The Business Times, 17 April 1978

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1978 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Jaye's guests
      86 1 AFP COLOMBO, Sun. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs. Lee left Colombo today for Nuwara Ellya, the hill-country holiday resort 160 km from here, where they will be guests of Sri Lanka's President J.R. Jayewardene for the next three days. The Prime Minister, who arrived here last night
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      Lock icon For US sake
      72 1 AFP KUWAIT, Sun. Saudi Arabia will continue to peg oil prices on the US dollar to avoid damaging the American economy, the chief of the Saudi delegation to an Arab Chamber of Commerce meeting opening In New York tomorrow, said. The Kuwaiti dally, A 1 Oabas, quoted
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      Lock icon Chips are down
      83 1 AFP NICE, Sun. A bitter drawn-out battle between rival casino owners captured headlines again here when nine croupiers were charged In connection with a huge alleged swindling operation. The nine, employees of the sleek, four-year-old Ruhl Casino, were booked while 11 others were held for questioning about
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      Lock icon Scheel in Tokyo
      63 1 AFP TOKYO, Sun. West Oerman President Walter Scheel arrived In Tokyo today on a six-day state visit to strengthen friendship with Japan. President Scheel, the first West Oerman head of state to visit Japan since then President Oustav Heinemann came here In 1970 to attend the Osaka
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      Lock icon Smoothing the bumps
      66 1 AFP STUTTGART, Sun. West German envoy Horst Ehmke, vice-chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Group in Parliament, left here today for Washington in an effort to smooth out bumps in relations with the United States. Mr. Ehmke will spend three days in Washington meeting Vice President Walter
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      Lock icon Modern railways
      58 1 AFP PEKING, Sun. -——A NATIONAL congress attended by more than 3,000 delegates opened here yesterday to plan for the modernisation of China's railway system. Targets for the next eight years up to the end of the current 10-year economic plan Include switching to automation In a number of
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      Lock icon ADB meeting
      36 1 AFP KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Minister of Finance Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, will lead a 10-man Malaysian delegation to the 11th annual meeting of Asian Development Bank board of governors beginning In Vienna next Monday.
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      Lock icon Troubled waters
      34 1 Reuter TOKYO, Sun. Some 14(TChlnese fishing boats, cause of a diplomatic brush between China and Japan, today moved outside what Japan considers its territorial waters, the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency said. Reuter
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      Lock icon Capital is welcome
      61 1 AFP CALCUTTA, Sun. Foreign Minister Atal Biharl Vajpayee said here today that India would continue to welcome foreign private capital, which "we need to remove some of the critical constraints In our economy". Mr. Vajpayee made it clear that foreign private capital, as much as the country's
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      Lock icon Wrath of Arabs
      66 1 AP BEIRUT, Sun. Muslim politicians and writers in Kuwait have criticised the London-based Marks and Spencer department stores for sticking the label "There's no Qod but Allah" on men's underwear, according to Kuwaiti newspapers. The oil-rich state will seek collective action by Arab and Islamic countries to
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    116 1 THE following list of stocks gives the 10 most traded in on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for 1977/78. Company Turnover Pricei High Low '000 Apr 14 1978
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  • LOCAL STOCK INDICES
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      SINGAPORE
      70 1 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 BT Index: 740.28 741.74 762.84 774.11 775.74 Industrials: 296 77 204.87 206.01 298.22 208.38 Finance: 478.07 474.04 477.60 476.17 476.46 Hotels: 188.00 184.63 185.81 186.28 188.08 Properties: 160.21 160.13 160.36 170.00 170.10 Tins: 141.52 141.83 141.63 141.61 141.57 ■f
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      MALAYSIA
      79 1 A»rU 10 April 11 April 12 April 13 April 14 BT Index: 1077.44 1069.40 1991.00 1089.61 1090.34 Industrials: 329 40 327.80 330.04 331.82 333.52 Finance: 400.74 397.98 405.63 404.22 403.91 Hotels: 191.21 190.97 191.09 191.67 191.79 Properties: 108.18 187.38 168.44 168.80 168.70 Tins: 155.59 155.39 155.25 155.05 155.04 <
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    Timber syndicate is sitting pretty
    840 1  -  CONFERENCE UNDERCUTS ALP AC By CHAN BONG SOO INTERESTING developments have taken place since March 21 when Business Times reported that a timber-Importing syndicate In South Africa, Wilrose Timber, had tightened its grip on other South African Importers and their Singaporeexporter partners, using chartered vessels
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    Lam Hong sets up subsidiary
    205 1  -  By PETER CHIA ONE OF the biggest local suppliers of wire rope, Lam Hong, with sales last year touching $10 million, has set up a subsidiary company in a diversification move. The new coihpany, Sinmat, will seek sole agencies for various marine equipment Including marine
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    Jar dines' move to buy back 40pc equity
    659 1  -  By MANO SABNANI JARDINE Matheson (South East Asia) has requested the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges to suspend trading in its ordinary shares pending reconstruction proposal terms. In a Joint statement with parent Jardine Matheson, the company said the proposed reconstruction
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    Lock icon AT A DECISIVE STAGE
    121 1 AFP RESUMED negotiations between Iran and 14 International oil companies have entered a decisive stage in Teheran. The second phase of the talks, which started over the weekend after they were put off on March 15 due to the Iranian new year and Easter holidays, is
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    Fraser will not mince his words, EEC is told
    297 1 AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser yesterday defended hi* recent outspoken criticism of the European Common Market, saying he would continue to speak bluntly on behalf of his country. He was commenting on the "concern and surprise" of the nine-nation Community to
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    New sugar price unlikely to operate immediately
    462 1 ALTHOUGH the government has been Informed of the Sugar Industry of Singapore's (SIS) decision that from today the retail price of sugar in Singapore wilt be reduced from 51.24 to $1.20 per kilo, It Is doubtful that the cut wilt In fact take
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    KL export drive
