The Business Times, 13 March 1978

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1978 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Snap election?
      82 1 Reuter KOTA BHARU, Sun. The United Malay National Organisation (Umno) is certain to call a snap general election following its sweeping victory yesterday in voting for the Kelantan State Assembly, an opposition leader said today. Datuk Mohamed Asri, whose Islamic Party lost control of the state, retaining only
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      Lock icon Takeover warning
      57 1 Reuter MANILA, Sun. Mr. Roberto Benedlcto, ?nw!f man ot the Philippines Sugar Commission (Philsucom), has warned the country's 27 sugar mius that they must Improve their extraction efficiency or face takeover. The commission, which regulates the country's top exporting industry and controls all marketing, wants the mills to
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      Start building!
      54 1 PENANG, Sun. Lessees of state land were told today that they would have to built their factories within two years or face repossession by the government. The warning was given by the chairman of the State Land Committees, Datuk Teh Ewe Llm. He said this was to prevent
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      Lock icon Schmidt says no
      53 1 Reuter COLOGNE, Sun. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said today that West Germany does not plan further measures to stimulate Its economy. There has been speculation that such action could form part of a package of measures now being finalised by the West German and US governments to bolster
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      Lock icon Malik to be No 2
      68 1 Reuter JAKARTA. Sun. Former Foreign Minister Adam Malik is almost certain to be elected VicePresident of Indonesia in succession to Sultan Hamengku Buwono, informed sources said today. Following the 65-year-old Sultan's announcement yesterday that he could not stand for reelection together with President Suharto because
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      Active part
      61 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen pledged today that Malaysia would continue taking an active part in the Commonwealth. In a message today, he added that Malaysia valued its membership in the organisation. "Membership of the Commonwealth affords Malaysia the opportunity of maintaining a dialogue with
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      Lock icon Taiwan's GNP
      48 1 Reuter TAIPEH, Sun. Taiwan's gross national product will grow by 8.8 per cent this year, the Central News Agency reported today. The Council for Economic Planning and Development in a 1978 economic plan said that gross per capita Income is expected to hit US$l,3lB (5J3.031). Reuter.
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      Lock icon Baht moves up
      71 1 AFP BANGKOK, Sun. Three days after the Bank of Thailand unpegged the baht from US dollar parity, the dollar has begun to lose ground against the baht, the Bangkok Post said. Though the Bank of Thailand continued to buy and sell the dollar at 20.235 and 20.425
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      Lock icon World growth
      73 1 Reuter LONDON, Sun. Slow growth in the world economy over the next five years was predicted today by the Henley Centre for Forecasting, a leading British research group. World growth will be below the average since World War II it said, averaging 3.5 per cent a year in
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      Lock icon Leipzig fair
      43 1 Reuter LEIPZIG, Sun. Eastern Europe's main market place for East-West commerce, the Leipzig Fair, today opened Its spring session with pledges of long-term East German interest in trade with the West. Over 60 nations are represented at the weeklong fair. Reuter
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    118 1 THE following list of stocks gives the 10 most traded in on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for 1977/78. Company Turnover Price* Hifh Low '000 MarlO 1*77/1*78 United
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    LOCAL STOCK INDICES
    153 1 SINGAPORE Mart Mar 7 Mar8. Mar 9 Mar 10 BT Index: 574.36 583.31 602.04 595.06 607.59 Industrials: 270.54 270.60 271.76 271.91 272.30 ft Finance: 439.84 439.84 439.55 438.93 440.60 Hotels: 179.45 179.61 179.61 179.81 179.92 Properties: 160.40 160.32 160,72 160.56 163.17 t Tins: 142.43 142.06 142.69 142.81
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    Banks stay their hands over hike
    761 1  -  PRIME HOVERS UNEASILY By SOH TIANG KENG MANY Singapore banks have dropped the idea of raising their prime rate for the time being after taking a fresh look at the economic situation here. These banks, which originally planned to Jack up their prime from
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    Lock icon Japanese asked to contribute
    172 1 Reuter MALAYSIA, Singapore and Indonesia have asked Japan to contribute towards the cost of safety measures needed to maintain a smoth flow of traffic in the Straits of Malacca, one of the world's busiest waterways. Informed sources said the request was made at a twoday meeting
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    EXPORT ORDER
    92 1 BBC BROWN Boverl (Singapore) recently won its largest export order, worth almost $7 million for the supply of current limiters to an Asean country. BBC Singapore deals in power generation, power transmission and power utilisation. The company won its latest contract against very strong European and Japanese competition.
