The Business Times, 13 March 1981

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    • 53 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. Thailand's new coalition government, blending military leaders, conservative politicians and non-partisan specialists, was sworn in by King Bhumibol Adulyadei here today. J The ceremony took place exactly a year after the swearing-in of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda's previous coalition, which collapsed eight days ago after
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    • 78 1 AP BEIRUT, Thurs. An Islamic goodwill commission failed to bring warring Iran and Iraq to declare a midnight cease-fire today, but the two Persian Gulf antagonists kept the door open for more peace-making efforts, a commission spokesman said. The announcement was made as Iran's second most powerful
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    • 81 1 AP TEL AVIV, Thurs. Prime Minister Begin said Israel's pre-1967 war border no longer exists "and never will come back". In an election speech yesterday night, Mr Begin scorned demands that Israel withdraw to the old border, known as the green line, in the context of
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    • 64 1 Reuter JAKARTA, Thurs. The Inter-Parliamentary Organisation of Asean and the European Parliamentary Union (EPU) will discuss human rights, trade, cultural affairs and political solidarity here from April 13 to 16. Indonesian parliamentary speaker Daryatmo said he expects the delegates to cover many political issues, including the
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    • 70 1 UPI DAMASCUS, Thurs. The three Pakistani hijackers who are holding 102 people hostage in an aircraft said they will kill their three American hostages when today's deadline expires unless Pakistan meets their demand for the release of 92 political prisoners. Pakistan freed two relatives of the hijackers and
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    • 53 1 AFP TEHERAN, Thurs. President Abolhassan BaniSadr is to be given protection by an elite army unit which is being recruited. Teheran Radio quoted a military communique as saying the move was decided because of the duties exercised by Mr Bani-Sadr, who is also commander-in-chief of the
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    • 72 1 AP RABAT, Thurs. Libya has signed contracts with a West German company for the purchase of a medium-range nuclear delivery missile system by early 1986. Moroccan sources said the first trials of the system were carried out in the Libyan desert recently by the West German
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 136 1 Rises Indices G E Life Chem Ind F E Levingstoo Sel Properties Public Textile M Breweries Prima Hwa Hong D Keramat I C B Supreme Corpn 1700 400 655 1810 292 810 535 184 1670 950 620 100 40 35 30 22 20 20 12 10 10 10 B.T.Indicator:
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      154 1 Rises Indices Guinness 900 50 Mar 11 Mar 12 Malex 840 40 B.T.Index: *****9.77 *****7.23 M Text 650 35 Industrials: 1021.92 1015.86 P Text 318 +31 Finance: 1472.09 1455.61 Talam 620 30 Hotels: 530.30 529.31 Esso Ord 665 20 Properties: 1018.14 1005.54 M U Ind Falls Tins: {rubbers:
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  • 637 1  -  PROPOSAL UNDER STUDY By LEE YOKE MENG PUSHED by a renewed sense of cohesion, several of Singapore's finance companies, merchant banks and independent leasing companies are toying with the idea of a joint credit information system for the leasing industry. The 15-member pro-tem committee of
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  • 233 1 LOCAL export-oriented companies taking part in the Singapore International Fair will be able to apply for double tax deduction under the trade fairs scheme. The Department of Trade said this in a letter to the Singapore Manufacturers Association, the organiser of the fair which will
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  • 472 1  -  By LILLIAN CHEW RELEVANT authorities in Singapore should start giving due consideration to enacting special laws relating to computer crime and introducing deterrent measures. Although the computer industry in Singapore is not as developed as in OECD countries, it is not too premature
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  • 312 1 TENDERS for the foundation work and the building of a three-level basement for the $1 billion Raffles City will be called for at the end of this month. This second phase- of the mammoth city-within-a-city project, worth 190 million, has already attracted many large foreign contractors for
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  • 303 1 UNEXPECTED selling la the taut half trading bur at the stock exchange yesterday sent the Straits Times Industrial Index tumbling beneath the 8M level to 7KJ4, a drip sf 11-84 points. Ills is the second ttme that the Index has dropped below 8M since
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  • 448 1  -  By CHOO AI LENG THE latest harvest of corporate results announced yesterday were fairly promising judging by the healthy improvement in earnings of four industrial companies during the financial year 1980. The favourable results of Guthrie Berhad, Carlsberg Brewery (M), Roxy Electric Industries, and General
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    • 75 1 BRITISH budget under heavy Are BRUNSWICK locks U world market 7 KL-Kepong wants to eater property market....................... 13 SHIPPING TIMES PROPERTY stock values nor folly reflected 1J S'PORE dollar expected to have smoothest uptrend 14 HK growing fast as top market for S*pore g00d5......................... 14 CROSSWORD 8, TV AND RADIO
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  • REGIONAL
    • 455 2 Reuter THE Japanese economy demonstrated its resilience to outside pressure last year by recording a relatively robust growth rate, although activity slowed considerably in the final quarter. Official figures show the powerful economy managed to shrug off the worst effects of higher oil prices,
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 410 2 Agencies INDIA has discovered a huge carpet of manganese nodules on the seabed located within India's economic zone. The nodules also contain nickel, cobalt and copper. The exact location of the nodules has not been disclosed because of international competition in ocean mining. THE ASEAN Iron and
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    • 296 2 Reuter MALAYSIA has asked Turkey to give its active support to efforts by Asean to get United Nations Secretary-General« Kurt Waldheim to convene an international conference on Kampuchea, a Malaysian Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen made the
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    • 392 2 UPI CHINESE Premier Zhao Ziyang is sending one of his deputies to Tokyo soon to find ways of minimising economic losses from China's cancellation or suspension of millions of dollars' worth of contracts with Japan. The man chosen by Mr Zhao for the
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    • 232 2 AFP MALAYSIA will soon undertake a detailed energy resource survey to take stock of its energy resources and the potentials for the formulation of a comprehensive energy policy. This was stated by the Minister without portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department, Datuk Pengiran Othman,
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    • 139 2 AFP THE PHILIPPINE government has set aside 1.500 billion pesos (about US$2OO million) to help financially-troubled industries meet their maturing short-term loans. The government's "bail out" programme of industrial companies will be administered by the Philippine Central Bank, which is allocating 500 million pesos of the
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    • 192 2 UPI NISSAN Motor of Tokyo is planning to start passenger car production in the United States at a site in Tennessee where the firm is building a small truck assembly plant. "There are possibilities that Nissan will produce passenger cars when small truck
