The Business Times, 15 December 1976

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) 1455/76 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1976 50 CENTS
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  • NEWS IN BRIEF
    • 55 1 MORITA Singapore a Joint venture company set up between Morita Fire Pump and Morlta Tokisohu Klko of Japan plans to set up a $2 million fire extinguisher plant in Jurong, with trial production scheduled to start next year. The company has long-term plans to manufacture fire fighting
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    • 47 1 SINGAPORE Automotive Private Engineering, a Government-owned company mainly involved in the servicing of Singapore Armed Forces' vehicles and KlocknerHumboldt-Deutz, is believed to be having discussions on the setting up of a Joint venture plant to assemble dlesel trucks for the domestic and regional markets.
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    • 44 1 LONDON, Tues. Britain's trade deficit with the rest of the world Increased in November to £510 million (552.13 billion) the Government reported today. This was a sharp deterioration from the October trade figures, which showed a deficit of £354 million. Reuter.
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    • 49 1 UPI HONGKONG, Tues. China's Institute of Computing Technology has recently built a large, high-speed electronic computer with integrated circuits, the New China News Agency (NCNA) said today. "This is a new achievement following a one-million-operatlon-per-second electronic computer with integrated circuits made In 1973," NCNA said. UPI
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    • 66 1 AP TOKYO, Tues. Chinese scientists have developed a hybrid rice that yields 20 to 30 per cent more than currently grown varieties and requires fewer seeds and less manpower, a Peking broadcast said today. Official Hslnhua News Agency added, "It brought even greater increases where farming conditions and
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    • 48 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Deputy Bank Negara Governor Datuk (Dr.) Arshad Ayub said today that the Third Malaysian Plan commemorative coins would be on sale tomorrow. He said the denominations of these 14-slded coins which are legal tender were $200 fold, $10 silver and $1 cupro-nlckel.
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    • 63 1 Reuter VIENNA, Tues. Rumania sent a high-level mission to China today, adding to speculation that a new attempt to mediate the Slno-Sovlet political conflict may be under way. Bucharest diplomats said they were surprised by a sudden announcement that Deputy Prime Minister Gheorghe Oprea was on his way
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    • 44 1 UPI NEW YORK, Tues Dow Jones averages, based on the first hour of trading today on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 971.49, down 2.75; 20 transp 230.34, up 0.04; 15 utils 105.29, down 0.15; 65 stocks 315.38, down 0.58. UPI.
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 163 1 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore turned quiet and easier yesterday ahead of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting. Profit-Taking sent prices lower and losses ranged up to two per cent in extreme cases. The Business Times index fell 3.24 points to 252.17 while the Straits Times
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    • 119 1 Foils A. HI lam $11.00 -.20 O.C.B.C. t 7.80 -.10 P. Chem. 2.57 -.07 Slme Darby t 3.44 -.00 D.B.8. 3.88 -.06 U.O.B 3.44 -.06 Sel Dredge 3.72 -.06 Con. Plant. 3.36 -.06 M. Banking f 6.39 -.05 C.CM 4.14 -.04 Dunlop Ind. 2 98 -.04 Rises
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  • 1126 1  -  ON CONFIDENTIAL BASIS FROM S'PORE? By COLIN CHEE PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia has been receiving trade statistics from Singapore on a confidential basis for some time now, according to reliable sources. In other words, a normalisation process has already begun between the two countries.
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  • 800 1 Reuter THE moment for which much of the world has been waiting so anxiously and so long dawns today in the tiny Oulf promontory of Qatar, when the 13 Opec ministers open the meeting that will decide the new price of oil. There
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  • 600 1 Reuter AP STERLING rose to its highest level In nearly three months on the Singapore foreign exchange market yesterday, In anticipation of the British Government's package of austerity measures due to be announced today by Mr. Denis Healey, Chancellor of the Excheouer. Opening at
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  • 331 1 THE new chairman of Slme Darby Holdings, Tun Tan Slew Sin, yesterday pledged that he would do all in his power to ensure that the new board operates as a cohesive team as soon as possible. This pledge was made in a letter
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  • 426 1 THE softening of Japanese bond market rates may have saved the Singapore Government nearly $1 million over the life of Its 10 billion yen ($83.33 million) bond Issue signed yesterday In Tokyo. The Issue was made at a coupon rate of 8.9
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  • 166 1 Reuter HONGKONG, Tues. Hutchison International today said it is not prepared to make a bid for Wheelock Marden without additional Information on the company. Hutchison said that while it believes that, given sufficient Information, it could formulate terms likely to be of considerable Interest to
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 277 2 Axed privileges of govt workers AP BUENOS AIRES, Tuea. The Argentine Military Government, seeking to reduce the power of labour unions, this week eliminated special privileges that 1.5 million Government workers gained under the former Peronlst regime. These concessions Included longer vacations, extended sick leave, higher overtime fees and sharp
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    • 59 2 LOS ANOELEB, Tues. Mr. Henry Hwang, 49, president of the Far East National Bank, was kidnapped at gunpoint by an Oriental man yesterday, drugged and forced to arrange payment of US$3OO,OOO (8$741,000) in ransom, he told police. An attendant found Mr. Hwang sitting on a bench In
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    • 40 2 UPI AP OTTAWA, Tues. Canada's population was 23,143,000 on July 1, Statistics Canada estimates released yesterday show. The estimates, projected on 1971 census figures, show the population grew by 312,000 between July, 1975, and July 1978. AP.
