The Business Times, 18 January 1979

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) N* 141/1/71 THUBBDAY, JANUARY IS, 117* 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 65 1 Reuter. TOKYO, Wed. Japanese exports in yen terms declined last year for the first time since the Korean War of 1963, mainly because of a sharp appreciation of the currency, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced today. The yen value of Japanese exports dropped 8.9
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    • 58 1 Reuter. TOKYO, Wed Thai Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanand was today reported to have asked Japan to support his country against a possible attack from the Hanoi-backed Kampuchean regime. The Japanese News Agency Kyodo quoted sources as saying that General Kriangsak made the request in a first round of
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    • 38 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) members today walked out of Parliament in protest against a government Mil to legalise security regulations declared unconstitutional by the Privy Council in London last month.
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    • 84 1 Reuter, AFP. TEHERAN, Wed. Iranian ambassador to the US has resigned and seven other envoys have been packed, Iran's official radio said today. The ambassador to Washington, Mr Ardeshir Zabedi, is a close confidant and former son-in-law of the Shah. The dismissed ambassadors were those to France,
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    • 61 1 AP, Reuter. PHILIPPINES, Wed. Mr leng Sary, ousted deputy premier and foreign minister of the defeated Khmer Rouge regime, is to Join holdouts in Kampuchea's hills soon, the Philippine News Agency said today. Meanwhile, the new Vietnamese-backed administration in Kampuchea has ordered all oversea representatives
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    • 73 1 UPI. WASHINGTON, Wed. America's industrial output rose 0.6 per cent in December, the Federal Reserve Board said today. It was another in a string of strong production performances that contradict forecasts of a recession. The December advance was identical to November's increase as large gains occurred
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    • 56 1 AP NEW YORK, Wed. The stock market showed widespread losses this morning, following the lead of a declining dollar on foreign exchanges. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials dropped 4.60 to 830.99 in the first half hour. Losers took a 3 to 1 lead over gainers among
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 131 1 Rises Most Active Tronoh Mines Kuala Sldim Set Coconuts 710 254 348 40 16 14 S Darby KL Kepong H Par 258,000 177,000 T Harbour 280 12 94,000 Ayer Hi tarn Tin 1200 10 U O L 52,000 Straits Trading Kempas 580 410 10 8 +5 Total
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    • 148 1 Rises Most Active S Mai Till 1000 20 16 11 +10 S Darby 276,000 N Semb 310 Consplant 181,000 M Cables 164 KL Kepong 168,000 K Sidim 256 Dragon A Phoenix 82,000 Pac Dev 260 10 Total Turnover: 1.69m T Harbour 290 10 Total Value: MR36m Sg
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  • 209 1 THE Indonesian government has suspended all exports of coffee and pepper to Singapore since last month. Exports of coffee to all other countries have also been suspended since last week and domestic prices erf coffee have reportedly been frozen. The reasons for these
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  • 79 1 AP PRESIDENT Carter is holding to his pledge to cut deficit spending to below US$3O billion (Ss63 billion) in the new budget, while still finding money for increased defence outlays. The budget for fiscal 1960, which begins next Oct. 1, will be presented to Congress on
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  • 540 1  -  BANK FINANCING? By SOH TIANG KENG A SINGAPORE company, Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE), has joined the rush of foreign and international firms to set up a chain of hotels in China. OUE, which owns Mandarin Hotel, has already started talks with Chinese authorities to build
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  • 1020 1 UPI. TROOPS and police opened fire yesterday on revellers celebrating the departure of the Shah in two key towns, hours after troops and demonstrators hugged and kissed each other. First reports said 17 people were killed and at least 50 wounded by gunfire. Witnesses said
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  • 250 1 AFP JAPANESE businessmen have tentatively agreed to buy U5J727.000 (551.53 million) worth of manufactured products from Malaysian producers, the leader of the visiting Japan-Asean import promotion mission, Mr Noboru Gotoh, said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He said the goods include canned food, timber products, batik, and canvas
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  • 101 1 DK9CAPE Bsthad an 6 a JSahah MBMjr, Maaarhafe Wiirtii Berhad, > -ViU*iTwyi by MrJNsCn Flag? Saisiffi ISTJZ aapnhrt 6btiht «f the The Joint venture eeapnay, knows as BJL nd^wufhTesMtarnetes a ■ajsr mad streteMag •vertokm Is reach the IMs mad win eventual highway aeress Biiii
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  • 371 1  -  By ARTHUR NG UNITED Overseas Bank has extended its offer period for acceptances by Singapore Finance shareholders. Originally the offer is supposed to lapse today but the bank has now extended the offer by one month to Feb 19 the same date on
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  • 114 1 JAPAN'S Mitsubishi Motor Corporation and America's Chrysler Corporation have reached agreement to expand their hwlmin linkups tb not anlr vehicle sales bat also the -supply of car components, a Japanese company spntasman said today. He was Amplifying a statement by its president Tomio Kubo at a press conference here
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 227 2 C and E Tours has sold its 50 per cent equity stake in Seahorse Coach Tours to Guthrie Boustead Shipping Agencies Singapore for an undisclosed sum. As a result. Seahorse is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guthrie Boustead Shipping. A
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    • 84 2 AP A MARINE cable communications system between Indonesia and Singapore is expected to become commercially operational in April 1980 at the latest. Telecommunications Public Corporation spokesman Dr. Musyafri Effendy said yesterday. The 912-km cable with 480 circuits is being installed by Nippon Electric Company at a
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    • 347 2  -  NEW PROJECTS By FONG MEW LENG SAMPOERNA Holdings, an Indonesian plantation and industrial trading group here, is expanding into industrial engineering and manufacturing. The company spent $1 million acquiring a local engineering plant, Singapore Fluid Power Engineers last September and has Just finalised details for a
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    • 162 2 SELF-STUDY still has Its piace despite Ike vast amy at niim available these days. Teng Sn Leag bean testl- maay la this whea she worked herself threagh Part 1 af the Jaae I*JB Institute af Chartered Secretaries aid Administrators (ICSA) Laadaa examiaatlsa to became the
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    • 296 2 RECENT developments in the quality and production of Australia's grains wheat, oats, barley, and rice may have a profound effect on the industry. Australian farmers and grain scientists have made unique discoveries or improvements to grains which have resulted in increased and improved crops worldwide. One
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    • 194 2 THE WORLD demand for ammonia is expected to reach ISO million tonnes a year that will need massive plant construction and large amounts of capital. This forecast was made by Mr L. J. Buividas, manager of the inorganic chemicals division of Pullman Kellogg (Texas) and
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    • 203 2 the Organiser of an international exhibition and symposium, "Ocean Expo DO/Oceantropiques," to be held in the French city of Bordeaux in March 1980, has invited Singapore companies to participate in the event. Mr Francois Algoud, general commissioner and president of Techno Expo SA,
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    • 78 2 PRIME MINISTER Gaston Thorn of Luxembourg arrives in Kuala Lumpur today on a four-day official visit during which he will sign a bilateral air services agreement. The agreement will be signed tomorrow when Mr. Thorn meets his counterpart Datuk Hussein Onn for discussions on wide-ranging subjects.
