The Business Times, 23 March 1978

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1978 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 77 1 TWO Vietnamese pilots flew Into Singapore last night to seek asylum In a third country. A Singapore Government statement said the two pilots have been taken into custody while their application for resettlement will be passed on to the country concerned. The two pilots who were In a
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    • 62 1 Reuter WASHINGTON, Wed. The United States had a record deficit of US$2O.2 billion (5546.4 billion) In its current account balance of payments during 1977, the government reported today. The Commerce Department said this was more than double the previous record deficit of $9.9 billion in 1972 and
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    • 54 1 Reuter. VIENNA, Wed. Oil ministers from Opec nations will meet In Geneva on April 3 following a Kuwaiti call three weeks ago for emergency talks on the state of the US dollar, official sources said today. There would be no agenda, and ministers "will be free to raise
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    • 56 1 Reuter. !5 ONG Wed Hongkong's trade deficit widened to HK$l.Ol billion (Sssoo million) in February from $685 million In January and $465 rnillion in February, 1977, provisional figures show. February domestic exports and re-exports fell sharply to $2.90 billion from $3.60 billion In January and against $2.91
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    • 69 1 AFP BREST, Wed. Hope was fast running out today of salvaging some 100,000 tonnes of oil from the stricken supertanker Amoco Cadiz which ran aground last Friday with 233,000 tonnes of oil on board, off Brltanny. Plans to pump the remaining oil Into an 18,000 tanker anchored
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    • 60 1 AFP TOKYO, Wed. Japan has overtaken Britain as the world's second largest nuclear power generating country with a combined capacity of 11,837,000 kilowatts, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said today. The number of nuclear power plants In Japan is expected to rise from the current 18
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    • 61 1 AP. KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia Is determined "to put right the Imbalance In the air services agreement with Britain," a government minister said today. Deputy Communications Minister All Sharlff said the government-run Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has to pay British Airways Ms 4 million yearly from the
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    • 60 1 UPI NEW YORK, Wed. Stocks headed lower early today amid rising investor concern that the US Congress would push against industry for stronger inflation curbs. Trading was fairly active. The Dow Jones industrial average was off 2.86 points to 759.96 shortly before 11 a.m. Declines led advances, 602
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 127 1 Rises Most active NSOP 355 +85 Nanyang Press 271,000 GELife 1000 +30 Haw Par 239,000 MalakofT 266 16 Sin Chew 235,000 NBT 196 14 Pan Electric 208,000 Perlu Plant 214 12 UOB 178.000 Dutch Baby Magnum Corpn Jardinea 155 320 208 10 +8 +8 Total Turnover: 4.47
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    • 170 1 Rises Most active Chin Teck N Sembilan NBT Merlin (S) PMRI Malex 3.78 3.60 1.33 1.30 High and Low 261.000 Haw Par 223.000 2.00 1.49 2.74 3.64 2.66 .16 .15 .14 .12 .11 Sentosa 205.000 Sim Lim 203.000 Total Turnover: 4.22 m Malakoff Total Value. MS9.07 m
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  • 1039 1  -  'POSB CAN DO WITHOUT ADVANTAGES' By JOHN TAN FINANCE Minister Hon Sul Sen's statement In Parliament two days ago that his ministry is considering altering the special benefits accorded Post Office Savings Bank depositors has predictably met enthusiastic response from banks. The Association of Banks In
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  • 231 1 SINGAPORE'S external trade fell off in February owing to seasonal factors. The volume of imports and exports, however, continued to be higher than the 1977 month. External trade continued to be in deficit with imports exceeding exports. For the month, imports were $1.98 billion and
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  • 555 1 SINGAPORE and Australia have apparently worked out a new bilateral sugar agreement as Indicated by an official exchange of letters between the two governments last Friday. Details of the new agreement are still not disclosed. However, Mr. Peter Home, the Australian Trade Commissioner in
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  • 208 1 AFP BRITAIN'S Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Lord Goronwy-Roberts, said on arrival In Kuala Lumpur yesterday that he hoped the differences with Malaysia over the Concorde overflight rights would be solved soon. He added that the supersonic Concorde had been "environmentally and economically acceptable In
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  • 347 1 BANK rates is Singapore are ready to bill again after riaing early this year. Yesterday, market leader, Development Bank of Singapore announced it is cutting its prime rate from 7 V« to 7 per cent, effective today. DBS explained that the rate
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  • 536 1  -  •y RONNIE LIM SAMAERO, the Singapore Government Joint venture with the French company, Aerospatiale, is negotiating a contract with another French aerospace company, Societe Charentalse d'Equlpements Aeronautlques (SOCEA), to sell its products in the region. This is one of a number of ambitious
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 805 2  -  By RONNIE LIM ROLLEI, the West German camera manufacturer, is experimenting with a productivity scheme for machine setters in Singapore following the success of its scheme for operators Introduced six years ago. The latest issue of the Minimax. published by the National Productivity Board, says
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    • 213 2 A LARGE British sugar machinery manufacturing company, Fletcher and Steward, has been awarded a £15 million (Ss66 million) contract by the Philippines Sugar Commission. The project will involve the design, supply, installation and commissioning of a refinery to produce high quality refined sugar from 550 tonnes
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    • 147 2 A NEW law course that may Interest Singapore and Malaysian students will begin in the UK in October. The director of studies of Holborn Law Tutors, Miss Valerie Aggett said that it will lead to the barrister's final examination the Bar Part 11. She said,
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    • 127 2 THE JAPAN TRADE Centre In Singapore will step up its promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the Republic and dissemination of economic information on Japan. Announcing this yesterday, Mr. Akio Suzuki, the general manager said that this will be In the hands of Mr.
