The Business Times, 18 April 1979

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 141/1/79 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, lf7f 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon ITF's threat
      59 1 Reuter LONDON, Tues. The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) said today it is considering talcing action against Malaysia (or disbanding the country's airline union and detaining 13 of its members. ITF general-secretary Harold Lewis said the news from Malaysia was distressing but did not specify what action might
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      Lock icon HK imports
      62 1 AFP. HONGKONG, Tues. Hongkong's imports of petroleum and petroleum products from China and from Singapore's refineries rose sharply in January. Total Singapore exports to the Colony in January rose 27 per cent to HK$32O million (Ssl44 million). Major increases were in petroleum and petroleum products, up 8 per
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      Lock icon Oil embargo
      74 1 AP. KUWAIT, Tues. The Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (Oapec) expelled Egypt from membership today and also announced a total embargo on oil shipments to Egypt. The Oapec move conformed with a decision by the conference of Arab League foreign and finance ministers here last month to
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      Lock icon Rubber HQ
      94 1 UPI. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia is making a strong bid to have the headquarters for the International Natural Rubber Agreement on price stabilisation here, Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Paul Leong said today. "The siting of the headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, which is in the heartland of the natural
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      Lock icon China-Vietnam talks
      61 1 Reuter. HONGKONG, Tries. China and Vietnam will begin talks in Hanoi tomorrow on how to restore normal relations after their recent border war, the New China News Agency reported today. Quoting a report from the Vietnamese capital, the agency said that the date was agreed today at a
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      Lock icon Re-structuring MAS
      73 1 AFP. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaysian government is studying the possibility of setting up a subsidiary company in an effort to re-structure the state-run Malaysian Airline System (MAS). The proposed company, according to informed sources, would handle the ground services of MAS like catering, passenger services, cargo and
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  • Chief Price Changes
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      SINGAPORE
      125 1 Rises Most Active Toshiba Kramat O V E 464 348 290 44 16 +10 S Darby UOB 342,000 314,000 Keck Seng 235 7 Consplant 187,000 High A Low 394 4 H Par 118.000 Taiping Textile M Glass 130 203 4 3 Total Turnover: 4.63m Y H S 396 2
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      152 1 Rises Most Active FE-L'stoo 276 -14 Magnum 418 -10 S Darby 236,000 DBS Tractors 5 585 -10 -10 Taiping Text G Lumber 190,000 175,000 Oriental €55 -10 SEA Lumber 152,000 Male* 370 Rahman Hyd 432 S Lumber 250 -08 -08 -07 Total Turnover: 3.46m Total Value: MJ8.16m P
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    Countdown to flying start in Sept
    804 1  -  SIA AIDS AIR LANKA AR LANKA By WANG LOOK KEAH AIR LANKA hopes to attain a turnover of about $70 to $80 million in the first year of its operation. The airline will commence international operations on Sept 1 with a twice weekly service
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    Asean textile men to unwind the kinks
    556 1 By FOO CHOY PENG MORE than 70 Asean textile dealers will meet in Kuala Lumpur to discuss how to strengthen their position in the world textile trade. Two series of meetings will be held. The first is by the Spinners Working Group this
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    Kapal collective pacts
    203 1 A LOCAL shipowner, Kapal Management, will sign collective agreements with the Singapore Maritime Officers Union and the Singapore Organisation of Seamen at a Joint ceremony this afternoon. The signing, which will probably be witnessed by Mr Michael Chua, director of industrial relations at the Ministry of Labour,
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    UOL's option to buy Odeon Katong extended
    216 1 UNTIED Overseas Lead bees gives the" ria'em* rite la East Csast Baad. Cathay Theatres (Pte) Ltd., the owner sf Mesa Eat*if eiaema, kas agreed ta extend the rixmeath eptlea period exptrrtm meißfar stole Chltey o£ gssfostlia grsaa, Is asking for aksat fa mllltea
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    Exporters taking to rediscount scheme
    500 1  -  By JOHN LIM THE NUMBER of exporters making use of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's rediscounting scheme increased from 47 at end-1975 (the year it was introduced) to 385 last year. The total amount of the rediscounting facility outstanding rose from $55 million in 1975
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      179 1 Banking and Finance roundup The annual Banking Supplement of Business Times will be available tomorrow. Packed with views of the banking scene by top bankers, it features an exclusive interview with Mr Wong Pakshong, managing director of the MAS, on the next ten years in banking. There are more than
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      37 1 AUCTION «f Staflex Qlebal(PE) geeto 2 PRE TENDER ■•tleei f«r la trade IBAN alnt to aatleaaltse AD M SHIPPING TIMES NANYANG targes ahead to BILLION-dellar Sanatraa KCBAFT MODULE i, TV RADIO t, I f, SHAKE PUCES II
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      Auction of Staflex Global (FE) goods
      381 2 A PUBLIC AUCTION of goods from the liquidated Staflex Global (Far East) will be held tomorrow at Auctioneers Victor and Morris Pte Ltd's auction room at Telok Ayer. Goods comprising a cement mixer, a Kardex cabinet, Miranda cameras, intercom receivers, jewellery samples, Vodka, brandy,
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      Asean members will receive pre-tender notices
      258 2 THE FIVE Asean countries under their preferential trading arrangements, have agreed to accord each other preferences in procurement of goods by government agencies with effect from Jan 1 this year. According to Singapore's Department of Trade, an Asean country inviting international tenders for government
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      A drop in March consumer price index
      182 2 SINGAPORE'S consumer price index declined by 0.3 per cent last month against February's figure, although it was 2.7 per cent higher than in March, 1978. According to the Department of Statistics, last month's decline from February was due to lower food prices which
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      The latest in digital weighbridges
      69 2 HAGEMEYER Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd is displaying the latest digital platform scale and computerised weighbridge in conjunction with the "EMACO" Material Handling and Construction Machinery Exhibition now going on in Kuala Lumpur at Changkat Pavilion. Hagemeyer Engineering is a leading supplier of weighing scales, weighbridges
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      RTS starts quiz series
      44 2 RADIO AND Television Singapore, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, is producing a general knowledge quiz series, "Do You Know?" for Secondary Three and Four students. The series consisting of seven 45-minute programmes will be telecast weekly from tomorrow.
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      DIESEL ENGINE FOR VITB
      126 2 EBSO RECENTLY pirehued a heavy daty diesel engine wsrth $M* la csasaltatisa with the Vscattoaal mad Industrial Training Beard (VITB) aad presented tt to the VITB to sappiemeat its heavy daty diesel mechanics eearse. This is aasther Esse eeatrihattoa to edaeattoa aad skUl-traiaiag la Singapore. It
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      Jetro details products
      226 2 SINGAPORE companies interested in exporting to Japan can now contact the Singapore office of the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) for details of products sought by Japanese importers. These information are contained in the latest "Exporting to Japan 1979" directory which covers over 3,000 items that leading
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      Esso takes in 14 undergraduates under its wings
      528 2 UNDER the Student Vacation Employment Programme (SVEP), 14 undergraduates from the University of Singapore have begun a three-month employment with Esso. They started on March 19. This brings the number of participants in the SVEP, since its inception in 1970, to 157.
