The Business Times, 8 January 1979

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) N«. IM/1/M MONDAY, JANUARY 8, lfZf 50 CENTS
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      Lock icon Iran protests
      65 1 UPI TEHERAN, Sun.— Security forces opened fire in four sections of Teheran on Sunday to disperse demonstrators who spilled into the streets to condemn the day-old civilian government of Premier Shahpour Bakhtiar. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the shooting, which began after relative calm on
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      Lock icon Barter trade probe
      63 1 AFP MANILA, Sun.— The Philippine interim National Assembly will hold a public hearing on whether to continue the lucrative five-year-old barter trade with Malaysia. The hearing, which starts on Wednesday in the major Zamboanga seaport city, 840 km south of Manila, will look into reports of alleged
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      Lock icon Israel-China thaw?
      79 1 AFP JERUSALEM, Sun.— Israel envisages overtures to China using the United States as a go-between, informed sources close to the Foreign Ministry said today. Speculation about a possible thaw in relations between Peking and Tel Aviv has grown since a recent visit to China by Mr. Howard Squadron,
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      Lock icon Peking raps Hanoi
      52 1 AP PEKING, Sun.— The Chinese government issued a strong statement today condemning the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia and calling on the United Nations Security Council to intervene. The statement followed the arrival in Peking of former Cambodian Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk, en route to the
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      Lock icon Phnom Penh falls
      68 1 UPI Reuter BANGKOK, Sun.— Cambodian rebels captured Phnom Penh today, raising their flag over the central temple in the capital, the rebel news agency said. The agency, monitored in Bangkok, said "liberation forces" captured the city, apparently without a fight, at 0500 GMT. It appeared that government
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      Lock icon Harrier mission
      64 1 AFP MOSCOW, SUN.— British Harrier jump jet specialists are preparing to visit Peking and a first batch of 100 Harriers might be delivered to China in a few months, the Soviet party paper Pravda reported here today. But the proposed sale had caused disagreement between the four Western
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      Salvaging Leyland
      61 1 LONDON, Sun.— An opposition political research group today called for a joint venture between the state-owned British Leyland Vehicle Company and one of Japan's major car builders as a way to salvage the British-owned motor industry. A report on the industry from the influential conservative Bow Group said
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      Lock icon Refugees for Israel
      62 1 Reuter JERUSALEM, Sun.— Israel will accept 100 Vietnamese refugees presently stranded aboard ships off the Malaysian coast and will give them citizenship, the Cabinet decided today. The idea of allowing entry of several hundred of the refugees was broached last week by Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan,
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      Lock icon Bases pact
      64 1 UPI MANILA, Sun.— The Philippines and the United States signed today a six-point amendment to the military bases pact allowing the Americans to maintain a toehold in South-east Asia for the next five years. US ambassador to Manila Richard Murphy and Philippine Foreign Minister Carlos Romulo signed an
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    TOP TEN STOCKS
    117 1 THE following list of stocks gives toe It most traded on toe Stock Exchange of Singapore tost week. It gives toe turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and toe high and low for 1*79 C««p*ay Twwtei p PHcws m«k LMr •m Ju in Faber
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  • LOCAL STOCK INDICES
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      SINGAPORE
      75 1 Jaa 1 jMt Jul Jaa 4 Jaa i ♦+BT Index: closed 1670.46 1684.02 1738 32 1756.29 •Industrials: closed 348.38 348 68 353.32 355.41 *> Finance: closed 623 19 623.37 630 07 634.16 ••Hotels closed 274.85 275.37 276.93 277.59 •Properties: closed 209 12 209 49 ***** 2U.8B 'Tins: closed 126.51
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      MALAYSIA
      85 1 Jaa 1 Jaa 2 Jaa S Jaa 4 Jaa S BT Index closed *****1 2376.13 2454 01 2464.65 Industrials closed 380.94 384.20 389 98 392 65 Kinance: closed 519 86 522 18 528.60 530.92 ••Hotels closed 248 46 250.64 ***** ***** •Properties closed 191. 191.57 194.17 195.83 'Tins: closed
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    Deposits boost merchant banks
    687 1  -  JUMP IN INTER ALPHA'S ASSETS By SOH TIANG KENG SINGAPORE merchant banks gave a mixed performance in 1977 against a backdrop of easy money conditions and slack loan demand. A study conducted by the SGV group shows that total assets and customer deposits of 23 merchant
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    Lock icon NEW KUWAIT OIL PRICE
    195 1 Reuter KUWAIT yesterday announced its official selling price for crude oil during the first quarter of this year at U5512.83 (about 5J28.22) a barrel, 5 per cent above the effective price at the end of last year. The official Kuwait News Agency, which announced the new
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    Newcomer is electronic industries' gain
    856 1  -  By GOH ENG KEE THE recent appreciation of the Japanese currency has led a second small, but highly specialised, electronics component manufacturer to set up a $1 million factory here. Tanaka Denshi Kogyo, a leading Japanese producer of gold and aluminium bonding wires, has already
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    PAP introduces two of its election candidates
    250 1 THE PEOPLE'S Aettea Parly yesterday latredaeed twa sf its sevea —Ha— wke will alaad far by-ctoett—i la Ike cemlag weeks. IWy are Mr. Devaa Nalr, 55, earreatly seeretery-geaenU «f Ike NattoaaJ Trades Ualea #jd Mr. EagwwYapGlaa Flint A Neave Slagapaffe. Maklag Ike latredaetteas
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    When HL's cash offer should be considered
    505 1  -  By ARTHUR NG MINORITY shareholders of Sinfin who have any doubts about the four offers made by rival suitors United Overseas Bank and Hong Leong should opt for the cash alternative of $3.60 offered by Hong Leong. This was the recommendation of Baring
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      9 1 Business SINGAPORE BUSINESS The Business Mngo/me SEE BACK PAGE
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      52 1 msm SHIPPING TIMES CHINA'S ruafariag aa4 "em- exMMttaa 1 fMctiag" pact 2 BINFLN predicts a slawiUwv—f| MONEY nnakteg aft ia Britaia.. 3 CHUNG-PA via C* C Pra- BROADENING the baae wftfc REVIEW «f eaalemparary art atinHM MastriM 12 CROSSWORD J, AIRCRAFT SCHEDULE S, LEISURE HUES WEATHER I, BRISTOW 1. SHARE
