No. S 790
Securities and Futures Act
(Chapter 289)
Securities and Futures (Market Conduct) (Exemption for Stabilising Action in Respect of Dealings in Notes) (No. 57) Regulations 2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 337(1) of the Securities and Futures Act, the Monetary Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Securities and Futures (Market Conduct) (Exemption for Stabilising Action in respect of Dealings in Notes) (No. 57) Regulations 2005 and shall come into operation on 9th December 2005.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Notes” means the 10-year fixed rate senior notes due December 2015 issued by Chinese Future Corporation for a principal amount of up to US$400 million, which are unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed by Chinese Future Limited;
“securities” has the same meaning as in section 239(1) of the Act;
“stabilising action” means an action taken in Singapore or elsewhere by Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited, or any of its related corporations, to buy, or to offer or agree to buy, any of the Notes in order to stabilise or maintain the market price of the Notes in Singapore or elsewhere.
Exemption
3.  Sections 197 and 198 of the Act shall not apply to any stabilising action taken in respect of any of the Notes, within 30 days from the date of issue of the Notes, with —
(a)an institutional investor;
(b)a relevant person as defined in section 275(2) of the Act; or
(c)a person who acquires the Notes as principal, if the consideration for the acquisition is not less than $200,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) for each transaction, whether such amount is paid for in cash or by exchange of securities or other assets.

Made this 28th day of November 2005.

HENG SWEE KEAT
Managing Director,
Monetary Authority of Singapore.
[SFD CFD 014/99; AG/LEG/SL/289/2005/1 Vol. 8]