The Business Times, 6 February 1980

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C4P) No. 111/1/81 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY C, IMI 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 65 1 AFP HANOI, Tues. Reports of an imminent Vietnamese military offensive against rebel Khmer Rouge troops holding out in the Thai-Kampu-chean area were "pure fabrications and ill-inten-tioned", an authoritative source said here today. Reports from Bangkok, Beijing and London in the last few days said that several divisions
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    • 53 1 AFP KUWAIT, Tues. The Soviet Union is believed to be building secret submarine bases along the South Yemen coast, the Kuwaiti daily A 1 Anbaa said today. The paper, quoting diplomatic sources, said Soviet naval and air force units had considerably reinforced South Yemeni military positions in
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    • 49 1 UPI LONDON, Tues. The price of gold fell again today in Europe and the dollar dropped on all European markets. Gold opened at US$664 an ounce in Zurich, down $7 from Monday's close of $671. In London the price fell $3.50 from $667 to $663.50. UPI
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    • 78 1 UPI LONDON, Tues. Management officials and non-union employees of Britain's largest private steel company hit back at striking union members by setting up their own picket lines outside labour headquarters. Mr Derek Norton, chairman of Hadfields, ordered three busloads of company officials and management workers shipped from the
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    • 63 1 AFP BRUSSELS, Tues. Foreign ministers of the European Economic Community (EEC) will today try to work out an overall policy towards the Soviet Union, in the light of the Soviet presence in Afghanistan. Central topics here will include the EEC's participation at the Moscow Olympic Games, sales of
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    • 67 1 AFP JERUSALEM, Tues. Air services between Israel and Egypt by the Israeli airline El A 1 could be started within two weeks, observers said. The newspaper Haaretz reported that an Israeli team led by the director general of the Transport Ministry, Ehud Shilo, leaves tomorrow far Egypt
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    • 88 1 AP NEW YORK, Tues. The stock market headed lower this morning. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 2.31 to 872.78 in the first half hour. Losers outnumbered gainers by a 3 to 2 margin among New York Stock Exchange-listed issues. Analysts said there was no special
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  • 131 1 Rises Indices Pets line 1160 30 Feb 4 Feb 5 Benta 520 +20 B.T.Indez: 3762.72 3786.55 N S O P 258 18 Industrials: 470.78 470.16 Scltifor Drcd| NtUytwtU Austral Anal 530 299 740 15 12 10 10 Finance: Hotels: 844.83 844.11 415.63 413.97 Carlaberg 5*70 Properties: 333.72
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    152 1 Rises Indices M Brew 580 +60 Feb 4 Feb 5 Malayan Tin 2900 +50 B.T.Index: 5887.49 5858.24 S Mai Tin (M) 1850 +30 Industrials: 510.28 512.57 D Kramat 580 +25 Finance: 741.89 740.28 A Hi tarn (R) 466 +16 Hotels: 324.51 ***** Ben la 535 +15 Properties: 351.83
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  • 741 1  -  JUMP IN REGISTRATION FEE By CATHERINE ONG THE GOVERNMENT has imposed swingeing increases in road tax and registration fees from today to arrest the booming sale of passenger cars in Singapore. In a Joint press statement last night, the ministries of Finance and Communications announced
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  • 217 1 AFP THE Singapore International Chamber of Commerce has indirectly entered the high rentals fray in Hongkong. Attracted by a news report from Hongkong that the government moves to curb astronomical domestic rentals had come too late for many, the Chamber has sent data on
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  • 436 1  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH THE Asean tourist industry will take a big step towards forming a regional federation when the president of the Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta), Mr Prem Paul Ohri, presents a draft of the new organisation's constitution today, the second day of the
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  • 219 1 TECHNONET Asia intends to encourage developing countries to play a more active role in technologysharing schemes in the next few years, because this is one way in which they will be able to upgrade their industries. The regional grouping, which has been operating
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  • 175 1 AFP aa« Malaysia M mgnrmmt m alter a Ike secretory geaernl e( the lbhiriH Trt» pert Mlalstry, Ditik T A fcpfew inline ttoa mcM Um to etaiy •to" Fliilil h/lfa!to7M he MM to dtto rate ea the eeaater ka OkyMM^lb w t# oißjptpwT
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  • 464 1  -  By CHOO AI LENG THE Government intends to make use of the SHik> Development Fund to assist in the training of manpower for the expansion of the computer industry in Singapore. Plans now being drawn up by the Economic Development Board include
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 535 2 THE Asean Tourism Association (Aseanta) should wean itself from governmental protection and patronage, said Mr Jose Aspiras, Minister of Tourism in the Philippines and president of the World Tourism Organisation. In a speech read on his behalf at the sixth convention of Aseanta, Mr Aspiras
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    • 189 2 HISTORY repeats itself because nobody listens the first time, says management consultant Consulasia, which hopes to draw attention to this point with its one-day seminar, Sales Management in the Eighties. The seminar will deal with the major developments for the decade, selling research and
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    • 145 2 ADVERTISEMENTS for Metro Grand department store has won prizes at the Retail Advertising Convention in Chicago. The entries, part of newspaper advertisements prepared by Australian advertising agency Monahan Dayman Adams Singapore office, won first and second prizes in the category for newspaper advertisements for stores with sales
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    • 239 2 JUDGING from the increased number of British trade missions planned for- this year, British manufacturers are showing an increased interest in the Singapore market. A spokesman from the British High Commission said about 24 will visit the Republic thh year, with
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    • 166 2 PACKAGING machines which fill and seal cardboard cartons automatically are now available to Singapore industries. Called the Advance VCM cart oner and marketed in Singapore by Advance Machinery of Australia, it is available in four basic models, all fully automatic. Each can be easily adjusted to a
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    • 408 2 TRADING company Guthrie Singapore will officially open its showroom at Parklane Shopping Mall, on Feb 8. Located on the first floor of the Parklane Shopping Mall, the showroom is about 180 square metres in area. The showroom is meant to complement sales efforts by "pre-eelling" to
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    • 171 2 HONGKONG'S 25 per cent increase in South-east Asian visitor arrivals during 1979 will be the central theme of a travel trade seminar organised by the Hongkong Tourist Association in Singapore on Thursday, Feb 7. To be attended by more than 100 major Singapore travel agents, the seminar
