The Business Times, 17 July 1978

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    10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 MONDAY, JULY 17, 1978 SOCENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Victory in Sabah
      60 1 KOTA KINABALU, Sun. The National Front Is now certain of a commanding majority of over two-thirds in the Federal Parliament when it won 13 of the 15 seats In Sabah. The DAP won one seat in Sandakan constituency. The final shape of the 154-seat Federal Parliament will
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      Lock icon Buying rights
      85 1 AFP TOKYO, Sun. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Mltl) plans to promote buying of foreign mines and mining rights by Japanese enterprises on governmental foreign currency loans, It was reported today. By this Miti aimed at securing stable supplies of mineral resources and decreasing Japan's huge
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      Smouldering ...
      98 1 Smouldering TELUK ANSON, Sun. Fire smouldering underground and feeding on dry twigs and leaves In peat soil have destroyed some $3 million worth of oil palms In an estate, 13 km south-west of here. The fire which started in the Bernam Perak Estate on July 6 was still smouldering underground
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      Lock icon Air of uneasiness
      82 1 Reuter FRANCE, Sun. French air traffic controllers today ended a 24-hour work-to-rule which caused chaos on European air routes, and warned they would take similar action for the next two weekends In protest against alleged under-man-ning at peak periods. The controllers maintain their control towers are under-staffed
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      Lock icon First leg
      68 1 AP KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. An 11-member British trade mission arrived in Kuala Lumpur today for a five-day visit, the first leg of a tour of Asean countries, to study Investment prospects in Malaysia. The leader of the mission said there are a lot of opportunities in Malaysia which
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      Lock icon Peace will prevail
      72 1 AFP BANGKOK, Sun. Thai Premier Kriangsak Chamanand today declared after talks with visiting Cambodian deputy Premier leng Sary that he was "optimistic" that peace would prevail along the Thai-Cambodian border. He revealed that Cambodia would send an ambassador to Thailand "as soon as possible" according to the
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      Lock icon Fury of Karakatoa Anak
      68 1 Reuter JAKARTA, Sun. Journalists and tourists were today competing for vantage points to watch the latest eruptions of Krakatoa, the island volcano which 95 years ago caused history's biggest recorded explosion. The latest eruptions began last Wednesday. Smoke and ash could be seen coming from Anak
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      Lock icon Shoes for doctors
      79 1 AFP PEKING, Sun. China's famous "barefoot doctors" will soon be "wearing shoes", according to an idea attributed to senior Vice-Premier Teng Hsiao-ping. The official New China News Agency reported today for the first time that the western province of Tslnghal bordering on Tibet and Slnklang had decided
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      Lock icon No smoke without fire
      68 1 Reuter BAGUIO, Sun. President Marcos, acting to curb a recent rash of summer fires, has called on police and defence officials to look into "fires of suspicious origin." Last Sunday 16 people died In a blaze that swept a downtown cinema complex in Manila, which has
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    117 1 THE following list of stocks gives the 10 most traded on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. It gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for 1978. Company Turno '000 ver Price* July 14 High 1978 Lew
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  • LOCAL STOCK INDICES
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      SINGAPORE
      70 1 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July 14 ft BT Index: 1483.39 1514.02 1480.27 1434.78 1418.07 Industrials: 355.31 354.84 352.07 348.59 344.67 («> Finance: 582.38 580.06 576.71 570.39 568.44 Hotels: 232.97 230.89 228.12 227.38 226.08 Properties: 218.48 218.95 216.07 214.38 212.85 t Tins: 158.18 157.72 158.63 158.77
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      MALAYSIA
      86 1 July 10 July 11 July 12 July 13 July U ft BT Index: 2128.82 2172.64 2153.44 2092.85 2063.22 Industrials: 392.64 391.58 390.36 387.14 383.39 (m) Finance: 500.58 499.18 496.15 492.69 489.99 Hotels: 208.84 208.93 208.35 207.85 207.69 Properties: 212.68 211.86 210.41 209.06 208.14 f Tins: 182.00 182.95 182.49 182.33
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    Income tax tops revenue source
    525 1  -  BUDGET SURPLUS LIKELY By SOH TIANG KENG INCOME tax accounted for the lion's share of the Oovernment's total tax collection In the first four months of this year. Tax payers paid out $857 million to the Government during these months, 7.6 per cent up over
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    Shinei Sangyo's contribution
    282 1 THE establishment of Singapore Shinei Sangyo, manufacturers of metal stamping parts, Is an indispensable contribution to the growth of Singapore's manufacturing sector, said En elk Mansor H.J. Suhalml, Member of Parliament for Kembangan and National Trades Union Congress Secretary for Education, at the opening of the new
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    Offshore units in Singapore dollar dilemma
    635 1  -  By COLIN CHEE OFFSHORE banks here are considering how to get hold of Singapore dollars before they move Into the domestic loan market. The problem Is they cannot accept local dollar deposits, yet need something close to )1 billion If they are to take
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    Schmidt's $ cure
    229 1 Schmidt's cure WEST GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Bchmldt was reported as saying yesterday that the dollar could be helped only If the United States slashed Its oil Imports and took firm action to combat Inflation. A currency stability plan worked out by the European Economic Community could not be of substantial
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    Gold Coin offers 4.5m shares at $1.05 each
    294 1 AS EXPECTED, after hints in John Curran's annual address at the end cf last week. Gold Coin Limited has now officially announced that it is offering 30 per cent of its Malaysian subsidiary for sale, mainly to bumiputra interests. Gold Coin, a
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    Dresea gears up for more of the loan action
    617 1 DRESDNER South East Asia Limited (Dresea) Is out to get a larger slice of the offshore loan market that It Is Indeed thinking big is underlined by its decision to double Its paidup capital. The local wholly-owned merchant banking subsidiary of
