The Business Times, 17 December 1980

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. IH/1/8I WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1581 50 CENTS
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    • 62 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Talks between Asean national airlines and British Airways on a new cheap fare structure for the Australia-UK route broke off yesterday without reaching agreement. The talks which began on Monday, were originally scheduled for three days but the British rejected the proposal by
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    • 80 1 LOS ANGELES, Tues. President-elect Ronald Reagan suggested on Monday he may be unable to name the remainder of his Cabinet this week, another sign that the important process may have hit a snag. Mr Reagan had originally hoped to complete the process by the first week in
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    • 78 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. US Treasury secretary William Miller said yesterday it was still uncertain whether Chrysler Corporation, the third largest US car maker, would survive its financial troubles after nearly a year of government assistance. Mr Miller said, after a meeting of the board set up
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    • 61 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. The administration of US President Jimmy Carter, anxious to avert a souring in relations, has offered to begin deliveries of Fl5 fighter planes to Saudi Arabia next month, a year ahead of schedule. But it deferred a decision on the controversial bomb racks and extra
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    • 67 1 Reuter MOSCOW, Tues. The Soviet armed forces newspaper, Red Star, today urged Polish troops to maintain vigilance against anti-socialist forces which it said were trying to divide them from the people and Poland's communist leaders. The article said anti-socialist forces inside and outside Poland wanted to "blacken socialism."
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    • 68 1 UPI LONDON, Tues. Ayatollah Khomeiny today personally approved Iran's latest reply to the United States on demands for release of the 52 hostages. One Iranian official said this move brought "hope there will be no hostage issue soon." Khomeiny gave his blessing to the Iranian reply after
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    • 68 1 Reuter LONDON, Tues. Britain's industrial production, crippled by recession, is continuing to fall sharply with no early sign of improvement, according to official figures published today. The Central Statistical Office said manufacturing output dropped by 4.3 per cent in the three months from August to October
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  • 145 1 Falls Pegi Miit 1150 -90 PMC 1100 -90 Magnum Corpn 1620 -70 8el Properties 1350 -70 Tuek Cement 480 -70 Straits Trading 1150 -60 Selangor Dredg 500 -50 G I Hldgs 535 -45 M Banking 1420 -40 Berjuntai 1280 -40 O C B C 1120 -40 Syn
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    142 1 Falls M Banking 1300 -80 S Trading 1220 -70 PMC 1200 -60 Berjuntai 1330 -60 Kramat 510 -55 A Hitam (T) 1450 -50 Tronoh 1800 -50 C Sugar 935 -45 Syn Resins 695 -40 Rahman Hyd 1460 -40 U Cables 560 -35 M Tobacco 570 -30 Petaling 1720
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  • 616 1  -  LIVING COST INDEX UP 12.5 pc By MARGARET THOMAS THE EXECUTIVE lifestyle has its costs and these add up to an inflation rate that is 2 per cent higher than the national rate. This is the conclusion drawn by PA Management Consultants which conducts, as
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  • 249 1 THE consumer price index last month rose by 6.6 per cent over the same month last year, slightly lower than the 7 per cent annual growth in October. According to the Department of Statistics, the index for the first 11 months of this year
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  • 448 1 THE Government has no plans to cut down the car population any further and intends to maintain the car-to-population ratio at the present one-to-16 or 17, said the Minister for Communications, Mr Ong Teng Cheong. Asked in an interview with Business Times if he
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  • 420 1 UPI OPEC concluded its first meeting since the Iran-Iraq war with a display of unity in raising oil prices by US$2 to $4 a barrel. This is an increase of about 9 per cent. A communique issued yesterday in Bali at the end of the meeting
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  • 261 1 THE highly profitable Shangri-La Hotel yesterday provided some good news for investors In an otherwise bearish market by annonndng a generous two-for-one bonus issue. As expected, the company also disclosed that a recent revaluation of Its property had thrown op a huge surplus of
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  • 482 1  -  By CHOO AI LENG SHARE prices tumbled across the board at the Singapore stock market yesterday, wiping out completely the widespread gains recorded on Monday. Investors' confidence was badly shaken when news of an imminent increase in oil prices hit the market. Consequently, the
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    • 63 1 Leader ...page S SHIPPING TIMES ENGINEERING contract for EB Common!cations 2 CONSTRUCTION of Aoean fertiliser plants mm 3 ONG Teng Cheong speaks on commnnicatioßs. 117 TONGKAH Harbour expects profit slowdown 11 BERJAYA Kawat profit may fail IS HIGHLIGHTS of yesterday's election ra11ie5.......................... 14 CROSSWORD I, TV AND RADIO 7, WHERE
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 400 2  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA ELECTRISK Bureau Communications (Singapore) has secured its first major engineering contract in South-east Asia, a $6 million turn-key project, from the Petroleum Authority of Thailand. The company's managing director, Mr Per O FJell, said the contract is significant for the
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    • 115 2 AFP FIFTEEN officers from the Hongkong government's Home Affairs Department today left for Singapore for a one-week study tour. They will study urban renewal schemes and town -management skills and meet members of the People's Association and citizens consultative committees. The group was briefed yesterday by the
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    • 183 2 HOLIDAY Inn Hotel Singapore has appointed Mrs Hmcn Lee (afceve) as assistant personnel manager. She will handle personnel administration, industrial relations and staff welfare and training. Mrs Lee, 28, has had seven years' experience in personnel wait. She first joined Holiday Inn in 1973 during the hotel's
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    • 403 2  -  By SIOW LI SEN THERE must be commitment from top management and positive attitudes if product development in the local food and beverage industry is to succeed. This is because it is not only direct monetary investment that is needed but rather the total investment in time
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    • 191 2 PRINTERS in Singapore can now buy a semi-automatic printing machine that works without ink. It is designed far [Hinting deluxe visiting cards, book matches and other small documents. The Minimie prints visiting cards within minutes and in a wide range of colours. The quality of metallic colours, in
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    • 338 2 MINI Components Corporation has developed the prototype of a diamond detector based on heat conductivity. The company claims to be the first in Singapore to develop a prototype for such a detector. The five-year-old company started off by manufacturing radio components but is now concentrating
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    • 325 2 A NEW computer programming system will soon be available on the Singapore market. Known as Manasys, the system is designed by Mr Robert Barnes of liana Systems in New Zealand. Mr Barnes who was in Singapore last week said: "Manasys can be used for simple tasks such as
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    • 325 2 SEMINARS AND COURSES Dec 1-22: Certificate Course in Supervision Module IV Personnel Management for Supervisors, 6th floor Cuppage Centre, National Productivity Board Dec 17-18: Developing A Implementing Management Training Programmes in the Organisation, SIM Conference Room, S'pore Institute of Management Dec 20: Employee Health Benefits Workshop, Waterloo Centre,
