The Business Times, 10 October 1981

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 107/1/81 SATURDAY, OCTOBER, M, IMI 60 CENTS
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  • 478 1 Reuter SIGNS that interest rates are edging back from peak levels sent the US dollar down against major currencies yesterday and gave a boost to stock markets. The dollar lost ground to the leading Continental currencies in European foreign exchanges as
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  • 131 1 Reuter MALAYSIA is raising its biggest loan to date, US$650 million, through state-owned Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd. The bank said yesterday that the loan will be in two portions. The first is a straight syndication. for $500 million for 10 years with five years'
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  • 711 1  -  BOARD SETS $566 m FOR 1982 By RICHARD SEAH THE Public Utilities Board will spend a record $566.6 million on development projects next year. This is part of its current five-year development plan involving $2.2 billion for the expansion of electricity, water and gas facilities.
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  • 626 1  -  By ALVIN TAY MORE than 250 automated teller machines (ATMs) will have been installed in Singapore by the end of next year as banks begin to realise that such investment is not only worthwhile but also necessary. Currently, only two computer companies have had any
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  • 102 1 FUTURES prices on the local rubber market yesterday closed below the resistance level of $2 a kilo to hit a new low since March 1978. The buying rate for October delivery RSS One shed three cents yesterday to close at $1.99 a kilo. Prices have now
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 56 1 UPI TOKYO, Fri. The Japanese government has relaxed controls on long-term overseas loans in a bid to narrow the nation's soaring international balance of payments surplus. The ceiling on medium- and longterm dollar loans to overseas enterprises has been raised 33 per cent to $8 billion for the
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    • 62 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia and Indonesia have again failed to agree on territorial rights in the Malacca Straits following a new round of talks. Mr Zakaria Mohamad Yatim, leader of the Malaysian delegation, said that the talks, which ended this week, were given insufficient time. He said
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    • 85 1 AFP SHANGHAI, Fri. Foreigners will soon be able to buy flats here in a radical innovation to the existing property system in force since the A municipal official in this sprawling port city where, before the communist victory in 1949 foreign influence ran deeper than anywhere else in
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    • 77 1 Reuter LONDON, Fri. A radiation leak contaminated milk on farms near a nuclear plant in north-west Eneland last weekend. State-owned British Nuclear Fuels said about 300 times the normal daily release of Ipdine-131 had been detected from the plant at Windscale on Sunday, but there had been no
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    • 94 1 AFP BANGKOK, Fri. Thailand chalked up an economic growth rate of 6.3 per cent in 1980, up from 6.1 per cent in 1979. Growth rates of agriculture and construction shot up more than half to 3.5 per cent and 14.9 per cent respectively, while banking and insurance dropped
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    • 66 1 Reuter NEW DELHI, Fri. The Reserve Bank of India said in its annual report that the current trend of deterioration in the balance of payments is unlikely to be reversed during the next two years. In its report for the year July 1980 to June 1981, the bank
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    • 62 1 TOKYO, Fri. A government-ap-pointed advisory board recommended that the nation's aluminiumrefinery capacity be cut by 36 per cent in a bid to stave off complete collapse of the industry because of cheap imports. The recommendation is part of a four-point relief plan worked out by the Industry Structure
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  • 410 1  -  By WONG AI KWEI THE much-publicised US$lOO million Japanese financial aid package remains undistributed. Contrary to expectations, the three-day Jakarta meeting ended with no firm commitment by the Japanese team on "who is to get how much" for their proposed human resource development projects. Mr
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  • 255 1  -  By RONNIE LIM ASEAN energy ministers have agreed to look into the feasibility of setting up regional coal depots and the need for joint procurement of coal. A official communique by the ministers at the end of their meeting yesterday said that they also approved the creation
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 202 1 .Times Bookshops GUINNESS Malaysia has maintained its dividend rate and proposed a bonus issue of one for one despite a markedly poor year Page THE Development Bank of Singapore has joined the race to use automated teller machines for general consumer banking 1 Page 2 DRAKE and Scull Engineering has
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 272 2 BANKING and finance diploma graduates have formed an alumni to provide a forum for the interchange of views and experience. It is envisaged that its formation will foster closer cooperation and relationship among the graduates. The formation of "The Institute of Ranking and Finance Alumni" or
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    • 106 2 UPI THE BANK OF MEXICO has iatoedaeed a mem series at MexkM g«M erim aimed directly at the Seath Afrieaa Kngmai family *t eeias. The aew eelas to be Imaoi by the Mexieaa Ceatral Baak will be kaewa as the Mexieaa —e ■—ee, Mexieaa half wee aad
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    • 404 2  -  By BERNADETTE CHOOI THE Development Bank of Singapore has Joined the race to use automated teller machines for general consumer banking. On Monday, the bank introduced 12 such machines at selected shopping centres, supermarkets, its branches and, even a bus interchange. It joins eight local
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    • 73 2 CHASE Manhattan on Thursday lowered its prime rate to 18V* per cent from 19 per cent. Chase is the first major bank in the US to set an 18 Vt per cent rate. The move is followed bu two other banks. United Missouri cuts its {Mime by V«