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      144 1 Thinking of PING give us a X Ring- Pte Ltd. How to get to Tokyo and beyond the fastest way NEW YORK 7 flights a w»fk Bi-weekly departure to Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro lAL TOKYO EXPRESS VANCOUVER 4 flights a weflk TOKYO Singapore flights arrive at OUS only
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    China yesterday: a time of revolutions and madness
    2083 2  -  EMPIRES wax and wane; states cleave asunder and coalesce. In the 18th Century, China was the greatest empire on earth. By the end of the 19th Century, revolutions and repeated foreign humiliations finally brought the last of China's 25 imperial dynasties to
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    SPANISH GOLD FROM THE BLUE CARIBBEAN
    982 2  -  A huge store of gold and silver is lying hidden beneath the blue Caribbean. After more than 300 years, the sea may soon be yielding its wealth to an American treasure hunter, Burt Webber. Gregory Jaynes IN 1641, the galleon Concepcion smashed into a
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      187 2 \T\b \z> The NEW CXrCCI) I LLISTIiiTED DICTMNAKT 1478 1978 in Two Volumes Here it is Oxford celebrates its Quincentenary Year (1478 1978) with the publication of THE NEW OXFORD ILLUSTRATED DICTIONARY. The Netf Oxford Illustrated Dictionary is both an up-to-date dietionary and a basic encyclopaedia of people and places,
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    Lock icon Britain's lucrative business of printing money
    889 3  -  THE MONEYmaking business is making money with Britain dominating the trade. And dominating the British security printing firms is Thomas De La Rue, money printer to countries that include Singapore and Malaysia. ROBERT TRAUTMAN reports from the printing room of the De La Rues.
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    Lock icon INTRIGUING WORLD OF COFFEE BEANS
    626 3 UPI MRS JOHN Public may think that her morning cup of coffee is just a nice, albeit expensive, way to start the day. Little does she know that this most political of products is an endless source of speculation, intrigue, rumours and downright lies that
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    Lock icon Good taste is all in one's mind
    1452 3  -  THE SCIENCE OF FLAVOURS What's sweet and what isn't? What's artificial flavour and what's natural? Can taste be described, quantified and marketed? New York Dr Moskowitz delves into these problems and comes out with some rather fascinating theories. PATRICIA WELLS reports: PATRICIA WELLS
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      617 3 The world of chemical engineering at CHEMASIA Asian International Chemical Process Engineering Contracting Show Hyatt Convention Centre, Singapore 16-19 January 1979. ChemAsia Conference Programme The ChemAsia Conference is supported region-wide by a number of professional associations: The Instrument Society of America, Singapore Branch; The Institute of Chemical Engineers, Australia; The
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      649 3 LI two-is-CRYPTIC PUZZLE Across: 3 Draughtsmen doubled up (5) 8 It's rotten to fall into (5) 10 I divde this animal's broken horn (5) 11 Push the wrong way and spoil (3) 12 It circles or turns to the right (5) 13 Solid oil that makes the speed zero in
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      FOREIGN RUBBER
      264 4 RUBBER futures in London on Friday closed officially uncertain with losses from Thursday of mostly 0.85 to 1.60 pence per kilo. Turnover was 13 lots of five tonnes and 280 lots of 15 tonnes including 12 kerb trades. No options were traded. Terminal eased in the morning under
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      Produce exchange
      230 4 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore noon closing prices on Saturday: Ckml ail: Bulk $112 sellers, old drum SI 18 sellers, new drum $123 sellers. Capra: Mixed (loose) UK/Coot $71.00 buyers. Ptfftr: Muntok ASTA white fob 100'' NLW $347.50 sellers. Sarawak while fob 9T» NLW $330.00 sellers. Sarawak special black
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      Palm oil
      71 4 C IF North European ports, in US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated. LONDON: Frl Previous Malaysian 5% (fa bulk per tonne February unch OlSslr March unch 610slr Sumatra 5% ffa bulk January 632 50slr Q2T50slr February 623.50pd 625sIr March S2000pd 6n.50pd April unch 617.50pd May unch 617
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      Cocoa
      244 4 COCOA FUTURES closed £9 to £2 per tonne up and turnover totalled 2896 lots in London on Friday. The market fluctuated rather nervously in thin dealings in the day and a large part of the volume involved self trading and commission house booksquaring operations. Dealers said there was some
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      Straits tin
      146 4 THE Straits tin price in Penang on Saturday row MIIO to 11,820. Turnover dropped 35 tonnes to 225. In LONDON on Friday, tin rose by £60 for cash and £52 for three months standard while high grade gained £60 to £36. Afternoon values rallied sharply on news that
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      Rice
      169 4 BANGKOK rice prices were quoted as follows on Saturday: (In US dollars per tonne F. 0.8. basis Bangkok) White lice: 100 pet Ist class 325, 100 pet 2nd class 310. 100 pet 3m class 305, 5 pet 292, 10 pet 272, 15 pet 267, 20 pet 255, 25 pet
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      Lead
      87 4 LEAD ROSE by £11.25 for cash and £7.5 for three months in London on Friday. Afternoon dealings were featured by covering prompted by reports of a good general demand and persistent enquiry on Russian account and three months traded up to £429 per tonne. The morning market was higher
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      Zinc
      55 4 ZINC gained £2.5 for cash and £2 for three months in London on Friday. The afternoon market was quiet although values were well maintained in line with lead. There appeared to be further nearby producer buying support during the morning on an otherwise featureless market. A modest fall was
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      Lock icon Most US copper producers well sold
      267 4 Reuter MOST US copper producers appear to be fairly well sold over the next couple of months, trade sources said. They said many of the producers apparently have little extra material available for sale to consumers. Anaconda Co's sales position is said to be
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      Sugar
      266 4 RAW SUGAR futures in London on Friday cloaed £0.60 down to £0.35 per tonne up and turnover totalled 1158 lots. Values extended morning losses after lunch when New York opened lower than expected. But after local selling and long liquidation had taken near May down to £107, an overall
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      Gold
      513 4 The kilobar opened easier at $15,677 on Saturday, and traded between a high of $15,720 and a km of $15,654 before closing slightly firmer at $15,660. The market was fairly active with buying support at the low levels. Spot gold for London delivery opened at U5222.80/ 3.30 and closed
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      Copper
