The Business Times, 18 January 1997

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/96 Internet http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes SINGAPORE WEEKEND EDITION, JANUARY 18-19,1997 85c v
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
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    Govt fixes licence fees for new basic telecoms services
    600 1  -  Minister says this will allow tender to focus on quality Reports by Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday announced a structure of fixed licence fees to be paid by new telecoms operators from April 1, 2000, sending out
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    Licensees to lay own infrastructure; callback services not allowed
    247 1 [SINGAPORE] New licensees of basic telecommunications services are expected to roll out their own infrastructure, which includes international exchanges, gateways and frontier stations. Callback services by licensees will not be allowed. These requirements are set out in Telecommunication Authority of Singapore's
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    Lock icon Cheaper yen, mark may not mean lower car prices
    713 1  -  Some dealers nse savings to cnt sticker prices, some don't By\ Larry Wee Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] In case you're wondering if the softening yen and mark have translated into lower car prices here, the answer is yes. And no. The yen
    Source: Dow Jones Telerate  -  713 words
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    Lock icon Foreign boost for property stocks
    210 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A huge inflow of foreign funds yesterday boosted property stocks by some 4 per cent and sent the Straits Times Industrials Index 23.85 points higher to 2,244.21. Volume swelled to 313.66 million units worth $629.18 million, the first time since last
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    Lock icon New lease of life
    53 1 [SINGAPORE] Many old shophouses and buildings in the central business district, some dating back to pre-war days, are getting a new lease of Itfe. With its bright blue and red facade, this six-storey building in Middle Road, for instance, now stands in sharp contrast to its
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      SDS invests $95m in computer monitor tube line
      464 2  -  Plan is for STpore plant to contribute 15% of Sony's total computer tube needs By Jennifer Lien CATHODE ray tube maker Sony Display Device Singapore (SDS) has invested $95 million in its first computer monitor tube production line here. This brings SDS'
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      SUTL ropes in M'sian property group for US $25m project
      352 2  -  Tan 4 Tan will take 40% stake in service apartment venture By] Michelle Low PRIVATELY-OWNED SUTL Corp has roped in Malaysian listed property group Tan Tan Developments Bhd as a partner for a US$25 million (Ss3s million) service apartment project
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      TAS extends R&D pact with NUS, NTU
      167 2 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to extend its R&D collaboration with the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. In a speech during the signing ceremony, TAS director general Leong Keng Thai said there was an
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      Stephen Lee made chairman of TDB again
      329 2 STEPHEN LEE has been reappointed to a second two-year term as chairman of the Trade Development Board, and property developer Kwek Leng Joo joins the board as his deputy. Mr Lee, managing director of Great Malaysia Textile Manufacturing Co and president of the
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      Corrections & clarifications
      48 2 Corrections clarifications VISA International Asia-Pa-cific has said that its Visa Interlink debit card is 100 per cent on-line PIN-based and not signature-based as was reported in a BT article headlined "Riding on the coat-tails of Maestro" on Jan 16. Visa's flagship debit card, Visa Debit, however, is signaturebased.
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      China food court investors to see 20% returns in June
      371 2  -  Investors being sought for two other food courts By, Ang Wan May TAKE a share in a food court and earn more than 20 per cent returns on your investment yearly. This promise, made to investors about a year and
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      Tony Tan to attend Davos meeting
      226 2 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan will join some 2,000 business and political leaders, academics and members of the media at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WED in Davos, Switzerland. This year's meeting, cochaired by John Bryan, chairman and chief executive of
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      California, S'pore agree to step up hi-tech tie-ups
      394 2 Oovernor Wilson wants SPpare to bay aircraft from his state CALIFORNIA and Singapore yesterday agreed to step up cooperation in the fields of hitech industry, tourism and tertiary education, kicking off one of the concrete steps identified by the newly-formed Singapore-United States
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      UOB's new electronic service for corporate clients
      280 2 ABOUT seven weeks after it launched its personalised phone banking service for retail customers, United Overseas Bank yesterday announced the launch of an electronic banking service targeted at small and mid-sized corporate customers. Called E-Banking, it is banking through the personal computer. According
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
    • BULL'S SEYE
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        BT Sentiment Index
        730 4 Those polled for their views on next week's Singapore stock market outlook are: ING Barings, Daiwa Securities, Fraser Securities, G K Goh, Deutsche-Morgan, OCBC Investment Research, Peregrine Securities, Phillip Securities, Merrill Lynch. CSA Holdings Ltd ♦(Accumulate) Merrill Lynch, Jan 17, $1.51 CSA Malaysia's IPO on the KL
