The Business Times, 11 April 1998

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) ll(V12/97 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEEKEND EDITION, APRIL 11-12,1998
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    45 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Friday Chance KLSE COUP ***** -17* NKKH W.481.12 MM HANG SENG dosed SET INDEX miS +IJ0 JAKARTA COMP —dosed MANILA COMP dosed TAIPEI WP1 9,064.02 *29 SEOUL COMP 46R29 +418 CLSA CHINA B usr AUST ALL 0*0 dosed DOW Closed
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    FINANCE
    78 1 FOBEX BATES U8$ 81 USI 1.598 I(USVSSperl).. 1.573 A672 DM 1 m. MfTl YEN 1W itU 1209* Ml SMS 0.4S6 HKS 7.741 O.MS BAHT JfJO O.M§ MJP1AH MM OtM* *8S to 100 units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 7.81 KUALA LUMPUR 11.50 JAKARTA 28.06 BANGKOK 1476 MANILA 2190 HONGKONG lt.OO TAIPEI
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  • Article
    Worthless warrants set to deprive firms of $2b
    804 1  -  Cash injection from conversions remote as 13 of 18 warrants expiring this year look ont of the money By l Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Companies with warrants expiring this year stand to lose more than $2 billion in conversion income because most of
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    Apex Equity warrants granted one-year conversion extension
    680 1  -  From Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur IN AN unprecedented move, the Malaysian securities watchdog, the Securities Commission, has granted a one-year extension on the exercise period of Apex Equity warrants originally due in June this year. The move, analysts say, may spark off
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    Insead picks S'pore for Asia campus
    613 1  -  It will offer MBA programmes; PhDs not decided on yet Byi Carol Eng [SINGAPORE] Insead, the prestigious international business school in France, will soon set up its first overseas campus in Singapore to offer MBA programmes. Responding to BT queries, Insead said it is
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    Lock icon BOJ pours in billions of dollars to prop up yen
    685 1 Unit recovers as much as after govt stimulus plan sparks selloff AFP, Reuters, Bloomberg [TOKYO) Japan's central bank pulled out the heavy artillery yesterday, spending billions of dollars to prop up the yen as dealers shrugged off the largest stimulus
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      199 1 HUBBUB^ MHPB Urbane and highly educated, equally at home in New York and Nanjing, the members of the year-old Federation of Mainland Professionals are earning big bucks in Hongkong as bankers, lawyers and accountants, ELPgIO Citibank's latest unit trust offering, CitiSelect Funds, should not be written off because until the
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'S EYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        568 2 Those polled for their views on the Singapore stock market outlook for next week were: Alliance, Daiwa, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, Fraser, GK Goh, ING Barings, Kay Hian, Kim Eng, Merrill Lynch, Indosuez WI Carr. Taaolwy ♦(Buy) Indosuez WI Carr, Apr 9, $1.61 A recent visit to LJ's
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        In My Opinion
        458 2  -  David Bain T., ii* sonroaer iuvnumoi Management, Singapore 44T N LESS than nine I months from now, one X of the most important economic events of the century will take place. That event is the introduction of a single European currency, or the euro on Jan 1,1999.
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      CitiSelect Funds hit by Asian turmoil, but don't write it off
      901 2  -  18 months too short a period to judge the fund which, until the crisis, was chugging along quite well By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] IS CITIBANK'S latest unit trust offering, CitiSelect Funds, the best thing after sliced bread, or isn't
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      Lock icon Go for European equities: fund manager
      939 2  -  Europe&n equities have risen by 50% in S$ terms, but opportunities abound By I Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] THE bad news for Asian investors stuck in local and regional stocks last year is that over the past 15 months, European equities have risen, on average,
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      Unit trust performance ranking
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  • MARKETS IN TURMOIL
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      Lock icon Indonesia unveils reforms, sets deadlines
      658 3 Target dates a move to convince sceptics IMF programme will be carried ont Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia announced sweeping measures yesterday to end its worst economic crisis in decades and set target dates for the implementation of key reforms to add much-needed credibility to the package.
