The Business Times, 19 September 1979

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1 18 The Business Times
  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 1«/1/7J WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, iv 79 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 72 1 AFP TOKYO, Tues. Asean may possibly take joint military action to defend Thailand if that country's security is endangered, the mass circulation daily Asahi Shim bun reported today, quoting Japapanese foreign ministry sources. The sources disclosed to the newspaper last night that they had obtained information to
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    • 74 1 UPI TOKYO, Tues. Japan will soon start the first national stockpiling of liquefied petroleum gas to cope with the impending oil shortage and to check market prices of oil products, government sources said Tuesday. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry basically decided Monday to set up a
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    • 39 1 AP LONDON, Tues. The price of gold jumped more than US$22 to hit an all-time high of $375.75 a troy ounce at mid-day on the London bullion market. The noon price in Zurich was $373.50.
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    • 86 1 Reuter SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. An extradition hearing set today for Singapore financier Amos Dawe was postponed again when a US Magistrate said he was not yet ready to hear the case. Dawe, 44, faces charges in Hongkong of conspiracy to defraud, publishing a false statement and two charges
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    • 57 1 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two islands, one off the East Malaysian state of Sabah and the other off Singapore, have been designated an "Asean quarantine ring" to prevent diseased livestock being brought into the region. Minister of Agriculture Datuk Shariff Ahmad said today the decision was taken at
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    • 79 1 AFP TOKYO, Tues. Japan's industrial production in July rose 1.1 per cent over the previous month, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said today. According to the revised figures of the ministry, the index for industrial and minings output in July stood at 134.1 against 100
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    • 69 1 AP NEW YORK, Tues. Stock prices dropped sharply this morning as investors reacted to the largest one-day increase ever in the price of gold and worried about higher US interest rates. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was down 8.10 to 873.21 in the frrst half hour.
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  • 135 1 Rises Temerloh 410 102 Ayer Hitam Tin 1430' 20 C Sugar* 281 14 Tan fhong 388 12 Magntfm Corpn 438 8 M Breweries 575 5 lnchcape Loan no 4 U I C 334 2 Intraco 302 2 M Glaaa 218 2 M Flour 182 2 V E
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  • Article, Illustration
    155 1 Rises Temerloh 430 30 C Sugars 280 11 Tronoh 935 10 Bedford 440 10 Tan Chong 384 08 Supreme Corp 165 +07 Minsec 690 06 Falls Gold Coin 250 -14 Rahman Hyd 460 -12 Batu Kawan 230 -11 Esso Ord 520 -10 Guinness 570 -10 K Kampar 410
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  • 593 1  -  DEAL 95 pc CONFIRMED By RAHIM KASSIM A SINGAPORE company is currently negotiating to build a luxurious floating hotel for Sri Lanka. The hotel, costing about $20 million, will have about 250 rooms and will be comparable to five-star hotels in Sri Lanka. If
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  • 169 1 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew told President Suharto that Singapore is interested in investing in Batam island if it is allowed to manage the construction of infrastructures on the island, Antara news agency reported yesterday. The agency quoted Indonesian Secretary of State Lieutenant-General Sudharmono as saying that the
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  • 536 1 THE COST of living in Singapore turned further upwards in August but the increase was moderate enough to suggest that the overall inflation rate this year will be well under 5 per cent. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the cost of living, rose
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  • 243 1 STOCKBBOKING firm Awntohii Aslaa Seearlties (AAS) bi ru afaal sf tke Stock Exthugt sf Singapore (BES) to attcmpttog to eaavert tram a ptrtaenfelp toto a private United Mopaay. It kas bees entered by tke SES to Immediately Its aewlyV registered eampaay, A.A-Seeartttea Pte
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  • 492 1  -  By MANO SABNANI HWA HONG Manufacturing Company, a recent newcomer to the stock market, has been taken to task by the Stock Exchange of Singapore for failing to disclose vital information and could have so caused the creation of a false market in
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 306 2  -  By JOHN LIM Singapore Oxygen Air Liquide (Soxal) will have the largest industrial gas plant in South-east Asia when its new $14-million oxygen plant becomes operational late next year. The new oxygen plant, which is expected to arrive next June, has a 150-ton a
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    • 283 2 MORE than 30 experts in finance, accounting and tax from six countries will speak at a three-day conference "The 1979 Asian Corporate Finance Conference" at the Shangri-La Hotel from Nov 26. Jointly organised by Business Tlmesand the Institute for International Research, the conference will cover
