The Business Times, 26 May 1979
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Title Section11 1979-05-26 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 14C/1/79 SATURDAY, MAY K, 1919 50 CENTS11 words
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Article76 1979-05-26 1 UPI. TEHERAN, Fri. An estimated 200,000 demonstrators shouting "Death to America! Death to Carter!" marched on the US Embassy here today and ripped apart an effigy of President Carter in the second straight day of massive protests. The demonstrators, who converged on the Embassy in processions of tensUPI. - 76 words
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Article93 1979-05-26 1 Reuter. KUWAIT, Fri. Kuwait sells its oil only at official prices and under contract, Minister of State Abdul Aziz Hussain told a Kuwaiti newspaper A 1 Anba. He was commenting on reports that Japan refused a Kuwaiti offer to sell oil at US$3l a barrel on theReuter. - 93 words
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Article67 1979-05-26 1 UPI. TOKYO, Fri. Japan's most influential businessmen's group said today it has resolved to widen the Japanese market to imported products. The Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren) said: "We are determined to move ahead with the opening of the Japanese market, further to fulfil the Japanese share ofUPI. - 67 words
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Article57 1979-05-26 1 UPI. BANGKOK, Fri. India will shortly announce official recognition of the pro-Vietnam government in Kampuchea, the first country outside the Soviet Bloc to do so, Thai government sources said today. The sources said former Indian Foreign Minister Dinesh Singh told senior Thai leaders of the decision shortly beforeUPI. - 57 words
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Article65 1979-05-26 1 Reuter LONDON, Fri. The price of gold soared above US$27O (*****.80) an ounce on the London bullion market today after a week of records. The price was sharply up on last night's close of $264.75 an ounce. It was fixed at $270.00 an ounce in the morningReuter - 65 words
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Article63 1979-05-26 1 UPI WASHINGTON, Fri. Petrol prices shot up in April at the fastest inflation rate since the 1974 Arab oil embargo, sparking a steep 1.1 per cent rise in consumer prices, the government reported today. Dismal new statistics from the US Labour Department supported Administration warnings to Americans thatUPI - 63 words
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Article72 1979-05-26 1 UPI. NEW YORK, Fri. The stock market struggled for direction early today in moderately active trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, which gained 0.26 point yesterday, was off 2.16 points to 835.49 around 1500 GMT. Advances led declines, 527 to 409, among the 1,422 issues crossing the tape.UPI. - 72 words
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Article130 1979-05-26 1 Rises Indices Chin Teek 330 >110 Rothmaaa 448 26 May 24 May 25 MnUkab 360 m 610 +20 15 10 B.T.Index: 2317.65 2351.13 Pctaliai Couplut Wrta Tractors Industrials: 402.23 403.70 506 10 Finance: 706.44 705.34 O U B 346 8 Hotels: 296.60 296.67 Hi«k Low 428 8 Properties: 255.02130 words
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Article, Illustration136 1979-05-26 1 Rises Indices Petaling 1010 May 24 May 25 Roth mans 452 +22 B.T.Index: 3416.28 3484.96 Malayan 1620 +20 Industrials: 432.48 433.56 Berjuntai 855 15 Finance: 634.03 633.22 BKawat 257 13 Hotels: 257.83 257.91 Duff 304 13 Properties: 249.45 248.52 Utd. Pit 310 11 Tins: 210.87 211JO Kiillm 219136 words
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Article786 1979-05-26 1 WANG LOOK KEAH - HK WILL BOOST TOUR PACKAGE By WANG LOOK KEAH HONGKONG, for the first time, will be involved in discussions on cheap (ares and route-sharing between Australia and Asean. Cathay Pacific Airways will be involved in the coming round of talks between airlines of Asean and786 words
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Article215 1979-05-26 1 AFP INDONESIA'S offer of help to Thailand in the face of possible attacks by Vietnamese troops from Kampuchea should be seen as a warning that Asean would not tolerate any danger to threaten its members, Asean analysts said in Jakarta yesterday. "Asean comprising Malaysia, Singapore, theAFP - 215 words
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573 1979-05-26 1 RAHIM KASSIM - By RAHIM KASSIM A FEASIBILITY study on the extent of local fabrication of the $2 billion petrochemical complex to be awarded to Singapore engineering firms is now underway. Sources in the industry said that officials of the Petrochemical Corporation of .Singapore (PCS) recently visited several573 words
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Article99 1979-05-26 1 AP THE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Japan agreed to set up a provisional Asean promotion centre on trade, investment and tourism in Tokyo, according to notes exchanged in Jakarta yesterday. An announcement made simultaneously in Tokyo and Jakarta, said the notes were exchangedAP - 99 words
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237 1979-05-26 1 BUBBEB prices yesterday teached t lt-yeai Ugh wfcea they breached the SIS-eeat per kite mark recerded la aU-IM. Beth Bpfi aai Kaala Limpir prims seared frem *nrdgkt levels derlag asnkg trade sa Mease speealatlve hajlai. agpvaive sad aew denuded far Mtrk} rikker tbeeto.237 words
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502 1979-05-26 1 FONG MEW LENG - By FONG MEW LENG UNIVERSAL Electronics Corporation, the stricken subsidiary of the Industrial Electronics and Engineering (lEE) group, may be given a second fighting chance despite the order for its winding-up issued by the High Court yesterday morning. The order was made following502 words
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Advertisement7 1979-05-26 1 SINGAPORE BUSINESS Business Magazine SEE PAGE 57 words
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Advertisement99 1979-05-26 1 w rJftTiMEWUOME To BWWEST. Chances are that at Pan-West we have just the right equipment to help improve your game At Pan-West we stock the finest range of top quality golfing equpment Confidence, Honma. Lynx to name a few Drop in on us and browse around Take a few practice99 words
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Advertisement38 1979-05-26 1 fmn S DAH Yug 1h pMr atewiag 11 HONDA'B exemplary werk WINDS •< etaage at NTUC 12 MEMOPAO 2, SHIPS IN POST t, PUOHTS i, TV AND RADIO CROSSWORD f, WHERE TO WINE A DINE t, FOREX SHARES II38 words
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Advertisement112 1979-05-26 1 The welt-balanced PPC We have a business proposition for you. How would you like to own your own premises in a location that's central yet outside the CBD? Where there is ample parking spaces and the building facilities are excellent. In a new building that's well managed and maintained. And112 words
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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Article488 1979-05-26 2 COURSES AND TALKS March-July: Personnel Management Concept Scope and Functions, Holiday Inn, Personnel and Organisation Development April 30-Aug 24: Tuition Courses for the Australian Insurance Institute Associateship, sitc, srrc May 28-30: Workshop 2: Modem techniques and strategies for management problem solving, SIM, SIM May 29-30: Job evaluation, Ming488 words
