The Business Times, 25 January 1980

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 110/1/80 FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 198« 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 29 1 AP LONDON, Thurs The London afternoon gold fix today was U*****.00 an ounce, up from $712.00 at the morning fixing. Yesterday afternoon's fix was $695.00. AP.
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    • 56 1 AP GENEVA, Thurs. The world's major airlines agreed to increase passenger fares by an average 5 to 10 per cent. Airlines said they needed higher fares because of rising fuel costs. The hike, the first to be announced since the new year, will be effective April
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    • 55 1 AP NEW DELHI, Thurs. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will visit India between Feb 1214, the Indian government announced today. External Affairs Minister P V Narasimha Rao told Parliament that Mr Gromyko will have "an exchange of views on the situation" in the region with Indian leaders.
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    • 60 1 AP ABU DHABI, Thurs. Dr Mana Saeed Oteiba, Oil Minister of the United Ara to attract investments in such industries because there are no immediate advantages in shifting their operations here. Though the number of Japanese companies in the Republic is large in comparison to EEC or
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    • 60 1 Reuter BANGKOK, Thurs. Thailand and Vietnam have signed an agreement under which Bangkok will loan Hanoi 100 million baht for purchase of Thai goods, Finance Ministry officials said. They said the agreement, for 10 years at 3 per cent interest, was signed yesterday. Vietnam is expected to
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    • 66 1 Reuter HONGKONG, Thurs. Hongkong's exports grew significantly faster than imports last year and the visible trade gap narrowed compared with 1978, according to official provisional figures announced today. The figures, released by the Government Statistics Department showed the visible trade deficit in December was HK$B35 million, compared
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    • 64 1 UPI TOKYO, Thurs. Japan's crude oil imports in 1979 grew by 3.8 per cent over a year ago to 280,486,000 kiloliters, the largest volume since 1973, the government reported. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said Japan's crude stocks at the end of last
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    • 60 1 NEW YORK, Thurs. The stock market rose sharply this morning, responding to President Carter s State of the Union message Wednesday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials climbed 6.66 to 884.22 in the first half hour. Gainers outnumbered losers by close to a 3 to 1 margin
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  • 141 1 Rises Indices Hetaling n;» 90 Jan 23 Jan 24 Sungei Besi 1170 60 B.T. Index: 3430.07 3484.40 Straits Trading Kramat Fed Cables 835 525 198 20 20 +16 Industrials: Finance: 444.97 448.81 814.04 816.11 O C B C 770 15 Hotels: 410.21 410.30 Magnum Corpn 505 15
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    169 1 Rises Indices Inch KK 1150 Castlefield 2100 Sel Prop 365 Sr. Besi 1200 S Trading 850 S. Kinta 1000 Magnum 510 M U Ind 484 Pahang Con 144 Sovran 270 Carlsberg 540 Temerloh 620 Utd Mai 625 O.C.B C. 775 M. Bank 845 Sea View 220 Tai Text
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  • 639 1  -  GROWING PRESENCE HERE By FOO CHOY PENG JAPANESE entrepreneurs have really made their presence felt in all sectors of the Singapore economy, judging from the number of new Japanese companies incorporated in the Republic last year and their range of activities. As the economy of Singapore
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  • 295 1 THE average prime lending rate (PLR) of 12 major banks, as measured by Business Times, has risen to 10.25 per cent from 9.8 per cent just 10 days ago. This follows prime rate increases by five banks included in the BT index. American banks such as
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  • 545 1  -  By CATHERINE ONG DIVIDEND-DEPRIVED shareholders of Consolidated Hotels Ltd (CHL), the owner of Peninsula Hotel and the newly-built Peninsula Plaza, have been advised to sell out of the company and reinvest their funds elsewhere. In a circular to shareholders, the company's directors said the cash
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  • 237 1 A US$3O-million mediumterm loan to a large Italian state-owned company, Finmeccanica SPA is being arranged by a consortium of local and foreign banks in Singapore. Finmeccanica's loan marks the first time an Italian company is tapping the Asian dollar market and it reflects the attractiveness of the
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  • 266 1 ASEAN bankers will meet their counterparts from the Japan Committee for Economic Development (Keltal Doynkai) in Jakarta at the end of this month to discuss the setting-tip of a Joint investment fund for small companies. Discussions on the fnnd for financing
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  • 459 1  -  By RONNIE LIM THE giant Hitachi group will set up a centralised computer support centre in Singapore to serve the domestic market initially, and the Asean region in the future, its computer division officials said. Although Hitachi said it will go ahead with
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    • 68 1 SEE HOCK LOCK SIEW ON PAGE U SHIPPING TIMES WILLIAM Jacks wins international orders 2 CARTER delivers strong warning to Russia 5 WEIGHT of pobiic opinion a fiekle device 6 REVERSAL of tight moneymarket conditions expected 9 RELISTING of CHL shares would be timely 11 HONGKONG gold Investors turn to
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    • 2 1 Leader Page
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    • 140 1 SINGAPORE FOR PEOPLE WHO MATTER A Times Periodicals Publication Leader—Page t This unique publication offers businessmen each month a comprehensive guide to the latest developments taking place in all important sectors of the economies of countries in East and Southeast Asia. The Bulletin is divided into six separate reports of
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 564 2 COURSES AND TALKS Jan 21-Feb 11: Sales Management, National Productivity Board Town Centre, National Productivity Board Jan 28-29: Project Control Through Critical Path Analysis, Hyatt Hotel, Price Waterhouse Jan 28-Feb 8: How to Identify and Develop Management Potential in Your Organisation, NPB Town Training Centre. National Productivity Board
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    • 157 2 THE CHAIRMAN of the National Productivity Board, Dr Lee Chiaw Meng, will deliver the keynote address at a seminar on "packaging to save labour", organised by the Packaging Council of the Singapore Manufacturers Association (SMA) in cooperation with the Japan Trade Centre (Jetro) in
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    • 110 2 THE DEPARTMENT of Extramural Studies at the University of Singapore will hold a 10-lecture course on materials handling and stores management. The course, which will commence on Feb 6, will be conducted every Wednesday and Friday from 7.00 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. It will discuss the
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    • 66 2 GUTHRIE Singapore Pte Ltd has acquired the agency for the prestigious Bang and Olufsen high fidelity sound systems. A new marketing scheme for the product will be unveiled at a press conference to be held by Guthrie on Monday. Mr Desmond Soo, general manager
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    • 353 2  -  By CHOO AI LENG A LOCAL company, Total Computer System (TCS), is actively marketing its newest range of computer mainframes, called the Prime 50 series, in Singapore. As sole agent for Prime Computers, it also holds distribution rights for Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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    • 375 2 A NOTED American economist has been invited by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Iseas) to lead a seminar in Singapore on Monday. Dr William Branson, professor of international economics, Princeton University, and director of research in international economics at the US National Bureau of Economic
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    • 423 2 PACK, print, wrap, seal, gluecoat, stick, or cut there will be a machine or process at PAKPRINT 80 to suit just about every need. Exhibiting companies are already releasing details of some of their products and services that will be
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    • 241 2 STRAITS Steamship subsidiary William Jacks (Malaysia) has won two international orders worth $1.6 million for projects in Malaysia and Hongkong. The engineering division of the company won its fourth worth $1 million from the Granite Industries Bhd group. The order is for a
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    • 155 2 AN international exhibition on air freight services and cargo processing, handling and transport equipment will be held in Singapore from March 24 to 28 next year. Called Asian Air Cargo Exhibition, it will be held in conjunction with the "Airports towards the year 2000"
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    • 153 2 BOUSTEAD Engineering Pte Ltd has won a contract to design and construct an automatic drum transporting and weighing system for Singapore Refining Company on Pulau Merlimau. The conveying system will be used to transport asphalt drums down to the refinery's shiploading wharf.