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      Lock icon China needs to boost economy to hit 8% growth: World Bank
      478 3 Reuters [BEIJING] China has avoided serious fallout from the Asian financial crisis but must stimulate its economy to reach its 1998 growth target of 8 per cent, a senior World Bank official said yesterday. "So far the consequences of
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      Lock icon Sacked Korean DPM, 2 others face currency crisis probe
      357 3 Former govt failed to take steps to rein in current account deficit: audit body Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea launched an investigation to determine whether a former finance minister and two other officials should be held accountable for last year's currency crisis.
      Bloomberg  -  357 words
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      Lock icon Rate cuts not the way to boost liquidity: Thai panel
      281 3 AFP [BANGKOK] Forcing down ThaUand's high interest rates is not a "natural" way to solve the country's biting liquidity crunch, an expert panel examining how to rebuild Thailand's economic strength said. The lowering of the rates hinges instead on market
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      Measures and target dates of implementation
      681 3 [JAKARTA] Indonesia has set individual target dates for implementation of key points in the reform package announced yesterday. Following is a list of measures the government has committed itself to implement by specified dates: By April 22,1900 c set minimum capital requirements for banks
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      163 3 I Treasure it I H You'U have the opportunity to mingle H with some of the most sought-after H jewels at the Singapore Preview of H Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring Auction H this April As well as magnificent H jadeite pieces, such as this stunning H bead necklace, there's a
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon BOJ disciplines 98 staff for accepting entertainment
      535 4 TOKYO Bat most just get written warnings for their questionable acts Reuters THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday disciplined 98 employees for accepting lavish entertainment from financial firms, but the punishment for most came only as written warnings for their questionable acts. The
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      Lock icon Thousands of Indon students take part in peaceful rally
      339 4 JAKARTA AFP THOUSANDS of students turned out yesterday for a peaceful rally in the grounds of a Muslim school calling for political reforms and a new leadership as lightly-armed security forces stood by. Some 5,000 students listened attentively as a member
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      Lock icon China to develop disputed Paracels
      307 4 HAIKOU, China AFP THE provincial government of Hainan island in southern China is preparing to open for tourism the Paracel islands over which Beijing has a dispute with Hanoi, a tourism official said yesterday. "The State Council (central government) has granted approval in principle to
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      Lock icon Indonesians burst into 4 missions in KL
      523 4 KUALA LUMPUR Three missions hand them over to police but US embassy lets eight stay for now Reuters MORE than 30 immigrants burst into four foreign compounds in Malaysia's capital yesterday in a move analysts said have drawn Western powers into controversy over
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      Lock icon Thai govt expects exodus of illegal workers
      163 4 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND will not use force to repatriate hundreds of thousands of foreign workers, expecting them to return home voluntarily during next week's Thai new year festival, reports said yesterday. "We expect about 300,000 illegal workers will be repatriated without force by
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      KL ready for telecoms equal access next year
      425 4  -  Analysts see cost structure favouring Telekom H'sia By\ Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur CABINET minister Leo Moggie yesterday said Malaysia was ready to implement, as planned, "equal access" in telecommunications services on Jan 1 next year. Equal access allows fixed line customers
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      Lock icon Aussie govt facing defeat: poll analysis
      239 4 SYDNEY AFP AS Australia prepares for a snap election, an analysis of one of its most reliable opinion surveys revealed yesterday that Labor would have romped back to power in any poll held so far this year. A nationwide breakdown of the latest Newspoll
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      Lock icon No ulterior motive in Asia forum plan, says Taiwan
      220 4 m TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN said yesterday its proposal to host a regional forum with rival China on Asia's financial woes was purely economic, dismissing Beijing's accusation that the offer was for political gains. It also asked China to reconsider its rejection
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US economy expanding at unsustainable pace: Fed official
      437 5 ATLANTA Any drag from Asian crisis may be too late to prevent interest rate rise, he says Bloomberg THE US economy is expanding at an "unsustainable" pace and any slowing tied to the Asian financial crisis may come too late to prevent
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      Lock icon US budget surplus likely to hit US$50b this year: report
      220 5 WASHINGTON Reuters THE surging US economy is likely to push the federal budget surplus to at least US$5O billion (SsBo billion) in fiscal year 1998, the Washington Post reported yesterday, quoting an internal Federal Reserve projection. The newspaper also cited
