The Business Times, 30 April 1983

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 67/1/83 SATURDAY, APRIL N, ltt! 60 CENTS
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  • 461 1  -  By JOHN LIM SINGAPORE Airlines is undaunted by protectionist moves and will continue to lobby for support of free trade principles. "Occasional departures from the principles governing free trade in aviation and the sanctity of agreements may have stymied us, but only temporarily. We
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  • 137 1 Reuter THE Hongkong Securities Commission has appointed inspectors to investigate the affairs of the Carrian group, including Carrian Holdings Ltd, Carrian Investments Ltd, their subsidiaries and associated and related companies. It named the inspectors as barrister Robert Ching Tang and accountant Michael Johnson, who
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  • 340 1 INDUSTRIALIST and chairman of the Housing and Development Board. Mr Michael Fam Yue Onn, will become chairman of the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation when it is formed in July. He will give up his HDB post to take charge of the MRT Corporation which
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  • 773 1  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH THIRTY four groups of companies of international repute have been prequalified to bid for the first four electrical and mechanical contracts of phase one of the mass rapid transit system. The four contracts are for rolling stock, signals, platform
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  • 378 1 RETAILERS who repeatedly impose a surcharge on purchases paid by a credit card will be struck off the list of American Express (Amex) card establishments. This was announced yesterday by American Express as one of its measures to try and prevent the surcharge problem
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 49 1 Reuter SOUTH Korea's outstanding foreign debt stood at U5537.5 billion at the end of March, compared with $37.2 billion at the end of 1982, the Finance Ministry said. In a report to Parliament, the ministry said the $37.5 billion included $23.5 billion of long-term loans. Reuter
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    • 56 1 AFP PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos yesterday indicated that Prime Minister Cesar Virata might soon be replaced. The president emphasised that Mr Virata was not stepping down through pressure from politicians, but because his July 1981 appointment as premier was set for a twoyear term to enable Mr
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    • 61 1 AP A GIANT portrait of Mr Konstantin Chemenko, who has missed three major Communist gatherings this month, went up in Moscow yesterday, squelching speculation that he had been dropped from the ruling Politburo. Mr Chernenko's picture gind those of the other 11 men who make up the Politburo
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    • 54 1 Reuter CHINA had a 5.66 billion yuan trade surplus last year, compared with a 12 million yuan deficit in 1981. The State Statistical Bureau in Beijing said yesterday that exports in 1982 were 41.43 billion yuan against 36.76 billion the previous year and imports were 35.77 billion
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    • 76 1 AFP A NEW Indonesian presidential decree issued from Jakarta yesterday set tough marital conditions for over two million civil servants, from ministers to small clerks. Under new regulations dated April 21, divorce or marriage to a second, third or fourth wife requires a permit from superiors and
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    • 77 1 Reuter WE]ST Germany's annual rate of inflation fell to a four-year low of 3.3 per cent this month. The Federal Statistics Office in Bonn said yesterday that consumer prices in April rose 0.3 per cent over the previous month, after a 0.1 per cent fall in March,
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    • 59 1 POLISH authorities detained Lech Walesa's driver, his secretary and her husband yesterday in what appeared to be a part of campaign to defuse demonstrations called for tomorrow by the outlawed Solidarity union. Mr Walesa's spokesman, Adam Kinaszewski, said the labour leader's aides had been taken into police
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    • 79 1 AP THE New York Stock Exchange's unprecedented rally rolled ahead yesterday morning as prices opened mostly higher. The early upswing followed the Commerce Department's report of a 1.5 per cent gain in its gauge of future US economic growth in March, the seventh straight monthly increase. The
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  • 313 1 Reuter A PRIVATE re-part by the literutUitl MneUry Pud (IMF) nyi the warid ecsasmy is improving al a flicker pace thaa expected a few msaths age. The brighter iwrnnnl if the MMMfflk sitaaH—was give* to fl—re ministers aid eeatral haakers meettag la Waahtagtea this
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  • 417 1  -  By CHOO AI LENG INTERIM results announced yesterday by the two listed companies of the Times Organisation showed a divergence in their performance. v. Times Publishing, the larger of the two companies with more diversified operations, reported a 7.5 per cent drop
