The Business Times, 17 February 1996

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    8 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 04^12/95 85c SINGAPORE
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Lock icon Wing Tai-led group wins HK$7.7b Kowloon project
    400 1  -  Temasek,SSLand Sing Land also in residential project aronnd rail station Bya Abdul Hadhi [SINGAPORE] A prosperous Chinese new year arrived a few days early for Wing Tai as a consortium it leads clinched the development rights to a massive residential project around the
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    Perwaja insolvent? Dr M dismisses report
    551 1  -  By William Chia [SINGAPORE] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed a news report that state-owned steelmaker Perwaja Trengganu Sdn Bhd is insolvent and in need of an urgent cash injection to pay off its creditors. His comments were in response to a report
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    Renong moves to drop Halim's wife
    278 1  -  Executive chairman and wife in midst of divorce proceedings From Ho Kay Tat in Kuala Lumpur RENONG Bhd has called for an extraordinary general meeting to remove Norani Zolkiffli wife of executive chairman Halim Saad as a director of the company. The couple are
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    Tussle for Sum Cheong far from over
    552 1  -  Board, numusinrat fhiwgM by SokamtoSia being disputed Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The tussle for control of Sum Cheong International, the Hongkong-listed, Singapore-based construction company, is far from over. The board and management changes initiated by Sukamto Sia, the Indonesianborn businessman who wrested control
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      287 1 BT will be published on Monday but not Tuesday. Normal publication resumes on Wednesday. InßTonMondajr One of Wall Street's biggest and most colourful money managers, Barton Biggs of Morgan Stanley, explains why investment management is "the greatest game in the world." Our market commentator R Sivanithy tnlron a of likely
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      26 1 1 >flK^ JK j TBKi Beaotiftd bat too bounti&il [SINGAPORE] It's second time lucky for hamper suppliers but not the florists this Chinese New Year, Pg2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
    • Article
      Government to double industrial land in Tuas
      476 2  -  Increase to 1,250 ha by the year 2010 will come partly from liiwi i-Hanmtfon done In three phases By. Diana Oon THE government will more than double industrial land in Tuas by the year 2010, with a large part of the increase coming
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      Tudor Close bungalow parcel sold for $31m
      207 2 THE son of UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw has bought a plot of bungalow land in Tudor Close for $31 million. Knight Frank, which closed the deal, said the price pegged the 46,721 sq ft parcel at $664 per sq ft At $31
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      Suzhou Park developer doubles investment
      377 2  -  SiiM-S'ptre venture to bring investment uptoUSs3oom By Teh Hooi Ling THE Sino-Singapore developer of the Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) has doubled its total investment amount in the project to US$3OO million (***** million) from US$l5O million. "The additional investment amount wtt help us move
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      AMP in joint venture with Malaysia's KUB
      170 2 MALAYSIA'S biggest cooperative body, Koperasi Usaha Bersatu (KUB), has joined hands with the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) here in setting up a trading house. Formed through KUB's economic arm KUB Holdings (KUBH) and AMP-ltnked Am- pro Holdings, the joint venture, called Kubaki,
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      Call to use China and India-based scientists
      139 2 SINGAPORE should tap the expertise of China and Indiabased scientists and engineers for offshore research and development (R&D) work, says a report by DBS Bank. It will be more expensive to bring the scientists to Singapore than to let them work from their
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      OCBC Centre East fully leased to ABN Amro
      192 2 The OCBC Group has confirmed a BT report that ABN Amro is to lease OCBC Centre East. In a statement yesterday, OCBC said Dutch bank ABN Amro proposed to lease the entire building for an initial term of six years, with options
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      BP gets new chief executive
      111 2 BP Singapore has appointed Struan Robertson as the new chief executive of BP Oil South and East Asia and associate president of BP Singapore, effective from January, the company said yesterday. He is also a member of BP Oil's executive committee. As associate president, he
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      Lock icon Florists frown, hamper suppliers smile
      322 2  -  By Siow Li Sen JOjPRISTS and plant nurseries face an apparent lack of interest in their blooms in the run-up to the festive holidays, while hamper suppliers appear to be swamped by unexpected demand. Optimistic plant vendors had expected business to jump an average of
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      40 2 Best wishes to all our valued customers, associates and friends. In celebration, we're closed from 17 to 21 February '96. We open for business on 22 February '96. [TO Malayan Motors 46 Lang Km RoaS, Singapore 1*9103.1 M: 473 77W
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      354 2 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 It's not the current issue that 11 Note to change flag (6) sharp rises (7) IUI Mf 15 Uncertain range of French explosive projectile (7) eyesore (4) "■■J jj^ 221 am included in exchanges 28 England invader lacked an ""lJ" 1||^ 29 One is apart, a result
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'SEYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        683 4 Those polled for their views on the Singapore stock market's outlook the week ahead are: Alliance, Baring, GK Goh, Deutsche-Mor-gan, OCBC Securities, Phillip, SBC Warburg, Merrill Lynch. Boy! StMMTi Haritiaac It will undertake the installation, supervision, testing and commissioning of the mobile telecommunications system for Mobile One.
