The Business Times, 9 August 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 SATURDAY, AUGUST S, 198S 75 CENTS
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  • 713 1 ON THE EVE of Singapore's 21st Birthday, the Prime Minister could return to his usual pattern for National Day eve which was broken last year and report economic progress, tempered with a few words of caution. "I believe we have gone
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  • 260 1 ALTHOUGH productivity grew rapidly by 8.2 per cent in the second quarter, it is unlikely to be sustained, said the Acting Trade Industry Minister. Also, it is misleading because companies were merely taking up the slack capacity which came about
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  • 706 1  -  Cautious optimism about revival in second half 2nd Qtr '86 By LOH HUI YIN THE SINGAPORE government now expects the economy to grow between one and 2 per cent this year, if the turnaround in the second quarter is sustained. June, which was earlier described
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  • Article, Illustration
    92 1 INVESTORS' Jitters ever the ImpMparts— sf the Malaysia* goverameat's move te freest the assets ef 23 depeslt-taklag cooperatives mated aa otherwise strong kaytag later est la Singapore Mae chips at the local stock exchange yesterday. The Straits Times ladastrtal Index elsaed XL paint higher at ItSJS alter a
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  • 455 1 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN government has frozen the assets of 23 depos-it-taking cooperatives and ordered them to cease all transactions and activities, pending the outcome of an investigation by Bank Negara. Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said the assets of the principal directors and
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  • 44 1 TWO OF THE Big Four banks released their interim profit figores yesterday. In spite of significant falls in profitability at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas Bank, there is widespread confidence that their second-half performance would be much better.
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  • 262 1  -  *r MARTIN SOONG SEVEN HUNDRED Singaporeans will be honoured with public service awards today. More than half of them will receive medals for king service to the Republic. Among the five citizens who will be honoured with the nation's highest award, the Public
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    • 271 1 Morv rtponi on Paga 2 and Back Page SHARE INFORMATION MONEY A EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS AIRCRAFT SCHEDULE CROSSWORDS TV S RADIO DOONESBURV OUR VIEW A BT READER recently wrote a letter questioning the frenzied preparations behind the National Day's "centrally organised celebrations package". Whot he yearns for is 2.5 million
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 431 2  -  2nd Qtr '86 By BOEY KIT YIN A SPURT in US demand for lo-cally-made office and data processing machines and parts in June helped to put the brakes on declining domestic exports. As a result, direct shipments an indicator of how the manufacturing sector
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    • 479 2  -  By JEFFREY TSANG THE SLIDE in construction activities slowed significantly in the second quarter to under 20 per cent but this was mostly in the public sector. Second quarter results for the construction industry show total payments for work done
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    • 417 2 SIGNS THAT the tourist trade is benefiting from the relative fall of the Singapore dollar and falling hotel rates emerged in the second quarter. The 751,000 visitors in the period was a 3.1 per cent increase over the same period last year, but because of the
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    • 948 2 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES VmmI Berth Arrival Departure KTC WHARVES Equator 4 K23 alongside 09.8/0400 Global M'cury K29 alongside 09.8/0000 NmI San Juan K9 alongside 09.8/0600 Toutoia Samoa K32 alongside 09 8/1100 Als Rctanc* K18 09 8/1000 10.8/0700 Bum Han K29 09.8/0930 10.8/0930 East Highway K9 09 8/2359
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    • 435 2 THE BUOYANT OFFSHORE hanking business more than made up for sluggish domestic demand in the second quarter. Supporting predictions that the opening up of Tokyo was Just as much an opportunity as a problem, developments in Japan's «wanHai markets were a major factor behind the rapid
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    • 380 2  -  By LIM SOON NEO IF RECOMMENDATIONS from a travel trade forum yesterday were implemented, a single reservation and ticketing system could emerge and fares, reflecting market demand, would be pre-planned. The consensus of the 148 participants at the forum 40 representatives from 25 airlines
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    • 142 2 National Day Parade what if it rains today? THREE CONTINGENCY plans have been drawn up for the National Day Parade at the National Stadium in the event of wet weather. If it rains today but clears by 4pm as the weather forecast indicates the Parade will pro- ceed as scheduled,
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    • 216 2 DAVID MeINTOSH has been appointed regional marketing manager, small business systems, of Nixdorf's regional office in Singapore. In his new position, Mr Mcintosh will be responsible for coordinating and strengthening sales within the region. He will also assist with marketing, sales training and other strategic tasks. Mr
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    • 373 2  -  By LEE HAN SHIH PLACATING the ghosts of ancestors and other wandering spirits is an expensive business for the Housing and Development Board. Every year HDB spends more than $100,000 to repair damage to grass patches by residents burning Joss stick and paper
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    • 73 2 THE HOUSING and Development Board will launch precast concrete beams for the proposed pedestrian overhead bridge in Upper Ayer Rajah Road near Clementi Avenue 2 on Tuesday. This will take place between 1 am and 5 am. During this period, part of Ayer Rajah
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 411 3 AP CUTS IN the US contribution to the United Nations are illegal, according to Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador to the US and a former envoy to the United Nations. "They are a clear violation of the UN treaty," said Prof Koh.