    87 1 DELIBERATE measures will be taken to sustain and expand Malaysia's exports to developed countries and to seek new market outlets In Africa-Asia and the Eastern European bloc. The director of international trade, Enclk Sabaruddln Chik, said the export sector will continue, to play 'a strategic role in'
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      80 1 SHIPPING TIMES UPS ud downs of tycoon 2 SINGAPORE-Tug and barge hob of the region 5 THE one and only scintillating Hollywood C BRITONS still hanker after the old national library 7 ARTY vandals lash out 7 MARKET reviews: Budget not a hit with the City 8 DARK horse sweepe
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    Lock icon No ordinary man this
    1878 2  -  It is men like Marcel Boussac, 89-year-old French textile tycoon, who have fought hardest against the onslaught of textile imports from developing Third World countries like Singapore, Hongkong and Taiwan. Such Asian exporters have however proved partly the downfall of his empire, which includes the famous
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    Lock icon FRENCH WORKERS RAGE OVER WAGE CONTROLS
    771 2  -  Boussac s woes are not the only symptom of French economic malaise. Labour unrest is another. Only a quarter of France's workers belong to a trade union but they can certainly make themselves felt when they are displeased, as they have been demonstrating for
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    MEMO PAD
    207 2 DATE TITLE LOCATION ORGANISER COURSES AND TALKS April 3-20 Industrial Relations Hilton Personnel Organisation Development April 17,18 Financial Management Hilton Consulasia April 21 New concepts in desk-top calculators Hyatt IREE April 24May 13 Middle management course SITC SITC April 24 Effective Report Writing Hilton Consulasia April 24May 11
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      624 2 TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS I Where to buy near-beer? (5) I The subject of some new optical system? (5) i How to drink one over the eight (5) Fellow nominally with Fred (3) Run away with Dr. Lan (5) What Len's dad does to the baby (7) Like the
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Consolidated balance sheets required
      969 3 Reuter SWISS BANKS have been asked for the first time to submit last year's consolidated balance sheets to the Federal Banking Commission. Commission president Hermann Bodenmann said that the commission completed Its guidelines for consolidation procedure and sent them to the banks with the request at
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      BANKERS TRUST OPENS BAHRAIN BRANCH
      290 3 BANKERS Trust Company of New York has opened a branch In Bahrain. Operating as a full-ser-vice offshore banking unit, the branch will be the focal point of Bankers Trust's activities In the Oulf area. The general manager of the Bahrain branch is Mr. Fouad Younes,
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      Lock icon Competition drives coupons to lows
      493 3 Reuter FIERCE competition among German banks to attract new borrowers to the mark Eurobond market has forced coupons down to record low levels and caused some weakness on the secondary market. However, this weakness Is likely to prove shortlived, because the new Issue market Is
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      Lock icon SDR idea may not work
      354 3 Reuter THE REVIVAL of the socalled substitution account Idea by IMF managing director, Johannes Witteveen, has created considerable discussion in Washington, but It is widely felt such an idea Is still unworkable, international monetary sources said. Mr. Wltteveen revived the idea in a discussion paper
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon INVENTORIES IN US. UP
        467 3 Agencies US INVENTORIES rose by US$2.5 billion (555.7 billion) to a seasonally adjusted $338.25 billion in February following a $3.12 billion gain in January, the Commerce Department said. Manufacturing inventories rose to $179.53 billion from $177.93 billion, retail inventories from $88.83 billion to $88.89 billion and
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      Lock icon Planning for the day when oil runs dry
      462 3 Reuter IRAN has begun a programme of planning and research aimed at preparing for the inevitable day when the fcountry finally runs out of oil. The main vehicle for the programme ia the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which plana to atay
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      Lock icon TURKEY HOPES FOR CREDITS
      89 3 Reuter REPRESENTATIVES of six foreign banks have started talks In Ankara with Turkish Central Bank officials on the possibility of arranging credits to help Turkey's foreign payments. Finance Ministry officials said Turkey hopes that a consortium, composed of the six banks will open credits of US$5OO
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      Lock icon Accepted — bids worth $230 m
      311 3 Accepted bids worth $230 m Washington Star THE US Interior Department has accepted nearly US$lOl million (*****.3 million) in high bids for oil and gas leases In the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia and Florida, brushing aside complaints by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff that the sale would only worsen
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      Lock icon Possible stockpiling by UK industries
      1017 3 Reuter DETAILED analysis of Britain's Imports, up 11 per cent in volume In firstquarter 1978, suggest industry could have been stockpiling ahead of increased activity. Government economists said this is one possible source of comfort arising from Britain's trade and current account figures for March
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      Lock icon Pilot trading scheme
      511 3 Reuter THE US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to approve start-up of a pilot programme of the intermarket trading system. The pilot, which is expected to begin today, is initially between the New York and the Philadelphia Exchange for trading in 11 securities. The other regional exchanges
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER MARTS
      206 4 LONDON terminal rubber finished Friday at the highs with on-balance gains of 0.85 to 0.45 pence per kilo. Turnover totalled 392 lots of 15 tonnes Including 12 call options and 21 kerbs, plus eight lots of five tonnes. Dealers attributed the advance to covering against lower sterling,
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      Straits tin
      118 4 THE Straits tin price In Penang rose Msll to $1,531 on Saturday on a turnover of 180 tonnes. In NEW YORK on Friday, spot tin prices firmed to 504.00 to 512.00 cents. The market was called quiet by most traders here. LONDON tin was £95 per tonne up
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      Produce exchange
      244 4 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. SINGAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL ON SATURDAY Coconut oil Bulk $80 sellers, old drum $85 sellers, new drum $90 sellers. Copra Mixed (loose) UK/Cont. $53 buyers. Pepper Muntok ASTA white f o b. 100% NLW $372'. sellers Sarawak white f ob 96% NLW $352".
