The Business Times, 8 December 1984

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,1184 60 CENTS
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  • Article
    SIA may fly to China soon
    354 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES' plan to fly to China will move a step closer to realisation when an SIA team leaves for Beijing this month for talks. BT learnt yesterday that SIA is thinking of flights to Beijing, Shanghai and, perhaps, Guangzhou next year. It is
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  • Article
    HDB to build million flats in next 50 years
    603 1  -  Many will replace units in older estates By LISA LEE THE HOUSING and Development Board will build one million flats in the next 50 years. In the more immediate future, contractors can expect at least $5.4 billion worth of work from
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    Many countries opposed to 'open skies' policy
    456 1  -  By JAIME LYE A LOT OF countries are still up in the air when it comes to following Singapore's "open skies" policy, and this is a problem which needs to be resolved. This is especially important since open competition has contributed so much
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    Asean must redefine economic unity: Dhana
    494 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG ASEAN countries will reach a dead end in economic cooperation if they do not rethink the approach in this field, Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan said. "The debate over Asean economic cooperation has often been dominated not so much by the
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    STOCK MARKET
    51 1 THE Mngaperr stock market elisti mixed yesterday after italw reported that market seattmeats have improved greatly and that the market hi a ei—lHstlis phase kef are meving npwards. The BT Cempsstte Index gained 2.1« points at 72SJ* while the Straits Tines Industrial Index meved Ml paints higher to
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    NEC Corporation to set up $30m software development centre
    471 1  -  By JOANNE YAP NEC CORPORATION, the first Japanese computer company to invest in the local software industry, will set up a $30 million software development centre here. This vote of confidence from NEC is of great significance to Singapore's software industry,
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    Lock icon Malaysian banks told to lend more for shares
    165 1 Reuter MALAYSIA'S central bank. Bank Negara, has directed commercial banks to give more loans to clients for investment in shares in the local stock market, banking sources said. The sources said the directive, which did not indicate how much should be lent,
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Better services key to more visitors
      348 2  -  By JAIME LYE BE NICE TO TOURISTS this is the key to attracting more visitors to Singapore, not just the bricks and mortar which make up tourist attractions. Dr Wong Kwei Cheong, Minister of State (Trade and Industry), in emphasising the commitment of the
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      Centre pays tribute to electronics
      284 2 ELECTRONICS companies produced $6.7 billion worth of products last year, or $2,680 for every Singaporean. Yet, while Singaporeans live in a world surrounded by electronics, few have seen, touched or operated the many devices and understood the impact of the industry on everyday life. However,
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      Hongkong Bank lowering prime to 9½ pc
      133 2 THE LOCAL branch of Hongkong Bank will lower its prime lending rate by one-quarter point to 9'/2 per cent on Monday. It will also lower its fixed deposit rates. The savings rate will be trimmed by half-point to 6'/ 4 per cent. Its
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      A neat package from SMA
      266 2 THE LOCAL PACKAGING industry is heading for a period of consolidation, according to the chairman of the packaging council of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association. Mr Eddie Chng pointed out that the consolidation was a result of Singapore restructuring its manufacturing strategy from import-substitution products to
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      Lock icon More people getting their wages through banks
      119 2 MORE PEOPLE were paid their wages through banks in October than at the beginning of the year. But Singapore still trails a number of advanced countries in terms of the proportion of the workforce receiving salaries through banks. In October, 498,257 people were
      Source: The Mirror  -  119 words
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      Swedish minister identifies three areas of cooperation
      319 2 THERE ARE three areas in energy and environmental control in which Singapore and Sweden can cooperate, Mrs Birgitta Dahl, Sweden's Energy Minister, said yesterday. One is in the field of energy conservation and efficiency, especially in industrial processing. Another is in the area
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      SAF has both numbers and hardware to defend the nation
      237 2 THE SINGAPORE Armed Forces has the numbers and the hardware to protect the people's vital interests. But many Singaporeans are too complacent about the threat to their vital interests from external aggression. This point was highlighted by Defence Minister Mr
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      New collective agreement for Times' printing employees
      158 2 PRINTING and production employees of Times Organisation have signed a new wage agreement. The 1984 collective agreement, signed between the Times Organisation and the Singapore Printing Employees Union at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel yesterday, will mean higher salaries and better benefits for more
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      Singapore is safe from AIDS threat
      501 2  -  By ANNA TEO SINGAPORE is not likely to be invaded by AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) and the chances of keeping the disease at bay are good, a doctor said yesterday. Dr K V Rat nam, a dermatologist (skin specialist) at the Middle Road
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      Bukit Batok New Town's dry market attracts 1,148 tenders
      400 2 RESPONSE to the dry market facilities at Bukit Batok New Town has been "very good" with 1,148 tenders for the 16 units of lock-up shops, market produce shops and canteens. The Housing and Development Board is also offering a 339.5 sq
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      Two organisations donate $300,000
      171 2 TWO ORGANISATIONS are making donations totalling $310,115 to charity groups today. Hong Leong Foundation will be donating $250,000 to 50 organisations and welfare groups, including the Science Centre Board, the Home Nursing Foundation and the Singapore AntiNarcotics Association. Among the 50 receivers are 21 members of
