The Business Times, 1 October 1976

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) 1455/76 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1976 50 CENTS
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  • NEWS SUMMARY
    • 75 1 Reuter BLACKPOOL: Britain's ruling Labour Party is expected to hear calls today for unity behind the Government in the faee of the sterling crisis, in return for assurances there will be no more cuts in public spending. The National Executive Committee, head of the Party outside
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    • 53 1 LONDON, Thurs. Sterling hovered to around US$l.7O on the foreign exchange market today roughly half a cent above the opening rate. Meanwhile, sources disclosed here that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will probably come here in early November seeking tough conditions on Britain's US$3.9 million (559.6
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    • 73 1 Reuter TEL AVIV: President Ford plans to make his first visit to Israel and Arab capitals if elected in November; according to an interview published today in the dally newspaper Yedloth Aharonot. It would be his first visit to the region. In the YecMoth Interview, Mr.
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    • 61 1 PENANG: The Kedah State Development Corporation bought 69 pieces of land known as the United Patani Estate in Sungel Patani, Kedah for $15 million at a public auction today. The property, owned by Penang millionaire landed-proprietor N.T.S. Arumugam Plllai, was put under the hammer at the key
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    • 65 1 Reuter BANGKOK: Thailand's House of Representatives has approved a record 68,790 million baht (SJB.OOO million), budget for the fiscal year starting next month. Failure to get the budget through Parliament would have thrown the country Into a constitutional crisis as it is governed only by a caretaker
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    • 35 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Financial Times shares index plunged by another seven points to 323.4 at 3 p.m. today t- Its lowest point for a year. It recovered to close off bottom.
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    • 41 1 UPI NEW YORK: Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 991.69, up 0.50; 20 transp 217.34, up 0.12; 15 utils 97.84, unch; 65 stocks 311.05, up 0.14. -upi
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 182 1 THE SINGAPORE stock market recovered some of its equilibrium yesterday as end-of-the-month covering deals pushed up prices somewhat. Most shares ended with marginal gains. The Straits Times Industrial index gained 0.69 point to 267.35 while the Business Times average managed a rise of 1.02 points to 269.44.
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    • 91 1 Foils Most active Kg. Lanjut $2.10 U.M.W. $139 O. Kent $1.35 K.L. Ind. $0.80 M. Banking $0.30 O.C.B.C. $850 A. Amal $2.96 -.12, -.10 -.05 -.06 -.04 C. Sugars 203,000 S. Darby 195,000 Q. Lumber 135,000 U.O.B. 117,000 Total Turnover: 1.05 M Total Value: M$3.69M Rites Indices
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  • 1253 1  -  NEW SCHEME MAY PUSH FUND INTO RED •y COLIN CHEE THE Central Provident Fund (CPF) stands in danger of going Into the red once the new computation scheme, announced by Labour Minister Ong Pang Boon last weekend, IS implemented from Jan
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  • 74 1 Reuter LONDON: The day shift at Ford Motor Co's UK Dagenham plartt was working normally, despite last night's walk-out by night shift workers, who started a one-week strike, the Press Association reported. It said no pickets were on duty to stop day workers entering work, but
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  • 653 1 FINANCE Minister Hon Bul Sen yesterday complained that the International aid agencies are showing an increasing lack of appreciation of Singapore's special economic circumstances. "The indifferent attitude of international institutions." Mr. Hon said, "is shown In the mechanistic application of the per capita
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  • 468 1 UOB rejig a bid to raise more cash? ON the heels of United Overseas Bank's curfent rights Issue, the group has announced further developments, the ultimate Intention Of which may be to raise further cash from its stable of companies. On Tuesdav, It announced a $108 million rights issue and
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  • 828 1 A UNANIMOUS acceptance of Haw Par Brothers International 1975 accounts cleared the way yesterday for the company to seek a requotatlon of Its shares on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Chairman Michael Fam said after the annual general meeting at the Shangri-La Hotel that
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  • 155 1 THE European Investment Bank (EIB), after a successful issue in January in which US$2O million (Ss49million), was raised, is back in the Asian dollar market for more money. This time the EIB wants to raise USS3O million with a seven-year bond issue, expected to
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  • 504 2 PROPOSAL BY MARCOS UPI MANILA. Thurs. The Philippines proposed today an economic pact between Japan and the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) aimed at blending Industrial power and economic resources in the region. President Ferdinand Marcos made the proposal In a policy speech during a business
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  • 180 2 Reuter LONDON, Thurs. One thousand nightshirt workers at a Ford car assembly plant here went on strike early today 24 hours after some of them had staged a four-hour rampage smashing windows and equipment at the plant. The men walked out Jeering after the management had
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  • 113 2 and in France Reuter PARIS, Thurs. The Power Industry Federations of the Confederation Generate Du Travail (COT) and the Confederation Fcancalse Democrfttique Du Travail (CFDT) said they have called on French electricity and gas workers to strike on Oct 7. In a Joint communique, they said the strike will cause
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  • 149 2 Reuter HONGKONG. Thurs. Vietnam intends to boost exports from the southern half of the country, including rubber, coffee and other commodities, the official Vietnam News Agency said today. The agency quoted Foreign Trade Minister Dang Viet Chau as telling an export production conference in Ho
