The Business Times, 7 August 1978

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 218/1/78 MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1978 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      FEL's $20m contract
      27 1 FAR EAST-Levlngston Shipbuilding Ltd. has won a $20 million contract to build a pipe-laying barge for the National Petroleum Construction Co. of Abu Dhabi.
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      Lock icon Uranium sale
      92 1 UPI TEHRAN. Sun. Australia and Iran have completed negotiations and will sign contracts later this month for the supply of 15,000 tonnes of Australian uranium to Iran, diplomatic sources said today. A delegation of Australian officials visited Tehran last week and put the finishing touches to a vital
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      Lock icon I apologise
      76 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia's opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) headed off a constitutional confrontation with the Sultan of Perak today when it gave a public apology for the refusal of its six state legislative assembly members to swear allegiance to him. DAP secretary-general Lim Kit Slang in
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      FAO approves scheme
      55 1 THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has approved U*****,000 (Ssl.7 million) for the construction of five small-scale padi processing units in Malaysia. The pilot scheme to be undertaken by the padl and rice authority (LPN) is aimed at catering to the needs of pockets of padl areas
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      Lock icon Filipino rice
      90 1 UPI MANILA, Sun. The Philippines has 138,000 tonnes of rice available for export, the government announced today. The Agriculture Ministry said in a written report to President Marcos the exportable rice does not include 89,000 tonnes already committed to Malaysia and Indonesia. Agriculture Minister Arturo R. Tanco jr.
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      Lock icon Dell in Peking
      69 1 Reuter PEKING, Sun. British Trade Minister Edmund Dell arrived in Peking today with a toplevel delegation of businessmen In an effort to add impetus to Slno-Brltlsh trade. Mr. Dell was greeted at Peking airport on his arrival from Canton by Chinese Foreign Trade Minister Li Chiang. They
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      Lock icon One-way canal
      73 1 Reuter VENICE, Sun. This lagoon city this weekend inaugurated a one-way system on 17 of its main canals. The new rules follow complaints by gondoliers that they were being forced out of business by the heavy wash of a growing number of motor-boat taxis. With tourists unwilling to
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      Lock icon Oil talks adjourned
      76 1 Reuter TEHERAN, Sun. Talks between Iran and the Western consortium which markets most of its oil abroad have been adjourned and are expected to resume in four or five weeks, Iranian officials said here today. The talks centre on a new long-term agreement between the National Iranian
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      Lock icon Chess squabble
      98 1 AP BAGUIO CITY, Sun. The ninth game of the World Chess Championship ended In a draw this morning. A new squabble was brewing over an official protest by Soviet champion Anatoly Karpov involving a Russian parapsychologlst whom challenger Viktor Korchnol claims Is trying to hypnotise him. Mr. Korchnoi
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    115 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 Turnover Prices High Low 000 Aug 4 1978 Haw
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  • LOCAL STOCK INDICES
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      SINGAPORE
      72 1 July 31 Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 tt B.T.Index: 1538.11 1540.58 1541.07 1536.64 1580.09 Industrials: 359.71 361.01 362.77 365.52 369.76 Finance: 575.70 577.01 581.31 580.00 581.68 Hotels: 228.73 229.34 229.26 230.08 231.05 Properties: 216.37 216.22 216.37 216.29 216.74 t Tins: 161.80 161.83 162.49 162.19 162.22 t
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      MALAYSIA
      86 1 July 31 Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 tt B.T. Index: 2236.49 2247.14 2251.38 2266.63 2338.33 Industrials: 404.96 405.11 404.81 406.87 411.63 Finance: 501.56 502.10 502.53 502.31 506.10 Hotels: 211. 9 211.39 211.80 212.38 213.32 Properties: 212.17 212.17 211.65 211.34 211.65 t Tins: 182.27 182.47 182.91 183.03
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    Brunei Bay hikes worry tanker owners
    410 1 A SHARP Increase In harbour dues In Labuan is worrying owners of the mothballed oil tanker fleet In Brunei Bay. But there may be no cause for concern over having to pay greatly Inflated bills for the anchorage. Captain James Anggang, Acting Director of
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    Sasar to lead set-up of Asean club
    560 1  -  Br TERESA LIM SINGAPORE'S shipbuilders and repairers will lead the way In the formation of an Asean regional club for their industry. This will be the tenth such club formed so far and recognised by the AseanChambers of Commerce and (ACCI). The Singapore
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    Hotel underpassit's Tangfastic
    385 1  - Hotel underpass—it's Tangfastic ■y TEO TECK WENG A 90-METRE underpass will be built across Scotts Road to provide sale and uninterrupted passage for pedes--trians and to ease traffic congestion. Tang Choon Realty (Pte) Ltd., now building a 33storey hotel-cum-shopplng complex at the Scott Road/ Orchard Road junction will be building
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    New US$-baht rate