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      Lock icon IMF to review responses to Asian crisis at meetings next week
      518 5 WASHINGTON Critics calling on it to explain actions or inaction in region Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund, which holds its annual spring meetings here next week along with the World Bank, will be struggling to redefine its mission as
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      Lock icon SEC approves new market-halt triggers
      148 5 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE Securities and Exchange Commission approved new "circuit breakers" that let stocks fall farther before trading is halted and close the market for the day only in extreme declines. The new market triggers generally halt trading for an hour when the Dow Jones
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      Lock icon Couples gets a one-stroke lead
      570 5 AUGUSTA. Georgia NYT AFP AFTER an arduous day that made it impossible for anyone to take command, Fred Couples, the 1992 champion, held a one-stroke lead over a tightly bunched leader board of the US Masters golf championship on Thursday. Couples shot a three-un-der-par 69,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      203 5 (SKEPTIC CROSSWORD included a recipe for 9 Diamond set off in November '2KtohSrepain, there'snoth- 14 rf deUver WMiB*B*BB A fI"B ing in it that's right under 1C n^ 11 ta(8 t. M P M R M*H A M*IiAH«H one's nose (9) 16 haye a statement of be- ioipiti i ici
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      KUB's MMC deal may spark general offer for 3 Aussie units
      602 6  -  llllClustsmska offer easting as much mBM unless it secures exemption By Meera Tharmaratnam in Kuala Lumpur INVESTMENT holding company KUB's March 27 purchase of a 32 per cent stake In listed Malaysia Mining Corp (MMC) Bhd for 689 million
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      Lock icon Volvo unit to take over Samsung division
      205 6 AFP [SEOUL] Sweden's Volvo Construction Equipment Corp has agreed to take over the heavy equipment production division of South Korea's Samsung Group for U*****.9 million (511.2 billion), the Securities Supervisory Board said yesterday. The board, quoting a report submitted by Samsung, said the
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      Off-balance sheet items of MN'sian banks worry analysts
      596 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Ruth Wong JIA S Malaysia's banking sector's problems unfold on the back of a weaker econanalysts are asking if IH HHthe industry's risk is adequately quantified. Banking analysts have highlighted that off-balance sheet items, or otherwise known as commitments
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      Lock icon Additional US$350m charge for Boeing
      327 6 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co, which already blamed production problems for US$2.6 billion (554.2 billion) in charges, said it will take an additional pretax charge of US$35O million in the first quarter for its 737 jetliner and that there may be more to come. The world's
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      Lock icon McDonald's US$1.5b Asia-Pac plan
      419 6 It's building another 2,000 outlets over next 3 years Bloomberg (OAK BROOK, Illinois] McDonald's Corp plans to invest US$l.5 billion (5*2.4 billion) in the Asia-Pacific region in the next three years, saying it's confident it can weather economic problems while building markets to offset weak US
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      RHB takes over the reins at Sime Bank
      339 6  -  BTTB lUiifc hflld Yvonne Chia named Sime Bank CEO From. Ruth Wong in Kuala Lumpur RASHID Hussain Bhd (RHB) has taken over the management of Sime Bank, indicating that its acquisition of the financially-troubled bank is well on track. Yesterday, RHB Bank
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      Lock icon Black to spend US$150m on new paper in Toronto
      531 6  -  It will be first major one Unnched in N America since *82 Prom Eric Ellis in San Francisco ACQUISITIVE Canadian press baron Conrad Black clearly believes that traditional printed newspapers stUl hold sway over electronic newspapers, launching the first major newspaper
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      Lock icon Dhana Siam to up foreign holding limit
      114 6 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] Dhana Siam Finance and Securities pic will expand its foreign holding limit to 49 per cent from the current 25 per cent, company president Rutt Phanijphand said. He was speaking after an extraordinary general meeting. Mr Rutt told the meeting the
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Bid to stop Citicorp, Travelers merger
        490 7 Cengresswoman waits delay until money laundering probe's completed Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The proposed merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group Inc should be delayed at least until an investigation of possible money laundering is completed, said US Representative Maxine Waters, a California Democrat Ms Waters, in
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        Lock icon Systemic risk cut but more action needed: bankers
        473 7 MifWnninwi hng tnd possible gridlock among issnes that need addressing Reuters [LONDON] The risk of a global financial crisis being sparked by a single event such as a bank collapse has been reduced but much more work needs to be done, a
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        Lock icon ING Barings' joint corporate finance chiefs quit