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  • 56 2 UPI TOKYO, Thurs. Interest rates charged by commercial banks on business loans declined 0.009 per cent in August to stand at an average of 8.219 per cent per year, the Bank of Japan announced yesterday. The bank said the rates have dropped a total of 1.19 per
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  • 580 2 TO readers of The Straits Times, Business Times as a supplement to the main paper is no stranger. Faithfully, three times a week It has gone out with The Straits Times these past seven years, giving information on those areas of business activity here or abroad not normally
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  • 280 2 Reuter HONGKONG, Thurs. Commonwealth secretarygeneral Sridath Ramphal today deplored growing differences between rich and poor nations since the seventh special session of the United Nations General Assembly last year when the world community agreed to work for a fairer distribution of global wealth. Mr. Ramphal
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    • 53 2 SEAT OF IMF TALKS .1 jS V srl >/ j: v This spacious Philippine International Convention Centre in Manila hat been chosen for the site or the five-day International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank conference which starts on Oct 4. Photo shows the interior of the plenary session hall which seats
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 210 2 SINGAPORE 3.00 P.M. Opening Annoucements followed by Housewives' Matinee "Opera uueen" (r) Pi. 2 of a Mandarin film 330 Diary of Events (Chinese) 3.55 Window (Chinese) (r) 425 Intermission 550 Opening Annoucements followed by Children's Day Special 6JO News in Brief 6J5 The Enchanted House 7.05 Thrlllseekers 7JO News News
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  • 1667 3  -  By SAMUEL BRITTAN LONDON: Thurs. There are two theoretical roads to Import controls: the creeping and the galloping. The creeping road is the one being folVowed by the governnent now. Its principle is to extend protection wherever this can be done without causing
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  • 586 3 Reuter BONN, Thurs. West Germany will point out at the International Monetary Fund meeting in Manila on Monday that its import policies have improved the economies of both developing and industrialised countries, Mr Karl Otto Poehl, State Secretary at the Finance Ministry, said. At a
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  • 123 3 Reuter MANILA, Thurs Citibank Na Vile chairman G.A. Costanzo called for an international monetary system that was less dependent on the monetary management of single countries. He told a Financial Times seminar here the present system had been a major contributing factor to the
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  • 223 3 Reuter CARACAS, Thurs. The Finance Ministry said arrangements were virtually concluded for a US$l billion ($2.4 billion) loan to Venezuela from a syndicate headed by the First National City Bank of New York and the Morgan Guaranty Trust Bank. The loan will be
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  • 201 3 Reuter ROME, Than. The Italian Government said it obtained EEC authorisation for a gradual reduction in its depoek sehsms on currency purchase*, currently at 50 per cent, to aero by April 15 next year. The deposit will be reduced to 4i per cent from Oct
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  • 99 3 Reuter WASHINGTON, Thurs. Liabilities of US banks to their foreign branches fell US$6Bl million to US$4.O2 billion for week ending Sept 22, the Federal Reserve Board said. This was $1.71 billion higher than the level of Eurodollar borrowings In the week ehded Sep. 24, 1975. Meanwhile, the Fed
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 400 4 AFTER sustaining sharp losses in the past two years, Unilite Electrical Industries is to take remedial steps to inject additional working capital in order to meet increased production and sales activities. The proposal, however, must have left shareholders pondering both the wisdom of
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    • 569 4 DUE to its over-depen-dence on its investments in the shipping and offshore oil Industries. Jardine Matheson (South-east Asia) is Ukely to fall badly from the high pedestal it was raised to last year. Last year, group net profit stood at a record five-year high
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    • 265 4 ESSO Malaysia's preliminary results have been most disappointing with after-tax profit taking a 35.3 per cent plunge to M 52.2 million. On closer examination, the figures for the first halfyear reveal the unhappy inverse relationship between earnings and the level of activity. While sales and
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    • Latest results
      • 61 4 ROTHMANS OF PALL MALL (MALAYSIA) Oroup pre-tax profit M 914.58 million ($10.44 million) on turnover of $211.85 million ($205.90 million) for the year ended June 30, 1976. Tax $7.58 million ($5.52 million) and minority interest $100,000 ($211,000) making group net profit of $6.90 million ($4.71 million). Company net prorit
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      • 29 4 UNITED MOTOR WORKS (MALAYSIA) holdings group pre-tax profit M 51.38 million ($4.33 million) on sales of $72.3 million (58.7 million) for the. first-half year ended June 30. 1976.
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      • 26 4 HONGKONG LAND 6 roup after-tax profit !K579.4 million ($71.2 million) for the first six months ended June 30,1976. Interim dividend 11 cents (10 cents).
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      • 36 4 PEGI MALAYSIA group pre-tax profit M 52.01 million ($1.32 million) on revenue of $2.18 million ($1.54 million) for the first half-year ended June 30, 1976. Company pre-tax profit $22,139 (Loss $8,000). Revenue $44,704 ($12,306).
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      • 39 4 OUTHRIE BERHAD group pre-tax loss $236,000 (profit $6.66 million) on turnover of $110,84 million ($ll2 million) for the first half-year ended June 30, 1976. Extraordinary loss $29,000 (gain $155,000) making pretax loss of $265,00Q (profit $6.82 million).