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    • 390 2 DRINKING WATER produced by a new treatment process using magnetic forces to remove impurities will soon be supplied to the city of Perth. The process, known as SiroQoc, has been tested successfully at a pilot plant of the Metropolitan Water Board. A AH.S million plant
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    • 338 2 COURSES AND TALKS Feb 8: Technical Talk, RELC, Singapore Manufacturing Engineers Feb 9: Statement of Sources and Application of Funds, Shangri-La; Turquand, Ernst and Whitney Feb 11-13: Training in Data Communications and Networks, Woh Hup Complex, Mecomb—Le-Roux Feb 12: Technical Talk, RELC, Singapore Manufacturing Engineers Feb 19: Technical
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    • 158 2 THE Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will bold an eight-lecture course on "Organisation 4 Management of Small Libraries" in Nissen Hut SB, Joint Campus, every Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm beginning Feb 19. The lecturer will be Mrs Mary Tan,
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    • 56 2 TAN Sri Dr. Runme Shaw and Sir Run Run Shaw, through the Shaw Foundation, will distribute Chinese New Year gifts to 6,000 poor aged men and women in Singapore and Malaysia. Two. thousand and five hundred from Singapore received their presents at the Grand
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    • 95 2 NATIONAL Panasonic and Technics has announced that it will be sponsoring the live telecast of the 1980 FA Cup final on May 10. It is currently sponsoring The Road to Wembley, a series of 14 elimination matches leading to the Cup final. The fourth,
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  • REGIONAL
    • 297 3 UPI A GROUP of Chinese economists will arrive in Hongkong (or a seminar to be held on March 7 and 8 on China's economy in the 1980s. The seminar is sponsored by a newly inaugurated magazine backed by China. The economists
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    • 390 3 Reuter THE CURRENT food shortage in Kampuchea will become critical in the months from April to November because of poor harvest and inadequate transport facilities to distribute aid supplies, a senior International Red Cross (IRC) official said yesterday. The director of operations for the Geneva-based IRC, Mr
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    • 339 3 AFP INDIAN-Pakistani talks resuming in Islamabad on normalisation of mutual relations might pave the way for a summit between President Zia U1 Haq and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Indian Foreign Secretary RDSathe said last night. Formal discussion on foreign secretary level will
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    • 184 3 Reuter TAIWAN will attain a 6.6 per cent economic growth with the per capita income rising to approximately US$2,OOO this year, a report published by the privatelyrun Taiwan Economic Research Institute said on Monday. The government earlier set an 8 per cent growth
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    • 101 3 AP MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen urged cooperation on Monday night among likeminded countries such as Malaysia and Australia to ensure peace in South-east Asia. "Any exacerbation of the situation in Indochina is bound to affect us all," he said. "It remains our continuing
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    • 548 3 ECONOMIC conditions In Malaysia in 1980 remain good and it "can afford to expand and encourage the growth of effective demand without undue risks of rekindling inflation", the economic adviser to Bank Negara Malaysia, Dr Lin See-yan said on Monday. Despite the gloomy global
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 360 3 Agencies NORTH Korea accused the South on Tuesday of staging large-scale military excercises along the border on the eve of preliminary negotiations on reunification of the two Koreas. Rodong Sinmun, official newspaper of North Korea's ruling Worker's Party, said "the exercise was of provocative nature against us." The
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    • 130 3 AP ISLAMIC conference secretary general Ha bib Chatti arrived in Manila on Monday for talks with President Marcos and other officials on festering Muslim insurgency in the southern Philippines. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Mr Chatti was scheduled to meet with Mr Marcos yesterday and then
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    • 870 3 Golf or business, I'm not interested in being N0.2" American Express, in conversation with Caidmember Jack Nicklaus. W < y By universal consent, Jack William Nicklaus is the best golfer in the world today; he may well be the best of all time. Whatever significant records have been set in
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 255 4 AFP THE RELEASE of more than 800,000 tons of sugar held by world producers is likely to be authorised next week by the executive committee of the International Sugar Organisation (ISO) at a special meeting in London. This confident prediction by
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    • 153 4 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed 4 3 to 11 3 US cents a bushel higher on Monday. Commission houses and professionals were outstanding buyers, while exporters sold at the highs, traders said. Much of the day's strength was technical, with traders noting computergenerated buy orders
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    • 134 4 CHICAGO soybean futures closed 16 to 10 US cents a bushel higher on Monday, finishing near their highs for the day. Technical strength following last week's gains generated chart-based buying. Rising prices and a lack of offerings resulted in widespread commission-house, stop-loss buying, traders said. Slow country movement over
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    • 298 4 PRICES on the Singapore rubber market yesterday opened about unchanged and later rose steadily on short-covering, trade and speculative buying. The market firmed towards the morning's close, with buyers still unsatisfied, in brisk trading. Profit-tak-ing emerged at the highs but was well absorbed, dealers said. Afternoon prices were firmer
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    • 298 4 R.AJ8. prices in cents per kilo yesterday; Noon (per Ulo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 352.30 353.50N Int. 1 R.S.S. February 355 50 356 50 Int. 1 R.S.S March 3(3.30 364.50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 334.00 336.00N UK/Cont 333.00 334.00N Int. 3 R.S.S. 331.00 332.00N UK/Cont 330.00
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    • 101 4 NOON SSR and SMR phc ytaiday RA8 SSR 20 SSR SO MRELB (1-lon pallet) (1-too pallet) February (Carraat MU) Bayara Sailer* 311.00 313.00N 306.00 310.00N March (Forward MU) Bayers Sallara 313.00 315.00N 310.00 312.00N SMR CV SMR L SMR 5 SMR CP SMR 10 (1-ton pa (1-ton
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    • 39 4 Rubber: Feb 5 Singapore: February: 361.00 cents (up 10.50 cents) Malaysia: February: 307.60 cents (up 11.60 cents) Tin: M 52.126 (down $26) (equivalent to $36.16 per kilo) (down 42 cents) Official offering: 246 tonnes (up 73Vi tonnes)
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    • 75 4 THE STRAITS tta price M »»2 y 3S*te -ssr. ideal. The weakness was at* trlbated ts peer overseas demand, particularly from Ealag steelworken> strike la Britain and weaker Leaden advices, dealers said. The market was alss depressed by a large sappty ef tin ere dne ts («wards settlement
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    • 333 4 9NGAPOUS: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 0.98, 100 per cent second class 0.83, 100 per cent third class OA. 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.70. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.63, Special 0.57.