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    • 340 2 AFP CHINA has adopted a unified programme for the protection of its forests and the development of its forest industry. The decision was made by the Chinese Communist Party and the State Council after taking into account the serious damage caused by tree-felling
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    • 218 2 AP CHINA has called reports that it is trading with South Korea- and South Africa "sheer fabrications with ulterior motives". The official Xinhua news agency said a responsible member of the Foreign Trade Ministry reiterated China's non-recognition of South Korea and its opposition to
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    • 845 2 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From PAA PA005 0030 JEK SFO/HKG MAS MH601 0630 KUL SIA SQ580 710 MAA SLA SQ528 0710 DHA TMA TL341 0800 BEY/DXB SIA SQ101 0615 KUL MAS MH605 0830 KUL MAS MH621 0835 PEN RBA BI427 0930 BWN MAS MH671 0930
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    • 179 2 FIRST CITY NATIONAL BANK OF HOUSTON'S REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN SINGAPORE HAS JUST UNDERGONE A WELCOME CHANGE. Our Representative Office in Singapore is now a branch that specializes in energy planning. And that's a change we're pleased to announce. For now we can take deposits, manage trade financing and handle medium
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 81 4 DESTINATION THIS PERIOD Shipped tonnes Afloat tonnes Shipped tonnes Africa -.30 -.80 Australasia 5.00 15.00 Canada 1.86 5.00 6.86 Continent 2,315.50 76.00 5,350.50 India 202.615 606.115 Japan 1,901.00 377.00 3,478.00 West Asia 103.00 Pacific 183.00 91.00 432.00
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    • 177 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Wednesday closed on the high side of a 6'/i cent range, down four to 3 A cent a bushel in revived trade. Active sympathetic local short-covering following the rally in corn and soyoil took values further off day's lows, traders said. However,' prices finished
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    • 164 4 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Wednesday ended with pared losses, down '/2 to V/t cents a bushel in mostly local trade. Traders called late action a sympathetic local shortcovering rally following the recovery in corn and soyoil futures. However, steady commission house and local selling on trade anticipation that
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    • 220 4 THE Singapore market yesterday closed slightly lower with April One RSS buyers quoted at 273.50 cents per kilo, down 1.50 cents from Wednesday's close. Morning prices were marked down slightly on weaker London advices and lack of buying interest. The afternoon session was inactive but. levels eased slightly further
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    • 289 4 RAS prices In cents per kilo-yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 257.00 268.00N Int. 1 R.S.S. April 273.50 274.00 Int. 1 R.S.S. May 277.00 277.50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 252.50 253.50N UK Cont 251.50 252.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 247 00 248.00N UK/Coot 246.00 247.00N
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    • 116 4 NOON SSR and SMR prices yesterday RA8 April «•> (Carres! Mtk) (Forward Mtk) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 (1-ton pallet) ***** 244.50N 244JO 246 50N SSR 50 (ItM i pallet) ***** 241.00N ***** 243 OON MRELB April May SMR CV (1 toi > pallet 1 296.00
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    • 92 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang yesterday fell 29 cents to M 529.99 ft kilo, the lowest price since January 1979. The fnll takes the priee into the lower International Tin Agreement's range of $27.28 to $39.11, at which the buffer stock manager is required to be a
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    • 34 4 Rubber: March 12 Singapore: April: 273.50 cents (down 1.50 cents) Malaysia: April: 295.00 cents (down 1.50 cents) Tin: M 529.90 per kilo (down 26 cents) Official offering: 182 tonnes (up 2 tonnes)
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    • 89 4 THE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period from Mar 12 until further notice: Ribker: 297 7 cents a kilo for RSSOne; Capra: MJ757.50 a tonne; Palm kernel: $955 75 a tonne; White pepper: $3,703.33 a tonne; Black pepper: $2,432.83 a tonne; The
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    • 179 4 CHINESE Prsdoee Exchange, Btappan, closing prices per 1M kg yesterday. CNnil ail: Bulk fob $117.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob 1130.00 sellers, new drum fob 1136.00 sellers. Cspra: Mixed (loose) $66 00 buyers.. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $420.00 sellers. Sarawak white pepper
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    • 167 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Csttss yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,300; 32s 2,800. 40s 3,040 (per bale of 400 lbs). Pleee gssis: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 337 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.30, 100 per cent second class 1.08, 100 per cent third class 1.05, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.80. Special
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    • 829 4 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday closed the morning slightly steadier, with gains from Wednesday of £3 to £6 a tonne. The market had opened up to £4 lower, turnover was 329 lots, including four options and around 70 lots of cross trades. Dealers said light mixed trade and broker
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    • 128 4 IN THE Kuala Lumpur market yesterday, values continued slightly easier on lack of buying interest in quiet trading, dealers said. The southern region eased Mslo to $970 a tonne with May unchanged at $960. The refined market continued featureless despite Pakistan purchasing another 5,500 tonnes of refined bleached
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 601 4 TOKYO THE market average of the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday fell a sharp 58.48 to below the 7,000 mark for the first time in six months, ending at 6,986.39 under pressure from profit-taking, dealers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index fell 2.92 to close at 504.00 in
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    • 289 4 THE upward momentum established after Wednesday's sharp opening continued yesterday. Buyers were out in force from the opening and they continued to buy throughout the day. Any profit-taking was quickly absorbed. Blue chips remained in the spot-light as institutions 'added stock to their investories at what semms to be
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    • 296 4 A TECHNICAL reaction yesterday after five days .of successive rises and lower world gold prices sent selected major mining and energy stocks drifting lower in light trading although industrials were firmer. The All-Ordinaries index fell 4.9 points to 662.4, the all industrials was up 1.1 points to a year
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    • 230 4 MAR IS Bahu A* Credit HI uocb Ajfe Fibre 143 4-9 Anitbajra In* And Trust Bangkok Investment Bangkok Bank Z 3M uncb Bangkok Drying AMSUo ■m. Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban 400 ♦I Bangkok Nylon Bank Of Asia 110 Bank Of Ajrudhayt M 151 •1 BaU Bert) Jucker Carpet
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    • 89 4 MAR 12 Paoa Aco)* Mining AUa* Con A AUaj Con. a 006 1MB "unch -%M Bagnio Ookl Imiet Con B BP Ooodrlch CDCP Inco B. 006 to 11JD ■neh +04uncb unci Lepanto B ISO o<m~ Marinduque B Manic* Oriental A OrttnUl B PhU Owiwu PtlOex A Phllex B 11