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    • 136 2 Aerof lot offers you A'Bonus 7 Russian Holiday enroute to Europe 4 TV <////)) Aeroflot operates 3-weekly flignts from Singapore to Europe on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays via Delhi and Moscow. m m Your stop-over in Moscow is the beginning of your bonus Russian Holiday. SEE... MOSCOW the capital of
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  • REGIONAL
    • 357 3 Reuter A CHINESE Communist Party official in Guangzhou has confirmed that Chairman Hua Guofeng will resign and be replaced by general secretary Hu Yaob&ng. The party official was unable to give the exact timing of Mr Hua's resignation, but all indications in Beijing
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    • 187 3 AFP BRITISH and Australian interests have jointly won Hongkong's biggest government contract for the costruction of a highway. The HKJ4BS million contract went to Costain-Pear-son Bridge, formed by Cos tain International and Pearson Bridge Hongkong Ltd. The proposed highway is a 2.3 kilometres elevated road,
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    • 198 3 Reuter OPEC'S decision in Bali to raise their crude oil prices by about 10 per cent will add between US$3-4 billion to Japan's oil import bill next year, industry sources said yesterday. Japan, which imports virtually all of its oil needs, faces an import bill
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    • 328 3 Reuter JAPANESE defence minister Joji Oraura yesterday said he could not take responsibility for Japan's security unless the military budget is increased by nearly 10 per cent next year. It was the toughest statement yet by Mr Omura, who appears to be fighting a
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    • 360 3 AFP FARMERS' agitation in New Delhi has spread to yet another state Uttar Pradesh. The agitation, demanding higher minimum procurement prices fixed by the Indian government (or farm produce like cotton, onion and sugarcane, started at Nasik in the western Maharashtra state over a month ago. Neighbouring
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    • 152 3 AFP THE Japanese Science and Technology Agency said yesterday new nuclear power plants with output capacities of 23 million to 25 million kilowatts must be built in the next 10 years in order to meet Japan's power supply in 1990. The agency, in
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    • 461 3 AFP TAIWAN'S textile manufacturers recorded better export performance since the beginning of the fourth quarter, after suffering sluggish business in the third quarter, according to industrial sources. The sources predicted that textile exports this year may reach US$4.5 billion up 15 per cent over the
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    • 197 3 Reuter REGULATIONS imposing a capital gains tax of a basic 10 per cent on stock market transactions were published in Philippine newspapers yesterday to become effective on Jan 1,1981. The new tax, which does not exclude foreign investors in Philippine-based stocks, replaces a one
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    • 107 3 UPI HONDA Motors, the world's largest motorcycle maker, has reached agreement with Daimler Benz of West Germany to manufacture compact cars in South Africa. A spokesman for Honda said the companies agreed to produce the cars Hiring Daimler's South African subsidiary, United Car and Diesel Distributors, which is
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    • 178 3 AFP THE A-4 SKYHAWK Jet fighters the Malaysian government plans to buy from the United States will cost MJ1.039 million the Senate was told yesterday. Deputy Defence Minister Mr Abu Hassan Omar said the amount included costs for improvements and modifications He said
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    • 104 3 THE Malaysian government will consider a decision taken by the recent bumiputra economic congress that 51 per cent of the total share capital be allocated to the bumiputras, the Dewan Negara was told yesterday. The Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's department, Datuk Abdullah bin Abdul Rahman said
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    • 381 3 JAPAN'S Toyo Engineering Corporation (TEC) announced yesterday it has signed a 70 billion yen (US$333 million) contract with the Jakarta-based company, PT Aceh Fertiliser, to build two chemical fertiliser factories in Indonesia by early 1984. This is one of five Asean projects for which
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 171 4 WORLD demand for oils »nj Cits will only grow by 2 per cent this season, October/ September 1980/81, against 8 per cent last season but this will be accompanied by a sharp decline in export availability, the Hamburgbased weekly Oil World says. In its
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    • 214 4 CHICAGO soybean futures on Monday closed locked up the 30-cent-a-bushel limit in the first six contracts, to up US cents in back months. Traders said unfilled buy orders (or locked limit positions at the close totaled about four million bushels. Widespread commercial pricing attracted by the recent sharp decline
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    • 221 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on onday closed up the 20-cent-aabushel limit in old crop contracts, to up 18 US cents in new crop. Traders said unfilled buy orders in locked limit contracts totalled 2.5 million bushels of March, 600,000 May and 200,000 December. Aggressive commercial pricing and local shortcovering
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    • 320 4 THE SINGAPORE rubber market yesterday closed slightly higher with January One RSS buyers quoted at 288.25 cents a kilo, down 0.25 cent from Monday's close. Morning prices were marked up slightly on light buying support and some cheap offerings. The morning session had closed slightly higher with January One
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    • 289 4 RA8 prices In cenU per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) i Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 384.00 285 00N Int. 1 R.S.S. January 288.50 289.00 Int. 1 R.S.S. February 293.50 294 00 Int. 2 R.S.S. 275.50 276.50N UK/Cont 274.50 275.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 272.50 273 50N
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    • 102 4 NOON SSR and SMR price* yerterday. RA8 SSR 20 SSR 50 MKKLB (1-too pallet) (I-too pallet) Jannary (Cmrreat Mtk) Bayer* gallon 242.50 244 50N 238.50 240.50N February (Forward Mtk) Bayer* Seller* 244.50 246-SON 240.50 242.50N SMR CV SMR L SMR S SMR GP SMR 10 (1-ton pallet)
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    • 37 4 Rubber; Dec 16 Singapore: January: 288.25 cents (down 0.25 cent) Malaysia: January: 300.00 cents (unchanged) Tin: M$ 1,938 (down $32) (equivalent to $32.04 per kilo) (down 53 cents) Official offering: 200 tonnes (up 22Vi tonnes)
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    • 87 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang yesterday fell Ms 32 to $1,938 I picul (equivalent to $32.14 a Idle), $297 below the International Tin Agreement ceiling. The (all was mainly an adjustment to Monday's and Saturday's high levels, a lower London Metal Exchange and higher contributions of tin
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    • 176 4 CHINESE Pradacc Exchange, Stagapare, cMag prices per lMkg yesterday: Caeaaat sU: Bulk fob $140.00 sellers, old drum (in second band drum) fob $152 00 sellers, new drum fob $160.00 sellers. Capea: Mixed (loose) $77.00 buyers. Pepper: Muni ok white pepper fob Asta NLW $427.50 sellers, Sarawak white pepper
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    • 194 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cattaa yara: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2.030; 32s 2,710, 40s 2,940 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece gaads: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lamb 6 unq; Flower and
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    • 322 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.12, 100 per cent second class 0.96, 100 per cent third class 0.93, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.82. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.T6, Special 0.73.