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    • 128 2 UPI TOKYO, Tues. Major Japanese companies spent an estimated US$233 million (*****.5 million) in the three years ending in June, 1976, for political contributions, bribes and payments to secret agents, the National Tax Office said today. The Tax Office hopes to carry out a thorough Investigation
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    • 68 2 Reuter LONDON, Tues. Industry Secretary Eric Varley told Parliament the Government is disappointed with progress on achievement of planning agreements. If Industry does not cooperate, the government might have to take stock of the situation and lay propo- sals before Parliament to improve It, he said. The
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    • 241 2 AP ATLANTA. Tues. Puklai to complete kii Cabinet before the Christmas holiday, US Presiden t-e lect Carter is an nounclag at least fear cabinet-level choices this weak, with a woman likely to he named Commerce Secretary for the first time in American
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    • 196 2 AP NEW YORK, Tues. Foreign ownership of businesses In the United States accounts for a very small part of the total American economy, the Conference Board says. Despite foreign acquisitions of several US firms over the past few years, the total
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    • 329 2 Reuter GENEVA, Tues. Most scheduled airlines flying the North Atlantic have agreed on a new one-year fares package which will put up Glees on the New Yorkndon run by 1.5 to 11 per cent from next April, It was announced today. Canadian, Spanish, Portuguese
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    • 175 2 UPI WASHINGTON, Tues. American and Bovlet officials are meeting In Moscow this week for three days of consultation on pain trade, the Agriculture Department says. Officials said in a statement yesterday that the semi-annual consultation required under a fiveyear grain trade agreement signed In
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    • 282 2 AP WASHINGTON, Tues. A government analysis shows that the U8 wheat stock Blie8 lie by next June 1 will be tie largest since the huge grain surpluses of the early *****. The Agriculture Department said yesterday that wheat left over from 1976 and earlier harvests
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    • 139 2 Reuter LONDON, Tues. British Prime Minister James Callaghan, addressing the Labour Economic, Finance and Taxation Association, gave notice of legislation to protect depositors against what he termed Imprudent commercial behaviour, and said the Government Intended bringing In new laws on Insider dealing and imposing controls on company
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    • 312 2 FINANCIAL TIMES LONDON. Tues. Mr. Mac Donald (above), a merchant banker who Is a director of Hill Samuel and chairman of the Issuing Houses Association, is to succeed Mr. Martin Harris as director general of the City Takeover Panel on April
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    • 374 2 AP MANILA, Tues. Chances of a "breakthrough" In the American-Philippine military bases negotiations after Mr. Jimmy Carter succeeds outgoing President Ford In Washington next month "should be more than even," the newspaper Manila Bulletin said today In Its editorial. The negotiations for a new agreement to
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    • 63 2 AP BANGKOK, Tues. Police yesterday raided a Bangkok factory which has been Illegally producing millions of dollars worth of cosmetics and perfumes bearing wellknown foreign brand names, police said today. Authorities said the factory, equipped with modern machines and a laboratory, had turned out cosmetics and perfumes under
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    • 57 2 Reuter MOSCOW, Tues. A lowlevel Soviet Communist Party delegation left here yesterday for Israel to attend the 18th congress of the Israeli Communist Party, Tass News Agency reported. The delegation Is led by Mr. Alexander Aksyonov, second secretary of the Communist Party of Russia and a member
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    • 269 2 AP WASHINGTON, Tues. A year of labour negotiations looms for the American economy, and forecasters say unions are likely to help President-elect Jimmy Carter's anti-lnflatlon efforts by keeping wage increases moderate. The help is more likely to result from economic circumstances rather than
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    • 244 2 Reuter TOKYO, Tues. Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Mlkl will shortly reply to his Australian counterpart Malcolm Fraser who has Sro tested in a letter against a pan's beef Import cutback, a Qovernment spokesman said today. He said Mr. Mlkl had discussed the contents of his
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    • 263 2 Reuter LONDON, Tues. A commercial television film shown here tonight alleged that many Hongkong employers were breaking the British colony's labour law forbidding employment of children under 14 years In factories. The programme, World In Action, concentrated on Hongkong's fourth largest industry Toy-making and filmed
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    • 313 2 UPI SEOUL, Tues. A government controlled English dally newspaper today severely criticised Canada for restricting textile Imports from South Korea. The nationally circulated Korea Herald said in an editorial: "The recent Canadian imposition of import restrictions on Korean textile goods under Its global Import quota is
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    • 169 2 AP NEW YORK, Tues. Soaring coffee prices have prompted officials of at least two American supermarket chains to suggest that their customers switch to other beverages to try to bring the prices down. Mr. Kenneth Knese, area manager for the nine Justrite stores in Kansas
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    • 665 3 FISHING ZONE MARCH 31, 1977 DATELINE BRUSSELS, Tuesday UPI Reuter EUROPEAN Common Market countries decided last night that no East bloc or other third countries will be allowed to fish In their common 320 km zone after March 31, 1977, unless they
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    • 334 3 UPI PARIS, Tues. Prance faces a week of sporadic electricity, gas and mail service, from today with unions calling on workers to stage 48-hour strikes protesting the government's antl-lnflatlon austerity plan. Employees in the staterun electricity and gas company were summoned to demonstrate
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    • 112 3 Reuter BERNE, Tues. The Swiss economy Is expected to continue stagnating unless capital spending Increases globally, which currently seems uncertain, the Commission for Economic Research at the Swiss Economics Ministry said. Unemployment in the country is expected to rise slightly in the winter months, reflecting
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    • 76 3 Reuter WASHINGTON, Tues. British and American officials met over the weekend to discuss British proposals to deal with the problem of sterling balances held by foreign governments, Informed sources said last night. "Sir Derek Mitchell, second permanent secretary of the British Treasury, met twice over the
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    • 361 3 UPI TOKYO, Tues. The Japanese Economic Research Council forecast today that world crude oil supply will tighten again in the 1980s, owing to uncertain factors in the strategy of the oil-producing countries and a downtrend in their production. The private research body, operated by