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        In My Opinion
        344 4  -  Mg Bak Eng um HE Fed's decision to I ease (interest rates) X was well founded after a week of awful data. The combination of a 12-point fall in consumer confidence, a decline in the NAPM (National Association of Purchasing Management index) to near recessionary reading, and
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      Busy year ahead for IPOs
      1216 4  -  Withdrawal of SP float may encourage more firms to go ahead with IPO plans By Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE] WILL the shelving of Singapore Power (SP) flotation mean investors are in for another year of unexciting initial public offerings? The answer depends on who one talks
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      Lock icon Telecoms sector worth watching
      531 4  -  BTB oar THB REGION: THAILAND From. Alan Boyd in Bangkok THE telecommunications sector is likely to get close attention fi*om Thai investors in coming weeks, as company profits rebound from a generally poor fourth quarter. Strong demand for val-ue-added services will push up industry earnings by
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      Lock icon Projections show STII hitting 2,510 at end-February
      263 4  -  Year's high of 2,689 seen at end-Dec by forecasters Byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Will it be because of a sustained Chinese New Year rally or in reaction to (anticipated) Budget Day fiscal goodies, or both? The Straits Times Industrials Index was supposed to
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      Buy emerging market stocks: Smith Barney
      300 4 Here's superior growth potential in these stocks, it sajs [SINGAPORE] THIS is an excellent time to buy emerging market stocks, according to US investment house Smith Barney which said valuation, growth and risk fundamentals favour stocks. Emerging markets should also get an additional boost
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  • REGION
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      Lock icon China invasion of Taiwan will fail: US general
      450 5 WASHINGTON He says the outdated Chinese navy cannot lead a strong amphibious assault AFP Reuter THE United States' top military official, John Shalikashvili, said on Thursday that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would be doomed to failure even without US intervention. China
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      Lock icon Taiwan tells how it plans to fight back
      363 5 TAIPEI AFP Reuter TAIWAN has simulated counter-attacks against possible invasion by China as the mainland masses troops along its Fujian province coast opposite the nationalist island, high-ranking military officers said. If Beijing should convert an exercise into an invasion, Taiwan would mobilise
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      Lock icon HK, Taiwan share of foreign investment falls
      304 5 BEIJING Bloomberg Business News THE share of contracted investment by Hongkong and Taiwan, the two main providers of overseas capital in China, fell in the first nine months of 1995, Chinese government figures show. Mainland government controls on real estate spending and tension
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    • NOTEBook
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        Lock icon M'sia's consumer price index up 3.4%
        77 5 AFP [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.4 per cent year-on-year in January, a government Statistics Department report said yesterday. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for fbod and rent, fUel and power which accounted fbr 66.9 per cent of
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        Lock icon Stand firm for Bosnian peace: Dr M
        56 5 AFP (KUALA LUMPUR} Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad points at a photograph showing two Bosnian Muslims praying for a family member killed in the Bosnian conflict after the launch of a photo exhibition here yesterday. Dr Mahathir said Western powers should stand firm
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        Lock icon Instabilit is biĝest enemy: Ramos
        52 5 AFP [MANILA] The threat of political instability is the Philippines' "biggest enemy", President Fidel Ramos said yesterday, citing recent grenade attacks in the capital's financial district A resurgence in political instability could threaten the country's recovering economy, he said in a live interview over radio
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        Lock icon KL looking into right to sue royalty
        67 5 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Is ready to study the possibility of further amending the Federal Constitution on the right to sue members of the royal families, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday, commenting on the Special Court's recent decision barring foreigners from suing
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      Lock icon M$100,000 property levy dampens S'porean interest
      384 5 KUALA LUMPUR Agents Johor, KL, inA Pflnnng especially affected The Straits Times SINGAPOREANS' interest in the Malaysian property market has fallen sharply since a Msloo,ooo (5555.400) levy was imposed on foreign purchases of properties worth more than M 5250,000, said property consultants and researchers
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      Lock icon Homeless in Bangkok
      64 5 [BANGKOK] A student pets three-year-old elephant Toto while his mahout holds his ear to control him. According to an animal rights group, elephants banished prom Bangkok will die of starvation unless authorities find shelterfor them since most of their original habitats have been destroyed. The animals and
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      Sampoerna boss tops Indon tax list
      230 5  -  SINGAPORE By S N Vasuki TOBACCO tycoon Putera Sampoerna heads the list of Indonesia's top 200 taxpayers, a ranking that also includes some of the country's richest businessmen like Sudono Salim, Prajogo Pangestu and three of President Suharto's children. The annual ranking was released