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    • 894 4 jg COFFEE: Robusta futures i_ yesterday ended a moder- ately active opening call with pared gains of £28 to £18 a tonne from Monday after initially gaining up to £34 a tonne. Turnover was 709 lots. Near January ended the opening call £28 up at £1,009 n after
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    • 123 4 THE Malaysian palm oil market yesterday continued higher as sellers were reluctant in anticipation of a higher Chicago market and also influenced by steadier palm oil commodity future trading, dealers said. Trading was quiet with January gaining MJ12.50 to $932.50 a tonne in the South, while in February,
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 541 4 TOKYO SHARE prices yesterday closed mixed in moderate trading with many investors holding off to await the outcome of the Bali Opec meeting dealers said. The market average fell 5.91 to 7,036.76 with volume 320 million shares, but the Tokyo Stock Exchange index added
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    • 342 4 THE MARKET yesterday opened firm on Monday's closing momentum, but suffered heavy selling almost immediately. Mid-morning trading was mixed as volume tapered off. The pace quickened towards the close as sellers became more insistent and the market dropped sharply in the last half-hour. Prices suffered across the board as
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    • 297 4 STEADY gold and commodity prices yesterday helped underpin a generally firm trend but caution continued to cut into turnover, dealers said. News that Saudi Arabia had increased its oil price 1 by US$2 a barrel was Large- -i ly anticipated by the oil sector but Hanogen gained 10 i
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    • 220 4 DEC 16 Bahts Asia Credit Asia Fibre Ayuthaya Inv And Trust Bangkok Investment Bangkok Bank 290 -2 Bangkok Drying And Silo Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban 392 unch Bangkok Nylon Bank Of Asia Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd 147 unch Bata Berli Jucker 283 -2 Carpet InlerNatlonal Charoong Thai Wire
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    • 146 4 'PRICES were mixed as commercials and industrials firmed mining inH oils eased yesterday, dealers said. Apex Mining B, Phiiex E and PLOT firmed while Atlas Con B, Surigao Con B, Seafront and BF Goodrich eased and the rest were either untraded or unchanged issues. DEC 16 Pesos Acoje Mining
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    • 51 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 4644 Friday 400.2 Week Ago 479.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 011.00 Friday »17.15 Week Ago «33.70 H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday UBS JO Monday *****8 Week Ago 1386.08 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 743.02 Monday 736JC Week Ago 746.00 ALL ORDINARIE8 Tuesday 972.15 Monday 006.51 Week Ago
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    • 211 4 Let us examine the word News: J un .>u mat u j uai k jiuv. i.t iu**aiu niv. tai uii uiji/ iiiv unit t h•1 I J »*i iT*Ti I iwn l nrTB PTTFi rrlZi J7*l news Vn(y)iiz\ npi but sing in constr. often attrib 1 a report of recent
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 718 5 NYT FOR ROLEX, Piaget, Audemars Piguet and other 18carat leaders in the luxury watch trade, times have never been better. "Many more customers are prepared to spend several thousand dollars for a watch," said Robert Wexler, managing director of Tourneau, a watch retailer and
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    • 99 5 Reuter BRITAIN is to lift European Economic Community (EEC) restrictions on imports of synthetic fibres aimed mainly at the United States, Trade Minister Mr Cecil Parkinson announced on Monday. He told Parliament that the quotas on imports of polyester filament yarn and nylon carpet
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    • 301 5 NYT FOR the second time in a week, key congressional Republicans have urged President-elect Ronald Reagan to slash taxes and cut government spending quickly and dramatically when he takes office. Representatives Jack Kemp of New York and Bob Michel of Illinois said economic
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    • 151 5 UPI TWENTY-THREE Irish Republican Army prisoners Joined a 50-day-old hunger strike by fellow inmates on Monday in a move that could dramatically increase the chances of widespread violence across Ulster this Christmas season. The British government's Northern Irieand office confirmed the 23 men refused breakfast
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    • 124 5 Reuter WARNING that the world now faces the most serious, longest and most testing economic crisis since the *****, French President d'Estaing on Monday said the industrial democracies must work together. At a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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  • 242 6 IT IS inevitable that the cost of living should continue to register a constant upward climb. Almost like an indestructible force, it has creeped steadily into the lives of all in the civilised world, attacking everyone's pocket, from the most wealthy to the impoverished.
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  • 218 6 ALLOWING FOR the lack of familiarity with the package and the general mistrust of things new, the response to the DBS share ownership scheme should be considered encouraging. Fifty-three per cent of the group's employees who are eligible for the scheme have done their sums
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  • 2174 6  -  Superior communications has bsen credited as a prime reason for Singapore's remarkable commercial and industrial success. But today, communications is no longer sailing ships. It is computer technology, advanced telecommunications and mass transit among others. Communications Minister, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, speaks to JOHN TAN, QOH ENQ
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    • 5 7 BriStdfT: I >icte&s I TO?
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    • 498 7 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening Mowed by The Young And The Restless 3.25 Mandarin TV Theatre (r) 4.50 Cartoon Selection* 5.05 Diory Of Events (Malay) 5.10 New Ed Men Show 5.35 Rainbow Outdoor Adventure Cougar Country (Part 1) €.15 News (English) 6.25 The New Adventures Of Pfnocdao 6.35 The Flying
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  • 1179 8  -  Mention Holland and tulips, windmills and cheese come to mind. Why? Because the agricultural and food-related industry in the Netherlands is an important part of its economy. But Holland Expo 11, the floating exhibition scheduled for Singapore next month, seeks to dispel that notion. LEE YOKE MENG
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  • 900 8  -  FORUM with HENRY GINIGER NYT "1L NE FAUT pas ae faire avoir," warn solemn voices over radio and television. Billboards and newspaper advertisements all over quebec deliver the same message "we must not be had." For Quebec's nationalistminded government and for most political groups in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 310 8 The living legend Wedgwood The story of the world's most illustrious name in ceramic ware began in 1730 with the birth of Josiah Wedgwood in Staffordshire, England. Though the family had already been potters for three generations, it was Josiah who made the name Wedgwood immortal. In 1762, following exhaustive
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 182 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Dec 16: US Dollars* Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 20M 20'i 1 month 22v, ao't 2 months 2120H 3 months 21 >/« 21 V* 0 months 19 5/16 193/16 9 months 179/16 17 7/16 12 months 16H 16V. SwJre.