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        In My Opinion
        340 4  -  Stewart Alcroft marketing, sales director, Templeton Franklin Investment Services (Asia) TATISTICALLY, it is impossible to ignore kJ China. A population of over 1.2 billion people now beginning to adopt developed world consumer tastes has provided a golden opportunity for many businesses to participate in the staggering economic
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      Making money from currency
      1227 4  -  Rupiah returns are likely to be the most attractive although yields this year from Asean currencies may be lower By Winston Koh The writer is a vice-president and head ofJP Morgan's Asian Emerging Markets Research [SINGAPORE] WHICH Asean currencies did you put your money into in
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      A wide divergence of views
      611 4  -  EYE ON THE REGION: MALAYSIA Better trade balance, likely easing of loan growth point to sustained reduction of rates By] Kostas Panagiotou The KL-based writer is a senior economist at Kim Eng Securities IS Malaysia's mild economic slowdown coming to a premature end? Has there
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      Lock icon Changes on the horizon for motorists
      511 4  -  The ERP and more imports by the grey market likely to take place this year By* Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Motor traders, car owners and car buyers are likely to face swirling changes in 1997. The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system could be operational by
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      DBSS' Picks
      307 4 Recommended portfolio weights for BT-SRI Stocks CO»U!UBimON PRICE AS DBSS RECOMM STOCK i TO SRI AT JAN 16 RECOMMENDS DBSS WTS A 0.42% UStl.72 Buv 0.73% OB+m 3.35% Sf 10.40 Accumulate 3.69% WiMlhl 0.54% US$3.90 Accumulate 0.67% Owl»4(lMr 4.08% SI16.90 Accumulate 4.06% DMBnk(F) 5.47% SI19.20 DBSS'parent 5.47% PalryflMf
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  • REGION
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        Lock icon Investors to be named HK advisers
        66 5 Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] Hongkong chief executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa is considering appointing representatives of major investors from China, the US and Britain as his top advisers, the Hongkong Standard reported. Mr Tung is considering Chase Manhattan Bank Hongkong managing director Antony Leung, China Merchants
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        Lock icon Deng's son pressed to sell teleooms firm?
        68 5 AFP [HONGKONG] Deng Zhifang, the son of China's paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, was under pressure to sell his telecommunications company, a report said yesterday. The Chinese-language Apple Daily, citing sources close to Mr Deng's family, said the company, Wanxin Telecommunications, was put on
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        Lock icon C$1b Canadian-Thai deals signed
        50 5 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and Jean Chretien of Canada here yesterday witnessed the signing of 55 new business deals worth more than Csl billion (551.04 billion). The deals included C 5614.1 million in commercial contracts and C 5407.7 million agreed in principle. —AFP
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        Lock icon Philippine trade deficit hits record
        54 5 Reuter [MANILA] The Philippine government yesterday said that trade deficit widened to record levels in November, but analysts said this was not alarming. It said merchandise trade deficit in the first 11 months of 1996 reached USsslo.9s billion (5515.3 billion) against US$B.l4 billion in the
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      Cambodia sending old jet fighters to Israel for repair
      326 5  -  SINGAPORE By] Harish Mehta CAMBODIA is sending its ageing fleet of MiG-21 jet fighter aircraft to Israel to be refurbished, under a recent deal signed between the two countries, said Cambodian Royal Air Force (CRAF) commander Norodom Vath Vanny. This deal
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      Lock icon All heated up over 3.2% oil price hike
      65 5 [MANILA] Protesters staging a rally yesterday near the Malacanang Presidential Palace to denounce the recent oil price hike. The 3.2 per cent increase was one of several periodic oil price adjustments that Manila will be carrying out as part of a six-month
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      Lock icon Vietnam withdraws licence for US $264m hotel complex
      243 5 HANOI French company was to have built complex with Viet partner AFP VIETNAM has withdrawn the licence for a major Frenchbacked hotel and vacation complex costing US$264 million (Ss37l million) near Ho Chi Minh City, the Imo Dong newspaper said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon Probe Telekom tender allegations: Dr M
      179 5 PALO ALTO, California Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said allegations of discrepancies in the award of a Telekom Malaysia Berhad contract to Swedish company Ericsson Telecommunications Sdn Bhd for the supply of equipment must be investigated. "I do not have much information. If
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      Donors okay US $6.3b ADB fund replenishment
      531 5  -  TOKYO Bat they will only contribute USs3b while bank has to top up with own funds By, Anthony Rowley THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced yesterday that donors to its soft loans window, the Asian Development Fund, which lends money at very low
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      Lock icon Minister named in share scam trial
      259 5 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik has become the second senior minister to be accused in a government share scandal, reports said yesterday. In a long court case which also involved International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz, Mr Lim
