The Business Times, 25 August 1978

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1978 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Dollar slips
      70 1 THE US dollar slipped again In Europe and Japan yesterday and the price of gold rose to U*****.70 an ounce at mid-morning In London compared with Wednesday's close of $201.05. The US currency finished the day In Tokyo at 191.65 yen against 192.06 yen on the previous day.
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      Lock icon Thanks to yen's rise
      89 1 AP TOKYO, Thurs. The Japanese government took steps to give the public the benefit of the rise of the yen by instructing electric and gas companies today to study ways of letting customers share in an estimated US$l.3 billion (Ss3 billion) In savings from cheaper energy
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      Lock icon Loan rulings
      70 1 Reuter MANILA, Thurs. The Philippine Central Bank announced new regulations under which all foreign currency loans by foreign currency deposit units for periods of over 360 days must have prior central bank approval. The regulation also applies to loans to companies eligible for special export incentives, while short-term
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      Lock icon Import curbs threat
      72 1 AP SEOUL, Thurs. The United States notified South Korea it will impose unilateral Import restrictions on Korean shipments of colour television sets unless Korea agrees to a bilateral quota arrangement, Korean officials said today. The notification was made through American special trade negotiator Stephen Lande who left
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      Lock icon EEC jobless up
      68 1 Reuter BRUSSELS, Thurs. Unemployment In the EEC rose to 5.9 million at the end of last month from 5.6 million at end June and 5.8 million at the end of July last year, the EEC Statistics Office reported. This means 5.5 per cent of the working population
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      Lock icon Thai deficit
      58 1 Reuter BANGKOK, Thurs. Thailand's total trade deficit this year will reach U551,304 billion (about Ss3 billion), 2.1 per cent higher than 1977, Commerce Ministry officials said here today. According to a special working group on export targets at the ministry, the country's exports are expected to total $3,836
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      Lock icon BP's new find
      66 1 AFP LONDON, Thurs. British Petroleum (BP) has discovered oil reserves west of the Shetland Islands bordering the North Atlantic which could be as big as the largest finds so far In the North Sea. Reports said that BP's second borehole In the area struck a large oil
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      64 1 UPI NEW YORK, Thurs. The stock market struggled for direction early today as Investors weighed the outlook for the dollar and the economy. Trading was active. The Dow Jones Industrial average was off 0.68 point to 896.30 around 1500 GMT.It failed to hold above the 900 level yesterday.
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  • Chief Price Changes
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      In Singapore yesterday
      125 1 Rises Most active King* 300 +45 UOL 618,000 Spore Merlin 424 +24 Haw Par 442,000 Spore Land 263 +22 Sime Darby 425,000 OCBC 1020 +20 M Credit 312,000 IaUadftPea 402 +20 Harimaa 294.000 BSembawang 294 18 Total Turnover: 15.51 m Apolio Ming Court 292 18 Total Value:
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      In Kuala Lumpur
      168 1 Rises Most active 8. Mai Tin (M) Bt S«mb T A City M.F. Mill* 9.00 3.00 1.71 2.50 .30 .25 .21 .20 M. Credit Haw Par UOL S. Darby 800.000 677,000 528,000 498.000 L'O Bank 4.04 .18 Total Turnover. 9.19 m Merlin (S) 4.26 .18 Total Value:
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    Hong Leong bid mystery deepens
    808 1  -  SFL CHAIRMAN RETURNS By QUEK PECK LIM SINGAPORE Finance chairman Mr Tan Kong Plat returned to the Republic from Hongkong yesterday as confusion mounts over a Hong Leong Finance proposal to stage a takeover bid of his company. Company Insiders say the news of Hong
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    Harbinger of good news
    236 1  -  ■y FONG MEW LENG THERE is a big potential market for electronics and electrical products in China which Singapore manufacturers could take advantage of. This Is the assessment of Mr Robert Tay, who has returned after leading eighteen electronics and electrical manufacturers on a study tour
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    Lock icon China may let in foreign investors soon
    721 1 AFP UPI CHINESE leaders will give the go-ahead for some foreign private Investment projects in China in the near future, Chinese business sources said yesterday. These sources who visit Pelting from Hongkong frequently, said top economic officials In China are, for the first
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    Lock icon Asean is assured
    157 1 AFP THE Australian government Is willing to be flexible over the 12V» per cent lm-' port duty on textiles If Asean nations feel the duty Inhibits their trade with Australia. Australian Minister of Special Trade Representation, Mr Victor Oarland, said this In Kuala Lumpur yesterday, adding that
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    Market breaches 400-level in feverish trading
    244 1 FEVERISH buying across the board on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday sent the Straits Times Industrial index through the psychologically important 400-mark to dose at 401.67. Instrumental in the market's climb to new heights were blue chips such as Wearnes, Cold Storage, Straits
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    Lone OCBC puts up its prime at long last
    542 1  -  •y SOH TIANG KING OVERSEA CHINESE Banking Corporation raises its prime rate to 7 per cent today, after holding out at 6 3/4 per cent for the past nine months. Bolstered by Its wide deposit base, OCBC was the "lone wolf"
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    Lock icon Gold price should hold
    83 1 AP GOLD should hold around current price levels In spite of the US Treasury decision to Increase its gold auctions, the South Africa Chamber of Mines said in a statement yesterday. The auctions must be considered to be the first of a package of measures that
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      The concrete pressures on construction
      639 2  -  By TEO TECK WENG THE RAPID growth of construction activities in Singapore over the last decade has put great strains on the industry over the period for instance more construction was undertaken in the 1908-1977 period than in the last 100 years. Mr. S. Dhanabalan,
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      STPB appoints a new director
      377 2 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) has appointed a public relations consultant and former journalist as its director. Mr. Yuen Kum Chuen, 40, will take up his appointment on Sept. 16. The former managing director of Yuen Wong and Associates, a public relations and graphic
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      Lock icon Korea, India lose status
      56 2 Reuter SOUTH Korea and India will lose developing country preference concessions on imports of welded pipes and tubes into Australia. The Australian .government said an Industries Assistance Commission report found the imports, at concessional duty rates, were damaging local industry. The only exceptions are for tubes
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      Lock icon COFFEE MONEY FOR MANILA
      127 2 Reuter RAW coffee beans are becoming an increasingly significant Philippine export, according to figures from the Statistics Office in I Manila. They showed the Philippines exported UBS 12.85 million (3529 million) worth in the first quarter of this year. While this was considerably down on the
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      The seasoned escalator...