      380 4 COPPER wirebars gained £5 for cash and £2.5 for three months in London on Friday. The afternoon market gained further ground following news that the US was expected to issue new stock pile objectives. Three months wirebars traded up to £794 on the kerb and continued borrowing operations narrowed
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      Silver
      198 4 SILVER in London on Friday was down mostly 0.7 pence. Values steadied reflecting a turnround at New York but business was slow with carries predominating. Three months closed the kerb trading at 304.2 pence. Initial morning pre-mar-ket values were higher following gold but a subsequent turnround in that metal
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      Soybean
      186 4 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Friday settled at the top or the day's range after finning late in sympathy with a turnaround in oil futures. Values advanced 3-3/4 to 5-1/2 cents a bushel, roughly double the size of noon gains. Analysts said gains were extended on local and commission
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      Wheat
      119 4 WHEAT FUTURES in Chicago on Friday remained firm at midsession with strength apparently stemming from upward moving soybean futures. Values gained 2-1/4 to one cent a bushel led by May, near the daily highs. Local short-covering and small commission house buying overshadowed mixed selling dominated by a professional that
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      Produce market shows pickup signs
      270 4 AFTER SEVERAL weeks of drifting in low profile, the Singapore produce exchange showed slight signs of picking up last week. Commodity prices saw higher quotes when trading resumed last Tuesday after the long festive holiday season. Dealers attributed this to a covering of positions after
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      Aluminium
      38 4 ALUMINIUM was down fiO.s for cash and £1 for three months in London on Friday. Afternoon values were steady but quiet. The morning market presented no fresh feature and dealings were light in routine two way trading.
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        Singapore market
        243 4 THE US dollar ended the first week this year on a happy note, displaying a firm undertone against major currencies. Opening at 2.1590-00 against the Singapore dollar compared with 2.1640-50 at 1978's close, it was soon taken up to the week's high of 2.*****0. Thereafter it maintained a
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        MLR
        21 4 THE average rale at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 7.75 per cent.
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        Asian $ rates
        240 4 Asian rates THE MARKET last week experienced erratic movement with rates gaining per cent in one and three months and sixes adding V 4 per cent on Wednesday over (ear of further tightening by federal revenue when Fed funds reached a high of 12.5 per cent. However, rates started to
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        Lock icon Discount market
        368 4 Source: Discount Co of Singapore The interbank money market for the week ending Jan 5 tightened after the yearend window dressing by banks. The overnight rates firmed up from -1 to —2 per cent on Saturday, being a base day, to a high of 8V« to B'4 per
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        Euro $ rates
        108 4 Euro rates EURODOLLAR deposit rates closed easier in renewed offering interest after the opening falls had been reduced slightly by midsession, dealers said. They reported offers from New York and Nassau during afternoon trading as short dates were affected by indications of lower Fed funs rates and resultant falls ranged
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        Money market
        52 4 INTERBANK market funding was tight last week with overnight firming to 8 to 7»/i per cent and closing off at 7 a < to T/t per cent. Terms rates were bidded up tremendously. A move of 1 i per cent and per cent were seen in the ones
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        Short-term money
        43 4 FOR THE week ended Friday Jan 5, the range of call deposits received from Short Deposits (M) Bhd was as follows: Baak fud: 1 to 4 per cent. GeaeraJ fud: 1 to 4'/« per cent. Movements of funds totalled 1777 million.
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        Frankfurt
        48 4 FRANKFURT exchanges closing quotes on Jan 5: US 1.8300 15 Can 1 5535 56 Stg 3.72/73 Dfl 92.35 /47 Sfr 112.00 Lit 1210 210 Ffr 43 55® Dkr 36 00 10 Nkr 36 60 70 Bfr cun 6.34 35 Bfr fin 6 286 296 Yen 0.9400 10
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        Lock icon Germany gets credit extension
        99 4 Reuter SWITZERLAND'S major banks have agreed to extend credits to West Germany totalling 960 million marks for a further two years. National Bank sources said. The credits, first issued in mid-1976, were due to expire in January and March this year. Foreign exchange bankers have been
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        Lock icon Zurich
        406 4 Source: Swiss Bank Corp CONTRARY to the week before when the US dollar was under heavy pressure, the sentiment changed in favour of the dollar right from the beginning of the New Year in Zurich last week. It rose from 1.6235 Swiss francs to 1.6455, from 1.8250 marks to
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        London
        198 4 THE DOLLAR in London on Friday ended around Thursday's closing levels, after opening firmer, on position squaring ahead of the weekend, dealers said. Against the major currencies, the dollar finished mixed, closing a shade firmer against the mark at 1.8487/8502 compared with 1.8475/90 overnight, a shade easier against the
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        New York
        219 4 THE US dollar in New York on Friday closed marginally weaker from Thursday's levels in quiet trading, dealers said. They said the unit traded narrowly in the absence of any major new factors, with the bulk of activity restricted to position squaring ahead of the weekend. The dollar
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      Coffee
      454 4 ROBUSTA futures in London on Friday ended an extended closing session irregular, £30 up to LlB down except March which lost £5. Turnover was 6030 lots including 21 options. In the morning, futures eased partly in reaction to recent gains but also on unconfirmed talk of cheap Brazilian coffee
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      124 4 A leading U.S. wholesale bank with an established regional office in Singapore and merchant banking subsidiaries in the region is seeking a FINANCIAL ANALYST This is a mainstream position involving regional travel and contact with industry, commerce and governments. The successful candidate would be expected to participate in the Head
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Priest laid bare
      86 5 THIS aaeieat Egyptlaa mammy at first eeatary BC Middle Eprptha priest AaehHapl was leceatly Xrayed at the maaidpal aear Haaever, West Germaay. Dr Arae Eggeketit (right), earatar d the tawa's Raoner-Pellsaas Maaeam, ardered the hyeHqi-hyer X-ray ta lean mare ahaat the prleafi age aad eaaae s< death.