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    Fair share of cake for Singaporeans
    616 1  -  ■y JOHN TAN SINGAPOREANS' standard of living has risen in the 12 years since Independence, primarily because of rapid expansion In the manufacturing sector. As a result, Singaporeans have been able to spend more and save more at the same time. Despite the higher
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    Fourth round of Concorde talks makes no headway
    312 1 BRITISH aad Miityiiu officiali met for Um fourth time to diacuaa the Concorde overflights through Malaysian airspace in a two-day meeting held over the weekend. The talks have done little to loosen the deadlock between the two countries on the issue. According
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    Conference calls for closer trade cooperation
    514 1 GOVERNORS of central banks and monetary authorities from members of the Islamic Conference held their first meeting In Kuala Lumpur yesterday to exchange views on how to promote investment In Islamic countries. Malaysian Finance Minister Tengku Razalelgh Hamzah opening the conference urged the Islamic
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      72 1 mm SHIPPING TIMES PIL mm good in shipping slump S INVESTORS wise up DONT miss the Pyongyang CAPEL forecasts Sime Darby Arts Troupe 6 WHAT'S on the chsss scene 7 TIPS on corporate art buys 7 MARKET reviews: Local scene more bullish 8 ROLEX Masters golf championship 11 LOTS of
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      460 2 Financial Highbghts ARAB-MALAYSIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BERHAD extends a warm welcome to the HONOURABLE MINISTERS OF FINANCE and GOVERNORS OF CENTRAL RANKS of the Arab and Islamic countries on the occasion of the SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK. As the first banking link between Malaysia and the
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Strength of economy underpins the currency
      261 3 Reuter US TREASURY Secretary, 'Michael Blumenthal, said the strength of the dollar Is assured by the strength of the US economy. I Mr. Blumenthal told the National Newspaper Association that the administration is concerned over the decline of the dollar 1 against several major
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      Lock icon Ushiba may goad US to support ailing dollar
      551 3 Agencies JAPAN may send Mr. Nobuhlko Ushiba, Minister for External Economic Affairs, to Washington to ask the US to take more effective action to defend the ailing US dollar. Tokyo government leaders said ministerial level talks are necessary to cope with the
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      Lock icon Weekend accord to stem dollar's fall
      1423 3 BONN-WASHINGTON TALKS Agencies GERMAN AMERICAN consultations on the sick dollar over the weekend would result In an agreement designed to haft its decline, according to West Oerman Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. "Something is taking place over the weekend that will be announced on Monday (today),'*
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      Lock icon Glasgow Corp paying back Euro-$ loan
      754 3 Reuter GLASSGOW Corporation next month will repay a US$2OO million (§1462 million) Eurodollar loan scheduled to mature from 1980 to 1984 In a further move to lessen the burden of repayments due from the UK In the early 1980s, Glasgow finance director William English
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        ARGENTINA'S YEN BOND'
        512 3 THE ARGENTINE government said It plans to offer Its first bond issue In Japan for 15 billion yen (Ssl44 million) on April 1. The Ministry of Economy will determine the interest rate and types of bonds for the bearer bond issue later. A FORMAL producernations' request to
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      Lock icon UMW AND MINE OWNERS NEGOTIATE
      159 3 Reuter AMERICAN union leaders and mine owners were yesterday negotiating a peaceful settlement to America's longest coal strike before government Intervention takes effect. Both sides were under pressure to resolve the 97day dispute before Federal marshals finish delivering President Carter's back-to-work orders to union officials
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      MEMO PAD
      212 3 COURSES AND TALKS DATES TITLE LOCATION ORGANISER Feb 13 Administrative YWCA. Marine University of Mar 31 management Parade Singapore Mar 6-15 Material Store NPB Accounting and Hotel Royal Control Ramada 6-17 LCA Module 11: Basic Industrial NPB NPB Pneumatics Jurong office 6—17 IE Module 1: Methods Study Mar
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      35 3 im \A\v*>\Yv»\« ,»\Nv m *v\ A *rf AV JkVV BALLY OF SWITZERLAND rifltii i THE LEADING a J W/J'l TAILORS 4 STORE HIGH ST CENTRE OCEAN BUILOMG SUPREME HOUSE GOODWOOD, HILTON, RAFFLES HOTELS COLD STORAGE
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      652 3 TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 He gives us a rondo t5) 8 John; in bed. Jack (5) 10 Ben joins old Bob after a quarter to six (5) 11 continue hissing, boy (3) 12 Points out beer In the country (5) 13 Labour supporter? (7) 15 The number to
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER MARTS
      274 4 TERMINAL rubber In London on Friday closed officially steady at the day's highs and mostly 0.70 to 1.15 pence per kilo up from Thursday's close. Volume totalled two lots of five tonnes and 002 lots of 15 tonnes including 25 kerb trades, with no options traded. Market
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      Straits tin
      145 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang on Saturday fell another MS2O to $1,600 per plcul, on an official offering down 16 tonnes to 180 tonnes. In LONDON on Friday, tin was unchanged from Erevlous closing levels in oth contracts. The afternoon market fell sharply under liquidation and chart
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      Coffee
      426 4 ROBUSTA futures In London on Friday closed officially steady mostly £15 lower to £9 per tonne higher compared with Thursday's close. Exceptionally, spot March featured with a £70 decline. Volume totalled 3,190 lots Including 34 options. Spot March close traded and bid at £1,545 having traded 581 lots within
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      Copper
      317 4 COPPER wlrebars in London on Friday rose by £1.50 per tonne all round. The market recouped morning ring losses during the afternoon on shortcovering although business was fairly slow. The movement continued onto the kerb where Three Months reached the day's hlah of £669.50. values eased back on the
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      Silver
      215 4 SILVER on the London Metal Exchange lost 0.3 to 0.8 pence per troy ounce on Friday. The market was erratic during the afternoon as covering and fresh buying ran into profit-taking ana pre-weekend liquidation in the ring. But values advanced on the kerb where Three Months traded up to
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      Sugar
      328 4 TERMINAL sugar In London on Friday closed steady with minor losses from Thursday in most positions, after having declined in the morning to new contract lows In 1978 months. Turnover totalled 2,649 lots Including 16 options. The market steadied In the afternoon on weekend short-covering, sterling's weakness and general
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      Rice
      214 4 THE BANGKOK rice market on Saturday was quoted with prices unchanged. (In US dollars per tonne fob. basis Bangkok): Whit* Rice: 100 per cent new crop Ist class 422. 2nd class 407, 3rd class 402; new crop 5 per cent 383. 10 per cent 380. IS per cent 375,
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      Zinc
      33 4 ZINC on the day lost £4.25 all round In London on Friday. The market fluctuated narrowly during the afternoon in light two-way trading. The morning market was fairly subdued with profittaking developing.