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      Lock icon Japan minister puts more focus on forex than stocks
      383 5 TOKYO Govt to watch how forex rates affect imports and exports Bloomberg Business News JAPAN'S Minister for International Trade and Industry, Shinji Sato, said he's paying more attention to the foreign exchange market than to stock prices to gauge the direction
      Bloomberg Business News  -  383 words
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      AIRCRAFT ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
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      IMF shortlists four cities for Asian HQ
      255 5 HONGKONG THE International Monetary Fund has shortlisted four contenders for its Asian headquarters: Hongkong, Singapore, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur. A South China Morning Post report quoting a senior IMF official here said a final decision is expected to be taken by the end
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US Nov trade deficit up 4.9% to smaller than forecast US $8.4b
      491 6 WASHINGTON Lower oil imports and better business with China, Japan help to check gap Reuter LOWER oil imports and improvements in business with China and Japan kept the US trade deficit from growing as sharply as anticipated in
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      Lock icon White House denies about-face on immigration to suit Asians
      344 6 WASHINGTON Reuter THE White House on Thursday strongly denied that President Bill Clinton made an about-face last year on immigration policy after being pressured by Asian-American contributors to the Democratic Party. "This really borders on being outrageous," said White House spokesman
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      Lock icon Fed official sees risk of accelerating inflation
      446 6 RICHMOND, Virginia But he's optimistic on US economic growth, financial markets Bloomberg Business News THE US economy is operating at a high level and there's a risk of accelerating inflation, Richmond Federal Reserve President J Alfred Broaddus said yesterday. "The upside risk on
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      Lock icon British public debt on track despite Dec blip
      258 6 LONDON Reuter BRITAIN'S public sector deficit is nearly double most forecasts in December but economists said the government's target for the financial year remains within reach. Britain's public sector borrowing requirement totalled £2.12 billion (Sss billion) last month, the Office for National
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      Lock icon Budget may target Wall St's pet plans
      232 6 WASHINGTON Bloomberg Business News A NUMBER of tax strategies popular on Wall Street will be on the line next month when President Bill Clinton unveils his new budget. While final decisions have not been made, Mr Clinton is considering tax law modifications to
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      Lock icon Report on Gingrich: fine, further probe recommended
      88 6 WASHINGTON NYT A REPORT by the independent counsel for the House ethics committee is highly critical of Speaker Newt Gingrich for his admitted ethical lapses and recommends a heavy fine. It also suggests that the matter be turned over to the Justice Department
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      Lock icon Clinton enters second term with high marks
      245 6 WASHINGTON A Gallup survey shows the president has 62% approval rating Reuter US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton will begin his second term with the highest approval rating since he came to the White House in 1993, according to a new CNN/C/SA Today poll released
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      Lock icon Germany will meet EMU deficit goal, says govt spokesman
      259 6 BONN Reuter THE German government yesterday rejected mounting speculation that it would miss borrowing targets this year, saying it would meet the deficit goal set in the Maastricht Treaty to qualify for European Monetary Union. At a news conference, Finance Ministry
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      419 6 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 10 Crusoe's disastrous voyage (6) 12 Go off each and every player (6) Rejected sweets still put seen (4) IBTiBI 21 Robber group carrying equip--25 Get depressed when left suffer- Because anger (6) JIIZ-JBIZ 29 Being nice about plug falling Lh| 30 Companies have a point in sup-
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      CEOs replaced on audit committees after SES rule
      475 7  -  Most companies find substitutes in exec director or senior management official By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] A slew of listed companies have replaced their chief executive officers (CEOs) on their audit committees since the Stock Exchange of Singapore spelt out wide
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      Guthrie recasts bonds, warrants exercise
      223 7 [SINGAPORE] Guthrie GTS Ltd said yesterday it had restructured a fund-raising exercise involving the issue of bonds and warrants. In consultation with ABN Amro Bank, Guthrie now proposes to issue $75 million worth of 3 per cent secured bonds due 2002 and $55 million worth
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      Lock icon Tuan Sing buy boosts Grand Hotel shares
      109 7 Reuter [MELBOURNE] Shares in Grand Hotel Group Ltd leapt over 7 per cent to A 51.92 yesterday after an announcement late on Thursday that ING Barings had sold its 39 per cent stake to Singapore's Tuan Sing Holdings Ltd for A 52.05 per
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      Why Hardie shouldn't be considered a soft target
      706 7  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Russell Baker LAST August when Malex Industries announced that it was acquiring 20 per cent of Brierley Investments Ltd (BIL), it said the deal would provide access to the New Zealand group's "technology and intellectual assets through joint ventures".
