The Business Times, 27 September 1979

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. Ht/l/IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, lf7» 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 47 1 SINGAPORE Airlines has taken delivery of its tenth long-haul Boeing 8747 aircraft, part of a US$9OO million (551.93 billion) aircraft order announced last year, it said in a statement yesterday. Nine more 8747s are on order, to be delivered by March, 1981, it added.
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    • 35 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) is looking into the possibility of cooperating with North Korea in handling shipping between North Korea and Malaysia, MISC chairman Tengku Ngah Mohamed said.
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    • 42 1 AFP MANILA, Wed. The Philippines has asked Japan for a 5,000-million-yen (Ssso-million) commodity loan, reliable sources said today. The sources said the request was small but Japan had not been convinced and asked for more data to support it. AFP
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    • 75 1 AP JAKARTA, Wed. Burdened by increasing inflation, the Indonesian government has decided to reduce import taxes and sales taxes on 1,000 commodities, Minister of Finance Ali Wardana said. Import duties of five to 40 per cent would be reduced to five to 10 per cent on some goods,
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    • 88 1 AFP MANILA, Wed. World rice production this year will be one million tonnes less than that of 1978 because of monsoon rains, a top Food and and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) official said today. FAO regional representative Dioscoro Umali said output in exporting countries such as the United
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    • 80 1 UPI PARIS, Wed. Energy ministers of the seven biggest non-communist energy-using nations today reached a large measure of agreement on how to reduce oil imports between now and 1965, French Industry Minister Andre Giraud said. Mr Giraud, emerging from the morning session of the day-long energy conference,
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    • 87 1 UPI NEW YORK, Wed. Prices were higher in early trading of New York Stock Exchange issues today. Turnover was moderately active. The Dow Jones industrial average was ahead 5.97 points to 892.14 as first-hour activity neared its close. Advances held a.good lead on declines, 784 to 276, among
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  • 132 1 Rises Malayan Tin 2010 50 G E Life 860 30 Matsushita 550 30 Kemayan 304 24 O C B C 720 20 FAN 605 20 Straits Trading 750 15 M Banking 735 15 Esso 555 15 DBS 530 15 Wearnes 275 14 Guthrie 202 13 Magnum Corpn
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  • Article, Illustration
    127 1 Rises DBS 540 25 Petaling 1020 420 Wearnes 277 15 Carls berg 535 15 NST 535 15 Guiness 596 15 F and N 605 15 Inch KK 725 15 OCBC 720 15 M. Banking 740 15 Kemayan 316 14 G. Ropel 330 14 Magnum Corp 454 14 P.
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  • 669 1  -  LARGE SAVINGS EXPECTED By JOHN LIM IN THE midst of rising fuel costs and a potential shortage of crude, Singapore's largest refinery, owned by the Shell group, is intensifying its on-going energy conservation programme. It will be investing an estimated $26 million over the next three years
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  • 270 1 DOMESTIC consumers in peninsular Malaysia will have to pay 2.6 cents more per unit of electricity from Oct 1. However, those consuming less than 150 units a month will not be required to pay th? 2.6 cents known as the fuel cost variation charge (FCVC). The
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  • 421 1 ARCHITECTS seeking joint ventures with contractors, under a proposal now before the Ministry of National Development, must first opt out of practice as consultant architects. They can, however, continue to practise as architects designing only those projects awarded to their joint venture companies. This means these architects
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  • 369 1 THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation yesterday announced it will sell 90 million Hutchison Whampoa ordinary shares to property group Cheung Kong Holdings, in what is considered one of the biggest stock market deals in the British colony. The sale, worth HKJ639 million, will give Cheung Kong,
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  • 261 1 SINGAPORE Bas Service (8B8) Is ktphl Ike revised his lares tnple* nsM fresi the Ma■tag si tUs moath will resall la satistaetary profits far Its earrsat flaaarjsl year coding la As far the Brst six ■srths sf the year, the It achieved
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  • 323 1  -  By CHAN BONG SOO The Singapore stock market yesterday closed at a six-year high in one of the most active trading sessions seen in many months. It was a major breakthrough which came hot on the heels of the resurgence of buying interest in the
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  • 154 1 SIME Darby has received majority approval for its scheme to make China Engineers a wholly-owned subsidiary. An announcement from Slme yesterday said that at a meeting convened by the Supreme Court in Hongkong, a* majority of outside shareholders voted in favour of the scheme. A special resolution to
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    • 5 1 f/1 A A To SHIRTS
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    • 218 1 asean Bustles Quarterly 111 lII'. IMB lIMd industrial cxxxdkMboo act low-wage pniNcra loaa-ASEAN tuhmm trade i "hinj'v >uppK jikJ ikmmJ ;< s ASFAN'> pujnorv minim«fhi<-> Bnd on flwiwmin industry in ASEAN Malaysia prmn nmh Myth and reality <4 Singapore's mduscrial production iadex (h.i i"U!/S:-t JjftMlT of HU-v'Mt. »i- Rrreaue tfarougfa
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    • 10 1 Leader ...page I flee heefc pace, eel 1 SHIPPING TIMES
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 284 2 NATIONAL Westminister Bank has appointed Mr Mike Brtgdea and Mr RaMa Fisher as accounts executives for its Singapore Branch. Prior to this appointment, Mr Brigden was an accounts executive in the bank's international division in London dealing with UKbased companies. He replaces Mr Alaa Hlggs who has
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    • 377 2  -  GAS FOR VEHICLES By JOHN LIM SUPPLIES of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks for vehicles would not be a problem should the Government decide to approve the use of gas to power petrol engines. Hume Gas Cylinders, a subsidiary of Hume Industries
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    • 539 2 A MODEST Improvement in Singapore's exports of rubber may be expected for this year. The latest statistics from tbe Department of Statistics showed that shipments of all types of rubber picked up by about 7 per cent during the first seven months of
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    • 170 2 THE latest in offshore oil exploration technology will be highlighted at a threeday conference to be held at the Hyatt Hotel from February 26 next year. More than 30 experts from the three sponsoring societies for the conference Society of Naval Architects, Singapore, South-east Asia
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    • 53 2 Pocket calculators need not work on batteries alone. Solar cells have made It possible to convert light wave directly into power to operate calculators. The handy-siied calculator shown above comes in 113 mm by ttmm by 9mm. lie calculator is manufactured in Japan under licence from Prime Adler
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    • 335 2 SEVERAL New Zealand companies taking part in the coming Singapore Fair will be looking for Joint-ven-ture partners in the Republic. Nine companies will be participating in the technological section of the Singapore Pair and will take up some 21 square metres of exhibition space.