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      Rice
      189 4 BANGKOK rice prices were unchanged on Saturday: (In US dollars pier tonne f .o.b. basis Bangkok): While Rice: 100 pet Ist class 422. 100 pet 2nd class 427. 100 pet 3rd class 422. 5 pet 413. 10 pet 400. 15 pet 392, 20 pet 387. 25 pet 377 35
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      Hongkong
      197 4 SPOT PRICES YARN in cotton in Hongkong dollars, spot ex-godown: Cotton Yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 1.780. 32s 2.065. 40s 2.190 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece Goodsj China Butterfly and Globe Brand unq. Dragon Head unq. Five Lambs unq. Flower and Butterfly unq. Flying Geese unq (per piece
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      Palm oil
      70 4 C.I.F. US dollars per ton: LONDON: Friday Previoui Malaysia 5H ffa bulk June unq unq Sumatra 5H (fa April unch 630 sir May 815 sir 825 sir June 595 sir 592W585 pd July 582 sir 580/577 Vt pd August 585 pd 580/582 W pd Sept 557 Vk 525
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      Coffee
      448 4 At end-morning, values were €2 higher to £11 lower with turnover at 531 lots, including 20 options. Dealers said the market was rather hesitant with prices tending to ease under long liquidation A large part of the limited activity involved local speculative operations, the sources said. Physicals remained quiet
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      Cocoa
      453 4 TERMINAL cocoa eased back from early highs towards midday, in London on Friday, closing the session L's up in near May to L' 17.50 lower at or Just above the session's lows. Turnover totalled 1,180 lots including 19 options and 278 lots crosses. Dealers attributed the late decline to
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      Sugar
      285 4 LONDON sugar futures closed £1.25 to £1.85 higher. Turnover totalled 2,328 lots including 31 options. Market sources and values eased back from higher morning levels on local profit-taking but late book squaring saw prices close the day steady. Lack of follow-through to the morning's rise and an easing In
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      Gold
      469 4 WITH bullish sentiment In the gold market having faltered, especially In the US. as a result of the unending flow of rumours on the possibility of US monetary gold sales, the gold market traded In a $3 range around $180. The only highlights last week was U8 president Carter's
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      Copper
      280 4 COPPER wire bars showed gains of mostly £5 per tonne on Friday. The afternoon market held basically steady In quieter dealings of 2,300 tonnes. Dealers said the weakness of sterling and steadiness In US futures were supporting influences in the face of modest end week profittaking. Cathodes were £5
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      Silver
      286 4 SILVER on the LME rose by mostly 1.3 pence per troy ounce on Friday. Afternoon prices hardened under the Influence of weakness in sterling and a steadier tone in gold, dealers said. But trading remained light with carries accounting for most of the turnover of 75 lots. Prices eased
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      Lead
      40 4 LEAD showed gains of mostly C 3.5 per tonne on Friday. The afternoon market held steady In Unison with copper andHln with a little profit-taking well absorbed, dealers said. Carries accounted for most of the turnover of 5,425 tonnes.
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      Zinc
      39 4 ZINC was mostly C 5 per tonne up on Friday. Prices held about steady in quiet afternoon trading with the turnover of 1.100 tonnes mainly In carries. The market had earlier advanced In sympathy with the general trend.
