The Business Times, 16 August 1979

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 141/1/79 THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1979 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 68 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Thailand has assured Asean that it will give its support for any proposal to send a delegation to Hanoi in the efforts to solve the Vietnamese refugee problem. This assurance was given by the Thai Foreign Minister, Mr Upadit Panchareeyangkun when he arrived at
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    • 56 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Cabinet is believed to have discussed oil prices at its meeting here today. No announcement on the matter was made. It is understood that oil companies are asking an "across-the-barrel" price increase of 37 cents a gallon. The government, however, is unlikely to
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    • 66 1 AFP WOLFSBURG (West Germany), Wed. Volkswagen said here today it is continuing talks with South Korea's Hyundai with a view to setting up plants in the Asian market, but it gave no details of its plans. The discussions began a year ago. A Volkswagen spokesman declined to confirm a
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    • 79 1 Reuter BEIJING, Wed. The Pol Pot government of Kampuchea has named a six-member delegation headed by State Presidium president Khieu Samphan to attend the non-aligned summit conference in Cuba next month, the government's Ambassador in Beijing said today. Ambassador Pich Cheang added, however, there had been no
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    • 64 1 AP ZIMBABWE RHODESIA, Wed. The Zimbabwe Rhodesian government agreed to attend new Rhodesian peace talks in London next month. The decision was announced after a two-hour cabinet meeting called to discuss Britain's invitation to an all-party constitutional conference starting Sept 10. A statement issued by the cabinet said
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    • 69 1 UPI BONN, Wed. West Germany not only has so far failed to fulfill Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's promise to reduce its use of energy by five per cent, but this year is using 2.5 per cent more energy than last year, Research Minister Volker Hauff said Wednesday. At
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    • 73 1 AP NEW YORK, Wed. Stock prices fell in early trading today. Profit-taking continued after price gains in recent sessions and the market has risen in six out of the last seven sessions. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks lost 2.14 to 874.57 in the first half
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  • 128 1 Rises Sthn Malayan 1900 380 K Kampar 420 102 Matsushita 530 30 Rothmans 476 24 T Harbour 424 18 Dunlop Ind 444 14 PMC 412 12 Aokam 352 12 D Keramat 1150 10 Carlaberg 545 10 Esso 470 10 Kemayan 285 10 Perlia Plant 250 10 Falls
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    150 1 Rises Sthn Mai 1900 *380 K Kampar 420 102 Matsushita 530 +30 Rothmans 476 24 T Harbour 424 18 Duniop 444 14 PMC 412 12 Esso 470 10 D Keramat 1150 10 Perlis Plants 250 10 DBS 705 05 Falls CC M 555 -05 FAN 575 -05 St
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  • 769 1  -  NEW TELLERS ARE COMING By COLIN CHEE COMMERCIAL banks are engaged in a race with the Post Office Savings Bank to bring the full extent of computerised technology to retail banking in Singapore. At stake is the introduction of a machine no bigger than a vending
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  • 201 1 AFP BANK Negara of Malaysia has announced new lending guidelines for commercial banks. In a circular to bankers yesterday, two days after its annual conference with commercial banks, the central bank revised several of the existing guidelines. The last revision was on Oct 23 last year.
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  • 677 1  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA SAMAERO, a company jointly owned by the Singapore government and Aerospatiale of France, may soon set up a plant here for the assembly of helicopters. A spokesman for Samaero said although plans are still in the embryonic stage, a definite
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  • 264 1 MALAYSIAN Airline System (MAS) will latrodnee caaeellatiea fees on all servleei within West Malaysia from Sep 1. Aa airline statement said cancellation fees if 25 per cent of the appUea* Me sector (are, ap to a maxlmsm of M$M shall apply whea
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  • 486 1  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH HOT ON the heels of its controversial opening gambit, the Australian government is now attempting to implement in full another stage of its international civil aviation policy (leap) on the Australia-Europe route. The first phase, introduced in February, involved
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    • 74 1 /@>.'/.@^~+]}){]^_|/<^[!%~{?^/` k—k m MAS expsrt refinancing scheme 1 MALAYSIAN 'ladderiag' price system fsr dieself 3 FURTHER evidence sf US stamp BOOMING CumUu tourist industryl SHIPPING TIMES ON Skills Development Pnnd..... 7 HONG Leng and SILO team np f STOCK market repnrt 1• CENTRAL Securities keMers deserve fuller explaaattsa II BETTER
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 503 2 A LOCAL company, Lami* pak Industries, which claims to have developed plastic film, three times stronger than other polyethylene film, has been approached by two major European major polyethylene bag manufacturers for licensing rights. The move comes just as the local company is gearing
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    • 133 2 THE Telecommunications Authority of Singapore (Telecoms) has extended its international direct dialling (IDD) service to Belgium from yesterday. This brings the total number of destinations served by the IDD System in Singapore to 47. Telecoms is charging $9 a minute for a call based on
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    • 376 2 THE Emporium Holdings group has set up a forward planning unit to carry out planning, marketing research and other administrative functions. The unit, which the group calls a research and development unit, plans to make a consumer survey, the results of which will be
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    • 201 2 LOCAL maiaftetireri Interested in baying Industrial IuMW-haw and techastegy will mm get the opportunity when n techMMO exchange (air opens here early next year. The fair, called Teehex *B§, will he particularly relevant and timely far la hoar-Intensive firms Intending to enter lata licensing
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    • 247 2 SINGAPORE'S largest "bee hoon" (Chinese vermicelli) manufacturer, United Bee Hoon Manufacturers, has begun mechanising its operations in the face of labour shortages. The National Productivity Board (NPB) disclosed this in its newsletter, Minimax, that the company automated its packing processes with the board's help. United