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    • 53 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 47CU) Tuesday •MJ. Week Ago SOQuB. DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 9B7.87 Tuesday VT1M Week Ago 971.4» U.K.HANG SENG Thursday 1347« Wednesday 1295.H Week Ago l»2 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Thursday 094 8 Wednesday ••8.7 Week Ago MO O ALL ORDINARIES Thursday A62.4 Wednesday 4673 Week
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  • OVERSEAS 1
    • 320 5 UPI UNITED States Secretary of State Alexander Haig has virtually scuttled a summit meeting with the Soviet Union on the grounds there are still too many unsettled international problems needing clarification. Mr Haig said on Wednesday that there would first have to
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    • 223 5 AP THfc BANK of England has refused to handle a US$l billion escrow account called for by the US-Iran hostage release agreement. The Washington Post said yesterday that US government sources were saying the British bank's decision was prompted by fears that
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    • 600 5 Reuter AP SAUDI Arabia has asked the West to extend military aid to Gulf countries. The official Radio Riyadh said on Wednesday that the West should stop talking about defending the Gulf and give arms instead to the countries in the region
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    • 256 5 AP THE SIZE of a proposed international force to patrol Egypt's Sinai borders with Israel should not exceed 2,000 men, President Sadat of Egypt was quoted as saying to his Foreign Minister, Kamal Hassan Aly. Mr Aly indicated that the force would be
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    • 286 6 Reuter WEST GERMAN Economics Minister Otto Lambsdorff has warned Europe and the United States against raising protectionist trade barriers to prop up their faltering economies and called on Japan to exercise "a sense of proportion" in its export policy. In
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    • 625 6 Reuter AP .THE British government's tough annual budget came under fire on Wednesday from nearly all sides, including some leading politicians of the ruling Conservative Party. They joined industrialists and the opposition Labour Party in denouncing the government for imposing harsh tax increases on
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    • 303 6 Reuter THE United States says its need for more time to study the draft Law of The Sea Treaty does not mean the document must be renegotiated, UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim said early this week. He said that James Malone,
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    • 381 6 AP PRESIDENT Reagan ended a two-day visit to Canada with a promise to revitalise the US economy, regain the respect of its allies and oppose "Soviet adventurism around the earth". In a televised speech before the Canadian Parliament on Wednesday, Mr Reagan confessed that,
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    • 154 6 AP DAVID Stockman, the US Budget Director, said he expects a weakening of the US economy through the first half of the year, led by a steep slide in housing. In an address to a gathering of Wall Street executives, Stockman predicted "a substantial
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    • 398 6 Reuter EUROPEAN Economic Community (EEC) exports to China fell sharply last year, reflecting recent changes in Chinese economic policy, EEC Commission sources said. EEC exports to China were worth US$2.6 billion last year, compared with $3.3 billion in 1979, a fall of
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 541 6 Agencies PREPARATORY talks for the North-South Summit scheduled for this summer in Mexico begin today in Vienna, as the US apparently hardens its attitude to the Third World. The foreign ministers of five industrialised countries and six developing countries will seek to lay down the aims and framework
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 244 7 WITH the recent acquisition of GPG (SEA), the Australian-based Acmil group now owns the largest production facility for injection moulded plastics in Singapore. Acmil, which acquired Technomer Plastics in 1978, bought GPG for $3.9 million last November. The Technomer plant is now being moved into the premises
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    • 213 7 CHEMICAL Bank has appointed Colin G T MacArthur regional manager for the bank's operations in South and South-east Asia. Mr Mac Arthur will be based in Singapore. Aged 40, he joined Chemical Bank in 1976 as deputy Sydney representative, covering the bank's business in Australia, New Zealand
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    • 205 7 COUNTRIES in the AsiaPacific region will become increasingly important as tiding partners of Canada in the 1980s. E P Neufeld, senior vicepresident and chief economist of Royal Bank of Canada, said the region is likely to be the fastest growing area in the world
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    • 368 7 SEMIN ARS AND COURSES Mar 19-20: Credit Management, Hilton Hotel, Acumen Credit ServT ices Mar 19-20: Effective Sales Management. Hyatt Hotel, Price Waterhouse Associates •> Mar 19-21: Breakthrough Large Sales in Turbulent Times, SIM Conference Room (3rd floor. Thong Teck Building), Singapore Institute of Management Mar 22-25: Regional
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    • 212 7 A SIX-man delegation from Rolls-Royce of the UK is in Singapore as part of a South-east Asian visit to introduce the latest gas turbine technology to the local market. A member of the delegation said the company is willing to consider components and
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    • 144 7 THE Ministry of National Development has amended the figures for the value of new projects approved by the Building Control Division for the last quarter of last year from 5330.4 million to $482.7 million. This brings the total estimated cost of new projects approved during the whole year
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    • 87 7 FROM this gaping depression of yellow earth and boulders will rise Singapore's $800 million futuristic Raffles City. Excavation to prepare the site for foundation work and construction of a three-storey basement is nearing completion. The $18-million excavation phase undertaken by Ssangyong Construction, a South Korean
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    • 322 7 ALMOST 100 townhouses and maisonettes will be built on 24,852 square metres of land at the corner of Lorong Chuan and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 in about two years' time. This is phase six of the Golden Hill residential estate. Phases one to four are located
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    • 448 7  -  By WONG AI KWEI BRUNSWICK, a Chicagobased company with interests in sporting, medical and marine industries, is making greater efforts to promote its bowling equipment and accessories worldwide. Brunswick president Aaron Deskins, who is in Singapore to introduce Brunswick's 2000 system for bowling centres, yesterday
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  • 342 8 IT IS heartening to note that the leasing industry is taking further strides to develop itself, even if it means running headlong into a controversy. What is new is frequently controversial. The computer age is only just dawning in Singapore, and a computerised
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  • 336 8 AN INCREASINGLY complex world means an ever growing volume of data that has to be collated, processed and digested. The computer has thus become an indispensable tool in business and in government. The Singapore Government has shown a commendable vision of the future by focussing
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  • 567 8 THE SECURITIES Industry Council (SIC) has made seven provisional recommendations for the domestic equity market. In essence, they are aimed at Increasing the number of companies listed on the Stock Exchange and raising the standard of Investment research of local stockbroking firms. The first possibility mooted to expand