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Article, Illustration645 1979-05-26 2 GOH ENG KEE - By GOH ENG KEE EMERY Air Freight Corporation, the world's largest air freight company, is considering setting up its 26th customs brokers office in Singapore, which will provide faster daily forwarding of air cargo between the US and the Republic. Mr John Emery Jr, president645 words
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Article30 1979-05-26 2 THE president of Nauru is Mr Hammer Deßoburt and not Mr Bernard Dowiyogo, as reported in Business Times' article "Nauru Bid to Invest in Singapore" on May 24.30 words
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336 1979-05-26 2 THE banning of public employees' trade unions in several countries deprives such workers of their basic trade union freedoms. The Third Conference of Asian Public Employees' Unions which ended yesterday deplored the continuation of such a ban. In its resolution on trade union rights336 words
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185 1979-05-26 2 THE YAOHAN Grsap will he apealag a sapermarket la CaUfsrala at the cad sf aezt meath. This aathe grsap*> praatdeat, K Wada, at the apealag «f Yaahaa Thsiassa yesterday. farty-aeveath stare la the Yaahaa Grsap aad the third at Its "sac stsp family"185 words
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Article162 1979-05-26 2 EVERY member of the Singapore Armed Forces must turn his or her attention to the very important question of how to implement schemes that will save precious fuel without incurring any loss of operational efficiency. This was the message delivered by the Minister for National Development, Mr162 words
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Article453 1979-05-26 2 CONTRARY to the widelyheld notion that it takes a genius of some kind to perpetrate a computer crime, statistics show that the most common defaulters are either employees who maintain a position in the lowest echelons of the firm's hierarchy or "a bunch of jerks". This453 words
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Article, Illustration365 1979-05-26 2 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Bunker Friendship (B.Barge) (after Pabloeverett) 40/41 Eleo Maersk (after Nedlloyd Lek) 35/36 Hungsia (after Pampa Argentina unberths) 4 Nedlloyd Linge (after Nedlloyd Kingston) 3/4 Pampa Argentina (reberths after Ibn Bassam sails agent's request) 8/9 Perak (0600 after Rajah Brooke) 21 East Yuriy365 words
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Article253 1979-05-26 2 THE Pacifc Area Travel Association's (Pata) annual conventions are drawing an increasing number of delegates each year. The trend is apparent from looking at past attendance records. While over 1,000 delegates may have gathered at earlier Pata meetings, the number has steadily risen till in Seoul,253 words
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Article91 1979-05-26 2 A THE British Minister of State for Trade, and MP for South-east Asia, Mr Cecil Parkinson, will stopover in Singapore today. Mr Parkinson is on his way to the Unctad meeting in Manila and is making stop-over visits to three Asean countries. From here, he will Jakarta.91 words
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Article77 1979-05-26 2 THE electricity department of the Public Utilities Board will gradually replace pointer dial meters with digital meters in homes. The excercise will take 15 years. Each digital meter has "jumping dial" cyclometre type registers, which show electricity consumption in whole units. To date, 35,000 digital meters have77 words
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Article60 1979-05-26 2 THE National Productivity Board (NPB) will conduct a two-week course on maintenance management next month at the NPB Town Training Centre in Hotel Royal-Ramada. The course, which will start on June 18, is designed primarily for maintenance managers, engineers, work and plant engineers and other technical personnel involved60 words
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Advertisement237 1979-05-26 2 Mathematics and Statistics in Penguins Mathematical Carnival: Martin Gardner A piece of solid iron in the form of a doughnut is heated. Wilt the diameter pf its hole get larger or smaller? Just one of the maddening but uniquely entertaining puzzles that make up Martin Gardner's latest collection. The range237 words
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Advertisement110 1979-05-26 2 Leader...Page C AIRLINE FLIGHT PLANNERS Bahrain Airport Services is seeking to employ, for its Bahrain Operation, qualified Airline Flight Planners. Successful applicants, between the ages of 23 and 50, will be conversant with Long Haul Air Transport Operational Requirements, including Fuel Flight Planning, Meteorology, Air Navigation and Aircraft Performance, preferably110 words
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Article, Illustration531 1979-05-26 3 AMERICAN-CHINESE negotiations on restricting Chinese textile exports to the United States reached an impasse yesterday, threatening the recently initialled China-US trade agreement. "We are meeting again to see if there will be a breakthrough. So far there has not been one," said delegation member Michael Smith, Ambassador-at-largeUPI photo - 531 words
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207 1979-05-26 3 UPI THE AUSTRALIAN government has announced major changes in its financiual strategy designed to save an extra US$2.2 billion (Ss4.B billion) a year. The details were announced in Parliament on Thursday by Treasurer John Howard who conceded that the government was forced to break some promisesUPI - 207 words
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Advertisement2049 1979-05-26 3 SgSS INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK UQ ■BflDi and its subsidiary companies (Incorporated in the Republicof Singapore) Balance Sheets 31st December 1978 The Group The Bonk The Group The Bonk SHARE CAPITAL Shores of S$ I each Authorised Issued and FuHy Paid CAPITAL RESERVES Shore premium Reserve arising on consolidation REVENUE RESERVES2,049 words
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RAW MATERIALS
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404 1979-05-26 4 AP PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter should actively seek a conference of wheat-ex-porting nations to negotiate "a cooperative arrangement". This is to boost market prices for the key food grain, the Senate resolved. The non-binding "Sense of The Senate" resolution was approved on an 80-15AP - 404 words
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Article155 1979-05-26 4 UPI SINGAPORE exported M,74t tonnes of ratter st all types la Febnrary compared with tones in Jaaaary aad 81,(8t tonnes in Febnrary last year, according to official flgares releaed on Wednesday. A totalled of 188,174 tones were exported la the first two months compared with 118,888 to—esUPI - 155 words
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Article161 1979-05-26 4 Reuter THE BIGGEST challenge facing the Malaysian palm oil industry is .to find marie et for its expanding production, Primary Industries Minister Mr Paul Leong said. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Malaysian Palm Oil Research and Development Board (MPORDB), he said that researchReuter - 161 words
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Article88 1979-05-26 4 UPI PHILIPPINE production of copper concentrates is expected to expand by 36.87 per cent this year, according to published estimates by The Bureau of Mines. The bureau said that production of copper metal will increase by 40.5 per cent during the year. Promising copper prices onUPI - 88 words