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      Soybean
      180 4 CHICAGO soybean oil futures advanced their 1.00 cent limit in all old crop months before closing with gains of 0.93 to 0.48 cent a pound on Friday. Meal futures finished below their highs but registered gains of $7.90 to 1.80 a ton. Soybean futures reached limit gains of 30
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      Wheat
      178 4 CHICAGO wheat futures retreated from early gains to trade 2-1/4 to 1/4 cents a bushel lower after the first hour of the session on Friday. Little selllnK appeared at the opening and local shortcovering sent the market upward and into commission house buy stops. After three to five cent
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      Absence of inquiries in a quiet market
      655 4 LACK of overseas inquiries in the Singapore produce market for the greater part of last week made for quiet trading. Prices of all the commodities moved narrowly to close around their previous week's levels. According to the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange (SCPE), pepper
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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        Singapore market
        155 4 PRESIDENT Carter's antiinflationary speech failed to encourage the dollar but intervention by the Federal Reserve Bank last week took the US unit up to 2.0350 from 2.0175 against the German mark. Rumours that Exxon Corp. had made a substantial oil discovery also aided the dollar but came off
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        Minimum lending rotes
        67 4 THE PRIME rate of moat commercial banks is Singapore now stands at 7 per cent. Oversee-Chinese Banking Corporation ia still offering 6V« per cent to its host customers while United Commercial Bank is tnlnf its prime rate at 7tt per cent. The stated prime rate of the
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        Discount
        183 4 LAST week, prior to the bond issue on April 17, 1978, saw the continuation of a liquid market with Interbank overnight funds trading at 3 3/8 per cent three per cent. Cautious attitude adopted by most market operations as to the interest rate behaviour on and after the bond
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        New York
        321 4 THE Canadian dollar on Friday closed at 87.29/39 cents after reaching about 87.50 at one point in the afternoon as rumours of a bank rate Increase began to circulate. The currency opened at 86.71/73 cents and had weakened to as low as 86.60 before recovering on the rumours.
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        Euro $ rates
        202 4 Euro rates LONDON period Eurodollar deposit rates closed steady on Friday at slightly lower levels, dealers said. Rates had eased at the outset in reaction to news of a smaller than expected rise In the US weekly money supply data, dealers said. Sentiment was also boosted by the recovery of
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        Zurich
        549 4 THE development of the foreign exchange rates last week was determined by three main factors: President Carter's speech concerning measures against the increasing Inflation rate, the announcement of the British budget and the rumours that Exxon Corporation made' a substantial oil discovery. In anticipation of Carter's speech, the dollar
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        London
        281 4 STERLING on Friday extended an early decline that reflected continued apprehension over the size or the UK public sector borrowing requirement after news of C 164 million March current account deficit, dealers said. Meanwhile, the dollar gained on Thursday's closing levels, partly buoyed by reports of progress on the
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        Money market
        58 4 THE Interbank overnight market was steady throughout the week at an average of 3 1/8% to close at 3 1/4 3 for the weekend. Taking Interests were exhibited in the Ones. Twos and Threes with the rates maintaining their levels to close 4 13/16 3/4, 4 15/16 7/8,
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        Short-term money
        46 4 FOR the week ended Friday April 14 the range of call rates received from Short Deposits (M) Berhad was as follows:BANK FUND: 2* per cent to 4*» per cent. GENERAL FUND: 3 per cent to 4tt per cent. Movements of fund totalled $424 million.
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        Frankfurt
        51 4 FRANKFURT exchange Is closing quotes on April 14' U8 2 0270/85 Can 1 7800/80 Sterling 3 772/782 D Fl 93 85/75 8 Ft 108 00/30 Ut 2 37/38 F Fr 44 46/58 Yen 0 9280T0 B Fr (con) 6 418 428 R Fr (fin > 41'42 N Kr M
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Dashwood Shipyard's latest move pays off
      276 5 HONGKONG shipbuilders are managing to keep their heads above water by Innovating and diversifying in the face of the continuing shipping slump. The British colony is currently shipping out glass reinforced plastic trawlers in kit form. Costing less than US$5O (S$ll0) this is the
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      Lock icon Svenska losses
      41 5 Reuter THE Swedish state-owned shipyard group Svenska Varv AB said its 1977 group loss before tax, appropriations and state guarantees was 2.24 billion crowns, of which 846 million were foreign exchange losses. The company began operations only last July.
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      Singapore is tug and barge centre
      546 5  -  By CHAN BONG SOO WITH ITS strategic location in this rapidly expanding region, Singapore has now come to assume the role of the single most important centre for the tug and barge industry in South-east Asia. This is an extension of its traditional role
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      751 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From SIA SQ911 0635 SFO/HNL/GUM SAS SK097 0640 CPH/THR/BKK MAS MH601 0700 KUL MAS MH682 0725 KCH SIA SQI01 0815 KUL MAS MH621 0840 PEN MAS MH607 0845 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL CPA CX710 1005 HLP GIA GA980 1030 HLP
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      Europe furious about big airliner project
      251 5 FURY is mounting in Europe over signs that Britain is about to team up with the United States on a huge long term aircraft programme. European resentment, and angry protests from workers on a threatened British airliner project, the BAC 111-600, are confronting the
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      Lock icon CAB bid to loosen' US grip on airlines
      369 5 NYT THE Civil Aeronautic* Board (CAB) of the US proposed that airline* be allowed to compete in fare* for the first time since they became regulated four decades ago. The major change in regulation*, the latest in the CAB'* attempt under chairman
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      Lock icon Strike vote
      51 5 Reuter MAINTENANCE engineering staff at Southampton port voted to continue a 10day dispute which has almost halted cargo handling at the docks. A spokesman said the strikers at present, had no plans to meet again. The dispute involves 500 maintenance workers who are seeking pay parity with dockers.
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      Protecting others ...