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    • 177 3 Reuter BOON, Tues. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt will announce a medium and long-term Investment programme to a government policy declaration to Parliament on Thursday, government sources said. Its aim will be to improve the country's overall growth and employment prospects, though there Is no
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    • 94 3 Reuter LONDON, Tues. Trade union acceptance of a third phase of wage restraint could be adversely affected If the British Government agrees to a deflationary package as a condition for an International Monetary Fund loan, Trades Union congress general secretary, Mr. Len Murray said. Mr. Murray,
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    • 289 3 BRUSSELS, Tues. Reuter THE Common Market last night stepped up pressure on Japaa to get it to cut its massive trade surplus with the nine-nation Community, EEC officials said. The officials said French Foreign Ministers Louis Do Guiringaud took the load at
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    • 351 3 AP UNITED NATIONS. Tom. The United States alone ▼•tod yesterday against resolution calling on developed countries to transfer their "real resources" to developing nations "on a predictable, continuous and increasingly assured basis." By vote of 74-1 with 19 abstentions, the General Assembly's economic committee
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    • 168 3 Reuter TOKYO, Mon. A European Common Market delegation Is expected to visit Japan early next month to seek exemption for EEC cars from Japan's 1978 emission control standards, International Trade and Industry Minister Toshlo Komoto said. He told a press conference the Cabinet would
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    • 811 3  -  By CLYDE FARNSWORTH NYT THE plight of jobless youth has fallen over Western Europe. As In the United States, it Is school dropouts often from the least favoured social strata, often with Inadequate vocational training or an education
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 50 2 WEATHER report for 24 hour* prior to 7.30 p.m. on Dec 14 at Singapore airport. Maximum temperature 26.8° C Associated humidity 85 Minimum temperature 23.6° C Associated humidity 99 Hours of sunshine 0.20 Rainfall in millimeters 11.4 Total rainfall for the month 30.3 Total rainy days for the month 5
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    • 270 2 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 P.M. Opening Announcements followed by Serbanika (Malay) (r) 330 Diary of Events (Malay) 335 General Hospital 4.15 Fokas (Malay) (r) 430 Intermission 5.55 P.M. Opening Announcements followed by Secret of ISIS "Funny Girl" 6.20 Consumers' Guide (English/ Malay) 6.30 News in Brief 635 Wildlife in Crisis "Crocodiles
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1011 4 AFTER going through what It describes as a "stormy" year In 1975/78 "at some considerable expenses" South Johore Amalgamated Holdings Is optimistic that the current year ending March 31, 1977 will show a vast Improvement. According to SJA chairman, Datuk Abdul Rahman bin Hajl
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    • 1228 4 PROFITS shown in the latest report and accounts of Central Securities (Holdings) show a substantial improvement. However, the balance sheet still shows considerable signs of strain. The annual accounts, for the year ended May 31,1976, show a Jump In pre-tax profit of almost M 53.7
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    • 458 4 THE severe cash-flow problem suffered by Sea View Hotel will ease when rental Income from the lease of its annex building to Yaohan Singapore begins following In from April next year. The extent of the severity of Its cash-flow problem Is reflected
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    • 395 4 Current Ex Data Tetalfor Total far payment Data payaUe the year previoui ya ffmiTin 7.5* Not. 12 Dec. 15 7.5* NIL KM.LO«M* 10* Not. 24 Dec. 18 10*+ 26.67* U.LC 20* Dee. 6 Dec. 18 20* 18.3*c Toakika 12*TE Not. 16 Dec. 20 12*TE 12*TE Mtkfaff 5*+ Not.
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 43 4 SINGAPORE FINANCE Oroup pre-tax operating profit $1.84 million ($1.42 million) for the first six months ended Oct 31, 1976. Loans outstanding after deducting doubtful debts of $1.67 million ($664,755) totalled $70.10 million ($69.77 million). Company pre-tax profit $1.79 million ($1.35 million).
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      • 51 4 SOUTH EAST ASIA LUMBER CORP. Oroup pre-tax profit M 546,844 (loss $3.31 million) for the year ended June 30, 1976. Tax $68,482 ($24,737) leaving after-tax profit $115,326 (loss $3.34 million). Expenditure carried forward written off $42,234 ($72,653) and minority Interest $112,204 ($681,174) making attributable loss of $39,112 ($2.73
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      • 88 4 LARUT Tin Fields said Its subsidiary Syarlkat Haslll (Haslll) will cease mining operations at the end of this year because the Trengannu Government rejected Haslll's application for mining leases and certificates for three years beginning next January. Larut's investment In Haslll formed Its largest single
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      • 74 4 ALLIED Chocolate Industries paid HK512,500 for Its 25 per cent Interest in General Consolidated Co., of Hongkong. The company says In a reply to the Stock Exchange of Singapore that the 125, 000 shares of 10 cents'each were issued at par value. ACI has said that
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    • 752 4 PAHANQ Consolidated chairman Datuk Syed Nahar's assessment of the year ended July 31, 1970, as "a difficult year" is obviously no overstatement. During the year, Pahang's profit from Its main activity, mining, suffered a drastic 84 per cent cutback to M 5325,033. A further dent
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    • COMPANY MEETINGS
    • 1064 4 On December 13 PRICES were mostly lower on the Chicago Board Options Exchange on December 13. Declines led advances 268 to 197. Volume approximated 74,332 off from 79,457 last Friday. OPTION JAN APL JLY STOCK Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Am Tel Am Tel Am Tel Am Tel
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 718 5 NYT LO6 ANGELES, Tues. In terms of Its sales of US$B billion annually, Atlantic Richfield ranks only eighth among the nation's oil giants, but It has been stirring up controversy In many areas with some bold and Imaginative actions the last decade, particularly this year. The
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    • 140 5 Reuter LONDON, Tues. Glaxo Holdings chairman and chief executive, Mr. Austin Bide, told Reuters he hopes the group will have a direct stake in the US market within 12 months. At present its products are sold in the US under licence by Scherlng Plough of New
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    • 100 5 LONDON, Tues. Sime Darby London, a subsidiary of Sime Darby Holdings, said it acquired a 19.99 per cent stake in ButterfieldHarvey from William Baird unit, Scottish Border Cashmere, for £1.14 million cash. Sime said it does not intend making an offer for the remaining shares. It added
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    • 131 5 Reuter AMSTERDAM, Tues. The Finance Ministry may issue a state loan shortly, possibly with a coupon of BV4 per cent or even 8% per cent and priced at par, capital market sources said. Strong private demand for recent Issues and falling Dutch interest rates are expected to
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    • 119 5 Reuter NEW YORK, Tues. New York City and Municipal Assistance Corp officials and lawyers for Flushing National Bank will hold a breakfast meeting tomorrow to draw up a final plan on how to repay US<l billion in city notes, a MAC spokesman said. New York state appeals