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    • 88 2 THIS Zip-Up Span type lightweight aluminium alloy staging is one of the products to be displayed at the Sibex/Conequip exhibition, which will be held at the World Trade Centre from March 26 to 29. All the parts of this contraption clip together by means of patent locking hooks.
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  • REGIONAL
    • 209 3 Reuter BANK OF Japan governor Haruo Maekawa said Japan's present economic expansion is likely to continue in the first hall of 1980, barring an unusually sharp rise in consumer pri<-es or a serious deterioration of the world oil situation. He said reports submitted by
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    • 65 3 Reuter A NEW oilfield with a capacity of 21,000 barrels a day has been discovered in the West Java Sea just off Sumatra, the Indonesian state oil company Pertamina announced. A spokesman said exploration wells were successfully tested from various zones and the potential oil region covers
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    • 37 3 Pakistan's President General Mohammad Zia U1 Haq (right) having talks on Wednesday with United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim in Rawalpindi on normalising relations between Pakistan and India. AP photo. Source: AP photo
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    • 567 3 Exports from the US to South Korea, Taiwan and the five Asean countries exceed US$lO billion a year and are expected t to rise substantially. US Commerce Department officials told a seminar, mainly for representatives of American companies that have yet to
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    • 227 3 THAI Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan yesterday called his close advisers together to discuss labour unrest that forced him to cancel at the last moment a visit to West Germany, official sources said. The sources said the substance of the talks was not immediately known,
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    • 56 3 AP THE sixth meeting of the Asean Committee for Food, Agriculture and Forestry (Cofaf) opened in Medan on Wednesday to discuss efforts to provide sufficient food for the region. Indonesia's Agriculture Minister Soedarsono Hadisaputro said in an opening speech that Asean solidarity and loyalty should be reflected in
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    • 499 3 AFP PRESIDENT Suharto has dismissed criticism that the Indonesian economy is not serving the people's interest. There should be no doubts that capitalism has a place in Indonesia, he told the Retired Military Officers Association in Jakarta on Wednesday night. "The current economic system does
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    • 128 3 AP JAPAN'S Foreign Minister Saburo Okita may visit the US next month for talks with top US officials on the Iranian and Afghanistan crises and re-emerging trade friction between the two countries, officials said yesterday. The statement followed a meeting Wednesday between Prime Minister Masayoshi
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 377 3 Agencies CHINA IS negotiating with the US for the construction and launching of a communications satellite by the US, President Carter's Special Science Adviser, Frank Press, said. Mr Press told a news conference at the end of a three-day visit to Beijing that the satellite was one
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    • 199 3 Now Daily! The fastest direct flight to Hong Kong, San Francisco and New York. Pan Am's Flight 6 leaves Singapore daily at 7a.m. on the fastest one-stop hop to San Francisco via Hong Kong. And thereon, direct to New York. On Pan Am you fly our latest 747SP's which can
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 657 4 DESPITE sharp price increases, production of Malaysian rubber in the first 10 months of last year decreased marginally, reflecting the industry's production constraint. While the smallholders, whose level of production is strongly related to the price of the commodity, responded positively to the improved value,
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    • 192 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cettaa yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,310; 32s 2,860. 40s 3.040 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece g—to: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 247 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed higher with February One RSS buyers quoted at 352.00 cents per kilo, up eight cents from Wednesday's close, dealers said. Morning prices were about 14 cents higher on covering interest, speculative buying and forward demand, they said. Afternoon prices turned easier on profit-taking, lack of
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    • 413 4 R.A.S prices in cents per kilo yesterday: Noon Close (per kilo) (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers int. l R.b.S. prompt f.o.b 358.00 360 OON 350 00 352 OON Int 1 R.S.S. February' 360 00 362 00 352 00 354 00 Int. 1 R.S.S. March 366 00 367
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    • 122 4 NOON SSR and SMR prices vntfrdav RAS SSR 20 SSR SO MRELB (1-x 41-u mi prfleti >n pallet! Fabraary (Current Mtk) Bayer* Sellers 312-50 314 50N 309 50 311 SON March (Forward Mck) Bayer* Sailer* 314 50 MM 311 SO 313.50N SMRCV SMR L SMR 5 SMR
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    • 130 4 CBT soybean futures finished 13 3 4 to 11 3 A cents a bushel higher on Wednesday, closing near their highs for the day. Professional buying at the close offset late pre-hedging and profit-taking, traders said. Nervous short covering ahead of President Carter's State of the Union address drove
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    • 219 4 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday fell Ms2B per plenJ to $2,192, $242 above tbe International Tin Agreement celling, dealers said. The market was depressed by overnight weakness in London and the withdrawal of buyers after the recent bullish rally, they said. Total volume of tin ore
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    • 39 4 Rubber: Jan 24 Singapore: February: 352.00 cents (up 8.00 cents) Malaysia: February: 360.00 cents (up 10.00 cents) Tin: M 52,192 (down $28) (equivalent to $36.24 per kilo) (down 47 cents) Official offering: I47Vi tonnes (down 36Vi tonnes)