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    • 142 2 ITALIAN woodworking machine manufacturers will be among the 19 Italian companies participating in Machine Asia 79 to be held in Singapore on Oct 15 and Oct 18. Admall the Italian Woodworking Machinery and Tools Manufactuers Association in Milan, with a membership of 170 companies
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    • 450 2 COURSES AND TALKS Sep 17-Oct 29: How to be literate in Chinese, Nissen Hut 58, University of Singapore Department of Extramural Studies Sep 17-Oct 29: English Pronunciation, New Lecture Theatre 5, University of Singapore Extramural Studies Department Sep 18-Dec 4: Financial Management Part II (12 lectures), Bukit Timah
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    • 205 2 THE STRAITS Times has published a collection of articles and stories that appeared in its Bilingual Page in response to requests from readers. The first volume of the Straits Times Bilingual Collection has been available at bookshops since early this month. The book contains reedited
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    • 99 2 The International Labour Organisation, through its programme of assistance to employers' organisations in developing countries, is organising a regional technical seminar on employer organisation services from Oct 8 to 12. The seminar, for employer organisations in Asia and the Pacific, will be funded by the Danish International
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  • REGIONAL
    • 291 3 Reuter AFP NOMURA Research Institute forecast 393 Japanese corporations listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's first section will report increases averaging 12.1 per cent in profits before tax and special items for the six months ending Sep 30. The institute, a Nomura Securities affiliate, said
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    • 156 3 Reuter THE THAI Cabinet approved a Finance Ministry recommendation that a licence to import gold bullion be awarded to the highest bidder by tender as in the past. Deputy Government Spokesman Viehit Avakul said. He said the licence, valid for two years, would allow the
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    • 104 3 Reuter JAPAN'S Honda Motor Co will soon withdraw its stake in the joint motorcycle making venture in South Korea, following approval by the South Korean government, company officiate said. The company, Kia-Honda Motorcycle, was set up in South Korea in mid-1975 by Honda and
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    • 75 3 THE Japanese Finance Ministry is studying a British government request to lower the effective tax rate on scotch whisky, ministry officials said. Britain fears the appreciation of sterling and inflation in the UK threaten the competitive position of scotch whisky in Japan. Britain is believed to
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    • 423 3 Reuter AFP A MAJOR oil fie*ld is now in full production near Nanyang City in central China, the Workers' Daily said. The paper gave few details of the Held, but said it has an area of 4,600 sq km and that reserves
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    • 228 3 THE Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has accepted in principle, an invitation to visit Thailand later this year as the delicate oil discussions between the two countries seem fruitful. Thai Industry Minister Prasit Narongdej, who headed a top delegation which returned from Saudi Arabia yesterday, said
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 521 3 THAI Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan has planned a visit to each Asean country before his trip to Hanoi later this year, government sources said yesterday. The Premier will leave in mid-October and is expected to spend one day in each of the other four Asean countries. He
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    • 92 3 AN oil reclamation process developed in Australia daring World War n eonld play a role in helping meet world oil shortages. Its Inventor, Mr Keith Davidson, senior engineer with Hydro-Electric Commission In Tasmania, said the process enables about 79 per cent of old oil to be used
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    • 476 3 AFP CHINA and Russia will each go to the coming talks between them with the aim of testing the other's attitude, China specialists in Taiwan said yesterday. The negotiations oo normalisation of relations are necessary in order to eliminate misunderstanding following Beijing's demand
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    • 283 3 TheABN Bank international A That's the number of countries where ABN is right at home. O Jakarta P.T. Friesche Vlag Indonesia *3 A Kuala Lumpur- SyarikatTaba "K A bl\ I Penang -Kim Thye Leong Rice Mill Sdn Bhd n ki I '•■■i Singapore-Prima Ltd When we say we're right at
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 364 4 Reuter THE US Agriculture Department (USDA) estimates world oilseed production at a record 177 million tonnes in 1979/80, virtually unchanged from last month's forecast and 11 per cent above the 1978/ 79 output of 159 million tonnes. USDA, in a World Oilseed
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    • 198 4 AP A LARGER domestic demand for rice, including a prospective 8 per cent boost for making beer, will help American farmers unload their record 19T9 harvest, the US Agriculture Department said on Tuesday. A 3-per cent decrease in the world crop due mainly
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    • 102 4 Reuter HEAVY rains continued to interfere with the fall harvest ovet- much of the North China plain and in the Sichuan basin in the week ended Sep 23, the US Agriculture Department (USDA) said. The USDA, in its international weather and crop summary, said the
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    • 260 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed slightly lower yesterday with October One RSS buyers quoted at 283.25 cents per kilo, down 3.75 cents from Tuesday's close, dealers said. Morning prices were easier on lower London advices, lack of interest, speculative and upcountry selling, they said. Afternoon values slipped slightly but recovered
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    • 300 4 R. AS. prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyen Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f o b 283.50 284.50N Int. 1 R.S.S. October 284.00 284J0 Int. 1 R.S.S. November 288.50 289.00 Int. 2 R.S.S. 277.50 278.50N UK Coat 27* 50 277.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 274.50
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    • 117 4 NOON SSR and SMR p inon T—l»rd»y RA8 October November (Cum it HUl (Formmni MU) Bayer* Seller* Bayer* 8< tiler* SSR 20 <1 too pallet) pallet l 265.00 287 OON 286.00 287 00N SSR SO (1 loo ***** 284 00N 282.00 284 OON NULB SMR CV (1
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    • 72 4 THE STRAITS tia price la Peaug dropped Ms 3 per ptaU to yesterday, Msl2 abeve the lateraattoaal Tia Agreement celltag, dealers said. lie market eased felIswlag the margiaal fall la Lsadea spst tia aad slightly iaereased tia ere delivered alse laflaeaeed seetimeat, they said. Bat, this level esattaaed