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    • 129 2 THE AUSTRALIAN Sporting Goods ud Leisure Equipment Display which ended last Thursday achieved sales worth $14,•M aad prospective orders worth $143 The largest order was for 5M children's wading pools placed hy a department store with Stem's Play land. Besides good sales, manufacturers were also successful In
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    • 104 2 AN electronic data processing system that will aid India in its land management, agricultural and climatic planning through the use of date received from earth-orbiting satellites has been delivered by Ford Aerospace and Com- munications Corporation. The computer system was delivered to the National Remote Sensing
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    • 167 2 STATISTICAL agencies put In (ewer requests (or technical assistance (rotn the National Statistical Commission (NSC) in the last financial year. This is a reflection of their growing maturity and experience in handling statistical projects, the latest NSC annual report said. The report also revealed that
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    • 73 2 THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) will conduct a course on weldinq inspection from Nov 5 to 9. The course, designed to assist quality control staff, surveyors and inspectors, will be held at its lecture room. Preference will be given to applicants sponsored by
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    • 350 2 NICHICON (Singapore), a newly-established capacitor manufacturer, plans to double its investment in about (our years' time, including setting up a new factory. The company is currently producing 10.5 million pieces of aluminium electrolytic capacitors a month. Production began in May this year. It expects to
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    • 410 2  -  By MARGARET THOMAS A LOCAL manufacturer of knock-down furniture has won a $1.3 million contract to supply wooden fittings for a bousing project in the Arab Republic of Yemen. The Tam pines factory of Jefferson Boyd (S) will now concentrate on producing about
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    • 149 2 PHILIPS Singapore will start marketing a new range of energy saving floureseent tubes, called the TLD series (abave), from early next year. A Philips spokesman said the 26-mm diameter tubes can help reduce energy consumption by 10 per cent. Three TLD models have been developed to replace the
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    • 448 2 A NUMBER of investors already Involved In resource-based industries in Peninsular Malaysia is looking for joint venture partners from Malaysia and abroad (including Singapore) to launch other resource-based projects. As a service to readers, the registry of potential local Investors lasted with the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority as
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 148 2 With Pakistan International Airlines, ife just like Coming hOnflG Every Tuesday and Thursday, Pakistan International v Airlines leaves Sinpanore at nm fnr Kararhi There's nothing better. Every Tuesday and Thursday, Pakistan International Airlines leaves Singapore at 9.40 p.m. for Karachi direct. With almost immediate connections onto Athens, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London,
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  • REGIONAL
    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 479 3 Agencies SOUTH Korea's trade deficit of US$3.B4 billion (558.26 billion) in the first eight months of this year more than tripled that of the corresponding period last year, the Economic Planning Board has reported. The deficit resulted from $9.39 billion worth of exports and $13.23 billion
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    • 317 3 PENINSULAR Malaysia's log imports from Sabah and Sarawak will be insufficient to overcome timber shortage in wood processing industries in the peninsula. This is despite the abolition of the 15 per cent import duty and 5 per cent surtax. Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Datuk
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    • 48 3 UPI Mr Nixon, former US president, being received at the airport in Beijing upon his arrival on Monday by Mr Huang Zhen, Chinese Minister of Culture and former Chief of the Liaison Office of China in Washington. This is Nixon's third visit to China. UPI
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    • 212 3 AFP CHINESE Vice Premier Wang Zhen has disclosed China's four principles for reversion of Taiwan to mainland China, calling for no condition but alternation of the name of the country and its national flag. According to a Kyodo report from Beijing, Mr Wang announced this
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    • 367 3 UPI CHINA pledged on Monday to welcome foreign investment and guarantee "legitimate profits" during the communist state's massive modernisation programme in the *****. Chinese ambassador Chai Zemin, in his first major speech since his appointment 13 months ago, said the "development of friendly cooperation*
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    • 233 3 UPI THE Philippines and Taiwan should settle the issue of overlapping claims for a 370-km economic sea zone by negotiations. Saying this, Philippine solicitor general, Estilito Mendoza, added that his country's declaration of a 370-km economic zone is no more than a national affirmation of a state
