The Business Times, 1 September 1979
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Title Section10 1979-09-01 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C4P) N*. Itt/l/Tt SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1179 SO CENTS10 words
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Article33 1979-09-01 1 PARLIAMENT will sit again next Friday, it was announced yesterday. The Home Affairs Minister, Mr Chua Sian Chin, is expected to introduce the Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill at the session^33 words
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Article60 1979-09-01 1 Reuter PORT KLANG, Malaysia, Fri. Firemen are still combating the fire which broke out on board a Dutch cargo ship at the deep water point last night. According to firemen returning from the ship, two tug boats have been deployed just by the side of the 10,794-tonReuter - 60 words
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Article60 1979-09-01 1 Reuter JAKARTA, Fri. An international seminar on pepper affairs will be held in the major pepperproducing province of Lampung from Nov 5 to Nov 9, the Provincial Plantation Service said in a press release. Delegates from Madagascar, Sarawak, Thailand, Malaysia, Brazil, India and the host country will participateReuter - 60 words
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Article70 1979-09-01 1 AFP TOKYO, Fri. A Japanese company for capital investment in a Japan-Indonesia joint project to develop oil resources on Java, Borneo and Sumatra islands was inaugurated here today, it was announced. The new firm, named the Indonesia Nippon Oil Cooperation, has an initial capital of 8,000 millionAFP - 70 words
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Article49 1979-09-01 1 Reuter NEW YORK, Fri. Citibank has raised its prime lending rate to 12-1/4 per cent from 12 per cent, effective immediately. The move had been expected. A rise in the prime rate to 12-1/4 per cent spread through the US banking industry earlier this week. Reuter.Reuter - 49 words
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Article68 1979-09-01 1 AP JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesia and the United States have agreed on a US$6OO,OOO grant to cover the first phase of a development project in energy planning in Indonesia, the government said today. The agreement was signed on Wednesday by Mr Soetaryo Sigit, Secretary General, Department of MiningAP - 68 words
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Article73 1979-09-01 1 AFP BEIJING, Fri. Half of Beijing's urban population had its rents reduced by about 40 per cent on July 1 but the other half should expect a forthcoming rent increase, the New China News Agency said today. The agency said the increase, which will affect more thanAFP - 73 words
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Article57 1979-09-01 1 Reuter ROTTERDAM, Fri. Employers and transport unions opened talks today as the first major step towards ending a dock workers strike now in its fifth day in Rotterdam, the world's busiest port. Some 7,000 dock workers stopped work on Monday in solidarity with 250 tugboatmen who went onReuter - 57 words
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Article46 1979-09-01 1 AP NEW YORK, Fri. Stock prices rose in early trading today. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks rose 1.37 to 885.07 in the first half hour. There were a few more gaining issues than losers on the New York Stock Exchange. APAP - 46 words
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Article, Illustration194 1979-09-01 1 Rises U 1 c Strait* Trading Nat Iron K Kampar Intraco G Ceramics P M Hldgs Cold Storage Sealion High Low Berjaya Kawat 342 710 585 484 286 ISO 310 246 186 436 2&5 24 IS 15 14 14 13 10 8 9 8 8 Falls Carlaberg194 words
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Article614 1979-09-01 1 COLIN CHEE - THREE-QUARTER POINT RISE By COLIN CHEE THE POST Office Savings Bank (POSB) will raise its savings deposit interest rates by a hefty threequarter point to retain its competitive edge. Depositors with the savings bank will now be paid 6 per cent for deposits up to614 words
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Article304 1979-09-01 1 THE AVERAGE daily volume of foreign exchange traded in Singapore in July reached a high of US$3.5 billion, up from a May average of $2.7 billion. But dealers say the inflated volume was due to seasonal factors and they expect the figure to drop for304 words
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432 1979-09-01 1 FOO CHOY PENG - By FOO CHOY PENG SIEMENS Components* <h*Singapore manufacturing arm of Siemens of West Germany, is studying sites in the neighbouring countries to relocate its labourintensive activities. Products whose operations are uneconomical to automate or mechanise will be shifted out once an alternative investment site432 words
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Article295 1979-09-01 1 FIVE Singapore companies have taken the lead to penetrate a new investment haven Sri Lanka. Their investment projects, which are joint ventures with local participation, were approved last year by the Greater Colombo Economic Commission, the approving authority for foreign investment in the country's free trade zone. These295 words
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219 1979-09-01 1 TBI Paktte Works Depkrtacat kH mM m tk« Cllmm aad lHnliJ (800Q) to try to Mllm am meafsatis ptoee'ri toad to Tetok Ayer Street. M has advised the eh—hw to MMlgMMto tta toad there (area Ijn n metres) wtth the219 words
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512 1979-09-01 1 MANO SABNANI - By MANO SABNANI MALAYAN Credit is to dispose of its headquarters building in Somerset Road to United Overseas Land (UOL) (or $15 million. The consideration (or Malayan Credit House will be satisfied by the issue of ten million new shares of UOL valued512 words
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Advertisement206 1979-09-01 1 Leader ...Page C McCarthy Information Services (I k) We invite the Singapore business community to subscribe to the UK-bated McCarthy Information Service* at the urae price as British subscribers receive these weekly services in the United Kingdom. This has been made possible because the services are air-freighted to Singapore in206 words
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Advertisement8 1979-09-01 1 Leader— Page < E 1 ZS Jbfc DOOR a,8 words
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Advertisement224 1979-09-01 1 '-t .UJ* v» j y -.t h FOR PEOPLE WHO MATTER QuarterlyEspecially for financiers, investors, shippers and traders in ASEAN. The ASEAN region is growing in importance everyday giants from the West and East alike are jostling with one another to shake hands with the bloc. And you need to224 words
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TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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Article394 1979-09-01 2 COURSES AND TALKS Sept 1-2: Social Work Profession, A New Era, RELC, S'pore Council of Social Service Sept 3-5: Parenthood in Transition, RELC, S'pore Planning Association Sept 4: Challenges to Business Careers in the 80s, DBS Auditorium, Diploma in Management Studies Alumini Sept 17-19: Finance for Nonfinance Managers,394 words
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410 1979-09-01 2 THE SINGAPORE Manufacturers Association (SMA) has emphasised on the critical role that market development will have to play in the context of Singapore's new industrial development polic. Speaking at a press conference on SMA's trade mission to the South Pacific Islands, Mr Michael410 words
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Article, Illustration280 1979-09-01 2 HONG Seh Company, whoae (2-million chemical division in Jurong was completely destroyed by Ore in July last year, has installed a computer system to cater for the expansion of its revived operation. Hong Seh, which sprang bsck into businsss three days after It lost its280 words