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    • 30 4 Rubber; 26 Singapore: October: 283.25 cents (down 3.75 cents) Malaysia: October: 283.50 cents (down 3.50 cents) Tin: M 51,962 (down $3) Official offering: 196 tonnes (up 10 tonnes)
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    • 149 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed easier in continued quiet trading, dealers said. October closed at 9.42/45 US cents against Tuesday's 9.66/70 close with the distant September at 11.62/70 against U. 76/80 cents. The cotton market yesterday continued quiet with no trades registered, dealers said. October closed at
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    • 352 4 QUIET conditions prevailed In the Singapore produce market yesterday. Prices of most commodities tended lower with the cheaper offers held out by nearby origins. However, according to the list of prices supplied by the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange, all grades of pepper were marked up from <2.50 to
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    • 194 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (la HK dollar*, spot ex-godown) Cattaa yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20* 2.330 32s 2.860. «n 3,080 (per bale at 400 lbs). Piece f »<■: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and
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    • 333 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE; 100 per cent first clan (Kangaroo) new crap 096, 100 per cent second claas 0 83. 100 per cent third claas 0 80. 25 per cent new crop no Mock, B-10 per cent 070 THAI BROKEN: A-super 0
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    • 615 4 COCOA: Terminal cocoa finished the first call yesterday morning £20 to £6 per tonne lower having initially traded £9 down against New York and steady sterling. A feature noted was the narrowing of forward switch differentials against near December partly due to lateness of West African mid and
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    • 71 4 C.I.F. North European ports, In US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated. LONDON: Mod Prtviou MaUysian 6% fla bulk per tonne November unch t 642.00«lr Sumatra 5*7 ffa bulk September unch 6&S.00alr October 647 50pd 662.50»lr November 646 50pd 662.50>lr December 647.50pd 662.50tlr January unch 652.60pd Nigeria 5'.
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  • ASIAN STOCK
    • 479 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa VOLUME expanded to 560 million shares yesterday. At the opening, buy orders amounted to about 80 million shares, with interest mainly on oil and tradinghouse issues. The Nikkei Dow-Jones average advanced 15.60 points, which was equivalent to 40j60 points adjusted for ex-dividends. However, in the
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    • 182 4 THE stock market closed mixed yesterday with losses and gains about equal and several share prices unchanged in slow trading, dealers said. Bangkok Bank, Siam Cement and Ao Kham rose four baht each to 340, 338 and 430 respectively. sep a Battu AH* Credit in i« unci) 41 A^W
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    • 159 4 REPORTS of a new oil find boosted oil shares yesterday but trading was generally mixed, dealers said. Philippines Overseas and Trans-Asia firmed on reports of a planned drilling in the Cadlao area off Palawan Island, where possible flow rate of up to 8,000 barrels daily were encountered in tests.
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    • 248 4 Source: SHK Sec PRICES soared yesterday as boom conditions prevailed following the announcement that Cheung Kong is to acquire from the HK Bank its 22 per cent stake in Hutchison Whampoa for a consideration of around HK$639 million. Hutchison Whampoa shares leapt d on the announcement while Cheung Kong
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    • 265 4 STOCK prices closed firmer yesterday, dealers said. The strong upswing in world copper prices boosted the mining sector at a time when local and overseas buying orders are picking up significantly. Market leader BHP gained 14 cents to $9.90 following news of an upgrading of Bass Strait oil reserves
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    • 61 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 400.8 Monday VS2JD Week AfO 468.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tu—day 886.18 Monday 886.84 Week ago 874.15 LONDON DOLLAR PRRMIUM Tuesday JTH lo37H Monday... 35 to 36 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday M&29 Tuesday M2J0 Week ago 606.60 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 630.44 Tuesdya 536.46 Week a«o
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    • 260 4 Now! The Buku Merah offers you an ever more effective way of selling your products and services In the Buku Merah's pink pages, classifieds business section It pays to be listed in the Straits Times Directory of Singapore. Singapore businessmen have known that for the last 82 years and that
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 50 5 Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyk* addressing the United Nations General Assembly en Tuesday. Mr Gremyke failed to make any concessions to the United States on Soviet troops in Cnha saying tkat Cuba is a target sf propaganda campaign based on falsehoods. AP photo. Source: AP photo
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    • 296 5 Reuter US Treasury Secretary William Miller said inflation might be cat to below 4 per cent by 1965, but no sooner. "In my opinion, pursuing a comprehensive strategy, we can bend inflation down a little each year so tftat, I think, by 1965 it
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 385 5 Agencies INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corporation on Tuesday announced plans for the biggest public sale of debt in corporate history US$l billion (555.15 billion). It will be the first public debt offering by IBM, a computer giant that has run into a cash bind in the last
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    • 540 5 Reuter AFP SHELL Transport and Trading expects non-communist world oil demand next year to decline 1.5 per cent, bringing the 1960 level back to that of 1978, chairman Michael Pocock told analysts in the US. He said while consumer worries about inflation
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    • 109 5 Reuter PRESSURE from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries has caused the US to stop building up a 750 million barrel emergency oil reserve, the Washington Post reported yesterday. It said Saudia Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani warned Washington this summer that the
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    • 126 5 AFP THIEVES have stolen a dossier containing detailed information on the alarm system of the West German central bank, the Bundesbank, according to the newspaper Bild-Zeitung. The daily reported that the missing dossier contained detailed plans of the bank's alarm equipment, a list of people and
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    • 274 5 AFP PRESIDENT Carter has sent Congress a plan for reorganisation and centralisation of the government's foreign trade services, to give the country a better tool for promoting exports, among other purposes. The plan is aimed at strengthening the authority of the Office of the