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      Gold
      597 4 THE KILOBAR in Singapore on Saturday opened at S$ 14,073 and closed higher at 5514,110. In the London market, the metal opened at US$lBB.OO/30 and eased to a low of US$lBB.O5/35. The market stayed at this level throughout the morning before some buying emerged near closing time and pushed
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      Cocoa
      274 4 TERMINAL cocoa in London on Friday closed near newly established 1978 contract highs with, on balance, gains of £19 to £59.50 per tonne. Turnover totalled 5,882 lots including 52 options and 1,958 lots self-traded. The rise was attributed by dealers to an apparent tightening in the nearby supply situation
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      Lead
      63 4 LEAD finished the day with all round losses of £4.50 per tonne In London on Friday. The market dipped under profit-taking during the afternoon but shortcovering steadied values on the kerb. Prices declined during the morning under end-week profit-taking and long liquidation which took Three Months from £310 on
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      Soybean
      169 4 SOYBEAN futures closed sharply lower, finishing at or Just above the session's lows, with losses of 27-1/4 to 22-1/4 cents a bushel on Frldayln Chicago. Prices dropped quickly in early trading with commercial selling adding to local and commission-house selling which sent prices Into commission house sellstops. Hedge selling
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      Wheat
      136 4 WHEAT futures carried losses Into the close but finished the session two to four US cents above the day's lows In Chicago on Friday. The March contract ended with a sVfc cent loss, while other Months ranged 3* to v« cent a bushel lower. A lower opening on selling
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      Coffee and pepper traded lower
      815 4 COFFEE and pepper were both traded lower while copra and coconut oil more than held their own In a quiet Singapore produce market last week. The biggest plunge was seen In coffee where all grades were marked down by $40 per pjcul on Thursday after
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      Produce exchange
      215 4 CHINEBE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, gIHGAPOaE WOQN CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL ON SATURDAY: Coconut Oil: Bulk *85 seller* old teller* new drum 195 Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont 857 ou yen. ioSra w I 2SSt. AS T A wWU ,ob V? w Wl2 iHlert, Sarawak 9# NL W M2W *ellen, SfUySti
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      Palm oil
      74 4 C I F. US dollars per ton. LONDON: Friday Previous Malaysian 5H fta bulk May 619 sir 025 sir Sumatra 5% tta March unch 500 pd April unch 600/605 pd May 820 sir 580 pd June July 595 sir 590 sir 627 Vi pd 585/602 '•.pd 595 qtd
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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        Singapore market
        223 4 t WITH uncertainty still r prevailing over the coal t workers strike, the US e dollar opened weak last week against the German i mark at the 1.90 level. However, It made a comel back when there was some apprehension of possible i German financial measures s to
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        Minimum lending rates
        71 4 THE AVERAGE prime rate of buki 1b Singapore standi •round 7 per cent, with the range running between 6*4 per cent and 7W par cent. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation is at the lower «ke range while a number of banks, including Citibank and Development Bank of Singapore, are
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        Asian $ rates
        273 4 Asian rates THE market was fairly active last week as rates eased marginally In short dates and periods, especially Sl* Months, lost 1/8 per cent. However, Friday saw a plunge with rates closing another 1/8 per cent down across the board following a drop In money supply by 900 million
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        Lock icon Discount
        314 4 Source: Commercial Discount Co RATES in the local money market last week opened firm on Monday but, as anticipated, eased for the rest of the week. Contributory factors advanced by market observers were the comparatively negligible volume of swap maturities after the return of cash into the system and
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        Zurich
        463 4 THE foreign exchange market last week further stood under the impression of the Swiss measures to combat the Swiss franc's excessive strength. When the details of the measures came out during the previous week, it became clear that the measures were much tougher than originally thought. As a result
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        London
        208 4 NEWS that senior Bundesbank sources expect US German telephone talks over the weekend to produce concrete results to help the US dollar brought general covering of short positions against the dollar in London on Friday ahead of the weekend. It closed higher against major currencies but lower against the
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        Euro $ rates
        206 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposit rates closed mostly easier after moderate to fairly active trading on Friday, although some positions steadied at the lower levels after the easier opening. The recent strength of the dollar against European currencies in foreign exchange markets was the major factor cited by dealers for
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        New York
        267 4 THE DOLLAR closed mixed against major currencies, easing against the Swiss franc and mark and firming against sterling in fairly light but nervous trading on Friday. The Swiss franc closed at 51.20/50 US cents, comSared with Its opening ).60/80 and Thursday's close of 50.55/85. The market was very
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        Frankfurt
        42 4 FRANKFURT exchanges closing quotes on March 10: US 2 0450/60 Can 1 8230/40 8t« 3 632/642 D>l 83.57/77 8 Ft 104.60/105.30 Ut 82 385/365 F Ft 41.67/42.12 Yen 0.8700/30 B Fr (con) 6.425/435 B Fr (fin) 6.42/43 N Kr 38 20/28
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        Money market
        56 4 THE Interbank overnight? market last week main*, talned a steady average of 10 cl at thrf 3 *to 3Vk per cent level. One Month deposits easecfc tremendously from an opening of 5 l/i« to 4 15/18 !£ctoee at 4* to 4%, while ls/lj'w 4 IVI. „r s s«
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        Short term money
        40 4 EP R endwl Friday 10, the range of call «t<M received from Short BANK FUND 2 per cent to 5 per cent. GENERAL FUNDS 2 per cent to 4% per cent. Movements of fund totalled $441 million.