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Article464 1979-09-01 2 CAR prices may have Increased but this has certainly not reduced the Singaporean's appetite for It. Instead, the number of cars sold this year has Increased to an average 2,000 a month, said Mr Milton Tan, president of the Automobile Association of Singapore. In the464 words
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Article276 1979-09-01 2 MANY doting parents think nothing of •pending $30 or $40 on a pair of Jeans or an expensive toy for their children but refuse to spend the same amount on a book which the child may ask for. At yesterday's opening of the 11th Festival276 words
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Article, Illustration219 1979-09-01 2 AN ACTUAL demonstration on dispersing oil spills was staged by Exxon Chemicals yesterday In the open sea near the Pulau Ayer Chawan Refinery. Two gallons of oil were spilled, spreading a film on the water. Participants in the two launches then watched as a dlspersant219 words
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Article83 1979-09-01 2 SINGAPORE Armed Farce* reservists can now apply for exit permits through the Post Office during office hours. Five Post Offices have extended working hours: the General Poet Office, Toa Payoh Central, Jurong Town, Airport and Killiney Road. Exit permit applications made through the Post Office83 words
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Article269 1979-09-01 2 RESPONSIBLE advarttaiag in the IMb will iw 1 saslaglj be aimed at educating consumers on the correct choice and use of products, rather than Just to ahieve Ugh sales, according to the managalng director of OgQvy aad Mather Siagapore, Mr Peter Stealing. "The growing variety aad complexity269 words
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164 1979-09-01 2 THE FACTORY laspectorate H He Mtatatry at L*kMf ku mImM m a programme te eaferee strictly the re«alremeat tor motorics empUyiag m«rr Am M wtari to torai safety OMnmlttoM. mere thai M werkers out (iri safety miatHiiM wklek skeali comprise repreeeatatives f r»m heth164 words
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Advertisement234 1979-09-01 2 Now! The Buku Merah offers you an ever more effective way of selling your products and services In the Buku Merah s 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 and234 words
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REGIONAL
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166 1979-09-01 3 AFP JOINT Laotian and Cuban forces are massing in Cambodia to prepare a push against Pol Pot guerillas when the monsoon season finishes, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. Quoting a top Thai military intelligence source, the report said the Vietnamese had built four militaryAFP - 166 words
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188 1979-09-01 3 Reuter THE US and Hongkong should reach some agreement on the flexibility provisions of their textile agreement to prevent disruption to the US industry from any upsurge in demand, US consul general Thomas Shoesmith told the Kowloon Rotary Club in Hongkong. Mr Shoesmith saidReuter - 188 words
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Article114 1979-09-01 3 THE Malaysian Attorney General's Office and the National Bureau of Investigations (NBI) are looking into ways to tighten the AntiCorruption Act. If necessary the Act would be amended, said Tan Sri Datuk Haji Kadir Yusof, Acting Minister of Law and Attorney General. "Corruption is cancerous and can114 words
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574 1979-09-01 3 Reuter UPI CHINA and the US will begin talks in Beijing next month on the re-establish-ment of scheduled air services between the two countries, US Vice-President Walter Mondale said yesterday. Mr Mondale told a luncheon meeting of American businessmen in Guangzhou thatReuter; UPI - 574 words
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655 1979-09-01 3 Reuter EXPORT contracts won by 13 major Japanese trading companies in July exceeded import contracts they concluded in the month for the first time in four months thanks to brisk plant exports, the Japan Foreign Trade Council said. The council, comprising the 13 companiesReuter - 655 words
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Article526 1979-09-01 3 THE new prices for kerosene announced by the Malaysian government on Wednesday seems to have given rise to some doubt and confusion at the retail level. The secretary of the Selangor Teochew Retail Traders' Association, Mr Yeo Chee Soon, said that at 25 cents a bottle of526 words
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Article290 1979-09-01 3 AFP PRESIDENT Suharto has responded to the current widespread discontent towards his government with a call to channel it to hard work. Any feeling of discontent should be channelled to become a strength to stimulate hard work, the Preqjdent said when opening a newAFP - 290 words
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272 1979-09-01 3 AFP INDONESIAN troops were yesterday reported to be holding a military exercise along the border between West Borneo and the Malaysian state of Sarawak following indications that armed communist insurgents in Sarawak had planned to cross into the Indonesian territory. WestAFP - 272 words
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THE REGION IN BRIEF
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Article474 1979-09-01 3 Agencies THE United States has four consular officials poised to, enter Vietnam under the auspices of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Their mission would be to process immigration applications from Vietnamese with close relatives who have attained American citizenship, State Department officials said onAgencies - 474 words
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Article, Illustration135 1979-09-01 3 AUSTRALIA'S first systor bltkry kas beea «tekilsked at Cnyflck Petal la Hitert, Taonaia. Tie katekery. res ky tk« TtiaaiUa Pickeries Dei ulifwt Aatksrlty, was started la Jaly 1178 at Its MriM laksrutortos la tke Hekart sakark sI Ike kead st tke inject, Dr Trevsr Dtx, said135 words
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Article139 1979-09-01 3 AFP THE Australian government announcement of a higher migrant intake to 87,000 annually has aroused widespread criticism across Australia. The opposition spokesman on employment, Mr Mick Young led the attack in Parliament by showing that the majority of the 87,000 new settlers for 1979/80 wouldAFP - 139 words
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Advertisement212 1979-09-01 3 GENERAL MANAGER One of the United Kingdom's Largest Companies specialising in the wholesale distribution of electrical goods to major contractors and the retail trade is seeking a mature, competent and experienced man to head up a new venture in the Singapore, Malaysian and Indonesian markets, aimed at supporting the role212 words
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Advertisement133 1979-09-01 3 p X ■■Jfl Diethelm office chairs Elegant Impressive Functional and Comfortable True to Swiss tradition Every detail has been perfected to spell out quality Sophisticated chairs, built to suit the individual's posture For easy height adjustment chairs come with finger-tip control, either hydraulic or mechanical The 5-prong base of die-cast133 words
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RAW MATERIALS
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Article196 1979-09-01 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed quietly lower yesterday with September One RSS buyers quoted at 276.00 cents, per kilo, down 1.25 cents from Thursday's close, dealers said. Prices eased one cent during the morning's trading on easier London advices and some speculative selling, they said. The afternoon session was dull196 words