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    • 292 2 GROWTH in Malaysia's bank deposits in June outpaced the growth in loans and advances for the first time this year. Bank Negara's latest monthly statistics show that bank deposits grew by 2.2 per cent from May to June to total 124,770.1 million, whereas loans and advances increased
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    • 300 2 Visa forms board of directors in AsiaPacific region VISA lateraatlsaal has farmed Its first Ajfak-Padfie heard of directors, rumprta tag twe Slagapare haakers, 12 regleaal sealer haaldag exeeattves aad tin tea Vlaa •ffldais. Mr Raja Badrai Ahmad, exeeatfve dbvetar ef Malayaa Baa king, has heea appsiated ehalrmaa af the it
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    • 150 2 Reuter BANQUE de Paris et Des Pays Bas will float a 600-million-franc eight-year floating rate loan at par on the domestic French market next week. Primary market sources said the interest rate will be based on the six-month rate on the domestic money market, plus
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    • 346 2 Reuter JAPAN'S Finance Ministry will increase the framework for Samurai bond issues in the second-half of the fiscal year 1980 ending next March. Ministry sources said the October to March ceiling for Samurai bonds through public offering will be raised to about 350 billion yen
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    • 713 2 Reuter THE BUNDESBANK will be very cautious about any further steps to relax monetary policy, following Thursday's one point cut in the special Lombard rate. Bankers said the cut to 11 per cent, the first change in the facility since early March, came only after a sharp decline
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    • 276 2 Reuter HONGKONG banks are likely to reject broadly a call from industry for a sharply discounted preferential loan rate, prompted by a rise in prime rate to a record 20 per cent. The Federation of Hongkong industries has responded to the two percentage point increase in prime rate,
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    • 86 2 Reuter INDIA may now need to tap the Asian Development Bank (ADB) far loans for the first time to help it get over "the hump of a difficult period," Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said. Mrs Gandhi said her country had not drawn aid from the
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
      • 23 2 THE average rata at which major Singa> pore banka are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers ia 15.02 per cent.
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      • 182 2 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Oct 9. 7<Uyt 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months US Da0a»(8wt) Offer Bid 14H 14* IS* ISH IS 13/19 16 11/19 19* 19* 167/16 16 9/16 167/16 163/16 16* 19H Dm. 1 HtMb
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      • 47 2 RANGE of price* oflei red by dlscount bouaca on Oct T: Overnight: 7% Call deposits CH« to 7% CUM Bariai J-month 8*niM Treasury bills 6* «H J-month Bank bUU 14* 14 3 months CD 13 13 ii/ie 6 months CD 13H 13W Source: National Discount Co
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      • 458 2 THE US dollar yesterday closed generally easier against most major currencies on the local foreign exchange in the face of the lower US interest rates, in quiet late trading. Dealers attributed the bearish sendiment to the fact that the proposed sale of warp lanes by the Americans to
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      • 237 2 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed generally firmer compared with Wednesday's close after fluctuating marginally in thin trading, dealers said. Total sales for the day was recorded at 45 lots while kerb volume at 51 lots with interest centred on December and February conttracts, they said. Prompt closed higher at
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      • 34 2 New York 9 <28 UOIV 9 62S Zurich 9.28B unav 9 «S rn Itov Singapore 9.35B ClOHd 9 56S Closing prv xa In US doUari a troy ooao Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore.
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      • 145 2 THE US dollar in Hongkong yesterday eased against most major currencies in the face of the lower US interest rates in late trading, dealers said. Trading was quiet ahead of the long weekend in the US with the Thanksgiving holiday on Monday, they said The dollar fell to 2.1930/50
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      • 121 2 THE US dollar for overnight delivery In Tokyo yesterday closed firmer at 238.50 yen, against its 228.00 opening here and 228.00/15 ckae both in New York and on the US West Coast, dealers said. Trading was moderate with a volume of $940 million. The dollar firmed to the day's
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      • 66 2 STERLING in London yesterday continued to make gains matched by a further setback for the dollar against the major currencies in early trading, dealers said. Opening quote* yerterdny: US LMB/tUB CuUW/f7 Croai ***** 73 D Mk 4.17(0 IMS D F1 4 080 «480 S Fr 3.5585 5715 B FT
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      • 51 2 RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Oct 12 to Oct 16: Offered: $140,000,000 Applied for: $202*50,000. Allotted: $140,000,000. Aeeeptod His: $98.36 approximately 58 per cent and higher bids in full. Average rate ti dxaait «a illttant: 6.530 per cent per
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 288 2 AUSTRALIAN OPPORTUNITY A successful Australian property group is seeking a financial partner to participate on a continuing basis in property development projects in Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The financial partner win provide funding for projects in return for a commercial rate of interest plus equity in an
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 172 3 STATUTORY boards and government bodies will be able to take advantage of French petroleum company Elf Aquitaine's offer of a free junk ride sometime towards the end of this year. The Elf Chine, a Chinese junk built in Canton at a cost of 240,000 francs, left
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    • 436 3 ASEAN farmers are not hurt by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Economic Community even though it keeps out most agricultural products grown in the region, said Ambassador John Hansen, head of the EEC delegation for South and Southeast Asia.
