The Business Times, 17 May 1978

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1 16 The Business Times
  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1978 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 78 1 Reuter. TOKYO, Tues. Japanese Trade and Industry Minister Toshlo Kohmoto said he hopes to remove Japan's export curbs, enforced from last month to trim Its large trade surplus, as soon as possible. He told a press conference the export restraints are to hold down the volume of
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    • 79 1 Reuter. TOKYO, Tues. The United States will dispatch a high-powered selling mission to Japan In early October, with the aim of boosting exports to the country, and reducing the huge US deficit in bilateral trade, the American Embassy said yesterday. The mission will be composed of more
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    • 57 1 AP. TOKYO, Tues. Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, discussing economic aid to Indonesia, said today Japan always has put emphasis on members of Asean and will continue to do so, a Foreign Ministry official reported. Mr. Fukuda's remarks came In a meeting with Widjojo Nitlsastro, Indonesia's coordinating minister
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    • 60 1 Reuter. KUWAIT, Tues. Opec has reduced Its oil output by 20 per cent to 26 million barrels a day to eliminate the surplus In the world crude oil market, Kuwait Oil Minister Sheikh All Khalifa said here today. Sheikh All said the reduction was aimed at maintaining
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    • 67 1 AFP. SEOUL, Tues. A 39-member Brazilian trade mission from Rio De Janeiro today held the first Joint meeting of the Brazil South Korea business Council here to discuss ways of stepping up economic cooperation. A Joint communique said that the two sides agreed to Increase barter trade of
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    • 57 1 AFP. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A total of 1,740,000 to 2,058,000 houses will have to be constructed If the housing requirements in Peninsular Malaysia are to be met between 1070 and 1990. This estimate is contained in a research paper on "Housing Needs versus Effective Demand In Malaysia, 1976-1990,"
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    • 53 1 UPI. TOKYO, Tues. Japan's April wholesale prices dropped marginally due to the yen's appreciation against the US dollar, the Bank of Japan announced today. The wholesale price Index was 105.2 against 100 for 1975, down 0.4 per cent from March, and off 2.1 per cent from a
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    • 64 1 UPI. NEW YORK, Tues. Stocks surged today In reaction to the dollar's strength abroad and signs of economic stamina at home. First-hour trading was the fourth heaviest on record. The Dow Jones industrial average was ahead 7.71 to 854.47 shortly before 11 a.m. First-hour volume totalled 13,520,000 shares.
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 133 1 Rises Most octive Sungei Besi 540 +20 Sime Darby 739.000 JC-MPH 589,000 Pahang Cons 559.000 Berjuntai 820 15 Goodwood Park 344 14 Tan Chong 332 12 Haw Par 471,000 Pacific Dev 302 12 OUT 175 10 Total Turnover: 11.07m King* Scl Coconuts 230 228 +8 +8 Total
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    • 158 1 Rises Most active Boustead Sea View L Perak A Amal Sg Best Guiness Berjuntai New Sdah EssoOrd 2.50 1.00 2.10 4.76 5.90 6.10 8.35 2.40 3.40 .25 +.10 .10 .10 .10 .10 .10 -.08 .08 F. Merlin 989,000 Pahang Cons 796,000 K L Kepong 565,000 UMW 506.000
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  • 1069 1  -  ODD MAN OUT IN ASEAN By RAHIM KASSIM OF THE five Asean countries, Singapore relies least on foreign trade taxes as a source of government revenue. A research project by two University of Singapore lecturers reveals that only 9.8 per cent of total government
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  • 190 1 SINGAPORE Airlines has started negotiations with Air New Zealand to extend Its lease of an ANZ DC-10 aircraft used for direct weekly flights to Auckland. It Is believed that SIA also plans to extend Its DC-10 lease with Malaysian Airline System. Both leases expire in
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  • 493 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG THERE HAS been a steady Inflow of foreign funds Into Singapore since early this year. The bulk has gone Into bank deposits and manufacturing investment, while the local stock market has absorbed some. The funds have come mainly from Brunei, Malaysia,
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  • 55 1 THE European Economic Community (EEC) and Asean will convene a twoday meeting of their Joint economic study group In Bangkok on Thursday. The Joint study group, formed in May 1975, is charged with seeking ways of promoting economic cooperation between the Common Market and Asean. This week's meeting
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  • 143 1 UPI INDUSTRIAL production, an Important indicator of the US's economic health, rose 1.1 per cent In April to register its second consecutive strong performance, the Federal Reserve Board said yesterday. The hefty gain In ouput of the country's mines, factories and utilities lent support to President Carter's
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  • 287 1 FOOD prices continued to fall in April. The consumer price index (CPI) registered a small decline of 0.4 per cent to 153.4, making it the second consecutive monthly fall in the index this year. The 1.7 per cent fall in the index in
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  • 441 1 SIME Darby Holdings has resolved the dispute over Orchard Towers through a final settlement with Mr. Chng Heng Tiu and his brother, the original vendors of Golden Bay Realty (Pte) Ltd, developer and owner of Orchard Towers. A High Court judgement delivered on March
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  • 164 1 HONG Leong Flrtance has turned in a formidable performance In what has been a difficult year for finance companies in general. Group trading profit improved by 20 per cent from $6.2 million to $7.5 million and net profit rose 24 per cent to $4.4 million. For shareholders,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 33 1 BIRKART FREIGHT NEWS FOR COMPETITIVE FREIGHT RATES CALL BIRKART TEL: *****66 BIRKART SOUTHEASTASIA PTE tTD Suite 1004, CPF Building 79, Robinson Rood Singapore I Tel. No: *****66 (6 Lines) Telex: RS ***** JOBISEA
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    • 84 1 SHIPPING TIMES HIGHER living 1 standards on consumers' tnind 2 CASSETTE put* plant set up 2 PEOPLE in business 77 2 AUSSIE container l»«»^ii«n costs to rise 5 IS your firm adopting an animal? SWISS industries look to robuund 7 HARIMAU Investments is bounding along 11 DKP the long, long
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 622 2  -  LISTENING POST REPORTS By TSANG SAU YIN FOUR out of 10 consumers expect their personal standards of living to Improve In the next six months, while Housing and Development Board flat dwellers are more optimistic about their standards of living than nonHDB dwellers. Mere
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    • 451 2 THE NEW international energy situation and its impact on elastomers have put natural rubber in a totally new setting. This was disclosed by the chairman of International Rubber Research and Development Board (IRRDB), Tan Sri B.C. Sekhar. The situation calls -for a
