The Business Times, 14 August 1979

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 14C/1/79 TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, lt» 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Stock market fever
      49 1 UPI HONGKONG, Mon. The Hang Seng index of the Hongkong stock market hit its highest level of the year Monday, as heavy selective buying more than offset profit-taking. The index closed at 625.78, up 4.80 points from Friday. Volume was a moderately heavy HKJ26.81 million. UPI
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      Lock icon Energy meeting
      50 1 UPI TOKYO, Mon. A seven-nation energy meeting will be held in Paris late next month to explore ways to curb energy consumption and to find alternative sources of energy, government sources said here today. The seven are the United States, Canada, France, West Germany, Britain, Italy and Japan.
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      Sarawak elections
      54 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Elections to a new 48 member legislative assembly of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak will be held from Sept 15 to 22, the Federal Election Commission announced here today. The Commission's acting secretary Mohammed Zaman Wahab said polling in five constituencies would be sfaggered
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      Lock icon Army's role
      100 1 AFP JAKARTA, Mon. The leading Jakarta newspaper, Sinar Harapan (Ray of Hope) today called on the Indonesian Armed Forces to "tidy up" themselves for the sake of removing the current restlessness. "One of the sources for anxiety is the question whether the armed forces' role will become a
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      Lock icon UK's one day strike
      55 1 Reuter LONDON, Mon. Production was seriously disrupted in manufacturing plants across Britain today in a one-day strike by engineering workers to back demands for higher wages and shorter working hours. Several car plants were shut down and British Aerospace said engineering workers at all its 25
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      Lock icon Membership hopes
      83 1 AFP JAKARTA, Mon. North Korea has requested Indonesia's support for its move to become a member of the coordination bureau of the nonaligned movement, it was reported here today. The request was made in a letter from the North Korean Foreign Minister. North Korea was also reported as
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      Lock icon Dow Jones
      59 1 UPI NEW YORK, Mon. The stock market, buoyed by institutional panic buying, boomed higher early today in heavy trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, which climbed 8.78 points on Friday to a four-month high, was ahead 5.97 point to 873.03 around 11 a.m. Advances led declines, 915 to
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    Chief Price Chances
    136 1 Rises Indices Sovran Alcorn Sungei Besi Malakoff Island A Pen Tan Chong Oriental Hldgs S T P 1975 M Class C K Tang Metro Hldgs 193 191 1140 304 404 394 326 615 215 205 388 58 18 10 10 +6 6 6 5 5 5 4
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    KUALA LUMPUR
    142 1 Rises Indices E A I Kramat A Hitam K Kampar Tasek New Sdah East Asiatic Tan Chong 390 476 1330 360 394 350 328 394 30 22 20 14 14 12 10 10 B.T. Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: Aug 10 Aug 13 3387.03 3348.58 425.06
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    PAL up in arms against leap
    611 1  -  NEW EXCLUSIVE SCHEME By WANG LOOK KEAH PHILIPPINE Air Lines (PAL) is up in arms over the latest implementation of a low-fare scheme between Australia and Hongkong that will greatly reduce its traffic share of this route. The national carrier of the Philippines, excluded
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    GOVT STUDIES FARE RISE
    308 1 MINISTRY of Communications officials are now studying proposed fare increases for taxis. The figures were submitted to the ministry after the Registry of Vehicles (ROV) bad studied proposals from the Singapore Taxi Drivers' Association (STDA), Singapore Taxi Transport Association (STTA) and the NTUC Comfort. Recommendations based
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    New measures to deter illegal reproductions
    373 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG COLOUR reproductions from photocopying machines have reached such a state of quality that the Board of Commissioners of Currency has stepped in to control import of these machines. The move is aimed at preventing illegal reproduction of financial instruments such
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    SONY, AKAI END FEUD
    208 1 SONY and Akal have agreed to stop battling each other in advertising to capture a bigger share of the fast-expanding video tape recorder market in Singapore. They agreed over the weekend to stop attacking each other in future advertisements. The squabble arose in the last two
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    Lock icon Refugees find work
    104 1 UPI AN estimated 10,000 Vietnamese refugees have begun working in Hongkong, easing an acute shortage of industrial manpower but raising the ire of local Chinese workers. Both the Hongkong government and the UN High Commission for Refugees have encouraged the 68,000 Vietnamese refugees sheltered in warehouses and
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    Another 1/4 point rise in prime rate in the offing
    292 1 PBEBBUBE it maoatiag far —titer V* paiat rise la the average prime ieadiag rate (PLR) at beaks ta 8-5 per ceaL Aad ieeai baaks are expected ta make the meve ta this level la the Mar fatase, Jast three weeks
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    Sime agrees to sell Lingui to Fantak
    523 1  -  By MANO SABNANI J SIME Darby Holdings has announced proposals to sell its tin mining subsidiary, Lingui Developments, to a Malaysian company called Fantak Realty Sdn. As part of the deal, Fantak is making a cash offer of $1.81 per share for the
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      2 1 soft-joys focUqyQ
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      RISE IN KNOCK-DOWN FURNITURE EXPORT
      729 2  -  By. LEE YOKE MENG EXPORT of knock-down' furniture increased significantly in June in contrast to a decline in timber and timber product exports. The value of knock-down furniture exports in June rose by 13 per cent from May to reach $5.4 million, 65 per cent
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      171 2 SINGAPORE AirUnes has appointed Mr Giles Flake a§ sales manager of its UK office. Mr Fiske has twenty years of airline experience. He joined Qantas in Melbourne in 1969, later serving in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Mrs Gall Tate has joined Air Lanka as station manager (UK).