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    • 150 3 EVERYBODY puts his foot in it, sometime. Whether or not any harm is done depends on what "it" is. If it is extreme beat or cold, acid, oil, abrasive surfaces or machinery, the result can be a serious injury. To prevent such injury, Australian manufacturer Oliver
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    • 312 3 A LOCAL computer company has received a multimillion dollar contract from the Royal Hongkong Jockey Club to bring betting to the doorsteps of Hongkong residents. Computer Systems Adviser (CSA) will computerise all off-course betting operations on the island under a system linking the club's 120 outlets
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    • 410 3  -  By WONG AI KWEI NEARLY two years after starting operations here, a British building services contractor has secured contracts worth more than $8 million. As a result, Drake and Scull Engineering has captured a sizeable portion of the business of providing mechanical and electrical
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    • 71 3 ALITALIA has appointed Aateate CUvarella station manager for Singapore. Since he Joined Alitalia in 1959, Mr Ciavarella has worked in Rome's Fiumicino Airport and as station manager in Damascus, Istanbul, Accra and Teheran. PAKISTAN International Airlines in Singapore has appointed Mr Amir Haider as finance manager. Mr
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    • 342 3 A FOOD GRAIN deficit of 25 million tonnes will hit Asia's developing countries by the year 2000 if current trends continue, a Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) expert predicts. Mr H Teow Choo, FAO Commodities and Trade Officer for Asia and the Pacific,
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    • 360 3  -  By LOH HUI YIN CONSUMERS are not getting real value for their money because of deceptions in packaging. For example, cereals and detergents are sometimes sold in larger than necessary containers, thus duping the consumer into thinking that he is getting more when be may be
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    • 460 3  -  By LIM SOON NEO AN INCREASING number of overseas department and chain stores are turning to Singapore as a source of ready-made garments. Dodwell Singapore, the buying agent for leading department stores, chain stores, mail order houses, manufacturers and importers in Europe, North America, Australasia
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    • 478 3  -  By LEE YOKE MENG MINING journals are often too historical to be of much use to companies planning their latest strategies. However, the Londonbased Mining Journal team's Mining Annual Review is one publication that should prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that
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    • 895 3 SEMINARS AND COURSES Oct 12-13: Negotiating Leverage, Shangri-La Hotel, AMR International Inc Oct 12-16: How to Establish and Operate an In-company Assessment Centre, SIM Conference Room, Singapore Institute of Management Oct 12-Dec: Energy Conservation in Airconditioning Systems, Ngee Ann Technical College Oct 13, 20, 23, 27 it 30:
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 231 3 PAPUA NEW GUINEA ELECTRICITY COMMISSION EXCELLENT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE BOROKO SHOPPING CENTRE Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea A rare opportunity exists for the purchase of an excellent commercial site which could be used in its present situation or could be re-developed and used for office space, shopping complex or
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 695 4 STRICT CHECKS ON IMPORTS Agencies THE UNITED States Steel Corporation is filing a complaint of unfair trade practices against foreign steel producers and the US Commerce Department announced that it will revise its steel monitoring mechanism to prevent American companies from importing steel at below-market
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    • 71 4 AFP THE Hongkong government will give full support to the development of Hongkong as the centre of Internationa] arbitration. This was disclosed by the Chief Secretary, Sir Jade Cater, at the opening of the International Arbitration Seminar organised by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
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    • 275 4 Reuter THE Japanese government refused comment yesterday on a Tokyo newspaper report that Washington and Tokyo are at odds over planned exports of large computers to China. The mass-circulation daily Mainiehi Sbimbun quoted official sources in Japan as saying that the United States is opposing the export of
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    • 470 4 NYT AFTER giving such American chain restaurants as McDonald's and Burger King royal welcomes, France will soon return the favour by sending a chain of its own to the US. Maxim's, probably the world's most famous restaurant, on the Rue Royale in Paris, will
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    • 358 4 Agencies THE European Economic Community's highest ranking trade official has urged a Japanese business delegation to open markets to European goods and to moderate Japan's exports. At the same time, a Japanese diplomat pointed out that Europe also limits some Japanese imports. "Restraint in Japanese
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    • 132 4 Reuter SRI Lanka has approved a draft agreement between the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Coastal Corporation to set up an oil terminal at China Bay, Tricomalee. CPC chairman Daham Wlmalasena said a quote from some official sources of US$4 billion for the
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    • 163 4 Reuter THE director of the British Textile Confederation, Mr lan Mac Arthur, has said that the European Economic Community (EEC) offers developing countries the world's largest textile and clothing market with the lowest import tariffs in the developed world. He added that the
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    • 702 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From PAA CAL Cargolux MAS SIA MAS MAS MAS SIA MAS CAL CPA GIA SIA GIA PAL SIA MAS MAS RBA SIA SIA SIA GIA KLM MAS LUFT GIA THAI MAS CAL SIA SIA SIA SIA SIA MAS JAL GU UL
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    • Article, Illustration
      360 4 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Big Progress (ro/ro) (1200) 33/34 Strathmuir (0600 after Bharatendu) 1/2 Sumbawa (1200) 31/32 Oceania Star (0530) 19 Oasis Saint (2100) 25/26 CONTAINER WHARVES Gold Alisa 53N Green Forever 50 Hangang Glory 54S Maersk Rando 51 Ma col King 54 Macol Ace 51
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    • 478 5 THE Heavy Industries Corporation Malaysia (Hicom) estimates that it will require a total funding of MsBoo million from the treasury during the Fourth Malaysia Plan (1981-1985) period It is understood that this projection of financial requirements has been made on the basis of projects
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 398 5 Agencies THE European Commission fined the Michelin company U*****,000 on Thursday after ruling that the company had violated EEC competition rules in its marketing of tyres in the Netherlands. Commissioner Frans Andriessen said that the higher- than-usual fine was levied to punish a flagrant abuse of competition policy.