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    • 410 2 THE Tanjong Berhala petroleum supply base near Cukai in Trengganu, Malaysia is expected to be ready by August 1981. The contract for its construction was recently awarded to a Japanese company. The base, a project of the Trengganu Economic Development Corporation, will be the
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    • 246 2 MANY LOCAL traders still do not understand fully the export refinancing scheme being operated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and therefore have yet to benefit from it. Mr Lawrence Wan, an assistant manager from American Express International Banking Corporation, said exporters should keep abreast of new
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  • REGIONAL
    • 635 3 Agencies. OIL-STARVED Japan has agreed to buy 36.5 million barrels of Mexican crude a year for the decade starting in 1960, a deal worth at least US$B.2 billion (5517.6 billion). Disclosing this, a Japanese embassy spokesman said the agreement was negotiated by
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    • 306 3 UPI JAPAN is to expand development of alternative energy sources to meet five per cent of the nation's total energy needs in fiscal 1990 (April 1990 to March 1991). This was agreed at a meeting of the new Energy Technology Development Committee of
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    • 217 3 AFP THE Malayriaa eaHael to likely to itocus "a laddering system" of prlctag diesel. This system wnM allow ifk.ru to aM m tnipirt costs to Ike market price of diesel, a gaverameat official said. The system weald eaaMe dealers to seU diesel witheat raaalag at
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    • 131 3 THE Japanese government will back a joint project of four Japanese and British firms to design and manufacture aircraft engines, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said. An official of Miti's Aviation Industry Bureau said, "the government's participation in the grand programme will have
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    • 473 3 SHORT-TERM prospects for the Australian economy have deteriorated rapidly in the wake of the modest recovery which featured the fiscal year ended June 30, 1979, the Melbourne University Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research believes. The institute noted in its second quarter 1979 Australian economic
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    • 275 3 Reuter. CHINA Has rated its textile products according to quality for the first time since the communist victory in 1949. Disclosing this, the New China News Agency said 113 textile brand names have been selected by experts as being of top quality at
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    • The region in brief
      • 461 3 Agencies THE UNITED States has raised the maximum number of shirts and bloases it will import from Malaysia this year, but will lower its imports by a corresponding amount next year. It will import up to 64,184 dozen women's, girl's and infant's knit shirts and blouses of man-made
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    • 129 3 UPI. RE-UNITED Vietnam publishes its first permanent constitution yesterday after numerous discussions and alterations by Communist Party leaders. Radio Hanoi said on Tuesday that since re-unification of North and South Vietnam in June 1976 the country has been using the 1959 constitution of the north. Publication fo the
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    • 458 3 HOW far the Sabah government is prepared to go in providing incentives and infrastructural support will be a key element in paving the way for timber joint-ven-tures between businessmen in Peninsular Malaysia and their counterparts in that timber-rich state. This will be
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    • 149 3 UPI PHILIPPINES President Marcos has ordered a study into the possible termination of a contract with Westinghouse Electric if it cannot secure a licence to export nuclear reactor equipment to the Philippines. The reactor is for use in the building of a controversial US$ll billion
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    • 288 3 Reuter JAPAN, worried about the growing amphibious strength of the Soviet Pacific fleet, plans to develop a missile for use against ships trying to bring invasion forces to the archipelago. Japanese military sources said yesterday the surface-to-surface anti-shipping missile would be given to
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 513 4 MEMBERS of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) will implement various policies, including the provision of special assistance to smaller producers, such as Papua New Guinea (PNG), to step up the production of natural rubber to meet the everrising demand for the
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    • 89 4 Reuter THE southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Jiangxi, iwo of China's major rice-growing areas, both reported good harvests of early rice, the New China News Agency said. The agency said Guangdong province's total output of early rice this year is about the same as the record level
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    • 315 4 SENTIMENT at the Singapore Chinese produce market improved slightly yesterday although buying interest from overseas was still lacking. In particular, the tone in the coffee sector of the market picked up considerably following reports of possible leaf-rust problem in Parama, Brazil. The extent of the problem has not
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    • 77 4 SOYBEAN futures closed between 17'/* and 24'/« US cents a bushel higher on, Tuesday in Chicago. Traders said heavy local and commission house buying stemmed from upward trends in other Chicago pits and on technical factors. Monday's traders commit- ments report showing a high proportion of commercial long positions
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    • 84 4 WHEAT futures closed on Tuesday in Chicago with all contracts posting the limit gain of 20 cents a bushel. Heavy local and commission house technical buying boosted prices throughout the session, traders said. Early buying came on cool weather in wheat grow- ing areas, which traders thought possibly could
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    • 155 4 Reuter THE UK consumption of copper in all forms in June rose to 61,774 tonnes, against 48,374 in May and an average 1978 monthly figure of 54,032 tonnes, the World Bureau of Metals Statistics said. Consumption of refined copper, at 58,808 tonnes was 17,977 tonnes
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    • 150 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed firm with no trades done, as on Tuesday, dealers said. September closed at 8.85/ 90 US cents against Tuesday's 8.70/75 close, October at 9.15/20 against 9.00/06 and July at U.OO/05 against 10.80/85 cents. Sugar futures closing prices PrtTto— CMag CMag Sept 8.85