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      Lock icon Mimaland faces pollution charge
      231 5 KUALA LUMPUR Developer says it will meet higher authorities soon NST MBT MIMALAND Bhd, the developer of Mimaland Golf Resort, will be taken to court for causing siltation and polluting the Gombak River. The Selangor Department of Environment (DOE) filed the charge at the Shah Alam
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon '70-cent wages in S'pore' caused US job loss: Buchanan
      439 6  -  WASHINGTON Point made at debate before Republican presidential primary By] Leon Hadar US trade policies towards Asia and Latin America and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) dominated the 90-min-ute debate between the Republican presidential candidates in New Hampshire on Thursday, five
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      Lock icon Blast puts China's satellite launch programme in limbo
      383 6 BEIJING Lunch pad not damaged Irat two launches postponed AFP CHINA has suspended all satellite launches after a Long March 3B rocket carrying a US satellite exploded, killing four people, a spokesman for the China Aerospace Corp (CASC) said yesterday. The spokesman
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      Lock icon Clinton says Fed should consider letting economy grow fester
      340 6 NEW YORK Reuter US President Bill Clinton suggested on Thursday night that the Federal Reserve should consider letting the nation's economy grow at a faster rate and complained that "outrageous" political pressure blocked his choice for Fed vice-chairman. Mr Clinton, speaking
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      Lock icon Zia heads for landslide victory, but death toll mounts
      283 6 DHAKA AFP PRIME Minister Khaleda Zia headed for a landslide win in the Bangladesh general election, with her party taking 129 of the 130 seats declared, election officials said yesterday. Home ministry officials, monitoring police reports, said the death toll from
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      Lock icon Arms sales: opposition wants ministers' heads
      201 6 LONDON AFP THE opposition intensified pressure yesterday for the heads of two government ministers after an independent inquiry appeared to implicate them in a cover-up of illegal arms sales to Iraq in the 1980s. In an unusual show of unity, the Labour and LiberalDemocrat
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      An uneasy India senses end of an era
      772 6  -  LBTTHE FROM MEW DELHI Coming elections likely to result In a hnng parliament By Prem Shankar Jha WITH only two months left before the next elections, the curtain is coming down on what must, by any yardstick, be the most momentous five
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      Lock icon M'sia opposes market opening time frame
      207 6 CHIANG RAI Bernama MALAYSIA strongly opposes any move at the Asia Europe meeting of leaders (Asem) in Bangkok next month to set up a time frame for market opening measures, similar to the one adopted by the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum. The
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    • WORLDWatch
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        Lock icon Clinton considered for Peace Prise
        33 6 Reuter (OSLO] President Bffl Clinton and hi* tough-talking nftgnrtatnr Richard HolbTQ*** ammig more than 100 candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prtaa, Norway's national news agency NTB said.—Renter
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        Lock icon Clinton proposes US$2b technology fund
        55 6 Reuter [UNION CITY, New Jersey} President BUI Clinton has proposed the creation of a US$2 billion (512.8 billion) to help brtng computer technology into all US classrooms "Wi have an obligation to main sore that all of our children have access to the finest education
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        Lock icon Poll shown Yeltsin trailing the pack
        45 6 AFP [MOSCOW] A poll published yesterday the day after Borii Yeltsin declared he would run for re-election as president showed him running a distant seventh in a field of nine politicians. Only 9 per cent poßed picked him —AFP
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        Lock icon Canadian PM in attack
        41 6 Bloomberg Business News [OTTAWA] Prime Minister Jean Chretien grappled with a man at a televised rally, seizing the man by die jaw as he tried to break free from an angry crowd on Wednesday. Bioomberg Business News
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon G K Goh interim earnings plunge 45% to $9m
      262 7  -  CORPORATE RESULTS But revenues have improved tifllly ginrn the start of the year, says the company By] R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Listed brokerage G K Goh yesterday reported a 44.9 per cent slump in interim net earnings for the six months ended
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      Lock icon Newsprint costs erode Utusan profit
      79 7 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Publishing group Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd said the profit drop in calendar 1995 was mainly due to a "significant" rise in newsprint costs which eroded profit margins. For 1996, the high newsprint price is expected to be maintained at current levels, it
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      Eltech sinks further into red with net loss of $9.9m for year
      248 7  -  By] David Mok [SINGAPORE] Mainboardlisted Eltech Electronics sank further into the red, reporting yesterday a net loss of $9.94 million for the 12 months to Dec 31,1995. For the previous financial year, the company had posted a net
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      Econ International on expansion path
      197 7  -  By I Choang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Econ International has gone into an expansionary mode. In three separate statements yesterday, the construction and property group announced it has raised its stake in Micro Union Industries, set up a new subsidiary and formed a Joint venture. Econ