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    • 156 4 CHINESE Predate Eahuft, %'H". MM eMag prißM per rifll jmrmi ;n«CTiB) CiiMl Ml: Bulk $103 tellers. old drum COS sellers, new drum (113 tellers Cfr%: Mind (looae) UK/Coat 163.00 buyers PiWit: Muntok ASTA whit* lob 100« NLW »37 50 sellers. Sarawak white fob WH NLW $322.50 aellers, Sarawak
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    • 145 4 THE MARKET in Kuala Lumpur yesterday ruled higher on operators completing inventories ahead of the T-mmr New Year and Pakistan's inquiry for neutralised and crude n»im oil for the March position, dealers said. However, the rise was checked on reports that the T«vM»n State Trading Corporation has extended
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    • 853 4 OOPfB: Early trading of Robusta futures yesterday was confined to the first three positions where losses from Monday at the end of the first call ringed from £1 to £4 per tonne, while over- 11 price movements were from £9 lower to £5 higher but these were corined
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    • 193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Crttaa yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,325; 32s 2,870, 40s 3.030 (per bale of 400 lbs). rises (Mis: n>i«i Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 507 4 TOKYO INVESTORS refrained from buying yesterday because of the big outstanding margin balance, which is the main factor for further margin restrictions. Most listed stocks weakened in the afternoon and closed lower than Monday. Defence-related.semicon-ductor and machine-tool issues, which have led the market recently, fell on profit-taking. 'Oil
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    • 397 4 THE MARKET yesterday fell back, although some support emerged at the lower levels for selected mining and industrial issues, dealers said. BHP was actively traded, rising five cents before coining off to close unchanged at AH2.90. A strike by coal miners, however, rteprtsstd coals, with Oakbridge 15 cents to
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    • 300 4 Source: See Ltd. ALTHOUGH there were no announcements yesterday, the market put in a good pertormance following heavy buying for New Wortd, n.i» r •ad Wheelock Harden, all rumoured to be in takeover >i||r with third parties. Hongkong Bank moved up from the opening beO but having failed to
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    • 261 4 THE STOCK market yesterday closed mixed after weak trading. dealers said. Bangkok Bank rose four baht to 298, First Trust tell ISO to 71, Mah Boonkrong Drying and Silo down two to 212, Jalaprathan Cement feU Ave to 118, Rama Tower dropped one to 86 and United Flour Mill
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    • 185 4 THE MARKET yesterday closed mixed with mining* easier and commercial, Imtmtrial and oils posting gat— u turnover declined to seven million pesos from Monday's 9.5 million, dealers said. Atlas Con B, Benguet Con B, Lepanto B, Marinduque B all fell, while Philex B, Pogei, Seafront and Ist PhH Hldgs
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    • 51 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 44* 7 Friday 447.0 Week ago— 4&Xfl DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday nut Friday Wi.it Week ago 878J0 H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday 987.40 Monday MMlWeek ago «ff fS 8YDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday —«7.43 Monday 630.23 Week «co 822.45 ALL ORDINARIES Tuesday 007J1 Monday «7440 Week ago
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    • 222 4 The pursuit of advanced technology brings Singapore and Chubb together. Chubb and Singapore share more than a common birth year. Both can boast 161 years of phenomenal growth. An achievement grounded in the determined pursuit of advanced technology and skills. Advanced technology: Chubb's most formidable weapon against fire and crime
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 585 5 AP Reuter THE United States, concerned about the new wave of oil price increases, has requested for a meeting in Washington next week with Japan and West Germany to discuss the oil price rises *nd oil import targets. The US government is also
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    • 510 5 UPI Reuter THE HEAD of Britain's largest private steel company on Monday vowed to withhold more than US$4.5 million worth of taxes to protest a House of Lords ruling that allows striking steel workers to picket his factory. Mr Derek Norton, head of the Hadfield Steelworks
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    • 335 5 AFP Reuter THE WORLD'S largest car manufacturer, General Motors, on Monday reported a sharp drop in profits for the final three months of 1979, and said its earnings for the full year declined for the first time since 1974. The company said a shortage
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 354 5 Agencies THE GROSS domestic product (GDP) per inhabitant of the world's most underprivileged countries increased by less than US$l annually in the last 18 years, Mr Gamani Corea, secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Aid and Development (Unctad), said. Mr Corea stressed that the GDP
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    • 195 5 Reuter THE SOVIET Uaton saM that detoato wm Bkety r efforts by rattog elrto the IMMMh to A ft—lla paper Piwfc MMMhi saM Mmmvhl Mi dßes "•U these pesttlve thtags that have ken create by yew* sf nsßeoMiti effort by states to
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    • 525 5 ABOLHASSAN BANI-SADft, sworn io on Monday pa Iran's first president, #U soon meet Ayatollah Khoineiny to dtocioa a UN plan to end the hostage crisis, diploma tic sources in Teheran said. However, the US Stato Department in said it does not expect an "imminent
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  • 419 6 THE increases in road tax and registration fees for motor cars should come as no surprise to anyone. It was apparent from car ownership figures released by the Department of Statistics that the number of private cars was creeping up again after having levelled off
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  • 192 6 IT IS fashionable to speak of the transfer of technology these days but to a self-made industrialist it may sound like a concoction of the development economists that has at best only tenuous links with his fortunes. Yet the transfer of technology is essential if a