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      Lock icon Mexico to go easy on oil production
      800 5 NYT JUST DAYS after Mexico's official estimate of proved oil reserves was doubled to 40 billion barrels, President Jose Lopez Portillo has warned that the country's oil production will not be increased beyond the country's ability to digest the resulting income. His statement
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      665 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From MAS MH607 0645 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL CPA CX710 1005 HLP CIA SQ980 1030 HLP THAI TG423 1035 BKK SLA SQ103 1045 KUL SIA SQ209 1045 .HLP MAS MH606 1045 KUL GIA GA944 1055 PKU GIA GA9G6 1100 MES
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      Lock icon Big Four endorse China, US ties
      229 5 UPI THE big four Western alliance leaders ended a twoday summit conference in Guadeloupe on Saturday by endorsing the US recognition of China and assuring Moscow that normalisation of relations with Peking would not impair detente. The four leaders, concluding the "sunshine summit" pledged
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      Lock icon Eurobond market expected to firm in second half
      329 5 Reuters THE DOLLAR Eurobond market is likely to be weak in the first half of this year but will strengthen in the second half, senior Eurobond dealers said. The performance of the dollar and the trend of US interest rates will be
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      Lock icon Mixed outlook for European economies
      1107 5 SPOTLIGHT ON W. GERMANY Reuter ONLY WEST GERMANY, according to a Reuters survey of major European economies, can confidently expect an improved rate of growth this year. France and Italy may achieve some growth but any forecasts must be qualified by the cost of the
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      Lock icon Pierre Cardin touch comes to Peking
      308 5 NYT PIERRE Cardin, the internationally known fashion designer, says he has landed an agreement with the Chinese government which among other things makes him a consultant to China's state agency for trade in textiles. Under the agreement Mr. Cardin, whose operations are worldwide, said
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      Lock icon Steel strike over
      241 5 Reuter WEST Genua steel employers and the IG Metal] trade union yesterday announced a settlement aimed at ending a 41-day-old steel strike which has made 100,000 workers idle. The settlement plan has to be approved in a ballot by the 200,000 steelwork ers in North-Rhine Westphalia, Bremen
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    • WOULD IN BRIEF
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        BRUNEI A NATION IN '83
        499 5 BRITAIN yesterday granted full independence at the end of 1983 to the tiny, oil-rich State of Brunei, ending more than 90 years of dependence. It did so with the signing in Brunei of an independence and friendship treaty, under which the little state will assume
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  • REVIEWS
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      Lock icon You haven't seen the last of them
      1186 6  -  PUNK ROCK is set for a revival with the release of the now defunct Sex Pistols' first movie. The film, with the probably apt title of The Great Rock 'n Roll Swindle, is likely to reach a new nadir in taste and be
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      Lock icon COSMIC TRASH CAN
      953 6  -  By ALJEAN HARMETZ NYT THE MIND OF Mta WUitams Is s cosmic track cm where eld mevles eeUide with legless *ert srder eeeks ui a peevish eM nuui feeding his methadeae to the pigesas; where, la paredy d Shakespeare, he wsaders whether 'tis ashler to light the
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      Window to the best
      2005 7  -  Christopher Hooi reviews the Exhibition of Contemporary Art Christopher Hooi Mr. Hooi is director of the National Museum. THE EXHIBITION of Contemporary Art, which was organised by the National Museum for the Singapore Festival of Arts, 1978, was held from Dec 12-31, 1978 and provided those
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      Financial support
      161 7 LOCAL ARTISTS earn tope to create with t freer mind tram new m with fhwHil sappart earning tram private Individuals and FaUewlag the icflig Caltare Mimteter, Mr. Ong Teng Ckeng'a appeal early last meath for geaenv private eeatrlhatleas towards the newly formed Caltaral Faaadattaa, aa eaeaaraglng $5*1,1*1 has
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      Lock icon There's nothing to it
      842 7 NYT Title: Barrett Newman Author: Harold Rosenberg Pages: 260. Illustrated Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Price: US$45 Reviewed by Anatole Broyard IT WAS inevitable that modern art have been attracted to the idea of nothingness. The search far originality seemed to have nowhere else to go. Every
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      181 6 Llll No dinner is complete without a White Label Anote quality product from I 'Future Generatlon' v A, >1 Just <jon t miss them at me ion Bar while thev.*« here Also on stage to a non stop musical dftliqht ion l Hotel ROyal-RAMAOA Newton Road. S.ngapore 11. Republ.c of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      564 6 CONCERTS: SINGAPOREANS will get the chance to hear rare music from the Middle Ages when Max Hynam, an Australian lutenist, performs in the foyer of the Australian High Commission tonight. The performance will begin at 7.45 pm. Max Hynam completed lute and early music studies at the Liszt Ferenc Academy
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      258 6 iTiV&wWDTai SINGAPORE 5 PM Opening followed by Star Performance Diary of Events (T)* Afternoon Matinee Billy Rose's "Jumbo" with Doris Day, Stephen Boyd, Jimmy Durante; Part 1* Intermission Opening followed by Katy* News in brief* Clue Club (cartoon)* Don't ask me* News (M)* Sandiwara "Guru" (M)* Baa Baa Black Sheep*
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      369 7 A c Lite up your life at Vanda Live it up at the newly renovated Vanda Bar. Styled for comfort and good cheers Sing along with our resident duet George David to your favourite request Happy Hours from 5p m -8p m 30% discount Singapore Aj* Oochid Inn rx <»r
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
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      SES upturn may herald Chinese New Year rise
      1037 8  -  SINGAPORE h 4 By ANTHONY TAN WHEN trading opened last Tuesday on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, it seemed as if the gloom that had attended the close of 1978 was going to set the tenor for the new year. With Iran's
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      COMPANY NEWS for the week
