The Business Times, 5 May 1979
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Title Section10 1979-05-05 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 1M/1/7J SATURDAY, MAY 5,1979 50 CENTS10 words
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Article85 1979-05-05 1 Reuter LONDON, Fri. Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was summoned by Queen Elizabeth today and took office as the first woman Prime Minister in the history of Britain and the Western industrialised world. Mrs Thatcher, who has vowed to "turn back the tide of creeping socialism", became certainReuter - 85 words
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Article61 1979-05-05 1 Reuter LONDON, Fri. The pound jumped on world foreign exchange markets and stockbrokers wearing blue Tory rosettes cheered in London today as Mrs Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party won Britain's general election. But sterling dropped back sharply in London after its initial boost as operators moved in toReuter - 61 words
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Article66 1979-05-05 1 UPI. SEOUL, Fri. The South Korean government has decided in principle to shelve plans for the construction of a new steel mill and a new petrochemical complex under an investment readjustment policy, it was reported today. The Joong-Ang Dbo, a nationally circulated daily, said the decisionUPI. - 66 words
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Article77 1979-05-05 1 AFP. KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Only seven of the 19 Malaysian Airline System employees detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) had been re-instated, the rest were dismissed, an MAS spokesman said today. Two of those dismissed were already sacked before they were detained under the ISA, he added.AFP. - 77 words
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Article65 1979-05-05 1 UPI. WASHINGTON, Fri. Unemployment edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.8 per cent in April, the Labour Department said today. The number of Americans on the job a figure which has been growing rapidly dropped by 670,000. The unemployment rate, which was 5.7 perUPI. - 65 words
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Article59 1979-05-05 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. The Indian government proposes to enact legislation to ensure quality control and timely delivery of exports, Commerce Minister Mohan Dharia disclosed in Parliament today. He said the intention is to have a system of self-certification, along with periodical and surprise inspection and stringent penal59 words
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Article64 1979-05-05 1 UPI. NEW YORK, Fri. The stock market drifted slightly lower early today in moderately active trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, which gained 2.06 points yesterday, was off 2.33 points to 855.24 around 11 a.m. Declines led advances, 506 to 415, among the 1,440 issues crossing the tape.UPI. - 64 words
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Chief Price Changes
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Article130 1979-05-05 1 Rises Most Active Kiautli| 11a 310 Troiok Mines 975 Oriwtal HJdga 750 BMU 420 SEAL 224 Nat lroa 510 Berjaya Kawat 213 Ayer Hitam Tin 1170 T Harbour 432 Soafei Beai 1000 M Breweries 570 B Baya 218 Fall* G 1 Hld«s 206 S T P 1075 040 PAN130 words
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Article, Illustration139 1979-05-05 1 Rises Most Active Negri Semb 400 +60 Consplant 253,000 Tronob 1000 +50 S Darby 247,000 Petigkalen 506 25 Taiptng Coos High 4 Low 217,000 Tongkah 450 +22 173.000 SgBesi D Keramat Castlefield 1030 1380 1550 +20 +20 20 Total Turnover: 3.30m Total Value: MS9.20m Kamunting Aokam 330 368139 words
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723 1979-05-05 1 Our Reporter - SUPPLIERS ASKED FOR HELP By Our Reporter TECH 4 MARINE (Pte) Ltd has invited those whom it owes over $20,000 to convert their loans into equity capital instead of pushing the company towards receivership. The local shipyard, which began operation more than IVi723 words
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Article207 1979-05-05 1 FRANCE and Singapore are looking into the possibility of jointly setting up a technology transfer centre here. The French Minister of Economy, Mr M. R. Monory said this was a topic he discussed with the Singapore Finance Minister, Mr Hon Sui Sen, yesterday. Mr Monory207 words
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595 1979-05-05 1 LEONG PUI YEE - By LEONG PUI YEE S K TIMBER Corporation, a joint venture between Inchcape Bhd, the Kuwait National Timber Trading and Manufacturing Co and Masarbah Sdn Bhd, has just launched its field operations in the Mandalom concession in Sabah. This promising start came after 18595 words
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Article151 1979-05-05 1 CHINA yesterday told Vietnam that it must withdraw 200,000 troops stationed in Kampuchea and Laos and do "some useful and practical work" to restore relations with Beijing (Peking). In a stinging speech delivered at the third session of the Sino-Vietnamese peace talks in Hanoi, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Han151 words
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257 1979-05-05 1 By WONG WAI LIN in Kuala Lumpur THE ASEAN-AMMII air talk*, tagged dawn by the prablama mt rccaaeOlag traffic atettattea, have to he extoaM far at least aaather day aa that delegates may have mare tine far aakataattve aerntlititfi The Miiiiii to cad257 words
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388 1979-05-05 1 RONNIE LIM - By RONNIE LIM A LEADING French chemical company, Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann (PCUK), is considering setting up a plant in Singapore to produce acetylene black, a petrochemical-based intermediate product for the South-east Asian market. PCUK, headquartered in Paris, is the chemical/ petrochemical arm388 words
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Article54 1979-05-05 1 THE Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Moshe Dayan arrived yesterday evening for a three-day official visit. He was accompanied by his wife and a number of officials. Today, he will meet President Sbeares and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He will also tour the Jurong Town54 words
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Advertisement9 1979-05-05 1 lsiness SINGAPORE BUSINESS The Business Mago;me SEE PAGE 129 words
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Advertisement243 1979-05-05 1 *S5 McCarthy Information Services (UK) We invite the Singapore business community to subscribe to the UK-based McCarthy Information Services at the same price as British subscribers receive these weekly services in the United Kingdom. This has been made possible because the services are air-freighted to Singapore in bulk and distributed243 words
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Advertisement70 1979-05-05 1 Ltmtm... Page f LEISURE TIMES Make sure you get your complimentary copy of the Asian Wall Street Journal. Ynbt'i ulqee saper stop l Rasalelgk m rele of ADB S New Aaeu tow kedy S Tke mllHea-iellar mea S Amerieaa peNey in Soetk-east MEMOP AO 2» AIRCRAFT i, TV AND RADIO70 words
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Advertisement124 1979-05-05 1 Hapag-Lloyd Fully containerised to Europe and United States. Regular, reliable and on time. 3*tj '*3 US 38/318 We have a business proposition for you. How would you like to own your own premises in a location that's central yet outside the CBD? Where there is ample parking spaces and the124 words