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    • 163 1 Companies' Activities. Key Personnel. Agencies The Straits Times DIRECTORY Of Singapore (Buku Merah) Wishful thinking? No! Wayfoong thinking It's a daydream we all have. A home of our own. It's not easy to turn that dream into reality. But it may not he as difficult as you think. Not if
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 693 2 NYT, Reuter PAUL VOLCKER, the chairman of the US Federal Reserve Board, said that he favoured limited intervention in the foreign exchange markets when "exchange rates seem clearly wrong". Mr Volcker, in a speech to the Forex Association of America in New York, said: "My
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    • 94 2 Reuter WEST German Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said in Bonn yesterday that future supervision of banks in the country must be on a consolidated basis. He said, however, that the government was still forming its opinion on a possible draft Bill concerning consolidation. The banking supervisory
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    • 234 2 Reuter SWISS banks will be required to give consolidated statistics on their foreign exposure to the Swiss National Bank at half yearly intervals, probably from the end of 1984, officials said. The new requirement follows a recent recommendation from the Bank for International
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    • 256 2 Reuter VENEZUELA has yet to reach an understanding with foreign banks on debt rescheduling and only expects to begin formal negotiations in three or four weeks' time. "We haven't even prepared a formal proposal yet," a member of the Venezuelan team
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    • 575 2 Reuter THE Australian Reserve Bank's crackdown on foreign exchange dealing by Australian trading banks last month has ended the development of what was an increasingly important market. A senior broker said it was a retrogressive step, putting back the banks and the market
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    • 405 2 Reuter INDONESIA'S central bank has told the country's seven state banks that they can set their own rates on time deposits of six months or less. Central bank sources said the move is designed to give the state banks a little more freedom but is not expected to
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    • 147 2 THE Royal Bank of Scot' land announced in Edinburgh that its application (or an offshore branch licence in Singapore has been approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The branch, which will have an Asian currency unit, will begin business towards the end of this
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    • 108 2 Reuter THE Senate Banking Committee in Washington yesterday approved President Reagan's request for a US$B.4 billion rise in the US contribution to the International Monetary Fund and the IMF's General Arrangement to Borrow (GAB). As part of the IMF legislation, the committee also attached amendments requiring
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
      • 22 2 THE average rate at which major Singapore banha are currently prepared to lend to their beat customer* ia 9.09 per cent.
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      • 180 2 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on April 29: US D*lUr*(8pot) Off.r Bid 7 days 91/16 15/16 1 month 9 8* 2 months 9 8* 3 months 91/16 15/16 months 93/16 91/16 9 months 95/16 93/16 12 months 9* 9>* Dm. Sw.Fr*. iMIiil. P- j I
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      • 46 2 RANGE at price* often td by dlscount house* on April 9: Au„ ulahl L/VPTTUgni. s Call deposits 3 riiiin Bmriu 3-month Selliac Treasury bills 211/16 29/16 3-month Bank bills 7H 3 months CD 7 6 7 6 months CD 61S/16 613/16 Source: National Discount Co
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      • 79 2 THE dollar eased in early trading after opening lower yesterday on a continuation of the bank profit-taking that began on Thursday. Opening quotes yesterday US 1.5615 215 Can -1.9128/56 Cross 1.2252/55 Dmk 3.8415/65 D F1 4.3255 3905 S FY 3.2190 2235 B FY con 76.54/67 F FY 11.5240 390
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      • 483 2 THE US dollar eased slightly against the yen but remained roughly unchanged against other major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Trading was quiet in anticipation of the long weekend ahead. The US dollar opened steady against the local currency at 2.1010/30. There was hardly any movement
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      • 98 2 THE US dollar yesterday held steady in light late trading but was down from mid-sessidh highs, mainly because of technical adjustments. It eased to 2.4605/15 marks from a midday 2.4625 35 but was above the early 2.4580 90 and New York's 2.4585 95 close. Banknote rates yesterday: US 6
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      • 265 2 GOLD FUTURES in Singapore yesterday fluctuated marginally throughout the session before closing nar- rowly mixed compared with New York's level. Trading was thin with total sales for the day, including kerbs, recorded at 696 lots. Prompt closed slightly lower at U*****.10/431.50 an ounce compared with $431/ 432 in New
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      • 38 2 New York ***** 11. KB 12.03S 12.02S Zurich 1185B L2 25B U.J5S ■r_4 12 35S Than Singapore r n 12 OOB 1190B 12.10S 12.006 Closing prices in US doU*rs a troy ouno Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore.