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    • 243 5 NYT THE US National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) announced this week of its opposition to special federal financial assistance for the ailing Chrysler Corp. Reading from a prepared statement that did not mention Chrysler by name, Mr John Fisher, newly elected chairman of the NAM,
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    • 293 5 Reuter GENERAL Motors of the US said it has developed a battery that can power an electric car for 160 km without recharging, but that production of such a car is still at least six years away. The apparent breakthrough doubles the range of electric
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    • 256 5 UPI THE US government said it is considering the systematic replacement of the onedollar trill the most popular unit of US currency with Susan B Anthony dollar coins and the two dollar bills. The government is also studying the possible elimination of the bulky 50
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    • 193 5 AFP BRITAIN should join the European Monetary System (EMS) at the end of the year, but with a permitted fluctuation margin of 6 per cent rather than the 2.25 per cent observed by all other EMS countries except Italy, Lloyds Bank says in its
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    • 163 5 Reuter THERE has been a further return to normal working Lq the British engineering industry, with more workers ignoring the strike call on the secood day of the fourth two-day stoppage in support of a pay claim, a spokesman for the Engineering Employers Federation said. The
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    • 52 5 Just focus at our new interest rates FIXED DEPOSITS 4 months 12 months 6 months 3 mths. 8% p.a. 73 a s e p.a. 7 4°o p a. 7 "op.a. 6'« "op.a. 6 /op.a. CONTINUOUS DEPOSITS I 1..M.11.1M 7% p.a. 3 mths. 6V 4 p. a 6 /j% p.o. SAVINGS
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  • 426 6 THERE is a cloud of uncertainty overhanging the future of architects in Singapore that appears to be even more disturbing than the growing preference of developers for foreign trained and based architects whenever a project comes up that requires something more than four walls and a roof.
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  • 192 6 THE increasingly large sums of money being invested in energy conservation is testimony to the seriousness with which corporations are now viewing the energy situation. While companies such as Shell and Esso cannot be congratulated for realising early the importance of energy savings, they should
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  • 946 6  -  By LES BROWN NYT PREVIOUSLY, the world's radio spectrum was a resource taken for granted, as oil had once been. Its frequencies were allocated by the International Telecommunication Union, an agency of the United Nations, largely on a firstcome, first-served basis to the countries that
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  • 784 6  -  The Malaysian government has touched off a job fever by suddenly advertising 42,000 vacancies, reports WONG SULONG. WONG SULONG FT THE MALAYSIAN government has started a campaign to fill up 42,000 vacancies in "the civil service and this has stirred excitement and hope among the country's
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 1356 6 il TV& RADIO il HELEN OF TROY AT LAST, a shew ar twe to leek hrwiri to ifitr the leaa early part ef tke week, bttt ptoy to pat met ef tke eatertalilag kits towards tke iMwd katf if tke week m tkat tke ptwin will ke eves greater? like
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  • 2168 7 PICTURE a village of 550 -people, who live in 95 houses hidden in a coconut grove and surrounded by .padi fields. It is called Tubuan, in Laguna province in the Philippines, but it could be any one of countless villages in Asia. More than one billion people
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  • 731 7  -  By ROBERT McDONALD FT THE DICTIONARY defines leviathan as something "huge and formidable and associated with the sea." A, stunning concept prepared for the oil-rich North Sea adds new dimensions to that definition. The "Stolport" concept calls for construction of a floating airport 1,953 feet long,
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  • 794 7  -  FOBUMi with EDWARD COWAN NYT HOW CAN a country battered by inflation combat rising unemployment without speeding up the wage-price spiral? With the US economy apparently in a recession since spring, the question is becoming increasingly pertinent. The national unemployment rate climbed to 6
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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      • 1367 8 NEW YORK A LATE rebound by a pumber of glamour issues and some of the oils offset earlier weakness as the stock market turned mixed in active trading on Tuesday. The market sagged at the outset on worse than expected inflation news and weakness in two bell weather
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    • 545 8 See Page 4 for Asian stocks See Page 9 for Jo'burg prices Where to wine, dine and entertain hV For sushi. For teppanyaki. For other authentically Japanese delights. Open dailv 12, noon —3p rn 6 30pm 1030[iw For reservations rail 737 )h77 Vniiin I'ni'k Slhtjicjiu u* r r? IIUGOS I.UNCI
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    • 83 8 I 4 iu Merlin's New Tavern Bar It s totally new. Painstakingly furbished to create just the right ambience for vou to unwind after a hard day's work, before dinner, or to round off a perfect evening. Enioy happier happy hours from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm. We have The
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 218 9 Reuter JAPANESE monetary authorities have been unable to agree so far with banks on new guidelines for participation by Japanese banks in international syndicated dollar loans, sources said. Monetary authorities said in July they plan to apply new guidelines limiting each bank's participation and lending
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    • 111 9 RUMOURS that Mocatta Metals Corp is in financial trouble and that it will be forced to cover its short positions on the futures markets through the banks from which it normally borrows represent a failure to understand the operations of the markets, chairman Henry Jarecki. The big banks
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    • 122 9 UPI THE South Korean Finance Minister said on Tuesday there is no truth in reports that the Korean won would be devalued against the US dollar. "The talk of another won devaluation has no basis at all," Mr Kim Woun-gie said. There have been widespread
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
      • 477 9 THE Japanese yen was the most active currency in yesterday's foreign exchange market, declining fairly sharply against the US dollar in an otherwise featureless day of trading. Opening at 222.45/55, up from the Tuesday's close of 222.60/70, the yen fell to 222.70/80 around Tokyo market finishing. It moved
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      • 182 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Sep 26: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months US DolUrs(Spot) Offer Bid 1311/*****/10 119/16 117/16 129/16 12 7/16 12'. 12*» 12'. 12».
