The Business Times, 18 September 1979

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1 18 The Business Times
  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) N*. Ml/1/71 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, lfZt 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 74 1 Reuter BANGKOK, Mon. The United States has approached Thailand to consider economic cooperation between a group of developed countries and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), informed sources said today. The sources said American Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Erland Botham recently met
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    • 54 1 AFP. WELLINGTON, Mon. New Zealand unions have announced a 24-hour general strike throughout the country from midnight on Wednesday. President of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, Mr Jim Knox, said this is a protest against government intervention in wages negotiations with employers. The strike would affect
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    • 73 1 UPI. LONDON, Mon. Gold broke through the US$35O an ounce barrier today to open at a new record high in Zurich, and dealers said "gold fever" still raged on bullion markets. The metal opened at U*****.25 an ounce in Zurich, $6.75 above its closing mark on Friday
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    • 62 1 AFP. HONGKONG, Mon. The Hongkong government is sending a team to Singapore next month to study the Central Business District system of restricting cars into the centre of the city. This was disclosed today by Secretary for the Environment Derek Jones in answer to a question at
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    • 83 1 Reuter LONDON, Mon. Rolls-Royce today announced it would close all nine aero-engine plants in Britain and lay off 30,000 manual workers from tomorrow because of a nation-wide engineering dispute. The state-controlled firm opened two of its factories to discover whether sufficient employees were prepared to defy union orders
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    • 61 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Asean is seeking New Zealand's help with several projects. Among the projects are milking techniques, marketing of dairy products, and a regional edible seed technology centre. The DirectorGeneral of Asean-Malaysia, Mr Kassim Mohamed Hussein, said today that New Zealand had shown a positive
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    • 59 1 AP. NEW YORK, Mon. Stock prices rose strongly in early trading today as investors reacted to the settlement of US car contract talks without a strike. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was up 5.71 to 884.81 in the first half-hour. Advances outnumbered declines by almost 2
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  • 137 1 Rises Tan (.'hong 376 19 High St Low 430 8 Ameol 36 Shangri-La 706 5 intraco 300 5 ('hem Ind 145 3 Shell 350 2 1 C B 336 2 M Cement 334 2 Falls M Breweries 570 -10 Genlings 3S2 -6 Tractors 630 -5 S T
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    164 1 Rises A. Hi tarn Tin 1450 50 Tan Chong 376 22 Temerloh 400 20 High and Low 430 +06 Dutch Baby 196 -t-06 Esso Ord. 530 +05 Falls K. Kampar 420 -20 Pengkalen 575 -10 N B. T. 218 -07 Inchcape 200 -06 P Bank 244 -06 Sel.
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  • 787 1  -  FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH By FOO CHOY PENG JURONG Town Corporation (JTC) is studying the feasibility of setting up an "industrial science park" along Ayer Rajah Road near to the Kent Ridge Campus of the University of Singapore. The park, to be modelled closely
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  • 217 1 SINGAPORE and Taiwan will sign a tax agreement today that will exempt China Airlines and Singapore Airlines from paying income and business taxes in their respective countries. Mr King Wei-Hsin, director of the tax department of Taiwan's Finance Ministry, arrived in Singapore yesterday for the" signing ceremony. For
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  • 432 1 H L breaches takeover code HIGHLANDS and Lowlands' reticence over its withdrawal of the bid for the three Kadoorie rubber companies listed in Hongkong has incurred the displeasure of Hongkong's Committee on Takeovers and Mergers. High and Low, which announced its withdrawal in a terse one-paragraph announcement nearly a fortnight
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  • 277 1 A NUMBER of investors already involved in resource-based industries in Peninsular Malaysia are looking for joint-venture partners both from Malaysia and abroad to launch other resource-based projects. Of the 20 companies listed in the registry of potential investors maintained by the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) as
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  • 257 1 A YUGOSLAV buk kM been gives pnWw to establish a reprewUttvt sfflce ta Slagapare, the lint tine mrngmm cmmsatst huk is being repmcated la Stappm dace the arrival sf Matt* Narsday Baak la in. LJsbljaaska Baaka, the second largest haste haak la
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  • 447 1  -  By ANTHONY TAN ENCOURAGED by rising sales across the causeway, the Metro group, Singapore's largest retail chain will open a second branch in Kuala Lumpur next month through its Malaysian based associate, Metro jaya. The new store will occupy 8,100 square metres
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  • INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
    • 633 2  -  By MARGARET THOMAS ONE of the world's largest engineering contractors, Drake k Scull, is confident that property developers in Singapore will recognise the advantages of the "total capability" which it offers. Mr M J McCoy, projects director of Drake k Scull (Singapore) which
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    • 141 2 AN Australian company has produced a combination rate-of-rise and point-type thermal detector which provides warning of fire hazards. Known as Flameguard, it responds to abnormal temperature increases caused by fire regardless of high or low ambient temperature conditions. As a point-type detector, the unit is activated at
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    • 261 2 A THREE-MAN team from Australia will arrive in Singapore tomorrow to discuss arrangements for local participation in the second Asean Trade Fair scheduled in Melbourne next August. The group led by Mr David Evans of the Trade Publicity Branch in Australia, will meet officials from the Department
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    • 336 2 COURSES AND TALKS Sept 17-19: Finance for Nonfinance Managers, Hilton Hotel, SGV-Goh Tan Sept 17-Oct 29: How to be literate in Chinese, Nissen Hut 58, University of Singapore Department of Extramural Studies Sept 17-Oct 29: English Pronunciation, New Lecture Theatre 5, University of Singapore Extramural Studies Department Sept
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    • 247 2 BRAN IFF Internationa] has appointed Mr Freddie Tu as sales director in Singapore in preparation for the airline's flights from Los Angeles to Singapore on Oct 28. Mr Tan, who has 12 years' experience in the air travel industry in Singapore, will head a sales and reservation
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  • REGIONAL
    • 366 3 THE CAMPAIGN for Japan's 35th general election officially got under way yesterday as candidates began registering to contest the 511 seats to be filled in the Oct 7 poll. Nearly IN candidates are expected to file papers with Election Management Commission offices by tonight's closing deadline.