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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Article398 1979-05-05 2 COURSES AND TALKS March-July: Personnel Management Concept Scope and Functions, Holiday Inn, Personnel and Organisation Development April 30-Aug 24: Tuition Courses for the Australian Insurance Institute Associateship, srrc, srrc May 4-24: Industrial Relations, Holiday Inn, Personnel and Organisation Development May 18: Training A preparation of welders for qualification398 words
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Article188 1979-05-05 2 THOMAS COOK Bankers' regional director for West Asia, South-east Asia and the Far East, Mr W Scott Thomson, flies in today to promote the use of Thomas Cook travellers cheques in this area. The newly appointed director, who put Thomas Cook in the forefront of the188 words
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Article, Illustration419 1979-05-05 2 LEONG PUI YEE - By LEONG PUI YEE YAOHAN THOMSON, the new branch of Yaohan Singapore, will open within the next four weeks. The store will occupy the ground and first floors of the soon-to-be-completed Thomson Plaza at Upper Thomson Road. A four-member Japanese drum team will be flown419 words
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436 1979-05-05 2 THE VOCATIONAL and Industrial Training Board (VTTB) is a new social and economic instrument for fulfilling new needs and its objective is to cultivate a new breed of Singapore workers. This image of the VITB, an amalgamation of the former Adult Education Board436 words
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250 1979-05-05 2 THE Singapore Welding Society will make the dissemination of welding knowledge its foremost aims as advanced welding technology is one of the important requirements for a successful engineering industry. Dr Vic Rollins, the society president, said this when he presented his report250 words
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Article, Illustration276 1979-05-05 2 THE Chartered Bank has appointed Mr lee Chla Gaaa, 32, as deposit executive, a new specialist position. Mr Kee, a chartered accountant, has extensive experience in the financial field and was until recently manager of Temenggong Merchant Bank. Shangri-la has strengthened its sales department with the appointment276 words
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377 1979-05-05 2 DEUTZ Far East, set up in 1970 to represent Kloeckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG (KHD) in Singapore, has become the largest and most important base outside Europe Mr G Bonifer, the director (after-sales service) of KHD, said this yesterday at the official opening of Deutz's new377 words
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Article, Illustration281 1979-05-05 2 AN AUSTRALIAN manufacturing company, Gliderol Industries, is seeking local manufacturers who would be interested in either manufacturing or assembling roll-up type garage doors. Gliderol has been manufacturing its continuous steel curtain doors in South Australia and marketing them locally. The company believes it is not economical to281 words
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Article274 1979-05-05 2 A WORLD Photographic Congress and Exhibition will be held in the Mandarin Hotel from March 15 to March 21, 1980. A week-long programme at lectures, films and audiovisual presentations will be conducted. Subjects to be covered include industrial photography, the photographer and the model, the274 words
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93 1979-05-05 2 SGV-GOH Tan Pte Ltd will be conducting a conference on efficiency improvement and cost reduction at the Singapore Hilton from May 28 to May 30. This conference is designed to prepare senior executives in general or functional management positions for effective improvement and cost reduction93 words
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Advertisement315 1979-05-05 2 (MLfIKOFF BERHRD PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 ST DECEMBER 1978 The audited operating results for the year ended 31st December 1978, compared with the previous year are:— TURNOVER PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TAXATION DIVIDENDS (NET) DEPRECIATION 1978 $'000 32,421 9,171 4,141 3,272 750 1977 S'ooo 29,402 8,209315 words
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REGIONAL
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846 1979-05-05 3 MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has made a fivepoint suggestion to the Asian Development Bank on how it could increase its contribution to the socio-eco-nomic development of its member countries. While commending the bank for substantially increasing the financing of economic activities in846 words
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Article, Illustration273 1979-05-05 3 UPI CHINESE SENIOR Vice-Premier Deag Xiaapiag sad Malaysia* Prime Mtarisler Datak Hasseis expressed their hopes fsr peace is Ads St s on Ifcsrsday's night. Mr Deag ssM is his haaqset speech: "The Mg aad small hegemesisto referring Is the Soviet Isien sad Vletaam have greatly accelerated theUPI; UPI photo - 273 words
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158 1979-05-05 3 Reuter CHINESE Senior VicePremier Deng Xiaoping has said China is readjusting its economic plan but making no change in its present policy for modernisation. The New China News Agency reported yesterday that Mr Deng, chief architect o( China's modernisation programme, has indicatedReuter - 158 words
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Article254 1979-05-05 3 Reuter THE SENATE Foreign Relations Committee approved on Thursday sin increase in military aid for Thailand from US$25 million to $40 million because of what it called "the threat it faces from Vietnam." The proposal, supported by the Carter Administration, sets a ceiling on armsReuter - 254 words
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Article226 1979-05-05 3 AFP MALAYSIA registered a lower trade surplus of M 53.4 billion last year compared to 13.79 billion in 1977. Preliminary statistics released in Kuala Lumpur yesterday show that exports totalled $17.09 billion and imports $13.69 billion against $14.96 billion and $11.16 billion respectively in 1977. RubberAFP - 226 words
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Article316 1979-05-05 3 AFP AN ASEAN law association to promote closer relations, cooperation and mutual understanding amongst lawyers in the member countries was formed in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. A meeting of a working committee, formed at the Asean Law Conference in Jakarta in February and comprising representativesAFP - 316 words
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Article, Illustration255 1979-05-05 3 THE AUSTRALIAN State of Victoria has introduced a novel way of bringing art to people and the people to art. It literally brought 10,000 people to art and then presented that art to the 2.7 million other citizens of Melbourne. The art takes255 words
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Article174 1979-05-05 3 AFP PHILIPPINE customs authorities said on Thursday they had seized imported textiles worth 21.3 million pesos (Ss6 million) which were banned by the central bank. Customs commissioner Ramon Farolan said the fabrics were taken from 30 establishments in metropolitan Manila and would only be released ifAFP - 174 words
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172 1979-05-05 3 AFP JAPAN'S Official Development Aid (ODA) to developing countries in 1978 totalled US$2.2 billion (Ss4.B billion), or a sharp 55.5 per cent increase over the previous calendar year, it was announced in Tokyo yesterday. Government officials said that the ratio of the ODAAFP - 172 words
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Article131 1979-05-05 3 SovietJapan accord JAPAN and the Soviet Union reached a basic accord to resume exploration and increase development of oil and natural gas in waters off Sakhalin Island, Japanese business sources said yesterday. Test drilling under the joint project inaugurated in 1977 proved several oil and natural gas deposits are in131 words
