA. 2 rma. renovated. F/furn. Designer decor. $3000 neg HH 9219 9609 D.ll HILLCREST ARCADIA. 1000 sq ft 2 rms Beautifully reno I
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    • 1056 78 406 Dll &21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi PTE APTS Rent TREVOSE PK. 4+l. 2200 sqft P/furn Immed $9K. Pool view. Ex cedent cond CHR 9401 3145. 18 SHELFORD STUDIO. Brand new. Furn. to tenant tasle. Pool view. Interested call *****785 FR 408 012-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/Geylang PTE APTS Rant D.12 OLEANDER
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    • 887 78 410 Dl 5-16 East Coast 410 015 16 East Coast PTE APTS Rent PTE APTS Rent Super 5 star facilities Four B/rooms attached toilet Partially furnished Fully air-conditioned Attractive rental 24-hours security Please call owner at 337 9001/9311 7598 a__________________BH_M_ BRANO NEWIII PEBBLE BAY Studio 850 sq.ft F/furn $2500 2+
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    • 1147 78 D.IS MAKENA/ COSTA Rhu D 16 Bayshore Pk 2/ 3 rm. High i j fir. Beautiful view. Part/f/furn Best units Low rental *****109 ESaint i I I D.IS MULAN COURT. Immed Spacious 3588 sq.ft. Big balcony Quality finishes. 4+2. P/ furn., i I F/aircon. $BK. Pis call *****55 i D.lB
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    • 1115 78 410 0.5 16 Eatt Coast PTC APTS Rent D.IB KINGS MANSION. 1650 sqft 3+l rms High fir. P/furn Well kept. $3K ntg 9 *****40 agt D.lB KINGS MANS. F/furn Facil Hies $2 6K/ Telok Kurau (MRT) 1900 sq.ft 4+l $2 5K *****11 Af D.lB KINGS MANS. 3+l. 18c0 sq.ft. Sea
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    • 1041 79 410 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Rent MAKENA 2/ 3/ J.I rms P/furn Pool/ sea view. $3.5K up Immed Owners welcome *****666 ERA MAKENA. 3*l. P/furn. $5500 Viewpoint 3*l $4300 Cal 9 *****88/ *****06 MANDARIN GDN. 1800 sq ft 3*l. F/furn. High fir Sea view. Fa cilities Ascent *****41/
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    • 1153 79 m m m m m mm m ______b__________ > m W 416 022 28 West/ North PTE APTS Rant D 28 ONLY *****1 New season pk Tower 1. 3* l rms. 1600 sq.ft. F/furn. Fully aircon. Gdn. view. Full facilities MRT Pg. 9312 0242 j «flt BRAND NEW. SMALL, exclusive
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    • 701 79 418 Mixed Dists 418 Mixed Oists PTE APTS Rant PTE APTS Rent ff FOR LEASE T 1 APARTMEMT/COMDOMimUM 1 Localities Description Area (sq ft) City a South West LorKtrnark Tower 2/3 rooms 1033/1399 Banyan Condo 3+l rooms 1593 Ginza Plaza 3+l rooms 1284 Gold Coast Concio 3+l rooms 1572 Royal
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    • 747 79 420 Houses For Rant PRIME LOCATION OFF KHEAM HOCK. New 6*l. 5200/ 5000 sq.ft. 514.500 Mf). MERRYN ROAD. 4*2 bdrms 10,000/ 4000 sq.ft. $10,500 nag GENTLE VILLAS. 4*l bdrms 2400/ 2300 sq ft $10,000 na*. BARKER ROAD TERRACE. 4*l bdrms. attic. Land: 1620/ built-in. 2042 sq.ft. S 7.800 rtafl. HAN
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    • 1001 79 420 Houses For Rent 420 Houses For Rent Brand new 3-storey cluster houses 4 bedrooms with quality finishes Area: 2207 to 2820 sq.ft. Facilities include swimming pool, wading pool and club-house Shuttle bus service provided For EnotMtiea. HFAR EAST ORGANIZATION Tel *****11 D.ll SHELFORD. brand new 3 storey detached. 6+l
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    • 1000 79 D.ll NOVENA MRT. D/storey terr. 3+l bdrm. Well kept. Nice neighbourhood. S2.BK. *****91 D.ll S/STOREY COLONIAL bunglw 23,000 sq ft Rental $17,000. Avail June *****13 D.ll WATTEN CHARMING 3 storey bunglw. 11,000 sq.ft. Pool. 6 rms. Avail. b/98 ALP *****183. D.ll 2 STOREY quiet detached hse. s+l+ basement. In-ground pool.