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      191 2 UNITED OVERSEAS LAND has announced that, in pursuant of the agreement made between the company and Orient Leasing Company (OLC) of Japan for the issue of 13.5 million OLC ordinary shares of (1 each at H. 50 per share (converted into ordinary stock immediately upon issue), Mr
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      MEMO PAD
      493 2 COURSES AND TALKS March-July: Personnel Management Concept Scope and Functions, Holiday Inn, Personnel and Organisation Development April 1-30: Industrial labour organisation (residential course), RELC, Industrial Labour Organisation of S'pore April 2-27: Business management module n, RELC, NPB April 10-26: Compensation and Fringe Benefits, Holiday Inn, Personnel and Organisation
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      SANA'S NEW UNIT
      327 2 THE SINGAPORE Anti-Nar-cotic* Association (Sana) has set up a monitoring unit to replace the Probation and Aftercare Service rendered by the Ministry of Social Affairs. The Probation and Aftercare Service had been assisting Sana in the recruitment, selection and training of Volunteer Aftercare Officers (VAOs) since August
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      660 2 I TWO-lI-CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Walk a little way with a sailorly gait (6) 7 New coat (3, 5) 8 He thinks too much of himself 10 Exclusive letter to pen (5) 13 Act both ways (4) 14 High as some stallions (4) 15 Turn up with a posh car
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  • REGIONAL
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      Lock icon Trade pressure on Japan stems from jealousy
      693 3 UPI. JAPAN is coming under increasingly strong economic pressure from the United States and Western Europe. Ostensibly the reason is its huge trade surplus, but two experts think the real cause is animosity and Jealousy, stemming from Japan's po6t-war economic success. Mr Herman
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      Lock icon PLANE LEASING OFF
      134 3 Reuter JAPAN has stopped emergency imports of aircraft for leasing abroad as from last month, Vice Trade and Industry Minister Shigeru Koino said in Tokyo yesterday. He said the decision follows a change in the IMF's method of formulating balance of payments statistics which switch leasing abroad
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      Lock icon South Korea to emphasise light industries
      295 3 UPI THE SOUTH Korean government yesterday an- i nou need a new set of eco- I nomic policies that calls for i less investment in heavy industry but higher spending in the light industry to curb the nation's rampant inflation. Economic Planning Minister Shin
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      Uren to urge ITF to end boycott of MAS
      379 3 THE ASIAN representative of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), Mr Donald Uren, said yesterday be would urge the international body to withdraw its boycott of Malaysian Airline System (MAS) planes. Mr Uren, 62, who was released yesterday night after being
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      Lock icon Desai and Ziaur solve several thorny problems
      222 3 UPI INDIAN Prime Minister Morarji Desai and Bangladeshi President Ziaur Rahman ended the first day of their local summit with enough progress to promise the visiting Indian leader the keys to the city of dacca tuesday. Obviously delighted, members of the two delegations
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      Investment deluge for Taiwan
      59 3 FOREIGN investment in Taiwan rose to U*****.6 million (*****.5 million) in the first quarter of this year from $33 million in the same quarter a year ago, the Central News Agency reported. Quoting Taiwan's investment commission, the agency said first quarter investment this year is equivalent
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      Lock icon TWO IN SAME BOATHA LONG AND SKYLUCK
      81 3 TWO IN SAME BOAT—HA LONG AND SKYLUCK THE 12t-foot YietaameM coastal freighter, Hm Lug, crammed with 579 refugees, is stranded next te aoether refugee ship, Skylack, In Hongkong harbenr en Monday. The Hm Lug forced its way into the harbour on Sunday despite repeated warnings by Hongkong marine police that
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      Malaysia out to woo Europeans
      295 3 MALAYSIA Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, will acquaint British investors with Malaysia's impressive economic development and its policy towards foreign investment at a seminar in Manchester on Thursday to begin his two-week investment promotion mission to Europe. The seminar will provide British industrialists information
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      200 3 <• Introducing the last word in First Class. Today, with the development of our long-range 7475P, Pan Am can take you to places nearly half-way around the world non-stop. But non-stop flying doesn't mean much without non-stop service. So, for First Class passengers on our 747SPs, we are proud to
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Lock icon Coconut and cocoa study
      750 4 MBT. A COMPARATIVE study on the primary crops in Malaysia reveals that plantation agriculture based on a cocoa-coconut combination is the most profitable, followed by oil palm and rubber for the private sector in Malaysia. Basing developments in projected commodity prices and expected yields of the
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      Hongkong Comex
      145 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed easier in continued quiet and featureless trading, with no trades registered, as on last Thursday, dealers said. May closed at 7.80/82 US cents against Thursday's 8.10/12 close, July at 8.23/26 against 8.40/44 and the distant March at 9.40/42 against 9.53/56 cents. Sugar
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      Rice
      221 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent Oral class (Kangaroo) new crop 0.95, 100 per cent second class 0.85, 100 per cent third class 0.80, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.75. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.62, Special 0.56.
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      RUBBER
      211 4 OPENING prices in Singapore yesterday were marked up about 1 JO cents on higher Japanese advices, while upcountry and speculative buying also aided sentiment. Some profit-taking, however, emerged at the highs to pare gains slightly before steadying again towards the morning's close on withdrawal of sellers, dealers added. The
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      RAS PRICES
      334 4 R.A A prices In cent* per kUo j Int. 1 RJLS. prompt f o b. 206.75 Int. 1 R.S.S May XLS Int. 1 HAS. June 277.75 tel. 2 R.S.S. 273.50 UK/Coat 272.50 fat. 3 R-S-S. 270.50 UK/OOM 20.50 tot. 4 R.S.S. 267JO UK/Coat 366.50 tot. 5 R.S.S 262.50
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      SSR and SMR
      102 4 NOON an and SMR pncot ■AS SSR 20 (1-loa pallat) SSR SO (1-toa paltet) UtKLI yaatarday May (Carraat Mtk) Btytw 8aliar* 770-00 27T00N 287.00 MOON Jaaa (Forward Mtk) Bay or® SaUara 270.00 272. OON 287.00 280 OON SMR CV SMR SL SMR CP SMR 6 (1-taapdbO (1-loa
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      Produce exchange
      229 4 THE SINGAPORE Produce Exchange was quietly steady yesterday following the long Easter weekend. In the pepper section, small inquiries from buyers steadied market sentiment. Rather large shipments were received, with 159 tonnes coming in yesterday. Several packers said that previous price fluctuations were stimulated by the manner in
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      Textiles
      193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-godown) Cattea jrsra: China Blue Phoenix 20b 2,380 32s 2,900 40b 3,006 (per bale of 400 lbs) Ptaee gaads: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lamb* unq; Flower and Butterfly
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      VICTORIA SET TO REAP COAL BONANZA
      1359 4 THE TOWNS that occupy the Latrobe valley In the Australian state of Victoria look out over a panorama of farmlands and forests, flanked in the distance by mountains. The picturesque landscape is deceptive, for this is coal country. Just a few metres underground lies