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  • 1574 6  -  RICHARD SEVERO continues his article on genetic screening as an employment test. RICHARD SEVERO NYT GENETIC investigation to determine suitability for work may be just beginning, but it has already polarised researchers in industry, science, academia and unions. The critics tend to see "hypersusceptible" as a
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  • 273 6 IT IS NOT only stockbrokers and pundits who have to scrutinise the newspapers these days, the Financial Times reported. Over at Madame Tussuad's, they are anxious not to waste good money on immortalising the soon-to-be-forgotten in wax, nor to miss out any rising stars. The management
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 912 7  -  Exports make up more than 50 per cent 58-v. of Holland's GNP. Still mistaken In many parts of the world as a cheese-producing t country, it is now gearing its export drive towards Japan, Eastern WmmwrMM&i Europe and Latin America, reports ALAN TILLER. ALAN TILLER
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  • 874 7  -  FOBUHi with JOHN TAN THIS is the time of year when Chinese New Year Jitters afflict all of us. Motorists quake at the thought of further punitive measures that could be inflicted on them. Speculators revive old nightmares of capital gains tax while the poor
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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    • 1224 8 NEW YORK A WAVE of selling in the ffwi hour depressed the defence, oil and computer groups and left the stock market on Monday lower in heavy trading. Analysts attributed the selling to profit-takii« after a powerful January advance that raised the New York Stock
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    • 88 8 Take a sloiaboat to nowhere Better than a cruise That's Hin s exclusive Goiden Steamboat AH the prerequisite ingredients are here Take your .pick your time Take this steamboat goinq nowhere And sail along with your choice of typically Cantonese favourites Plus our ver, o/.n Flavours of Smqapore Hin's Top
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 248 9 THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has announced the beginning of its tender offer for 3.1 million shares of common stock in Marine Midland Banks Inc who has its headquarters in Buffalo, New York. The Hongkong-based, banking company said the offer of US$25 per share was
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    • 105 9 Reuter FIVE Hongkong banks and eight branches of overseas banks have started online use of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Tele-communica-tions (SWIFT) network, SWIFT executive vice president Bessel Kok said. Four other Hongkong banks will begin live operations soon, and the number is expected
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    • 222 9 THE deustchemark is expected to remain firm against the US dollar and weak European Monetary System (EMS) units during the near term despite the easier tone registered against the dollar during the past two weeks. The mark is currently trading near the 1.73 marks/ dollars
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    • 112 9 Reuter TOTAL new consumer credit extended in the UK rose by £592 million in December, seasonally adjusted, the lowest figure since April last year and compared with a rise of £696 million in November. The British Department of Trade said finance houses and other specialist consumer
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    • 167 9 THE Aalaa ITmlif ial Baak has extern** a M$M S2£ lma MM ££2 ■rejeeta eeettag dm («r the benefit af tit,- people la l«hm, Maiaeea, Perak, Mmt aadSmmk. The leaa b repayable ever yean iaeiaalveef a five-year grace period aai carries aa latere* rale
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    • 732 9 CREDIT FOR KL'S PRIORITY SECTORS COMMERCIAL banks la Malaysia were recently reminded that it was not enough for then merely to mdt the minimum Iwwting targets for the priority sets tors as stipulated by the government. These minimum requirements should be considered as starting points
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    • 151 9 ZEN-NOH Grain Corporation at T<oultian», USA, a subsidiary of the Japanese National Federation of Agricultural Co-operative Associations (Zenkoku Nogyo Kyodokumiai Rengokal) has accepted a commitment letter for a US$BO million leveraged lease to construct and lease a grain elevator at St James,
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    • 141 9 Reuter THE Wert German Federal Loan Consortium will meet tomorrow to set the terms of its country's Federal Post Office'» new domestic loan, a Bundesbank mnir—mm* ssid. Domestic bond market sources expect the issue to total up to 800 million deustche marks The new issue
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    • 98 9 THE US should ttt quota in the International Monetary Fund to help the IMF deal with world economic problems. Undersecretary ct the Treasury Anthony Solomon told the House Banking Committee. The US plain to increase its IMF quota to 12.fi bflbon SDR* from 8.4
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    • 109 9 Reuter THE CHICAGO Mercantile Exchange has received notification from the Chicago Fores Trading Commission (CFTC) that the exchange's emergency rule regarding simultaneous spread transactions in gold has been extended. This temporary rule allows simultaneous spread transactions in gold to be priced outside the price
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    • 564 9 NYT CITIBANK, New York City's largest commercial bank, announced on Monday that it was allocating US$l billion lor loans to buy homes and cooperative apartments in the Metropolitan area. A bank officer said, bowever, that the commitment was contingent on an extension of the three-month Federal suspension
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
      • 432 9 TRADING remained very quiet in yesterday's foreign exchange market, with the US dollar relatively stable. Starting off at 240.10/20 against the yen, the US dollar came down very rapidly to settle at 239.75/85. It opened at 1.7415/20 against the deutschemark, and remained at that level for most of
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      • 136 9 THE US dollar was steady against major currencies in quiet late trading yesterday, dealers said. It was quoted at 239.75/85 yen compared with an early 240.10/20 and New York's 239.90/240.00 close, at 1.7418/ 23 marks against 1.7415/20 and 1.7400/10 and at 1.6275/ 90 Swiss francs compared with 1.6270/300 and
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      • 22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 10.4 per cent.