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    • 294 5 FRANKFURT, Tues The German motor Industry this year is forecasting the highest profit/sales ratio for seven years, but the outlook for 1977 is clouded by the possibility of slackening demand in both domestic and export markets, a spokesman for the German Motor Industry Association said. The profit-sales
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    • 144 5 LONDON, Tues The total number of workers laid off at the two Jaguar car factories at Coventry of Leyland Cars, a British Leyland subsidiary, Is now 4,000 and no talks on the lnter-unlon dispute which caused the layoffs are planned, a company spokesman said. Leaders of the Transport
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    • 78 5 TORONTO, Tues General Motors of Canada said a new three-year agreement was ratified by members of the United Auto Workers Union employed by GM In eight plants In Ontario and Quebec. The contract provides an Increase of over C 51.75 an hour to $8.25 an hour over
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    • 189 5 Reuter MONTREAL, Tues. Alcan Aluminium said It sees Improved 1977 earnlhgs and an Increase in shipments of about 10 per cent over 1976. J.H. Hale, executive vice Gsldent, finance, said 1976 ustry shipments showed good recovery over 1975 but still were below 1973-74 levels. He predicted
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    • 166 5 Reuter KYOTO, Tues. Net consolidated Income at Kyoto Ceramic rose to US$l4.7 million from $9.1 million on sales up to $83 million from $53.5 million for the first half-year ended Sept 30, 1976. Net income per share was 40 cents compared with 26 cents last time. Kyoto
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    • 584 5 NYT NEW YORK, Tues. For cable television companies, the picture Is brighter and the colour on the ledgers is improving. Cable subscribers rose from 4.5 million In 1970 to 7.3 million in 1973 to 9.8 million In 1975. By the end of this year, almost 12 million
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    • 670 5 NYT NEW YORK, Tubs. Rohr Industries, which experienced such heavy losses producing cars for San Francisco's and Washington DC's rapid transit system that It pulled out of the rail car business, suddenly blossomed In last week's stock market. After It was learned on Thursday
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      • 92 5 Reuter MELBOURNE, Tues. Gold Mines of Kalgoorlle (GMK) said that following the decision to maintain mine production it will still need to seek additional funds from shareholders. Partners In Kalgoorlle Mining Associates announced last week that production will continue. GMK said there will be no financial benefit
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      • 69 5 NEW YORK, Tues. Sony of America said It will add a second US$4 million manufacturing facility at Its new magnetic video tape factory now under construction In Dothan, Alabama. The second plant will make plastic shells for Betamax video cassettes and construction will be completed around October 1977, Sony
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      • 25 5 LONDON, Tues. Norges Kommunal Bank USB6O million, BVi per cent bond due 1991 was priced at 99tt Ber cent, lead manager restdeutsche Landebank said.
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      • 62 5 Reuter BRUSSELS, Tues. The EEC Commission said It granted Stahlwerke Roech-llng-Burbach a 200 million mark loan to help finance long-term Investment. The funds will be used In switching most production to the oxygen method, expanding slab and block steel production capacity and modernising the blast furnace and rolled steel
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      • 73 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading In Penn Central Transportation and 24 related railroad stocks for 10 days from yesterday. The SEC said the suspensions, which last through Dec 22 are at the request of Penn Central Transportation, pending announcement of the company's proposed reorganisation
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      • 49 5 LONDON, Tues. Marathon Shipbuilding (UK) Mcylydeside subsidiary of Marathon Manufacturing of the US, said it will suspend 1,000 workers on Friday because there is no oil rig construction work for them, the press association reported. A mass meeting of the men voted to accept suspension rather than redundancies.
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      • 69 5 Coal Allied Reuter SYDNEY, Tue». Coal and Allied Industries chairman, Mr. W. Howard Smith said results for the first five months of the year ending June 30,1977, are well below those of the same year earlier period. He noted that under the present economic conditions In Japan and the present
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      • 96 5 SYDNEY, Tues. -US direct Investment in Australia row by US$2B9 million to $5 billion in 1975, the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia said. Quoting figures supplied by the Economic Analysis bureau In Washington, its bimonthly journal said the 1975 Investment growth was 6.1 per cent compared with an
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      • 36 5 MONTREAL, Tues. Canadian Pacific said It raised the semi-annual dividend on common stock to 46 1/2 cents a share from 39 1/2 cents. Canadian funds, payable Jan 28, to shareholders registered on Dec 29.
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      • 110 5 HONGKONG, Tues. San Miguel has raised its third interim dividend to 16 HK cents from 15 cents, making a total of 46 cents (45 cents) so far for the current year. The dividend is payable on Dec 23 to shareholders registered on Dec 18. The company said It
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      • 48 5 PERTH, Tues. A fiveweek long strike by train drivers at Mount Newman Mining has been settled. The strike led to 2,500 workers being stood down at the mine and port, banked up 22 ships outside the port and cost the company As3s million in lost production.
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      • 23 5 FRANKFURT, Tues. Copenhagen Handelsbank is making a 60 million mark 7* per cent, seven-year private placement at par, bond market sources said.
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      • 30 5 FRANKFURT, Tues. A 10-year 7Y» per cent, 100 million mark Eurobond for ICI International Finance of Bermuda was priced at par, a spokesman for lead manager Dresdner Bank said.
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    • 181 5 Reuter FRANKFURT, Tues. Metallgesellschaft said 1975/76 group earnings rose despite further losses In Its aluminium participation and manufacturing sectors. Provisional group sales to third parties were 18 per cent higher at 6.18 billion marks. The chairman, Mr Karl Oustav Ratjen, also told reporters profits will rise, but
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    • 187 5 Reuter ST. LOUIS, Tues. Monsanto said It expects current year net Income to range between US$37O million and $380 million, or between $10.15 and $10.40 a primary share. In 1975 the company earned $306.3 million, or $8.63 a primary share. Mosanto said 1976 year earnings per diluted share
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    • 188 5 LONDON, Tues. Broken Hill South said It plans a four-for-flve rights issue to raise A 519.75 million. Proceeds will be made available for BH South's wholly-owned subsidiary Queensland Phosphate to develop the one million tonne per annum first stage of the Duchess phosphate deposits.