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      • 31 4 TASEK CEMENT net profit M 54.38 million ($4.19 million) for the year ended June 30, 1976. Depreciation $3.24 million ($2.64 million) and tax $4.87 million ($4.95 million). Dividend nll(nll).
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      • 25 4 PREMIUM HOLDINGS Group pre-tax profit M 586,050 ($542,024) on tarnover of $2.09 million ($2.24 million) for the first six months ended June 30,1976.
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      • 39 4 PAN MALAYAN HOLDINGS group net profit $425,071 for the first halfyear ended June 30, 1976. Loans outstanding $42.41 million. Company net profit $188,230. Loans outstanding $424,153. There Are no comparative figures due to change of financial year.
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      • 37 4 PAPER PRODUCTS (MALAYA) group pre-tax profit M 5277.125 ($1.07 million) on sales of $15.73 ,mllUon ($12.99 million for the first half-year ended June 30, 1976. Company pre-tax profit $371,347 ($973,630). Sales $8.00 million ($6.51 million).
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      • 38 4 ACM A ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES group pretax profit $1.10 million ($1.03 million) on revenue of $9.48 million ($10.12 million) for the first half-year ended June 30, 1976. Company pre-tax profit $1.03 million ($22,936). Revenue $9.06 million ($9.59 million >.
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      • 35 4 TAIPING TEXTILES net profit MS279.161 (Los: $980,897) on gross sales ol $17.72 million ($10.71 million) for the first halfyear ended June 30, 1976. Depreciation $1.49 mllllor ($774,422) and develop ment tax 0250 (same).
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      • 42 4 PERUS PLANTATIONS estimated group pre-tax profit M 515.56 million on sales of $203.32 million for the year ending Sept 30, 1976. There are no comparative group figures. Estimated company pretax profit $1.57 million ($2.83 million). Sales $12.12 million ($12.98 million).
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      • 20 4 SINGAPORE CERAMICS (formerly Malaysia Tile, Manufacturing) Net loss $1.04 million (Loss $1.34 million) on sales of $550,240 ($768,283).
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      • 23 4 SIGMA METAL pre-tax profit $138,120 ($265,390) on sales of $5.72 million ($5.19 million) for the first halfyear ended June 30. 1976.
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      • 18 4 George town dispensary pre-tax profit M 554,000 ($60,500) for the flist half-year ended July 31. 1976.
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      • 27 4 ASSOCIATED PLASTICS INDUSTRIES group pretax loss M 51.45 million ($490,000) on sales of $7.75 million ($4.91 million) for the first half-year ended June 30. 1976.
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      • 26 4 FANCY TILE WORKS Pre-tax loss M 5227.131 (loss $272,312) on sales of $3.12 million ($2.05 million) for the first half-year ended June 30, 1976.
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      • 50 4 GENTING HIGHLANDS HOTEL Group net profit M 58.97 million ($8.55 million) on sales of $20.16 million ($18.91 million) for the first six months ended June 30, 1676 Company net profit $9.73 million ($9.19 million) on sales of $19.27 million ($18.30 million). Interim dividend five per cent tax exempt (same).
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      • 43 4 TOWN CITY PROPERTIES Group pre-tax profit $894,771 ($974,749) for the (lrst six months ended June 30, 1976. Turnover $653.000($ 1.07 million) and other income $866,677 ($488,828). Company pre-tax profit $653,235 ($950,396). Turnover $653,000 ($1.07 million) and other income $470,838 ($167,600).
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    • Company meeting
      • 14 4 Sungei Way Dredging Bhd.: 10.30 21at Floor, Banguwm UMBC, Jalan Strlaiman, Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 476 4 Current payment Ex Date Date payable Total for the year Total for previous year Aitrt. Amal B«U<M) Beau Plaat B.fcatU Cbem. lad. (FE) Cm. Plant. Dun lop Est Dual op Im* E.N.E. EaooOrd. EaeoPref. G.E. Life Geating H. Gilfillan Hume(M) Hume (FE) J.C.-M.P.H. ffwiin K.L. KepongDeb K. Guaa
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    • 326 4 FOR the first six months ended June 30, 1976, Tropical Veneer has suffered a further loss of M 5452,453 despite a rise of more than 55 per cent in sales to $4.72 million. As it is appealing the decision of its
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    • 331 4 REPORTING a 38.4 per cent drop in Interim pre-tax profit to M 52.68 million, Harper GilfiUan is optimistic that it will be able to maintain current year group profit at the 1975 level of $6.02 million. In the Interim report, it says that present indications are
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 589 5  -  By ROBERT RICCI Reuter BURBANK. Calif., Thurs.Lockheed Aircraft Corp, aerospace analysts say, Is making a comeback that even a few months agQ most thought would be impossible. Lockheed is still weak financially, still vulnerable to a widespread business alienation because of its extensive payoffs scandal, and
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    • 170 5 Reuter MELBOURNE, Thurs— For the year ended June 30, 1976, Ez Industries suffered a 40 per cent plunge in net profit to A$6.5 million. Tax was S5.15 million ($6.81 million) and depreciation $7.40 million ($7.33 million). The net profit includes extraordinary loss of $358,000 (profit of
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    • 144 5 Reuter HONGKONG,Thurs.- A S. •Watson has achieved a turn round of HK52.69 million to a net group profit of $193 million for the first halfyear ended June 30, 1976. It is paying an interim dividend of eight cents (nil). The company, a Hutchison International group associate, said