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      82 1 SEE BACK PAGE FEATURE: Hymmm... Billy Graham ■witches to the writtM SHIPPING TIMES TRAGIC legacy of the Vietnam war SINGAPORE-Soviet Shipping doingfine I LOOKING beyond Journey Into The Beyond < MEMOPAD 2, CROSSWORDS 2, LEISURE TIME TV* RAD BOOK reviews by Usa Shan 7 MARKET review*: London market stands its
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    MEMO PAD
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    Lock icon Billy Graham's faith is in the written word
    1593 2 AMERICAN Evanoallet Or. BHty Graham Is schsdutod to vMt Singapore In December tor a five-day "crusade" to be hald mainly at the 60,000-aaat National Stadium. This to In answer to an open Invitation made aa long as 24 year* ago, but IOiIOWwO
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    The mixed-up kids they left behind
    1137 2  -  By BERNARD MELUNSKY THE Vietnam war Is over but not for the children literally born of war, fathered by American troop* based far from home, in Asia. Their tragedy is not restricted to Vietnam alone but has spilled over into neighbouring Thailand and countless
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      601 2 -11-OIE CROSSWORD I CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Animals that chew tubers 7 He's not brave (but white with fear?) (8) S One girl pounding another! 10 Voo old a place to be quite the best (I) 11 Humbled by bad sea turbulence 14 An 'eahhy drink (J) 10 Mountains in
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon High interest rates deter two more yen issuers
      501 3 Reuter THE SPANISH Government and Electrlclte De France (EDF) have decided to postpone their yen bond issues originally scheduled for the Tokyo capital market In September. Informed securities sources In Tokyo said they believe the main reasons for both postponements were the
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      Lock icon Footwear, beware
      115 3 AP THE European Economic Community has decided to adopt a new system to improve monitoring of footwear imports. But EEC officials said the community still has no plans to follow other industrialised countries in taking protectionist measures against footwear from abroad. The new monitoring system, to operate in
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      Lock icon Copper in Stabex will benefit MNCs
      149 3 Reuter THE Inclusion ofcopper In the EEC export earnings stabilisation scheme for developing countries (Stabex) could also enable multinational companies which own copper reserves to benefit, an EEC official said. Stabex provides for financial compensation to offset falls in earnings of the African/ Caribbean/
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      POWER-FUL TURBINES
      93 3 THE Turbine* and Motor Works in Sverdlovsk, the Urals, in the Soviet Union, now produces turbines with a capacity of 250,000 kilowatts capable of heat and power supply to major towns with populations in the hundreds of thousands. These new turbines are a modification of the 100,000 kw-heat
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      Lock icon Trials of dissidents hit computer sale
      761 3 Washington Star THE CARTER Administration, under growing Eressure to match its uman rights rhetoric with strong action, has decided to postpone indefinitely the sale of computer technology to the Soviet Union. Unless the Kremlin makes some concessions In the case of Anatoly Shcharansky and
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon 'BLACK HOLES' IN CALCUTTA?
        456 3 Agencies FRESH attempts will be made to find oil In Calcutta and an exploratory well may well be drilled right In the heart of this teeming city, India's Oil ana Natural Oas Commission has said. The director of exploration Mr. A. N. Dutta, said that preliminary
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      Lock icon Pay hike is off the beaten track
      333 3 NYT THREE 810 railroad unions in the United States have reached a tentative agreement with American railroads on a settlement that could raise wages by about 35 per cent over a 39month period. But the president of another major rail union, the Brotherhood
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      Lock icon Grunwick workers end 690-day strike
      259 3 AP BRITAIN'S longest ever strike Is over and union leader Jack Dromey said on Saturday, "We will do our utmost to make sure these brave men and women get jobs In union-organised enterprises." Mr. Dromey, chairman of Brent Trades Council, a regional grouping of union
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      Lock icon Trade gap widens
      76 3 Reuter THE South Korean current account deficit widened to US$l67 million (***** million) in June from $91 million In May, and $179 million In June 1977. The June trade deficit was $173 million compared with a May's $145 million deficit and a June 1977 deficit of $242
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      Lock icon UK faces isolation in monetary plan
      1050 3 Reuter BRITAIN could face Isolation from Its Common Market partners If It stays out of the European monetary system they have agreed to work out by December. Senior Community sources said the French and West German authors of the scheme for monetary stability fear
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      Lock icon US$ WILL RECOVER, SAYS LLOYDS BANK CHIEF
      451 3 Reuter THE DOLLAR Is likely to recover against major currencies before long as the world's monetary system enters a calmer period. The chairman of Lloyds Bank Ltd, Mr. Jeremy Morse, said In London the time Is right for EEC proposals on European monetary
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER
      218 4 TERMINAL rubber In London on Friday closed at or near the day's lows but still showing on-balance gains of 0.05 to 0.50 pence per kilo. Turnover totalled 121 lots of 15 tonnes Including eight options, plus 11 lots of five tonnes. The market had opened up to 0.85
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      Straits tin
      152 4 THE 8T RAITS tin price In Penang on Saturday fell Ms2B to $1,722 per plcul 922 above the new International Tin Agreement celling. Turnover also fell by 14 tonnes to 233 tonnes. In LONDON on Friday, tin on the day lost £70 for cash and £60 for Threemonths
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      Spot prices
      192 4 YARN and cotton In Hongkong dollars, spot exgodown, quoted on Saturday: Cotton Yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 1,720; 32s 2.180; 40s 2,275 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece Goods: China Butterfly and Globe Brand unq, Dragon Head unq, Five Lambs unq, Flower and Butterfly unq, Flying Geese unq
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      Palm oil