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      ROV accepts findings on cause of car-splitting
      352 2  -  By YAP BOH HOON THE REGISTRY of Vehicles has accepted independent findings that high speed driving and collision at a critical angle, and not faulty manufacturing, caused two cars to split last year. These findings by TUV Bayern, a German vehicle inspection body,
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      Singaporeans now more discerning, says PAP candidate
      191 2 THE TYPICAL SINGAPOREAN is an intelligent person who is "better educated than his father, more widely read and more discerning than before", said Mr Heng Chiang Meng, the People's Action Party candidate for Jalan Kayu. Addressing members of the Singapore Book Publishers Association
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      Continue efforts at productivity, shipyards told
      55 2 KOH FOON CHOON, chairman of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers, yesterday encouraged a doubling of efforts at productivity improvement. Mr Koh, who is also the general manager of Management Services at Keppel Shipyard, was speaking at the prizegiving and closing ceremony of
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      215 2 MAKE YOUR CAREER IN RANKING The Kyowa Bank, Ltd., a leading Japanese city bank with branches, representative offices and banking subsidiaries in the world's major financial markets, opened its Singapore Branch this year, and expanding its business. It is now looking for suitable candidates to fill the following positions in
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Liffe expects options decision before year-end
      126 3 Reuter THE LONDON International Financial Futures Exchange (Liffe) expects to announce the introduction of option trading before the end of the year. Liffe chief executive Michael Jenkins said after a board meeting that plans are near completion. Some traders think options on short Eurodollar
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      Lock icon Recession unlikely, says major US bank
      284 3 FT ANYONE who thinks America is heading for another recession could be making a serious mistake, says Manufacturers Hanover Trust, the fourth largest bank in the US, in its report "Financial Digest". The report, published in New York yesterday, acknowledges that recent business statistics
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      Lock icon M-1 increases
      62 3 Reuter THE US money supply M-1 rose by US$2.2 billion to a seasonally adjusted $554.2 billion in the week ended Nov 26. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said the previous week's M-1 level was revised to $552.0 billion from the $552.1 billion first reported. The four-week
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      905 3 SINGAPORE: The US dollar extended its small early gains against most major currencies in quiet late trading yesterday. Some covering interest and commercial demand contributed to the dollar's strength. It rose to a late 3.0660/70 marks from an early 3.0645/55 and New York's 3 0610/40 close and to
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      Treasury bills
      49 3 RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Dec 10 to Dec 14. Offered: $220,000,000. Applied for: $272,000,000. Altettod: $220,000,000. AeeepM bids: $99.31 approximately 86 per cent; higher bids in full. Average rate sf dbewurt •a aUetmeat: 2.750 per cent per annum.
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      Money markets
      120 3 THE OVERNIGHT rate remained unchanged from Thursday's close of 51/4 per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. The one-month rate was also unchanged. However, two and three-month rates rose by 1/16-point each. S$ interbonk rotes at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overnight 51/4 51/8 1-month 5 7/8
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      Asian dollar market
      223 3 YESTERDAY'S Asian dollar deposit rates closed firmer than Thursday's levels in light trading. Short-dates rose between 1/16 and 3/16 point initially on higher US federal funds rates and were then unchanged with weekend closing at 8-7/8 8-3/4 and week fixed at nine 8-7/8. Periods opened between 1/16
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      Simex
      367 3 DESPITE the lower closing in Chicago and firm EareMlar deposit rates, Euros futures moved unexpectedly higher yesterday from the opening. The March contract opened at 89.97, same as Chicago's close, and was quickly traded to 90.04 before additional buying pushed it to the day's high of 90.06. It closed
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      Gold
      162 3 HONGKONG The metal closed virtually unchanged in very quiet trading yesterday despite some buying interest emerging towards the close. It closed at U*****.50/90 an ounce compared with New York's $330.50/331.00 close and the $329.80/330.20 finish here on Thursday. Local gold finished HK$7 higher at $2,685 a tahil. The krugerrand
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon US says hijackers connected to Beirut embassy bombers
      790 4 NYT, UPI THE HIJACKERS holding a jetliner at Tehran's Mehrabad airport are closely connected with the Iranian-backed Shiite terrorist group that is believed to have bombed the US embassy and the marine barracks in Lebanon last year. A senior State Department official
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      Lock icon Lange government holds down wage demands
      398 4 FT NEW ZEALAND'S Labour government has achieved something of a political success in its first big challenge. It has managed to hold down wage demands in the current round of talks with unions. The first three unions to settle after intense negotiations have accepted
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      Lock icon Muldoon ejected from parliament
      137 4 Reuter FORMER New Zealand prime minister Sir Robert Muldoon was ordered out of parliament after calling a former All Blacks rugby player and Commonwealth official a traitor. Mr Muldoon told parliament that when Mr Chris Laidlaw was a Commonwealth Special Assistant, he gave information to Secretary-general
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      Lock icon Opec's crude oil output overshoots new ceiling
      383 4 AFP CRUDE OIL output by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) overshot the new Opec production ceiling by 0.8 million barrels a day (mbd) in November, the International Energy Agency (lEA) estimated. While Opec leaders have blamed the current weakness of spot
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Arms talks
        40 4 US DEFENCE Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan Ben Abdul Aziz held talks in Riyadh on Thursday. Official sources said the talks centred on military and technological matters aimed at strengthening Saudi Arabia's armed forces.