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    • 1068 79 < *™*~~*~***~s*~g*~g 420 Housas For Rent KINGS RD. MODERN 2 store semi-d., renovated. 3300 sq fl 4+l +1. Avail May $9K *****63 LIM TAI SEE corner 3/store' townhse. Brand new. Best unii 3000 sqft. 4+l. Immed *****915 LOVELY VANDA SEMI-D. 3700 2500 sqft 4+l $4K Regent Villa: s+l. P/furn. $9
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    • 1084 79 422 HUDC/ HDB Apts For Rent y APPROVED 3 RM. TOA Payoh East. Furn, 1 room. Aircon, $1200 1 neg Pg 9303 9978 EPI APPROVED 1-RM. FLAT at blk 7 Telok Blangah. Suitable for Mus lim family. Near mkt. 532-6111 9 APPROVED 5 RM. BLK 507 Jela Rang Rd. f/furn.
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    • 877 79 422 HUDC/ HOB Apts For Rent 3 'A' APPROVED Clementi Blk 714 corner Furn. Near amenities Aircon. Pg *****134 Adnel 3 'A' TAMPINES Blk 434 Ap proved. Furn. Aircon. Immed. Pg. 9 *****19 WD 3 *NG' YISHUN Aye 4 Aircon F/furn. 10 mins. to MRT May '98 *****248 Agt. 3-RM.
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    • 684 79 426 Rooms For Rent URGENTLY REQUIRED: 2 Single female for room sharing at Marsil ing. Reasonable rates Indians pre ferred Malaysians welcome Pg owner 9542 7580 A BIG UST: A.M. Kio. Bishan, Be dok, Hougang. Yishun, T Payoh, Tampines. Woodlands. Serangoon CCX Good rent 251 5919 Agnea I AFFORDABLE RMS.
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    • 1015 80 426 Rooms For Rent D.03 PTE. APT. Single owner. Common, aircon., furn. Prefer couple or single *****083/ *****253. D.lO TAMAN SERASI 1 room to let at $1000. Call Pnscilla Lee Properties *****25/ 9505 0076. 0.10 TANGLIN REGENCY. Brand new Master bdrm. with attached bath Pool/ MRT 838 7912 D.lB ROOMS
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    • 964 80 440 DOl-08 City ft South-Wast HOUSES Sale O.OS JAMBOL PL. 3-storey inter terr 1700/ 2600 sqft. Comprehen sive renovation. Move m cond Nc3 no Best buyl *****513 LV D.OB WEST COAST vicinity 2 storey corner semi d. 999 yrs. 7840/ 3500 sq ft 4*2 Big gdns $380 psf. neg *****318
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    • 753 80 < 445 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland HOUSES Sals DIST. 10 CORNWALL GARDENS Prestigeous Address Rare Bungalow plot of 24.387 sq ft with double frontage. Zoning: Good class bungalow For more details, please call Jack Kat at HP. 9632 2229 or VIEWING TODAY! 12 7:3oprn D.lO THIRD AVENUE Open Ham. Saturday/
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    • 2223 80 446 DO9-10 Orchard/ 446 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Sale PTE APTS Sale D.lO ASTRID MEADOWS. 3810 DlO DUCHESS CREST s( l 0, Good investment. Ten w ncaa r__— an ed R(chard *****666 ERA Near Nanyang Primary School „1Q BOTAN(CAL QDN A and many prominent Junior Renova
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    • 1129 80 450 Dll ft 21 Newton/ Bt Timah/ Clementi HOUSES Sala DII ORCHIO INN vicinity Brand new 3/storey bunglw. s*l 4600/ 4800 sq.ft Quality finishes F'hold Han Boons *****70/ 9210 3244 D.ll SALE OF bunglw. at Vanda Aye. ol 8430 sq.ft. Big gdn but a little old fashioned. Call sole agt.