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    • 346 2 THE Malaysian Government has awarded two contracts worth M 56.4 million for flood control. They are the 53.3 million contract to Syarlkat Manong Bhd. for raising the Klang Gates dam and 13.1 million contract to Song Send Bhd. for deepening and widening of Sunset
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    • 122 2 A S 10,000 model of the largest cargo vessel designed and built in Singapore was presented to the Port of Singapore Authority's Maritime Museum at Sentosa yesterday. TW model of "Cabo Espiritu Santo" (Cape of the Holy Spirit) was a gift from the
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    • 254 2 THE SINGAPORE Hilton will take on some of that famous French atmosphere, brought on by sidewalk cafes, accordion players and dancing girls when It presents Springtime In Paris, a promotion of wine, food and entertainment from France from March 27 to April 15.
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    • 309 2 AFP. SOUTH Korea's major export items have been shifting in recent years from Tight industrial products to heavy and chemical industrial goods. According to statistics released by the CommerceIndustry Ministry, the component ratio among total exports of such light industrial products as textiles, footwear,
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    • 75 2 THE Port of Singapore Authority will be conducting three courses next month on port administration (April 3to 21), ship Inspection (April 3 to 7) and oil spill control (April 17 to 28). The courses are for senior and middle management in the shipping community. Closing date tor
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    • 50 2 Reuter. MALAYSIAN Agriculture Minister Datuk Sharlff Ahmad yesterday announced that Malaysia would set up a plant quarantine training and research institute to serve Asean. Opening a three-day conference on crop protection Datuk Shariff said the institute would provide information on pests and advise on pest control measures. Reuter.
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    • 679 2 SINGAPORE OPEN GOLF By o Special Correspondent PRE-TOURNAMENT favourite Ben Arda of the Philippines and a local amateur, Cheong Wing, yesterday won the Pro-Am tournament, the curtain raiser to the four-day Singapore Open Golf championships commencing today. Arda and Cheong (handicap 13) returned a nett
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    • 165 2 DATE TITLE LOCATION ORGANISER COURSES AND TALKS Mar 21-23 Limit State CP 110 Design Sea view Compa International Mar 27-29 Prestressed Concrete Design Seavlew Compa International Mar 27-28 Costing and Financial Hilton Price Waterhouse Analysis for Marketing Managers Mar 28-30 Problem solving and prevention SIM Conference Room SIM
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 639 2 TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Send away the bachelor with a broken shin (6) 7 Emotionally, a case of getting nothing for nothing? (4. 4) 8 A small change for animals 10 Is he a noted sail-maker? (5) 13 Land scheme? (4) 14 Get one's back up? (4) 15
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 391 3 UPI CANADA'S economic growth may be a moderate 4.5 per cent this year while unemployment will remain above 8 per cent and inflation top 7.5 per cent, the Canadian Conference Board predicted. "Although the expected performance shows an improvement over the past several quarters, economic
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    • 337 3 Reuter. GERMAN central bank (Bundesbank) Deputy Governor, Karl Otto Poehl said talks are being held to persuade German banks to draw up consolidated balance sheets, possibly every three months, that will show the activities of foreign subsidiaries. He said the aim of the
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    • 365 3 Reuter. A NEW YORK syndicate headed by Morgan Stanley said it had set tentative pricings for the three-part Government of Canada US$75O million (551.725 billion) bond offering for public sales in the United States. The group said it priced $250 million of bonds, due 1983,
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    • 190 3 Reuter LABOUR strife in the West German metal industry has spread from the Stuttgart area to Munich where 15,000 automobile and aircraft workers downed tools in short warning strike to demand an 8 per cent pay increase, a union spokesmam said. Manufacturers in Baden
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    • 139 3 Reuter. THE US Senate Armed Services Sub-committee on military construction and stockpiles will start voting on all pending stockpile bills today. The legislation Includes the revolving fund stockpile bills of Representative Charles Bennett, which has already passed the House, and a bill from the subcommittee's chairman,
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 467 3 Agencies US Comptroller General Elmer Staats said on Tuesday the United States Is lagging behind other Industrial nations In developing technology and blamed this situation on "a lack of mutual trust" between government and Industry. "Other countries are sustaining higher rates of productivity growth because they have
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    • 258 3 GIANT US corporations have a lower tax rate than small and medium-size business enterprises. According to a study prepared by the Federal Trade Commission, corporations with over US$l billion (552.3 billion) in assets paid 36 per cent of their income in taxes last year compared to
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    • 611 3 USS6OB SEASONALLY ADJUSTED Reuter, NYT. THE US budget deficit, as measured in the national income and product accounts, rose by US$l.2 billion <552.76 billion) to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $60.1 billion In the October to December quarter. The Commerce Department said the deficit for 1977
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 451 4 THE Singapore market closed lower with April One RSS buyers quoted at 204.00 cents/ kilo yesterday, down 0.75 cents on Tuesday's close. The afternoon session was dull and featureless. The morning session closed quietly lower with April One RSS buyers quoted at 204.00 cents/ kilo.