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    • 164 3 AFP. THREE senior Australian trade officials arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a two-day discussion with Trade and Industry Ministry officials and private businessmen on the second Asean trade fair to be'held in Melbourne next August. Australian Senior Trade Commissioner T.N. Cronin said the
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    • 303 3 AFP. THE CHINESE government next year will open a special medical unit in Canton where doctors from all over the world can study acupuncture. The unit, at the Chung Shan Medical University, will initially provide places for 50 doctors a year. But this number is
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    • 506 3 Reuter. JAPAN and South Korea will soon start an ambitious joint project to tap the East China Sea's continental shelf for oil despite protests from communist North Korea and China. The indications are that the area to be developed 82,000 square km or fourfifths
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    • 277 3 AFP. TWO LEADING Thai bankers warned at the weekend that Thailand is facing a crucial money situation which could lead to recession and severe unemployment. The director of the Bank of Thailand's Governor Office, Mr Prateep Sondysuvan, said unless an immediate solution
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    • 239 3 A 15-company mission from the London Chamber of Commerce will visit Sabah and Sarawak next month, making it the frst British trade mission there. The mission, the majority of them engineering and construction firms, will be led by the former British High Commissioner to Malaysia,
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    • 230 3 AFP. CHINA is one of the few countries in the world blessed with a comprehensive range of minerals, the newly-appointed Chinese Minister of Geology, Mr Sun Daguang, said in an interview published yesterday. Over three decades of geological work, Chinese scientists and prospectors have discovered in
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 526 3 Agencies. DROUGHT has hit all nine Mekong River delta provinces in Vietnam and authorities are taking emergency measures to save crops, the Vietnam News Agency reported. The agency, monitored in Hongkong, said 30,000 hectares of crops in the region were stricken since early this month. In Ho
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    • 404 3 TIMBER mills in Peninsular Malaysia have been urged by the Primary Industries Minister to obtain their raw materials from abroad. Mr Paul Leong Khee Seong suggested that with the technical and marketing expertise they have acquired, timber industralists should consider entering into
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    • 172 3 AFP. THE NEW Zealand government has warned that Antarctic oil and gas exploration could be started unilaterally by an Antarctic nation unless urgent controls are imposed. Energy Minister William Birch told the country's Antarctic Society yesterday that New Zealand is renewing pressure
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    • 326 3 MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS MARKETING AND SALES MANAGEMENT SEMINAR I Marketing Strategy and Profitability Kuala Lumpur: 22-23 October 1979 Singapore: 29 30 October 1979 Topics: Strategy and the Marketing Mix; Product vs Service Strategy; Portfolio Analysis and Profitability; Profit Impact of Marketing Strategies; Control of Strategy The Marketing Audit; Marketing in
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 462 4 THE economic growth of Trengganu will receive a big boost when a 10,000acre oil palm project in Mukim Jabor, Kemaman, undertaken by the Treng- ganu Tengah Development Authority (TTDA) produces its first crop by the end of next year. The expected output
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    • 79 4 DESTINATION THIS PERIOD Jan/Aug UK options Shipped tonnes Afloat tonnes Shipped tonnes 1,075.00 Africa 0.25 0.75 Australasia 54.00 54.00 Canada 90.00 Continent 2,369.00 23.00 17,006.25 India 88.00 1,630.25 Japan 1,373.00 124.00 12,225.00 West Asia 157.50 530.25 Pacific
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    • 139 4 Reuter FOUR agreements worth Ms9B million for an integrated palm oil project in Perak covering 34,600 acres were signed last week. Three agreements were signed by subsidiary firms of the State Food Industry Authority (Fima) with Perak State Agriculture Development Corp and European Commodities (EC), representing a
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    • 73 4 THE STRAITS tla price la Pemg topped MsB per pleal to M 51,922 yesterday, Ms2B betew the hrtenntl—l Tla Agreemeat eelllag, dealers said. Larger deliveries sf tin metal daring the weekend by miners aad the continued weakness la sterttag prompted the easiness, although there was Japanese, US aad
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    • 31 4 Rubber: Sept 17 Singapore: October: 281.25 cents (up 1.25 cents) Malaysia: October: 281.00 cents (up 1.00 cent) Tin: Mf 1,922 (down $8) Official offering: 218 tonnes (up 91 tonnes)
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    • 144 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed easier with no trades registered, dealers said. Nearby October closed at 10.14/20 US cents against Friday's 10.18/22 close with distant September at 11.92/ 98 against 11.96/12.00 cents. Sugar futures closing price*: Prevteas Owtag fining Oct 10.14/30 10.18 22 Jan unav 10.50/76 March
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    • 337 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed slightly higher yesterday with October One RSS buyers quoted at 281.25 cents per kilo, up 1.25 cents from last Friday's close, dealers said. Morning prices were marked up about 1.25 cents on higher London advices, forward demand, speculative buying and some covering interest, they said.