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    • 856 3 ARRIVALS Operator S«rvic« number Local time From SIA UA GIA CAL RJ SIA MAS MK MAS KAL CV MAS MAS AC CPA RBA GIA OA SIA SIA SIA THAI MAS GIA SIA SIA GIA THAI SIA SIA SIA GIA SIA SIA SIA MAS THAI CPA KLM GIA
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    • 262 3 Bernama TRADE and industry circles in Bangkok are to request the incoming government to establish a clear-cut and updated national economic policy to avert a future adverse impact on the private sector. The English-language Bangkok Post quoted informed sources as saying
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    • 440 3 AP CHINA will provide favourable conditions for foreign investors to compensate for the chronic shortages of foreign exchange and credit, according to Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang. Mr Zhao said China hoped to strengthen cooperation with foreign countries in the use of foreign funds
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    • 119 3 AFP THE TRADE BALANCE in the first year of direct trade between Indonesia and China was heavily in favour of Indonesia. The acting chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce k Industry (Kadin) China committee, H M B Nawawi, told reporters on Thursday
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    • 171 3 AP BEIJING barters are learning that an occasional smile can be a shortcut to success. ~The official news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday that city barbers have become friendlier to their customers and are making more money under a new responsibility system that »nfcs
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    • 506 3 AFP A PASSION for sleek cars, nonchalant drivers and the fierce desert climate combine to shorten car life drastically in the Gulf, creating huge junkyards of abandoned vehicles throughout the oil-rich states. The thousands of tonnes of rusting metal, piled
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    • 81 3 A CHINESE BALEBGIRL shawlag a lacally-maaafaetared shirt which bean patter— «f white stars aad red aid white stripes as weU as the ward "happtaess" at a department stare ia Shaaghal reeeatly after the dty gsverameat lifted the haa ea its sales, lie shirt was
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    • 430 3 Reuter A KEY GOVERNMENT report due out next week concludes that Japan's trade surplus will remain substantial for some time, government sources said. Although the annual report of the Japanese economy will not explicitly call for a stronger yen, it could be
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    • 370 3 Reuter JAPAN yesterday decided to boost its defences, declaring it had (ailed to keep pace with the Soviet military build-up in Asia. The Japanese Cabinet approved the 1906 White Paper on Defence which said the military had not met a 10-year-old target of becoming strong
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    • 269 3 UPI THE US HOUSE of Representatives voted on Thursday to give the Philippines US$35O million in aid, including US$2OO million in ready cash, that supporters said would make or break the fledgling democracy of President Corazon Aquino. The 219-178 vote came less than a month
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    • 88 3 AP A SWISS ARCHITECT says that the Sultan of Brunei has asked him to study the feasibility of building a multi-campus Islamic university in Central Switzerland. Basel architect Karl Peter Thoenen said on Thursday construction of the US$296-million project could be completed within five years if
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 49 3 Doonesbury z m *9 m i I i mm «en 9/ MOMMY THINKS MB CANY MANAGE, BUT ME'YE AU&AP/GOTTEN YOU PRESSED, 6/VEN YOU BREAKFAST/W PICKED UP KITCHEN! tA m BY GARRY TRUDEAU AND TT ONLY TOOK US... ■B 1 m 'Z ISJI r^l2 THREd HOURS* M® *> m 4 r/j|
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 392 4 Threat to impose tighter economic curbs FT SOUTH AFRICAN Cabinet ministers and businessmen have warned that far-reaching economic curbs, including tighter import controls, and further restrictions on foreign debt repayments are likely to follow the looming imposition of sanctions against some of the country's key
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    • 161 4 UPI THE EUROPEAN Community last year saw its first increase in employment since 1960, but the rise was accompanied by a growth in the number of unemployed, the statistical office said on Thursday. After four successive annual decreases between 1980 and 1984, the number of