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      • 315 9 FEB 04 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 2S5 Abercom 2% AE And CI .SM A MIC 2300 Barlows r?0 Cf Sugar 1040 CNA MOB Curne Finance 147 De Beers lnd 2100B Edcon 4(0 Edgars <ann Ewready JfO Vo "i 415 rugit ias Oardian □tenant Oratemn 7Hj Hippo Hi** Id
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      • 143 9 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Feb 5: US D«U*n<Spot) Offer BM 7 days 13*4 13M 1 month 1415/*****3/16 2 months 14 5/16 143/16 3 months 14 7/16 14 5/16 6 months 14 7/16 14 5/16 9 months 14V« l4>/t 12 months 14 13'* 8wJn.
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      • 45 9 RANGE of price» offered by discount bouses on Feb S: Overnight: Call deposits: to 6V.9f (Ml B«yia« g«Uis« 3-month Treasury bills 6V« flH 3 month Bank bills 101/18 S15/1« 3 months CD 10 9/10 107/10 6 months CD iovt ioh Source: National Discount Co
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      • 61 9 QUOTES on the Australia and New Zealand exchanges on Feb 5: AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1.1088/1.1051 Sterling 0.4858/0.4803 Ninety-day airmail buying rates: Sterling 0.5111 US dollar 1.1624 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0 4942 US dollar 1.1197 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve Bank midrate US80.9830 Trading Bank Indications: Sterling 0.9880 0.9780 US
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      • 51 9 ZURICH exchanges closing quotes on Feb 4: US 1.6332 6342 St* -*****/7235 Qui —1.4114/4128 D Mk 93.6148 7041 DF1-84.8525/7482 F FT 38.8462/8853 B FT 5.7808/7864 D Kr 28 MB/8716 N Kr 33.3715/4056 S Kr 38.1786/2177 Ut 0.2018/2020 Aw ach —*****12 0444 Port -*****/2567 Spain 2.4852/4886 Arg 0.09'. /10'. Yen
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      • 289 9 GOLD futures in Singapore yesterday closed generally lower compared with overnight levels in quiet trading, dealeers said. Turnover was again small as there were no new significant political factors to affect trading with about 62 lots traded for April while turnover
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      • 264 9 STERLING yesterday opened firm against the dollar in moderately active trading while other currencies were neglected, dealers said. Sterling was first quoted at U512.2895/2905 and hardened to 2.2896/2906 before reacting to around 2.2870/80 in the first half hour's trading. The opening compared with Monday's close of 2.2860/75. The UK
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      • 92 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed weaker at 230.85 yen, compared with a 240.00 opening and 240.55 at Monday's close, dealers said. Trading was fairly active with volume US$BO3 million. The dollar fluctuated narrowly in light late trading on profit-taking by foreign banks. The dollar for immediate
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 115 9 Br' >r k: m m •*v 3W 9M w in extending its worldwide international investment banking coverage is pleased to announce the opening of a merchant bank in Singapore. Bankers Trust International (Asia) limited John F. Salmon, General Manager 506-508, Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore 1, Republic of Singapore Telephone:9Bl4ls
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  • 1564 10 BID and otter prices officially listed and hi nine— 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 COMMERCIAL Acma <2.988
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  • 148 10 8D4GAPOM UMT1WOT (Minwr priew krMI) The Commerce 2.9 154 The Savtnc Fund 1.50 1.05 S pare Prog Fund 1.07 l.li S pore Sec. Fund 1* 101 S pons Invest Fund 1.44 153 S'pare Equity Fund 1.05 1.11 INCOME MND UNIT (CteTMl prtM) iKomeBtwd 1.10 MAEA onupiifA prtw Mr
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  • 2802 10 1979/1980 High Low Compaay Last Sale orGr'a Div Div C'vr Gr's Net Y*ld P/E Vol Day COOO) Higk Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 306 223 148 180 282 77 255 434 219 380 207 Acma 123* Alcom 110 Allied Choc 133 BAT 255 Bala 57H Ben 185*
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  • 1759 10 t BID and offer prices noiruiiy listed and hnilnf in and rei I parted to the Kuala fiimpur _1 Stock Exchanfe yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in kits of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified. —J DKDUmiALS 1M (1MB J.lflS) AJamM* (AJK) AIM
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  • 471 10 THE mii| 111 Mack MkrkHekmd «ator jiilnlij BMt sdMH 1 2" I'juirr*! m* taklag after Ike ateag loaaory Uvuet wklek MShLW kta*!» Tlaea S> ■?*<2 STajuki JNkwhf M"ituj'i dM wel to peat at teat a eeat Mgkar aa Isvals ta the flnt deals. Beae
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  • 545 10 AFTER several days of hectic trading, the pace slackened at the Kuala t-iimpw stock market yesterday. Prices softened to close slightly easier. Following the recent runup in share prices, it was inevitable that the market consolidated its gains. Trading as such was dominated by profit-taking
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  • LATEST RESULT
    • 52 10 has reported pre-tax profit (or the 18 months ended Dec Z 31, 1919 of ll|7 JS "»"K«r as compared wtth the compa- Z ay's pre-tax profit for the 12 moms ended Jaae 30, IS7B of mmjttt. The directum recommend a maiden first aad 'Z dividend of It
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 276 11 SAN Holdings has obtained unanimous approval from shareholders for its special resolution to consolidate the company's stock units of 10.50 each into stock units of 11.00 each. The resolution was passed at its EOGM on Jan 22 at its Kuala Lumpur premises. In line with the
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    • 182 11 JOHAN Hb Dredging has submitted to the SES the 1978 comparative figures from its profit and loss account for the six months ending July 31 1978. The company earlier disclosed the unaudited profit and loss account and balance sheet made up for the first half of the year
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    • 269 11 OORNAT Corporation said its board has approved the acquisition of Toft Brothers Industries Ltd from the Australian subsidiary of Jardine, Matheson and Co Ltd. Cornat gave no details of the price, but said the transaction, subject to the approval of the Australian government, will be
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    • 654 11  -  BY KOH TSE YING IN the face of intense competition and the rising cost of funds, Orient Leasing Singapore's (OLS) results for the year ended Sep 30, 1979 have been satisfactory. Measuring up to the company's expectations, the consolidated revenue for the year totalled 17.996