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    • 30 4 Rubber: Much 22 Singapore: April 204.00 cents (down 0.75 cent) Malaysia: 207.30 cents (down 0.50 cent) Tin: 51,514 1 (up llO'/fc) Official offering: 232 tonne* (down 53 tonne*)
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    • 68 4 C.I.F. US dollars per ton. LONDON Tuetday Previous Malaysian 5«t> ffa bulk May 560 sir 580 sir Sumatra 5% (fa bulk March 590 pd 590 pd April 620 sir 630 sir May 596 pd 615 Sir June 567 50 pd 590 sir .June/July 560 pd 577.50 sir August
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    • 335 4 Prices tn cents per kilo yesterday: Noon Close (per kilo) (per kilo) Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers 203 00 204.00N 203.25 204.25N Int. 1 R.S.S. April 203.75 204 00 204.00 204 25 Int. 1 R.S.S. May 204 00 204.25 204 25 204.50 Int. 2
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    • 98 4 NOON SSR and SMR prices yesterday: RAS January February (Current Mth) (Forward Mth) Buyers Seller* Buyers Sellers (cents per kg) (cents p wr kg) SSR 20 (1-ton pallet) 193.50 195.50N 194 50 196 50N SSR 50 (1-ton pallet) 191.50 193.50N 192.50 194.50N MRELB SMR5CV (1-ton pallet) 214.00
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    • 436 4 PRICES of pepper fell another $5 per plcul in quiet and easier trading on the Singapore produce market yesterday. This brought the drop to $10 in two days. Top grade Muntok Asta white was quoted at $397.50 per plcul fob. Only five tonnes of loose pepper arrived from
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    • 125 4 BANGKOK rice prices were as follows yesterday: US dollars per tonne rob basis Bangkok yesterday: White Rice: 100 pet Ist class 427. 100 pet 2nd class 412. 100 pet 3rd class 407. 5 pet 398. 10 pet 385. IS pet 380. 20 pet 375. 25 pet 367. 25 pet
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    • 311 4 ROBUSTA futures In London yesterday opened steady i'lo to €20 per tonne upon Tuesday's close. Turnover was 248 lots. Values edged higher In thin commission house and dealer buying partly as an extension of Tuesday's late rally but also In sympathy with New York's limit up close. Sentiment has
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    • 227 4 TERMINAL open £26 to t.22.50 per tonne higher in a turnover of 206 lots in London yesterday. Dealers said the market was steadier on the New York market's performance coupled with anticipation of shoro-covering in a thin pre-Easter market. US Jan confectionery sales figues were up over a year
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    • 261 4 SUGAR futures opened L' 0.75 lower to £0.20 higher on Tuesday afternoon's closing levels In a turnover of 696 lots in London yesterday. Dealers said the rharket was initially around Tuesday night's slightly lower kerb levels reflecting trade reports that Colombia had sold raw sugar at a cheap price
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    • 230 4 THE Straits tin price in Penang gained Mslo* per picul to $1,5144. Values recovered in reaction to the recent decline on covering and London's recovery on Tuesday. Consumer buying demand continued light with turnover dropping to 232 tonnes from Tuesday's 285. In LONDON yesterday, tin advanced by £70
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    • 284 4 SILVER hardened by 0.7 to 0.8 pence per troy ounce in London yesterday morning. Initial pre- market values were lowered following the late sell-off In New York on Tuesday. But the market subse- quently rallied under shortcovering prompted by the rise in gold and the firmer trend in base
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    • 110 4 ZINC on the day rose by £3 for cash and £5.25 for Three Months in London yesterday. During the afternoon, buying and covering take Three Months upto £273 per tonne. Prices eased on the morning pre-market under liquidation prompted by the trend in copper with Three Months trading down
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    • 181 4 THE sugar market yesterday closed little changed In dull, featureless trading, with four lots traded against six on Tuesday. The four lots were traded in September in the final hour, which rose 0.05 US cents. The Hongkong dally sugar price fell 0.10 to 7.25 US cents. The cotton
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    • 187 4 YARN and cotton In Hongkong dollars, spot ex-godown: Cotton Yam: China Blue Phoenix 20's 1.740. 32's 2.010. 40' 2.160 (per bale of 400 lbs) Piece Goods: China Butterfly and Olobe Brand unq. Dragon Head unq. Five Lambs unq. Flower and Butterfly unq. Flying Oeese unq. (per piece 36
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    • 205 4 SOYBEAN futures In Chicago gave ground for second day in a row, losing 13* to 4V4 cents a bushel on Tuesday. The market continued to trade nervously with prices fluctuating mostly below Monday's close. Traders attributed the nervousness to a lack of fresh positive news to sustain bullish sentiments.
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    • 127 4 WHEAT futures In Chicago on Tuesday lost early gains of one to two cents and traded lVfc to six cents a bushel lower after an hour. Little selling appeared in light earlv dealings and commercial demand helped encourage speculative support. But prices retreated as professional selling and weakness in
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    • 330 4 In LONDON yesterday, copper wlrebars finished the morning with all round gains of C 7.50 per tonne. Values were marked down on the early pre-market reflecting the late sell off at New York with Three Months trading down to L' 663 per tonne. Subsequently the market rallied on short-covering
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    • 79 4 LEAD finished In London yesterday morning with gains of mostly £3.50 per tonne. This metal followed the trend In copper with early profit-taking attracting fresh buying and shortcovering interest which lifted Three Month from £303 on the pre-market upto £310.50 on the late kerb. On Tuesday, lost £0.75 all
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    • 432 4 THE kilobar in Singapore opened at 5513,315 and closed at $13,304 In London, the metal opened at U*****.20/50 and closed at $178.00/30 with narrow fluctuations. The London morning fix was U*****.55. up $1.25 from the previous. Source: Singmaa In HONGKONG yesterday, gold closed HK$l.2O higher at $983.60 per tael,
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