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    • 193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-godown) C»H— yin: China Blue Phoenix 208 2.250 32s 2.800, Ms 3,013 (per bale o( 400 lbs). Piece g*ads: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 93 4 AFP TAIWAN is the number one supplier of knitted swimming suits to the United States, the Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF) reported. It said the 1979 exports will account for 75 per cent of the total imports of the United States. A new quota allotment under Category 659 for
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    • 282 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed easier yesterday with September One RSS buyers quoted at 284.25 cents per kilo, down 3.50 cents from Tuesday's close, dealers said. The morning session eased some 3.75 cents following overnight weaker London advices and some upcountry selling, they said. Prices eased slightly in early afternoon
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    • 363 4 R A S prices in cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 286.75 287.75N Int. 1 R.S.S. September 284.75 285.25 Int. 1 R.S.S. October 285 00 285 50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 282 00 275 00N UK Coot 276.00 2T7.00N Int. 3
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    • 117 4 NOON SSR uki SMR i RA8 SSR 20 (l-h» SSR SO U-to> price* ye*terd*y September (Curreat Mtk) Biyeri Sellers > pellet 1 273 SON 275.S0N 1 pallet) 270 50 272.50N October (Forward Mtk) Bayers Seller* ***** 275.50N 270.50 272.50N MRELB SMRCV SMRL SMR CP SMR 5 SMR
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    • 81 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Peuag yesterday eased uttber Msl per pica! to M 51,875, dealers said. Despite the rise la Londou m Taesday aad a smaller velome of tia •res eeatrlbated by miners, the market still eased marginally doe mainly to lack el Strang baying demand (ram
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    • 31 4 Rubber: Aug 15 Singapore: September: 284.25 cents (down 3.50 cents) Malaysia: September: 284.25 cents (down 3.25 cents) Tin: M 51,875 (down $1) Official offering: 146 tonnes (down 41 tonnes)
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    • 333 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop O.K. 100 per cent second class 0.85. 100 per cent third class 0.80. 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.70 THAI BROKEN A super 0.C2. Special
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    • 706 4 LEAD: Finished yesterday morning down at £28 for cash and £15 (or three months. Values fell sharply from a pre-market high of £555 down to £526 for three months in second ring dealings. The selling mostly involved pricing operations against outside commitments, dealers said, and came to a
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    • 69 4 C.I.F. North European ports. In US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated. LONDON: Tuesday Previous Malaysian 5H (fa bulk per tonne October 642slr 647.50slr November 647pd 647pd Sumatra 5% ffa bulk August 655pd 665s lr September 660slr 660slr October 650pd 657 50slr November 650pd 657 50slr Nigeria 5%
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 581 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa THE MARKET was bullish, spearheaded by large-capi-tal issues and the Nikkei Dow-Jones average hit a historical high, exceeding the previous Y 6,402.67. Encouraged by the recent increasing purchases by foreigners, the market opened bullish. With no stimulative news, heavy buy-orders of largecapital issues,
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    • 245 4 AUG 15 Bahts Asia Credit 230 -2 Asia Fibre 198 -2 Ayuthaya In* And Ttust Bangkok Investment 242 2 Bangkok Bank 356 -2 Bangkok Drying And Silo 372 8 Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban 568 •2 Bangkok Nylon 228 J Bank O! Asia 191 unch Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd
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    • 256 4 AUG 15 Cenls INDUSTRIALS A C I 196 -5 A N I 176 -4 A P M 140 1 Ampol Pel as 5 B H P 944 J Bunk NSW 286 1 Bora! 223 3 Brambles 178 I C B A 2868 C S R 390 3 Coal Allied
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    • 338 4 Source: SHK Sec IN ONE of the most erratic trading sessions for sometime, prices tumbled across the board with wide spreads seen at intervals. HK Land led the decline, but rallied in late trading, while fears that Hutchison's bid for China Provident may be blocked by substantial minority shareholders
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    • 163 4 THE MARKET closed higher across the board yesterday and turnover rose to 4.75 million pesos from Tuesday's 2.22 million, dealers said. Atlas Con B, Lepanto B, Philex B, Oriental B, Phil Overseas and PLDT all rose, while unchanged issues included Acoje Mining, Baguio Gold, Benguet Con B, Marinduque B.
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    • 66 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 475.1 Monday 475.8 Week Ago 466 6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 876 71 Monday 875.26 Week ago 859.81 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Tuesday 30'< to30'« Monday 28'• to28'i H.K.HANC SENG Wednesday 613 47 Tuesday 619.89 Week ago 614.54 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday J.. 502.16 Tuesday
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 387 5 NYT MAN-MADE chemicals are the cause of an increasing number of deaths and diseases in the United States, a presidential committee reported on Tuesday. The draft report of the Toxic Substances Strategy Committee, an inter-agency group established by President Carter two years ago, also
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    • 267 5 NYT THE United States and its allies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have reached agreement on a new negotiating approach in the Vienna troop reduction talks designed to lower the risk of East-West military conflict in central Europe, the Carter Administration disclosed
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    • 232 5 AP l)S business inventories swelled in June by IJ per cent, tbe Commerce Department reported, offering farther evidence America may be in a recession. Jane's sharp Inventory rise fallows a 1.1 per cent Increase in May and a 1.4 per cent upsurge in
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    • 124 5 UPI AMERICA'S Energy Department has cited the nation's leading refiners for US$4.B billion (5510.5 billion) in alleged overcharges in a continuing three-year probe of the oil industry, officials said. Mr Bob Boldt, chief of field operations in the Office of General Counsel, said Exxon, the
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    • 835 5 UPI, Reuter CHRYSLER Corporation on Tuesday borrowed up to US$23O million (about Sssoo million) from General Motors (GM) to finance the wholesale purchase of cars and trucks by its dealers. Chrysler Financial Corp reached an agreement with General Motors Acceptance Corp (GMAC), wholly owned by
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    • 444 5 AP FRANCE'S three-year-old economic stabilisation plan has been thwarted by the continued rise in crude oil prices, dashing hopes for an early return to non-inflation-ary growth and a reduction in unemployment. July statistics released on Tuesday show a new postwar record for unemployment.