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      More than just bull behind surge in property stocks
      744 7  -  HOCK LOGS SBW By Ven Sreenivasan IT must come as some relief to many analysts that, after climbing to record levels in recent weeks, property counters consolidated somewhat this week. But the breather may prove short-lived. Judging by the looks of
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      Lock icon Nauticalink drops 9% on SC rap but closes 20 sen higher
      221 7 Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares in Nauticalink Bhd fell as much as 9 per cent after Malaysia's Securities Commission reprimanded the company. However, the shares recovered to close 20 sen higher at M 512.30. The Securities Commission said
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    • Article
      UOB Asset raises $40m from unit trust
      201 7 [SINGAPORE] UOB Asset Management has raised $40 million from its ninth unit trust, the United Apec Equity Fund. Launched on Nov 16, the fund invests in the Apec (AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation) countries. At 'Hie launch, Daniel Chan, UOBAM's managing director, told BT that
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp profits for 1995 seen up on diversification
      344 7 Ship-repairing will contribute less than hall, say analysts Reuter [SINGAPORE] Business conglomerate Keppel Corp Ltd is likely to announce higher 1995 net profit next month, but less than half will come from its original business of ship-re-pairing, analysts said yesterday. They
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      Lock icon KL exchange suspends Renong trading for a day
      478 7 Move to allow news of Ms4B3m land sale to be disseminated Bloomberg Business News [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange suspended trading in Renong Bhd shares yesterday after the company said it reached an agreement to sell a parcel of land
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    • Article
      Lum Chang, Ecics agree to revise investment in LC Hotels
      237 7 [SINGAPORE] Lum Ghang Holdings and Ecics Property have agreed to revise their investment in LC Hotels downwards by 6.8 per cent to $126.9 million from $136.1 million, as agreed earlier. Last September, Lum Chang announced an internal restructure of its
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      Lock icon Go-ahead for sale of UMBC shares
      90 7 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Securities Commission has approved Datuk Keramat Holdings Bhd's proposed sale of 201.168 million shares or 60.35 per cent equity in United Malayan Banking Corporation Bhd (UMBC) for Msl.3 billion (Ss72o million). Conditions for the approval include the sale proceeds being
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    • COMPANIES
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        Lock icon Hopewell to sell 44% of infrastructure unit: paper
        286 8 Developer to use proceeds from HKsllb sale to pay off debts Bloomberg Business News Reuter [HONGKONG] Hopewell Holdings managing director Gordon Wu told fund managers on Thursday that the company would sell 44 per cent of its Consolidated Real Estate and Transportation
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        Lock icon Thai govt to raise stake in Bangkok Bank of Commerce
        333 8 Bloomberg Business News [BANGKOK] The Thai government will buy some of the new shares that Bangkok Bank of Commerce pic plans to sell to boost its capital reserves, a senior executive said. "Any increase in capital must first give the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Lloyds TSB pretax profit down 7.9% after charge for merger
        322 8 Bloomberg Business News [LONDON] Lloyds TSB Group pic, Britain's largest domestic bank, said its 1995 pretax profit fell 7.9 per cent because of a reorganisation charge for its merger late last year. Profit before tax and excluding the £425 million
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        Lock icon Genting takes stake in oil venture
        119 8 NST [KUALA LUMPUR) Genting Bhd has taken up a 45 per cent participating interest in an oil and gas exploration concession in Indonesia with British Gas Exploration and Production Ltd. Its subsidiary, Cairns Ltd, took up the concession on Wednesday, it said in a
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        Lock icon Dasa down in the dumps
        40 8 [MUNICH] Manfred Bischof chairman of the board of the German Dasa, the aeronautics branch of Daimler-Benz, announced at the company's press conference on Thursday a record loss of some 4.3 billion Deutschemarks (Ss4.l billion). AFP
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      • Article
        Lock icon Court ruling gives revamp a boost: Hayes
        359 8 Firm's founder seeking to save it from bankruptcy Bloomberg Business News (ATLANTA] Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc said its founder's plan to bring the company out of bankruptcy received a boost from a ruling by a federal bankruptcy court judge. Judge Hugh Robinson in
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      • Article
        Lock icon Shangri-La Asia sells US$400m debt
        186 8 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Bankers for Shangri-La Asia Ltd, a Hong-kong-based international hotel group, began selling US$4OO million (SSS6B million) in debt yesterday. They raised the amount from US$3OO million due to demand that topped US$9OO million, said Societe Generale Asia Ltd, which is arranging
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        Lock icon Crown Cork completes exchange offer for CMB
        256 8 Bloomberg Business News [PHILADELPHIA] Crown Cork Seal Co said it completed its exchange offer for all of CarnaudMetalbox SA's shares outstanding as part of its US$5.2 billion (557.4 billion) acquisition of the Paris-based packaging company. The acquisition, approved in December by shareholders of
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      • COMPANYBriefs
        • Article
          OUE in the dark on sharp price rise