      322 8  -  Wnk ended Jan 5 Compiled by Violet Chow OTHERS Sapreme Cirpwmtt— DM announced that its subsidiary Johore Oil Palm Plantations Sdn Bhd has placed a M 53.135 million five-year convertible secured loan with bumiputra investors. Hartnaa lavestmeata's $20 million 7% Convertible secured loan Stock 1983
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      BHP leads the bulls on a boomy stampede
      334 8 r 1 SYDNEY k A THE SYDNEY litre market eajayed Its biggot Hm la but week when lavesters reacted hellishly to predletleas that lilt weald he a hum year ea By Friday, the AB-er«-aaries lain had itaa al< meet It ptlati, after
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      486 8 f 1 NEW YORK h. 4 AP THE NEW YORK stock market apparently has not heard that 1979 is not going to be much of a year for the US economy, if the boom of the year's first week is any indication. After spending
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      Lock icon Still on an uptrend
      320 8 TOKYO 4 AFP THE TOKYO slock market got off last week to a strong start on Thursday after a week-long year-end and New Year holiday break. Prices turned in a mixed finish last Friday under profit- taking pressure but the market basically remained on an uptrend
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      KLSE moves out of its sluggish state
      1061 8 K.LUMPUR k d THE KUALA LUMPUR stock market bounced back to life in the first week of 1979, after almost one and a half months of sluggish trading and narrow price movements. Prices, rallying under a fresh round of buying interest, advanced across
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      Unknowns rule the market
      701 8  -  LONDON A By GERALD COLVERD THE most frequently noted unidentified flying object of the coming year could prove to be the Financial limes 30-share index. All these expectations of an end-1978 rally in prices have found a fulfilment deferred during the past week Business has remained
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      Sonatrach will seek LNG tenders
      142 8 SONATRACH, the Algerian national oil company, will soon call for tenders to build a liquid natural gas (LNG) works the second after one being constructed with Japanese aid in the Anew industrial zone. Sources said that Sonatrach last month signed a contract with the Japanese
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      Barclays cheques
      71 8 BARCLAYS BANK will issue visa travellers' cheques this year in US dollar and sterling denominations. The bank, in a statement released in New York, said the cheques will have the capability of bearing the name of the local selling agent, wMch Its current travellers cheques cannot. Barclays said
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      Lock icon Taxpayers will pay more attention to Keogh plans
      675 8 NYT THE KEOGH-PLUS retirement plans, under which self-employed individuals can set aside, on a tax-shel-tered basis, much more than the 15 per cent limt of earned income to a limit of U557,500 a year, are expected to be. quite popular with those
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKETS
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      Prices tumble in mixed trading
      439 9 Tokyo SHARE prices closed lower in mixed trading for the first time in seven days on Saturday as late profit-taking pared initial gains. Dealers said the market average feu 4.25 to close at 6,0(8.04 with a volume of 210 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange
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      212 9 JAM 06 C* Abiubi 1*14 .(4 Alcan 41*4 AJcoma XI Bank Mont 1914 K Bank Norm Scotia 24-. V» Bell T»1 S4H -H Bath Corp BP Can Ltd 21H unch Braaean 1»* unch Camp Rad Lake Can Imp Bk 36H 29H •f *4 Can par 28 V. H Canpac
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      Most bourses close firmer
      561 9 EUROPEAN MARKETS THE ZURICH market continued steady last Friday, bolstered by investor demand in small business. Dealers said Swissair bearer closed steady after the recent decline, while its registered stock pointed higher. Banks were little changed Financials were narrowly mixed with an easier bias, although Italo-Suisse
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      Zurich
      189 9 JAN 06 Action* Sulsses Alusulsae Br. Alusulsae Ret. Brown Boverl Br. Clba Oelgy Br. Clba Oelfjr PC Clba Gelfy R*f Credit Suisse Br Credit Suisse R«g Elektrowatt Br. Qeorte Fischer Br Globus Pc Hero Br Hoffman La Roche 1/10. Holderbank Br Interfood Br. Jelmoll Br Motor-Columbus Nestle Br. Nestle
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      Amsterdam
      170 9 JAN 05 Fls ABN A hold 117.10 30.30 AMEV 81.40 Amfas ***** u 75.10 -0.2 Bergoss Berk 52.50 82.70 ♦1 Bo Is 71.70 -02 BorsumiJ ***** 7J» 3J 1 I Byenkorf Calve Delft 88.00 lseao -1 -0.4 Dell II1J 125.10 01 Ennia 142*1 0J Fokker 25.70 0.8 Ford *****0
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      265 9 JAN OS m CORBEILLE Atr-LlquMe B S N Oernli Danone C S (Thomson C»f)„ Cte FYancalae m SfiO 301 139.70 45 12 2 -1J Compagnle Financier* Compacnl« Generate Credit Foncler De Fimnce Hachette (Llbralrle) Machines Bull Mlcheltn (B) Parlbu Pechlney Clglne Kutilmann Peugeot Philipt (Nt Oem Beat) 402 488
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      Frankfurt
      198 9 JAN 0» Dm Aef-Telefunken 78.00 Akao 2780 A1U Leben 772 Alii Ven MS BASF 1*10 Bay H T Wbank JOEJOB Bay Vfcank SIS Barer 136J0 BBC 30(10 BMW »mi +03 0.1 1 8 #.7 13 1.7 -1J Cttem Verw Commersbank Contl Oumml Daimler-Bens Defussa Oemac Deutsche Bank Dresdner Bank
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      Brussels
      92 9 JAN 06 Ft* FORWARD MARKET Acec 4 an *1 Arbed mn unc h Altnr at 42 Brucin Bra-Lamb asr De Been 4tt 1830 04 10 10 482 190 +6 _3 Ebet H06 5 Eleclrobel Ob-Inno-Bm On 6740 2900 1418 -10 -30 Hobok 1435 -30 Petro Ryl Dutch 3400 1805
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      Milan
      103 9 JAN 06 Lire Ant/- 33 -0.5 Aaaoc Ocn ***** 110 (Uit/ifl MOJO 17 Centnle MOO 46 nu 2810 4 30 Flnslder -141 4 Oen Immob 75 S-2S in Prt 2300 -3 IUlcemcnU ***** 4-106 IUigu 758 >4 luiskler 338 22 Macncu M Pf 531 11 Marelli Ere 223 6
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      Jo'burg
      390 9 GOLDS were steady at the higher levels in line with higher bullion indications last Friday, dealers said. Among heavyweights gains stretched to 100 cents. Diamond Aare De Beers was five cents down to BRS on lack of US interests and profittaking. Mining finanrtsls were mostly unchanged. Other metals and
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      Stocks still advancing
      1149 9 NEW YORK REGISTERING their fourth straight advance, stocks moved broadly higher in moderately active trading last Friday despite some late profit-taking. Analysts said the internal strength which has provided the market with most of its gains last week was aided last Friday by more hopeful signs in
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      Lock icon Will Superman give Warner super profit?