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Article12 1979-09-01 4 Rubber: Aug 31 Singapore: September: 276.75 cents (down 50 cents)12 words
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Article155 1979-09-01 4 R A S. prices in cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per Idio) Close (per kilo) Buyers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 277.30 Int. 1 R.S.S. September 278 00 Int. 1 R.S.S. October ***** Int. 2 R.S.S. 271.00 UK Coat 270.00 Int 3 R.S.S 217.00 UK/ Coat 2M.OO Int.155 words
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Article38 1979-09-01 4 NOON 9SR u RA8 «13MR prica yml atdajr MpUakit Oetobar SSR 20 (Carraat MU) Buyar* Saltan (Forward MU) Bay are Salter* (1-tof ipallat) 284.50 387.50N 265.60 2S7.50N SSR50 (l-Ux i pallat) 363.50 364-50N 363.50 364.60N38 words
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Article266 1979-09-01 4 PRICES have fluctuated within a narrow three-cent band during the holidaypunctuated trading week ending Aug 30 to finish slightly off on balance, but with turnover generally better than expected, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath ft Cs. in its weekly review of the Malaysian and Singapore rubber markets. The266 words
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Article320 1979-09-01 4 ACTIVITY in the Singapore produce market yesterday picked up a little on overseas follow-through buying interest. Prices of most commodities held .very steady throughout with pepper still moving on a firmer bias. A pepper dealer said that the boost to sentiment was provided by the resumption of buying320 words
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Article134 1979-09-01 4 THE SUGAR futures market closed firmer In continued quiet trading, dealers said. September expired after yesterday's trading and closed at 9.34/36 US cents against Thursday's 9.23/25 close, while distant July closed at 11.32/34 against 11.19/21 cents. Sugar futures cloataf price*: The cotton market continued the recent quiet trend134 words
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Article133 1979-09-01 4 FUTURES plunged on Thursday to close 5 to V/t US cents a bushel lower In Chicago. Traders noted heavy crushing late in the session as an exporter and others bought the beans and sold deferred soybean products. Near the close, commission houses were late computerbased technical sellers. Expectations of133 words
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Article72 1979-09-01 4 C.I.F. North European ports, In U8 dollars per ton unless otherwise stated. LONDON: Tfcu Previou* Malaysian 5* ffa bulk per tonne October 660.00 MO.OOtlr November 647.00 647pd Sumatra SH ffa bulk August 600.00slr 6S7 M September 665.00slr seo.ootlr October 657.50pd SflO.OOtlr November 862.50s lr 660.00«lr December 962.50s lr72 words
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Article191 1979-09-01 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday (In HK dollar*, spot ex-godown) Csttaa ya«: China Blue Phoenix X* 2,270 32s 2,800, 40s 3,040 (per bale of 400 lbs). Ptoee gssds: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly191 words
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Article928 1979-09-01 4 COCOA: Futures ended the morning yesterday on balance £37 higher in September to £38 up in March with volume totalling 2,336 lots including 349 self-trades, 180 switches and five options. Mid-day prices were Just below morning higte when values were within £4 of a limit advance in December.928 words
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Article292 1979-09-01 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 0.95, 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 0.62, Special 0.56.292 words
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435 1979-09-01 4 AP AMERICAN farmers might be seeking within 20 years additional land on which to produce enough grain to meet world demands unless there are some remarkable breakthroughs in plant breeding or in how wheat is grown. One problem, according to a new US AgricultureAP - 435 words
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Article169 1979-09-01 4 COCOA PRODUCTION is likely to exceed demand (or the third year in succession in the 1979/1980 season, beginning in October, according to a special report by London brokers, Inter Commodities, issued recently. The report predicts that world production will rise to 1,480,000 tonnes, compared with 1,452,000 tonnes169 words
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ASIAN STOCKS
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Article589 1979-09-01 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa THE MARKET was Inactive and Investors maintained a wait-and-see attitude since today is a new month bpth (or trading and settlement. The Nikkei Dow-Jones index remained firm and closed at Y6.436.13, down Y 1.12, with turnover falling to 230 million shares. Among first-section Issues, ironSource: DBS-Daiwa - 589 words
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Article296 1979-09-01 4 TRADING was quiet on the exchanges yesterday as operators awaited this weekend's Exchange Banks Association meeting and the release oI this month's monetary statistics. Prices moved within a very narrow range until a little speculative buying in shares such as Cheung Kong, HK Land and SHK Properties in the296 words
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Article100 1979-09-01 4 THE market closed mixed yesterday with commercial and oil averages declining, while mlnlnga posted gaixw. dealers Mid. AUO »1 Ptaot Acat» Mining wt uneh Alia* '■—> A aum Con a |||UIO Mtncutl Con. H KM «U am «Adi M 41 M IT Ooodivn ct*» Inco B Laiwlntl 1 m100 words
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Article246 1979-09-01 4 AUQ 31 Bahts Asia Credit Asia Fibre ec 4-2 •2 Ayuthaya Inv. And Trust Ml Bangkok IfivesUnent Bangtbk Bank Bangkok Drying And SUo Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban Bangkok Nylon Bank Of Asia Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd 234 353 363 219 199 230 4 *i unch ♦6 1 •2246 words
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Article279 1979-09-01 4 BIG sales of shares in leading miner BH South highlighted exceptionally strong trading yesterday, with mining and oil shares qaining most as local institution buying was increased by overseas activity, dealers said. AUG 31 INDL'STRI A. C. I. >nu AL8 an A N. I. 1W A P M 147279 words
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Article55 1979-09-01 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday Wi Wednesday MM Tl HJLHANO SENG Friday Ml.77 Thursday 077JO Week Ago—————ttS.1 WMk aco ?mn SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 887.7ft Thursday- WIS DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 80.70 Wednesday 8M.90 Week *«o M0J8 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday.. SH-S^ Wednesday Week afO 517.79 ALL ORDINARIES Friday55 words
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Advertisement127 1979-09-01 4 IL-l PENGUIN BOOKSHOP RUNNERS HANDBOOK 'L'-v.wwymS, The RUNNER'S HAtwihnoM xuhhsa.s HANOdOOK WHY DO RUNNEXS MAMS SETTER toven SE32SBS ■F' J 1 mmuNCr STtMUUimt IAUASKCKk OfHeAlTtfSi s r/* SI Here at last is The Runners Handbook, a complete Fitness guide tor Men and Women. Whether you plan to )og a mile127 words
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OVERSEAS
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WORLD IN BRIEF
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Article756 1979-09-01 5 Agencies NEW orders at American factories fell a sharp 2 per cent in July, with this second consecutive monthly decline providing further evidence of the economy's sluggishness, the US government reported. Orders for manufactured products dropped to U*****.7 billion last month from June's total of $142.5 billion,Agencies - 756 words