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    • 313 4 R.A.S prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt fob. 381.00 282 OON Int. 1 R.S.S. October 281.25 ***** Int. 1 R.S.S. November 284.00 284 50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 274.50 275.50N UK/Coat ***** 274.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 271.50 27X50 UK/COnt 270.50
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    • 110 4 NOON SSI 1 S 1 1 «rdayRAfl Oetober (Cairaat MU) NnMMi (Forward Mtfc) Bayer* 8. 264.50 •Uara Buyan 8«Uara SSR20 (1 too pallet) 266. SON 264 50 266 SON SSRSO (I too pallet) M1A0 263. SON 261.50 263.50N MKKLB SMR CV (1-ton pallet) 310-50 312. SON 310.50
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    • 295 4 DEALERS were generally cautious in their approach at the Singapore produce market yesterday as price indications were rather uncertain in the absence of any firm outside interest. The market was going through the usual Monday lull and dealers had to be contented with only clinching local deals. Tracing
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    • 337 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop O.St, 100 per cent second class 0.83. 100 per cent third cLus 0.80. 25 per cent new crop no stock. B-10 per cent 0.70. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0 82. Special
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    • 190 4 YARN and. cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (la HK dollars, spot ex-godown) Ottoa yam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,300; 32s 2,850, 3.070 (per hale o( 400 lbs). Piece |M*: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head una: Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly unq;
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    • 68 4 Reuter WORLD'S cotton output in 1979/80 is expected to increase by about 4 million bales (478 lbs net) to 64 million, according to International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) initial projections. TTiis compares to ICAC's previous estimate of 60.2 million bales produced in the 1978/79 season. The expected increase
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    • 819 4 ALUMINIUM: Up £8.5 for cash and E9 for threemonths yesterday morning. Market was influenced by the decline in sterling with some fresh buying taking three-months up to £741 before profit-taking shaded the position to £737 at the morning close. Sales 1,300 tonnes. COPPER: Wirebars finished the morning yesterday
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 498 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa WHILE the Nikkei DowJones average advanced to an all-time high of Y 6,468.67 immediately after the opening yesterday, it declined in late trading to close at Y 6,438.12. Volume totalled 200 million shares reflecting the inactive market without any particular incentives. High-priced electronics, pharmaceutical and
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    • 248 4 THE stock market closed lower yesterday in slow trading, dealers said. In flninritht, Bangkok Bank fell 4 baht to 332, Bank of Asia 4 to 180, First Trust 157 and Siam Credit 4 to Among cements, Jalaprathan and Siam Cement lost 4 baht eacb to 141 and 336 respectively,
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    • 334 4 THE election of a Liberal government in the South Australian state election boosted uranium projects in the state and gave support to gas producers, dealers said. The market remained very strong yesterday despite some profit-taking in the afternoon session with Western Mining gaining 22 cents to 13.65. Participants in
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    • 357 4 Source: Sum Hung Kai Sec THE bearish points of the China Provident announcement this weekend were outweighed by the bullish comments from Financial Secretary and the "no change" decision on interest rates. Prices opened sharply higher yesterday and heavy tracking was seen once the index was around 10 points
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    • 165 4 THE market closed mixed yesterday with commercials and oils posting gains while minings declined, dealers said. Turnover rose to 10.22 million pesos from Friday's 7.16 million. Gainers were Oriental B and Meralco while Atlas Con B, CDCP and Vulcan lost ground. Unchanged issues included Kcoje Mining, Baguio Gold, Lepanto
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    • 30 4 H.K.HANC SENG Monday 9W47 Friday 905.91 Wrtk Ago 904.34 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Monday 540 62 Friday M7J3 Week Am 532*3 ALL ORDINARIES Monday—. *M<n Frvrta* .«71M Week Ago «U>
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 252 5 UPI NIGERIA has warned its crude oil contract customers that it will; charge a special market premium of US$3 to $5 (556.50 to $10.75) per barrel over and above the official Opec price beginning next month, according to the authoritative oil publication Middle
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    • 275 5 Reuter PRIME Minister Hafizullah Amin on Sunday emerged as Afghanistan's strongman amid mounting speculation that he had forced President Noor Mohammad Tarakki to step down after a Cabinet purge. Radio Kabul said in a broadcast on Saturday night that after a four-hour meeting of the
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    • 244 5 Reuter COMMON Market finance ministers yesterday discussed for the first time an EEC Commission report supporting Britain's persistent complaint that it pays far too much into the EEC budget. Diplomatic sources said the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Geoffrey Howe, was expected to tell
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    • 157 5 NYT THE US Treasury Department has asked the account-ing-firm of Price Waterhouse and several New York investment banking firms to help the government scrutinise the financial rescue plan submitted last week by the ailing Chrysler Corp, according to government and industry sources. Morgan Stanley and
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 334 5 Agencies A DECISIVE confrontation is looming this week between workers and management at nine Rolls Royce plants throughout Britain which will be struck 48 hours for the third consecutive week. Two-thirds of Rolls' salaried employees, 20,000 out of 30,000, voted to support the walkout, heeding a call from
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    • 387 5 AFP, UPI PREPARATION far the ■est latemattoaai Meaetary Fand (IMF) meetlag was eely a pretext far Seaday's meetlag at VeraalDee, aear Parla, af flaaare Dilatators aai eeatral kaak ttedaw fraai Fraace, Brltala, Japea, West Germaay aad the l aited Statea, aceerdtag
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    • 524 5 AP. THE International Monetary Fund said the economic problems of industrialised countries may get worse and that there is little hope they can find answers soon to the problems. The IMF annual report said the industrial countries already have miscalculated the degree of the
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    • 350 5 Reuter THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it expects the current account payments surplus of major oil exporting countries to rise to US$43 billion* in calendar 1979 from $6 billion last year. For the year to end June 1960, the surplus will probably exceed $50 billion, it
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  • 334 6 IMITATION may be the sincerest form of flattery but the mere emulation of form may not bring about the desired substance that first prompted the move. As we attempt to structure our industries towards a higher technological level, the need to develop home-grown sources of scientific