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    • 262 4 Reuter ITALY may soon join Britain, West Germany and Israel as a research partner in the US "Star Wars" anti-missile defence programme. However, Reagan Administration officials said no formal agreement had been reached and they noted that Italy was still in the process of
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    • 164 4 NYT THE LEADERS of six nonnuclear countries called on the US and the Soviet Union to halt all nuclear testing under a verification plan that the six governments would administer. Leaders of Mexico, India, Greece, Tanzania, Sweden and Argentina said they would underwrite
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    • 240 4 UPI PARTISANS of President Reagan rallied noisily in front of the White House on Thursday in a campaign to change the Constitution to permit him to seek another term he insists he does not want. "Four more years," chanted about 300 Reagan
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    • 55 4 Reuter THE privatisation bill pushed through the French parliament in just 15 days last month has become law following its signing by President Francois Mitterrand and its publication on Thursday in the official Journal. The law sets out the terms under which 65 state-owned groups will
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    • 364 4 NYT THE NEW PRESIDENT of Colombia took the oath of office on Thursday with a pledge to give priority during his four-year term to combating poverty and ending decades of political violence. President Virgilio Barco, a 64-year-old political centrist with strong ties with the
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    • 302 4 FT ARGENTINA'S economic stabilisation programme, the so-called Austral Plan, has suffered its heaviest setback since its launch in June 1985, with the announcement on Wednesday night of the worst monthly inflation rate figures for more than a year. In July, retail prices increased
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    • 146 4 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Community executive commission imposed a; special duty on imports of Japanese roller-bearings on Thurs-; day, saying companies were selling them at artificially low prices in the EC. The provisional anti-dumping > duty of between 1.13 and 17.99 < per cent
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 375 4 RAS prices in S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Buyers Sdtocs Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 175 50 176 50N 176 00 177 OON ln» 1 RSS S«pf 86 175.50 175.50 176 25 176 75 Int 1 RSS Oct 86 175 00 ***** 176 00
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    • 110 4 (ce«ts/Wg, l-»on pollets) pj g£ OCT 86 (current month) (forward month) NOON NOON HAS Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 160 00 I62 00N 160 50 162 50N SSR 50 157 00 I59 00N 157 50 159 50N MRELB Buy*** Sellers Buyers Sellers $MR CV SMR I
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    • 86 4 Renter THE PRICE of tin en the Kuala Lam par Tin Market yesterday eased fear cents to MH4.11 per Uto dne to lack ef fresh sappert, dealers said. Trading was qnlet as the market felled to attract streng sverseas baying. Lseal and Japanese demand was limited. Disposals rase
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    • 303 4 SINGAPORE THE MARKET yesterday closed slightly higher with September One RSS buyers quoted at 176.25 cents per kilo, up 0.75 cent from Thursday. The morning session ended steady after hovering narrowly on lack of interest in light trading. Prices gained ground in quiet afternoon trading on some weekend covering.
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    • 219 4 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed weaker but off the day's lows on pre-weekend covering, after early sentiment was dampened by continued weakness in Chicago soyoil futures, dealers said. India's purchase of only one cargo of RBD palm olein while rejecting all other vegetable oil offers at
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    • 204 4 Reuter WHEAT FUTURES on Thursday closed mostly higher after a quiet session on the Chicago Board of Trade, ranging unchanged to one US cent a bushel higher except for a 1-1/2 cent loss in May. Prices showed technical strength by persistently rebounding on dips in recent sessions, they said.