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    • 387 5 UPI SEARS Roebuck, the largest retailer in the US, will acquire Dean Witter Reynolds, Wall Street's fifth largest brokerage house, for US$6O7 million under an agreement approved by directors of both companies. The takeover is the latest in Sear's aggressive drive into the financial
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    • 161 5 UPI A US State Department official, in closing remarks before the annual conference of the Law of the Sea Institute in Honolulu yesterday, reminded ocean experts that resources and national security play an important role in the negotiation of economic zone boundaries in the sea.
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    • 260 5 AFP EGYPTIAN security forces yesterday claimed to have overpowered Muslim gunmen in the Nile town of Asyut, Just hours before world leaders were due to arrive in Cairo for today's funeral of President Sadat. An Egyptian official said troops had regained control of Asyut,
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    • 740 5 PROSPECTS GETTING BETTER UPI SAUDI Arabians may not have to shift all that excess oil money abroad for much longer because the chances of finding attractive opportunities in Saudi Arabia itself are improving and likely to get better. Saudi banks, wholly owned and operated
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    • 293 5 Reuter INDIAN Prime Minister Indira Gandhi yesterday defended her country's recognition of the Vietnamese-backed regime in Kampuchea, but said India's relations with the Asean states who opposed it have improved and should develop further. She said in Manila after talks with President Marcos that India had decided
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    • 83 5 AFP THE third archipelagic talks between Malaysia and Indonesia have ended in Kuala Lumpur with "considerable progress" having been made. Malaysia is confident that both parties would be able to conclude a treaty in the near future. Malaysian delegation leader Dr Zakaria Mohamad Yatim denied reports
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    • 170 4 The Straits Times The tab on of over 5,0 business connection '.-X ,1 VJL V V V/JL JkMAUA The general business listing of the Streets Times Directory or Buku Merah (as we are also known) is a compendium of names and facts you ought to know. For instance, if you
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  • 409 6 IN TODAY'S competitive marketing world, manufacturers clearly have to resort to ingenious means to sell their products. Expensive advertising campaigns, an efficient sales team and quality improvement are all part of the exciting game of beating competitors. But very often, too, the most important marketing
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  • 282 6 THAT 245 automatic teller machines (ATMs) will have been installed all over the island by next year reflects the fact that the banking habit has pervaded the lives of Singaporeans. The days when people hid their savings under their mattresses or in cookie tins
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  • 1203 6  -  Plans afoot to expand range of services Although its parent company is in financial difficulties, the House of Dior has ambitious plans to re-fashion its profitable activities, including opening new boutiques, reports SALMA KHALIK. SALMA KHALIK. GIVEN the chance to plough back three-quarters of its profits every year,
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  • 670 6  -  By MICHAEL METCALFE Reuter BEHIND the facade of the Nobel Foundation, the institution controlling the fortunes of the prestige prizes, works a smooth financial machine. This year the foundation celebrates the 80th anniversary of the awards with a record five million crowns (US$l million) allocated to the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 679 6 TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Sort of truck to acquire casually? (6) 7 One who tastefully serves his fellow men? (8) 8 Not willing to take a certain line (6) 10 Eccentric faker, most unusual (5) 13 Was aware of a new sound (4) 14 Put that in your
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  • 1468 7  -  The architectural treasure at Angkor Wat still casts its magic spell on those who are fortunate enough to visit Kampuchea. It is miraculously still in one piece after the ravages of the Indochina war followed by the destruction of Buddhist temples by Pol Pot forces. Angkor
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  • 552 7  -  By RAY ANG AT A TIME when most other businesses are consolidating or temporarily suspending expansion, the last thing that you would expect them to do is to renew their limousine fleet. But this is precisely what the Peninsula Hotel in Hongkong is doing it
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  • 705 7  -  RAY ANG WHENEVER I ask to see a hotel general manager or a food and beverage manager or a chef, almost invariably, I find myself greeting a man. But when I ask to see the public relations manager or a sales manager, I will inevitably be greeted
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 544 9 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday ended the morning slightly steadier at £9 to £13 higher in thin lacklustre trading, dealers said. Turnover totalled a modest 699 lots including 63 cross trades. Dealers said robustas were neglected for most of the morning but met some technical support at the lows
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    • 145 9 THE Kuala Lumpur palm oil market closed steadier on light covering interest in moderate trading, dealers said. In October month, south closed M 52.50 lower at $920 a tonne while central was traded at $927.50 and north $935. November saw south, central and north traded at $920, $927.50
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    • 177 9 CHINESE PrWiff Exelaap, Singapore, mm eteslag prion perlNkg yesterday. CMMat all: Bulk fob $113 50 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $127.75 sellers, new drum fob $137 50 sellers. Capra: Mixed (loose) $68 25 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $387.50 sellers, Sarawak white
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    • 193 9 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) OttN yam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,450; 32s 2,980, 40b 3,120 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece pifc: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 147 9 r SOYBEAN SOYBEAN futures In Chicago on Thursday extended losses late, to close down SV« U&cents a bushel to up one in thinly traded deferred August. Commercial pre-hedge pressure late, on belief that Thursday's increase in cash marketings signals that country movement has started to gain momentum, edged values lower.