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      • 22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8.9 per cent.
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      • 50 9 RANGE o< prices offered by discount houses on Sep 26: Overnight 5'j r Call deposits 5' Clo*im< Bayiaf Selliag 3 month Treasury bills 5»« 5*» 3 month Bank bills 8 5/16 83/16 3 month CD 8': 8 J 6 month CD 8'< 8 N Source: National Discount Co Ltd
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      • 314 9 SEP 25 fUnd INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 177 >2 Abercom AE And CI no 900 J >10 A MIC 1900 >50 Bar to vi TO 42 fta—" tso >25 296 unch Currte Finance De Beers Ind 107 1710 >2 •40 Edcon 405 unch Edf&n 4S25 >25 Eve ready Ted VoUl
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      • 309 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures market yesterday closed generally easier compared with overnight levels in moderately active trading, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked down around US$2 following the metal's overnight weakness in New York and thereafter held steady during the morning's trading. It fell a further US$3 in afternoon
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      • 154 9 THE Hongkong dollar yesterday settled around the U554.95-level in late exchanges after making further strong advances earlier in the day, dealers said. Towards late afternoon the unit was thinly traded and quoted at HK54.9450/ 9600, little changed from an earlier 4.9400/9500 but sharply firmer from Tuesday's 4.9620/50 here. The
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      • 156 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed firmer at 223.00 yen yesterday, compared with a 222.95 opening and 222.45 at Tuesday's close, in heavy but nervous trading, dealers said. The dollar recovered in active late trading to close at the day's high after an early setback on a trading
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      • 247 9 CURRENCY markets continued calm here yesterday morning, although sterling showed early firmness as short positions were covered for the month-end, dealers said. The US dollar opened at 1.7680/90 marks compared with a late 1.7660/65 in Hongkong and a New York overnight close of 1.7660/70. There were no new factors.
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      • 63 9 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for: (a) 170 million 91-day Treasury bilk to be issued at the option of the tenderer on Oct 1 and from Oct 3 to Oct 5. (b) $20 million 183-day Treasury bills to be
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    • 75 9 THE LOCAL BRANCH of Credit Sutasa, on* of Swttzwtand'i bigg*** commercial banks, has mad* a >58,000 contribution to tho nowty formod Singapore Symphony Orchaatra (SSO). In a recant coremony to mark tha occasion, Dr O. Aappti, chairman of tha board of Credit Suiaaa, handad ovar a chaqua
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    • 109 9 FIRST Chicago Asia Merchant Bank and Saitama International (Hongkong) will be joint lead managers for a US$6.9 million loan to a South Korean company. The proceeds of the loan will be used by the borrowers, Poongwon Industrial Company, a member of the Tong Kook group, to
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    • 180 9  -  By LEE YOKE MENG A $15 MILLION loan agreement was concluded yesterday between Tiger Properties, a member of the Tong Brothers group, and Wardley, the local merchant banking subsidiary of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The 10-year loan will help provide the post-con-struction financing of
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    • 632 9 AFP A WEEK-LONG monetary and financial talks starting in Belgrade tomorrow are likely to focus on the recent turmoil on the foreign exchanges, the gloomy world economic outlook and the plight of the poorest nations. Experts in Paris said one or another of these issues
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 457 9 $425,000,000 medium-term Euro-dollar loan y I Republic of Indonesia acting by and through Bank Indonesia Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York Lead Managers: Chase Merchant BankincGroup The Industrial Bank of Japan, Limited Managers: Alcemene Bank Nederland N.V. American Express Bank Bank of Montreal Asia Limited The Bank of Tokyo,
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  • 1733 10 BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES THE KLSE In Singapore BID and offer price* officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in kits of 1,000 units unless otherwise «pee+ fied, >v SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A
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  • 150 10 ■MNBimtnui (Mi—tore' prtees tar Sept 17) The Commerce 2.16 2.29 The Saving Fund 1.41 1.49 S pore Prof Fund O K l.Olxd S pore Sec. Fund 172 ijj S'pore Invest Fund 1.28 13C S pore Equity Fund 1.00 1.01 INCOME BOND UNIT (Carreat prtees) Income Bond 1.14 1-JI
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  • 2743 10 Gr» Gr'a Net 1978 Last Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- Cvr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 207 Acma 240 3 15.0 25 6.2 125 2 240 239 196 123* Alcom 196 10.0 15 5.1 26.1 148 110 Allied
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  • 97 10 4 1/2* 1/8/80 (2S0J00) (98J0B 98.658) 4 3/4* 1 ft/8/80 (250,000) (98-528 98.708) ft 1/4* 1/3/81 (250.000) (98.158 96-206) ft* 15/4/81 (250,000) (97.568 97.008) ft 1/2* 1/5/79-81 (250.000) (98.158 98.358) ft S/4* 1/8/79-81 (250,000) (96J08 98.408) 7* 15/4/85 (250,000) (100.458) 7* 1/8/85 (250,000) (100.408) 7 1/4% 10/4/SS (250,000)
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  • 1716 10 BID aad offer prices officially listed and hniiw ta and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unlets otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aeata (2.505) Aleaa (1.928 2.006) (2) 192 zd A Ckae (1.358