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357 1979-05-05 3 AFP INDIA'S foreign trade policy for the current financial year has been retained in its existing structure with no basic changes, Commerce Minister Mohan Dharia announced. Presenting the new policy before Parliament on Thursday, Mr Dharia said some measures had been proposedAFP - 357 words
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546 1979-05-05 3 AFP INDONESIAN housewives were shocked yesterday when the price of kerosene was nearly doubled. The kerosene price jumped from 25 rupiahs to 45 rupiahs (S9 cents to 16 cents) a litre in the markets as a result of the government's decision to raise its officialAFP - 546 words
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Article168 1979-05-05 3 AFP MAJOR-General August Marpaung, 54, yesterday took over as general manager of the Indonesian National Newsagency, Antara, believed to be the oldest in South-east Asia, from Major-General Ismail Saleh, who had directed the agency since 1976. The new general manager, who was appointed by a Presidential decree,AFP - 168 words
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Advertisement17 1979-05-05 3 A. > > 9 J p" v Clothes and accessories 116 Shaw Centre. Tet *****25 Also open on Sunday17 words
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RAW MATERIALS
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314 1979-05-05 4 EASIER conditions were experienced during the holiday-shortened trading week ended May 3, as levels sagged some six cents in quieter and uncertain conditions before staging a marginal recovery at the end, says Ballday, Catler, Bath Co. in its weekly review of the314 words
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137 1979-05-05 4 AFP THERE will probably be a reduction in the output of coarse grains (maize, sorghum, barley, oats and rye) in 1979/80 as last season's record harvest of 735 million tonnes depressed prices and changed farmers' planting plans, the International Wheat Council forecast on Thursday.AFP - 137 words
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105 1979-05-05 4 Reuter. WEST Malaysiaa output «f tin concentrates (ell to 8,711 long ton in February (run 7,01 teas la Jaaaary, bat was above the 5,711 teas ia February 1978. Tbe Malaysian Statistics Department said production la tbe first two months of tbis year totalled 11,881Reuter. - 105 words
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Article336 1979-05-05 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first claaa (Kangaroo) new crap O.K. 100 per cent second claai 0.85, 100 per cent third claaa 0.80, 25 per cent new crop no atock. B-10 per cent 0.70. THAI BROKEN: A-auper 0.62, Special 0.56336 words
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Article167 1979-05-05 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Thursday, pressed by local and professional selling in the final hour, closed a quiet session mostly lower. Prices shed 1/4 cent to four US cents a bushel in all but the slightly-higher July and March contracts. Most traders viewed the session's weakness as a167 words
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Article237 1979-05-05 4 OPENING prices in Singapore yesterday were marked up slightly and the market later gained further ground on trade, speculative and upcountry buying coupled with weekend covering and forward demand. Some profit-taking emerged at the highs to trim the gain slightly, dealers said. Afternoon values held quietly steady and hovered237 words
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Article354 1979-05-05 4 R.A.S. prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Nooa (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R-SS. prompt f.o.b. 283.50 BISON Int. 1 R.S.S. May 219.30 280.00 Int. 1 R.S.S. June 274.50 275.00 Int. 2 RS-S. 272.00 273.00N UK/Coat 271.00 272.00N Int. 3 R.S.S. m00 270.00N UK/Coat 268.00 MOON Int.354 words
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Article122 1979-05-05 4 NOON SSR and SMR prke* vatefdiy RAS Mar Jaae (Cai rreat Mlk) (Pa reaH Mtk) Bayer* Seller* Bayer* Bailer* SSR 20 11 lot pallet) 2GB 00 271.00N 289 00 271 00N SSR SO (iloo pallet) 286 00 268 00N 286.00 268 OON MRELB SMR CV 11 too122 words
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Article66 1979-05-05 4 THE STRAITS tla price in Penaag yesterday gained another Ms 9 to a picnl. The cm tinned rise reflected the firmness of sterling against the Malaysian dollar and redneed tin ere offerings from miners despite the easier conditions en the London market, dealers said. Tnraever dropped to 14566 words
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Article30 1979-05-05 4 Rubber: May 4 Singapore: May: 279.00 cento (up 1.50 cents) Malaysia: May: 281.00 cents (up two cents) Tin: $1,057 (up $9) Official offering: 145 tonnes (down 52 tonnes)30 words
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Article159 1979-05-05 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed firmer in continued quiet and featureless trading, with no trades registered as Thursday, dealers said. May closed at 8.50/53 US cents against Thursday's 8.36/40 close, July at 8.83/86 against 8.70/73 and March at 9.87/90 against 9.80/83 cents. Sugar future* closing price*: May159 words
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277 1979-05-05 4 PHELPS Dodge Corp is optimistic that copper prices will continue at or above current levels (or the remainder of 1579 and (or the next several years, chairman George B. Munroe told the annual meeting. Although Mr. lfunroe tempered his optimism with concern about277 words
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Article730 1979-05-05 4 COFFEE: Robusta futures closed the morning steady but with reduced gains from Thursday of £7 to £1 per tonne. Futures had opened £16 to £4 higher. Turnover was 1,233 lots including 20 options. Dealers said trade selling contributed to the paring earlier gains but this had been well730 words
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Article356 1979-05-05 4 SLIGHTLY improved activity was reported on the Singapore produce market yesterday when most commodity prices held very steady. This was particularly so in the copra and coconut oil sector which continued to receive good orders from consumers in neighbouring countries. The Soviet Union was still in the market356 words
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Article170 1979-05-05 4 CHICAGO soybean futures on Thursday climbed out of the loss column in most months near the close on commission-house buying and local short-covering. Prices closed 3'i US cents to 3/4 cent a bushel higher with only the March contract off a fraction. Nearbys were lower much of the session170 words
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Article194 1979-05-05 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (la HK dollars, spot ex-godown) (Mm yui: China Blur Phoenix 20t 2.340 32s 2.830 40s 3.075 (per bale of 400 It* I. Pteee fM*: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq: Dragon Head unq. Five Lambs unq; Flower and194 words
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Article73 1979-05-05 4 C.I.F. North European ports. In US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated. LONDON: Malaysian Sfeffa bulk per tonne llan Prevtoaa June 669slr 666sIr Sumatra 5% f fa bulk April unch 692 sir May 680pd 685s lr June 675pd 677 ;slr July 670pd 675slr August unch 662 665pd Nigeria73 words
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ASIAN STOCKS