      53 5 Protecting others MmrUb l Bu t at Sf. T e of Naikai Zosen, Takatori will be and to assure vessels safety, particularly large oil carriers, in the Bay of Tokyo. It has a maximum trial speed of 15.7 knots and a service speed of 14.9 knots. It is specially designed
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      Faster baggage collection
      209 5 THE Installation of a new Qantas cargo-hold Insecticide spraying system will speed up baggage collection for Qantas passengers arriving at Australian airports. The new automatic system was installed on all Qantas Jumbo Jets last week but will not be fitted to Boeing 707 aircraft, as this model
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      Lock icon LONDON FREIGHT MARKET
      124 5 UPI CHINESE charterers gave a weekend fillip to the London freight market which developed a decidedly more rosy hue last week. They booked four vessels on a time-charter basis for trips to China. China was also the destination of several singlevoyage fixtures from Eastern origins such as
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      Time to research on anchor design
      684 5 THE SHIP'S anchor has always been taken for granted. Though in use for more than 2.000 years, the anchor has not undergone much Improvement and development although it has grown In size. The "ultimate anchor," one that holds fast all the time and in
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      357 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Yue Hope (0600 after Straat Holland) 3/4 Magellan Maru (after Talabot) 10/11 Qulrlnale (after Ljubljana) 18 Vllyusk (Tanker) (P/O) (1500 after Stolt Spirit) (subject gas free 15/16 Basca (HOFM) (2300 after Busteni) 25/26 Mendoza (after Moges Flamboyan) 38/39 Pabloeverett (after Rasa Sayang
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  • REVIEWS
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      Sunny, versatile Hollywood
      1221 6  -  ■y BRUCE RUSSELL THE entertainment industry of Hollywood has never behaved quite like other industries. It prospered during the depression. And when world economies expanded after the Second World War, Hollywood went Into a slump. Today it Is back, as prosperous and bustling as ever, dominating entertainment
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      Lock icon Master violin maker Gorshkov
      656 6  -  •y ANNA ZHUKOVA Novosti Press Agency AT 40, Soviet violin-maker Boris Gorshkov has made about a hundred new Instruments, not counting the unique creations of the old masters that he has restored. His works have received 20 diplomas at international competitions. Last year, Gorshkov won a
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      Lock icon Vandals who take it out on art
      627 7  -  By GRAHAM HEATHCOTE AP KITCHEN knives, hammers "and saws, acid, paint and ink, coins and stones, feet and fists all have come down in recent years upon the fragile and defenceless arts of mankind. New attacks on two great European paintings show The
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      1046 7  -  By ALAN HARVEY Reuter BRITAIN'S national library Is moving house to make way for more books, and scholars feel a twinge of nostalgia. They are glad to get a handsome new headquarters but sad to quit their soot-caked premises in London's
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      815 7  -  By MALCOLM WHITTAKER Reuter WINE from English vineyards is delighting the palates of a growing number of connoisseurs around the world. Producing about 400.000 bottles a year, the homegrown wine industry is fast expanding and at the same time gaining an international reputation for quality. Names
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      455 6 dine.... ILL! iLLL v.. .1 FORUM HOTEL 586 Orchard Road, B'pore Tel: *****2 I Monday Sugar Cured Gammon Ham Tuesday Westphalian Platter Wednesday Boiled Corned Beef 'Silverside' Thursday Roast Saddle of Lamb Friday Oven Baked Meat Loaf Saturday Roast Loin of Pork Price 556.00 plus 3% Govt. Tax (inclusive of
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      111 6 m SNGAPORE HLTON 581 Orchard Road, S'pore 9. Tel: *****3 Springtime in Paris March 27 April 15 '78 Folies Montmartre A dazzling dance revue from Paris 10 p.m. nightly Place Pigalle 23rd Floor Cristallerie Da urn For the first time on display In Singapore Priceless glass sculptures 2nd Floor Restaurant
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      794 6 LEISURE TIME FILMS: A FILM about women and their notion of sensual pleasure, "La PlaUir" (Pleasure) is the offering from the French embassy and Alliance Francalse on Tuesday April 18. The film will be shown at the Relc building, at 9pm, free of charge. Directed by Mu Ophuls and made
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      335 6 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by Siruvar Ulagam (Tamil repeat) 3.30 Diary of Events (Tamil) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee Lovers and Lollipops (Part 1), starring: Lori March, Cathy Dunn, Gerald O'Loughlin 4.20 Intermission 6.00 Opening followed by Land of the Lost 6.30 News in Brief Marine Boy Don't Ask Me
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      297 7 r #«V Wm HOTEL ASIA 37 Scotts Road, Singapore 9 Tel: *****8 CHEQUERS HOTEL 418 Thomson Road, Singapore 11 Tel: *****/7 HOTEL EQUATORIAL 429 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 10 Tel: ***** GARDEN HOTEL 14 Balmoral Road, Singapore 10 Tel: *****44 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL 22 Scotts Road, Singapore 9 Tel: *****1
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      61 7 BriStoW: Frank EhckenS »F Ui O Fißfns IS UDO<-ING, foe. me .THCN I€.T mm Finery ojneN \t comes to TUe N*TT>( gr»tt»GS toe U>P>UC iFMA UMOS PtFRRID or Thc ?>>G> uxxp 6«»srrou) -Tncße's P\ onp\N U>ITH <ixcc.\\i BuX. Cses ogsk ■<Q Buje eses. en? Thpvt sounds uxe <-o .j E*..Ne*