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    • 65 4 Bangkok Broken Rice 130 127 (US$/tome, FOB) A-l Super A-l Special White Rice C-l Speciol C-l Ord unq unq 100% 1st class 100% 2nd class 230 Loonzain Rice 100% 3rd class 225 100% 1st grade 100% 2nd grade 225 5% 215 100% 3rd grade unq 10% 210 15% 205
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    • 103 4 OIL PRODUCTS THERE are still August availabilities of Cinta, Walio and particularly of Minas reported but buyer/seller spreads at least a dollar apart and no deals were reported. The Far East products market was dull with no confirmed deals but price talk fluctuating above Thursday's levels. Closing prices for crude
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    • 616 4 Reuter COFFEE ROBUSTA coffee futures on Thursday closed firm mainly on technical considerations in the absence of fresh news, with contracts ending up £32 to £20 a tonne. Near November settled at £1,760 against Wednesday's close of £1,728 and in a high-low of £1,768/1,715. Volume was 4,228 lots,
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    • 145 4 Chinos* Produce Robusta 20/25% Exchtngt FOB NSW Sellers' noon closing prices on Nlltmeg A»g 8 (SS/100 kg). 0 Foe nsw 355.00 Coconut Oil BWPFOBNSW 1256 00. Bulk FOB 43.00 Gambier CHd drum FOB 56 00 330 00* New drum FOB 60.00 FOB NSW 330 00 Copra London Commodity
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    • 213 4 SOYBEAN FUTURES on Thursday turned lower and finished at or near contract lows in all but the August contract. Prices fell one to eight cents a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. The setback was triggered by weakness in soyoil, which again fell to new life-of-contract lows, and
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 275 5 Reuter AUSTRALIAN BANKS and financial institutions see major omrfUhs for growth in the US, New Zealand and Britain over the next five years, according to a survey of chief executives by management consultants Egon Zehnder International SA. To a lesser extent, they foresaw expansion
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    • 94 5 Reuter INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY fluctuations over the next two years could pose problems for Australia's ability to capitalise on the earlier depreciation of its currency, according to the Economic Focus monthly. The competitiveness of a number of other countries would also be improving, the National Institute
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    • 626 5  -  By ALVIN TAY A FURTHER streamlining of its Singapore operations is being carried out by Citibank, with major changes now being implemented in its consumer flnsnre and corporate bsnking departTtae bank called in management consultants Lobue Associates of California to study the operational systems of its
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    • 144 5 FIVE SINGAPORE-BASED baaks have extended an Asian dollar loan of 10 mfflkm Swiss Cranes (about SH3 million) to a Thai company, Archer Textile. Hie syndicated loan is arranged by Hill Samuel Merchant Bank Asia, a Singapore-registered company. Ifill Bs—d is also
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    • 324 5 Reuter JAPANESE BANKS sre likely to follow the world's number three, Sumitomo, in moving into the US securities market so as not to be left behind in the scramble lor global reach, banking analysts sakl. Goldman Sachs, one of Wall Street's premier
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    • 234 5 AFP A CONSORTIUM of US, European and Japanese banks wQI extend an emergency loaa, tn* ailing US$3OO tO Ecuador, according to a Japanese The Nlboa Keini Shimbun, without citing aay specific sources, said yesterday that the consortium, led by France's Paribas Bank, was likely to
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 559 5 Reuter SMQAPORE THE US dollar yesterday closed firmer against most major currencies in thin late tradbw but weakened against sterling. Dealers said some fresh dollar buying against the mark by Middle East banks in the afternoon pushed the <wir to close at a high of 2.0?80/?0 marks against
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    • 45 5 RESULTS OF TENDER held on Aug 8 for 91-day bills to be issued from Aug 11 to Aug 15: OOeeed: $70,000,000 Applied far: $321,000,000 Allotted: $70,000,000 Accepted bids: $99.48 approximately 66 per cent, higher bids in full. allstaMrt: 2.055 per cent per annum.
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    • 258 5 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: loco! dollars to 0110 Mil of focot^o corroocy: ■M Otter er US dolor Sterling pound Auitraton dolor NZ dolor Canodkm dolor 2.1700 3.1942 1.3215 1.1034 1 5707 2.1710 3.1978 1 3243 1.1072 1 5726 2.8196 ***** ***** 3 4286 ***** -23 04 -56
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    • 406 5 BA Futures SEPTEMBER EaraMbr yesterday opened higher than Thursday's dose at 9&58 following the result of the final leg of the US Treasury auction. The market reacted bullishly on the results with prices edging to 93.59 in the September contract but profit-taking activities limited further gains in active trading.