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    • 180 5 Reuter ROME, Tues. Esso Italiana expects to make a loss after depreciation this vear of between 80 and 90 billion lire because of higher crude oil costs, the fall in the lira, tardy revision of controlled Italian oil prices and other cost increases, a spokesman said. Last
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    • 120 5 LONDON, Tues. A 58.8 per cent jump in pre-tax profit to £17.61 million from £11.09 million has been reported by Marley for the year ended Oct 31, 1976. The profit increase came on the back of a 34.5 per cent rise In sales to £202.9 million from
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    • 105 5 Here Is Your Answer! I these are your hot drink headaches Time lost while drinks are made. Even more time lost sending out for them. Work disrupted by exodus to neighbouring caf6. Resentment over drink-making rotas. Complaints about stale and tepid drinks. Demands for a wider choice of drinks. Things
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  • 1954 6 SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 1978 High Low Company Last Sale +«rGr's dlv Div c'rr Gr's y'W Nat P/E Vol C898) Day Hick Low 175* 206 100 237 180 402 204 248 460 137 135* 172 60 185 66 254 149 172 394 39 Acma Alcom Allied Choc Bata
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  • 1097 6 BID and offer price* 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 1000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "Sett." Big Board
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  • 1237 6 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 or 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIAL* A|in«mata (1.H38 1.888). Alaam (2.108 2.158) Al««. Hat d (0.858). A.
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  • 148 6 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Manager*• price far Dm IS) Tit* Commerce 1.70 l.M TTie Saving Fund o m on 8'poreProt. Fund 0.78 0 83 S pore Security Fund.. l.M 1.33 Spore Invect Fund roe i.m ASIA UNIT TRUST (Manager* pricet i for Dw 15) Mai Inveet Fund l.M 1.75
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  • 93 6 B O T 8 1/2% 1981 (100,000) (102*B 103*8) D B 8 8 1/2% 1982 (100,000) (99K8 100*8) D B 8 Converts S 1/2% 1991 (100,000) (978 97*8) E I B 8 1/4% 1983 (100,000) (99K8 99*8) Keppel 9% 1983 (100,000) (99'48 100*8) N M B 8 1/2%
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  • 115 6 5 1/2% 1/12/77 (1,000.000) (101.558 101.658) 5 1/2% IS/4/78 (1,000,000) (101.558 101.638) 5 1/4% 15/7/78 (1,000,000) (101.208 101 308( (1) 101.25(1) 101.27. C 1/2% IS/8/78 (1,000.000) (103.308 103.408) 7% 1/7/79 (1,000,000) (104.808 104.908) 5 1/4% 15/10/79 (1,000,000) (100.658 100.808) 6 3/4% 15/5/80 (1,000,000) (102.958 103.058) 6 3/4%
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    • 221 6 l- r ,1 1 f -;-v. '.v.-w; r,; s ic;?v :v* if a > Alex Josey has tong been an observer, recorder and commentator of the Singapore scene, tn this hew book, he examines and explains the success of Singapore's tripartite alliance of Government, workers and employers. A substantial part
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  • 465 7 AHEAD at ths misllag of the minister* of Organisation at Petroleum Exporting Countries, the Stock Exchange of Hinge pore turned quiet and eerier yeeterday. It would iwiir that Moot of the bargain hunting had been done in the last fortnight and early this week. Yesterday
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  • 427 7 PRICES fell across the board In fairly active trading on the Kuala Lumpur share market yesterday. Profit-taking following Monday's rally was the main cause for the reversal In trend. Nervous selling of a mild nature was also evident as caution ruled on the eve of
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  • 150 7 Reuter LONDON, Tues. Pye Holdings said Philips of Eindhoven proposes to acquire for cash the Pye group's 50 per cent holding In Coronet Industries of Hongkong to give It full control. Coronet manufactures radio products for export. pye also said Philip s unit Philips
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  • WALL STREET AND OTHER OVERSEAS MARKETS
    • 994 7 NEW YORK: Stocks were Arm in active trading amid profit taking and portfolio switching on Monday. Analysts said there was little in the news to move the market off dead center although they said a number of investors may have moved to the sidelines awaiting an oil price
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    • 264 7 ZURICH: The market on Monday continued Irregular in cautious trading ahead of the OPEC conference In Qatar on a possible oil price rise. Small gains and losses were about equal Beaks and lasoraaees were narrowly mixed. Among financial Bally and Juveaa continued to drift Tower. Behind lw bearer met
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    • 262 7 TORONTO: WnUrs OUs lost nearly point In the Index over the faut hour but still cloeed up 1.35 in light trading on the Toronto market on Monday. The industrial Index, paced by moderate declines among the banks, closed slightly lower. The gold Index dropped Marly nine points in response
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    • 277 7 AMSTERDAM: Most share* lost some ground In dull conditions on Monday dealers said. Hoocovani and Akao lost most In Dutch Internationals. Uailaver edged higher. Philips finished unchanged after Friday's announced higher Interim dividend for 1976 and moderate optimism for 1977. Banks and Insurances were mixed. Fakkar, Ike and Bargoea
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    • 228 7 FRANKFURT: Most shares lost up to one mark In very quiet, featureiees trading on Monday market sources said. Among sharper losses, Heeshet fell 1.90 marks, Stsmsae 1.90, Thyeesn 2.40 and VW two marks among stores and engineerings. Karetadt and Liade lost 2.50 each, while Keafhef fell three. MetallgeseOochafk, expected
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    • 383 7 PARIS: Shares closed lower on Monday, continuing Friday's downward trend, dealers said. Buyers were discouraged by the lower large Industrial production Index, the large third quarter balance of payments deficit and prospects of strikes tomorrow and Wednesday In electricity and gas Industries, they said. Constructions and Electric*ls fell most,
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    • 378 7 JOHANNESBURG: Gold shares eased through the day In line with overseas bullion indications in quiet trading, on Monday dealers said. Among relatively untraded heavyweights, E Dries lost 40 cents to 1,020 and Freguk 50 cents to 1,775. Harmoay dropped 20 cents to 485 following an accident at the mine
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    • 498 7 TOKYO: The market closed slightly lower In moderate trading on Tuesday with a waiting sentiment prevailing ahead of the OPEC conference opening in Doha tomorrow, dealers said. The Dow Jones average lost 20.44 to 4,731.05 with volume 190 million shares,' while the New index closed at 363.46, down 0.60.
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    • 154 7 MILAN: The market closed lower on Monday over a broad front on light profit-taking while the approaching endaccount restricted trading, dealers said. Fist, both Pirelli, Montedison, Snis Viscoa and most other leading Industrials eased on lack of interest after opening lower. Insurances were also lower as were Banks and
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    • 145 7 BRUSSELS: Belgian shares on Monday closed mixed in a quiet market with very small price changes, dealers said Sofina, Sidro and Wagons-Lite all rose, while Asturienae, Hobok— ami rnrkarill were lower. In foretjgi. stocks UK shares were higher, German and US narrowly mixed and Dutch and French generally lower.