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      Closing prices
      28 4 Rubber: April 17 Singapore: May: 281.00 cents (up 3.00 cents) Malaysia: May: 284.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Tin: $1,945 (up $9) Official offering: 145 tonnes (unchanged)
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      Straits tin
      74 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Peaang yesterday rase Ms 9 to $1,945 a pieal. With the Laadaa market elased an Maaday, values were marked np slightly an light lacal and Japanese demand and in line with sterling's firmness against the Malaysian dellar, dealers said. Cantinned law sapplies sf
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      Wheat
      80 4 WHEAT futures closed mostly lower with prices off IV4 US cents to up 1/4 cent a bushel in Chicago on Monday. Traders said activity was light with some exporter and commission-house buying and the sale of a good amount of July by another exporter. Some support late in the
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      LONDON MARKETS
      612 4 ODJSEED6: Brokers reported slow trading for oils and oilseeds yesterday morning and price movements were mixed. Soybeans and soybean oil were easier against preholiday closing levels but buyers generally held back pending Chicago's opening reaction to various statistics published on Monday concerning US exports and planting intentions. However,
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      280 4 iiauk jp 4. 1 A ■v v^> yV° o c^ It \ttv o> o* r,H c,\ that's the inevitable conclusion reached in the most comprehensive agricultural survey ever undertaken in Asia. And it will happen sooner than expected within the next decade in fact. The progress in grain cultivation, the
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      8 4 UMffieial ciwdag prices sf Lands* metals la back
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  • OVERSEAS
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      733 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time Prom CPA CX710 1006 HLP GIA GA980 1030 HLP SIA SQ1Q3 1045 KUL SIA SQ21I 1045 HLP MAS MH605 1045 KUL GIA GA944 1065 PKU GIA GA908 1100 MES UB UB231 1115 RGN THAI TG423 1125 DPS PAL PR501 1135 MNL
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      Lock icon Anti-trust sentiments
      449 5 NYT. C AN ADA'S business world is being deluged by a nationwide wave of take-overs that is prompting more and more calls for stronger anti-trust legislation. The current outbreak which has yet to reach its peak, in the view of financial analysts marks the end of a long
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      Lock icon Electing to stay alert
      44 5 On the eve of polling for Rhodesia's first black majority government, soldiers guard the gutted remains of a fuel storage depot hit by rockets on Sunday night by guerillas who have vowed to disrupt the elections. AP photo AP photo
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      FURTHER MOVES TO ISOLATE EGYPT
      116 5 EGYPT was saspeaded frem the Khrtum kwl Arab Bank f*r Emmolc Dwriifwrt la Africa far PMM treaty wttk Israel. The beak's beard sf geveraers at their aaaaal meettag is Kawalt sa Meaday als* decided te cleae dewa the Calre sfflee «f the kaak. The kaak
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      Lock icon Jakarta won't oppose pact
      249 5 AFP INDONESIA has declined to join the Arab hardliners to oppose Egypt over Cairo's peace accord with Israel, according to Vice President Adam Malik. "We cannot take an attitude which regards President Anwar Sadat as a traitor," Mr Malik told newsmen on his return to Jakarta
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      Lock icon Inflation may lead to mandatory controls soon
      440 5 AP. NYT. IF INFLATION continues out of control for another six months, the US Administration could be forced to seek mandatory wage and price controls, said former Federal Reserve Chairman, Dr Arthur Burns. "I would not rule out mandatory controls, because I think
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon U.S. TO RENEW UGANDA TIES
        430 5 Agencies THE United States will normalise relations with Uganda later this week, the State Department announced on Monday. The US closed its Embassy in Kampala in 1973 out of fears for the safety of embassy personnel but did not actually severe diplomatic relations with the
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      Lock icon Callaghan warns of Tory's anti-union prejudices
      153 5 AFP. BRITISH Prime Minister James Callaghan on Monday night warned that a Conservative victory in the May 3 national elections would encourage "extremist wreckers" in the country's trade unions. Conservative plans to curb union power, the Labour leader told an election meeting at Leicester
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      Lock icon NO U.S. FEDERAL JOBS FOR ALIENS
      138 5 AP. A US presidential order that bars aliens from holding civil service job*, was allowed to stand by the US Supreme Court. The} court on Monday turned down an appeal by a citizen of the Philippines, Mr Ronald Vergara, who Applied for a Job
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      Lock icon Iran plans 100pc takeover of petrochem
      367 5 AFP, Reuter IRAN is considering a 100 per cent nationalisation of its petrochemical sector, the general manager of the National Petrochemical Organisation, Rahim Abedi, said yesterday. The evening newspaper Kayhah, meanwhile, quoted Post and Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Hasan Eslami as saying that Iran had
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    A developing picture of great foresight
    522 6 ONCE agiin, the Development Bank of Singapore is living up to its name. It is playing a major role in the development of the Republic, not in the industrial or the commercial sectors, but in the property area. The fOOO-fiillion Raffles City project is
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    Flying together thru' thick and thin
    277 6 !THE BIRTH of any airline during present times Hs undoubtedly very trying. Many who are a number of years; are feeling the effects 'of the extremely keen competition, as well as an •impending oil supply crisis and growing protectionism world-wide. And for Air Lanka,
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    Lock icon Settling for second best in arms race
    962 6  -  America's giant defence industries are looking tor new markets to replace Iran. What new customers might consider is that the most expensive weapons are not always a better buy than so-called "second-best" hardware. ANDREW COCKBURN reports. ANDREW COCKBURN FT. IF THE smooth American
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    JTC'S LAND ALIENATION TERMS RAPPED
    341 6 Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, I refer to your news item concerning revised terms for alienation of land for industrial purposes by Jurong Town Corporation. The proposals now made by JTC still leave much to be desired as they do not come to grips
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      70 6 BriStoW.'FranJc Dickens IT'S P>u_ IN HIS FWOUR... NOT ONUS IS \T f^RPCTiCRL fear Tne couduß SC Heme is ffeKRECT rofc wicn... DOHT KNOW XOWFWS Got into JON£S mpti«iHG> SUCH P* SOHG f\*D DPvHGE. PeouT rrry omcc Desi&N.... v*e ouivc g(<£N oTTv-c, Filing cpeuvier SeTS Off WIS SFNLLOOJ jokl -|Uc G«Gy
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      653 6 Muppet mania BULIBY Mager Naaey Walker will fit her ckarma agaiast Mlas Plggy'i m the Mappet Shaw Uil|lt (IJif, tM aMIa whe have la On itji altar they ware ■at aa aale), Clawlral By at IJtrm riaee ha la part af a aa they east gat hack aa At the
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    HOW TO MAKE PRIVATE BUSINESS A PUBLIC AFFAIR
    2975 7  -  Making profits is no longer the sole social obligation of bufiness organisations. The public now demands more care and attention to products and the environment from the socially responsible corporation. LOET A. VELMANS, president of Hill and Knowlton, talks about public relations
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    Lock icon Fortifying the over-forties against job insecurity
