The Business Times, 31 October 1978

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 TUESDAY, OCTOBER SI, lf» 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Comex report ready
      66 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Primary Industry Minister Paul Leong said his ministry completed a report on the establishment of a commodity exchange here. Other relevant government bodies are now studying it, be said but gave no indication of a timetable (or setting up the exchange. The report
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      Lock icon Australia backs Asean
      62 1 Reuter JAKARTA, Mon. Australia supports efforts by Asean to break down trade barriers with the European Economic Community (EEC), Australian Defence Minister Jims Killen said toiday. Failure to break down such barriers between Asean and EEC could pose a danger to world peace, Mr. Killen said after
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      Lock icon Trade main issue
      64 1 Reuter CANBERRA, Mon. Foreign Minister Andrew Peacock said today the growth of Australia's trade with Ajean would be a central issue over the next decade. But in reference to Australia's protectionist policies on some imports, he warned of the need to cope with "competitive situations" where the
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      Lock icon More aid for LDCs
      95 1 Reuter MANILA, Mon. The Asian Development Bank is to expand its lending programmes to boost mineral exploitation in the region's developing countries. This will in turn boost these countries' wealth from non-fuel resources and also help exploit a potential 17,100 million barrels of untapped recoverable oil
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      Lock icon World's thriftiest
      48 1 UPI GENEVA, Mon. The Swiss and the Japanese are the world's thriftiest people, the International Savings Banks Institute said today. As of Dec 31, IST7, savings deposits amounted to the equivalent of U5511,225 (5J25.888) per person in Switzerland and $9,531 in Japan, the institute said. UPI
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      Lock icon Airbus purchase
      64 1 Reuter ROME, Mon. Alitalia, Italy's national airline, today announced it would buy eight European Airbuses and five Boeing 727s in a US$3.l billion (557.13 billion) investment programme over the next 12 years. The airline, which operated at a profit last year and was reported to be profitable up
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      Lock icon Rita death toll up
      79 1 UPI MANILA, Mon. The death toll from typhoon Rita rose to 150 today with reports of 41 more drownings, the National Disaster Coordinating Centre said. Eighty one others were reported injured and 155 were listed as missing. The Ministry of Social Services Development said the typhoon
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      Lock icon Occupational cancer
      66 1 Reuter GENEVA, Mod. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) said today it had put 40 widely used industrial chemicals and compounds on its list erf substances that may cause cancer in workers unless special precautions are taken. A recent ILO study on preventing and controlling occupational cancer showed it
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      Dow Jones
      69 1 NEW YORK, Mon. Stocks plunged early today, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling through the 800 level for the first time in eight months. The Dow average, which plunged 15.07 points last Friday and 91 points in the past two weeks, was off 17.75 points to 788.28
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    119 1 THE UUewleg list el steeks give* the It meet traded en the Sleek Exekuge ef Singapere but week. It gives the taraever in tkee—Ji ef salts, clesiag prices ea Friday aad the high aad lew fer lf!8 CMfMy Tumvm f Pi Icea mgk Urn •m oet n
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  • LOCAL STOCK INDICES
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      SINGAPORE
      77 1 Oct o Oct 14 Oct Oct M Oet 27 ♦+BT Index 1930* 1969 36 1964.85 1979.56 1974.72 Industrials 387.83 393 47 ***** 392.28 392.88 Finance: 656.96 663 41 658.71 696.68 703.89 ••Hotek m« 272.25 271.27 272 49 272.58 •Properties: 235 96 236.63 236.70 238.87 238 96 •Tim 10.40 *****
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      MALAYSIA
      88 1 OtiS Oct M Oct 11 Oct M oh n *BT index: 2661 65 2706.36 3669 88 2706,31 2890.63 Industrials: 415 83 ***** 420 35 427.55 428.18 t.. Finance: 563 08 567 89 560.02 562.76 567.45 ••Hotels 243 54 242 71 242.46 242 54 242.38 •Propertje*: 217 85 238 54
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    New sources oil our refineries
    908 1  -  QUALITY MALAYSIAN CRUDE By JOHN TAN SINGAPORE'S oil refineries now have two additional sources of supply and they are nearby too. Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah have recently started pumping oil for processing in Singapore, and the potential for more trade in this direction looks good.
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    Hush! Listen to this whispering campaign
    805 1  -  By QUEK PECK LIM A WHISPERING campaign has been mounted by supporters of the board of Sime Darby Holdings in its qsove to change the company's auditor. Some institutional investors said they have been approached by some people purporting to speak fof Sime. These
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    Details of gold exchange operation out today
    170 1 PBOMOKBB ef the feM fatares wxrhsage will (fealty mil Ike Malta Ms ptaa rf ipmltis tsday. Twa nmpiriw week to nuMttw kij her aIM —h—» wUeh Is axpsetod fe begin tending The whsp will Ml •pea limnna (N«v l) as prejeetod, said market
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    Research tax on Sabah's cocoa export
    357 1  -  By JOHN LIM THE Sabah State government is to impose a 10 per cent "research" cess on cocoa exported from this major cocoa producing state in Malaysia. Although this is not an outright tax, the move is still viewed as a departure from the
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    Lock icon GOLD AT US$242
    152 1 UPI Reuter GOLD rocketed by US$7.lO an ounce (about Ssl6) to its highest-ever of $242.25 on bullion markets yesterday as the dollar plumbed to new lows on world money markets. Trading remained nervous and active as speculators kept up their demand (or the precious metal, a dealer
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    Air talks are tipped in Singapore's favour
    2382 2  -  By SIVA ARASU THE SIXTH round of talks last week between Singapore and Malaysia on a new air services agreement, though not the definitive one, was most assuredly not a failure. Not as far as Singapore is concerned, at least. In fact, it
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    MEMO PAD
    419 2 COURSES AND TALKS Oct 17-31: Employee training and development, Holiday Inn, P.O.D. Oct 25-Nov 17: Business law, SIM, SIM Oct 31 to Nov 1: Marketing strategy elements and profitability, Ming Court, Price Waterhouse Oct 31-Nov 9: Introduction to organisation and methods, PSA, PSA Central Training School. Nov 2-14:
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    Lock icon Japanese car makers driving into the US
    1113 2 AP TAX BREAKS, cut-rate loans, specially trained workers all are in the bags of pitchmen trying to sell California, Pennsylvania, New York and most other states to increasingly receptive Japanese car makers. More than 30 states have aggressive, confident officials wooing the car