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    • 187 5 Reuter. SAUDI Arabia's Oil Minister, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, predicted that energy from the sun will become the world's main source of power in the middle of the next century. Saudi Arabia will again "have the lion's share of world energy supplies" when solar power takes
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 513 5 Agencies THE CANADIAN Imperial Bank of Commerce said Canada may escape a fullfledged recession in 1960 because of its level of energy self-sufficiency and the indexing of personal income tax brackets. The bank said in its newsletter that the decline in the US real GNP level in the
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    • 305 5 NYT NEW YORK City ended the 1979 fiscal year with US$2OO million (Ss43o million) more than it had expected, reducing its projected deficit for that year to $460 million from $660 million and enabling it to rely less on borrowing in the current fiscal year. Announcing the
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    • 705 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From SIA SQ201 1245 HLP MAS MH684 1245 KCH GIA GA895 1245 AMS ROM/KHI THAI TG413 1310 BKK MAS MH651 1330 (KBR)/PEN/KUL CPA CX715 1330 HKG SIA SQ6I 1340 BKK SIA SQ455 1410 BWN SIA SQU7 1345 KUL SIA SQ93 1355
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  • 491 6 THE world of machines seems set to make further incursions into the domain of man. Instead of paying bus fares to a cheerful, or sometimes less than cheery, conductor, commuters will now have to deal with an anonymous box. In the world of high
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  • 220 6 RESEARCH and Development (R&D) is the latest thing in town, a trend initiated and encouraged by the Government. It is a trend vital to our economic progress and those who follow it must surely be lauded and encouraged. But it is important that
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  • 853 6  -  By ANDREW MALCOLM NYT CANADA'S vital Cs9 billion (5516.2 billion) tourism industry is reaping a rich harvest in new business because of fears of gas shortages in the US. All kinds of auto fuel are plentiful throughout all 10 of Canada's provinces and two northern territories
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  • 1119 6  -  The hungry nations of the Third World are waging war on a formidable opponent the rat. It's a historic battle for survival. Sri Lanka hands out free rat traps, Bangladesh exports rats as food, Indonesia has a Five Year Plan for its rodent and Singapore has laws
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  • 1695 7  -  By CHARLES SMITH FT A FEW years ago Australian businessmen used to blame Britain for passing on the infectious economic virus known as the "English Disease." Now it is beginning to look as if Australian Disease is far more lethal than anything that ever came out of
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  • 1089 7  -  with JOHN TAN AMONG all the proposals that have been put forward so far to hurry Singapore's economic development along, none perhaps has been accepted with as little alacrity as the Skills Development Fund. Today, almost two months after the unprecedented idea was mooted
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
      • 161 8 AUG 14 Fit ABN 332 OOxd -13 Ahold 93 50 Akzo 2930 -0 4 AMEV 97 50 1.1 Am fas 114 00 -0.3 Amrol Bank 72 OOxd -2.3 Bergoss Berk Bo Is J" 67 00 -03 Borsunuj Burhmann Byenkorf II 7080 08 Calve l>elft Deli Mij .1." 113 00
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      • 267 8 AUG 14 Frs Air-Liquide 478 unch B S N Gervais Danone 716 -4 C S F < Thorn sonCsf) 420 -6.5 Cie Francaise des Petroles 196 1 Compagnie Financlere Compagnie Ofnfalf 352 1 Credit Foncier De France 478 50 3 4 Hachette (Libraine) 221 unch Machines Bull 62 60
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      • 188 8 AUG 14 Dm A*f-Telerunken 47 90 1.1 26 60 -0.2 ***** 8 Alls Vers 483 00 137 40 -0.5 Bay H T Wbank 250 00 -2 ***** -2.5 ***** -07 2B400B •1 181 20B -08 352 00B Chem Verw 263 00 3 Commerzbank 199 00 Contl Gumml 54 20B
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      • 186 8 AUG 14 Francs Actions Suisse* 299 1 Aiusuisse Br. 1320 30 Aiusuisse Hrg 506 I Brown Boverl Br. 1900 unch Ciba Gelgy Br. 1275 unch Ciba Gfigy P C 1060 25 Ciba Geigy Reg 100 2 Credit Suisse Br 2265 5 Credit Suisse Reg 435 1 Elektrowatt Br 2140
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      • 83 8 AUG 14 Frs FORWARD MARKET At** 433 _j 2585 -15 >Utwr 568 18 Brasc&n 004 2 Br u-Lamb 1755 25 Canpac 870 -6 Cock 440 4-1 De Beers 250 unch Ebes 2190 unch Electrobel 6440 -20 Gb-Inno-Bm 2615 20 n#v Hobo* 2800 •10 Petro 5000 30 Ryl Dutch 2280
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      • 102 8 AUG 14 Lire Ante 17 unch Assoc Gen ***** 250 Bastogt 803 a Central* 5820 104 Flat 2830 47 Finsider 135 -03 Oen Immob 79.25 -0 25 IFI Pn 3000 131 llalcemenll wiy -t- 880 I taigas 784 Italslder 350 23 Magnet! M Pf 629 unch Marelli Ere 292
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      • 1268 8 NEW YORK PROFIT-TAKING and concern about expected Federal credit tightening moves held the stock market to a narrow advance in heavy trading on Tuesday. The market needed a breather after the sharp gain that brought it within four points of its high for the year on April 10
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      • 212 8 AUG 14 CI Abltibl 18 A lean 41 •f A1 go ma 27'j unch Bank Mont 25'» unch Bank Nova Scotia 24' Bell Tel 21 < Beth Corp BP Can Ltd 27'.• Brascan 23 Camp Red Lake 21 unch Can Imp Bk 27'. Canpac 34'.• .i t Canpac Inv
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      • 318 8 AUG 14 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 170 5 Abercom 2&S •5 AE And CI 460 10 AMIC 1625 75 Barlows 610 15 Cg Sugar 680 10 CNA 295 CurrVt Finance 97 4 Or Been In d 1625 Edcon 37SB 15 Edgars 41S0B Eveready Fed Vol It 210 unch Fugll
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    • 539 8 See Page 4 for Asian stocks Where to wine, dine and entertain HIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIW11IIHIIIIIIIIiy^lllllHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlu.^\l!lll]lllllllllllllliim '•♦A SI)C C<Tjcf corned at 8.15)nn cucrt) Xljurcboi) at tfyc iron's Sable. ARoaJ In the best European tradition of old, our Chef will ceremoniously carve a succulent roast, done to a turn, on the one and only
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 720 9 NYT US COMPANIES, faced with tight money and high interest rates at home, have flocked in record numbers this year to the Eurobond market in an attempt to shave their borrowing costs. The market, largely an outgrowth of short-term funding in the huge Eurocurrency
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
      • 442 9 THE foreign exchange market yesterday was relatively featureless. The market was quiet and cautious pending announcements from the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. Though sterling was active, it moved only about 50 points. In the morning, sterling opened at 2.2355/65 against the US dollar and then
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      • 112 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed at 216.75 yen yesterday, unchanged from the opening and compared with 216.80 at Tuesday's close, dealers said. Trading was quiet, with volume totalling $344 million. The US dollar moved narrowly around 216.70 yen in slow late trading after initial dullness. Limited import
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      • 203 9 THE US dollar was quoted basically steady with some two-way trading noted in a generally quiet market yesterday, with many European centres closed for the Assumption Day holiday, dealers said. Operators are still reluctant to enter new positions until a clearer picture emerges on US Fed fund levels, they
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      • 237 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures market turned easier yesterday on profit-taking after a sharply higher opening, but prices still managed to close higher on balance compared with Tuesday's close, dealers said. Trading was fairly active and turnover rose to 303 lots from 221 lots on Tuesday with interest mainly on
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      • 43 9 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $35 million 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Aug 20 to Aug 23. Each tender must not be for less than $250,000.