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Article511 1979-09-01 5 Reuter UPI A POTENTIAL oil field has been discovered off the United States east coast which could contain as much oil as the Alaskan fields, US Geological Survey director William Menard told an energy technology conference in Atlanta. The field lies below theReuter; UPI - 511 words
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Article, Illustration344 1979-09-01 5 Reuter CUBA on Thursday provoked a storm of criticism from moderates over the Kampuchean issue at a meeting of the 89-member non-aligned movement's Foreign Ministers. Conference sources said Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen lodged a strong protest and accused Cuba of violating a principleReuter - 344 words
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Article, Illustration393 1979-09-01 5 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Good Samaritan II (Tanker) (after Golden Sea 707 P/'O, subject gas free) 13/ 14 Kota Jati (after Minyee) 10/11 King Fish (1500 after Kim Ann sails) 24 Rajah Brooke (1600) 21 Southsea (0600) 27/28 PASIR PAN JANG WHARVES Bhairab (after Danei 8)393 words
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153 1979-09-01 5 AFP THE Japanese government will dispatch a mission to Iran next week (or government-level talks on a private Japan-Iranian Joint project to build a mammoth petrochemical complex there, a senior Japanese government official said. Vice International Trade and Industry Minister Shigeru Koino saidAFP - 153 words
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93 1979-09-01 5 LEADERS at UK engineering unions deckled to reject the chance at fresh talks with employers and will recommend that current industrial action be stepped up, the British Domestic News Agency Press Association reported. The executive at the Coofederation at Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions will93 words
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154 1979-09-01 5 NEGOTIATORS at a major United Nations conference in Vienna reached agreement early yesterday on nearly all points of a new aid scheme for scientific research in developing countries The plan will be implemented In two stages, conference sources said. First, a fund consisting154 words
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349 1979-09-01 5 Reuter THE West German government said it remains confident its economy will continue growing for the rest of the year. A report released by thfe Economics Ministry said the upswing is continuing because of "lively domestic capital spending activity and a surprisingly expansive exportReuter - 349 words
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Article738 1979-09-01 5 ARRIVALS (S Service Local Operator Nmaker Time Proa MAS MH601 moo KUL SIA/BA SQ/BA17 0710 LHR/BAH MAS MH682 0710 KCH S1A SQ101 0815 KUL BIAS MHSZ1 0840 PEN MAS MH607 0645 KUL MAS MH671 0M5 PEN/KUL CALCB06 1000 HLP CPA CX710 1006 HLP GIA GA980 1030 HLP738 words
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Advertisement117 1979-09-01 5 DE FRANCE 1979 Benmdtile succes. Renault wins the FORMULA ONE French Grand Prix on July Ist! This victory proves that RENAULT, a leading European car manufacturer was right to put their name on a FORMULA ONE car with the other big names of motor racing. Thanks to a team of117 words
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Article456 1979-09-01 6 THE forex dealers who are in their offices this Saturday morning are only there to tidy up their paperwork and perhaps to catch up on their reading of economic and financial reports. The phones that rang frantically, the lights that flashed wildly, the rates456 words
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Article271 1979-09-01 6 THE initial shock of reading about companies shifting past of their operations out of Singapore has worn off and there should not be any alarm at the thought of multinational manufacturers withdrawing their stakes and moving elsewhere. New investment havens for the labour-intensive and low-technology manufacturers now271 words
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Article, Illustration848 1979-09-01 6 JAMES STERBA - By JAMES STERBA NYT MEN pulling carts puffed and grunted. Mules and horses snorted in front of wagons piled high with everything from hay to lumber. Bycycles, with bells Jingling, weaved in and out, while ancientlooking trucks and tractors lumbered through the jumble.NYT - 848 words
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820 1979-09-01 6 PATRICIA NEWBY - By PATRICIA NEWBY FT HEADLAMPS from India, frog's legs from Bangladesh, banana crisps from the Philippines and silk carpets from Egypt. These were Just a few of the goods some traditional, some bizarre laid out in London recently alien the developing world put itsFT - 820 words
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Advertisement209 1979-09-01 6 I ;IL f] FI-;1 r T iL L*J THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND PLASTICS EXHIBITION FOR ASIA WORLD TRADE CENTRE, SINGAPORE. 26-30 MAY 1980. Every year, thousands of new rubber and plastic products enter the market. Whether for use in industry or the home, every product reflects some new development209 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous1232 1979-09-01 6 WHOLESOME LASSIE erercfti lIM I I 1 1411 'ii., J 11.. SEES tteMamsan twns Ir ii gtowaf health uicjritililivM] Para'* with aai with eneagh I to BMkc II >B wrj Ira* tkem h M JL&H. i SINGAPORE 5 1.00 PM Opwin and Stum Street 2.05 FrMs Fran The Ends of1,232 words
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1967 1979-09-01 7 WHAT is a chartered secretary? Not many people can answer the question. LEE FOOK HONG explains the role and duties of a chartered secretary and casts an eye over the future development of the profession. Mr Lee is chairman of the Singapore Association pf the1,967 words
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Article709 1979-09-01 7 ANTHONY PARISI - FOBUM, with ANTHONY PARISI THE LATEST available J data on world oil produc- tion and United States im- ports for the first half of J 1979 are again raising the question of whether there t was a genuine shortage of oil, while motorists fumed lin709 words
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411 1979-09-01 7 AP ALLrCOttoo shirts, nearly chased from the market a few years ago by permanent-press synthetic fabrics, are making a comeback, thanks to new ways to make them wrinkle-free and the rising price of oil. One producer thinks the all-cotton shirtsAP - 411 words
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Advertisement30 1979-09-01 7 Hundreds of *r- i J A m V' '4s m A f' •i' v 2A ~r m L 7* Robinson's Bookshop (Clifford Centre Basement) Raffles Place, Singapore 1. Tel: *****30 words
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Page 7 Miscellaneous
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INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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EUROPEAN MARKETS
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Article261 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 m CORBEILLE Air-Liquide 469 -4 B S N nervals Danone TOO unch C S K < Thomson Csl> 428 50 •13 Cie Kruncaise des PeUoks 212' 3.2 L'ompugnie V'in:inrl«r* Cotnpagnie General* 364 -1 Credit Koncwr 1> Krance 503 -3 Huchette (Librairie) 223 7 Machines Bull 64 -03261 words
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Article222 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 Dm Aef-Tele fun ken 46 JO Akzo 7110 -06 Allz Leben •1000 15 Allz Vers 478.00 3 BASF 140 00 0 5 Bay H T Wbank 253.00 Bay Vbank *****B Bayer 132.30 0.3 BSC 296 00 -03 •BMW 177 00 1 Casaelli 3SO.OOB unch Chem Verw 204.00222 words
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Article189 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 Actions Suisses Alusuisse Br Alusuisse Reg. Brown Boverl Br C'lba Gelgy Br. Clba Gelgy P C CltM Gelgy Dm Credit Suisse Br Credit Suisse Ret Elektrowatt Br. George Fischer Br Globus Pc Hero Br. Francs 298 1305 503 1915 1290 1050 710 2295 442 2130 105 432B189 words
