The Business Times, 14 August 1978

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    10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1978 50CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Ambassador Yusof
      71 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia's current ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Endk Yusof Zalnal, has been appointed Malaysia's new ambassador to the Philippines. He is expected to take up his new appointment shortly. A foreign office statement here said Enclk Yusof, 52, Joined the Ministry of Foreign
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      Lock icon Sino-British trade
      70 1 Reuter HONGKONG, Sun. British Trade Minister Edmund Dell arrived here today from a week-long visit to China convinced that a major opportunity exists for increasing Slno-Brltlsh trade. Speaking at a news conference, Mr. Dell said he had suggested to the Chinese an Increase In bilateral trade by three
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      Lock icon Your responsibility . . .
      87 1 Your responsibility Reuter WASHINGTON, Sun Americans stUl do not realise how seriously oil Imports are affecting their country's economy, said President Carter to a group of magazine editors, adding that they shared the responsibility to keep the energy Issue before the public. "Since they don't have demonstrable shortages t'nc don't
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      Lock icon Calm after storm
      56 1 UPI BAGUIO, Sun A tropical storm today Idled the protagonists In the world chess championship and momentarily defused the tension between the warring camps. Anatoly Karpov and challenger Viktor Korchnoi, were kept Indoors by the storm. The rain washed away Identical plans of the players to motor
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      Lock icon Encoding Chinese
      74 1 Reuter HONGKONG, Sun. A special code for use of Chinese character In electronic computers has been created by an engineer In Chinese largest city of Shanghai, the New China News Agency said today. The new code, based on the pronunciation and formation of the Chinese characters as well
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      Lock icon Coal power
      78 1 UPI JAKARTA, Sun. Indonesia expects to produce between 8,000 and 10,000 megawatts of electricity using about 25 million tonnes of coal, Antara News Agency said today. A coal expert of Bandung Institute of Technology said that Indonesia should develop coal as a source of energy that Is considerably
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      Lock icon Bilateral trade talks
      71 1 UPI SEOUL, Sun. South Korea and Canada wUI hold a four-day bilateral trade ministers meeting In Seoul beginning on Wednesday. The ministers will discuss agreements on industrial rights, avoidance of double taxation and cooperation for overseas construction projects In third countries. The Koreans will seek ways to
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      Lock icon Belgium eyes KL
      85 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Belgian Investors are showing interest in joint ventures in Malaysia and an ln-depth study of Investment possibilities and procedures Is now In progress to Drovlde a detailed guide-book for potential Belgian Investors, said the Belgian trade attache here. The attache said Belgium's growing
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      Lock icon Locust invasion
      80 1 Reuter NAIROBI, Sun Experts fighting a locust Invasion In the Horn of Africa said at the weekend that the biggest swarm so far sighted In the outbreak had been found In central Ethiopia last week. The swarm, covering 400 square kms was sighted 250 kms north of Addis
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    113 1 THE following list of stocks gives the 10 most traded 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 1978. Company Turnover Prices High Low 000 Aug 11 1978 Harimau
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  • LOCAL STOCK INDICES
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      SINGAPORE
      74 1 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11 tt B. T. Index: 1632.00 1634.30 closed 1060.79 1666.71 Industrials: 378.85 381.60 closed 385.52 389.14 (a) Finance: 589.35 596.20 closed 604.41 609.10 Hotels: 232.24 233.83 closed 234.68 237.50 Properties: 219.58 220.70 closed 223.10 225.11 t Tins: 162.22 162.29 closed
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      MALAYSIA
      88 1 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11 tt B -T. Index: 2339.63 2413.69 2442.43 2404.45 2419.15 Industrials: 419 02 424.51 430.46 430.31 433.23 8 Finance: 513.56 514.31 529.02 527.61 532.15 Hotels: 213.85 215.01 215.17 214.84 215.09 Properties: 213.41 213.72 217.85 216.30 219.40 Tins: 184.87 183.89 184.63
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    Singapore a good sales base for Aussie car parts
    347 1 AUSTRALIAN manufacturers of car accessories and spare parts should brf able to increase their sales to the region with a more positive marketing approach through Singapore. The Australian Department of Overseas Trade has disclosed this in a report prepared in support
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    Japan may ease rules on CD issue
    635 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG JAPAN may introduce new legislation this year allowing foreign banks. In Tokyo to tap more funds by Issuing certificates of deposit. If the new laws are passed, the liquidity tightness of yen-short foreign banks In Japan will ease. The
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    First half growth healthy at 8pc
    783 1 TRANSPORT, manufacturing, commerce and finance are now the star performers in the Singapore economy, which grew by 8.1 per cent during the first half of this year. These sectors chalked up the highest growth rates In the gross domestic product, which expanded to $4.85
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    Brunei finance company pledge to resume business
    306 1  -  By RONNIE LIM INVESTMENT and Finance Brunei Ltd., formerly Investment and Finance Kalimantan, in which Mr. Chen Pan Teck, vice chairman of Asia Commercial Banking Corporation and his family have an interest, is planning to re-open for business. IFB suspended operations in June
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    Lock icon White Paper blames Tokyo surplus on yen's rise
    561 1 Reuter THE SURGE In the value of the yen against the dollar this year has caused a continuing rise in Japan's trade surplus, which may not be reduced until the exchange rate stabilises, the Japanese government said in Its annual White Paper
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      67 1 SHIPPING TIMES ROUND Two In US antftRRTV ATE bond leoues of 9900 m for Now York S PEPC Cum op to tkt SrorfTMi 5 STUMBLING Mock for ballot la Singapore 7 LOCKHEAD'S mall Triotarln the offing AM COL Electrical has to try hwdr STOCKBROKING CITY Carton nonpullilai— THAILAND plana forward
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      115 1 4& Hapag-Lloyd Fully containerised to Europe and United States. Regular, reliable and on time. JAL FLIGHT 712: THE TOKYO EXPRESS NEW YORK VANCOUVER V'fvV fl W»^*V ♦Hr* SAN l FRANCISCO |LDS I ANGELES 1 (HONOLULU I SINGAPORE MEXICO CITY Only on JAL can you non-stop to Tokyo, then make convenient
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    ARE BABAS DOOMED?