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    • 200 2 AP. HONGKONG'S exports In the first quarter of 1978 totalled HK17.7 billion (553.85 billion), up by 6 per cent from a year earlier, the Census and Statistics Department reported yesterday. The United States remained Hongkong's biggest market, buying $2.8 billion worth of goods, up 8.9
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    • 132 2 MR. Desmond Neil], general manager of the Fraser and Neave group, yesterday went into the lion's den, as it were, when he presented two cheques for *10,000 each for a year's maintenance of the 15 lions (four males, 11 females) and logi Mir Singapore ZooMr. Neill
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    • 356 2 KWONG YU Industries (S) Ltd. a manufacturer of PVC compounds, is to invest about $3 million in the next few years as part of its diversification. This will bring the company's total capital investment to $5.5 million since it started in 1969. It has
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    • 212 2 ADAM Fleming has been appointed the new managing director of Jardine Fleming Singapore. He replaced Christopher Grubb who is taking up a new appointment in Hongkong. Rollei Singapore has appointed Ratna Singam as head of its personnel division. Mr. Singam. 54, married wit two children, was a
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    • 176 2 AFP MALAYSIAN Agriculture Minister Datuk Sharif Ahmad said on Monday a decision had been reached by the five member countries of Asean to study and overcome jointly problems pertaining to the fishing industry. He said that this was one of the long-term plans in ensuring the
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    • 127 2 notice for cancelling advertisements on preferred spots still appHes, Radld and Television Singapore said yesterday. Replying to statements made by Mr. Patrick Mowe, president of the Singapore Advertisers' Association, RTS said that a threemonth notice of c&nc6ll&~ tion has been implemented Is incorrect. However, it
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    • 358 2  -  ■r JOHN LIM TANASHIN Denkl, the Japanese cassette mechanism manufacturing giant, has set up an assembly plant here. The plant will be run by Tanashin Singapore Pte Ltd, which will occupy half a floor, about 1,900 square metres, at the PSA flatted factory cum warehouse complex
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    • 80 2 A JOINT venture company, Simon-Hartley (SEA) Pte Ltd, has been set up by Time Engineering (S) Pte Ltd and Simon-Hartley Ltd. the Simon Engineering sewage and water treatment engineers of England. The new company will provide technical services and promote the sales of sewerage equipment in this region,
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    • 231 2 DATE TITLE VENUE ORGANISER COURSES AND TALKS May 8- Aust. Insurance Institute Aug 17 Associateship Course SITC May 15-Compensation Employee June 5 Benefits Hilton SITC POD May Managing a Sales 16-18 Force Hilton Consulasla May Cost Control for 18-19 Managers May 19 Fundamentals of industrial process control Instrumentation
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 85 2 This announcement appears as a matter of record only May 1978 KUANTAN BEACH HOTEL SDN. BHD. 9,000,000 Malaysian Ringgit Term Loan To finance the construction of HYATT KUANTAN Managed by UDA Merchant Bankers Berhad Provided by Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Oriental Bank Berhad Oversea-Chinese
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 600 2 TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE 1 One's desire is to be a famous cricketer (6) 7 There's an hour and an age for this meal! (8) 8 Ancient Egyptian cardgame? (4) 10 The field of mowing (6) 11 He has spirit, if nothing else (6) M Lake the weather In Crewe
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 594 3 Reuter. A LARGE turnround In the net trade balance on diamonds and other regularly erratic items like ships, aircraft and oil together with a sharp fall in Imports, switched Britain's external payments Into a record current account surplus In April of i' 336
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    • 632 3 Reuter. US congressional pressure for disclosure of foreign involvement in commodity markets in New York could deprive the American futures industry of its international support. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently agreed to publish quarterly statistics showing foreign Interest in the New York
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    • 974 3 Practical Norwegians await the pinch. Reuter. NORWEGIANS celebrate Constitution Day, their biggest national festival, today well aware that North Sea oil can no longer be seen as a short cut to prosperity. Even though Norway is the first Western state to become a net oil exporter, there are no longer
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    • 151 3 Reuter A JOINT committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives has slashed nearly US$lO billion (Ss23 billion) from President Carter's proposed budget deficit. The committee, concerned about the threat of renewed Inflation, agreed on a spending plan for the 1979 financial year
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    • 42 3 Reuter. THE US Securities and Exchange Commission said Australia has filed for' an offering of US$l5O million of five-year bonds due 1983 and US$lOO million of 16year bonds due 1093 to be underwritten by Morgan Stanley and Co Inc. —I
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    • 286 3 Reuter. AVERAGE effective yields •a US Treasury bills fell to 6.318 per cent for threemonth bills but rose to 7.014 per cent for six-month bilk at the latest weekly suction. The yield on three month bills was off from 6.464 per cent a
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    • 203 3 Reuter. FIGHTING in Zaire may delay flnalisatlon of a loan of more than U***** million (***** million) to the country agreed to by a of International Informed banking sources said documentation for the loan Is In the hands of the Zaire Central Bank and completion
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    • 1031 3 Reuter OIL-EXPORTING nations may be Increasing their investments in the United States, showing they have not lost confidence in the dollar, U8 Treasury Undersecretary Anthony Solomon said on Monday. 81nce the four-fold Increase In oil prices In 1973, about 25 per cent of all
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    • 863 3 IT WOULD be a mistake for the Carter administration to Impose a tariff or quota on oil imports as a means of preventing the dollar's decline, Citibank NA said. In its monthly economic letter, it said the widely held notion that the dollar's decline has
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    • 239 3 AP. PRESIDENT Carter signed the emergency farm legislation on Monday and announced he is raising the target price on 1978 wheat to US$3.4O (SSI.80) a bushel, an increase of 40 cents, as authorised In the BUI. His action, designed to compensate growers for extra costs in
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 522 3 Agencies A COMMISSION on ICOnomic cooperation between industrialised and developing nations opened in Bamako, Mall on Monday. The commission, formed to review problems poeed at the Paris North-South Wlu. la to discuss stabilising the prices of raw materials and aid to Third World countries. PERU sharply increased the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 431 4 PRICES opened fractionally lower In the Singapore rubber market yesterday following lack of followthrough from London. But later, values recovered on some forward demand up to April/ June 1979, particularly from upcountry. However, the market turned very quiet and prices tended lower as the earlier buying