        395 7 They resign after disagreement with ING: report Bloomberg [LONDON] ING Barings said yesterday it replaced its joint heads of corporate finance after the resignations of Simon Borrows and James Lupton. "They were good and we regret it," said Ruud Polet, a spokesman for
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        Lock icon Moody's cuts JP Morgan debt rating to Aa3
        315 7 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] JP Morgan Co's debt rating was lowered to Aa3 from Aa2 by Moody's Investors Service, its lowest ranking ever, because its earnings are becoming more volatile as trading and investment banking comprise a bigger share of profits. The rating
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        Lock icon Premium of long-dated Europe bonds falls
        257 7 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Investors are demanding lower premium to lend to the governments of Europe for long-dated securities, convinced that inflation won't accelerate and erode the value of their returns on bond investments. Investors currently demand about 75 basis points more yield to buy 10-year
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        Futures plunge on interest rate worries
        149 7  -  ma taiwam futures Ms Cecilia Loh service dealer, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Stock Index futures took a plunge yesterday, closing down 4.5 points. Concerns over rising interest rates which may slow down corporate profits were behind the lower Taiex.
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        Lock icon IEA sees glut keeping oil prices down
        283 7 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Glutted oil markets will continue to put pressure on revenue-hungry producers despite a groundbreaking pact to curb global output and rescue battered prices, the International Energy Agency (lEA) said yesterday. Supply exceeded demand by a hefty 1.5 million barrels
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        292 7 Bloomberg New York THE dollar plunged to a onemonth low against the yen on reports that the Bank of Japan intensified its sales of dollars to prop up its own beleaguered currency. A two-day bout of selling shaved as much as six yen, or almost 5 per cent,
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      COMMODITY PRICES
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    • WORLD STOCK MARKETS
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        763 8 AFP PlSEthig ♦UP THAI share prices edged up 0.3 per cent In very thin trade amid a lack of positive sentiment ahead of the long Thai new year weekend, analysts and dealers said. "There were no major factors influencing the market today as most of the major regional markets were
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        Lock icon SEOUL
        382 8 AFP Qj Composite Index ♦OJB SHARE prices closed little changed in thin trade on the Korea Stock Exchange yesterday, with a lack of foreign interest ahead of the Easter break, dealers said. The slow foreign buying dragged down index-linked large-caps and kept the market in check despite the won
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        Lock icon TAIPEI
        324 8 AFP Pw? latex -am THE Taiwan stock market dropped 0.4 per cent yesterday led by strong selling of technology issues amid consolidation, dealers said. "The market didn't seem to identify the better-than-ex-pected corporate results released by several benchmark high-tech companies," said Edward Lin of Taisec Securities Inc. The Weighted
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        1479 8 AFP Qnuas «m JAPANESE share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday on profit-taking as the market extended a lukewarm welcome to tax cuts announced the previous day, brokers said. "Foreign investors were disappointed," a Kaisei Securities broker said. "But, as most of them are on holidays, selling from
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    • KUALA LUMPUR STOCK MARKET
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        Shares ease amid holiday in region
        261 9 QComDoatfl Index -171 MALAYSIA'S key stock index ended 0.4 per cent lower yesterday in modest trade as investors remained sidelined and with most regional bourses closed for the Easter holidays. "Volume was pathetic and most investors were simply absent," an institutional dealer at a
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      China's new professionals
      820 10  -  Urbane and highly educated, equally at home in New York and Nanjing the members of the year-old Federation of Mainland Professionals are earning big bucks in Hongkong as bankers, lawyers and accountants. lob Bui tin finds out more about them LOH HUI YIN PRIDAY evening. Happy hour
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      Making up for the lost years
      732 10 Qin Zhi Zhong, 42, managing director, Credit Suisse First Boston "I NEED to spend only onetenth of the time learning to do business in China compared to a foreigner. I don't need to learn the language. I would know the right person, the right
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    • STRAWS In The Wind
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        Area of contention
        105 10 CENTRAL Mall is known among the cinema-sawy as the place to head for if you want to be guaranteed tickets for even the most popular movies. In other words, its cinemas are less than packed. Even so, some patrons have had trouble getting their seats. At a
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        Billed in Singfish
        42 10 THE KIND of Singlish often heard around town of the "donch know" variety is becoming more than just verbal. A group of diners at a Chinese restaurant was recently presented with a bill that charged $1.20 for four "tower".