    3580 2  -  The Compleat Nonya By Dr JOHN CLAMMER "WHO is a Baba'"? Conventional wisdom does not regard this as a problem: a Baba is simply a person who fulfils or conforms to a set of fixed criteria notably that he or she should: identify him/ her self as
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      199 2 IBJ The Bank for All Reasons Corporate Financing. IBJ is Japan's oldest and largest long-term credit bank. With extensive experience in meeting corporate financial requirements through arranging bond issues and offering precisely tailored loan packages. Main Bank to Japan's Key Industries. IBJ is main bank to more of Japan's industrial
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      121 2 isp't a 'fo-fo', it isn't a dive. It's small and it's cosy and always alive With people discerning, who know what is best When eating and drinking are put to the test. There isn't an orchestra, you will not find An alley for bowling or things of that kind. For
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      613 2 I -IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Talk steamlly? (5) S Do badly as runner and politician (5) 9 Such a wedding may go off with a bang! (7) 10 A show to see again, from the sound of It (5) 11 It makes one red In the face (5)
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Minister to brief UK unions on Chrysler
      644 3 Reuter BRITISH Industry Minister Eric Varley has Invited officials from all trade unions concerned with the future of Chrysler UK Ltd to a meeting today. A spokesman from the Department of Trade and Industry said that the meeting will enable Mr. Varley to
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      Lock icon House passes EFT bill
      131 3 Reuter THE US House of Representatives passed a bill establishing the first Federal regulations on the use of Electronic Fund Transfer Systems (EFT). The systems allow money to be transferred between bank and savings and loan accounts. They are also used to operate the 24-hour automatic
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      Lock icon FUSION POWER FROM THE SEA
      414 3 UPI PRINCETON University scientists have achieved a maior breakthrough in nuclear fusion that could lead to a cheap, abundant and safe power source in the next century, a top US Energy Department official said on Saturday. The experiment used the same power that is in
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      Lock icon Fuel crisis in 1980s
      335 3 AP A GROWING demand for natural gas in Europe will cause a shortage of the fuel there in the mid-1980s and continue to the end of the decade. The Oil and Gas journal quotes one industry study as forecasting firm commitments for European supplies at 684.86
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      NY hotel acquired
      169 3 INTER-Continental Hotel* Corporation, opei aim of the Singapura Forum Hotel, haa purchaaed New York'* luxurious Barclay Hotel, aaid Mr. Paul Sheeline, the The 800-room Barclay haa an established reputation as one of New York's prestigious hotels located cm 48th fHiaal. between Park and Lexington Avenues. Inter-Continental, which
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        GERMAN LOAN CALENDER
        444 3 GERMAN banks approved a foreign loan calendar totalling 580 million marks (SS6SO million) for the period up to mid-Sep-tember. This fairly modest volume which follows the 515 million mark calendar for the previous month should stimulate the current improvement In capital market conditions in the country. A
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      Lock icon Private bond issues of $900 m for NY
      199 3 Reuter THE MUNICIPAL Assistance Corporation has reached preliminary agreement on a private placement of up to US$4OO million (Ss9oo million) of bonda with New York City's financial inatitutiona, ita chairman Felix Rohatyn aaid. He told a board meeting that the corporation haa
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      Lock icon Round Two in US anti-inflation battle
      854 3 HIGHER RATES PLANNED Reuter PRESIDENT Carter's economic advisers are engineering a policy of monetary and fiscal restraint for the second phase of their voluntary anti-lnflatlon programme, which may be unveiled In late summer or early autumn. The danger in the plan Is that high
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      107 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 tt These tiny buttons on your IDD telephone can put you in touch with London* in a matter of seconds •Also Andorra, Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Liechtenstein,
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER
      283 4 RUBBER futures closed mostly 0.25 to 0.50 pence per kilo lower in London on Friday. Turnover totalled 391 lots of 15 tonnes Including 17 kerbs and one option, and six lots of five tonnes. The market had Initial losses of up to 0.65 pence mainly reflecting gains by
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      Produce exchange
      297 4 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore noon closing prices per picul on Saturday. Coco«ut oil: Bulk $83 sellers, old drum $88 sellers, new drum $93 Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont. $58 buyer* Pepper: Muntolc ASTA white f.o.b. 100 NLWS34O sellers. Sarawak white fi» b 96% NLWS322 50 sellers. s.ir.iwuk special black
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      Silver
      300 4 IN USUAL Saturday trading, the Hongkong silver futures market closed at HK5264.00, unchanged from Friday, with the price remaining steady throughout the half-day session. Fixing was also done at the same level, unchanged from the previous trading day. On Friday, silver on the LONDON Exchange was up mostly 3.5
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      Straits tin
      138 4 THE STRAITS tin price In Penang on Saturday rose Mslo to $1,760 per plcul $60 above the International Tin Agreement celling. Turnover fell from Friday's 207 tonnes to 170 tonnes. In LONDON on Friday, tin on the day was up £35 In both contracts. Values firmed during the
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      Sugar
      218 4 SUGAR futures closed £1.15 to C 1.75 per tonne lower and turnover totalled 3,123 lots In London on Friday. Values moved lower during the afternoon under profit-taking, local and arbitrage selling prompted by an easier New York market. Unconfirmed market reports said India will shortly be looking to sell
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      Rice
      122 4 THE Bangkok rice market was closed on Saturday for a local holiday (Her Majesty the Queen's birthday). In HONGKONG, the Saturday market was quiet with prices unchanged, dealers said. Turnover totalled 55 tonnes comprising Thais 19, Kwantungs 22 and Australian 14. The only arrival was 500 tonnes from Kwangtung.