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    • 305 4 R A S prices tn cents per kilo yesterday: Noon Close :per kilo) (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R S 8. prompt f.o.b. 200.00 209.00N 207.90 208.90N Int. 1 R 8 8 June 206 23 209.90 208.30 208.78 Int. 1 R.S.8 July 210.00 210.29 209.29
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    • 105 4 NOON SSR and SMR prices yesterday: June July RAS (Current Mth) (Per ward Mth) Buyer* Seller. Buyers Sellers (cente per kf) (cet its per kg) SSR 20 (1-ton pallet) 199.50 201 50N 200 50 202 50N SSR 50 (1-ton pallet) 197.50 199.SON 198.50 200 50N M.R.E.UB SMR5CV
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    • 79 4 C I F North European ports, in US dollar per ton unless otherwise Stated LONDON: Monday Previous Malaysia 5% (fa bulk per tonne 590 sir 585 Sir July Sumatra 5% ffa bulk 650 sir May unch June (M0 sir 625 sir July 600 slr/597 *pd 595 sir August
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    • 30 4 Rubber: May IS Singapore: June 208.50 cent* (down 1.25 cent*) Malaysia: June 214.25 centa (down 1.25 centa) Tin: Mil,612 (down $13) Official offering: 227 tonnea (up aeven tonnea)
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    • 197 4 SUGAR futures In London yesterday morning finished the first call at or Just below Monday night's steadier kerb levels. Onbalance gains ranged from £0.70 to £0.45 per tonne. Dealers said the market was kept in check by steadiness of sterling while the Colombian selling tender for 11,000 tonnes of
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    • 385 4 STEADY conditions prevailed in quiet trading on the Singapore produce market yesterday. Small lots were sold to nearby countries on consumer accounts. The pepper market turned softer after an improvement late last week when prices were marked up 110 per plcul in some cases. Prices however, remained unchanged
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    • 530 4 ROBUSTA futures in London yesterday morning opened steady £19 to £5 per tonne higher from Monday night. 388 lots were traded. Trafde, commission and broker house short-covering combined with fresh speculative chart buying pushed values higher during the opening call. Dealers said there was no change in fundamentals. But
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    • 366 4 TERMINAL cocoa in London yesterday morning was relatively steady despite finishing the first call down from Monday by £3.50 to £10 per tonne partly due to steadiness of sterling. Post call trading, however, saw prices move sharply higher for eains of as much as £24.50 although the basic tone
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    • 187 4 WHEAT futures on Monday finished the session at the day's highs or within one cent of the best levels, with final prices up USB% to 10 cents a bushel In Chicago. Strengths In other pits encouraged support In early dealings and prices rose on local and commission house buying
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    • 105 4 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago reduced earlier gains late in the session but closed US 4V4 to Vt cents a bushel higher on Monday. May and July posted the best gains, with July finishing at $7.21 a bushel. Reports of good amounts of farmer selling over the weekend and weekend
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    • 295 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang yesterday dropped MSI3 per picul to $1,612 per plcul on an official offering up seven tonnes to 227 tonnes. In LONDON yesterday, tin declined by around t'62 per tonne for cash and £45 for three months standard metal. High grade was €02
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    • 95 4 ZINC was 10.25 per tonne higher for cash and 10.50 higher for three months at the end of the morning ring in London yesterday. This market steadied in line with other metals during early dealings, with three months trading up to 1315 per tonne. But on the ring profit-ta-king
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    • 164 4 THE sugar futures market closed US 0.02 cents lower to 0.04 cents higher in continued dull trading yesterday. Turnover remained at four lots. Hongkong dally spot sugar price rose 0.10 to 7.20 cents, while net open positions totalled 37 lots after Monday's trading. SUGAR futures closing prices Closing
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    • 199 4 YARN and cotton In Hongkong dollars, spot ex-godown: Cotton Yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 1 760. 32s 2.140 40s 2.270. (per bale of 400 Iba). Piece Goods: China Butterfly and Olobe Brand unq. Dragon Head unq. Five Lambs unq. Flower and Butterfly unq. Flying Oeese unq. (per piece
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    • 210 4 BANGKOK rice prices yesterday were unchanged from Monday's: (US dollars per tonne FOB bull Bangkok): Wkite Rice: 100 pet lit clan 442. 100 pet 2nd class 427. 100 pet 3rd class 422. 5 pet 413. 10 pet 400. IS pet 302. 20 pet 387 25 pet 377 35 pet
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    • 394 4 COPPER wirebars yesterday morning showed gains of i' 3 per ton all round. Values edged higher In the early pre-market with dealers cjtlng the Zaire situation and overnight gains in US futures as the main firming influences. Three months traded up to 1724 before profit-taking and hedge selling shaded
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    • 103 4 SILVER on the LME closed 1.4 pence higher for cash and 1.5 pence per troy ounce higher for three months on Monday afternoon. Values moved higher during the afternoon on light fresh buying and shortcovering prompted by a steadier New York market. In NEW YORK on Monday. comex silver
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    • 404 4 THE kllobar in Singapore yesterday opened at 5513,360 and eased to $13,327 Immediately after opening. After touching the lows, the market rose throughout the day before closing at a high of $13,416. In the London market, the metal opened at U*****,10/ 40 and closed at $177.00/30. The London morning
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    • 72 4 LEAD yesterday ended the morning ring 10.75 and 11.50 per tonne lower for cash and three months, respectively. Prices moved higher in the pre-market following the trend In copper and three months traded up to C 306 per tonne. However, there was no follow through interest, which dealers said
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
      • 454 4 THIN TRADING characterised the foreign exchange market yesterday with the US dollar holding its own against other currencies. Against the Deutsche mark, the US dollar opened at 2.1215/25 and moved up 10 to 20 points at noon. When London opened, the dollar came down again to reach 2.1205/15
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      • 217 4 Asian and CD rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on May 16 IS Dollar* (Spot! Offer Bm) 7 duys 1 mlh 2 mths 3 mths 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 7 9/16 .711/16 .7 7/8 8 1/15 8 5 16 8 7/10 81/2 7 7/16 7
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      • 46 4 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on May 18 Overnight 2% to 3%% Call deposits 3(4* Closing Buying Selling 3-month Treasury bills 31/4 3 1/8 3-month Bank bills 47/8 4 S/4 3-month CD 415/18 413/18 8-month CD 53/18 Si/18 Source: National Discount Co. Ltd.