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        Going tike whole hog
        35 10 STILL on Chinese restaurants. Lean times make it imperative to advertise. But it may have backfired on one unfortunate establishment whose recent ad announced in screaming bold type: "Free sucking pig".
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        Nice wake-up call
        60 10 SINGTEL'S efficiency has been much touted, but a reader who had a new phone line installed at home was surprised by just how efficient it was. Early on the day the line was supposed to be operational, the phone rang and the Slngtel man at the other
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    • ENTERTAINMENT
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        Tarantino with a twist
        634 11  -  CINEMA Jackie Brown is ploddingly slow compared with the director's earlier work, but it is also in many ways his best film By\ Shahiron Sahari The first two films from Quentin Tarantino made their mark with their audacity, clever, snappy dialogue, inspired casting and sometimes extreme
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        WHAT'S ON
        355 11  -  Compiled by M Yasotha PBETORMAIfCB Singapore International Comedy Festival: Glnb! Glnb! Spanish award-winning visual comedy about a boundless voyage into the unexpected. Apr 13 to 18, Bpm at Drama Centre, Fort Canning. Tickets: $20, $25 $30 available at all Sistic outlets. Hotline: 348-5555. HIHIBITIOMB Feature 3 Paintings and
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    • EPICURE
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        Lock icon World chefs gear up for battle
        830 12  -  Toni Robertson, leader of the Singapore team, is pretty confident of success at next week's Salon Culinaire competition. She tells jaime be why JAIME EE TONI Robertson is thinking of leaving town. At least, that's what the Pan Pacific Hotel's executive chef says she
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        Lock icon Blue Ginger holds its own
        765 12  -  RESTAURANT And that's saying something, considering how critical Peranakans tend to be when it comes to other people's cooking By Tan Su Yen PERANAKAN restaurants in Singapore labour under a heavy burden. Every time a new one opens, all the Nonyas and Babas in town,
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        Japanese fusion at Inagiku
        245 12  -  PROMOTION By' Tan Su Yen TEPPANYAKI gets a goodlooking fusion lift at The Westin's Inagiku under the expert hands of Westin Tokyo's chef Terry Hamada. Chef Hamada's JapaneseWestern repertoire includes teppanyaki offerings easy on the soy sauce, as well as chic a la carte items presented
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        The best of the bunch for the Asian palate
        650 12  -  WINE First Singapore International Wine Challenge draws over 350 entries By* Jaime Ee AMONG Asian wine connoisseurs, be they the real McCoy or the trendy regular at the latest wine bar in town, the real challenge hasn't been to tell your
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      CINEMA
      778 13 A Life Less Ordinary. Ewan McGregor stars as a janitor who kidnaps his ex-boss' daughter (Cameron Diaz). Yishun, Bishan, Tiong Bah.ru, Tampines, Boon Lay, Beach Rd, Toa Payoh. A Kid In Aladdin's Court. A modern kid goes back in time. Sequel to the King Arthur's court adventure. Previewing at
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      ENQUIRIES AND BOOKINGS
      116 13 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 23.5-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7629 BngVah Km press 777-6867 Jubilee 464-1640 Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whitesands 686-1782 Bedok 413*2405 Bishan 363-8886 Boon Lay 792-2788 Broadway 464-9394 Majestic 533-9032 Marina 337-9488 Pavilion 786-6788 Tampines 8 786-6788 Tiongßahru 274-6588 Ylshun 257-7848 dementi/
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    • PURSUITS
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        Secular symbols of the season
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