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      Open house
      74 2 THE AL-JUNIED Vocational Institute is holding a twoday open house for the public from today. Visitors will be able to see a wide variety of new and electrical and electronic training equipment and exhibits. Ponggol Vocational Institute will also hold open house on Thursday and Friday. Visitors will
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      MEMO PAD
      464 2 COURSES AND TALKS April 30-Aug 24: Tuition Courses for the Australian Insurance Institute Associateship, STTC, SITC June 22-Aug 18: Systematic training for effective parenting, Waterloo Street Centre, Dept of Extramural Studies Aug 13-27: Managing People At Work, NPB Town Training Centre, NPB Aug 22-23: How to Identify and
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      Helping chartered secretaries cope with challenges
      183 2 THE Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators is to hold a conference to help chartered secretaries cope with new challenges. Dr Tony Tan, Senior Minister of State for Education will officiate at the opening of the conference, to be held at the Hilton Hotel
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      Festival of Books goes to WTC
      173 2 A TOTAL ef 57 pabllsbers aai ether iriirintliM. repnatflttag imrt thu publishers ud iMribatm werldwlde, will participate la the 11th Slagapere Festival of Seeks aad Seek Pair 1179. This year's festival, te be held at the Werld Trade Ceatre (rem Aag SI te Sept
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  • INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
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      World's smallest screwdriver
      142 2 THE MICROMAT, probably the world's smallest pneumatic screwdriver, will be displayed at Machine Asia '19, at the Werld Trade Ceatre (rem Oct IS to 11. Manufactured by a West German firm, Deprag Schulz of Amberg, the screwdriver has nn automatlc push-to rttrt system, operates silently and weighs
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      Software deal for IBM's computer
      226 2 COMPUTER Processing Services, agent for Software International Corporation, has announced that the comprehensive General Ledger and Financial Reporting System for users of IBM System 34 computers is now available. This software package incorporates a user-control-led report writer, budgetting, cost absorptions and distributions, financial statements and
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      Kinki Industry extends services to Malaysia
      365 2 KINKI Industry, a Japanese company specialising in the cleaning of pipes and tubing, has extended its services to Malaysia. Set up three months ago, the company specialises in the chemical flushing of pipes and tubings used by the shipbuilding and repairing, petroleum and iron
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      INTEREST HOTS UP FOR SOLAR HEATING
      449 2 ENQUIRIES on solar heating equipment have risen substantially since the Public Utilities Board increased the rates on energy consumption this month. Solectra, for instance, the only company dealing entirely in solar heaters and other non-conventional energy systems, recorded a more than 100 per cent
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  • REGIONAL
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      Lock icon Expanded role for Asean's private sector likely
      297 3 AFP THE Director-General Asean-Malaysia, Mr Kassim Mohamed Hussein predicted that the private sector would play a very significat role in Asean economies, because the five-member grouping's economies were basically private enterprise economies. The private sector is already beginning to play its part through
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      Lock icon Japan fears more noise pollution
      119 3 AP MORE than 30 per cent of the Japanese people say they have been affected by environmental pollution recently, and about half fear Japan's pollution problem will become more serious, a government official said yesterday. Yosuke Takahashi at the Prime Minister's Office, quoting a recent
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      Fall in number of job-seekers in Malaysia
      308 3 THE unemployment situation in Malaysia has eased somewhat, judging from the comparative figures of jobseekers registered with the Malaysian Manpower Department. According to statistics released by the department, 118,493 job-seekers were registered in April. Compared with 127,903 for the same month last year,
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      Call to give estate workers better social amenities
      353 3 THE Malaysian Deputy Labour and Manpower Minister Datuk K Pathmanaban has urged managements of estates to provide their workers with better social amenities such as proper housing to encourage them to give their best in return. This will be of mutual benefit
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan Premier in China for talks
      399 3 UPI SRI Lankan Prime Minister Ranasinghe Permadasa arrived in Beijing yesterday for an eight-day visit to China and talks with Chinese leaders on the future of the Association of Non-align-ed Countries. The 55-year-old Sri Lanka leader was welcomed by Chinese Premier and Communist
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    • The region in brief
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        Lock icon LESS STEEL EXPORTS
        486 3 Agencies THE JAPANESE steel industry is revising its projection on this year's steel exports downward to 30.6 million tons, a decrease of 950,000 tons from the previous year. At the outset of the year, the Japan Iron and Steel Exporters Association forecast exports would top the 1978-level
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      Lock icon Kriangsak doubts an early troop pull-out by Hanoi
      301 3 Reuter AP THAI Prime Minister Krlupak ChtoaaM said yesterday be did net believe Vietnam would withdraw Its forces frsm kampachea la the aear fstare. General Kilaapak was cemmeatißg sa the statemeat hy a US coagressisaal deiegatiea which retaraed from Haasi sa Satarday
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      Lock icon Journalists in Iran face stringent rules
      319 3 AP FOREIGN journalists may be subject to deportation or prosecution for articles prejudicial to Iran, even if they do not write the offending article, under new government regulations issued yesterday. The regulations will require foreign reporters to promise to write the truth about Iran,
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      Lock icon Refugee expedition programme in doubt
      691 3 NYT VIETNAM threw into doubt American hopes of sending consular officials to Ho Chi Minh eity to screen thousands of requests by Vietnamese citizens to emigrate to the US. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robert Oakley said on July 23 that Vietnam had agreed in
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      322 3 FURNITURE Genuine imported Leather Selected handcrafted Manau the Rare Combination o£ A "Luxury" Lounge Set HOME The first impression is the lost impression. Furniture reflects the owner's personality and taste. Luxury gives you sheer elegance, comfort, style, pride of possession and exclusivity. What is more, cane furniture is the in
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Tin producers may enlist Opec help
      635 4 TIN producers may approach the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) the only group of commodity producers to have succeeded in bringing the powerful industrialised countries to their knees to buy up tin releases from the American GSA stockpile. This is one of two
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      DIFFICULT TO MEET DEMANDS IN 1980s
      241 4 RISING ENERGY costs might make it difficult for metal producers, who are heavy users of fuel, to meet the increasing demand for engineering metals during the next decade, according to a recent report by the Du Pont Company. The report says that by the
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      RUBBER
      314 4 THE Singapore rubber market yesterday closed slightly lower with August One RSS buyers quoted at 288.50 cents per kilo, down three cents from last Friday's close, dealers said. The morning session closed easier with September One RSS buyers vquoted at 290.00 cents per kilo, down 1.50 cents from friday
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      RAS PRICES
      347 4 R.A.S prices In cents per kUo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 233 75 293 75N Int. 1 R.S.S. September 290 75 ***** Int. 1 R.S.S. October 290 75 291.25 Int. 2 R.S.S. 282 00 283.00N UK/Cont 281.00 282 00N Int. 3 R.S.S.