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557 1979-05-05 4 Source: DBS-Daiwa Securities THE market continued bullish, paced by energy-related stocks on relatively heavy volume. The Nikkei Dow Jones average temporarily exceeded the 6,300 level. Stimulated by share price gains in oil refining issues including Nippon Oil, natural resources-related stocks and non-ferrousSource: DBS-Daiwa Securities - 557 words
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Article207 1979-05-05 4 UAY 04 OtnU INDUSTRIALS A. C. L \S2 unci) JJ -1 m f_T Ml 130 -J ■•■•Iv- W -M SmMM M '1 n m a r m a Coal Allied Ml 373 SM8 •M 1 Duntop Ex Ind. Herald Hooker LC.L Land Lmm Myer Newt Ltd OakbrMat Pioneer Con.207 words
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Article70 1979-05-05 4 MAT M NM ACOH Mtninc -MM uncb AIM* Con. A AUM OOO B. UB +OJS Bm«M OoM jMM uncb BanciMt Con B MJO uncb BT Goodrich SLK +U COCT XLM -4L3 Inco B. landntl aim unch Lapanto a 3m -OJOt "•"MM" MM «nch Mormtco n» t-«.l Ortantal A Oriental70 words
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Article241 1979-05-05 4 THE MARKET firmed slightly in very light trading with the Hang Seng index up 6.71 at 5C.27, MA Am PH IKS ut 0.15 p 1 1 1 B XM unch no urn 0J ♦oa» n* LJfnc Hotels XI JO 0J Cttj i« 0.08 nrTvBHHI EC Li I.I.' llPBfl w241 words
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Advertisement403 1979-05-05 4 E Holdings Berhad PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 st DECEMBER 1978 The audited trading results for the year ended 31st December 1978, compared with the previous year are Profit Before Taxation GROUP 1978 1977 $'000 $*000 111,586 89,223 18,652 1 5,126 COMPANY 1978 1977 SHOO $*000403 words
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OVERSEAS
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Article223 1979-05-05 5 AP. MR DAVID Mahoney, chairman of the Norton Simon conglomerate, led the American executive pay sweepstakes last year with salary and other compensation totalling U552,037,000 (over 554.4 million). Business Week magazine reported on Thursday. Mr Mahoney's salary and bonus income came to 1917,000, whileAP. - 223 words
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598 1979-05-05 5 AP. Reuter WORLD INFLATION is expected to worsen this year and economic growth will be slower, but a global recession is unlikely, according to a forecast by a group of economists. Economic growth worldwide will average 4.1 per cent this year and 3.9 per cent inAP.; Reuter - 598 words
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Article154 1979-05-05 5 THE UNITED States Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) has agreed after months of tough negotiations to allow Air France to operate cut-rate flights between Paris and New York, French civil aviation director, Mr Claude Abraham said on Thursday. In exchange, the French have agreed to similar154 words
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Article, Illustration126 1979-05-05 5 A NEW, quiet, magnetic railway has for some months bed tested m the grounds of Brunswick Technical Uaiventty. This is the third of the tfipift naeanh projects j—j by Bean. UiHke the ether two magnetic railways being tested, this vehicle is only sff the rails for some of126 words
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Article, Illustration421 1979-05-05 5 EXPECTED arrivals TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Feichi (1200 after Cherry Vilja) 4/41 Jilfar (after Tysla) 47 Joo Hong (after Dove) 15/16 Kaikota Maru (1400 after Koyo Maru) 19 King Tower (1400) 22 Kota Maju (0700) 10/11 Quirinale (after Centaur) 42/ 43 State oI Meghalaya (after Poyang) 38/30 Surobawa421 words
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109 1979-05-05 5 UPI A NEW raage life paflriea afferlag Jimrti af ip to IS per eeat tar pcnm wke Jag •r lake ether nriMt exerefcee regalarty aad ekeek-ape WMM «mmhl by Miataffie Life Imraaee ef Blew Terk at a meetfag «f Ita aalca pereeaaei fee Pkeeaix,UPI - 109 words
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Article62 1979-05-05 5 THE UNITED States Navy awarded a U*****.2 million (5J1.48 billion) contract on Thursday to a combination of US firms to train the Saudi Arabian navy to operate and maintain its bases and ships. The contract was the latest stage in a programme designed to strengthen the armed forces62 words
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Article746 1979-05-05 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Namber Tine From MAS MH621 0840 PEN MAS MH6OT 0645 KUL SIA SQ101 0815 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL CAL CB06 1000 HLP CPA CX710 1006 HLP GIA GA980 1030 HLP SIA SQ103 1045 KUL SIA SQ211 1045 HLP MAS MH606 1045 KUL746 words
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221 1979-05-05 5 UPI. DESPITE a further increase in oil imports, the US trade deficit on a balance-of-payments basis narrowed slightly during the first quarter to U556.22 billion, (5513.68 billion) the smallest in more than two years, the government reported on Thursday. The January-March deficit wasUPI. - 221 words
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WORLD IN BRIEF
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Article409 1979-05-05 5 Agencies. THE MEDIAN family income in the United States will be US$lB,BOO (S$40,000) this year, almost double that of $9,900 in 1970. However despite the higher earnings Americans have barely kept pace with inflation, according to the business-sponsored Conference Board. With budgets squeezed by taxes and inflation anAgencies. - 409 words
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402 1979-05-05 5 THE US Senate's key energy legislator, Sen. Henry Jackson, intends to get a vote within the next three weeks on a bill Mocking President Carter's plan to lift controls from domestic oil prices. The chairman of the Senate energy committee acknowledged on Wednesday402 words
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187 1979-05-05 5 UPI. ALCOHOL, priced at 30 per cent less than petrol costs in Brazil, will go on sale at 16 selected service stations. Mines and Energy Minister Cesar Cals said. The national oil company Petrobras estimates 2,000 motor cars in the country already run onUPI. - 187 words
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Article134 1979-05-05 5 UPI. FAR Eastern origins tended to feature more prominently than of late, with particular emphasis on time-charter business. Canadian Transport took the 31,396 dwt Thuleland at U555,350 per day for a spot trip from Moji to the Boston-Galveston range via British Columbia. This business contained an option ofUPI. - 134 words
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Advertisement87 1979-05-05 5 r -v v Earl Nightingale featuring audio-visual presentation and group interaction in 12 mind-expanding sessions. They will motivate you to •Achieve top-paying jobs •Spot profitable opportunities •Act on money-making ideas •Guide your own destiny With Action-Prompters: simple actions for quick results Progress Monitors: to gauge your achievements n-4 •ww nvmoL87 words
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Advertisement71 1979-05-05 5 jm- \SSPOI c s «W jtr- In 107 countries, you wcm't find a better-tasting scotch at any priee. All over the world, people appreciate the extraor- Miperb Passport blend. And it this exceptional dinary taste of Passport Scotch. Because we use taste that causes people in 107 countries to chooae71 words
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Article319 1979-05-05 6 THE SUDDEN proclamation by the Japanese, that they intend to hasten agreed tariff reductions contained in the Tokyo Round of talks is a surprising turnaround to the stern uncompromising stance that they adopted before. To most countries who could only window-shop at the Japanese market, it319 words