      77 4 C.I.F. North European porta, in U8 dollars per ton unlets otherwise stated. LONDON. Friday Previous Malaysia 5% fta bulk per tonne September Sumatra 5* ffa bulk July August unch 892 V, sir unch 505 sir unq «S0slr/647*pd September 605slr/602Vfapd 605slr /597 Vt/802 Wpd October November December Nigeria 5H
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      Produce exchange
      292 4 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore noon closing prices per plcul on Saturday: Cteail oil: Bulk 188 tellers, old drum <93 sellers, new drum 898 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont *58 buyers. tin Muntok AST A white fob. 100% NLW $377.50 sellers. Barawak white f o b. 96* NLW 8357.50
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      Rice
      188 4 BANGKOK rice prices were quoted as follows on Saturday: (In US dollars per tonne F. 0.8. basis Bangkok) White Rice: 100 pet Ist class 432.100 pet 2nd class 417.100 pet 3rd class 412. 5 pet 403. 10 pet 385. 15 pet 377. 20 pet 372. 25 pet 362, 35
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      Coffee
      306 4 FUTURES closed £40 to £14 per tonne down and turnover totalled 1,761 lots Including 52 options In London on Friday. Values extended the morning's losses during the afternoon following an easing In New York and lack of any news to encourage fresh buying Interest. In the morning, values had
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      Cocoa
      264 4 TERMINAL cocoa in London on Friday steadied in late dealings partly on weekend covering to close around the day's high at £1.50 down in spot July to as much as £11 up in 1979 Months. Turnover totalled 2.699 lots including 821 lots crossed and five options. A further seven
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      Sugar
      229 4 SUGAR futures in London on Friday, closed 1'2.10 to' 11.65 per tonne down. Turnover totalled 3,164 lots. Prices moved irregularly during the afternoon Just above the morning's life-of-contract lows with business mainly involving booksquaring operations. Morning values eased under trade and commissionhouse selling and all positions moved to new
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      Silver
      340 4 THE Hongkong silver market closed 50 HK cents lower at $245.00 per 10 ounces on Saturday. The price held steady throughout the half-day session. On the LONDON Metal Exchange, sliver on Friday eased by 1.9 to 2.1 pence. The easier trend in US futures prompted light liquidation during the
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      Soybean
      306 4 A LATE session flurry of local liquidation and commission-house stop-loss selling drove soybean futures sharply lower in Chicago on Friday, with final prices down 16-3/4 to 7-1/4 US cents a bushel. The nearby July, closing 1-1/2 cents above the day's lows at US$6.5l-1/2 a bushel, plunged to the lowest
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      Zinc
      63 4 ZINC on the day lost £0.5 for cash and 1.75 for Three Months In Londoh on Friday. The afternoon market remained quiet with prices drifting lower under small profit-taking. Three Months traded down to £323.5 on the late kerb. The morning market was steady in line with copper and
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      Gold
      639 4 THE SHARP rise of the gold price two Fridays ago in New York to a close of U*****.20/ 185.60 Der troy ounce, being $1.50 above the European close, set the tone for the market last week. The' Zurich Monday opening was $185.75/ 186.50. and except for a minor dip
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      Copper
      309 4 COPPER wire bars on the day rose by £3.5 for cash and £3 for Three Months In London on Friday. The afternoon market was shaded under end-week proflttaklng prompted by the turnround at New York, dealers said. Three Months traded down to £735 but held steady on the kerb
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      Lead
      83 4 LEAD 6n the day gained mostly £1.5 per tonne in London on Friday. The afternoon market was steady but quiet with only light two-way trading evident. Profit-taking trimmed K'ces on the kerb where ree Months traded back to £323 briefly. The morning market was steady aided by copper and
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      Coffee, pepper fall in quiet market
      305 4 ALL WAS quiet on the Singapore produce market last week, as buyers generally remained withdrawn. The main feature of the week was the easing of prices for coffee and prices fell towards midweek with all-round easing of $10.00 per plcul on the week. Bearish
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      Wheat
      199 4 CHICAGO wheat futures on Friday lost earlier advances on pre-weekend hedging pressure sent most contracts lower at the close, brokers said. Losses ranged from 1-1/4 to 1/2 US cents a bushel. Only the deferred May closed in the plus column, up 1/4 cent. Final prices hovered at or near
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        Singapore market
        128 4 THE US dollar on the Singapore forex market last week opened at 2.3060/85 and drifted lower to 2.3030/50 on commercial selling following the US units weakness overseas because of disappointment of the result of the EEC Bremen meeting. It made a wild rally to trade around 2.3105 at
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        MLR
        21 4 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 7 per cent.
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        Asian $ rates
        226 4 Asian rates THE market was steady throughout last week In moderate trading with relatively greater Interest in Three and Six Months, apparently attributed to rollovers. However, Friday opened per cent higher in reaction to US money supply increase of US$4.9 billion in M-l and $6 billion in M-2. Short dates
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        Discount market
        302 4 THE Interbank overnight market remained steady last week, with transactions done in the region of 4*4 to 5Vi per cent. Despite the announcement on Monday of a new issue of $725 million government stocks on July 24, the One. Two and Three Months interbank funds were traded to
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        Euro $ rates
        119 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposit rates on Friday closed steady around higher openings that followed the rise In the US weekly money supply figures, In quiet trading ahead of the weekend and the Bonn summit, dealers said. Rates showed minimal movements throughout the day with earlier offers being quickly taken
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        Short term money
        46 4 FOR THE WEEK ENDED Friday July 14, the range of call rates received from Short Deposits (M) Berhad was as follows:Bank hind: 2 per cent to per cent. General hind: 2% per cent to 4H per cent. > Movements of fund totalled $564 million.