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    • 366 5 Reuter MELBOURNE, Thurs. Western Mining Corp and Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie (Australia) said they will not advance any further loans to their associate company, Kalgoorlie Southern Gold Mines N.L. Both companies also said they are unlikely to subscribe any funds should Kalgoorlie Southern
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    • 208 5 Reuter LONDON, Thurs— Pre-tax profit at Rustenburg Platinum Holdings fell to 44.1 million rand from 53.1 million rand for the year ended Aug 31, 1976. Profit from metal sales was 53.3 million (58.1 million) rand before provision for possible losses on foreign loans of 3.3 million
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    • 553 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Thurs.- Kennecott Copper Corp's contract with the United Steelworkers does not expire for another nine months, but already some on Wall Street on trying to calculate into their earnings estimate the inevitable stockpiling of copper that will take place. Eugene
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    • 118 5 Reuter BURBANK, Calif., Thurs. Lockheed Aircraft ear* shareholder* at a special mswrtng approved a major refinancing plan authorising the company to issue warrants and preferred stock. The plan was previously approved by the company's major hanks. While common stock shareholders approved the plan, its final consummation
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    • 95 5 Reuter HONGKONG? Thurs. Gold field Realty said trading in its shares has ceased on the Far East and Kam Ngan stock exchanges following supreme court approval or its takeover by Hsin Chong (Holshareholders register was closed yesterday, and the scheme of arrangement for the takeover will become
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    • 54 5 Reuter JAKARTA, Thurs. Pan American Financial Inc. has agreed to grant the Indonesian government a loan of US$B5 million to set up a social insurance organisation, a spokesman for the Social Affairs Ministry said. The loan is repayable in seven years at an Interest rate of between eight and
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    • 190 5 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. The New York Stock Exchange has developed a proposal for a new electronic order-routing system, chairman, Mr. William M. Batten said in a speech prepared (or delivery before the bond club of San Francisco. Mr Batten said the dealer lnter-mafket orderswitching
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    • 98 5 Reuter FRANKFURT, Thurs. Hoechst hopes to raise Its dividend for 1976 from last year's seven marks, but the slae of the rise cannot yet be forecast, management board chairman, Mr. Rclf Sammet told a press conference. He said he Is optimistic enough to say a dividend in-
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    • 180 5 Reuter MILAN, Thurs. Snia Viscosa said It was still In deficit in the first half of 1976 despite a 48 per cent rise in production of chemical fibres and a 45.8 per cent rise In overall sales. A company statement gave no figures and the
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    • 313 5 Reuter HONGKONG, Thurs. Wheelock Marden said company chairman, Mr. John Marden and a director, Mr. John Cheung, have denied that they made use of confidential information in relation to sales of the company's shares. It said in a circular to shareholders the board instituted an investigation
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  • 1921 6 SECTION ONE t INDUSTRIALS r Gr's Gr's I97S Last div Div y'M P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale +or- c'vr ('000) High Low 215 170 Acma 180 12.ON 1.1 6.6 9.0 200 172 AJcom 206 20.0 1.3 9.7 13.2 100 60 Allied Choc 65 237 185
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  • 1288 6 Btd and offer price* officially luted and business In and .reported to the Btock Enhance of Singapore yesterday with the number of share* traded shown In brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified All TUne Settlement Contracts are &*ed after the word "Set." Board deals
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  • 390 6 S'pore Govt 5 1/2% Taxable Loan No 2 With A I 1975/ lit Dm 1977 (1.000.000) (101 658 S pore Govt 5 1/2% Taxable Loan No I With A I 1976/Isth April 1978 (1.000.000) (101 458 101.SOS) S'pore Govt 6 3/4% Taxable Loan No I With
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  • 1338 6 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Ajinamot*' (1 MB i. A.M. Da» (O.MS). A.P.I. (0 588 0
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 77 6 I i 1. i I ICL congratulates Times Business Publications Limited on the launch of their new Paper, BUSINESS TIMES. tap ICL Tho ntor n th.i in < >n the., :>• 1 i J 1 r;yqrarTi" ;omputoa übi'iij tho Tmv s Put) ICL expands their Singapore operation to include a
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  • 470 7 END-of-the-month covering deals made for alternating trends at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. On balance prices finished a shade better. During the opening hour, sentiment remained generally depressed as selling orders carried over from Wednesday were being executed through most broking houses. However, the tide
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  • 29 7 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore haa announced that I.A.C. (Holdings) will be removed from the exchange's official list today following its takeover by Caricor of the US.