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      181 4 We're one of Singapore's youngest banks! Considering that the first account, established with us, is just four years old, we have already become a sturdy plant, firmly rooted in our garden city. Fertilised by satisfied customers, who entrust their business to us and who come to us for advice and
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Japanese reject Greek request
      146 5 Reuter JAPANESE shipbuilders rejected Greek shipowners' demands for Improved credit terms on contracts for ships built or being built In Japan, a spokesman for the Japan Shipbuilders' Asso- elation said. This was the second Japanese refusal. The Greek owners made a similar re- quest last July.
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      LONDON FREIGHT
      65 5 JAPANESE grain imports from the US Gulf and Argentina were steady in the Gulf and firm in the River Plate. Rosenfeld repeated U5510.75 (5524.70) (flo) for a 31,000-ton grain haul on the US Gulf-Japan grain run on March 20 to 30, while Orionbel fixed the Defiant from the
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      PIL turns the bad times to advantage
      744 5  -  By TERESA LIM LOCAL shipping Is still largely undeveloped. Although the slump in shipbuilding prices makes it an ideal time to order new buildings, few local shipping companies are using this opportunity to expand or modernise their fleets. For most of these companies,
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      657 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From SAS SK097 0650 CPH/THR/BKK MAS MH601 0715 KUL MAS MH682 0810 KCH SIA SQ101 0815 KUL MAS MH621 0835 PEN MAS MH607 0845 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL GIA GA980 1030 HLP CPA CX710 1035 HLP THAI TG423 1035 BKK
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      168 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Beihitsa (1500 after Vaail Levsky) 10/11 Dall(Bojb) (1100 overall length not to exceed 109 m) 40 Golden Horse (1500) 44 Lumut (2100) 20 West Novlkov Prlboy (0000 after Chidambaram) 13/14 Ocean Supply (B Barge) (1900) 48 Oriental Antelope (1500) (subject free board)
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      Lock icon Cuts in port congestion charge
      205 5 Reuter THE Association of West India Trans-Atlantic Steam Ship Lines (Wltass) announced that the levels of the congestion surchages currently applying at La Oualra, Puerto Cabello and Maracalbo City will be adJusted for all vessels loading at European ports as well as these Venezuelan ports
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      Lock icon Swiss yard hit by $475 m loss in forex
      298 5 Reuter THE Swedish governmentowned shipbuilding company, Svenska Varv AB, ■aid it had a foreign exchange ioaa of 850 million crowns (8*475 million) but denied local press reports which blamed the losses on speculation in the Swiss franc. The company, which began
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      IATA MAN QUITS
      84 5 MR. ANTHONY Vandyk, public relations director of the International Air Transport Association (lata), has left the organisation to return to the media field. Since March 1, Mr. Gordon Ruddlck, director, Information services (Geneva) and Mr. Don Pengelly, director, informatlon services (Montreal) have been in charge. They report
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      Airlines way ahead in making money
      149 5 AIRLINES were the best industry in the United States in terms of business performance last year. Business Week magazine said the airline industry chalked up a 93 per cent gain in profits over the preceding year. Second on the list was real estate and
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      New ships
      37 5 A GROUP of Japanese banks led by the Yasuda Bank has granted a IS billion yen (SSI49 million) loan to the Algerian stateowned shipping company, the Compagnle Natlonale Algerlenne de Naviatlon, to buy new vessels.