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Article357 1979-05-05 6 THE FATE of Tech 4 Marine is a salutary lesson for those who contemplate leaving the comfortable surroundings of a high paid job with a large well-organised and funded corporation, for life as an industrial entrepreneur. Many may choose to read the lesson as a357 words
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Article, Illustration1086 1979-05-05 6 Depthnews. THE prolonged hostilities among erstwhile socialist allies in Indochina have increased the importance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to official United States foreign policy. The American response to the ominous fighting in Indochina is being summed up in a phrase catchingDepthnews. - 1,086 words
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783 1979-05-05 6 IAN STEELE - By IAN STEELE Depthnews. ILLEGAL immigrants export up to US|6 billion in wages from the American economy every year while providing muscle (or some of the country's most lucrative industries. They play cat-and-mouse with the law to support families from Hongkong to Korea,Depthnews. - 783 words
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Advertisement94 1979-05-05 6 reach the big spenders Leisure Times is right For as little as $15, you can reach the swankiest, the best dressed, the most affluent crowd in town with Leisure Times. As a regular Saturday feature of Business Times, Leisure Times reaches 29,000 people in Singapore's top income group. The people94 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous80 1979-05-05 6 Bn Stow: Fra-Jt Bickers HEOE: NCXJ IN WER UTTLE PiN< VAN the gorgeous m»ss Ffcerry of ZIG "ZPCbGwG oeucpneLv down The. COPO SePvCCHtHG» NO DOUBT FoR P\ PPICKinG SfIFCE.. IWißvi i S€ES ONE PwslD VIOLENTLY F*T TMC SPme momeNT CXn OF FN sux SUREST R sports CAR WO HEADS FOR80 words
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Miscellaneous1336 1979-05-05 6 Cool Paul Newman Well, here's —Cher bash •f weekend TV. It deesat there are a few pogammes which premise te he entertaining. The tap hilling, ef course, shaaM go te that mache dim which cames ea at elevea tonight. lie dim, Ceel Haad Lake, Is ahaat prison life aad stars1,336 words
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Article, Illustration771 1979-05-05 7 CHUA SOK KOON - :j*y CHUA SOK KOON T'THE JAPANESE economy continue to grow in the "-fiscal year 1979 despite of JSSe appreciation of the yen has serious reperon the external Mgdance of the economy. to Economic ZjffMlook issued by the Eco-•-asuiic Planning Agency of 13span, gross national771 words
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Article, Illustration787 1979-05-05 7 Leonard Silk - ...with Leonard Silk NYT. INFLATION is heating up throughout the industrial world, even in the countries regarded as oases of price stability. In West Germany, consumer prices rose during the first quarter of this year at an annual rate of more than 9 perNYT. - 787 words
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Advertisement148 1979-05-05 7 Study Accountancy with the Specialists Study with Foulks Lynch J io\i)o\ Since ISS4 I c>lll 1 \ikli have specialised 111 uiiorm<j nliiJciHn trom all iouikl the uorki loi the various \caumiaik\ o\aniiiiaiunh and o\ ei I ho»c cat s ha c achieved 149,000 SUCCESSES 406 FIRST PLACES 376 SECOND PLACES148 words
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Article184 1979-05-05 8 MAY 03 Francs Actions Suisse* 308 -1 -10 Alusulsse Br. 1345 Alusulsse Reg 522 -4 Brown Bowl Br 1800 -10 Clba Oelgy Br. 1345 -20 Clba Gelgy P C 1050 -10 Clba Gelgy Reg 738 -5 Credit Suisse Br 2215 -5 Credit Suisse Reg 428 unch Elektrowatt Br 1905184 words
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Article192 1979-05-05 8 MAY 03 PU ABN 356 00 Ahold 104 JO ♦w Alttn 30.10 AMEV ***** 0.7 Amfat 115.70 02 Am rot Bank 74.10 unch Berfoss 60.00 0 2 88.50 0.5 Bo la 70 50 -0.8 Borsumij 178.00 3.5 Burhmann 70 JO 03 Byenkorf 81 50 Calve Delft 182-00 unch Dell192 words
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Article201 1979-05-05 8 MAY 09 Dm Aef-Teftefunken 56.10 -04 in 0.1 Alls Leben 17V00 Alls Vm 440 00 1 BASF 141.00 05 Bay H T Wbank 201 00 -13 Bay Vbtnl ***** -03 Bfljwr 144.20 01 BBC 2T050 -0.5 BMW Cinella 225-00 375 00 -•A Chem Verw ***** -1 Commfnbtnk 200 SO201 words
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Article269 1979-05-05 8 MAY 03 FT* CORBEILLE Alr-Llqulde 410 -3.8 B S N Gervals Danone 575 -10 C S F (ThomsonCsf)_ 394 -4 Clt Frtncalw des Petroles 167 40 -06 Compagnie Financiers Compagme Generate 389 90 -11 Credit FoncVer De France 458 5 H ache tie (Llbralrte) ***** 0.6 Machines Bull 62.50269 words
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Article61 1979-05-05 8 MAY 03 Pn FORWARD MARKET Accc 432 Arfwf ini 10 4 •10 12 Aitur mo Bru-Lamb 1800 Canpac Cmrk S12 2 1 10 -10 III Soc Oen Bcl( 2100 Bofina JOOO Boivmjr A 1080 Tank* IS U Mln (0* V Mont 1706 00 unch unch unch -25 CASH MARKET61 words
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Article94 1979-05-05 8 MAY 09 Lire Ante 31 1.75 Assoc Oen siaoa -90 BfLStOfl 725 0 Central* ma -29 Flat 2700 -19 PtiMidtr 19A -0 Oen Immob 7*» -X75 W% Pii 2200 -27 ItaJcementl ia«an 700 ItAlgms 756 4 IlalaMler 304J0 unch MifneU M Pf 57T50 04 Mare 111 Ere SBJft J94 words
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Article1407 1979-05-05 8 NEW YORK THE STOCK market managed a small advance in moderate trading on Thursday despite nervousness about weekly hanking figures which trimmed much of an earlier gain. Last Friday the Federal Reserve tightened credit slightly in apparent response to news of a sharp Jump in the1,407 words
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Article208 1979-05-05 8 MAY 03 C* Hud Bay Mln Imp Oil ao* unch Ahiiihl 17** Inco am Alcan 41* Int Prot Pipe its Alfomi 90 unch Int Uts 15* Bank Mont 24* Intl Nickel am Bank Nova Scotia 29* Kerr Add t* Bell Tel SH Lobtaw B 4* unch Beth Corp Massey208 words
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Article314 1979-05-05 8 MAY 03 Rand Tonfaat Trust Bk 320 00 unch INni TflTRI AL8 Un Steel 51 unch A Alpha 190 unch Unlsec Wool worth M Anglos 130 41 Abercom AE And CI AMIC Barlows 233 400 1575 500 000 13 ♦5 unch ♦5 unch IINING8 4-0 C"* no •5 AnflvaaJ314 words
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Advertisement572 1979-05-05 8 Where to wine, dine and entertain For lunch. For dinner. For a richly rewarding experience. A- B v M- >* 1 iv R Nit'.ir.i.i', V s 1». V F i TV. j! <i. -»7 >7 7 ciiliin I'urk Slirrnloi c 'i I II'( )'S i.i \(;i ii-k >\ sii )i572 words
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509 1979-05-05 9 CHASE MANHATTAN Bank N.A. raised its prime rate to 11 V« per cent from 11' A per cent, effective immediately. The move leaves Citicorp's Citibank N.A. as the only major bank at 11'/ 2 per cent. Meanwhile, according to the Fed, despite the509 words
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114 1979-05-05 9 NARROWLY defined money supply, M-l, rose US$5OO million (Ssl.l billion) to a seasonally adjusted $966.1 billion in the week ended April 25, New York Federal Reserve Bank said. The broader based monetary aggregate, M 2, rose $1.4 billion to a seasonally adjusted $892.4114 words
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Article275 1979-05-05 9 KRUGERRAND sales rose sharply in April to 551,400 coins from 390,555 in March and compared with last April's 435,352. Disclosing this International Gold Corp said this brings sales (or this year to 1.3 million coins, against 2.1 million in the same 1978 period. Foreign sales275 words
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887 1979-05-05 9 NYT. AN INVESTOR may play the world oil squeeze by getting into an unusual security the Mexican petrobond. These bonds, originally offered two years ago, were issued and guaranteed by the Mexican government and were designed to offer investors a hedge againstNYT. - 887 words