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    • 144 9 THE STRAITS tin price la Penang yesterday rose Ave cents above tbe ceiling to M 535.52 a kilo, dealers said. Dealers snspected Influential buyers making strong bids at this level and London's steadier trend over the last two days contributed to stronger sentiment. Tbe rise was also attributed
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    • 33 9 Rubber; Oct 9 Singapore: Oct; 199.00 cents (down 3.00 cents) Malaysia: Nov: 234.00 cents (down 1.00 cent) Tin: MI3S.K2 per kilo (up 5 cents) Official offering: 320 tonnes (up 81 tonnes)
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    • 184 9 THE rubber market in Singapore yesterday closed easier with October One RSS buyers quoted at 199.00 cents per kilo, down three cents compared with Wednesday's close, dealers said. Tbe morning market lost 3.50 cents after fluctuating marginally on some fresh buying interest alternating with profit-taking, they said Inspite of
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    • 391 9 RAS prices In cenu per kUo yesterday Noon (per kilo) Buysro Sellers Int. 1 R.S S prompt f.o.b. US 00 1M 00S Int. 1RSS October 1M 00 199 00 Int. 1 RSS Novembei ***** ZM 00 Int. 2 R S S lot 00 1C7.00N UK Cost 166 00
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    • 111 9 NOON SSI Kaad8MRpnco ymdo y U1 SSR 20 SSR80 (1 toopoU (1 too |Mll Ootol (Corrool Boyort btl IMJO Ml 164 AO r Novombor lPon*tr4 MUl Boyora SoUoro 1«TX» IM.00N 1(600 M7.00N MRKLB Nwwbii DMMbtr SMRCV SMRL SMR S SMRGP SMR 10 (1-loa poll (1 -too poll
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    • 125 9 WHEAT futures In Chicago on Thursday partially recovered late on local short-covering, to settle to IV, US cents a bushel lower on light volume. Values received spillover weakness from corn and soybeans on forecasts for favourable US harvesting conditions, traders said. Corn futures extended looses late, to close down
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    • 273 9 THE recent decline in rubber prices was arrested for the week ended Oct 7 at the 12.00 (S) mark for current One RSS, as the market fluctuated quietly just above this level within a four-cent range, says Hslhtay, Cattor, Bath aai Campaay in its latest
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    • 99 9 Reuter SHIPMENTS of Straits refined tin from Penang rose in September to 5,752.25 tonnes from 5,136.01 tonnes in August but fell compared with 6,585.25 tonnes in September 1980, the Straits Company Ltd said. This brought total exports in the first nine months of this year to
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    • 300 9 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.33, 100 per cent second class 1.13, 100 per cent third class 1.08, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.15, Special
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 250 9 HONGKONG STOCKS in Hongkong yesterday closed higher for the third consecutive day, following the trend in Wall Street supported by lower US interest rates, dealers said. The Hang Seng index closed 35.90 points higher at 1.302.42, following a gain of 86.69 on Thursday. Share prices opened higher
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    • 122 9 COMMERCIAL and industrial stocks in Manila yesterday eased with mining and oil shares and turnover fell from 2.9 million to 1.4 million pesos, dealers said. Podco B, Seafront and Ist Phil Holdings were strong finishers and Lepanto was lower. oct m Peso* Aeot» Mining 0038 -4.0002 AUaa Cob. A
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    • 124 9 Reuter COMPANIES in the Japanese pharmaceutical industry are preparing to launch a range of new products and the sector has been identified as a recovery area with long-term potential growth, share analysts said. About 25 drug stocks are quoted in Tokyo, where they
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    • 842 9 NEW YORK stocks on Thursday closed higher, led by strength in the blue chips, as the market continues to expect further declines in interest rates. Those expectations were reinforced by a decline in the prime rate to 18 Vi per cent from 19 per cent by Chase
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    • 507 9 SHARE prices in Tokyo yesterday closed mixed in thin dealings with many investors worried about high levels of margin trading, dealers said. They said despite the overnight advance on Wall Street and lower US interest rates, the market average dipped 6.29 to 7,516.22 on a volume of
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    • 115 9 SHARE prices in bangkok yesterday moved slightly higher in quiet trading, with the finance board leading the way, dealers said. Industrial Finance Corp, First Trust and Siam Credit closed one baht higher to 96, 50.25 and 66 respectively while Jalaprathan Cement gained 0.50 baht to 100. OCT OS Asia
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    • 348 9 RENEWED overseas buying in Sydney yesterday supported one of its best oneday gains in several weeks as attention focussed on selected oil and gold stocks, dealers said. The All-Ordinaries index finished the day nine points up at 592.1 for a rise of 17.3 points on the week, reversing the