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  • REVIEWS
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      Learn how to treasure life in Our Town
      423 6  -  By TSANG SAU YIN ••OUR TOWN" the Thornton Wilder play perI formed by Stage Club recently is simple, straightforward, hardly roaring with blood and passion. But striking enough at the time 1938 to win a Pulitzer Prize, for all that. It Is
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      Two records for our cultural aspirations
      922 6 Lieder Recital Loh Siew Tuan (Soprano), Lee Kum Sing (pianiat) ALIOOI. Alma Record*. Robert Schumann (1810 1856) Frauenliebe und Leben Op. 42 Johannes Brahms (1833 1897) Alte Hebe Op. 72 dem Kirchhofe Op. Dein blaues Auge Op. 59 Von exoiger Lie be Op. 43
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      SECOND BOOK AWARDS
      128 6 THE National Book Development Council of Singapore will make ita series of Book Awards for Singapore books published between 1975-77 during the lOtb annual Festival of Books and Book Fair, Aug. 2® Sept 4, this year. The Awards come in the form of trophies and cash prizes
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      Another chance to see the Korean troupe
      495 6 1 THE National Theatre Trust in association with the Embassy of the Democratic People's 1 Republic of Korea will be 1 presenting the Pyongyang f Arts Troupe at the National I Theatre from tomorrow to 1 March 20 at 8.30 pm nlght- ly
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      A RECORD ENTRY
      436 7 CHESS Is gaining popularity among local schoolkids, Judging by the overwhelming popularity of the Nescafe National Junior Chess Championships which started on Saturday and which will end on March 18, at the Victoria School Hall. About 316 students are competing in seven sections, a record entry In
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      Lock icon The perfume game
      879 7  -  The dream merchants are at it again now pushing the personal Paradise that perfume supposedly brings, to more women than just those in the elite, at attractive budget prices. But the facts remain the facts: first, that the perfume game is about animal sexual attraction nothing more
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      Not a popular hobby here
      1121 7  -  b» PITER CHIA CHESB enthusiasts in Singapore are a minority. There are today about 5,000 members of the Singapore School's Chess Club but only a meagre 100 adults In the Singapore Chess Federation. Some chess officials suggest that companies should form chess clubs for employees
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      Lock icon Tips on corporate art buys
      1296 7  -  Corporate art and art collections are not yet concepts as well established in Singapore as in the US, but there is a growing tendency here for business to commission local artworks, both as investments and as interior decor accessories for new offices. Some collections, such
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      82 6 9NGAPORE HLTON 881 Orchard Road, S'pore 9. Tel: *****3 Hilton presents Easter Happenings Easter Cake Sales Coffee Shop March 13 26 Chocolate Easter Eggs, Bunnies, Hot Cross Buns and Cakes a tempting offering of mouth-watering goodies. Easter Luncheon Buffet Top Of The Hilton Sunday, March 26 Sumptuous Buffet Lunch Easter
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      737 6 EXHIBITIONS: LAST, and second, day today for the Indonesian Art and Antique Exhihition-cum-sale at the ballroom of the Marco Polo Hotel, open to the public from 11am 9pm. Messrs. Don Slegel and Bob McClure of Banyan Productions have personally "shopped" throughout Indonesia for this wide range of Indonesian art and
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      271 6 nnmn SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening announcements followed by Nail a Illam (TamilRepeat) s 3.30 Diary Of Events (Tamil) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee The Visit (Pt. 1) Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Irina Demick, Paola Stoppa 4.25 Intermission 6.00 Opening announcements followed by Land Of The Lost 0 6.30 News in
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      296 7 *v-.~ HOTEL MIRAMAR 401 Haveiock Road, Singapore 3 Tel: *****2. HOTEL NEGARA 15 Claymore Drive, Singapore 9 Tel: *****1 HOTEL NEW HONGKONG 101 Victoria Street, Singapore 7 Tel: *****1. OBEROI IMPERIAL HOTEL I Jalan Rumbia, Singapore 9 Tel. *****6 ORCHID INN 214 Dunearn Road, Singapore II Tel. *****2 ORCHARD HOTEL
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      895 8  -  SINGAPORE •y COH HIANG FONG NEWS of Slme Darby's ,t>omecomlng provided the spark In an otherwise dull Singapore stock market last and the Immediate .prospects for the market look bullish. -v Sentiment was also o helped In a small way by the <hlgner levels to which the -pow
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      Company News for the week ended Mar 10
      415 8  -  Camfai fc. T Y Wong OTHERS General Lumber, responding to queries from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange pertaining to its recent acquisition of the assets of Federated Kilning and Exporting, has disclosed that this acquisition will affect Its earnings capacity but did
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      309 8 Reuter THE rise in the Sydney share Market baffled brokers this wssk u more bad newa oa the balanoe of payments and company results emerged, dealers said. The external position figure showed no signiflcant inflow of foreign capital during February and therefore no roaaoa for many annlysts to chance
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      Trade and aid
      1133 8  -  LONDON ■y GERALD COLVERD THERE Is a comforting similarity between current top level talks amongst Western governments on trade and world currency 6roblems and those that ave pepperpotted the swings of post-war economic cycles. It Is probably unsophisticated to merely observe that nothing changes except the names,
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      662 8 NYT THE stock market was a study In contrasts last week. It started out in the doldrums and wound up with a rousing rally on Friday that put the Dow Jones lndustlal average ahead by 11.27 points for the week. The blue-chip indicator finished at 758.58. On Monday,
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      438 8 Source: SHK Sec THE market continued to gain ground in active trading on Monday, but some heavy profit-taking towards lunch time brought prices back to Friday's closing levels. Utilities such as China Light up 10 at 20.50 and HK Electric 5 better at 5.40 helped to balance some looses