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  • 332 6 WHEN heads of Governments meet, conversation must perforce follow a wide path. Fine detail is not for them. Their role is to paint with a broad brush, to depict a scenario that encompasses major events. When they reach agreement in principle, it may be
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  • 941 6  -  By PAUL LEWIS NYT IT'S NOT being advertised yet, and the booking lists still aren't open. But already more than 20,000 Americans have applied for berths on the world's largest and grandest oceangoing liner, once called the France and now rechristened the Norway,
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  • 645 6 NYT. THOUSANDS of people in the United States will have the opportunity this autumn to receive college credit for reading newspapers and watching television. Twice a year since 1973, "Courses By Newspaper", a government-financed educational programme based at the San DDego campus of the University of California, has
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 1856 7  -  Ray Dolby, 46, was born in Portland, Oregon, and educated at Stanford, US, and Cambridge, UK. After working for two years with the UN in India he founded Dolby Laboratories in London in 1965 when he was 32. In 1976 he moved his
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  • 625 7  -  By JOHN HOLUSHA NYT THE CHEAPEST Rolls-Royce car costs U5577,600 (*****,720), which is $5,200 more than the average price of a new home in the United States. The most expensive, the Corniche two-door convertible, is priced at a breathtaking $140,000. Despite or perhaps because
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  • 748 7  -  FOBUM With ROBERT LEKACHMAN IN AFFLUENT societies, contemporary inflation is an ailment at extravagant group expectations and inadequate political responses to them. Although Americans take rueful pride in the outstanding ineptitude of their President and Congress, both more and less competently led
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  • 110 7  -  Letter to the Editor CHIA CHONG SING Dear Si, Thank you for your very constructive column on Forum with Dzonni Yeiou on 14 September 1979. When the Income Tax Division of the Inland Revenue Department is fully computerised, the administrative problems will be identical whether PAYE or
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 409 8  -  By GERALD COLVERD THE ALMAGATION of two of London's top stockbroking firms, Joseph Sebag and W.I. Can* Sons and Co, will produce a new partnership that will be placed in the top 10 of London stockbrokers. It is regarded as the forerunner of several more
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    • 143 8 Reuter. STANDARD Chartered has reported first half pre-tax profit to June 30 rose to £86.20 million against £71.64 million in the year ago period. Profits from South-east Asia and the Far East, notably Hongkong, showed a substantial first half increase, while African earnings continued to
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    • 71 8 Reuter. BURMAH OIL, a leading independent British oil company which almost collapsed four years ago, has announced a seven-fold increase in first half profits to £20 million. Behind the spectacular rise in profits from just under £2.8 million in the first half of last year
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    • 128 8 WESTERN International Hotels will take over from Americana Hotels Group the management of three hotels and resorts in South Korea in mid-October. The properties include the 500-room Chosun Hotel in Seoul, the Chosun Beach Hotel, a 350-room resort at Busan, and the 300-room Kyongju Chosun Hotel
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    • 298 8 Reuter CHINA Provident Co Ltd requested suspension of its shares on local stock exchanges last week because of government advice that a modification premium payable on a proposed property development would be substantially higher than anticipated. As a result of this, it said in
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    • 242 8 NORSK HYDRO has taken over all the shares in another fertiliser company in Holland. With this acquisition of the Belgian-Dutch company, Nederlandse Stikstof Maatschappij N V (NSM), also known as Compagnie Neelandaise De L'azote (CNA), Norsk Hydro is now one of the
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    • 89 8 Reuter BRITISH LEYLAND wtU eat T&jm jahs at IS piaata in the aext twa yean, aat tt the tatal ICS M werkfaree, aad a farther M ptaata are U ke elaaely examined. Chairman Mickaei Edwardes taM aaiaa leaden that the mave Is part a( the rempaay's
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    • 128 8 Reuter. CAMPBELL Soup Company has reported record sales and profits for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year and cited productivity gains and greater business volume. The multinational soup and food concern said profits in the fourth quarter, ended July 29, rose to U5529.3 million from
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    • 116 8 Reuter. INTERNATIONAL Telephone and Telegraph Corp expects to report a loss for the third quarter because it was setting aside US$32O million to cover the cost of closing an unprofitable Canadian paper mill. It said the creation of the reserve would result in a charge of $2.25
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 719 9 THE US economy is entering a new phase which could confront policy-makers with some wrenching decisions with major implications for the financial markets. Previous policy decisions and actions by the Federal Reserve, the Administration and Congress have all combined to produce a climate of stagflation. The economy slip
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
      • 526 9 THE foreign exchange market took on a slightly more active turn yesterday. After a week of marginal firming, the US dollar declined against the yen and the Deutschemark during the day. Sterling, on the other hand, took a plunge to its lowest level so far this month. Against
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      • 198 9 STERLING yesterday continued its decline from morning levels on market apprehension about the growing confrontation between the British government and the trade unions, and persistent rumours that sterling may paritcipate fully in the European Monetary System, dealers said. The British unit fell to U552.1605/15 in late dealings from 2.1633/43
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      • 184 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed at 223.70 yen, up from a 223.60 opening but down from 224.00 at Friday's close after modest central bank yensupport intervention, dealers said. Trading was moderate with volume totalling US$666 million. The dealers said the Bank of Japan sold between $10
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      • 181 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Sep 17: U8 Dollsrt(Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 1113/*****1/16 1 month 13 12% 2 months 1211/1612 9/16 3 months 12H 1213/16 6 months 12% 1213/16 9 months 127/16 12 5/16 12 months 12H 12'i Swiri. Das. (Middle Price.) 1
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      • 292 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures market yesterday closed higher between US$3 and US$6 in nervous trading, dealers said. Total turnover for the day was 400 lots transacted compared with 554 lots last Friday, they said. October closed firmer at U5350.50/2.50 an ounce compared with U*****.00/8.00 last Friday, December at U*****.50/90
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      • 22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers is 8.9 per cent.
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      • 46 9 RANGE of price* offered by discount houses on Sep 17: Overnight 5^i* Call deposits SViSfc Clsafag Bayiac Sellia« 3 month Treasury bills 5H 5H 3 month Bank bills 85/16 83/16 3 month CD 8'4 8H 6 month CD 8% 8H Source: National Discount Co Ltd.