    893 7  -  [FOBUMJ ...with Norris Willatt FT. THE WORLD'S workforce is growing older and older: not just in the highly industrialised countries, but in developing ones as well. This trend will continue until at least the end of the centry, by which time some 700 million
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon Medium-sized issues heavily traded
      606 8 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa MEDIUM-SIZED blue chips fluctuated yesterday owing to sharp depreciation of the yen rate against the dollar and the sharp advance of resourcesrelated issues. Turnover and total sales value were relatively large, as medium-priced, incentive-backed issues, including Sanko steamship, were heavily traded by short-term
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      Hongkong
      251 8 APR 17 HKS Ainal Rubber 305 Associated Hotels 260 unch Bo waters Cheong Kong 905 0.2 China Engs 2.55 >0 15 China Light 20 90 >0.1 City Hotels City Urban 1 38 -0 02 Comsopol 1 50S Con P S Cross Harb Tunnel 8.60B East Asia Navig 490 -*•0.02
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      Sydney
      200 8 APR 17 Cents INDUSTRIALS A C I 170 -3 A. N I. 172 2 A P M 122 unch Ampol Pet 69 unch B H P 1005S Bank NSW 340 -1 214 1 170 C B A 240 unch C S R 377 1 S30 83 Ex Ind 310
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      Manila
      97 8 APR 17 Pesos Acoje Mining .01 ■►0 0002 Atlas Con. A Atlas Con. B. Baguio Gold HI 2550 0J05 -0.5 0.0005 Benguel Con. B BF Goodrich 28.00 23.20 -0.75 0.2 CDCP 23 00 unch Inrfl B Landoil Lepanto B 2650 unch Mannduque B Meralco 8 20 21.10 +0.4 +04
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      Bangkok
      275 8 THE stock market yesterday closed mixed, with losses and gains about equal, dealers aakl. Among the losers, Siam Cement fell (our bafat to 410, Lee Kwang Ming three to 152, Asia Credit four to 300, Senn Suk 12 to 663 and Berli Jucker and Consolidated Electric two each to
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      Selected indices
      57 8 FINANCIAL TIME8 INDUSTRIALS Monday closed Friday closed Week Ago 5S1.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 800.45 Friday closed Week ago 873.70 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday closed Friday closed H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday 535.28 Monday closed Week ago 530.08 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 481.80 Monday closed Week ago 482.13 ALL ORDINARIES
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      Lock icon Convertible for Clarion
      193 8 Reuter CLARION Co Ltd said it has signed in Basle a contract for private placement of a 60 million Swiss franc convertible bond with Swiss Bank Corp. Fujitsu Ltd has also signed an 80 million Swiss franc convertible bond private placement contract in Zurich with Credit Suisse.
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      New vice president for Irving Trust
      200 8 JOSEPH RICE, president of Irving Trust Company has announced the appointment of Peter Palmier! 44, as executive vice president and manager of the company's International Banking Group. Mr Palmieri will assume the duties of Ernst Schneider, who has returned to Switzerland to become a
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      American Express
      80 8 AMERICAN Express Company and Vernitron Corporation have announced that they have signed an agreement for. American Express to acquire Vernitron's Oei Division. Oei is a supplier of specialised computer services to the direct response marketing industry. Currently, it provides a variety of data processing services to major corporate
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      Lock icon DEUTSCHE BANK SEEKS TO RAISE CAPITAL
      175 8 Reuter DEUTSCHE Bank AG said it will seek authority from its shareholders to issue up to 200 million marks nominal of new capital by April 30,1984. If shareholders give their approval at the annual meeting on May 16, the managing board will be empowered
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      Lock icon Dark clouds over Nedlloyd
      65 8 Reuter KONINKLUKE Nedlloyd Group NV said its performance in early 1979 has not been satisfactory and results are more likely to show a further deteriation than an improvement. Net profit last year was more than halved to 40.6 million guilders from 91.4 million in 1977. Income
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      Lock icon A HEDGE AGAINST INFLATION
      758 8 NYT. INVESTORS who are seeking high current income and capital gains may want to combine two of the more popular investment strategies of the day. That is, they may wish to buy so-called junk bonds high-yielding but low-rated debt instruments and common shares selling at prices
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      Downturn continues
      1175 8 NEW YORK FEARS of further credit tightening pushed the stock market broadly and sharply lower in moderately active trading oc Monday, extending its slide to a third straight session. Analysts said investors, will be watching to see if the Federal Open Market Committee decides at its meeting on
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      Lock icon NCR anticipates another good year ahead
      318 8 Reuter NCR CORP said 1979 will be another good year, although percentage gains in earnings for the balance of the year are not expected to match those of the first quarter. NCR has reported 1919 first quarter earnings rose 78 per cent from year-ago
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      Lock icon W'HOUSE IMPROVES
      116 8 Reuter THE WESTINGHOUSE Electric Company aid its first quarter profit increased to USfB3 adßoa. or cents a share, from IGS mflHon, or 78 cents a share a year earlier. Sales Increased to $1.78 billion from 11.54 billion. Westinghouse Electric Corporation said it plans to build a plant near
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      Lock icon BP plans to double exploration spending
      369 8 Reuter BRITISH Petroleum Co Ltd plans to double its exploration spending this year to £200 million, with the largest portion to be spent in the North Sea. Chairman David Steel said that total capital spending (or 1979 is budgeted at £2 billion against £1.1
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      Lock icon Decontrol plan may reap windfall for US oil firms
      362 8 Reuter. AFTER studying President Carter's complex plan to decontrol domestic oil prices, some Wall Street analysts have revised upwards their 1979 earnings projections for most of the industry's largest producers. They expect considerable wrangling in Congress over Mr Carter's proposal to
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      Lock icon Suit filed against Woolworth
      83 8 Reuter F. W. WOOLWORTH said a shareholder, Harry Lewis, filed a purported class acttea salt agalast It aad Its heard, seeking te eajeia the eempaay (ram Interfering with er attemptlag te Meek the proposed Braseaa Ltd effer ef US$35 a share far Weelwerth. The effer was
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      242 8 H a Super-salesman'tries to sell you a minicomputer,test him with our Benchmark Program. O 3 a m i it A tricky business, computers Buying a computer these days is a difficult and confusing matter. There are so many to select from, so many different sizes and capabilities. As well as
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      ICS hits record on life policies
      555 9  -  By GOH ENG KEE THE INSURANCE Corporation of Singapore (ICS) last year sold $171.7 million worth of life insurance policies the highest recorded in its eight years of successive growth. This represents a growth rate of about 30 per cent over new life business
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      ADB's US$70m bond sale
      90 9 THE Aslaa Development Bank has anaeaaeed the sale sf twe-year bends totalling US$7l militoa to sf its member eenntrfes. The heads, known as M ADB two-year heads sf 1171, dae April I 1181", were said at P*They hear interest at t.85 per eest per annnm, payable
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      Fed board
      34 9 PRESIDENT Carter nominated Mr. Emmett Rice, vice-president of the National Bank of Washington, as a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. He also nominated Mr. Frederick Schultz.