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      Share prices finish on a very steady note
      1084 8 KUALA LUMPUR SELECTED plantation stocks together with a handful of speculative industrial lower-liners commanded most of the attention of the KLSE for the greater part of this week with many such counters registering fair to moderate gains. On Friday, however, Slme Darby
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      Sharp rally
      951 9 New York THE dollar's gain abroad sparked a sharp and broad based stock market rally on Friday. lifting the D J industrial average more than eight points sin the second heaviest trading session of the year. Support of the rally also came J ftom an unexpected decline In
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      Toronto
      338 9 StiARE prices closed sharply higher in active trading on Friday as the market recorded Its strongest rally In more than tbree months. cThe composite Index, up nearly 10 points, saw Its best gain since Dec 1. Oil and Oas rose more than 20 points. Its biggest increase In a
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      Jo'burg
      375 9 GOLD shares drifted easier in fair trading following declining bullion Indications on Friday, dealers said. Some overseas selling was evident with later sporadic buying at the lower levels. Financial minings eased In line with producers. De Beers rose five cents to 505 after an earlier 588 on local buying,
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      Selected indices
      36 9 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 459.0 Thursday 450.5 Week Ago 436.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 758.5® Thursday 750 00 Week Ago 747.31 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday 91 to 91W Thursday 85 to 85 V»
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      Paris prices mostly higher
      190 9 EUROPEAN MARKETS SHARE prices closed generally mixed on European bourses on Friday. In Parts, however, shares were mostly higher on intervention by institutional investors and following news French President Valery Olscard d'Estalng will make a televised speech before the first round In the general elections, bourse
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      Amsterdam
      228 9 MAR I* Fit ABN 346.80 1.3 Ahold 100 00 unch Akzo 22 40 ♦0.7 AMEV 80 70 -0 6 Am fas 108 80 ♦0.4 Am rot Bank 74.70 ♦0.1 Bergoss 03 00 ♦3 Berk 06 00 -1 Bo Is 9® 60 -0.5 BonumlJ 141 00 unch Burhmann 66 20
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      Paris
      272 9 MAR It Frt CORBEILLE Air-Uquide B S N Gervals Danone CS F (ThomsonCsf) Cle Francalse des Petroles Compagnle Flnanclere Compagnle General* Credit Fonder De France Hachette (Llbralrte) Machines Bull Mlchelln(B) Paribas Pechlney Clgine Kuhlmann Peugeot' Philips (Nv Gem Bezlt) PnntempsSA Rhone- Poulence SA Royal Dutch SueXCIe Flnan De) Thomson-Brandt
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      163 9 SHARE prices rose sharply on Saturday with active selective buying spreading over moat sections In anticipation of a cut in the Bank of Japan's official discount rate next week, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 43 05 to close at this year's highest of 5.254.79 with volume of
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      218 9 MAR 10 Dm Aef-Telefunken 88 40 +0.2 Akzo 21B AUz Leben 629 unch Allz Vers 487 -1 BASF 137 90 -0 4 Bay H T Wbank 285B BayVbank 322 -2 Bayer 138 30 *0.1 BBC 302B BMW 228B Cassella Chem Verw 228 50 Commerzbank 232 10 0 6 Conn
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      188 9 MAR l« Francs Actions Suisses 258 uncti Alusulsse Br 1150 unci: Alusuisse Reg 540 5 Brown Bo vert Br 1525 -10 Clba Geigy Br. 1120 15 Clba Gelgy PC 830 15 CibaGeigy Reg 640 -1 Credit Suisse Br 2220 -30 Credit Suisse Reg 437 Elektrowatt Br. v 1530 -10
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      93 9 MAR M Frs FORWARD MARKET Acec 2)7 -3 Arbed 2290 unch Astur 464 18 Brascan 440 ♦6 Bru-Lamb 1410 8 Canpac 476 +3 Cock 356 2 I* Beers 168 2 Ebes 2355 ♦5 Electrobel 6060 unch Gb-lnno-Bm 1860 unch Qe\ 1236 unch Hobok 2250 unch fvtro 3800 +■40 Ryl
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      600 9 Reuter LONDON: UK Government bond prices edged higher this week with the government broker selling between £40 million and £75 million of the short dated tap stock and market analysts now detect a change in sentiment from recent weeks. A smaller rise in the February banking
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      Is big McDonald's slowing down?
      428 9 NEW YORK: By some measures, the performance of the McDonald's Corp. has been extraordinary. The giant hamburger chain's earnings growth has been uninterrupted since shares were first offered to the public In 1965. As a result of the earnings growth, the shares have been unusually
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      Field may be target of proxy fight
      247 9 WORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES CHICAGO: Marshall Field and Co., the department store chain which successfully resisted a takeover attempt by Los Angeles-based Carter Hawley Hall Stores, Inc., may be the target of a proxy fight to force Its directors to back down on their
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      Reynolds currency losses
      62 9 REYNOLDS Metals Co said unrealised foreign currency translation losses of about US$2B million, will exceed profits from operations in the first quarter. These losses arise princi- pally in connection with long-term debt of its interests in West Germany and Britain and are linked to the decline in
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      Lock icon ITT likely to raise dividend
      113 9 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Telephone and Telegraph Corp. predicted it would raise its dividend as profits grow over the next several years. ITT reported audited results of 1977 which were in line with the profits It reported a month ago. Its 1977 profits totalled $562.3 million or
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      Lock icon Kyoto deal with Johnson
      97 9 ASIAN COMPANIES Reuter TOKYO: Kyoto Ceramic Co said It has signed a sales and distribution agreement with Johnson of the US for sapphire dental Implants and related Instruments made by the Japanese firm. Under the agreement Johnson and Johnson has exclusive rights to sell the products
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      Mitsubishi
      36 9 TOKYO: Mitsubishi Motor Corp said It plans to begin exporting to the US from later this year small pickup trucks newly developed by the Japanese firm to break into domestic and overseas small truck markets.