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    • 49 9 financial times industrials «8 7 wee* Ago 475.0 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday o 7R 4 i «8872 wee* Ago 862 26 H.K.HANG SENG 1302.42 ,28 M wee* Ago 1233 26 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Friday <jg7 4 ALL ORDINARIES T-K 682 1 M3i WWI A |0—.— KtA m
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 1402 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange oI Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL Am (2608
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  • 193 10 sNOArouuNrrnwr DIAMOND MOT 8TOU (Mimw' priM far Oct It) CM——* steal tor Oct M 11) The Commerce 2.71 2 85 Diamond The Savings Fund 158 1 66 Spore Fd(US») 0 83 088 S pore Prog Fund 1.30 1 36xd St IB S pore Sec. Fund 1.78 l.*T S
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  • 1455 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in 'lots of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified. IMMJBTBIALB Umb (12TB 1.385) (S) 1-27 xri A Ow (1.506) AMD (2.IBB)
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  • 262 10 BANDAR Raya Devetop meats Berhad: EOGM to be held at the Board Room of Multi-Put pow Holdings Berhad, 16th Floor, Wisma MP I, Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur on Oct 9 at 11 am. MALAYAN Tla Dredging (M) Berhad: EOGM to be held at Wlsma Bunga Raya, 152
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  • 759 10 THE stock market cM Mgter yrtatoy wttk tbe Straits Times lad—trial lade* gateleg IJf palate to OUL Bat the vetame sf traaaactteas was geaeraliy tow, «eept far selected eeeaters ■d as Haw Par. The Market (pnatd after IWfrtty"! loillay aa a tinner toae with startlag
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  • 574 10 ANOTHER quiet session passed at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday as prices generally moved slightly higher in most sectors. Volume improved slightly but, overall, the trading pace remained slack, particularly during afternoon trading session. Some interest shifted to the buying-in notices which the exchange
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1041 11 FT THE events of the past fortnight have left dramatically underlined the growing interdependence of the world's capital markets. About 10 days ago, the leading indices of the world's half dozen most heavily capitalised stock markets accounting between them for roughly 90 per cent of world equity
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    • 583 11 Curat Paymeat Ex Date Clan Date PajraMe Tatal far the year Tatal tar Prevfna AUMChae Apati* BlUla^ BAT OuMmj C«m pbtat DlMMt ItatopM MipU Em Pre* rttarlM OewgilMt Gcattua flhwaaty GdiMi lllMi BgfcALaw Iptfeflvta TcimrmF* uSSSdlli KMklUto MCMM S*rNSOP New 8eraa4ak OUB OCE OUT (Mortal HUga PJMNBaMaga 8
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    • 283 11 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close Bay* Bonus issue of 5 for 4 Oct 2 Oct 15 PIMM G Laakcr Bonus issue of 1 for 10 NYA NYA Bonus issue of 1 for 5 Rights issue of 1 for 5 Oct 7 Oct 20 51.00 per share Oct
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    • 399 11 AUSTRAL Amalgamated Tin hopes to consider mining indicated deep reserves below the maximum tttgging depths of the company's dredges before the year end. Feasibility studies have indicated these reserves are found within the company's existing sub-leases. Last year, the company obtained a sub-lease over
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    • 272 11 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has queried CsM Storage (Malaysia) BM on its recent sale of property to Cahaya Utara Sdn Bhd. The KLSE wants to know the basis of arriving at the consideration of MI7.16 million which Cahaya paid for the 46,181 sq ft of land. The
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    • 134 11 Reuter MCLEOD Russel and Co Ltd said it now has total of 5.26 million ordinary shares in Warren Plantation Holdings, or just over 50 per cent of the ordinary share capital of Warren. McLeod said it had raised its original offer to the equivalent of
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    • 499 11 FT THE warning by the chairman of Magnum UK subsidiary Phicom at the AGM in May that the low level of orders in the latter part of 1900 would affect trading results in the first half of the current year has been borne out. For
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    • 88 11 Reuter THE British Trade Department said Philip Morris Inc's purchase of about 50 per cent of Rothmans Tobacco (Holdings) Ltd (RTH), which controls Rothmans International Ltd (RI), will not be referred to the Monopolies Commission. Philip Morris and Rembrandt Group Ltd announced a US$35O million deal last
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    • 418 11 TOBACCO and cigarette manufacturer Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) will be spending Msl3 million in the current year to modernise and upgrade its production facilities. Another $15 million investment is being budgetted for 1962, chairman Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed bin Tunku Besar Burhanuddin said.