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    • 289 2 ASIAN Computer Services, a subsidiary of Haw Par Brothers International, has installed one of the largest computers in Singapore. The new system, an IBM 370/138 valued at more than $1.5 million, replaces an older IBM system used since mid-1974. The central processing unit
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    • 435 2 SINGAPORE may soon have its own post graduate school in business administration and accountancy. The University of Singapore is currently studying plans to establish a business school for post graduate studies leading to a degree in Master of Business Administration (MBA) for graduates from
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    • 216 2 SINGER Company has promoted Mr. Brjree Bastiaa to vice president, marketing operations, interna tl una] division sewing products group. Previously, Mr. Bastian was vice president, Pacific region. He win be based at Singer world headquarters in New York City. In his new capacity, Mr. Bastian is responsible
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    • 434 2  -  By QUEK PECK LIM A NEW marketing company called S.M. Motors Pte. Ltd. will begin to sell Volvo cars next week. The company is likely to do so from premises purchased from Volvo's former distributors, Federal Auto. Sources said discussions are now in
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    • 164 2 Reuter ASIAN members of the "Group of 77" developing countries yesterday expressed "grave concern and deep disappointment" at what they said is the totally inadequate response of the developed world towards the creation of a new international economic order. A declaration at the end of
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    • 399 2 COURBES AND TALKS f Nov 6-Jan 27: Life insurance agents certificate course (English and Chinese), STTC, STTC Jan 13 A 20: The Effective Secretary, SIM conference room, Mr Tan Teck Huat Jan 8-19: Personal and company taxation (module 5), SIM conference room, Mr Lee Fook Hong Jan 8-23:
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  • REGIONAL
    • 521 3 DR RACHMAT Salleh, Central Bank Governor of Indonesia, has again publicly refuted the much-circulated rumour that the rupiah will be further devalued to Rp 800 or even Rp 1,000 to the US dollar. Addressing an annual bankers' 1 dinner in Jakarta, Dr Salleh asserted
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    • 381 3 VIETNAM says it is prepared to discuss with nearby non-communist countries on making South-east Asia a zone of peace, and that the new situation in Kampuchea is favourable for regional stability. A statement issued yesterday by the Vietnamese embassy in Bangkok said the ousting
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    • 121 3 AFP THE THAI government has announced that it will enforce price controls on 11 commodities including food products, cars, lubrication oil, sanitary products, drugs and insecticides. Notice will be sent to producers and wholesalers of the affected commodities informing them of the newly imposed ceiling prices for their
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    • 125 3 UPI DENMARK will caacel 1M million krona (Ss42 million) of mid planned for Vietnam In itM because of the country's part la the overthrow of the Pol Pot government In Kampuchea, the Danish Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said, however, that current aid projects the
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    • 250 3 AFP. HONGKONG'S textile experts aad Imparts aarged la the 11 tram ta 1 lm mi WkUimlmmy HIVVcniRT IMt year, latest effldal trade CUttlng eoatlaaed to be Heagheag'a streagest selling Item, with tows ed parehaaaa by bay ere la the Halted States, Earape, lapaa
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    • 165 3 AFP ASIA'S biggest aluminium smelting plant is to be built in Sabah. It will be a Joint venture involving the South Korean Hyundai business group, the Pechiney firm of France and the Sabah state government. A report in Seoul said this project
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    • 795 3  -  By CHARLES CHAN MALAYSIA has called on developing countries to close ranks to oppose any attempt by industrial countries to dilute the proposed fYimnrvni Fund shift S significant part of its financing to existing international commodity agreements (ICAs). The call was made on
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    • 484 3 KUALA Lumpur will continue to attract foreign trade mt—inng this year, despite the Indochina situation which most foreign diplomats in KL view with some concern. Some foreign governments have firm schedules on the visits of their trade delegations, while others are still waiting for
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    • 270 3 THE Malaysian Rubber Development Corporation (Mardec) will set up a latex concentrate bulking facility at Port Rijeke, Yugoalavia, in partnership with a Yugoslav company, Hemro. The facility will hold about MS3 million worth of latex. The concentrates will be for distribution in Yugoslavia and neighbouring
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    • 337 3 Pakistan International Airlines flies twice a week to 8 European cities. All via Karachi. Allowing you to stop over for an unforgettable holiday in Pakistan. A chance to see Pakistan, a country of living contrasts: of barren desert land, golden wheat fields and snow-capped mountains. A land of handsome, friendly
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 684 3 TWO-lI-CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 One game much like another? (5) 8 Source of pleasure or aid, possibly (5) 10 Decoration wholly without point? (5) 11 He goes half a mile with a pole (3) 12 Just the chap to bail out old Bob? (5) 13 Obviously more than one to
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 1246 4 RUSSIA, with its immense natural resources, wields considerable influence over a wide spread of commodity markets. How that influene is used is often more than mysterious. FT EACH year economists and commodity analysts, not to mention politicians, military strategists and Sovietologists, eagerly watch
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    • 330 4 RUBBER THE Singapore rubber market yesterday closed slightly higher with February One RSS buyers quoted at 230.50 cents per kilo, up 0.25 cent from Tuesday's close, dealers said. The morning session closed slightly higher with February One RSS buyers quoted at 230.50 cents per kilo,
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    • 351 4 Prices In cents per kilo yesterday: IwOB (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S prompt f.o.b. 230 2 231 25N tat 1 R.S.S. Feb 230.50 211.00 tat. 1 R.S.S. Mar 230.50 231.00 tat. 2 R.S.S. 238.00 *****N UK Coot 227 00 238.00N tat. 3 R.S.S. 2B.OO 22t OON
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    • 122 4 NOON SSR and SMR pi RA8 rkaa yeeterday 1 Ftbmr> MsreM (O B« irr»at (id fan Stlki >) (1 r» B 'orwtH Mil SSR20 II ton paltrt l> 22a 00 230 001 M 228.50 y#f 230JON* SSR50 <1 ton pallet I 225 00 227.001 4 225 50