    376 1 IN AN attempt to maintain a stable currency In the face of recent fluctuations in the value of the US dollar, the Thai government announced on Saturday that it had set new exchange rates between the Thai baht and the US dollar effective today. Radio Thailand said
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    Singapore banks more active in foreign bonds
    296 1 SINGAPORE banks are becoming more active as underwriters and comanagers in international capital markets, moving out from their established position in the Asian dollar market to the world's other bond markets. During the past month, Singapore banks and merchant banks have participated in
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    Local firms optimistic over the third quarter
    578 1  -  •y JOHN LIM LOCAL manufacturers are still generally optimistic about their performance for the third quarter of this year. After a significant improvement in the second quarter, they expect the trend to be maintained. This is reflected in the latest Survey of Business
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      82 1 SHIPPING TIMES MOVE to rewrite tax-cut bill in US 2 AIRPORT in vestments sre most opportune 5 KUAN is still lording it over 6 DATE with the Goh Soon Tlo Orchestra 7 MARKET reviews: Bright note for bine chips here, more buyers then sellers in London OLYMPIA Plywood wishes it
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon President's men move to rewrite tax-cut bill
      1079 2 UPI THE CARTfIR Administration, aided by a small group of liberal Democrats In the House of Representatives, has mounted a drive to reshape the key parts of the tax-cut bill approved last week by the ways and means committee. Mr. Michael Blumenthal, the
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      Lock icon A statistical aberration
      663 2 Reuter UPI THE INCREASE In the July unemployment rate to 6.2 per cent is not a sign that the economy is weakening, Deputy White House Press Secretary Rex Granum said. 'Other Indicators are still pointing up," he said. "We do expect to make gradual further progress this
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      Consent order
      54 2 THE Boeing Company has signed a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission that calls for fines If the firm bribes anyone while selling aircraft to foreign buyers. McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed joined Boeing In Friday's signing, which settles an FTC complaint that Boeing violated certain laws in
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      Lock icon World Bank denial
      119 2 AFP THE WORLD Bank categorically denied that It had rejected a request from Pakistan for wheat aid. Contradicting press reports that the bank's Pakistan consortium had turned down Pakistan's request for additional wheat aid, the bank's acting resident representative In Islamabad, B.A. Tulnder said the bank would
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      Lock icon Ford Motor chooses Ontario for $1.2b engine plant
      322 2 NYT IN A surprise move that is certain to intensify the friction between the governments of the United States and Canada, the Ford Motor Co. has announced the selection of Ontario for construction of a new US$533 million (551.17 billion) engine plant,
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      MEMO PAD
      483 2 COURSES AND TALKS May 8-Aug 17: Aust Insurance Institute Assoclateshlp Course, SITC, SITC Aug 7-8: Costing L financial analysis for marketing managers; Wilton, Price Waterhouse Aug 7-28: Cost Accounting and control, Hotel Royal, NPB Aug 7-14: Design of experiments, NPB office, NPB Aug 7-29: Marketing management, Holdlay Inn,
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      Lock icon Fed may still slow money supply growth
      549 2 Reuter THE relatively sharp rise in money supply in the latest week tempers predictions that US interest rates may have peaked, analysts said. They said the increase indicates the Fed may still have to firm policy to slow monetary growth but the timing
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon FIRST-HALF SURPLUS
        298 2 Agencies WEST Germany recorded a 5.8 billion deutschemark (about 556.5 billion) balance of payments surplus in the first half of 1978. Bundesbank figures show that this compared with a deficit of 3.2 billion marks in the corresponding period of last year. INDIA had a trade deficit of 396.5
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      109 2 ■w It starts with a feeling. A feeling of wanting to escape from life. I fKjdß A feeling of freedom, solitude and I isolation. A feeling of love for fun, excitement and discovery y in short, a feeling of the good life. Rasa Sayang, resort hotel on the island paradise
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      672 2 TWO-IN-ONE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Mostly female wool-specia-lists (5) 8 You can drink it wearing a raincoat (5) 10 Proper leg-man (5) 11 Little chap on the way to the firth (3) 12 Was wrong in making greater reductions (5) 13 Sam. abandoned In the embrace of Nell (7)
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER
      230 4 TERMINAL rubber steadied on lightpre-weekend covering on Friday afternoon in London, to close at or near the day's highs although still down from Thursday at 0.20 to 0.70 pence per kilo. Turnover totalled 143 lots of 15 tonrlfes including 14 kerbs, plus two lots of five tonnes. The
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      Produce exchange
      247 4 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore noon closing prices per plcul on Saturday: Cocmuit oil: Bulk *83 sellers, old drum >88 sellers, new drum 593 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) UK/Cont. *58 buyers. Pepper: Muntok AST A white f.o.b. 100% NLW *340 sellers. Sarawak white f ob 96H NLW *322.50 sellers.