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      312 2 For the sports Enthusiast Tactics are also discussed, and the author explains how the beginner can acquire the tactical sense to move correctly and to best advantage around the court. HOW TO PLAY SQUASH In this book, James Medlycott describes how squash is played: the rules, the court it is
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    Lock icon When deregulation can be beneficial
    859 3  -  CITY OF TOMORROW PRIME Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was recently in Disney World for the International Chambers of Commerce congress an nnn«ifn.| location for a group of hard-headed businessmen by any stretch of the imagination. But, LORNE BARLING reports, Walt Disney's passionate belief in
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    Aquaculture system which works wonders
    637 3 IMAGINE the freezers of your supermarket filled all year round with unusually large, fresh shrimp, salmon, and lobster at lower prices than the fish being sold today. And then imagine the production of that seafood actually helping clean up the environment and possibly reduce your
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    Lock icon BAN AGAINST CIG FIRES UP THE TOBACCO GIANTS
    711 3 NYT THE US$l7 billion (5J35.87 billion) a year tobacco industry of the US alarmed by a growing anti-smoking movement across the country is making an all-out effort to stem the tide in California. R. J. Reynolds Co., Philip Morris and other leading
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      208 3 The sign of the Kiwi, New Zealand's unique emblem bird, identifies products that have earned an international reputation for quality, reliability, craftsmanship and durability. See how YOUR BUSINESS can profit from New Zealand-made products at the i ill: i J i.13 Hilton Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 13 -18 November, 1978
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      571 3 I I -11-OIE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Hits made by a Pole in plenty (5) 8 He takes the mare over (5) 10 Animal with no tall! (5) 11 Island person (3) 12 Study centre or Welsh family (5) 13 A novel romance (7) 15 River three ways royal?
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER
      262 4 RUBBER futures in London yesterday closed the morning quietly steady and mostly 0.55 to 0.15 pence per klk> up from Friday. Turnover was 12 lots of five tonnes and 89 lots of 15 tonnes including seven kerb trades. There were no options traded. Dealers said the market had
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      Produce exchange
      221 4 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore noon closing prices per picul on Saturday: Coconut oil: Bulk $107 sellers, old drum $112 sellers, new drum $117 sellers. Capra: Mixed (loose) UK Conl $67 buyers. Pepper: Muntok AST A white fob 100". NLW $350 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96', NLW $332 sellers.
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      Cocoa
      163 4 TERMINAL cocoa in London yesterday finished the first call with 1 on-balance gains of £9 to £25.50 per tonne partly reflecting late steadiness in New York on Friday. The market had come under pressure during the call from currency-based hedge selling but speculative and trade buying in a thin
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      Lead
      61 4 LEAD was £1-50 up for cash while Three Months gained £4.50 per tonne in London yesterday. Dealers said values moved higher on the premarket following the early advance in copper with Three Months trading up to £314 per tonne. However, an unchanged London Metal Exchange stock figure after last
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      Rice
      188 4 BANGKOK rice prices were quoted as follows yesterday: <In US dollars per tonne F. 0.8. hasj< Bangkok) White rice: 100 pet Ist class 360. 100 pel 2nd class 345. 100 pet 3rd class 340. 5 pet 333. 10 pet 310. 15 pet 305. 20 pet 300. 25 pet 295.
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      Hongkong Comex
      210 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday dosed firm in sluggish trading, on lack of interest, dealers said. Turnover fell to seven lots from eight on Friday, all registered early in the session, they said. The market gained strength mainly on the weaker US dollar, coupled with fresh speculative buying.
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      SPOT PRICES
      184 4 YARN and cotton in Hongkong dollars, spot ex-godown: Cattsa yara: China Blue Phoenix 30a 2,110, 22a 2.710; 40a 2.930 (per bale of 400 lbs). Plate gsada: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lamba uaq; Flower and Butterfly unq; Flying Geeae unq (per piece 36
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      Coffee
      363 4 ROBUSTA futures ended the opening session steady £14 to £4 per tonne up from the previous close in sales of 150 lots in London yesterday. Commission-house and local dealer buying in a thin market made for early gains but dealtrs said firmness of sterling, lack of follow-through buying and
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      Sugar
      174 4 IN LONDON yesterday, raw sugar futures opened just above Friday's firmer kerb levels contrary to expectations, with on-balance gains of £1.60 to £1.15 per tonne. Dealers attributed much of the early support to trade buying and short-covering. But open trading saw prices easing back in light dealings which traders
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      Gold
      455 4 THE KILOBAR in Singapore on Saturday opened at 5H6.178 and closed at $16,212, after trading in a highlow range of $16,212/16,178 in a quiet market. Spot gold for London delivery opened at U*****.40/TO and closed at U*****.90/238.20. The highlow range was U*****.70/ 238.20—236.90/237.20, and the market was fairly active
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      Copper
      96 4 COPPER rase by £5.5 per tonne for cash and £6 for Three Months wire bars in London yesterday. Values were marked up on the early pre-market, reflecting gains at New York on Friday and the strength of bullion markets, trade sources said. Prices subsequently fluctuated narrowly, firmness of sterling
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      Tin
      115 4 TIN CLOSED £35 per tonne higher for cash and £5 lower for Three Months in both contracts, in London yesterday. Higher initial pre-market values for Three Months reflected the rise at Penang on Saturday and the general trend in base metals, dealers said, but the market subsequently drifted downwards
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      Zinc
      62 4 ZINC ended the morning ring £0 JO up for cash and £1 higher for Three Months. Early gains were scared but a 5,600-tonne stock increase which was slightly above dealers' forecasts, plus influential selling from one quarter, reversed the trend. After trading up to £372 on the pre-market, Three
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      Silver
      185 4 IN HONGKONG yesterday, silver closed at HK5276.50 per 10 ounces, unchanged from Saturday's close in (airly quiet trading, dealers said. The day's fixing price was also steady at $276.50. In LONDON yesterday, silver showed gained 4.6 to 4.8 pence per troy ounce. Prices advanced on the pre-market reflecting gains
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      Soybean
      182 4 SOYBEAN futures soared on heavy commission-house, local and commercial buying to post new season's highs in all contracts at the close in Chicago on Friday. Despite late profit-taking and hedging that shaved some six US cents from the advance, prices ended 19 to 8' i cents a bushel higher.