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    • 203 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Tuesday fell 4'/« to IV* cents a bushel by midsession on new indications that southern hemisphere growers will have abundant wheat for export. Keying the losses were overnight reports that Argentina's 1378/79 crop is expected to soar to 7.5 million tonnes and that deliv*
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    • 160 4 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Tuesday closed with moderate losses after a post-noon rally failed to hold. Declines ranged from three to SV« cents a bushel. Bean prices stood mixed to slightly higher in early afternoon after rising in conjunction with a limit-up move in silver futures. But the
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    • 82 4 Reuter TWO DAYS of rainfall this week, which ended a prolonged dry spell in northern India, have improved winter crop prospects, food ministry sources in India said. If there are further rains in late February, this year's harvest would pobaMy ex- last year's record 47 million tonnes,
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    • 29 4 Rubber; Jan 17 Singapore: February: 230.50 cents (np 0.25 cent) Malaysia: February: 235.00 (up 0.25 cent) Tin: $1,755 (down $20) Official offering: 177 tonnes (down 32 tonnes)
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    • 72 4 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday fell M{2o per pkml to (1,755,155 above the Internationa] Tin Agreement ceiling, dealers said. News legislatton was introduced in Congress to release 35,000 long tons at tin from the US stockpile depressed prices but there was little Japanese and local demand
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    • 311 4 ■ANCKOfc: Prices were quoted as follow* yesterday: (In US dollars per tonne F. 0.8. basis Bangkok) WHITE RICE. 100 pet Ist class 330.100 pet 2nd class 315. 100 pet 3rd class 310. 5 pet 302. 10 pet 282, 15 pet 277. 20 pet 272. 35 pet 380. 35 pet
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    • 53 4 Reuter CENTRAL Trust of China sources said Taiwan will hold a buying tender on Jan 23 for 1,500 tonnes of copper. They expect another tender, (or the same quantitity, shortly afterwards, if the Jan 23 tender is successful. The Central Trust is the govenment's official
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    • 181 4 Reuter THE chairman of Rustenburg Platinum Holdings Ltd., Mr. Albert Robinson said it should be possible to sustain the present price of platinlum. Rustenburg's producer price is currently US$3OO (SJ6SI) an ounce. In his annual review, Mr. Robinson said, the outlook appears promising
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    • 46 4 Reuter WEST Malaysian tin concentrates output rose to 7,083 long tons in October from 6,717 in September and 6,172 in October 1877. Imparls of tin-in-concen-trates rose to 171 tonnes (747 iwH 545 tonnes), bringing the 10-month total to 10.300 •ones (6J56). Renter
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    • 865 4 SUGAR: Raw sugar futures ended yesterday morning £0i od to £1 per tonne down and turnover totalled 865 lots, an Values rallied from earlier lows on light mixed buyin {ht and short-covering orders which found the market rathe thin. The lows had been reached on the opening ca
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    • 463 4 AFP, Reuter THE UPWARD trend of copper prices begun in the last quarter of 1978 has speeded up in the first half of this month. On the London market, trade sources said, prices have been above £800 (553,448) per tonne for the first time for
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    • 264 4 Reuter PALM OIL production in Peninsular Malaysia in the Oct/Sep 1978/79 season is expected to increase by 470,000 tonnes to 1.93 miiunn tonnes from 1.46 mini™ season, Oil World, the Hamburg-based publication, said. This increase is despite moderate acreage expectations and an anticipated yield per
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    • 239 4 AP WHEAT exports to Asia la the coming year should be good, but a surplus of rice in some countries could put a damper on efforts to expand foreign sales. Mr. Richard Baum, president of the Western Wheat Associates, writes in
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    • 354 4 LACK OF FOREIGN buying interest made for generally dull trading on the Singapore produce exchange yesterday. For certain commodities, not a single deal was reported. Oopra and coconut oil continued to hold their own on consistent buying interest generated by the Soviet Union and most of the West
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    • 99 4 SUGAR FUTURES trading Mai Sains: l (prcv 1 22? w r ooew, d«iMarch closed at US 7 99/ lotS dealers 841(1 8.25 ccnts against closed US 67.69/ 8.00/30 and distant Januiy m™^£ Un t TueS «M» ~05/50 ST/.fS^i lo^ 72.00 sir. Sugar future, elating prion Cbmtmg Pi I
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    • 191 4 YARN and cotton in Hongkong with priccs in HK dollars, spot ex-go-don: emm jmm China Blue Phoenix 30s 2JOO, Oi 2,850; «0s 3.000 (per bale of 400 lbs). Hiss goads: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly unq. Flytag Geese unq
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    • 68 4 CJ.F. North Burope*n port*, in US dollars otnerwLv IUUH per ton unless LONDON: Malaysian 5%ffa bulk per tonne February March Sumatra 5% ffm bulk Tues unch M2slr Previous 615«lr MOslr January February March April May/June ffa bulk *tg Sumatra Max 5 Jan Zalre<BHi francs per kilo) unch 057Walr
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    • 84 4 Reuter COMBINED 1978 exports of Philippine coconut oil and copra rose from 1977, but all the gains were in oil, PhilipPine coconut authority statistics show. Coconut oil exports rose to 989,515 tonnes in 1978 from 778,389 tonnes in 1977, with the US taking 500.477 tonnes (472,075), Europe
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 1103 5 Reuter. IF MOST economists are to be believed, it seems almost certain that the American economy will slip into a mild recession later this year. The Carter administration strongly denies any such suggestions, although admitting it is actively trying to bring about a period
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    • 723 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time Prom MAS MH621 0840 PEN MAS MH607 0845 KUL MAS MH671 0945 PEN/KUL CPA CX710 1006 HLP RBA BI323 1030 BWN CIA GA90O 1030 HLP MAS MH6Q5 1045 KUL SIA SQ103 1045 KUL SIA SQ209 1045 HLP G1A GA944 1055 PKU
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    • 118 5 Reuter U8 Natleaal Beearlty Adviser, Mr Bipiew clal^M'ttoT*JrViSJ fttiln rnU ehugc Mi ptaM far wttkirawal at tfMps (TMB Ssatk bra If <mij<>paMals mrnatei. CMfttMHi B»aiel Str»tUa, New Yerk Deaioat, saM Mr Braela a letter reepeaiag te qaesttsaa aa Ike ttgaWmatae eeaikat wpaMWj was Mee tkat