      179 2 THE FIRST outdoor escalator in Singapore will be installed at the Peninsula Plats Shopping Complex in October. Three such escalators will link the plazs's basement shopping area to the pedestrian mall along North Bridge Road. Manufactured by a West German concern, Orenstein and Koppel (O A K),
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      Lock icon U.S.D.A. FORECASTS RECORD RICE OUTPUT
      549 2 AFP Reuter WORLD rice production will reach a record 373 million tonnes In 1978/79 compared with 367 million tonnes in 1977/78 and 358 million tonnes in 1976/77 The US Department ot Agriculture forecast the largest increases would be recorded In the following countries: China, 130
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      Lock icon Great expectations for HK economy
      460 2 Reuter HONGKONG'S economy in the first half of this year exceeded many expectations, but several disturbing influences could restrain its longer-term growth, according to financial analysts in the colony. Financial Secretary Philip Haddon-Cave will be giving his customary mid-term economic assessment to financial analysts on
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      MEMO PAD
      380 2 COURSES AND TALKS Aug 7-28: Cost Accounting and control, Hotel Royal, NPB Aug 7-29: Marketing management, Holiday Inn, NPB Aug 12-Sept 2: An understanding of company law, SIM, SIM Aug 17-31: Manpower planning and employee recruitment, Holiday Inn, P.O.D. Aug 25: Japan-Singapore trade, Shangri-la, NPB Aug 28-Sept 29:
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      Laying great store on window displays
      300 2 PROSPECTIVE buyers of shoes are walking past rather than walking Into retail outlets because of cluttered window displays. Mr. C.B. Marsh, corporate communications officer of Bata Limited of Canada, who is here for a week-long seminar to promote more effective displays of the company's
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      Asean to stage timber machine show at WTC
      200 2 ASEAN countries will hold the first international timber, woodworking and forestry machinery exhibition at Singapore's World Trade Centre from July 16 to 20 next year. WOOD '79 the International forestry development and timber processing and woodworking exhibition will be organised by ITF
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      Lock icon Soybean mission
      65 2 Reuter A SOYBEAN sales mission due in Tokyo from China next month is expected to finalise agreements for the further export of 75,000 to 80,000 tonnes of soyabeans to Japan for NovemberMarch deliveries. Trade sources in Tokyo noted that a group of socalled "Japanese friendship companies" accepted a
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      649 2 LI TWO-11-OIE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Fight over a remnant? (5) 6 Tastefully impertinent? (5) 9 Low pay. but at least enabling vou to eat (7) 10 Took the rest of the pelts to be sorted (5) 11 Room for a race. I see (5) 12 Crikey, soldier, It's
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon SENATE BRINGS SUNSHINE INTO AMERICAN LIVES
      180 3 Reuter THE US Senate on Wednesday lifted two popular measures from President Carter's energy Bill dealing with tax credits for solar home energy and insulation, and passed them as part of a relatively minor tax bill. The move, passed by an overwhelming voice vote
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      Lock icon Washington to hold down wage increase
      862 3 Reuter NYT THE US government will use its influence to hold down the size of a wage increase in a new labour contract to be negotiated by the Teamsters Union and the trucking industry. Mr. Barry Bosworth. director of the presidential Council on Wage
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      Lock icon Mexico leans more heavily on its main prop – oil
      480 3 Mexico leans more heavily on its main prop oil UPI FAST EXPANDING oil exports are coming to Mexico's rescue as earnings from other foreign sales dwindle and concern over the stability of the peso in the coming years Increases. The Banco de Mexico, the country's central bank, recently reported that
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      Lock icon Overdraft rate cut?
      61 3 Reuter CUT in South African banks' prime overdraft rate to 11.5 percent from 12.5 per cent is probable within a few days following Tuesday's per cent bank rate ••lit to 8.5 per cent, banking sources in Johannesburg slid. The last adjustment to prime rate was on Jul}
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      Lock icon Plan to steady coffee prices
      519 3 AP UPI REPRESENTATIVES of the world's principal coffeeproducing countries concluded a two-day meeting on Wednesday after agreeing on a plan to stabilise coffee prices at reasonable levels for both producers and consumers. Delegates from Brazil, Colombia. Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Venezuela
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      Lock icon FRANCE CANCELS N-PLANT PACT
      379 3 NYT FRANCE has cancelled an agreement to provide Pakistan with a nuclear reprocessing plant because of fears that the installation would produce pure plutonium which could be diverted for use in nuclear weapons. The decision constitutes an important victory for President Carter, who has been seeking
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon MAMMOTH LOAN BID
        538 3 Agencies MEXICO is negotiating a US$2 billion (554.6 billion) loan on the international capital market, the monetary review International Outsider reported in London. Only Canada has to date floated a bigger loan US$3 billion in this market. Mexico reportedly hopes to use the money for payment of
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      Lock icon Poor second half prospects
      159 3 Reuter WEST GERMANY'S real groat national product in tbe second half of this year will not grow any more significantly than the 2.5 per cent annualised increase registered in the first half. Disclosing this the Berlin Economic Research Institute said the third quarter will not see
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      Lock icon Profits but firms are tight-fisted on dividends
      319 3 Reuter MAJOR Japanese business firms appear reluctant to raise dividends despite a rise in profit. The Tokyo Stock Exchange reported yesterday that Instead, they are Inclined to Increase their own internal reserves. Its survey on dividends Sd In fiscal 1977 by 1,707 ns
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      Lock icon Natwest foresees decline in UK lending rate
      766 3 Reuter BRITISH minimum lending rate is likely to decline to around 9 per cent by the end of this year from the current 10 per cent and clearing bank base rates may well move down In line, National Westminster Bank Ltd chairman Robin
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      Lock icon Nigeria wants early release of $840m loan
      343 3 Reuter WEST German banks are considering a Nigerian government request to release earlier a 750 million deutschemark (SsB4o million) loan originally planned for two to three years' time. Euromarket sources in Frankfurt said the 12 German banks Involved, led by Deutsche Bank AG.
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      LOCAL AND FOREIGN RUBBER
      416 4 THE Singapore market yesterday closed higher with September One RSS buyers quoted at 242.00 cents per kilo, up two cents from Wednesday's close, dealers said. The afternoon session gained further ground on selling reserve, forward demand, upcountry buying and short-covering coupled with reports of China acceptances
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      RAS PRICES
      394 4 HAS prices in cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Close (per kilo) Int 1 R.S.S. prompt f o b. Int. 1 RSS. Sept Int. 1 R S S Oct Int. 2R S.S. UK/Cont Int 3 R S.S UK/Cont Int 4 R.S.S. UK/Cont. Int 5R S.S. UK *****.