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    • 504 11 WITH its subsidiary companies turning in profits, the Selangor government's investment company, Perangsang Selangor Bhd, achieved a substantial increase in earnings last year, according to its chairman, Datuk Haji Hormat Rafei. Presenting Perangsang's annual report, he said gross revenues for the year ended Dec
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    • 144 11 TOWEL and napkin manufacturer Allied Malayan Development Bhd (AMD) incurred a group loss of M 5463.389 for the first six months ended June 30, 1981, compared with a profit of $330,233 previously. The disappointing result comes in the wake of a 12 per cent fall in
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 151 11 A HAMLYN BESTSELLER SECRETS F. Lee Bailey A beautiful woman disappears mysteriously and a top lawyer is accused of her murder. During his brilliant career, Michael Kilrayne had made many enemies. And several highly influential people seize the chance to get back at the man who has proved them guilty.
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  • 117 12 COLD Storage (Malaysia) has signed an agreement to sell a piece of land in Georgetown (Penang) to Cahaya Utara for M 57.16 million cash. The sale of the land, totalling about 46,181 sq ft, is subject to the approval of the Foreign Investment Committee. According to
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  • 105 12 TROPICAL Veneer has turned in unaudited pretax profit for the first six months to June 30, 1981 of M 5502,054, down 72.7 per cent. Turnover was lower at $8.2 million ($11.7 million). The company expects the second half year's profit to be maintained at the first half's level.
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  • 195 12 ■HSR Companies Editor: Mano Sabnani GENTING Berhad has completed the acquisitions of Ko Rubber Plantations, Kah Hin Rubber Co and Chin Cheng Realty. The transactions were completed on Oct 7, about a week after shareholders gave their approvals and two weeks after the Capital Issues Committee,
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  • 79 12 DIRECTORS of Mentakab Rubber Co (Malaya) have declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent less tax (11 per cent). For i the six months to June 1981, Mentakab's group pre-tax profit was down by more than 32 per cent to $245,502. The interim dividend will be paid
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  • 439 12 Date LMt Full Year Cmpuy PerM <WWfd Net EPS Oreas Pre-tax last year (eeats) EMv. Preflt Pegi Msia <%) (vm) I NA 2.9TE 324(c) Nanyang F 17/9 33.7 13.2(b) 3,389 285 Supreme Plant F 17/9 7.10 1 Jngiii F 22/9 2.5 4.0 431 Textile Corp I 25/9 15.6
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  • 783 12 LONDON, Fri. The stock market firmed today, with the easing in US and domestic short-term rates prompting fresh commitment of funds Into government bonds, which closed with net rises of half a point and occasionally more, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was up 10.8 points
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  • 415 12  -  KOH TSE YING GUINNESS Malaysia Bhd has maintained its dividend rate and proposed a bonus issue of one for one despite a markedly poor year. The brewery group yesterday announced group pre-tax earnings of $24.09 million for the year ended Aug 1981, a fall of
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  • 190 12 KUALA Sidim's group pretax profit fell 24.2 per cent to M 513.34 million for the year ended June 1961. Group earnings were pared by higher replanting expenditure and by the absence of contributions from an associated company which became a subsidiary recently. Replanting expenditure was higher at $896,000
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  • 383 12 BARLOW Holdings' proposed sale of 70 per cent of its plantation company to Malaysian interests recently will leave the group cash-rich. The sale is expected to bring in £24.7 million which after paying capital gains tax should still result in a cash hoard of about £21.5 million
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  • 141 12 AP NEW YORK, Fri. Stock prices moved mostly higher this morning on talk that interest rates should decline further in the weeks ahead. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which has climbed more than 54 points since Sep 25, was off 0.10 to 878.04 in the
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  • 399 12 MONDAY is the deadline for the 24 local stockbroking firms to submit their voting slips which will decide who sits on the Stock Exchange of Singapore committee for the next calendar year. And if some new faces are elected, it promises to be an interesting year
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 141 12 Rises Indices Hong Leong ltd 955 55 Kejpel Skip 585 30 BT Indicator: Oct 7 Oct 9 240 30 *****0 mam Berjuntai DBS Strait* Trading H Uon| Fin 680 20 Industrials: 627 31 635.36 S60 MO 20 20 20 Finance: Hotels: 1344.01 1019.57 1345 54 1023.22 OUI 434 20
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    • Article, Illustration
      131 12 PRICES ytrtwtoy me la qaie* tredtag If the third cnmxmUv* trUlag day at the Stock Exchaage tt Stag». KL? e «?S?SL.' N T J lm4n I'M 1 .2t while the BMtaew Timet lata rwe 291 palate to 11 ISM. Rises Indices Berjuntai HU UMW DunJop Est Gen tings
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 203 12 The oil industry is the world's largest commercial enterprise. Its extent is global, affecting every country. International issues from Iran to SinoSoviet relations are influenced by considerations of oil production and consumption whilst the international communications network of the larger oil companies rivals that of the majority of nations. In