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      Gold
      761 4 THE KILOBAR In SlngaSa re on Saturday opened at $15,168 and closed at $15,207. Prices were generally up from opening and the highest level reached was $15,210. The tone of the market was quiet. Spot gold for London delivery opened at US$2lO.OO/30 and closed higher at U*****.40/70. The highest
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      Coffee
      358 4 COFFEE futures closed £24 to £8 per tonne down and turnover totalled 3,181 lots In London on Friday. The market relinquished all Its earlier gains during the afternoon as pre-week-end profit-taking found a lack of follow-through buying to the recent rise. Prices eased sharply at one stage as chartist
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      Cocoa
      288 4 COCOA futures in London on Friday closed mostly £7 lower to £4 per tonne higher. Turnover totalled 1,641 lots Including 527 lots crossed and nine put options. The market started the morning with losses of around £9.50 to £3 and showed additional small declines throughout most of a quiet
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      Lock icon LME JULY TURNOVER
      137 4 Reuter THE London Metal Exchange (LME) said copper turnover in July totalled 379,400 tonnes wlrebars against 301,600 In July, 1977, and 24,175 tonnes cathodes against 38,150 *ln July last year. Standard tin turnover was 29,380 tonnes In July against 33,990, while High Grade was 895 against 380
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      Copper
      385 4 COPPER wire bars on the day rose by £4 for cash and £3.5 for Three Months In London on Friday. The afternoon market held steady In line with the trend at New York although trading was slow. The morning market was boosted by covering prompted by the sharp producer
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      Wheat
      245 4 WHEAT futures recovered from earlier losses to finish 4ft to seven US cents a bushel higher In Chicago on Friday. Traders said heavy late commercial buying boosted prices. The market also gained on light farmer selling and large exporter buying, rumoured by some traders to be linked to China.
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      Soybean
      229 4 CHICAOO soybean futures on Friday rallied at the close to finish 4-1/2 to 9-1/2 US cents a bushel higher. Traders said local shortcovering late In the session touched off large trend-line stop buying by commission houses, which boosted prices to the day's highs. One exporter was a late buyer
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      Lead
      66 4 LEAD on the day was up £3.25 for cash and £2.5 for Three Months in London on Friday. The afternoon market was steady on light endweek covering up to £331 for Three Months. The morning market was steady against a background of producer price rises and the trend In
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      Zinc
      64 4 ZINC on the day was up £2.25 for cash and £1.5 for Three Months In London on Friday. The afternoon market was very quiet although prices were steady on endmorning levels. The steady morning trend reflected producer price rises in the U8 and Europe with short-covering and influential borrowing
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      Steady but quiet produce trading
      340 4 TRADING was steady but quiet on the Singapore produce market last week. There was little marketmoving news to keep traders on their toes. But, at the same time, the constant adjustments to be made to prices In response to the rises and falls of foreign
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      Palm oil
      82 4 C.I.F. North European ports. In US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated LONDON: FrnUy Previous Malaysian 5S f fa bulk per tonne October unch 551 sir Sumatra b% 1 fa bulk August 805 sir 595 sir Septmber 5#0slr 570/500 pd October 560 sir/MO pd 555/557* pd November 555
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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        Singapore market
        176 4 THE US dollar last week drifted lower against other currencies and saw the deutschemark reaching a new high of 1.9650 marks to the dollar. Though the dollar recovered slightly around mid-week on profit-taking and short-covering, It eased further under selling pressure despite the Joint statement by US and
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        MLR
        21 4 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 7 per cent.
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        Asian $ rates
        254 4 Asian rates THE market last week started with moderate trading in the terms on an easing trend, but opened 1/8 per cent firmer on Friday from the week's lows upon expectation of higher Interest rates. Short dates, however, remained steady. Money supply Increased US$l.l billion In M-l and $2.1 billion
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        Discount market
        378 4 IN SPITE of a break in the week for the National Day celebrations, interbank rates on the local market continued to stabilise on a firm note throughout the week ended Aug 11. Overnight funds were dealt at a range between 6V» per cent to a low of 5Vi
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        Euro $ rates
        178 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposit rates on Friday closed steady but with an offered tendency in quiet trading, dealers said. One Month ended 1/10 lower at 8-9/16 to 8-1/2 after being adjusted 9/16 hgher on Friday end-of-period while Two and Three Months shed 1/16 each to 81/4. 8-3/16 and 8-3/8,
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        Short term money
        47 4 FOR THE week ended Friday Aug 11, the range of call rates received from Short Deposits (M) Berhad was as follows:Baak fund: 3 per cent to 4% per cent. Ciwil And: 3% per cent to 4% per cent. Movemeitt Of fund totalled $520 million.
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        Frankfurt
        36 4 FRANKFURT exchanges closing quotes on Aug 11: US 1.9870/ 85 Can 1 7345/65 Stg 3.88/87 OH 91.85/95 Sfr 119.20/30 Lit 2.365/375 Ffr 45.85/96 Yen 105.91/ 106.01 Bfr con 6.343/ 350 Bfr fin 6.167/177 Nkr 92.00/10
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        Zurich
        477 4 TWO MAIN movements were recognised on the foreign exchange markets last week. In the first half of the week, a sharp upward movement of the deutschemark was seen. On Wednesday, the dollar started to fall again, most pronounced against the mark and the Swiss franc, dropping to all-time lows
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        New York
        281 4 THE dollar finished weaker against maior currencies on Friday, although generally off its lowest levels, in fairly active trading. The dollar recovered slightly around midday on a flurry of profit-taking and large sales of other currencies, particularly the mark, before weakening again later in the session, dealers said.