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      SSR AND SMR
      113 4 NOON SSK and SMK prices yesterday: September October HAS (Current Mill) (Forward Mlhl Buyers Selller* Buyeri Seller* (centa perk«) (cent* p «k«l SSK20 < I-ton pallet) 215 50 217 50N 216 50 218 50N SSK SO (1 -ton pallet) 213.50 215 50N 214.50 216.50N MR.K.L.B. SMK5CV <
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      Palm oil
      78 4 I K North European ports, in stated US dollars per tonne unless otherwise LONDON Malaysian 5% ffa bulk per tonne October Sumatra 5% f(a bulk August September October November December Nigeria 5% ffa bulk stg Wnlnndiy Previous unch 566 sir 620'i pd 617* 612'./615/610 pd605/610 pd 580/582 ',pd
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      Closing prices
      30 4 Rubber: Aug 24 Singapore: Sept 242.00 cent* (up 2 cents) Malaysia: Sept 247.50 cents (up 2.00 cents) Tin: M 51,805 <up Official offering: 177 tonnes (down 9 tonnes)
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      Produce exchange
      384 4 FURTHER gains In coffee prices were a feature of the Singapore produce market yesterday. Quotes given by the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange put all grades up by $20 per picul. Overseas dealers cited two main factors responsible for the rise: the reduction In Brazil's 1979/80 crop due to
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      Hongkong Comex
      172 4 THE sugar market eased about 0.10 US cents in continued quiet and thin trading, with five lots traded. The Hongkong daily spot sugar price eased 0.05 of a cent to 7.00. Sugar futures closing prices: Clsg Prev Clsg Sep 7.95/97 7 06/09 Oct 6 99/7 02 7 08/10
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      Duty rates
      73 4 THE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period from Aug 24 until further notice: Rubber 237-7/8 cts a kg, copra $959.01 a tonne, palm kernel $955.75 a tonne, white pepper $4708.91 a tonne, black pepper $2873.72 a tonne, rubber 52-1/2 cts s kg. (research
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      Rice
      193 4 BANGKOK rice in US dollars per tonne F. 0.8. basis quoted yesterday: White Rice: 100 pet Ist class 397. 100 pet 2nd class 382. '00 pet 3rd class 377 5 pet 372. 10 pet 347. 15 pet 342. 20 pet 342. 25 pet 357 35 pet unq Broken: A-L
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      SPOT PRICES
      200 4 YARN and cotton In Hongkong dollars, spot exgodown < China Blue Phoenix 20 s 1.190 32' 2.450. 40 2.600. (per bale of 400 lbs) Piece (>ood« China: Butterfly and Globe brand unq. Dragon Head unq. Five Lambs unq. Flower and Butterfly unq. Flying Geese unq. (per piece 36
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      Straits tin
      166 4 THE Straits Tin price In Penang yesterday rose another Msl per plcul to $1,805. Steadier London advices and small supplies of tin metal from miners boosted the market, they said. Buying support was still evident from local and US operators but little Japan Interest was noted. Turnover fell
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      Cocoa
      385 4 TERMINAL cocoa finished the first call up against New York by an average £5 per tonne despite forecasts of a perhaps sharper advance yesterday. Near Sept and Dec levelled out In post-call dealings due to the reported availability of nearby physical supplies but Sept finally moved ahead again to
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      Coffee
      410 4 ROBUSTA futures yesterday ended the opening call officially steady but £55 to l'4o per tonne down from Wednesday night in sales of 467 lots. In quiet dealings values steadied near the opening lows on underlying trade and dealer buying after initially declining around £68 in spot Sept at a
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      Wheat
      97 4 CHICAGO wheat futures extended earlier gains to close up six to 4H cents a bushel, slightly under the day's highs on Wednesday. Prices advance on persistant rumours of an impending wheat sale to China. Brokers said one export firm, although not a heavy recent buyer of Chicago futures, reportedly
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      Sugar
      343 4 SUGAR futures registered opening call losses of £0.65 to £0.25 but staged a partial rally in thin post-call dealings yesterday In London. Traders atrrlbuted the minor decline to lack of fresh physical news. However, they said Belize selling tender of 5,000 long tons of raw sugar to the US
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      Soybean
      181 4 CHICAGO soybean oil futures closed 0.62 to 0.15 cents a lb higher on commercial and exporter n the final hour, while meal futures finished up $1.80 to $1.00 a ton on Wednesday. Traders said buying in oil became heavy shortly after soybean futures advanced around midday, with one exporter
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      Copper
      319 4 COPPER wirebars closed 110 up for cash and C 9 per tonne higher for Three Months on Wednesday. Cathodes were 18.50 per tonne higher all round. The market after lunch continued the morning steadier trend with Three Months trading up to 1'76fl per tonne before finishing the kerb at
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      Silver
      174 4 SILVER on the L"ME ended Wednesday 0.5 pence per troy ounce lower all round. Values Initially eased on the premarket reflecting the sharp fall In gold but the decline was cushioned by weaker sterling against the dollar. Subsequently prices held steady following slightly higher afternoon gold fix and a
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      Gold
      378 4 THE kilobar in Singapore opened at 5514.783 and closed at $14,811. Prices were generally up from opening and rose as high as $14,819. The lowest was at $14,709. Tone was quiet but steady. Spot gold for London delivery opened at U*****.50/202.00 and closed at $202.20/60. The highest and lowest
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      Lead
      67 4 LEAD closed 110.50 higher for cash and C 9.50 up for Three Months on Wednesday. The market displayed a firm trend throughout the day with Three Months trading from C 333 on the morning premarket up to 1340 on the afternoon ring before finishing the kerb at 1339. Dealers
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      Zinc
      62 4 ZINC closed t"6.50 per tonne higher for cash and 16.25 higher for Three Months on Wednesday. Traders said the market generally remained quiet for most of the day although prices advanced on scattered buying Interest prompted by the firmer tone in copper and lead. Three Months traded from C
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        Singapore market
        583 4 THE US dollar appeared to have lost its strength as Impatient dealers wait for more news on American moves to bolster the dollar. After opening around its overnight level, the dollar was traded down against major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Against the yen, the dollar
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        Asian $ rates
        131 4 Asian rates ASIAN rates as currency deposit interbank at close on Aug 24 US Dollar* (Spot) Offer BM 7 days 1 mth 8 7/8 8 mths 9 mths 12 mths Sw. Fr». Dnu. (Middle Prion) 1 mth 3 mths 3/4 6 mths 12 mths Dm. Est. C (MkMW Prion) 8
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        Zurich
        64 4 ZURICH exchange! closing quotes on Aug 23: US 1 6530-6570 Stg 3 1764-1678 Can I 4511-4551 D Mk 62 2627-5030 D F1 76 0569-2626 F Fr 37 5662-7651 R Fr 5 2262-2422 D Kr 29 6909-7761 N Kr 31 2760-3636 S Kr 37 0611-1592 Ut 0 1959-1964 A us
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        Discount
        47 4 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Aug 24: Overnight 2* 3H*> Call deposits 3S% Closing Buying Selling 3-month Treasury bills 39/16 37/16 3-month Bank bills 6 3/16 61/16 3-month CD 6 9/16 6 7/16 6-month CD 6 5/8 61/3 Source: National Discount Co Ltd
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        MLR
        21 4 THE average rale at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beet customers is 7 per cent.