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      • 179 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Aug 10: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months US DoUara(Spot) Offer Bid ll'» 11 10H 10'i 11'. 11 il'/, 11 Vt 115/16 113/16 111/16 1015/16 11 10% 1 month 3 months
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      • 21 9 THE average rate at which Singapore banks' are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8.4 per cent.
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      • 46 9 RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on Aug 14: Overnight -Yl-Yi Call deposits W CMM Bayiaf SeUiaf 3 month Treasury bills 51/16 415/16 3 month Bank bills 713/16 711/16 3 month CD 713/16 711/16 6 month CD 7H 7V« Source: National Discount Co Ltd.
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      • 54 9 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchanges quotes on Aug 15: US dollar 1.1318/1.1270 Sterling 0.5092/0.5021 Ninety-day air mail buying Sterling 0.5311 US dollar 1.1698 Ninety-day forward buying Sterling 0.5134 US dollar 1.1333 NEW ZEALAND: Reseve Bank midrate: US dollar 1.0145 Trading bank indications: Sterling 0.4550/0.4520 US dollar 1.0195/1.0095 Ninety-day airmail buying rates: Sterling
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      • 214 9 THE US dollar opened quietly but firmly in a market restricted by the Assumption Day holiday yesterday in many European centres, dealers said. Operators were waiting to see whether Tuesday's US Federal open market committee meeting will be followed by a visible tightening in US domestic money rates. The
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    • 120 9 A LOCAL merchut buk, Mwgu Greafell (Asia), ha* arranged a US$lB.4 million eight-year syndicated loan far the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC). The agreement was signed In Singapore yesterday. Managed hy Morgan Greafell and Company tram the United Kingdom, the lean is provided by he Associated Japanese Bank
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    • 463 9 BONDS LOANS THE US Export Import Bank said it approved a US$63.l million loan for a stainless steel plant in Taiwan. A consortium of US firms comprising Waterbury-Far-rell Co, General Electric Co and Production Machinery Co, will build the plant for Tang Eng Iron Works Ltd. The agency also announced
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    • 566 9  -  By RUTH CHENG HONG LEONG Finance has tied up with a large department store to offer hire purchase terms at attractive rates to the general public. Starting from Friday, those who wish to purchase consumer durables from the Singapore International Labour Organisation (SILO) but
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    • 431 9 A TEAM of seven executive directors from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), led by Mr Yeo Teng Yang, met Treasury and Bank Negara representatives in Kuala Lumpur at the start of their week-long goodwill and fact-finding tour of Peninsular Malaysia. Among those they met were the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 257 9 Now! The Buku Merah offers you an ever more effective way of selling your products and services In the Buku Merahs pink pages, classifieds business section It pays to be listed in the Straits Times Directory of Singapore. Singapore businessmen have known that for the last 82 years and that
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  • 1521 10 In Singapore BID and otter 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
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  • 2745 10 Gr 1 Gr*a Net 1979 Last Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- C'vr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 207 Ac ma 235 unch 15.0 2.2 65 120 3 235 234 195 123* Alcorn 195cd 4 10.0 15 5.1 26.0
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  • 178 10 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250.000) (99.108 99 JOS) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250,000) (99.238 *****) 5 3/4% 1/8/78-80 (250.000) (100J5B 100.455) ft 1/1% l/ft/78.81 (250.000) (99.908 100.006) ft 1/4% 1/3/81 (250,000) (99.608 99 70S) ft% 1 ft/4/81 (250.000) (99.158 *****) ft% T F 1 /ft/83 (250.000) (100.068 100.158) ft 3/4%
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  • 88 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. Haw Par (Sept 11.20) (0.358 0.415). Him F E (Sept $1.60) (0.51B). laekeape (Sept
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  • 1681 10 INDUSTRIALS Aeaw (2.258 2 425) Afnadi (2.688) AMa (1.9G8) (3) 1.95 (13) 1.96 cd A CM (1.485) (3) 1 46 AMD (0 458 0.475) Bate (2.745) (1) 2.73 cd Bm (0.638 O.MS) (3) 0.61 (2) 0 63 B bml (2 488 2.475) xd ffnirtrrl (3 348) (16)
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  • 581 10 SENTIMENT at Ike stock market yesterday seemed little affected by the aews ef aaether pssrible Iraalaa crisis. Trading maiatalaed Its baayaaey with tetal velame traasaeted at Its highest level la weeks. It was the mast baayaat i(sd>« slaee Msaday with prices maviag tram steady
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  • 498 10 PROFIT-TAKING set in and pared most of the earlier gains on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Prices, on balance, closed on a mixed note. Trading was again fairly active, especially in the morning session when buyers came in strongly on the overnight favourites. The emergence
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  • 153 10 SINGAPORE L'NTT TRU8T INCOME BOND IIMR (Mmpn' pricea i tar Asg M) (Curat prl ices) The Commerce 2.08 2.21 Income Bond 1.12 1.17 The Saving Fund 1.38 l.« S pore Prog Fund Off 1.02 S'pore Sec. Fund IM 1.7tad S'pore Invest Fund 1.25 1.32 MAftA BI MIPITSA S'pore
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 563 11  -  By P. GUNASEGARAM HEAVY losses incurred by its commodity trading division have dragged Central Securities (Holdings) into the red for the first half of the current year. Group loss before tax (including results of associated companies) for the six months ended March 31,
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    • 535 11 SHAREHOLDERS of Electrical and Allied Industries (EAI) who have held on patiently during the difficult years are to be well rewarded. The company has announced much improved profits for the year ended March 31, 1979, a higher dividend payment and a one-for-two bonus issue. Pre-tax
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    • 194 11 Same Total period 1979 1979 (months) previous June. May, to date year tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes AoHam 93 95 1.439 (12) 1.563 Ayer Hitam 132 284 2,291 (12) 1.794 Berjuntai 303 323 626 (2) 721 Gopeng 159 154% 1.441 «/2 (9) 1.247 V« Idris 22 V2 23%
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    • 246 11 UNILITE Electrical Industries has told the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that it is seeking from the Registrar of Companies an extension of time to submit its annual reports and accounts for the years ended Dec 31, 1977 and 1978 and half-year reports to June 30, 1977
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 60 11 reported net profit before tax of 125.88 million ($24.66 million) for the interim period to June 30, 1979. The bank's net profit was $23.55 million ($20.92 million). The group's total operating income during the period was $159.31 million ($104.90 million) while expenses totalled $129.83 million ($77.56
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      • 38 11 Group pre-tax profit of $931,000 ($754,000) for the six months to June 30. Consolidated net tangible assets amounted to $31.57 million, equivalent to 79 cents per share, against 68 cents per share as at Dec 31,1978.