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Article367 1979-05-26 4 QUIET and featureless conditions persisted on the Singapore produce market yesterday. Overseas buying was minimal. At the close a wait-and-see attitude pervaded the market. Coffee, in particular, was dull as local stocks continued to be seriously run down by recent sales to neighbouring countries and West Asian ports.367 words
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Article130 1979-05-26 4 CHICAGO soybean futures on Thursday closed lower with prices off 7Vi US cents to half a cent a bushel. Traders said the new crop months received some support when spreads, which had gotten out of line late Thursday, were adjusted. The decline in old crop futures was due to130 words
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Article396 1979-05-26 4 SINGAPORE rubber prices yesterday opened seven cents higher on higher London advices and afterhours firmness here on Thursday. The market later rallied some 10 cents for June One RSS to ***** cents, a 12cent premium over July, in nervous trading on some stop-loss covering compared with upcountry and trade396 words
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Article362 1979-05-26 4 R.AJ3. price* In cent* per kilo yesterday: rv Int. 1 R.S.S. promj Int. 1 R.S S. June Int 1 R.S.S July Int. 2 R.S.S UK Coot Int. 3 R-S.S UK Coat Int. 4 R.S.S UK/Ooat lot. 5 RSS UK Coot (per Ulo) Buyers Sellers pt f o b.362 words
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Article117 1979-05-26 4 NOON SSR wd SMR prim jMIMday SSR20 SSR SO (1 too palirt) (I too palbt) (OnB«y« 294 50 ***** MMU1 n SolWr* 296 SON 2MJ0N (Pot-. ■«y« 293 50 290 50 Jmty >iH MU> n MM 296 SON 292. SON MRELB SMRCV SMR 5L SMRCP SMR 5117 words
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Article69 1979-05-26 4 CJ.F. North European ports, in US dollars per ton unless otherwise staled LONDON: Malaysian 5* Ha bulk per tonne 1te« M6 1 islr July unch Sumatra 5% f fa bulk May SKalr 682' t&lr June July 872'islr 870/687 '»pd August unch 886slr September unch 50Opd Nigeria 5% Ha69 words
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Article30 1979-05-26 4 Rubber: May 25 Singapore: June: 314.00 cents (up 8.00 cents) Malaysia: June: 316.60 cents (up 9.26 cents) Tin: 91,966 (down $8) Official offering: 170 tonnes (down 36 tonnes)30 words
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Article66 1979-05-26 4 THE STRAITS Ma price in Peuag yesterday eased another MsB to stead at $1,K5 a picnl. Dealers attrlbated tee easiaess to tower Lsadsa advices ea Thursday although teere was a reduction la tia are off e rings by mlaers aad fair Japanese aad toeal bayiag at teis level.66 words
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Article339 1979-05-26 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in St per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per ccnt first clua (Kangaroo) new crop O.K. 100 per cent xrond clis 0 85. 100 per cent third class 080 8 per ccnt new crap no Mock, B-10 per cent 0 70 THAI BROKEN A-super OSZ.339 words
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Article956 1979-05-26 4 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday ended a quiet morning slightly steadier, £1 down in spot May to £12 up in September with November and January gaining £10 per tonne from Thursday. Turnover was 1,102 lots including five options and about 275 lots of crossed trades. Dealers said the market956 words
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Article163 1979-05-26 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed slightly firmer with gains ranging from 0.05 to 0.10 US cents, dealers said. Trading continued the recent quiet trend with no trades registered as on Thursday, while yesterday's spot sugar price rose 0.10 to 7.80 cents. Sugar futures closing prices: Pr* vlsh163 words
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Article168 1979-05-26 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Thursday closed lower with prices off 6Mt to six US cents a bushel. Traders said liquidation and scattered profit-taking after three days of advances was mainly responsible for the decline in prices. Commission-house stoploss orders were touched off by the selling, adding further downside168 words
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Article192 1979-05-26 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-godown) CMm ymra: China Blue Phoenix 20b 2.340. 32s 2.840 40s 3.060 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece gaais: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly192 words
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ASIAN STOCKS
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Article589 1979-05-26 4 Tokyo Source: DBS-Daiwa THE market continued firm over a broad front yesterday. Large capitalised stocks such as steel and chemical issues also gained on rotation buying by some institutional and individual investors. Turnover expanded with an estimated 450 million shares changing hands compared with 288 million shares onSource: DBS-Daiwa - 589 words
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Article378 1979-05-26 4 Source: SHK Sec Ltd PRICES seemed to be heading lower yesterday morning when it looked at if one large market operator was continuing to take trading profits, especially as official figures released showed Inflation in the colony to be increasing to 11 per cent per annum. This figure isSource: SHK Sec Ltd - 378 words
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Article277 1979-05-26 4 THE market was lower yesterday following the mini-budget announced on Thursday night, dealers said. MAY 25 On INDUSTRIAL A. C. 1. 190 U S 1 n. w L A P M tm 117 unch •1 Ampoi Ppi B H P. I S» 3T 1 3 3A6 -1 Born! Brambles277 words
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Article79 1979-05-26 4 A LlU COO A uiicri A tits Con B 2310 0 1 0088 unch 25 25 -0^5 »*> ♦OJ Inco B Landotl Leptnio B. -0.0025 Marlnduqut B It *05 Mermlco Oriental A Orwnui B 23 .007 unch W»U Omni 053 -0 00* Phltex A Philex B 26 -0.006 Plcop79 words
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Article327 1979-05-26 4 THE stock market closed higher yesterday and there was a steady stream of buying in moderate trading, dealers said. Mah Boonkrong Drying and Silo rose 48 baht to 370, United Flour Mill 32 to 252, Asia Credit also 32 to 252, Siam Cement 30 to 342 and Siam City327 words
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Article62 1979-05-26 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 511.6 Wednesday 522.4 Week Ago 530.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 837.66 Wednesday 837.40 Week ago 842.96 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 58 to 58'4 Wednesday 58' to 5S 3 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 562.06 Thursday 5M.19 Week ago 56S.16 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 482.40 Thursday 486.4962 words
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Advertisement398 1979-05-26 4 KILLING TIME by Sandy Fawkes Sandy Fawkes felt like screaming inside. The man she'd spent six days and nights with "a cross between Robert Redford and Ryan O'Neal" had just been revealed as a mass murderer, rapist and a pervert. Sandy lived to tell her story because the killer nursed398 words
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OVERSEAS
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421 1979-05-26 5 UPI THE EFFECTS o( the world oil shortage hit Britain yesterday as major oil companies increased the price of petrol and the UK government warned the nation to use less or face rationing. British Petroleum increased the wholesale price of petrol byUPI - 421 words