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      Lock icon ASJ Holdings to raise $7.2 m in IPO
      462 7  -  Trading on Sesdaq expected to start on Jan 31 !iy I Soh Tiang Keng [SINGAPORE] ASJ Holdings, makers of resistors for electrical and electronic products, yesterday launched its move for a public listing with an initial offer of 15 million new shares
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      FHTK's IPO: small investors get 43%
      206 7 [SINGAPORE] Small investors will get more than 40 per cent of food and vegetable distributor FHTK Holdings' initial public offer of 85.5 million shares at 60 cents apiece. Applicants for up to 9,000 shares will get 1,000 shares each, making up 43.4 per cent
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    • REGIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES
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        Waterfront Cruises: HPL buys out partner
        93 8 [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Limited has bought out its partner in Waterfront Cruises Pte Ltd for $1. The company said yesterday that its subsidiary, HPL Tourism Leisure, had acquired 150,000 Waterfront shares from Arumugam Neysadurai, formerly a Waterfront director. The $1 par value shares account
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        Lock icon The ups and downs of two Indon telecom counters
        472 8  -  Funds sell Telkom on probe talk; analysts sceptical abont merger with Indosat From S N Vasuki in Jakarta INDONESIA'S listed telecommunications carrier, PT Telkom, has witnessed unusually heavy trading volumes in recent days on a variety of unconfirmed rumours. Market talk
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        Lock icon Raytheon to buy Hughes' defence holdings for US $9.5b
        428 8 New firm expected to generate USs2ob in annual revenue Bloomberg Business News [LEXINGTON, Massachusetts] Raytheon will buy the defence operations of General Motors Corp's Hughes Electronics division for US$9.5 billion (5513.3 billion), creating America's third-largest aerospace and defence company. GM said
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        Lock icon Talk of new partners pushes up price of SGS-Thomson ADRs
        362 8 Bloomberg Busi ness News Reuter [NEW YORK] SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV's American depositary receipts rose 2.9 per cent following reports that the semiconductor maker could be opened up to new industrial partners. SGS-Thomson Microelectronics' ADRs, each equal to one share, rose
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        Lock icon Kemayan to buy firm for M $135m
        178 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Kemayan Corporation Bhd has signed a conditional agreement with two vendors to acquire the entire equity of Kejora Duta Sdn Bhd for Msl3s million (5576.4 million). The purchase consideration would be satisfied by the issue of 58.695 million new Kemayan
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        Lock icon Exxon expected to post higher profit in 4th qtr
        262 8 M IRVING, Texas Improved oil, natural gas prices likely to lift EPS to US$l.52 Bloomberg Business News EXXON Corps fourth quarter earnings are expected to climb, fuelled by sustained higher oil and natural gas prices profits. The largest US oil company
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        Super Coffeemix in S'pore coffee plant venture
        212 8  -  Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE) Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd has formed a new joint venture company with two partners to set up a plant here to manufacture soluble coffee for sale and distribution in Singapore and abroad. Its partners are Indian company Continental Coffee Limited
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        Lock icon Werner quits as Mercedes chief executive
        235 8 FT [FRANKFURT] Helmut Werner, the man who turned Mer-cedes-Benz into Europe's most profitable motor company, has resigned as chief executive after losing a power struggle with Jurgen Schrempp, chairman of Mercedes' parent company Daimler-Benz. Mr Werner fiercely but unsuccessfully resisted Daimler's controversial plan to
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        Lock icon Globe estimates last year's losses at 750 m pesos
        455 8 Philippine phone firm expects '97 losses to shrink to 321 m pesos Bloomberg Business News [MANILA] Globe Telecom Inc estimated its losses grew to 750.9 million pesos (Ss4o million) last year as the company set aside funds for fraudulent use of
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        Lock icon Malakoff in Pahang power plant venture
        264 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR) Malakoff Bhd, in a move to enter into the power and energy business, yesterday announced that it has accepted an offer to provide a co-generation plant to supply power and steam requirements to Malaysian Newsprint Industries (MNI) Sdn Bhd. The plant
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    • FINANCE & COMMODITIES
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley reshuffles top posts in revamp
        442 9 Investment bank splits business into securities and asset management FT [LONDON) Three leading candidates for the highest offices at Morgan Stanley emerged on Thursday as the US investment bank split its business into two main areas securities and asset management and created two
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        Lock icon Fidelity leads push for HK pensions