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      SSR and SMR
      108 4 NOON SSR and SMR pricae vwUrtUr HAS llflMbw SSR 20 (l-tMl pallet) rioos SO.OON SSR SO (1-ton pallet) 275 00 277 00N October (Forward Mtk) Bu> ere Sollare 278.00 280 00N 275.00 277-00N MRELB SMR CV SMR L SMR CP SMR 5 (1 -ton pallet) (1 ton
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      Closing prices
      29 4 Rubber: Aug 13 Singapore: September: 288.50 cents (down 3 cents) Malaysia: September: 288.75 cents (down 2.75 cents) Tin: M$l,880 (unchanged) Official offering: 185 tonnes (up 22 tonnes)
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      Hongkong Comex
      126 4 THE MARKET closed little unchanged, with no trades registered as on Friday, dealers said yesterday. September was unchanged at US 8.80/85 cents, October at 9.05/10 against Friday's 9.15/20 close and July at 10.85/90 against 10.80/85 cents. Sugar futures closing prices: CMm hrtw Sep 8.80 a 8.80/85 Oct 1.06/10
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      Lock icon Rice crops threatened
      67 4 Reuter HEAVY RAINS moving from Laos into north-east Thailand could cause flash floods and bring a repeat of the severe damage to the rice fields caused by last year's flooding, according to a Bangkok weather bureau report. The rains have already affected Vietnam where every effort is
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      Straits tin
      60 4 THE STRAITS til price In Peaaag remained unchanged at M$l,BBC, |7« belew the lateraatleaal Tin Agreement celling, dealers said. The market held steady after Satarday's decline dae to the weaker Leaden advices, with enly light bnylng frem Japan and locally, they said. Tetal turnover rose slightly te 185
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      Rice
      333 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S3 per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 095 100 per cent second da* O.K. 100 per cent third class 0.80, S per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.70. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0 62. Special
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      LONDON MARKETS
      644 4 COPPER: Wire bars finished yesterday morning up £3 for cash and down £1.5 for three months. The pre-market was steady initially reflecting the New York close but prices sagged, under profittaking and later some stoploss selling in the ring, down to £875 for three months. A lack of
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      Produce exchange
      283 4 LIKE most Mondays, trading was generally dull and featureless at the Singapore produce market yesterday. The lull prevailed for the best part of the day as local traders awaits advice from their overseas clients. An easier trend persisted in the pepper sector of the market where demand was
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      Textiles
      194 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-godown) (Mm yam: China Blue Phoenix 20b 2,230; 32s 2,800, 40s 3,010 (per bale of 400 lbs). Ptoee pi*: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq, Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
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      Lock icon Focus on blue chips
      436 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa NEGLECTED medium-sized blue chips such as light-elec-trical, pharmaceutical and "superstore" stocks rebounded on rotation buying by some institutional investors. The Nikkei Dow-Jones average closed the day with a slight loss of Y5.84. Forerunning energy-relat-ed stocks generally fell TDJA: 6,394.63 (-5.84) 1979 Hi-Low: 6,402.67
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      Hongkong
      257 4 AUO U HKS A mil Rubber Associated Hotels Bowiters Cheong Kong China Ena 4 JOB 1475 Z 1430 435 0 05 0-06 -0.1 China Light City Hotel* M -0.1 City Urban Z 1 72B unch Comsopol Croat Harb Tunnel Eaat Alia Navlg Far East Each PTUlex 192 MSB 190
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      Sydney
      224 4 AUG 13 CenU INDUSTRIALS A. C. L 201 1 A. H. 1 IB ♦a A. P. M m ♦2 Ampol Pet. B H P. c (0 «M 4-12 2 But NSW m 2 Borsl ao -2 Brim Met ITS unch r MM C. 8. It 38# 12 Coal Allied
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      Selected indices
      33 4 H.K.HANO SENO Monday 625 78 Friday 620 96 Week Ago ..closed SYDNEY INDU8TRIAL8 Monday 901.04 Friday 497.57 Week Ago closed r ALL ORDINARIE8 Monday 612.92 Friday .608 20 Week Ago closed
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      Manila
      128 4 THE MARKET closed slightly higher but turnover fell to 3.6 million pesos from Friday's 5.1 million, dealers said. Gainers yesterday included Lepanto B, Philex B. Picop B and San Miguel. mfm •m mm unch Altai Con A AUu con B Ba«uto OoM B«n|u«t Coo Br Ooodrtch CDCP 1U0 *i
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      237 4 ti'j f, F;- I J THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND PLASTICS EXHIBITION FOR ASIA WORLD TRADE CENTRE. SINGAPORE 26-30 MAY 1980 Every year, thousands of new rubber and plastic products enter the market Whether for use in industry or the home, every product reflects some new development in engineering or
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  • OVERSEAS
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      664 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From SIA SQ101 0615 KUL MAS MH621 0640 PEN MAS MH607 0645 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL CAL CI814 1000 HLP CPA CX710 1005 HLP GIA GA980 1030 HLP MAS MHG05 1045 KUL SIA SQI03 1045 KUL SIA SQ211 1045 HLP
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      Lock icon Israel trims subsidies for basic goods
      330 5 NYT THE Israeli government has announced cuts in the heavy subsidies that have kept the costs of basic commodities down, with the result that such goods have risen in price by 45 to 50 per cent. The action on Saturday, an early step in
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      Lock icon Iran oil output may drop by half
      592 5 NYT IF IRAN continues to neglect its oil fields for three or four more months, production will be permanently restricted to its current level of 4 million barrels a day and could drop to 2.9 million barrels by 1985, according to oil analysts
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        WRITERS PROTEST