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    • 93 4 THE MALAYSIAN Minister of Finance has fixed these rates (or the period from January 24. until further notice: Bahfcer: 315 cents a kilo; C*prm: M 51,025 15 a tonne; Palm keraH: $9» 75 a tonne; WMte pepper: $4,652 52 a tonne. Black pepper: 53.tf6.56 a tonne; The rates
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    • 328 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.00, 100 per cent second class 0.83, 100 per cent third class 0.80, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.70. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0 63. Special
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    • 135 4 THE MARKET in Kuala Lumpur firmed yesterday on scattered refiners covering and reports of Pakistan's tender for crude, neutralised and refined bleached deodorised palm oil, dealers said. Trading was quiet. In the northern and southern region, February gained five cents each to M 51,120 per tonne, while in
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    • 240 4 LITTLE trading was reported on the Singapore produce market yesterday with prices generally moving sideways. The market opened quietly and drifted throughout the rest of the day. Dealers said that a lack of demand contributed to the slow pace at the exchange. Pepper trading, mostly in the white
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    • 115 4 CBT wheat futures closed 6 Vi to three cents a bushel higher on Wednesday. Traders said a lack of offerings boosted prices in thin trade as locals covered short positions ahead of President Carter's State of the Union address. Exporters were early buyers. Traders said recent strong export demand
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    • 931 4 COFFEE: Robusta futures closed the morning steady at the higher levels and little changed from the opening. End-morning gains ranged from £24 to £19 per tonne. Turnover was 3,937 lots including 151 options and around 2,051 lots of cross trades. Dealers said producer group buying that helped towards
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 652 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa THE NIKKEI Dow-Jones average advanced to over Y6.700 yesterday, a new high. The market was mainly led by non-ferrous metals, energy-related and machinetool issues. Trading volume was very heavy, around 700 million shares. Non-ferrous metal issues, which rose sharply on Wednesday, lost ground on
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    • 312 4 GOLD and base metal issues led across the board yesterday, dealers said. Among golds, Central Norseman rose 50 cents to AJ6.80, GMK 30 to $4.20 and Posiedon 25 to 12.80. In minings, Western Mining's announcement of a copper and uranium deposit find boosted its stock 45 cents to $4.65,
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    • 345 4 Source: SHK Sec FOLLOWING confirmation of the YMCA Building sale to New World/Cheung Kong, the market moved higher yesterday in active trade. Heavy local buying of New World and Tai Cheung helped the index to gain over 20 points. Overseas operators did not appear to be active and local
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    • 120 4 STOCKS closed mixed yesterday, dealers said. Turnover rose to 19.9 million pesos from Wednesday's 16.5 million. JAN 24 Pesos Acoje Mining 0084 -0 0002 Atlas Con A Atlas Con B 41 75 4 75 Baguio Gold 0082 -0 0006 Benguet Con B 8500 19 BF Goodrich 1900 15 cocr
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    • 235 4 STOCKS generally eased yesterday with buyers and sellers remaining on the sidelines, dealers said. JAN 24 Rahts Asia Credit 162 -8 Asia f ibre 141 -4 Ayuthaya lnv And Trust Bangkok Investment Bangkok Bank .100 unch Bangkok Drying And Silo Bangkok Insuranre 9V) 18 Bangkok Metropolitan Ban Bangkok Nylon
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    • 58 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 450 8 Tuesday 449 8 Week ago 455.5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 877.56 Tuesday 866.21 Week ago 865 19 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday 901.27 Wednesday 878 39 Week ago 860 94 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 612.73 Wednesday 606 79 Week ago 615 05 ALL ORDINARIES
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 404 5 CONSUMER prices in both industrialised and less developed areas continued their upward surge through 1979, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Wednesday. As 1979 drew to a close, strong inflationary pressures around the world showed little sign of abatement, the Fund said.
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    • 151 5 NYT THE US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that the design of the DC-10 engine mount was basically sound but modest changes must be made to prevent the sort of maintenance damage that led to the American Airlines crash in Chicago last May. After a six-month study
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    • 39 5 Mnjahideen rebels in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, strike a pensive, determined pose with their old weapons during a drive in the area to recruit more troops (or their cause last week. UPI photo Source:UPI photo
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    • 395 5 AFP REPRESENTATIVES of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) during talks with government officials on the three-week-old steel strike on Wednesday threatened to call a general strike if the country did not alter its "intransigent" economic policies. The TUC demanded change in the steel industry
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    • 768 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL SLA SQ211 1000 HLP CPA CX710 1005 HLP GIA GA960 1030 HLP MAS MH605 1045 KUL SIA SQ103 1045 KUL GIA GA944 1065 PKU GIA GA908 1100 MES SIA SQ240 1210 MES PAL PR501 1135 MNL
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    • 431 5 AFP BRITAIN has pledged its full support to the European Common Market (EEC) whatever the outcome of its dispute over the Community budget. British Cabinet Minister Sir lan Gilmour, winding up a two-week tour of the EEC's eight other member countries said: "Britain
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    • 175 5 UPI THE package of proposals I for massive transfer of s wealth from the rich countries to the Third World t under discussion at the third UN Industrial Development Confnence (Unido in New Delhi met with a poor re- sponse from most advanced countries on Wednesday.