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        Miners trapped
        47 4 RESCUERS toiled into the night on Thursday to reach 61 miners trapped deep in a gasfilled tunnel in Taiwan's latest mine disaster which had already claimed 33 lives. The miners were believed to be trapped two kilometres from the Hsishan Yikeng coal mine's main entrance.
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        Asean news agency
        57 4 ASEAN should establish its own news agency to increase the flow of information between its members, Indonesian Information Minister Harmoko said. The official Antara news agency quoted Mr Harmoko as saying news about the six Asean members was underused by the press in the region, which tended
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        UK won't sign
        57 4 BRITAIN has announced that it would not sign the 1962 United Nations Law of the Sea Convention, but would not oppose signature by the European Community. The decision follows an identical stand taken by West Germany last month and clears the way for the Community to sign
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        Nuclear purchase
        68 4 ISRAEL is considering the possible purchase of a nuclear power station from France. The issue is expected to be raised by Mr Shimon Peres, the Israeli Prime Minister, during his current official visit to Paris. The French nuclear power station group Framatone has said that it would be
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        Oil pricing formula
        41 4 BRITISH National Oil Corp (BNOC) must modify its pricing formula to take greater account of the increasing importance of the spot market and thus not incur trading losses, chief executive lan Goskirk told the British Parliament's energy committee.
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        Proposal rejected
        50 4 THAI Foreign Minister Sithi Sawetasiia, in a letter to Laotan Deputy Foreign Minister Khamphay Boupha, has rejected a Laotian government proposal to hold a new round of talks over three disputed border hamlets. Mr Sithi said the atmosphere was not conducive for discussions, according to a ministry spokesman.
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        Lock icon Support for miners
        59 4 Agencies LEADERS of Britain's Trades Union Congress have reaffirmed total support for the National Union of Mineworkers, miners' president Arthur Scargill is quoted as saying. The British News Agency Press Association reports him as saying that the TUC, in Thursday's meeting with the NUM, promised all possible
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      Lock icon Reagan in new drive to slash federal spending
      318 4 AP PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan, launching a fresh drive to slash US government spending, has indicated that he would accept a 10 per cent pay cut along with Republican Party Congressional leaders as a symbolic gesture aimed at making US$42 billion worth of
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      Lock icon Production of industrial robots up in America
      177 4 AP PRODUCTION OF industrial robots jumped sharply in the US this year and the future appears rosy. Japan continues to maintain a wide lead in using robots in business, but the US is making progress and has better technology, said Mr Walter Weisel,
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      Lock icon Union Carbide Corp chairman arrested in Bhopal
      292 4 Reuter, AFP THE CHAIRMAN of the US multinational Union Carbide company, Mr Warren Anderson, was arrested when he landed at the city airport in Bhopal yesterday. A government spokesman said two top officials of Union Carbide's subsidiary which ran the plant in Bhopal,
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      Lock icon Gas leak kills two
      88 4 Reuter TWO MEN died after a gas leak yesterday at a steelworks near the industrial city of Newcastle. A spokesman for Broken Hill Proprietary, Australia's largest company, said the leak occurred when a gas flow was being transferred from one section of a coke oven to
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      Lock icon Kanak to avenge members' death
      241 4 AFP THERE WILL be reprisals by the Kanak Independence movement (FNLKS) following the deaths of 12 members in New Caledonia in the past 24 hours, according to a representative of the movement at present in Sydney. Hnalaine Uregei said yesterday there would be a "hunt
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      Gatt has made a breakthrough, says US
      495 4 US TRADE Representative Bill Brock said the member-coun-tries of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (Gatt) made a major breakthrough when they agreed to include trade in services within the Gatt framework. "There was a breakthrough last week when Gatt accepted as
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      782 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service number Local time From SIA SQ11 OHO LAX/TYO PAA PA5 0155 JFK/SFO/HKG CAL CI333 0250 TPE RA RA408 0730 BKK/KTM MAS MH68I 0820 KUL CV CV796 0845 LUX/AUH KAL KE624 0850 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL SV SV378 0920 JED/RUH MAS MH671 0935 KUL
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  • BACKGROUND
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      A generous and humble friend
      386 5 HE WAS the original Abalone King, but Mr Ng Choon Ser, 70, travelled in trishaws, wore singlets and slippers an unlikely person to have cost Singapore banks $80 million. The man in the centre of the storm now hitting the local banking community has been
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      Hoo Thye: Lingering questions
      1102 5  -  After the shock, bankers weigh the consequences By AMY BALAN, ALVIN TAY,PENG AILIAN THE SHOCK that greeted the news that Chop Hoo Thye, one of Singapore's most reputable wholesalers, has left prominent members of Singapore's financial community with a huge debt of $80 million, is fading.