      • 565 4 THE US dollar fluctuated narrowly against the yen and most other major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Traded under thin market conditions, the dollar opened 230.70/80 against the yen to rise to the day's highs of 231.00/10 by about lunch time. London trading, however, brought It
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      • 169 4 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at clos e on Mar 22: U8 Dollars (Spot) Ofhr BM 7 days 7 615/16 1 mth 77/16 7 5/16 2 mths 73/16 71/16 3 mths 7 5/16 7 3/16 8 mths 75/6 71/2 9 mths 711/16 79/16 12 mths 7 13/16
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      • 52 4 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on March 22 Overnight 1/8 3*% Call deposits: 3VK> Closing 3-Month B«ytag Mliag Treasury bills 3 1/4 3 1/8 3- Month Bank bills 4 13/16 4 11/16 3-Month CD 5 4 7/8 6- Month CD S 3/8 S 1/4 Source: National Discount
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      • 308 4 Straight* Bid Offer FFI8 If 87 Courtaulds itfHN EIBst«9*.92 Flsons stf l#H 87 Inc 8 n Inco8~.#4 Sparbank t rnas IV, 88 Shell 97.30 95 75 99 75 100 75 97.25 97.50 s-s 90 25 90 50 100.50 ***** 97.75 90 00 90.25 SNCF8V.84 EIB8W88 EIB8V.93 EC8C8385 EuroflmaSSSS EIB
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      • 51 4 AUSTRALIA NZ exchanges quotes on AU8TRALIA: US dollar 1.1406/ 1 1357 Sterling OOOZ3/ 0 9063 Ninety-day air mall buying rates: Sterling 0 6106 US dollar 1.1706 Ninety-day forward buying rates Sterling 0.6010 US dollar ***** NEW ZEALAND Sterling 0.6106/ 0 63M US dolwr 1 0*71/ 1.0171 US dollar l
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      • 60 4 ZURICH exchange* cloeinf quote* on Mar 21: US 1 9406-9423 SteHtnf 3 6817—8865 CM 1 7236—7263 D Mk 94 7047—8486 D r I 8S 5266—6764 F Ft *****2—4179 B FT 6 0878—0879 D Kr >4 4384—4791 N Kr 38.2188—2877 S Kr 42.0248 —8819 Lit 0 2288—2268 Aux tch 13
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      • 251 4 AGAINST several major currencies in thin opening trading ahead of the Easter holiday, the dollar edged down slightly from overnight levels. The drift away from early levels was possibly on profit-taking after the dollar's somewhat steadier tone in recent days, dealers said. The dollar slipped to 2.0450/65 marks from
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      • 67 4 THE AVERAGE prime rate of banks in Singapore stands around 7 per cent, with the range running between 6H per cent and 7V* per cent. Oversea-Chinese Corporation is at the lower end of the range while a number of banks, including Citibank, are grouped at the top
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      • 223 4 TUESDAY'S dollar finished slightly weaker against major currencies In another day of quiet trading. Dealers said rates again fluctuated In a very narrow range as some operators hesitate to take positions ahead of the Easter holiday and many confine themselves to book-squaring operations. The Swiss franc edged up
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      • 120 4 AFTER opening higher reflecting its overnight firmness abroad, the dollar fell to 230.30, but recovered to 231.00 as Japanese banks covered Import settlement needs. The higher level, however, Invited traders and manufacturers to sell forward dollars to cover export contracts, taking the dollar lower again before It recovered to
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      • 110 4 YESTERDAY, the US dollar closed slightly harder against major currencies in slow trading with most operators reluctant to open fresh positions ahead of the approaching Easter holiday period. Dealers said the dollar was quoted at 2.0455/70 marks compared with the 2.0435 New York mid-point overnight, at 230.80/95 yen against
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      • 40 4 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of SS3O million, 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Mar 27 to 31. Each tender must not be less than <250,000.
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      • 56 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposits openin, quotes on Mar 22: premlfht and Thursday/ Tuas 7. 6-7/S Tuea/Wed and Seven days fix and notice 7. 9-7/9 One mtfi 7-7/16, 7-9/16 Two mths 7-3/16, 7-1/16 Three mths 7-9/16, 7-3/16 i? ur J 1 mOM 1/s 7 BUc mths 7-5/8, 7-1/2 Nine mths
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  • TRANSPORT
    • 575 5  -  By CHAN BONG SOO THE competitive edge of Singapore's exportoriented industries will be enhanced further with the recent introduction here of a new air freight container service. Importers, too, will benefit from It. It is claimed that, depending on the destination and the quantity
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    • 176 5 Reuter. THE FAR Eastern Freight Conference, the Europe/ Japan and Japan/ Europe Freight Conferences, the Philippines/ Europe Freight Conference and the Sabah, Brunei and Sarawak Freight Conference have announced changes in the currency adjustment factor (CAF). The following are the new rates with current CAF in
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    • Article, Illustration
      401 5 EXPECTED SAILINGS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Cherry Vilja (B. Barge) (after Ocean Supply sails) 48 Hoegh Elan (hauls for T/L after Jurata sails) 35/36 Ibn Alhaitam (2359 after Quirinale) 47 Kum Shan (2300 after Westmorland) 38/39 Nedlioyd Merwe (0600 after Santiago Del Estero) 8/9 Nikolay Morozov (D/L) (after
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    • 197 5 AP. AIR France Joined the parade of airlines cutting prices on the trans-Atlantic route on Tuesday with a proposed Paris-New York round trip ticket of US$323 (*****). If approved by US and French authorities, the new round-trip fares on regularly scheduled mid-week flights will be
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    • 705 5 Reuter. INDEPENDENT oU tanker owners plan to set up a special tanker chartering company to organise future orderly marketing of large ships, and possibly even to help lift depressed freight rates. Nordic tanker sources said the aim of the company would be to reduce the
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    • 175 5 AP. THE FIRM rate tone on the London freight market consolidated on Tuesday when the March-April loader, Maersk Cadet secured the better figure of U5522.50 (5,000 tons discharge free) for St 19-20,000-ton Argentine grain shipment from the River Plate to Japan. Glenas provided the only Interest on a
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    • 654 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From MAS MH607 0845 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL GIA GA980 1030 HLP CPA CX710 1035 HLP SIA SQ103 1045 KUL SIA SQ209 1045 HLP GIA GA944 1055 PKU GIA GA908 1100 MES MAS MH605 1100 KUL PAL PR501 1125 MNL