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    • 126 5 UPI EXXON on Wednesday forecast a worldwide one-million-barrel-a-day crude oil surplus later this year that could bring spot market prices down. However, Exxon executives said that upheavals in the Middle East and oil politics could send spot prices up again despite the projected excess. Exxon
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    • 599 5 Agencies PRESIDENT Carter has warned the Soviet Union that the United States will retaliate with military force if Moscow tries to use Afghanistan as a base for seizing control of the Gulf region and its oil supply routes. "An attempt by any
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 446 5 Agencies ECONOMIC activity in Common Market countries rose only 0.5 per cent in the third quarter last year after increasing by 1.3 per cent in the previous three months, the EEC Commission said. Figures for the fourth quarter are not yet available but the Commission said a
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  • 319 6 BIG projects and multi-million dollar investments are familiar items of news and Japanese investors over the last three years have contributed a sizeable portion of the investments in a growing Singapore economy. The petrochemical complex and the television tube plant naturally draw the attention because of
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  • 258 6 THE Keizai Doyukai proposal for an investment fund to finance small projects in Asean countries is a worthy one and we must hope that the discussions later this month in Jakarta and then in Tokyo will see the establishment of such a fund. It has long
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  • 771 6  -  While Britain, Holland and Norway cash in on a North Sea oil boom, West Germany must be satisfied with a number of small, uneconomical gasfields. But this may change. A large German company is developing a concept for exploiting these fields through offshore, gas-fired
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  • 879 6  -  FORUM with QUEK PECK LIM THE CONFRONTATION between America and the Soviet Union is a classic example of how leaders of both countries respond to the realities about them and also an interesting study in how they utilise the weapons they have at
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  • 3038 7  -  Tokyo has proved it can make just about everything better than everyone else. Its next and most difficult step is to internationalise. THOMAS NEVINS examines the future of a changing Japan and its impact on the United States. This article first appeared in
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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      • 222 8 JAN 23 Dm Aeg-Telefunken 4000 1» Akzo 21 00 Allz t.eben 870 00 5 Alls Vers 374 tHlxri BMV ***** 1 2 Buy »l T Whank 229 Mi Bay Vbank 261 (Hi 1 Bayer iJU lAJ yn< MK .v -28 mmm rassell.t MMi Chem Verm nmnifrzhiink 173 SO Conn
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      • 219 8 JAN 23 Fls MM 288 .SO -15 Ahold 82 li»> 0.2 Akzo .1* M -03 AMKV 0.2 Amfas iriji 1 3 Amro Bank 61 It -0 5 Bergou 41 10 -0 4 Berk si 1 Bote SO .so 05 Borsumij Hurhmann x> a 0 4 Bvmkorf HO 00 13
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      • 181 8 JAN 23 Francs Actions Suisses 290 un< ti AIunuIvnt Br 1260 -5 Alusuisse Reg 480 -1 brown Boveri Br 1780 5 Ciha Grify Br 1215 -5 Clba Oicy P 1* <*50 10 Ciba Kck *79 •1 Credit Suisse Br 2MO 10 Credit Suisse Rrg m -3 Klektrowatl Br 2180
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      • 1396 8 NEW YORK LED BY strength in defence and oil issues, the stock market on Wednesday rose sharply in heavy trading Analysts said the defence group benefited from indications that President Carter will outline a tough defence posture in his state of the union message last night. Mr Carter
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      • 217 8 JAN 23 CS Ablllbl 20 > Alean ss 2 Algoma 35 Bank Mont 25 s Bank Nova Scotia 24 Si 'i Bell Tel 20S unch Beth Corp BP Can Ltd 36 Brascan 24 S Camp Red Lake 35 Can Imp Bk 27 Si Canpac 42 l'» Canpac Inv PI
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 319 9 THE Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp (SMC) announced it had obtained a US$3OO million loan on terms which are among the best given to any firm in Southeast Asia. SMC said the loan agreement was signed on Wednesday in Hong Kong with a
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    • 309 9 THE Japanese Finance Ministry said it has told Mitsui Bank to strictly observe guidelines for lendings to single borrowers, and reduce its lendings to Mitsui and Co Ltd by 66.80 billion yen by the end of March. In December 1974, the
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    • 522 9  -  By LEE YOKE MENG A REVERSAL of tight money market conditions is expected to become increasingly evident early this year, with the US prime lending rate declining gradually to 12 per cent by the middle of this year, predicted a prominent American banker and economist,
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    • 159 9 MORE countries are expected to shift from the US dollar to other currencies for business settlement in the 1980s, a top Japanese bank has reported. The report by Mitsubishi Bank said: "The US dollar would lose its strength as an internationally negotiable currency
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    • 370 9 STERLING is likely to remain firm over the near term while the devaluation of the Belgian franc within the European Monetary System (EMS) may become unavoidable. Since mid-December, the pound has appreciated from US$ 2.20 pound to levels near $2.27 pound. It has benefited as
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    • 73 9 THE International Monetary Fund has released the "Invitation to Bid" forms for the gold auction, which is held monthly. The auction on Feb 6 is conducted on behalf of the Trust Fund. Copies of the Fund's "Invitation to Bid" sets out the terms and conditions for the
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    • 95 9 LLOYDS of London told Marsh and McLennan Co Inc that it will relax its rules against outside ownership to allow Marsh a 25 per cent stake in CT Bowring Ltd, if a merger goes through. Marsh was told in private discussions that Lloyds would relax its
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    • 470 9 BANK Rakyat, which was near collapse in 1977, will streamline its loan policy to standardise its interest rates for various categories of borrowers. The adoption of the policy will be discussed at the bank's forthcoming annual general meeting. At this meeting, the list
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    • 185 9 THE West German capital market greeted the details of coupons on the second instalment of US mark bearer Treasury bonds, with reserve. The coupons of 8.50 and 8.45 per cent for the respective 2'j and SH year maturities are generally lower than expected by
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    • 337 9 JAN 23 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha ■i unrh Aherrom 6 AK And CI MM AMK mm -50 Barlows HOf) -5 t'K Su«ar mm -20 NA -5 lurrie Finance 135 unrh Bffn M Kdi «»n m unrh F -l«ars MM Kvereafly Fed Volk 410 unrh >Jtflt 1«S unrh
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    • 288 9 THE long awaited US recession is at hand, but it will prove shallow. It will be concentrated in housing and consumer spending and will provide little scope for an easing of US monetary policy, Norman Robertson, senior vice president of Mellon Bank, said.