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        Frankfurt
        41 4 FRANKFURT exchanges closing quotes on July 14: US 2 0S0S/0S Can 1.6200/6300 8tf 3.674/604 D PI 62.07/77 8 Pr 113.46/04 Ut 2.424/434 P Pr 40.22/32 Yen 1.0100/60 B Pr (eon) 0 343/346 B Pr (fin) 6-S0/S7 N Kr 36 M/16
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        Money market
        64 4 THE Interbank overnight market was steady tast week. Business was done around the 4 3/ 4 per cent level. This offering Interest was seen In the terms with rates firming slightly In the Twos and Threes to close at 5 11/ 16 0/16, and 513/16 —11/ 16, respectively.
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        Zurich
        588 4 DISAPPOINTED by the results of the EEC conference In Bremen and due to a deterioration in US wholesale prices, the dollar noted a sharp downfall las*, Monday. Fluctuations during the rest of the week, however, remained comparatively moderate. The decisions taken at the Bremen conference will produce a stronger
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        London
        291 4 EARLY expectations of bullish UK retail price and trade data prompted Initial Continental demand for the pound on Friday which was later reversed when the data was released and the pound softened against the US dollar although maintaining its trade-weighted level, dealers said. UK retail prices rose 0.8 per
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        New York
        178 4 THE dollar closed broadly unchanged on Friday In light and somewhat nervous trading, losing ground against the mark and Swiss franc but gaining slightly against the yen, dealers said. The mark closed at 46.76/ 78 cents, up from the opening 48.65/ 67 cents and Thursday's closing 48.71/ 73
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      451 4 THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA CONSTRUCTION OF BINTULU DEEPWATER PORT CONTRACT NO. 3 DREDGING (International Contract) NOTICE OF PREQUALIFICATION OF TENDERERS The Government of Malaysia hereby invites suitably qualified and experienced contractors for prequalification for Contract No. 3 Dredging, which forms part of the several contracts for the construction of Bintulu
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Peck and Hale teams up with MacGregor
      397 5  -  By TEO TECK WENG A LEADING designer and supplier of container and cargo lashing equipment, Peck and Hale Inc., will Join forces with the International MacGregor Organisation In a bid to expand Its worldwide distribution network. Peck and Hale, a market leader in
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      Marine certification a boon for Perkins
      242 5 PERKINS ENGINES recently won official recognition for its marine dieeel engine* from the Norwegian-bated Det Norske Veritai (DnV) marine engine classification society. Following evaluation by DnV surveyors, the Perkins Engines groin) has been awarded approval number QC 2/77, covering certification for "Mass and in-line
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      SAFETY IN THE AIR
      390 5 A WORSENING In the safety level of certain types of air travel is backed by figures released by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the International Union of Aviation Insurers. Although more comprehensive the ICAO figures are still Incomplete since a number of contracting states
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      404 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Baipao (0600 after Vlshva Sandesh) 46 Evermore Bloom (1300) 45 etrov (after Wah Fal) 29/30 Keng Hoi (2359) 35/36 Kwangtung (0600 after Klmanls) 19 OI (Tanker) (1200 after Singapore Island Subject Gas Free) (P/O) 15/10 Rio de Janeiro Maru (0700 after Oolden
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      Soviet shipping firm expands
      524 5  -  By RAHIM KASSIM THE BINGAPORE-Sovlet Shipping Co has expanded significantly since it was established a decade ago. It handled 885 Soviet ships last year, compared to a mere 168 In its first year of operations. The Soviet merchant navy's Introduction of new types of ships to
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      Seaborne cargo up
      155 5 SEABORNE cargo loaded and discharged In Singapore In May showed a marginal increase of 3.5 per cent, at 5.8 million freight tonnes, over the corresponding month last year, when the total was 5.8 million tonnes. Cargo discharged at PSA's six gateways for the month was 3.57 million
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      Lock icon Hovercraft for Belgium
      44 5 AFP BELGIUM intends to buy two large Super 4 Hovercraft from Britain costlnir £4° million (***** million) ine Times newspaper said Each carrying 400 passengers, they would be used from 1981 or 1982 on tne Ostend-Dover route in cooperation with British
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      Lock icon Landing rights with strings report denied
      389 5 AP LANDING and traffic rights for European air carriers would not be severed if new low air fares are established between Britain and Australia. A spokesman for Australian Transport Minister Peter Nixon said the Minister found It staggering that this speculation should have surfaced
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      ABS classed 73 vessels last month
      339 5 THE AMERICAN Bureau of Shipping (ABS) classed 73 vessels worldwide in June totalling 1.53 million dwt or 930,663 gross tons (grt). The vessels classed by ABS included three liquefied natural gas carriers that were built In the United States, Italy, and France; two very
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      Lock icon London freight market
      183 5 UPI TIME CHARTERING continued to absorb tonnage in Eastern markets, but the Western Hemisphere remained very quiet as new business was confined to a handful of North American grain fixtures. T.M.M. booked the 40,401 Alexander Venture at U813,725 (858.507) a day for an August trip from Japan
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      UA.S.C. appoints manager
      103 5 UNITED ARAB Shipping Co. (UASC) has announced the appointment of John Broadbent (above) as the line's commercial manager for the United States. He will be responsible for marketing UASC's two monthly multipurpose vessel sailings from the US east coast to the Gulf as well as the newly
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      731 5 ARRIVALS service ueu Operator Number Time Proa 8IA SQ011 MH682 0735 SFO/HNL/QUM MAS 0725 KCH 8IA SQ101 0615 KUL MAS MH601 0700 KUL MAS MH621 0840 PEN MAS MH607 0845 KUL MAS MH671 0045 PEN/KUL CPA CX710 1005 HLP OIA OA 980 1030 HLP THAI T0423 1035
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  • REVIEWS
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      Lock icon Israel lures the film makers
      726 6 Israel Review FILM-MAKERS are beginning to find Israel an attractive proposition for location filming and general production purposes, as a result of the new economic policy Introduced In October 1977, which liberalised foreign exchange controls, Introducing free market exchange rates. For the film Industry, production
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      Lock icon Schubert's living likeness
      825 6  -  By DOUGLAS GERWIN Reuter NEAL Rogers, a bespectacled 23-year-old American music student with curly ginger hair, was casually flicking through a rack of classical records In a shop beneath the Vienna Opera. A stranger eyed him with a look of recognition. "Excuse me, may I speak to
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      Behind that tone of impartiality
      466 6  -  By FONG MEW LENG MOST of us do not waste much time wondering about the supernatural; but equally, we will rarely accept an unusual event without question. The spiritual world, the power of the supernatural, the realm of the subconscious, constantly lurk In our Imagination,
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      Lim has the Western touch
      354 7  -  By ILSA SHARP IT WAS perhaps narrow-minded of me to expect that the Art Editor of the Chineselanguage daily, Nanyang Slang Pau, Mr. Llm Slah Tong, should be an artist In the traditional Chinese manner; In any case, I was surprised to see from his
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      How honourable a Company?