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    • 253 11 A TOTAL of 164 out of the 301 trading and industrial projects financed by loans from Bank Femhangunan Malaysia were in full operation up to September last year. The bank's executive director, Haji Salim bin Tan Sri Datuk Osman, said that up to that time, the bank
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    • 201 11 Letters to the Editor Dear Bk, I find it exasperating to read annual reports of quoted companies in which the chairman gives many excuses, including frivolous ones, when the average profit margin has fallen compared with that for the previous year. I refer specifically to a
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    • 241 11 Dear Sir, The classification of companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore under Sections One and Two has become meaningless as there is no annual review of their positions. It is common knowledge that there are constant changes every year in companies listed under the Second Section
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    • 234 11 Carraat Ei Books Data Total for Total for Pay* eat Data Cloaa Payable tke yoaj r Praviooa y< L M Floor »*<b) Jan 16 Jan 27 Feb 7 20*(e) 20* Tlan Plk 17.5* Jan a Jan 29 Feb 9 25* 22.5% 8 T P <1976) 10* Jan 22
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    • 86 11 Coapur Particulars Ex D«te Books Cioee TMMrtok Bonus Issue of 1 (or 1 NYA NYA SMlMt Bonus Issue of 1 for 3 NY A NYA T T*it Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 NYA NYA M (J lad Right* Issue of I for 1 6-00 NYA NYA (a)
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    • 325 11 Date LMtrall Ya V Cempaay w% J i Iwntni Net EPS Qmi Pwilw but year <«■*> Dir. PreAt M'wata Steel <%> (Wl•) I 22/12 12.4 10.0TE 14,803 858 Folex Ind i F 18/1 2.7 0.0 Nat Iron F 7/2 57.8 al7.9 37,679 F E Le'ston F8/2 0.0 5.0
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    • 802 11 sacam by HOCK LOCK SIEW LURED by bright city lights and tales of easy money in the stock market, an ever widening circle of hopeful fortune seekers make their way into the local market with each successful bull run. It is no exception this time. Today's
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 40 11 The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd., L A I y K' I i a®***** 0 The Finest Cloths in the World HoOandUfcShmy gjfe LONDON NEW YOfltK nfjjy So- FMding, Brown A Finch (F.E.) Ltd (Incorpot—a m Hongkong) Tgl *****11 ******12
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    • 290 11 (Incorporated In Malaysia) The Directors are pleased to announce the audited results of the Company and the Group for the financial year ended 31st December. 1979 as follows: Audited profit before taxation for the year ended 31st December The Company The Group 1979 M 51,087,902 M 51,607,012 1978 M $390,840
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  • 489 12  -  By LINDA TAN NS Electronics, the local manufacturing arm of the National Semi-conductor Corporation of California, is allotting its largest budget for an extensive training programme. About $500,000, double the amount spent last year, will be used to upgrade skills at all levels of operations.
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  • 275 12 THE Professional Engineers Board (PEB), which ordered an engineer to be struck off the rolls, was wrong in holding he was guilty of improper conduct in allowing an unauthorised retaining wall to remain without obtaining approval from the authorities, a Queens' Counsel submitted in the High Court
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  • 826 12 LONDON, Tues. Stock prices moved irregularly in fairly quiet trading with the larger than expected rise in bank lending in the five weeks to mid-January an adverse factor, dealers said. At 3 pm, the FT index was up 1.9 at 447.6. Government bonds showed gains ranging to H
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  • 275 12 THE CASE nihil Che Jeek Kin Mi kk j ay, lalwaaMiml g Pie Ltd, wm yeetorday settM tar ÜBUJI tfta. Mr Jwttee flhMttmj i«uM IMM Ltd sf the dvo'Jl Ike r'l i* JpuM JMIUy it exeeatka m Tk« Httkant m BOBBeed ta OfBB
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  • 51 12 V!L Be^? rit Atvher TMgakm BrawrlssH (C) meets with Crswa Priaee Fahd Bis Ahdai Ajs sa M—day la Riyadh, Stadl Arabia. WHh him is Depaty Secretory sf State arrived frsm Pakistan to persuade the relnetaat Saudis Carter's csaeept sf aa American security mmbreila fsr the Middle UPI
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  • 262 12 UNITED Industrial Corporation Ltd (UIC) yesterday announced that it has received an offer from United Industrial Overseas Holdings Pte Ltd (UIOH) to buy its shares in its company. The purchase would result in UIOH having more than 20 per cent of total issued
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  • 150 12 A NEW factory to produce polyset epoxy molding compounds for the electronics industry, Morton Chemical Ltd, has been granted a pioneer certificate by the Economic Development Board. In announcing that the company has broken ground at the Jurong Industrial Estate and that constuction for the factory
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  • 358 12 THE INDONESIAN aviation company, Pelita Air Service, which has been an important link in Singapore's role as the logistics supply base for the region's offshore oil industry, has bought a new Jet aircraft to add to its fleet. The Fokker F2B MK
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  • 125 12 UPI FRANCE and West Germany said yesterday the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan is "unacceptable" and announced their determination to honour all their military obligations as members of the American-led Atlantic alliance. A special declaration signed by French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and West Gei> man Chancellor
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  • 147 12 Reuter JAPANESE monetary authorities will lift in April, a ban on Japanese banks participating in international syndicated dollar loans to help them recycle petrodollars, especially to non-oil producing developing countries, government sources in Tokyo said. The ban was imposed last October because the
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  • 349 12  -  By KOH TSE YING THE ENTIRE rights issue made by Pan-Electric Industries recently has been taken up. The company announced that acceptances and excess applications, together with amounts placed hy the manager of the issue, have been received. Application for listing and quotation of
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  • 169 12 AFP SORD Computer Systems Inc of Japan said yesterday that it has reached a basic agreement to let China assemble personal computers for export to Japan, the United States and Europe. Mr Hiroaki Kaneko, general business manager of the Tokyo-based company said the basic accord