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    • 81 9 INDONESIA is raising a US$3O million 12-year loan tol finance the construction of a paper mill, lead manager Chase Manhattan Asia Ltd said. The loan carries a 30 month grace period and the interest is 0.625 per cent over London interbank offered rates (Libor) for the! first
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    • 172 9 THE Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) will be conducting a training course on foreign exchange, sponsored by Citibank NA. this month. The 11-day residential programme held at the RELC International House will commence on Jan 27. It is geared for foreign exchange staff in member institutions of
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    • 61 9 FOUR major Swiss banks have decided to increase, j with immediate effect, their rates for time deposits by non-bank clients, from 4.75 per cent to 5 per cent. The four banks are Credit Suisse. Swiss Bank Corp. Swiss Volksbank and Union Bank of Switzerland. The rate
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    • 279 9 THE U.S. dollar opened steady in quiet but nervous trading yesterday, generally firmer than its closing on Wednesday against most currencies but easier on overnight Far East levels, dealers said. Operators seemed generally unwilling to open fresh positions for the time being following President Carter's State of the Union
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    • 166 9 THE U.S. dollar firmed against the yen yesterday in otherwise quiet late exchanges here in which the unit remained little changed against other major currencies, dealers said. The dollar firmed to a late 238.35 yen oo strong commercial demand out of Tokyo from New York's closing 236.40 60 and
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    • 84 9 OIL producing countries will increasingly diversify their investments out of the dollar in the 1980s, switching to other currencies, equities and commodities, said Roger Azar, chairman of Azar SA. If the West fails to offer adequate channels for increasingly large Opec surpluses. there will be political
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    • 366 9 GOLD futures in Singapore closed sharply higher yesterday compared with overnight levels in generally light trading, dealers said. Trading was suspended for an hour yesterday morning as prices opened limitup across the board and thereafter prices rose gradually on some fresh buying interest influenced by firmer overseas gold markets,
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    • 507 9 THE U.S. dollar closed mixed in relatively quiet trading yesterday. News of the reduced Japanese trade deficit had only a temporary effect of undercutting the dollar's value. Opening at 237.65 95 yen, the dollar was traded upwards to the day's highest of 239.00 10 before dropping to 238.30
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    • 70 9 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes yesterday: US 1.7315 25 Stg 3.941 945 Can 1.4930 56 Dfl 90 49 61 Sfr 107.65/81 Lit 2.144 6 Ffr 42.66/71 Nkr 35.18/22 Bfr con 6.155/62 Bfr fin 5.985 996 Yen 0.7252 62 OCBC exchange rate index THE OCBC trade-weighted Index for the Singapore dollar
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    • 22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers is 10.25 per cent.
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    • 151 9 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Jan 24: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months L'9 D«H*r»l Spoil Offer BU 13 15/16 13 1V16 14'. 14 V» 14 13/16 1411/16 14 7/16 14 5/16 14 7/16 14 5/16
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    • 49 9 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Jan 24: Overnight® t 3 Call deposits: 6<< to* 3 Ckwimc Buvim SelliM 3-month Treasury bills 6 1 6H 3 month Bank bills 10'* 10 3 months CD 10 13/*****1/1« 6 months CD 10 s 10'4 Source: National Discount Co
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    • 143 9 THE U.S. dollar for overnight delivery closed sharply firmer yesterday at 238.35 yen, compared with a 238.60 opening and 238.20 at Wednesday's close, dealers said. After opening sharply lower in line with New York, the dollar rose to 239.10 yen on import covering and buying by foreign banks following
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    • 48 9 AUSTRALIA /NZ exchanges quotes yesterday: US dollar 1.1132/1.1084 Sterling 0.4902/0.4846 Ninety day air mail buying rates Sterling 0.4964 US dlrs 1.1236 New Zealand Reserve bank midrate us dlrs 0.9885 Trading bank-indications: Sterling 0.4353/0.4323 US dlrs 0.9935/0.9835 Ninety day air mail buying rates Sterling 0.4563 US dlrs 1.0328
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    • 66 9 w THE TOKAI BANK,LTD. U5515,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE U. S. DOLLAR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE JANUARY 1983 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from January 25,1980 to July 25.1980 the Certificates will carry a rate of interest 14 5,
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  • 2217 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL Acma (2
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  • 164 10 SINGAPORE I'NIT TBI ST INCOME BOND 1 NIT (M»m**rrV prim far Jm S) (Cmrreat pri Im) The Commerce 233 2.47 Income Bond 1.19 1 26 The Saving Fund ISO 1.59 S'pore Prog Fund S pore Sec. Fund 1.04 1.82 1 10 193 MABA Bl MIPITBA S'pore Invest Fund
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  • 2804 10 Gr's Gr's *****0 Last Div Div Y'ld Net Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- C* vr P/E 000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL 261 207 Acma 255 5 15.0 22 5.8 13.0 10 255 250 223 123* Alcorn 223 10.0 1.3 4.4 297 i*
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  • 2296 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. IMHSTRIALS Alcam (2.098) (2) 2.07 (U) 2 08 Alex Hatd (1 2981
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  • 810 10 RENEWED baying Interest In afternoon trading yesterday led to t general Improvement In share prices at the Stack Exchange of Singapore. The day's ontstandlng counter was Sea View Hotel which gained seven cents yesterday at a closing price of 12.18 on a turnover of 145,111
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  • 516 10 PRICES finished generally higher at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, thanks to renewed buying interest in the afternoon. The plantation issues were soft initially, but hardened as the day progressed. They too closed on a steadier note. Reflecting the beUer trend, the New Straits
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1552 11  -  By CATHERINE ONG WHILE the seventies were a period of adjustment, the eighties could well be the decade when new growth industries begin to transform major economies. The main Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries will enjoy real growth, albeit
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    • 291 11 DESPITE improved profits and increased export sales, Khong Guan Flour Milling still appears to be disturbed about its performance for the six months ending Oct 31, 1979. In its half-yearly report, the company announced that profits had improved over that of the previous half-year.