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Article105 1979-05-26 5 UPI CHARTERERS, envisaging further improvement of freight rates, sought to cover tonnage commitments with long-term period bookings. Showa took the 69,684 dwt Cretan Baby at U554.25 per dwt for two years trading after July-August delivery in the Atlantic. Dutch interests meanwhile booked the 25,230 dwt Aetolia at $6,750UPI - 105 words
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Article104 1979-05-26 5 UPI UNITED Airlines, America's largest airline, will resume limited flights on Monday now that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with United. Mr Louis Schroeder, president and general chairman of the union district headquarters 1412 in San Francisco,UPI - 104 words
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WORLD IN BRIEF
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Article640 1979-05-26 5 Agencies FORMER US federal budget director Bert Lance, calling accusations against him "totally ridiculous," pleaded innocent on Thursday to federal charges of conspiracy and misuse of funds at several Georgia banks. Mr Lance and three codefendants were arraigned before US magistrate Allen Chancey Jr in Atlanta,Agencies - 640 words
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Article, Illustration36 1979-05-26 5 American Secretory sf State Cyras Vaace (left) laughing at a jske made by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in Alexandria en Thursday. They reviewed the Middle Ernst situation daring talks. AP phets AP photoAP photo - 36 words
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Article191 1979-05-26 5 UPI US Secretory sf Stole Cyra» Vaace has reeemmewled caaeeUtog toe Mle sf three Beetog "Mis to Uhya heeaase •f tost aallee't laterveatftsa to Ugaaia's civil «r, Mr Vaaee hn asked Cemmerce Secretory Juatto Kreps to stsp toe nle, already ippnvri by toe Admtototrattoa,UPI - 191 words
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Article594 1979-05-26 5 NYT. AP THE chairman of the American Federal Reserve Board and senior Administration economic advisers are optimistic about the economy. "The good news is that the economy is slowing down. There will not be a recession, but rather, a pause and consolidation," Federal Reserve chairmanNYT.; AP - 594 words
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Article111 1979-05-26 5 EUROPEAN Common Market foreign ministers decided on Thursday to allow more duty-free textiles to be imported into the Community. They raised from 88,000 tonnes to 115,000 tonnes, the quantity allowed duty-free under its so-called Generalised System of Preferences The ministers decided the new amount should come into111 words
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187 1979-05-26 5 AP INDIA and the United States signed an agreement on Thursday to undertake joint aerial surveys of the south Asian monsoon, a project intended to benefit all of the nations depending on the rainstorms for their vital grain harvests. Under the programme, farming part ofAP - 187 words
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Article715 1979-05-26 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Tine From SIA SQ211 1045 HLP MAS MH605 1045 KUL GIA GA944 1055 PKU GIA GA908 1100 MES THAI TG423 1125 BKK PAL PR501 1135 MNL SIA SQ63 1155 MNL RBA B1423 1200 BWN GIA GA962 1200 HLP SIA SQ240 1210 MES715 words
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Advertisement200 1979-05-26 5 **r «Vc i> I '9 vP Z' V A ■u* What's better than telling other businessmen about your services Sellinci other businessmen your services. In the Buku MerahTs new pink pages, classifieds business section. The Buku Merah now offers you all the space you want to give full prominence to200 words
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403 1979-05-26 6 THE CONTINUOUS march of Yaohan and other Japanese consumer-orientated stores through Singapore and other parts of the world should act as an inspiration to those who plan the future growth of the Republic's economic development. The Japanese have clearly demonstrated their ability to master403 words
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305 1979-05-26 6 IT IS COMFORTING to hear that the computer is not the sophisticated tool of super-criminals, that there is no coterie of humble clerks stashing away countless millions of our cash prior to a hasty departure for the warm sands of the Caribbean and a leisurely305 words
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Article, Illustration1243 1979-05-26 6 KEITH STAFFORD - By KEITH STAFFORD Reuter IN TWO years' time the 4,500 workers at the Honda motor plant in Sayama, Japan will start producing a new car for the Japanese and U.S. markets. On the other side of the world, employees of Britain's state-owned BritishReuter - 1,243 words
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Article694 1979-05-26 6 ALAN RIDING - By ALAN RIDING NYT LESS THAN three years ago, Volkswagen was thinking of closing' its US$BO million (Ssl76 million) production plant in Mexico. The wholly-owned subsidiary had been caught by the August 1976 devaluation of the Mexican peso with large dollar commitments and, in theNYT - 694 words
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Advertisement114 1979-05-26 6 w ft 5.V v i v S it tvswssi j* mm V w »il 1 81 It np 5% At last, reach the big spenders. Leisure Times is right on target For as little as $15, you can reach the swankiest, the best dressed, the most affluent crowd in town114 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1247 1979-05-26 6 TOUGH AFTERNOON THE USUAL Satariay game*, ttts programme to ten starts it t pa M deflaitely a mast. Far tee fhaaarl 5 wfcea tee taagk aatalttated, evea tee searaad steely Blrtirt WW- tetiinl BMffc ftan Ib "Plate la nie a ile" m F^P** nn WIU Hn OH UIIB OwHU^B Mate1,247 words
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Article, Illustration717 1979-05-26 7 AP INDONESIA'S dream of growing enough rice to feed its 14# million people has faded. Experts say the once-sacred national goal of self-sufficiency In the 1888s cannot be achieved. Political leaders now tend to talk generally of food crop or carbohydrate self-sufficiency rather than harvesting enoughAP - 717 words
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Article852 1979-05-26 7 T.B. PERAMUNETILLEKE - By T.B. PERAMUNETILLEKE Depthnews SRI LANKA, like 12 other top "exporters" of manpower, is cashing in on the West Asian demand for labourers to work their oilfields and put up infrastructure fcf them. The more than 20,000 Sri Lankans working overseas remit some Rs 35 million (Ss4.BDepthnews - 852 words
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Article, Illustration1149 1979-05-26 7 DILIP MUKERJEE - By DILIP MUKERJEE Depthnews INDONESIA is lowering its sights. Its Third Five-Year Plan, which began on April 1, sets a target of overall economic growth of only 6.5 per cent a year. This is high enough by Third World standards but not Indonesia's theDepthnews - 1,149 words
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1241 1979-05-26 7 JUDY KLEMESRUD - I FORUM with JUDY KLEMESRUD NYT THE BIG black and white banner proclaimed "Women in Crisis Conference." It prompted a few quips from the men across the hall at a legal seminar, but it was anything but a joke to the 1,500NYT - 1,241 words
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Advertisement132 1979-05-26 7 For a Successful BANKING Career study with Wblsev I lall OXFORD for the Institute of Bankers CONVERSION COURSE The duration of the complete Wolsey Hall Conversion Course is 26 weeks so enrol now for the December 1979 examination. Also available. Wolsey Hall Courses for the Stage n Year 1 examination132 words