        386 5 FIVE American authors have sent a sharply worded protest to the head of the Soviet writers union, denouncing the suppression of a literary anthology that had been planned by 23 Soviet writers and the union's suspension of two of the contributors. Signed by the playwrights Edward Albee and
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      Lock icon Carter's order ignored
      136 5 UPI THE US Department of Energy ignored President Carter's specific order to investigate oil companies this spring and instead wrote what one official described as a summary of "what we already knew," the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The Energy Department report, issued last week, concluded the
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      Lock icon Where US economy is heading in 1980s
      369 5 UPI THE JOINT Economic Committee of Congress, with the aid of a computer, has worked out three hypothetical paths the US economy might take during the *****, and this is the most pessimistic one: The price of imported oil rises 20 times faster
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      Lock icon Forecast of material shortages to come
      179 5 AP INVESTMENT in new facilities in the basic industries of developed countries and particularly of the US, Britain and Canada is inadequate to meet expected levels of demand in the last two decades of this century. This is the conclusion of a new report
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    It's nothing to moan about
    496 6 THE president of the Singapore branch of the Association of Certified Accountants has made a sweeping indictment of students and commercial schools in general. While defending the high standards that are set by the association, he criticises the high failure rate in its examinations. Surely
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    Making mockery of division of labour
    210 6 IT IS very ironic, and very sad, that professionals who earn a living by selling their expert services become reluctant when it comes to paying for the expert services of others whose profession it is to organise conferences to publicise their services. It would
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    Lock icon Concorde falls
    1338 6  -  By YOUSSEF IBRAHIM NYT BACK in the *****, Prance and Britain, the co-produc-ers of the Concorde, were talking about building 300 of the supersonic planes, about the dawn of a new age of supersonic flight, about a major European challenge to American industry, about whisking people from one
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    Lock icon Americans and Europeans battle for aircraft orders
    1108 6  -  By JACK GEE FT THE six-nation European Airbus Consortium and the United States' mighty Boeing Company are locked in a relentless contest to win the orders of the world's major airlines for the widebodied passenger aircraft of the 1960s and 90s. The contenders
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      1436 6 Last of the Scorpions SCORPION Tales cemes to m eui tealght with Etitermta which revolves trtui a detoettvelaspeetor wks Is toagh sai aaeempramlslag. Bat at 54, he Is slss a ttesa tested maa, faced as he Is with a failed marriage aad his impeadhg retiremeat. Aad the ease he Is
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    Lock icon The Iron Lady's first 100 days in office
    1319 7 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher swept into power three months ago on a boldly Conservative platform. Last Saturday, she ended her first 100 days of office or 'honeymoon' in the afterglow of an unexpected personal triumph at Lusaka. R W APPLE evaluates
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    Cambridge corrections
    101 7  -  Letter to the Editor "Anglo-file" Dear Sir Mention was made in John Koh's article on Cambridge University ('A university for all seasons' Monday, August 6th) of 'Perner's "Buildings of England" series'. I believe it should be Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Pevsner being the leading authority on English architecture in
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    Lock icon The effect of inflation on investment
    695 7  -  With ALAN GREENSPAN Alan Greenspan is president of Townsend-Green-span 4 Company. NYT IN THE halcyon days of the 1950's and 1960'5, business investment decisions seemed appropriately focused on longer-term payoffs. There seemed to be nothing in the then perceived distant future that would significantly
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      BP to bear substantial losses
      1009 8  -  By GERALD COLVERD THE INTENDED nationalisation of British Petroleum's Nigerian oil assets will neither impair nor delay the British government's plans to sell a major percentage of state ownership in the UK oil major to private investors. The government is committed to a cessation of
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      412 8 NYT WESTERN AIR LINES has petitioned the US Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) to write a formal opinion on the agency's tentative decision to deny a merger of Western with Continental Air Lines. Continental's directors have voted to withdraw the carrier's merger application following the CAB
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      Lock icon Comalco reaps higher first half earnings
      235 8 Reuter COMALCO said its higher first half 1979 profit reflected the substantial strengthening of most international primary aluminium markets. However, this was partly offset by a continuation of highly competitive conditions in foreign bauxite markets and for rolled products in Australia, as well as
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      141 8 Reuter XEROX has introduced a new telecopier which it said could send and receive letters over ordinary telephone lines twice as fast as most similar machines currently on the market. The Xerox Telecopier 485, the company's first new telecopier in five years, can send or receive a one-page
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      63 8 AFP TOYOTA Company will present a new model of its Corolla car at the Frankfurt motor show, to be held from Sept 13 to 23. The 1979 model will be made in two versions: the limousine with new coachwork and chassis and the classic model with boot at the