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    • 233 5 UPI MAYOR Edward Koch has unveiled plans to reduce New York City's persistent budget deficit by slicing up to US$25O million (***** million) off expenditure with a possible loss of more than 8,500 Jobs by June 1980. New York City has been in
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 395 5 SENATOR Edward Kennedy (De m ocrat-Massachusetts due to become the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, is drafting new anti-trust legislation to discourage mergers involving the largest US companies. The legislation, which is not in its final form yet, would prohibit mergers by any of
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    • 683 5 Reuter AP. MORE British industries, stalled by a truckers' strike, laid off workers yesterday while the Labour government sought to avoid more cripping disputes with a new peace package, including price controls. Prime Minister James Callaghan, who comfortably got past a Conservative attempt at a parliamentary
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    • 267 5 Reuter THE White House denied on Tuesday that President Carter's two top foreign policy advisers revealed divergent opinions when speaking on Monday about US relations with China and the Soviet Union. The two foreign policy speeches were delivered to a symposium of 500 US
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    • 244 5 AP, THE CARTER Administration is asking some 1,500 state and local officials and businessmen to take immediate steps to conserve energy in response to the cut-off of oil from Iran. If the voluntary programme does not work and if Iranian production is not restored soon,
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    • 105 5 INDIAN police opened fire and used tear gas to disperse mobs that stormed a dozen bank burned one down during riots on Tuesday night to protest a prolonged slowdown by bank employees, the United News at reported from Ahmedabad, western India. One person was killed and more than
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  • 504 6 THERE is a salutary lesson to be learnt from the reported plans of Overseas Union Enterprise to invest in a hotel in China. It takes nerve, initiative and enterprise to be the first in Singapore to tackle a venture of this kind in China. It
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  • 309 6 THE University of Singapore has been discussing a post-graduate business and accountancy course (or some years now and has still not reached a decision yet. The university has to maintain standards and they must ensure that the curriculum, and indeed the entire concept of
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  • 1804 6 FT. THE BRITISH government is now surviving on a day-to-day basis. While cynics may suggest that there is nothing new in that indeed, looking back over the years to 1976 it may seem a miracle that the government is still in office there
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 1001 7  -  By R. W. APPLE NYT. .THE DIN of triumph that echoed through Teheran on Tuesday expressed the of the moment. But the spirit of the future may have been more truly ex- pressed by a phrase utter-->ed at the same time near Paris
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  • 614 7 NYT. THE 50 million Americans who buy cigarettes are increasingly becoming pawns in a protracted tug-of-war between the embattled tobacco industry and Federal and private pressure groups urging smokers to kick the habit. That (act became strikingly apparent last week as Dr.
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  • 368 7 AT A RECENT soccer match at the National Stadium, an interlude of band music was provided when the scoreboard flashed the announcement that soccer fans were being entertained by the Royal Navy. Five minutes later, embarrassed officials quickly changed that to Republic of Singapore Navy. Love
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  • 664 7  -  POBUM < ...with Arun Arun Bhattacharjee Depthnews Special INDIA wants more foreign investments, but it seems it cannot have its cake and eat it too. The reason is simple. While it sorely needs the economic windfall from more foreign investments, the government cannot
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 614 8 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa Securities STOCKS IN general were off yesterday since institutional investors, which had been heavy buyers during the past month, turned cautious against the recent sharp run-up in stock prices. However, medium-sized and medium-priced chemical and steel issues were active and higher
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    • 169 8 THE MARKET closed mixed yesterday with minings posting gains while commercials and oils declined, dealers said. Turnover fell to 17.6 million pesos from Tuesday's 23.8 million. Gainers were Baguio Gold, Benguet Con B, CDCP and PLDT while losers were Atlas Con B, and Philex B. Unchanged issues included Lepanto
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    • 177 8 •tea 17 Hmhi Bank of Asia 258 ♦3 Bangkok Bank 390 4-4 Bank o/ Ayudhaya Ltd Bangkok Metropo278 unch litan Bank unq Thai Commercial Bank 5M Laem Thong Bank unq Thai Danu Bank 450 ♦6 Thai Farmers Bank 362 ♦2 Union Bank of Thailand 375 +4 Industrial Finance Corp
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    • 317 8 THE MARKET weakened on profit-taking in active trading yesterday, and the all ordinaries index fell 1.63 points to 562.55. dealers said. BHP dropped to $9.46 from 19-58 yesterday and other oil stocks were weaker. Industrial leaders were generally weaker, although banks and mining leaders were mixed tfith the Bank
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    • 412 8 Source: SHK Sec Ltd THE MARKET contracted and consolidated yesterday as light profit-taking and reduced overseas orders canst d prices to drift lower. For a change, there were no rumours to affect the market's direction, but a report issued by aa American bank forecasting real GDP growth this year
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    • 65 8 FINANCIAL TIME8 INDUSTRIALS H.K.HANG SENG Tuesday 481.5 Monday 482.8 Wednesday 540 44 Tuesday 545.82 Week ago 515.28 SYDNEY INDU8TRIAL8 Wednesday 472.77 Week Ago 4822 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 835 50 Monday ***** Week ago 831.43 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 90 to 90 W Week ago 487 86
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    • 1181 8 NEW YORK 1 FEARS that Tl* Bundesbank may reduce its support for the dollar sent stocks into a tailspin and the market gave back all of Monday's gain in active trading on Tuesday, r Analysts cited comments by Bundesbank i vice president Karl Otto Poetal that German E
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    • 309 8 JAN IS Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 138 unci] Abercom AE And CI AMIC 250 385 1300B 7 ♦25 Barlows 130 4 IS a A Currle Finance De Beer* Ind too 10 210 100 1300 10 ♦1 •too Edcon 330 10 Edfart 3850B Everead* Fed Voik 206 ISO 5 +3