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      Lock icon Kuwaiti dinars may shine
      724 9 NYT. THE banking community in Kuwait believes 1979 will be the year when the Kuwaiti dinar becomes the first oilbacked currency to play an international financial role. Foreign borrowers are showing an increasing interest in Kuwaiti dinars, the only currency of a major oil producer readily
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        Gold
        326 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday finished sharply lower compared with last Thursday's closing leels, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked down around US$3 in most positions reflecting the metal's overnight weakness in New York and thereafter fluctuated narrowly in moderately active trading, they said. Turnover rose sharply to 288 lots
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        Singapore market
        475 9 THE FOREIGN exchange markets yesterday opened with the dollar muHng new gains against European currencies and the yen. Opening at 217.00/10 against the yen, the dollar was traded up in the Far East to 217.50/60. But around Tokyo's close the dollar shot up higher to 218.00/10. It could
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        Asian $ rates
        137 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on April 17: U8 Doll* 8 pot) Offer Bid 7 days lO'i 10H 1 months 10H 10 W 2 months 10*« 10H 3 months 11 10'* months 115/16 113/16 9 months 11 lO't 12 months 11 10'* SwJn. (ICUJL DM
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        MLR
        21 9 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8 per cent.
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        Discount
        46 9 Range of pr ices offered by discount bona on April 17: Overnight 4'/i% Call deposits Closing Boring Selling 3 month Treasury bills 4* 4H 3 month Bank bills 7H 7'/i 3 month CD 7'* 7 0 month CD 7W 7* Source: National Discount Co Ltd.
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        Australia/NZ
        62 9 QUOTES on the Australia and New Zealand exchanges on April 17: AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1 1096 1.1048 Sterling 0.5328/0.5268 Ninety-day airmail buying rate*: Sterling 0.5525 US dollar 1.14B0 Ninety-day forward buying rate*: Sterling 0.5380 US dollar 1.1174 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve Bank midrate US$1.0615 Trading Bank indications: Sterling ***** 0.5013
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        Hongkong
        129 9 THE HONGKONG dollar yesterday fell sharply to 5.2300 against the US dollar from around 5.1700 in late trading here before the Easter break, dealers said. Thin, nervous trading conditions prevailed with relatively small direct bank-to-bank deals sufficient to move the rate 100 basis points, they said. A strengthening of
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        Tokyo
        107 9 THE DOLLAR for overnight delivery yesterday closed sharply firmer at 217.90 yen, compared with a 217.00 opening and 216.10 at Memday's close, despite central bank intervention. The US currency rose sharply to 218.25 yen at one stage, the highest since June 12 last year, in fairly active afternoon trading
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      464 9 Lloyds Bank Limited Report of the auditors To the members of Lloyds Bank Limited We have examined the accounts on pages 19 to 37 which have been prepared under the historical cost convention modified by the revaluation of properties. In our opinion these accounts give, under the convention stated above,
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    DEALS DONE ON THE SES AND KLSE
    1522 10 In Singapore m BIQ and offer prices officially listed and business In and repotted to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the nu giber of shares traded shown In jackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts
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    Unit trusts
    81 10 ■MQANUUNRRUR The Commerce The Saving Fund S pore Proj Fund S pore Sec. Fund S pore laved Fund S pore Equity Fund Mr Apr a) 127 141 1 144 LOO 1.01 1.M l.fT 1.8 1.40 L« LM AHA UNIT 1BUK Mai Invest Fund Mai Prog Fund Mai Security
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2598 10 Gr"» Gr". Net This Year Laat Div Div YTd rit Vol Week Hi<k Low Coapaay Sale +or- C*T (MOO) Riga Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 253 207 Acma 240 -8 12.0N 13 5.0 26.0 2 240 240 190* 123* Alcom 180 10.0 23 53 24.0 142 110 Allied
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    In Kuala Lumpur
    1542 10 BID and offer prices officially luted and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange rmtsrtlsjr with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified —i—mi Acme(2Jß) *r AISM (ÜBB I.OIS) Alex BsU (1.225) A Chse (UB
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    Most shares close lower on SES
    614 10 ifAflV mwt ami cmm itwer ea tke Stock Exekaage sf tt Ike kayers tkat hfMiMi were getHag eirttow feilewlag Ike •ptreai tkat kas beta ertfcat fer tke last Iwe weeks. "Ike market Is reactlag te tke everkeagkt attaattea aai tke pnmt cerrecttoa to aet
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    Government bonds
    121 10 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (***** 90.478) 4 3/4% 16/9/80 (250,000) (99.828 90.706) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (100.188 100-2SS) 5% 15/4/81 (250,000) (99.808 90.708) S*TF 1/5/83 (250,000) (100.108 100.20S) 6 3/4% T F 15/0/81-84 (250,000) (101.70S) 5% 13/11/84 (250,000) (100.008 100.058) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (100.758 100.85S) 7 1/4% 15/4/80
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    Stock options
    102 10 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. CaM Storage (June $2.00) (0.408 0.505). C C (June $2.60) (0.658 0.755). Haw Par
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    Profit-taking depresses prices
    415 10 PROFIT-TAKERS emerged to depress prices on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Losses, though widespread, were generally marginal in extent, thanks to some buying support at the lower levels. Trading was slightly cautious, with potential buyers moving to the sidelines to wait for a better trend. Consequently,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      BATA (M) IS ON SOUND FOOTING
      553 11 CAREFUL planning and effective marketing strategies have helped Bata (Malaysia) to keep down cost pressures and improve its profit margins significantly last year. As a result, the company was able to turn in a faster 20 per cent growth in pretax profits to $5.34
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      Grand Central to increase capital
      132 11 HOTEL Grand Central will increase the paid-up capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Grand Central Development, from $800,000 to $2 million, of which $1.2 million would be subscribed by Hotel Grand Central for cash. This is to finance the hotel's extension. The decision was made at
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      Nanyang surmounts newsprint costs
      840 11  -  By MANO SABNANI DESPITE higher newsprint costs, Nanyang Press (1975) continued to make good progress in the first six months of its current financial year ending July 31. The company, publisher of the Nanyang Siang Pau, achieved pre-tax profits of $1.34 million during the period, an
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      Straits Trading surges ahead
      553 11 STRAITS Trading has chalked up impressive gains during the year ended last Dec. 31, foiVhe third time in a row, with group profit clearly bolstered once again by the income received from its considerable investments. Group profit last year soared to $49.7 million pretax, which marks
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      567 11 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for Payment Date Close Payable the year Previous year Hume FE 6*1 Mar 22 Mar 29 Apr 18 6* 12.5* Goodwood 7.5*(b) Mar 22 Mar 29 Apr 19 7.5* 75* H Msia 10*(b) Mar 22 Mar 29 Apr 19 10* 5*
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      SCRIP ISSUE
      233 11 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close Keek Seng Bonus Issue of 1 for 5 Apr 4 Apr 17 Daalop Bat Bonus Issue of 1 for 5 Apr 18 Apr 30 P. Products Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 Apr IS Apr 28 Ajinomoto Bonus Issue of 1 for
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      Tips on the best annual report
      582 11 THE MALAYSIAN Institute of Management's award for the most outstanding annual report this year will take into account presentation of any evidence of corporate social responsibility. MlM's general manager Dr Tarcisius Chin said that points will be given for companies which are able to
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      PUBLIC BANK BERHAD:
      61 11 Audited group net profit of M 53.14 million for 1978 (1977: $2.48 million). The profit of the bank by itself was 12.36 million ($1.69 million). A first and final dividend of 6.5 per cent less tax has been proposed which compares with the 5.2 per cent gross
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      MALEX ASBESTOS CEMENT:
      41 11 Pre-tax profit of M 52.92 million ($2.07 mil lion) for the year ended Dec 31, 1978. A final dividend of 30 per cent less tax is proposed (1977: 18.8 per cent after adjustment for the one-for-three bonus issue).