        489 9 Govt likely to okay scheme which will create USssb market Bloomberg Business News [HONGKONG] With a tripling of staff this year to 19, Stuart Leckie says Fidelity Investments will have a hammerlock on the hottest new market for Asian money managers: US$5 billion (Ss7
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        Lock icon Greenback still heading up
        447 9 USS/mark: The US dollar continued its climb this week, touching a high of 1.6000 by Wednesday. Sellers emerged strongly at 1.6000 and pushed the unit down to 1.5862 on the same day. However, bulls were not daunted and returned the USS/mark to the 1.5970 level yesterday
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        Lock icon China takes top spot in world crude steel production
        306 9 FT [TOKYO] China last year outstripped Japan to become the world's largest crude steel producer for the first time, according to estimates released on Thursday by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. The US ranks third, followed by Russia, Germany
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        Lock icon Suspended MGAM fund manager slams bosses
        253 9 FT [LONDON] Nicola Horlick, suspended on Tuesday as one of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management's top fund managers, on Thursday night resigned as a director of MGAM and claimed she had been promoted by the company last week in an attempt to halt an exodus
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        Lock icon JGBs hit by fears of bond sales
        243 9 Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Japanese government bond futures (JGBs) fell yesterday following comments by a senior Japanese life insurance industry official. Kenjiro Hata, chairman of the Life Insurance Association of Japan, was quoted as saying some life insurers might sell domestic and foreign bonds
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        Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
        154 9 Reuter London THE dollar rose sharply in the wake of a US trade deficit for November that was much lower than expected. The US trade deficit in goods and services increased in November to US$B.4 billion (5511.7 billion) against US$B billion in October, but the latest figure was
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        Lock icon Oil below US$23 but no end to bull run seen
        322 9 EMERGY REPORT Reuter [LONDON] Oil prices slid yesterday, as they fell below US$23 for the first time this year. But traders, fearing a rerun of last year's late winter rally, seem reluctant to predict an end just yet to oil's
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      COMMODITY PRICES
      1658 10 SICOM FUTURES Jam? RUBBER (futures dosing u «t 5.30pm) RSS1 C0*TRACT(S cMto/kf) CtoM Vo<um« Opto Month tti9fc tow Sttt (towwts) lotamt Ftfc 97 173.75 1175 Mar 97 176.25 1775 Aor 97 178.00 1175 MM 97 179.00 1325 jhii 97 180.00 1175 Wscp 97 182.00 182.00 181.25 75 5310
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      1639 10 Reuter □WktaiaS -64.30 STOCKS closed slightly lower yesterday as early gains mainly prompted by buying back in the construction sector lost momentum. Cautious investors retreated to the sidelines ahead of Monday, when a session of parliament opens, brokers said. The 225-share Nikkei Average, which rose over 300 points early
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      2264 10 LONDON Mistrials JmIT AB Ports 291.400 -1 Abbey National 779 -4 Allied Domecq 412.400 -7.600 AIMC 91.400 .400 Asda Group 126.400 -.600 BATInd 496 -6.400 BICC 270 unch BOC Croup 899.400 -5.600 BR Petroleum 713.400 unch BTR 251 -1 Bank of Scotland 334 4.600 Barclays tm -1
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      1621 11 AFX-Asia Hang Seng +25.72 SHARE prices closed off their highs yesterday, with Financials continuing to prop up the market. Dealers said the overnight gains on Wall Street helped lift sentiment further, but there was also a degree of cautiousness in the market ahead of the weekend and the release
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      678 11 Reuter PI Shenzhen B Index +L5O SHENZHEN'S A and B share indices closed up yesterday due to demand for counters promising solid earnings for last year, with investors shrugging off concerns over Beijing's plan to curb the flow of bank funds into the market. The B Index gained 1.50
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      390 11 AFP □wPlada -33J0 SHARE prices finished 0.5 per cent lower yesterday as investors turned cautious amid uncertainties over the market's short-term outlook. "Most investors held back from buying heavily as largecapitalisation shares performed weakly," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index fell 33 points to 7,173.42. Turnover was 2.11
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      738 11 AFP Composite Index +&27 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday on the back of gains in selected stocks as foreign investors entered the market, dealers said. "All in all, the market is seen as strong but the volume was largely contributed by some selected stocks including BNI, 811, Telkom and
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      816 11 AFP SET Index +9.98 SHARE prices rose 1.2 per cent yesterday as short-term speculative pressure overcame concerns over earnings and problem loans held by property firms, analysts said. Trading was moderate despite speculative bargainhunting, mainly due to expectations of poor corporate earnings in the fourth quarter, said a dealer.