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    • 49 9 RANGE at prices ottered by discount bouses on Dec IS: Overnight: 5% to 7V«% Call deposits: to 6V«% Closing Buying Selling 3-month Treasury bills 6 13/16 611/16 3-month Bank bills 14 1/16 13 15/16 3 months CD 13 '/< 13'/» 6 months CD 13 12'* Source: National Discount Co
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    • 47 9 ZURICH exchanges closing quotes on Dec 15: US —1.7960/975 Stg 4.1845/1910 Can -1.4919 4941 DMk- 90.6061/7968 D F1 83.4419/5738 F Fr 39.0424/1712 B Fr 5.6415/6514 DKr 29.5696/6174 N Kr 34.7674/8231 S Kr 40.5607/6243 Lit 0.1914/1917 Aus sch 12.7869/8194 Port 3.3690/3919 Spain 2.2720/2760 Arg 0.0690/0940 Yen 0.8613/8630
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    • 40 9 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes on Dec 16: US 2.0120/50 (1.9770/9800) Stg 4.680/690 (4.605/615) Can -1.6814/42 D F1 91.93/92.20 S Ft -110.09/110.45 Lit 0.2106/0.2114 F Fr 43.07/43.19 N Kr 38.66/38.75 B Fr (con) 6.223/237 B Fr (fin) 6.190/6.200 Yen 0.9574/0.9603
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    • 471 9 THE US dollar yesterday closed firmer in moderately active trading with Continental currencies and the yen depressed by the outcome of the Opec Bali meeting which could see oil prices rise around 10 per cent, dealers said. Higher Eurodollar rates and a statement by the Iranian Prime Minister
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    • 159 9 THE DOLLAR yesterday added further to its overnight gains and opened at 2.0110/30 marks compared with its close here on Monday of 1.9840/60 and the New York close of 1.9990/2.0000. The US unit firmed to 1.8220/40 Swiss francs from on Monday's London close of 1.8020/50 and a late Hongkong
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    • EUROPEAN STOCK MARKETS
      • 274 9 DEC 15 Frs CORBEILLE Air-Liquide 527 >23 B S N Gervais Uanone 1128 17 C S F (Thomson Csf) ***** 4.5 Cie Francaise des Petroles 256 6.2 Compagme Financiere Compagme Generale 372 2 Credit Fonder De France 419.90 1.9 Hachette (Librairie) Machines Bull 53 30 0.1 Michelin (B) 721
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      • 201 9 DEC 15 ns ABN ***** 5 Ahold 65 80 13 Akzo 1540 0.2 AMEV 90 50 0.5 Am fas 112.00 -0.3 Amrobnk 56 90 0.9 Bergoss 19.00 -08 Berk 47 30 0.8 Bols 53 80 1.2 Borsumij 199 00 -4 Burhmann 53.20 -1.1 Byenkorf 36 50 2.8 Caland 28
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      • 223 9 DEC 15 Dm Aeg-Telefunken 74 70 -0.2 Akzo 1400 Allz Leben 1100 00 70 Allz Vers 470 50 unch BASF ***** 0.7 Bay H T Wbank 216 00 3 Bay Vbank Bayer 109 50 0.5 BBC 268 00 -0.5 BMW 151.50 0.5 Cassella 310.00 5 Chem Verw 236 00
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      • 95 9 DEC 15 Frs FORWARD MARKET Acec 273 unch Arbed 1126 .2 Astur 297 unch Brase an 944 -6 Bru Lamb 1004 Canpar 1206 •20 Cock 145 •3 De Beers 319 5 Ebes 1560 +10 Electrobel 3500 •50 Gb-Inno-Bm 1850 10 Gev 1278 •2 Hobolc 2400 -25 Petro *>?nn -20
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      • 109 9 DEC 15 Lire Anic 850 unch Assoc Gen ***** •1680 Bastogi 662 -16 Centrale ***** -505 Flat 3581 -69 f-insider 78 -3 Gen Immob 2106 15 IFI Pri 3790 -215 ItalcemenU ***** -1350 I taigas 1000 3 Italsider 290 -11 Magneti M Pf 010 -20 Marelh Ere 326 4
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    • 22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 13.8 per cent.
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    • 151 9 A STATEMENT by the Iranian Prime Minister that the US hostage crisis is almost in its final stages helped the US dollar improve slightly in quiet late trading yesterday, dealers said. Operators were taking the opportunity to short cover and the dollar improved to 2.0010/20 marks from an early
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    • 169 9 THE DOLLAR for overnight delivery yesterday closed firmer at 209.40 yen, compared with a 209.00 opening, dealers said. Trading was moderate, with volume US$969 million. The market calmed in the afternoon, with the dollar fluctuating between 208.80 and 209.50 yen after an active morning trading, dealers said. The dollar
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    • 321 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed sharply lower compared with overnight levels in light trading. Prices, which were marked down between US$7 to $12 an ounce at the opening, held steady during the morning's trading. They fell fairly sharply in afternoon trading following a statement by the Iranian Prime Minister
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    • 44 9 New York MM PH 15.35B 15 30B 15 65S 15 60S Zurich 15 10B 15.30B 15 50S 15 70S T>M IIM Singapore 1M MM 15 30B 15 60B 15.70S 16.006 Casing prtc ■es in US dollars troy oubd Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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    • 369 9  -  By RUTH CHENG THE Share Ownership Scheme started by the Development Bank of Singapore in August has attracted 541 applications or about half of those eligible. Open to full-time staff with a year or more service, the scheme gives every staff member an opportunity
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 43 9 BANCO URQUIJO S.A SINGAPORE BRANCH U5520,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE DECEMBER 20,1983 For the six months December 18,1980 to June 18,1981, the Certificate will carry on interest rate of 19 percent per annum AGENT BANK BANKERS TRUST COMPANY SINGAPORE BRANCH
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    • 268 9 Outstanding in any company. The Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia. The Granada Ghia is Germany's contribution to the prestige Ford fleet. The luxury car AM %AM that has taken Europe by storm. A car with 2.8 k m I'tres of power lurking beneath its bonnet. J m Beautifully appointed throughout, skimping
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 1244 10 NEW YORK THE NEW YORK stock market on Monday lost ground in active trading as bargain hunting among recently depressed issues abated. Analysts also said investors were concerned about possible oil price increases at the Opec meeting in Bali. But investors were also hopeful that interest rates are
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    • 208 10 DEC 15 CS Abiubi Wi A lean 41 Altoma 96 Bank Mont 32 Bank Nova Sroua 34 Bell Tel 19'% BeUi Corp BP Can Ltd 36 .i. Rriinn 35 unci) Camp Red Lake 66 2 Can Imp Bk 26'M Can par 45 Can pa c Inv Pf 19'. unch
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    • 319 10 DEC 15 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 425 unch Aberrotn 320 10 AE And CI 850 unch AMIC 2600 50 Barlows 1065 5 C( Sugar CNA 570 20 Currle Finance 215 Dr Brers Ind Edcon II 430 unch Edgars ***** unch Eveready l>d Volk 480 -20 Fugll 240 Gardian Glenanl
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    • 165 10 Where to wine, dine and entertain ESjfnTil i v iri 4i n-w* Local and Western self-service lunches Open daily 10.30 a.m. t03.00p.m. Restaurant Lounge 10.30 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. DOLPHW CAFETERIA Apollo Enterprises Ltd Xo J? 0 > 119,15t Floor, A* World Trade Centre y' 119,15t floor. World Trade Centre.
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    • 171 10 Saa Pag* 4 tor Asian stocks and Paga 9 for NYSE pricas i 3 a 4 /T/ *v f* 4* r*l v* m m£*~£ ym^' m For banquets. For conventions. For other functions of flawless finesse. l utu tuns f< >r up to 2S() guests Internum >na! menus to choose
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    • 177 10 Feast like an emperor at Chinatown m I XT' 9 n 7 w '1? m er Our chefs can whip up culinary delights that would excite even the most demanding of emperors. Here at The Chinatown, we serve Szechuan specialties. Name your favourites Or ask for our recommendations Then be
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    • 131 10 OQQQO Inn Of Happiness Now open at the Hilton Dine Dine Cantonese style. Szechuan style. The Inn of Happiness brings together the best of two culinary worlds. Two kitchens. Two chefs. All to double your dining pleasure, with that famous Hilton service. For reservations, please call 737-2233. |A| HURON INTERNATIONAL
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    • 104 10 ftfc as good as going to Bangkok. This is Thai Seafood at its authentic-test. So fresh, it could have been aftve 15 minutes before coming to your table. It was An enormous variety of succulent seafoods expertly prepared by Thai chefs in our kitchen Siamese Seafood Restaurant vOCwpn neiti Oxley
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 173 11 SPP's purchase of an industrial property in Shah Alam, Selangor, is expected to have an adverse impact on its earnings per share for the next few years. Replying to a query from the Singapore stock exchange, SPP said yesterday that earnings per share after
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    • LATEST RESULT
      • 35 11 has reported an interim dividend of 3 per cent gross (5 per cent) for the year ending April 30, 1961, payable on Feb 25 to shareholders registered on Feb 11.