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        London
        219 4 THE dollar dropped sharply again on Friday .closing lower against all currencies except the Canadian dollar. Trading was thin on endweek and holiday considerations and relatively small deals were enough to give big fluctuations mainly downwards in dollar rates, dealers said. By the close, the dollar had slumped to
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        Money market
        52 4 THE Interbank overnight market last week was generally steady. Transactions were dealt on a average of 6% per cent, with rates closing firmer at 7 to 6* per cent for the weekend. Terms were steady as well, maintaining the levels of 6K to 6* per cent throughout the
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      122 4 1 7# i 1 M fig* I rVi/W'iVyt' J'W'Xf o>" Ah, fill the Cup —what boots it to repeat How Time is slipping underneath our Feet Unborn Tomomow and dead Ybtomy, Why fret about them if To-day be sweet! Que la est gaie au printemps sur la rose, Quand i'Aimle,
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Lloyd's hike is turning away Greeks
      227 5 Reuter GREEK shipowners have decided to resort to insurance markets outside Britain following a decision by Lloyd's of London to impose additional premiums of 50 per cent on cargoes carried in Greek vessels over 15 years of age. President of the Greek Shipowners Association
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      CONTAINER TERMINAL
      118 5 A NEW container terminal with space for 4,000 containers is expected to be completed at Mina Sulman, Bahrain, by year end. A report from United Arab Shipping Co (UASC) said the new warehouse at the terminal will increase storage capacity from 30,000 to a million tonnes while eight
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      Evergreen Line heading for FEFC waters
      2079 5  -  Br GOH ENG KEE in London THE Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC) may find a formidable outsider on Its traditional home run early next year when the Taipei-based Evergreen Marine Corporation adds a Far East-Europe service to its growing list of shipping services. Through
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      521 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Car liner no. 1 (Car Carrier) (1700 after Dong Ping) 8/9 (0600) Chosei Maru (Car Carrier) (1700 after Frotabeira) 46 Curacao Maru (0600 after Keiyo Maru Dong Ping) 6/7 Fushimi Maru (1200 after Komandarm Matveyev) 35/36 Golden Bell (0900 27/28 Golden Glory
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      Lock icon Paris airports get off lightly
      187 5 NYT ONLY moderate delays took place at Paris' three airports on Saturday as ground control crews staged a protest. During the last such protest over the July 30 weekend, close to half a million passengers were stranded temporarily In Paris and throughout Europe. This time,
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      Lock icon LONDON FREIGHT
      178 5 UPI A GENERALLY sluggish week was given a final nlghllght when large bulker rates for transatlantic grain traffic moved up sharply. The combined carrier Jag Leela secured the 45 cents firmer figure of US$O.35 (FIO) for a 73,000-tonne August grain haul from the US Gulf to Holland, and
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      742 5 ARRIVALS s lerviee Local Operator Number Time From SAS SK097 0640 CPH/KHI/BKK MAS MH601 0700 KUL SIA SQ9I1 0735 SFO/HNL/GUM MAS MH682 0725 KCH SIA SQ101 0815 KUL MAS MH621 0840 PEN MAS MH607 0845 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL CPA CX710 1005 HLP GIA GA980 1030
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      245 5 SINTAT Rent-a-Car SINGAPORE AIRPORT TEL: *****5 CITY TEL *****55 Call us foi you. local or onward reservations Give me one good reason why I should put my boss on Royal Brunei" Secretaries have often asked us that. Some have even asked "Who is Royal Brunei?" To answer the second question
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  • REVIEWS
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      Lock icon WATER MARGIN
      217 6 AFP WATER MARGIN, written in the early 16th century, is one of the three great classical Chinese novels and is familiar to everyone in China. Its complex episodes have been adapted under many forms, from cartoon strips to the theatre. Until 1975 the book's hero. Sung Chiang, was
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      Promised anything to get nearer his dream
      1988 6 wihipiiiiumii ,i, MUI This is the second episode in Patricia Gdh's three-part story of her father, Goh Soon Tioe's life as a young and struggling musician, an innocent abroad in Europe. Together with Pat and his other two daughters, he now runs the
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      monochrome of my mother, as a young woman
      146 7  -  GERALDINE HENG in this sepia story, it was afternoon. your dress felt too large, ugly. so you were at ease, comfortable did you notice the sand creep into your clogs? this deck-chair by the sea gathered close an unsmiling girl a cub
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      Too many philosophers, too few statesmen
      678 7 Mao Tse-tung and His China Chang Kuo-sin Heinemann, fcloflgkong 1978, Ssls -Reviewed by Lee Lai To, Political Science Department, University of Singapore THIS is an attempt to analyse Mao Tse-tung and his politics from the point of view of Chinese history, philosophy and traditions.