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      UNITED OVERSEAS LAND
      51 11 has announced that it has been granted an extension at three months on the option to purchase about 38,993 sq ft of land and premises known as Odeon Katong at a price of 175 per sq ft. The new expiry date for the option is now July
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      ALLIED CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES:
      50 11 Audited group pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31,1978 amounted to $2.41 million ($2.07 million) on a turnover of $21.96 million ($17.35 million). The company made a pre-tax profit of $2.45 million ($1.96 million) on a turnover of $21.83 million ($17.26 million). No dividend was recommended.
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      FOLEX Industries Bhd
      132 11 in- formed the KLSE that it has disposed of two pieces of land which cover an area of 16,118 sq ft, in the Mukim of Assam Kumbang, Taiping. These two pieces of freehold land were purchased in the early '70s at $50,000, but a revaluation of the
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      Lock icon Queries are good, but...
      634 11 u by HOCK LOCK SIEW THE Stock nwhsagr ti Stegapere (8E8) had tae geed jeb ii the pact (aad, geaerally speaklag, still Is) te presriag Bated nmpaslf to prevtde mere details st aew prejects, atqatolttsas, merger* er ether develspmiMto lMiljM affect Bat the faeries (rem Ike
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    • Article
      THE SES has written to Singapore Land
      66 11 regarding the settlement of a claim by US De Silva Pte. Ltd. The company has replied through its solicitors that it was a term of the settlement that the "settlement sum should not be disclosed, not even to the Judge." However, it said
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      CENTRAL SUGARS,
      147 11 in reply to a query from the KLSE on its additional acquisition of 7.17 per cent of Pan Malayasia Cement Works, says that the 1,667,000 shares were bought in the open market at various prices prevailing at the time of purchase for a total cost of 16,076,768. The
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      FEDERAL Cables, Wires and Metal Mfg.
      51 11 has an- nounced the appointments of two directors to its board with effect from March 27. They are Encik Ha mid bin Ibrahim as alternate director to Dato Nik Hussain bin Nik Ali and Encik Tan Gark Chong as alternate to Encik H N
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      IN THE United Plantations
      69 11 recent release of its results for the year ended Dec 31, it is noted that the "profit attributable to shareholders" includes the surplus arising in revaluation of bonus shares issued by associated and subsidiary companines totalling $14,400,000. The Kuala Lumpur exchnage wants United Plantations to explain
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      188 11 In Indonesia, Pullman Kellogg helps keep fertilizer production at capacity. When you're increasing a plant's production by more than 16 times its original capacity; you need a materials handling system that will help maintain production gods consistently and efficiently. Pullman Kellogg recently completed a six-year, three- i] stage expansion W
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    Lock icon Pertamina's new refinery project attracts interest
    582 12 Reuter. A NUMBER of companies from Japan, West Germany and France have officially expressed interest in building a US$75O-million (STL.6S billion) hydrocracktag plant in Dumai, central Sumatra. The director of the state oil company Pertamina, Mr Piet Haryono, said in an interview published yesterday
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    Translingual Singaporean
    301 12 SINGAPOREANS are already fairly "translingual," according to the senior lecturer of the Department of Sociology at the University of Singapore, Dr Eddie C Y Kuo. Presenting a paper yesterday at the regional seminar on Acquisition of Bllingualism Ability at the RELC, Dr Kuo said he based his finding
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    Speaking in many tongues
    399 12 THE CHINESE, as a group, have the most bilinguals, tri-linguaLs, quadrilinguals and multi-linguais among the various races in Singapore and Malaysia. This was revealed in "Patterns of acquisition of bilingual ability and language use in three Southeast Asian countries", a paper presented by Dr Teodoro Llamzon.
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    LONDON STOCKS
    684 12 LONDON, Tues. The market was easier, dealers said. At 3 pm, the Financial Times index was down 3 points at 538.9. Government bonds fell up to 1/4 point while equity leaders averaged losses of a penny to Spoils weakened up to 6p additionally Influenced by Wall Street's loss
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    Lock icon OH, ITS REALLY FUNNY...
    116 12 AFP, IT WASN'T known what sent Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger into gales of laughter during their meeting yesterday morning in Tokyo. Dr Kissinger, in Japan at the invitation of a Japanese newspaper, paid a courtesy call on
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    Travel agent association begins drive for members
    285 12 THE recently-formed Travel Agents Association of Singapore has begun a membership drive. About 400 application forms have been sent to travel agents, tour operators, hotels, airlines and transport companies. TAAS feels that a large membership would adequately represent the varied interests of the
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    Lock icon TO GUANGZHOU, FROM...
    81 12 AP BEVEBAL trade Irlrgstliaa b« m )mk The CUM»4aa|M|t I» lug Pm said the Inlagsllias have beea dbcaasmm aai eeUGmMgihJa* SM Iwt" ia Talwaa. Seaw haw seat inlrgatliai to the Fair, It added. It fei act kaewa whether the repsrted delegatleas lave gsae h CUaa with aeniWM
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    Lock icon Malaysia introduces two money certificates
    260 12 Reuter MALAYSIA will introduce two domestic money market instruments, bankers' acceptances and negotiable certificates of deposit on May 2, Malaysian commercial bankers said. The starting date and technical details were set in a Bank Negara (Central Bank) guideline circulated late last month, they said. Finance
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    Lock icon China's textile export push is bad news
    381 12 AFP. CHINA'S announcement that there are 48 textile factories geared to export production in Shanghai alone is bad news for all Asian producers, according to opinions in Hongkong. For major textile Importers within the European Economic Community and the United States there is
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    Lock icon US$ riding high
    119 12 Reuter THE US dollar touched a new 10-month high against the Japanese yen in foreign exchange trading in Tokyo yesterday amid market reports that the US Federal Reserve Bank is on the verge of boosting interest rates. The dollar Jumped to 218.25 yen, the highest point since
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      87 12 r Kf i Just pick up the phone and Emery picks up the responsibility. w. I so When you're busy meeting deadlines, controlling inventory, hounding suppliers, maintaining client service and developing new markets, it's reassuring to know that there is an air freight company which treats your business as seriously
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      56 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today: Isolated showers around midday tor 24 prfor to U p.m. m April 17 at Maximum temperature 32.9 Associated humidity 59 Minimum temperature 21.0 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 10.75 Rainfall in millimetres... Nil Total rainfall for the month 109.5 Total
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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        Lock icon Ship aflame
        144 13 UPI THE STERN of a 6,000 tonne Polish freighter caught fire in the Baltic Sea on Monday, injuring many of the 50 passengers and crew aboard, the Danish Naval Command said.lt said a number of the passengers and crew suffered severe bums and would be transported by helicopter
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        Lock icon Workers threatened