          71 8 (SINGAPORE] In response to a query from the stock exchange, Overseas Union Enterprise yesterday said it was "not aware of any reason" for the substantial increase in its share price and the trading volume in its shares on Thursday. OUE's share jumped
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        • Article
          MHE cuts interim net loss to $590,000
          62 8 [SINGAPORE] Material Handling Engineering Ltd yesterday reported an Interim net loss of $060,000 for the six months ended Doc 31,1066. This is lower than the $1.97 million loss incurrsd in 1964. Hie company attributed Its results partly to the departure of several key
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        • Article
          Avimo unit sells leasehold land
          58 8 [SINGAPORE] Avimo Alvis Aerospace, a subsidiary of A vimo Singapore, is selling its leasehold land and building at UJoo Koon Way for $3.62 million. The deal, when completed, will yield a gain of $2 OR million which will go towards reducing the parent company's borrowings
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          Courts leases space in Pasir Ris
          44 8 [SINGAPORE] Furniture retailer Courts has Isassd UMBO square feet of retail space In Pasir Ris for a new branch, which is due to open in December. The new branch will eventually replace its temporary premises at Ellas MaH
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          Pertama makes $4.5m share placement
          77 8 [SINGAPORE] Pertama Holdings, the retailer of consumer electronics, is raising about $4.5 million through a private fg placement to repay bank borrowings. It has reached an J§ agreement with United Overseas Bank, which will subecribe or procure subscribers for the placement of &25 million shares,
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          Lock icon SMPC Metal dips after strong debut
          89 8 NST [KUALA LUMPUR] SMPC Metal industries Bhd, which made an impressive debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange second board on Thursday, yesterday dosed 30 sen down at M 57.80. Volume was 188,000 shares. On Thursday, the stock opened at Mf&SO, registering* USOper cent
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        Lock icon Rentokil pestering BET with hostile bid
        280 8 Reuter [LONDON] British pest control to security services Rentokil Group pic yesterday launched a £1.8 billion (Ss4 billion) hostile bid for business services group BET pic, one day after saying it had made a friendly approach. In making its offer, Rentokil highlighted what it
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        Lock icon More listed Chinese firms looking to mergers
        325 8 Reuter Bloomberg Business News [SHANGHAI] China's listed companies are increasingly looking to mergers to strengthen competitiveness and improve management, analysts said yesterday. Four mergers involving companies listed on the Shanghai stock exchange have taken place in recent months and more are considering a
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        Lock icon News Corp to begin rating system for Fox TV programmes
        316 8 It will become first broadcaster to label contents of shows Bloomberg Business News [NEW YORK] News Corp said it will put ratings on programmes shown on its Fox television network, becoming the first broadcaster to label the contents of its
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
      • SMALLChange
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          Lock icon S&P lower Bankers Trust debt rating
          76 9 Bloomberg Business News [NBW YORK] Bankers Trust New York Corp's ratings on USS&3 billion (S$13 billion) of debt were lowered by Standard Poor's Corp, which said the banking company's money-losing derivatives business has hurt results. SAP lowered its rating on Bankers Trust senior debt
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          79 9 AFP [LONDON] Gold purchases hit a record high in the main importing countries, rising on average by a 10 per cent rise in 1966 to a total of 2,740 tonnes, the World Gold Council &<WGQ said on Thursday. Demand for the precious metal
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          88 9 Bloomberg Business News (NEW YORK] Chase Manhattan Corp has begun firing bankers in its k>an syndications group as it prepares to merge with Chemical Banking Corp, a source said. Fewer than 10af the 35 bankers at Chase that put together groups of hanks, or syndicates,
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        450 9 ÜBft/Duu The US$ fell against the German mark, touching a low of 1.4630 on Wednesday before consolidating between 1.4630 and 1.4730 after that. It was seen trading around the 1.4680 level yesterday morning. Strong support is seen at 1.4615. A breach of this
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        454 9 Vienna, two big banks reject EC calls to end anonymons saving accounts Bloomberg Business News [VIENNA] Two of Austria's largest banks criticised the European Commission's attempt to pressure Austria to end its 177-year-old tradition of anonymous saving accounts as a way to fight
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        158 9 Reuter London THE dollar was subdued and still somewhat sluggish in European trade ahead of holidays on Monday in both the United States and Asia. The mark was mostly steady against the crosses after the Bundesbank left its discount rate at 3 per cent and fixed its next
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        374 9 Recent speculation of early rate rise seen as premature AFP [TOKYO] Japanese interest rates were expected to remain low for some time to come, reflecting prolonged weakness of the economy, economists said yesterday. They said recent speculation, sparked by comments by Finance Minister
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        310 9 Bloomberg Business News [BRISBANE] A consortium of international banks, including America's Chemical Bank and the Bank of Tokyo, has written off about As6so million (***** million) in loans for the Newlands-Collinsville-Abbot Point (NCA) coal project in the Australian state of Queensland.