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      • 56 9 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchange opening quotes on Sep 17: US dollar —1.1251/1.1203 Sterling 0.5220/0.5151 Ninety-day air mail buying Sterling 0.5446 US dollar —1.1680 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5272 US dollar —1.1307 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve bank midrate: US dollar 0.9974 Trading bank indications: Sterling 0.4623/0.4593 US dollar -1.0024/0.9924 Ninety-day airmail buying
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      • 189 9 STERLING yesterday extended last week's BVt cent slide in very active and nervous early trading to open at U552.1563/73, while the dollar was slightly firmer. Dealers said yesterday morning's early pressure on sterling was a continuation of last week's market fears about a growing confrontation between the UK trade
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    • 349 9 A US Treasury department official has denied reports that systematic heavy purchases by oil producing countries triggered the recent sharp increase in the price of gold around the world, a Beirut-based newsletter said. The An-Nahar Arab report and memo quoted Lisle Widman,
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    • 202 9 AFP THE Philippines has been asked to reform its banking system to make it "less rigidly specialised." The Manila Bulletin Newspaper said the recommendation was made in a confidential report by a joint mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The Bulletin
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    • 184 9 OVERSEAS Ualea Bask (OUB) to the Latest ameag the lecal big fear commercial huki te jela the mw roud e( prime Mhg rate (PLB) laereases. Pram teday, OUB will Jaek ap Iw priM rate by a q aarter petit te ft. 75
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    • 125 9 UPI THE Bank of Tokyo and the Japan Export-Import Bank will set up Beijing branches this year. The newspaper Yomiuri Shim bun said the Bank of China in return hopes to establish a Tokyo branch office within this year. The two Japanese Finance Ministry
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    • 746 9  -  US$lO MILLION ONLY By LEE YOKE MENG MITSUI Bank (Singapore) announced its fourth issue of floating rate negotiable certificates of deposit (FRCDs) in the Asian Dollar Market yesterday. Lead manager for the three-year US$lO million issue will be DBS-Dai wa Securities International while Mitsui Finance Asia
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 53 9 PRIVATE PLACEMENT This announcement appears as a matter of record only HOLIDAY VILLAGES Of MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. ASIA'S FIRST aUB MEDITERRANEE HOLIDAY VILLAGE MALAYSIAN RINGGIT 10,000,000 10 YEARS FIXED RATE LOAN Guaranteed By THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA AND BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE ET DE SUEZ Manoger and Agent AMANAH-CHASE MERCHANT BANK
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  • 1238 10 BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES THE KLSE In Singapore BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number at shares traded shown in brackets in lots ct 1.000 units unless otherwise specified SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Acma (1)
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  • 158 10 KNGAP* DBS UNIT WOT S pore Growth! Fund 1.12 Lll (M»—m r< prieaa •w Baft II) INCOME (CM Income Bond MABA 1 Flrat B'putrm Second B'putra Third B'putrm Fourth B'putrm Fifth B'putra Sixth B'putra Seventh B putr; Seventh B'putr Eighth B'putra Ninth B'putra Tenth B putra Warrior Inveat
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  • 2657 10 Gr's Gr'n Net 1979 Laat Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- C'vr ('000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL 281 207 Aetna 236 unch 15.0 2.2 63 12.1 1 236 236 196 123' Alcom 196cd 10.0 15 5.1 28.1 148 110
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  • 126 10 4 1/1% 1/8/80 (250.000) (MMB 98-568) 4 3/4% 1&/8/80 (250,000) (M 528 MMB) ft 1/4% 1/1/81 (250.000) (MISB 98.308) 6% 1 ft/4/81 (2MMO) (97M8 •7.708) ft 1/1% 1/ft/78-81 (250.000) (MMB 98-358) (4) 98M ft 1/4% 1/8/78-81 (250.000) (MMB M 458) (2) M 25 7% lft/4/88 (250.000) (100.458) 7%
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  • 100 10 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and hiiitiws done, if any. with the number of options traded shown in brackets. Haw Par (Sept 51.20) (0.268 0.305). Bmme P E (Sept 41.10) (OJOB). laetaape (Sept
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  • 1348 10 BID and otter prices officially listed *sd business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of share* traded Aon in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDURTVIAUI IJMimili (IMB 3.006) Aleam (1.978 1006) (3) 1.97 cd A Chse
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  • 201 10 Premlim HtMiap BM: EOGM and AGM to be held at the United Nation Room, Regent Hotel, Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur, today at 3pm. Swlfcw Klata Cmtlidated (M) Bhd: AGM to be held at Wisma Bunga Raya, 152, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, on Sep 19 at 9.30am. Kanaatfng Tta
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  • 664 10 TRADING la Ike akarea af Aaaeol BtcMcal ladastries resamed la a l» qaiet aad featnrrtena Mack Exekaage af Wasip>rt yeaterday. Ceaalderlag the samestill Awtd a get aawkerc teadaacy He 25-eeat par valae Aarn were aeemM a naefe klgker premiam tkaa maay ha 4 expected. The
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  • 584 10 SLUGGISH trading conditions prevailed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday and prices drifted to a mildly easier close. There was a general lack of interest as investors found little in the way of inducement to warrant any fresh purchases. Trading, as a result, was light
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 676 11  -  By LOW LEE CHOO WITH a heavy order book and buoyant conditions still existing in the building and logging industries, Berjaya Kawat's chairman. Senator Kamarul Ariffin, is optimistic that the company's results in the current year ending April 30, i960, will continue to show further
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    • 698 11  -  Market Talk... By CHAN BONG SOO IN THE present stock market lull, share brokers and analysts generally will not commit themselves to anything except to recommend selected stocks for investment. However, while drawing attention to the rising interest rates and the diversion caused by the glitter of
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    • 1034 11  -  By ANTHONY TAN FANCY Tile Works and Sovran Industries, the two listed subsidiaries of unlisted Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Bhd, will have to answer a whole series of stock exchange queries before implementing their proposed rationalisation programme. In separately addressed letters sent to
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    • 399 11 INCREASED turnover arising from good demand for its range of industrial and scientific equipment has resulted in George Kent (Malaysia) chalking up further significant growth at half-time. Group pre-tax profit for the six months ended June 30, 1979, rose 16 per cent to MJ1.89
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    • 88 11 TEMERLOH Rubber Estates has revalued its estates and is now considering a bonus issue. In a release to the KLSE, Temerloh said that its two estates have been revalued by Khong Jaafar Sdn, and it is considering incorporating into the accounts the new values for the land and
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    • 156 11 KUALA Lam par IWutriM nucifsn tvrr wr wcri-rny Ilhat the paid i> Mfltal af Ua vMj-mcd iikiNlary, Kaala La a par PlAs a reaalt af this move, «Hd ba beta appraved by Buk Negara Malaysia aad the Capital laaaea Cam■Mm, snap profitability will
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    • 480 11 SSKXSH™ by HOCK LOCK SIEW THE HONG LEONG group of companies with its vast interests in finance, property development and, to some extent, manufacturing activities, is better represented in Singapore than across the Causeway. But this "imbalance" evidently will tilt towards rectification when Fancy Tile and Sovran Industries,
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 46 11 Audited group after-tax profit of 13.18 million ($3.23 million), for the year ended June 30. Parent company after-tax profit was $3.14 million ($3.20 million). First and final dividend of 12 per cent gross (same), is payable to shareholders registered on Oct 16.