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      Wheat
      145 4 CHICAGO wheat futures closed sharply higher in all but two back months and set new season's highs in three contracts on Friday. The gains capped a solid week of advances in which the spot month climbed 22 3 < US cents. Prices ended up 5 3 < to V«
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      Palm oil
      71 4 C.I.F. North European ports. In US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated LONDON: Malaysian 5%ffa bulk per tonne December Sumatra 5* f fa bulk October November December January February March/April Nigeria 5% ffa bulk stc ROTTERDAM: Friday unch unch 657'.sir MSalr MOslr unch unch unq Previous KMslr 655pd
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      Lock icon Commodities give mixed reaction to dollar slide
      1265 4 AFP THE CONTINUING slide of the US dollar had a varying impact on the London commodity markets last week. Gold and platinum rose yet again to record levels. Other metals, although mostly quoted in sterling, which hss progressed strongly against the dollar, also
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        London
        290 4 THE DOLLAR continued to weaken in nervous early trading here yesterday, and fell to 1.7388/98 marks before recovering to around 1.74 compared with 1.7575/90 at Friday's close. Dealers said the decline was a follow on from the movement in the Far East yesterday. Sterling opened at U552.0862/70 from 2.0630/40
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        Hongkong
        256 4 THE US dollar resumed its (all against all major currencies in late trading here yesterday. It fell in early trading on the statement by Kuwaiti Finance Minister AbdelRahman Al-Atiqi that there is no alternative to raising oil prices to make up for losses due to the dollar's declining value.
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        Australia/NZ
        56 4 AUSTRALIA and New Zealand exchanges on Oct 30: AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1 1853 1.1806 Sterling 0 5715 0.3M6 Ninety-day airmail buying rates: Sterling ***** US dollar 1-3337 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5734 US dollar 1.U83 NEW ZEALAND Sterling ***** 0 5349 US dollar ***** 1.M6 Ninety-day airmail buying
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        Tokyo
        272 4 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed at 178.45 yen, down from a 178.50 opening and 179.60 at Friday's close after falling briefly to a post-war low of 178.30 yen, dealers said. No central bank intervention was detected, they said. The US currency eased in quiet late trading,
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        Euro $ rates
        139 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposit rales yesterday opened higher on continuing expectations of rises in US interest rates. Dealers reported a slightly bid tendency in (airly quiet early trading and initial gains of around 1/8 were often extended by 1/16 more. A Friday end-of-peri-od in One Month made for a
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        New York
        124 4 THE DOLLAR closed lower against major currencies in sporadically active, nervous trading on Friday. Dealers said there were no new factors in the decline, as the market shrugged off Thursday's report of a US$l.69 billion US trade deficit for September, as well as Friday's report of a 0.8
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        Frankfurt
        50 4 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes on Oct 30: US 1.7406 35 (1 7600 39) Caa ***** 915 Stg3 615 39 D F! 91.30 65 S FT 115.50 15 Lit 3.196 210 FFr43lO 49 N Kr 36.87 97 B Fr (con) 6.345 55 B Fr ((In) 6.07J 113 Yea 9.9790 5.9H6
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      164 4 COLLKTINQ Oriental Anticnej ra s I y stal O 4 a-. by Judith Moorhouse and Dries Blitz Hamlyn Group, London. Oriental antiques have always fascinated collectors throughout the world, evoking as they do the exotic and Inscrutable East. It Is, however, widely believed that they are too expensive for the
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Pay pacts provide for 6.5pc average rise
      282 5 Reuter MAJOR American collective bargaining settlements reached during the first nine months of this year provided for wage increases averaging 7.7 per cent in the first year of the contracts and 6.5 per cent annually over the life of the contracts, the US
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      ESTIMATE OF U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT CUT
      1055 5 THE US administration has sharply lowered its forecast of this year's budget deficit, to US$3B.9 billion (SsB2 billion), in line with President Carter's emphasis on a tight fiscal policy to fight inflation. However, the administration admitted that the improvement reflected good luck as much
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      Lock icon Banking on interest in cheque account
      466 5 NYT BY the middle of next week, barring any last-minute legal snag, most American banks will have the authority to offer a service that looks like an interest-bear-infcheque account. (Technically two accounts will be involved, an interestbearing savings account tied to a non-interest-bearing cheque
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon COMEX POSTS GOLD RECORD
        521 5 Agencies NEW YORK'S Commodity Exchange Inc. reported that a record gold futures contract trading volume of 32,845 was set last Thursday. The previous record was 31,378 set on Sept 27. Gold futures open interest also reached a record 112,155 contracts, representing the seventh consecutive day it
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      Lock icon UK consumer boom on slide?
      209 5 Reuter CONSUMER expenditure, the main component in current UK economic expansion, is expected to slow to around 3 per cent next year, from the 5 per cent rise predicted for this year, the London Business School forecasting team said. The team's latest economic outlook sees
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      Lock icon Ups and downs of French inflation
      199 5 Reuter FRENCH Economy Minister Rene Monory has said that the French inflation rate could reach 10 per cent this year but should drop to 6 per cent by 1981. He was quoted in an interview on Friday as saying: "I think we can end
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      Lock icon Swiss banks' worry
      140 5 Reuter SWISS banks are extremely worried by the decline in profits and financial reserves of Swiss industry, Swiss Bank Corp said. If these problems continue over an extended period, banks will also suffer substantial losses on loans, it said in documentation prepared for its autumn press conference.
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      Lock icon IATA DISAGREES
      145 5 AFP INTERNATIONAL airlines failed to agree on a proposed cut in air fares at an International Air Transport Association (lata) meeting held in the United States between Oct 3 and 24. Mr Shizuo Asada, president of the Japanese flag carrier Japan Air Lines (JAL), said that a Japanese
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      Lock icon Millions of Indians enslaved by debts
      482 5 AP SOME 2.24 million Indians work as bonded labourers under conditions little better than slavery, according to a government-sponsored report released in New Delhi. Despite national and state laws hanntng the practice, bonded labour continues to flourish in 10 of India's 22 states, said
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      For EMS to work...