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Article469 1979-05-05 9 THE US dollar went into wide swings on the foreign exchange market yesterday, especially against the yen and sterling. Opening at 221.40/50 against the yen, the dollar shot up to as high as 222.80/ 90 by Tokyo's close in the early afternoon. When London opened, speculative buying got469 words
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Article55 1979-05-05 9 n RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from May 7 to May 9 and on May 11: Offered: $30,000,000 Applied for: $46,020,000 AUetted: $30,000,000 Accepted hide: $98.88 approximately 31 per cent: higher bids in full. Average rale ef discount m allotment:55 words
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Article141 1979-05-05 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on May 4: 7 days 1 months 2 months 3 months 0 months 9 months 12 months US DoQ*»(Spot) Offer B.d 109/16 107/16 10H 10W 10H 10 v. 11 10% 117/16 11 5/16 11 >4 11 113/16 111/16 8w/ri. Da*.141 words
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Article48 1979-05-05 9 RANGE of prices' offered by discount bouses on May 4: Overnight 4W% Call deposits 4Vt« Closiac Beyiaf Sslliac 3 month Treasury bills 4W 4H 3 month Bank bills 7H 7v. 3 month CD 611/16 69/16 6 month CD 6 15/16 6 13/16 Source: National Discount Co Ltd.48 words
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Article63 1979-05-05 9 QUOTES on the Australia and New Zealand exchanges on May 4: AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1 1056 1.1008 Sterling 0 5309 0.5240 Ninety-day airmail buying rates: Sterling 0.5511 US dollar 1.1422 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5352 US dollar 1.1116 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve Bank midrate US$1.0465 Trading bank indications: Sterling63 words
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Article21 1979-05-05 9 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers .is 8 per cent.21 words
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Article198 1979-05-05 9 STERLING yesterday strengthened on overnight closing levels in view of the almost certain Conservative victory in the UK general election, dealers said. But they noted the pound had eased from the highs reached in Far East trading as operators took profits. After an initial flurry of activity, the market198 words
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Article298 1979-05-05 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed generally higher after fluctuating narrowly throughout in light trading, dealers said. Turnover fell to 192 lots from 326 on Thursday with activity centred on August, October and December contracts. August closed firmer at U*****.60/70 an ounce compared with $253.40/70 overnight, October at $259.10/50 ($257.80/258.10)298 words
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Article198 1979-05-05 9 STERLING yesterday eased from its earlier highs in active late trading largely on European profit-taking, dealers said. It had risen to a U552.0940 60 high as it became apparent that the Conservative Party would win an overall majority in the British general election after opening here at around a198 words
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Article124 1979-05-05 9 THE DOLLAR for overnight delivery yesterday closed at 222.80 yen, up from a 221.50 opening, but sharply down from 224.55 at Wednesday's close, following central bank intervention, dealers said. The Bank of Japan sold more than US$5O million at the day's high of 223.40 yen in the afternoon, after124 words
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Article123 1979-05-05 9 Reuter FAIRLY active bat eaatlsss deallag characterised the first day sf aegatlaMe certleate sf iepsslt (CD) tradlag aa the Malayslaa maaey market aa Tharaday, haahlag saarces said. Activity eeatred aa di maath aad aae year CDs, while bashers' aeeeptaacea, alaa latradaeed ta the market saReuter - 123 words
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Article, Illustration357 1979-05-05 9 THE West German monetary authorities are interested in stabilising the dollarmark rate and in preventing the US unit from reaching too high a level, which might prove unrealistic later> Bundesbank president Otmar Emminger said. The Bundesbank has been intervening for several months to prevent357 words
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350 1979-05-05 9 TOTAL assets and liabilities of banks in Singapore reached $21,918.2 million in March, an increase of $616.1 million over the previous month. According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore's latest monthly bulletin. total non-bank customers' deposits, including Singapore dollar negotiable certificates of deposit,350 words
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Article, Illustration258 1979-05-05 9 NATIONAL Westminster Bank (Nat West) will consolidate its overseas operations with the total acquisition of the National Bank of North America (NBNA). The acquisition, which became effective on April 16, cost Nat West US$43O million, and is expected to provide the large British258 words
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Advertisement250 1979-05-05 9 Mathematics and Statistics in Penguins Mathematical Carnival: Martin Gardner A piece of solid iron in the form of a doughnut is heated. Will the diameter pf its hole get larger or smaller? Just one of the maddening but uniquely entertaining puzzles that make up Martin Gardner's latest collection. The range250 words
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Article1584 1979-05-05 10 BID and offer prices officially' tlcted and business in and reported to Uie Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the ifUmber of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word Big Board deals (In1,584 words
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Article147 1979-05-05 10 4 1/2* 1/8/80 (290,000) (90.458 *****) 4 3/4% 16/8/80 (*****0) (99.868 90.758) 5 3/4* 1/8/78-80 (290,000) (*****8 100 958) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (*****0) (100.158 100.298) 5% 15/4/81 (*****0) (90.8Z8 90.728) 5% T F 1/5/83 (*****0) (100.108 *****8) 7% 15/4/85 (*****0) (*****8 100.966) 7% 1/8/85 (*****0) (100.758 *****8) 7147 words
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Article42 1979-05-05 10 Striking prices at the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange at Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offer- Ed prices and btminfwt done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. C C (June $2.60) (0.50B).42 words
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Article2650 1979-05-05 10 1978/79 High Low Conptiy Last Sale +orGr*. Div Div Cvr Gr»s Yld Net P/E Vol COOO) Day High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 981 190* 142 ISO 386 74% 213 350 215 380 307 133* no 190 300 80 185* 336 177 398 Aetna Alcorn Allied Choc2,650 words
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Article1567 1979-05-05 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Slock Exchange jests rrtsy with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1 000 units unless otherwise specified INDUBTBIALA Asm (158 LOS) IJiinli (2-508 2.705) sail Una <1,567 words
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Article, Illustration602 1979-05-05 10 berder ladaeed same aelllag at sllghtty tower levels aa the Stoeh Exehaage sf Sagapare y rater day. A slight reeavcry waa evldeat towards the eteae. Bat aaHhe the prtivlsas mcaaater hatwaaa the twa csaaMea, there waa aa asrvaaa seiHag. It waa smtv tor waat al602 words
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Article551 1979-05-05 10 A SHARP recovery in the afternoon brought prices to a mixed close at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, reversing an earlier weak trend when selling pressure depressed prices across a fairly broad (root. Prices began sliding from the opening bell, and gains chalked up in551 words