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    • 402 3 THE Malaysian national petroleum company Petronas has been urged to contribute at least one per cent of its monthly revenue to finance research on alternative energy resources. The money should be distributed to research institutions universities, which at the moment collectively receive only
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    • 252 3 AFP THAI Premier Krtugnk Ckmaau, la hie e»parity as Flaaaee ftflalster, aaaiMtri a aew package sf fiscal bmimm aimed at retteviag the earreat tight meaey dtiittai. Mviap aai revive the stack market aai flaaarr eempa■les were a—aed after a tap-level mwflag chaired by
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    • 61 3 AFP Reuter SENIOR executives of seven major Japanese steel manufacturers will tour China from Oct 25 to Nov 11 to Hicfngc china's heavy industry'modernisation programme with officials there, it was announced in Tokyo. The seven steel makers are Nippon Steel, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Kawasaki Steel,
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    • 455 3 AFP AUSTRALIA'S Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andrew Peacock, strongly supports proposals to cut substantially import protection on Australian manufacturing industry to help nations in Asia and elsewhere. Delivering the Menzies Memorial Lecture at Monash University in Melbourne this week, Mr Peacock said that the
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    • 249 3 AFP CONSTRUCTION work is underway at Hongkong's offshore Lantau island on the US$5OO million Discovery Bay development project. The largest and most comprehensive residential and recreational project ever undertaken in Hongkong will cover 680 hectares, said the project's developers. Hongkong Resort Co. The project envisages
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 464 4 BUFFER STOCK Reuter AN international buffer stock system would be the most comprehensive, effective and equitable way of reducing excessive price fluctuations for cotton, says a United Nations report. The report, by the secretariat of the UN Conference on trade and Development (Unctad), estimated
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    • 138 4 Futures closed mixed in Chicago on Monday, holding gains up to 5 US cents a bushel while losing as much as 4'/i cents. Late local and commission house liquidation of long positions brought beans away from earlier gains, traders said. Weakness in soybean oil futures near the close also
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    • 68 4 Futures closed 3to 5 3 /< US cents a bushel higher in Chicago on Monday, traders said. They said gains were tempered late in the session by hedge selling. Locals became late sellers as well. Floor sources said two exporters Were outstanding sellers of the December contract on the
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    • 191 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed slightly lower yesterday with October One RSS buyers quoted at 278.50 cents per kilo, down 2.75 cents from Monday's close, dealers said. Morning prices were marked down about 2.25 cents on lower London advices and some selling, they said. Afternoon values eased further on some
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    • 298 4 R.A.6. prices in cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per Ulo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt l.o.b. 279.75 280.75N Int. 1 R.S.S. October MO.25 280.75 Int. 1 R.S.S. November 283.00 283.50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 273.50 274J0N UK/Coot ***** 273.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 270JO ***** UK Coot 289.50 270.50N
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    • 102 4 NOON SSR and SMR pncaa ymt aniay: SSR 20 SSR SO (1-ton pallat) (1-ton pallat) (Cvnat MU) Bayara Sallara ***** 265 SON 260.50 262J0N For- .rd M Ik 1 Buyara Sallara ***** 28&JON 280.50 262JON MRKLB SMRCV SMRL SMRGP SMR 5 SMR 10 SMR 20 SMR SO
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    • 58 4 THE STRAITS tta price la m—l Ml MS* per pica] JZ^ycsfarlie market, bswever, ill |CMf«oy steady ea eeatftaaed baying (rem all ssarees, partteahurly Jaaaa aai the US, aai alas dee to steadier Lesdss advice*, they said. Tstal tarasver sf tia sres delivered dnrnas ed slightly to m tosses
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    • 32 4 Rubber Sept 18 Singapore: October: 278.50 cents (down 2.75 cents) Mslsysis: October: 278.75 cents (down 2.25 cents) Tin: MS 1,9 20 (down $2) Official offering: 206 tonnes (down 12 tonnes)
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    • 131 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday continued the recent quiet trend with no trades registered, dealers said. Nearby October closed at 10.10/12 US cents against Monday's 10.14/20 close with distant September at 11.88/ 96 against U. 92/98. The cotton market closed firmed la cotlaued quiet trading, dealers said. October
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    • 361 4 TRADING conditions remained generally quiet and the trend was mixed in the Singapore produce market yesterday. fluiinew transacted was minimal, there being a complete withdrawal of foreign buyers for most oI the commodities. Pepper dealers were idle for want of proper price indications from the leading markets in
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    • 326 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SJ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent drat class (Kangaroo) new crop 0 100 per cent second class 0.83. 100 per cent third class 0.80, 25 per cent m* crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.70 THAI BROKEN: A*uper 0 62, Special