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        Frankfurt
        48 4 FRANKFURT exchange! closing quotes on Aug 23: US 2 0060/90 Can 1 7715/35 Stg 3 87/98 DFI 92 55/65 S Fr 121 30/60 Ut 2 367/397 F Fr 45 65/75 Yen 1 0500/20 B Fr (con) 6 376/366 R Fr (fin) 6 149/159 N Kr 38 01/U
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        London
        196 4 THE dollar opened broadly easier than Wednesday's closing rates, but was fairly steady In quiet and trendless early trading, dealers said. Sterling eased to $1.9252/ 62 from the overnight 1.9260/ 75 and dropped from 62.2 on Its trade .weighted Index to 62.1 on lack of Interest. Dealers forecast a
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        New York
        297 4 THE dollar closed slightly below its opening levels, in moderately active, nervous trading on Wednesday, dealers said. They said the dollar retreated for most of the day, following its firmer opening this morning on the US Treasury's announcement of an expanded gold sale programme. They said operators viewed
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        Tokyo
        170 4 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed lower at 191.65 yen, compared with a 192.60 opening after rising briefly to 193.00 yen, dealers said. The dollar fell in light late trading on Increased export covering by Japanese traders and profit-taking by foreign and Japanese banks, following the initial rise,
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        Hongkong
        139 4 THE US dollar lost -ground against the yen In relatively thin quiet trading conditions yesterday dealers said. It closed at 191.60/ 80 yen compared with Its 192.80/ 85 yen level In California overnight while holding little changed at 2.0080/ 90 marks and at 1.9245/ 65 against sterling. The Hongkong
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        Euro $ rates
        112 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposit rates showed little change from Wednesday's easier closing.levels in continuing slack trading, dealers said. Near period rates were adJusted higher after Wednesday's technical falls for the Friday start, but were basically unchanged from those easier levels, although One Month was higher due to a Friday
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        Treasury bills tender
        37 4 M° netar y Authority of Singapore invites banks and discount houses to tender for the following TYeasury bills: $35 million 91-day bills to be issued S"ha n n SePl E Ch nder mu>t not
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      297 4 W Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd. The Board of Directors believe that it is desirable that the issued capital of the Company should more closely reflect the capital actually employed in the business. They will therefore shortly be giving notice to shareholders of their intention to call an Extraordinary General Meeting
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Little change in Singapore's orderbook
      762 5  -  By TERESA LIM SINGAPORE remains the largest shipbuilder in Asia after Japan and South Korea. But the gap between it and the two north-east Asian countries is almost impregnably wide. As at the end of the second (juarter this year, Singapore's orderbook changed little from
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      Lock icon India-Australia container service
      213 5 Reuter THE Shipping Corporation of India Ltd will Introduce on Sept 7 a fully containerised service from the west coast'of India to the main Australian ports of Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. The Prfcss Trust of India also said that the Indian loading ports will be Bombay
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      387 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Barge Intermac 315/ (0700 alongside Talabot) 47 Chang Ming (1830 hauls 26m east after Katsura Maru sails) 8/9 Du Shan (1700 after Fan thai) 40/41 Elbhoff (1300 5 Eldania (1800 after Katsura Maru) 10/11 Hans Maeersk (1400) 42/43 Ibn Abdoun (after Siena
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      Lock icon France's controllers to resume go-slow
      534 5 NYT FRANCE'S 2,500 ground controllers have voted to stage another go-slow protest starting at noon today, local time. The protest, the fifth of its kind In two months, is certain to affect air travel to ard from France this weekend and, indirectly, otlier countries In
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      Nedlloyd goes ahead with new orders
      441 5 AMID the continued depression in world shipping, the Nedlloyd group Is steadily modernising its fleet, and ordering new ships to replace old ships that were sold. It has just taken delivery of a 21,500 dwt* multipurpose vessel, Nedlloyd Bahrain. Over the next 12 months
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      Lock icon US airlines are flying high
      229 5 AP AFP AMERICAN airlines continued to carry a record number of passengers last month, and the US Air Transport Association predicted the airlines will carry a record 275 million passengers this year. The projection Is higher than the 265 million forecast Just one month ago.