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    • 821 5 COMMERCIAL DISCOUNT COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) BALANCE SHEET 31ST DECEMBER 1977 SHARE CAPITAL (Note 2) Authorised Ordinary shares o* SSI each Issued and fully paid Ordinary shares of S$ I each Issued capital Ist January 1977 Issue made on I st September 1977 REVENUE RESERVES General reserve Profit unappropriated
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  • 450 6 THE Post Office Savings Bank has for some years now been a thorn in the side of commercial banks. Its success in attracting deposits has undoubtedly contributed to raising the cost of funding for commercial banks, and this quite naturally, has resulted In cries
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  • 376 6 HARDLY A day goes by without there passing across our desks confident forecasts that a rise In interest rates is imminent. Nearly all of those prognostications, however, come from the tame economic or statistic departments of banks and pseudo-banks. It Is perhaps no surprise that such
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  • 2977 6  -  THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES CANNOT DEPEND ON OTHERS TO PROVIDE THE US$47 BILLION NEEDED TO MEET BASIC NEEDS. THEY MUST TURN TO SELF-HELP AND DECENTRALISATION By BRUCE STOKES THE KEY to meeting basic human needs is the participation of Individuals and communities In local problem-solving. Some
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  • 733 6 Case study the housing dilemma THE STREET sleepers of Calcutta and the destitutes living In the Paris subway shock the sensitivities of people who sleep In a bed each night. In every society, however, these unfortunates are the exception. Most people, no matter how low their Incomes, find a way
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 62 6 WEATHER WEATHER outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today: Generally fair Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30 pm on March 22 at the airport. Maximum Temperature 31.6° C Associated Humidity 66 Minimum Temperature 24.0° C Associated Humidity 97 Hours of Sunshine 2.45 Rainfall in Millimetres 12.3 Total
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  • 1274 7  -  By CHARLES CHAN MAY is the most festive month in Manila. It is the month when families make their traditional trek to Antipolo, a town at the outskirts of the city, to pay homage to the miraculous Virgin of Antipolo. It is
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  • 447 7 MOST of us lie about our age downwards but in Vllcabamba Ecuador, elderly villagers have been caught out lying through their teeth, upwards. One fellow who told an American anthropologist he was 127, was found to be In fact only 92, a "92 year-old" was 103
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  • 1092 7 FOBUHi r ...0D industry i By FRANCOISE DUMOUSSAUD SINGAPORE Is an Important trader in timber in spite of its lack of forest resources; this Is due to its strategic position and also to the excellent warehousing and shipping facilities It offers the best In South-east
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS MARKETS
    • 707 8 Tokyo INVESTORS' Increasing caution caused the Tokyo stock -market to open rather weak. However, It began to rise moderately as Investors gained Confidence that the yen was steadying on the Tokyo foreign exchange market Spearheading the gains were high-priced Tight electrical Issues such as Pioneer. Sony and TDK
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    • 473 8 Source: Sun Hung Kai Sec Ltd. WITH WALL Street's sudden drop and Easter holidays drawing closer, investors yesterday adopted a cautious attitude in the morning. Prices began to firm up. but some heavy profit-taking stopped the market from making much headway. Brokers were pleased with Anderson Asia's results, but
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    • 349 8 PRICES moved as uranium stocks received a minor boost yesterday. Pancontinental closing sixty cents up at A 59.50 and Queenstand Mines gaining 10 cents to $1.70. BHP eased four cents to $5.60 during early trading, but recovered to close unchanged at $5.64. Finance groups were mainly steady 1 banks
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    • 156 8 THE market closed narrowly mixed with oils and commercials posting slight gains while malnlngs declined yesterday. Turnover fell to 2.13 million pesos from Tuesday's 2.60 million. Oriental and Basic Petroleum gained two points each while other oil issues remained st6&dy< San Miguel and PLDT increased one point each while
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    • 143 8 MAR 22 Asia Fibre Bangkok Bank Bangkok InvesI Bangkok-Metr< polltan Bank Bahts 271 -4 38.1 -4 t. 366 -12 DBata 805 -5 Berll Jucker CarpetIntnl Charoong Thai 498 -2 381 -7 Dumex Dusil Thani Faber Merlin Ftrst Trust we -8 Genera Finance Indo-Thal Industrial Finance Corp .1005 -20 J
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    • 75 8 INTERNATIONAL Combustion Australia Ltd of Sydney has signed a US$3OO million trade credit to help finance construction of the Loy Yang "A" power station. Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale said as leader of an international hanking consortium whio£ arranged the deal. The credit will allow
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    • 66 8 A SYNDICATE of 21 Japanese banks and other financial institutions signed a 10 billion yen. 10year loan in Tokyo for Autopistas del Atlantico Concesionaria Espanola SA, Long Term Credit Bank of Japan Ltd said here as syndicate leader. The loan at a fixed but unspecified interest rate is
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    • 38 8 THAILAND'S 50 million mark five-year private placement will carry a 6.25 per cent coupon, lead manager Dresdner Bank AG said. The placement is Thailand's first ever Eurobond and was signed here by Finance Minister Suphat Sutatum.
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    • 36 8 A GROUP of 21 banks signed an agreement to provide US$2OO million for the Industrial Credit Bank of Iran to finance industrial development projects In Iran, joint lead manager Chase Manhattan Bank said.
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    • 32 8 THE 200 million mark seven-year loan for the United States of Mexico will have a 6 per cent coupon and is expected to be priced at par. bond market sources said.