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      • 75 11 Unaudited after-tax profit of M 5247,186 ($100,584) on sales of $784,239 million ($770,869), for the six months ended July 31. Production of tin concentrates came to 754 piculs (881). First interim dividend of 10 per cent (same), less tax, is payable on Dec 3 to shareholders registered
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      • 55 11 Unaudited after-tax profit of M 51.70 million ($855,709), on turnover of $5.85 million ($6.61 million), for the six months ended July 31. Production of palm oil came to 4,659 tons (3,067). First interim dividend of 10 per cent less tax (same), is payable on Dec 3 to
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      • 88 11 Unau- dited group profit after tax and minority interest was M 55.49 million ($5.65 million), for the six months ended July 31, on turnover of $15.74 million ($19.67 million). Parent company profit was $1.96 million ($2.78 million) on turnover of $3.11 million ($7.34 million). First
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      • 30 11 i has reporied group pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1978 of M 548,274 as compared with a loss of $1.76 million the previous year.
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      • 78 11 has reported pre-tax profit for the six months ended June 30, 1979 of M 5243,635 as compared with $i 58,314 the previous period, on net proceeds from rubber sales of $840,774 ($754,614). Rubber harvested was $750,000 lbs (837,000 lbs) while average selling price per lb was $1.12
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      • 33 11 announced group pre-tax profit for the half-year ended June 30, 1979 of M 54.50 million as against $3.54 million for the previous period. Sales registered $9.01 million ($6.82 million).
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    • 212 11 Date Last Fall Year Compaay Period Announced Net EPS Grass Pre-tax last year (cents) Dfv. <%) Profit (It*) Apollo I 30/8 14.8 7.5 4,353 Magnum Corp I 12/9 19.2 15.0 21,645 Gold Coin I 13/9 19.2 15.0 10,927 Fancy Tile I 14/9 8.3 1,010 698 Mentakab I 14/9
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 149 11 p v c^ IWNBUBR*] I fii! i GOLD COIN LIMITED The Directors of Gold Coin Limited wish to announce that the unaudited results for the half year ended 30th June, 1979 compared with those of the corresponding period in 1978 were (figures in S$000s):GROUP Ist January 30th June 1979 1971
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    • 224 11 THE INTERNATIONAL LAUNDRY, DRYCLEANING AND FABRIC CARE EXHIBITION. 30 JAN. 2 FEB. 1980. WORLD TRADE CENTRE, SINGAPORE. The last few years have seen a sudden upsurge in the demand for more efficient and sophisticated laundry and drycleaning services in ASEAN, brought about by rapd industrial and social development The offshore
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  • 399 12  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH PAN American World Airways has received approval to sell its round-the-world fares in Singapore. The new fares will compete with Singapore Airlines' EZ world fares if •they are introduced. Singapore is the third country in Asia to sell Pan Am's
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  • 745 12 LONDON, Mon. UK government bonds closed lower while golds made moderate headway in response to the record bullion price, dealers said. At 3 pm the Financial Times index was down 2.2 at 465.5. The escalating industrial disputes and the consequent weakness of sterling prompted small selling of government
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  • 245 12 ALL UNION officials will be encouraged to use Mandarin instead of dialects at meetings and discussions. Mr Lim Chee Onn, secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress, said this yesterday at the opening ceremony of the NTUC campaign to promote the use
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  • 126 12 PRESIDENT Sakarto arrived la Singapore yesterday fer lafermal talks with Prime Minister Lee Kaaa Yew. Ike lilwimlib Presides t, ea kls tklrd visit, was greeted ea arrival ky Mr Lee. Mlalster ef Trade aad ladutry Gek Ckak Tsag aad Sealer Mlaister «f State (Fereiga Affairs) 8 Dkaaakalaa were
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  • 303 12 A MEMBER of a British trade mission now in Singapore will hold discussions with the Singapore Bus Service (SBS) on supplying air-powered steering equipment for use in buses. The managing director of RFF Engineering (International), Mr Roger Fendley, who is also leader of the
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  • 166 12 RICHARD Tarling, former chairman o( Haw Par Brothers International, told the High Court yesterday he had to appoint lawyer R K Booker of Singapore as his Haw Par alternate director because he was resident in London and professionally unqualified. He said he was not the
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  • 90 12 A 17-man liaison committee was formed yesterday after a closed-door meeting between the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) and 12 local banks. The committee, comprising 12 local bankers and five members of the SCCCI, will look into ways of helping local traders, particularly in export
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  • 115 12 OWNERS and occupants of houses are being warned not to erect unauthorised structures on their premises or convert their premises for unauthorised uses. While no example of an unauthorised structure or use was-given, the Ministry of National Development yesterday said it will "take stringent enforcement action" against offenders.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 129 12 Leader... Page PRICES YOU WANT Take advantage now of locally assembled prices: 1.6 GL $17,541 (PARF) 2.0 Ghia $22,285 (PARF) 2.0 Ghia $25,833 (PARF) (Auto) ♦a: r m <£> contfortabty 5 adults with plenty of tegroorn, e\e9» nl SAfEllLv S Du*t circuit to' rtetp become should one braking inoperative- ||o(|t
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 62 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Scattered showers in late morning. Report tor 24 hoars prior to 1M pun. Ob Sep 17 at the airport. Maximum temperature 31.1 Associated humidity 68 Minimum temperature 24.8 Associated humidity 95 Hours of sunshine 7.20 Rainfall in millimetres Ttace Total
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 62 13 AFP. CHINA is considering awarding the Yugoslav shipyards a US$l3O million (SJ2BO million) order for about 100 river craft', it was announced in Belgrade. Chinese Deputy Premier Wang Renzhong, who is in Yugoslavia, has discussed the order with Mr Nikola Kmezic, president of the Vojvodina regional government.