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      Company News For the week ended April 14
      532 8 SCRIP ISSUE United Plantations: Proposed scrip Issue of one-for-ten, capitalising $6.50 million. OTHERS The Stock Exchange of Singapore has asked Straits Bteamshlp from which reserve accounts it intends to capitalise for Its recent proposed scrip Issue of one-for-four. Synthetic Resins (Malaysia) has
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      Week ends on a mixed note
      1142 8  -  SINGAPORE •y GOH HIANG FONG SENTIMENT varied from day to day on the Singapore stock market last week due to a combination of selective profit-taking and buying to close on a mixed note. Technical analysts said the slight easing seen on the first two
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      Lock icon Good gains in most sectors
      349 8 SYDNEY Reuter THE ft rat four days of the week saw strong support given to a handful of speculative mining stocks but these were pushed aside on Friday when the market turned to industrial and other mining issues. The reason for the change was a
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      Budget fiasco
      1271 8  -  LONDON •y GERALD COLVERD WHATEVER the fate of the speculative gambles being placed on the back of the contents of the UK budget strategy for 1978/79, It Is already clear that Chancellor Mr. Denlft Healey Is to be categorised amongst the losers. The area of hostility towards a
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      Big BP placing talk
      246 8 ATTEMPTS to place a large line of British Petroleum shares on behalf of large US holders are expected to be made in the London market this week. Preliminary efforts at the placing made last Friday indicated that institutional funds of between £15 million to £16 million
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      Market erupts
      377 8 NEW YORK THE ilock market erupted in a routing rally on Friday in the heaviest trading in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average soared 19.92 points to finish the week with a gain of 25.55 points to 795.13. The surge was
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      Dull trading prevails on the KLSE
      918 8 KUALA LUMPUR GENERALLY dull trading conditions prevailed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market this week as prices hovered between an easier and a mildly steadier trend. The market Initially attempted to push ahead when trading started on Monday but lack of sustained support and
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      680 8 HONGKONG erratic downward trend Source: Sun Hung Kai Sec Ltd. THE week under review showed an erratic downward trend following the last of the major results In this year's dividend season. The Index closed at the low of the week at 436.96, a drop of 7.21 points. Although the market
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      Amsterdam prices up
      423 9 FA ROPE AS MARKETS L d EUROPEAN bourses closed generally mixed on Friday. In AMSTERDAM, prices generally firmer following the higher dollar and higher overnight Wall Street prices. Dealers said Royal Dutch and Unilever led Dutch Internationals mostly firmer, although. Philips lost some ground. Shipping and transport
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      Amsterdam
      227 9 APR M Fls ABN 354 SO +0.5 Ahold 106 50 1.2 Akio 26 30 +0 3 AMEV 82 40 -0 6 Anitas ***** -0 4 Amrot Bank 75 20 +0.6 Bergoss 56 20B 87 10 +0 1 Bols 71.00 +0 8 BorsumlJ 147.70 1.7 Burhmann 66 00 -07 Byenkorf
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      184 9 APR 14 Francs Actions Suisses 267 Alusuiise Br 1225 +5 Alusulsse Reg. 551 -1 Brown Boverl Br 1610 unch ClbaGelgyBr 1150 unch Ctba Oelgy P C 860 10 CtbaGelgyReg 653 unch Credit Suisse Br 2195 -20 Credit Suisse Reg 424 -2 Eiektrowait Br 1630 -20 George Fischer Br 680
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      Paris
      279 9 APR 14 Frs CORBE1LLE Air-Liquide 291 unch B S N Gervais Danone 412.50 -12 5 CS F (ThomsonCsf) 217.50 +0.7 Cie Francaise des Petroles 119 40 -0.7 Compagnie Flnanciere Compagnie Generale 368 +5.1 Credit Foncler De France 334 +0.5 Hachette (Libralrie) 172 unch Machines Bull 32.55 +0.2 Mlchelln(B) 1375
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      91 9 APR 14 Frs FORWARD MARKET Acec 256 12 Arbed 2155 -15 Astur 570 unch Brascan 440 +5 Bru-Lamb 1540 +5 Canpac 480 unch Cock 364 10 De Beers 157 -3 Ebes 2350 20 Electrobel 6180 -80 Gb-Inno-Bm 2145 20 Gev 1374 +4 Hobok 2435 unch Petro 4200 40 Ryl
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      100 9 APR M Lire Anic 100 -1 Assoc Gen ***** -370 Bastogi 405 50 -11.5 Centrale 3351 -4 Fiat 1910 -10.5 Finsider 73 unch Gen Immob 78 -2 IFI Prl 2061 -19 Italcementt ***** -104 Italgas 821 unch Italstder 129 unch Magnetl M Pf 413 50 -4 5 Marelli Ere
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      Frankfurt
      212 9 APR 14 Dm Aer-Telefunken 88 80 Akzu 24 SOB +0.3 Allz Leben •21 -4 Allz Vers 485 unch BASF 137.90 BayHTWbank 287 unch Buy Vbank 318 -3 Bayer 140 30 BBC 293.30 ♦0.3 BMW 219 50 Cassella 364B Chem Verw 244 unch C'ommerzbank 238 30 -1.5 Conlt Gumml 77.50
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      Jo'burg
      391 9 GOLD shares drifted easier on Friday in line with lower bullion indications for the da v. Dealers said trading was very quiet though some overseas Interest was apparent towards the close with the securities rand off 3.5 cents to 75. Financial minings were little tested. De Beers put on
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      Record turnover
      1241 9 NEW YORK PORTFOLIO managers of cashheavy Institutions, surprised by the buying surge on Thursday and scrambling to avoid missing the boat on Friday, came out In force to send prices sharply and broadly higher In a Friday rally that llftad trading volume to an all-time high. Turnover on