      71 5 EUROPEAN Commission vice-president said there will be no European Monetary System (EMS) unless there is action to strengthen the weaker economies in the community. He said that unless such action is taken, one or more EEC members might withdraw from the proposed EMS. "In that case,
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      648 5 ARRIVALS Senriee Local Operator Nun ber Time From SLA SQ1Q3 106 KUL SLA SQ209 1045 HLP GLA GA944 1065 PKU GLA GA908 1100 MES PAL PRSOL 1125 MNL RBA BBS 1155 BWN GLA GA982 1200 HLP SLA SQ240 1210 MES SLA SQ63 1215 MNL SLA SQ201 1245
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      375 5 NEW) fo\ From Youth in the Army This book is a collection of case studies and sketches of army boys: of the ordinary foot soldiers, the officer-cadets, and the problem soldiers and soldiers fallen into drug-taking. There is also a succinct discussion of military life of the adjustment or malajustment
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  • REVIEWS
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      Lock icon DEATH OF THE DINER
      1131 6  -  »y FRANK LIPSIUS FT DINERS, those roadside eating establishments gleaming silver in the middle of large parking lots, seem so quintessentially American it is amazing that it took them so long to be called art. It is happening now under pressure of their impending extinction, the
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      Lock icon At 24, she's swept off to Oz
      480 6  -  By MICHAELA WILLAMS NYT IT LOOKS as if .for the moment,, anyway, The Wis is the most expensive movie musical ever made. It's said to have cost US$3O million (Ssi4 million). For this mountainous sum, Universal has produced a film that combines the
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      Sentimental Spring Wind
      253 6  -  By CHUA LEONG-KIAN "SPRING WIND" Is a fudtar, wllnrtJ taae ■SMBg Ike Hriddw aai Tihnume. Dviag Ike Seeeai Werld War, Ite verses were rewrlUea ss flki Ispsaese war has always keea s favsartte tsple «f Cklaeee ssveUsts aai film makers dace lid. This Msaisrta fllsi Is sm
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      No, they don't speak that way, old chap
      880 7  -  Maderi Par Easter* Cfcaag ChMg-wka (editor) IWmhi Bssks 1178, $1* DAnIAnAJ kn mvkwm oy Reviewed by Rebecca Chua FOR THE EAST, as it has never been for the West, individuality is not so much a catalyst (or action and the transformation of
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      Lock icon Bruna's the extra in the ordinary
      634 7  -  Dick Bnun was in Lm4m tram Utrecht recently to liueh Us two mew bHka, "Poppy Pig" tad "Poppy Pig's Garden" (Methnen, £1.25 each) aid his "Natve Fretae" (£1 Jt). *y BARTY PHILLIPS Observer DICK BRUNA is a Dutchman, which perhaps explains the round, florid
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      Lock icon Strapless and shameless
      783 7  -  By SUSAN ANDERSON NYT THE FASHION pendulum, moving relentlessly to make clothes instantly obsolete, is swinging from big to small, from soft to structured, from tailored to tarty. In the spring and summer pret-a-porter collections shown in Paris last week this was hailed as a return to
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      Lock icon FOR MEN ONLY
      475 7  -  By JURATE KAZICKAS AP THE COSMOS CLUB, whsse members have tecdved mere thaa M Nsbd aad PaMtaer prises, still admits saly mea aad atmpie saly half-heartedly saeh ■dm eaatrapttsas as radfe aad teleNevertheless, as the exelaslve ■ea*s dab creaks towards Ms lMth birthday sa Nsv. it, It
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      482 6 W H y h 1 ril'f'T Tuy 1 fc* IM 332 g ■»>ipTBTTTgi?Ty>!7^Tn>rMgT 1 afcakaSgS FILMS: COMTEMPORARY art in Belgium will be featured by National Museum in four films I Mi Janes Em Aln M—fcj Is the Life, Pwswt Day Sealptues and a Y at the WMtMi every Wednesday this
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      245 6 •J; PM Opening announcements followed by Impact A forum on Comprehension Skills Diary Of Events (English)* Harold Lloyd's Comedy Classics Grandma's Boy Science Report* Intermission Opening announcements followed by Fables Of The Green Forest* News in Brief* Wonders Of The Wild Gandy Goose* PM Opening announcements followed by Tree Top
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      All the signs point to investors staging comeback
      1007 8  -  SINGAPORE By CHAN BONG SOO SHARES MADE steady advances at the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. There was sufficient support in most of the leaders to suggest that investors and speculators were continuing their come-back after laying-off for several weeks. Volume
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      303 8 r SYDNEY Reuter CURRENCY uncertainties and a lack of overseas buyers saw a further weakening of the Sydney stock market during the week with the heaviest individual losses falling among the leading industrial shares. The Sydney all-ordinaries index closed the week with a net loss of 5.11 points
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      COMPANY NEWS for the week
      320 8  -  ENDED OCT 27 Compiled by Violet Chow OTHERS latrae® Caaipaay announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Daimei Plastic Co. of Japan. Intraco has a 25 r < stake in Daimei, while 7 is held by the Japanese parent Company. It
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      FEDERAL BUDGET A SHOT IN THE ARM
      581 8 K.LUMPUR k 4 LAST FRIDAY'S budget has given a boost to the Kuala Lumpur stock market. In better trading sentiment, prices recovered lyThe market held steady at the start of the week and while profit-taking appeared from mid-week prices generally held well. By
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      Price washouts traced to three culprits
      731 8 NEW YORK b 4 THE Dow Jones industrial average caught cold last week and the rest of the stock market appeared to have contracted pneumonia. That was the sum and substance of a shattering market decline whose symptoms actually stretehed back to the previous
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      Steep recovery brings Dow Jones to another high
      496 8 TOKYO hi 4 SHARE PRICES rode a weekend rally towards a mixed close in active trading on the Tokyo stock market last week with the DowJones average exceeding the 5,900-yen (5*693 million) mark to hit another all-time high. Prices fell sharply in
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      Promising results at Consgold