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      337 11 AFP H Manila *4J2 STOCKS rose yesterday on buying of Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT). The Composite Index rose 4.12 points to 3,294.31. Turnover was 14.5 billion shares worth 2.6 billion pesos. PLDT gained 35 pesos to 1,575, Ayala Corp A rose 25 centavos to 24 and Manila Electric
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      412 11 AFP n Composite Indg -10.68 SHARE prices closed lower yesterday as profit-taking emerged after eight straight sessions of gains. "There were indications that the market might be overheating," said a dealer. The Composite Index fell 10.68 points to 701.18. Turnover was 47.6 million shares worth 742.5 billion won. Falls
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      616 11 AFP ClAll Ordinaries -0.8 SHARE prices closed marginally lower yesterday after a day of selective stock trading which saw the index briefly reach a record trading high. The All Ordinaries Index, fell 0.8 point to 2,435.5, after reaching a record trading high of 2,440.0. Turnover was 461.2 million shares
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      262 11 Bloomberg Business News n Wellington -&23 SHARES eased yesterday after a report showed that inflation was more obstinate than investors had expected. The NZSE Top 40-share Index fell 6.23 points to 2,429.56. jb» r— ANZ Banking 8.70 unch 7200 *a*«nt»9»i Mldgj 1.30 unch 0500 Air N«« Z»»una (A) 2.78
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        579 12 Bloomberg Business News n Composite Index +10J3 STOCKS rose yesterday, led by United Engineers (Malaysia), which is expected to get a boost in profit from higher tariffs for its toll roads. "Earnings will be good for 1996, as the company just raised toll rates
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        7633 12 Cl»w Pr|«UU «MIKLSE Compos,t« 1224.55 1214 42 *10.13 NST Industrial 6421.05 6365.40 NST Financ* *****.70 *****.38 >t9 H NST Protwrtias 3000.39 2987.90 *12.49 NST Mining 3152.99 3097.33 *55.66 Tunwwf fOOOl Main Board Voluma* 255.637 255.047 *590 Mam Board Val (MS) 1.425.353 1,378.118 Mil, C on sum ar Prod 29.842 35,351
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        185 13  -  WARRANT WATCH -By\ R Sivanithy THE surge in trading volume over the past few days not only means that foreign funds are back, but that broking counters have also sprung into play. However, because Kim Eng's warrants will expire
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        3795 13 BONOS, LOANS ft WARRANTS wt '••ft/1997 Last Vol Day Last Ouota Avq High Law Stno Company Salt »«r- COOO) High Low Buyar Sailor Prlca 54 47 m 3000 m AMDBc5.5******6 49 unch 47 49 48.5 48 5 50 515 39 3160 'Acor ******1USS 48 »0.5 34 48.5 48 47.5 48
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      2367 13 MALAYSIAN STOCKS Gf 6r 1996/1997 Last Vel Day Lart Ovate H> H> VH IM M Cap High Low Stno Company Sate COOP) High Lew Buyer M»r Cw P/C Sm* 625 360 mi 5000 AISBSOc 394 M 20 400 390 392 396 53 4.9 0.4 82.1 4043 119 84
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        1519 15 TURNOVER ('OOO) VALUE ('000) Main CC6 Tttai Mato CK» Tata! Industrial tlO.725 48.016 156,743 198.970 82.436 281.006 rtnant# 14.069 19,559 33.628 115JS9 28.631 143.990 Hotalj 1.537 1.991 3,528 4,929 3.982 8.912 Propaftlai 16,488 21,984 38.472 90.543 28,662 119.205 Plantation 2,943 2.943 6,752 6,752 Mining 399 399 1.106 1.106 8L* 24.264
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        4841 15 Traasaction Date: Jan 1' Or Cr M Wt 1996/1997 Last Vol Day Last Ouot* 01* Dlv Vld Net Cam Avg High Low StNo Company Sate COOO) HK>h Low Buyer C'vr P/C SmM Prtet INDUSTRIALS 5146 ASE NTSK) 200 US- 1000 900 1275 ASF US$0.***** US900 »«5 90.0 214
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        1021 15 Or Or mm 1996/1997 Last Voi Doy Lut Owota Dt« 0* YM Not Cop A** h>h l— wm ct mi rooot l— ii»w ww c*w M >■ ww SOMA 289 135 2000 ABRMIdmSe 169 -1 3S 1T2 »9 169 170 3.0 14.2 0.1 tOS.6 75J T73 163 68 2049
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        61 16  -  bjr Shiv taneja INVESTORS should consider bailing out of Cam Holdings, which yesterday closed 4.5 cents highgt at 45.5 cents, on a volume of 5.4 million shares)more than 10 times its lfHlay average. The stock Is very near its high for the year, and both daily and weekly
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        219 16 Stodu VOIMM SMB United 10c 35,616,000 *MBf Hldgs 50c 9,850,000 Kim Enq Wt97 9,239,000 •Berjaya Group 8,940,000 •Berjayalnd 8,063,000 Armstrong 10c 7,408,000 'Kamunting 50c 7,112,000 Casa Hldgs 10c 5,403,000 "Multi-P Wt98 5,192,000 Uraco Hldgs 10 4,910,000 Stacks OCBC Foreign 34,098,800 DBS Land 25,777,889 Keppel Corpn 24,757,884 City Ocv 50c 23,032,600
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        Market rallies on back of strong Wall St advance
        695 16  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY Also, a belief that local property firms have tnrned for the better leads to a big inflow of foreign money By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Wall Street's overnight advance and a sudden belief that the local property sector has
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          174 16 A COLLEAGUE received an interesting call from Templeton Asset Management trying to interest her in a China fUnd it is promoting. To begin with, the salesman said there was a one per cent discount on the fUnd until the end of the month. When she said she would