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    • 193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-godown) CsttM yam: China Blue Phoenix 20i 2.300 3k 2,850, 40s 3,070 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece pifc: China Butterfly and Clot* brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 622 4 ALUMINIUM: Down £8.5 (or and £7 for threemonths yesterday morning. The market drifted lower under scattered liquidation which took three-months down to £727 in the ring from £734 in the early (remarket. At the same time, the backwardation narrowed to £4 compared with £6.5 Monday afternoon. Sales 1200
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    • 75 4 C J.F. North European ports, In US dollars per ton unless otherwise stated. LONDON: mr Moa Previous Malaysian 5% ffa bulk per tonne 642.50slr November unch Sumatra 5* Ha bulk 652 50slr *****slr/650pd September October 655 00s lr 650 00slr November 650 00slr 655slr/650pd December mniif 655slr'ft50pd January
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 485 4 TOKYO ENERGY and resourcerelated issues were bullish yesterday but trading was still sluggish.Trading-house issues and shipping stocks were generally higher. Market interest in these issues appears to have been revived, supported by the feeling that these stocks might have tested their recent lows. On the other hand, quality
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    • 250 4 THE stock market closed mixed yesterday, with gains in the majority in quiet trading, dealers said. First Trust rose 8 baht to 165, Commercial Credit 5 to 147, Dusit Than! 8 to 238, Mah Boonkrong Drying and Silo 6 to 322 and Capital Trust, Slam Credit and Siam Cement
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    • 122 4 THE market closed lower across the board yesterday, though turnover rose to 11.79 milliofi pesos from Monday's 10.22 million, dealers said. The only gainers were Benguet Con B, Basic Petrolem and Oriental B while Lepanto B, Phil Overseas, Pogei, CDCP, Meralco and PLOT lost ground. Unchanged issues included Atlas
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    • 325 4 THE MARKET moved higher 'again yesterday with interest being diverted from HK Land to Jardine Matheson which shot up 50 cents to $12.00 in very heavy trading. Although blue chips were only marginally better, utility and shipping shares, after a long lapse, were very strong. A land auction in
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    • 285 4 NERVOUS selling dominated the market yesterday in reaction to the record performance of the past week and the All Ordinaries index eased 5.84 points to 670.93, dealers said. Oversea buying was reduced, awaiting local buyers action. Companies with South Australian interests were again highlighted. SEPT U Cenu INDUSTRIALS A.
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    • 61 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS H.K.HANG SENG Monday 440.0 Tuesday 406 JO Friday...... 487.7 Monday- 9WJ7 Wttk Ago 475.0 Week afo 940j06 DOW JONE8 AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Monday 881$• Tuesday 538.38 Friday m in Monday ***** Week mil Week a«o 531.74 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Monday.. .32 to 32'* Friday
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 538 5 NYT. AMERICAN President Carter is expected to nominate Robert Hormats, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, and Michael Smith, the administration's chief textile negotiator, as deputies to Reubin Askew, who has been nominated to be the Special Trade Representative. Administration
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    • 56 5 The sequence of pictures show Mr Jacqnes TUlier from the French magazine Minute being shot and wounded by French gangster number 1, Jacques Mesrine. The Journalist was supposed to Interview Mesrine, but was shot by the gangster as an example for a story published on him In
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    • 472 5 Mr John Riccardo, Chrysler Corp's 55-year-old chairman and chief executive officer, said he would ask Chrysler's Board of Directors to grant him early retirement, effective immediately. Mr Riccardo's decision came as a surprise. Although he had previously announced that he intended to step down by year-end and
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    • 696 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From GU GA944 1055 PKU GIA GA906 1100 MES UB UB231 1115 RGN THAI TG423 1125 BKK PAL PR501 1135 MNL SIA SQ63 1155 MNL GIA GA982 1200 HLP SIA SQ240 1210 MES SIA SQ201 1245 HLP MAS Wilwl 1245 KCH
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    • 388 5 UPI US HOUSE of Representatives and Senate conferees, working to meet a two-week deadline, reached agreement on Monday on a compromise version-of the bill to implement the Panama Canal treaties. The treaties go into effect on Oct 1 and the bill is needed to set
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    • 167 5 THE US trade deficit will show some short term improvement this year but the long term outlook is not bright, under secretary of commerce Luther Hodges told the Senate Banking Committee. Mr Hodges said the US trade deficit should fall to about US$25 billion this
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    • 77 5 THE US intends to go ahead with setting up an emergency intervention force, General Edward Meyer, the new army chief of staff, said. By the start of next year, he hopes to have established a headquarters staff for a force of a maximum 100,000 troops