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  • 682 10 GAINS were pasted mtm wide treat ta (airly active Miag at the Steek Exchange ef fflnpw yester day. The wMer apread af briefest eaatalaed the tread thwghirt the day. Yesterday*! patten ef tradlag was la marked ©extract to the prevtoas hn ■filial la that the
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  • 496 10 IN WHAT was one of the mdst active trading sessions on the Kuala Lumpur stock market this year, buyers returned in strength to boost prices sharply higher yesterday. Volumes swelled to 4.23 million units worth MJIO.II million from 3.93 million units worth $8.87 million previously. The
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  • 48 10 Striking prices of the option* officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore voterday, the period. Bids and ottered prices and bust sees done, if any. with the number of op- tfona traded riwvn in hracfc- L Kiping (Sept -C2JB) )<a>o.T». flaw Duty (Sept-CJO) (2) OJ§.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 880 11  -  By P. GUNASEGARAM DEVELOPMENT Bank of Singapore's group pre-tax earnings in the current year ending Dec 31, 1979 should grow only modestly after the remarkable 60 per cent Jump last year to $54.90 million, stockbrokers Laurence, Prust have forecast. Although Laurence, Prust concedes
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    • 289 11 DEPRESSED oil palm yields have resulted in lower half-time earnings at Gadek (Malaysia) despite substantially better prices for rubber and oil palm. Operating profit (before debenture interest payments and interest income) for the six months to June 30, 1979 dropped 6 per cent to $182,830.
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    • 82 11 KUALA Lumpur Kepong said it will redeem a further Ms 6 million of its 10 per cent mortgage debenture stock 1981 at par on Jan 31, 1980. Stocks for the redemption will be drawn by ballot on Oct 22 from stocks registered in the debenture register on
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    • 670 11 THE ANTICIPATED boost to Bousteadco Singapore's profitability from newly acquired subsidiaries Boustead Shipping and commodity broker Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co failed to materialise during the first six months ended June 30. This was because both these companies experienced difficult operating conditions during the
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    • 380 11 BO VIS SEA said it had engaged the services of Archipelago Management Consultant Services to assist in selling its shares in West Country Sdn. The consultants found a buyer and negotiated the sale on its behalf at a satisfactory price, Bo vis said in a reply to queries
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 55 11 Pre-tax profit of M 5871,386 (1621,379) for the six months ended June 30. New proceeds of rubber sales came to $1.37 million ($1.06 million) on average rubber selling price of 108.86 cents per lb (87.28 cents). The company expects profit for full year wUI be
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      • 64 11 Unaudited group net profit of $5.11 million on turnover of $107.6 million for the six months ended June 30. No figures for the <Wesponding period are available for comparison because the company commenced business in April, 1378. The company said ft incurred an operating loss in July
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    • 525 11 Current Payaieat Ex Date Booha Close Date Total for Total for Payable the year Previooa year H GilAlUn Hotel Mala Mine Court G E Life Prima Carlaberg B Katil E AI Cheat lad Fed Cables K L Kepoag OC BC WMkiaeoa Dualop lad Pub Text UOB MUI N
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    • 179 11 Company Particulars Ez Date Books Close U AC A I UNW TuCkoif Hoif Leotf (JOB Koliai Roth mams SKA Corp T—rloh Fascy Tile MUM Bonus Issue of 1 lor 3 Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Bonus Issue of 1 for 3 Bonus Issue of 1 for 3
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    • 437 11 PAPER Prtdaeti (Malayans aggreaalve acqaktttea strategy h keglaatag to pay sff la tow ef kud meats, as Ito totoal laterim reulto ik«». Greap pw tow pnflt far toe drat rfx Mtte eaded Med to $2J4 mffltea tnn 11.18 soWtea prevteasly. la
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    • 407 11 soaecu. HOCK LOCK SIEW THE GOVERNMENT'S decision to introduce a new system of development charges to encourage land development in Singapore will have important ramifications (or several listed companies which are presently sitting on valuable pieces of land, awaiting redevelopment and rezoning permits. There are currently several types
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    • 278 11 Date La st Fill Year Company PerM Aw—eed Net EPS Gross Pre-tax last year (cents) Dlv. i%) Profit if**) Apollo I 30/8 14.8 7.5 4,353 Fancy Tile I 14/9 8.3 1,010 Bo vis I 15/9 14.509L Leong Huat I 15/9 3.3 250 D Keramat I 20/9 89.8 146.5
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 70 11 THE FUJI BANK, LTDi Singapore Branch U5520,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE U.S. DOLLAR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE SEPTEMBER 28, 1984 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period September 27. 1979 to March 27. 1960 the Certificates will carry a rate of
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    • 115 11 For a Successful BANKING Career study with r c OXFORD for the Institute of Bankers CONVERSION COURSE The duration of the complete Wolsey Hall Conversion Course is 26 weeks so enrol now for the December 1979 examination. Also available. Wolsey Hall Courses for the Stage n Year 1 examination (New
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  • 488 12  -  By ANTHONY TAN THE Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) and its subsidiaries, which collectively own 43 per cent of the paid-up capital of British Malayan Trust (BMT), have now made a formal offer for the remaining shares not already owned by them. In a
