§ 52. Mr. Clemitsonasked the Minister of Overseas Development what inquiries 569W she has made of the Commonwealth Development Corporation about the working conditions of persons employed by companies in which the Corporation has an interest.
§ Mrs. HartThe CDC appreciates the importance of proper working conditions. For this reason, it has since 1964 had an industrial relations adviser on its staff. He gives particular attention to projects in whose management the CDC itself is involved.
§ Mr. Clemitsonasked the Minister of Overseas Development if she will list the current investments of the Commonwealth Development Corporation in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Papua New Guinea, respectively.
§ Mrs. HartThe list, as at the end of February 1978, is:
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Hong Kong £ Hong Kong Building & Loan Agency Ltd 348,000 Modern Terminals Ltd (deep water container terminals) 2,000,000 2,348,000 Malaysia BAL Estates (oil palm, cocoa, rubber) 2,288,000 Borneo Development Corporation (real estate) 600,000 Borneo Housing Mortgage Finance 371,000 Electra House (electricity supply) 35,000 Kuching Water Board 285,000 Mostyn Estate (oil palm) 1,338,000 Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation 633,000 Sarawak Oil Palms 6,557,000 Darabif (beef cattle) 950,000 Gula Padang Terap (sugar) 5,000,000 Kulai Oil Palm Estate 193,000 National Electricity Board 10,986,000 Malaysia Building Society 1,698,000 Malaysian Industrial Development Finance 567,000 31,501,000 Singapore Development Bank of Singapore Ltd 233 000 Jurong Town Corporation 750,000 Ocean Properties (office and commercial complex) 2,606,000 Public Utilities Board (water supply) 3,445,000 Sembawang Holdings Ltd (dry dock/ship repairing) 2,500,000 Singapore Factory Development Ltd 509,000 Singapura Building Society Ltd 1,678,000 11,721,000
Indonesia Guinness Indonesia (brewery) 60,000 Jaykay Files Indonesia (engineers' files) 197,000 Kewalram Indonesia (spinning mill) 1,184,000 Merpati Nusantara Airlines 410,000 Mirtasari Hotel Development Corporation 440,000 Sumawa Battery Co 18,000 Tatar Anyar Indonesia (tea and rubber) 126,000 Tubantia Kudus Spinning Mills 942,000 Wavin Duta Jaya (plastic pipes and fittings) 257,000 3,634,000 Thailand Nava Nakorn Co Ltd (new town development) 1,374,000 Siam Hotel Syndicate Ltd 720,000 Thai Factory Development Co Ltd 250,000 Thailand Housing Finance Co Ltd 2,297,000 Thailand Rubber Replanting 523,000 5,164,000 Papua New Guinea Higaturu Oil Palms Ltd 858,000 Higaturu Processing Ltd (oil palm) 897,000 1,755,000 Total £56,123,000 Full details of their investments are contained in the CDC's annual reports available in the Library of the House.