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    • 615 5 NYT AFTER six years of suffering in virtual silence over the skyrocketing price of oil. the world's poorer nations have persuaded the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to agree to negotiations on pricing and supply. This move by the developing nations, which
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 387 5 Agencies. THERE was no indication from the British delegation on the entry of sterling into the EMS or a timetable for this, Irish Finance Minister George Colley said. He said after a meeting of EEC finance ministers that the six-month review of EMS is complete and the
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    • 132 5 THE Kuwait News Agency said that Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar were selling unspecified quantities of their oil on the spot market at prices of 50 per cent above those set up by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). Opec met in
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  • 391 6 INFLUENCED by foreign news reports of galloping inflation, there are probably many Singaporeans who believe that the case will be the same here. Visions of double-digit inflation rates must have plagued the minds of many businessmen while individuals, though far divorced from the intricacies of CPIs
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  • 315 6 THE only surprise about the SES finding it necessary to query the discrepancy between the recent interim results of Hwa Hong and the company's apparent forecast when it went public back in June is that the authorities delayed until yesterday to do so. Our Hock
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  • 1751 6  -  By MICHAEL THOMPSON-NOEL FT. IT IS 8.55 am. On the 44th floor of the Time and Life Building, in the executive suite of Interpublic, Philip Geier is calmly sipping coffee and talking in the carefully modulated tones you would expect of the man who sits
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  • 711 6  -  By JOHN MORRISON Reuter. RUSSIANS are up in arms about the case of the vanishing vegetables. In the Soviet Union's main market garden areas, the fields are full of juicy tomatoes, peppers, marrows and other summer crops. There are luscious table grapes, pears and apples hanging from the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • Article, Illustration
    1315 7  -  PORT OF KUANTAN A third independent consultant will be engaged to formulate the necessary repairs needed for the damages at the Port of Kuantan. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn has pointed that the damages are "mainly technical and maybe solely technical." The port's opening has been
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  • 1108 7  -  The strained relations between General Kriangsak and Thailand's labour force have deteriorated further with the sharp jump in the prices of prime commodities, reports WIRASAK SALAYAKANOND. However, the government has decided to increase the wages of workers to 45 baht a day, effective next month. WIRASAK
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  • 1059 7  -  [FORUHJ With JOHN TAN IT IS not often that a Singapore Cabinet minister speaks casually on issues which are vitally-impor-tant to Singapore. Yet, that is what recently-ap-pointed Defence Minister Mr Howe Yoon Chong has chosen to do. Brevity is always a welcome asset
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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    • 141 8 for lunch. For dinner. for a richly rewarding experience. n j i ciHun I'urk ?Sl»«'i*a»toii r i il A S LI NCI ILK SIDLBOAKI) i (>ur» a% i) >•« <' <* >i in 1m -i (lisjy-S.IW.MI V< HI.H si< k'! »vin f I <il tt v \\<»il< r uh<il <
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    • 69 8 See Page 4 for Asian stocks e See Page 9 for NYSE prices I I <4 V s imcse s i loou >* ft 41 nnlrl V. IH" K pit V- B »t M v V Hvuse AHah r riijs*' »M 1, is r 24 hours service Kings Coffee House
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    • 144 8 I m r j i I tw Jj i Savour the true flavours of Singapore in cool, exotic, tropica! surroundings at the new look Hin's Heavenly Cookhouse. Choose from a whole variety of local foods like Murtabak, Steam-boat, Malay Curries, Noodles, Smoked Duck and Suckling Pig, Satay, Chilli Crabs Exceptional
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    • 154 8 Mil Merlin's New Tavern Bar It's totally new. Painstakingly furbished to create just the rightambience for you to unwind after a hard day's work, before dinner, or to round off a perfect evening. Enjoy happier happy hours from 5.00 pm to 7.00 pm. We have The Gypsies to entertain, a
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 463 9 THE US dollar continued to weaken generally against other currencies amid very thin trading yesterday. Against the yen, the US dollar initially took on a higher note at 223J5/65, compared with Monday's 223.15/30 close. But after the London opened, the US unit moved down to close around 223.40/50,
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    • 177 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Sep 18: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 0 months 9 months 12 months US D*Hsrs<8Mt) Offtr Bid 11 19/*****3/16 12H 125/16 12*« 1211/16 131/16 1215/16 131/16 1215/16
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    • 22 9 THE average rale at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 8.9 per cent.