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  • 151 7 SINGAPORE L'NIT TRUST < Managers' price* for Oct. 1) S pore Growth F.intf 0 82 0.87 The Commerce 1.77 1.86 INCOME pOND UNIT The Saving Fund 1 00 1.05 r r n > S pore Prog. Fund 0.84 0 88xd (Current prices) S pore Security INCOME BOND 1.06
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  • 438 7 THE Kuala Lumpur share market recovered from its initial weakness In the wake of some late buying and covering activity. At the close, gains were scattered across the board. Trading which was fairly active was concentrated in a score of speculative issues including most
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  • WALL STREET AND OTHER OVERSEAS MARKETS
    • 867 7 NEW YORK: Stocks extended Tuesday's sharp decline In moderate trading on Wednesday. Analysts said the market was still feeling the effects of Tuesday's government report of a sharp drop in the August Index of leading economic indicators. Another factor causing Investor concern, they said, was the plight of
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    • 249 7 AMSTERDAM: Shares fell sharply across the board on Wednesday continuing with the recent decline State loans eased where changed. SEPT Fls Ahold 80 20 -1.4 Akzo 28 20 -0 8 Algbank 279 00 -2 AMEV 48 00 -0 3 Amfas 73 50 -1.5 Amrot Bank 66 90 0.6 Bergoss
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    • 203 7 ZURICH: Shares generally edged lowei In moderate trading on Wednesday, dealers said. The Credit Suisse index lost 1.1 points to 208.2. SEPT n Francs Actions Swisses 242* -1* AlusultseBr 1375 •10 Alusulsse Reg US -7 BKQ8L 3360 -8 BKVRN 400 ■4 Brown Boverl Br. 1805 -10 ClbaOetgyBr. 1305 +1
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    • 127 7 MILAN: Market closed mixed In Irregular trading on Wednesday, after a higher opening In the wake of the insolvency of a Turin broker, dealers said. SEPT n Lire Anlc SOI -1 Assoc Gen ***** -90 Bastogi 1013 unch Centra le 7930 unch Flat 1568 +23 Ftnsider 256 25 1.75
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    • 147 7 BRUSSELS: Market continued to decline on Wednesday, depressed by Wall Street and general economic factors, dealers said. Falls Included Coapagale Lambert, I'nion Miniere, Clubecq. Hainaut-Sambre, CB-laao-BM, Tetsenderlo and Arbed, while HoMmi rose. UK stocks were mixed, but all other foreign Issues tended lower. Canadian Petrofina was steady. US Petrofina
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    • 250 7 TORONTO: Renewed weakness set In through the final hour on Wednesday, as stocks closed broadly lower In moderate trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Prices had "recovered partly through mid afternoon but. at the end, the TSE Industrial Index was down close to 3/4 of point. Declines led advances
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    • 185 7 FRANKFURT: Shares fell up to two marks in featureless trading on Wednesday, ahead of the month end and this weekend's general elections, dealers said. SEPT n Dm ABO MOO -1.3 Akio AlULeben Alls Vers —> But j Bay H T W bank 158 00 -1.4 Bay Vbank Bayer 132
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    • 370 7 JOHANNESBURG: Golds were off the bottom In quiet trading on Wednesday, following marginally higher bullion indications. dealers said. Financial minings followed producers more slowly, with Anglos gaining five cents to 395. De Beers was two cents firmer throughout the day at 350. Coppers and platinums were steady. The Industrial
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    • 322 7 HONQKONG: The market closed mixed In fairly quiet trading on Thursday, with the main feature a further drop In the Jardiac Matfcw share price to HK$lB from $18.40 on Wednesday. dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.72 points to 408 Turnover on the four exchanges rose to $23.89
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    • 132 7 MANILA: The market closeC lower across the board In quiet trading on Thursday,, dealers said. Mining issues led the decline on the fall In copper prices. SEPT M Peso* Acoje Mining 0165 unch Atlas Con A 32 50 -0 25 Atlas Con. B. 32 75 -0 25 Bagulo Gold
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    • 332 7 PARIS: The market was lower in thin trading on Wednesday, with investors waiting for President Glscard D'Estalng's television broadcast at night, dealers said. Most shares fell, but banks and other flnanclals were mixed. In the foreign sector, Americans, Germans, Dutch shares, International oils and copptrs lost ground, but some
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    • 391 7 SYDNEY: Prices rallied across the board In a favourable reaction budget on Thursday, dealers said. Energy stocks, particularly uraniums, led the rise, with Peko-Wallsead rising 10 cents to A 55.46, Es Industries 20 cents to $3.40. PancootinenUl 10 cents to $12. The Sydney All-Ordinaries rose 3.69 points to 465.67.