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  • 1229 8 THE recommendations put up by the Securities Industry Council (SIC) to increase the size and depth of the local equity market may appear demanding, albeit inexacting. Business Times has interviewed brokers, investment analysts, fund managers, merchant bankers and other people likely to be affected by any changes that
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  • 1377 8  -  The task, undeniably, is immense. But the job gets done, and admirably so too. The Securities industry Council (SIC) has compiled its list of changes which will have wide implications on the local stock market and fund management industry. j CATHERINE ONG has the
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  • 1337 8 THE LOCAL, banking commt&i ty, predictably, speaks in uniaar on major issues posing as stabling blocks to the growtt£L.<tf Singapore into internationally-acclaimed finffjicial centre. With that same solidarity, Jt pointed out that the brokerage commission charged by local stockbrokers does not encourage institutional participation in the market. Compared
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  • 1206 8 PERHAPS the most controversial and the one most likelyUo upset local brokers is the Securities Industry Council (SlC)'s proposal that reputable foreign broking firms be admitted into Singapore on a selective basis. As the law now stands, foreign brokers seeking to deal in local securities on
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 546 8 I -IH-OIE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS Train? Yes and no (5) Vessel returned from a State grab (5) When to avoid work religiously? (7) Shut up (in a metal box)! (3, 2) More than a limb of the law (5) They keep people going (on wheels?) (5) Labour supporter? (7)
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    • 14 8 Bristcw: F»nk BicfcenS LOWCH \N TH6,PP«<? ONOOGH For lunch in thC pp*2< O J
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  • 929 9 LOCAL stockbrokers are in agreement that the Singapore stock market is predominantly a 'small man' market. They said this conclusion is based on gut feelings rather than cold hard statistics on the distribution of shareholdings of quoted companies. The only official figures from a
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  • 149 9 THE Securities Industry Council (SlC)'s terms of reference are:— o Advise the Minister on ail matters concerning the securities industry including the administration of legislation particularly on the protection of investors, o Advise the Committee of the Stock Exchange on matters referred to it and to
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 780 9 STORY OF LOVE AND PAIN "LOVE AND Pain And The Whole Damn Thing" is a TV movie which revolves round the relationship between a young man and a middleaged spinster in Spain. Timothy Bottoms and Academy Award winner Maggie Smith play the leading roles in this sometimes humorous but on
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 606 10  -  by ALVIN TAY THE LOCAL interbank money market took another severe beating yesterday with overnight rates closing at one per cent and onemonth money suffering a sharp h percentage points loss. Overnight rates for local dollars closed at 12 1 1 per cent on Monday, but eased
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    • 236 10 Reuter THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked central banks of 18 to 20 noncommunist industrialised nations for contributions totalling one billion SDRs to boost fund liquidity, central bank sources said. IMF managing director Jacques Delarosiere has said the fund is seeking to raise six to seven
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    • 94 10 MARINE Midland Bank has arranged and lead managed a (JSSM million mediumterm financing for Asia Brewery Incorporated of the Philippines. The financing will be used for completing a brewing and bottling plant. The syndication has been structured by Marine Midland's merchant banking group as a deposit
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    • 203 10 Reuter JAPANESE underwriters have agreed to two issues of Samurai bonds per month with a total maxiumum value of 40 billion yen, or, in the case of the World Bank tapping the market, 50 billion yen, securities market sources said. The policy, which applies to yen bond issues
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    • 367 10 THE JAPANESE Finance Ministry is considering modifying its 1974 guidelines for the establishment of overseas securities companies by Japanese banks as their locally-incorpo-rated subsidiaries, banking sources said. The information has been supplied to the banks apparently to induce tbem to agree to its draft bill for
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    • 70 10 UPI THE BANK of Japan has decided to lower the official discount rate next week by 0.75 per cent to 6.5 per cent. Sources said the central bank will convene a board meeting on Monday to formalise the third discount slashing step since the central rate topped
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
      • 182 10 THE US dollar yesterday eased against other major currencies in quiet late trading, dealers said. The easing in Eurodollar interest rates and the news of a cut in broker loan rates in the US by one bank prompted the dollar's movement. although trading was generally in a narrow range
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      • 224 10 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed slightly lower compared with overnight levels, after fluctuating marginally in quiet trading, dealers said. Total sales for the day was recorded at 123 lots. Prompt closed slightly weaker at U*****.50 480.50 an ounce against 479 482 on Wednesday, April at 482.70/483.20 against 483/ 484
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      • 44 10 *4 Tin New York 11 70B 11 95B 12 (MS 12 25S Zurich 11 COB 12 15B 12 00S 12 55S Than Singapore 11 75B 11 90B 1215S 12 30S Closing prices in US dollars a troy ounce Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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      • 47 10 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes on Mar 12: US 2 1085/1100 Stg 4 665 675 Can- 1.7601 21 DF1 90.34 47 SFr 109.27 44 Lit 2060 65 F Fr- 42.39 44 N Kr 39.11 18 B Ft (con) 6.093 102 B Fr (fin) 5.940 960 Yen 1.0180
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      • 22 10 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 14.4 per cent.
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      • 198 10 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Mar 12. US Dollan(Spot) Offer Bid 7 days IS'. 15'• 1 month 15 7/16 155/16 2 months lS't J5 1 3 months 15' i 15** 6 months 15'» 15 J 9 months IS' 15'* 12 months IS'. 15". Sw.Fn
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      • 87 10 THE dollar yesterday staged a slight recovery after opening easier against major continental currencies in but softened against sterling. Opening quotes yesterday: US 2.2145 55 Can 2 6546 74 Cross 1.1976 79 DMk- 4.6750 800 D F1 5.1700 50 S Fr 4.2775 850 B Fr 76.62 70 F Fr
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      • 1276 10 NEW YORK STOCKS TAKEOVER news and speculation on Wednesday pushed a few New York stock market issues sharply higher but overall prices declined in moderate trading, extending Tuesday's late slide. Analysts attributed the weakness mainly to profittaking after recent gains, particularly by blue chips. News of a smaller
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      • 516 10 ACTIVITY in the local market yesterday was moderate. The US currency eased against most major currencies compared to its performance on Wednesday. However, it strengthened against the local unit. The US dollar opened at 2.0985 20 against the Singapore dollar. Not much movement was observed in the morning,