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    • 223 5 Reuter HONOKONa GOLD yesterday closed lower in fairly active trading, on local prof-it-taking, dealers said. It closed at U*****.40/80 an ounce compared with New York's 312.25/75 and the 381.20/00 finish here on Thursday. On the local market, gold rose HKJ2 to end at HKf3,334 a taeL The Krugerrand was
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    • 64 5 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market closed at ♦-1/2 per cent yesterday, up 1/16 point from Thursday's close. The term rates remained unchanged across the board. S$ Interbank rotes at 7pm yesterday: OH«r M r*ght 4 1/2 4 3/8 I -month 4 3/8 4 1/4
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    • Article, Illustration
      257 5 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday closed unchanged at the morning's steady levels in quiet preweekend trading. Short-dates ended at a common 6-1/2 $-3/8 per cent for weekend, Monday/Tuesday and week fixed. Asian dollar CD rates closed unchanged at the opening levels of a flat 8.45/35 per cent for
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 299 5 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Directors are pleased to announce the following:— 1985 %lncr/(Decr) The Bank STOOOs The Ofoup tt'OOOt The Bank SS'OOOs The Group SS'OOOs The Bank The Group UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 1986 Net profit for the
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  • TIME-OFF
    • 521 6 A FUNNY THING happened on the meticulously planned way towards thfa» evening's national birthday party. A long, concerned letter from a BT reader (BT Aug 4) turned up to question the fremied preparations behind the "centrally organised celebrations package". This Aug 9 will see "a lot of
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    • 533 6  -  By JAIME LYE WELCOME to the macho world of Top Gun, where real men really don't eat quiche. No. Theirs is a world of metal claustrophobia, inhabited by a su-per-breed of residents who spout lingo comprising every word between F-14 and TA-4 that is not
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    • 245 6 A STAB at spine-chilling drama is being taken by the Hilton-Brit-ish Airways Playhouse this month. Rather than the usual coffee or tea followed by petit-fours and one of producer Derek Nimmo's comedies on a platter, the Hilton is attempting a departure with Wait Until
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    • 292 6 THIS COLUMN ran a story about the Nescafe Jingle over television recently. It has since been pointed out that Brazilians speak Portuguese, which may explain why a knowledge of Spanish was not too helpful in understanding the lyrics. To complicate matters further, one reader claimed that
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    • 195 6 TWO MULTI-SLIDE BHOWB form ths fifth and sixth parts in the ssriss, "Our Historical Sitos", sponsored by Sholl ComoanlM of Shtaaoort. Ths ssriss documonts ths history snd dsvsiopmsnt of historicol sitos in Singapore. AWJUMM naUl In# two snows win do nova on wsonssosy si pssiionsi
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    • 1045 6 What's on from Aug 9-15 HhhH CARMVAL: National Dsy Carnival. East Coast Park. 9sm-10pm. This camivai, which is being held for the first time this year as part of the National Day celebrations, will include a wide range of entertainment ike Chinese operas, sttft-waflung, XinYoo concert, martial arts demonstrations,
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    • Article, Illustration
      466 6  -  Mike Thumba A CARDINAL principle of contract, in duplicate as well as rubber, bridge is that it's a game of partnership and communication. And the main aim of any partnership is to share the information on each other's strength and weaknesses by their bidding in order to reach the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • SPORTS
    • 579 7  - American-breds two best bets By BRIAN MILLER RECENTLY, the success rate of American-bred horses on the local turf has been nothing short of Impressive. Of the 60-odd horses racing here, almost all have won at least a race and a few have even gone up to take classics. Several American-breds
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    • 170 7 AFP THE City of Edinburgh has sued the financial organisers of the Commonwealth Games for £700,000 (USH million) and frozen their bank assets. The city, host to the international sporting event that ended on August 2, said in a statement on Thursday that the action
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    • 353 7  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE MARUMAN Classic golf championship, last played in Singapore in 1983, returns to the Republic this year. The Singapore Professional Golfers' Association announced yesterday that the $18,000 Classic is one of two tournaments it has lined up later this year.
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    • 500 7 UPI ITS the poorest and least known of the four Australian syndicates challenging for the right to defend the America's Cup in 1967. And its boat is named after a meat pie. While past American defenders have borne such noble names
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    • 760 7 NYT EIGHTEEN DAYS after winning the British Open, (keg Norman set out after his second major victory with an Inverness Chib Course record of six-un-der 65 on Thursday in the opening round of the 68th American PGA championship in Ohio. The 31-year-old Australian