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    • 383 7 TOKYO: The market declined slightly on Thursday, In reaction to the sharp rise of the past two days, dealers said. The Dow Jones average lost 3.69 to 4.830.40 with volume 270 million shares. The new Index closed at 357.73. up 0.31. SEPT M Yen AJlnomoto 478 445 *8 -2
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    • 84 7 SEPT 30 Bants Asia Fibre 109S urvch Bangkok Bank 243 2 Bangkok Invest. 132S unch Bangkok-Metro-politan Bank 2820S unch Bata 301S Berll Jucker 1478 unch Charoong Thai Wire 1438 unch Dumex DusitThanl Fa ber Merlin First Trust Indo-Thai 185S unch J And J Ho 122S unch Jalaprathan Cement 72S
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    • 750 7 LONDON Thurs. The stock market closed off the bottom after a mainly weak session on selling pressure in response to (ears of an increase in the minimum lending, rate, dealers said. Government stocks closed with net falls of around 1/2 to 3/4 point after 1-1/8 points in short and
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    • 92 7 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 330 4 Tuesday 336 1 Week ago 351.8 TINS Wednesday 115.94 Tuesday 116 89 Week ago 106 62 RUBBERS Wednesday 468 94 Tuesday 471.12 Week ago 475.43 OILS Wednesday 347.73 Tuesday 353.43 Week ago 350.03 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 991.19 Tuesday 994 93 Week
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  • COMMODITY REPORTS AND PRICES
    • 646 8 THE Singapore rubber market advanced, after a fractionally higher opening, in active trading conditions on speculative demand, dealers said. Turnover was good. The morning session closed higher with Oct. one RSS buyers quoted at 194.25 cents per kilo, up 2.50 cents from Wednesday's close. The afternoon a session
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    • 111 8 DAILY SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: R.A.S. Oct. (Current Mth) Buyers Selkrs (ceata per kg) No*. (Forward Mth) Buyers Sellers (cents per kg) SSR 20 (1-ton Pallets) SSR SO (1-ton Pallets) 1T7.50 178. SON 175 00 176.00N 178.50 178 00 179.50N 177 00N M R
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    • 244 8 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday continued to fall $1.50 to $1,178.50 per plcul on an official offering down 32 tonnes to 271 tonnes. The overnight London metal price also showed a drop of £55 to £4,900 per tonne in its forward buyers' quote. LONDON, Thurs. Tin
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    • 30 8 Kubber: SepC 30. Singapore: Oct. 1t3.79 cts (up 2.00 cU). Malaysia: Oct. 199.00 cts (up 3.00 eta). Tin $1,178.50 (dbwn 11.90) Official offering: 271 tonne* (down 32 tonne*).
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    • 215 8 LONDON, Thurs. Silver was 2.0p to 1.5p per troy ounce easier. Prices were marked marginally lower at the outset reflecting currency considerations and subsequently lost further modest ground before light shortcovering and some fresh buying partially reversed *he trend. Trading was only routine with 63 lots changing hands. Three
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    • 111 8 BOTH the European and the US markets were traded at easier levels on Sept. 30. The US soya markets continued to have harvest pressure. according to MPOPA. Quotations are In CIF Rotterdam In US* per long ton and CIF US In US cent per lb., unless otherwise stated:
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    • 118 8 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. SINGAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERDAY Coconut Oil: Bulk *72 sellers, old drum *77 sellers, new drum *82 1/2 sellers. popra Mixed (loose) UK/Cont. *45 buyers. Pepper Muntok ASTA white f.o.b. 100% NLW *287 1/2 sellers. Sarawak white f.o.b 96% NLW*272 l/2*eUers, Sarawak special
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    • 214 8 LONDON, Thurs. Copper wirebars finished the morning with losses of £6 for Cash and 115 for Three Months. Values held relatively steady in the pre-market where some covering against small UK and continental physical business partly offset the Impact of a rally in sterling this morning. Three Months traded
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    • 245 8 ON a low volume, prices on the Singapore gold market drifted slightly lower. The kilo bar traded within a ranee of 559,300 to $9,325 while on a Loco-London basis the price eased gradually to close at U*****.40. During the London morning, the slight easing continued with the fixing at
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    • 110 8 LONDON, Thurs. Lead fell by £8.50 for Cash and £8.85 for Three Months. The tone was easier. Dealers said long liquidation and a few stoploss orders found a marked lack of buying interest d urine ring dealings, and prices fell quite sharply compared with other metals. Three Months traded
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    • 83 8 LONDON, Thurs. Zinc softened by £2.50 for Cafeh and £2 for Three Months. The market was only slightly influenced by the general currency-inspired easier trend of metals but there was very little fresh trading Interest on either side, dealers said. Ring sales of 2,350 tonnes were nearly all carries.
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    • 101 8 LONDON, Thurs. Terminal sugar closed the first call £1.60 per long ton down from Wednesday (Dec at £127.15) to £0.25 higher In basically quiet dealings. Turnover totalled 637 lots. Dealers said the market was somewhat restrained pending the result of the Venezuelan buying tender for 90,000 tonnes. The London
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    • 97 8 LONDON, Thurs. Terminal Cocoa followed on from overnight steadiness both here and In New York, taking prices almost to limit up levels and establishing gains from Wednesday of up to £29.50 per tonne near Dec at £1,662 Spot Sep gained £32 per tonne at C 1,620 but, In accordance
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    • 106 8 LONDON, Thurs. Robusta futures opened slightly steadier with opening trades around £10 per tonne higher based on steadier New York advices and slightly easier sterling. Opening call volume totalled around 170 lots. IN NEW YORK on Wednesday coffee futures rallied sharply after registering an early 1.50 cent loss, but
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    • 104 8 LONDON Thurs. Vegetable oils began easier, but an Increasing demand for soyabean oil found offers light at the lower level. Nov/Jan deliveries of Dutch production traded at 124.50 guilders per 100 kilos but around midday sellers moved up to 126 guilders FOB. Palm oil edged lower initially but found
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    • 354 8 FOLLOWING news that Britain had applied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for stand-by credit to support the home currency, massive selling of sterling abated yesterday. The forex market In Singapore saw erratic swings in the currency, unlike the one-way slide earlier in the week. Movement was mainly confined
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    • 163 8 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit Interbank ratei at at cloae on Sept 30 USDoUai ■•(Spot) Offer BM 7 days 5 5/16 1 mth S 9/lfl 5 7/16 2 mths 5 1/3 3 mths 5 13/16 5 11/16 6 mth* 6 l/» 6 9 mths 6 5/16 6 3/16 12 mths
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    • 50 8 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Sept 30. Overnight 2S to 3** Call deposit 2*> to 3 V* UmUM< Bay Sell 3-Month Treasure, bills 3 3/10 3-Month Bank bills 4 5/18 3-Month CD 6-Month CD S 31/16 4 3/16 4 5/16 47/8 Source: National Discount Co.