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      Silver
      232 4 THE Hongkong silver futures market remained steady at HK5262.00 throughout the half-day session on Saturday, with fixing also done at that level, unchanged from Friday. The market is closed today for a local holiday (First Monday in August). On the LONDON Metal Exchange on Friday, silver closed 0.2 pence
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      Palm oil
      69 4 C.I.F. North European ports. In US dollars per Ion unless otherwise stated LONDON: Friday Previous Malaysian 5% ffa bulk per tonne September unq unq October unch 532slr Sumatra 5% ffa bulk August 570/575pds 575slr September M0/550pds 545slr October 530/535pds 535slr November unch 535slr December unch 535pd Nigeria 5%
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      Straits tin
      150 4 THE STRAITS tin price inPenang on Saturday rose Msls to $1,730 per plcul $30 above the International Tin Agreement celling. Turnover also rose to 219 tonnes from Friday's 192 tonnes. In London on Friday, tin rose by £155 per tonne for cash and £117 for Three Months in
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      Rice
      201 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 402. 100 pet 2nd class 387, 100 pet 3rd class 382. 5 pet 377, 10 pet 352. 15 pet 347, 20 pet 342. 25 pet
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      Wheat
      100 4 WHEAT futures closed mixed in Chicago on Friday, gaining between two and one US cents a bushel and falling 2 3/4 to 2 1/2 cents in the two distant Months. Traders said commercial buying and short-covering boosted prices, but futures eased from the day's highs in the final minutes
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      Lead
      64 4 LEAD in London on Friday was around €1.75 per tonne up for cash and fully C 0.5 higher for Three Months on the day. Prices showed little change after lunch as higher opening levels attracted end-week profittaking. Earlier in the day, the market held steady aided by expectations of
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      Zinc
      52 4 ZINC in London omFrlday finished about £4.25 per tonne higher on the day. The morning market was quiet but prices were very well maintained aided by the rally in copper, dealers said. Modest gains in morning dealings reflected the marked steadiness of the lead market in the face of
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      Gold
      689 4 THE KILOBAR market In Singapore was generally quiet on Saturday. The opening price was 5515,001 breaking the $15,000 level and closed at the same level. The highest of the day was $15,023 while the lowest was recorded at $14,943. Spot gold for London delivery opened at a high of
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      Coffee
      297 4 COFFEE futures closed CIO down to 112 per tonne up and turnover totalled 1,918 lots in London on Friday. The market traded in a fairly narrow range throughout the day with Commission-house, local activity and book-squaring on both sides providing the bulk of the turnover. Dealers said that after
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      Cocoa
      234 4 TERMINAL cocoa in London 6n Friday tended to soften against New York In light afternoon dealings, to close at or near the day's lows. Losses from Thursday night ranged from £5 to £15 per tonne. Turnover totalled 2,123 lots Including one options and 1,074 lots crossed. The morning market
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      China buying up more copper say traders
      236 4 CHINA has bought around 30,000 tonnes of copper In London in the past six weeks or so and may have bought around an additional 10,000 tonnes from traders In Japan. Trade sources In London say they also believe that China is Interested In
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      Copper
      339 4 COPPER wirebars in London on Friday afternoon finished i' 2.5 per tonne higher on the day. The market rallied sharply after lunch under further good buying from an influential quarter. The advancing trend at New York and the strike at the Toquepala mine and 110 smelter in Peru also
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      Sugar
      276 4 SUGAR futures closed t'l.lo to t0.50 per tonne higher and turnover totalled 2,946 lots on the London Commodity exchange on Friday. The market dipped during the early afternoon under local selling and profittaking prompted by an easing in New York. However, the lower levels attracted fresh buying which rallied
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      Speculative play in coffee
      406 4 THE Singapore produce market consolidated on the week Interrupted by speculative play mainly In coffee. While coffee opened the week on a steady tone because no fresh background news Influenced the trading over the previous weekend. erratic movements soon hit the market. Traders were reported to
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      Soybean
      179 4 THE nearby soybean contract closed down 3Vj US cents a bushel, but other futures rose to 3Vi cents, in Chicago on Friday. Heavy exporter and com mission-house buying late in the session lifted most Months higher, with one exporter buying one million bushels of the November contract, brokers reported.
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        Singapore market
        178 4 THE US dollar last week opened at 2.2700/10 In the Singapore forex market and was later traded downwards In quiet trading. Continued concerns over US inflation and trade trends and the weakening of the American dollar against other major currencies. saw the US$/SS rate drifting lower to 2.2570.
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        MLR
        21 4 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beet customers is 7 per cent.
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        Asian $ rates
        289 4 Asian rates RATES held steady in moderate trading last week, with business done in middle of quoted rates in the terms. Friday saw rates opening lower despite the increase in US basic money supply by US$2.7 billion (M-l) and $4.2 billion (M-2), and rates drifted 1/16 lower during the day
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        Discount market
        477 4 THE interbank money market condition last week was slightly easier compared to the previous week. This was attributed to part recycling back of funds from the bond issue and some money market operations by MAS. Though overnight funds were traded lower in the range of 5\ to 6
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        London
        278 4 THE dollar firmed against most major currencies In quiet trading at the close of business here on Friday, but ended lower than opening levels. The US currency fell against a number of currencies around midsession, although there was no obvious reason for the selling pressure, but rallied in later
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        Money market
        75 4 THE interbank money market was stable throughout last week with overnight funds trading at around the 6 per cent level to close later at to sv* per cent. Term rates were steady. Transactions were seen mainly in the Ones at 6 3/16 and per cent. Trading in Twos
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        Short term money
        47 4 FOR THE week ended Friday Aug 4, the range of call rates received from Short Deposits (M) Berhad was as follows:Bank fund: 4 per cent to s'/« per cent. General fund: 4 per ceht to 5 per cent. Movement* of fund totalled $528 million.