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Article202 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 FU ABN 334 50 unch Ahold 8800 -I Akxo 29 JO 0.1 AMEV 96.00 0.1 Am fas 117 70 0.4 Amro Bank 7310 -0.2 Bfr|osk 58 80 -Q2 Bert 97 00 unch BoU 64 50 0.2 Borsumij ***** unch Rurhrnann 65 60 unch Byenkorf 70 00 -0.7202 words
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Article94 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 Fn FORWARD MARKET Acrc Arbed Astur 449 jr» sec 13 5 10 Bruran Bru-Lamb Canpac Cock De Been 614 1725 933 430 _1_. 395 -19 -9 •S ♦4 4 Ebes Elw-irobel GB-lnno-Bm Gn 2130 9400 2900 uso -5 unth 5 •10 Hobok Pelro Ryl Dutch Sidro 284594 words
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Article105 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 Lire Anic 16 025 Assoc Oen ***** ♦1240 Basiofi 975 20 Central* 6440 321) Flat 2747 47 K insider 141 2^5 Oen 1 m mot> 96 •2 IFI Pri 3506 128 I is Ice menu 994M •t- noo Iualgas 800 Itaistder 944 Magntu M Pf 656 4105 words
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Article1281 1979-09-01 8 NEW YORK GENERAL MOTORS managed a small gain despite being named a strike target but the stock market on Thursday lost ground in the slowest trading since Aug 6. Analysts said the low turnover reflected the upcoming Labour Day long weekend. Further dollar weakness and a record price1,281 words
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Article197 1979-09-01 8 AUG 30 Cf Hud Buy Min 26 1 Imp Oil 39 Abitibi 20 Inco 24 Alcan Z. 46 Int Prov Pipe 18 Algorna 29'^ Ini Uu 15 Bank Moni 24 j" Intl Nickel 24 4- *i Bank Nova Scoua 25 Kerr Add 12- Bell Tel 21 Lobtaw B 4197 words
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Advertisement165 1979-09-01 8 Where to wine, dine and entertain k -V:? i^r V Pacfcaga Cost (2 dayi 41 night) Singia Occupancy SSB7QO Twin Occupancy SSIIO 00 Tnpta Occupancy SJU3OO I Man no parchaMO OMdran undar 12 yaara accompanied by patents S4IS 00 Accommodation phjs Gudad Tow o» Sanioaa laland SON KB am on165 words
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Advertisement173 1979-09-01 8 For drinking. For dancing. For delightful evenings. tWusic hy lhccbus Intcrmitiomil <>! London. Open />ours: SI A TUI R OP.M JAM Sl.'on >% ISIDRIXK f RI. SA T 9PM MM 5/s no iIS T DRI\K it I*in k SIM hiioii .HERATON hotels AND iNNS'AORLDttOfc r* U«7 i W rt 1173 words
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Advertisement85 1979-09-01 8 See Page 4 for Asian stocks See Page 9 lor Jo'burg prices Sfcmjese Seafood W i? !7< s' V 1 .♦i (Lurkp r» nt. I 3L Sa r K 4 < v> 4 ti Steak House Mhw-Q Try our Teppan-Yaki steak In our cosy, personalised atmosphere A truly mouth-watering delight85 words
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Advertisement179 1979-09-01 8 Take a new look at the Harbour Grill. Treat yourself and your business associates to an excellent lunch selected from our superb offering of choice CIS prime beef, our daily Nouvelle Cuisine specialities or let our executive Chef, Leo Waldemeier help you pick a menu that will make it a179 words
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Advertisement43 1979-09-01 8 m Y M t* Se s^^ 1 I m Yet fll §PJ EMc si K W *1 "V> 7#*fß J! i:i Have fun (hit Sunday Take a break from the •treMet ol office, houte and fcchoolwork. Relax at our pooUkle. Take a dip43 words
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BANKING AND FINANCE
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232 1979-09-01 9 BANK Negara Malaysia yesterday offered to financial institutions and the public the following three series of Treasury bills worth MJI2O million for tenders: 130 million 91-day bills dated Sep 7, 1979, due on Dec 7,1979; $40 million 182-day bills dated Sep 7,232 words
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Article80 1979-09-01 9 Reuter DENMARK'S ability to borrow abroad will be threatened unless the country's current account deficit is cut by up to (our billion crowns in 1980, Central Bank governor Erik Hoffmeyer said. In an interview with the financial daily, Boersen, Mr Hoffmeyer said Denmark's credit rating abroad isReuter - 80 words
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Article151 1979-09-01 9 THE American Federal Reserve Board has approved the acquisition by Algemene Bank Nederland NV of GATX Corporation's approximately 84 per cent Interest in LaSalle National Bank as well as the approximately 14 per cent stock Interest owned by five other stock-" holders. ABN will make151 words
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301 1979-09-01 9 RUTH CHENG - By RUTH CHENG A REPORT by an international news agency that a Taipeh-based bank will float negotiable certificates of deposit (NCD) in the Singapore Asian dollar market has been found to be untrue. The report has created some mystery and furore among local301 words
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Article136 1979-09-01 9 AFP THE Australian merchant banking and finance industry will gain a French flavour with a deal announced on Thursday by the Australian real estate financier Trade Credits and the French commercial banking group Societe Generale. The huge French banking group is acquiring a 50 per centAFP - 136 words
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Article224 1979-09-01 9 Reuter THE WISDOM of the UK Conservative government's attempt to hinge its macroeconomic policy on money supply targets is doubtful, National Institute of Economic and Social Research economist David Savage said. In an analysis of monetary targets and control of the money supply published In theReuter - 224 words
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166 1979-09-01 9 Reuter MB HENBT IIM, etatrM the OB Bmm iniMi*? wSTr IVMM uTMSTCLI* ww,t Mgk SiSVE Mr Be— mM he eaili aet Hum the Federal Reserve Beard far Its earreat aapertlght pealttoa riaee It was prstoetlag the dellar. Mr Bcm said: "THai meaas thatReuter - 166 words
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Article40 1979-09-01 9 OVERSEA-Chlnese Banking Corporation (OCBC) will launch a two-month courtesy cptpp*iff" beginning from today. The bank's vice-chair-man, Mr Yong Pung How, will officiate at the opening ceremony to be held at 2.30 pm on the 48th floor, OCBC Centre.40 words
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699 1979-09-01 9 DEALERS SEE FIRM DOLLAR Reuter MR Takeshi Sakurada, one of Japan's leading businessmen, believes the yen is headed for a fall. The former head of Nisshin Spinning and now honorary president of the Japan Federation of Employers Associations (Nikkelren), said the Japanese currency is goingReuter - 699 words
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Article150 1979-09-01 9 Reuter WEST German call money surged well above the 6-per cent Lombard rate yesterday morning to around 7.58.5 per cent from 3 to 6 per cent on Thursday on a dearth of liquidity exacerbated by Bundesbank dollar/mark swap operations. Market sources said the market wasReuter - 150 words
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Article74 1979-09-01 9 Reuter THE EUROPEAN Coal and Steel Community will issue a 600-million Luxembourg franc 8-3/4 per cent loan in mid-September for less than 10 years, Banque Generale du Luxembourg said as lead manager. The Issue price will be (ixed Just before the issue date, itReuter - 74 words
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161 1979-09-01 9 Reuter SALES of the first commemorative China gold coins will start early this month, sales agent Po Sang Bank said in Hongkong. Each set contains four legal tender coins and will sell at HK97JOO (about 553.340) per set. Sales will not be madeReuter - 161 words
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244 1979-09-01 9 AFP THE Indonesian National Trade Bank (BDNI) has admitted that it suffers a default as it has been unable to pay its oversea debts of US$2O million, the Jakarta newspaper Kompas reported in Jakarta yesterday. BDNI director Paulus Wibowo was quoted by the paperAFP - 244 words