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 107 12 Some importers .walk all over their competition... Simply by having the right people in the right places. Emery Air Freight has over 150 offices around the world, all staffed by air freight experts, all skilled in local procedures, regulations, customs and language. That's more people in more places than any
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 51 12 Showers in several places by midday. Bepert for U hnn prior to 7JI pjm. Feb 5 at the airport. Maximum temperature 31.1 Associated humidity €2 Minimum temperature 23.2 Associated humidity g? Hours of sunshine 6.50 Rainfall in millimetres i.i Total rainfall for the month Total rainy days for the month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 102 13 Reuter AN AMERICAN ocean research ship will explore China's coastal waters this summer as part of the build-up in US-Chinese relations, officials announced on Monday. The May-to-July working cruise by the research vessel Ocea nographer, including a June port call in Shanghai, will mark the first visit
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      • 87 13 AFP FRENCH authorities announced on Monday that they are expelling the ship Rainbow Warrior from French waters following a demonstration in Cherbourg by the ship's crew and passengers over a vessel reportedly carrying 49 tonnes of Japanese nuclear waste. The Rainbow Warrior, part of the Greenpeace Ecological
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      • 73 13 Reuter THE BIGGEST Soviet navy task force ever sighted in North-east Asia sailed through the East China Sea yesterday towards the South China Sea under close US/Japanese surveillance, military sources said. The force, a 10-ship flotilla which originated from the Vladivostok region of Siberia, was picked up
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    • 612 13  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA THJ£ GOVERNMENTBACKED Philippines International Shipping Corporation (PISC) has earmarked funds totalling more than US$l5O million for the expansion of its fleet and services in the next three years. The line, which has been in operation for only seven months,
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    • 585 13 SklpptagLlae > CM Adriatic IV 5 Afea, VI 3 Alfred C vn 2 Alfred CIS IV 5 All trans VI 2 Alpac VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 AM, i 1 APL m 4/5 Argentine IV 4 ASCL m 1 Asia America IV 5 Asia Merchant IV 5
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    • Article, Illustration
      349 14 A CONTRACT for a roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) car-trailer/passenger ferry has been signed between GedserTravemunde Ruten A/S and Wartsila. The vessel, which will be built at the Wartsila Helsinki Shipyard, is intended for the Gedser-Travemunde route, where it will replace one of the ships now in service. The value
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    • 271 14 AFP THE BIGGEST American shipping line, Sea-Land Service, Inc is leaving the freight conferences and agreements regulating shipping rates on the east-bound trans-Pacific route in order to raise its hauling ratio on the route. This was revealed in Tokyo by Sea-Land vice president Mr John R Pyron when
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    • 985 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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    • 1325 14 THE firmer tendency of North American grain rates on Monday was maintained with cargoes fixed from the US Gulf to Antwerp/Hamburg range at $15.96 fio for Feb and from the US Gulf to the Netherlands at $15.60 fio for Feb also from Northern Range to Glasgow at $18.50
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    • 980 15 MR CHARLES LENOX-CO-NYNGHAM, deputy head of Ocean Marine Division, last month looked back at the momentous changes in the 19fl0i and confidently predicted better timet for Ocean's shipping in the 1980s. Mr Conyngham contrasted the dramatic changes in the Company since 1970. At
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    • 267 15 AP SOVIET expansion in shipping has undermined the American maritime industry and poses a threat to US military and economic security. Mr Thomas W. "Teddy" Gleason, president of the International Longshoremen's Association and keynote speaker at a maritime forum in New York on
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    • Article, Illustration
      428 15 EXPECTO) UIIVAU TODAY KEPPEL WHABVEB Bung* Oridd (1830 after Ashley Lykes sails D/L head west) 33/34 King Bird (0600) 13 Nedlloyd Hobart (after Nedlloyd Napier) 3/4 Poly Sebelas (Barge) (0800 P/O subject freeboard) 14 Straits Hope (0600 shifts after Perak) 21 Tutong (after Nahooo) 20 East Qiao
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    • 4190 19 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports i 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
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    • 839 20 AFP GRAIN rates took on a slightly-firmer tone last week on the freight market following the continuing absence of offers of unemployed Soviet-controlled vessels and despite the refusal of US dockers to lift their ban on loading cereals for the Soviet Union. But
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    • 181 20 THE Nlchlgob Mmrm, a lew cNtaioership jointly owned by YS Line (operator), Mitsui 08K lines and NYK Line, last December replaced tbe containersbip, Totgm Mmn on tbe Japan/Australia rente. Tbe Tfkg» Afanr has been assigned tbe role of inaugurating tbe new service of Oasis
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    • 328 20 MALAYSIAN Internationa] Shipping Corporation's shipping agents in the Far East will meet in Fraser's Hill for a two-day meeting beginning on Feb 7. The area marketing agents' meeting, which is the first of its kind for the Malaysian national shipping line, will review the
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    • 154 20 OFFSHORE South-east Aria Conference ul "rtWttn Feb 26-29, 1980, Singapore. Contact: Offshore SEA, 6-E Mt Sophia, Singapore 0923. Omwlm International '8* Cwtonami and ExMM- March 2-7, 1980, Brighton. UK. Petroleum Geology of the Continental Shelf of Northwest Europe March 4-6, 1980, London. An international conference organised by the
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    • 1501 20 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and the agents who handle cargo bookings for them. ox>ur A B Adriatic Caatalaer Container eiy Feeders (S)/Cargo Freight (PK). AFEA Singapore Shipping Agencies (S) Euro-Asia Une (PK/PN). !*ar Taepler Intermodal (S)/ Marinte* Enterprise (PK). t0 Alfred C.