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        Frankfurt
        47 4 FRANKFURT exchanges closing quotes on Aug 4: US 2 0282 030-7 can 1.7845/48 SU 3.81/88 Of) 82 40/56 SFr 118 25/45 Lit 2.412/ 422 F fr 46 28/36 Yen I 0750/70 R fr iron) 6 343/353 R Fr irini 6 *****4 N Kr 38 00 10
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        Zurich
        546 4 FOREIGN exchange markets last week, witnessed extremely heavy fluctuations. The Swiss franc and the yen moved in a range of between 1.6935 to 1.7495 and 185.60 to 190.20, respectively against the US currency. While the yen reached an all-time high against the dollar, the Swiss franc climbed to all-time
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        New York
        228 4 ALTHOUGH firmer against the yen, the US dollar closed slightly weaker from its opening levels against most currencies on Friday. Trading was generally quiet and featureless, as the dollar came under selling pressure in earlier trading before recovering somewhat on short-coyerlng, dealers said. However, they noted that the
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        Euro $ rates
        152 4 Euro rates LONDON Eurodollar deposit rates turned easier in afternoon trading and reversed earlier small gains to close around 1/16 off on the day in most periods. Dealers said the falls stemmed from fairly large prime name lending interest coming from New York and a general lack of bids to
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      175 4 /TM as taught by Maharlshi Mahesh Yogi An introductory lecture on the TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION program a scientifically validated easy-to-learn procedure for clearer thinking, reduced stress, increased energy, perfect health and improved personal relationships. THURSDAY 10TH AUGUST BPM I Conference Room, Ist Floor Regional English Language Centre J 30 Orange Grove
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Planners make the right decisions
      1033 5  -  AIRPORT INVESTMENTS By WONG WAI LIN in Kuolo Lumpur HUGE investments have been channelled into airport development in this region, the most notable being the mammoth $1.3 billion Changl airport in Singapore. Nagging doubts about justification must have surely harrassed the airport's planners especially in
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      Lock icon Suez Canal is Egypt's top money spinner
      1282 5 FT SO QUICKLY has the Suez Canal re-established Itself as one of Egypt's rare bastions of efficiency, the pride and joy of the economy, that it is easy to forget it was reopened only three years ago amid a wave of doubts about
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      188 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Bunga Mas (1300) 19 Kimanis 1500 shifts Agent's request) 25/26 Muehlhausen (after Austral) 38/39 Nedlloyd Cumberland (0600 3/4 Prima King (after Tosong Prima Wheat) 6/7 Star Fish (after Hudson Maru) 44 Stolt Seoul (tanker) (1500 ifter Iver Stream Subject gas free P/O)
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      Lock icon Sunship a natural for developing countries
      486 5 Reuter SOLAR-POWERED airships could solve the transport problems of tropical developing countries hampered by lack of road and rail networks. "The helium-filled airship is a natural for solar power." explains Mr. Gabriel Khoury, now at Imperial College, London. "Its large surface area, upon which
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      Lock icon LONDON FREIGHT
      142 5 UPI JAPANESE grain Imports were the main feature of a quiet weekend market as charterers covered three forward openings In the US Gulf. Marubeni and Mitsui took two September vessels with 29 to 30.000 tons at the steady figure of U5513.50 (FIO) while NYK repeated $10.25 (F10). Most
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      ANOTHER WAY TO FLY
      376 5 SINGAPORE Airlines has placed orders for two digital flight simulators for the training of 8727 and DC 10 cockpit crew at a total coat of $17.7 million. They will be insulted by mid-1980. The two simulators, are designed and built by CAE Electronics Ltd of Montreal,
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  • REVIEWS
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      In honour of Lord Kuan
      1715 6  -  »y Leo Wei-ming LORD Kuan's temple on Henderson Road, the 120-year-old Tang Suanh Klong, has been In the news the last few days because It was to have been demolished last Wednesday, (Aug 2). However, the Housing Board granted a short postponement of the demolition
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      A date with the Goh Soon Tioe Orchestra
      329 7 TWENTY-FIVE years ago, orchestras, particularly western-style, were not very fashionable in Singapore today, they are the topic of the day. now that a national orchestra is being formed. The two big names of the day conductor Choo lloey. to lead the national
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      THE SOLOIST
      126 7 LYNETTE LIM (above), 14-year old daughter of Mr. Mrs Lim Kay Kok, started playing both violin and piano at the age of six. She is at present a student at the Methodist Girls' School, where she leads the school orchestra. The violin has taken Lynette many places. In
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      THE COMPOSER
      101 7 LEONG Yoon Pin (above) is currently attached to the Music Department of the Institute of Education. He has studied at the Guildhall School of Music, as well as the University of New-castle-Upon-Tyne where he graduated with a Master's in Music Education. Yoon Pin was the founder and present