      644 9 N. AMERICAN J NYT WILL SUPERMAN do for Warner Communications what Star Wars did for Twentieth Century-Fox? Probably not, but nevertheless the situation is promising for Warner, a diversified entertainment conglomerate. The real question is whether its shares have gotten ahead of themselves at
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      CIBAGEIGY SEES RECORD SALES
      118 9 TURNOVER 0t ClbaGelgy Cfpamtt— > Ike US wWiiry ef the Swto Gdgy Maeen, wtll pus the I Stl MlMsa nark for tine this year. Hewftr? that the Mltha sales level akMM be reached by 1186. 1W» Mid pat at Noe flJf Mllfoa, «f which mm $4M
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      Lock icon Seven-up's refreshing campaign
      1024 9 NYT IN THE EARLY 1960s Philip Morris took an also-ran cigarette brand. Marlboro, and with a rugged cowboy for its advertising image turned it into the No. 1 brand. Eight years ago the corporation acquired Miller Brewing and, with a lightbeer marketing strategy appealing to weight watchers,
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      Lock icon Financing of HK Land bid settled
      183 9 ASIAN i Reuter FINANCING arrangements for Hongkong Land's acquisition of Gammon House for a total consideration of HKJ7IS million have now been completed. Informed sources said the bulk of the finance is from the seven-year $600 million loan arranged by Citicorp International Group unit
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      Lock icon Planters Products gets US$36m loan
      131 9 Reuter A CONSORTIUM of nine banks in Hongkong has extended a US$36 million loan to Planters Products, a Philippine fertiliser and agricultural chemicals manufacturer. The company president Alfredo Montelibano said, in a report to President Marcos, that the favourable terms would save the company at
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      Lock icon IAC buy
      57 9 AFP THE STATE-RUN Indian Airlines Corporation (lAC) will buy another airbus aircraft costing 357.2 million rupees or about US$45 million. Informed sources said the domestic airlines' proposal to purchase the aircraft was approved by the Indian Cabinet at a meeting in Delhi last week. The lAC has now
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      Lock icon Arvin now an Atlas unit
      84 9 Reuter ATLAS ELECTRONIC and Jardine Matheson said Arvin (Hongkong) has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlas Electronics, effective this month. Arvin is presently a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson group through Zung Fu, Jar- dine Industries and Jardine Engineering. Jardine Matheson said full provision for the
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      Lock icon TOYO-DHABI VENTURE
      69 9 Reuter TOYO ENGINEERING saM It will hrs a Jafat vest.re flips ay la Iks Uattod Arab Emirates (UAE) wtthla a sates at ladastrtal ptaat aai Ike Mat nan it-j. M ealM DkaM Cirpintt—, will be eapMafeed at VBfmjm aai ewaed 19 per eeat by DkaM Eaterprteae at Aba
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      202 9 DC General Motors Overseas Distribution Corporation invites applications from Singapore citizens for the position ofr BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MANAGER THE JOB; To implement o uniform GM Business Program including standard accounting m dealerships To review financial data with dealers ond appropriate compony management, ond to keep management informed of dealers' financial
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      SINFIN FORESEES LOWER EARNINGS
      696 10  -  By ARTHUR NG DESPITE improved interim performance, the directors of Singapore Finance have forecast a substantial decline in the company's earnings per share for the current year ending April 30, 19T9. The half-time results show the company managing a growth rate of more than 40 per
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      Premium buys Maju Housing
      706 10  -  By P. GUNASEGARAM PREMIUM HOLDINGS, al•ready involved in two joint [Venture projects in Perak .•with the State Development Corporation, has acquired a housing subsidiary, Maju -Housing Development Sdn. i Maju has an agreement •with the National Land Finance Cooperative Society (NLFCS) to purchase and develop about
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      372 10 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for Payment Date Close Payable the year Previous yenr Boustradco 2.5*1 Dec 22 Dec 30 Jan 9 2.5% 12.5% PMC 5%I Dec 12 Dec 22 Jan 10 5% 15% K Ktmpar 30*1 Dec 15 Dec 28 Jan 11 30% 53.3% Kramat
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      SCRIP ISSUE
      212 10 Company Particulara Ex Date Booka Cloae S'pore Land Rights issue of 1 for 3 Synthetic Reaiaa $140 per share Dec 15 Dec 22 Rights Issue of 2 for 5 Fed.Cablea <■> $1.00 per share Dec 13 Dec 28 Rights issue of S for 8 (a $1.00 per share
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      203 10 INDIA-MALAYSIA Textile Bhd: AGM to be held at *****1, Mak Mandin Industrial Estate, Butterworth, at 11.00 am today. Bavls SEA: EOGM to be held at the Negara Room of the Kuala Lumpur Hilton, Jalan Ismail at 12 noon on Jan 15. Bskmss Hydraulic Tla' Bhd EOGM to be
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      Hong Leong
      38 10 HONG LEONG Finance has announced that from declarations received by the company as at Dec 31, 1978, only 0.77 per cent of the issued share capital of the company is beneficially owned or controlled by foreigners.