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      • 49 2 RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from May 3 to May 6: Offered: $110,000,000 Applied far: 1332,000,000. Allotted: $110,000,000. Accepted Mds: $99.38 approximately 41 per cent; higher bids in full. Average rate «f disNUt aa aUatmeat: 2.455 per cent per annum.
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 384 3 WORKERS and employers will face two major problems when implementing the joint labour management consultation programme, said Mr Ong Teng Cheong yesterday. ."Firstly, management and unions will have to overcome mutual suspicions," said the Labour and Communications Minister. This can be seen in the failure
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    • 272 3 THE HOUSING and Development Board has relaxed an allocation guideline to benefit small-sized flat tenants and owners under its multi-tier family scheme. It now allows parents or grandparents making up an existing multi-tier structure to be included in another married child's application for another flat,
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    • 264 3 THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been invited to organise a delegation to visit mass rapid transit systems in the US. This was reported at the chamber's monthly management committee meeting yesterday. The US Embassy's commercial attache, Mr Geoff Walser, met
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    • 121 3 ATLAS Copco South-East Asia Pte Ltd has appointed Itebert Breaknuui as regional field engineer and training supervisor. His duties in the region include product demonstrations, qualified trouble-shooting and training of Atlas Copco employees and customers. Mr Brenkman has been with the company's mining and construction product division
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    • Article, Illustration
      309 3 THE FIRST Kroll tower crane in South-east Asia has been fabricated by Mechanical Handling Engineering (S) Pte Ltd, a member of the Jebsen k Jessen group. MHE also built the electrical controls for the crane. The marketing of Kroll tower cranes in South-east Asia is undertaken by Nordkran
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    • 374 3  -  By SOH TIANG KENG BASIC (acts on companies through computer printouts can be obtained by telex or post under the "Instant Information Service" launched by the Registry of Companies recently. Lawyers, accountants bankers and others can tap such data in minutes through their telex machines without
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 570 4 NYT, Reuter THE General Motors Corp's two main American competitors yesterday raised strong anti-trust objections to GM's plan to Join Toyota Motor Corp to produce a variant of Toyota's subcompact Corolla car in California. Chrysler Corp and Ford Motor Co, In intensifying
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    • 311 4 AFP THAI Airways International has dropped plans to buy two newly developed Boeing Jets in what has been called the on-again, off-again aviation deal of the century in Bangkok, diplomats and trade sources said. The state flag-carrier cancelled plans to buy
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    • 535 4 AP THAILAND'S powerful army chief called for a swift end to political uncertainty as party leaders renewed efforts to find a coalition that will help keep Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda in office. The army commander-in-chief, General Arthit Kamlang-Ek, said a prolonged government
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    • 380 4 Reuter FRANCE yesterday lifted restrictions against Japanese video tape recorders (VTRs) and claimed victory in the battle of Poitiers against Tokyo. It claimed the restrictions helped cut its monthly trade deficit and convinced the Japanese they would have to act quickly to
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    • 638 4 PUSHED by political (ears, dwindling investment opportunities and lack of incentives at home, foreigners are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Manhattan real estate. There are 14 office towers under construction in lower Manhattan. Ten of them are being built with foreign
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    • 267 4 NYT, Reuter VOLKSWAGENWERK AG, West Germany's biggest car faaker, yesterday reported a loss of U*****.4 million last year, mostly as a result of a big loss at the Volkswagen American subsidiary. The parent company's loss compared with a profit of $55.5 million the year
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    • 302 4 Reuter THERE are signs that more stable times are ahead for the Hongkong property market this year, die Rating and Valuation Department of the Hongkong government said. In a statement accompanying its 1983 property review, it said this is particularly so for smaller