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      • 59 11 has report- Ed an unaudited group pretax profit of M 52.75 million (12.65 million) for the six months ended Oct 31, on estimated proceeds of $8.23 million ($7.88 million). The parent company achieved a pre-tax profit of $2.48 million (same). An interim dividend 7
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    • 446 11 TdNGKAH Harbour Tin Dredging expects a profit slowdown in the current year ending June 30, 1961 following the transfer of its mining assets to associate Tongkah Harbour Ltd (THL). However, chairman Abdul Rahim Aki assures shareholders in the company's latest annual report that the substantial reduction
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    • 142 11 SHARE certificates of Tan Chong Motor Holdings have been re-designed and shareholders of the company will be issued with the new certificates without charge. So far, the new certificates have been used for all transfers effected since Oct 20 and for the one-for-one bonus issue
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    • 243 11 MALAYSIAN Finance Minister Razaleigh announced that Mr Azman Hashim will be leaving Malayan Banking to assume full time responsibilities as chief executive of Kwong Yik Bank, a 51 per cent owned subsidiary of Malayan Banking. It was stated in the recently released Maybank annual
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      • 502 11 WORLD International (Holdings) has reported an attributable group profit HK$95.68 million ($31.04 million previously) for the half year to Sep 30. The profit includes an extraordinary item of $32.50 million (nil). The board proposed an interim dividend of 4 cents (2.3 cents adjusted for twof or-one
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    • 384 11 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for Payment Date Clone Payable tke year Previous year Aokam 18%(n)% Dec> Dec 18 Jan 2/81 as% 28% Boustead 10% I DecS Dec 18 Jan 15/8110% 25% C AC 10% Jan 19/81 Jan 24/81 Feb 3/81 30% 23% CCM 32*% Dec
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    • 213 11 Company Particular* Ex Date Books Close Alcorn BtU C AC H Leoaf lid K Guti Flour M Banking Msis Rice Pegi Msis Rahman Hydraulic SanyoIud 8E AL S T P1975 Times Pub Proposed rights issue of 2 for 1 e$1.70 per share Bonus issue of 1 for 3
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    • 389 13 BERJAYA Kawat has failed to sustain the momentum set in motion in the past two years and expects •a downturn in profit for the current year ending next April 30, despite an optimistic outlook earlier this year. The main dampener during the half-year to
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    • 460 13 WITHIN less than two months since it started, the Kuala Lumpur Commodity .Exchange has out-perform-ed the highest expectations and is forging ahead to an active and useful future. Reviewing the market's performance up to the week's close on Friday, Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Leong Khee
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    • 168 13 ALUMINIUM Company of Malaysia Bhd directors expect 1960 pre-tax earnings to be "in the order of 35-45 per cent" of 1979 earnings which stood then at (3.48 million. However, the earnings are expected to exceed those of 1978's $1.12 million, and directors "remain fully confident"
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    • 206 13 SEME Darby BM has confirmed that it is to take over the registration of its shares from Barbinder and Co from Jan 1. It has advised that its share registration office will be changed to Mr Wong Tet Onn, c/o Sime Darby Bhd, share registration department, 3rd Floor,
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    • 526 13 vacma SSOeCL» HOCK LOCK SIEW THE increased speculative activity seen recently in lower-liner shares (some call them cats and dogs) has brought into focus again the need to reclassify some of the company listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The management committee of the SES has
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    • 325 13 CMnpuy nflii Date but yew I Net EPS <«■*) *«t Fall Yea Wv. ir Pre-tax Praflt PMRI PMC Chin Teck Msian Ctainers Berjaya Kawat Duff Dev Batu Kawan i i F I I F F 20/11 20/11 22/11 28/11 27/U 7/12 11/12 30.4 24.2 19.8 24.2 23.7 12.7
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 224 11 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 17th December. 1982 of: The Mitsui Bank, Limited Hong Leong Building. 16 Raffles Quay Singapore 0104. 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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    • 285 11 Higher rates of interest for your deposits at Chase Manhattan Bank Please call any of our Branches for further details Special Exclusive Service For immediate Foreign Exchange rate indicators just dial *****91 Shenton Wriy :CHofci Tp! 41 O'. hard Road .***** T, SO 1 Yunc Ar r Swiss technology for
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  • 1680 12 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified. BECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Ac»a (3548) (1)354
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  • 168 12 sdioapoue vramvar (NIMONTMHJ The Commerce i hr Dm 11) 3.11 3.27 (Managers' pttoai L nion Spore Fund i Nr Dae 1.22 1.27 The Savings Fund 1.88 l.jrr S pore Prog Fund 1* 143 INCOME BON V UNIT S pore Sec. Fund 2.05 2.15 (Carnal pi teas) S pore
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  • 2758 12 1980 High Low Company Last Sale orGr'« Div Div C'vr Gr'a Net Y'ld P/E Vol Day COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL 372 300 14S 180 323 125 352 745 406 610 245 Acma > 220 Alcom 116 Allied Choc 138 BAT 203* Bate 60
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  • 1786 12 K BID and offer prices officially 87 'listed aad business in «nrf re. 33 ported to the Kuala Lumpur _J Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of share# traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units, unless others' win* specified. H INDWRUU IJilMlli (3.125) (1) 106
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  • 85 12 AO&AM 111 BM: Twentysixth AGM to be held at Wisma Bunga Raya, 152 Jalu Ann pang Kuala Lumpur on Dec 22 at 11am followed by an EOGM at 11.30am. MALAYAN Tla Dredging (M) Mi: Fourth AGM to be held at Wisma Bunga Raya, 152 Jalan Am pang, Kuala
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  • 739 12 THE spirited rally nea b] ta vectors oa Meaday wa< pramptlj tfipiuM right tram the epeaiag bell at th< W»P>iw atoek eiektagt yesterday. Ewa the kaUhl oa v ode oI Gathrie shareateiM to Bft market seatimeat fw the apealag, Sine raoc twtftly to $3JI bat pragreaa
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  • 606 12 MONDAY'S strong run-up proved short-lived as prices slipped to close significantly lower on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange yesterday. There was little followthrough support apart from a few counters which attracted light interest. Instead the mood, unlike the previous day's trading, was more subdued as