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      • 40 11 Group pre-tax profit of $1.10 million ($870,000 previously) for the six months to June 30. The net tangible assets of the group totalled $58.16 million, equivalent to $1.16 per share, against $1.08 as at Dec 31, 1978.
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      • 26 11 Group pre-tax profit of $2.54 million ($1.66 million) for the six months ended June 30. Turnover for the period was $32.57 million ($29.62 million).
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    • 341 11 Current Ex Book* Date Total for Total for Payment Date Close Payable the year Previous year Kg Lanjut 6% Jul 11 Jul 21 Aug 16 14.3% 21.6% K Kampar 20% Jul 11 Jul 21 Aug 16 40% 54% Kramat 7.5% Jul 11 Jul 21 Aug 16 27.5% 44%
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    • 91 11 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close NSOP Bonus Issue of 3 for 2 Aug 23 SeptS B Semb Bonus Issue of 3 (or 1 Sept 7 E A I Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Sept 10 Sept 20 Hong Leong Rights Issue of 3 for 4 $160
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    • 442 11 HONG Leong Finance s halfyear results, which include the four-month post-acquisi-tion profits of Singapore Finance, show only modest improvement. Group consolidated pretax profit for the six months ended June 30, 1979, moved up 10.4 per cent to $5.18 million more than half the $9.75 million
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    • 83 11 THE Lnng Term Credit Bank «f Japan Finance NV: US$60 million Guaranteed Notes due 1983 For the six months from Aug 15 to Feb 15, I960, the notes will carry an interest rate of 11 13/16 per cent per annum with a coupon amount of US$60.38. JOHAN Tin
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    • 416 11 uacoaa by HOCK LOCK SIEW IT IS certainly not a crime for a company to incur losses in the course of carrying out its business. But it does give rise to unnecessary heartburn for shareholders if it does not bother to even try and explain how the losses
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 377 11 ~r LIJ Hamlyn Paperbacks Q-'*' H SB foaciii a V Dlc: &ex,vtoknce mpou THE HEIR —by Christopher Keane When oil was discovered in a small desert sheikdom, the dogs of war begin to gather and Rama Khan's homeland falls prey to giant corporations and hired mercenaries. Accustomed to the civilized
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  • 454 12 MOST industries in Malaysia were experiencing brisk business activity during the first four months of the year, a survey shows. Fifty-one per cent of the 164 companies surveyed by the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority reported production increases, while 56 per cent said sales rose
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  • 234 12 A STANDARD retail price far —I has keei impseed la Pealaaaiar Malaysia (rra yesterday. The priee b fgJM per Mk| hag al all retail aatlets, according to the Trade aad ladastry Mlalstry. Cemeat n« easts ahaat 4t cents higher thaa the highest retail price reearded
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  • 350 12 A FULLY automated production line with only nine technicians tending to the output may have been one of the key reasons for a half a million dollar foreign owned venture qualifying for the government's Investment Allowance Scheme (lAS). The fact that its production process will
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  • 569 12  -  By TEO TECK WENG BETTER terms and improved benefits for people affected by resettlement schemes were announced by the Government yesterday. The new rules and rates of the Revised Resettlement Policy 1979 will be retrospective from March 22 this year the date the
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  • 310 12 IT WAS during the six months following the start of. investigations into the affairs of Haw Par Brothers International Limited (HPBIL) in July 1975 that Mr John Scothorae, then the financial controller of HPBIL, began to conclude that a true and fair statement of the
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  • 172 12 ASEAN's Standing Committee yesterday deferred discussions on starting a dialogue with India on economic cooperation. The question was on the agenda of the committee's one-day meeting, but it could not be taken up because Asean committees on trade, industry and tourism are still studying an Indian memorandum on
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  • 820 12 LONDON, Wed. Gilts were firmer ahead of the UK money supply figures due tomorrow, while equities were generally steady in thin trading, dealers said. At 3.00 pm the Financial Times index was down 2.2 at 472.9. Short-dated government stocks were in demand with some issues gaining as much
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 472 12 TRADE with CHINA OCTOBER 11 12,1979 Applied Research Corporation and Business Times (a member of The Straits Times Group) will be organising a top level conference on TRADE WITH CHINA. The two-day conference will be held in Singapore on October 11 and 12,1979 at the Shangri-la Hotel. The conference will
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 62 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Isolated showers in late morning. Report for 24 hours prior to Ml p.m. on August 15 at the airport. Maximum temperature 31.9 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 26.4 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 9.55 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 130 13 AFP A NEW timber terminal at Port Klang is expected to be completed by February, Mr Ariffin Mansor, the general manager of Malaysian Timber Industry Board, said. The terminal has been planned to handle a total of 40,000 tonnes of sawn timber a month. It will be
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      • 104 13 AP HYUNDAI Corporation said on Tuesday it has received a US$7O million (Ssls4 million) order to build two 123,000 dwt bulk carriers for Shell Marine International Ltd. of London for delivery in May 1981 and July 1981. The two ships, intended to transport coal, will be
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      • 46 13 Reuter LLOYD'S shipping intelligence service reports conditions at Colombo port on Monday as one flour discharger presently being worked, one rice discharger now under fumigation. One flour discharger due this week and no berthing delays expected. No delay for general cargo dischargers/loaders. Reuter