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    • 160 4 AFP A 12-YEAR-OLD investigation into alleged oil price rigging in France is due to conclude in a courtroom in Marseilles next Tuesday when 40 senior managers from France's eight biggest oil companies go on trial. The main accused are the [Residents or former presidents
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    • 756 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Tine Froa PAA PA5 0015 JFKSPO/HKG SIA SQ11 0040 LAX/TYO FT FT71 0040 JFK/ORD/ANC/ NRTTPE/KUL CAL CI331 0250 TPE MAS MH601 0820 KUL MAS MH671 0906 KUL MAS MH81I 0910 PEN SIA SQI03 0945 KUL RBA BI421 1000 BWN MAS MH603 1020
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    • 522 5 UFI BUOYED by Dr Barney Clark's 112-day life struggle on the Jarvik-7 artificial heart, scientists in America are pushing to develop more advanced and more portable power sources for mechanical hearts. "The objective is to develop a fully implantable power source, integrated with a
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    • 1004 5 VmmI KEPPEL WHARVES Condora East Rainbow Field Jenhol Seng Hong Straits Pride Straits Star Sunny Ocean Waheng Builder n Bunga Mas Doumen Equator m King Bird Kota Cempaka Silver Star Straits Venture Berth 18 44 25/6 23 28 21 20 26/7 29/30 22 45A 31/2 22 24
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    • 695 5 NYT THE 10-natk» European Common Market, in a display of unity that widens a major rift with the United States, baa formally txprtmrd its deep concern over Reagan administration legislative proposals to toughen controls over the West's trade with the Soviet
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    • 325 5 GOVERNMENTS of poor countries have appealed to the US and other leaders of the World Bank for at least USP bflUon more in loans by ISM. Chafcnmn GMha Ishaq Khan, Finance Minister of Pakistan, opened a meeting of the 21 governments
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    • 483 5 Reuter THE HWflpw Economic Community's executive rnmmtartoa baa attacked US trade regulators' plane Cor quotas oa special steel Imparts and accused the US industry of harassing Europees producers. Rasp—Mat to the US International Trade Commission (IXC) <scMss to Reagaa impoae qaotas backdated to Jaanary
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    • 253 5 Reuter BRITISH mMtfersMleve pressure to Intensifying on Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to call a June general election, as a later tainty and start to inflict damage on the economy. favour cslWag an October electioa for political reasons, they recognise financial markets Judge a
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 370 5 Agencies A CHAIN of bomb blasts hit railway stations and other public buildings in Paris and provincial French cities early yesterday, causing heavy damage but no casualties. Responsibility for the «plosions, numbering at least 16, was claimed by guerillas of the Corsican National Liberation Front which is
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    • 221 5 AP MOBIL Corporation said its first-quarter profit rose 2 per cent from a year ago, while Standard Oil (Ohio) reported a 39 per cent decline. Mobil, one of the tew major American oil companies to report higher profits in the January-March period,
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    • 220 5 Reuter NESTLE and the Malaysian agricultural development authority (Feida) are to Hak op to make cocoa from cocoa beans grown In Malaysia. They will term a Joint company called Malaysian Cocoa Manufacturing owned SI per cent by Fttda and per cent oy Nestle. About
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    • 185 5 FT THE golden arches will adorn the streets of Belgrade soon, if a Joint venture agreement between McDonald's of the US and RO Prokupnc, a big Serbian food processing company, to sell Big Macs in Yugoslavia wins Yugoslav government approval. The government review,
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  • 411 6 RETAIL trade in Singapore takes place in one big battle ground where wars of all sorts are constantly being fought among department stores, retailers versus wholesalers, the consumers' association against unscrupulous shopkeepers, shop owners against property owners and consumers against bargain-hunters as they jostle each other
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  • 694 6  - Bali unsullied by flocks of tourists Bali unsullied by flocks of tourists By GILLES BERTIN AFP THE inhabitants of the "paradise island" of Bali, despite an annual influx of 400,000 western tourists, have retained their cultural and religious customs almost intact. The 2.5 million Balinese continue the daily round of
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    • 172 6 If you want to reach manufacturers, exporters and importers, then Shipping Times is the right advertising medium for you If you re o freight forwarder or in anyway connected with the shipI 'iny and cargo business, Shipping Times has just tho space tor you You II he reaching a very