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 64 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6am to lpm today: Showers in several areas late morning onwards. Report f< te airpwt for 24 hws prtor te 7J9 pm m Oct 9 at Maximum temperature 32.6 Associated humidity 65 Minimum temperature 25.3 Associated humidity 95 Hours of sunshine 7JO Rainfall in millimetres Nil
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  • LEISURE TIMES
    • 484 13  -  By ALVIN CHOW REMEMBER the days when sportsmen looked like sportsmen? Dressed in their casual white T-shirts and carrying their assorted-coloured sportsbags, these "sports sportsmen" might have looked dedicated, but, alas, how uninteresting as well. Now, however, a new breed of people are entering
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    • 198 13  -  SALMA KHALIK IF YOU are partial to Italian cooking and seafood, you will flip over the Italian Promotion now on at Mario's. The lunchtime buffet spread gives a good selection of both cold and hot dishes, half of which are devoted to seafood. The fresh seafood salad in
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    • 557 13  -  Their charm lies in their ability to entertain, to poke fun at themselves, at life in Singapore as they see it, and to show it all in song. EDWARD HAN is referring to members of S'rong Key. EDWARD HAN S'RONG KEY is a group of four
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    • 318 13  -  SIOW LI SEN A SEVENTEEN CAB AT diamond caa be pretty formidable, aad yet when pat in a glass cage with other gems of similar stature, it caa leek mundane. After all, when one sees diamonds cboc-a-bioc, displayed with seeming disregard, tbe fact
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    • 702 13  -  FILM I I REVIEW The 1981 French Film Festival has come to an end. Many have enjoyed the showing as much as SALMA KHALIK who evaluates the success of the presentation. SALMA KHALIK IT WILL be another year to the next French Film Festival and, hopefully, the
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    • 865 14 Runners riders and form guide for the Singapore Gold Cup to be run at Bukit Timah on Sunday. Ten horses will contest the 2,200 m race, with a purse of $105,000 to the winner. 1. Saaa Fee (7) Most seasoned campaigner on the local circuit the Hasty
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    • 570 14  -  MY CHOICE for the Gold Cup this weekend is Sheringham. He has a habit of getting into trouble in his races but I hope to see Paula Wagg steer him clear to the line. If he shows a little of the talent he
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    • 343 14 TODAY: GOLF: Warren: The first round for the 1981 Club strokeplay champion begins this morning. There are 21 entries from the 'A' division, including current Matchplay champion CT Lim. Barry Roberts, the two-time winner, is no longer in Singapore and the lowest gross score obtained over 72
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    • 90 14 FERDI TYTECO continued the impressive performances of overseas riders at Wembley's Horse of the Year Show when he won the £1,800 Norwich Union Puissance Championship for Belgium on Thursday. Tyteca, who first won this title in 1973, emerged triumphant from a second jump-off with the only clear round
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    • 201 14 THE WORLD CUP is the premier soccer event which occurs every four years, but how many people know the story behind each event? The Challenge Of The Continents is the specific story of World Cup n and its format. This 42-minute film will show
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    • 119 14 AFP A 28-YEAR-OLD mother will make history tonight by becoming the first woman to referee an English PA Cap tie. Us Fersdlck tram Her■ham, Sussex, has been appelated by the FA to take charge ef the third qualifying rennd tie between Bargees Hill Tewn and Carshalton
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    • 1298 14  -  By RONALD KOW CERTAINLY, I have a bone to pick with the whole idea of the Footballer of the Year award and as this year's prize has gone to "problem boy" Fandi Ahmad, that's quite a few bones to pick for you. No doubt
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    • 369 14 Toughest CrossCountry Marathon in Singapore THE GOOD mm la thai If yw eempiete the Sri Singapore Craw C—try Marathon Ran (Saaday, 25 Oct) wlthla the geaereas time limit if five hours, there are maay priaea I» he m, Including a rbaace to participate la aext meath's Maeaa Marathaa. The bad
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    • 844 14  -  mm By CHARMAINE CHAN FOR THEIR first sponsorship of a major championship, the House of Dunhill is providing $50,000 of prize money and vouchers for the third Singapore Professional Golfers' Association tournament. Mr David Oh, manager of the House of Dunhill at Hilton Hotel, issued a
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 690 13 WHAT WHERE CONCERTS THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra performs tonight at 8.15pm, Victoria Concert Hall. Guest soloist is Aaron Rosand, internationally aclaimed as one of the master violinists of our time. THE Trio Elvetico, comprising flutist Marianne Keller, cellist Patrick Demenga and pianist Hans Walter Stucki, will be playing at the
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