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    • 410 8 FA ROVE AS MARKETS >. u MOST bourses reported mixed trading on Tuesday. In Frankfurt shares closed well maintained in fairly quiet trading as dallv newspapers resumed normal publication following a solution to the industrial dispute which stopped production for six days. Stores firmed, while in otherwise little
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    • 238 8 MAR 21 PU ABN 346 00 +0.5 Ahold 100 00 unch Akzo 22 50 ♦0.1 AMEV 79 50 -14 Am fas 108 00 -0.7 Amrot Bank 74 90 -0 1 Bergoss SO 00 -0.1 Berk 98 00 -0 2 Bols 69 70 -0 5 Borsuml) 139 00 ♦0.5 Burhmann
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    • 103 8 MAR 21 Lire Ante 120 -•5 Assoc Gen ***** -435 Raslogi 470 -43 Ontrale .1650 -60 Kiat 1990 -21 FiniMrr 77 50 -4 5 Gen Immob 80 -IS IKI Pn 2160 -40 Ilalcementl ***** -390 Italgas 650 -1 Italsider 132 -3 M.uneti M Pf .389 -7 M.irelliErc 178 50
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    • 237 8 MAR 21 Dm Ael-Telefunken 87 50 Akzo 21B Allz Leben 620 unch AilzVers 487 unch BASK 139 60 *0.5 Bay H T Wbank 282 -0 8 Bay Vhank 315 -0 3 Bayer 130 80 0.5 BBC 295 50 15 BMW 224 50B 1 Cassella 376 unch hem Verw 225
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    • 291 8 MAR 21 Frs CORBEILLE Alr-Llqulde 283 unch B S N Oervals Danone 429 -S CS F (ThomsonCsf) 192 SO -0.7 Cie Francalse des Petroles US -4.2 Compagnie Financier* 1 Compagnie 345 Generale -7 Credit Foncler I> France 325 -S Harhette i Lihrairiei 114 5.2 Machines Bull 34 -0 5
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    • 181 8 MAR 21 Francs Actions Suisses 269 ♦3 Alusuisse Br 1240 unch AlUSUlSSe Reg 552 ♦2 Brown Boverl Br 1675 25 Ciba Geigy Br 1230 50 CibaGetgy PC 925 50 Ciba Geigy Reg 661 Credit Suisse Br 2330 50 Credit Suisse Reg 460 ♦8 Flektrowatt Br 1660 10 George Fischer
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    • 91 8 MAR >1 Frs FORWARD MARKET Arrc 212 Arbed 2200 -70 Astur 518 -24 Brascan 431 •fl Bru-Lamb 1432 -16 Canpac 489 +8 Cock 350 -8 De Beers 165 •1 Ebes 2370 ♦20 Electrobel 6100 unch Gb-Inno-Bm 1855 10 Gev 1238 -8 Hobok 2190 -S Petro Ryl Dutch 1915 *30
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    • 233 8 MAR 21 Rand INDUSTRIALS Ahercom 148 l AEAnrtCl 220 5 A MIC* BOOB Kir lows 327 Ck Sugar 600 -25 CNA 110B unch urne Finance 62 unch Ik BeersInd 820B Edcon 160 unch Edgars 2000 Eveready 175S KedVnlk 137 unch Kuglt 75 Gardlan 168 *3 (iienanl a (Sratemn 160B
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    • 1056 8 NEW YORK THE stock market retreated, yielding to proflttaklng after three consecutive advances. Trading was active. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped by more than 10 points, surrendering all of last week's 10.04 advance. Analysts attributed the decline to heavy liquidation of big-name Issues by institutions
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    • 1552 8 March 21 On the Chicago Board Options, a total of 98,355 contracts were traded on Tuesday compared with Monday's iia IRA L8./M. OPTION APL JLY OCT STOCK Alcoa 40 13/16 21/4 3 40 5/8 Alcoa 45 1/8 7/8 11/2 40 5/8 Alcoa SO UNTRD NOL NOL 40
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    • 205 8 MAR 21 C* 4•/• rtbitibi 12* Alcan 27S Algoma IS unch Bank Mont 18* Bank Nova Scotia 10* Bell Tel 53% Beth Corp BP Can Ltd IS* Brasc&n 15* Camp Red Lake 34* 4-* Can Imp Bk 28* unch Canpar 17* Canpac Inv Pf 18B unch Carllng O Keefe
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    • 66 8 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 466.3 Monday 458j6. Week Ago 460.4 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 782,82 Monday 773 82 Week Ago 762.96 LONDON DOLLAR s PREMIUM Tuesday 98 to Monday 95'. to 96 H.K. HANG SENG Wednesday 435.27 Thursday 434 57 Week Ago 418.42 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 393
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    • 173 8 Reuter MERRILL LYNCH and Co I-nc said In the annual report that its share of public New York Stock Exchange round volume fell to 9.7 per cent last year, compared with 10.2 per cent in 1976. Merrill Lynch said Institutions last year
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    • 167 8 COLLECTING Oriental Antiquej ra r I Owtm^Atw 0^ l 'W L*f 7\ r by Judith Moorhouse and Dries Blitz Hamlyn Group, London. Oriental antiques have always fascinated collectors throughout the world, evoking as they do the exotic and Inscrutable East. It Is, however, widely believed that they are too expensive
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 735 9 NORTH AMERICAN COMPANIES Reuter. NYT. IN A move to raise funds to finance an ambitious capital 1 mprove men t programme over the next five years, the Chrysler Corp. will ask shareholders to approve the issuance of 20 million shares of preferred stock and 40 million
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    • 112 9 UNION OIL Co of California said It plans to build a US$lOO million experimental oil shale project if Congress enacts proposed federal assistance for an oil shale Industry. The project would be located on a 8,000 hectare block of oil shale lands north
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    • 320 9 GULF Oil Corp said Its chemical business, which was sluggish in 1977 will continue to be a problem. Gulf Oil's worldwide chemical operating profits fell to US$75 million (*****.5 million) last year from $182 million in 1976 as a result global overcapacity in the petrochemical
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    • 444 9 EUROPEAN COMPANIES MODO, the Swedish pulp and paper group, slumped Into the red last year with a pre-tax loss of 229 million kroner and expects to make a further loss in the current year. The 1977 deficit is less than the 250 million kroner
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    • 139 9 Reuter IMPERIAL Group Ltd trading results for the first three months of the current year from November 1, 1977 were at a lower level than in the corresponding year-ago period. Chairman John Pile told the annual meeting he expects this trend to continue as an immediate
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    • 34 9 THE French commercial vehicle firm Renault Vechicules Industriels (R--VI) has obtained two loans each of US$2O million on the international capital market. Both are to finance part of RVl's 1977-82 investment programme.