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      DRAMA FESTIVAL
      351 7 WANG LOOK KEAH writes: the acting ability of the caat in the Mandarin play "Firefly" wn definitely below amateur standard. The male lead, Mr P'ng, instead of walking on stage, ambled self-consciously while Mrs P'ng simply did not know what to do with her hands. Pronunciation and intonation
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      A foreigner's frustrations
      532 7 Chinese Shadows Simon Leys Penguin Books, New York, 1978, US$2.5O Reviewed by Lee Lai To, Department of Political Science, University of Singapore. THIS Is a provocative book. When it first appeared in France, It caused a stir and many Maoists were so Incensed by the analysis of
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      FOR WEST BERLIN
      163 7 SINGAPORE'S Kong Chow Wui Koon Cantonese opera troupe will leave for West Berlin on Sept 29 to perform at the Berlin Metamusic Festival, at the invitation of the festival organisers, Music Pool of West Germany. The festival, held twteo a roar, aims to bring together the traditional
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      Ballet protectionism isn't unusual abroad
      1037 7  -  •y WANG LOOK KEAH A MAJOR stumbling block to the upgrading of ballet standards seems to be the appalling lack of career prospects In this field In Singapore. There Is In fact hardly any future for a local ballerina who has reached advanced level. Most
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      346 6 I I rare old scotch whishy h* m. Ioh» Dtw** tso*s L" ftiT" *CO»ia»» The Ancestor of Whisky Another quality product from SMGA PQHt 405/407 Havelock Road. B'pore 3. Tel: *****1 lon Bar Where beautiful things happen come around to lon Bar for a swinging get together where Toto and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      427 6 LEISURE TIME FILMS: THE Alliance Francalse and French embassy present "Une Ausai Longue Absence" (So Long an Absence) tomorrow, Tuesday Aug 15, 9pm at the RELC building, Orange Grove Road. Admission Is free. This film, made In 1960, was awarded the Louis Delluc Prize and also the Cannes Festival Prize
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      266 6 tv&radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening followed by Star Performance Uncle Fred Flits By 3.30 Diary of Events (Tamil) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee A Letter To Three Wives (Part 1) 4.30 Intermission 6.05 Opening followed by Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Marine Boy 7.00 Don't Ask
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      369 7 BriStoWi Frank DickenS COrtRRTOT'ON WiLl ee serJT ib ncu e>v Rdst V-. p»uDrtG u>»rn vpLR P.e.cePT 04 &&4PHJF O LTD rr**| v uiISH N/CXJ P> Pi£f\SRNT New Japanese Restaurant KIKU^I serving authentic Japanese food fi TeppanYakki *Tempura. Shashimi *Snkivaki *ShabuShabu KIKU JAPANESE RESTAURANT ORCHID INN Tel *****2 214 Dunearn Road.
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      Spectacular take-off with record volume
      1185 8  -  SINGAPORE h By TSANG SAU YIN SHARE prices staged a spectacular take-off on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. Demand which was held back for the last two weeks of consolidation suddenly found release and spurted after blue chips and then the less glamourous
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      Lock icon New peaks reached
      521 8 SYDNEY Reuter KEY indices struck new 1978 peaks last Friday, ending a week of buoyant trading. BMP closed firm at $8.00 although slightly down on the two-year peak of $8.04 reached on Tuesday. The stock remains a favourite on the basis of its recent profit results and
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      COMPANY NEWS for the week
      287 8  -  ENDED AUG 1 BY VIOLET CHOW OTHERS Kent (FMB) Tin Dredging limited announced that It Is to undergo voluntary liquidation on Sept 28. The assets of Kent are mainly in the form of deposits with finance companles, and the directors are of the opinion that
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      Lock icon Consolidation did not materialise
      318 8 HONGKONG k SHK SEC LTD. SURPRISINGLY, tbe market failed to consolidate last week and actually moved up another 23 points In hectic trading. The relative absence of Institutional and overseas broker activity could be explalned away by the weakness of the HK dollar but the voracious
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      Lock icon DJ suffers heavy loss
      193 8 TOKYO AFP WITH uncertainty over the future of yen-dollar exchange rates weighing heavily, the Dow-Jones Average suffered the second worst weekly loss so far this year on the Tokyo Stock Exchange last week. Investors were obsessed with concern over restless currency markets, analysts said. Whether a
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      Lock icon Surge meets resistance
      449 8 W NEW YORK L t NYT THE stock market forged ahead last week to its highest level In slightly more than a year, then staged a slight retreat after bumping into a classic resistance zone. That resistance area was symbolised by 900 on the Dow Jones Industrial
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      DISRAELI SPEAKS
      976 8  -  f LONDON By GERALD COLVERD BETTER late than never. London stock markets have at last started to appreciate the trends in the economy and the activity taking place in leading world stock markets. Wherever one looks, the privilege to be able to invest in shares is steadily becoming
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      Index pushed to new five-year high
      1005 8 K.LUMPUR IT WAS unmistakably a bullish week at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Market as prices soared almost uninterrupted In active trading. The only day on which there was a pause in the advance was on Thursday. Friday brought the market to a steady close.
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      220 8 Hie combined effort of many of the TOOajtfs best medical minds Medical and Health Annual This decade has witnessed tremendous number of new discoveries in medicine, and some of the greatest advances in medical knowledge the world has known. Keeping abreast of all these new developments is an awesome task