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    • 293 8 Reuter MCGRAW-HILL filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court to bar American Express from acquiring it. The company said the New York Security Takeover Disclosure Act requires American Express to file a registration statement with the state attorney general and with McGraw-Hill. The statement must contain
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    • 287 8 Reuter. OCCIDENTAL Petroleum announced that the Libyan Jamahiriyah Secretariat of Petroleum and the Libyan National Oil Corp accepted Occidental's proposals to settle all differences outstanding between them and establish new terms for Occidental's continued operation in Libya. The proposal, if given final approval by
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    • 117 8 Reuter THE MITSUBISHI Trast aad Bsaktog Cm ami Nattoaal Beak ef Aastrmlada LM have hmsi FV aaaee Ce LM <AJB>. the**fJSSkE Wmte nhsrtftoated tanMlmi *arehiHsrs «f $18 mllh a Jstot stateaseat, AJK will take Uaae to gsvpart to ftossrtot the to- rr<rrmUy the
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    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
      • 191 8 JAN 10 Francs Actions Suisse* Alusulsse Br Alusulsse Ret Brown Bored Br Ctba Oelfj Br Clha Oetcy p c Ctba Oelfy Reg. Credit Suisse Br Credit Suisse Ref Elektrowau Br. Oeor«e Fischer Br Globui Pc Hero Br. Hoffman La Roche 1/10. Holderbank Br Inter food Br Jelmoli Br Motor-Coiumbui
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      • 190 8 JAN 18 Fls ABN 386 00 ♦05 Ahold 120 00 Akao 32-20 -0J AMEV #6 JO 0J Amfas 11X70 -1J Amrot Bank 77 40 01 £2°" 54JC 85 TO unch -0-3 BoU 72.70 -0.1 Borsumg 184 JO -4-2 Burhmann 7800 Byenkorf 82.00 unch Cal*e Delft 174.80 128 JO 1
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      • 273 8 JAN 1« Frt CORBEILLE Alr-Liqulde B 8 N OervaU Danone C 8 F < ThorntonCsf) Cle Francalte det Petroles Compagnte Financier* Compacnle Generate Credit Foncter De France Hachette (Llbralrte) Machines Bull Mlchelln (B) Parlbat Pechlney Clflne Kuhlmann Peuceot Philip. (Nr Oem BeHtl Prln tempt S A Rhone-Poulence SA Royal
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      • 91 8 JAN 18 m FORWARD MARKET Accc Arbed Attur Brascan Bru-Lamb Canpac Cock De Been Electrobel Qb-Inno-Bm Oe» Hobok Prlro Rjrl Dutch Sldro Soc Oen Belf Sofina A Tanks U Win V Mont 455 2370 m 480 1680 894 484 188 2425 8780 2545 1420 2800 3525 1885 748 21S6
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      • 192 8 JAN 16 Dm Aef-Telefunken A Iran All* Leben All* Vert BASF Bay H T Wbank Bay Vbank 7sao 30 OOB MIA) OJ 0 301.00 137 JO 303 00 Jll 00 I 08 Bayer BBC BMW CaaacUa 137.10 311 00B ***** ***** 1J iU Chem Verw Commerxban* Contl Oummi Daimler-Ben*
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      • 63 8 JAN 16 Lire Anlp J2 uncb Anoc On >4700 -410 Basiofi SOI -10 Centnlc ♦310 25 Flat 2737 •3 Fln»KJer IV 4-25 Q«n Immob n jo -0.5 IF1 Prt oto -1 ItaJrementi zxno 300 Itaic&j 736 -3 Mil 356.25 325 M>(ncU M PI 517 4-1 Martin Ere 230 4-J
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    • 150 8 Reuter. EASTMAN Kodak said it will increase prices on its traditional still cameras by about 5-1/2 per cent, effective Jan 26. Kodak said the increases are consistent with President Carter's voluntary price standards. The company was introducing a new dealer incentive scheme on traditional
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    • 171 8 Reuter MATSUSHITA Electric Industrial expects non-con-solidated profit before tax and special items of 110 billion yen in the current year ending Nov 20 compared with 103.27 billion the previous year. It also expects sales to rise to 1.70 trillion yen from 1.60 trillion in the 1978
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    • 149 8 HONDA MOTORS is preparing to relocate all of its large motorcycle production lines to its Cokxnbus, Ohio factory in an effort to offset the US dollar's value slide against the yen. A company official said on Tuesday that part of the lines will shortly be
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    • 64 8 BENDIX said although it looks for an excellent year in fiscal 1979, it does not expect to repeat the 31.8 per cent gain in net profit reported for the first quarter ended Dec 31. The company attributed the first quarter improvement primarily to its car, aerospace/electronics and forest
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    • 357 8 OR A HOME? Then look for it in Business Times classified property advertisements an easy to read guide to the available properties at the top end of the market. Home-hunters are especially catered for in the new LEISURE TIMES supplement that comes with Business Times every Saturday morning. If you
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 456 9  -  By SOH TIANG KENG THE FINANCING of China's 'trade with the West and other parts of the world will not adversely affect Singapore's position as an important banking and financial centre. Disclosing this yesterday, Mr. Eric Lawrence, vicepresident and outgoing head of the Singapore office of
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    • 116 9 Reuter THE aarrewty Mied US meaey upply (Ml) was virtaally aaehaaged la December alter deettalag M per eeat ia Nevember, accerdlag to data released by the Federal Reserve Beard. Ml was aieasared at a seaseaally adJasted US$9ll.B billiea last meath, cem pared with $JM.f billiea ia
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    • 508 9 UPI. THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) will soon urge short-term money brokers to stop setting call and bill discount rates as part of a measure to let interest float on its own strength on the financial market, bank sources said in Tokyo. The central
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
      • 352 9 THE US dollar was traded down against major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Opening at 196.55/65 against the yen, the dollar was traded up to 196.80/90 by Tokyo's close. The US currency, however, was sold down by dealers during opening minutes in London to 195.80/ 90,
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      • 183 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Jan 17 Closing Asian dollar ceruncates of deposit for prime names: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months US Doilara<Spot) Offer Bid 10 7/16 10 3 10. 10 10 J 10 s
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      • 54 9 Range of prices offered by discount houses on Jan 17: Overnight 1 to 4 1 Call deposits 4<> to 4<>% Closing Baying Selling 3 month Treasury bills 4 7/16 4 5/16 3 month Bank bills 7>< 7», 3 month CD 7 J 7». 6 month CD 713/16 711/16 Source:
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      • 21 9 THE average rale at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers is 7.75 per cent.