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 178 13 Car ownership has its problems. I 'SZ'WEARNES doesn't! We offer as near to perfect a service as you'll ever get! Because the only cars we rent out form part of our franchise range. Which means that every car rented from us is treated as if it's your car. Regularly serviced,
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    • 563 13 f 1 *y> w Only a few have Carte Blanche. Carte Blanche, the world's most prestigious travel and entertainment card, now makes its debut in Singapore and Malaysia. Carte Blanche is reputed worldwide for the exclusivity and selectiveness of its members. Only the very sophisticated and the affluent are admitted
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  • THE ROAD TO PARLIAMENT
    • 395 14  -  By MARGARET THOMAS THERE should be an inquiry into whether the Public Utilities Board is building up huge reserves and whether it is spending its money wisely. Making this call yesterday at a Workers Party rally in Indus Lane (Kim
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    • 384 14  -  SALMA KHALIK THE IMPORTANT problem facing voters at the coming election is whether they and their children can continue to enjoy the kind of life they have come to expect. Foreign Minister Mr Dhanabalan, speaking at last night's PAP rally, echoed the Minister for Trade and
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    • 472 14 "MR Goh Chok Tong said that the PAP candidates were chosen because of their integrity, ability and commitment to Singapore. "Mr Ong Teng Cheong went further. He said they are very careful in picking people to be PAP candidates. He said they only
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  • 820 14 LONDON, Tues. Share prices were firmer in quiet trading though gold mining shares eased in line with the bullion price. Leading industrials added a penny or two where changed as in ICI, Glaxo, Reed International and GEC. Among gold producers GFSA, Harties and West Dries lost 100 or
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  • 226 14 THE four SLA cockpit crew dismissed for their alleged work-to-rule have queried the validity of accusations by the Ministry of Labour that they had indulged in illegal industrial action. Mr Lee Tow Kiat, representing flight engineer Anthony Voo and First Officer Harry Tan, said yesterday that the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 236 14 We don't only specialise in aviation insurance! Why not give us a call on 223-0066 and talk to Mike Hearn or K.C.Quek Bowring handles all classes C. T. Bowring Singapore Pte. Limited, Insurance Brokers and Consultants ssw <5K IF® B m *Zj>+. &0 > A We've clubbed together to make
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 60 14 IWEATHER Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Generally fair. Report for 24 hours prior to 1M p.m. on December II ftt the airport. Maximum temperature 31.7 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 23.8 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 5.55 Rainfall in millimetres 2.7 Total rainfall for
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 224 15 SINGAPORE rigbuilders have secured 31 rig orders Ijy the end of October, which will keep them fully -occupied until 1982. ,'7t Sasar News, a monthly publication of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers, reports that the orders comprised 28 jack-up drilling rigs, one •emi-submersible
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    • 512 15  -  By JAN LEE TWO Singapore shipping lines, Straits Steamship and Pacific International Lines have signed an agreement to jointly operate the passenger/cargo ship Centaur from February 1981. This will mean virtual domination of the cruise business between Western Australia and South-east Asia by the
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 92 15 INCREASED industry participation by ownership or charter can be expected by those Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) members for whom export-orientated refining is worthwhile, Brian Yolland, director of studies at Plymouth Polytechnic College, and Colin Munro of ECS Marine Ltd (Oxford) said. Addressing the Lloyds Shipping Economist
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      • 87 15 Reuter AN 18-day-old strike at Calcutta port by employees of the tea board was called off on Monday and work will resume, Indian trade union leader Bikash Hazra said. The Press Trust of India (PTI) said the Calcutta Tea Traders Association was to meet yesterday to decide
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      • 63 15 AP A GAS blowout at a drilling rig in northern Poland eight days ago has developed into a huge fire on Monday fueled by what is reported to be a large oil deposit, officials said. The Polish state television said that the blaze at Karlino, near Koszalin
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      • 57 15 Reuter A BRITISH expedition has reached the South Pole in an attempt to make the first circumnavigation of the earth via the two Poles, a spokesman said in London. The expedition left London in September 1979 and hopes to reach the North Pole in April 1982 after a
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    • 668 15 SUpfUg lime Page CM Adriatic IV s Ale* VI 3 Afro-Eurasia VI 3 All trans VI 5 Alpac VI S Angkutan VI 4 Anhsing vn 5 ANL i 1 An toll vm 4 APL m 4/5 Achipelego vn S Argentine IV 4 ASCL m 1 Asean Ocean
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    • 974 16 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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    • 1417 16 CHARTERING was mainly confined to the time-charter sector on Monday where a 10,000 tonner was booked from Yokihama to Rangoon at U556,300 daily, and a 54,000 tonner from Japan to Brazil at $13,500 daily. A vessel of 26,000 long dwt received $10,500 daily for a voyage from Gibraltar
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    • 439 17 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Anemone (after Oceania Star) 19 Adhiguna Karya (0700) 10/ 11 Bunga Gelang (0600) 44 Builder II (0700 after Tutong) 22 Dong Bee (Group I on Board) (after King Dragon 4k Izhma) 23/24 Dong Yun (after Bunga Bindang) 45A Futami Maru (0630 hauls
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    • 208 17 THE tfcnwitt call sf a Sank* Asia Line (SAL) vessel to the Part ti Stagapsre dace the Inception *t the service will be made en Saturday by the 9J39 dwt lag carrier, S*ak* Seirpto. The vessel sperates nader Sank* Aria Line's Japaa/Hsngksng/ Straits
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    • 414 17 THE Port of Hamburg has had "a perplexing year," according to Mr Helmuth Kerne, chairman of the 380member Association of Hamburg's Port Operators. Total cargo turnover for 1960 will be approximately 63 million tonnes, he reported, maintaining more or less the 1979 level. "A good