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Produce exchange
      136 5 Chineee Produce Exchange tSiNcrs' room ctosino pricoi on Doc 7.SV100 kg) Robusta 20/25% FOB NSW Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW B W FOB NSW 492.50 438.00 281.00 Coconut oil Gombier BufcFOB Otd drum FOB New drum FOB Copra Mixed Doom) Pepper Mint ok white FOB NLW Sarawak white FOB
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      RICE
      279 5 Singapore A-1 special C-l special C-1 Ordinary Loonzoin 100% 187 (SIAito, ex-godown) Thoi white unq unq 100% 1st doss first grade (kangaroo) 100% second grade 230 n«w crop 0.96 100% third grade unq 100% 2nd doss 100% 3rd doss 0.70 0.70 Parboiled 5% 10% 227 222 25% new crop
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      RUBBER
      206 5 SINGAPORE The market closed lower yesterday with December One RSS buyers quoted at 171.50 cents per leg, down 1.50 cents from Thursday. The morning session lost 1.50 cents on some selling in quiet trading. Prices hovered narrowly around lunch-time levels in very quiet trading due to lack of interest.
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      PALM OIL
      132 5 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed slightly firmer yesterday in quiet trading on light covering interest, with a higher Chicago soycomplex close supporting levels. December deliveries in the south and central regions rose Mslo while north closed unchanged, all at $1,200 per tonne. The refined market continued quietly
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      SOYBEAN
      121 5 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed on or near the highs on Thursday, ranging from five to 2'/« US cents per bushel higher in old crop to off one cent in new crop January. Nearby January rebounded from a new low for the move to post
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      Straits Tin
      92 5 THE Knla Lampir Tla Market price held at the lateraatfeaal Tie Agreement f leer-price ef Ms2t.ls per kg yesterday, ea eeatiaaed baffer stack maaager activity, la the shseaee ef ether iaterests. Velame ef eeaeeatrates «applied ameaated ta 191 tenet eempared with 188 teaaes ea Tharaday aad ae ratfeaiag
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      TEXTILES
      153 5 Yarn (I* HK$ por hole of 400 China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16'* 3,100 Bkie Phoenix 20** 3,200 Bkte Phoenix 32'* 3,780 Bkie Phoenix 4C* 3,950 Girded yarn, honk Bkje Phoenix 21'* 3,450 Combed yarn, cones Bkje Phoenix 32'* 4,750 Bkie Phoenix 40's 4,900 Open-end yam Ouc Phoenix
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      RAS and MRELB
      311 5 RAS prices (in S cants/kilo, FOt m b ■lot) NOON CLOSE Silm kr«n jfnen Irrt 1 RSS Prompt 170 50 171.50 170.25 17I.25N Irrt 1 RSS D«c 84 171.50 172.00 171.50 172 00 lot 1 RSS Jan 85 175 25 175 75 175 00 ***** Int 2
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      SSR and SMR
      101 5 (cwiti/kg, l-to« December 84 January 85 (current mth) (forword mth) NOON NOON RAS Buyvn Siim Byy#fs SSR20 168 50 170.50N 170 50 172.50N SSR 50 166 50 168 SON 168 50 170.50N MRELB Bwy*n C M luytfi 5>Hti SMRCV 196 50 198 SON 198 50 200 SON
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      WHEAT
      134 5 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed V* cent to 1V« US cents per bushel lower in moderately light trade on Thursday, with March posting a five-cent range on the day. Steady selling in March by Cargill Grain and Frazier Parrott, with Continental also selling May, kept
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      LONDON MARKETS
      881 5 COFFEE Robusta futures ended a subdued morning yesterday with losses from the previous close of £16 to £3. January finished at £2,274, down £16, with its premium to March narrowing to £42 from £50 at the close on Thursday. March was down £5 at £2^32. Turnover totalled 1,014
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  • TIME-OFF
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      No winners in game of chance
      501 6 ALONG THE ROAD to riches, there are petrol stations, fast food outlets, banks and department stores. Travellers are being tempted to stop by these places. After they have filled their petrol tanks, stomachs and bank accounts, and emptied their wallets on shopping, they might
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      From steel to clever trunks
      615 6  -  By MONICA GWEE HENRY RACAMIER used to import and export specialty steels around the world. But when he married in 1970, he was introduced to long-fibre Egyptian cotton stretched into canvas, cowhide leather and trunks big enough in which to cram a body. It was
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      Lock icon Hands on the wheel and wind in the hair
      669 6 NYT. WHEN CHRYSLER revived the convertible after a six-year absence in 1962, the car was regarded by many in the car industry as little more than a novelty, an attention-getting attempt by a failing company. After all, the doubters said, air-conditioning
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      STRAWS in the Wind