      337 8 LONDON:Consolidated Gold Fields Ltd has made a promising start to the current financial year with continuing good results from its construction materials inter--ests, and with gold and tin prices remaining strong, Lord Errol said in the annual report. He said the group's restructuring has added to
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      Hitachi sees income rise
      250 8 TOKYO: Hitachi Ltd expects a gain of at least 10 per cent in non-consolidated net income in the current year ending next March, from 31.44 billion yen in the last year, managing director Yakitomo Yoshikawa said. He told a press conference sales are expected to be
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      Yokada has big plans for future
      192 8 LONDON: I to-Yokada Co Ltd expects its capital expenditure over the next five years to rise to 300 billion yen compared with about 115 billion yen over the previous five, Masatoshi Ito, president of Ito Yokada, said here. He told an investors' meeting that
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      Bears huddling over their buys
      760 8  -  r < LONDON By GERALD COLVERD THE chao6 at the international motor show-in Birmingham is solely the outcome of success. Too many people, in too short a time, want to see what the industry has to offer, whether than can afford it or not. If
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      Slightly higher
      333 9 TOKYO 8 HARE prices yesterday closed slightly higher after late profittaking pared initial sharp gains, dealers said. The market average cloeed 6.70 higher at 5,028.82 after reaching a new record 5,954.04 at the morning close, with volume at 400 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index closed at
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      Sydney
      401 9 THE market yesterday closed weaker with the Bank of NSW falling 40 cents to A 57.04 because of disappointment at the size of hidden reserves revealed on Friday and the absence of a bonus Issue, dealers said. Enthusiasm for the bank's takeover bid for AOC also proved short-lived with
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      Manila
      297 9 THE market yesterday closed mixed with oils firm while commercials and minings declined, dealers said. Turnover fell to 8.42 million pesos from Saturday's 11.02 million. Oalners were Basic Petroleum and Phil Overseas while Acoje Mining, Atlas Con "B" and Lepanto "B" fell. Unchanged issues Included Bagulo Gold, Benguet Con
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      Bangkok
      291 9 THE market yesterday closed mixed with gains outweighing losses In active trading and the Book Club index rose 2.29 points to 213.33, dealers said. Bank of Ayudhaya rose 14 baht to 296 and Thai Danu Bank 20 to 432, but Thai Commercial and Thai Farmers Bank dropped 12 and
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      Selected Indices
      29 9 H.K.HANO SENO Monday 688.32 Friday 873.31 Week Ago 882.01 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Monday 454.80 Friday 480.96 Week Ago 471.24 ALL ORDINARIB8 Monday 533.80 Friday 540.80 Week Ago 541.02
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      Jo'burg
      378 9 OOLD shares were mixed with a firmer bias In thin trade ahead of the weekend, dealers said. Oalns ranged from a few cents In smaller-priced shares to 100 cents and losses up to 15 cents In heavy weights. Mining financial! were selectively higher. De Beers five cents to 755.
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      FRANKFURT FIRMER
      552 9 EUROPEAN MARKETS FRANKFURT share prices tended generally firmer In quiet trading last Friday but with limited purchase Interest seen, dealers said. Deutsche Bank gained three marks while In steels, Hoesch and In stores, Karstadt each roee 1.50 marks. In autos vw roee 1.10 marks but elsewhere this sector
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      Frankfurt
      210 9 OCT IT Dm >/- Aef-Teicrunken Akso Alls Leben Alls Ven BASF Bay H T Wbank Bay Vbank Bayer BBC BMW Cassella ChemVerw Commersbank Contl Gummi Daimler-Bens Degussa Demag Deutsche Bank DresdnerBank Dt Texaco Dyckerhoff8TA Enka Olanss Gelsenberg OHH Hapag-Uoyd Harpener Hoechst Hoesch Horten Kali Sals Karstadt Kaufhof KHD Kloecknerwerke
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      224 9 oct r ru ABfc Ahold 106 80 -LI Akso 28 00 -0.1 AMEV 84 50 ♦•0.2 An; fas 104 .00 unch Amrot Bank 74.50 unch IST" M00 M 20 1 •LI Bo Is 88 00 -1.1 Borsumtj 148 00 4-1 Burhmann 89 70 -1 3 Byenkorf 90 70 -1
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      241 9 oct r Fn QOUHLLI Alr-Uquld* BSNOcraii Danont CSF(ThoauonCtf) CM FrmncfcMc 360 -t SM +4 381 unch 141 unch CoaipMnw Financiers Compafnle Generate Credit Foncier De Franc* Hachette (uminc) Machines Bull Mlchetln(B) Paribai Pechlney Clflne Kuhlmann Peugeot PTu!ipa(N»0«m Bent) Prlntempa S A Rhone-Poulence8A Royal Dutch SuewCle Flnan Del Thomson-Brandt Utlnor
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      Sharply lower on a broad front
      1118 9 NEW YORK A RISE in the September Inflation rate and continued upward pressure on Interest rates pushed stocks broadly and sharply lower In active trading last Friday The Labour Department said September consumer prices rase a seasonally adjusted 0.8 per cent after an 0.6
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      Toronto
      255 9 SHARE prices closed lower last Friday In active trading The composite Index was off more than 7H points with declines In 12 of Its 14 component groups. Losses outpaced pans 276 to 190. Dome Pete fell 2* to 70*, Husky Oil 1* to 28V Bow Valley 1* to 16Hand
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      185 9 OCT 17 Franc* Actloni Sutsaes 263 unch Alusulsse Br ...975 -15 Alusulsse Ret 450 Brown Bo vert Br 1525 unch Clba Oelgy Br .835 -20 ClbaOelcyPC 710 -20 Clba Oelfy Ret 5(0 unch Credit Suisse Br 2155 unch Credit Suisse Ret 417 -1 Elektrowmti Br 1760 unch Oeorfe Fischer
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      180 9 Ac«c Arbed Astur Braacan Bru-Lamb Ganpac 370 2300 670 430 ISM M0 -33 -30 -40 13 -36 unch Cbc k De Been Ebes Electro bel Ob-Inno-Bm Oe* Hobo k Petro Ryl Dutch Sldro Soc Oen Blef Soflna Solvay A Tank* UMln V Mont 366 ...1(7 232J 6750 3450 1334
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      173 9 OCT XT Lire Ante -0 25 Assoc Ow -420 Bastogi -23 Cenlrale -10* Flat -29 Finsider -1 Oen Immob -4 IFI Pr> -59 I talc* menu -990 ItalgaS -9 Ilalsider -17 Magnetl M Pf -12 Marelll Ere -9 Med lob -250 Miralania -500 Mondadon 1726 -19 Montedsn J 99