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  • 346 12 CHEUNG Kong (Holdings) Ltd's acquisition of a 22 per cent stake in Hutchison Whampoa has raised significant questions for the investment community here, regarding the future relationship between the two companies. Analysts here are unanimous in their view that Cheung Kong's purchase of the Hongkong
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  • 784 12 LONDON, Wed. Government stocks gained up to s point in longer dated issues following the exhaustion of the Exchequer 11' per cent short-dated "tap" stock, dealers said. Dealers noted, however, that some shorter dated stocks had pared earlier gains on the expectation of an imminent replacement "tap". At
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  • Article, Illustration
    60 12 UPI Ai estimated MM Soviet advisers are li ftfffcinlitr- Is prep up the government *f President Haflwllafc Amin. Mr Amin maintain! a shaky grip sn the trssps in the tease capital bat Muslim guerillas operate with impunity within a lUm perimeter ef Kabul. Picture absve shews a Russian
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  • 166 12 THE AUSTRALIAN Government has introduced measures aimed at helping imports from developing countries to compete more effectively in the Australian market. This was revealed in Singapore yesterday by visiting Australian Minister for Special Trade Representations and Minister Assisting for Trade and Resources. He said the new package
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  • 470 12 AS THE United States has been keeping, a km posture in the Asia Pacific region since her defeat in Vietnam, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Japan not to assume her political responsibilities. Japan will be forced to play a more important political
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  • 194 12 THE Prosecution in the case of former Haw Par Brothers International Ltd (HPBIL) chairman, Richard Charles Tarling, told the High Court yesterday that it will call for fresh expert evidence on accountancy issue arising from the cross-examination of the accused. DPP Tan Teow
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 453 12 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 conference will
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 62 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Cloudy with showers after midday. Report for 24 tears prior to 7M p.m. on Sep 21 at the airport. Maximum temperature 30.7 Associated humidity 76 Minimum temperature 24.3 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 2.10 Rainfall in millimetres 3.9 Total
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 106 13 AFP WARrRISK insurance premiums charged by Lloyd's Underwriters on shipping going to the Gulf States area will be substantially reduced in the near future. London insurance sources said the Lloyd's Underwriters' Association has issued a circular proposing an amendment to the recently-imposed war risk terms for that area.
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      • 70 13 Reuter BALTIC exchange brokers report that another programme of Soviet time chartering of vessels for trans-Atlantic round voyages is under way involving loading grain in the US Gulf, Great Lakes and St Lawrence and the River Plate area. They said business is being transacted by brokers in
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      • 96 13 AFP A SOUTH Korean freighter with a crew of 26 aboard sank yesterday morning in the Kanmon Channel, but all the crewmen were rescued by local maritime safety agency patrol boats. The patrol boats were spreading neutral agents to check the fuel leaked from the 1,000-ton Hwa Pyong
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    • 605 13  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA SEABORNE cargo grew at a slower rate in July compared with the first half of the year. Total seaborne trade advanced by a marginal 1.7 per cent only, bringing the average growth for the first seven months down to 8.9
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    • 254 13 UPI NORTH Attaatte ratea moved ap m TMatey, aa a caatteatag wave at taaaage drmaad tram Ike grata wtlw, backed mp by ■aatalaod ate lateral aad rePVnOt MlKfi dlrlcr The rata at UBW (da) aerared by Ike balk-all cantor Cayag* far a September Octo ber voyage treat Ike
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    • 179 13 AP CHINA is building 58 new berths at its major seaports in an effort to end the waiting now faced by ships arriving to unload cargo. The official Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency reported that the completion of 42 new berths and the modernising of
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    • 125 13 Reuter SOUTH Korea plans to conclude bilateral shipping agreements with Denmark, Norway and France. Quoting Foreign Ministry sources, the Hapdong news agency said working-level talks would be held separately with the three nations later this month or early October. The accords are intended to
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    • 2145 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 dales of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 518 17 Shipping Uae ACS Afea Alfred Alpac Angkutan ANL APL Arya Nat ASCL Asia America Asia Merchant Atlas Aust.Cont Baltic Bank BBS Ben Ben Asia BenBulk Ben Ocean Blue Funnel CAVN C.C.Line Celtic Ceylon China Ocean China Nav. Cideco CMCR CNAN Combo CSC Line Djakarta Uoyd DSR-Lines Dong Sue EAC
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    • 1018 18 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL (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 hCL cargo must be delivered to the Authority's premises during the following periods.