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      191 5 UPI A LULL in Far Bast timechartering was attributed to owners efforts A achieve better rates In the face of reasonably keen demand for bulkera. Thus, with slngle-vo-yage fixing still In the doldrums, It remained for other time-charter dellvery areas to provide the mainstream of market activity. Chinese
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      Feeder service
      151 5 THE need for a container feeder service between Singapore and indoneaia was diacuaaed at the third annual meeting of the Singapore Shipping Aaaociation (SSA) and the Indonesian National Shipowners' Aaaociation (Inaa). The meeting, held on Monday and Tueeday at the Holiday In, also discussed the importance of a
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      786 5 arrivals Service Local Operator Number Tfaae From CAL CI331 0040 TPE/HKO/KUL PAA PA005 0115 8FO/HKO MAS MH601 0700 KUL MAS MH682 0725 KCH SIA SQlOl 0615 KUL MAS MH621 0640 PEN MAS MH607 0645 KUL MAS MH671 0045 PEN/KUL CPA CX710 1005 HLP RBA BI323 1025 BWN
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    China rings up the bamboo curtain
    635 6 THE VERY next boom in the world economy may well be primed by events which are about to take place In China. Reports that the country is on the verge of accepting foreign Investments are making front-page headlines all over the world, a prominence
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    2027 6  -  Some of the architecture in Singapore, typified by the buildings in the renewed city centre around Shenton Way, seems at first sight exciting to the untutored eye. But are Singapore architects original enough and are their structures technically sound? WILLIAM SIEW WAI LIM, speaking yesterday at
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      63 6 OUTLOOK for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today: Isolated showers in late morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30 pm on Aug 24 at the Airport: Maximum Temperature 31.5° C Associated Humidity 58 Minimum Temperature 24.3° C Associated Humidity 95 Hours of Sunshine 7.55 Rainfall in Millimetres nil
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      262 6 TV RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening announcements followed by Housewives' Matinee The Pickpocket with superimposed English/ Chinese subtitles (A Mandarin feature film) 4.35 Intermission 6.00 Opening announcements followed by For Love Of Sport Four Girls In A Boat 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 December Bride Hot Meal 7.00 Persembahan
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    Lock icon The Shanghai Car and the Peking Car
    576 7  -  By FRANCIS DERON AFP PEKING'S car population, once limited to a few run-down old model*, lias increased in number* and variety over the last few month* with the addition of foreign and Chinese car*. .One of the moet noticed is the latest arrival
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    Lock icon Thailand decides to stop the wolfram rush
    812 7  -  »y MICHAEL BATTYE Reuter THEY call It Wolfram HIU and every day thousands of Illegal miners scurry to dig It up hoping to find a fortune In scenes more reminiscent of a wild west gold rush than rural Asia. Since Dot Ngom Hill
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    STRAWS IN THE WIND
    541 7 EVER heard of a negative bank raid? In Dletlkon, near Zurich, Switzerland, they have Just discovered the meaning of the term when a middle-aged woman wearing white cotton socks and looking extremely untidy, and therefore rather unSwlss, walked Into the Bank Leu and put down 30,000
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    A cry for both market and product diversification
    841 7  -  FORUHi ...on trade •y JOHN DRYSDALE John Drysdale is a direct tor of Asia Research PtoLtd LAST week, I discussed Singapore's slackening exports In general terms and I thought the subject was serious enough to merit another (and harder) look. There are,
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      51 7 BnStoW: Fraojt Dickens LOOK fVT TMCTiOne— <2 35 PUD t4O Se*4 OF TMG, <2 IS Cdroruiee S^CIFNL ft v\p\eue ON briTISH !Hi-s£fefcD ftrML... ftUftSDINOTvAett ernPtoNEes SUCH ft I PfM ftse. TeLL>fOU tJHPCT U)wnj DOMT Tne FOUR OF US SVAPV^G. pv CR6. fEil a X*WV4 I moSTN T fie UYT£ fcDfvy
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      Lock icon Caution prevails
      580 8 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwm THE market was relatively bearish yesterday as caution prevailed. Most export-related wsues dipped as small-lot sales continued.\Because of profittaking, most pharmaceutical issues were mixed. Some non-margin Incen-tive-backed issues were among rare gainers. The market opended firm. Pharmaceutical issues were bought on relatively large volume following
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      423 8 Source: SHK Sec THE market continued Its rebound yesterday following the proposed Hutchison PropsCity and Urban merger. Prices opened very strongly with demand centred mainly on property shares but spreading to blue chips and utilities later. China Light was especially strong while among properties Cheung Kong added 40 cents
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      Sydney
      256 8 AUG U Cents INDUSTRIALS A C.I 178 ♦4 A N I 155 unch A P M 120 +2 Ampol Pet 85 -I B H P 816 +4 Bank NSW 660 unch Boral 243 +3 Brambles 185 unch C B A 245 unch C S R 328 +2 Coal Allied
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      Bangkok
      210 8 Aug 24 B.ht 4-/-Bangkok Bank 378 +2 Bank of Ayudhaya Ltd 272 unch Thai Danu 384 Thai Farmers Bank 372 unch Thai Commercial Bank unq Bangkok Metropolitan Bank unq Industrial Finance Corp 2.415 unch General Finance 300 Bangkok Investment 314 unch First Trust 290 4-4 Raja Finance unq Lee
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      Manila
      101 8 AUG 24 Pesos Acoje Mining .011 unch Atlas Con. A Atlas Con. B 23 40 +0.7 Bagulo Gold 012 ♦0.0005 Benguet Con. B 36 00 -1.75 BF Goodrich CDCP 28 50 unch Inco B Landoll Le panto B 25 unch Mannduque B 6 90 +0.3 Meralco 22 40 -0.1
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      Market advances
      1159 8 NEW YORK GAINS BY computer and gaming stocks on Wednesday highlighted a broad stock market advance that was. tempered by profit-taking. Trading was active. Analysts said Investors were encouraged by US moves to prop up the dollar, by a fall In US durable goods orders In July and
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      Frankfurt firms