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      • 331 9 GOLD FUTURES in Singapore yesterday closed sharply higher against Tuesday night's close in active trading, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked up sharply around US$7 per ounce following firmer overseas gold prices. Thereafter prices rose further during the morning's trading on buying interest, but eased slightly in the afternoon
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      • 264 9 THE DOLLAR opened sharply lower in hectic trading in London yesterday, then steadied on Bundesbank director Gleske's remarks that the German central bank's dollar intervention principles are unchanged, dealers said. The US currency opened at 1.8320/30 marks after 1.8478/88 overnight, then rallied a little to around 1.8375/85. Sterling followed
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      • 164 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed at 196.80 yen in Tokyo yesterday, up from a 196.70 opening but down from 198.00 at Tuesday's close, dealers said. The US dollar moved between 196.70 and 196.90 yen in light late trading after an early fall, the dealers said. It fell
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      • 41 9 HONGKONG banknotes yesterday: us 4 7H 75 UK 9 45-9 65 Burma i m.i sa India 4 70-4 90 Indonesia OTOJtm Japan 2 415-2 Of Korea 0 75 0J5 Philippines OVIM W Singapore 2.17-2.1S Malayrta 2.13-2.15 Brunei 2.12-2.15 Thailand 23.10-23.40
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      • 43 9 THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $15 million 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Jan 22 to Jan 26. Each tender must not be for less than $250,000.
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      • 50 9 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchanges quotes yesterday: USrioUar 1 1431 1.1383 Sterling Ninety-day air maii bu lying rates: Sterling n WM US dollar* i i*» Ninety-day forward bu ying rates: Sterling 0.5781 USdoUan LMB New Zealand Sterling 0.5301 ***** US dollar 1.0834/1.0634 Ninety-day airmail buj ring rates Sterling own US dollar *****
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      • 34 9 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes yesterday: us Can 1.500 St« 1 MM DO ar*i/» Sfr 108 85 110 X> LW IB/91 FTr ac/sr Nkr Btr coo «J&/Ml I Bfr fin S2B/OB Y« MK/S I
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    • 439 9 Reuter. US banks will not call their loans to Iran despite a technical default on at least one small commercial loan, US banking sourtes forecast. The default reflects disruption in the banking system rather than any inability to pay, they said.
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    • 235 9 Reuter NET German mark intervention to support the US dollar on foreign exchange markets last year totalled not less than 24 billion marks (Ss2B million), Bundesbank vice-president Karl Otto Poehl said. In a speech prepared for delivery at the West Berlin central bank.