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    • 245 17 INTENT ea maiataiaiag a ■—I within the Alaakaa enriee trade toUewiag the lees of the liner PHmseadbm, Heiiaad America Mm has reeefcedaled Its TIJM grt eraise ship Urttordsi as a sahstttate tor The IJirtMM Prinarm dam caaght fire aad saak la the Nerth
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    • 643 17 THE first marine container factory in China has gone into production in the Guangzhou shipyard in Canton. CTI-Container Transport International, which owns more than 300,000-TEUs, the world's largest fleet of marine containers, helped to build the factory and put it into operation under the terms
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    • 336 17 THE Port of Singapore Authority's performance for the 1960s will depend on the ability of its management and union to identify and respond to the economic and political changes in the world, said Mr S Chandra Das, a PSA board member. Speaking at the annual PSA
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    • 1181 21 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World 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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    • 314 22 WHILE "handy-sized" gearless tonnage and medium-sized cellular vessels are presently not commanding too much interest, prospects for large self-sus-taining ships look to be in good shape. According to specialist brokers Sea bulk Chartering Ltd, many charterers are already seeking vessels of the latter
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    • 758 22 AFP SOVIET chartering dominated the freight market last week, sustaining the tone in front of the yearend holidays. As many as 20 vessels were believed booked by these influential operators over the last few days. Of particular interest were the booking of Panamax sizes (70/80,000 tons,
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    • 528 22 PRELIMINARY figures from conglomerate Trafalgar House have shown pretax profits up from £43.7 million to £49 million. Out of five main divisions, shipping and property provided the two areas of growth. The rest (contracting, newspapers and investment activities) all lost ground. By far the best result in
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    • 115 22 A JAPANESE shipbuilder will repair a South Korean freighter which sank in a collision off Japan during a typhoon in September but was later refloated. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said the 3,000 dwt Sea Hawk will be turned over to its owner, Nam Sung Shipping Co of
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    • 148 22 CHARTER-party disputes (dry cargo) Dec 15-19, Tower Hotel, London. A Lloyd's of London Press seminar. Uederstaadieg Investments In Shipping Jan 18 24, Madingley Hall, Cambridge. A Sea trade Academy management training programme. Contact: Seatrade Academy, 90, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 ILQ England. Telex: *****3 Sea Ed G. Marine
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    • 475 15 Everett Linesi FO« THC MOST ftEQUCNT SAILINGS TO BANGKOK HONG KONG JAPAN BUSAN CHITTAGONG CALCUTTA CHALNA •RANGOON BU€NOS AIRES MANZAMLLO ACAPULCO Everett Steamship Corpn. S/A Cktlord Centre Singapore 1 Tel *****/9 36, Beach Street. Penang Rm 36 103 OCBC Bidg Tel *****/3 Port Kelang Agents SOCSHIP CO BHO Tel *****1/8
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    • 289 15 OSEALORDB UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) j Vessel I AL WATTYAH v.io BARZAN V.12 ADDIRIYAH EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE 26/12 Dubai (4/1). Kuwait (6/1) Dammam (10/1). Mina Qaboos (12/1) Abu Dhabi (14/1), Doha (16/1), Bahrain (18/1) 21/1 Dubai (30/1), Kuwait (1/2). Dammam (4/2), Mina Qaboos (6/2). Abu
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    • 19 15 CONTAINER Schedules n LONDON Freights D/m SHIPS In Port ID SHIPPING List VH/Vm REGIONAL Weather VIH SHIPPING Events vm
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    • 725 15 MILLION MILES MARINE (PTE) LTD. W SHIP CHMOURIM (Soles Services) AGENTS DtSTRBUTORS STOCKISTS. Deck, Engine, Provisions Dry Frozen, Bond Golley Suppliers. Add 463, Mocpherson Rd S'pore 1336 TEL *****21 (10 lines) Office on the wire *****11 (24 HRS) *r MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U.S. PACIFIC, GULF, ATLANTIC,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 895 16 MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPN. BERN AD. WISMA MISC, N0.2, JALAN CONLAY, P.O. BOX 371, KUALA LUMPUR 0449, MALAYSIA. TEL: *****8 TELEX: MA *****, *****, ***** ***** CONTAINER SERVICE CotUmt fggfct Feeder *P Kefang Vessel Spore B OAHIIA MARETANIA 20/12 B PENAGA 19/12 N DEJNA 23/12 B OAHIIA 26/12 N HOORN
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    • 399 16 BSS SUPERCARRIER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO PANAMA+US ATLANTIC GULF AND E. CANADA ft ftta I TSTOBf I CM Km Sarii Ctntr B more R York B«tor St Mm R Ort BUttl nUMI *27/12 BMBCJI TMF *11/1 Mm accepts* C—t<— i to CMRKM via I ki May+fCl Contaawi art* tSTOBE CM
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    • 591 17 Overseas J B 1 Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe TAROSHP SERVICE TO UK/CONTKNT: CONTAMRSHP SatVlCt FROM UK/CONTMNT: tfbwi Bran R dam Lt Hwre S ton P UMf Sport Nut Wc SaM Sairt SM W SaM SaM MP* HK. KS team Mm SaM faM M Uri 20 Ok 21 Dk
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    • 640 18 Hapag-Lloyd TOWXTHEUMPC fart Flaw DtpM UwptM Bay Haaftart Eipen L*p Sj> TO IOUEWmtA Onoa Trieste 8/1 15/1 18/1 24/1 28/1 3/2 ro ho»th otort/ioiTaamo/ 24/12 26/12 14/1 16/1 23/1 TO USA/CARADA Feeder FT" P Man* S pore tipreu 21/12 20/12 22/12 lM|a Mm 27/12 Eipress 3/1 Ekt Eipress L«pa*i 5/1
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    • 591 18 KOREA smrm line CORPN P. KeJang PENANG EGA 155W 29-31 Dtc 25-29 Dec STORE 1/4 Jan tl FIOMBUSAM BANGKOK VEGA 156E 29-31 Dec 25-29 Dec 1/4 Jan tl TO BUSAN ALTAR 159W Ml/1 ALTAR 160E7-11/1 16-19 Jan SI F*OM BUSAN BANGKOK 16-19 Jan tl TO BUSAN use KSC KSC KSC
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    • 592 18 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST EUROPE EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE t£^2 G A S2J° R H MBURG FELIXSTOWE ROTTERDAM, AnlWtKr, It HAVKt ALSO ACCEPTWG CARGO FOR UN TED KKG DOM MANCHESTER, BMMMGHAM. BUISTOL. LIVERPOOt, GLASGOW. LEEDS WEST GERMANY BsKlß«vnr HOLLAND AMSTERDAM S>M Mtartel 'ifcifcn Mm Lt toi *0* H/01 11/11 11/11
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    • 660 18 Everett Lines si V 1 LOADMG FOR DURBAN MONTEVDtO BUENOS AKES S'pere IM 31/31 lan C<9 Trinsporttaon Maritimt Mtxicana S. A. "MEXICAN NATIONAL LINE" FAR EAST/MEXICO I CENTRA! AMERICA SERVICE "on TMM through H of La**" LOAONG FOR ENSENAM. IMNZAM.LO. ACAPU.CO ACAIUTIA. CORMTO. SAM JOSf PVJNT ARE MAS (COSTA RCA)