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    • 509 11  -  By KOH TSE YING RISING costs, a feature of Malaysian tin mines in general, appear to be a particularly acute problem with Berjuntai. In the latest issue of Far East Weekly News, stock analyst Laurence, Prust and Company said that its earlier estimation of
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    • 334 11 Current Ez Booka Date Total for Total for Payment Date Close Payable the year Previous year Nanyang Preaa I2%<b) Jan 8 Jan 15 Jan 24 12% 6% Sg Beai 200% I Dec 31 Jan 11 Jan 24 200% 520% Oriental Hldga 6%X Dec 31 Jan 11 Jan 28
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    • 108 11 Company Particulars Ez Date Books Close M Brrwtriti Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Jan 24 Jan 31 Lingui Bonus Issue of 5 for 3 Jan 22 Feb 1 Temerloh Bonus Issue of 1 for 1 NYA NYA Sentona Bonus Issue of 1 for 3 NYA NYA T
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    • 457 11 u §SK)®CL^ HOCK LOCK SIEW SHAREHOLDERS' of Consolidated Hotels Ltd (CHL) must have their patience stretched thin after all these long years of waiting for their nest of eggs to hatch. To date, they have yet to relieve themselves of what is perhaps the
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    • 258 11 Date Lact Full Year Company Perled Auoueed Net EPS Gren Pre-tax last year (eents) Div. <%) Profit BATS I 1/12 5.1 17.0 3,983 M'wata Steel I 22/12 12.4 10.0TE 14,803 Perlis Plant F 12/1 19.1 27.5 27,068 Folex Ind F 18/1 2.7 0.0 858 N B Timbers I
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  • 345 12 THE industrial democracies are facing a challenge, both internally and from without, that will tax to the utmost the wisdom and resolution of their people and leaders. Speaking at the Stanford Research Institute meeting in Singapore yesterday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education,
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  • 281 12 SOUTH Korea has accepted a North Korean proposal for talks between prime ministers of the two sides and suggested a workinglevel preparatory meeting be held at Panmunjom on Feb 6. The talks would be to discuss the reunification of the two Koreas. South
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  • 287 12 AFP THE Malaysian government has approved the International Natural Rubber Agreement (Inra) on price stabilisation and regulating trade in the commodity, the Minister of Primary Industries Datuk Paul Leong said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He said the document, drawn up by representatives of 55
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  • 68 12 THE Singapore Gold Clearing House Pte Ltd has raised the deposit requirement to both clients and members of the clearing house from US$7,OOO per 100 ounce lot to US$l5,OOO, effective yesterday. According to an exchange spokesman, this was necessitated by the rise in the price of
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  • 811 12 LONDON, Thurs. Government bonds closed lower after an active session while golds and domestic issues were mixed. At 3 pm, the FT index was down 0.2 at 450 6 Government bonds ended with net falls of up to 1 1 points in an overbought market. dealers said Initially,
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  • Article, Illustration
    82 12 An Internal Security Officer at the Rand Gold Refinery in Johannesburg, standing over five pallets of pure gold bars. These bars will glitter for certain, but one cannot say the same of their prices. The bars were worth ITSS6l T S$6 million on Monday when they were moulded.
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  • 538 12 SINGAPORE florists may be setting up orchid farms in China's southern region. Activities by several florists point to a developing interest in a potentially huge orchid farming area in the south where the weather might be warm enough. Princess Flower Shop had sent representatives
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  • 537 12 MOLEX SINGAPORE, one of the few companies manufacturing connectors, switches and integrated circuit sockets in Southeast Asia, is expanding operations to meet the current electronics boom in Asia. It will invest 12 million this year in new equipment and a factory extension. This
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  • 101 12 MR MASAHARU Matsushita, the leader of a visiting 32-member Japanese trade mission' yesterday reaffirmed Japan's continued interest in maintaining close links with Asean especially in the economic field. Mr Matsushita, chairman of the famous Japanese electric company bearing his name, said: "While Asean may worry about
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  • 56 12 THE exchange of instruments of ratification ceremony for the double taxation agreement between Singapore and Sri Lanka will be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. It will be signed by Mr Tan Boon Seng, Acting Second Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry and Mr C
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  • 228 12 Reuter AUSTRALIA yesterday praised President Carter's message outlining America's new foreign policy goals in response to Soviet expansionism in Afghanistan and elsewhere. In a statement issued at the end of a two-day visit to Singapore, Australian Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock described President Carter's State
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  • 221 12 Reuter THE JAPANESE Cabinet formally approved the Economic Planning Agency's (EPA) economic outlook for fiscal 1980 starting next April, which sets Japan's real economic growth rate target at 4.8 per cent, compared with an estimated 6 per cent in fiscal 1979, the EPA said. The outlook is
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  • 288 12 Reuter THE HONGKONG stock market index rose to its highest level for nearly seven years yesterday, as small investors switched away from the volatile gold market into local shares. The Hang Seng shares index rose more than 22 points in the day to
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  • 231 12 Reuter PANAMANIAN President Aristides Royo yesterday told Iran that the deposed Shah was forbidden to leave Panama until a decision was made on Iran's request for his extradition, Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said. Mr Ghotbzadeh said that the Panamanian position, conveyed to him in a