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    • 715 13  -  MEMBERSHIP OF 32 By GOH ENG KEE AN EXPANSIVE Far Eastern Freight Conference (FEFC), the dominant shipping conference on the Far East, Europe trade, seems to be attracting an equally expansive crop of outsiders this year. This development underscores the growing challenges thrown up
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    • 549 13 AFP THE emergence of Chinese and, later, of Soviet interest in period chartering provided much of the support in the freight market last week. The Chinese had been encouraged to return to the market by the recent fall in rates, who were prominent early in
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    • 2500 17 SCHEDPLE 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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    • 497 17 Shipping line ACS Afea Alpac Angkutan ANL APL Arya Nat ASCL Asia America Asia Merchant Atlas Aust.Cont Page n IV IV V i m n m n n IV IV CI 5 3 5 2 1 2 5 1 5 5 4 5 Bank BBS Ben Ben Asia BenBulk
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    • 970 18 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB. (1) 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 following
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    • 968 18 THE ship management mushroom has grown exponentially over the last two decades. For some companies, it has not necessarily constituted a positive move to take on ship management, but rather a negative one to minimise losses. For several liner companies, the concept
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    • 257 18 Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company (Mesco) recently delivered and completed installation of four container cranes at the Port of A 1 Jubayl in Saudi Arabia. The cranes were ordered by the joint venture company of Adrian Volker Civil Engineering of Holland and two other companies.
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    • 964 18 ORIENT EXCHANGE MARKET FREIGHT RATES have shown some stability. The chartering sector is reasonably active. Chartering of barges is also active. Landing craft are in demand with, presently, little choice as most in class vessels are employed. Tows are increasing within the region. Traditionally,
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    • Article, Illustration
      241 18 SEMBAWANG Shipyard has built and installed two 15-tonne Level Lolling Cranes, reputed to be the tallest In Southeast Asia, at Its Finger Pier and Berth Ns.B. The cranes were fabricated and erected by Its engineering arm under the close supervision of Din Machine Co of Tokyo. An engineer
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    • 231 18 UPI SOVFRACHT's recent rash of time-charter bookings again featured as further details emerged. They were said to have taken the 27,156 dwt Cestos Bay at U556,500 (5514.300) a day for 12 months trading in direct continuation from September delivery on the continent and the 76,103 dwt Rebacca
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    • Article, Illustration
      441 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Golden Fortune (after Vega) 6/7 Golden Globe (1500 after Iweri) 25/26 Golden Eastern (0600) 22 Lilac Ace (2300 after Eastern Mercury No.l) 40/41 Nedlloyd Fushimi (i) (0600 after King River P/O) 15/ 16 Nedlloyd Fushimi (ii) (1500 shifts on completion of P/O,
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    • 508 13 TANK CLEANING Whether you are sending it to the DOCKYARD for repairs the SCRAPYARD for scrapping or making a CONVERSION consult PIRAEUS MARINE SINGAPORE PTE LTD .1A R 1)1 M AN I AH Orient Overseas Co*du*ieA. Line FULLY CONT AMERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) r w( iTZTI Fjtowe LeHane
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    • 329 13 III! SSjE SEALORD LU ANTAH M fS, UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) ARABIAN GULF WEEKLY MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES S pore Loading for BNAIATHEEK 26/8 w FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE Loading for 22/8 Dammam 1/9). Dubai (3/9). Kuwait (6/9) 18/9 Dammam (28/9). Dubai (1/10) SEA DIRECT SERVICE rmm en KHALI IK AN
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    • 380 13 ■NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT UNES LTD FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICES: FAR-EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ): Spore P Kelang Ha»re Hfturg Brew A wtrp 9 Sept 10 Sept 13 Sept IS Sept 16 Sept 19 Sept 21 Sept 22 Sept 2S Sept 27 Sept 28 Sept 1 Oct 3 Oct
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    • 924 13 JAPAN/SINGAPORE SERVICE See Page IV Column 3 for Sailings Agents KYOSEI AGENCIES (S) PTE. LTD. MARKETING *****? GENERAL *****1 A Ms.d EURO ASIA LINE SDN BHD K L *****1» P KLANG *****1/3 PENENG 63 781/2 MAERSK LINE For US P»c*c. Piotic Wort* Wtrt. GmH t Atlantic. East Canada and Meiico
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    • 853 14 TT.; Hapag-L FULLY CONTUPCRtSED TO EUROPE C»d»jn Bjf 23 8 24/8 12/9 14/9 15/S 1//S T*«Eio.e« »/8 19/9 21/9 22/9 24/9 Kowlowßa, W8 M/ 9 16/9 17/9 19/9 nZtZJu 4/9 24/9 26/9 27/9 29/9 Kawta ibn, 5/9 22/9 24/9 25/9 27/9 Outj BIT 11/9 12/9 3/10 5/10 6/10 8/10 19/9
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    • 428 14 S*V 17 Oct Sep 72 Oct Sep 24 No* Sep 21 No. 1 Bittmore I S«pK Noii Oct 13 Oct 2t Nn Ne» Ortem I Oct 2 Nm 1) Oct It Oct 31 I Nn Oct 4 lb* 22 Oct H No* 4 1 Not Next Loader: "BARBER NARA" Aug
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    • 763 14 EVERGREEN LINE r FAR EAST EUROPE EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTWG CARGO FOR HAMBURG. FELIXSTOWE. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP. IE HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO FOR UNITED KHGDOM SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON. MANCHESTER. BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS WEST GERMANY BREMERHAVEN HOLLAND AMSTERDAM SXra Nanfwt FdnkHMMNiMwi t» Hawe E«or *t<* II Ao« I Sept 10
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    • 961 14 Everett Lines Burma Five Star Shipping Corpn. "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE' 10ADMG FOR RANGOON PHASHNEGYA WYWA 17/19 A* PAGAN 4/5 S^t B F SS C Agents m Moloyva TEPS MALAYSIA Port Kekmg T«<<3B>-7355 Penong T«l *****/***** Compania Argentina Oa Mavapacion Intercontinental S. A. C.I. F. "ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE" LOADMG FOR DURBAN.