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      Nervous no more
      1073 9 NEW YORK STOCK prices on Friday closed higher although off slightly from earlier levels The D-J Industrials, which were up as much as seven points at one time, finished up about 5.5. One analyst said the early afternoon rally was sparked by a Texaco statement that it
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      34 9 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 514.8 Thursday 514.0 Week Ago 497.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 890.85 Thursday 885.48 Week Ago 888.43 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday 105'* to 106 Thursday 106*4 to 107^4
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      336 9 SHARE prices closed higher In active trading on Friday. The composite Index was up more than three points with advances in 10 of Its 14 component groups Oalns outnumbered Tosses 275 to 194 Mclntyre Mines, which said It Is omitting Its quarterly dividend, fell 1 to 26 and I
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      MIXED TRADING
      479 9 EUROPEAN MARKETS FRANKFURT share prices on Friday closed slightly firmer on balance with currency-related purchases from abroad being dampened by profittaking and position-covering operations. market sources said. Motors firmed strongly with VW gaining 3 30 and BMW 3.50. whUe Metallgesellschaft finished six marks higher and Preussag 2.50 up
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      234 9 AUG II Dm Aef-Telefunken 78 80 -0 8 Akzo 28 80 0 3 Allz Le ben 49SB -190 Allz Vers 476 50 -0.5 BASF 134 40 0 6 Bay HTWbank 290 B Bay Vbank 331 1.5 Bayer 136 70 ♦0.7 BBC 311 4-1 BMW 227 50 3.5 Cassella 389
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      190 9 AUG 11 Francs Action* Suisses 267 unch Alusuisse Br 1250 -15 Alusuisse Reg. 515 -4 Brown Boverl Br 1630 10 Clba Gelgy Br 1100 -45 Clba Gelgy PC 805 -35 Clba Oelgy Reg 568 -10 Credit Suisse Br 2250 unch Credit Suisse Reg 415 •i Elektrowatt Br 1875 -5
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      93 9 AUG II Fr» FORWARD MARKET Acec 375 unch Arbed 2395 -5 Astur 638 unch Brascan 463 •1 Br u-Lamb 1530 Canpac 598 ♦4 Cock 440 -4 De Be*rs 226 ♦2 Ebes 2270 unch Electrobel 6760 -20 Ob-Inno-Bm 2330 unch Gev 1340 unch Hobok 2455 ♦5 Petro 3800 20 Ryl
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      102 9 AUG 11 Lire Ante US -5 Assoc Gen ***** 480 Bustogi 508 50 3 5 Central? 3788 -29 Flat 1909 43 Ftnsider 144 75 ♦2 75 Qen immob 7325 unch IFI PTI 2348 18 Italrfmenti ***** -40 Itaigas 731 19 Italsider 304 75 +9 5 Magnrli M PI 480
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      228 9 AUG II FLs ABN 387 50 2.5 Ahold 107 00 -1 Akio 31 60 +0.4 AMEV 83 80 unch Am fas 106 SO ♦0.5 Amrot Bank 78 60 1 Bergoss 61 50 1.4 Berk 96 10 -1.7 Bols 70 70 -0 1 BorsumiJ ***** -1.2 Burhmann 71.30 ♦0.5 Byenkorf
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      278 9 AUG II Frs CORBEILLE Air-Liquide 332 10 B S N Gervals Danone CS F< ThomsonI Cat) 307 ♦3.5 Cif Francalae des Petroles 140 90 -2.5 Compagme Financier? a Compajnle Generate 385 SO ♦2.5 Credit Fonder De France 305 2.2 Hacheue (Ubralrte) 233 Machines Bull 47 80 0 85 Michelln
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      TOKYO
      310 9 PRICES on Saturday fell slightly In moderate weekend trading, led by pharmaceuticals and export-orien-tated shares, offsetting early gains, dealers said The market average fell 2.47 to 5.500.13 with volume 180 million shares The Tokyo Stock Exchange Index was 418.24 down 0.02 While low-priced chemicals and Incentive-backed shares were bought
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      401 9 GOLD shares moved firmer towards the close In (airly high volume trade following the higher bullion trend on Friday. Gains were widespread up to 200 cents in heavyweights with lowerpriced shares IS to 20 cents firmer Mining flnanclals followed golds upward led by Johnnies. 300 cents up at 2875
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      Lock icon Small Tristar in the offing
      617 9 N.AMERICAN b NYT ALL Lockheed Aircraft Corp. needs to launch production of a smaller mid-range version of its L--1011 tristar jet is a single order for a "reasonable quantity of airplanes," a top company official says. Richard W. Taylor, vice president and general manager of
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      Lock icon Norton Simon has better results
      168 9 Reuter NORTON Simon Inc reported that its profit for the fiscal fourth quarter rose to US$3l.9 million or 66 cents a share, from $27.1 million or 59 cents a share a year ago. The company attributed the improvement to strong performances by its huntWesson. Avis
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      133 9 Reuter J RAY MCDERMOTT reported a sharp decline in its first fiscal quarter profit due to a slowdown in marine construction activity. The decline would have been even greater had it not been for the record results reported by the recently acquired Babcock and Wilcox company. Mcdermott
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      222 9 Reuter OCCIDENTAL Petroleum Corp said It has proposed a merger with Mead Corp, a producer of paper, lumber and Industrial products, Including castings. Under terms of Occidental proposal, delivered to Mead management holders of Mead's common shares would receive In a tax-free exchange, deferred stock, carrying a cumulative
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      Lock icon Rothmans stake in Pall Mall (Canada)
      181 9 Reuter LONDON Rothmans International Ltd said its German subsidiary, Martin Brlnkmann AO will buy 86 Kr cent of Rothmans of .11 Mall Canada Ltd for C 596.91 million from Rupert Oroup Holdings SA. Rothmans said Rothmans Pall Mall Canada in turn owns 50.1 per
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      90 9 Reuter LONDON Imperial Group Ltd has secured over 90 per cent or 17.22 million ■hares of J.B. Eastwood Ltd as a result of its takeover bid at 160 pence per share and the offer has been emtended until Aug 25, advisers to Imperial Morgan Grenfell and Co said.