      176 6 FESTIVE specials being offered by a certain "team of highly efficient and skilful painters" sound too good to refuse. A letter from the team, signed Lion, tells potential customers that it is offering its services at special reduced rates, "garanteed to be less than the market
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      WHAT'S ON
      312 6 CONCERTS SSO Concert: The Year of Czech Music Soloist Pavel Prantl. Mr Prantl is the leader of the SSO and its progress, especially in the string section has been laraely attributed to him. As a native Czech, he has been invited to participate in the Year of the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      779 6 a a CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 9 Dry up and th« best line in it is spoiled (2, 6) 10 A stop off to get something from the zoon (3) 11 Somebody hos got through child (6) 12 A supporter that proves to be good, in the long run(6) 13 Working
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    • Miscellaneous
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      1166 6 to m mm C CHAMNII 5 1 12.25 PM SBC Tcit "Li»e" Swoe Pi(« 19 CC fWi mti. uul R .mil 1 u it.33 uperwig ana programme rigTMgms followed by Sesame Street: Learn the letters "C" and "S" and the number "4" 2.00 Smurfs (r) 2.30 Saturday Matinee That Fumy
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  • SPORTS
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      'Tis the season to give the clubs a bit of rest
      290 7 Weekend golf IN THE FESTIVE month of December, this weekend's golf calender reflects the inertia that holidays normally produce. Only two monthly medal competitions are scheduled for this weekend while at four other clubs, there are no competitions scheduled.
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      777 7 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO •Ship Voy Arrival Operator Gdna FCL Location Takari H 2296 8.12.84 2100 Cahaya TA 3 0700-0900 F3 WiHin Tokyo 554 8.12.84 2300 B Wilhelm FSB 0900-1100 U2 B Dahlia 216/84 9.12.84 0100 Leo Shpg FSB 1130-1300 SI Sophie Ricks
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      All ready to pound the road
      694 7  -  By WALTON MORAIS THEY'LL ALL be there tomorrow the curious, the flashily dressed, the fun-seekers. And then of course, there'll be the runners. In America, they have a name for marathon runners. They call them Legionnaires of the Damned. Well, tomorrow at 6.30 am,
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      North Melbourne has the advantage
      502 7  -  By BRIAN MILLER ABOUT TWO and a half months ago, a strapping Australian gelding named Narth Melbaarae made his racing debut at Bukit Timah. Owned by a Singaporebased syndicate but trained at Kuala Lumpur by Vincent Chong, the three-year-old had come with a reputation of
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      Defending champs are up against heavy odds
      537 7 TWO YEARS AGO, in only his second marathon race, he came out of nowhere to beat some better runners from the US, Canada, Sweden and UK and win the inaugural Singapore Marathon. Tomorrow, he finds himself in the same position again not one
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      Wilander in the finals
      112 7 DEFENDING champion Mats Wilander crushed Johan Kriek 6-1, 6-0, 6-2 yesterday to advance to the finals of $1.28 million Australian Open Tennis Championships at Kooyong. The 20-year-old Swede took just 66 minutes to down the Florida-based, South Africanborn Kriek, the winner of the title in Kooyong
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      158 7 Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU HELLO. OUT THBtE! R5 THREE oklocx.anpwubustenmg TO'ALLTHNGS RECD&PERED!' j NP#9 NEW EARLY MORNIN6 HELL-RAISING CORNER r>] L COME ON, PEOPLE, 6tVBUSACALL! GET INVOUW IT \BEATSSTTW6UP HATCHING RERUNS I OF*MR.ED*! THTUUNSm SHEET PEA, DEEP THINK JUST PONT MAKE TTAT THISHOUR,f o. L t IH THE UEEKS AHEAD
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon Union Carbide placed on creditwatch
      277 8 Reuter STANDARD A Poor's Corp has placed Union Carbide Corp on creditwatch as a result of the financial liability that could ensue from the leak of poison gas at its Bhopal, India, plant. The tragic aftermath has potentially negative implications for the company's ratings. While
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      Lock icon Phillips, Mesa make counter-moves
      170 8 NYT THE BATTLE for Phillips Petroleum, the ninth biggest US oil company, has moved into top gear. Phillips won a temporary restraining order blocking T Boone Pickens* tender offer for at least 15 million of Phillips' 153 million shares and Mr Pickens revealed plans to sack
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      Lock icon Wall Street finishes mixed in heavy trading
      299 8 Reuter STOCK PRICES on Wall Street closed mixed on Thursday in heavy trading as the market became mired in a holding pattern while investors awaited news about the size of the US money supply. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 1.11 to
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      Toronto