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      • 21 4 THE average rale at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers is 7 per cent.
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      • 126 4 THE US dollar yesterday closed slightly firmer than overnight levels in New York partly aided by the psychological Impact of congressional approval for President Carter's aircraft sales to West Asia. After an early flurry In the yen, trading was slow due to lack of overnight European orders after Monday's
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      • 111 4 Euro rates EURODOLLAR deposit rates yesterday showed little change from overnight levels in quiet opening trading. However, overnight lost 1/8 7-3/8 7-1/4 per cent as bid interest faded and funds came on offer. Other short dates were unchanged. Among steady fixed dates, six months softened 1/16 to 8-5/16 8-3/16 per
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      • 267 4 THE US dollar ended firmer against most currencies In quiet, thin trading on Monday as many European centres were closed for the Pentecost holiday. Dealers said the currency was bolstered by President Carter's agreement to a reduction in his tax cut plan and to the trend towards higher
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      • 213 4 STERLING and the dollar both opened higher yesterday, reflecting positive sentiment for both currencies. Dealers said the aura of weakness that has recently surrounded sterling has been temporarily dispersed by news of the 1336 million UK April current account surplus. But dealers caution that imported oil platforms may crop
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      • 172 4 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed at 226.25 yesterday, up from a 226.00 opening and 225.95 at Monday's close. Trading was lieht with volume US$332 million. The dollar eased in late trading on selling by Japanese banks to cover sales of dollar export bills by Japanese traders and
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      • 58 4 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchanges quoted on May 16 AUSTRALIA: US dollar 1.1300/1 1252 Sterling 0 6229/0 6158 Ninety-day air mall buying rates: Sterling 0 6422 US dollars 1.1611 Ninety-day forward buyln| rates: Sterling 0 6250 US dollars 1 1258 NEW ZEALAND Sterling 0 5553/0 5522 US dollar 1.0135/1 0035 Ninety-day airmail
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      • 41 4 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes on May 16. US 2.1210/25 Can 1 9130/50 Slg 3 862/872 Dfl 83 37/47 Sfr 108 50/65 Lit 2 428/438 Ffr 45 25/40 Nkr 38 75/85 Brr con 6 40/41 Bfr fin 6.39/41 Yen 0.9360/ 80
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      • 256 4 EUROBOND prices quoted on May 18 Straight* Bid Offer Total oil st|9 125 84 FFlst«9 7S87 92.75 93 75 90.50 91.50 Courtauldsstg #758# 89 50 90 50 EIB llg 9 75 92 93 50 94.50 Elaons st( 10.2587 93.75 94.75 Inco9 92 96.37 96.87 Inco8 25 84 97 37
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 131 4 MAGNUM CORPORATION BERHAD REVISED ANNOUNCEMENT With reference to the Second Interim Dividend of 10% less Income Tax declared by the Directors on 12th May 1978 and payable on 16th June 1978 to Shareholders whose names appear in the Register of the Company at the close of business at 12 noon
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  • TRANSPORT
    • 664 5  -  ■y TERESA LIM MOST shipping lines serving Autr&lian ports will be affected by an increase In container handling costs. Barly this year, Seatalner Terminal Ltd's (STL) application for a rate hike was approved by the Australian Trade Practices Tribunal. STL operates terminals in
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    • 634 5 OWNERS are having financing difficulties and some banks are treating the value of idle ships at scrap. The solution is to keep the ships working or send them for scrap. There are numerous cargoes looking for ships and trade is slowly picking up. Shippers and consignees are
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    • Article, Illustration
      437 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Al Yamamah (after Oudrun Bakke) 47 Blndang (0600) Cherry Vltja (B. Barge) (after Ocean Supply sails) 46 Chidambaram (1200) 42/43 Crown Cherry (after Bunga Blndang sails) 18 Fortune Runner (1400 after Idaho L Kathryn Maru berths) 6/7 Fushlml Maru (0700 after Frotarlo)
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    • 407 5 Reuter AP. THE US House" ol Representative's public works and transportation Committee passed A Bill easing Federal regulation of airline routes and fares. The Bill will allow each airline to pick one new route without prior Civil Aeronautics Board approval in the first year
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    • 108 5 PAN American World Airways said on Monday it will not fly into Tokyo's new Narita airport, due to open this Saturday, until it is satisfied with security arrangements. A spokesman for the airline said PanAm staff were at the airport and filing dally reports to
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    • 176 5 Reuter. OCEAN Transport and Trading of UK expects considerable profit drop this year because of the world recession, the continuing slump in bulk shipping, Increased competition in liner trades and West African delays. Chairman Lindsay Alexander said pre-tax profit last year was £39.08 million (Ssl6B
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    • 92 5 THE LEONARDO da Vlncl International Airport In Rome has Introduced new measures to smooth checkin and boarding of transit passengers between connecting international flights. Under the procedure Introduced on March 15, check-ins will take place at the boarding gates instead of at the International interline transit
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    • 126 5 Reuter. BRITAIN and France effected a Joint contingency plan for dealing with shipping disasters In the English Channel. The plan, called Mancneplan. was drawn up by the Anglo-French Safety of Navigation Oroup (Afsong) after the Amoco Cadis oil tanker ran aground In Msxch off the French
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    • 272 5 AP NORTH American grain trades continued to dominate chartering proceedings, particularly timecharter business, on the London freight market on Monday. Docenave took a 50,240 dwt loader for a trip to Brazil after prompt delivery US Gulf at the rate of U554,975 (Ssl 1,440) per day while Mardorf
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    • 61 5 AP. LEGISLATION to clear the way for US participation In a global maritime communications system by satellite was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives on Monday. The measure, which now goes to the Senate, would designate Comsat, the existing, privately owned satellite communications corporation, as the US
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    • 620 5 ARRIVALS atmot LocmJ O perm tor Number Time From TMA TL374 0530 TPE MAS MH882 0725 KCH CPA CX710 1005 HLP OIA OA980 1J30 HLP THAI TQ423 1035 BKK 1 SIA SQ209 1045 HLP 1 THAI TG981 1120 BKK OIA OA944 1055 PKU OIA OA0O8 1100 MES
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 466 5 SINTAT Rent-a-Car SINGAPORE AIRPORT TEL *****S CITY TEL 23fiS8S'> Call us for your local or onward reservations ■J\T Mil from Penguin Mbolf IN PENGUINS J* Virginia Woolf died in 1941 and at the time of her death she had won a foremost place in English fiction. Three Guineas and Flush
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  • 630 6 IT IS a little strange that shippers and not shipowners should be discussing the formation of a shipping conference. To some extent, the Federation of Asean Shippers' Council demonstrates the urgency It feels about shipping In South-east Asia by moving into an area traditionally outside its purview.