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      88 9 Reuter LONDON Reed International Ltd declined to comment on a press report that It may be about to sell Its 99 per cent owned subsidiary Reed Paper Ltd (Canada). The report In the business section of the "Dally Mall" said Reed Paper has been offered to Dotentlal North
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      241 9 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. June 1978 Yen 10,000,000,000 Japanese Yen Notes due 1990 JUGOBANKA united bank BELGRADE managed by DAIWA SECURITIES CO. LTD. THE YASUDA TRUST AND BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED THE MITSUI BANK, LIMITED These notes have been privately placed in
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      Amcol has to try harder
      756 10  -  By MANO SABNANI THE massive rescue operation carried out at Amcol Electrical Industries seems "to have succeeded fairly well in putting the group back on its financial feet, but the viability of its busl- ness remains doubtful.' For the year ended Dec 31, 1977, Amcol
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      Bumiputra's NY office
      512 10 BANK Bumiputra has been granted approval to operate a full branch office in New York City, making it the first Malaysian bank to set up business here. The approval was given by a full board meeting of the New York State Banking Department late last month. If
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      Fraser foresees selective trading
      535 10 MORE selective trading will prevail this month with volume concentrated in a small number of stocks which will be subject to fairly erratic price movements. The underlying tone should continue reasonably firm. However, the upside potential has become more limited. So summarised Fraser's Circular, a monthly
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      76 10 Paper Products (M) Bhd: AOM to be held at the Conference Room, UMBC Building, 3rd Floor, Jalan Suleiman, Kuala Lumpur, at 12 noon on Aug 19. Kewnt Tin <M) Bhd: AOM to be held at Tlngkat Kedoa, Bolk E, Kompicks Pejabat Damansara, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur at 10.00
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      264 10 Current payment Ex Date Book* cloae Date payable Total for the year Total for previous year Riverview Sanyo Ind». (M) S'porc Glass (1974) Pegi Malaysia L'td Malacca M Omrni Pan Electric S. Darby Unaec Loan Stk M Tobacco Berjuntai L. Pertk B. Kawat Island and Pen UOB Alex
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      109 10 (ompan\ Particulars Ex Date Books Close LmHM Ureal Ktiitrn Life M «ia Feedmilla Synthetic Rnini Fa bar Marlia Rights Issue of 1 lor 4 0*1.00 per share Bonu» Issue of 1 for 2 Rights Issue of 1 for 4 (•>S1 00 per share Rights Issue of 2 for
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    2598 10 Thij Y Mr Last Gr'i Div Gr'» Not Vol Week High Low CMpuy Sale +OrD»v* Crr Y*M% P/E (t*) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 241 132 Ac ma 232 -8 12 ON 1.3 5.1 25.2 T 234 231 233 123* Alcom 232 10.0 2.2 4.3 17.1 172
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    CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS
    1765 10 August 11 CHICAGO Board options exchange volume decreased to 132,457 on Friday from 151 001 contracts on Thursday. 3PTION OCT JAN APL STOCK Alcoa 40 71/4 UNTRD 8 487/8 AlCOtt 45 3 3/8 41/2 51/2 48 7/8 Alcoa SO 17/16 21/4 3 487/8 \m Tel 55 7
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      Lock icon Ali's date with Spinks won't be a picnic
      1024 11 NYT MUHAMMAD ALI promises to feed Leon Spinks a knuckle sandwich when they meet next month In New Orleans, the capital of Creole cookery In the .United States. "What is a knuckle sandwich?" a reader of the •New York Times inquired of
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      What in the world is Ballesteros driving at?
      1053 11  -  Br PETER DOBEREINER BY NOW we are all prepared for Severlano Ballesteros to rewrite the record books. First, however, I suspect that he will rewrite the instruction books. Just as BJorn Borg does not know how to hold a tennis racquet, according
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      Not throwing away an Olympic hope
      141 11 SOVIET judoka Alexander YaUkevich, 20, a aecond-year student of the Latvian Institute for Physical Culture in Rifa, became European judo champion of 1978. He woo the gold medal in the weight division under 87 kilograms. It was not his first important victory the athlete
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      Eight golfers win ride to Race Course quarter-finals
      653 11  -  ■y TEO TECK WENG EIGHT golfers have qualified for the quarterfinals of the Race Course Cup competition which will be played at the New Course on Aug 26. They are Y. Kamltakehara (who beat T. Abe 5 and 4), Henry Lee (beat
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      106 11 nsi hbb HANDICAP P w D L Pl» P D LPU Beieur 8IOC Keppd Jurong 3emb»w an( Tengah Warren Clung) i a 1 7 0 1 a 1 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 1« 2 14 4 13
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      MOURN NOT FOR A FALLING STAR
      513 11  -  •y RONALD KOW 808 HAYES waa the first Bum to break the 10-second psychological barrier for the 100-metre daah. He did it in 9.9 seconds at the Tokyo Olympics, with a bit of help from a tailwind, to win the right to be called
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      Lock icon Cosmos in orbit
      405 11 NYT THE NEW York Cosmos will be the centre of the soccer world's attention on Aug 30 when the defending North American Soccer League champions face an all-star team of world players. The Cosmos have invited 40 of the world's top players to participate in the exhibition
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      184 11 The international bank with your interests at heart. Dai-lchi Kangyo Bank is Japan's largest bank. Total assets of 61 billion dollars. But our size doesn't make us impersonal. A worldwide staff of financial experts ready to give your project their individual attention. And we have your interests at heart. DKB
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    Tourist arrivals in May rose 9.4 pc
    165 12 TOURIST arrivals in May increased 9.4 per cent over the same month last year to reach 162,667. According to the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, the visitors were mainly from Australia (12.7 per cent), Japan (8.9 per cent), the US (8.3 per cent) and
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    Lock icon Two-tier forex market not for Switzerland
    712 12 Reuter THE INTRODUCTION of a two-tier foreign exchange market in Switzerland is out of the question since such a scheme Is impracticable and would cause unforeseeable economic damage. National Bank President Fritz Leutwiler said. In an interview with the paper Tagesanzeiger, Mr. Leutwiler also
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    Lock icon Thais plan forward forex market
    415 12 Reuter THE BANK of Thailand plan to encourage a forward market in foreign exchange. The central bank governor Snoh Unakul said the introduction of the daily exchange rate fixing system later this year is partly designed to encourage and "educate" both importers and exporters through
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    STERLING MAY STEADY GOVERNMENT BONDS
    859 12 UK GOVERNMENT bonds are expected to remain steady, underpinned by sterling with interest firmly focussed on the July UK trade and current account balance of payments figure due today. The expectations, so far unfulfilled, of a fall in UK interest rates, is buoying bond prices,
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    Lock icon Has silver got the golden lining?