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    • 76 9 A COMPACT transmitter for sending flashes of laser light through hair-thin glass fibres has been invented by researchers for the International Business Machines Corp. It is regarded as a major advance in fibre optical means of communication. display and printing. The patent was granted this week to these
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    • 182 9 Reuter. LYKES Corp said Its cash position has worsened since a previous announcement of a merger with LTV Corp. But barring unforeseen developments Its overall financial position is adequate to carry the company through until completion of the merger on the present time schedule, with
      Reuter.  -  182 words
    • 119 9 Reuter. PACIFIC Gas and Electric Co said its Natural Gas Corp subsidiary entered into a general partnership with five other US natural gas companies headed by North-West Alaskan Pipeline Co to work on the Alaska highway pipeline project. The partnership, Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas
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    • 516 9 PRELIMINARY 1977 figures from L.M. Ericsson show as expected that the Swedish telecommunications group succeeded in reversing its 1976 profits slump. Pre-tax earnings grew by over 35 per cent to 553 million kroner (***** million), giving net adjusted earnings of 12.35 kroner a share against 10.5
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    • 374 9 EXTERNAL SALES for 1977 by Smith and Nephew Associated Companies rose by 12.2 per cent from £145.48 million to £163.18 million, or by 15.7 per cent to £168.35 million at 1976 exchange rates, and pre-tax profits were lifted by 23.4 per cent from £14.05
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    • 277 9 ASIAN COMPANIES Reuter. WHEELOCK Marden revealed unaudited consolidated net profit before extraordinary items of HKS36.B million (5518.4 million) for the six months ended September 30. 1977 compared with $30.6 million previously. Interim dividend on A shares were 5 HK cents (same). B shares 0.5 cents (same),
      Reuter.  -  277 words
    • 284 9 UPI. MATSUSHITA Is to market two new low-priced models of its VHS system VTR's at the end of this month. One is the "McCloud 55" for home use, and the other Is the "McCloud" for business use. These models' basic performance is similar to
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    • 41 9 AFP HITACHI Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., a major Japanese shipbuilder, will send an 11-member mission to China. During Its 10-day stay in China, the mission, led by vice-president Toshllchl Yuguchl, will exchange views with Chinese officials and experts. AFP
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    • 95 9 THE Manila Banking Oorp said it will increase paid up capital to 175.20 million pesos from 146 million by declaring a 20 per cent stock dividend later this year. Chairman OU Puyat said this is in anticipation of the Central Bank requiring commercial banks to increase their
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    • 89 9 Reuter. HONGKONG Electric Holdings Ltd said it had unaudited consolidated net profit for last year of HK5196.62 million compared with $135.4 million previously. Earnings per share were 52 cents (36.) The company earlier declared a final dividend of 16 cents (12), making a total for the
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    • 211 9 Reuter. JAPAN'S Kawasaki Steel Corp. has signed a memorandum with Brazilian and Italian staterun steelmakers for construction of a steel mill with an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes in Tubarao, Brazil. According to a Kawasaki spokesman, the memorandum signed in Brazilia, calls for
      Reuter.  -  211 words
    • 166 9 Reuter. ANDERSON Asia (Holdings) Ltd of Hongkong revealed final 1977 dividend of HKI2 cents (11), making a total of 20 cents (15). The company also proposed a one for 10 bonus issue. Books closed on April 29 to May 12. The company is a Hutchison Whampoa Ltd
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    • 137 9 THE CONTINUING boom in Hongkong's tourist industry is reflected in Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels' performance for the year to December 31, 1977: unaudited net profit is up from $HK29.02 million to $35.52 million (5514.5 million to $17.8 million) and the final dividend is 37 cents a
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    • 240 9 SS»ST m m E R tea A I Si I i 5K m m n a mi n ?v> 11* uu m 'M m a Mr v> ce p> ps* s* A r -N A."* A 4t A well-read person is a well informed person. That's why he can always
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  • DEALS DONE ON THE SES AND THE KLSE
    • 1573 10 P rtces officially business in and ■[•Ported to the Stock Exda i a P ore yester- k? the number of Jf*ded shown in IoU of 1 000 units "Pitted AH Time Settlement Contracts after the world Blg Board deal (In lots units) are quoted *fter the letters 88.
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    • 287 10 4 3/4% 1/5/79 (250,000) (100.65B) 5 1/4% 15/10/79 (250,000) (101 20B) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250,000) (99.758 99.905) 5% T F 15/4/81 (250,000) (101 80B) 5% T F 15/10/81 (250,000) (101.70B) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250,000) (100.158 100.255) 7 1/4% 15/4/86 (250,000) (100.60B) 7 1/4% 15/10/86 (250.000) (100.60B) 7
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    • 44 10 STRIKING prices of U>e stock options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, the periods, bid and offer prices and business done yesterday, with the number of options traded shown In brackets. Sime Darby (March $2.75) (1.10S). UOB (March $2.55) (0.455).