      503 8 EUROPEAN MARKETS FRANKFURT share prices on Wednesday firmed, led by Volkswagen up 0.00 marks on positive first half figures and second half forecast* Bankings were led 1.90 higher by Deutsche Bank, stores were up 4.50 headed by Neckermann, engineerings rose 1.70 led by Llnde. The domestic bond market
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      Frankfurt
      215 8 AUG a Dm Aef-Telefunken Akxo Allz Leben AllzVers BASF Bay HT Wbank Bay V ban It Bayer BBC BMW Cassella Chem Verw Commerzbank Contl Oumml Daimler-Benz Degussa Demag Deutsche Bank Dresdner Bank Dt Texaco Dyckerhof f ST A Enka Olanzs Oelsenberg OHH Hapag-Lloyd Harpener Hoechst Hoesch Horten Kail Salz
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      Amsterdam
      222 8 AUG a FU ABN 374 00 4-4 Ahold 114.50 -0 3 Akzo 33.10 4-1 AMEV 86 80 -0 7 Am fas 114.00 -1 Amrot Bank 81 20 +0 8 Bergoss AS 00 1 Berk 96 80 ♦3.5 Bols 75 00 ♦2.2 BorsumiJ 165 00 ♦3 Burhmann 75 20 ♦0
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      Zurich
      184 8 AUG 23 Francs Actions Suisse* unch Alusulsse Br 1175 ♦5 Alusulsse Ref 510 unch Brown Boverl Br 1605 +5 Ciba Oelgy Br 1015 10 Clba Oelgy PC TW +20 Clba Oelgy Reg 566 +6 Credit Suisse Br 2345 10 Credit Suisse Reg 415 unch ElektrowattBr. 1875 +5 George Fischer
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      Milan
      97 8 AUG 23 Lire Ante 113 -3.5 Assoc Gen 3WW0 -300 Basto«l 714 74 Centrale 4500 221 Flat 2011 -20 Flnslder 180 •2 Oen linmob 78 -0.5 IFIPrl 23#e -46 Italcementl ***** -180 I taigas 827 ♦a Italslder 350 ♦4 Magnell M PI 499 1 Marelll Ere 370 215 Mrdiob
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      Paris
      265 8 AUG 23 Frs CORBE1LLE Air-Liquid? 328 B S N Gervals Danone 514 C8F (Thom»onCsf) m 10 Clf Francal* des Petroles 132 Compagnle Financier? Compagnle General* 376 Credit Foncler De France 3T7 SO Hachette (Llbralrte) 227 Machines Bull 46.10 Mlchelln(B) 1317 -2 -3 -5 8 -5.0 -2 -4 8 -1
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      Brussels
      90 8 AUG S Ft* FORWARD MARKET Acec Arbed Astur Brasean Bru-Lamb Canpac Cock De Beers Ebes Electrobel Gb-Inno-Bm Oev Hobok Petro Ryl Dutch Sidro Soc Gen Belg Sorina Solvay A Tanks UMln V Mont 380 2450 684 486 1S90 052 442 225 2270 9760 2305 1332 2500 3890 2040 3300
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      CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS
      1767 8 August 23 CHICAGO Board Options Exchange volume expanded to 122,722 contracts on Wednesday from Tuesdays 113,423. OPTIONS OCT JAN APL STOCK Alcoa 40 81/4 UNTRD UNTRD 47 3/8 Alcoa 45 4 55/8 UNTRD 47 3/8 Alcoa 50 1 11/10 29/16 31/4 47 3/8 Am Exp 30 UNTRD
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      Gold shares softer across the board
      308 8 Johannesburg MOST SECTORS of the market on Wednesday were easier on the day, with dealers citing the main contributing factors as the sharply lower bullion price and Tuesday night's border attack. Gold shares were softer across the board, and though some steadying was noted
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      Share prices end higher
      276 8 Toronto SHARE PRICES closed higher In active trading on Wednesday, with the composite Index up one point and advances leading declines 242 to 207. The oil and gas index recorded Its best one-day rise since Aug 11 while real estate posted Its largest gain In a
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      Selected indices
      68 8 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednjpday 519.2 Tuesday 99 Y« to 100 H.K. HANG SENG Thursday 666 40 Tuesday 523.2 Wednesday 649 30 Week Ago 510.0 Week Ago 660 42 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 449 87 Wednesday 448 .(£> Tuesday 892.41 Week Ago 448 72 Week Ago
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      Lock icon Sopromec, IDI tie nuptial knot
      1510 9 Sopromec itself appears to have followed a fairly cautious path EUROPEAN FT A MERGER of some activities of National Enterprise Board of the UK with a private sector finance institution would no doubt spark off a major con- txoversy in the UK. ihj" Among the
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      Lock icon SNCF sets new terms
      90 9 BONDS LOANS] Reuter PARIS: The French state railway company SNCF has renegotiated terms on a US$25O million credit originally agreed with a banking consortium led by "Credit Lyonnais earlier this summer. v» Banking sources said It "will now pay half a point over the London Interbank
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      Lock icon Mitsui OSK
      88 9 Reuter TOKYO: Mitsui OSK Line Ltd said it signed a contract in Basle for a 50 million Swiss franc, 3.25 per cent five-year convertible bond private placement with the Swiss Bank Corp, with payment to be completed by Sept 7. The funds will be used to redeem in
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      34 9 Reuter ZURICH: Bank Leu AG said it will float a 50T-mlllion franc 3.5 per cent 10-year loan at 101 per cent on the Swiss capital market from Aug 25 to 31. Reuter.
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      Lock icon F. L. SMIDTH ISSUE
      34 9 Reuter ZURICH: Danish engineering concern F.L. Smidth and Co will float a 25 million franc, 11-year, 4.5 per cent loan at par from Monday to today, bond market bankers said.
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      Lock icon DE BEERS UP
      139 9 S.AFRICA h Reuter I>E BEERS Consolidated Mines Ltd announced a pretax profit of 569.28 million rand (453.54 million) for the six months ended June 30. Earnings per share at 104 cents (79). interim dividend 20 cents (17.5) on register Sept 22 payable about Oct 26 to shareholders
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      Lock icon Mitsubishi recalls vehicles
      87 9 UPI TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motors Corp announced it is recalling nearly 47,000 buses and trucks with transmission or suspension mechanism defects. The carmaker said 46,846 faulty vehicles, manufactured between 1972 and 1977, included about 6,700 trucks which have already been exported. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, meanwhile, reported that It
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      Lock icon Bank of Tokyo study on Chilean branch
      92 9 UPI THE vice-president of the Bank of Tokyo, Mr. Masukumi Kosawa, announced that his bank was studying the possibility of opening a branch in Chile. The Japanese executive met banking officials from Chile's public and private sectors to explore the possibility. Mr. Kosawa
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      87 9 Reuter MELBOURNE: Woodslde Petroleum Ltd announced a third and final call of 20 cents a share on Its partly paid shares, payable Sept The call, 10 cents capital and 10 cents premium. Is on 55.34 million shares paid to 40 cents each and will raise AS 11.07 million.