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    • 178 7 MANILA: Share prices eased on Tuesday at selling pressure Increased turnover In minings and oils, dealers said. Minings were depressed by the general weakness in oils, despite a consistent rise In metal prices, and commercials also fell, they said. Atlas Ceas A and B, Bagide Gold, Lepaate B, PhiWx
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    • 452 7 BYDNEY: Late buying support on Tuesday helped most sectors of the market regain ground lost on Monday, dealers said. Market leader BHP firmed six cents to A 57.34 and CSR nine to $3.60. Psncontinentsl recaptured the $9 mark with a 30-cent rise to $9.10 while Hamersley gained 10 to
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    • 84 7 DEC M Batau 47Asia Fibre HOB 4-1 Bangkok Bank m •2 Bangkok In vast Bangkok-Metro-1M 4-1 FSC3 K18 uncti Bartl Jueker L .*1. Charoorif Thai 151 uncti Wtrc Dumex DualtThanl Faber Merlin nratTruat 1568 -1 Indo-Thal 1708 1 And i Ho ISO ♦3 JalapraUian 78 ♦I Cement Karnaauta LeeKvanf
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    • 334 7 HONOKONO: The market closed mixed on late buying support after an easier opening on profit taking after Monday's gains, dealers said. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.51 point to cloee at 416.71. Trading was much quieter than yesterday, with Investors adopting a wait-and-see attitude ahead of the OPEC meeting
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    • 100 7 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 333.7 Friday 330.1 Week ago 310.1 TINS Monday 118.95 Friday 119.04 Week ago 116.98 RUBBERS Monday 493.78 Friday 498.90 Week ago 497 .24 OILS Monday 400.65 Friday 403.97 Week ago 405.Ml DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 974.'24 Friday 973 15 Week ago 961 .77 LONDON
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  • COMMODITY REPORTS AND PRICES
    • 614 8 OPENING prices in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were a shade higher and the market held fairly steady In quiet trading in the early part of the morning, they said. After noon, prices hardened on covering interest and fresh buying from both local and upcountry markets. Covering of
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    • 97 8 R.A.S. Dae. (Current Mth) Buyer* Seller* (cent* per Jaa. (Forward Mth) Buyers Sailers (eeats per kg) DAILY SSR and SMR prices at noon yesterday: SSR 20 (1-ton Pallets 183.00 185 OON SSR SO (1-ton Pallets) 180.50 182 SON 184.00 181.SO 186.OON 183. SON M.R.E.L.B. SMRSCV SMR SL
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    • 255 8 THE Btralts tin price in Penang yesterday was up $6.37 to to $1,252.50 on an official offering down 17 tonnes to 253 tonnes. In LONDON yesterday, tin closed around £2 down for Cash but £7 up for Three Months in the standard contract. High grade was £2 lower
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    • 30 8 Rubber: Dec 14 Siagapwo: Dec. 196.25 cts (up 2.2$ eta.) Malaysia: Jan. 200.00 ct«. a 2.75 eta) $1,262.50 (up $€.37 to) Official offering: 263 tonnes (down 17 tonnes)
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    • 81 8 LONDON, Tues. Lead gained about £0.75 per tonne for Cash and £0.25 for Three Months. This metal was subdued reflecting slow physical demand but values held steady In sympathy with the trend in copper, dealers said. Three Months traded upto £293.50 In the ring and upto £294 on the
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    • 128 8 THE following Palm Oil prices were quoted In London on Monday. The prices are elf Rotterdam and are quoted In U8 dollar per long ton unless otherwise stated. Malaysia 5H ffa bulk Monday Prrr. Dec unch 465 sir Jan unch 458 sir Feb/Mch unch 457 sir Sumatra 5%
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    • 261 8 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERDAY. Coconut OU: Bulk $82* seller*, old drum 187* teller*, new drum 192* sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont (51 Pepper: Muntok AST A white f.o.b. 100% NLW $305 sellers. Sarawak white f.o.b. 96% NLW $287* seller*. Sarawak special black
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    • 338 8 IN the Singapore gold market yesterday, the loco London gold opened at U*****.50/135.00 and dipped in subsequent nng» to U*****/134.50 before recovering at the close to U*****.4^134.90. The easier trend was attributed to the weak closings in London and New York where the metal failed to hold above $137.00,
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    • 227 8 LONDON, Tues. Copper wire bars lost £0.50 per tonne for Cash and £1 for Three Months. A softer tendency developed on the premarket under modest liquidation induced by the firmness of sterling which resulted In Three Months business down to £785 per tonne. Subsequently, the lower levels attracted trade
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    • 77 8 LONDON, Tues. Zinc lost mostly £1.25 per tonne. A sagging tendency on the pre-market reflected the strength in sterling and proflttaklng took three months down to £402 per tonne, according to some quarters. The trend was reversed in the ring, however, as bear covering and some fresh buying emerged
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    • 229 8 LONDON, Tues. Robusta futures opened £5 higher with Jan traded at £2,500 per tonne. By the end of the opening call values were £6 higher to £8 lower compared to the previous close and with 201 lots traded, the call tone was officially barely steady. Dealers attributed the mixed
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    • 161 8 CHICAGO, Mon. Wheat futures finished a light trade with gains of 1K to 2% cents a bushel. After easing Initially on light speculative selling, prices were supported by professional and commercial buying and the loss of downward momentum prompted shortcoverlng. Spread buying of wheat against sales of corn also
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    • 162 8 CHICAGO, Mon. Soybean meal futures closed US$2.OO to $0.70 a ton lower while oil futures finished with losses of 0.30 to 0.26 cent a lb. Speculative selling accounted for the weaknesses in the thin trades, with some of the selling generated by the losses posted last Friday. The declines
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    • 192 8 LONDON, Tues. SUver was 0.2 pence lower to unchanged. Values steadied from lower pre-market levels based on the overnight decline at New York and currency factors. Prices ruled steady in the ring under modest covering prompted by the subsequently generally steadier tone in base metals, dealers said. The bullion
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    • 174 8 LONDON, Tues. Terminal sugar recorded first call losses from Monday's close of £0.35 (Dec at £148 bid) to £1.00 per tonne although prices were generally In line with kerb levels. Dealers said the Peru selling tender result appeared to have little effect on sentiment. The London Dally Raws price
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    • 197 8 BANGKOK, Tues. Indicative prices for rice quoted yesterday were: US dollars per tonne (or basis Bangkok White Rice: 100 percent Ist class 290 100 percent 2nd class 275 100 percent 3rd class 270 5 percent 256 10 percent 237 15 percent 234 20 percent 231 25 percent 222 percent