      662 7 City-of Broken Promises Afrstin Coates Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Singapore 1977 Reviewed by Ilsa Sharp THIS would be a gripping tyjgjgfical romance even If It «m» not true. That the awry of Martha Merop, a Macanese Chinese sold into prostitution at 13 but later a irader
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      For shutter buffs
      61 7 PHOTOG RA PHERS will be able to demonstrate their expertise In colour photography for a contest and exhibition organlshed by the Slglap branch of tbe People's Action Party In conjunction with this year's National Day celebrations In August. Entry forms are obtainable at Slglap Community Centre PAP
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      Painter Lee Sik-Choon comes home
      173 7 LEE Sik-Choon has been •way from home, Singapore, for so lone that hit paintings are little known here. After his initial art education at Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, he attended Hornsey Collef eot Arts and Crafts in London from 1962-63, and Stoke-on-Trent College
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      669 6 LEISURE TIME FILMS: ADMIRERS of Steven Spielberg's "Duel" or the better known "Jaws" will want to see this week's offering from the Singapore Film Society, "The Sugarland Express" by the same director, made In 1974. This 110-mlnute colour film, starring a top-form Ooldle Hawn, Ben Johnson and William Atherton, Is
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      251 6 TiVKSRWDTO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening announcements followed by Star Performance Moorings 3.30 Diary of Events (Tamil) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee Four Sons (Pt. 1), starring Don Ameche, Alan Curtis, Mary Beth Hughes 4.25 Intermission 6.05 Opening announcements followed by Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy 6.30 News in Brie#f 6.35 Marine
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      Share prices slip in hectic trading
      936 8  -  SINGAPORE By TSANG SAU YIN BEARS took a nibble of the stocks quoted on the Stock Exchange of Singapore last At first, It looked like the bulls were going to give them a run for their money. But stamina lacking, the bears soon ruled
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      Lock icon Turnover reduced
      470 8 HONGKONG Source: SHK Sec THE market lost almost 14 points last week on sharply reduced turnover of 685 million against one billion the previous week. The index was only up on .two days, Tuesday and Friday, as general proflt- taking and lack of fresh stimulating factors were the
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      Lock icon Stocks forge ahead
      210 8 TOKYO AFP OVERCOMING profittaking, stock market prices forced ahead in fairly active trading last week for the third straight weekly advance, edging up to new peaks. There was no particular news to trigger fresh buying but investors, though ignoring blue chips saddled with uncertain export prospects, picked
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      KLSE loses ground
      990 8 K.LUMPUR A COMBINATION of pro-flt-taklng, heavy scrip deliveries and some forced selling by weak holders resulted In an easier week at the Kuala Lumpur stock market. Trading was selective and was mostly confined to the current market favourites, the blue chips and plantation stocks. Prices of these
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      COMPANY NEWS for the week
      474 8  -  ENDED JULY 14 COMPILED BY VIOLET CHOW OTHERS Faber Merlin (M) has entered into a Joint venture with the Johor Tengara Development Authority (Kejora) to build a $6-mllllon hotel at the Desaru holiday complex in Johore. The 100-room hotel will be managed by the Merlin
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      Standing firm
      993 8  -  LONDON By GERALD COLVERD THE London stock market arrived at an important decision last week. It decided not to go down. An 18 point rally in the FT Index to restore It once more above the 470 level has successfully shelved the short term bear argument for a
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      644 8 NEW YORK NYT A SHARP and surprising rally on Friday sent the stock market briskly ahead last week to scatter some of the gloom clouds gathering recently over Wall Street. After the close of trading on Thursday, the Federal Reserve announced that the nation's basic money supply
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      Lock icon Coals lead the way
      317 8 SYDNEY Reuter WITH BHP and Pancontinental on the wane, the coal ■locks seem once again to be attracting a good deal of attention on the Sydney ■hare market. Heading the list is Goal and Allied which gained A3O cents on Friday to close at $4.50 following
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      524 8 This Month's 1 New Penguins Edna O'Brien Mother Ireland "3S2KT j£. THE ftIEW PSYCHOLOGY OF DREAMING -WM Mother Ireland: Edna O'Brien Mother Ireland is an autobiographical tapestry, recollections of an Irish childhood linked to an account of a journey there today, interwoven with fragments of Irish mythology, history and hearsay.