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    • 405 7 i U)l£oon v Ultra. It'll change the way you play COLLATED scores after the first round of the US PGA championship on Thursday (players US unless stated): 66 Greg Norman (Australia) 34-21; 67 Phil Blackmar 33-34; Craig Stadler 33-34 66 Wayne Grady (Australia) 36-32; Gary Koch 32-36;
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1416 7 SATURDAY MIGHT MOVIE 11-20pm, Channel 5 Based on Alistair McLean's estse,ler this mystery drama focuses on a group of scientists who go on expedition to Bear Island, in Arctic Circle, to determine the implications of the world's changing T t jjbAJ climate Each member, however, has an ulterior motive for
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    • 757 7 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 8 On behalf of a minor member of the team (7) 9 An ideo of one'* own about animals? (3, 6) 13 Aim to get in trim for (5) 14 The foreigner held one bock from the bottles (5) 15 Contemptible dope (3-4) 16 Soft and warm,
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 242 8 FT ROYAL DUTCH-SHELL, the Anglo-Dutch oil group, has reported unexpectedly strong second quarter results, showing a modest 16 per cent decline in net income to £545 million in spite of the steep fall in crude oil price and currency losses of £126 million caused by
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    • 140 8 Reuter McDONALD's Corp shares rose on the New York Stock Exchange after a recommendation by Smith Barney to buy the stock, but other analysts said the underlying fast-food sector was weak and the sluggish economy did not augur well for the company. "I
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    • 91 8 Reuter AN ADMINISTRATIVE law judge has recommended that the Department of Transportation approve the proposed merger between Trans World Airlines (TWA) and Ozark Holdings's Ozark Air Lines without conditions. A department spokesman said administrative law judge John Vittone ruled that the proposed merger would not substantially
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    • 321 8 Reuter WALL STREET stocks finished on Thursday with a modest gain after a mid-day rally ran out of steam. "The market was essentially a victim of profit-taking late in the session," said Jack Conlon of E F Hutton Co. The market started stronger, hesitated,
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    • 147 8 AUG 07 a HudMn Boy Mtr hp 08 a A 16* AbMbi 22 st 39* Alcon 41 1 lu M 17 14 15* K«rr Addton 14* 12* Bank Of Mmlaui ft" Canada 31* 3$ inch Me BkxW 36* 27* 28 -2* Moor* Cp 34* inch Bmcan a A Canadtan
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    • 726 8 Amsterdam AUG 07 A8N Fk 020.50 +1.5 Atgn AhoW 104 30 1.3 93 40 -0J Afcjo 15*00 14 PI Hi 151.70 +OI 70.40 +1.1 110.00 1-0 124.00 -1.5 37.50 iMh Bonuml 110.00 »»Kh mtmmm T< C+- BHMW •rtaroda ***** -2.5 688 00 +3 217.50 IJ Fgh 4900 -0.2
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 352 9 HONGKONG: Share prices closed firmer in hectic trading yesterday as strong buying interest from overseas institutions and local investors pushed the Hang Seng Index to a new high. It rose 11.11 to 1,931.29 while the broader-based Hongkong Index firmed 7.79 to a record 1,204.50. Turnover was HK5769.90 million against
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    • 203 9 AUG OS MT$ 1 88 -0.07 Kuochan Dm Lm Chang Yuan 21.00 27 80 +0.1 1.3 Alio Camarit 23 20 30.10 -0.1 0 1 Lion Hwa Indus Nan Yo Plas 1075 35.20 unch •0.1 Chang rt»o Bank 41 20 23 60 0.1 +0.5 Nat bivaslmant 352.20 5.2 22.60 -0.1
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    • 335 9 TOKYO: Prices closed slightly higher yesterday on buying aimed at domestic-oriented shares. The market average rose 13.17 yen to 17,435.53. The average rose 68.88 on Thursday. Turnover was a relatively light 720 million shares compared with 900 million on Thursday. The Tokyo Stock Exchange Index improved 0.12 to 1,426.54
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    • 66 9 AUG Ot Jsesr! Apax Mining B Nn* OrianM B PM Ovanao* PMax B 0.014 -0.003 0015 -0002 0 2350 unch 0.012 -***** 10 -4 Ptcop B PLOT 171 •♦•3 ***** unch Son Migual B 68 50 mti Banauat Con. B Fwtt Phi HMgi 72 -3 4.20 -0.3 0.1 ISO
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    • 433 9 SYDNEY: Australian share markets yesterday closed firmer in brisk trading, buoyed by further heavy demand for leading gold stocks because of a weaker Australian dollar and firmer international bullion prices. At the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had risen 2.6 to 1.153.1, the All Industrials 3.0 to
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    • 86 9 AUG 08 WM Kangwon Ind 1170 20 52 41 20 55 Owl Sugar Duafcn bd 1990 590 1569 -10 15 70 Kotoo hd Kona Long Tarni Lucky Lid 2280 1550 1650 Do#woo H#ovy 1490 870 45 20 Onarwal Bra wary Poahc O»™ol 1510 1310 inch 29 1610 -30 1205
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    • 130 9 Reuter BANGKOK: The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday improved 0.17 to 141.32. Turnover amounted to 294,254 shares valued at 56.0 million baht. AUG 08 Ao Kham Th® MM Sown C*m*n» SMm On** Stam Gta«n» 577 ■tap -4 AM Ffcr* AyudhfS bvnliiwN Agro-fcxl n oot oorm Bar* 0* AmtfM
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    • 57 9 Reuter REMY MARTIN will disclose today the terms of a purchase offer it intends to put to minority shareholders of its 72 per cent-owned Hongkong subsidiary Remy Martin (Far East). The latter's shares, suspended on the HK Stock Exchange on Wednesday, have been halved over
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    • 311 9 AP A MAJOR Japanese car parts supplier, Nippon Seiki Co Ltd, plans to join its Japanese rivals in setting up shop in America, with a plant in Sabina, Ohio, beginning in 1967. Nippon Seiki, a supplier to Honda Motor Co, will own