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      Toronto
      306 9 THE market trimmed most of iti early sharp nana on Friday to close moderately higher In active trading The composite Index vu up about 1H points and advances outnumbered declines 2f16 to 191. The paper and forest Index gained more than 13 points as Consoltdated-Bathurst "A" rose fe to
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      Selected indices
      35 9 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 447.4 Thursday 452.9 Week Ago 769 58 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 795.13 Thursday 775.21 Week Ago 769.58 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday 108 to 108'. Thursday 104V* to 105
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      Merrill Lynch acquires White, Weld
      294 9 NEW YORK: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc., the nation's largest securities firm, announced on Friday that it bought White, Weld and Company, a middle-sized old-line international Investment banking house that had been fighting to survive, for US$5O million in cash. The acquisition Is
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      208 9 JUST RELEASED! Behind Asia's Headlines... The tycoons and terrorists, statesmen and scoundrels, moneymen and mystics who make the news across the continent. Straight off the front page of The Asian Wall Street Journal, 36 lively stories jam-packed into a single 350-page volume. "The Billion Dollar Bubble" is the saga of
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      Bull run has some way to go
      840 10  -  ■y GOH HIANG FONG WHILE the attention of the investing public during these past weeks has been on the more well-known ST Industrial indices, SES indices and the all-sector OCBC index, a local sharebroking firm has been guided by its own index which
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      368 10 Ajinomoto (M) Bhd: AGM to be held at 6'/* miles, Simpane Salak, South Baharu, Kuala Lumpur, at 9.00 a.m. on April 25. National Iron and Steel Mills: AGM to be held at the board room of Development Bank of Singapore Ltd, DBS Building, 6 Shenton Way, at 2.30
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      BUSINESS TIMES INDUSTRIAL GROUP INDICES (BASE YEAR: JANUARY 4. 1971 – 100)
      150 10 BUSINESS TIMES INDUSTRIAL GROUP INDICES (BASE YEAR: JANUARY 4. 1971 100) High Low Industrial Group Week Ended Point April 7 April 14 Chance 261.08 145 90 Automotive 254.98 261.08 +6.10 496 57 328.67 Banks. Insurance, Finance 135.80 and Trustees 365 OS 364.32 -0.73 m 31 cnemicais, KuDoer t-roaucts. Refining and
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      Court turns MBF down
      192 10 A HIGH COURT justice in Hongkong has refused a request by a Malaysian finance company to appoint an inspector to investigate the financial affairs of San Imperial Corporation, a Hongkong hotel development company. The Malaysia Borneo Finance Corporation and two Malaysian businessmen. Lee Ing Chee and
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      742 10 Current Ex Books Date Jotal for Total for payment Date cloae payable the year previous year Malayan Tin 45%I Mar 22 Apr 4 Apr 14 45% 158 5% Kuala Sidim Rub. 5%I Mar 29 Apr 8 Apr 15 5% 8.75%<a) Troitoh Mines 58%<n) Mar 21 Apr 3 Apr
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2678 10 1977/1978 Hick Low Cooipaay Last Sale Week ♦•rGr't Div Div CYT Gr't Net Y'M P/E Wr<* Vol COW Week High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 181 213 130 300 72* 247 183 322 418 146 132 Acma 123* Alcorn 112 Allied Choc 260 Bata 60'-. Ben 191 Boustead
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    CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS
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      Lock icon Jacobs jumps to track limelight
      788 11 UPI NEW YORK: He stands a Greg Joy, had performed mere 1.76 m and although the feat. It would not have Franklin Jacobs has not yet drawn nearly as much leaped any tall buildings in attention, but when you a single bound, his "bionic" realise
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      Lock icon Amazon who's small and cute and who lifts two tons
      123 11 NOVOSTI SHE I. amall, delicate a bit coquottiah, but cut*. And when the amllingly said that ahe lifta two tone during her morning training aeaaion, we found Zebo, (above), bard to believe. "You don't believe it," with a grin, "no
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      World beater who doesn't mind being slow
      383 11 LOS ANGELES: In the opinion of Mike Tully, the new world pole vault record holder, speed is only a Mile of mind. Tully admits he may be alower than most of his contemporaries down the runway but he's not losing any sleep over
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      475 11 UPI LOS ANGELES: Critics say there are loopholes and ambiguities in the city's financial plans for the 1984 Olympic Oames. and that the "concessions'.' by the International Olympic Committee, hailed by mayor Tom Bradley, may be illusions. The proposed contract between
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      746 11  -  »y PETER DOBEREINER The Observer AUGUSTA: The oak tree in front of the Augusta National club house was mature at the time of the Boston Tea Party. Each year during Masters week it provides a canopy tor an unofficial convention of the Influential
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      Dark horse Ting sweeps Changi Open golf title
      742 11  -  By ERNEST FRIDA TING Sa Tee of Seletar Golf Club brought off the biggest upset yesterday when he won the Changl Open golf championship with a two-over-par 71. Ting, who plays off 9 10 handicap, played superbly throughout the round, going out