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    • 883 80 451 011 ft 21 Newton/ 451 Dll ft 21 Newton Bt Timah/ Clementi Bt Timah/ Clemen! PTE APTS Sale PTE APTS Sale ■taaraa—a** aa______________a______________! a— Peppermint Grove 45 Newton Road FREEHOLD A 3 MINUTE WALK FROM THE MRT READY FOR OCCUPANCY (SALE OR RENTAL) Otaly 11 nam left Located m
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    • 922 80 456 012-14 Balestier/ Macpherson/ Geylang PTE APTS Sale D.12 RAJAH TOWER. Fhold High flr. Unblocked. Move m Amenities Hoo 9494-6161 ERA D.12 REGENT CT. 950 sqft. F'hold. 2 big rms. S/pool./ squash Sell with tenancy Agt. 9504 0382 D.12 ST. FRANCIS. S69BK neg Approx. 1292 sq.ft. Convenient. Pool view. Renovated
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    • 861 80 460 D l 5 16 East Coast HOUSES Sale KEW WALK. HILLTOP, beautiful new 3 storey corner bunglw. 99 yrs 4520/ 4550 sq ft Selling cheap! Owner Pg 9801 6333 ONLY 8158 MI (PRE NEGOTI ATED) 2 storey semi d Renovat ed 3200 sqft 3+l bdrms Quiet F'hold. Valued $1
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    • 1118 80 461 Dl 5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Sale DON'T X\ MISS TANAMERA 1324 sq.ft. High flr 3+l Mins. to MRT City view. Ask ing S7BBK The Bayshore 2+l 936 sq.ft. Full facilities. Renovated Asking $710K ERA *****300 Amy IA) THE WATERSIDE. 3+l/ 4+l rms. 2142/ 2411 sqft (B) Peach Gdn.
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    • 917 81 aa— 461 015-16 East Coast 461 015-10 East Coast PTE APTS Sals PTE APTS Sala j i l u H JUH__L_i____*JL___l_____^j_l__3 Freehold good view and sea facing High floor 1700 sq.ft. Fully alr-condltloned Sale with/without tenancy Meyer Road Please call owner at 337 9001/9311 7598 D.16 TANAMERA. SBOBKI 1324 sq.ft.
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    • 843 81 470 Dl 9-20 Serangoon/ Thomson HOUSES Sala AN ATTRACTIVE OFFERI BB Braamar Dr. (BacanQooii Qdn.) 999 leasehold 2tt storey new semi-d. 2300/ 3000 sq.ft Low price. $16 Million. Call Oswnar *****00/ 8412-3673 D.lB U HWAN VIEW 21% STOREY SEMI OETACHED F'hold., just 3H years old Squarish land 3500 sq.ft. Built
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    • 696 81 465 Dl 7 lb Changi/ 465 Dl 7 18 Changi/ 465 Dl 7 18 Changi/ 465 Dl/ 18 Changi/ 465 D l 18 Changi/ 465 Dl 7 18 Changi/ Pasir Ris Pasir Ris Pasir Ris Pasir Ris Pasir Ris Pasir Ris HOUSES Sala HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES Sale HOUSES
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    • 267 81 475 D 22-28 Waat ft North HOUSES-Sala DISTRICT 28 NOS. 80. BOA Bi 808 SPRINGLEAF AVENUE 3 unrta beautifully deaamned 3-etorey bungalow with *****888 l Land area 4,345 sq ft 4,323 sq.ft. 4,332 sq.ft. Built-up area 3,596 sq.ft.. 4,439 sq ft. 4,423 sq.ft. Fully air con, kitchen cabinet, wardrobe, central
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    • 359 81 475 D 22-28 Waat ft North HOUSES-Sala D.28 SPRINOLEAF OARDEN 2/storey semi d. 3600/ 2700 sq.ft. 3*l*l F'hold 31.5 M. *****03 JH D.27 BRAND NEW Jin Hikayat 3 storey semi^J Fhold 4*l 2200/ 3000 sq.ft. $658 p.s.f 9-*****47 D.27 JLN. BASONG. Cheap sale 2h storey semi-d. 4*l. 51.25 M F'hold.