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      • 88 13 Reuter. BRITISH seamen's leaders have submitted a substantial wage claim to the General Council of British Shipping, a council official said, but they did not quantify the size of the claim, the British domestic news agency the Press Association said. Also included in the claim, by the 30,000member
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      • 104 13 Reuter. FINCANTIERI, the holding company for participation in the Italian ship building industry, said it would need 250 billion lire a year in state aid for the next four years if it is to retain its productive efficiency. Like other shipbuilders abroad, the Fincantieri group has been hit
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    • 658 13  -  S'PORE/WEST AUSTRALIA RUN By HSUNG BEE HWA A SINGAPORE-registered shipping line, Tropic Island Shipping, is offering a new container service from Singapore to the west coast of Australia, starting this week. Sailings will be offered every three weeks using Tropic Star, a semi-contain-ership recenUy acquired by
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    • 173 13 AFP. SHIPPING Uaes la Western Kb rope have like! the Eirtpeu Eetiimle Community (EEC) to set agalast East Earopeas rivals whs are praettsiag "laeaaltahie aad merctal" metMi that are taatoansaat to damplag, their trade as—|Ktoe saU la Lsadoa. It called far Immediate "defensive
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    • 311 13 AFP. EIGHTEEN months after the supertanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground, spilling 230,000 tons of crude oil along the length of the Britanny coastline, the judicial sequels'of the catastrophe were at last picking up momentum last week. Three French plaintiffs who have brought a
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    • 170 13 Reuter. INDIAN shippers have called for the use of guidelines in levying port congestion surcharges, the Press Trust of India reported from Bombay. The president of the All India Shippers' Council, Mr V.D. Chowgule, suggested that a working group be set up to recommend parameters
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    • 2045 17 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World j The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 504 17 SMptagUae AC§ Afea Alfred Alpac Angkutan ANL APL Arya Nat ASCL Asia America Asia Merchant Atlas Aust.Cont Page n IV V IV V I. m n m n n IV IV at 5 3 2 5 2 1 2 5 1 5 5 4 5 Baltic Bank BBS
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    • 974 18 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB. (1) Each vessel's estimated time of arrival Is advised by the Shipping Line/Agent and is subject to change (2) All export FCL containers and LCL cargo must be delivered to the Authority's premises during the following
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    • 485 18 NYT THE captain and crew of a Spanish fishing trawler were turned over to US Federal authorities in Newark last Friday alter their vessel was seized off Cape May, New Jersey, for allegedly violating limits on the amount of fish permitted to be
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    • 398 18 Reuter TANKER market rates remained fairly steady despite less active chartering during the past week, and there is no indication that the rate structure will change before the onset of winter, London shipbroker Galbraith Wrightson says. In fact, the market may well show a
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    • 352 18 UPI, Reuter. ROTTERDAM tugboat crews, on strike since Aug 23, voted on Sunday to continue their stoppage and intensify their efforts to prevent other dock employees going to work. Leaders of the 300 tug boat crew members refused to divulge what
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    • 167 18 UPI. A TAIWAN freighter, the iwhw, arrived la Saa Jaaa last Friday with fear itmwayg tram the Demialcaa Repablle whe nM they fled their eeaatry jwj" they were left deatttate by Harrieaae Same the atawaways tried ta Jama tram the ■hip te the pier whea
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    • 184 18 FIVE air-conditioned transit sheds, each 126 metres long and 45 metres wide, have been constructed at Doha Port, Qatar. The five warehouses, which will greatly improve the port's storage capacity and cargo handling capability, are part of an expansion of the port that began in
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    • 107 18 Reuter FOREIGN orders for ships received by Japanese shipyards in August fell to 13 ships totalling 217,600 gross tons from 24 totalling 489,000 gross tons in July and compared with U totalling 249,800 tons in August last year, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. August
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    • 499 18 THE world's latest and largest liquefied natural gas tanker, the Methania, (above) has been handed over by the builder, Boelwerf, of Temse, Belgium, to the owner, Soc. An. Methania, Brussels. The vessel has been built to carry 131,000 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas,
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      567 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Ava (1100 after Lei Shan) 29/30 Futami Maru (after Chidambaram) 1/2 Kota Jasa (0600 after Ocean Espoir) 10/11 Muse Bell (1200 after Glorious I) 27/28 Nedlloyd Frazer (after Nedlloyd Serooskerk) 3/4 Straits Hope (after Straits Star) 21 Talisman (1800 after Barber Tonsberg)
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    • 531 13 m HONG KONG ISLANDS UNi IKR SERVICE FC» FAR EAST MKXXE EAST It AFRICA TAIWAN HONG KONG AUSTRALIA Set Page IV Column 3 for Sailings s SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LT 0 MARKETING 9111?? Gf NERAI *****1 A I UHO ASIA I SDN BHD U 4? 964 1 P KLA
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    • 209 13 Si SEALORI) ANTMI m UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) WEEKLY MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES S pore loading for I" P°rt I Dammam (30/9). Kuwait (3/10) BN QIfTMMH 28/9 j Dhabi (10/10), Doha (13/10). Dammam I (16/10). Kuwait (19/10). Dubai (22/10) 15/10 Kuwait (27/10). Shuaiba (30/10). Dammam (3/11). Dubai (5/11) 25/10 Dammam.