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    • 824 18 AFP FIRMER rates were paid for grain shipments on the London freight market last week although fixing was never overactive. As the week progressed, it became obvious that shipowners were holding off the market in anticipation of an upward trend developing. Out of the US
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    • 875 18 ORIENT EXCHANGE MARKET FREIGHT rates within some Asean destinations are expected to rise from 5 to 15 per tent by the end of the year. In some isolated cases in the past two months, rates have jumped 50 per cent. Bunkers
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    • 89 18 NOMINATIONS an ■eeaptai tar the taarth iwil Bear AMnl Hatort C. Wkm/bmai Award far —I ta Meretaurt Martee Safety. Ike award to gtrea either tar a fetle eatetaaAag eeatrlkattaa ta acrckaat Mh aaiNlp ipOTtort, aaval aidMtoeta uSHS"■'"nS^^helllv'•( s™Ce Admiral fThnphfsri. whs served In Ihe Catted States Cmmt
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    • 733 18 BY THE END of 1980, Nigeria's shipping fleet will have been substantially augmented. Scheduled for commissioning by then are no less than 19 multi-purpose cargo liners nine of 12,000 dwt and 10 of 16,500 dwt currently building for the account of the Lago6-based state
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      425 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Cbongming (2030 tide after Nikolay Semashko un berths) 18 Centaur (Paasenge) (1600 after Frotakobe) 1/2 Golden Sea 707 (Tanker) (0530 after Palm Sea Horse, subject gas free P/ 0)13 Jlangdu (after King Dragon) 45 Nikolay Semashko (reberths after Good Samaritan II A
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    • 452 13 TANK CLEANING Whether you are sending it to the DOCKYARD for repairs the SCRAPYARD for scrapping or making a CONVERSION consult: i PIRAEUS MARINE SINGAPORE PTE LTD m m> \KDIM A MAII r Orient Overseas Cotiiaitte/i Line. FULLY CONTAIOBED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) S'nm PJ(eJaml LeHaweßdw FrtwwHWf **mp CHEFI6*
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    • 629 13 0911 Si I SEALORD ANTAf 1 I -1 1 UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) WEEKLY MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES C BNQUTABAH S pore loading for Abu Dhabi (13/10). Dubai (16/10), Doha (19/10). Dammam (22/10), Kuwait (24/10) 15/10 Kuwait (27/10), Shuaiba (30/10). Dammam (3/11). Dubai (5/11) 24/10 Kuwait (10/11). Shuaiba (13/11). Dammam
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    • 544 13 m INEK SERVCE FOB FAR E AST MDOLE EAST 4 AFRICA TAIWAN ft HONG KONG AUSTRALIA Sot Pago IV Column 3 for Soilings Aq?n?» SINGAPORE SHIPPING, AGt'WCIfSPTf ll[) varnH'M. 9'' l 2? GIMRAi qi3iu A UNO ASIA lIM Sf)\ BM[) M l?9b4'* •> M ANG *****1 3 P{ Nt NG
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    • 828 14 r/ cms cMomoML to em Spare PJMM| Pea Mae Saaaa KWi Hm Um Ibrfwerp 3/10 6/10 3/11 12/11 10/11 8/11 6/11 MMM 3/10 4/10 8/11 7/U 4/11 2/11 RaniNMiia 5.10 r- 9/10 1/11 31/10 18/U 16/11 14/11 12/11 Wktw 6/11 1/11 4/12 2/12 30/11 28/11 FULLY CONTMOBED TO COKM/TVSTE TW
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    • 388 14 m 3 n mm 1112/ 13-15/ 15-17/ IHV 11-11/ a-23/ 24-25/ 2t-2!/ 21-30/ 31-2/1 34/11 4-4/11 Lm Sai Francsc* Nrt Rata* HO/11 Jl-19/12 I NEXT ARRIVAL: "8WOMOA" Oct i (R. Kaiang Oct "MNALOA" Oct 17. J «P«I V w /i=3 I'/O a^aH'as ■IS.. POP'S 7UL i .11'. rriii sem-(WAVY-UFT CAPACITY
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    • 665 14 0 EVERGREEN LINE f FAR f AST FUROPf tXPRfSS fUU CONlfllNf R SfRVICf 1 ACCEPTMG CARGO fot HAMBURG. FELIXSTOWE. ROTTERQAM. ANTWERP 11 HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO FOR; uwmp KMGOOM SJOTHWTWTtONOON. IMNCHESTER. BMMNGHAM. BRISTOL. IMRPOOL GLASGOW. LEEDS mSTGLtWKt mam HOLLAND AMSTIRDAM w I 20t» "aOct" l (w aw U aocT it
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    • 675 14 mo.s.E. i OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD RM 2\o? 2103 ?1 ST f i OOH MARINA HOIIS.F SHiMGN At* MIST Rl ROAD SINuAPORf 2 TF I .Wj'.UJ 74 *****^0 IO SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE 0. RESOURCES W WW* SAMOU WW BESSAMG PASS EEKKAL AGENTS: MPORT SMUD MEL, STO 19/11 Oct
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    • 1005 15 Overseas B H Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe To UK/Continent rm pjuhi k>r < UMpMlltf 4 Oct i 'M»* *r> 13 Oct 14 Oct Cmifm a*r If Oct -v Ob d twi» 24 Oct Mb Uprw 27 Oct r ImmmU, H Oct ■to* Mara 4 to* tavlkni 4 MM
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    • 598 15 r yr J BEN LINE CONTAINERS r» wm r» m BEN ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE STRMTS/TAIWAN/JAPAN S pot* PManf Penanj bo Kcc lotyc Kate Cteerkca XII kMIM faM 2/10 7/1B 11/11 tmm. Inter 2SII 3/1* 30/9 1/10 18/18 14/1* WII ImUUci 1112 11/11 7/1* Vl» 10/10 21/11 24/10
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    • 455 15 SHIPPING AGENCIES THE BANK LINE LTD. LOADS FOR E. S. AFRICA MTOMDMCara (Ramon Dartan C Pt flu t Laadoa) LVKES ORIENT LINE U.S. GULF COAST SERVICE (New Orleans, Mobie, Houston, Galveston) Saifapara P. Kdanf Ruantan US GMI MASON LTKES (bads) 30 S«p/2 Oct 3/4 Oct x 13 Nw LETITIA LTKES
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    • 889 16 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. TO EUROPE 6 Not 14 Nov 21 Not (accapfeg cargwt I* iem+mk m IMrtwg) FROM EUROPE TO PAR EAST •l Havre P Ketang Spore H Kong I Osaka Vest* cal KWf. t'** llNf a* U Hawt) AGENTS S PORE NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD T*
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    • 412 16 S H (>roii|i SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD ~1: n t N H VAR L 11 J I sis jiMßt. 9•> '11 s* s T Llf« RS.4SS' U i C. B c ABSH P .Hit Aa^OS^'P HUM l.ontniiM'r Lines It. WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/«rom BANGKOK D§RLIMES^^ Far Ewepe: Sport POT9MM
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