    453 12 Reuter PRECIOUS metals futures traders in Chicago are watching the gold and silver markets closely because of the rate at which gold has outperformed silver in both spot and futures markets. Since the beginning of this year, gold futures have risen US$29 (Ss6s) an
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    Course on merit and demerit schemes by NPB
    211 12 THE NATIONAL Productivity Board will be conducting two couraea it its Town Training Centre, Hotel Royal- Ramada. The firat course it on work measurement, incentive* and merit and demerit schemes, from Aug. 21 to Sept. I. The aecond courae ia on induatrial
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    Lock icon US banks protest loan rule proposal
    831 12 Reuter THE US Comptroller of the Currency's final rule limiting loans that nationally chartered banks can make to a foreign government may not be as restrictive as expected. The rule proposed early this year was that loans to any one government could aggregate only
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    CITY CARTON CONSOLIDATES
    424 12  -  ■y FOO CHOY PENG A LOCAL manufacturer of corrugated paper cartons and chipboard boxes has embarked on an expansion programme to upgrade Its production efficiency and to meet Increased local orders. City Carton, the local manufacturer will be Investing another $2.6 million In factory construction and in
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      104 12 AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION Applications are invited from suitably qualified Singaporeans for the position of EDITORIAL/PROJECTS OFFICER The successful applicant must have an extensive knowledge of marketing and trade promotion techniques. Specific duties will include- Editing an English language monthly trade magazine Organisation of trade promotion activities Fluency in English, literacy
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      110 12 I m r* M X t» 0 It starts with a feeling. A feeling of wanting to escape from life. A feeling of freedom, solitude and 1 isolation. A feeling of love for fun, excitement and discovery in short, a feeling of the good life. Rasa Sayang, resort hotel on
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    2334 13 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The following list tabulates, by port of deetlnaUon the name of the ship, the shippint line involved, and the estimated dates bf arrival and departure from Singapore port CißflArtioM ScMlHrtck Ui a jaiat «rrirmimwl wtth
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      648 13 Scan Dutch V Fast and Regular Service To/From N.C./SCAN/W.MED./iU.K. Singapore Tel *****. Port Kelang Tel *****1. Kuala Lumpur Tel *****. Penang Tel ***** SHIPPING [£3 SANKYO LINE| AUSTRALIA SERVICE P. Kdinj KYOHN MtRU 16/19 Au t MAYCARP 25/26 Am PARADISE MOON 15/16 S«pt Sinjaport Ludinjfor. 20/21 *u| STO. MEL. AOEL
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      346 13 g Seatrain Full Container Service to USA Agents: Optorg Shipping Singapore: *****44/*****82 K.Lumpur: *****3/*****3 Penang: *****/***** SHARJAH SHIPPING CO LTD J Aj>- J—(UMirtO CUB M BA'ES r -8 sub acen'S SHARJAH SHIPPING <S> PTE HO OKIENTAI SHIPPING CORPORATION Vth Hoof Khenj Ho* Biflj KUALA LUMPUR TEL ?068S? 34 Philip SI
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      467 13 ALFRED C. TOEPFER GMBH REGULAR TIMBER SERVICE TO MEDITERRANEAN PORTS OF ITALY. SPAIN, FRANCE m.v. TENTO m v SELIMOA ETA Spore ETA P Klan| for Salerno t Monfalcone for Sete BURDEKIN SHIPPING PTY LTD REGULAR SERVICE TO ANTWERP U K ACCEPTING THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO MAIN U.K. DESTINATIONS m
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      558 13 m FARfAST WEST AFRICA SERVICES CONTAINER SERVICE Ml TOE FLOWER 12 s«p( (Oct BULK SERVICE (NON-CONTAINERISED) SPORE P RE IMC PfMNfe LAGOS ELOMIM SUI' I*o SUB) IKD 17 feat (SEN NO *****2) RmSSB, ,s *< su 15$ NONI W SU6I IND SUBIINO 13 Oct B IKK ART SOUTHEASTASIA PTE LTD
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      25 13 Nedlloyd Lines Regular Liner Services To/From All Parts of the World. Singapore Tel. *****. Port Kelang Tel *****1. Kuala Lumpur Tel *****. Penang Tel *****
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      702 14 LAND U.S.A./ ASIA SERVICE MIT REFRIGERATED CONTAINER HW« SWUNG EVERY KPNESOAT FOR IWJ HI W. CANADA. CARIBBEAN. (AM*. IMU TAIMM. HONS RON. THAkANO AM PHILIPPINES VESSEL/VOYAGE WORLD LION V 6 Km n/it *«i it WORLD TIGER V 7 M 21/25 23 WORLD LION V 7 u| 3i> pti 30 WORLD
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      1185 15 QCL Overseas Containers Limited COMTAJNEISaiP SaVICt Ti N/CMTIKKT: THAMES MM HSU UT wmgiong express AITANO lUIII nwiMH Ul mri UT KUINI CIHIUI lit CITT IF EOIMVIGN S'SOf* P. U«| M ta| 13 Iq it 21 *»i n hi n 1 stpt 4 Sift 11 S**t 1} Sift nmt nitft n
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      1012 15 Scan Dutch V EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE VIA SUEZ WESTBOUND TO MED/UK/ CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA Feeder trom P. blam Vesael ELEANOIA Ml Di I IMA FRANCESCA Ml TOTARU ELEANORA 2/ RORRI CAN ELEANORA 11/ Nil. NOUTMAN FRANCESCA 1/ 1 lUHANBIA S'tOrt b MSpltleJ 2 *<M> 3) Hbw 4) ibuj /v a 4/ a
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      614 15 GUTHRIE BOUSTEAD agencies THE BANK LINE LTD. IRAK FNLtt AFRICA SAN CEBRCE (Mauritius, Reunion Durban. I J... P.E., Cwtwm P unrj 4/ 1 Sift Spore MAn Ifi FMM EUI t Mmi VIKI FBB UMCML BUMU SUSANNE SMU Penanj P. Keianf 11/S An S pore 11/11 LOSSIEBAN* Penan( P Kelanf S
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