        60 13 Lloyd's List. THE Lindoe Shipyards Denmark's largest yard will by the end of this month lay off 800 of its 3,800 workers and other staff for lack of new orders. Industry spokesman recently told its government that half of all Danish shipyard workers were likely to be laid
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        Port of Tyne
        78 13 THE PORT of Tyne has had its most successful year since the Port Authority was formed in 1968. Cargo movements through the port rose from 4.87 million tonnes in 1977 to 5.06 million tonnes and the number of passengers using the ferry services to Norway, Denmark and
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      New line in Philippines to start soon
      533 13  -  By RAHIM KASSIM A GROUP of shippers in the Philippines have pooled their resources to form a shipping company in a move to break away from the monopoly of the Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC). The company, the Philippines International Shipping Corporation (PISC),
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      Lock icon Japanese builders at 32pc capacity
      173 13 FT JAPAN'S BEVEN Mjw ■Mptalllnri will at per Mat cinil) dartag fiscal lfli. Mi k helew the gavenuneat flfcllM ef 94 per eeai SHptaUcn said the lew epenihg rates mean •re aet reeeivtag eaeigh etdecs te hreak evo. la the tint halt ef last year,
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      Lock icon First Chinese ship to visit US port
      536 13 AP A THRONG of dignitaries, including Washington state's two US Senators, and the 13th Naval District band will gather at Pier 91 in Seattle, Washington today to greet the first Chinese ship to sail into a US port in 30 years. The 310-metre
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      2493 17 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 estiipated dates of arrival and departure from the Pbrt of
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      The Consortia
      137 17 The major shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe and Straits ports/Australia and the member lines. ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. •K' Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): 1 Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line Nedlloyd Lines Neptune Orient
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      INDEX
      477 17 SUppteg Um ACS Afea Alfred Alpic Angkutan ANL APL Arya Nat Asia Merchant ASCL Aust.Cont Pate n IV V IV IV I m n V m IV CM 5 3 3 5 4 1 2 5 1 5 5 Bank Banner Batam BBS Ben Asia Ben/EAC Ben Ben Ocean
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      Container Schedules
      890 18 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB. (l) 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
      852 18 The leading shipping lines operating from Singapore and the local agents who handle cargo bookings for them. Adriatic Container— Container Feeders. AFEA Line— Singapore Shipping. Ahli Shipping— Shariah. Alfred C. Toepfer Line— Intennodal. Algerian National Line (CNAN) —Uni pacific. Alpac Line—lntraaea. Anhsing Line—Stroogwill. Angkutan Pertain bagan—
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      US shipping baulks at Unctad code
      1079 18 THE US shipping community is strongly opposed to cargo-sharing provisions of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) liner code and the latest bulk shipping proposals. The US stand was put forward at the recent three-day conference held at Bath, UK, organised
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      487 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Aliakmon Power (1830 hauls after Pabioeverett sails) 46 Bunga Mas (1500 after Bunga Gelang) 19 Diamond Star (1100 after Dong Min) 29/30 Fortune Mariner (after Kota Rukun) 38/39 Lason (after Phrontis) 31/32 Kobe Maru (after Dong Yun) 40/41 Nedlloyd Frazer (after Nedlloyd
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      225 13 ag:§ mi. SEALORI) ANTAFI UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) 1 Wf^riVH Vessel S pore Loading for Dammam (29/4), Dammam (2/5). Doha (4/5). Kuwait (7/5). Shuaiba (11/5). Dubai (16/5) Kuwait (11/5), Dammam (17/5). Doha (19/5). Dubai (21/5) Kuwait (18/5). Dammam (21/5), Bahrain (25/5), fl Doha (28/5) Dammam (28/5). Kuwait (1/6).
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      154 13 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT UNES LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICES: FAR-EAST/EUROPE /UNERBED SERVICE lULUE4LJI nmi xiterl 1* nm Spa* CM| IMw fa top -MMH Mr la top 1M« 1» Mr TRAITS/AUSTRALIA in fTwrWri iffwrwri fa top MM 27 Mr la C«nt IMI 74 Mr TO NEST COW (MM) r VM«I **ssa Km
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      551 13 SINGAPORE ISLANDS LINE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER Set Page IV Column) for Sailings SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGE NCIES PTE LTD VARKtTING 9111?? GENERAL *****1 A V s.j t URO ASIA LINE SDN BHD K t 479F.4 1 P KIANG 38R801 '3 PENENG *****/2 MAERSK LINE US. Paote. GaR I Un*c ate
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      665 14 Hapag-Uoyd FULLY CONTMOUSED TO OROR Carifcaißay OPKSS COmCNTUNM. TO EUMPC S>x PJMa« Pea Mm fiaaea HWf Uto 23/4 25/4 29/4 25/5 3/6 MMm 3/5 4/5 7/5 27/5 9/6 FULLY CONTAROBED TO GEMM/TKESTE S'pert P Üb| Gam Trieste Mali tone Mm l»/4 21/4 J/5 15/5 Chmta M* 21/4 31/4 lt/5 24/5
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      404 14 H§§ barber blue Fmc MS ATLANTIC IfiOftf I EAST CMMOA -TOEMar M3l (PMm 27/4; fM| 8/4); "TEM" M* S <f. Mm 1/5). To: US ATLANTIC US OV I EAST CMMM ■toy 34/2 m 4/5 M, 21/291 iwn m kM 30 M M 3 m Ml N M 14 M Mil
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      418 14 EVERGREEN LINE fAR [AST [UROPf FXPWSS fUtl CONTAINER SfRVICF ACCtPTfIG CARGO FOR HAMBURG. FELIXSTOWE, MOTTEHMM. AWTMRP IE HAVRE ALSO ACCtPTMG CARGO FOR UNTTEO KIXGOOM SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON. MANCHESTER. BIRMMGHAM. BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS WEST GERMANY gsnaffiHAWN v HOLLAND AMSTERDAM HJROPf FAR FAST [XPRFSS FULI CONTAINER SFRVICF Spew Nm| Imn Oufci PIHI
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      890 14 Everett Lines ,tmm Fivt fear flipping Carp*. "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE" UMMSFOHMMM mtamtawtna 22/23 «pr B F S S C Agentt n Mokiyuo TEPS MALAYSIA Port Ketong T«M3BV-7355 Penong T«l *****/***** I'F Cempeeie Aifwties De NavMKtoa lnmiwwml S. A. C.I. F. "ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE" LOADMG FOR DURBAN. CAPETOWN, BUENOS MRES SMppara
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      737 14 T UO.S.E. r/l OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD RM 210? 2103 21ST FLOOR MARINA SHFNTON WAY MISTRI ROAD SINGAPORE 2 T£L *****44 74 *****70 IQ] SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE TttU STM hM 19/21 Apr BRB. SYD, MEL, ADEL LOGBTKACE 28/38 Apr 1/2 Ma; STD.ISL.Ma DMMOM) STM 14/15 May lfi/17 May
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      659 15 Overseas Containers Limited m I i 5C Australia Strait! Container Line (A KMKR OF M MKO CCNHXTUD RO-RO COWTARCgtOP SERVICE TO/FROM AUSTRAU* MO MO WO MO «M ASA TEHAKK AUSTRALIA ASM TEMASEK AUSTRAUA JAKARTA 2Sto 5 May 14May 21 May 7to 17 to SMGAPOK 21 *C «May 17 May 31
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      884 15 ry\ GRANARD LINE Granard Shippinq Agencies iS i Pte Ltd T ei *****77 15 Linesi 0»n i 7ri(3,nq S<jn B*d A;;j Shipping A 'ad.no E nte-pr.ses AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES N STRAITS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Loadng for New York, East Coast and Gulf ports by Mm-lanAridfO Los Anfeks, San Francisco and
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      468 15 rra BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPKSS CONTAKR SRVKI TO/FROM EUROPE hwc rm«n rdmi mm sbro* «/l (t/«) 2/6 23/9 (29/9) 19/6 27/9 22/9 Eta* Mar* INWPMI BIT Bremen Upress 27/5 29/5 19/S i Koatao* 30/5 21/1 NoufkMi Eipress 4/9 2«/S i HMMBt KMC B HAVEN rOMI HAWE SO TON t) G*naMy/A«tn»
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      419 15 Scan Dutch V |Vi»ii >:n:llni.T' 3»7iii fi:>:i jTTC Ft* Ml' Um| I «n<M») 1 IM a/4 'Ur.MfMM a SCANDINAVIA EASTBOUND FROM MED/UK/NC/ SCANDINi 1) CM I) MM r« 4) rtm S) LaHl) Mate ann mm mm im mm mm mm kM U/4 1) Ij, n TQEURoV H barg. Oslo, Aarbas.