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Miscellaneous39 1979-05-26 7 DriStdW":FmiilcDickßns USG.LL, VOG-UL, Pk 6eLP*TfcD e*TTMDP*V GJaEfiJiNG, r RCm TMG. CLtFVsIiNG L80y.... m> U>R»TTGJSJ »N TMC. dust ON my DeskTop. Uptfpy 6IRT"MDBV PaR BRiSTbuJ. SORRy rm LRT£_ e>OT I MFND TO OJPuT ro<2 THG. DOST TO SCTTLE 493 LA39 words
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INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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Article717 1979-05-26 8 SALE TO JAPANESE FIRMS Reuter CHRYSLER Corp has completed the deal under which its Japanese affiliate and a related company will take a one-third share of Chrysler's Australian subsidiary for US$3O.2 million. It is the last major sale of Chrysler's overseas interests in its {flan toReuter - 717 words
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Article98 1979-05-26 8 may m Ante Aaaoc Oen Btttofl Cantnl* Plat Flnsider 0«n Immob in Prt llaic*n»«nu lUlgBS IlAlMdcr Mt«nru M Pf fcUreUl Ere Mcdtoto HUilann Mood Ad on J!.. Motitedon Ure 3378 ***** •10 MBA m% 171 JO Mils 2360 tamo 710 =zS 270.75 37*00 ***** 103 75 >•75 MS 41098 words
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Article47 1979-05-26 8 A CONSORTIUM of French companies signed a contract worth about 3.5 billion francs with the Iraqi government (or the construction of an airport at Baghdad, Mr FougeroUe Sa said as consortium leader. THE Paris, Zartefc, Amsterdam, Fraakfart, Brussels and Musiabsn stsek Markets ware Asee-lT DIJT"**47 words
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1255 1979-05-26 8 NEW YORK THE STOCK market showed little change in light trading on Thursday as issues involved in takeovers provided roost of the interest. Several Administration officials and Federal Reserve chairman Mr William Miller »g*in said that they do not expect a recession this year1,255 words
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Article207 1979-05-26 8 MAY 24 CS AbiUbi is unch Aictn 4) Algoma 2S'i unch Bant Mont 23'Bank Nov* Scoua 22 Bell Tel 22'Beth Corp BP Can Lid 23 unch Brascan __j i 24'- Camp Red Lake 22 unch Can Imp Bk 27 s Canpac 30 *i Can par lnv Pf 16 B207 words
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Article196 1979-05-26 8 Reuter FIRESTONE Tire and Rubber Company reported fiscal second quarter operating profit rose 14 per cent from a year ago to U5532.6 million and said that new tyre sales are beginning to balance recalls of defective tires. Firestone, which last October began recalling some 13.5 millionReuter - 196 words
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Advertisement166 1979-05-26 8 Where to wine, dine and entertain The American Express Card serves you wherever they serve great food pry y 55?] -rv_X-^ ESS Take a oew look at the Harbour Grill. Treat yourself arid your business associates to an < excellent lunch selected from our superb offering of choice CIS prime166 words
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Advertisement112 1979-05-26 8 J PI I» Si'.iC'ii L—Sauced prfce. U^^eadi M There's nothing like an icy. cold glass of frothy beer to refresh when you're hot and thirsty. At our Beer Festival, you can try as many as 20 different brands, from all over the world! So c&ne today to our Bctr Festival.'112 words
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Advertisement155 1979-05-26 8 For lunch For dinner For a richly rewarding experience. < f A l'urk Shrrnlon Hi i M til' c y J *~v« 111 s l-l 111 sii )i;i',< > \ki > I\IK ir < >\\ 11 jW X I (IIIM)II' )< -x .11! I >i 1 ■I! U Sli l<155 words
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Advertisement108 1979-05-26 8 In the GeoraanVftnc of the Cocfepit a splendid Period restaurant TOering the choicest fere in the tnje British tradition where good taste triumphsfrc*nßeef\Jfeihngr>n Bmerfly fillet and a wide choice of traditional dishes Id dining in a luxurious period atmosphere Vftth service friend and foe praise us for Ahearry iwefcome avsaitsyou108 words
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590 1979-05-26 9 Reuter US narrowly-defined money supply M-l declined by $500 million to a seasonally adjusted U*****.1 billion in the week ended May 16, following benchmark revisions which include data from non-member banks, the New York Federal Reserve Bank said. Under the new series, M-l is reportedReuter - 590 words
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Article471 1979-05-26 9 THE FOREIGN exchange market was quiet yesterday with the US dollar holding steady against most currencies. Trading was moderate with the weekend just round the corner. Holidays in European markets also helped to dampen interest. Opening at 219.30/40 against the yen, the dollar was traded down initially to471 words
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Article180 1979-05-26 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on May 25: 7 days 1 months 2 months 3 months months 0 months 12 months US DoUart<9pot) Offer HW 10'. 10'. 111/18 10 15/16 109/16 10 7/16 10 15/16 10 13/18 10 13/16 10 11/16 10 l 10H 1011/*****/16180 words
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Article47 1979-05-26 9 RANGE at price* offered by discount houses on May 25: Overnight 4H9 Call deposits 4H* ClMtaf Bayiif S«Uim< 3 month Treasury bills 4H 4H 3 month Bank bills 7H 7H 3 month CD 71/16 815/16 fl month CD 7 3/18 71/16 Source: National Discount Co Ltd.47 words
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Article21 1979-05-26 9 THE average rate al which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8 per cent.21 words
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Article171 1979-05-26 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed firmer at 219.20 yen, compared with a 218.60 opening and 219.10 at Thursday's close. Trading was light with volume of 1541 million. The dollar fluctuated narrowly in light late trading, with operators reserved in the absence of fresh factors and in171 words
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Article344 1979-05-26 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed sharply higher compared with Thursday night's close in active trading, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked up between US$2 to $2.50 reflecting the metal's overnight strength in New York and values thereafter held steady during the morning's trading. The market advanced further in the344 words
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Article213 1979-05-26 9 CURRENCIES were traded quietly in a narrow range yesterday, with the dollar showing a marginal improvement. Sterling eased ahead of the long holiday weekend, dealers said. The dollar opened at 1.9140/50 marks, 1.7345/55 Swiss francs and 4.4410/25 french francs from Thursday night's closing levels of 1.9110/20, 1.7330 40 and213 words
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Article101 1979-05-26 9 THE US dollar yesterday traded slightly firmer against the yen and major Continental currencies in relatively small volume, dealers said. It rose to 219.10/20 yen from 218.65/75 in New York and to 1.9135/45 marks from 1.9125/35. Sterling eased marginally to U552.0530/40 from $2.0540/50 in New York while the Hongkong101 words
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Article50 1979-05-26 9 RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from May 28 to June 1: Offered: $30,000,000 Applied for: $90,300,000 Allotted: $30,000,000 Accepted bids: $96.85 approximately 28 per cent; higher bids in full. Avenge rate of discount m allotment: 4.580 per cent per annum.50 words