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Article145 1979-05-05 10 ■MMIIMTBm (MiaigiH' grtaaa Mr May 7) The Commerce UT 2.41 The Saving Pud 1J7 L« S'pore Prof Pood LM LM S pore Sec. Fund LM Ml S'pore Invast Fund LB L41xd S pore Equity Fund O H LM INCOME BOND UNTT (Current prieaa) Income Bond 1.1* 1.M MARA145 words
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Article967 1979-05-05 11 PROFIT acceleration at Oriental Holdings gathered momentum last year following the excellent performance of its Honda division and good all round contributions by its plantations, realty and other divisions. The group has reported a pre-tax profit up an impressive 77.5 per cent to. a record $19.89967 words
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195 1979-05-05 11 HABUBONB Makjiu Estates Ltd said nine months results should not be regarded as a baste for calm la ting the outcome for the full year ended March 31 due to fluctuating commodity prices. The full year rubber harvest was 41,000 tonnes, virtually unchanged, while195 words
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Article, Illustration1293 1979-05-05 11 CHAN BONG SOO - Market Talk... k. A By CHAN BONG SOO Fair headway was made in most sectors of the Singapore stock market last month despite intermittent bouts of profit-taking and stale-bull liquidation during the second half. An encouraging sign that the market was still technically strong was the consistent1,293 words
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Article668 1979-05-05 11 Cnrreat Ex Book* Date Total for Total for Payment Date Close Payable the year Previous year Cea Sugars SHI Apr 11 May 24 May 5 5% 15% Keck Seas 75% Apr 4 Apr 17 May 5 15% 15% Tractors 10% I Apr 18 Apr 28 May 5 10%668 words
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Article220 1979-05-05 11 Coapuy Particular* Ez Date Books Close Ajinomoto Bonus Issue of 1 for HK Land 10 Bonus Issue of 1 for Apr 24 May 7 Toshiba Rosy Apollo OCBC (Jtd Plant OUB Oriental HMgs Bo via SEA Mai Flour Olyaipia 10 Rights Issue of 3 for 2 <e 81J0220 words
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Article542 1979-05-05 11 by HOCK LOCK SIEW THESE to n 4mM (to ototk« tariff ■iHfci aa toeally uwmbied can will ewitully be wHMtmi. Bttt the aaUwrittM aai the laiaatry lea Jew tove m far beea tlghMlppei ea the «Mt tone, tort sUeace Mm 1m Mt aacceei la Udlag the tnth.by HOCK LOCK SIEW - 542 words
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Article219 1979-05-05 11 MALAKOFT BM: Pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1978, of MS9.17 million (18.21 million). Turnover increased from $29.40 million to $32.42 million. The directors recommend a final dividend of 7-1/2 cents plus five cent, which together with the interim dividend of 7-1/2 cents, makes a total219 words
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Advertisement267 1979-05-05 11 iivuk V \v \\>* V>v o v< v •H o x V KM FEDERAL PUBLICATIONS cWol Mail Order Division I 1 New Industrial Road, Slngapora 19 J l' M Mecpherson Road P.O. Box 78 Slngapora 13 that's the inevitable conclusion reached in the most comprehensive agricultural survey ever undertaken in267 words
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Article, Illustration704 1979-05-05 12 BIG V FOR VICTORY AFP THE CONSERVATIVES emerging victors in Thursday's general election have set themselves ambitious economic targets which will not be easy to attain despite the bonus of North Sea oil, if only because some contradictory measures will be required. The main aim is to achieveAFP - 704 words
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Article, Illustration175 1979-05-05 12 Reuter. THE Confederation of British Industry (CBI), wants a new Conservative government to reform pay bargaining and industrial relations and ease personal taxation, director-general Sir John Methven said. The CBI, the British employers organisation, particularly wants the government to scrutinise the question of secondary picketing byReuter.; UPI photo - 175 words
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Article222 1979-05-05 12 Reuter THE UNITED States is not ready to begin international commodity agreement negotiations on products not included in present talks, a US background paper for the fifth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development released by the State Department said. The UN Secretariat has calledReuter - 222 words
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463 1979-05-05 12 AP JAPAN announced yesterday in Geneva that it will speed up reduction of tariffs agreed in the Tokyo Round trade talks when there is no doubt the agreements will be applied by big trading nations. It said it would move "'unilaterally and autonomously"AP - 463 words
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Article78 1979-05-05 12 THE United States will continue to oppose cargo sharing in the bulk trades at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unclad), the US State Department said. Shipping of these goods will be more costly, the department's Unctad position paper said. The proposed Unctad code78 words
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Article840 1979-05-05 12 LONDON, Fit The Conservative victory at the general election helped push stock prices higher, but equities turned mixed on end-account profit-taking, dealers said. Trading was active and at 3 p.m., the Financial Times index was up 0.9 points at 554.4. Government bonds showed net rises of up to840 words
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Article187 1979-05-05 12 THE Secretary General of the Latin American Economic System, Mr Jaime Moncayo, said in Manila on Friday that increased trading among developing countries should contribute to the restructuring of international economic relations instead of fostering rivalries against each other. Mr Moncayo said promoting cooperation among the187 words
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Article149 1979-05-05 12 MALAYSIAN air charter fkfMily the Cartage ef avtattoa petrol (avgaa). Contract charters are Mag gtvea priority while all ad hoe charters, except far wergeariea aad for MaJayMaAlr tala Oaar fltahardjw, said the riapaay was short el 1,719 litres at ly they ased MM Btrea. He149 words
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Article507 1979-05-05 12 Reuter. THE ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) yesterday readjusted its lending priorities to help Asia's poorer nations to lift themselves above world economic hardships feared in the 1980s. But, ending its 12th annual meeting, the 43-na-tion bank left unresolved controversy about whether it should go into the risky,Reuter. - 507 words
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Article264 1979-05-05 12 THE MALAYSIAN government has set up a technical committee to discuss with the various oil companies their proposals for price increases of petroleum products which were submitted to Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Lew Sip Hon. Datuk Lew said all the five oil companies Esso, Shell,264 words
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Advertisement415 1979-05-05 12 (Incorporated in th« Republic o> Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Company's Registered Office at the Shipyard, Admiralty Road East, Sembawang, Singapore 27 on Tuesday, 29 May 1979 at 9.30 am for415 words
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Miscellaneous60 1979-05-05 12 Outlook far Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Scattered showers around midday Bepwt for 24 hwi prtor to 7JI p.m. May 4 at the airpMi. Maximum temperature 31.9 Associated humidity 60 Minimum temperature 23.7 Associated humidity 100 Hours of sunshine 9.80 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for60 words