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  • 149 10 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST INCOME BOND UNIT I Manager!' pricea for Mar 23) (Current pricea) The Commerce 1.85 196 INCOME BOND 1.10 1.17 The Saving Fund 106 1.12xd S pore Prog Fund 0.86 0.91 MARA BUMIPUTRA FUND S'pore Security (Managera' pricea for Mar 23) Fund 1.70 1.80 First Bumiputra
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  • 1642 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number el shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 inlts unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aama (1.728 1.755) (1) 1.72. Ajinamata (2.498 2.528). Alaam (2.858) (2)
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  • 424 10 Ex Data Beaks Class Dale payaMs Tstal %m ths year TataJfcr PMHaPluWtw 12.5% Ml Mil Iter 23 Will 10% Mar 14 MiMI HtrX UhBmt 0%<d) Maris Mar 23 MarSl Taipta«Csa*elMe<e4 15%<n) MarS Mar 15 MarSl ■sate 15%<n) MarS Mar IS MarSl ■MM 20%<n) MarS Maris MarSl Aaatral AaaL
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  • 2393 10 1977/U78 High Low Company Last Sale +OTGr's Dh- Dfr Cn Gr's YTd Nat P/E Vol C666) Day Hick Low SECHON ONE INDUSTRIALS 170 280 126 202 88* 247 189 291 422 140 132 165 58 212 57* 155 144 182 350 91 Acma Alcom Allied Choc Bata
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  • 699 11 -SINGAPORE RUBBER shares generally saw another day of easier trading while the rest of the Singapore Stock Exchange was steady to firm yesterday. Activity continued on a high note with aggregate turnover of 4.47 million units worth $9.54 million transacted, compared with Tuesday's volume
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  • 586 11 A STEADIER trend In the Industrials and a slightly weaker plantation sector were the main features on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. For the industrials, operators' attention was focussed mostly on the blue chips and glamour stocks which enjoyed fairly strong support to close
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 770 11  -  By MANO SABNANI THE BOARD of London Sumatra has pulled out the trump card in Its efforts to thwart a £17.5 million takeover bid by a UK-based consortium. It has Just been revealed that the net asset value per London Sumatra share is 270p
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    • 644 11 DISSATISFIED with General Lumber's reply to its second letter relating to the company's recent purchase of assets of Federated Kilning and Exporting (FKE), the KLSE has sent the company a third letter demanding that it immediately furnish the additional information which it refused to
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    • 238 11 YEO Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Is puzzled by a letter currently circulated to the press and the stock exchanges of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore alleging small shareholders' Inability to participate In a recent share issue of the company. Although the letter mentions a MSI2 million issue, It probably
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    • 146 11 THE notes of the Republic of Panama US$3O million 9 "»per cent 1983 bond will be listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore from today. Dealings will be on a ready basis only. Interest on this note is payable annually on March 15, commencing from
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    • 829 11  -  BY ARTHUR NG STRAITS Steamship Is sailing high on Its market share price movement as news of an impending bonus issue made their rounds In the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the past week. In Just eight trading days since last Monday, the stock staged
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 35 11 Pre-tax loss of $788,000 (loss $1.41 million) after interest charges of $1.77 million ($1.69 million) and depreciation of $846,000 for the six months ended Feb 28, 1978. Turnover $15.71 million ($13.47 million)
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      • 44 11 Pre-tax profit of $6.09 million ($4.85 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1977. Turnover $46.42 million ($37.09 million). New profit of $3.44 million ($3.99 million) after taxation of $2.66 million ($786,000). Final dividend of 15 per cent (10 per cant).'
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    • 65 11 PAN MALAYSIA Management Sdn Bhd has moved to the following address: 15th Floor, WLsma MPI Jalan Raja Chulan Kuala Lumpur 05-10 P.O. Box No. 2324 It can be contacted at telephone Nos. *****9, *****1, *****1, *****3 and *****4 The companies for which it Is acting as registrars
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    • 293 11 U-U I BUSINESS TIMES: Special Feature on Travel S "A Businessman's Holiday With a difference' 9 I ft April, the time of year when people are either travelling i or planning their annual holidays. Y$W Because they are frequent travellers, businessmen \JT are becoming increasingly selective when.it comes to (j
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  • 1160 12 CONTROLLED FLOATING MAY RESULT Agencies JAPANESE and American monetary authorities are exploring ways of preventing erratic fluctuations in foreign exchange rates in a move that could lead to controlled floating of major currencies. This was disclosed yesterday by Kiichi Miyazawa. Director-General of the Japanese
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  • 165 12 ACTING Minister for Culture; Ong Teng Cheong, told Parliament yesterday that the Government would consider the establishment of another television station in Singapore by the private sector if it is approached. Replying to Mr. Ho Kah Leong (Jurong), Mr. Ong said that no one
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  • 35 12 Reuter. TALKS today between President Carter and British Prime Minister James Callaghan in Washington will concentrate on prospects of industrialised countries wonking together to imprjpve the world economic situation. British officials said. Reuter.
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  • 399 12 Reuter THE German central bank believes there is no need for IMF quotas to be raised substantially as international liquidity has risen sharply recently. The Bundesbank deputy governor, Karl Otto Poehl said international liquidity rose strongly last year with world
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  • 197 12 Reuter. THE International Monetary Fund's gold auctions are now an integral part of the gold scheme and no longer have any great effect on the market, the chairmen of Anglo-Ame-rican Corp Transvaal gold mines said in Johannesburg. In the annual review, Mr. D. A. Etheredge, chairman of
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  • 782 12 LONDON. Wed. Stock prices closed mixed in dull trading, dealers said. At 3.00 p.m. the Financial Time index was down 1.5 at 464 8. South African gold shares firmed with the higher bullion fixing with gains ranging to more than a dollar among heavyweight producers. Government bonds showed
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  • 406 12 AFP. THE well-being of New Zealand's three million people in the coming 10 years seems likely to depend on the European Economic Community, comments by senior officials in Wellington indicate. For a long time, this country has been supplying butter, cheese and
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  • 523 12 UPI, AP NEGOTIATORS of Japan and the European Economic Community have narrowed their differences in trade talks to the point that they will be able to end their meeting with a Joint communique, a Japanese government spokesman said yesterday. The disclosure came after Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda
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  • 114 12 THE BANK of Japan has no plan to raise the reserve requirement ratios for short-term external liabilities of Japanese and foreign banks in the country at present, its officials said. They were commenting on reports in local banking circles that the reserve requirement ratios may be raised
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  • 556 12 Reuter. LARGE import needs for rice in coming months are expected to exceed current production in exporting countries, which means they can only be met from stocks. A FAO inter-govern-mental group made this report at its Rome meeting. Tight supplies have already driven prices
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  • 252 12 Reuter, UPI. JAPAN has agreed to lend Malaysia 21 billion yen (*****.9 million) to help finance economic development projects. Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn said that under the loan agreement the Malaysian government is to submit to the Japanese government a list of
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