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MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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Article412 1979-09-01 9 THE US dollar weakened yesterday against the major currencies in contrast to the previous days' fairly slack movement. Against the Deutschemark, it opened easier at 1.8230/40 from Thursday's closing of 1.8318/28. It managed to recover slightly later to close the day at 1.8250/60. The yen opened firmer,too, at412 words
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Article324 1979-09-01 9 BT.JOHANBIRG AUG JO Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 178 unch Abercom 265 5 At: And CI 470 unch A Mil* 1610 unch Barlows 625 unch Cg Sugar 720 unch CNA 200 unch I'urne Finance 100 unch IV Berr* Ind 1700B unch Kdcon 400 unch Edgar* 4650 unch Eveready Fed VoU324 words
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Article137 1979-09-01 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Aug 31: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 8 months 0 months 12 months US DeUsrs(Spot) Offer Bm 1111/*****/16 1IH 11V, 12</« 12% 12"« 12'% 12". 12". 11 15/1611 13/16 11% 11V, 1 month 3 months 6137 words
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Article21 1979-09-01 9 THE average rate at which Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their beat customers is 8.5 per cent.21 words
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Article88 1979-09-01 9 Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: i I sd by dl»count houses on Aug 31: Overnight 3 5 1 QUI deposits Cloflaf Beyiag Selling 3 month Treasury btlU SM 5'* 3 month Bank bills 8 5/18 83/18 3 month CD 6 month CD SW 8H Source:88 words
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Article238 1979-09-01 9 THE US dollar opened softer here yesterday but then rallied a little in the absence of any substantial new factors, dealers said. It opened at 1.8200/8210 marks compared with 1.8227/32 in late Hongkong trading and 1.8225/30 at the New York's Thursday close. It later recovered here to 1.8215/25. Dealers238 words
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Article55 1979-09-01 9 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchange quotes on Aug 31: US dollar -1.1308/1.1260 Sterling 0.5042/0.4979 Ninety-day air mall buying raterSterling 0.5256 US dollar -1.1705 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5077 US dollar -1.1335 NEW ZEALAND. Reserve bank mldrate: US dollar -1.0130 Trading bank indications: Sterling 0.4512/0.4482 US dollar -1.0180/1.0080 Ninety-day airnail buying rates:55 words
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Article285 1979-09-01 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed generally lower compared with overnight levels in quiet trading due to endmonth (actors, dealers said. Prices opened little changed from Thursday's closing levels and thereafter held steady during the morning's trading but eased marginally during the afternoon in line with easier overseas gold285 words
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Article104 1979-09-01 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed weaker at 220.05 yen, compared with a 220.30 opening and 221.70 at Thursday's close, dealers said. Trading was fairly active, with volume totalling US$7O6 million, but no central bank intervention was detected. After early weakness, reflecting its overnight fall against yen104 words
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Article185 1979-09-01 9 THE Hongkong dollar weakened slightly In late trading yesterday, with some dealers detecting US dollar purchasing by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, though the local unit remained basically well supported on expectations of further Interest rate rises here. Other dealers said there had been some commercial demand for US185 words
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Article50 1979-09-01 9 RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Sep 3 to Sep 7: Otiered: 135,000,000 Applied far: 158,060,000 Alletted: $35,000,000 Accepted bids: $96.56 approximately 55 per cent; higher bids in full. Average rale ef dleeeaat aa aUetmeat: 5.710 per cent per annum.50 words
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Advertisement202 1979-09-01 9 SOUTH EAST ASIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION RERHAD HALF YEARLY REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS COVERING ACCOUNTS TO JULY 31,1979 Your Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the operations of the Company and of the Group for the half-year ended July 31, 1979 as follows: 31.7.79 31.7.78 Company Group Company Group202 words
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BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES
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Article1379 1979-09-01 10 BID and alter prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number at share* traded shown In brackets in lots ot 1,000 units unless otherwise specified SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL Acma (2.4 IB 1438) Allied Choc (IJ7B 1388)1,379 words
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Article310 1979-09-01 10 Striking prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange at Stagapore yesterday. the period, dub and offered prices and business done, if any, with the number of options traded shown in brackHaw Par (Sept IIJO) (0.338 0.385). Haas P E (Sept- $1.60) (0.5Z8 I ark cape310 words
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Article148 1979-09-01 10 SNGAFOU UNVTTBU wr S'pore Growth Fund 1.12 1JS ne IWHfll) INCOME BOND UNIT The Commerce LOB 2.21 (Cm Mrt pr less) The Saving Fund I 37 L4S 1.12 Lit S pore Prof Fund 197 103 S pore Sec. Fund 1« LTfad S pore Invest Fund 1.34 1.31 MAKA148 words
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Article2662 1979-09-01 10 Gr'» Gr's Net 1979 Last Div Div Yli P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- Cvr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 207 Acma 241 15.0 12 64 124 196 123* Alcom 196 10.0 1.3 5.1 211 148 110 Allied Choc 137 unch >2,662 words
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LATEST RESULTS
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Article52 1979-09-01 10 Pre-tax profit for the six months ended June 30, 1978 of *****.138 compared with 1680,586 in the previous corresponding period. Tunnover registered $2.56 million, an increase of 8.8 per cent from $2.35 million previously and average room occupancy rose 0.9 per dent to 96.17 per cent from 95.2252 words
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Article31 1979-09-01 10 Pre-tax profit for the halfyear ended June 30, 1979 of 1339,554 as compared with 1351,862 for the previous period, on sales of 32.84 million against $2.89 million previously.31 words
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Article67 1979-09-01 10 Kllllaghall Tla (M) BM: AGM to be held at 70, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, at 2.30pm on Sept 4. Sevraa UmMh Berhad: AGM to be held at 14th Floor, Bangunan Hong Leong, 117 Jalan Bandar, Kuala Lumpur, on Sept 4 at 12 noon. Paelfle Devetopmeat Credit Berfcad: EOGM67 words
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866 1979-09-01 10 HOSEI SEKIYAMA - By HOSEI SEKIYAMA ACTIVE trading continues on the Tokyo stock market despite the credit squeeze, and the Nikkei-Dow Jones average of 225 key issues hit an all-time high of 6,402.67 on Aug 8. This was the first time ever that the Nikkei-Dow has gone866 words
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Article, Illustration565 1979-09-01 10 WITH tin Kulo Lufar CNV6I I9T the Malaysia Day betlday, the Bhgipirf market «u lnarilra^lSSl» tie la the way af Macemeat far mare active laTradlag «ai agala ekaraeterlaed ky latermltteat keata af kaytag la iMift taaaea with small gala* attoadaat. Oa kalaaee, the market was565 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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685 1979-09-01 11 ANTHONY TAN - By ANTHONY TAN THE RECENT hiving-off of Guthrie Bhd's fertiliser divi- sion, now transformed into a Joint venture with one of Malaysia's largest coopera- tive societies, may restrain profit growth temporarily, but should prove beneficial in the longer term. As one of685 words