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Article64 1979-05-26 9 QUOTES on the Australia and New Zealand exchanges on May 25: AUSTRALIA: US dollar l.Utt/LlflD Sterling 0 5413 0 5351 Ninety-day airmail buying rates: Sterling 0 5617 US dollar 1.1458 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5461 US dollar 1.1117 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve Bank mfcfrate U551.0428 Trading Bank indications: Sterling64 words
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219 1979-05-26 9 Reuter BANK OF Japan's governor Telichiro Morinaga said the Japanese government should reduce its national bond flotation, projected at 15,270 billion yen (5J152.7 billion) for fiscal 1979 started April 1, as much as possible, because of deteriorating conditions on the secondary bond market. HeReuter - 219 words
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Article258 1979-05-26 9 Reuter UK public sector borrowing requirement (PSBR) (or the 1978/9 financial year was £9.2 billion seasonally adjusted compared to a Treasury forecast of £8 billion. The Treasury said fourth quarter borrowing requirement of £2.6 billion was due to unexpectedly high borrowing movements at the endReuter - 258 words
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Article, Illustration141 1979-05-26 9 THE OVEBSEA-CMaeee Baaklag Cerperatlea (OCBC) has meved into the small gmU bar wafer market la the face sf keen umputlUsa. The last «f the leeal Big Fear te make a Md far the grewlag market, OCBC started selllag wafers threagh Its It kraaehes last week.141 words
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750 1979-05-26 9 NYT. THE indictment of Bert Lance and three associates (on Wednesday) weaves together nine years of technical and complicated banking transactions into one of the widest-ranging bank fraud cases of recent years. While the grand Jury has charged Lance and his associates withNYT. - 750 words
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325 1979-05-26 9 COLIN CHEE - By COLIN CHEE IN ITS DRIVE to internationalise the gold futures market in the Republic, the Gold Exchange of Singapore (GES) has successfully received the support of some of the world's top gold dealers. To date, the exchange has for oversea associate member the325 words
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433 1979-05-26 9 AFP. THE AUSTRALIAN government has re-affirmed, in the wake of Bank of Adelaide's merger, that it will not alter its policy of refusing to issue banking licences to foreign banks for the time being. However, Federal Treasurer John Howard told Parliament that the governmentAFP. - 433 words
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Article69 1979-05-26 9 IT WAS reported in the last paragraph of the first item of Bank Notes yesterday that the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) would raise its interest rates on housing loans. It was an error. The paragraph should have read: "But a bank spokesman is keeping mum on the69 words
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Advertisement183 1979-05-26 9 \p i u i M IF YOU HAVE TO ASK THE PRICE, YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. s%. i jK *v 'J -V, /<% i; Mi *5* Mtr,v •v I hose of vou vv lui would huv. this Car pet (>hv i<mslv. want more than the ordinary floor t overinq Iheii183 words
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Article1476 1979-05-26 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board deal1,476 words
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Article154 1979-05-26 10 4 1/2* 1/8/80 (230,000) (***** 90 448) 4 3/4* 18/8/80 (*****0) (BOMB 98 858) 6 3/4* 1/6/78-80 (250,000) (100.708 *****8) ft 1/2* 1/ft/78-81 (250,000) (100 JOB 100.458) ft 1/4* 1/3/81 (250,000) (100.068 100.158) ft* 15/4/81 (250,000) (96J08 90 658) ft* T F 1/ft/83 (250,000) (100.058 100.15B) 7* 1154 words
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Article41 1979-05-26 10 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, the period, Mas and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. Blme Darby (June $2.65) (0.87B).41 words
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Article150 1979-05-26 10 ■MurautiNTiinr The Commerce 2.17 The Saving FVad 1.40 1.41 S*pcre Pn« Fund l.«i LOT S pore Sec. Fund 1.17 1.M S pore Inert Fund 1.36 1.41 S"pore Equity Fowl 0 1.M INCOME BON (Cane* pe Income Bond Miuwiani D UNIT Mm) LIS 1.1C mA FUND ••May*) AHA UNIT150 words
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Article2653 1979-05-26 10 1979 High Low Company Last Sale +orGr't Div Div Cvr Gr*s Y'ld Net P/E Vol COOO) Day Hick Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL 201 190* 142 180 265 74* 240 350 215 380 207 123* no 150 280 60 185* 226 177 2S8 Aetna Alcom Allied2,653 words
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Article1743 1979-05-26 10 BID and otter prices officially listed and hnrtneM in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Eschai«e yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS taw (2MB 2.625) AJtoaaeM (IMB LOOS) AIM (IMB IJ7S) (1) 1.871,743 words
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Article, Illustration672 1979-05-26 10 RENEWED bayiag latereat la the pjaatatjaa sectar provided the highlight ta a geaerally qaiet aad erratic market at the Stack Exchaage af Sagapare yeaterday. laterrapted by a brie# eerrectiea aa I%araday, pfayrtftttM sticks kUBMi hack with a veageaace ta aeare everall gate which pat BMat Issaea at672 words
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Article522 1979-05-26 10 FOLLOWING a strong rally led by industrial and plantation stocks, the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange yesterday closed steadier in quieter trading. There was some uncertainty among dealers in the earlier sessions following the previous day's weaker close. But as they gained confidence, prices firmed. On balance,522 words
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LATEST RESULTS
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48 1979-05-26 10 Unaudited pre-tax profit M 54.38 million (4.48 million) for year ended March 31. Final dividend 125 pence gross (same) making total 175 pence (same). Tin ore output T,609 piculs (8,291) and average net price of tin realised $903 pee picul (1810). 448 words
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Article16 1979-05-26 10 After tax 1978 profit 5J64.547 (loss $288,650). Turnover $5.35 million ($5.22 million).16 words
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Article486 1979-05-26 11 Our Raporter - By Our Raporter SLUGGISH DEMAND and competition seem to be the reasons behind the very uninspiring results of Dah Yung Steel Company (S) Ltd. Preliminary results released by the company for the year ended Dec 31, 1978, like its half-year figures, were a disappointment.486 words
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Article, Illustration546 1979-05-26 11 CHEMICAL Company of Malaysia, in a pleasant reversal of the lower forecast made last year, is now confident it should be able to equal the preceding year's profit in the current year. This means that a trading profit of about Ms2l million is546 words
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Article338 1979-05-26 11 The Haagkaag Lead Ca. Ltd: ACM to be held at the Coanaught Room of the Mandarin Hotel, at noon on May 28. Shipyard Ltd: AGM to be held Shipyard, Admiralty Road, Singapore at 9.30am, May 29. Geatiag Bhd: AGM to be held at 8th Floor, UMBC Building, Jalan338 words