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      Advances outpace declines
      1216 9 NEW YORK THE stock market advancea sharply In moderate trading on Friday helped by bright second quarter earnings and more hope for a capital gains tax cut. Analysts said the gain was particularly encouraging in view of the US$4.9 billion rise in the bask: money supply reported
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      Frankfurt stocks up
      441 9 EUROPEAN MARKETS EUROPEAN sources closed generally mixed on Friday. However. In FRANKFURT, share prices were firmer In lively trading, despite uncertainty over results of the Imminent Bonn summit and further weakness in the domestic bond market. Dealers said in Industrials Preussag gained 3.50 marks. In stores Neckermann
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      Frankfurt
      223 9 JULY 14 Dm Aef-Telefunken 79.20 1 Akzo 28.70 +0.4 AHz Leben 673 +3 Allz Vers 475 unch BASF 131.00 +0.2 Bay HTWbank 287B Bay Vbank 318 50 +0 5 Bayer 132 70 -0.2 BBC 307 50 BMW 244 00 2 5 Cassella 386 unch Chem Verw 253B +4 Commerzbank
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      Milan
      99 9 JULY M Ure Ank* .1 95 -0.5 Assoc Gen ***** -40 Baslogl 446 25 -4.75 Centrale 3650 -10 Flat 1782 -10 Flnslder 123 -0.5 Gen Immob 72.50 I.S IFIPri 2200 -20 Italcementl ***** -190 Italg&s 725 S Ilalslder 234 -2.5 Magnet! M Pf 497 -3 Marelll Ere 309 ♦4
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      222 9 JULY 14 FU ABN 304.00 -0.7 Ahold 106 00 -0.5 Akio 29 00 ■♦•0.3 AMEV 8180 +0.4 Am fas 105 00 1 Amrot Bank 76 10 unch Bergoss 5150 -15 Berk 90.50 +0.3 Bo Is 70.70 unch BorsumlJ 158 50 +0.3 Burhmann 70 50 unch Byenkorf 95 50 -0
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      Brussels
      90 9 JULY 14 Frt FORWARD MARKET Acec 311 •3 Artwd 2410 20 Astur 818 +2 Brasean 482 13 Bru-Lamb 1540 +5 Canpac 558 ♦fl Cock 466 ♦8 D* Beers 192 1 Ebes 2230 -20 Electrobel 8600 20 Ob-Inno-Bm 2230 -20 Oev 1302 -4 Hobok 2470 -20 Petro 3790 10 Ryl
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      Zurich
      186 9 JULY 14 Francs Act on* Suisse* 264 S unch Alusulsse Br IMS 15 AlusulsaeReg. 512 unch Brown Boven Br IMS ♦5 Clb* Oeigy Br ins 10 ClbaOeigy PC 820 -10 Ctba Gelgy Reg 567 unch Credit Suisse Br 2180 •5 Credit Suisse Ref 411 unch Elektrowatt Br. 1735 unch
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      Lock icon Country boys at Beatrice are getting tough
      1549 9 NYT CHICAOO: A few months ago, a group of employees gave Wallice M. Rasmussen, chairman of the Beatrice Foods Company, a pair of nickel-plated Ice tongs. "Maybe they thought I needed a reminder," said Mr. Rasmussen, of the days when tongs were his
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      FORD GETS OFFER
      81 9 CANADIAN Industry Minister Jack Homer said the Federal and Ontario governments have agreed on a cash Incentive offer to Ford Motor Co to build a plant in Windsor. Mr. Horner would not say how much the two governments had offered Ford, but indicated It was less than
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      Johannesburg
      383 9 GOLD shares were mixed with a firmer bias in moderate trade after an Initial easier trend on Friday. Initially, shares eased on lower bullion price Indications but were later bolstered by mix- Ed demand from local and overseas operators. Mining ftnanctals followed the trend in producers. De Beers was
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      Toronto
      353 9 BHARE prices closed sharply higher In acUve trading for the seventh consecutive session as the oil and gas index, up more than 24 points on Friday, posted its largest gain since June 6. The Composite Index was up 10 points, its biggest jump since Dec 1, 1977, and Its
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      SELECTED INDICES
      34 9 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 474.4 Thursday 473.8 Week Ago 455.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 839.83 Thursday 824.78 Week Ago 812.46 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday 103* to 103* Thursday 103* to 104
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      Britain is booming
      783 9  -  By GERALD COLVERD BRITAIN Is booming. This Is the clear message contained In the latest series of economic Indicators. Industrial output levels. Indicated by official indices for April and May, are running bang on target for the treasury's forecast of a rise In Gross Domestic Product in
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      256 9 Mathematics and Statistics in Penguins Statistics in Action: Peter Sprent This book is intended to interest the general reader who wants to become familiar with this subject, as well as a prelude to further study and a complement to formal elementary textbooks for those who wish to go to statistics
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Dah Yung sees rough times
      478 10 DAH Yung Steel has taken a guarded view on Its Immediate prospects in the Industrial gas industry. The Industry, which was adversely affected by the 1975/6 oil crisis and recession, experienced over the past year excess production capacity, and consequently, keener competition. 'The rough times
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      Tanjong Tin earnings cut by lower output
      382 10 LOWER output and sales have reduced profits at U.K. based Tanjong Tin Dredging Ltd for the year ended Dec. 31, 1977. However, the fall In pretax earnings was onfy a marginal four per cent to £269.310 thanks largely to the benefits of a
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      177 10 Wilkinson Process Rubber Co Bhd: AGM to be held at 70, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, at 2.30p.m. on July 18. Metal Box Singapore Ltd: AGM to be held at MacDonald House, 3rd Floor, Orchard Road, Singapore at 10.30 a.m. on July 18. Bukit Sembawang Estates Ltd: AGM to
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      Profits up at Kundong Tanjong Pau
      468 10 DIVERSIFICATION into palm oil for Kundone Tanjong Pau Company Berhad appear* to have paid off, and the company reported an increase in pre-tax profit from Msl.4 million the previous year to $1.7 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 1977, despite a fall in
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      343 10 Current Ex Book* Date Total for Total for payment Date cloee payable the year previous yi S.M. lad. 3%TF Jun 21 Jul 7 Jul 17 8%TF 10% TF N.B. Timber* 5%I Jun21 Jull Jul 17 5% 15.75%(a) Sin Chew 6%<b) Jun 14 Jun 21 Jul 20 6% Town*
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      SCRIP ISSUES