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      DRAMA FESTIVAL
      283 7 FOO CHOY PENG write*: "Two women to portray Madam White Snake in the Peking Opera of the tame name, instead of three, would have been enough last week as it was, White Snake Goh Siew Gek and Green Snake Loh Ai Tian lacked conviction. Worse, Green Snake sang
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      Too much of a good thing
      402 7  -  Br FONG MEW LENG TWO WOMEN who were friends and rivals, whose lives took different turns when one pursued a successful career while the other ducked out of the race after opting for husband, home and children, "The Turning Point", Cathay's coming attraction, stars
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      Deadlock broken at last
      674 7  -  By LIM SENG HOO AFTER a long series of seven draws In an apparently eventless World Championship, Soviet World Champion, Anatoly Karpov, managed to break the deadlock, with a victory in the eighth game, Thursday last week. Before the game, Karpov, W'ho had up to now
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      Position after Black 54th move:
      58 7 BLACK KARPOV WHITE KORCHNOI IN THE diagrammed position, Korchnoi played 55. Be 4?? and the game ended in a draw. He should have played 55 Bf7 Kc6 55.Qe6 Kbs 57 Qc4 Ka4 58. Qb3 Kbs 59.a4 Kab 60 Qc4 Kb 7 61.Qc7 Ka6 62. Bc4»lf
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      671 6 [leisure time] DRAMA FESTIVAL THE National Day festival, organised by the Ministry of Culture and sponsored by Nanyanf Slang Pau Chinese-lan-guage daily newspaper, concludes with the following this week: Today, Monday A Firefly (Mandarin drama), I-Lien Drama Society, Victoria Theatre, Bpm Tomorrow, Tuesday A Firefly, as above Thursday Daring Deeds
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      262 6 BT.VB.IRWIP] SINGAPORE 5 3.00 P.M. Opening followed by star performance Marked down 3.30 Diary of events (Tamil) 3.35 Afternoon matinee Father was a fullback (part 1) starring: Fred Mac Murray, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Betty Lynn 4.20 Intermission 6.00 Opening followed by Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy 6.30 News in
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      348 7 New Japanese Restaurant KIKU^I serving authentic Japanese food a ip KIKU Tepfxin Yakki Temjxjra Shashimi *Sukiyaki *ShalxiShabu JAPANESE RESTAURANT ORCHID INN Tel *****2 214 Dunearn Road Singapore 11 Enchanted evenings in fine European tradition. Mirabelle Jl > > □BERO Ail the ingredients for an enchanted evening are here at Mirabelle.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      25 7 BriStdW'rPWiLDick&iS MS3SESI m NOT exFVLTLN CHiPPeNDp,^ one e>RiSTDuJ —THIS IS miss lop«D feNCMBNTE ropro'SGLjL comes onc of Twero NOOJ rr\e BRISTOOJ or -MC e>us»nG, Dep«cr
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      Continued good showing by industrial index a surprise
      1096 8  -  SINGAPORE By TSANG SAU YIN TRADERS finished the week on the Stock Exchange of Singapore with an uproarious note, chasing blue chips to yet another round of price increases. The market had dithered in its consolidation phase for the previous two weeks
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      315 8  -  ENDED AUG 4 COMPILED BY VIOLET CHOW OTHERS SentoM Plywood announced that It has dropped its three-for-flve rights Issue at $1.50 per share, announced in February, which was approved by shareholders the following month. Sentosa has sold Its $1.9 million shares In Pahang Consolidated and
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      444 8 r SYDNEY L 4 THE MARKET closed the week firmer with key indices at new 1978 highs In all sectors at the end of Friday trading. A late rally on Friday afternoon brought the market back from a general lethargy which set In towards the end
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      362 8 TOKYO AFP THE TOKYO stock market showed a mixed performance last week after recouping losses it suffered earlier in the week amid growing investor concern about the yen's upsurge against the US dollar. The Dow Jones average of 225 selected issues finished the
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      BUYERS BEAT SELLERS
      1073 8  -  LONDON k A "y GERALD COLVERD COMPLICATED questions often have simple answers. The realisation that the London market has recorded new all-time highs on the broad front represented by the Financial Times actuaries all-share Index begs the question of why It should be so. The simple answer
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      1025 8 r NEW YORK k NYT "THE cash-laden institutions didn't want to get caught sitting on the sidelines so they went wild." That was the explanation offered by one cautious Wall Streeter for the stock market's explosive rally and turnover last week, as volume
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      Firm trading takes market to a very steady finish
      1048 8 K.LUMPUR A A BOUT of bullishness on Friday stole the limelight from newcomer East Asiatic Company (M) which had dominated attention since its listing. The firm trading took the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a very steady finish last week. The
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      144 8 NOW in FONTAN Paperback 1 HIS MAGNIFICENT BESTSELLER OF A GREAT HONG KONG FAMIUT sft? a > 'V y; "Power and poignancy descriptive brillance." CHICAGO TRIBU THE SEKLOONGS are Hong Kong's merchant princes flamboyant, sensual, wily, unimaginably rich. Jonathan Sekloong has built a vast trading empire, renowned throughout the east.