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    • 783 14 7 tao.s.E. OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD RW 10? ?]D3 r IST MOOR MARINA HOUSE SHI NT ON AA* MISTRI ROAD SINGAPORE 2 T -T 1: 1 4 ;A *****70 BESSANG PASS BLUE WO BONANZA CEKMI Mors CONTAMER BOOKMG SUB AGENTS P KELANG PENAN6 SANKYO LINE 'TTSiTTTI IA SERVICE f
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    • 1092 15 Overseas B B 1 B Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe To UK/Continent Cardfcat Bar 23 Hu» Tgfea Eipress 29 Auf Kovtoon Bay Kiwfa Mara 5 Sep Osaka Bar 11 Sep Benaider 1) Sep Hanfert Eipress 26 Sep Liverpool Bar Oct Tokyo Bar 12 Oct From UK/Continent H burg Brtm
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    • 973 15 GRANARD LINE RELIABLE I DEPENDABLE NOW-CONFERENCE EXPRESS SERVICE WEST BOUND-FAR EAST/MEDITERRANEAN MM. MAN CHEONG S port P.Keiang Penang Loadng for: V.29* 21 Km p Satd/AK Lattakia M.V. KWONG FUNG V.309L 25 Aug Jeddah/P < MV. MAN TAT ¥.31*... 10 Sep P Sad/Ale Lattakia/Pi M.V. MAN KM V.32W.._ 17 Sep P.
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    • 748 15 Hy BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS COHTWPO SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE FBOMEMWE H BURG BHAVEN R DAM HAVUE SOTON W Germany/Austria Benelui fiance AH UK PKelang S port Saied Saied Sated Sated Hamburi Eipress 11/1 Inrtrpool Bay 26/8 Hongkong Eipress 30 /1 20/8 21/1 27/8 29/1 Sated Sated 21/1 23/1 Sated Sated
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    • 867 15 Scan Dutch 9 y/i i i AVM mi immnni j iV, r« ivj »*i :*w:i»*t*itii»ym S»M I) EASTBOUND FROM MEP/UK/NC/SCANDINAVIA 1) Gbarg 2) Hbw| 3) teen 4) r<M 5) left Mse*es a/i kdoeut UN Sated Salad Med Mtart 21/4 I stumt ii/i ii/o mi mi mi mi I is* 12/1
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    • 585 15 T BOUSTEAD SM,mNG AGENCIES THE BANK LINE LTD. LOADS FOR E. ft S. AFRICA FMOOCH (Reunion. Mafunga Durban Ctown PI f Ldn) katoma oucorouuß (Reunion Durban. Ctown Pt Eltt. London) P Keiang P Ketang 7/9 Oct LYKES ORIENT LINE U.S. GULF COAST SERVICE (New Orleans, Mobie, Houston, Galveston) STILL* LYKES
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    • 1010 16 K LINE TO EUROPE P Kelang i. Havre R dam C PAUL 17W 18 Aug 19 Aug < Sept 5 Sept 9 Sept 10 Sept 13 Sept K JACEJM 1W 22 Aug 23 Aug 10 Sept 11 Sept 15 Sept 16 Sept 19 Sept N PEARt 16W 28 Aug 29
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    • 802 16 U.S.A./EAST CANADA SERVICE Penang Bdmo P Kelang Singapore E.C./GREAT LAKES SERVICE l OAONK FOR WW TOM. WW OIK MONTREAL. TORONTO. ASHTABULA Penang Betawan P >dm( Singapore CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE Im*l tar: lOS ANGELES. SAN FRANCISCO. SEATTLE, TACOMA VANCOUVER SC. Penang P Krtang Seaport I Angeles -S.O .WW" taPt/17ta« 17/11
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    • 482 16 t'~7 H (>roii|) SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD 20 TM FIOOK OCEAN Bun. 0 NG SINGAPORE 1 MARKETING 91 1122 i 3 LiNESi GENERAL 91 31 1 t I' 4 IINESI TELE* OS 2459S RS 2SS6B A 0 CARSHIP C ABL E CARGOSHiP ltc«|i«Nial Container liines WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/from
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    • 778 16 MALAYSIA* IS TfPHA TK)NAL SHIPPING COP POP A TJO* BIPHAD EXPRESS FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO/FROM MED/UK/CONTINENT/SCANDINAVIA 1) Barcelona. Genoa 2) Amsterdam Antwerp, I Hawe Bilbao Baste UK. 3 V Bremen B'fmtnfia*en Aarhus Copenhagen Helsinki 4) Matmo Stockholm Oslo 'Accepting Europe cargo tot feeder na Spore EAST WH: 1) Malmo Stockholm
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    • 770 16 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. Faber House 234E Orchard Poad Singapore 9 Telephone *****11'*****57 S3 3> REGULAR INDEPENDENT SEMI/FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE Sport P. Kelang Penang Loadng for: NORASIANB4S 10 Sop 4Sop Avon (UK) Boulogne Antwerp NORASIA W650 25 Sop 29 Sop A«on (UK)/Boulogne, Antwerp Agents: Singapore WTRASEA (PTE) LTD *****11
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