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    • 160 8 Euro rates LONDON, Thurs. Eurodollar deposit rates opened slightly firmer In slow trading. The overnight rate rose around one half point reflecting the month-end which incorporated the end of quarter, dealers said. Fixed dates gained about 1/16 in sympathy in addition to the customary loss of Friday dealing technicality gains.
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    • 52 8 Minimum lending rates (in Bangkok Bonk 7'/4 Bank of Amartco 7 Bonk of Chtno 7</i Bank of Tokyo 7 Bonk Nagora Indorwsio 714 C bartered Bonk 7 Chou Monhotton 7 DBS 7 HKSBC 7V4 Indosuez 7 Moloyan Bonking '.7 Mitsui Bonk 7 OCBC 7 OUB 7% UCB 7>/i UM0C 7'/i
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    • 347 8 Reuter TOKYO, Thurs. The Finance Ministry Is reviewing its policy for managing national bonds to bring flexibility into the present rigid controls over their floatation and circulation, Ministry officials said. This will probably lead to more frequent changes in national bond Issue terms to
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    • 185 8 Reuter SINGAPORE, Thurs. Exports of sheet and crepe rubber from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia rose in May to 137,675 tonnes from 122,240 tonnes in April and 135,616 tonnes in May last year, statistics department figures show. Of the May exports (April In brackets) the UK took
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    • 517 8 LONDON, Thurs. Sterling steadied around the U551.6650 level In thin opening trading while the mark firmed on strong closing levels, polarising strong and weak European currencies. The Swiss franc rose with the mark while the guilder, French franc, Belgian franc, lire and Scandinavian currencies all weakened. Dealers said the
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    • 234 8 NEW YORK, Wed Sterling closed more than two cents above its overnight level while the dollar weakened on balance amid speculative flows into the mark, dealers said. Sterling, buoyed on news that Britain intends to apply for an International Monetary Fund credit, received a further boost in afternoon
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    • 116 8 TOKYO, Thurs. The US dollar for overnight delivery closed lower at 287.30 yen compared with 287.50 at the opening and 287.45 at Wednesday' close. Dealers said the US unit eased on increased sales of dollar export bills by traders to banks to improve their end-month positon. Although there was
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    • 35 8 Hongkong banknotes quoted on Sept 30. Korea 0.90/0.95 US 4.85/4 87 Philippines 0.595/0.625 UK 8.10/8 30 Singapore 1.945/1.965 Burma 2.00/2.50 Mtlaysia 1.91/1.93 Brunei 1.935/1.955 India 4.40/4.70 Thailand 24.10/24.40 Indonesia 1.12/1.16 Taiwan 12.20/12.50 Japan 1.685/1.695
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    • 32 8 Frankfurt exchanges US 2.4507/22 Can 2.5230/40 UK 4.080/095 Neth 95.40/55 Swltz 99.81/96 Italy 2.853/868 opening quotes on Sept. 30 France 49.69/84 Norw 45.81/87 Belg Com 6.470/485 Belg Fin 6.29/31 Japan 0.8530/35.
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    • 40 8 ZURICH exchanges closing US 2.4565-4575 UK 4.0875-0930 Can 2.5290-5310 W'germ 100.13-22 Neth 95.64-73 France 49.64-50.00 Belg 6.47-1/4-48 Denm 41.59-64 quoted on Sept 29. Norw 45.92-96 Swed 57.29-35 Italy 0.2879-2892 Austria 14.11-13 Port 7.85-88 Spain 3.62-1/4-63 Arg 1.25-2.25 Japan 0.85-1/2-86
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    • 46 8 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchanges Australia: Sterling 0.7748/0.7370 US dollar 1.2398/1.2348 Ninety day air mail buying rates. Sterling US* 0.7763 1.2681. Ninety day forward buy- quoted on Sept. 30 ing rates. Sterling U550.7554 1.2237. New Zealand Sterling 0.5857/Q.5823 US dollar 0.*****0.9709 Nlneth day forward rate. Sterling U550.6275 1.0005.