      151 10 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close Oriental Holding* Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Jul 7 Jul IS WUkinaon Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 Jul 7 Jul 1» M. Flour Bonus Issue of 1 for 3 Jul 11 Jul 21 P»(i Malaysia Bonus Issue of 1 for
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      Pern as Trading proposes 5 pc payout
      217 10 FOLLOWING Its substantial rise in profits last year, Pemas Trading is proposing a dividend of five per cent for the year, its first since its Incorporation seven years ago. The company chalked up a solid 72 per cent gain In pre-tax profit to
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2648 10 1078 Mi«k L*w f—my Last Sale Gr*s Weak Dhr ♦er- SECTION ONE Dtv Crr Gk*s YH Net P/E Weak Vel COOS) Week Hick Law 230 233 172 260 83 276 268 210* 478 474 132 123* 112 195* 60* 162 173* 140* 256 394 Ac ma Alcorn
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    CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS
    1403 10 Julj r 14 OPTION JLY OCT JAW STOCK Alcoa 40 314 4ft UWTRD 43ft Alcoa 45 ft 1ft 3ft 41ft Al^oa SO 11/16 UWTRD 1ft 43S Am Tel 96 UNTRD UWTRD WOL 90* Am Tel 60 ft 1ft 2 60ft Am Tel 65 UWTRD 3/16 ft 80*
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  • MONDAY SPORTS
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      106 11 A RUSSIAN rider, possibly looking for an Olympic place, puts his horse through Its paces at the equestrian sports school on the Shmldt farm near the city of Nlkolayev on the banks of the Yuzhnly Bug river lir the Ukraine. Founded more than 20 years ago by Alexander Zozu11a, the
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      Don't forget football
      604 11  -  ■y RONALD KOW A FEW years ago, when Malaysia Cup fans were already being shut out of the National Stadium even though the match was being telecast "live", I had a ward with a few other rugby fans at the Padang to compare local support for the
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      Lock icon NASL STILL HAVING PUBERTY PROBLEMS
      912 11 NYT ALTHOUGH the North American Soccer League (NAS L 'ikes to think of itself as a mature organisation that has learned from the mistakes of others, It Is discovering that it is still suffering the growing pains of adolescence. In Its 12th year of operation,
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      SICC make amends with 12-stroke win
      975 11  -  By TEO TECK WENG DEFENDING champions, Singapore Island Country Club, redeemed themselves after a three-stroke loss to Seletar last week, when they returned a total 227 strokes to clinch a 12-stroke victory over Tengah in the away leg of Singapore Golf Association Premier League
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      Lock icon The Open air is not so good
      922 11  -  •y PETER DOBEREINER UPI YOUNG Tom Morris died on Christmas Day, 1875, at the age of 24, leaving behind him a record of having won the British Open golf championship three years In succession. The chances of anyone duplicating that triple are so
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      150 11 This onnouncement appears for the purposes of record only lUNE. 1978 Xggßfr INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED Issue of 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares of Ssl.oo each at 552.70 per share Managed and Underwritten by THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF SINGAPORE LIMITED Asian-American Merchant Bank Ltd Associated Asian Securities (Pte J. Ballas Co Pte
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    For OUB, all systems go on-line by 1980
    205 12 OVERSEAS Union Bank will be fully computerised by 1980 and savings accounts in certain branches will go "on-line" by the end of this year, disclosed Mr. Lee Hee Seng, the bank's executive director. He said computerisation would add a new dimension to
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    Lock icon Sugar mills in crisis
    132 12 AFP THIS year's slump In world sugar prices has pushed Thailand's 43 sugar mills into a state of financial crisis said a mill owner. He said that the present export price of 2,900 baht (*****) per ton would have to rise to 4,700 baht per ton
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    Lock icon Hopeful note by Schmidt and Carter in Bonn
    688 12 UPI AP PRESIDENT Carter and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on Saturday predicted that progress towards International economic cooperation would be made at the sevennation summit conference beginning yesterday in Bonn. Mr. Carter and Mr. Schmidt were Joined by the leaders of
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    China not quite ready for loans
    119 12 THE chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Michael Sandberg, was quoted as saying China was not likely to turn to International capital markets for Its financing needs In the Immediate future. In an interview with the daily South China Morning Post Mr.
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    THE 'POOR' CREDIT OFFICERS
    183 12 Singapore is in great need of specialist credit managers, observed Mr. Owen G. Mayo, vice-president of the Institute of Credit Management (United Kingdom) on a visit recently. He was commenting on the lack of specialised training offered here for the credit officer who wants to move
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    Servicing of Murphy engines by MWM S'pore
    431 12  -  By RAHIM KASSIM MWM-DIESEL Far East Singapore, the whollyowned subsidiary of Motore-Werke Mannheim of West Germany, will expand its operations following Its parent's recent acquisition of Murphy Diesel Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. MWM Singapore, the marketing and servicing arm of MWM In the
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    NEW POSB BRANCH
    77 12 THE new Qeylang Edst branch of the Post Office Savings Bank situated at Block 05, 489/491 Aljunled Crescent, Singapore 14 will open for business today. The branch will be open from 8.30 am to 4.90 pm from Monday to Friday and from 8.90 am to 1.00 pm
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    Lock icon Deadline for market stabilising measures extended
    241 12 Reuter THE WORLD'S a«j«r trading power* lun iimil to •stand until tW end o# 1V79 ■(reament on —ear— to stabilise volatile in* tornational markets in individual oommoditiM. A United Nation* spokesman said the industrialised countries and the Third World are still at loggerheads over
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    Lock icon Factory of death faces shutdown
    93 12 Reuter A LEAD plant dubbed the factory of death Is likely to be closed by authorities after an explosion which spread a cloud of toxic gas over Trento, a city In northern Italy. City officials were expected to order the shutdown at a meeting today.