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Article, Illustration1352 1979-05-05 13 SHAKIB GUNN - PURSUITS You mean you're a ham? No, I just sit and listen. I see How's business? By SHAKIB GUNN WHEN you tell people that one of your pastimes is listening to the radio, in the words of the song: they just stop and stare.1,352 words
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907 1979-05-05 13 POOH SEOW MENG - It really isn't such a bad car but By POOH SEOW MENG HE WAS among the first in my 'gang of three' to own a car. It was a nasty little red Mini, with the spindly gearshift- protruding from the floorboards, and did it rattle not only the gearlever, but907 words
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Article, Illustration1434 1979-05-05 14 LIM SENG HOO - Is tjiere no way the 'developing' chess nations can equal the 'advanced' countries. Perhaps, says LIM SENG HOO, if we study the endgame, there may be a way- LIM SENG HOO, IN THE PAST three or four decades, the world has1,434 words
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Article, Illustration620 1979-05-05 14 LAWRENCE TAN reviews Piwcr Ptoy. POWER, it is said, often corrupts but no less chilling is the (act that corrupt men often seek power. Colonel Narriman (David Hemmlngs) is not such a man. He realises that Ms country is suffering under the tyranny of a corrupt and oppressive620 words
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1077 1979-05-05 14 JOHN LEONARD - By JOHN LEONARD NYT. MOST of the time In New York wo are content to let the culture take care of itself. We can get along without the culture, and it often goes away if we wait long enough. Engines of publicityNYT. - 1,077 words
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Article, Illustration686 1979-05-05 15 TEO TECK WENG - By TEO TECK WENG WITH WORK on the new international airport under progress, property developers are optimistic in their assessment of property in Changi. One company that is clearly confident is property developer Sin Chuan Development (Pte) Ltd. It has bought over a686 words
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Article, Illustration204 1979-05-05 15 GOODWOOD PARK Hotel plans to spend $5.3 million tor its renovations this year. This amount comprises H million for renovations to the hotel porch, reception area and the setting up of a terrace snack bar; a $150,000 refurnishing and recarpeting of rooms in the two wings204 words
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Article, Illustration22 1979-05-05 15 M Brtate. n»SSL win SliTw s3!?*S >»ww!il!antiwkJlnß sg~to MS 'T'Sj 0 •witiS'S! SrSSHpiS^rSS PlmMdixpmmion win add6,so3wquarm oi factory Bp*c*.22 words
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189 1979-05-05 15 CONSTRUCTION work on a multi-million dollar woodworking factory in Sungei Kadut Industrial Estate is now owing completion. Its developer and owner, Golden Wood Products Pte Ltd, expects full completion soon with production scheduled to begin next month. At building costs of $9 million, the189 words
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Article, Illustration203 1979-05-05 15 FORMER Mandarin Hotel employee Mr Mathew Wang Fang Yew, 29, has rejoined the hotel as its sales manager responsible for commercial accounts. Mr Wong first Joined the Mandarin hotel in 1973 after completing his higher school certificate and national service. While serving as the hotel's assistant catering manager,203 words
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119 1979-05-05 15 PROPERTY company United Overseas Land (UOL) has despatched a professional consultancy team to Sri Lanka to undertake feasibility study for a project there. The three-man team left three days ago for a oneweek stay in Sri Lanka on the invitation of the project's119 words
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Article, Illustration416 1979-05-05 15 AN AUSTRALIAN manufacturer of building maintenance units has developed a device that could save considerable costs in the maintenance of exteriors of high-rise buildings. Designed by E. W.Cox Pty Ltd of Australia, the device, called Air Cushion Cage, is a standard maintenance platform aimed at economising416 words
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Article, Illustration823 1979-05-05 16 WEEKEID GOURMET NOW IS the season for enjoying fresh'and ripened cheeses at their prime. For all you cheese lovers, at Marco Polo's Brasserie la Rotonde, you can savour different varieties of famous French cheeses in a spellbinding assortment of tastes and textures. From Normandy* comes the king of823 words
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Article, Illustration183 1979-05-05 16 YOUR success is reflected in, the way you project yourself. It shows in the clothes that you wear, how you wear them and the accessories used. There's a wide variety for business or leisure. For the executive look, shirt cuts are crisp and exact but never183 words
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Article, Illustration702 1979-05-05 16 Ronnie Lim - IT'S A PROMISE I'LL RETURN TO SURFERS DEBTMATIOI with Ronnie Lim WHEN white-suited members of Brisbane's lawn bowl clubs got off their seats during their flight to crane their necks at the golden sands below pounded by the South Pacific surf I thought, on702 words
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Advertisement27 1979-05-05 13 Pwwr Ptoy to deadly game... n Ogttanistie MtMHir property in Bflks miiii mitoe ef geldeo sand at Sarfers Pmditt Me Om, Take Six, Take All ■MMM IV27 words
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Advertisement327 1979-05-05 13 E ft" i; v T J GOOD READING FOR ALL BARENTS w Learning Through Play is a book chock full of ideas for simple games, activities and 1 experiments, designed to help children develop their minds and bodies. Babyhood should be required reading not only for all parents but for327 words
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Miscellaneous789 1979-05-05 13 WHAT WHERE FILMS TODAY. AT 10.45 am, the National Museum will screen three colour films for students: A Hard Cnim, Safety m the Bea and Prleads of the BHad. Admission is tree. a a a NEXT FRIDAY at Bpm the National Museum will screen art work of four leading American789 words
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Advertisement143 1979-05-05 14 PENGUIN BOOKSHOP RUN VERS 0 x i r 4 VI i f ts tr »<* nf R *UNH£*& handbook mm m fl WHY DO RUNNS*S MAKE OF HEALTH RUNNING I'm Here at last is The Runners Handbook, a complete Fitness guide for Men and Women. Whether you plan to Jog143 words
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Miscellaneous201 1979-05-05 14 THE ISENEGGER PROBLEM NOW AT LAST we are ready to solve the Isenegger problem given last week. First, we should always consider if White is playing for a win or a draw. Since Black's king is badly placed, White has chances to win if Black plays carelessly. It is clear201 words
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Advertisement318 1979-05-05 15 RIDGEUJOOD the Most la Iked About Condominium in Singapore Now Booking! Spectacular 3-4 Bedroom Apartments. Superior Finish. Built-in Cupboards. Kitchen with ceramic tiles, cooker hood, washer and dryer. Sales Prices from $196,000 FACILITIES 6 Parklike hectares A superlative Recreational Area, complete with 2 Pools, 2 Tennis Courts, Badminton, Basketball, Squash,318 words
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Advertisement194 1979-05-05 16 What's better than telling other businessmen about your services? Selljnq other businessmen your services. In the Buku Mera h's new pink pages, classifieds business section. The Buku Merah now offers you all the sppce you want to give full prominence to your products and services in its new, special classifieds194 words
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