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    • 664 81 pvmisaionhasbaaw 476 D 22-28 Wast North PTE APTS Sala D.22 PARC OASIS. 1378/ 1507 sqft Excellent view. Full facilities. MRT/ amenities 9818-6148 agt D.22 PARC OASIS. Urgent sale. 1227. 1378. 1507 sq.ft. Direct pool lake Selling cheep. 9406-2046 D.22 PARC OASIS 1227 sq.ft. 3*l. nicely renovated, full facilities Sale or
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    • 681 81 ySPHLtti 492 HDB Apts For Sala (Ang Mo Kio) 3V>-RM. BLK. 320 Mid floor Near MRT/ central Cash SISK 4 'NG' BLK. 821 Near MRT/ shops/ schools/ amenities Marble flooring Fully renovated View to offer OwTvem selling welcome Pg. 8213-0312 REM CHEAPI MUST SELL by this weekl A1 location 3
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    • 784 81 4 492 HDB Apts For Sala (Ang Mo Kio) a» d 3 NO A.M. Kio Blk. 201/ 247 high flr. unblock well kept, near ameni- ties. Urgent *****625 agt. 3 'NO' A.M. Kio blk. 623. S3K cashl (Valuation SISSK) Can con- tra. MRT, mkt.. sch. 9590-1009 3 'NO' A.M. Kio
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    • 3766 81 493 HDB Apts For Sala (Badoky Chai Chaa) 2 ADJOINING UNITS. 3 NG Blk 40 Bedok S. Renovated. High flr Unblocked Windy. 4 bdrms 4 toilets. Pg. Ler *****390 ERA 3 'NG' BEDOK Central Blk. 213. mid flr. Urgent 5 'I' Bedok Res High flr. Nicely renovated, can contra, price
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    • 787 82 484 HOB Apts For Sala (Bishan) 4 *A* CORNER Blk. 226. Tastefully renovated. Peaceful yat near amenities Chinese not eligible. Below valua. *****23/ *****59 XT 4 'S' BISHAN Blk. 114 High flr. Nicely renovated. Unblocked. Near MRT/ central. Valuation 5264 K. viaw to offer Pg. *****501 agt ANY OFFER CONSIDERED.
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    • 621 82 496 HOB Apts For Bala (Bukit Batok) DONT BBSS BEST BUYS I BtK. 280 3'S' Low flr. Renovated Breezy At Valuation. Bih. IBS 4'A' High flr. Unblocked Windy Valuation a SSK Blk. 214 Exec Mais. Renoveted Quiet MRT. S4SSK 0.n.0. Blk. 21S Exec Mais. 154 sq.m. Ground flr. Nice decor,
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    • 839 82 490 HDB Apts For Bala (Bukit Batok) EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 121 Opp MRT/ shpg central Sailing at valuation Low flr. 9595-2121 Agt. EXEC. MAIS. BLK 122 Bt Batok •10 MRT. Windy. Valued $450 K. Pg. 9200 7097 Nick. C&H EXEC. MAIS. 384. High flr. Bright windy. 3 toilets. Sch./ mktV
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    • 843 82 486 HDB Apts For Sala (Bukit Batok) 3 'NO* BT Batok Blk. 143. 3rd floor. Windy. Near MRT/ Amenities. Low cash. 9-*****75 agent 3 *NO' HILLVIEW. Blk 4. High flr Unblocked. Valued $120 K. Origi nal. Must sail. Pg: 9507-7284. 3 'NO' LOW Cashl Bt. Batok Blk 409 Wall-kept Amenities/
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    • 1177 82 497 HDB Apts For Sale (Bt Merah/ Q'town/ Telok Blangah) l_i______i 3 'A' BLK. 106 Bt Purmei High flr. Big hall. New wardrobes Bright breezy *****552 ERA 3 'I' BLK. 83 C'wealth Close Mid flr. Lift level Marble flooring. Up grading MRT 9303 6675 BRE 3 *l* BLK. 119. Jin
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    • 932 82 500 HDB Apts For Sala (Choa Chu Kang/ Bukit Panjang) AU CCX EXEC MAIS Corner 204 MRT #04 Exec Mais Blk 208. unblocked. Renovated Marble flooring #06 Exec Apt Blk 436. Nobel Design MRT/ amenities. #07 5 T. 276. MRT. Renovsted. #15 5 A' Blk. 511. Cheapl Matured m August.
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        579 90 Veronica Koh speaks to the man who makes sure that the grounds of the Raffles Hotel are beautiful to look at throughout the year. Walking onto the grounds of the grand old dame of Singapore hotels, the Raffles Hotel, is like walking into our colonial past. To complete
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      • 130 90 An oasis of greenery in the city The Raffles Hotel has 7,000 sq m of green area, about 25 per cent of the hotel grounds. This is made up of the Palm Court, Palm Garden, Fern Court, Raffles Square, Raffles Courtyard, the Lawn, and the hotel periphery bound by Bras
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      • 141 91 Mr Goh (left) subscribes to over 40 journals and magazines to keep up with the latest technology, but his interests are not restricted to hardware and software. He loves music and is an avid player of the er-hu. He recalled how from about five years old,
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