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          104 16 MADELEINE LEE, fund manager of the award-winning Morgan Grenfell Singapore Premier Trust, is understood to have quit the Singapore-based Morgan Grenfell Investment Management (Asia) Ltd. The word is that Ms Lee is joining another firm as chief investment officer, though no one Is saying which one
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          96 16 TO HELL with fundamentals. One housewife who usually takes the advice of her dealer over new IPOs was not going to subscribe for shares of fruit distributor FHTK Holdings because the dealer said the offering of 85.5 million shares was rather big compared to the other
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          148 16 FORMER Hongkong immigration chief Laurence Leung has been in the centre of a controversy in recent weeks after he was forced to resign from his poet by the Hongkong government last year. Mr Leung was asked to leave after the government said it had
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      995 7 ANNOUNCEMENT iWk CONDITIONAL CASH OFFER for Tri-M Technologies (S) Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) by HSBC Investment Bank Asia Limited (Incorporated in Hong Kong) for and on behalf of Surreyville Re Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) INTRODUCTION HSBC Investment Bank Asia Limited ("HSBC Investment Bank Asia")
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      189 12 Land Transport Authority Infoline "umbers 0 Results 1 INFllllillC COE Bidding Results Car Registration Number Availability. Wondering which share result An SPH AudioTex Service Available on 10th or 11th of every month. All you Available between Saturday and Wednesday each week All you need is Call OUr non- 1900 AlldioTeX
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      843 16 THE STRAITS TIMES CLASSIFIEDYOUR GUIDE TO MORE PRODUCTS SERVICES im^TM _i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I Kcng Lian Guan of Blk 505, Bedok North Ave 3 #03-319 Singapore *****5. have applied for a Public House. First Class in respect of M/s River City KTV Karaoke Lounge P/L located at
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      162 16 In the Matter of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 NOTICE OF RESOLUTION WELLWOOD CO PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) At a Directors' meeting of the above Company duly convened and held at 28-10 37th Avenue Long island City. NY ***** on die 9th day of January 1997 at 11.00 a
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      1444 17  -  It's a pill popper's paradise out there with an ever increasing array of vitamin supplements and other so-called health boosters to choose from. Whatever their efficacy, sales of such products amount to a robust $30 million to $35 million every year, and there are no
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        14 17 HAVE you seen this classified ad? "Apartment for sale. Potential for unblocked
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        88 17 NEWSPAPERS are generally pretty serious in their outlook, though it's hard to tell from some of their headlines. Here are some gems culled from American newspapers: Lung Cancer In Women Mushrooms Stolen Painting Found By Tree Man Struck By Lightning Faces Battery Charges Prostitutes Appeal To Pope Chef
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        Men of many theories
        64 17 POOR economists. Is it their fault that they're not known to be social butterflies? Visiting Governor of California Pete Wilson couldn't resist poking fun at them at a breakfast talk yesterday with members of the American Chamber of Commerce: "Economists know of 103 ways to make
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        2195 18  -  THE RAFFLES Conversation His books are bestsellers, his TV shows are watched by millions, and his fans include top celebrities, tycoons and politicians. Is Deepak Chopra truly the emperor of the soul or a mere pop phenomenon? vxkram khakka meets the man who says he has
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        998 18 ONE OF the remarkable things about Deepak Chopra's books is illustrated by the fate of The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success, a slim volume released in 1995, which claims to be about "how to generate wealth in all its forms". Almost instantly, it hit the top
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        1323 19  -  A surprising amount of good local and international art has been turning up in hotel lobbies and lounges, ben mumboe tells you where to go if you're seeking to be aesthetically educated over your latte BEN MUNROE THE weekend lurches around. You have put in too
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      Bloody in parts but anaemic as a whole
      545 20  -  CINEMA Murders, mayhem and martini-sipping madman fail to deliver the goods in the campy black comedy Curdled By Holly Harrison WITH its quirky heroine (the death-ob-sessed Gabriela who gives up her job at a bakery to clean up after murders), a sexy,
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      550 20  -  Strong performances, stunning photography and inspired directing combine to make a glorious epic out of Michael Collins By i Corinne Kerk IT MAY come as a surprise, but Neil Jordan, the director known more for idiosyncratic works like The Crying Game and Interview With The