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Article829 1979-05-26 11 Current Payment Ex Date Books Close Date Total for Total for Payable the year Previous year Bata (M) Dunlop Eat ICB Scl Prop OCBC Esso Ord latraeo Dnalop Industries Apollo Tractors Ambassador Carls berg High A Low Nat Iroa Knlias (M) B Hays Gleaealy M Credit S Darby829 words
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Article153 1979-05-26 11 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close Bo via SEA Utd Plant OUB Olympia Oriental Hides Mai Flour Rights Issue of 3 for 5 fe $1.00 per share Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 Bonus Issue of 1 for 6 Rights Issue of 1 for 8 fe 12.00 per153 words
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Article, Illustration296 1979-05-26 11 BUOYED by better trading conditions and higher dividend income from investments, biscuit manufacturer Khong Guan Holdings Malaysia has returned to the growth path after the slight slowdown experienced in 1977. Group pre-tax profit for the year ended Dec 31, 1978, rose by 16296 words
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Article118 1979-05-26 11 IN LINE with the better performance of other planta ton companies, Jeram Kuantan (Malaya), one of the smaller rubber companies on the KL Stock Exchange. achieved a sharp improvement in earnings last year. Pre-tax profit for the yer ended Dec. 31, 1978, jumped 69 per118 words
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Article746 1979-05-26 11 IB by HOCK LOCK SIEW THE Straits Tbnes Industrial index closed shave the ItS-mark yesterday, its highest since early last September when frantic baying teak it ts a five-year peak e( 413. Undoubtedly, the feremest qoestien in the minds st punters is whether the market will evereemeby HOCK LOCK SIEW - 746 words
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Advertisement262 1979-05-26 11 •v V Vv O v\^ 'w H" O v f^ A VW* that's the inevitable conclusion reached in the most comprehensive agricultural survey ever undertaken in Asia. And it will happen sooner than expected within the next decade in fact. The progress in grain cultivation, the hopes of the Green262 words
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454 1979-05-26 12 UPI, AFP SOUTH-EAST Asian countries spearheaded a move yesterday to prevent rich countries from forging air agreements unfavourable to airlines of the developing world. The move was made in full negotiations between rich and poor countries meeting privately in the fifth UNUPI,; AFP - 454 words
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Article238 1979-05-26 12 AFP THE SMALLER marketoriented economies in East Asia again bad very high growth rates in 1978, with the South Korean and Taiwan rates rising further to 12 per cent or more and the Hongkong rate declining from that level to about 10 per cent, statesAFP - 238 words
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159 1979-05-26 12 JAPAN'S net external assets rose to a record U5536.21 billion (5579.66 billion) at end-1978 from the previous record of $21.98 billion a year earliJapanese Finance Ministry said the gain of $14.23 billion is also the largest on record, compared with a $12.41 billion rise159 words
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658 1979-05-26 12 CAREFUL preparations have been made to ensure that the leadership of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) is passed on to cool, capable and vigorous younger hands. "And nothing shall give us greater satisfaction than to see them, baton firmly in hand, streaking658 words
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Article279 1979-05-26 12 Reuter THAI Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanand's new 44-member Cabinet, announced on Thursday night, has aroused little enthusiasm among politicians and newspapers in Bangkok. The Cabinet which took several weeks to form conprises a mixture of old members of General Kriangsak's first administration, military officers, politicians and technocrats.Reuter - 279 words
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Article788 1979-05-26 12 LONDON, Fri. Share prices closed easier today, in slack trading ahead of the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, with sentiment depressed by major company results yesterday and the rise in domestic oil nice*. At 3 p.m., the Financial Times index was down 7.4 points at 504.2. Government bonds eased788 words
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181 1979-05-26 12 Reuter UFI HUNDREDS ef ethnic Chinese refageee seat hick tarts I—frtss by Thai MitirißM have bees massacred by Kbaer iUege ealritra, paper i opart el Is Baagkek yesterday. The paper, isitlsg eyewttaeas the la the past few days sad their bsdtas were leftReuter; UFI - 181 words
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Article, Illustration56 1979-05-26 12 THESE Japanese women have a Very Important Part to play in next months' Tokyo summit They are members of a 2tstrong Woman Special Sqnad formed by the Tokyo poliee to gnard British Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher and other First Ladles who will be attending theAP picture. - 56 words
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346 1979-05-26 12 Reuter THE formation of a federation among oil consuming nations will be the mo6t important subject to be discussed at the next summit meeting of the seven industrialised nations in Tokyo in late June, the popular daily Sankei reported yesterday. The daily, citingReuter - 346 words
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Article47 1979-05-26 12 Reuter MEMBERS of the Haagkaag/Straits Freight Agreement said they will implemeat ft 15 per cent geaeral rates Increase effective Aig 11 beoue af increased operating easts. Same cargoes will be exempted (ram the increase bat aa farther details were Immediately available, a ■pafcramaa said. BeaterReuter - 47 words
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Article140 1979-05-26 12 AFP. MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday hit out at a group of Muslims who had desecrated several Hindu temples in the country. Their actions were not only in conflict with Islamic teachings but could also spark racial enmity, he said. AddressingAFP. - 140 words
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Advertisement57 1979-05-26 12 m.v. "VIBHVA MAMTA" VOY: 12/ Lighter arrived 22nd May, 1979. at P.B.A. Godown Nos. 38/39. General Survey of damaged cargo ex the above vessel will be held on Tuesday 29th May. 1979. as from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. No further survey will be held after this, date. Agents:R. JUM57 words
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Advertisement316 1979-05-26 12 FOR ALL PARENTS /I§^c; Learning Through Play is a book chock full of ideas for simple games, activities and experiments, designed to help I children develop their minds and bodies. Babyhood should be required reading not only for all parents but for every doctor or nurse in contact with young316 words
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Miscellaneous61 1979-05-26 12 Outlook far Singapore from a.m. to 1 p.m. today .Scattered showers in early morning. Report for 24 hun prtor to 7J9 pun. m May 25 at the airport. Maximum temperature 31.0 Associated humidity TO Minimum temperature 25.7 Associated humidity 92 Hours of sunshine 2.65 Rainfall in millimetres Trace Total rainfall61 words
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LEISURE TIMES
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Article, Illustration1639 1979-05-26 13 ANDREW YEO - Project Climbathon climb a mountain for charity was mooted a few years ago by a group of 14 Singaporeans, comprising a lawyer, a dental surgeon, an army officer, clerks, bluecollar workers and teachers, to raise some money for charity while proving that not all Singaporeans are flatfooted. Their1,639 words