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    • 152 13 *+~_~.[<;\,:&'(!:|[[[[."">:+.%( I KI) IM I \ll m Orient Overseas CQKUUM&I Line s. stas ana 2« NEPTUC CORAL IK KOREAN MCEJM X mrnmnmim CtCVM.ES *05 IK OOAUER PAUL 20E KOREAN lACEWON K 7/3 10/3 11/3 15/3 18/3 22/3 23/3 27/3 2/4 6/4 7/4 10/4 13/4 16/4 24/4 27/4 13/2 0700 HRS
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    • 352 13 SEALORI) ANTAII UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) WEEKLY MULTI PURPOSE SERVICES 3 J 1 i Loading for Dubai (26/2), Kuwait (29/2). Dammam (3/3), Mina Qaboos (6/3) Doha (9/3) Mina AJ Fahal (23/3), Kuwait(26/3). Damman (29/3), Dubai (1/4), Abu Dhabi I (4/4), Doha (7/4), Mina Qaboos (10/4) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE
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    • 81 13 ■NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FAR EAST EUROPE FUIIY CONIAINf RISED SERVICE 7*l Containers F entered to/from F'stowe Mso acceptnj urp to/from Scandium 0. CHEF S pore Ctesmt Tims: Fa Cart* 0600 13/2 LCI Cart* 1100 12/2 STRAITS AUSTRAIIA RO-R0 CONT AINf R SERVICE Alio accepting transhipment cargo to/from Bangkok
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    • 590 13 CONFRE-ASIA PTE. LTD. MONTHLY TUG AND RAMP BARGE SERVICES. BINTULU SARAWAK TARAKAN KALIMANTAN (OTI-CR PORTS ON INDUCEMENT) ENQUIRIES: TEL. *****M/9 TELEX. RS ***** CONKAI I CONTAINER ScMUm SHIPS Ih P*rt SHIPPING List :11 j J lafl HTw7¥iTl WEEKLY Freights REGIONAL Weatfcer WHO Acta Fto Wtom #r MAERSK LINE nil I'll
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    • 636 14 LEO SHIPPING PTE LTD SINGAPORE PERNAS-MISC SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN BHD PORT KELANG PENANG M 7/7, MALA YSIANINTERNA TtONAL SHPPH6 CORPORA TtON BERHAD T> frrot Feeder *P Ketone Vessel S pore 1) Msedles 2) Warn 3) H'hirg 4) Gburg HEAD OFFICE: WISMA MISC TEL: NO: KL *****8 B DAHLIA Saled B
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    • 183 14 SUPERCARRIER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO PANAMA, US ATLANTIC GULF AND E. CANADA M M/ 2 •10/2 •24/2 SINGAPORE CALIFORNIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE ONLY 22 DAYS CMMMitai rall/2 0740 La 15/2 1M Fa 2/3 0700 ia l/jiw Fa 14/3 0700 ia is, jim trawiiiMKi mi au arm at i MONTHLY SERVICE
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    • 693 15 ■kßkk Overseas u IB I Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe HTI* STRAITS SHAPING Singapore to Sebeh, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CantakwnHp Sevici To/Fran Bangkok rroi na rmm/m rim MM/iu KUM KGMAHAI U« 12/1) F* 11/17 M kuapOki CafcM himmn. Td ***** Baqkak Am*: Bwmm Sanfcas ltd. Bawkak Id
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    • 379 15 Franco Belguui Services h 'F y,. X, 1,-, /<, ~1 —I I TT" oow 14 Nk IS Nk U ,r r ?L "JUL *nL 'uii r-1 r UHwrt PMmi S port rag? us ss ,?r ;;r gt »«< £g= S£ »/i 1/3 M »,r "r a? 1 tgi, is gs
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    • 631 16 Hapag-Uoyd FULT COMTARERBED TO MOPE FUILY CONTMNEMSCD TO GENOA/TRESTE Atemamu !iprm HaAili Maru T« Ml 37 5/7 11 7 13/2 fully contamerceo to usacmwoa Feeder P Wang Spore HK Cardgan Bay EfetMaru Bremen Eiprtss ?4 K amak uia J pore m N'MII HK Long Oakland *h<« Eiprtss 13/2 2/3 19
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    • 238 19 TRUCONTAINER EXPRESS Iu I -I: K ril IL* J k M'V Ml rtlll %i T Suites 1311/1312, Shew Towers, Beach Rd, Singapore 0718 Regular Container Service accepting FCL/LCL Cargo for New Zealand Auckland, Wellington, JLittleton, Dunedin Australia Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sri Lanka Colombo L Europe and UX Call *****81
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