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    • 192 9 Reuter THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE of Rothschild Australia Asset Management Ltd, Mr Peter Griffin, expects continuing support for the Australian stock market in spite of concerns about the strength of the Australian economy. Rothschild believes the market will be supported by institutional liquidity, dividend
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    • 145 9 Reuter SANYO ELECTRIC Co will transfer over the next four years about 70 per cent of the Sanyo group's production of semiconductors, gen-eral-purpose integrated circuits, ICs, and transistors to Far East subsidiaries outside Japan, a
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    • 198 9 UPI HYUNDAI MOTOR America V,. which imports the South Koreanbuilt Excel, says its car Is safe despite poor resuhs in a 56-kph barrier government crash test. Hyundai said on Wednesday that the 56-kph test recently coo-? ducted by the US National Highway Traffic
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4075 10 PRICES OF favourite local blue chips and CPF-re-lated trustee stocks continued to rise on the local exchange yesterday in moderate trading, ahead of a positive National Day speech by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night But a minor sell-off, particularly
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    • 221 10 SINGAPORE ?«tar Duff tkd S t H FAN Matt* HU YHS DBS 1 c s S>in Um Koti Mi S«Y». Rises *1.50 300 1490 SIO 820 7S5 p. 320 260 720 MO 1 402 SO* 254 149 211 Falls MM >110 T Ciipimi 40 ITMcm 1 20
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    • 3374 10 BID and offer price» officially listed and business in and reparted to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with' the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless uthei wise specified. AD Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 564 11  -  By HOMER CHEN PURPORTED NEGOTIATIONS for an undisclosed party to inject funds into Pan-Electric Industries have resulted in an adjournment for the hearing of the petition to wind up the company. The hearing will be held on Sep 1 or later, much to the fury
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    • 551 11 NST DATUK Abdullah Mohamed said yesterday he resigned from the board of Supreme Corporation Bhd at the request of managing director Tan Koon Swan. He did not see any reason for staying on since the proposal by him and his business associate, Datuk Mak Kok,
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    • 489 11 SHARE PRICES tumbled acres the board on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as sellers moved in after the first half hour of trading. Brokers said investors caught wind of the suspension of more than 20 cooperatives in the country. This was because Bank
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    • 824 11 COVERING of defensive short positions after the sharp declines over the past two sessions helped lift equity prices in early business yesterday. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 Index was up 4.6 to 1,534.5. The index closed at 1,529.9 on Thursday. One broker said: "What we're seeing is
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    • 612 11  -  Difficult business conditions blamed By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI SLUGGISH business conditions and the problems of loan losses have continued to dampen profitability at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and United Overseas Bank. The banks, which were the first two among Singapore's Big Four banks to release
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    • 156 11 WANNIAN HOLDINGS's subsidiary, Furama Hotels Investment (S) Pte Ltd, is facing a wind-ing-up action from Mitsubishi Bank. The bank claims that Furama Hotels Investment owes them about $250,759.17 and filed the petition yesterday. Mitsubishi replaced another creditor, Decoideas Pte Ltd, as the petitioner. Decoideas withdrew its
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    • 170 11 A DIRECTOR OF stockbroking firm Alfa-Pacific Securities, Francis Chu, yesterday pleaded guilty in a court to three charges of breaching the Companies Act and one offence under the Securities Industry Regulations 1974. He was fined $15,600. In the first charge, Mr
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    • 2392 11 MDUSTWALS Acmo xd Ajmo«noto (3065) xd Alcorn (678 695) (9) 69 (2) 67 AIS® (598 60S) (11)60 (2) 59 AW (7IB) (12) 74 (6) 75 (22) 73 (23)72(13)70(6)71 ASM (1106 112S) (27) 113 (15) 114 (15) 112 (7) 111 (4) 110 Antofc (2726 2735) (31)
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    • 117 11 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Friday 1204 50 Thursday 1196.71 Week ago 1169.28 Hang Seng Index Friday *****9* Thursday 1920 18 Week ago 1874.11 All Industrials Friday 1823.2 Thursday 1820 2 Week ago 1786.3 NEW YORK Dow Jones Thursday 1786.28 Wednesday 1779.53 Week ago 1775.31 TOKYO Nikkei Averoge Friday *****
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    • 287 11 Monogerj' prices MARA-Bumiputra for Aug 11 First B'putra 4 50 4 55 Singapore Unit Trust Second B'putra Third B'putra 4 23 4 28 3 25 3 30 The Commerce 0 83 0 89 Fourth B'putra 3 65 3 70 The Savings Fund 0 74 0 80 Fifth B'putra
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    • 239 11 NOTICES raw THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. IK AND ■TTmß| EuS3Z3EZ3 1 *Vi'J PURSU ANT TO SECTION a»dKfc)] At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of SPERN INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD duly convened and held at #10-02, International Plaza, 10 Anson Road Singapore 0207 on the 9 August 1966 the Special