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      Lock icon Bank of America executive joins Golden Harvest
      271 8 AFP THE PRESIDENT of the Golden Harvest Group, Mr Raymond Chow, has announced the appointment of leading US entertainment industry banking figure, Mr Ron Dandrea, as chief financial officer for Mr Chow's Hongkong-based film production and distribution organisation. Mr Dandrea resigned from his
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      Lock icon ENERGY RESERVES WINS TAIWANESE ACCORD
      143 8 AFP ENERGY Reserves Greap bi dgaed aa agreement with Taiwan that give* the Wichita firm II per eeat Interest la peteatial petreieam deposits sa 1.2 mllllea offshore acres la the East CUa» Sea. The accord gives the firm aa laterest Is sae well already helag
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      725 9 NYT THE CREDIT markets will focus on today's monthly meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), and the guessing on Wall Street calls for a tightening move in credit policy. Significantly, this marks the Committee's first session with Mr Paul Volcker in the seat
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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        Singapore market
        426 9 TRADING in the foreign exchange market was relatively quiet yesterday. At the end of the day, the US dollar closed stronger against major currencies. Opening at 1.8175/85 against the mark, the US dollar was then traded up to a high of 1.8190/00. It eventually lost steam, however, to
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        177 9 THE US dollar was quoted easier from Friday's New York closing levels against the major currencies in quiet afternoon trading yesterday, dealers said. News of a 22.6 per cent July increase in Japan's declared and approved imports appeared to have been discounted as a market factor, they said. The
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        PLR
        20 9 THE average rate'at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8.4 per cent.
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        Gold
        217 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures market closed generally firmer in moderate trading, with its initial rise reflecting its strength in New York last Friday, dealers said. Turnover fell to 246 lots from 552 lots last Friday with interest mainly on October, December and February contracts, they said. October closed higher
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        Asian $ rates
        177 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Aug 10:, US D*IUn<Spot) Offer BmT 7 days 1015/*****3/18 1 month 113/16 111/16 2 months 115/16 113/16 3 months 11H UU 6 months 119/16 117/16 9 months 11 10% 12 months 11 10% 8w.Fr*. Dm. 1 month 3 months
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        Discount
        48 9 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Aug 13: Overnight y* Call deposits YA Closiaf Bayiif Selling 3 month Treasury bills 51/16 4 15/18 3 month Bank bills 713/16 711/16 3 month CD 7 7*» 6 month CD 7 T 7'< Source: National Discount Co Ltd.
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        Tokyo
        181 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed slightly firmer yesterday at 216.15 yen, compared with a 216.00 opening and 215.90 at Friday's close, dealers said. Trading was light with volume at US$499 million. The dollar strengthened in quiet trading on import covering by Japanese corporations and buying by Japanese
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        Australia/NZ
        63 9 AUSTRALIA NZ exchange quotes on Aug 13: AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1.1331 1.1283 Sterling 0.5066 0.4998 Ninety-day air mail buying rates: Sterling 0.5280 US dollar 1.1711 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5111 US dollar 1.1346 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve Bank mklrate: US dollar 1.0190 Trading Bank Indications: Sterling 0.4549/0.4519 US dollar
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        London
        173 9 THE US dollar opened slightly weaker yesterday compared with Friday's finishing levels in London and in New York, but finned marginally later in moderate trading. The dollar appeared reasonably well underpinned and central bank intervention in its support on Friday may be deterring sellers, dealers said. The dollar opened
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      Closed door sessions at Bank Negara
      397 9 REPRESENTATIVES from the Malaysian banking sector will be having a series of meetings on latest developments in the industry with Bank Negara officials this week. The first meeting was held yesterday with tbe commercial banks while the two other meetings, today and on Thursday,
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      Stronger base for insurance
      834 9  -  REGIONAL COOPERATION By LEE YOKE MENG A LEADING insurance practitioner has suggested that more efforts be made towards both regional cooperation and a strengthening of the national insurance markets. In an article entitled "Strengthening the foundation for insurance development a few thoughts," in the Singapore Insurance
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      247 9 Word power: Edward de Bono 265 special words are covered here. This big new book from de Bono, author of Lateral Thinking, makes available for the general reader an invaluable store of the vital words which form part of the living vocabulary of every thinking man. The War Lords: A
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    BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES AND KLSE
    1529 10 In Singapore BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted
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    Unit trusts
    149 10 SINGAPORE UNIT RUT INCOME BOND UNIT (MtMpn' prises tar Aag M> (Cwreat ft kaa) The Commerce 2.08 2.21 Income Bond 1.11 LIS The Saving Fund 138 l.« S pore Prof Fund 0.97 102 S'pore Sec. Fund S pore Invest Fund l.Ct l.TSxd 1.25 1.32 MARA BL'MIPLTRA S'pore Equity
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2661 10 Gr'a Gr*a Net 1979 Laat Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- Cvr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 207 Acma 235 4 15.0 23 63 12.0 6 237 232 191 123* Alcom 191cd 18 10.0 13 53 25.4 1 191