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      • 140 10 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed at 207.15 yen, compared with a 207.00 opening here, a 207.20/40 closing both in New York and on the West Coast and a 207.75 closing here on Wednesday, dealers said. Trading was moderate with volume US$949 million. The dollar fluctuated narrowly
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    • 156 10 No other hotel in Penang can give you a convention like the Rasa Sayang. ■X > L '£> -*uMMIWM m I i 1 -t; 33! j m r v r J V jt t We take your convention seriously. That's why we have the finest meeting facilities in Penang. Seven
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    • 207 11 MAR 1J C» AblUbl Aican Alfoma Bank Mont Bank Not* Scotu Bell Tel Beth Corp BP can Ltd... Braacan Camp Red Lake Can imp Bk Canpac Canpac In* Pf Car ling OXeefe Comlnco Con» Bath Con* Marbenor Dankoe Denlaon 32 43 45* 30 20* U* 40* 32* 3* 30*
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    • 308 11 MAR 11 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 380 unch Abercom 330 unch AE And CI 825 ami r 2500 unch Barlows 985 uncn Cg Sugar 1650 unch CNA Currte Finance 220 5 De Beers Ind 2A50B Edcon 570 4-5 Edgars ***** unch Eve ready Fed Volk 465 5 Fuglt 235
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      • 184 11 MAR II ru ABN A4 00 -2 Ahold 71.10 -fl-8 Akao 18-30 -01 Aiirv >1-20 ♦0.7 Amfu 106.00 ■2J Amrobnk Mao -02 Bcnou Berk >1.00 «SA0 -1 0J Bo Is 53.10 -07 Boriumij 215.00 unch Burhmann 56 10 -01 Byenkorf 3800 ♦a« C aland 28-90 0.1 Calte Delft 180
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      • 266 11 MAR 11 rra CORBEILLE Alr-Llqulde B 8 N Ocmli Danone CSr (Thomson Stesc (3m Pe troles Comptfnle Financiers Compafnte Gene rale ***** 1030 375 225 90 -8.9 -19 4-2 •1.1 ♦n Credit Foncler Dt France Hachette (Llbralrle) Machines Bull Mlchelln (B) Ptrtbu Pechlney Clglne Kutilmtnn 400 3(1 59 750
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      • 219 11 MAR 11 Dm Aec-Teiefunken 61 JOB Akao 18 90 A 111 Leben 1006.00 -100 AlU Ven 465 00 43 BASF 127 JO 0.2 Bay H T Wbtnk ***** Bay Vbank 284 00 ma but 342.00 BMW 154J0 •f 0.5 CuwIU ***** -3 Chem Verw 233 00B Commentant 133-306 ConU
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      • 87 11 MAR U Fn FORWARD MARKET Aecc 254 +4 Arbed 1190 .34 Astur 380 unch Braacan on Bru-Lamb Me +16 Canpac 1300 -10 Cock 183 De Bc«n 290 -8 1000 -10 Elcctrobel 3156 isao 15 Ob-Inno-Bm unch 0*v 1300 Hobok 2210 10 Petro 46S0 -ao Ryl Dutch Sldro 1124 Soc
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      • 179 11 Francs Actions 8ul»es 2M -J Aliuulaw Br. IMS +5 Alusulsse Ret 432 -S Brown Bovert Br. 13T0 -S 2*'®' 1060 unch 25? p c +10 Oba Oelo R«* 564 unch Credit Suisse Br +15 Credit Suisse Reg 441 .1 Elektrowatt Br. 3400 -10 Oeorfe Fischer Br 710 -10 Olobut
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      • 101 11 MAR U Lire Anlr 1130 unch Assoc Gen *****0 1800 Buior 720-25 9 Centraie ***** 4- 2500 Plat 2380 10 Flnsidcr mn 0 25 Oen Immob 2345 106 in Prl 6420 4 120 Italcementl cram -wo Italfms 1085 5 Itxlslder 301 Macneu M Pf OS 15 Mmrelll Ere *****
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    • 644 11 Where to wine,dine and entertain i 1 he American Express Card. Don't leave home without it. Be in vogue LiDiarv' Very exclusive. Very different. Very private. It's disco and more. 4 V QW '/yf/M l« IK« tndiliM s(fWf<r;r. for n)"nn,it:.>n i»'«.«rv fitu ids. t»>! 7,'.744!1ext 721 King s den presents
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    • 168 11 See Page 4 for Asian stocks and Page 10 for NYSE prices ftfc as good as going to Bangkok. V*." f V This is Thai Seafood at its authentic best So fresh, it could have been alive 15 minutes before coming to your table It was An enormous variety of
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  • 1980 12 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 COMMERCIAL Acma (3.505) Allied
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  • 172 12 SINGAPORE UNIT TB18T OUB-MONTAGL iNmpn' prices l*r MJU rlt) (Managers' prices Isr Mar 13) The Commerce 3.72 3.91 Union Spore Fund 1.49 1.52 The Savings Fund 2.07 2.18xd S pore Prog Fund 1 59 1.67 INCOME BOND UNIT S pore Sec Fund 2.41 2.53 (Cmrrest pr Ires) S
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  • 2800 12 Gr's Gr's Net 1MOIAA1 Last Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- C'vr (000) High Low SECTION ONE a INDUSTRIAL Sk COMMERCIAL 361* 238* Acma 352 14.5 2.8 4.1 14.3 300 220 Alcom 300 12.0 2.5 4.0 17.0* 184 116 Allied Choc 170
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  • 2141 12 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Alcorn (3.OQS) Ale* held (2.158) A Char (1.728) AMD (2.255) (28
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  • LATEST RESULT
    • 73 12 Reuter has reported a net 1980 profit of MsB million ($4.81 million previously) on a turnover of $101.5 million ($78.03 million). The profit is after a tax charge of $4.93 million ($3.59 million) and depreciation charges of $2.62 million ($2.02 million). A final dividend of 15
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  • 711 12 YESTERDAY'S gradual recovery was nipped In the bad by a bant of selling In the last halMwar of trading, sending the Straits Times Industrial Index below the m level to 7M.N, a 11.84point loss from previous day's close. The morning and early afternoon sessions
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  • 622 12 THE bears were back at work on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday and prices were driven gradually lower. Despite a recovery in the Hongkong market, sentiment remained weak for the greater part of the morning although some attempt was later made at holding up
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 998 13  -  r Market Talk... By RUTH CHENG ALTHOUGH property is now the backbone of the market, its escalating values are yet to be fully reflected in share prices. In addition, the present shortage of prime office property in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is not likely
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 92 13 pre-tax earnings for the year ended Sep 30, 1980 have risen sharply to $6.83 million against $4.09 million previously. Turnover, however, improved slightly to $44.92 million from $43.04 million. Profit after taxation amounted to $3.73 million compared with $2.39 million previously. In view of the good results,
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      • 47 13 has made a commendable turnaround for the year to Sep 30, 1980, reporting a pre-tax profit of $1.2 million against a group loss of $70,000 the previous year. Net profi-t after tax amounted to $1.06 million compared with the previous year's net loss of $99,000.
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    • 325 13 FT THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp has taken its shareholders by surprise with the announcement of a rights issue to raise HK$2 billion It will be the largest rights issue ever undertaken in Hongkong and the first by the bank since the early
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    • 765 13  -  By THE CITY STAFF KUALA Lumpur-Kepong is actively seeking investment opportunities in the property development market, possibly on a joint-venture basis. Chairman Lee Loy Seng said in his annual review that the group is also in the process of reorganising and streamlining its» UK-based
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    • 91 13 No monopolies referral for H C Reuter THE British Trade Department said there will be no Monopolies Commission referral for Harrisons and Crosfield.Ltd's offer for the shares in London Sumatra Plantations Ltd not already held Harrisons and its subsidiaries already hold 46.6 per cent of London Sumatra. London Sumatra is
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    • In Hongkong...