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  • 1906 6  -  •r TSANG SAU YIN IN A country such as Singapore where people bash a python as soon as look at it, shoot at any shadow in the trees, dVfrand that honey bees v be- exterminated, and benave as if chlk-chaks were repulsive
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  • 237 6 10 sealions, together with seven penguins in their enclosure, cost $20,000 a year. At 1.3 metres height, 42 kg each, they eat about 2.5 kiloa of fiah a day each. There are four Islands of white-handed agile gibbons, about 12 gibbona in all, at $10,000 a year
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  • 123 6 Adopted without an eye to tax exemption By Cheng Kim Loke Foundation, $5,000 a year the 0.9 metre-high, 300 legs tapir eats 1 kg herbi-chow, 2 kg* omniration and 8 kgs leave* daily. Four females and 11 male*, by Fraser and Neave for $10,000 a year. About 1 metre tall,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 62 6 WEA THER outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today: Generally fair. Report for 24 hour* prior to 7.30 p.m. on May 16 at the airport. Maximum Temperature 32.4° C Associated Humidity 75 Minimum Temperature 25.0° C Associated Humidity 96 Hours of Sunshine 3.75 Rainfall in Millimetres 11.4 Total
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    • 278 6 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening announcements followed by On Duty with Christoph 4° 3.25 Diary of Events (Malay) 0 3.30 Bonanza Terror At 2.00° 4.20 Intermission 6.00 Opening announcements followed by December Bride Budget Show 6.30 News in Brief 0 6.35 Wild, Wild World of Animals Great Indian Rhino* 6.00
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  • 964 7  -  Recent regulation* imposed by the Swiss National Bank are causing foreign funds to flee the country. With the pressure off the Swiss franc, the nation's export industries will benefit. NORRIS WILL ATT reports: NORRIS WILLATT FT. AN UNKNOWN but considerable number of Swiss who earn
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  • 862 7 AP PICK up a telephone in Cairo, and the odds are three-to-one against completing a call. Telephone users face long waits for dial tones, a good chance of connecting to the wrong number, and the prospect of having their ears assaulted by extraneous bangs, shrieks and
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  • 470 7 RUNNING a zoo Is no Joke, as our run-down on the Singapore Zoo on page 6 and this page today will no doubt convince you another zoo, the Washington National Zoo reports that its annual shopping list Includes 96,000 rats, 114,000 live crickets and 180,000 maggots,
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  • 832 7  -  FOBUHj ...0D management I •y JUZAR MOTIWALLA IN THE early 60s President Kennedy ordered the removal of missiles stationed ir\ Turkey. Some time later, during the Cuban missile crisis, the Russians proposed that removal bf their missiles In Cuba should be linked to the removal of
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS MARKETS
    • 592 8 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa. PRICES declined sharply on widespread small-lot selling. Liquidation selling hit blue chips on a board front towards the close. Lacking the incentive of any large Institutional purchases, Investors hesitated to pick up perennial market favourites, which suggests a prolonged price adjusting period. Though Investment
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    • 398 8 Source: Sun Hung Kai Sec Ltd. THE market gained further ground yesterday morning on the back of Wall Street, the cut In the size of the MTR note offering and a lack of selling orders. Aggressive buying of HK Wharf took It up to 19.00 while HK Land was
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    • 342 8 PRICES of leading snares yesterday rose snarply and most closed well up despite after- noon falls, dealers said. Overseas buying and a strong Increase In business spending revealed in the March quarter statistics added to the bullish tone, with BHP rising to a new 1978 high of $6.76, closing
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    • 109 8 THE market firmed yesterday. Turnover rose to 4.60 million pesos from 2.60 million on Monday. Dealers said mines led the rise with commercials and oils firming slightly. MAY l« Pesos 4-/-Acoje Mining 01 unch Atlas Con A Atlas Con. B 13 40 unch Buguio Gold 0072 unch BenguetCon B
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    • 150 8 MAY 1« Bah U Asia Fibre 263 unch Bangkok Bank 377 unch Bangkok Invest. 372 unch Bangkok-Metro-politan Bank Bata BerllJucker 480 -2 CarpetIntnl Charoong Thai Wire 310 19 Dumex Dusit Thanl 350 22 Faber Merlin First Trust 3D 1 Oenera Finance 373 -1 Indo-Thal Industrial Finance Corp 2525 •10
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    • 66 8 PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co announced first quarter net earnings of 45 million pesos (41 million) on operating revenue of 145 million (130 million). Earnings are after expenses of 83 million (77 million). Earnings per share come to 5.96 pesos (4.80). A company spokesman said the company Invested
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    • 1095 8 NEW YORK STOCKS raced to a strong cloae in the final minutes on Monday overcoming profit-taking that had deprened prices moat of the day. Analysts said the gain was Impressive in the face of the further credit tightening widely expected In Wall Street to emanate from yesterday's
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    • 326 8 SHARE prices closed firmer on Monday In active trading as sharp gains in real estate, transportation and communications Issues led the market higher. Qolds and oils lost over 12 points but the composite index was up more than two points and winners led losers 229 to 202. Denlson Mines
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    • 396 8 OOLD shares eased slightly, towards the close on Monday to finish mixed as overseas interest declined. Dealers said mining flnancials were mixed In line with producers. Amgold and Oenmln both gained 25 cents to 2750 and 2725 respecUvely while Charter Cons fell three cents to 315. De Beers lost
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    • 134 8 PRICES firmed In selective trading on Monday. Dealers said leading industrials firmed as did banks and insurances. Financials were mixed with Slfa unchanged and Oenerale Immoblllare marginally lower. Bonds were higher in moderate trading MAY 11 Lire Anlc 102.75 ♦4.75 Aiaoc Oen ***** 290 Bastojl 445 10 25 Centrale