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Article632 1979-09-01 11 BOUBTEAD Holdings said the consideration of the purchase of property in Kuala Lumpur from Weld Court Realty was arrived at on a willing-buyer willing-seller basis. It told the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that two valuations had been carried out, by C.H. Williams. Talhar and Wong Sdn Bhd and632 words
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Article439 1979-09-01 11 Current Ex Books Date Total for Total for Payment Date Cloae Payable the year Previous year Inch Kenneth 10% I Aug 8 Aug 20 Sept 1 10% 10% B Kawat 7%TE Aug 7 Aug 18 Sept 7 13% TE 10%TE(a) Tganu Dev 7.5% Aug 8 Aug 21 Sept439 words
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Article139 1979-09-01 11 Company Particulars Ex Data Books Close NSOP Bonus Issue of 3 (or 2 Aug 23 SeptS B Serab Bonus Issue of 3 for 1 Sept 7 E A I Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Sept 10 Sept 20 U M W Bonus Issue of 1 for 3139 words
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562 1979-09-01 11 DESPITE hitting a dull patch In Its Singapore flour milling operations, Prima Ltd managed to achieve a slight improvement in group profit for the first six months ended June 30 this year. The parent company, which handles its grain milling business in Singapore, experienced562 words
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Article380 1979-09-01 11 KAMPONG Lanjut Tin Dredging is continuing its search for suitable mining land so that Its idle dredge will be put to use again. Chairman Junus Sudin disclosed in his annual statement that two prospective areas in Perak are currently under consideration. However, initial findings380 words
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386 1979-09-01 11 DIFFICULT trading conditions have further eroded earnings at George Town Dispensary which operates a chain of retail and wholesale pharmaceutical stores in Malaysia. For the year ended Jan 31, 1979, the company recorded a 36 per cent drop in pre-tax profit to $61,000 as against386 words
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Article156 1979-09-01 11 ACMA Electrical Industries said Its Joint venture with two groups, one Indonesian and the other Singaporean, to manufacture and assemble refrigerators and room air-conditioners Is known as P.T. Jaya Ital. It was earlier announced that the equity of this Joint venture would be split 50-50 between the two156 words
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Article452 1979-09-01 11 in HOCK LOCK SIEW IN HIS characteristic fashion, Mr Jack Chia has moved quickly to put Malayan Credit's house in order before he steers the company back on to the expansion and diversification trail that it strayed from a few years ago. Before the inkHOCK LOCK SIEW - 452 words
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Advertisement159 1979-09-01 11 Study Accountancy with the Specialists Study with Foulks Lynch J LONDON Since 1 SS4 loulks 1 \nch lut\c specialised in tutoring students lioni all round the world lor the various Account anc\ examinat ions and over these years have achieved 149,000 SUCCESSES 406. FIRST PLACES 376 SECOND PLACES 4,000 other159 words
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253 1979-09-01 12 ASEAN has taken the stand that the unilateral action of Australia to increase fares for travel from Australia to Asean by 16.7 per cent from Sep 6 to take into account the increase of fuel costs is against the agreed procedures for establishing253 words
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264 1979-09-01 12 A MALAYSIAN government committee on containerisation is studying the possibility of setting up another inland container depot in an effort to ease congestion at Port Klang. The inland container depot, which is likely to be in Ipoh (the other location being considered is264 words
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Article843 1979-09-01 12 LONDON, Fri. Share prices and government bonds closed slightly easier after a firmer opening in slack trading, dealers said. At 3.00 pm the Financial Times index was down 2.3 at 467.2. Government bonds finished up to 1/8 point lower in shortdated issues and 1/8 to 1/4 point easier843 words
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Article, Illustration51 1979-09-01 12 THE mammoth parade yesterday at Merdeka Stadium ushering in Malaysia's 22nd year of independence. More than 15, Ml students, workers, policemen and soldiers participated in the march past witnessed by King Ahmed Shah, Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn and more than 41, Ml Malaysians who packed the51 words
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Article363 1979-09-01 12 A TEAM of 14 experts from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica) will arrive in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to carry out a detailed study of Malaysia's urea project. The first secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Mr S Hara, said the Japanese government decided363 words
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Article446 1979-09-01 12 LEE YOKE MENG - By LEE YOKE MENG EDUCATION is a powerful vehicle of social mobility, a means through which farpilte« can improve their earning power, said Deputy Prime Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee, But statistics suggest that children's performance in school is closely related to the home environment. These446 words
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Article248 1979-09-01 12 Reuter US Vice-President Walter Mondale yesterday officially opened the first American consulate in China for 30 years in the 11th floor penthouse of Canton's biggest hotel, the Dong Fang. Mr Mondale pulled a blue velvet curtain off a plaque on the wall of the new consulateReuter - 248 words
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Advertisement448 1979-09-01 12 I TRADE with CHINA OCTOBER 11 12,1979 I 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. The448 words
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Miscellaneous64 1979-09-01 12 WEATHER Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Generally fair except for isolated showers. Report far 24 hoars prior to 7JI p.m. oa August SI at the airport Maximum temperature 31.2 Associated humidity 66 Minimum temperature 24.3 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 9.65 Rainfall in millimetres64 words
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LEISURE TIMES
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Article, Illustration1588 1979-09-01 13 GOH ENG KEE - DESTINATION By GOH ENG KEE THE INTRODUCTION to our eight-day familiarisation tour of Thailand, the Land of Smiles was appropriate enough: Thai Airways International's Flight 414 was an Airbus 300 offering wide and spacious comfort that is as characteristic of its people and places of interest1,588 words
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Article182 1979-09-01 13 WHAT 1s a correct ward, ar a prtper ward, *r ui "English" English ward (as •ppsaed to an "American" English ward)? la a ward, what Is a ward? The game sf scrabble briags yea all the delight and ceatraversy sf wards, wards, wards. It camMaea lack aad182 words
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Article, Illustration758 1979-09-01 14 THAMO VEERAPAN - By THAMO VEERAPAN INGENIOUS theories of the rhythmic course of life processes have been in vogue for many centuries. For a long time they remained theories or had been gracefully introduced into the annals of science fiction. In the late I9th and for most of this century, however,758 words