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2669 10 1978 High Low Company Last Sale orGr*s Div Div C*r Or*. Net YTd P/E Vol week COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS 272 238 178 219 275 111 280 326 245 MO 132 Acma 123* Alcom 107 Allied Choc 133 BAT 196* Bala 59 Ben 182 Berjaya
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    CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS
    1580 10 On January 5 Chicago board options exchange volume eased to 138,333 contracts from 166,918. OPTION JAN APL JLT STOCK Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Alcoa Am Exp 40 UNTRD UNTRD NOL 48 1/2 45 33/4 UNTRD 481/2 SO 5/8 27/18 UNTRD 481/2 90 30 7/16 11/8 UNTRD 2 1
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      Lock icon Chung-Fa beats the youngsters
      1295 11  -  C C PRO-CLASSIC By TEO TECK WENG IN GOLF, unlike other sports, age is not always the ultimate enemy. Experience can equip a player with a savvy to compensate for what he may lose in reflexes. A fine example is Taiwanese professional Chang Chung-Fa who, though
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      Sportsboy, Sportsgirl of 1978 Awards
      177 11 THE BINGAPOBE Sparta Ceaaeil b lavtttag appttcaata far its Spertahey aad Sperteglri af the Year Awards. The awards are given aaaaauy ta reeegaiuea ac eatataadlag aparta achievmeats aad are apea ta stadeata whe are Stagspare dttaeae aad aader 18 yean af age aa aa Jaa
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      Lock icon China to compete in Moscow Olympics?
      1005 11 NYT THE RESUMPTION of diplomatic relations between China and the US last week means that rhin* will almost certainly compete in the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The decision will be taken in April by the International Olympic Committee's 81st session in Montevideo, Uruguay. All the
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    Widening the base with medium industries
    688 12 MORE medium-sized industries will be encouraged to broaden Singapore's industrial base. At the same time, more emphasis will be given to the production of goods which are less sensitive to the industrial nations. This is indicated in the latest issue of the Ministry of
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    Lock icon Fears that Indonesia will not sustain rice output
    355 12 Reuter ELATION at last year's bumper rice crop has given way to growing concern among experts in Indonesia that production can barely be held at current levels under present farming methods. Last year's crop of 17.5 million tonnes 10 per cent up
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    Lock icon South Korea to stockpile food and supplies
    229 12 Reuter SOUTH KOREA will attempt to stockpile 33 kinds of agricultural, fishery and other raw materials this year in an effort to stabilise the domestic prices, government officials in Seoul said yesterday. The government plan is expected to cost about US$66O million, the
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    Tri-Marine wraps up expansion plan
    360 12 TRI-MARINE Associates, the largest tuna fish refrigeration plant in South-east Asia, will wrap up a twoyear expansion programme in Singapore with a $3 million investment this year. The company, an Italian and South Korean joint venture which started here in 1974, announced a $5.2 million
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    100,000 job seekers in P. Malaysia
    165 12 THERE were 110,232 Jobseekers registered with the Malaysian National Employment Service last September, 100,000 of whom are in Peninsular Malaysia. More than 9,000 were registered in Sarawak and about GOO in Sabah. The total number of unemployed shows a decline of about 3,000 over
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    Lock icon Where Bakhtiar failed
    474 12 Reuter THE MAKEUP of the cabinet announced over the weekend by Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar showed he had failed to win the allegiance of the leaders of the main religious and secular opposition groups, but it included technocrats of proven administrative ability. Although several prominent members of
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    Lock icon Calculated rise in inflation
    757 12 Reuter A STEEP but calculated rise in Indonesia's inflation rate is likely to be a major aspect of the draft state budget and third five-year development plan to be submitted to Parliament by President Suharto today. The state budget for fiscal 1979/80, to go into effect
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    Lock icon US will review impact on global commons
    154 12 Reuter US President Carter has instructed federal agencies for the first time to start considering the environmental effects of US activities in other countries. The instructions were made public in court proceedings involving a suit against the Export-Import Bank by the National Resources
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    Lock icon Now Iranian mark loans are buffeted
    176 12 Reuter THE THREE mark Iwcip (MM tar the MutrUl ui Mlalag Devriipnwt Bask sf Iru are betag qaeted at heavy tisnuU la Fraakfart ewlag to the apheavala la baa, head market ssarces ail Tradlag la the tarn was fairly qak* ea FrMay, with ham
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    Lock icon BANKS' STRIKE THREAT
    71 12 Reuter BANK employees and officers all over India will go on continuous strike from Feb 2. Officials of the All India Bank Employees Association (Aibea) and the Indian National Bank Employees Congress (Inbec) jointly announced that the strike will take place unless their demands are met for
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        Lock icon CAF adjustment
        73 13 Reuter THE Far East Freight Conference said currency adjustment factors for vessels commencing to load on or after Jan 7 on the West Germany/ Holland/Belgium to Far East route have been raised to 54.50 per cent from 50 per cent and the France to Far East route raised