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      Alcoa expects shipment rise
      150 9 THE president of Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), William Renner, predicted aluminum industry shipments will rise five to seven per cent this year over 1977. Mr. Renner, in a speech to the annual convention of the National Association of Recycling Industries, said aluminum Inventories "are at
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      ATT TO SPEND MORE
      61 9 AMERICAN Telephone and Telegraph Corp chairman John Debutts said the Bell system subsidiaries will raise an estimated $2 billion to $2.3 billion in money markets this year. Mr Debutts told a financial writers meeting the total capital spending programme is estimated at $12.8 billion, up $300
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      Lock icon Sony becomes Global agent
      143 9 Reuter JAPAN'S leading electronics appliance maker Sony Corporation announced It had become a sales agent In Japan of Olobal Navigation Incorporated of California, the world's leading airborne navigation system maker. Sony said It would market Olobal's GNS-500-A, an airborne navigation system which provided pilots with their
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      Lock icon FHI TYRE CONTRACT
      93 9 Reuter TOKYO: Fuji Heavy Industries said It has contracted to buy steel radial tyres from Michelln et Cle on a long-term basis from June. Initial imports will be 2,000 tyres a month, which v will be used on some models of Its Subaru Leone sub- compact cars
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      Lock icon Kawasaki to export cement plant
      109 9 AFP KAWASAKI Heavy Industries, a major Japanese steel manufacturer, will exB)rt a cement plant worth Ss22 million to Acerlas Paz Del Rio S.A. (APR). Colombia's sole private steel producer, Kawasaki said. Under a contract signed recently, the plant with a daily production capacity of 2,000
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      76 9 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 16th March, 1981 of: A The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited D.B.S. Building. 6 Shenton Way Singapore 1. We hereby certify that the rate of interest payable on the above-mentioned certificates of deposit for the interest period beginning
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      26 9 Inspect New Trends Seek New Opportunities Find Fresh Solutions Hanover Fair 'TO Wednesday 19thThursday 27th April 1978 Aerospace Exhibition i VMti April 26- May 4 1978
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      Investors more aware
      503 10  -  Market Talk... J »y GOH HIANG FONG INVESTORS have been showing an increasing awareness of fundamentals In their approach to buying and selling of equities if recent trends in the Singapore stock market is any gauge to go by. While speculative issues have in the past few
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      James Capel expects SDL rise
      891 10  -  •y MANO SABNANI THANKS largely to the strength of sterling which has firmed in recent months against the Malaysian ringgit, Slme Darby London's pre-tax profit for the current year ending June 30, 1978 is expected to rise to M 515.4 million from about $13 million
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      333 10 Current payment Ex Date Books Close Date payable Total for the year Total for previous year M. Banking Wilkinson Taiping Consolidated Ben La Kempas Min. Securities Maia. S.P. Textile L'td. Asbestos Cement Robinson K.L. Kepong Berjaya Kawat Hume (M) Berhad Tronoh Mines Ayer Hi tarn Tin Hume (FE)
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      SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      2625 10 1*77/1*78 HiCh Low Company Lul Sale Week ♦•rOr'. Dfe Div C'rr Gr't Y'M Net 1 P/E Week Vol (to#) Weak Hifk Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 165 266 124 262 88* 234 169 291 *2 146 132 165 58 212 57* 155 144 182 350 91 Acma Alcom
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      CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS
      1441 10 March 10 TRADING on the Chicago Board Options Exchange came to 106,342 contracts compared with 98,998 contracts on Thursday. OPTION APL JLY OCT STOCK Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Am Tel Am Tel Am Tel AUR AUR AUR Avon Avon-P Avon Avon-P Avon Avon-P Bank Am Bank Am
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      420 10 JACK CHIA~MPH LIMITED Jc-niph CORPORATE ASSISTANT to the CHAIRMAN As a result of expansion and re-organization, the preeent Executive Aseistant to the Chairman, concurrently a director of Jack Chie-MPH Ltd, has been promoted and will shortly be aeeuming wider and more responsibility as Executive Director of a large public company
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      1465 11  -  Br HUGH McILVANNEY The Observer LONDON: In the team games the greatest players nourish those around them with the strength of their natures as well as their talent, and It Is leadership as much as brilliance that the Netherlands squad will
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      Murray sweeps Rolex Masters title
      709 11  -  By ERNEST FRIDA SINGAPORE Professional Golfers Association president Alan Murray came from behind to win the $10,000 Rolex Masters golf championship at Buklt Course yesterday. He played excellent golf In the final round and fully deserved to win the championship for the third time. The
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      361 11 UPI AP DALLAS, Sun. Evonne Goolagong, the only pro left to deal with the amateur stars in the Maureen Connally Brlnker tennis tournament, defeated 15- ear-old Pam Shrlver, 6-4, -5, last night to move Into the finals. Qoolagong, slowed only slightly by a foot
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      Lock icon B.T. SPORTS ROUND-UP
      580 11 Agencies MIAMI, Sun. Jack Nlcklaus fired a 5-under-par 67 yesterday to tie with John Mahaffey for a oneshot lead after two rounds of the Doral Eastern Open golf tournament. Nlcklaus and Mahaffey, who shot a 09, go into today's 36-hold final at 7-under-par 13d, one shot ahead
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      Lock icon The man that is behind Forest's fire
      1086 11  -  By MATTHEW ENGEL Reuter LONDON: A loud cheer goes up from the packed terraces when Nottingham Forest. England's most successful soccer team, trot out on to their home ground alongside the polluted river Trent in the English midlands. Then the manager strolls out