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        321 9 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil markets were set to end the week quietly yesterday as the rollercoaster ride of previous days calmed down ahead of a US holiday and no firm news on renewed Iraqi oil sales. World benchmark Brent Blend crude oil
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        1052 10 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tin price on the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market ended 12 sen higher yesterday at M 515.72 per kg on improved buying interest, dealers said. They said the market was in active trading with traders having to shortcover and build up their stocks ahead of the week-long holidays
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        1011 10 Reuter (SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures hobbled to a weak finish yesterday as the market recovered slightly from Thursday's sharp drop. September Euroyen plunged to 98.82 on Thursday following comments by Japanese Finance Minister Wataru Kubo about the need to consider the impact of low interest rates on pensioners. Players
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          103 10 [SINGAPORE] Malaysian feedmills have covered their soymeal needs through May shipment and will buy for June in a big way once they return from next week's holidays, traders said. Only one or two cargoes—with the range totalling from 10,000 to 40,000 tonnes—still have to
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          106 10 [SINGAPORE] The Philippines' recent raw sugar imports are for domestic consumption and not re-export, officials at the Department of Agriculture said yesterday. The country has imported about 20,000 tonnes of raw sugar from Thailand and another 80,000 tonnes from Australia for Jan-Feb shipment, the
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          90 10 [SYDNEY] Mining of higher ore head grades enabled Australia-based Broken Hill Proprietary to post a 60.7 per cent year-on-year rise in copper concentrate production in January from its majority-owned La Escondida mine in Chile. BHP's 57.5 per cent interest in Escondida yielded the company 27,000
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          56 10 [SYDNEY] Australia's benchmark indicators fell further this week, with the eastern indicator losing six Australian cents per kg clean to 585 cents (626 Singapore cents), and the western down three cents at 579. Chinese interest helped firm strong wool categories, but was insufficient to counteract a fall
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      4682 11 Pt*n -83.42 SHARE prices closed broadly lower yesterday, but well off lows on bargain-hunting by public funds and a closing rally in futures, which sparked late futures-linked buying. The Nikkei Average closed down 83.42 points at 20,802.77, off a low of 20,580. The Topix Index was down
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      1628 11 Qua -8J SHARE prices closed lower on profit taking and early declines on Wall Street. The market was also undermined by a weak bond market The FT-SEIOO Index closed down 8.9 points at 3,770.9, off a high of 3,791.6. Volume was 748.5 million shares. Share prices fell
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      2441 12 AFX-Asia WHangSeng ****** SHARE prices closed higher in a day dominated by property and infrastructure stocks. The Hang Seng Index closed up 123.18 points at 11,594.99. Turnover was HK16.14 billion. The index fell on mild selling in early afternoon trade but picked up again and at one time went
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      528 12 Reuter P Shanghai B Stare Met +Ll5 SHANGHAI B Share Index closed sharply higher in active trading yesterday, mainly on institutional window-dressing buying ahead of the two-week Lunar New Year holiday starting on Monday. The B Index rose 1.15 points, or 2.3 per cent, to 52.38 on a volume
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      1211 12 Bloomberg Business News H SET lain +3JO STOCKS rose, as publishing issues rallied on expectations lower paper prices will boost profits, analysts said. "Newsprint prices reached their peak in the third quarter last year," said an analyst. Prices are expected to be little changed next week, as many traders
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      1000 12 Bloomberg Business News QCnpofltabfaz ♦4.71 STOCKS rose as Telkom and Indosat gained on news of the US$3OO million (***** million) sale of 17 per cent of their mobile phone company to the Dutch national telephone company. "We know this market is massively underserved," said an analyst. "It's reasonable to
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        6969 13 KUALA LUMPTJR Reports Bloomberg Business News +4.73 STOCKS rose to a fresh 15-month high, led by financial shares. Analysts said local investors bid up stocks in the expectation that foreign fund managers, who have ploughed hundreds of millions of dollars into Asian markets
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        3554 14  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy SOME time back, we featured the rights to the warrants on Malaysian property counter PJ Developments. Since then, the warrants have done very well, but have fallen off a bit during the correction of the past two weeks. For this