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    • 754 19 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICE a COLOMBO/KARACHI/P. GULF SERVICE SINGAPORE/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON/SERVICES KOTABUANA. KOTARUKUN. KOTA RAJA—KOTA BERKAT. Singapore 5/10 Jan 25/30 Dae lnPt/20 Dac Loading Far ChHtagang, I Rangoon Rangoon SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/SINGAPORE DIRECT SERVICES KOTA ANQKABA. SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/SINGAPORE SERVICES KOTAPERWIRA 20/31 Dac JAKARTA KOTA BINQA KOTA PAHLAWAN 27/31 Dac CIREBON KOTA JADE KOTA BINT
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    • 1002 19 L 1 BEN LINE CONTAINERS fwi Hot D'aptt Un*MIM hpra*t Imp Hn Lap Bit EXPRBS CONTMNEX SERVICE TO/FROM EUtOft H BURG B*HAVCN ROM* HAVRE SOTON fftn rmanWCtnu*,/ A«stna Antwtrp France MUK mu wu m Wl Wl IVI 8/1 vi in 27/12 a/12 »/i a/i a/i »/i 11/1 vi vi »/i
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    • 651 19 1 K Au I Scan Dutch? V St f I 33 <»fl t>M P faN 1 )CM| 2)tfM* 3)T»ah 4)TBah S)LaH t MM M 26/12 27/12 MM M 31/12 +31/12 M khrt 21/12 7/1 VI IH 1) BMMw. Stockholm (Mo. Helsinki 2) Copeahafen. Aartws 3) Bremen 4) Antwerp kmsttrfm. UK
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    • 598 19 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BANK LINE FOR REIMOM SOUTH AFRICA BEAVER BANK A V«s«( SINGAPORE Ski 13/1 •to Reunion 22/12 22/1 Durbon 30/12 30/1 Copetown 6/1 2/2 PtEliz 9/1 5/2 (also accepting East London and Maputo carp) Lukesyfe Linos U.S. WEST COAST SERVICE ~~1 tot DHct from SFO Lbeh SPORE St*
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    • 955 20 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA no feehr vessels* ft sr Mono *ssis tk w a ny AVtu* 21/12 Am Mara »/l n/1 «m Ham 5/1 H/l bp* MM 13/1 5/2 Fa*Acto2N 22/12 20/12 tea Man. 12/1 22/1 lapa* *0* VI W1 "1,, lapan
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    • 487 20 c«irtnu/p«cvK rmti wist suvke EXPBESS CONTAINER/REEFER SUVKE Lm*| tar lOS MGELEV MM nUMCSCO. SEATTLE. TACOMA. Accaptnf FCL/FCL (Man P UM| SafWt WW" 31 DK 11m •Mcoua, »c AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SUVICE Aetata* fa/Td C«btan NEW ZEALAND SERVICE JAPAN SERVICE P«— H P Wmi Singapore Km 25/26 Ok 14/15 i» INDIA
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    • 469 20 IF" > roi p SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD 20IH KOOB OCSAN BOILJIV, SINGAPOKf OTOa MARKETING *****2 '3 LINES' GENERAL 91J111 Mii'.FS TERMINAL OFFICE *****83 TELEX RS 24b9t MS 2SS6B A B CARSM)P CABLE CARGOSHtP |]wiit;iiner l-inrs WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/from BANGKOK SI\GAPQRE ISI A XDS USE MIDDLE EAST REGULAR
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    • 576 20 Bgranard line INDEPENDENT ATTRACTIVE RATBS MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINER CARGO FCL ONLY FOR PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. BEIRUT. LATTAKIA. UMASSOL ISTANBUL A PIRAEUS Specially engaged agents i stevedores providing immediate discharge 4- MAN 9K (.Ml ALL OWNED VESSELS GRANARD SMTM6 AGENCES (S) PTE LTD. M *****77 (S Lfem) *****37
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    • 673 20 OLYNTItA NNJ7.. S'pare P. 240k 27 Dac BOMLOGNE/R"DAM/ UK(AVON) WTRASEA (PIE) LTD *****11 BOOKM6 *****57 YEO SNPPMG ft TRAOMG 499(44, *****2. 499(79 HID OVERSEAS MMtfTM SON 9M> 3(5954. *****/2 53 ALP AC LINE P Kelang Penang ALPAC ASIA V.45 21 Am 75 Dk R untoo Durban Agents Shppm HTRASEA (PIE)
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 523 21 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): •Containers feedered to/from F'stowe Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia N GARNET S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1000 22/12 LCI Cargo 2200 21/12 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ): TO AND FROM AUSTRALIA: JAKARTA SINGAPORE PENANG BRISBANE SYDNEY MELBOURNE. BURME ADELAIDE FREMANTLE. Also accepting cargo to/from Bangkok and E.
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    • 362 21 KORINS MARITIME SERVICES Room 601. ICB Building. Shenton Way. Singapore Tel: *****22 *****67 MIODLE EAST/RED SEA/EUROPE SERVICES \\jC\ SArvi ,Ck LINES A member ot the Sim* Group ol Company liner SERVICE FROM KOREA 'TAIWAN HONG KONG TO S'NGAPOfIE Inchon Buun Kettaf H.Kong Spore SAM ICK V.12.. S Dtc 10 Dec
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    • 383 21 \!PI OCEAN LINES REGULAR NON CONFERENCE SERVICES MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE S pore P Man| Pfnang [aiding tot OCEAN DIAMOND VIONB UNQIK MNNER V.SNB Pod Said Liru sml Ale»andru Piraew/Beirvit /Rijefca MERIDIAN EASTERN LINES DMECT REGULAR MONTHLY SAILING TO COLOMBO I KARACHI (Abo accepting cargo for SHARiAH, DUBAI. BAHRAM, SUBJECT TO
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    • 350 21 EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL LINE (EIL) EGYPTIAN FLAG DIRECT LINER SERVICE TO EGYPT (PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA) STORE PT SUEZ PT SAD ALEXANDRIA AGU MAMMA Dm 23 lan 6 lan I lan 13 SPHMX U Jan 15 Feb 1 Feb 4 Feb S Cargo Bookings Please Phone *****43 MARTRANS CARGO PLEASE CONTACT SCHENKER
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 366 22 MALDIVE LINES ETA KUANTAN ETA PORT KELANG MALDIVE WUSTRY Sailed Loading for Chittagong/Madras MALMVE PEACE In Port Loading for Dubai/Kuwait MALDIVE MAGE 18/12 Loading For Jeddah/D|ibouti MALDIVE LOYALTY 25/12 Loading for Hodeidah MALDIVE SEAFARER 30/12 Loading for ieddah MALDIVE PIONEER 30/12 Loading For Jeddah FOR BOOKINGS ENQUMES PLEASE CONTACT: SMGAPORE
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    • 363 22 WEEKLY SERVICE TO MALE GLOBE LINE LTD Weekly Service to Male, Moldive Islands vio Colombo SPORECOLOMBO MALE ETD ETA ETD ETA Globe 4 19/12 21/12 26/12 ms "SUNE S." y. 4 29/12 Globe y. 5 23/12 29/12 2/l/-81ms "SUNE S." y. 5 5/1-81 Globe y. 6 30/12 4/1 9/1 ms
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    • 262 22 NOTAS LINE MTAS AJWK SPo#f NOTAS PTf lID 111 >9498*4 (5 Inr.i Tl« US ***** P« MAHMOOC *MBAc 4 SOUS SON BmC 'ft 38'613 Til MA ***** P Gudjnf SMAPADU MOIOMC SON BMC Tfl 6666! Til MA ***** PtNANC STRAITS ORt(N T SHIPP fNT SON BHD Ul *****? 6759? Tl*
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    • 398 22 "A ANTOLL LIMES Dree I B/U to MHb<x#r* S»drwy Bmturw Independent FCL Contai>er Coventwnal Timber liner Service Pol Sol Droit 4- Sri Till* Sfll Dffltt Sol Ma Dec 21 lan 1 lan 31 TeFTT^ Port Ketan| Dec 31 Jan 10 Feb 3 Feb 15 Melb (Geetonj) Jan 12 Jan 25
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    • 220 22 a PERKAPALAN LAUTAN BIRU SDN. BHO^ P O Box 220. kou k«abakj Sabah KOULAR IMS SHtVK3 Sabah Sarawak Bangkok ingaport* Port keUng Vessels S pore Penang P Klang Loading for LAUTAN RAM V-l/80 In Port KK/Sandakan LAUTAN UM 22 Dec KK/Sandakan LAUTAN RAM V-9/S0 ®J* KK/Labuan LAUTAN ENAM- 17 Jan
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 157 22 n Regional Weather N 'S 3*. K JZo Wi V s 'f C yA cr to Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature °C aioWcr Weather Wind direction with speed in knots R in Wave
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