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Article707 1979-05-26 13 BOOK or THE WEEK TITLE: Management Thinkers Edited by A. Tillett, T. Kempner and G. Willis 343 pages Pelican Library of Business and Management £1.25 (about 5|5.60) Reviewed by Toh Thian Ser management is often a more lively subject than most people make it out to707 words
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Article, Illustration990 1979-05-26 14 POON SEOW MENG - By POON SEOW MENG WHAT will you be driving in the 90s? If we are still able to own a car, that is. What will the major car manufacturers offer to the motoring public? No more gas guzzlers, that much is assured. And sad to say, in Singapore,990 words
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Article, Illustration450 1979-05-26 14 TYE KIM KHIAT - By TYE KIM KHIAT SOME DAY when Jimmy Carter is no more President he might just want to reflect on all those episodes that endeared him to fellow Americans in his first term in office. Seated by the fireside in the rustic simplicity of his Southern home450 words
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758 1979-05-26 14 ROBERT BASLER - The truth, nothing but the truth By ROBERT BASLER Reuter BECAUSE he insists that much of what has been written about his famous sons are false, Mr Hugh Gibb says he was happy to see the boys do an autobiography. And because his sons are among pop music's biggest starsReuter - 758 words
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PROPERTY
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Article, Illustration740 1979-05-26 14 TEO TECK WENG - By TEO TECK WENG MARCO POLO, the Peninsula Group's showpiece here, expects fairly good occupancy when its multimillion dollar extension wing opens in November this year. Construction work on the 296-room extension wing which began in mid-1977 is now well underway and is740 words
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Article, Illustration1281 1979-05-26 15 A comparative study of capital appreciation in selected private housing (1968-78) was carried out by estate management graduate Mr Raymond Thomas Fernandez then of the University of Singapore.. The study was conducted under the supervision of senior lecturer Mr Ho Chi Wing of the Department1,281 words
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Article, Illustration969 1979-05-26 15 TSANG SAU YIN - By TSANG SAU YIN THE SKYLINE of Upper Bukit Timah Road is slowly changing from its rambling, one-storey shophouses to contemporary cleanly-out-lined blocks of highrises. Development is more apparent in a roughly oval shaped piece of land bounded by Jalan Anak Bukit, Upper. Bukit Timah969 words
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Article, Illustration965 1979-05-26 16 FRANCIS CHIN - By FRANCIS CHIN WITHOUT leaving the tmm •m.e may knew everything abeat the wrid. Wtthamt heklag thremgh the wlatow —e may see the way at Heave*. The further erne travels, the less erne k—ws..» These words are as true today as they were 3,000 years ago when965 words
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Article, Illustration558 1979-05-26 16 ALVIN TAY - Just the two of us but we play 11 parts By ALVIN TAY LOCAL theatre lovers have a rare treat in store (or them next week when Britain's leading actress, Miss Honor Blackman, appears on stage in the West End hit comedy play "The Two ot Us". Miss Blackman and558 words
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864 1979-05-26 16 WBEKBID GOURMET A CULINARY wag once observed that the eminent appeal of snails to most epicures was as a pre-emi-nent excuse to eat great quantities of butter and garlic without apology. While that observation may be a trifle wide of the mark, the864 words
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Article468 1979-05-26 16 FRANCOISE DUMOUSSAUD - FRANCOISE DUMOUSSAUD IT IS ALWAYS with a little prejudice that one considers the subject of wines. In most minds deeply ingrained is the belief that there are only two sources for good wines: France and Germany. I am no exception but like to be proved wrong! Last week468 words
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Article, Illustration192 1979-05-26 16 DISPELLING the fallacy about the iaevitahie fallont when too maay cub are set on the same crane, Ave accomplished maitre wthwn from leading hotels here created a so per b meal for the reeeit luncheon of the "Chaise des Rotissears". Keeping ap with Its objective192 words
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198 1979-05-26 16 12 kg fresh ikan kurau 1 kg tomato concasse (cubes) 1 kg fennel Julienne 50 pes puff pastry (in the shape of a fish) Olive oil (for frying) Method Slice the ikan kurau into small thin slices, about Vi cm. Heat the olive198 words
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Advertisement47 1979-05-26 13 Kodacolor 400 film. Kodak's fastest film for color prints iff** i] light and small the ear of the Mb •••••••••••••••••••••A .Page n Hew good is the capital appreciation ef year heasef jn Bead, read, read, far the leve of reading... There's Jut The Two af Us IV47 words
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Advertisement378 1979-05-26 13 ft (NEW) From Youth in the Army This book is a collection of case studies and sketches of army boys: of the ordinary foot soldiers, the officer-cadets, and the problem soldiers and soldier? fallen into drug-taking There is also a succinct discussion of military life of the adjustment or malajustment378 words
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Miscellaneous949 1979-05-26 13 WHAT WHERE FILM SHOWS TODAY AT 10.45 am the National Museum will screen three colour films for Students: Paper, Undersea Taa■el to Hsagksag and Nattoaal Park. The films are by courtesy of the British Council. Admission is free. TOMORROW AT 3pm the Singapore Science Centre will screen three films, Camel,949 words
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Advertisement139 1979-05-26 14 PENGUIN BOOKSHOP The RUNNER'S RUNNERS HANDBOOK H+ndbot+M 4 <5l ft ft H m r> i A! rl Ss m The ULTIMATE ROOK ON RUNNING tr Here at last is The Runners Handbook, a complete Fitness guide for Men and Women. Whether you plan to jog a mile dr two for139 words
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Advertisement152 1979-05-26 15 RIDGEUUOOD the Most I diked About C ondommium in Singapore Now Booking! Spectacular 3-4 Bedroom Apartments. Superior Finish. Built-in Cupboards. Kitchen with ceramic tiles, cooker hood, washer and dryer. Sales Prices from $196,000 FACILITIES 6 Parklike hectares A superlative Recreational Area, complete with 2 Pools, 2 Tennis Courts, Badminton, Basketball,152 words
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Advertisement107 1979-05-26 15 ON OFFER JONES lANG w t A If you have real estate to develop We offer you practical professional advice on market trends and development opportunities. I i i itrr r 1 If you're tired of waiting for a tenant MAKE A r *****4 ***** We can show you ways107 words
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Advertisement112 1979-05-26 16 VSV r> M v W THE MALAYAN TRILOGY This famous trilogy wittily dissects the racial and social prejudices of post-war Malay during the chaotic upheaval of Independence. Through a succession of splendidly colourful characters, Anthony Burgess delineates the conflict and confusion arising from the almost enforced mingling of cultures. Time112 words
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