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 707 6 m SINGAPORE 5 100 PM Opening Mowed by Sesame Street (CMdren's Programme) 2.00 Satvday Matinee Fish Hawk It? i- 9 3 Mw-Constttuency Badminton Fouls 4.35 Indonesian Mem Ira Maya Sopha Si Anak TW 6.15 News. 6.25 (ki We Go (Engfsh Lessons) 6.40 A Oft to Last (Chapter IX) 7.30 News
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  • 894 7  -  By MIKE ROSEL AIS NEW microscopic techniques for examining stone tools are helping rewrite the 40,000-year history of Australia's aboriginals. Archaelogists around the world are busy refining "use-wear" analysis, which offers them far greater understanding of stone tools, often their single best clues to the
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  • 684 7 I/\A\ 1 S in the "Wind J WHEN the circus came to town, it brought along its own water supply just in case Singapore's water wasn't clean enough for the animals. Gerry Cottle's chimpanzees were, however, more fussy. They didn't drink anything except iced
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  • 958 7  -  ELAINE WILLIAMS describes how Walt Disney drew upon its experience gained from the building of the Disneyland parks in California and Florida and of the Epcot Center to help the Japanese create the first Disneyland outside the US. ELAINE WILLIAMS FT THE word Disney
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 586 7 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACBOBB 8 Appears frightened when one gives the wind up to, again (7) 9 She has tea with a German woman (9) 13 Admit everything and cry (5) 14 Bring on the collapse of the ruin and get caught in U (5) 15 Sign oo the bottom or
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    • 144 8 Sink into a toft chair in your own ooay i MMyinf drink in your hen*. IWk, in 1 And nMan tha drinks finally hit you. lat your thoughts matt whila tha music of THE THUNDER BIRDS fids your haad. Drop in 11.00 am to IJOOam on maakdoya tup to 2.00
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 176 9 CHINESE Predace Exckaage, Singapore, mm clMtag price» per lM kg yesterday. CwMit M: Bulk fob $100.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $113.00 sellers, new drum fob $117.00 sellers. Cepra: Mixed (loose) $58 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $350.00 sellers. Sarawak white pepper
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    • 196 9 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) CettM yam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,530 32s 3.212. 40s 3,306 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece geeds: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 328 9 SINGAPORE: Yesterdays closing prices in SJ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.04, 100 per cent second class 0.74, 100 per cent third class 0.70, 25 per cent new crop 0.58, B-10 per cent 0.68. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.62, Special 0.58. THAI
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    • 889 9 COFFEE: Robusta coffee futures were generally lower at midday, between £12 above and £20 below Thursday's close in traded positions. May drew steady buying on the last day before it becomes spot, ending £12 up. Its premium over July widened to around £200 from £185 at Thursday's close.
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    • 132 9 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market yesterday eased slightly on selling in quiet trading ahead of the long weekend In May, south region fell M 52.50 to $837.50 a tonne while central traded unchanged at $835. The refined market was featureless on lack of interest. The market is
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    • 302 9 RUBBER prices in Singapore yesterday closed slightly higher with May One RSS buyers quoted at 224.50 cents a kilo, up two cents from Thursday's close. Morning prices were marked up slightly on higher London trade demand, speculative buying and covering interest. Afternoon prices fluctuated around lunchtime levels on covering
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    • 375 9 R AS prices in cenU per kilo yesterday: Noon (per Ulo) Int 1 R.S.S prompt f ob EiaT* 222OON IM 1 R S S May 222 00 223 00 1st 1 R.S.S June 227 00 228.00 IM 2 R.S.S MM m OON UK COM W OO 307 OON
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    • 30 9 Rubber April 29 Singapore: May: 224.50 cent* (up 2.00 cents) Malaysia: May: 251.00 cent* (up 3.50 cents) Tin: M 531.53 per kilo (unchanged) 137 tonnes (up two tonnes)
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    • 58 9 THE STRAITS TIN price In Penang yesterday remained at M$3L53 a kilo, still within the ITA "may bay" range ef $21.15 and Dealers neted continued strong support from the buffer stock manager despite shortage ef demand frem other sectors. Turnover was at IS7 tonnes, up frem Thursday's 135.