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 560 8 INTEREST rates In Singapore's domestic money market continued to hover at low levels reflecting easy conditions in a basically liquid market. Overnight local funds opened yesterday at 2-3/4 per cent and moved upwards to a high of 2-1/2 per cent in mld-mornlng before being traded down to 2-1/8 per
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    • 152 8 Asian rates ASIAN currency depoalt lnMrtan* rate* u at ckwe on Dee 14 f. US DoUan (Spot) OfNr BW 1 day* 4 11/U 4 #/l« 1 mtto (7/1 4 3/4 2 mttu S 4 7/1 SmUu 5 t/l« 4 15/16 mUu S 1/4 S 1/1 mttu 5 J/B 6 1/4
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    • 146 8 Euro rates LONDON, Tues. Period Eurodollar deposits opened slightly harder where changed with a firmer tendency noted from openings In early trading. Shorts moved higher led by overnight, dealers said. Early Hongkong and Singapore interest in periods up to six months, and a continuation of Monday's rollover Interest in Three
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    • 320 8 LONDON, Tues. Sterling opened very firm, moving above US$l.69 in early trading following its overnight gain in New York, dealers said. It traded nearly one cent above Monday's London close of $1.6820/30, making modest gains on the New York $1.6890/6900 close this morning, while its tradeweighted depreciation as measured
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    • 121 8 NEW YORK, Mon Sterling closed at its highest level here since September amid a flurry of buying ahead of the British economic package on Wednesday, dealers said. The pound closed 1-3/4 cents above Friday's close at 11.6890/ 6900 from $1.6710/ 20 and above the $1.6820/ 30 London close
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    • 139 8 HONOKONO, Tues. Sterling eased slightly to U551.6935/6945 in brisk trading from an early morning high of U551.6955/6975, sharply up on the New York close of $1.6890/6900, dealers said. Although some dealers forecast that sterling might rain further to $1.7000 when European markets opened, most said the rise since Monday
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    • 124 8 TOKYO, Tues. The US dollar for overnight delivery closed higher at 295.05 yen compared with 294.80 at the opening and 294.70 at Monday's close. Dealers said the U8 rate recovered moderately on covering by banks to square positions after it fell to 294.65 at one stage on limited selling
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    • 59 8 Minimum lending rates (in ACBC gv 4 Algemene Bank 0* Bangkok Bank 7% Bank of America Bank of China .7* Bank of Tokyo «v 4 Bank Negara Indonesia 7'* Chartered Bank Chase Manhattan DBS 6 >4 First Chicago .6* Citibank 6*. HSBC 7 Indosuez Malayan Banking 6*4 Mitsui Bank 6*
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    • 40 8 ZURICH exchanges quoted on Dec 13. US 2.4533-4540 UK4.1265-1300 Can 2.3065-3085 W. Germ 102.34-40 Neth 08.22-30 France 49.14-17 Belg 6.70K-71 Denm 41.85-87 Norw 46.80-02 Swed 58.76-80 Italy 0.2834-2837 Austria 14.42-44 Port 7.77-70 Spain 3.50-50* Arg 0.85-1 15 Japan 0.8314-83*
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    • 46 8 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchanges quoted on Dec 14. Australia: Sterling 0.6277/0.6205 US dollar 1.0568/1.0520 Ninety day air mail buying rates: Sterling 0.6585 US dollar dollar 1.0817 Ninety day forward buying rates: New Zealand: Sterling 0.5480/0.5430 US dollar 0.0245/0.0145 Ninety day forward rate: Sterling 0.5876/ US dollar 0.0417.
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    • 31 8 FRANKFURT exchanges quoted on Dec 14 US 2.3980/95 Can 2.3405/15 UK 4.050/065 Neth 95.90/96.05 Switz 97.65/80 Italy 2.765/780 France 47.95/48.10 Norw 45.80/90 Belg com 6.540/555 Belg fin 6.535/558 Japan 0.8130/40
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    • 281 8 LONDON, Tues. Eurobonds traded generally steady to a little higher in light to moderate turnover, dealers said. US Issues were mostly steady but some Interest was seen in five year bonds on hopes of lower US short term Interest rates, dealers added. Convertible bonds were steady to a
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  • TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
    • 774 9  -  ROBERT EVANS Reuter AMERICAN and Soviet alrllnes are locked In a seemingly Intractable dlsEute over revenues from the (oscow-New York run which could lead to drastic cuts in tourist traffic from the United States to the Bovlet Union. Although the problem is basically
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    • 732 9  -  By GRAHAM HEATHCOTE AP FOREIGN ships are a growing hazard to oil and gas operations in the turbulent North Sea, an oil company executive said on Sunday. Mr. Fred Chate, director of Northern Operations for Shell, said communist vessels frequently Ignore internationally
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    • Article, Illustration
      406 9 EXPECTED ARRIVAL TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Perseus (1100 hauls 45m West) 6/7 Tonsberg (after Perseus hauls) 8/9 Straat Honshu (0700 after Sacramento Maru) (POBC P/O) 15/16 Palm Sea Horse (after Straat Honshu sails) (Subject Oas Free) (POBC P/O) 16 Eastern Mars (H3IT) (1500 after Hlraco) 19 Kunak (0900) 20
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    • 201 9 AP LONDON, Tues. A little more representative fixing on the North American grain trades gave some indication of tone on the London freight market yesterday. Shipowners In the North Atlantic managed to maintain a reasonably steady tone despite the recent lack of inquiry. The J ana Prlya received
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    • 162 9 AP. WOLFSBURG, Tues. Volkswagen chief Mr. Toni Schmuecker said yesterday the company's worldwide sales were up 12.7 per cent to 652,000 units in the first 11 months of 1976 and the trend should continue next year. Volkswagen's total vehicle turnover was 1.64 million during
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    • 109 9 AP TOKYO, Tues. The first train on the 1688 km TransVietnam railroad starting from Saigon arrived at the Hanoi railway station yesterday amidst long applause by thousands of Hanolans, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) said. VNA, in a braoadcast monitored here, said a freight train
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    • 565 9 ARRIVALS 1 ,136TV1CC Local Operator Number Time From TMA TL304B 0530 TPE PAA PA841 0960 SFO/HNL/GUM CAL C1816 1000 HLP JAL JL712 1000 HLP SIA SQ211 1010 HLP CPA CX710 1030 HLP QIA GA980 1030 HLP THAI TQ423 1035 BKK THAI TOM1 1045 BKK QIA GA908 1100
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  • 42 10 OILMEN a tough and special breed SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL OIL EXECUTIVES FROM THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS WERE IN MALAYSIA RECENTLY FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH PETRONAS Mr. O'Loughlin Mr. Walvoord Dr. Hu Mr. Schuurmani Raja Mohar Tan Sri Kadir