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      385 9 Source: SHK PRICES advanced sharply yesterday on HICS 130 million turnover In the morning session. Although blue chips moved ahead, Hutchison outperformed at 56.80 and most interest was directed to property shares ahead of some small land auctions In the afternoon. Turnover continued at a brisk Kb In the
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      GM chalks up record sales and profits
      683 9 GENERAL Motors Corp. (GM), the largest business in the US in terms of sales, reported record third-quar-ter sales, profits and pershare earnings. GM said its profits for the three months ended Sept. 30, climbed 31.3 per cent to US$52B million, or $1.84 per
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      142 9 Reuter PENN CENTRAL Transportation Co.has been reorganised and renamed Penn Central Corp. after the largest and most complex bankruptcy in US business. The bankruptcy and subsequent reorganisation took eight years, four months and three days. Richard Dicker, formerly a vice-president and counsel of the Equitable Life Assurance
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Austral Amal expects lower tin output
      832 10  -  By P. Gunasegaram OUTPUT of tin concentrates for the current financial year at Austral Amalgamated Tin is expected to be "somewhat less" than previously. Chairman C.W. Tresise says in his annual review for the year ended June 30 that together with the anticipated increase
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      441 10 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for Payment Date Cloae Payable the year Previoua year Jardine Loan 1st lnt Oct 16 Oct 21 Oct 31 Keck Seng 74%TE Oct 10 Oct 20 Pet 31 7"*% 15% SBS 12'.% Oct 10 Oct 17 Oct 31 12% 12% Shell
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      SCRIP ISSUE
      174 10 Company Particular* Ex Date Books Clone Pub. Bank Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 Nov 6 Nov 16 Guinness Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Oct 25 Nov 7 T. Cement Bonus Issue of 1 for 5 Nov 8 Nov 17 Synthetic Resins Rights Issue of 2 for
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      EAC seeks consent for massive loan
      229 10 EAST Asiatic Company (M) is currently seeking Bank Negara's consent to finalise the unsecured medium-term borrowing facilities amounting to $20 million for its acquisition of the entire issued capital of River EsEAC (M) has also furnished the audited accounts of River Estates for the
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      154 10 KHONG Gua Flew MllUsg Ltd: AGM to be held at 3rd Floor, UMBC Building.22. Malacca Street,Singapore at 12 noon on Oct 31. Bathmaas af Pall Mall (M) Bkd: AGM to be held at Virgina Park, Jalan University, Petaling Jaya, at 11.00 a.m. on Oct 31. Stagapara Balldlag Society
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      2665 10 TVls YMT Hick Ut Last Sale +OrOr*s DMb D*» Qr*s Net err yv* h/e r mk SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 272 238 178 219 275 111 278 326 245 660 132 Aetna 123* Alcom 112 Allied Choc 133 BAT 196* Bat* 60* Ben 162 BerJayaKawat 173* Boustead 140*
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      1471 10 Polar 35 1114 NOL NOL a 1/4 HoneyweU-P Honeywell 00 111/16 414 614 a 74 Oct 27 Polar 40 7 av4 NOL 461/4 a V16 111/10 IM 00 74 Polar 45 3 3/4 61/2 7VB a 1/4 HoneyweU-P a 01/4 101/4 sift :o 1/4 a 74 Polar
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  • SPORTS
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      Heading for Wimbledon
      736 11 THE THINGS sports orga- nisers and sponsors do for the "juniors" these days may make some of us wish •we could remain under-18 forever not just to escape national service. r Many sports fans would be familiar with the various schemes to build future soccer stars for
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      Managing the mighty money
      967 11  -  By SUE FRANCIS WHETHER ar art ItakMMMi Al Mta to retire tram toe rtag, )w cm nut aa hto to he still to toe paMfe STcfeNM he eu SwTkli Mill paid/Ms* toveatamato aapervtoed, hfe estate plsaari, Ui pa Writ y aad Imvuee irftofl, Me Mu yllirl,
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      Hockey player on a record test mission
      276 11 AUSTRALIA and Singapore will meet in a hockey Test match in Singapore on Nov 12. The match is one of several internationals the Australian team will have during a tour next month which takes it to Singapore, Malaysia and Pakistan. Australia meets Malaysia
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      Sudden-death play-off decides Seletar title
      962 11  -  By TEO TECK WENG YOUNG Jeffrey Bose defeated Noel Bond in a suddendeath play-off on the 19th hole to win the club championship at the Seletar course yesterday. Jeffrey, who was in the Singapore Putra Cup team which played at Jakarta earlier this month, had
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      Contributions wanted
      631 11  -  By RONALD KOW SOCCER fans who have been to the National Stadium often enough know only too well that It is not nnusual to have the flights of steps and passageways in the gallery and grandstand benches Mocked np by latecomers. On Snnday night, when the Singapore Bnslness
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      220 11 The combined effort of many of the woiicEis best medical minds—- This decade has witnessed tremendous number of new discoveries in medicine, and some of the greatest advances in medical knowledge the world has known. Keeping abreast of all these new developments is an awesome task which the Medical and
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    Abloy Locks looks into making of parts here
    521 12  -  RONNIE LIM THE Abloy Locks division of the Finnish conglomerate Oy Wartsila is currently investigating the prospects for part-manufacture of its locks in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. The division's general manager Pyry Ruokonen, now in Singapore on a regional visit, said this
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    Lock icon GLOBAL CAPITAL MARKET ACTIVITY FALLING
    103 12 Reuter SiWglir Mlllen (B$lBM Ma) hi the treats ssrvey, It satf the prMinis far h—iealat activity are generally tar Bedaeed h»wh| h the third qaarter atfoetal The OSCdSmTm* hsmwtag la IVB as.a whale wffl Has toJK hUlm. Over the year, «js< eated lanavih are far
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    To give or not to give?