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    • 149 9 SOYBEAN futures ini Chicago on ThursdaJ| closed 24 to V/t US-cenV a bushel firmer after opening mixed and standing easier for much of the day. May traded in a 6"« cent range. Traders attributed gains which occurred shortly before the close largely to speculative buying by locals, who were
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    • 174 9 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Thursday closed 1V« to "t US-cent a bushel easier in often quiet trade. May traded in a 2 3 cent range. Light commercial buying provided some support for values, but the market held below Wednesday's close for much of the day in line with
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 408 9 HONGKONG STOCKS yesterday rebounded in the afternoon to close steady and the Hang Seng index ended 6.82 points higher at 1,019.43 against a 2.84 loss at mid-morning, brokers said. Prices recovered in late trading on speculation that local bankers may propose to the authorities a cut or
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    • 369 9 PRICES yesterday rallied in quiet trading on the Australian stock exchanges after Thursday's shakeout. At 1500 the All Ordinaries index was 4.9 points up at 592.2 with the all industrials 5.1 points higher at 741.5 and the all resources 4.7 points higher at 471.9. Brokers said investors
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    • 198 9 PRICES yesterday closed mixed on turnover of 2.83 million pesos compared with 2.48 million on Thursday, dealers said. The commercial and industrial index was down 0.09 to 109.06, the mining marker was down 11.92 at 1,364.62 while the oils index was unchanged at 1.42. Lepanto "B" was up to
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    • 144 9 APR 29 Bahts Aokham Thai Ajii pibra I 10* ♦a Ayuthajra In* And Trust 136 unch Bangkok Bank 104 I Bank Of Ajrudhaja ♦S I1H 1S1 Bala Shoe Berli Jucker I 307 Charoonc Thai as Firestone First Trust I 812 0.5 Ooodyear Industrial Finance Corp 14* 1 Jtlipnthan Cement
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 61 9 BANQUE FRANCAISE DU COMMERCE EXTERIEUR DLRS US. 125.000.000 GUARANTEED FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 1988 In accordance with the terms and conditions of the notes, notice is hereby given that for the 6 month period from April 28, 1983 to October 28, 1983 the notes will carry an interest rate of
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    • 7 9 See page 11 for New York stocks.
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    • 747 9 Britiah-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) Ltd. NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given that the Fortieth Annual General Meeting of British-American Tobacco Company (Singapore) Limited will be he« at Bokhara Room. Marco Poto Hotel Tangtin Road. Singapore 1025 on Wednesday. 25th May 1963 at 11.00 am. for the transaction
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  • 3502 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after
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  • 208 10 SINGAPORE UNIT TB18T (Maaagnra' prtoM tor May S) The Commerce 3.46 3 68 The Savings Fund J 98 2.10 S pore Prog Fund 1.53 162 S pore Sec. Fund 2.31 2.45 S pore Invest Fund 1.22 1.29 S pore Equity Fund 1.51 1 CO DIAMOND MOT STOKE (Maaagers'
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  • 3400 10 1983 High Low Company Last Saie orGr'. Div Div Cvr Gr"a Y'ld Net P/E Vol (*000) Day High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 280 237 288 526 380 132 2S2 230 288 845 520 535 1330 530 340 545 775 382 420 950 290 915 845 275
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  • 2068 10 BID and offer prices officially lifted 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 INDTSTUALfi AJbMMto AW«i (2 S4B 2.565) (2) 2 (1) 2.38 (78 2
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  • 877 10 > LED BY weUnaastalaed lateral la selected masters, the Magi tteck market i wHamaed a ailtrt rise la prtoea yesterday alter woe kottaaee. Brsken astod that tradlag was faiet at the eateet hat the aadertsae waa ■toady. "There «ai ast atseh aelllag pre—are aad there aheald
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  • 522 10 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market closed the week at an all-time high for the third consecutive session. The 30-counter New Straits Times Industrial Index gained 7.02 points to 1278.58. After opening a shade higher, prices continued to rise slowly for most of the morning session.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1075 11  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM INCHCAPE Bhd has ended 1962 with a healthier balance sheet after it sold its Toyota interest in Malaysia and some other properties and equity holdings. Group borrowings were sliced by more than a third to $163.7 million from $246 million at
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    • 164 11 MING CMrt Hetel limited: Fifteenth AGM to be held in the Ming Crystal Room of Ming Court Hotel, Tanglin Road, Singapore, on Saturday, April 30 at 12.15 pm. UNITED Overseas Laid limited: Twentieth AGM to be held at the Function Room, 3rd Storey, The Plaza, 7500A Beach Road,
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    • 1256 11 NEW YORK THE DOW JONES Industrial Average on Thursday surpassed the record closing high set only two days ago and stayed above the 1200 mark for the third session in a row. The Dow, the market's most widely followed measure, was little changed until mid-afternoon, when it
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 376 11 Htnes, TIMES PUBLISHING BERHAD (Incorporated in Singapore) HALF YEARLY REPORT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Times Publishing Berhad announces the following unaudited results for the half year to 28th February 1983. Turnover Trading profit before taxation Share of profit from associated corporations Income from investments, gross Dividends
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 177 12 Rises Indices Gao rga Tow* 1400 KHUI HM|i 400 170 April 28 April 29 O C B C ltd Ox y gin litrsco 1200 488 84 -*-38 BT Composite: 928.78 933.50 380 31 BT Indicator: *****5 *****4 Utd Malacca 530 30 ST Industrials 953.13 954.87 N 8 O P
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    • Article, Illustration
      184 12 TRADING activity continued to remain on the Ugh side on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday and share prices generally managed to finish marginally higher on fairly good support The all-sector Business Times Composite Index, which was up 1.5 points at noon, closed 4.72 points higher at tSSJi.