      • 85 13 has an- nounced an after-tax profit of approximately HK$l.43 billion ($l.Ol billion previously), after transfer to inner reserves, for 1980. A special interim dividend of $0.47 will be paid, in lieu of a final, at a total cost of *23.69 million. The bank plans a one-for-four
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      • 105 13 has announced a consolidated after-tax profit of HK560.07 million ($40.10 million) for 1980. Earnings per share were 42 cents (33 cents). A final dividend of 13 cents, making total 20 cents (11 cents), will be paid. The company's books will close on April 7 to
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      • 40 13 has announced an unaudited consolidated net profit of 11.71 million, for the six months to Dec 31,1900. An interim dividend of 3 cents (same) will be paid. Its books will close on March 23 to April 3.
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      • 58 13 will float off property assets into a new company to be called Sino Land Co, market sources said. They said the company plans to issue 200 million shares at 11.80 each tor raise $360 million and there will be one warrant issued with every two ordinary shares.
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      • 141 13 has been signed for an eight-year medium-term syndicated loan for the Maeaa Hstei Cs, manager Wardley said. The loan is in two tranches, one of US$l2 million and the other HK$l6 million. The US dollar tranche is being provided by Wardley International Bank. Bank of Scotland, and BNS
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      • 125 13 has announced a final 1980 dividend of 35 cents ($2.65) on the capital enlarged by two-for-one share split followed by a five-for-two bonus and one-for-four rights issue made last year. A Swire group subsidiary, the company's books will close on April 28 to May 8. The
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      • 79 13 $15 million loan agreement has been signed by the Republic *f Nun Finance C«rp, Asia Pacific Capital Corp said. It said the loan, of which $10.3 million is being provided by Citibank and $4.7 million by the US Eximbank, was used by the Nauru Finance Corp to purchase
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      • 96 13 Reuter $150 mil- lion loan for Dsrfolk Investments, part of the privately owned Chinachem group of Hongkong, has been signed, agent Westlb Asia said. The loan is for a maximum of 2' 2 years and interest has been set at 1'« per cent over Hongkong interbank offered rates.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 881 13 NOTICE GUTHRIE BERHAD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1980 The audited results of the Group for the year ended 31 December 1980 are set out below. 1980 $000 Group Company 1979 $000 Group Company Note: Operating profit is after
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    • 204 13 From now on the others will have to try harder! This is what car rentals are all about. We offer as near perfect a service as you'll ever get. Because the only cars we rent out form part of our franchise range. Which means that every car rented from us
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  • 356 14 Reuter THE MINISTER of State (or Pefence, Mr Bernard Ched, yesterday criticised the policies of developed countries in restricting imports from developing countries in order to solve their economic problems. Mr Chen, Singapore's chief delegate, told the annual conference of the Economic and
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  • 336 14 HONGKONG is fast becoming an important market for Singapore's exports. The British colony imported $402.7 million worth of goods from the Republic in January, breaking the $400 million mark for the first time. This placed Hongkong in second spot among top
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  • 225 14 AFP THE SINGAPORE dollar will this decade have the smoothest nptrrnd against the US aalt. The. Australian currency will also be very strong while the Hongkong dollar will he one of the weakest currencies. This assessment was given In Hongkong yesterday by Mr Mark
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  • 382 14 AFP FORMER Kampuchean Prime Minister Son Sann is seeking military, financial and political backing from the United States for his efforts to set up a government opposed to both the Khmer Rouge and the Heng Samrin regime in Phnom Penh. The chairman
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  • 131 14 Reuter INTERN ATlONALBusiness Machines of the US has denied reports that it is considering buying small computers from a Japanese company. IBM said the reports are untrue although it has, from time to time, negotiated with Japanese companies for the development of peripheral devices. Matsushita
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  • 788 14 LONDON, Thurs. The market moved higher today, with interest centred on the 011 sector following annual results from BP and Royal Dutch/Shell, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was up 7.4 points at 477.4. BP and Shell added 24p and 26p respectively while Royal Dutch moved
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  • 106 14 AP NEW YORK, Thurs. The stock market turned upwards this morning, reversing the decline of the past two sessions. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, off 8.75 points on Tuesday and yesterday, recovered 3.78 points to 971.45 in the first half hour. Advances took a
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    • 96 14 Frankfurt en route to Amsterdam, on time, on Lufthansa. I 1 ZAiWMm bihhhhbhihihi You can leave Singapore at 2205 hours every Monday, Wednesday and Friday for Amsterdam arrive at 1015 hours sharp the next morning. With a stopover in Frankfurt. Similarly, depart Kuala Lumpur at 0320 hours every Monday and
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 60 14 R Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Generally fair. Report (or 24 hoars prior to 7.31 pm on March 12 at the airport. Maximum temperature 32.6 Associated humidity 60 Minimum temperature 23.7 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 8.00 Rainfall in millimetres Trace Total rainfall for
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 356 15 AP DESPITE an embargo by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), South Africa appears to be able to import all the crude oil it needs. A Dutch investigating group in Amsterdam said analysis of movements of the world's tanker fleet shows that
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    • 577 15 MORE than half the ships now on order throughout the world are scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year underlining fears of increasing overcapacity. Some 19 million gross tons of new orders were placed last year, the highest figure seen