    67 12 JAPAN will study the advisability of giving preferential tariff treatment to china following an inquiry from Peking, the Japanese newspaper Mainchi Shimbun reported. It quoted government sources as saying the study would be made before a-three-day meeting of the government Sino-Japa-nese mixed trade committee
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    Talks to focus on role of small industries
    137 12 THE crucial rale of small industries in Asean will be highlighted at a four-day conference opening in Singapore on Nov 20, Malaysian officials said yesterday. They said the main theme will be how the contribution of small industries to the national economies
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    Banks on the look-out for next prime mover
    935 12  -  By COLIN CHEE THE lowest tending rate offered by banks here for Singapore dollar loans now averages 7Vfc per cent a V* -point higher than that at the beginning of the month. But Singapore's prime lending rate structure continues to show two
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    World food supply stability superficial
    678 12 WHILE the world's food situation seems satisfactory at the moment > with global food supplies relatively plentiful and prices stabilised this respite is at best superficial, said Dr.Arturo Tanco, president of the World Food Council. Dr.Tanco, who had his keynote address for the 14th Asia-Pacific
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    The rise of Malaysia rice
    192 12 THE output ot rice in Malaysia has doubled in the Last 20 years after the introduction of modern methods of cultivation. This has led to the country's traditional reliance on imported rice being slashed (kastically. Malaysia is now K per cent self-reliant in rice. The
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    LONDON STOCKS
    551 12 LONDON. Mob. Share price* closed narrowly higher after a quiet flow, dealers said. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times Index was up by 10 at •1 Trading activity was subdued by anxiety over the government's pay policy, smile the further weakness at the US dollar and concern over
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    Lock icon Marcos suspends rice exports
    108 12 Reuter PRESIDENT Marcos of the Philippines has suspended all rice exports in the wake of mounting reports of destruction from Typhoon Rita which has now claimed well over 100 lives and devastated wide areas of Luzon island. Aerial surveys over the weekend showed many small towns
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    Australia to avoid fare row with Asean
    309 12 AUSTRALIA would avoid clashing with Asean countries over the new low fares proposed by Qantas and British Airways, Qantas chairman Sir Lenox Hewitt told a National Press Club luncheon in Canberra yesterday. Addressing a nation-wide radio and telecast, Sir Lenox said talks would
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        Sending containers to Busan
        62 13 SCANDUTCH will extend its container shipping services to Busan in South Korea with its first ship due to sail into the port on Nov 13. Its fleet of eight container vessels in the Far East Europe run will call at Busan every eight to nine days.
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        On second thought..
        90 13 SOUTH KOREA'S Samsung Shipyard has postponed its plans to build a second dock at its new Koje Island site, south-west of Pusan. The 350-metre by 80-metre dock, due for completion in 1980 at a cost of Won3oo million (Ssl34 million), is now scheduled to begin in early
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        109 13 Reuter A GREEK tanker and a French navy destroyer which had ordered it into port collided off the coast of Brittany last week, French maritime sources disclosed on Sunday. The 20,748-dwt tanker Thios Thanassis was under naval guard off Brest harbour over the weekend, the sources said. The
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      Component industry in a bind
      581 13  -  By RAHIM KASSIM THE SPECIFIC requirements of shipowners who build their vessels in Singapore for components and equipment have a dampening effect on the budding marine component industry. Although its contribution is very small, about 4 per cent of the value of the final product,
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      Worldscale 40
      137 13 A SMALL watershed was reached in oil tanker markets recently when the 340,000-dwt Sea Saga was fixed to Chevron at Worldscale 40 for a voyage from the Gulf to Europe on Nov 10. Shipbroker E.A. Gibson said this is the highest single voyage figure ever paid for an
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      479 13 Aomas* ACS Afea Alpac ANL APL Anhsing Arya Nat ASCL Angkutan Aust.Cont T n IV IV i m n n m m IV Cat 2 5 2 5 1 2 5 5 5 4 5 Shipping MISC MOL Namyang Nat .Shpg(Pak) Navitrde Nedlloyd NOL Norasia NYK Page IV n
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      A WHALE OF A CHANGE
      238 13 THE BLUE WHALE left the Sembawang Shipyard recently alter major steel and machinery repairs all ready to take on its next assignment as a pipelayer crane ship for its owner, Nether land OCfshsre Co. The contract to repair the vessel was awarded to the yard
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due ... and when
      4269 17 SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due and when SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      335 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Daizyu (0700 after Botany Treasure) (Subject Gas Free) 13/14. Dolly Skou (after Giso Maru And Three Star) 31/ 32. Eugeniuz Kwiatkowski (after Sudzha) 47. Hoegh Orris (after Shoryu Maru And Hel) 38/39. Kota Pusaka (1200 after Kota Petani) 10/11. Ibn Bassam (1500
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      Container Schedules
      657 18 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB. (1) Each vessel's estimated time of arrival is advised by the Shipping Line/ Agent and is subject to change (2) All export FCL containers and LCL cargo must be delivered to the Authority's premises during the
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      WHO ACTS FOR WHOM