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    • 61 8 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 485 0 Friday 488 3 Week Ago 480.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 848.78 Friday 940.70 Week AfO 824.58 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday 108% to 109% Friday 100* to 100* H.K. HANG SENG Tuesday Monday Week Ago SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Tueaday Monday 424 02 Week
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    • 222 8 Reuter SYDNEY: Foreign lavMtor interest will provide the impetus to raise Australian uin price* any substantial degree In the year ahead, Km Hyden, managlag partner at Melbourne toekbroker, A.C. Qooda and Co, said. Addressing aa ——la outlook eonforonea organised by the Australian Society of Aooountanta and the
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    • 1557 8 NYT THE United States' most prestigious brokerage firms are wooing their competitors' star brokers with huge bonuses, inflated commissions and paid-up insurance policies. Some are pirating entire brokerage offices, paying a bounty to office managers for each employee brought along In the switch. Hired
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    • 1396 8 May 15 VOLUME on the Chicago Board Options Exchange fell to 145,704 contracts from 215,025 contracts on Friday OPTION JLY OCT JAN STOCK Alcoa 40 3/4 T 9/8 UNTRD 48 5/8 Alcoa 46 31/4 41/4 414 46 84 Alcoa 90 21/8 11/4 3 48 64 Am Tel
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    • 170 8 rrpr: o o o o o o s\ Kit UO> l\K Ht m Cook# s c T- -i w r. u>. J" Sr £,*V- 4/ *>• a' a < I < y v-- > *S/. VI > > J This book comprises a mouthwatering selection of over 200 recipes for
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 2139 9 r < N AMERICAN NYT. ON A shelf in the spare but spacious office of Robert R. Frederick, senior vice president in charge of corporate planning for the General Electric Co., sit 43 binders all in a row. These are the 1978 game plans for
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    • 365 9 EUROPEAN IN SPITE of the depressed conditions for worldwide shipping. Inchcape UK plana to spend £6 ft million to £9Vi million on a quarter share of a West Coast U.S. container shipping service with a turnover of over £55 million. Oodweil and Co.,
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    • 364 9 PETROCHEMICAL overcapacity In Europe may force Esso Chemicals to postpone for up to a vear their planned £300 million ethylene cracker at Moss Morran In Fife. Dr. Austin Pearce. chairman of Esso Petroleum, said In Glasgow a Ilnal decision on the project was likely in
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    • 155 9 Reuter. STOCKHOLM: Graenges AB has made no final decision on the termination of its loss-making shipping activities, Carl Erik Felnsilber. chairman of graenges' shipping division, said. Mr. Felnsilber said negotiations with local union representatives on the future of Oraenges' remaining fleet of some six vessels and
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    • 84 9 Reuter. THE Italian State oil firm Enl said its subsidiary Salpem signed a contract with the Elf Aqultalne Group of France to drill for oil and gas in the *Mer d'lrolse at the western approaches to the English channel at a depth of 133 metres, 194 km from
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    • 68 9 WOLFSBURO: Prices of Volkswagen and Audi cars rose by an average of 3.5 per cent on the home market. A spokesman for tjie company said the Increase was necessitated by rising production costs. The price rise does not affect Volkswagen and Audi sales outside West Germany, the Company
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    • 242 9 THE Bata Shoe Organisation has returned to Sudan after an absence of eight years following nationalisation of the Khartoum factory and 40 retail stores in 1970. Bata Ltd announced in Toronto that a new company, Bata Sudan Ltd, will take over operations of Bata
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    • 80 9 ZAPATA Corp said Its 97 per cent owned subsidiary Granby Mining Corp will close Its Phoenix copper mine near Grand Fork, British Columbia, late this year. Granby President R.P. Taylor said the Phoenix ore body was mined out in August. 1976 but the mill
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    • 298 9 THE PRICE war among the big supermarkets is forcing major chain stores to reassess their food trade. F.W. Woolworth Is carrying out a major review of food sales In Its 1,000-plus branches. Over the past few years Woolworth's has dropped food and grocery
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    • 270 9 THE FRENCH pharmaceutical group Roussel Uclaf reported "favourable" results in 1977, showing an increase of Just under 8 per cent on consolidated turnover and higher profits at both group and parent company level. The company proposed an unchanged dividend of Frs.9so net per share. This will
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    • 159 9 LONDON: George Wimpey and Co Ltd chairman R.B. Smith said he la confident 1978 will be another- good year and with a record workload booked, there Is every sign that private house sales In Britain will exceed last year's level. Mr. Smith said In
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    • 90 9 AFP LONDON: The Associated Japanese Bank of London reported a pre-tax profit of £3,172.297 for the year ended Feb 28, up from £8,074,263 In the previous year. The Improvement occurred despite the unfavourable effect of the 13.3 per cent appreciation of sterling against the dollar during the
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    • 93 9 Reuter. DUESSELDORF: Mannesmann AO said it proposes a lower 1977 dividend of 5.50 marks against seven marks in 1978. Together with the tax credit, shareholders paying Oerman Income tax will receive a total 8.09 marks it said. Its subsidiary Mannesmannroehren Werke AO has obtained a 70 million
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    • 525 9 ASIAN THE NATIONAL Bank of Australasia failed to maintain its Impressive growth rate of recent years In the March half-year, when earnings rose only 5.2 per cent., from 5A20.8 million to 1A21.7 million. The slowdown was signalled earlier when the bank's wholly-owned finance