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 126 15 AFP SOEKOR, the South African oil drilling company, has ordered two offshore platforms on a longterm loan, it announced. The company refused to give details, but the Johannesburg Star newspaper reported that the platforms would be built in Japan and would cost 80,000,000 rands. Observers said
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      • 97 15 Reuter DELEGATES from the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) have recemmended their governments develop a common stand at international meetings on shipping problems as well similar procedures in handling vessels. They disclosed their recommendations following a meeting, ended in Jakarta on Wednesday, of the Asean
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      • 60 15 AFP THAILAND'S premier seaside resort of Pattaya will play host to nearly 6,000 American navymen next week when seven ships from the US Seventh Fleet call in for a six-day break. Among them will be the aircraft carrier USS Ranger, with the commander of the Seventh
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    • 731 15 Skippiag Um Page C«J Achipelego vn i Adriatic IV J Afea VI 3 Afro- Eurasia VI 2 Alfred CT vin 1 Alltrans VI 5 Alpae VT 5 Angkutan VI 4 Angonave V 2 ANL I 1 An toll vm i APL m 4/s Argentine IV 4 ASCL
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    • 993 16 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL Vessel's Voy Estimated Shipping Gdn Mode of Name No. Time of Lines Operatn Arrival Date Time Largs Bay 05/415 13.3.81 1200 Mansfield TA 3 VC Asian Patroos 2902 13.3.81 0700 Integrated TA 3 TT Maersk Pinto 11B/12S
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    • 1458 16 ORE charterers continued to seek tonnage on Wednesday and they secured vessels from Goa to Japan at U5513.50 fio .for March and from Port Cartier to Hunterston for March at $6.50 fio. The North American grain sector was featured by the booking of several vessels from US to
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    • 513 17 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Achille Lauro (passenger) (0500 after Dun Huang shifts) 44/45 Arcadian Sun (after Ocean Resources) 35/36 Cherry Ruby (after Yuheng) 29/30 Gavriil Kirdeschev (RO/ RO) (1800 after Nedlloyd Crystal) 3/4 Mago No. 1 (after Dun Huang) 46 Nagaevo (after Teakwood) 38/39 Stolt Tenacity
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    • 381 17  -  By RICHARD SEAH THE Anro Asia, a member of the Anro consortium, started her second "maiden voyage" on Wednesday to Penang after its conversion into a new and larger container ship. The $10 million conversion, by cutting the ship in half and adding a new
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    • 206 17 UPI CHINA Shipbuilding Corp (CSBC) has a backlog of orders that will keep its two shipyards busy for the next three years. Its company chairman Wang Sien-Teng said that in the past one year and half, China Shipbuilding has contracted with both Taiwanese and foreign shipping firms
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    • 971 17 Fairplay THE WORD "fire" is still the most feared call to be heard on board any vessel today. It immediately brings a vision of a ship engulfed in flames with the crew vainly battling to save not only the ship's life but the
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    • 209 17 AFP HONGKONG shipbuilders took issue with a British Labour member of Parliament who reportedly said that five naval patrol boats for use in Hongkong should be built in Britain. The total construction cost of these vessels is estimated at over HKJIOO million. Seventy-five per cent of
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    • 70 17 AFP THE French vessel Ville De Brest, the first of a new shipping consortium, Le Capricoroe, serving the Indian Ocean, has arrived in Le Havre. It unloaded 250 containers and took 50 others on board, bound for Madagascar. The consortium was formed by two
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    • 1096 21 gCHBBBLE 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 Singapore. Advance dates are published at a maximum of three weeks. PN
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    • 173 22 AFP PROTECTION of the Australian coastline against marine pollution will be attempted by new laws introduced into the Australian Parliament this week. The Australian Minister for Transport, Mr Ralph Hunt, proposed a package of legislation entitled "protection of the sea" dealing with civil liability, powers
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    • 1316 22 ORIENT EXCHANGE SOUTH-EAST Asian shipping rates are predicted to be firm. A 63,000 dwt on an Australian round voyage from Japan is accepting U5516,500 daily. While in the time-charter market tweendeckers in the 10,000 to 15,000 dwt range are also steady and is receiving $6,300
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    • 748 15 \cXl Europe Our Next Loader Port Kelang: 21/3 Singapore: For further detoils, see page V ARDIM A I A I I HSEALORDH m Orient Overseas Co*Uci*ieA Line FOLLY COHT/UNERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) ICHEKAIKR PAUL 26W •T.ft BRDGE sft ICHEVAIiR ROZI 24* KOREAN lACENON 12ft MERCATOR 22ft KOREAN MCE
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    • 737 15 Australia Our Next Loader Port Kelang:, W* Singapore: 21/3 For further details, see page V MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U.S. PACIFIC, GULF, ATLANTIC, EAST CANADA, ASIAN PORTS li M .'3 .v rii L. LEONHARDT wr •"tst MAERSK MANGO MAERSK MANGO MAERSK MANGO MAERSK MANGO ■1 jPort Kelang
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    • 1014 16 Miscmfi MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPN. BERHAD. WISMA MISC, N0.2, JALAN CONLAY, P.O. BOX 371, KUALA LUMPUR 04-09, MALAYSIA. TEL: *****8 TELEX: MA *****, *****, ***** ***** CONTAINER SERVICE Container Sernce To Europe Feeder 'PKelarw Vessel S'pore I) Msetlles 2) Rdam 3) H'burg 4) Gbuf| B P£NAGA I" Po" TOYAMA 17/3
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    • 287 16 BBS SUPERCARRIER SERVICE FROM: US GULF US ATLANTIC EAST CANADA N Yark St Mai M MIT AMWMS "BARBER TONSBERG" Ma It. "BARBER MENELAUS" Ma 22 (111 HESSEIS BEHTW SMGAPOK AT BBS TEMMM GOKHW 47 "BARBER PRIAM" Apr 4 "TSU" TO: PANAMA US ATLANTIC EAST CANADA US GULF ft Rata* SMUTCH
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    • 855 17 CONTAiOSHP SOURCE TO UK/CONTMNT: HWg S pore P Keiing D'mirk Kisugi Mini 15 Mar 17 Mir S Apr Imerpool Bay IS Mir 6 Apr l*p Bit 26 Mir 21 Mir IS Apr Kowtoon Biy 3 Apr 5 Apr 3 Mir City ot fMuiti 10 Apr 1 May Osika Biy 12
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    • 565 17 fig Franco Belgian Services MV (Fin Fast French Servxct wxth Behixan tar Fasttrr. Lines LiBMHMkMJ AC f CONS OS Tl l M wy cowrmosw ag now i OOALOPAOL MPkrl thansmorld ■BSE 19 Mm OOALOROfi 24 Mar P KELAAC Lt Ha we Ida* tfbut Bttow* A ararp mercator 14 Mar 1