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      582 15 ir BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES THE BANK LINE LTD LOADS FOR E. ft S. AFRICA Clmm. ft. E Lde) S port 75/79 ia»T P Ml** 30 lb, Ikm FROM EAST I SOUTH AFMCA PMMM P. I FOR BANGKOK. MAMA Sport 17/111 LVKES ORIENT LINE > U.S. GULF COAST SERVICE (Mew Orleans,
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      825 16 EUROPE l Hawe 4am 8 May 9 May 13 Itey 14 May 19 May 20 May 2? May 28 May 17 May 19 May 23 May 25 May (Kciptai catfwi t» Scandnana na HanMg) PROM EUROPE TO PAR EAST Vetsata cal HVq, Inm R'da*. k'mmp and Le Havre) AGENTS S
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      840 16 u.s.a./east cum service ACCEPT* Fa/ia CONTWRS not PENANG. P. KELANG STORE Load* tar m TOM. NORFOLK E.C./GREAT LAKES SERVICE LOROMG FOfc m TOM. NORFOLK BALTMME. PHLAOELPWA. MONTREAL. TQMHTO Ptn«| latavan P lrt«| Srnpport TO. MAONYA PRtfESM" 11/12 May 13/15 May lt/IIN* "armachalwnr 24/»h>t 27/29 May mitm calforma/paofic north west service
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      300 16 r VAMi T£.£ O S A(M()II|I SINGAPORE SKIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD .C" HOO« J' lAS Bon D'NG S NGAPOBt 'f'iNG 9 3 I St S. GfSf»Jl »13t 11 .14 HN6SI "S OS »SSM A B C ASSM P ABU cARUOSM'P \r SI SUA PORE ISLASDS USE w w—— MIDDLE EAST
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      617 16 MALAYSIAN HTtHNATtONM SHIPPING CORPORATION EXPRESS FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO/FROM MED/UK/CONTINENT/SCANOINAVIA WEST KW OKCT CALL At P KELMG Aho AccMl for 1) ftvcdoiu Gmm. 2) «mMm. tahwp L Hiwt. Mac Badt. UK. 3) Br Maw I*—*—. Ajr*w CaptoAlOM. HMi 4) Mamo StotkMfco. 0M 'Acctptmg (graft cargo to Mo na S port
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      488 16 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD < Mouse 2 j-it Orchard RcmC <"• Telephone j- 2* 2 Kansai Line STRAITS/AUSTRALIA SERVICE Sinuoore P KeUnc UiJM IV GMCCaOEUHKV.I2A_ bM 'S S^nrf/MHto^ne/ B*K w«u <fH) i» ommi mmm -am TO IMt IMM USM4 *****2. 488C71 ALPAC LINE SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE S'porf P Kdang Penary Uadtal
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      199 17 EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL LINE (EIL) EGYPTIAN FLAG FAST AND MRECT LMER SERVICE TO EGYPT (PORT SAO ALEXANDRIA) STORE rr KQ PENANG PT SUEZ PT SAO MIX "h*« (fc»l r* -0u 3 W >mmZl ~mnm cargo phase contact sourer smsapore m 23*711 ENERAL AGENTS: SUB-AGENTS: —N. SHIPPING PTE LTD H.S.H. (M) SON
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      175 17 €«<t CaprtM BOUND LOAONG FOR MUSCAT. DU6AJ ABU-OMB) BAHRAM. KIM All KWTK ».MW M FMAJ »M» (IK) EAST-POMD OBOMOK MT SACMUMS V.fl£ USTOM OHOT (IK) SH6AMRE/C UMIQ) FORTKSS.. f<* euqmmm u no' is n» umoon it n» 21 s—«e-b Gutfeast Shipping Pte Ltd Suite 704/706. Ocean BwMmt CoAyet Quay. Smcapore
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      129 17 ALFRED C. TOEPFER LINE REGULAR SERVICE TO MBXTURAICAN PORTS OF ITALY, SPML FRANCE TIBER SERVICE SVTORO OLYMPICS MY MCKA S'pvt t. Mmi Obdnrf* I SjM tatet U»M 21 M»r 24 Mtr u sputa, a IPIT£RmOOfII TRBn^PORT LAJa FAR EAST WEST AFRICA SERVICES MO SUA SERVICE TO LAGOS/AT AM, POUT HMCOWT,
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      139 17 ANHSING OVERSEAS LINE RE6ULM SOa CONTWO/UO SERVICE »n 9 ■0 22/24 tar litartl Ihiwddi LTMOtt. 21/22 Apr MU «OK_ 21/23 £f- MM »ii. i STRONG WILL ENTERPRISE (PTE) LTD h 6 tZi L• t, <> u f» *;*t, »*> <.4CENTRAL DUUS EXCLUSIVE LASH SERVICE TO U S. ATLANTIC A GULF
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      122 17 CELTIC BULK CARRIERS For Tlmbtr ft Plywood i cmr r vot i 1/5 12/5 \&i/ mama an n*m t/t 12/t canc pi wt 1 1/7 12/7 —4, I—i Agents: Miflfcan UHHd A#«wer PHIM-tpmn Tmt 12MSM SHARJAH SHIPPING CO LTD jTUO -MB SM'M'tS S port P.Mtng P«ung toadrnt (or: UOTOBIH h
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      180 18 NOTICES OAKLAND HAS The Port of Oakland has a decided JJ in sending inbound shipments to inland U.S. destinations. Because there are three trans- a continental railroads virtually at the S dock. With railroad marshalling yards )ust 5 minutes from the marine terminals, we can movf S your cargo without
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