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      158 11 COLLKTINQ ORIENTfILfINTIQMEJ by Judith Moorhouse and Dries Blitz ca Hamlyn Group, London. Oriental antiques have always fascinated collectors throughout the world, evoking as they do the exotic and Inscrutable East. It Is, however, widely believed that they are too expensive for the average collector. This myth Is perpetuated by all
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    688 12 RECORD MARCH SURPLUS NYT Reuter THE Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Mltl) appealed to exporters over the weekend to reduce shipments of cars, steel, television sets, ships and other major products. The appeal was issued as Mltl announced that Japan's trade surplus had reached
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    Gold must be sold only to central bank
    649 12 THE PHILIPPINES' primary and secondary producers must sell their entire gold output to the Central Bank, effective last week. Gold recovered by small panners from alluvial deposits in certain parts of the country are exempted, however, said bank governor Gregorio Licaros. The
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    Insurance potential largely untapped
    371 12 ALTHOUGH the life insurance business in Singapore has more than trebled over the last decade in terms of volume, Singaporeans are still generally underinsured. At the end of last year, the number of life insurance policies in force in the Republic totalled more than 180,000. "However,
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    Penang yard seeks aid
    180 12 THE Penang Shipping Corporation is to appeal to Federal and state authorities (or help to tide over the current slump which Is also affecting shipyards worldwide. One of its directors, Enclk Mohamed Feisol bin Hajl Hassan, said last week the shipyard might soon decide to reduce
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    168 12 Reuter CHINA won a number of orders on the first day of its export commodities fair, commonly known as the Canton Trade Fair, when it opened on Saturday. A New China News Agency report, monitored in Hongkong yesterday, said visiting businessmen concluded "a
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    China sets new output records
    151 12 CHINA set new records for industrial output in the first three months of this year. The. New China News Agency, quoting the State Economic Commission, reported that output continued to rise In April and plans were being revised to take Into account the Increased tempo
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    Intermediate accounting course
    83 12 THE Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will hold a 14-lecture course on Intermediate Accounting In Nlssen Hut 8, every Tuesday and Thursday from 7.00 pm 9.00 pm beginning from April 25. Mr Augustine Wong, a part-time lecturer of the University, will conduct the
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    Project seeks bumiputra participation
    348 12 BUMIPUTRA participation is being sought by the Pahang Tenggara Development Authority (Dara) for a M 59.4 million palm oil project which has been deemed as "very viable". It will involve secondary processing of crude palm oil products to be marketed in five major forms semirefined palm
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    Lock icon Carter ponders three-month tax cut delay
    648 12 Washington Star AP THE CARTER Administration is discussing a three-month delay in tax cuts to reduce the federal budget deficit, but is not considering any proposal to scale down the size of the U5524.5 billion (5156.3 billion) tax package. White House press secretary, Jody
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    HK woos investors
    64 12 HONGKONG will send two missions to the United States and Europe soon to attract more industrial investments. An industrial investment promotion mission will visit Britain, West Germany and the Netherlands from April 19 to May 23, the government said. Another mission, organised by Hongkong General Chamber of
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    Plans to turn idle padi land into viable farms
    420 12 THE Malaysian government is to embark on an ambitious plan soon to turn an estimated 404,700 hectares of idle or under-uti-lised padi land in Peninsular Malaysia into viable farms. Under the plan, which forms part of the poverty redressal programme, farmers
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    2139 13 SCHEBOLB A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The following list tabulates, by port of destination the name of the ship, the shipping line involved, and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from Singapore port Contortions B«*nD«tch lui a Joint «er▼tee urufOMat
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      555 13 Scan Dutch V Fast and Regular Service To/From N.C./SCAN/W.MED. Every 10 Days. Singapore. Tel. *****, Port Ketang Tel. *****1. Kuala Lumpur. Tel. *****, Penang: Tel ***** G; Lines Inc (USA) Trans-Pacific Service Con?d'Qe' Se'vce ~c feeder du spore VESSEL 22/4 A VESSEL 29/4 AVESSEL 5/5 Iwtiliw Bunki HMMrZI Statrain tram
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      180 13 Nedlloyd Lines Regular Liner Services To/From All Parts of the World. Singapore Tel. *****, Port Keteng Tel *****1, Kuala Lumpur Tel. *****, Penang: Tel ***** NOTICES NEW OIL BUNKERING SERVICES AT OAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA For the supply of: 1 All grades of bunkers i.e. marine fuel oil. marine diesel oil
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      649 15 GUTHRIE BOUSTEAD^~ THE BANK LINE LTD. IMB FN t I I AFRICA TtSTIAM (Mauntmt, tartan, Uombna. T«m. I.L. P.I, Cirtlotn) PtiuKf P Mill It/n Apr S port I 44/11 Apr FIITVNE ma (Manritin. Reunion, Durban, 1.L.. M, Capetown) Penanf P. Mlaaß nm Mar S sort 11/ M FMM lAST INTI
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