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      Lock icon Ocean Transport expects trading to improve
      255 9 Reuter LONDON: Ocean Transport and Trading Ltd said Its pre-tax profit came to £2.35 million (£26.14 million) In the six months ended June 30. Turnover at £243.36 million (£241.53 million). Interim dividend at 3.9192p (3.8607p) and special Interim dividend 0.6555p due to reduction in
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      Lock icon Messina exercises option on site
      166 9 Reuter LONDON: Messina (Transvaal) Development Co Ltd said It has exercised Its option on a site at Navan, Ireland, where exploration has indicated reserves of two million tonnes of 7 per cent lead and zinc. Under the terms of Its agreement with Sablna Industries Ltd
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      Lock icon Engineering firms see order upturn
      109 9 Reuter LONDON: British mechanical engineering firms expect rising demand to lead to a gradual Improvement in present output levels which trends survey, published by the Engineering Employers Federation, describes as low historically and In relation to the workforce. The trends survey reports a fall In
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      Lock icon ELF ACQUITAINE FINDS OIL TRACES
      85 9 Reuter PARIS: Traces of oil have been discovered In the French Pyrenees east of Tarbes at around 3.600 metres depth, but It Is too early to estimate the quantity. Esso SAF and Ste Natlonale Elf-Aqultalne SA hold 30 per cent and 70 per cent respectively
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      Lock icon Australia, Tasmania to help Mt Lyell
      258 9 ASIAN Reuter CANBERRA: The Australian and Tasmanlan governments will provide aid of up to A 57.6 million to the Mt Lyell Mining and Railway Co Ltd from Sept 1, 1978. to mid-1980. The two governments will Jointly guarantee this amount on an equal basis
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      Lock icon Mayne enjoys profit rise
      189 9 Reuter MELBOURNE: Mayne Nickless Ltd announced an audited consolidated operating profit of A 510.46 million ($9.25 million) for the year ended June 30 on revenue of $236.41 million ($212.34 million). Profit is after tax $5.93 million ($5.16 million), depreciation $9.08 million ($7.93 million) and interest $2.59
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      Lock icon Esso/BHP outlay on oilfield
      141 9 Reuter MELBOURNE: The Esso Exploration and Production Australia Inc/ Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd partnership said It will spend aßout ASI9O million to put the West Klngfish ofl field in Bass Strait into production. The programme Involves construction of a production platform, a pipeline to the
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE SUSPENDS HUTCHISON PROPERTIES
      100 9 Reuter HONGKONG: The Hongkong Stock Exchange •aid trading in Hutchison Properties Ltd and City and Urban Properties Ltd is suspended with immediate effect due to merger between the two company. Both companies are subsidiaries of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, which owns 50.3 per cent of City and
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      Lock icon Yasuda Trust sets up offshoot
      62 9 Reuter TOKYO: Yasuda Trust and Banking Co Ltd said It established a wholly-owned subsidiary, Yasuda Trust and Finance (Hongkong) Ltd, ,ln Hongkong to start business from the end of this month. Capitalised at US$5 million, the new firm plans to supply medium and longterm loans
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      Lock icon No change in Siderbras, Kawasaki agreement
      173 9 Reuter THE AGREEMENT between .the Brazilian state steel, holding company Siderbras SA. Kawasaki Steel Corp of Japan and Flnslder SPA of Italy to build a steel plant at Tubarao, Esplrlto. Santo State, la being maintained In Its original form. Siderbras sources said under the
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      Lock icon INTERIM PAYOUT AT HSBC
      118 9 Reuter HONGKONG: The kong and Shanghai Banking Corp reported an Interim 1978 dividend of 20 cents (18 cents) and consolidated first half net profit of HK5315.87 million (no comparison). The Interim dividend Is payable on or after Oct 12 on capital as increased by one-for-10 scrip
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      Lock icon BUTTES GAS WINS APPEAL
      303 9 f N.AMERICAN Reuter BUTTES GAS and Oil Co said a federal Appeals Court dismissed claims against It In three law suits brought by Occidental Petroleum Corp. The suits arose from Occidental's efforts to obtain possession of crude oil produced in -the Mubarek field off the state
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      Lock icon Deere quarterly income higher
      260 9 Reuter DEERE and Company, a leading manufacturer of tractors and farm equipment, reported an increase in third quarter profit to US$B3.l million, or $1.38 a share, from $77.1 million, or $1.28 a share, a year ago. The company said sales rose to $1.12 billion from $1
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      Lock icon Firestone third quarter results lower
      231 9 Reuter FIRESTONE TIRE and Rubber Co, in reporting lower third quarter results, said the possible recall of its steel belted radial tyres could have a substantial adverse effect on future earnings. The company, which suffered losses during the quarter in its European operations. also said
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      Lock icon Hudsons Bay to sell stake in Siebens
      242 9 Reuter HUDSONS Bay Co said It agreed to sell Its 34.8 per cent holding In Siebens Oil and Gas Ltd to Dome Petroleum Ltd for US$l23 million worth of Dome shares. Hudsons Bay said It agreed on a price of $38.50 for each
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      Lock icon Sears blames shrinking margins
      183 9 Reuter CITING shrinking operating margins, Sears Roebuck and Company reported a lower second quarter profit compared with the same period a year ago. The largest retailer in the United States, its net Income for the period which ended July 31 was US$2OO.B million, or 63 cents
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      Lock icon GM raises 1979 prices by 4pc
      156 9 NYT THE PRICE of the average 1979 model Oeneral Motors car to be introduced in October will climb US$3O2 or 4.1 per cent from final 1978 model prices. The Increase would boost the price of the average "e--quipped" car with the usual options to
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  • DEALS DONE ON THE SES AND KLSE
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      In Singapore
      1791 10 offer prtcM officially listed and adWiim in and reported to the Stwa —than«e of Stngapore yesterdaj MM the number ofihares traded shoaarta brackets In lota of 1.000 units aim otherwise specified. A*-®me Settlement Contracts are quoca<pft*r the word "sett." BU ward deal (In lots of 2.000 units) artfluoted
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      106 10 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.558 99 638) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250,000) (100.008 100.088) 5% IV4/81 (250.000) (100.178 100.268) 5 V 4% T F IWBI-84 250.000) (102.408) 7% 1/8/85 250.000) (100.708 100.858) 7 1/4% 15/4/86 (250,000) (100.75B) 7 1/4% 15/16/86 250,000) (100.75B) 7 1/4% 1/5/87 (250,000) (100.70B) 6 1/2%
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      Stock options
      47 10 STRIKING prices of the stock options officially listed on the Btock Exchange of Singapore, the periods, bid and offer prices and business done yesterday, with the number of option* traded shown In bracket* Sime Darby (Sept 12.75) (0.83B) O U B (S«pt 12.20) (10) 1.44.