      872 18 The leading shipping lines operating from Singapore and the local agents who handle cargo bookings for them. Aconas Line— Aconas Sdn. Bhd. Adriatic Container— Container Feeders. AFEA Line— Singapore Shipping. Ahli Shipping— Sharjah. Alfred C. Toepfer Line— Intermodal. Algerian National Line (CNAN)—Unipacific. Alpac Line—lntrasea. Anhsing Line—
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      Lock icon A tall order for British shipbuilders
      879 18 FT BRITAIN'S case for retaining its shipbuilding industry at something like its present capacity of 1 million to 1.3 million gross tons (grt) output per year is twofold. Firstly, it has not expanded in the last 30 years at a 'ime when others, such
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      484 14 Hapag-Uoyd f%T ANGLO-FRENCH TRADING H. ...h.tvjt ///Hill ///S 189 S /.'.'b'.W. T r*»in*l //OSSSI 0 i 'M <444 U3 44/137 P.»rtKHjn«| 3H 76/ 1 1 C*S 7 7/6 8 bISV,« Ipoh OS /b*> i 4 United States Lines v>: We go further to serve you better General Agents Sealion Shipping(s)
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      765 15 QCL Overseas Containers Limited > sang TO UK/CONTINT: ntwK Spwr P Man* Omarll B»cm *««M w«" U* 31 Oct 17 Nn It In 20Nn (2SNn> 22 Nn 4Nn tNn 27 Nn 21Nn »Nn SOk) ft Nn S Ok J 3tNn <Sok> lOK (12 0K) 7Ok IOK Ok 12 OK 2*
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      1116 15 9= •M.V MM FIMS V.2OWPtrtius npai/gomtim IttaaM MV MM NAH V 21* 17 0K P.fcM/N IMMI Pkeaus/ li^i/ta^taß/ktMM. MV MM TAT V.22W 11m r. Sata/«toian*ie/Be»irf/laMabie Pk«a«/Tnpal/lan*ui/Ua*aL ACCEPTMG CONTAMER CARGO •REFIBGERAnON CMGO ACCEPTABLE ALSO CALUNG LNMSSOL BOUtGAS/CONSTANTZA/SUBICT TO NWCEWfT CAST BOUND-MEDHERRANEAN/FM EAST MV MM FtMG 14 Nov TMaN/(rt(/hui/'lHta(; Kaefaaai Hang Kang
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      921 15 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTMO SERVICE TO/FROM EWOfE 1 TO EIMOPE S pore P Mm| Iwm Uri hNrt h Part law Kara «/U 6//11 AMaa* l» 12/11 14/11 ■ram Eaprasi 11/11 InMi lfen 2t/U BmM 27/11 21/11 Cartffa* Bar 4/12 t/U Mm Hani 11/12 from nam mbukc b haven r
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      959 15 Scan Dutch V i *:<; i i/vrjj+u vir« r.w WESTBOUND TO MEP/UK/ CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA (ittii horn P Mun| Vrud Ft MCI SCI M H Spxr 11 Mw**-> Adam i> Hbu't 4i Gtwrt }i*rt«n hmmtmm Aarfuk «> <*•»■ M M« mxk auM*l c«f* Mi !■»>* EASTBOUND FROM MED/UK. CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA 11 Cto>[ h
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      534 15 GUTHRIE BOUSTEAD AGEMCIFS THE BANK LIME LTD. faunae siw tUMotuft Cjprtowni LOWS FOR E. ft S. AFRICA Matting' Durban t L ft i Sport V« Ok P fcrtai* 1/ »I FOtTIM SIM GOOD KIM.O FMM EAST t SOUTH AFMCA iTMt (/II Mn Spot* Sport 21/211 EXPRESS SERVICE DMECT FROM SKGAPOftE
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      1012 16 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. wnn COMI 1M HH (VU SUEZ br CmtUm Ha TO EUROPE yppft PKalant L Havre H'burg Bremen Sinn A'aerp 3Nn 5 Nni 22 Nn 24 Nn 25 Nn 2f Nn 21 Nn 9NnU Nn 21 Nn •31 Nov 10k 20k 40k If Nm It
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      929 16 tt.S.A./EAST CANADA SERVICE teams ra/ia ammo* mm ram. r hubs, rrm ItadMg tar *W TOW. CABKN. NONFOLK Pffunt Be<a«an P MM* Singapore SO MADHYA PRAOESH (MSA 2* SCI) l/3Nw */*Nw Tl (Nw 9/U E.C./GREAT LAKES SERVICE lu4m Mr NOME Oil. NEW TOM. MONTREAL. TORONTO, ASKIMU.A. OOWT. CHCAfiO Penang Beu.fi P
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      957 16 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD *FUU.Y COHTAINMISED SKVICES: FAR-EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE pore P Aeiang S ton nrre Mb»f| Brew R dam Aawrp •Mm 74 NM 25 MM 29 MM 21 M 0 RESUMtOOt TArTTST 2fl Nm 22 Nm 24 Nm 25 Nm 2f Mm 2t An IS- MS 27 MM
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      697 16 MALAYSIA* INTERNATIONAL SHITTING CORPORATION BCRHAD EXPRESS FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO/FROM MED/UK/CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA WEST BOLB© FeoOar fUM| Vassal RMEQCi faM N. MM RMKOCA 4/U IWfm ELEANOKA 11/11 MMt human u/u mi n Sport 1) We 2) Mm 3) H burj 4) Gtar| 11/11 12/11 17/11 19/11 21/11 b/ii 21/11 zs/ii a/u M/u
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      659 16 t INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. f-aber Housp ..'3-JE O'chd'ti Road Singapore 9 Telephone Jj'vf l l *****5' B Kansai Line STRAITS/AUSTRALIA SERVICE Singapore P Keiang Lootfng fir FOR TUNER V. M hi Port Saied Brisbane Sydney liMnt Adelaide SUNNYSVDNEYV.iI 20 Nov 23 Nov do A<**t S«ap*> —MM (Pit) ITO 23&2411 BOOMK
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      217 17 Fm» «i jym Mono wi m m la gulf i/c inut 7/11 Utbm 1/11 15/11 3/12 1/12 7/12 10/12 1«5 Full Container Service from USA MOtia Kl l/C GU.F OA* L* HK FIH» «l STOK StltM 20/» 2/19 13/10 11/10 1/11 KertM* by 12/11 Suta t4t «/li Wit 20/10 17/10
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      142 17 EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONA LINE EIL EGYPTIAN FLAG FAST AND MRECT LINER SERVICE TO EGYPT (PORT SAD ALEXANDRIA) STOK FT KEL PENAItt PT SAD ALEX X U RrM Iha Dk 4 Dk I ma U Dk 2 Dk II Dk 21 I Ok IS 1m 2 tm 7 GENERAL AGENTS: L.N. SHIPPING
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      159 17 CENTRAL GULFS? EXCLUSIVE LASH SERVICE TO U S. ATLANTIC GULF FM*r M. Mtvi* fananf IMNr M *n f *«U«* S part MAMMOTH CHEN snrua 21 n» at wwnr 21/51 ca 17 n» »nm ORIENT LLOYD ORIENT LLOYD (H) B| S JJ 4O bpo'e P Mr'j'vj 38b*jll i ,'594t ?e< a
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      334 17 notices] DONG SUE LINE M.V. DONG YUN VOY. 14/78 arrived 22-10-78 at P.P.W. 303 CB 6 General survey on damaged cargo discharged ex the above vessel will be held on Wednesday Ist November, 1978, as from 9.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon. No further survey will be held after this date.
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      106 18 Roilei goes Ist class. A Roilei camera is the elaborate result of many surprises, mix-ups or slip-ups at any stage of the delicate operations. And of course Roilei will not door-to-door run. settle for anything less than first class transportation. Scan Dutch is first choice for Roilei first class Therefore.
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