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    • 232 9 AUSTRALIA'S MIM Holdings has been managing remarkably well against the background of depression in the copper and zinc markets. During the past 10 months of its current financial year to June 30 MIM has been helped by increased sales of lead coupled with a
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    • 178 9 Reuter MELBOURNE: NZ Forest Products Ltd said the world surplus ©f pulp and paper stocks, which has produced the lowest prices since 1971/72, is diminishing. By the end of 1978, a better balance between supply and demand is expected and when this occurs an improvement
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    • 149 9 Reuter HONGKONG: City Hotels Ltd shareholders will receive a HK$2 1978 Interim dividend in addition to $40 a share cash under proposed terms of Hongkong Land Co Ltd's offer for the outstanding shares in the company, Hongkong Land said. It said in a statement
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    • 163 9 Reuter. SYDNEY: The Sydney Stock Exchange said it suspended trading In the shares of Leonora Nickel NL, following the appointment of an inspector to investigate the company's affairs by New South Wales attorney general Frank Walker. The investigation is linked to one started last October by
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  • DEALS DONE ON THE SES AND KLSE
    • 1753 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 lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett 7 Big Board
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    • 157 10 Rep Spore D Mark 7% IW2 (100.000) (102*B 103*8) Rep Spore 6 1/2% 1083 (100.000) (102*B 103S) Rep Spore 7 3/4% 1987 (100.000) (99*8 99%5) Rep Of Panama 9 1/2% 1983 (100.000) (99H8 100SS) Nippon Credit Floating 1983 (100.000) (90*B 99%8) 5 1/4% IS/10/79 (250,000) (101.45B) 4 3/4%
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    • 225 10 Australian D B 8 1/4% 1982 (100.000) (98%8 90S) Australian D B 10% 1982 (100.000) <95'/»B 978) B O T 8 1/2% 1981 (100.000) (1008 100' aS) B O T 7 5/8% 1984 (100.000) (958 95'jS) B O T Floating 1984 (100.000) (99 SB 100HS) C Itoh 8
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    • 155 10 STRIKING prices of the 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. Cold Storage (June $1.70) <0.51 B 0.605). (Sepl 11.70) (0.538 0.608). C and C (June
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  • 2448 10 1978 High Low Company Last Sale Week +OCGr'« Div Div C'vr Gr's Y'ld Net P/E Week Vol <*000) Week High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 181 213 151 225' 83 190 205 186 398 422 132 123* 112 195* 60* 162 191 144 256 394 Acma Alcom Allied
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  • 1861 10 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. INDUSTRIAL* Alcam (2.038 2 048) (2) 2.04 (1) 2.05. A CAM (1.428
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  • 707 10 SINGAPORE BULLISH trading at the opening took selected counters higher but the market faltered during the day when profit-takers liquidated their holdings. Trading volume on the Stock Exchange of Singapore remained heavy with about 11.07 million shares traded at a value of $21.46 million. This compared with
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  • 618 10 FAIRLY heavy profittaking In the wake of recent sharp Increases In share prices forced the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to close on a distinctly easier note yesterday. An attempt to follow Monday's strong lead in the first hour or so of trading was easily dispelled as
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  • 146 10 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST (Mmiin jitMi tar May IT) INCOME BOND UNIT The Commerce The Saving Fund 1.93 2.05xd I.JO 117 INCOME BOND 1 06 l.U 8 pore Prof Fund O.M 1.09 mara bumiputra fund 8 pore Security Fund S pore Invest Fund 1J0 l.fl ("■■I—■ prim tar Mar
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      67 11 MALAYAN United Industries, replying to a KLSE query, says It does not know of any reason for the recent sharrp rise in Its share prices. It added that there were no matters of importance pending announcement. The company has already forwarded to the exchange an announcement pertaining
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    • 715 11  -  By MANO SABNANI A SYSTEMATIC reshaping of its investment portfolio in the last two years has begun to reap concrete benefits for Harimau Investments, the closed-end investment trust managed by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation. Net tangible assets (NTA) of the group were reported at year-end to
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    • 911 11 THERE Is a light at the end of the tunnel though only Just a flicker for the longsuffering shareholders of Datuk Keramat Properties (DKP) who have not been able to trade their shares since they got them In 1974. DKP Is now concluding a new valuation
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    • 259 11 MALAYAN Banking has stated that its acquisition of Court Hill will enable It to •'plan an appropriate head office building that will incorporate the latest concept in customer services and project an image appropriate to its status as the higgest bank in Malaysia." In its
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    • 95 11 PALM and Vegetable Oils (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd said it will resume normal business and production at its factory in Tampoi. Johore. This follows the company's release from receivership following repayment of a loan due to Malaysia Borneo Finance Corp (Malaysia) Bhd. The Tampoi factory ceased production
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    • 371 11 LIKE its subsidiary Malakoff Berhad which turned in a sparkling set of results recently, Boustead Holdings has been just as impressive in the year ended Dec 31. The group netted a 74.7 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to $15.13 million against $8.66 million in the
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    • 50 11 BANDAR Raya Development has stated In a reply to a KLSE query, that it Is not aware of any reason for the substantial turnover In Its shares recently. It adds that there are no matters of Importance pending the announcement at May 5, the date of the query.
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    • 41 11 MEOA Chemicals, replying to a KLSE query, stated that It knew of no reason k for the recent substantial turnover and sharp price increase in its shares. It added that there were no matters of Importance pending the announcement.