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      1172 9 NEW YORK STOCKS closed narrowly higher In active trading on Friday, after shaking off some early morning weakness. Analysts remained optimistic about the near term outlook for Interest rates and Inflation, but said much of the buying pressure was exhausted by ThMßf'i record turnover.
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      340 9 Toronto SHARE PRICES closed higher In active trading on Friday The composite Index was up four points with advances In nine of Its 14 component groups. Gains led losses'2B7 to 189. TransCanada Pipe, the most active Issue, rose 5/8 to 17-3/4 on 209,274 shares.
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      404 9 Johannesburg THE GOLD SECTOR closed the week on an easier note In quiet trade on Friday, reflecting lower bullion prices. Losses ranged to 100 cents. Mining flnanclals were lower In line with gold shares De Beers was off the bottom at 707 after 705 710).
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      394 9 SHARE prices closed higher last Friday In moderate trading, extending Thursday's rally and in line with higher overnight Wall Street. Dealers said the market average close up 15.40 at 5,592.01 with volume 140 million shares. The New Index closed at 422.10, up 0.93. Export-orientated electrlcals, vehicles and cameras rose,
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      38 9 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday 497.2 Thursday 499 9 Week Ago 492 1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 888 43 Thursday 886.87 Week Ago 856 29 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Friday 104*i to 105* Thursday 107 to 107'<i
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      335 9 EUROPEAN MARKETS THE PARIS bourse eased In most stctors on Friday particularly construction, following the weaker tone at Thursday's close. The weakening of the French franc in the morning and the raising of the call money rate to 7-3/4 per cent from 7-1/8 discouraged
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      295 9 AUG 84 Frs CORBEILLE 1 Air-Llquide 330 -8.8 B S N Gervals Danone S3® -11 CSFlThomaonC»f) 294 -4 Cle Franoalse des Petroles 147 ♦J Compagnle Flnanclere Compagnle Generale 388 50 -6 5 Credit Fonder De France 393 -2.2 Hachette < Llbralrle) 232 -7 Machines Bull 46 00 -0.5 Mlchelln(B)
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      94 9 AUG 04 FYs FORWARD MARKET Acec 399 Arbed 2500 -eo Astur 650 -18 Brasran 4, V -6 Bru-Lamb 15M 10 Canpac 612 +2 Cock 462 -16 De Beers 207 -2 Ebes 2300 10 Eleotrobel 6810 20 Gb-Inno-Bm 2320 unch Gev 1390 32 Hobok 2450 55 Petro 3830 -20 Ryl
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      217 9 AUG 04 Dm Aef-Telefunken 76 80 +0.3 Akzo 28 50 -0.6 Allz Leben B AUz Vers 476 -3 BASF 131 -0.7 Bay H T Wbank 286 1 Bay Vbank 324 50 1 Bayer 135 -0.5 BBC" 311 unch BMW 227 50 -0.5 Cassella 380 ♦0 5 Chem Verw 260
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      228 9 AL'C M Fls ABN 365 00 ♦0.5 Ahold 108 80 ♦0.3 Akzo 31 00 -0 8 AMEV 84 00 -0.5 Am fas 107 50 -0.5 Amrot Bank 76.60 +0 4 Bertfoss 56 00 1.9 Berk 95 50 +0.5 Bols 71 90 -0.1 Borsumij ***** -2 Burhmann 70 70 -0
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      181 9 AUG Francs Actions Suisse* 2M S AlusulsseBr 1220 -S Alusuisse Reg 516 Brown Boverl Br 1625 -15 Clba Geigy Br 1030 -15 Ciba Gelgy PC 775 -IS Ciba Gelgy Reg 577 Credit Suisse Br 2185 unch Credit Suisse Reg 410 -2 EJeklrowatt Br 1855 "20 George Fischer Br 665
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      93 9 AUG 04 Ure Anic -110 Assoc Gen ***** -10 Bastogi 494 Centrale 3830 -5 Fiat 1806 -9 Finsider 138 -4 25 Gen Immob 74 -0.5 -15 -90 IFI Pri 2285 Ilalcementl ***** I taigas 703 -2 Italsider 291 -16 Magneti M Pf 481 Marelll Ere 334 Mediob ***** Miralanza
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      149 9 Reuter A NEW YORK Judge refused to dismiss a stockholder's suit against Ford Motor Co and its chairman Henry Ford. The suit alleges wrongdoing, including bribery of a Philippine official. The defendants had asked that the case be dismissed or transferred from New
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      95 9 Reuter CHASE Manhattan Mortgage and Realty Trust said it will decide soon whether to seek chapter KI bankruptcy or continue Its restructuring programme following a court Judgement over payment, of notes. It said Fidelity Union Trust Co, Indenture trustee for the trust's 7-% per cent
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      576 9 N.AMERICAN UPI Reuter GENERAL Motors Corp announced on Friday that it will end car and truck production In Argentina, one of its oldest overseas operations, because of excessive competition and dwindling sales in the South American nation. The world's largest auto firm said economic