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      646 20 AUSTRALIAN OPEN AFP Reuter [MELBOURNE] Brilliant Michael Chang snuffed out Tim Henman's hopes of a British tennis regeneration at the Australian Open with an emphatic straight sets victory here late yesterday. The American world No 2 outclassed 14th ranked Henman, 6-1,7-6 (7/3), 6-3
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      561 21  -  NIGHTSPOT Venae offers its patrons a chance to drink and shop for designer togs at the same time By* A Surendren IT'S NOT quite a hangout befitting the likes of Naomi, Cindy, Linda and Claudia, but the Venue Fashion Cafe Pub in Mohamad Sultan Road is
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      414 21  -  Compiled by Holly Harrison UOMUHET t Hm mn n Grandmaster Russian pianist Lazar Berman will give his first solo recital in Singapore. His programme will include pieces by Franz Liszt (to whom he has been compared) and Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures At An Exhibition. Don't miss this. Jan 19
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        838 22  -  If s no slick chick as far as looks go, but Cleopatra's honest-to-goodness Middle Eastern cuisine is bound to win hearts in Singapore, jazmbbb tells why she'll be back for more JAIME EE TO VISIT a restaurant named Cleopatra is to engage in a session of free
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        786 22  -  RESTAURANT Breeks at Marina Square serves up a delightfully adult version of mashed potatoes By 1 Tan Su Yen FRAPPUCCINOS may be all the rage, but would-be trendies will be happy to know that a perennial comfort food mashed potatoes is on the
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        538 22  -  mRESTAURANT Streeters shines like a good deed in the naughty world of Keong Saik Road By< Corinne Kerk FAMOUS for its brothels, Keong Saik Road in Chinatown is not really a place where you'd expect to find Mediterranean and European cuisine. It doesn't
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      1018 23 Albino Alligator. Kevin Spacey's directorial debut about robbers who take hostages in a bar. Matt Dillon stars. R(A). Lido: 5.15; 11.45. Oriental: 12pm. Yangtze: 11.30pm. Army Daae. Five Singaporeans get their army training. Yishun: 11; 1; 6.30; 12; 2am. The ArrlvaL Charlie Sheen stars in the latest sci-fi flick
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        1634 24  -  There's lots to see and do in Paris, but why not venture a little further to take in some other famous French attractions? audrht fhrhra leads the way AUDREY PERERA PARIS is one of the most visited cities in the world, and that is
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        288 24 IF IT'S even further afield you want to go, Paris is acknowledged as one of Europe's most convenient transit points. At Air France's hub at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2 (CDG2), there are some 400 takeoffs and landings a day, with one arrival
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      6 17 Raffles Conversation Deepak Chopra EL 2
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      105 17 aKjiißH Travel Four good reasons to leave Paris EL 8 4 What to eat if you drive a Mercedes. #> The answer is simple. Just follow the .Mercedes drivers of America. From film stars to fashion gurus, from movie moguls to music magnates, they're all into America's innovative contemporary cuisine.
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      32 20 SINGAPORE'S MOST INSPIRING HOMES 143 PAGES OF WONDERFUL ROOMS AND IDEAS A GREAT BOOK FOR YOURSELF, FAMILY OR FRIENDS GET IT AT TIMES THE BOOKSHOP IN CENTREPOINT. PLAZA SINGAPURA AND RAFFLES CITY
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      641 21 Where to wine, dine and entertain '••••••••••••••••••••••••A Magical coffee house I WEEKEND I: Delight the kids with a MAGIC SHOW~] HIGH TEA Every Sunday Adult: $12.00*++ 1.00 pm 1.30 pm Child: 7.so+++ 3.30 pm 4.00 pm At APOLLO HOTEL SMGAPORE 409 NMUW KMC W&VOM HK. TV. 71MW1 •••••••••••••••••••••••a A Ramadan
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      130 21 ILONGESTI rft-jea rrj Town N<m from 12 pm to 5 pm ftULY (Moo-Sun). BY POPULAR DEMAND! $ecut on our spread of Pastries. NonyaKueh, I I and local favourites like Mee Siam, Laksa, Rojak, Mee Rebus and more! Adult: $12.80 (Sat. Suit A Public Holidays tl3.80) Child: $7.80 Subject to senin
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      96 21 fesil Dian Xm Restaurant 1 At The Neptune on shenton Way Dian Xin/Lunch j 11.30am-2.30pm ||)a&£S -J 7TH FLOOR. OVERSEAS UNION HOUSE. j COLLYER QUAY. SINGAPORE *****1. TEL: 224 3022 j <aßijgaaigag>jgM for the family bunch Western and local delights for an ideal family gat together t Special children's favourites
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      30 22 For real-time stock information, call Quickstock on j: 1900-913-0003 fat 30 cents a minute. Stock numbers I are available in the stock pages of The Business Times and Lianhe Zaobao.
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      2072 23 TODAY'S TV Hollywood Sffiz e&ceto B SSSr* SS SSSr^ witch-hunt formidable opponent to 130 GoU?ng World toe Ka',l* tamKarpom (r) date. Stars Jeff Wincott 440 ESPN: World Football Re- "3L)n3l 15 ZSZZ: and Brigitte Nielsen. 440 Sfarl Ocean Adventures. HS I J SSSriKSSo! l.oOpin, Cn 5 5.00 Get Wet. BUM)
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