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    • 51 12 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday 587.0 Week Ago 507.4 Friday 1018.43 Thursday 1012.61 Week Ago 1008.53 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS AUSTRALIAN Thursday 696.8 INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 699.0 Week Ago 692.0 Friday... 741.5 Thursday 736.1 Week Ago 736.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS ALL ORDINARIES Thursday 1219.52 Wednesday 1208 40 Friday 592.2 Week Ago
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  • 841 12 EQUITIES drifted lower in quiet trading yesterday ahead of the holiday weekend, having opened generally higher on Wall Street's record overnight close, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times was down 4.2 points at 692.6. Government bonds were mixed in dull trading, with long-dated issues around V» point
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  • 232 12 ACMA Electrical Industries Ltd has recovered from its losses incurred in the first half to just about break even for the whole year. But the 1982 results still compare badly with those achieved the year before. At the operating level, stiff competition and high
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  • 52 12 MULTI-Purpose Holdings Bhd has reported a further nine forged share certificates with noticeable defects. The company had earlier reported having received four fake share certificates for registration. It is seeking the advice of the police on the latest discovery and will keep the stock exchanges informed of
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  • 437 12  -  ■I Companies Editor: Mano Sabnani By CHRIS LIM HIGH interest charges and hefty losses incurred by a recent US property venture have bitten deeply into United Industrial Corporation's earnings. For the 17 months to Dec 31, 1982, the group suffered a hefty pre-tax
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  • 529 12 AJINOMOTO (Malaysia) Bhd, which has traditionally been associated with food seasonings in Malaysia, has ventured into the manufacturing of organic fertilisers. Since the beginning of this year, the company has been producing organic fertilisers from effluent and selling it under the brand name of "Amina",
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  • 418 12 THE tussle between Nissan-Datsun and Toyota for top spot in the Malaysian car market is continuing with Nissan-Datsun taking the lead at the end of the first quarter of this year. The latest motor sales (Peninsular Malaysia) figures for the first two
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  • 256 12 HARIMAU lavesments Ltd's net tangible assets backing per share, based on the group's unaudited accounts as at March 31, 1963, was $1.29. Assuming full conversion of the loan stock into ordinary shares of the company, the NT A per share would be $1.22. GENERAL Corporation has changed the
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  • 224 12 UNITED Estate Projects Bhd (UEP) has confirmed that it is holding preliminary discussions on its likely participation in the development of sizeable pieces of land adjoining its present development in Subang Jaya. Replying to a query from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, the
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  • 148 12 SEALION Hotels Ltd, owner of the Singapore Hyatt Regency, has adopted a new corporate logo. The logo (ab»ve) revolves around the yin and yang, the ancient Chinese principle of two contrasting yet complementary elements of the universe. The red and gold background parallels
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  • 114 12 TAN CHONG Motor Holdings Bhd has reported group after-tax profits of M$36.71 million ($26.02 million previously) on a turnover of $724.01 million ($652.57 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1962. The company itself turned in an after-tax profit of $22.65 million on turnover of $45.99 million. Directors
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  • 497 12 JACK Chia-MPH has acquired a company in Australia to hold the group's interest in Allen's Confectionery Ltd and other quoted shares there. The company, known as Haddehaim Pty Ltd, was acquired for AJI.OOO which represents the incorporation cost. It was incorporated in
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 257 12 chard mm Profiles and Reminiscences of Men Who Have Shaped the Modern World RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon was called "the most absorbing political memoir of our recent history." The Real War was called "important and urgent" and "brilliant and informed." Both were international bestsellers with a combined sale
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 57 12 OUTLOOK for today: Rain in some areas during the morning. Report for 24 boars prior to 7J# pm on April 21 at the airport: Maximum temperature 33.5 Associated humidity 62 Minimum temperature 26.6 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 8.35 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for the month 33.6
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