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    Government bonds
    189 10 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250,000) (98.108 *****) 4 3/4* 16/9/80 (250,000) (***** *****) B 3/4* 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (*****8 100.458) 6 1/2* 1/6/79-81 (250,000) (96.908 100.008) (8) 99.90 6 3/4* 1/9/79-81 (250,000) (12) 100.15 6 1/4* 1/2/81 (250,000) (90.608 99.708) 6* 16/4/81 (250,000) (99.158 *****) 6* T F 1/6/82 (250,000)
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    1519 10 mxjsimiAU Aeata (2.258) Alcm (1.9Z8 1.948) (3) 1.98 cd A Ckw (1.448 1.456) (2) 1.44 (2) 1.45 AMD (0.458 0.465) (2) 0 45 Bala (2 688) cd Bm (0 625) (3) 0.63 (3) o*4 (5) 0.82 (1) 0.61 B bnt (147B) (3) 2.48 zd ■illli (3.328 3.345)
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    Intermittent selling pares prices
    510 10 THE straag elestag at last week di aat eoatiaac yesterday at the Stock Exchaage si Stagapere. Although the market opeaed firm aad steady, seatfmeat begaa to falter aader lateraaltteal selliag as the day ware aa. Oa kalaaee, prices flaished the day slightly he law their levels
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    Slightly easier at K. Lumpur
    626 10 SHARE prices closed slightly easier in moderate trad- ing on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. In contrast to the fairly bullish conditions last week, trading was a bit hesitant, with interest mainly on selected counters. Most of last week's favourites were sought to slightly
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    Stock options
    88 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. B»w Par (Sept 11.20) (0.35B 0.41S). Bum P B (Sept *1.60) (0.49B). ladmpe (Sept
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      S. Fodder is well on way to hit profit forecast
      603 11  -  By ANTHONY TAN SINGAPORE Fodder is on its way to achieving its profit forecast of $2.48 million for 1979. For the six months ended June 30, the feed manufacturer cleared half the amount of the projected figure with a pre-tax
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      Idris heading for a record
      267 11 IDRIS Hydraulic Tin has arrested its profit slide which began in 1975 and appears poised to achieve record earnings this year. Higher average tin prices and production helped Idris to turn in impressive interim figures for the half year ended June 30. The good results
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      339 11 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for Payment Date Close Payable the year Previous year Riverview 4%(n) Jul 26 Aug 7 Aug 15 7% 12% Sentosa ply 5%TE Jul 19 Jul 30 Aug 15 5%TE Riverview 4%<n) Jul 28 Aug 7 Aug 15 7% 12% Kg Lujut
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      SCRIP ISSUE
      78 11 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close B Scab Bonus Issue of 3 for 1 Sept 7 NSOP Bonus Issue of 3 for 2 NYA NYA Hone Leong Rights Issue of 3 for 4 fe $1.00 per share NYA NYA (a) Adjusted for scrip issue (b) First and Final
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      Higher beer sales lift Carlsberg profit
      702 11  -  OUTLOOK GOOD By DAVID CHOW CARLSBERG Brewery Malaysia has done well despite being a late-comer to the Malaysian market. Although it began production much later than Malayan Breweries (MBL) and Guinness, it has been steadily increasing its share of the beer market since 1971.
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      FIRM DEMAND AUGURS WELL THIS YEAR FOR LIEN HOE
      518 11 LIEN Hoe Industries expects to maintain its 1979 pre-tax profit at last year's $3.4 million level in view of firm demand for its products. The market for construction materials is expected to remain steady for the whole of this year and
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    • LATEST RESULTS
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        HONG Leong Finance
        87 11 re- ported group consolidated net profit for the half-year ended June 30, 1979 of $5.18 million against $4.69 million the previous period. The parent company's net profit was $4.46 million against $4.22 million the year before. The directors said the group can at least maintain the last
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        ELECTRICAL and Allied Industries
        57 11 reported pre-tax profit for the year ended March 31, 1979 of M 51.95 million as compared with $1.12 million the year be-, fore. Turnover rose from $9.79 million to $17.25 million. The directors proposed a dividend of 121/5 per cent tax fee (10 per cent tax
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      Lock icon History is history
      461 11 wm& §SJQ@CL aa HOCK LOCK SIEW NAME us a stock that has a net asset backing of $1.50, yields more than 8.5 per cent tax exempt on a historic basis and yet sells on the market on an earnings multiple of less than 4. That stock is,
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    Absenteeism at accounts exams a big waste
    479 12  -  By TEO TECK WENG THE PRESIDENT of the local branch of the Association of Certified Accountants has hit out at the low pass rate and high absenteeism of Singaporeans taking various professional and commercial examinations. Mr Jonathan Ou Hin Eng, the association's Singapore
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    LONDON STOCKS
    894 12 LONDON, Mon. Share prices finished generally firmer but government bonds eased around 1/2 point on the day in a thin market, dealers said. Prices of leading shares v»ere pushed up by some institutional buying with sentiment encouraged by the government's firm stance on monetary policy. Both the provisional
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    Expertise of conference organisers unrecognised
    353 12 MOST professional associations and institutions are unreceptive to the idea of letting a professional conference organiser organise their conferences. This is because they are unaware of the benefits of such professional expertise. This is the view of several local professional and convention organisers in their
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    Lock icon Hongkong heading for mild recession