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      200 9 Reuter BEATRICE Foods Co said the U8 Court of Appeals In Washlnffton has reinstated and continued the order temporarily restraint* completion of Its proposed acquisition of Troplcana Products Inc. Beatrice said the court also remanded the matter to the US District Court In Washington to enter findings
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      71 9 Reuter COLUMBIA Oas System Inc said Its six-month net earnings per share we;e $3 ($2.61) on net profit 0 f $07.35 million ($84.8 million). Operating revenue was $1.4 billion ($l.l billion). For the whole year, earnings per share were $4.13 ($4.16) on n«t profit of $134.22 million
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      252 9 Reuter UNIROYAL Inc said directors decided, because of the "uncertainty" of the company's earnings levels for the rest of 1978, not to proceed with a proposed exchange offer. Uniroyal had previously announced exchange of a new series of its second preferred stock for
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      265 9 Mathematics and Statistics in Penguins Statistics in Action: Peter Sp rent 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 wi*h to go to
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      Olympia stages recovery at half-time
      611 10  -  By ARTHUR NG OLYMPIA Plywood has bounced back into the black at the half-way mark of the current year ending Oct 31, 1978 after a depressing performance in the imme--diate preceding half. Profits after tax came to M 5430.908 which though representing a mere 23
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      381 10 HIGHER income from both < its investment and trading i activities have generated in- creased 1977 earnings for Jerain Kuantan, a small rubber company quoted on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The company achieved a 20 per cent rise in pre-tax Erofit to M 5373.425
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      BUSINESS TIMES INDUSTRIAL GROUP INDICES (BASE YEAR: JAN 4, 1971 – 100)
      147 10 BUSINESS TIMES INDUSTRIAL GROUP INDICES (BASE YEAR: JAN 4, 1971 100) 1977/78 WetkcwM High Low Industrial Group July 28 Aug 4 Point Change 342 54 145 90 Automotive 325.82 342.54 14.72 496.57 328 67 Banks. Insurance, Finance and Trustees 449.91 455.72 +581 219 50 135 80 Chemicals. Rubber Refining and
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      125 10 Kinta Kellas Tin Dredging Company Ltd: AOM to be held at Straits Trading Building, 5th Floor, 4, Leboh Pasar Besar, KualaLumpur, at 10.00 a.m. on Aug 9. Malayan Cement Bhd: EOGM to be held at 1st Floor, Wisma Damansara, Jalan Semantan, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, at 3.00 p.m.
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      251 10 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for payment Date cloae payable tin year previous year M Floor 8%TE Jul 11 Jul 21 Aug 7 !•*<«> 10% Kuala Keeper 20% Jul 28 Jul 18 Aug 8 53.3% 48.7% FAN lfl%(n) Jul 27 Aug 3 Aug 12 22% 18%
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      120 10 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close Pffi Milayua liN&l Great baa tern Life M'sia Feedmilla Synthetic Reain» Fabar Merlin Bonus Isaue of 1 (or 5 Rlghu isaue of 1 for 4 @11.00 per share Bon tut Issue of 1 for 2 Rights Issue of 1 for 4 $>$1.00
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      Kesang Tin sinks deeper into the red
      298 10 KESANG TIN (Malaya) which has ceased active mining operation* aiqce April 1973 slumped deeper into the red last year. For the year ended Dec 31, 1977, the company incurred a further enlarged lots of M 558,275 against a loss of $8,697 in 1976.
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      227 10 UNITS of the Malaysian Indian Congress Investment Fund (MIC) will be officially quoted on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange from today, its president. Tan Sri Manickavasagam, said. He said the fund, the first to be launched by MIC Unit Trusts Bhd in September last
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      SJAH gets reminder
      50 10 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange reminded the South Johore Amalgamated Holdings that additional information on the company's joint venture with Vista Land and its acquisition of 70 per cent interest in Syariket Kenderaan Melayu Pontian (M) has not been furnished to the exchange for public release yet.
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        29 10 Pre-tax profit for the V.... OA /> half-year" to June 30 at M 5106.930 ($205,000). Estimated after tax profit $62,430 ($130,500). Production at 1.124 piculs.