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      67 11 PGF STATUS GOLF BALLS Recommended by Johnny Miller, 1976 British Open Champion. First class tennis racquets and shoes from the U.S.A. Etonic Golf and casual shoes from the U.S.A. Just a few items from our wide selection of world-class sports equipment. Come and inspect the latest range at Also available
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    Lock icon Compromise reached on debt problems
    902 12 NORTH-SOUTH TALKS MAY REOPEN AFP AP RICH and poor countries have reached a compromise settlement In Geneva this weekend after a week of talks on Third World debt problems. Observers said the work at the ministerial council of the UN conference on Trade and Development
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    Oregon bank chief here
    96 12 THE CHAIRMAN and chief executive officer of the First National Bank of Oregon, Robert Wallace (above), is in Singapore for a one-week visit. Mr. Wallace will meet the bank's customers during his stay. He Is accompanied by Kenneth Stoutt, vice-president and manager of the international banking
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    Lock icon Textile accord
    58 12 AFP LONG-DRAWN negotiations on a textile pact between Hongkong and Canada ended in agreement late Friday night. The new agreement will replace from January next year, the existing Canadian global quota system and is the first of a series of similar three-year bilateral agreements wnicn Canada will be
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    IT'S OPEN SESAME IN WEST ASIA
    854 12  -  By TSANG SAU YIN THE success of West Asian development programmes is highly dependent on imported technology and manpower, due to the absence of non oil-related raw materials and industrial Inputs in that region which makes it an ideal market for exporters such as
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    Arabs can invest in Asean commodities
    218 12 THE NEED to expand natural rubber production to meet demand in the 1980s offers opportunities for the profitable Investment of Arab oil funds, Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Amar Talb said. Encik Taib toid Southeast Asian and Arab businessmen at the AseanWest Asia investment conference
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    Lock icon Preferential trading
    66 12 Reuter MALAYSIA will support moves to secure preferential trading arrangements for its products in Asean, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Abdul Othman said. Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day meeting of Toshiba Company, he said moves towards greater preferential trading arrangement among member Asean countries and a
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    CHINESE VICE PM GIVES ASEAN THE THUMBS-UP
    295 12 CHINESE Vico-Praaier Li Hsien-nien last night offered his country's fall-backing to Asean in its search for regional neutrality and the protection of its natural resources in the face of the superpowers. Mr Li was speaking at the largest state bsuiquet the Philippines has
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    Lock icon China's mammoth trade meet
    126 12 AFP CHINA announced that a national conference on trade and finance would take place In Peking in May-June to set the stage for Its ambitious development programme. The People's Dally said the conference will be the biggest of its kind since the founding of the People's
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    S'pore not confined to only one club
    746 12  -  •y TERESA LIM SINGAPORE will not pledge exclusivity of membership to any one economic or political club Its membership of Asean In particular, will not diminish Its concern with the Commonwealth. In a world of constantly changing international politics, It keeps faith In
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    Lock icon Papers rap Fukuda for stale plans
    392 12 UPI AFP EDITORIAL critics of Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda said the government was again paying lip service to Japan's economic problems by announcing a new imports plan. "There Is nothing new in the programme," said a front-page commentary in the Sankel Shlmbun newspaper.
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    HOMEMAKERS FAIR IS FIRST AT WTC
    248 12 THE FIRST major exhibition to be held indoors at the Port of Singapore Authority's soon-to-be-completed World Trade Centre will be an international (air displaying a wide range of furniture and furnishings for the homemaker. The fair, to be known as Homemakers '79, is scheduled
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    3575 13 SCHEDTOE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The following list tabulates, by port of destination the name of the ship, the shipping line Involved, and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from Singapore port. ;t Consortium* SeulMth has > Joint mt▼ice
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      425 13 Scan Dutch Fast and Regular Service To/From N.C./SCAN/W.MED. Every 10 Days. Singapore: Tel. *****, Port Ketong: Tel. *****1, Kuala Lumpur Tel. *****, Penang. Tel. ***** Seatrain Lines Inc (U S A Trans-Pacific Service Full Container Service T FCCDCWVSL SPOM MOTHE AVESSEL ITT~ $I*l*llo Hill V 1} VESSEL 14/3 MOTHER «l
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      619 13 J WORLD _g" LINE EXPRESS REGULAR SERVICE JAPAN/HONGKONG/STRAITS KSSEL SPOKE P. KELAMG BLUE SHARK L-13 Mar. 19/20 Mar. 21/22 S*an L-7 Mar. 22/23 Mar. 24/25 BLACK WHALE 1.12 Mar. 21/29 Mar. 31/31 Seaport 6m. Aganti. NIPPON EXPRESS (S) PTE. LTD. 504 Rabina Hmm, Shantan Nay. S pan 1. Tat--*****77 Part
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      211 13 NOTICES "CHIDAMBARAM" VOV: 96 arrived 9th March, 1978. at P.B.A. GO DOWN No*. IVK General Survey of damaged cargo ex the above vessel will be held on Wednesday 15th March, 1978, as from 9.00 a.m. to S.OOip.m. No further survey will be held after this date. Agents:R. JUMABHOY SONS (PTE)
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      25 13 Nedlloyd Lines Regular Uner Services To/From All Parts of the World. Singapore: Tel. *****, Port Ketang. Tel. *****1, Kuala Lumpur Tel. *****, Penan* Tel. *****
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