    176 12 AFP THESE are ladles ttosu that Heagkaag to heartag for a mIM recesstoa, hartatus aad iadastrlal wirtw believe. They reported that maay exporters aad maa afar tarera were fiadlag the profit margla extremely tight while orders were smaller aad shorter. However, the —arcea said that
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    Air Lanka's first B707
    51 12 THE FIRST Air Lanka Boeing 707 leased from Singapore Airlines (SIA) will arrive here today at 1700 hours. This is the first of two 8707s to be leased by SIA to Air Lanka, Sri Lanka's new national carrier. Air Lanka is scheduled to begin operations next
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    Expert never handled unit trust accounts
    590 12 AN EXPERT witness yesterday told the High Court at the resumed trial of Richard Tarling that he had never handled unit trust accounts of companies. Mr Dennis Garrett, senior partner of London accountants, Turquand Barton Mayhew and Co, when cross-examined by defence counsel Mr
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    CHEAP AIRFARE BLUFF
    156 12 AUSTRALIAN Transport Minister Peter Nixon has been accused of not being entirely candid over cheap air fare policies and discriminating against some countries. The president of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents. Mr John Webb, yesterday said Mr Nixon had not explained that first class fares and
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      476 12 Leader...Page t TRADE with CHINA OCTOBER 11 12,1979 Applied Research Corporation and Business Times (a member of The Straits Times Group) will be organising a top level conference on TRADE WITH CHINA. The two-day conference will be held in Singapore on October 11 and 12,1979 at the Shangri-la Hotel. The
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      63 12 W EAT.H E R3 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Mainly fair. Report for 24 hoars prior to 7J9 p.m. on August 13 at the airport. Maximum temperature 31.4 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 25.7 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 10.30 Rainfall in millimetres Nil
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
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        105 13 Reuter CHARTER Consolidated Ltd results in the current financial year will depend largely on progress at Cleveland Potash Ltd, which resulted in a loss to charter of £5.8 million (Ss2s million) in the year ended March 31, chairman and managing director Mr M.B. Hofmeyr said. The future of
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        Laying pipelines
        89 13 THE PORT of Singapore Authority is carrying out dredging work between the Western Anchorage and Sentosa to lay pipeline. Four vessels are involved in the operations, which is expected to be completed by Aug 22. The pipelines to be laid across Sister's Channel will be submerged while those
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        Unusual move
        71 13 A WESTERN shipowner has taken the unusual move of placing an order estimated to be worth about US$l4O million (Ss3oB million) with Soviet shipbuilders. Piraeus-based Athenian Tankers Management SA has ordered four 27,000 dwt parcel carriers from the Kherson shipyards on the Black Sea. Delivery is scheduled for
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      Door-to-door FE service
      552 13  -  UASC VESSELS By GOH ENG KEE THE FIRST OF four new cellular containerships being delivered to the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) by South Korea's Hyundai Shipbuilding is expected to call at Singapore on Aug 19. The 19,750 deadweight tons (dwt) Addiriyah with a container capacity of
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      GODDESS OF FIRE
      112 13 VESTA, Reman goddess of the hearth lire, is an apt name (or this incinerator ship (above) designed and boilt in West Germany. It is 71.8 metres long by 11 metres wide, weighs 1,499 tdw or 999 GRT and reaches 11J knots. Hie vessel's 159-ton incinerator can handle
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      2888 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 estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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      INDEX
      489 17 Shipping Line Page C«i ACS n 5 Afea IV 3 Alpac IV 5 Angkutan V 2 ANL i 1 APL in 2 Arya Nat n 5 ASCL in 1 Asia America n 5 Asia Merchant n 5 Atlas IV 4 Aust.Cont IV 5 Bank m 5 BBS n 2
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      Container Schedules
      945 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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      Lock icon National debate on Maritime Bill to revitalise fleet
      695 18 NYT A HOUSE committee has set the stage for a national debate this autumn on the future of the United States Merchant Marine, with draft legislation aimed at revitalising the dwindling fleet. Industry officials say it is the largest attempt at shipping
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      Lock icon A white knight or a black knight
      1378 18 NYT AMID the kind of controversy that always seems to surround him, Leon Hess, the reclusive oilman, broke ground this month for an US$lB million (about $40 million) container port at St. Croix, Virgin Island. It would complement his Amerada Hess Corp's gigantic
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      Lock icon SHIPBUILDING ORDERS
      213 18 Reuter FX)REIGN orders for ships received by Japanese shipyards in July rose to 24 ships totalling 499,600 gross tons from 22 ships totalling 407,900 tons in June, the Ship Exporters Association said. The July total was also up from 9 vessels totalling 180,671 tonnes in the same 1978
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      Soviets surprise the time-charter market
      954 18 IN JUST two days (June 12 and 13), the continental offices of the Soviet chartering agency Sovfracht threw the dry-bulk market into disarray by fixing some 30 ships for trans-Atlantic round voyages. Not only was the market taken completely by surprise and the Soviets able
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      443 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Arya Rastakhiz (1700 after He!) 45 Car Liner No. 2 (RO/RO) (0500) 1/2 Centaur (1600 after Car Liner No. 2) 1/2 Frotasantos (2300 after Reefer City) 42/43 Gerbera (RO/RO) (1000 tide) 25 King River (after Dove will haul 1100/15 th to Gdn.