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    2719 10 This Y High Mr Low Last Bale +Or- Qr's DW DW% Crr Qr's N* Vsl Waek Y*U% P/E (*888) High Law SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 230 233 172 219 200 83 276 268 210* 500 474 172 308 555 146 251 1030 133 436 380 110 580 342
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    1976 10 August 4 CHICAGO Board Options Exchange volume eased to 184,117 contracts last Friday from Thursday s 322,384 contracts, which was the second highest total In Its history. OPTIONS OCT JAN APL STOCK Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Am Tel Am Tel Am Tel AtlR AUR AtlR Avon Avon-P Avon
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      1012 11 NYT IN ANOTHER time, Beth Daniel might have eased Into the realm of women's golf without much advance notice. Or much advance pressure. But this Is In the time of Nancy Lopez and so Beth Daniel already Is being touted as the
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      778 11 NYT AFTER a year and a half of laying the groundwork, a Boston club has won approval as the first American rugby team invited to play in the Soviet Union. Out of as humble a gesture as an Inquiry about reprinting
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      955 11  -  By PETER DOBEREINER THERE Is little point in trying to weigh the Issues In the recent golf players' strike. The only people who could benefit from an impartial Judgement are the two parties to the dispute, and they would not accept It. Industrial disagreements
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      1089 11 NYT THE RULES of the International Olympic Committee require that arrangements to stage the Olympic Games be made only with officials of the site. When Los Angeles was chosen for the 1984 Summer Games, controversy arose about the financial obligations involved,
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      763 11  -  »y RONALD KOW WITH THE National Day Parade, this time to be held at the Padang, only two days away, sports fans might recall the scene and atmosphere at the National Stadium two years ago. The parade was being held at the stadium then and, for'once,
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      660 11  -  •y TEO TECK WENG TALIB Haron of Keppel, who recently won the Keppel Open for the fourth successive time, fired an even-par 68 to help his team win the match against Singapore Island Country Club in the Singapore Golf Association Premier League played at the Keppel
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    1061 12 Reuter GOLD is expected to consolidate around present levels In the short-term, but may advance further as fabrication demand Increases after the summer. Mr. Kel Thygesen, gold analyst at stockbrokers James Capel, said the average price of U*****.28 (*****.54) an ounce at last
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    505 12 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has applied to the Japanese Finance Ministry to issue an US$BO million (SSIB4 million), 12-year bond on the Japanese capital market, with a tentative offering date of Sept. 14. Ministry officials said the issue, the first public dollar
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    352 12 Reuter THE AMERICAN Mining Congress (AMC) said it does not support the use of the strategic stockpile for economic, budgetary or other purposes not related to the national security. A statement was Issued by AMC president Allen Overton, following charges by Senator Gary
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    110 12 HOLIDAY INN's sales office in Sydney and Holiday Inn Singapore are now hooked to Holidex, the fourth and fifth links in an Asian/ Pacific communications network that will eventually provide all the 16 Holiday Inns in Asia with instant reservation facilities. The Holidex system is a vital link
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    171 12 THE five-week long "Make OUB the bank for everyone" campaign begins today, and is being launched by the bank's chairman and managing director, Mr Lien Ying Chow. The campaign alms at promoting better customer services and Its Importance, and to bring home the message that
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    128 12 THE JAPAN External Trade Organisation (Jetro)'s new president. Is 67-year-old Mr. Hisashl Murata (above), adviser to Mitsui and Company. He has succeeded Mr. Junpei Nlshimura. This wasVlecided at a recent Japanese Cabinet meeting. The government has also named Mr. Isamu Ikoma as vice-president of
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    103 12 Reuter TAIWAN and the United States have reached agreement on quotas for Taiwan's sweater exports to the US after five days of textile talks in Talpeh. A memorandum setting out details of the agreement was scheduled to be signed yesterday. Under the agreement Taiwan will be able
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    351 12 Reuter AGREEMENT has been reached to give Saudi Arabia Its own seat on the IMF executive board. The agreement, which would temporarily enlarge the IMF board to 21 members, comes after a year of discussion to give the Saudis their own seat and
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    467 12 UPI US businesses can help reverse the trade balance with Japan by turning to the competitive skills they are best at, the head of Mitsui (USA) Co. said at the weekend. Mr. Kazutoshl Satta, senior vice president and general manager of
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    434 12 UPI A MEAT consumption boom In 011-rlch countries and larger Imports by industrial nations should improve prospects for meat exporters In the next seven years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said. However, the prospects for the poorer meat consumers are less bright. According to a FAO
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    147 12  -  •y PETER CHIA BERLI Jucker, a Thai trading company, which first ventured oversea* when it bought over Adler Cosmetics in Jurong last year, is now planning to expand to the Philippines and Indonesia. Berli's confidence is boosted by its success in turning loss-maher Adler Cosmetics
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    122 12 THE multi-million dollar sales success of Slbex/ Conequip '78 earlier this Sear has attracted exhlltors for another such exhibition In 1980. With $25 million In sales orders notched up at the last show, the next exhibition, expected to be on an even bigger scale, will be
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    499 12 Reuter US FOREIGN exchange brokers plan to offer International names on the US market from SEPT 1. This was disclosed by Foreign Exchange Brokers Association (FEBA) president Philip d'Angelo in New York. The US market will also switch to the international currency
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    464 12 Reuter AFP GERMAN bankers are looking for a decision fairly soon from China on whether It is willing to raise hank credits from the West to help finance its industrialisation programme. A sign that a step in this direction may not be far away came
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