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    • 816 18 Hapag-Lloyd TO NORTH EUROPE Kaluga Maru InerpMl by Largs Bar KmriMn Bay City ot Edinbwgti TO MEDTERRAICA Che.ato VJMe Ctwvahr Oc Bhn EXPORTS TV* Hit 11/3 13/3 28/3 30/3 4/4 6/4 TO WORTH EIKOPt/MEDITERRiUgA/ S pore PM Pen Bilbao Genoa H burg B ha»en Rdam Antwerp HMWMI 20/3 30/4 3/5
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    • 776 18 KOREA LINE SHIPPING CORPN P. Kelang PENANG STORE ALTAR 161W 16-19 March 20-23 March 24-2fi March FROM BUSAN BANGKOK ALTAR 162E 16-19 March 20-23 March 24-26 March TO BUSAN VEGA 159W 14-18 April 19-21 April 22-24 April FROM BUSAN BANGKOK VEGA 160E 14-18 April 19-21 April 22-24 April TO BUSAN
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    • 595 18 evergreen line r 1 FAR EAST/EUROPE EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: UNITED KINGDOM SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON, MANCHESTER. BIRMINGHAM. BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS. ETC. WEST GERMANY mmmw HOLLAND AMSTERDAM S pare MdahHamfcwt Rotterdam Faiutm Antwerp It Haw E»er lm.tr 15/03 23/03 3/04 5/04 7/M 10/04 11/04 Ettr Vital 21/03
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    • 1027 18 Everett Lines/ HIMTtWTM PA AN"" pagan HTOimi Burma Fivt Star Shipping Corpn. "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE" LOADING FOR RANGOON Spore ff JO2/M M» BFS S C AoenH Mokjywo BOUSTEAO SUPWNG TEL NOS KL *****2/*****9 Compania Arpantina Da ■~T», Mawniai Itaraatiitd S. A. C.I.F. UfJ "ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE" LOADMG FOR I MONTEVDEO
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    • 408 18 mo.s.E. OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD. IQI SANKYO LINE JAPAN/STRAITS SERVICE GENUAL AGENTS OCEAN SHPPMG ENTERPRISES PTE LTD SMGAPORE TIL 22IUM/7 t *****70 K LUMPUR TU *****4 4*4754 CONTAMR BOOKING OOAN SHPPMG STOW TEL *****44/7 lALALS CONTANO P KELANG TCI (347. 0*73/4 SUB AGENTS P KELANG EAST ASIA SHPPMG TEL
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    • 687 19 L. PIL GROUP FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO COLOMBO. HODEIOAH. JEDDAH AQABA (Reefer Cntrs Acceptable) illiiiij A VOY. 3W/4E 7-9/4 SW/6E 7-8/5 7W/8E $-7/6 9W/10E 8-9/7 AQABA 4 5 6 S.E.A. Container Feeder Service SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/HONGKONG/MANILA ACCEPTING LCL/FCL/REEFER CONTAINERS/ VESSEL MANILA H'KONG S PORE BANGKOK H'KONG 24-24/3 1-2/4 16-17/3 26-27/3 5-6/4 21-22/3
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    • 1075 19 BEN LINE CONTAINERS TO MOW Ktufi Maru Li« up—l Ba» Ijrp Bar Koeteor Bar CMf at Etaferfft Osaka Bar Dbt Maru PtOantEiatpt famdr Act 11/3 Star Ace 22/3 KJ> Sin 2/4 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE H BURG BNAVEN ROAM HAVRf SOTO* S poie P Ketanj N Genuity t Austria
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    • 743 20 EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA Carpes aba acceptable tor Oakland. Vancouver Portland. Houston. Gafceston. New Orleans. Boston. St. Mai. PMadcphu. Norfofc. Battmore. Savannah. lacksonvfle TO EUROPE (Kceptmt cartoes to Scamfnavia «a Hambw() Vessel N0R1) STAR V I NORDBAY V 4 Vessels cal tfbwi Bremen. R'dam. A«rp and Le Havre)
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    • 636 20 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER SERVICE Iw LOS ANGELES SMI FRANCISCO SEATTLE. TACOMA VANCOUWR B.C. Acctptoi( Fa/Fa Ctntwwrs P Keimc Snicaoon I Anptn VISHVA PAUAr 2t M» 27 SApi AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acccptaf Fa/Fa Contamers P Mang Sport Bri MHb Mel Syd KAIMJDI 20 Mar 13 Afl< 14
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    • 624 21 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): C. PAUL 26* TW BRDGE 5N K. JACEWON 12W. MERCATOR 22W K. JACEJM 9W Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia TW BRIDGE S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ): LCL Carg Havre MERCATOR 21E Sailed K. JACEJIH 8E Sailed 0.
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    • 263 21 MALDIVE LINES ET* ETA ETA SPORE KUANTAN POUT KELANG MALWVE NOBLE 20/3 Loading For Jubail MAIWVE PEACE In Port 14/3 Loading for Bahrein/Kuwait MALWVE NOVEL 30/3 Loading for Kuwait MALWVE PRIZE 23/3 Loading For Jeddah MAIOWE MPORTER 30/3 Loading For Male MALWVE PROGRESS Sailed m Po rt Loading For Muscat/
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    • 448 21 NOTICES m.v. "CHIDAMBARAM" VOV: 144 arrived IHh M»rrh. IMJ at P.S.A. (iodoun Nm. it 43 General Survey of damaged cargo ex the above vessel will be held on Tuesday 17th March 1981, from 900 a m to 500 p.m No further survey will be held after this date Ageats:R Jl
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    • 467 22 Bangladesh Shipping Agency Pte Ltd Agents of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation S pore P Kelang Penang Loading for: BANGLAR DOOT 18/19 Iter Chittagong "A VESSEL" 8/9 Apr. Chittagong For Bookings please contact Bangladesh Shipping Agency Pte Ltd Singapore: *****1 Oriental Shipping Corporation K.L.: *****6/Penang: ***** INTERMARITIME LTD., REGULAR SERVICE TO SOUTH
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    • 403 22 ft JOHORE SHIPPING LY 161 lALAN TENGKU BADAR PORT KFLANG SEt ANGOR MALAYSIA HAJ SHIPPING SDN. BERHAD t Express Uratload Service from P Keiang East Malays* i Brunei (Accepting cargo for palletising in L.P.K. Gdn. No. 3 (South Port) 3 days before vessel's arrival) BINTULU CONTRACTORS SDN. BERHAD 37, Panduigan
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    • 343 22 irn HONG KONG ISLANDS LINE F' US SIAIIS SERVICf 1 US Wt ST COAST AND US GUI Accepting FCL Only AGENTS HUM SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE.) LTD. TEL: *****48 TELEX: RS ***** EUROFRA SAUDI Z LINE Express Conventional Service i To Jeddoh, (Gizon, Yenbo) MV SAUDI PMNCE V.l/Sl Gen Ajents Malaysia
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    • 389 22 PEACE LINE Regular container FCL/LCL services to Australia Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane Europe All ports including UK Balderoe Vl9 (T/S) 16/3 Auckland, Bluff, Port Andersoe V2O (T/S) 10/4 Chalmers, Napier, Tauranga, Lyttleton, Timaru Also calling Hong Kong, Taiwan Japan GARWARE SHIPPING CORPN. LTD. <-*>• FOB MUSCAT. DUBAI. PAMMAIII SINGAPORE PT
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    • 447 22 OCEAN LINES 1 REGULAR NOW CONFERENCE SERVICES MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE (*»so accepting cargo tor Riteia Bourgas Constarua subfect to inducement) S pore P Kelang Penang loading tor OCEAN ACE V.13N8 7 Apr Port Said/Aleiandru Unuiiol Ptraam/Baimt/LattMua/ OWED VESSELS ■pa SAGASIA PTE LTD. IMIt Jl (LOUIS OAEVFUS GROUP OF COMPANIES) hoßfll
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 150 22 Regional Weather j OS v r is# a A eH SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather /V w »*d direction with speed in knots V cv Wave height Cloudy Sky Surface winds are indicated by arrows which fly with
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