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        60 16  -  -By Paul L AVERAGE Directional Movement Index shows that the recent upmove in Pegi Malaysia is unttkriy to surge atom its year high at $1.68 from yesterdays close qfsl.sl Weekly and monthly Relative Strength Indices are near over bought regions while the daib indicator is neutral. Look for
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        812 16  -  STOCK MAUBT ooHMmmsr Strong finish helps STQ regain 2,450-point mark; analysts say recent correction has weeded out weak holders By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A quiet start to trading yesterday eventually gave way to a strong finish that enabled the Straits Times Industrials
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          94 16 CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that equities research is a science. Well, most BT Journalists are likely to agree, but would hasten to add that it is as much an exact science as weather forecasting. Just yesterday, we rsceived three brokerage research reports on Kuala Lumpur-listed Hume Industries, which
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          115 16 AS WE approach the Year of the Rat, some local shares appear to be thriving on chicken. Cerebos Pacific shares rose an impressive 70 cents yesterday to close at $11.90. Trading was pretty impressive too with over 412,000 shares changing hands. As dealers and analysts could not
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          100 16 THE senior management of British business services group BET pic has s major pest control problem on its hands. Yesterday, pest control group Rentokil Qroup pic launched a U552.77 billion (Ss3j9 billion) hostile bid for the company. This was ju»t one day after saying it had madea •friendly
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          61 16 IT IS good to hear that the only thing that did not outperform inflation wan index at ftind management firm Tempieton is thejpb title. According to a source, the retired John Templeton (the fund's founder) had the Job title of "analyst" on his name card all his
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          99 16 THE next few days will be crucial for aluminium consumers, especially listed food* beverage companies in Singapore, Aluminium prices on the London Metal Exchange have risen moderately this week though there is considerable debate on its upside potential. Yesterday moraine, three-month aluminium was quoted at around USfI,64S/46, barely chasgßdftani
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      929 16 Singapore Closing Share Prices 16/02/1996 CLOSE PREV LOW HIGH till## uss uss uss uss AlWr Jardine Matheson 8.35 &£0 8.05 8.35 FRSM Jardine Strategic 3.34 3.42 3.30 3.38 LXSSSf A Dair Fmrm 1-01 0.00 0.06 1.01 kSViH Hongkong Land 2..20 2.18 2.16 2.20 ■■■■■■■I Mandarin Oriental 1.33 1.34 1.33 1.34
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      1476 17  -  Is it the right time to expand your business, invest in properly or change your job? jaimb be finds out what you can look forward to in the Year of the Rat JAIME EE CHILDHOOD folklore has it that the rat became the first animal in
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        57 17 WHATs the shape of things to come? Here's what an IT magazine has to say: "The factory of the ftiture will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog and the dog will be there to
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        72 17 A MIDDLE-AGED woman was spotted at McDonald's trying to buy its promotional Mickey Mouse dolls in Chinese costume for her "house decorations". She got agitated when told they had run out of Mickey Mouse dolls. To sooth her, her husband suggested: "Never mind lah. No Mickey Mouse,
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        65 17 THE NEW Mercedes Benz E-class has been selling like hot cakes, but maybe the over-zealous car-buyers should have done some homework first. On the first day of delivery, a middle-aged woman got into her car but didn't know how to operate it. From the looks of
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        44 17 SOME hotels try to win guests over with subtle touches like fresh flowers and free newspapers. One airport hotel in Auckland is a little more direct. Displayed prominently on a billboard outside were these words: "Stay with us. We need the money."
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        1659 18  -  Ifs business that drives the vision, says co-founder and chairman of Netscape Communications Jim Clark, the Internet's first billionaire. He talks to imimiH jambs about the experiences that have shaped his philosophy THE RAFFLES Conversation KENNETH JAMES VISIONARY. It's a tag that, along with "legendary", is often
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        870 18 INEVITABLY, inexorably, the conversation turns to the Internet. A lot of people think if s going to be big, someone suggests cautiously. "Oh, c'mon!" exclaims Jim Clark. "It's the biggest thing that* s happened in telecommunications since the telephone." In fact,
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        815 18 WHEN the history of the information art it written, the meeting on Feb 1, 1994, between 50-year-old computer luminary Jim Clark and 22-year-old software genius Marc Andreessen will be seen a* one of its turning points. Dr Clark recalls that meeting, and subsequent developments, vividly.