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Article248 1979-09-01 14 FIRST the number of days from your birth date needs to be calculated. For instance, if your -birthday falls on Sep 29, 1948, the number of days to Aug 29, 1979 is 30 years x 365 days 8 leap year days 330 days since last birthday equals 11,288.248 words
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Article, Illustration34 1979-09-01 14 The exhibition is jointly presented by the National Museum, the Embassy of the Netherlands and the Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank. Above: Aat Verhoog's "Two Horsemen" (1977) Serigraph. Below: Karel Appel's Blue Animal (1970) Lithograph.34 words
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Article70 1979-09-01 14 PERSIAN HimwiiM rag fratn the ancient city af Hamad aa la Weatera perda. OM TarUak. Taspinar rag. UBSB Tarkamaa "Steelhack" Bakkara. These are jast three af the llMd carpets far aactiaa at Hatel HUtaa Grand Ballrssm tamarraw at 2pm. All lata are available far laspeettaa fram Itam ta70 words
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Article, Illustration451 1979-09-01 14 Violet Chew - Violet Chew THE DARLING of the Cantonese screen during the *****, former child-star Fung Po Po, is here with her own back-up dancers to entertain fans at the Silver Star Restaurant and Nitechib. This celebrity is no longer that pixy-faced kid. Happily married, Po Po has this451 words
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Article, Illustration210 1979-09-01 14 THE WORKS of two local artists will be featured at the Centre of Fine Arts' First COFA Exhibition to be held from Sep 6-9 at the Hilton Hotel. >> Mr Aw Hong Beng paints with brush and his fingers. A great lover of nature, his works are210 words
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PROPERTY
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349 1979-09-01 15 FOUNDATION work for the Ming Arcade, People's Park group's HO million shopping complex near Ming Court Hotel, was completed last Tuesday. Construction of the superstructure will begin soon with completion scheduled (or mid-1960. The developer is Ming Arcade Pte Ltd, a People's Part349 words
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Article, Illustration1088 1979-09-01 15 TEO TECK WENG - By TEO TECK WENG "THE NEED for more sales space is clear", said 'curio king' Mr Tang Cbooo Keng, chairman of his namesake, C.K. Tang department store, in its annual report two years ago. "We are approaching saturation point in respect of maximising profits that1,088 words
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Article, Illustration197 1979-09-01 15 MANDARIN Singapore has recently promoted Mr Richard Lim Thian San to assistant restaurant manager of Top of the M, the hotel's revolving roof-top restaurant. Formerly a captain in the restaurant, Mr Lim will now directly assist the manager to look after the restaurant's daily operations in his new197 words
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Article, Illustration129 1979-09-01 15 A CAPTAIN At the Belvedere, Mandarin Singapore's sapper club, Mr Lim Voon, emerged winner in the hotel's eighth inhoase courtesy campaign which ended recently. Eight years with the hotel have earned Mr Lim a reputation of being a courteous person. He collects $I,#M worth of household appliances as129 words
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Article, Illustration400 1979-09-01 15 THE LONG history of C.K. Tang can be traced back to 1923 when Mr Tang Choon Keng, its founder and current chairmkn, first step ashore in Singapore after a long voyage from China. With only lace and embroidered napery which he brought along, he400 words
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Article, Illustration769 1979-09-01 16 IF YOU are looking for good entertainment, Candleshoe might seem a good bet. It contains the right blend of ingredients for a good laugh and will give you your money's worth, even though the theme of the story is not original nor new. Like many769 words
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Article, Illustration314 1979-09-01 16 "EVERYTHING for inside and outside a horse". That is what will be offered by Joseph Lyddy-Waproo at the Australian Trade Commissioner's showroom display of sporting goods and leisure equipment here from Sep 11-13. One of Australia's pioneer saddlery companies, Joseph Lyddy-Waproo will feature a wide range erf314 words
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Article, Illustration913 1979-09-01 16 A WELCOME CHANGE ■OTORIMO Hermes "THE MOON belongs to everyone, the best things in life are tree. The stars belong to everyone, they ghino there for you and me..." If I can remember, those are lyrics to a very old song, but what has it got in commonHermes - 913 words
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Article401 1979-09-01 16 LIDO (*****4): The Deer Hnntrr. Winner of five Academy Awards, this show is about three close friends from a Pennsylvania steel mill community who enlist to fight in the Vietnam war. One of the best films in town. Starring Robert De Niro, John Savage, Christopher Walken and John401 words
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Article162 1979-09-01 16 EVERYTHING about sports and your health. The National Stadium Theatrette this month will screen films on sports and physical firness on Sep 1, 15 and 29. Admission is free on a first-come-first-served basis. Today at 10.90 am, in Be Pit aai live, Dr Laurence Morehouse and Don162 words
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Advertisement43 1979-09-01 13 I got it ..with the Kodak Cotorfaurst 300 instant camera Wm_ A good day or ft bad one? .........................Page n The House of Tang project costs a staggering $71 million .m Plucky Prelude JV Laugh along with Jodie Fester and David N1ven................ JV43 words
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Advertisement518 1979-09-01 13 Need extra prints from your instant pictures? Ask vour dealer about Kodak Color 13 Copyprints. r ik'i& THE trials OF The Trials of RUMPOLE Rumpole: pr- John Mortimer Horace Rumpole is back, as irreverent, as iconoclastic, as claretswilling, poetryspouting, judge-abusing, impudent, witty and cynical as ever! Six more tales of518 words
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Miscellaneous931 1979-09-01 13 WHAT WHERE THEATRE TODAY is your last chance to see the Sceneshifters' presentation of Sandy Wilson's musical hit The BoyMead at the Cultural Centre (Bpm). Additional matinee show at 3pm. Treat yourself to the hip-swinging, toetapping Charleston, complete with bobbed hair, beads, blazers and baggy pants. Costumes by Pat Norris,931 words
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Advertisement109 1979-09-01 14 mmn THESE EYES WERE WITNESS TO A RECORD BREAKING EVENT Those eyes saw us sell over 22,500 copies of HER WORLD in July 22,530 to be exact. A record breaker. Those eyes also saw us bringing back the Under 21 Guide in the same issue. By popular demand. Those eyes109 words
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Advertisement76 1979-09-01 14 opportunity to too about 30 of Europe's x>rary artists. The ArrVrO uOlvfCilOfl Qart and sculpturaa by soma 500 artists. Tha VJa Amro Bank atartad its collection to improve V) tha environment for Q. Ha ataff and cuatoroara at its haad offica and ita 850 branchaa. Mr W.Ch.E.A. da Vries, tha76 words
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Advertisement113 1979-09-01 15 PROPERTY RIDGEWOOD The Most Talked About Condominium in Singapore To live at Ridgewood is to live in STYLE The Hawaiian style to be precise. Five majestic Highrises and elegant Townhouses grace the landscape. The recreation facilities are outstanding— 2 swimming pools, a gymnasium, sauna, tennis, squash and badminton courts tin113 words
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Advertisement376 1979-09-01 16 SANDYJAWKES 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 killer376 words
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