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      319 14 E! 9H m k* II Ami 30/31 Sap 1/7 km mn *»ll I S#l7 Oct Oct S*24 I Mw S«p27 Nm 1 s«p Hn I Oct 13 Oct 2 N*> 1) Oct II Oct 4 No* 22 Oct 11 r "BARBER MARA" Aug 11 at QOOOWN 47 ESS] Ol (UC)
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      852 14 ■p. Burma Fivt Star Shipping Corpn. "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE' LOMNNG FOR RANGOON mamstumm 17/19 Am B F.S.S.C Agents n Motoywa TEPS MALAYSIA Port Katong T«l(38>-7355 Pcoaog Tat *****/***** Compania Argentina Da Navayacton Intarcontinantal S. A. C.I. F. I "ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE" tOUMG FOd MMM. CMfIOHM. BUENOS MR S'part ARCENTMA 30/31
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      674 14 A.vowji nugiaa* 11, 1919 OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD RM 2102 2103 21ST FLOOR MARINA HOUSE SHFNTON WAY MISTRI ROAD SINGAPORE 2 TEL *****44 7& *****70 m SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE P. Kd«t Sine apart Lm4 MAY PRUCE KYOTEN MMU. may carp 11/20 Am 23/25 Am 20/22 At* 4/5 So*
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      588 16 «roup SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD T 'toot OOA«. BJILC N S'NGAPORf VABofTING 9"1 44 j .%(S GfNt«AL qil"i '4uNfS> «9S «S iSSM 4 B CABGOSMIP Ul£« OS ■•lilt Mill ltc4|ioiial Container Lilies WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/from BANGKOK STOK CM) lVllftc 22/231* WMk* vis* u/uta* 11/24 Sept 24/27 Sept 1/4
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      704 16 REGULAR INDEPENDENT SEMI/FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE S>m f. Kabag 10 Sap 4 Sop »sap n Sop OfTRASEA (ME) LTD *****57 TEO SMPPW6 ft TRAMK Avon (UR)/Boulogne/ Antwerp Avon (UK)/6ovtocne/ Antwerp 2352(11 BOOKMC TEO SMTPW6 ft TMMK 410(44 *****2. 400(70 MTEK OVERSEAS MMfTM SON M 3(5054. *****/2 ALPAG LINE •OUTH
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      217 17 CELTIC BULK CARRIERS ißeordon Snurh I ,ne I M anil Inst, Shifp.ruj f,l Regular Bulk Service For Timber Plywood General Ajents Marathon (Mted Afency Pte LM Spore T«fc *****66 (3 toes) Sub-Agents Manifest Am Sarncrj S* SM: *1. TM. *****1 P. XMm( T* 3M103 (511NORIENT LINE JkF Europe Far East
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      159 17 w P.T. PERUSAHAAM PELAYARAN ANGKUTAN PERTAMBANGAN TK ONLY SM6APORE/NXMESIA CONTAIO FEEDER SERVICE AUTHORISED BY MDOKSIA GOVERNMENT NTTH FULL CONTAIO VESSELS EACH CARRYMG 112 TEU VESSEL SINGAPORE LQADMG FOR TAKAM I SID JKT ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO FOR MOONESIA GOVERNMENT PROJECT AND HEAVY MACHMERIES TAKARJ V 17/1 JUT TAMBAN6 M 19/1 *T
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      86 17 LlflN SOCN SHIPPING TRADING CO (PTE) LTD ,10: Mt» HOC* C" BinioitG,»OB'KSO» *0»c smc»»o»f TEI TTOCI: o CAIK hamind t PM-KCEMMG CAKO FOi PAUfTBATKM AT PUB PAWANG NHAMES OH 311 CqOPKD KTH HEAVY l*T II TOM! 15 TOMJ 21 TOW CEYLON SHIPPING CORPORATION National Line o* Sri Lanka YE~\ GARWARE
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      172 17 Soon Seng Group Regular Service To Sabah KUALA tUMPU* Soon S«"q Stippmg SO" ;i r V' PCWI Ml«N0 SINGAPOW PENANG I »ncot> jd Sixppmi Soo Hup Song Sl'W T»' 04 1639 ?'6'B CiDif SU T Ji*SO KAI UNION SHIPPI.^ ltd 26th Floor UIC Building, Shenton Way, Smgoporc, 1. Telephone: *****66
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      173 17 inTERfnODAI BULK TRnnspoßTflTion line 2nd Fir Oriental Plaza. Jin Parry. K L Tel. *****4 Telex: IBLINE MA ***** STRAITS/EUROPE SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE f Gada* S port P HeUnj Pcna* R dam H bun HDMN GOCOMU (1-7) 21 A* If ft* lIS* 21S* MDOOI (14) n tec Xkn 23 us* <od IMA-t)
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      46 18 TRUCONTAINER EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL (S) PTE LTD Suite: 1311 SHAW TOWER, Beach Road. SINGAPORE 7 Regular Container Service accepting FCL/tCL Cargo for Australia Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Call *****81 |j Container leasing services IfSS ICCU CONTAINER ■O' FLEET IISS MANAGEMENT SA "TT* Transcontainer Leasing S.A. (Specialised Equipment)
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