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    • 37 11 GOODYEAR Tyre and Rubber Co said It will spend US$lO million (5523.2 million) to increase production at Its Kuala Lumpur plant by about 50 per cent to meet anticipated demand for tyres and related rubber products.
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    • 156 11 BOUSTEAD Holdings states that, based on current projections. its acquisition of Progress Castings Sdn Bhd (PCSB) should cause Its pretax profits to improve by some $250,000. It was replying to a query put forward by the KLSE. The acquisition, says Boustead, has no significant effect on the
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    • 96 11 PACIFIC Development Credit's equity participation in General Gomma (M) will be on a cash basis. The company was replying to KLSE queries on the proposed Joint venture, which was incorporated on April 12. It has submitted a copy of the certificate of incorporation in General
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    • 575 11 Straits Steamship Company Ltd: AGM to be held at the Tower Room, Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore, at 9.00 a.m. on May 18. EOGM to be held immediately after the close of the AGM. Dunlop Estates Bhd: AGM to be held at Bastion House. 8, Jalan Kota Malacca,
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    • 92 11 SHAREHOLDERS on the Malaysian register of Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging have been reminded to submit fresh declarations for relief under the double taxation agreement between Malaysia and UK by May 31. Failure to do so by this date will result in their names being removed from the designated
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    • 24 11 JARDINE Matheson Estates Sdn Bhd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Oriental Holdings, has changed Its name to Oriental Rubber and Palm Oil Sdn Bhd.
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    • 846 11 Current Ex Books Dale Total for Total for payment Date clooe payable the year previous yea Guthrie Ropel 10% Apr 5 Apr 10 May 17 15% 12% ST Steamship 21%TE Apr 25 May 3 May 18 21%TE 34% Bata(M) 12% Apr 20 Mayl May 20 18% 18% UOB
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    • 193 11 Company Particular* Ex Date Booki Close Buu!>lead Holdings Bonus Issue of 1 for 10 May 17 May 30 United Plantation! Bonus Issue of 1 for 10 May 26 Jun 7 Ma lex Bonus Issue of 1 for 3 May 30 Jun 9 Tan Chong Bonus Issue of 1
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  • 459 12  -  •l CHAN BONG SOO THE FEDERATION of Asean Shippers Council Is meeting In Manila today to promote and Improve shipping facilities. It Is the federation's second annual meeting and will last four days. One main priority will be to study the progress
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  • 366 12 Reuter. THE DEPENDENCE of the West and Japan on supplies of minerals from developing countries will involve many problems in the future, Newmont Mining Corp. chairman, Plato Malozemoff, said in Canberra. The most important problems are associated with political factors that inevitably produced
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  • 840 12 IT WILL COST TREASURY $5b NYT Reuter US TREASURY Secretary Michael Blumenthal has released a letter to House Ways and Means Committee members opposing a reduction in capital gains taxes. He said proposals reverting capital gains taxation to pre-1969 rules would cost the Treasury US$2.2
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  • 839 12 Reuter. BANKERS meeting in Hot Springs, Virginia, said there is growing concern over the narrowing margins many borrowers are seeking and obtaining on Eurocurrency credits. The margin over the London Eurodollar Interbank offered rate (Libor) Is now about percentage points for prime borrowers, down from one
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  • 349 12 Reuter. CO-FINANCING between commercial banks and official development banks, like the World Bank, will become increasingly necessary as overseas development assistance from industrialised countries continues to declineOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development figures snow that as a proportion of gross national product, assistance from OECD countries fell
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  • 795 12 LONDON. Tues. Prices closed lower following reappraisal of the April trade figures, dealers said. Turnover was small and at 3.00 p m the Financial Times index was down 5.1 at 479.9. Government bonds and equities retreated after a firmer opening as sterling declined. The fall inequities was extended
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  • 225 12 AP. THE EXECUTIVE committee of the International Sugar Organisation (ISO) met In London on Monday and approved the rules under which the 1978 International Sugar Agreement (ISA) Is to operate. The world sugar pact was signed In Geneva last October and provisionally began operating on
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  • 107 12 TOTAL seaborne cargo discharged and loaded in Singapore during this year's first quarter Increased by 23 per cent over the similar 1977 period. Total cargo was 17.1 million freight tonnes compared with 13.9 million freight tonnes, during last year's first quarter. Total imports for the period were
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  • 593 12 AFP. THE 810 Singapore Airlines order with Boeing has triggered a wave of optimism In the US aircraft Industry, but It realises that West European competition is now a force to be reckoned with. The SLA contract worth US$9OO million (Ss2.l
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  • 302 12 Reuter. A US House Armed Services Sub-committee approved a bill authorising a US contribution of up to 5,000 long tons of tin to the international buffer stock, and sale of another 30,000 tons from the nation's stockpile. The bill, as approved by the Stockpiles Sub-com-mlttee, also
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  • 3151 13 MHBDBLB A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The following list tabulates, by port of destination the name of the ship, the shipping line involved, and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from Singapore port. t OMMrttaiM ItuOtteh hM i joint service
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    • 595 13 Fortnightly Direct Express Service Europe/Straits F or further details call Singapore: *****46 Kuala Lumpur: ***** Port Kelang: *****0 Penary: ***** 1 f Lineblnc (USA) +mJ oeuiram Trans Pacific Service Full Container Service To USA FEEDER vsl s>o*e h« o«* i« cutr i c A VESSEL 19/5 UMm 24/5 12/1 14/4
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    • 876 14 SHIPPING FUUT CONTAINERISED TO EUROPE EXPORTS S pan P. Man( H'burj B'Hm« Rdam L« Hint Antwerp Crtj <* Edinburth 18/5 8/6 6/6 (7/6) KaiMtwa Mara 18/5 9/6 11/6 12/6 14/6 BraiMn Eiprws 22/5 7/6 9/6 10/6 (14/6) BmaMff 26/5 28/5 18/6 20/6 21/6 (29/6) Trim Eiprtu 3/6 5/6 24/6 26/6
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