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    Lock icon Tin users demand aj 12-month price freeze
    601 12 Reuter TIN-IMPORTING countries have agreed to higher support prices In exchange for an unwritten understanding that no further Increases will be called for In the next 12 months and for a call to member governments to cut taxes. The International Tin Council's official
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    Rubber industry will stay lucrative
    513 12 RUBBER will continue to be a lucrative Industry despite competition from synthetic rubber and rising labour costs, said Tun Tan Slew Sin, the chairman of Slme Darby. He feels that even without new development In Its uses, It is more than probable that there will
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    TREES TAKE SHORTER TIME TO MATURE
    169 12 THE RUBBER Research Instltue of Malaysia has duced the time it takes for rubber trees to mature. Encouraged by the outcome of 1U four-year field trials in Perak, the Institute Is now recommending the new planting system to smallholders. "The smallholders, like the estate
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      197 12 NOW lease an apartment at Ardmore Pars and enjoy amenities 3 m V. lii Chip Putt golf course Floodlit Tennis courts and practice court Squash courts Swimming pool Sauna baths Clubhouse with billiards/recreation room Ardmore Park, in a splendid setting of greenery and tranquillity close to Orchard Road, is undoubtedly
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      99 12 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. July 1978. LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA TAN AH MELAYU NATIONAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE STATES OF MALAYA M 520,000,000 SEVEN YEAR TERM LOAN Managed by Provided by ASEAMBANKERS MALAYSIA BERHAD ASIAN INTERNATIONAL MERCHANT BANKERS BERHAD BANK OF AMERICA NT SA THE BANK
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    SHIPPING TIMES
    2725 13 ■ass—m 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 lint involved, and the estimated dates bf arrival and departure from Singapore port. t CMMrthuH BcanOitek has a tsiat servW
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      325 13 Scan Dutch V Fast and Regular Service To/From N.C./SCAN/W.MED./U.K. Singapore: Tel. *****, Port KeJang: Tel. *****1. Kuala.Lumpur Tel. *****, Penang: Tel. ***** SHIPPING EVERGREEN LINE if VERGREE N MARINF CORPORATION* 1 a t wa )|iiyy<>)„.iMir WHOA, IATTAAIA, BEIRUT, AIEJAMMA. KMMUI. TOPOU (URTA) S'fui lifulMi EVEIHANDSOME 31 Mi 12A«c II Am
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      344 13 STRAITS TRANSPORTATION PTE. LTD COMPANIA NAVIERA MARASIA, S.A. LAURO/VICEROY/GLOBAL JOINT SERVICE I INOCPENOENT MONTHLY DMtCT UIWCI TO INN, UHS SINGAPORE TEL *****22/6, *****37, *****34, *****35. K. LUMPUR *****3, *****1 P. KELANG *****1, 35M53 PENANG *****/7 P" SHARJAH SHIPPING CO LTD (UNiUO ARAB fMIAAUS GULF HAUL IJ/17 tmt gulf pnosfebty 27/*
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      339 13 g Seatrain Full Container Service to USA rinavu nm motnci m hi oa u cuu i/c MOMI w an 2Vi a/i 11/7 C mctri Ml KSSII* 2S/7 l/l »/J 27/1 S/l l/J a/7 V 131 Full Container Service Irom USA "OTNttm C/C GUlf OM LA HI FiiOaVU J'MW Mntohalw 11/
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      329 13 I 311 ft N SOON SHIPPING f, T RftDl NG CO P 1 i xmm tm~ "VIiUUT MTAM" -CNCorr nmnt "tCMHOM" "IWU MAMM in Hi WW KETCH ItaPwt U-7-/I lAOKPIPMI. SMMMMA l« Put 11-7-71 JAKARTA 114-7-71 .I*7-71 'UNMFMMM hNH 11-7-71 SIM. SAMEI, MHATAM 2R-7-7I 22-7-7* MICHMC, SIM MjflMH an mwcb
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      104 13 Nedlloyd Lines Regular Liner Services" To/From All Parts of the World. Singapore: Tel. *****. Port Ketang: Tel *****1. Kuala Lumpur Tel. *****, PenangTel.6ol76 NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD AS GENERAL AGENTS FOR SANKYO LINE I wish to ■niHwincm that SENKEE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD have ceased to be our
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      708 14 SHIPPING FULLY CONTAINERISED TO EUROPE (wi|i Mire i«mßn UrrtUMarift U/8 12/1 31/8 2/9 3/9 6/9 TkMMt M** U/S 2/9 4/9 5/9 8/9 OtaluftiT 19/8 21/8 10/9 12/9 13/9 (17/9) EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL TO EUROPE a S'porv f.Kdjn| Pw. BilkM H'taff Fhnw Mw Antwerp 16/7 is/7 11/8 4/8 18/8 20/8 16/8 13/8
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      447 14 SEAU tLAND U.S.A./ ASIA SERVICE DRT REFRIGERATED CONTAINER SERVICE SAILING EVERT MEDNESOAT FOR PORTS IN USA. CANADA. CARIBBEAN. lAPAN. KOREA. TAIWAN. HONG ROWG. THAI UNO ANO PHILIPPINES VESSEL/VOYA6E Vessel C.F.S. Closes Arrives/Departs 'j 00PM WORLD LION V 4 iuty 19/20 My 17 PONCE V 329 July 25/28 July 24 WORLD
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      607 14 Everett Lines Sw i r* *nr A 't' iiiirii inW|V>>', Everett Steamship Corpn.S/A SiB" 1 OSK tim, SOUTH AMERICA SERVICE Bartatea. Mot 21 Mr Saalet Rie laaairt, Baeaea fcm,H Sacraawate Hani 24Aaf W«Rieda Jaaam. BUENOSAim. EAST AFRICA SERVICE SI. Lows Hera Hi Part Spei 2IMy Unique AMtaacc 16 Au| WEST
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