      96 8 DEC 06 C$ 31 1* Imp 04 Inco 43* 13* 32* 34* 20* 24* 16* 12* 19* Mi Td 35* 3* BP Con Ltd 24* Mc Bkxiel 25* 29* unch 15* 28* 57* 48* 17* -vt 14* 4* Cmbl Rd Ik 26* 27 Cn Bltwt O A 15* 12*
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      Johannesburg
      129 8 DCC 06 i>» st««i UTVMC WOUSTtlALS WooKtforth A Alpha MININGS Abertom A£ And O 2390 -10 7300 AMJC 1725 -50 7850 C G Smith 383 CNA 1100S 20 Cume Frtanc* 1500 -10 820 -5 5200 FiflVok E R Com 145 unch Fugrt 1750 25 565 -15 Knh 1110 -20
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      600 8 DCC 06 US$ ACF Industrws Alcan Alum** Alcoa Al*gh«ny Lud Akod Cham Cp AKad Storn A*»-Chatm#n Am Brands tnc Am Broodcost Am Can Co Am Cyanamid Am Etoc Pw Am Express Am Horn# Prod Am Moton Cp Am Natural Gat Am Tal T«L Amox Inc Amaroda Hots AMF
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      European markets
      893 8 Amsterdam DCC 0* Fk ABN 339 50 -4 Aago« 136 50 -3 Ahotd ***** -0 8 94 60 -13 AM£V 199 00 -1.1 Amfo» 6260 -1 Bart 39 SO -1.2 Bok 100 50 -0 3 278 00 -5 Boaka 68.20 unch Cafcjnd 31 00 unch Cctv 402 50
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      Hongkong
      351 9 HONGKONG: Shares recovered early losses yesterday in brisk trading as speculators covered their short positions and selling pressure subsided during the afternoon. The Index closed the day 1.38 higher at 1,122.12. Turnover was HK5204.73 million compared with Thursday's $192.93 million. Cheung Kong and HK Wharf both added five cents
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      Taipei
      232 9 f\rf m MT t x Chwn Indus 18 80 -0.1 ***** Lien Hwo Indus 1150 -0 45 m n i Nan Yo Plos 30 20 unch Al inc«r. Indus M» -0 2 Pocrfl<; Coos 26 90 0 2 PocrfK Elect Cothoy Cons 28 40 £1 W|fe 1 900 0
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      Tokyo
      376 9 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply lower yesterday in active trading on Wall Street's fall and a sudden lack of confidence in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology-related shares, leaders in the recent rally. The market average slumped 92.81 to 11,467.03 after rising 16.47 on Thursday on volume of 500 million shares against
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      Manila
      113 9 MANILA: Shares prices closed generally easier in dull trading yesterday. The Commercial and Industrial Index lost 0.27 to 110.11 from Thursday's revised close of 110.38. Mines were down 0.47 at 748.02 and the Oil marker was unchanged at 0.604. DCC 07 P«OS 0 0016 unch Onentol B PtW Overseos
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      Sydney
      351 9 SYDNEY: Share markets closed slightly easier yesterday with selling concentrated in industrial issues. Near the close, the All Ordi- naries Index was down 1.1 at 726.1, the All Industrials Index was down 4.9 at 1066.4 and the All Resources Index was up 1.6 at 463.7. National turnover was 46.65
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      Bangkok
      138 9 BANGKOK: Share prices closed higher in quiet trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 0.53 point to 129.79. Turnover climbed to 798,958 shares from 713,426 shares on Thursday. DCC 07 lohtl S«om City Cement Sram Credit 556 +10 133 50 unch S«am Tyre Ayulhoya In*. And Trust Bangkok Bank
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      Seoul
      79 9 Dec 7 Bonk Seoul Won 650 621 +5 1 Hyundai Motor K AL Korea Frit 656 540 730 1380 8 3 10 20 Commercial Bk 692 5 415 4 Daetro k>d 560 -5 795 •4 Doe woo Corp Daewoo Ind Dong Ah 486 634 660 770 1 +2 urvch
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      Lock icon Kadoories may bid for rest of stake
      65 9 Reuter LORD KADOORIE and Horace Kadoorie may make a general offer for the 10 per cent of Hongkong Engineering and Construction Co not already owned by them, financial advisers, Schroders and Chartered, say. The company has appointed Jardine Fleming (Securities) to advise the
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      Lock icon Hoechst signs cooperation deal with Chinese company
      200 9 FT HOECHST, the West German chemical group, has signed an agreement with the China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) to examine the prospects for cooperation between the two groups. The agreement came at the end of a 10-day visit to West Germany by a delegation
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      Lock icon Hitachi expects record profits
      124 9 Reuter HITACHI Ltd expects consolidated net income for the year ending next March 31 to rise by 21 per cent to 203 billion yen from last year's record of 167.11 billion yen. A spokesman says group sales are expected to reach a record of 4,980 billion
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      Lock icon Peugeot holds talks with China
      102 9 FT PEUGEOT, the private French car group, is negotiating with China on the construction of an engine component assembly plant at Guangzhou. Peugeot confirmed on Thursday that negotiations were taking place between China and the French group's Automobiles Peugeot division. The group also owns Citroen.