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    • 172 9 THE Taiwan foreign exchange market will still open in early February, probably on Feb 1, Mr. Liang Kuo-shu, deputy governor of the Central Bank said. He said some opposition to the opening was raised in the business community after the US broke off diplomatic ties. On
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    • 65 9 IN TUESDAY'S Business Times, it was reported that Mr. Goh Cheng Liang, managing director of Nippoo Paint Singapore, owns 20 per cent of ACBC through companies such as Goh Cheng Liang Co. Ltd. and Yew Lian Development. Yew Lian Development is in fact not owned by
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    • 402 9 Reuter. THE Swiss National Rank and the US Treasury set a 2.65 per cent interest rate on the forthcoming issue of US notes over four years and a 2.35 per cent rate on the 2.5year notes. Both tranches have been priced at par, it
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    • 632 9 UPI. THE Germans are cautious, the French are pessimistic and the British say the outlook is favourable. But the US dollar looks to remain on a merry-go-round this year and the US inflation rate is the spoke that will determine which way the wheel
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    • 93 9 UPI SEARS-ROEBUCK ef CWcage will (feat USfIM arilltoa werth «f WMinrf yea Mtatara la My* mm, atrfclag the lint Imm mt lepeaeM c arret* beads toy a commercial tattftattoa ia Ike Japaaeec capital. Plaaadal mum expect Ike heads to be Heated areaad April threagh the America* campaay'a MMAuy
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  • DEALS DONE ON THE SES AND KLSE
    • 1444 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and Kport«d to the Stock Exchange •f Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units Unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts >re quoted after the word' 'sett". Big Board deal
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    • 121 10 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.208 99.345) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (***** 99 80S) 5% T F 1/5/83 (250,000) (100.108 100.255) 5 3/4% T F 15/6/81-84 (250.000) (102.305) 7% 15/4/85 (250.000) (100.758 100.906) 7% 1/8/85 (250.000) (100.858 100.806) 7 1/4% 15/4/86 (250,000) (100.80B) 7 1/4% 15/10/86 (250,000) (100.80B) 7
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    • 93 10 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, bids and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. Him P E (March $1.45) (0.438 O.S3S). Scab Skip (March $1.25) (0.268 0.355). UK
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  • 139 10 nuArouuNirmi BT INCOME BOND UNIT < Manager*' prion hrteN) (Current ariM) The Commerce 213 2.36 1.12 111 The Saving Fund 1.32 1.48 S pore Prig Fund 0.M 0f8 S'pore Sec. Fund 1.73 1.83 MARA BUMIPUTCA FUND S pore Invert Fund 1.34 1.11 tor Jaa IS) (MaMfHi* |ritM AAA
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  • 2571 10 Crt Gr** Net rL 1978/79 Last Div DW Yld P/E Vol Day .High Low Coapuy Sale +or- Cvr (•000) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIALS w 272 132 Ac ma 207 12.0N 14 5.7 224 M 190* 123* Alcom 185 10.0 24 5.4 117 178 107 Allied Choc
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  • 1452 10 810 and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Alaam (1.928 1 938) (2) 1.02 A Ch.c (MSB 1 24Si
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  • 46 10 Rtkau Bjimlt Tl» BHD: EOGM to be held at 25, Beach Street, Penang, at 12 noon today. Be r Jay a Kawat BM: EOGM to be held at Jalan Utas r Shah Alam Industrial Estate, Shah Alam, Selangor, at 10.00 am on Jaa 20
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  • 550 10 THESE WAS aaetker Ml at the Stack Exekaage af ffiajapwr yesterday wttk ly wtthia as riaw Umlta. As —ck, epecatottve a» tlvtty was very ■aek redaeed. Tke deeeried gallery at the aarket aad the dwtadllag crewda at braking kaases bare rlifanal y
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  • 665 10 IF NOT FOR the Interest shown in the plantation sector, trading would have been featureless and extremely dull on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Selected plantation stocks were accorded bullish attention initially but they succumbed to mild selling pressure later in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1152 11  -  By MANO SABNANI ELECTRONICS manufacturer and distributor, Setron Ltd, will be hard put to maintain its net profit for the year ended Dec 31,1978. This is the conclusion one would invariably draw on closer examination of the group's profit and loss account for
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    • 1170 11  -  A sampling of brokers and share analysts' opinions of what the Year of the Ram has in store for investors in the local market throws up a generally optimistic scenario, at least in the immediate future. By CHAN BONG SOO AFTER initial firmness which
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    • 326 11 Curreat Ex Booka Data Total for Total for Payaeat Date Cloae PetalLag Tia 80%<n) Dec 7 Dec 10 Jan 19 120* 80% C AC 20% Jan 8 Jan 13 Jan 22 30* 24% Cbia Tack 7.5% Dec 29 Jan 11 Jan 22 15% 20% K T Pn 7*1
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    • 122 11 Con pa my Particulars Ex Date Books Close Barjaya Kiwat Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Jan 9 Jan 10 ■Ukau Hydraulic Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Jan 16 Jan 28 MBS Rights Issue of I for 2 8TP (lt75) ft 12.00 per share Feb 7 Feb
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    • 520 11 on SSQO2«. by HOCK LOCK SIEW A BULL MARKET lavarlahty hrlaga la lie tnla a ehala af m j— w u the market. Aad ae matter wkat the preapeetea atfera, Mm af the pabHe applylag far the aew aharea all tea aftea lead f threw eaattaa
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    • 224 11 4 VS O P S /(sf V •> 4 •J* >o II •H xt* -S V'■«■■ ->„ iW c W»v >" !>> 1? I w%& S^-lcr .V 9 > V if i-2^kf. 1 Ml ■-"V- -<" > 'V aV < S' *«J SI '%%*>■;w v I O •C ,\*-.li A
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  • 1061 12  -  By GERALD COLVERD SIME DARBY will wait a year before mounting another bid for Guthrie Corporation if its current offer fails. This indication was given by Sime's chief executive, Mr James Scott, in an exclusive interview in the plush London offices
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  • 399 12  -  By ARTHUR NG EXPANSION-SEEKING Sime Darby Holdings has secured another credit line this time US$5O million. The line is given by the Union Bank of Switzerland (ÜBS) on a floating rate basis, says Sime's finance director Michael Dowdy. But other than saying that it is a
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  • 557 12  -  Bv MARGARET THOMAS MR HOWE YOON CHONG, 55, has been named as the seventh and final candidate of the People's Action Party for the coming byelections. At a lively press conference yesterday, Mr Howe, who is currently (or was until very recently) chairman and
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  • 788 12 LONDON, Wed. The market closed generally lower today In quiet trading, dealer* said and at 3 pm the Financial Times index was down 7J2 at 474.3. Industrial disputes continued to affect sentiment and government proposals for tougher price controls were an additional depressant, dealers added. Government stocks eased