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 66 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Windy with showers in a few places after midday. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.3® p.m. on Jan 24 at the airport. Maximum temperature 30.9 Associated humidity 61 Minimum temperature 21.3 Associated humidity 95 Hours of sunshine 10.35 Rainfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 97 13 NGEE ANN Technical College will be conducting a Ship Draughtsmanship course commencing on April 21. The two-year part-time course, which leads to a certificate in the subject aims to provide an opportunity for those in the shipbuilding and repairing industry as well as in the marine engineering and
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      • 72 13 AFP THE SEATRADE Organisation is establishing a major biennial maritime exhibition in Hongkong, the first of which will be held in November this year. It will be the first major event of its kind in this region and is sponsored by the Hongkong Shipowners' Association and the Hongkong
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      • 87 13 Reuter SOME 3,500 dockers on Wednesday began a 44hour strike to back demands for amendments to a plan to revive their debt-ridden company. Trade unionists formed picket lines in front of the Sasebo Heavy Industries (SSK) dockyard in Sasebo, southern Japan, at noon to begin the walkout which
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    • 640 13  -  KONTENA NASIONAL RESPONDS By G DURAIRAJ KONTENA Nasional, Malaysia's sole road haulier of containers, will, by May, increase by more than twofold its capacity to transport 40-ft containers. It will similarly expand its overall capacity of container haulage equipment to meet the rapid increase in
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    • 605 13 Shipping Line Page C*l Adriatic IV 5 Afea VI 3 Alfred CTS IV 5 Alltra ns VI 5 Alpac VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 ANL I 1 APL ra 4/5 Argentine IV 4 ASCL m 1 Asia America IV 5 Asia Merchant IV 5 Atlas VI 4
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    • 527 14 AFP Reuter SHIPPING talks which ended in disagreement in Geneva on Tuesday night over how to combat the harm caused by flags of convenience did make progress by reaching a consensus on the need to take action. United Nations officials said on
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    • 302 14 AN ANTICIPATED flood of unemployed Soviet chartered shipping following the recent ban on handling such vessels by United States longshoremen has failed to appear on the freight market and is being gradually re-deployed, Baltic Exchange sources said on Tuesday. There were fears last week that perhaps
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    • 953 14 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB. (1) Each vessel's estimated time of arrival Is advised by the Shipping Line/Agent and is subject to change (2) All export FCL containers and LCL cargo must be delivered to the Authority's premises during the following
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    • 1495 14 CHARTERING was quiet in the North American grain sector of the chartering market with limited business including heavy grain from the US Gulf to east coast Mexico at US$l6 and from the Mississippi to the Netherlands at $15.50, both for Jan/ Feb. A vessel was secured from the
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    • 1330 15 Lloyd's List THE most fuel-efficient ship design currently available is the pure sailing vessel. The fact that commercial sail is not widely used demonstrates the degree to which the shipping industry is locked into the consumption patterns which prevailed during the era of
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    • 333 15 Reuter THE SOMBRE International trading outlook (or 1984 reinforces the need for British shipping to do all it can to retain its competitive edge, the General Council of British Shipping, GCBS, said on Wednesday. Bat, at a press conference, Mr David Ropner, president of
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    • 502 15 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Chie Maru (Tanker) (after Joo Hong P/O Soya Bean Oil, subject gas free) 13/14 Eniseysk (Tanker) (after Pinewood shifts P/O, subject gas free) 15/16 Hoegh Opal (Yong Jiang) 1/2 Hel (after Hamanasu Maru hauls Logistic Ace sails, head east for D/L) 33
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    • 3760 19 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 1616 20 ORIENT EXCHANGE A DEFINITE trend is starting to develop in Asean as more shippers are beginning to do business with shipping companies that do not engage in trading activities. One of the strengths of some conference lines is the strict control they
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    • 157 20 AP SIR Yue-Kong Pao, president of Intertanko, which claims to be the world's largest tanker transport firm, said on Tuesday he received a "positive reaction" from the Mexican government on his firm's offer to build a massive fleet of supertankers to export Mexican oil.
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    • 148 20 UPI A RUSSIAN firm has cancelled its order for 25 tonnes of grain that US longshoremen refused to load and has sent its vessel to Canada to pick up a wheat shipment, an agent for the Soviet company said on Tuesday. Mr Frank Jordan, assistant
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    • 1644 20 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and the agents who handle cargo bookings for them. a-b Adriatic Container Container Feeders (S), Cargo Freight (PK). AFEA Singapore Shipping Agencies (S) Euro-Asia Line (PK PN). Alfred C. Toepfer Intermodal (S)/ Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alfred C. Toepfer
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    • 440 13 a st class transport Agents Nedlloyd EAC For further details please refer to page V 1 Scan Dutch y| .lAR DIM I All Orient Overseas Ca*dcjMeA Line aroat OBENTAL CHEF 171 HKONG COMIUKI IK CWM CONTMO S SEAS BRDGE 2« KPTUNE COKAt ICE KOREAN JACERN 4N ICFTtK PEAK IK CtCVAIE*
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    • 27 13 t f SEALORD UJ ANTAH H UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) ARABIAN GULF 088 seaJ\land Customer Service Booking *****22 Terminal *****53'2571 137 ,'mwn.iiin'iM,!ii rarer E3IHIEE3I i
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    • 136 13 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE 2/3 3/3 4/3 7/3 J/3 11/3* Containers Feedered to/from F'stowe Also accepting cargo to/from Scandnavia K. JACEWON S pore Closing fanes: FCL Cargo LCL Cargo FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ): H'burt Brtm A'worp 16/2 17/2 20/2 22/2 23/2 26/2 27/2 21/2