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      Lock icon Tokyo Stock Exchange building completed
      188 9 AFP A NEW Tokyo Stock Exchange building* featuring computers capable of three billion trades daily, is to be opened officially on May 4. A ceremony was held on Wednesday to mark the completion of the stock exchange building which is situated in Kabutocho, Japan's main
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      Lock icon US against sale of optical fibre
      139 9 AFP OBJECTIONS by the US to the sale of optical fibre for a telecommunications project for China have stalled a US$2OO million deal between a Belgian company and Beijing. The Hongkong based Far Eastern Economic Review said Belgian Bell Telephone. a subsidiary of the
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      Market overcomes selling pressure to edge up
      4265 10 THE Singapore stock market managed to edge upwards yesterday in spite of selling pressure in the afternoon which pared the morning's gains. The BT Composite Index closed 2.16 points higher to 725.07, while the Straits Times Inudstrial Index gained 0.60 point to 818.43.
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      Chief price changes
      226 10 SINGAPORE RisM Indices D#c 6 Ptc 7 670 20 ST Composite 722.19 725 07 VTZZ 346 tie 8Tta*co»or *****01 *****02 310 5 rr oircn -i«5 +8i out 300 tl2 STUd«»noh «17J3 818 43 Wtmnnr fTnitii 590 4-10 ST Fmonct 2452 93 24JI II CTtT 436 110 ST
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      KL stocks close on mixed note
      450 10 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market closed on a mixed note yesterday as share prices succumbed to profittaking. Trading was active with situational issues dominating the limelight once again. Turnover rose slightly to 11.46 million shares valued at $25.79 million from Thursday's 11.20 million units
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      Business done on the SES
      3718 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lota of unless otherwise specified. All Time SetUement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT". Big Board
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      CHART POINT
      263 11  -  By HOCK LOCK SIEW MARKET TRENDS and prices of actively traded stocks with large issued capital, such as that of Genting Bhd, tend to move within nicely defined channels. At its best, the trend channel acts quite like a ship's steer, directing and at times determining the way
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2933 11 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS A Choc (3.206) (8) 3.14 (21) 3.16 (22) 3.12(7)3.18(10)
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      LONDON STOCKS
      849 11 SHARE PRICES yesterday were mixed but with a firmer bias, although trading was quiet, dealers said. The FTSE 100 Index at 0945 was up 4.1 at 1179.9. British Telecom rose l'/ip to 89'/2, ICI added 2p to 664 and Glaxo gained lOp to 1050. Hanson Trust continued its
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      Dah Yung's printing venture to cost 10pc less
      260 11 FOLLOWING successful renegotiations by its directors, Dah Yung Investment's venture into the general printing business is to cost 10 per cent less. Instead of paying $2 million cash for Data Printers Pte Ltd as first announced three months ago, Dah Yung will
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      Gateway plunges in value to $163m below cost
      590 11  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM THE MARKET VALUE of "The Gateway" Singapore Land's futuristic yet problematic 37storey twin tower office blocks under construction at Beach Road has plunged 40 per cent below its cost of $406.7 million to only $243.9 million. The independent valuation
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      Metro group in the red in spite of better performance in retail trade
      450 11  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN METRO HOLDINGS, the department store, building and property group, has gone further into the red at the half-way stage. In the six months to endSeptember, pre-tax losses have risen from $762,000 to $1.69 million
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      Selected indices
      102 11 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Friday 1066.4 Thursday 1071.3 Fridoy 1122.12 Week ago 1094 7 Thursday 1120.74 NEW YORK Week ago *****0 Dow Jones TOKYO Thursday 1170.49 Wednesday 1171.60 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1193.46 Friday *****.03 Standard and Poors Thursday *****.84 Week ago ***** 90 Thursday
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      131 11 CONSTRUCTION Sap plies H*ose Bbd has teamed up with Malay Rubber Plantations (M) Sdn Bhd to form a joint venture company, Zarib Komplex Sdn Bhd, to develop a modern housing-cum-indus trial estate in Pengkalan, Ipoh. The land on which the project is to be undertaken, will be booked
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      Unit trusts
      248 11 Monogers' prices for Dec 8 10 Second B'putro 4 86 4 91 Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 4 05 4 10 441 446 Singapore Unit Trust Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro 3 06 3 11 2 94 2.99 2 05 2 10 The Commerce 2 53 2 69 Seventh B'putro
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    'Economy depends much on education'
    534 12  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF EDUCATION will play a major role in ensuring Singapore's future growth. Because education helps to promote the ability to adjust to changing conditions a key (actor in managing a small economy in the face of uncertainty increasing educational opportunities in Singapore will
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    President sets list of suggested tasks for graduates
    304 12 LOCAL graduates were given a list of suggested extra-curricu-lar activities by President Devan Nair at the opening of the National University of Singapore Society Club House last night. In his speech, President Nair told society members that they could help to strengthen
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    SPH makes high-level corporate appointments