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  • 1431 10 THE recently concluded oil negotiations have brought to Malaysia a new kind of experience In dealing with yet another breed of foreign Investors the tough breed of oilmen. During the height of the negotiations. Kuala Lumpur saw the comings and goings on some
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  • 841 10  -  By PETER MOSLEY Reuter THE fear of black revolution has provoked a boom In gun sales among white South Africans. Gunsmiths report heavily overstocked order books for weapons generally highly priced by international standards. When stocks arrive often imported via devous routes because of
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  • 776 10  - B'desh a ray of hope By P. CHUTKOW AP. BANOLADEBH remains decades away from food self-sufficiency, but a good rice crop for the second year In a row has brought farmer Amln Uddln a tenuous ray of hope."I get a belly full of rice and pulse (Beans) every day now
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  • 298 12 THE Keppel Shipyard group appears to be headed for a static (if not a declining) profits performance In the current year. Figures issued in support of its latest 935 million bond offering in the market show that in the nine months to Sept 30,
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  • 164 12 WORKERS' Party secretary general, Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam, yesterday said that some institutions in Singapore support the PAP because they depend on the Oovernment's patronage. Big companies, foreign companies and large local companies do not want the people to come forward even though It is their right,
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  • 769 12 LONDON, Tues. The stock market closed lower, extending earlier falls after the sharp deficit in the UK trade balance for November. At 3 p.m., the Financial Times Index was eight points down at 325.7 on profittaking. The trade data produced a mark-down but dealers reported little selling pressure.
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  • 203 12 MITUTOYO Manufacturing, the largest manufacturer of precision measuring tools in the world, is keen to set up a manufacturing plant in Singapore. This was revealed by the company's president, Mr. T. Numata (above), at the official opening of the six-day exhibition of Mitutoyo's
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  • 106 12 THE consumer price Index rose 0.6 per cent In November after five consecutive months of decline. The rise Is attributable to higher food prices, mainly fish, vegetables and coffee powder. Food prices rose one per cent but remained lower than the November 1975 figure
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  • 100 12 MEMBERS of the public are reminded by the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore, that the deadline for redeeming the old Malayan currency notes and coins Into Singapore currency Is Dec 31 this year. The old Malayan currency Issued by the Board of Commissioners
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  • 45 12 THE public Is Invited to comment on seven draft specifications by the Standards Council of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. The new specifications deal with Industrial safety helmets, capacitors, fuse links, hatch wedges. Jibs, leading blocks and vegetq£>le cooking oil.
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  • 530 12 LONDON, Tues. Singapore remains a valuable export market In spite of the recent world recession, the subsequent loss of Its oil markets In South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and a reduction In the scale of oil exploration in the region, according to
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  • 441 12 AVIATION will continue to make significant contributions towards economic and technological progress in Asean, especially with the Imminent arrival of supersonic aircraft In the region. "And in the face of an expanding network of air communications in the region," said Mr. Ong Teng
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  • 232 12 SINGAPOREANS must be vigilant against communist and pro-communist elements who want to wreck the prosperity and political stability of the country. This was stressed by Dr. Lau Telk Soon, People's Action Party's (PAP) candidate for Serangoon Garden during a political rally last night. He pointed
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  • 317 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Banks and finance companies were urged today to ensure that their loans are distributed evenly to the various sectors of the economy, Irrespective of size of business or race. Finance Minister Tengku Razalelgh Hamzah said managers and other officers In banks and
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  • 254 12 THE People's Action Party has dropped six Members of the previous Parliament from its list of candidates for the Dec 23 general election. They are Professor Wong Lin Ken, former MP for Alexandra; Haji Mohamed Ariff bin Suradi (Kampong Kembangan); Mr. Sim Boon
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  • 51 12 TOKYO, Tues. Singapore's ambassador to Japan, Mr Wee Mon Cheng (second from left), toasting with presidents and executives of Japanese securities companies after signing an agreement with them on the sale of Singapore bonds totalling 10 billion yen (5583.4 million) at the Imperial Hotel here. UPI
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  • 183 12 NISSHO-IWAI, Japan s fifth largest trading organisation, and Furukawa Electric have won a $11.3 million order from the National Electricity Board of Malaysia, for the construcUon of an overhead 209 km transmission line from Malacca to Scudal. The two companies are scheduled to start
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  • 257 12 DR. Lee Slew Choh, the Barisan Soclalls leader, challenged the Prime Minister last night to let the people decide on the Issue of national service by holding a referendum on It. National service, he said at a rally In Queen Street, should not
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  • 187 12 AP MANILA, Tues. President Marcos conferred today with his finance and economic experts In efforts to tackle budgetary problems, Presidential Palace sources said. The sources said Finance Secretary Cesar Virata was expected to present a package of tax measures to raise in 1977 an additional revenue
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  • 70 12 Reuter TOKYO, Tues. Japan's South West Airline Co said It signed a letter of Intent with Boeing Co to buy three Boeing 737 aircraft with an option for a further one for delivery between April 1978 and December 1980. It said it chose the 737 to
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  • 132 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Burma expects to have better trade relations with Malaysia soon, the Burmese Agricultural Minister U Thlen Han, said today. U Thlen Han who arrived at the Subang Airport for a 10-day visit to Malaysia, said there is a great possibility
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