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    • 509 13 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICES: FAR-EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED-SERVICE MERCATOR 172 Scot 74 Sept 10 Uct 11 Oct 12 Oct 15 Oct 17 Oct J9 Oct 0 CWf 28 Sept 29 Scot 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 26 Oct C CONTMdt .12 Oct 13
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    • 643 13 Hapag-Lloyd Fully containerised to Europe and United States. Regular, reliable and on time. nnrr"iriTH-w ii i i i f-r MOLD MAERSK* I 3 >1 3 mm hTtTTV 24/9 14/10 24/10 27/10 21/10 30/10 1/10 21/10 31/10 4/11 5/11 7/11 28/10 7/11 11/11 12/11 14/11 4/11 14/11 17/11 11/11 20/11 22/10
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    • 383 14 P KHar* S pott HK I Bar 21/9 22/9 26/9 tot HK t Be r Eiprru 7/10 23 Eiprns 25/9 30/9 AM* Uprra 7/10 23 T«ky*B*r 28 9 30/9 3/10 AM« Eip t«u 7/10 23 C«*an Bar S/IO 7/10 10/10 M*ul [ifmi 16/10 2 25/9 28/9 30/9 5/10 7/10 13/10
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    • 422 14 r II S# M/ff Sap 19/20 W 21/27 *o 22/22 Sap 10/11 Sap 19/20 Sap 23/74 Sap 23/24 Sap 29/29 Sap 24/25 Oct 19/21 Mm 1/3 Oct 17/11 Oct 23/25 Oct 21/29 r¥r C Oct 3/4 Oct lt/ll Sap 29/* F3rmnai Nc« Orttaas 4/12 NEXT LOADER: "SIMBA" at (M« *AI«o
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    • 708 14 0 EVERGREEN LINE faR f AST EUROPf f XPPt SS FUll CPNIAiNfR S£RVICf ACCEPTMG CARGO FOR: HAMBURG. TELIXSTOME. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP LE HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO FOR UNITED KMGOOM SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON. MANCHESTER. BMMMGHAM BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS WEST GERMANY warnwar HOLLAND AMSTERDAM Em> fcton 24 S*t 14 Oct II Oct 11
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    • 658 14 r mo.s.E. OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD FJM 2102 2103 21ST FLOOR MARINA HOUSE SHFNTON WAV MISTRI ROAD SINGAPORE 2 TEL *****44 74 *****70 SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE 24/2CSept 21/23 Sept Mm. MEL. SVD 11/11 Oct S/9 Oct STD, MEL. AOEL BANGLADESH SERVICE MAYSXV MPort CMUTWOW.CHW.iI* K I JAPAN/STRAITS SERVICE
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    • 1020 15 OCL Overseas Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe To UK/Continent S'pm rum Banter US# 21to IM«I E«m 26 Sap 21 Sap LwnpaallaT 4 Oct 5 Oct Taßya Bar 12 Oct 14 Od Cardfcn Bay 19 Od Or EdMngh 24 Oct Tdn E*rtn 27 Ocl From UK/Continent Htog Bran rtm Uhm
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    • 893 15 ft* GRANARD LINE i ."*•> 3 »l»>. Vv*-: RHONE FUNG WEST BOUND-fM EAST/MEDfTDItANEAN S'pve PJMhi Phi Leadhg far 19 S* 21 Sep 23 W MMi/P Sad/Lattakia I TAT »31N_ I Oct iKmoMVjai 4Nw I 13 Nar Jeddah, P Sad/ Moandna/ Barnt/ Lattakia Port Sari Alexandria/ Beirut/Lattakia Mdah/P.Sad/Alexandria'/ Beirut/Lattakia EMT EAST
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    • 453 15 m BEN LINE CONTAINERS a BEN ASIA CONTAINER SERVICE EXPRESS CONTMO SERVICE STRAITS/TAIWAN/lAPAN I BENBULK BULK SERVICE FOR TIMBER AND PLYWOOD X cats Ira 3/5 Oct TABONEO 17/19 OCT I cafe Penant 31/3 lb* Pataataai 7/9 No* Tabowo 11/14 M cafe Patanba.* 29/1 Oct AGENTS: The Ben Lm Steamers Ltd.,
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    • 663 15 Scan Dutch 9 mm: M r ~»l •iVi 1 U/VZi+UVi EIEANORA 21/9 qiarbba 21/9 i—mm s/ie mm EUMOK 13/10 MB* SUM FRANCESCA 20/10 W> BUM UEAMOMt 27/18 KD ROOM frmcesca Ml toyam eleanoba o/ii 2/10 25/9 9 10 2/11 14/10 9/10 23/10 14/10 30/10 23/10 4/11 30/10 14/11 4/11 21/11
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    • 567 15 SHIPPING AGENCIES THE BANK LINE LTD LOADS FOR E. ft S. AFRICA um DMCOrOUKB lAeoMon Owrbjn CtoM. PtEki E London) S pore 10/13 Oct P LVKES ORIENT LINE U.S. GULF COAST SERVICE I (new uncarts, modm, nouston, u3iv€Stonj Sinfaptra P. Kctan( Kuartar US GMf RMSON LVKES (loa*) 29/3R S«p 1/2
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    • 897 16 r K line KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. EUROPE MERCATOtt 13* 0 CHEF 16* S S BROGE 23* N CORAL 16* Vnuta cjl tfbwt- "4 l AGENTS SPORE NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD I* *****11 MALAYSIA KONTENA NAStONAL SDN BHD Tat P. Ketone 7475/6 XL *****4 PMMf *****/5 SOUTH AnUCA S pore
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