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        Lock icon Strikers face legal action
        78 13 Reuter GRAIN dealers and manufacturers said they will take legal proceedings against Dutch bargemen to force them call off their strike. Six organisations, mostly dealing in grains, asked a court to take quick decision on their application which is expected to be heard in Rotterdam on
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        91 13 Reuter WORLD shipping is continuing to emerge slowly from the doldrums with a reduction of 13.3 per cent in laid-up tanker tonnage in the three months to mid-December, the Bremen Institute for Shipping Economics said. It said in its latest report 33 tankers with a total tonnage of
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      FASC likely to meet on freight increase
      1093 13  -  By GOH ENG KEE THE Federation of Asean Shippers' Councils (FASC) is likely to meet in Kuala Lumpur next month to work out its Joint stand against the 8 per cent increase in general freight rate proposed by the Far Eastern Freight Conference
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      Lock icon London freight market
      131 13 UPI ALTHOUGH arfavearahle whea a—pared with the jWJnw ritag tin h achieve to theJFar M dwt Nsrtte PiMUt UBfZ.ll a dwt far a Jmtmary limn ehartor trip fr»m ftp- Is the Caattaeat via AastnUU. Alm la ike east, the ars-sllearrier Saaks ptaymeat la ttTKm market warUag a
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      Lock icon Massive fall in German book orders
      372 13 FT WEST German shipbuilders have reported a massive decline in their orders in hand. A statement said the German order book in the past year has fallen at double the rate at the world average. According to the Verband der Deutschen SchlfTbauindustrie, the shipbuilder
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due ... and when
      2913 17 SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due and when SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port
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      552 17 flMpptai UH P»«e Col Aconas n 5 ACS n S Afea IV 3 Aguila IV 2 Alpac IV 5 Angkutan IV 3 Anhsing IV 3 ANL I 1 APL m 2 Arya Nat n 5 ASCL m Asia Merchant m 4 Atlas V 3 Aust.Cont IV 5 Bank n
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      Container Schedules
      1264 18 r RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS 1 AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB.(l) Each vessel's estimated time of arrival Is advised by the Shipping Line/ Agent and is subject to change (2) All export FCL containers and LCL cargo must be delivered to the Authority's premises during
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      Who acts for whom
      894 18 The leading shipping lines operating from Singapore and the local agents who handle cargo bookings for them. Aconas Line— Aconas Sdn. Bhd. Adriatic Container— Container Feeders. AFEA Line— Singapore Shipping. Aguila Oriental—Same. Ahli Shipping— Sharjah. Alfred C. Toepfer Line— Intermodal. Algerian National Line (CNAN) —Unipacific. Alpac
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      339 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES A 1 Sama (0600) 45. Barge Brunei 33 (0700 alongside Menestheus) 8/9. Barge Brunei 34 (0700 alongside Menestheus) 8/9. Cherry Field (1200 after Leslie Lykes sails )6/7. Menestheus (after Leslie Lykes) 8/9. Marquis 1 (1800 after Globe Express) 47., Perak (1100) 21
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      214 13 Scan Dutch Fast and Regular Service To/From N.C. /SCAN W.MED./U.K. Singapore Tel *****1. Port Kelang Tel *****1. Kuala.Lumpur Tel' *****. Penang Tel. ***** <£§» J K I )1 t W IA H m Orient Overseas CoHlcineA Line Tyi FULLY CONTAVERRED TO/FROM US NEST/CAST COASTS, PNW (STRAITS CARGO VIA FEEDER TO/FROM
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      265 13 m SEALORD ANTAH n UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) U All vessels ***** DWT, 105 TON H .L. Derrick 288 TEU Capacity, Long Length Capability. I Vessel RED SEA DIRECT SERVICE Spore 20/1 9/2 Loading for Jeddah, Hodeidah. Aqaba Jeddah, Hodeidah. Aqaba §911 i§l SEN.OM) SMTPM6 MEMOES (Rt|. No
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      421 13 NEPTUNE ORIENT UNES LTD NOL FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICES: FAR-EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE F'stowe Ha»r» DUtm o nwoo' sib. liian n mi* vtm tl MM 11 ton 17 tan SFA IFA 3 Fa* R COM 24 Im 21 tan UFA *FA II FA C.Mt a to. 2* tan 17 FA 14
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      553 13 Nedlloyd Lines Regular Liner Services To/ From All Parts of the World. Singapore Tel *****1 Port Ketang Tel *****1. Kuala Lumpur Tef *****. Penang Tel 601^6 I l l I'II .HIT I FOB East Am iHonftont ktomla Keefaflt KaotewM) tapan (lotro Kobe. Yokohtmt. Nagora Out* SNmuut Ptoladttp*<a Baltimore m 9/1
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      472 14 Hapag-Lloyd FULLY CONTMNERfSEO TO EUROPE Spn P Keiang Pen 15/2 BNwo Genoa HW| BTuwn Adam 13/2 ftduwrs 1/2 3/2 1/ 2 2/ 3 FULLY CONTUOtSED TO GENOA/TMESTE Sprue P Kd«t Gam Uenunu Eipress 18/1 18/2 6/2 AMterrama 21/1 28/2 16/2 fUUT CONTAWERtSED 10 USA/CANMM Feeder P Keiang S pore HK
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      1048 14 Everett Lines Fivt Star ftippi>| Corpn. BURMESE NATIONAL LINE B.F.S.S.C. Agents in Malaysia: TEPS MALAYSIA Port Ketang Tel (38) 7355 Penarw Tel. *****/***** lavtfaooN I uteres S. A. C.I. F ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE' .•Srtuct to inducement P «*<• Pewit* FA 11/12 FA 13/14 FA Trrnisportacwn Nbritima Mcxicana S. A. "MEXICAN
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      768 14 anifrmw tiwm, rmwmumj, rnmnrj o, iwtw naas.E. OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD RM 2102 2103 21STHOOR MARINA HOUSF SHf NTON A A Y MISTRI ROAD SINGAPORE 2 T F L *****44 7& *****70 O SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE p. Rcbm Sincipvc L«adh| tar. MMMDSIM 11/12 tm ta Part SVD, lEL,
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