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        1238 19  -  Manager, detective, researcher and valuer Tow Theow-Huang juggles all these roles as senior director of Chinese paintings and works of art at Chnstie's in New York. aoaBWBBLBm meets the man who's happily married to his job GOH HWEE LENG SINGAPORE may not feature prominently in the international
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      463 20  -  NIGHTSPOT The Cnb&n Boys have taken over the Tapas Bar, bat nobody's complaining By A Surendren IF YOU love jazz, you'll certainly enjoy the rhythm of the Cuban Boys at Omni Marco Polo's Tapas Bar. The music is infectious, and violinist and band leader Omar Puente dances while
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      577 20  -  TELEVISION The Late Show with David Letterman has finally arrived in Singapore. Bat seriously, folks, what's this award-winning crap doing on Premiere 12? By] Kevin Sullivan THE LATESHOW with David Letterman (Mon-Thu 11.30pm, Fri 12.30 am, Premiere 12) was very late indeed this week. The episode
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      494 21  -  I CINEMA Don't hold your breath. Waiting To Exhale may not be your idea of a heady experience By\ Shahiron Sahari IT'S hard to be sure if Waiting To Exhale is such an applauded event because it is the first movie of its kind, or because
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      524 21  -  Compiled by Holly Harrison ouMumra Bjork Need to dance off some of those New Year calories? Let Icelandic pixie Bjork inspire you when she appears in concert at Zouk next Friday and Saturday. Buy your tickets before tomorrow and you'll get $5 off. Feb 23 and 24, 9pm
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        402 22  -  This year, why Dot serve fa caiyu shengmih a difference? Chef de cuisine waymb HDUkBATUBi of Doc Cheng's at Raffles Hotel shows how you can combine traditional ingredients with Pacific influences to create great fish (fishes WAYNE HIRABAYASHI YnSheng For 4 people INGREDIENTS
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        103 22 FOR the Lunar New Year, Pascale Garcia, consultant decorator at luxury tableware retailer Christofle Paris, has created a table setting dominated by the traditional colours of red and gold. These colours appear cm the elaborate table cloth, on the plate rims, cutlery, as
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        772 22  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR Which wines go best with traditional Lunar New Tear fore? Here are some useful guidelines By N K Yong WHAT I find fascinating on the wine scene today is the adoption of wine as the standard beverage with meals, even Chinese food, and
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      1255 23 Am Ventura: Wkm Natu* Calls. Funnyman Jim Carrey back as the antic animal sleuth, this time in Africa where he summoned to find a sacred white bat in time to stop a tribal wa Lido: 11.15; 1.45; 4.15; 6.45; 9.15. Capital 11; 1.90; < 6.30; 9.15. 1 shun: 10.55;
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        2377 24  -  Tired of chain hotels? Perhaps the smaller, independently-run boutique hotels are more your style, ranu, wablow picks five of London's best EMMA WARLOW BUSINESS travel, as every hard-working international executive knows, is very far from glamorous. The reality of travelling long distances is hardly enviable —dealing
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      11 17 ihe Baffles Conversation Netscape chairman Jim Clark. EL S A Hhfcg.'
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      174 21 Where to wine, dine and entertain I KINTAMANI -INDONESIAN RESTAURANT— Ramadan Buffet 22nd JAN '96 13th FEB '96 15th FEB '96 21st FEB '96 Come, break your fast with Ramadan Buffet featuring Padang and a wide selection of popular Indonesian Cuisine. *Buffet Lunch available dally (12 noon 2.30 pm) Hk
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      225 21 Unwind witk golden bubbles at tke Hubertus Grill tkia Sunday witk a free glass of Gold Sekt Champagne, containing real 24 carat gold flakes. Tke perfect compliment to a Sunday Brunck, tkat even King Midas find kard to resist. A ANA HOTEL SINGAPORE 16 NiMim HiO, Smfroffi 25*467 TrUfl.o!,. 732
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      230 21 Et~ |~r Reunion Feasts I h 8 February 4 March 1996 Moon Pavilion Chinese Restaurant Usher in the Year of the Rat with our auspicious menus each spelling prosperity and good luck for the new year t $388 per table of 10 persons includes free flow of soft drinks plus
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      254 21 ffi| Every New Year celebration can WWewH** New Veer Dhhes jF M only be complete when you sink /*J your teeth into oureverpoputer Prosperous Ra*RshS<tfad "Lo Hei Yu Sherg". Treat your (Abatone/Saknon/Parang) M family and friends to a sumptuous Long Fang Cheng Xlang B CJKomm-.M-MM.MM m P PmHsang Restaurant With
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      2259 23 TODAY'S TV 1030 AM TV Innovations. fECESE?' TtlG v ll be Ritchie and Others. 11,00 Zhuang <Te MO Berita Mutakhir. ii IXOO NN A Sita Mnftvfhir there for you M 3 EST 9 Snrrpr PA Cud Archive J 10,90 Usop Santorian. In Fooos: Inside Friends, Cheech Marin stars in this
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