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    • 729 14 LEO SHIPPING PTE LTD. SINGAPORE PERNfIS-MISC SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN BHD PORT KELANG PENANG J J J IMOi HEAD OFFICE: WISMA MISC TEL: NO: KL *****8 MALA YSJAN INTERNA TtONAL SHPHNG CORPORA TtON BERHAD Also Acceplmg Fm: li Barcelona Genoa 2) Amsterdam Antwerp I Havre. Bilbao Basle. UK. 3) Bremen Bremenhaven
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    • 931 15 STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok Overseas M Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe CONTUCRSHP S£SVIC£ TO UK/CONTMNT: H"buri ft dan Spat P Kelanc D'mart Brem A'werp L< Hint Eipress 27 lan 2t tin II Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb 23 Feb 4 Ft* 23 Feb
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    • 493 15 NOTICE SINGAPORE [AJ POLYTECHNIC Oil. CHEMim MP LIQUEFIED BAB TANKED SAFETY COURSE The Department of Nautical Studies will shortly be conducting another Oil, Chemical and Liquefied Gas Tanker Safety Course. The Course is designed for officer personnel on merchant ships, irrespective of whether they have tanker experience, and is in
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    • 959 16 Hapag-Lloyd FIULt CONTAIT(RIS£D TO EUROPI EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL TO EUROPE Spore P Kelang Pen Bdbao Genoa H'burg Bremen ft dam Antwerp Mai Rickmers b 1 29 1 1 2 29 2 22 2 10 3 8 3 i j 3 3 Hides/iem 8 2 10 2 3 19 3 16 3
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    • 409 16 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST/EUROPE EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTING CARGO FOR HAMBURG FELIXSFOWE ROTTERDAM ANTWERP IE HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR UNITED KINGDOM SOUTHAMPTON LONDON MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL LIVERPOOL GLASGOW LEEDS WEST GERMANY HOLLAND AMSTERDAM Spore Hambug Fetation Rotterdam Antwerp le Hint i Ever Victor, 1 Feb 20 Feb 21
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    • 1082 16 1 Everett Lines/ Burma Five Star Shipping Corpn. "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE' LOADING FOR RANGOON MANIAWTWA In Port/2? Jan PHASMIWGMWT** (focharfwg onIf) 7t/2t lon 21/31 Jan PAGAN (Dtschargng oidy) 30/1 Feb 2/5 Fob 7/1 B F SS C Agents in Malaysia TEPS MALAYSIA Port Kelong Tel (38) 7355 Penonq Tel 62U1/*****
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    • 547 17 L. *0!* SENTOSA HOT* CANT* PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICE Snfapore 10 15 Match PKetanf Petunf Loadnf tor Daiessalaam MomtJasa leddad *01A KKNAH Hodetdafi Port Sudan Daiessalaam Mombasa Hodeidah KOTA lATA Mdah Pott Sudan KOTA SENTOSA P Ketanf Petijnf COLOMBO/KARACHI/P. GULF SERVICE KOTA RATU 2S/3 Mar KOTA RUKUN Colombo, Karachi
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    • 884 18 TO NORTH AMERICA FEEDER VESSELS* PK A Vessel 3/2 £10 MOTKR VESSELS !K lapan Ace 16 Alaska Mara 11/2 Kuobe Mani 11/2 Queen i Nay 11/2 LA SE NT 26/2 21/2 11/3 a/t Lwu Site Bridge 27/2 |/3 Vtnazano Bndge 28/2 21/2 C*)p«f Ace 16N 14/2 17/2 KMk Mam 2S/2
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    • 700 18 S S A Group SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD 5 20 TH FLOOR OCEAN BUILDING SINGAPORE 1 MARKETING *****2 (3 LINES) GENERAL 91)111 (14 LINES) TELEX RS ***** RS ***** A/B CARSHIP CABLE CARQOSMIP Container Miies WEEKLY CONTAMER SERVICE to/from BANGKOK STORE (Red) 10/31 lax 6/7 fell 13/14 Fed 20/21
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    • 786 18 GRANARD LINE RED SEA/MEDITERRANEAN SERVICE S port P Kelang Penang Loadng for M Y MAN SMG V 35W.. 30 Jan leddah P Said Beirut Aleiandna M V MAN CHEOHf. ¥.MW 17 Feb P Said Ale«ar»dr.a 'Beirut M V MAN FUNG V 37* 20 Mar P Said; Aleiandna/Beirut lattakia ACCEPTMG CONTAMR
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    • 648 18 Aii'iuu, inuoji oAiiuai y K*3 y worn IA (PTE) Faber House. 234E Orchard Road. Singapore 9 Telephone *****11^*****57 REGULAR INDEPENDENT SEMI/FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE SOND N869 PIS US NB7O S parc P. Keianf Penang Loadnf tar: tePwt 27 Jan BOULOGNE/UK (AVON) 9 Feb 13 Feb NANTES/UK (AVON) ANTWERP Smfapore
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    • 224 19 *TRUCONTAINER EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL (SI PTE LTD >• Suites 1311/1312. Shaw Towers, Beach Rd. Singapore 0718 Regular Container Service accepting FCL/LCL Cargo for New Zealand Auckland, Wellington, Lyttleton, Dunedin Australia Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sri Lanka Colombo Europe and U.K. Call *****81 Container leasing services EICCU CONTAINER FLEET MANAGEMENT SA HE.
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    • 243 19 M ANHSING OVERSEAS LINE REGULAR S£ Ml CONTAINER LINER SERVICE S'pOfe P Mang Penang loading lor UNION BAIT MORE 3/5 Feb teddah UNION LISBON 22/24 Feb Jeddah Aqaba UNION BOSTON H/15 Feb Jeddah tytyeifager Tllarine 6erp., CS.fi. TMMM/STtMTVTAIMR tXWJS IKK Stmt S'ptr* iMdhf tar •KOWIOON VOYAGER VOY 1* Sated Pemnj
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    • 340 19 m KANNIVELL LINES (REGULAR SERVICE SM6APORE/EAST-NEST MALAYSIA) ETA S'PORE PENANG LOADING FOR SEA LOVE V.l 28/1 2/2 KOTA KMABALU SEA LOVE V.2 12/2 16/2 DO SEA LOVE V.3 29/2 2/3 DO KANNWELL V.l 14/3 17/3 DO KANNN 30/3 2/4 DO (M.V. SEA LOVE EX TROPIC FURY) AGENTS SWGAPOW MOLLERS' (S)
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    • 60 19 NOTICE M.V. HOW LOON VOY AGKR VOY 1 arrl\H 1R.1.M •I PP» (.ODOHN 3M (Jeneral survey on damaged cargo discharged ex the above vessel «ill be held on Monday 281 h JanuaiA I<MO as from 900 a m lo 300 p.m. No (unher survey will he held after this cine
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    • 308 20 EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL LINE (EIL) EGYPTIAN FLAG FAST AND DIRECT LINER SERVICE TO E6YPT (PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA) STORE PT KEI PENANG PT SAC ALEXANDRIA SPMNX U fete 15 Mar 3 Marl MLEU Feb 20 Apr 13 SPtmU omrts F«to 10 Fab 25 Marl jybjfct ndiir unint MARTRAN3 CARGO PLEASE CONTACT SCHENKEft
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    • 256 20 ZIK INTERNATIONAL FREIGHTWAYS PTE LTD pjoaik spore 21/21 REEFER SERVICE TO JAPAN rase. vac ro KAiSEI MARU In Port Kafce/Yofcotiama Loading (or Bangkok. Kobe/Yokohama VESSEL TO mm EAST Kobe/Yokohama PJSIW STQK KOTAUTU In Port loading tor Muscat, Btsran only PJIEUNG P.OJMM ifOK WMGWUNG ki Port loadmi tor Muscat. Basrak only
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 170 20 Regional Weather V.t: wo 4 jf FAIR CLOUDY w wc CLOUD WOl FAIR rwbi^ THUNDERSTORM <rsK<mma FWO3 t RilN WOl THUNDERSTORM WO2 THUNDERSTORM WO3 THUNDERSTORM Wo3glll|||l THUNDERSTORM mmm WO2 100E SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: (S) Centre of Tropical Depression, maximum wind speeds 22
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