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    • 281 8 LONDON, Thurs. Straight bond Issues were quietly steady, dealers said. Prices were virtually unchanged with no features. General Motors Acceptances Crop of Canada 9 per cent notes due 1981 priced at 100-y» traded around 100 and the 9-K per cent debenture issue due 1988 priced at 100 traded
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  • TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
    • 1658 9  -  h A ROBINSON Financial Times TURIN, Thurs -Over the last three difficult years for the automotive industry, Flat has managed to pay dividends only by dipping Into reserves, foreign imports have climbed to take 40 per cent of the domestic car market, a boardroom
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    • 798 9  -  •y TERESA LIM THE Singapore National Shippers' Council (SNSC) has long been hitting out at shippers for. their apparent apathy and lack of support. But it seems impossible that only 209 shippers out of 5,000 are members of the SNSC, If benefits from membership are
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    • 113 9 Reuter BREMEN, Thurs Bremer Vulkan Schlffbau Und Maschinenfabrtk and two other German shipyards have received an order of around 400 million marks to build 12 16,(TOO tonne freighters for Indonesia. Tne order is conditional on part of the value being covered by grants by
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  • 1929 10  -  SINGAPORE'S BaNQUE D'AFFAIRES By QUEK PECK LIM WHAT do you can a corporation that owns a stake in 72 companies, is a major force In the interbank market, is a recognised name in the International money market, comes equipped with a whole plethora of financial
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  • 273 11 Dec 5 date for Japan polls? Reuter TOKYO, Thurs. Government sources today predicted, the most likely date for Japan's forthcoming general election was Sunday, Dec 5. They noted that the term for members of the Lower House of the Diet (parliament) expired on Dec 9, but for various reasons it
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  • 137 11 UPI TOKYO, Thurs. Export and import contracts concluded by Japan's 14 major trading firms in August declined from the preceding month, their parent organisation announced yesterday. The Japan Foreign Trade Council said export contracts totalled 751.1 billion yen (596.25 billion), down 5.9 per cent from July, while import
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  • 270 11 AP OTTAWA, Thurs. The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Arab oil producers may not be able to fill the increasing demands of the Western industrial world by 1985. "The pieture is not too encouraging," said Mr. Ulf Lantzke, executive director of
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  • 94 11 Reuter MOSCOW, Thurs. The Soviet Press said that the Soviet grain harvest is nearing completion as the weather snows signs of approaching winter. A report by the central statistics board quoted by the government newspaper Izvestia said that by Sept. 27, 115.8 million hectares has been reaped
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  • 242 11 AP BRUSSELS, Thurs. Unemployment is growing more slowly in some countries of the European Common Market but faster in Britain. In figures compiled from national sources by the European Commission, the Common Market executive, West Germany is the only country to show a
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  • 190 11 Reuter BRUSSELS, Thurs. Member countries of the EEC should aim for at leaat five per cent Grot* National Product growth between now and 1980, should cut unemployment by half to two to thjree per cent and should get inflation down to four or
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  • 260 11 UPI HONGKONG, Thurs. In the business world, the 21st century will belong to South-East Asia, the chairman of an International banking consortium has said here. Chairman David Montagu of the Orion Bank, passing through Hongkong on his way to the International Monetary
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  • 223 11 UPI GENEVA, Thurs. Seamen are facing increasing unemployment in the shipping Industry which is suffering severely from the economic slump, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has said. "Unemployment among seafarers will grow over the next few years in most developed maritime countries," the ILO said
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  • 611 11 AP LONDON, Thurs. The Third International Coffee Agreement (ICA), which took five years and as many major deadlocks to negotiate, came Into force provisionally today. Italy, West Germany, Australia and Japan on Wednesday signed or gave notification of joining, thus giving the new pact 90
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  • 100 11 Reuter DENVER. Thurs. US short-term interest rates should rise 100 to 150 basis points by end-1977 from their present levels, of seven or 6-3/4 per cent for prime rates. Bank of America NT and SA senior economist Eric Hayden said. He told the American
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  • 284 12 Reuter MANILA, Thurs. International Monetary fund and World Bank officials said tonight Taiwan's membership in the two bodies could become a major issue at their joint annual meeting here next week following China's call today for Taiwan's expulsion. The IMF declined immediate
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  • 295 12 MANUFACTURING loans in August showed a spirited revival, leaping 2.2 per cent or 30 per cent annualised. This was revealed by the September issue of Monthly Statistical Release from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) This strong resurgence is a verv healthy sign that manuiu'
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  • 307 12 Reuter MANILA, Thurs. President Ferdinand Marcos said offshore banking can start in the Philippines immediately. "This is a further step towards meeting the requirements of a sophisticated financial market," he told a seminar organised by the Financial Times. Guidelines for the operation of the banking system
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    123 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia today appealed to developed countries to give "fair treatment" to its products. Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat made the appeal in particular to France calling for a spirit of give and take. He said that Malaysian products like textiles, palm
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  • 269 12 THE OPENING of the $100 million Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) Centre today marks the culmination of a longcherished dream of OCBC chairman, Mr. Tan Chin Juan. It will rank as the biggest Urban Renewal project to date, and will stand as the latest
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  • 900 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The resignation of Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as the chairman of Petronas and the appointment of Tan Sri Abdul Kadlr Shamsuddln, although not altogether unexpected, has caused a ripple in the petroleum circles. Although no ohe would say so
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  • 559 12 THOUGH showing considerable recovery, Sime Darby results have been disappointing. Against an expectation of $140 million in group pre-tax profit, it was only able to turn in $130 million for the year ended June 30, 1976. With most other subsidiaries doing well, it is
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  • 484 12 THE finer details of a document on options trading In London are expected to be finalised within the next six weeks. Yet even now, there is no guarantee that options trading will go full steam ahead. This was disclosed to Business Times, In an
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