    473 12 THE BOARD of Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) has made several high level corporate appointments within the holding company and appointed members to the boards of its four main operating subsidiaries following the approval of the press merger. It also sanctioned the appointment of members to
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    Safety award for SIA crew
    130 12 RECEIVING the Orient Airlines Association (OAA) Safety Award and Citations yesterday from Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Minister for Communications and Second Minister of Defence, is SIA Captain Nicholas LW Evans and the crew of SQ2IA, which weathered a flight through volcanic ash over Jakarta in
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    Big fall in US interest rates unlikely as long as budget deficit remains
    436 12 AMERICAN interest rates, in spite of the recent fall in prime rates, are unlikely to go down substantially as long as the US budget deficit situation hangs psychologically over the financial markets, said the chairman of Commerzbank
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    Chemical Bank's interim order against Chop Hoo Thye gets extension
    265 12 CHEMICAL BANK was yesterday graated aa eitwiiu sf mttcr five weeks ea Its two interim orders agaiast Chop Hm Thye, Its sole proprietor aad a related eompaay, Yak Moag Trading Compaay. The first order restralas Chop Hoo Thye aad its
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    Polling Day a public holiday
    97 12 POLLING Day, which is on Saturday, Dec 22, will be a public holiday. The Ministry of Labour said yesterday that it had received many enquiries on whether Polling Day would be a gazetted public holiday. The Parliamentary Elections Act stipulates that Polling Day at any
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    HDB evicts five for harbouring illegal immigrants
    324 12 FIVE Singaporeans who harboured illegal immigrants have been given the harshest penalty they have been evicted from their Housing Board flats. Six more will suffer the same fate soon, according to a joint statement from the Labour and Home Affairs ministries released yesterday.
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    Murder case adjourned
    73 12 THE CASE against four people accused of the murder of Mr Frankie Tan Tik Siah was yesterday adjourned for further mention on Dec 22. Mr Tan's widow, Lee Chee Poh, 50, Vasavan Sathiadew, 41, and two construction workers Phan Khenapim, 42, and Wan Phatong, 21, are alleged
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    Jardine Fleming goes into voluntary liquidation
    335 12  -  By PENG AILIAN THE FINAL knell has tolled for Jardine Fleming (Singapore), exactly two months after the merchant bank was ordered to leave by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In an extraordinary general meeting held on Dec 4, JFS decided against its earlier plan
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    MRT Corp awards three contracts worth $28m
    252 12 THE MASS Rapid Transit Corporation has awarded three more electrical and mechanical contracts worth $28 million, bringing the total value of electrical and mechanical contracts awarded so far to $1,104 billion. Yesterday, the MRTC awarded the contracts for the supply of depot equipment
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    Dow Jones lower
    63 12 STOCK PRICES turned lower in early morning trading yesterday amid investor uncertainty over the significance of the latest economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (ell about one point to about 1170. In the broader market, declining issues led gainers by a ratio of about four to
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      Lock icon Union Carbide chairman released
      36 12 Reuter INDIAN officials have released Mr Warren Anderson, chairman of Union Carbide Corp, who was arrested when he arrived in Bhopal to investigate the poison gas disaster that killed 2,000 people. Reuter
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      Lock icon US unemployment down to 7.2pc
      33 12 Reuter THE UNITED STATES civilian unemployment rate declined to 7.2 per cent in November after registering 7.4 per cent the two prior months, the Labour Department said. Reuter
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      Lock icon Bonn passes tax bill
      36 12 Reuter THE WEST GERMAN parliament yesterday gave final approval to a bill to abolish a tax foreigners pay on interest earned from German bonds, retroactively effective from Aug 1 this year. Reuter
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      Lock icon Malaysian trade surplus up
      46 12 Bernama MALAYSIA'S balance of trade (or August took a turn (or the better with an increase in surplus to $450.2 million. The Statistics Department said this was a great improvement over the $244J> million trade surplus recorded in the previous month. Bernama
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      Lock icon Vietnam using Flying Tanks
      32 12 Reuter VIETNAM is using Sovietmade Mi-24 helicopter gunships, the "Flying Tanks" Soviet forces employ against Afghan rebels, against Kampuchean guerillas, Thai National Security Council Chief Prasong Soonsiri said.
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      Lock icon Hijackers extend deadline
      43 12 UPI ARAB HIJACKERS who have slain three passengers extended a deadline yesterday to kill the 66 remaining hostages and broke off radio contact when negotiators in Tehran pleaded for an end to the killings, the Iranian News Agency said. UPI
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      Lock icon Finance company suspended
      63 12 UPI THE HONGKONG government yesterday suspended the deposit-taking registration of Deak-Perera Finance Ltd, a subsidiary of DeakPerera, the oldest and largest bullion and foreign exchange dealer in the US. Hongkong's commission of deposit-taking companies said it had ordered the suspension because the "business of the company is
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      49 12 wmim Outlook for today: Cloudy; occasional light roin, moderate to hoavy at tunas. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Doc 7 at tt>« airport: Maximum tamporotura 29.0 Associated humidity 74 Associatod humidity Hours of sunshine Rainfall in millimatras Ro info 11 this month Rainy days this month
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