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  • 513 12 of sappm 2nd Qtr '86 A BIG SWING in the performance by Singapore's manufacturers made them the main force in Singapore's economy in the second quarter of this year. After the first quarter's dismal 7.4 per cent decline, the sector recorded a respectable growth of
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  • 354 12 INDUSTRIALISTS are more optimistic than traders and financiers about the business outlook for the second half of this year. But even traders, who have been depressed for some time, are beginning to anticipate better things to come. This improved sentiment is reflected in
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  • 748 12 LOCAL trustee stocks once again occupied the centre court this week as investors were further encouraged by improving prospects for economic and corporate recovery. Of the top five most active counters during the week, three were trustee stocks. Haw Par was the volume leader, chalking
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  • 428 12  -  By JEFFREY TSANG THE GOVERNMENT is planning various upgrading programmes which would generate Jobs and employment opportunities for contractors, said the Minister for National Development Mr Teh Cheang Wan yesterday. But Mr Teh, who was speaking at the Nanyang Technological Institute Student's Union ball
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  • 528 12 LOCAL interests accounted for about one-quarter of the $591 million invested in Singapore in the first half of the year indicating a revival of confidence among domestic businesses. The local input of $145 million was higher than that recorded during the two
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  • LATE FILE
    • 51 12 Bernama PRIME MINISTER Gen Prem Tinsulanonda yesterday confirmed that Thailand's new government will be a four-party coalition. However, conflict between two of the four partners over control of key ministries may further delay formation of the 44-member Cabinet, expected to be announced next week.
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    • 44 12 UPI THE US Securities and Exchange Commission has named a former Lazard Freres Co analyst, Marcel Katz, his father, grandfather and a broker in a U512.11 million insider trading scheme involving the General Electric Co takeover of RCA Corp. UPI
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    • 36 12 Reuter ISRAELI Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir opposes a full-scale Middle East peace conference but would accept a meeting for endorsing results of direct Arab-Israeli talks, a ministry spokesman said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 26 12 UPI GARY KASPAROV has postponed yesterday's scheduled sixth match in his World Chess Championship battle with Anatoly Karpov till Monday. UPI
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  • 375 12 THE NUMBER of jobless would fall If workers accepted retraining and lower wages, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry. It said market rigidities and binding agreements in wage contracts were keeping labour costs too high for employers
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  • 188 12 PEOPLE'S PARK KATONG DEVELOPMENT Pte Ltd, one of the companies owned by developer Ho Kok Cheong and which was ordered by the High Court in April to be wound up, has taken out winding-up petitions against seven other companies. Petitions for the winding-up of Beauty
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  • 86 12 THE EUROPEAN Community has agreed on clothing and textile import quotas with South Korea. Jean-Pierre Leng, the Community's negotiator for the Mul-ti-Fibre Agreement, however, did not give details of the accord yesterday. Sources at the EC's executive commission said it was aimed
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  • 63 12 Reuter FIFTY YEARS after winning the 1936 Olympic marathon in Berlin, 74-year-old South Korean Kee Chung Sohn is to receive his prize a Greek warrior's helmet that is 2,000 years old. The helmet had been promised to the winner of the marathon by an Athens newspaper whose
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  • 73 12 Reuter ZIMBABWE will implement a package of Commonwealth sanctions against South Africa to the full and retaliate against any economic reprisals by Pretoria. Prime Minister Robert Mugabe yesterday described the two countries as in a state of economic war. Meanwhile, Zambia, also outspoken in its support for
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  • 95 12 Reuter COMEX GOLD futures traded briefly at new highs for the year yesterday on early buying spurred by a swift rally in London gold. Spot metal soared US$7.9O at U*****.50 an ounce, a new 1986 high before profit-taking and dealer selling emerged. Silver futures rose to
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  • 60 12 Reuter WALL STREET stocks turned mixed midmorning yesterday with the Dow Industrial Average lower but the broader market continuing on the upside. Stronger bonds were providing some support for the overall market; and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was off one point to 1785. Advances led declines
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 45 12 u« Foir. Re; >ort for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Aug 8 of the airport: Maximum temperature 33.2 Associated humidity 50 Minimum temperoture 25.5 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 6.75 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Rainfoll this month 23.5 Rainy days this month 3
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