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2524 10 1 1978 High Low Company Last Sale Gr'i Dhr +or- SECTION ONE Di* Crr Gr'( YTd Nat P/E Val (*999) Day High Low INDUSTRIALS *272 -238 .172 -219 -260 83 276 322 "215 S«5 132 123* 112 133 195* 60 V. 162 173.6* 140* 256 Ac ma
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    Unit trusts
    151 10 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST INCOME BOND UNIT 1 Manager* price far Aug 23) (Carnal p rice* 1 The Commerce 2.39 2 54 INCOME BOND 1.07 1.13 The Saving Fund ISO 159 S pore Pro® Fund 1.15 1.22 MARA BUMIPUTRA FUND 8'pore Security Fund (Manager*' price* far Aug 25) 2.02
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    In Kuala Lumpur
    1898 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS A ems (2. BOB) A|inamata (2-948). Aleam (2 458). A Chee
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    Share prices end firm
    970 10 THE Straits Times Industrial index shot pass the 400 mark on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, unheeded by those on the trading floor who were caught up in the buying frenzy. It rose 4.44 points to 401.67 while the Business Times index which monitors the
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    Property stocks in KL limelight
    639 10 A FORCEFUL return by the bulls took the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a firm finish yesterday. Trading was hectic throughout and by the close of the day, the volume swelled to 9.19 million units worth M 522.74 million compared with 8.34 million units worth
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Metro turns in bumper earnings
      1067 11  -  »y ARTHUR NG METRO Holdings has turned in bumper earnings for the financial year ended March 31, 1978 despite a lower sales growth rate. Sales revenue gained from Its present five outlets came to about $85 million, up 12 per cent from the previous year.
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      145 11 BERJAYA Kiwat Berhad: AGM to be held at Jalan Utas, Shah Alam Industrial Estate, Shah Alam, Selangor, at 9.30 a.m. on Aug 26.. SentoM Plywood Berhad: EOGM to be held at the Conference Room of Hotel Merlin, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, at 11.00 a.m. on Aug 28
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      LATEST RESULTS
      26 11 MALAYSIAN Tobacco Company Bhd: The company proposed a one-for-one bonus issue at par. doubling Issued capital to 90 minion shares of 78 cents each.
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      Record income at Lower Perak
      559 11 PROFITS from Lower Perak Tin Dredging for the current year ending April 30, 1979, are likely to be maintained at the previous year's level provided tin prices remain fairly steady and no significant increase in operating costs occurs, chairman Enclk Junus Sudln says in his
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      South Johore suffers a severe setback
      460 11  -  ■r LOW LIE CHOO TRUE to the directors' Interim forecast of "considerably lower" profits for 1977-1978, South Johore Amalgamated Holdings suffered a severe earnings setback for the year ended March 31. For the year reviewed, audited group pre-tax profit plunged 54 per cent from
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      Pacific faces slight drop in profit
      268 11 PACIFIC Chemicals has posted a slightly lower pretax profit of $986,012 for the half-year ended June 30. This is 3 per cent lower than the $1.02 million reported for the previous half-year. Sales in the period fell 2.5 per cent because of "difficult" trading
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      Higher turnover lifts St. Piran
      355 11  -  •r JIMI NGOH CONFIRMING optimistic reports in the mid-year, St Plran, the tln-mlnlng and property group, has announced a hefty Increase In pre-tax profit for the year ended a hefty increase In pre-tax profit for the year ended March 31 to £3.03 million (5113.21 million)
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      207 11 UNITED ASBESTOS CEMENT UNITED ASBESTOS CEMENT BERHAD (Incorporated in Malaysia) NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS The Directors are pleased to advise that the operating results for the year ended 30th June, 1978 subject to final audit are as follows:1978 MBOOO Trading profit before tax 13,957 Provision for income tax 6,750 Trading profit
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      278 12 COURVOI c < *k- 11 y jT 'v lv» »> -"V :v Bs£\*V Mfe&if MO^M mm «■«**s& 1 ,*5 -t" S3*;: I I «s -r J *i ts 'T "T i-v Fine sp&its just one of the many luxuries on which Business Times readers spend lavishly Wanted: bottles of spirits
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    2753 13 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World TIM followtnf tabulates, by port of deetlnation the nam* of the ship, the shipping Unt involved, and the estimated dates or arrival and departure, from Btoc*pore port. t CMHtlillM Scan Dutch hu a joint wrrtW
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      472 13 Scan Dutch V Fast and Regular Service To/From N.C. /SCAN/W.M ED7 U.K. Singapore: Tel *****. Port Keiang: Tel. *****1. Kuala.Lumpur Tel. *****. Penang: Tel. ***** Mimrarr SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE P. Kalanj Siwppwi Ue*n tar »UVCA*P 31 km/1 Upt a/Jt A«f l/UKL MEL SYD PARADISE MOON 15/11 Sep! M€L STD
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      313 13 ALFRED C. TOEPFER GMBH REGULAI SERVICE TO MCDtTEMtANEAN pom or italy, spain, fiance r.UM| hdarpiMi 41# MWL—MM BURDEKIN SHIPPING PTY LTD REGULAR SERVICE TO ANTWERP I U.K. ACCEPTING THROUGH BILLS OF LADING TO MAIN U K. DESTINATIONS a.*. DORIC FIAMf 3Cta| inTSßmoDni trrh^pqrt ASG 7fc M SHARJAH SHIPPING CO LTD
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      408 13 G LI LORD STEAMSHIP CO. S.A. TMM/STMm/TMMM EXPRESS UNO SOKt PHILIPINE ACE LINES INC. rpo« pkelang penang loading rot MVMOUVE JR/J1 A* Vila* 1/4S* UafcMMt IMMI t*X«T MARfTIK U SPORE P. KIMS Ft MM LOADIM FOB; nmfruit ..j»/jia* s/as* STRONGWILL ENTERPRISE (PTE) LTD ejg n «j£C „X« i->OPt ~ii *1^
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      62 13 Nedlloyd Lines Regular Liner Services To/ From All Parts of the World. Singapore: Tel. *****. Potttetang: Tel. *****1. Kuala Lumpur Tel. *****. Penang Tel. ***** NOTICE REFRIGERATION VESSEL QUICK SALE/ CHARTER ORT 284.33 DATE OF LAUNCHED: 5.1968 ENGINE: NIOATA QUICK FREEZE ROOM: AIR BLAST 3 TONS PER DAY RELIANCE SHIP
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      764 14 SHIPPING FULLY CONTAINERISED TO EUROPE Mm*m hi Pwt 27/8 16/9 18/9 HwfkMf Eipms 1/9 18/9 20/9 ItatMan 3/9 24/9 26/9 KmHmo lay U/9 13/9 4/10 6/10 m.I« 20/9 22/9 12/10 14/ M nVi]?K. 26/9 28/9 19/10 21/10 EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL TO EUROPE Span PKd»| P*. S*» G«*» tfhKi hmumhu 5/9 30/9
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