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  • 191 12 UPI KHMER ROUGE soldiers, their backs to the sea and under heavy Vietnamese air strikes, were battling to the death yesterday for Kampuchea's port of Kompong Som, Thai intelligence sources said. They disclaimed earlier reports that the port had fallen to Vietnamese-led forces in
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  • 35 12 Reuter THE D 8 Mhr trippii *arpty acalHt Mm jm to Tokyo jmtwioy oppor mtty ioiiMm to nporto ttoU tfco Wot fin—liii Mi■ ito wfpo»l"iS womMW.' ll^ ioj at IMJI jm, ioii asr-'tir
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  • 395 12 AFP. Australia will be proposing to European nations interim stopover airfares to Asia of between A&000 (5J2.500) and $1,300. These proposals will first be put to a British delegation due to arrive in Canberra next week. The stopover tares, some (300 to |400 above
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  • 78 12 AFP INDONESIAN Pirelga aataadja mM hto <wutry nnttr rrla tt— wttk (Mm, It «m TTTUSSr'IL qwUMP«r Slatr Pagl m aaytag (tan an nnnl raaaaaa*, talaty «T the emrrmt CMDeputy Pi flu Teag wmmgni ta er fc tte P**«y» ha aright aat he ahle to Mi •at
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 58 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today: Windy. Repart for 24 haui prtor to 7JI pjn. m Ju It at toe allpit: Maximum temperature 31.5 C Associated humidity 48 Minimum temperature 22.6 Associated humidity 88 Hours of sunshine 9.95 Rainfall in millimetres trace Total rainfall for the month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 85 13 Reuter THE Philippine Shipyard and Engineering Corp (PSEC) said it will invite tenders next month for construction of a US$B9 million(SH96 million) ship repair facility at Subic Bay, west of Manila. The government-owned corporation said that final terms for a $54 million loan from the Japanese Overseas
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      • 100 13 AP GREECE needs some 60,000 more seamen to staff its merchant fleet, the largest in the world, according to the maritime research department of the Official Economic and Industrial Research Institute. The survey pointed out that young Greeks were increasingly unwilling to join the naval profession. As
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      • 87 13 UPI JAPAN'S Taiyo Fisheries Co. has signed a memorandum on Tuesday to export a fleet of fishing vessels, including a mother ship, to China for US$2O million (Ss44 million). The firm said the formal agreement is expected in March and deliveries would be completed by September. It said
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    • 586 13  -  By GOH ENG KEE MEMBER-LINES of the Far Eastern Freight Conference operating on the Far East/ Europe trade especially the container operators are continuing to accept cargo for UK destinations despite the strike by UK lorry drivers, which hag caused cargo to pile up
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    • Article, Illustration
      118 13 AN AUSTRALIAN r*mp*ay ha* r*»e«Uy ■apply thra special iwl pwwwi hydraalle eraavi fitted wtth eM drealt toliwtotoa to the PiMfcß toggtog *nAtinwdtog to Ptfe* Cruei, the ■pnrtolly lMt|Bnl «aa« cm nek est aad Hft uphill, which cum! be CTMM, «MU» HfMHMM may be eperated ma We utt m
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    • 221 13 UPI CONTINUED lack of chartering interest on the medium to large size bulk carrier trades further undermined the earning potential of such vessels. Even North American grain export trades produced no sign of improved enquiry with fixing restricted to a IS,OOO-ton January-February cargo from the US Gulf to
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    • 3598 17 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 of
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    • 126 17 The major shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe and Straits ports/Australia and the member lines. ACS (PAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. 'K'Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line Nedlloyd Lines Neptune Orient Lines <JABCOL( STRAITS/
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    • 564 17 SWpptag Ltae Page CM ACS n 5 Afea IV 3 Aguila IV 2 Alpac IV 5 Angfcutan IV 3 ANL I 1 APL m 3 Arya Nat n 5 ASCL m 5 Asia Merchant m 4 Atlas V 2 Aust.Coot IV 5 Bank n 5 Banner Maritime V 4
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    • 883 18 r RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS 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 the
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    • 885 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 (CN AN)—Unipacific. Alpac
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    • 729 18 FAR EAST FREIGHTS TRAMPER FREIGHT rates are steady while conference rates are generally rising mainly due to: inflation, increased bunker costs and higher overheads. Scrap prices are continuing to rise with one recent sale in Karachi at US9M.OO (SS2O6). The MV "Lita" recently sold
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    • 358 18 FT THE WORLD fleet of oil tankers, combined carriers and dry bulk cargo vessels idle, laid up or under repair on January 1, fell to 266 ships from the 412 idle at the beginning of last year. The total tonnage idle dropped from 40 million
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      444 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Aalekseevsk (after Palm Sea Horse A Barge LS 86) 15/16 Anyuy (1500 after Sumber Mutiara IV) 13/14 Bunga Gelang (0600) 19 Chi Cheng (1400 after Tysla) 6/7 Jade (after Motovun) 35/36 Jalakirti (0600 after Fair Reefer) 46 Kaikoh Mara (0600) 33/34 King
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    • 81 18 Reuter BRITISH shipping can expect a tough year in 1979 despite coming moderately well through the prolonged depression, Mr Ronnie Swayne, president of the General Council of British Shipping(GCßS), said. Mr Swayne, addressing the annual GCBS press conference, said there was a good chance the depression
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    • 289 13 DIRECT DIVERSIFIED DEPENDABLE SERVICES TO/FROM USA AND CANADA Agents Barber Lines Singapore Pie Lid Tel 92«51 Harrisons Croslieid Kuala Lumpur Tel: Pernas-MISC Penang Tel ***** 40» .1 KI) IM AMAH m r Orient Overseas Co*dcu*teA Line mt 3 S3 1 FULLY CONTMOBED TO/FROM US NEST/EAST COASTS. PNW (STRAITS CARGO VIA
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    • 274 13 ■P J 19 H JSI SEALORD ANTAH ii 4 m b .1 UASC 3 UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) 3 All vessels ***** DWT, 105 TON H .1. Derrick 288 TEU Capacity, Long Length Capability. ■ARABIAN GULF WEEKLY SERVICE S pore Loading for Kuwait (10/2) I I Basrah (6/2), Dubai
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    • 272 13 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICES: l F stowe Havre R tom H bur| Brea A «erp 15 Fak U Feb U Feb 14 Fab IS Feb 17 F* Hfeb 21 FA 22 Fab 24 Feb B Feb 27 Feb SMar Site Cite lite Site 11 Ite IS Ite
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    • 869 14 Hapag-Uoyd FULLY CONTNNEJttSO) TO EUROPE 7/7- 13 3/3 4 3 IS 1 E' 7 83 10/3 113 OU*JBJT 77 7 24/2 17/3 19 3 20 3 CftcMaro 79 7 18/3 70/3 21/3 3 5/3 26 3 28 3 29/3 3 11/3 3/4 5/4 6/4 Thames Mam 11 3 31/3 7/4
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