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    • 48 9 i I •8 «d by discount houses oa Sep 18: Overnight 3 5W% Call deposits 5W% Closiii Bsytu 8*Qi>( 3 month SH Treasury bills 5V« 3 month 8 3/16 Bank bills 8 5/16 3 month CD 8W 8H 0 month CD 8V« 8H Source: National Discount Co
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    • 56 9 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchange quotes on Sep 18: US dollar -1.1248/1.1200 Sterling 0.5244/0.5173 Ninety-day air mail buying rates: Sterling 0.5468 US dollar -1.1678 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5299 US dollar -1.1309 NEW ZEALAND Reserve bank midrate: US dollar 0.9960 Trading bank indications: Sterling 0.4638/0.4608 US dollar -1.0010/0.9910 Ninety-day airmail buying
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    • 342 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures market yesterday closed between USSISJO and US$l7.OO higher in nervous trading, dealers said. Total turnover was 468 lots compared with 400 lots overnight with interest mainly on December and February contracts, they said. December closed firmer at U*****.60/7.00 an ounce compared with U*****.50/90 overnight, February
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    • 238 9 STERLING fluctuated nervously ahead of the August trade figures expected late yesterday, but on balance it maintained the recovery which set in late Monday, dealers said. The dollar was subdued with gold's rapid progress to yet greater heights helping to erode confidence in the currency, although signs that yesterday's
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    • 114 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed little changed at 223.60 yen yesterday, compared with a 223.40 opening and 223.70 at Monday's close, dealers said. Trading was moderate with volume at $768 million. After opening at the day's low, the dollar firmed to 223.95 yen in mid-afternoon on buying
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    • 221 9 STERLING recovered marginally in late trading here on market expectations that the British unit would receive some central bank support when European centres opened yesterday, dealers said. It rose to U552.1535/45 from 2.1506/15 at the close of the morning session but was still below its 2.1565/80 New York overnight
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    • 462 9  -  SECOND DOMESTIC CREDIT By LEE YOKE MENG THE SINGAPORE Government is expected to make its second domestic borrowing this B*f*i year in two to three weeks' time. Money market dealers expect the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to issue around $3(***** million worth of government
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    • 421 9 Reuter nnnnse THE International Monetary Fund said a survey of 76 of its members showed the proportion of sterling in their foreign exchange reserves fell to 2 per cent last year. This compares with 8 per cent in 19TO, it said in its
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    • 231 9 AFP. THE FINANCE ministers of the nine Common Market countries decided during a meeting that there was no need to revise the European Monetary System (EMS) established on March 13. French Economy Minister Rene Monory said that the EMS had functioned perfectly and that the obligatory
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    • 1164 9 NEW YORK THE STOCK market on Monday ended mixed in active trading despite a strong opening as investors grew cautious ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting yesterday. Money market analysts said the avoidance of a United Auto Workers strike against General Motors probably will put
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    • 316 9 PETROLEOS Mexicanoe Pemex, Mexico's stateowned petroleum agency, has signed an acceptance agreement for US$2.5 billion.(Sss.s billion) The agreement, for financing the export of crude oil and the import of petroleum derivatives, was signed with a syndicate of 66 international Knntrg with the
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    • 149 9 UPI. THE SOVIET Union has sought an additional US$4O million in Japanese bank loans to finance coal development in the South Yakutsk region, steel industry sources aid. The Soviets also told Japan at the fourth JapanSoviet regular consultation meeting in Tokyo that it is planning
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    • 103 9 Reuter MALAYSIA will float an 80 million francs 5 per cent 10year bond on the Swiss capital market from Sep 25 to 28, issuing consortium leader Swiss Bank Corp said. The issue price will be announced on Sep 25. Meanwhwile, The Bank of China
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    • 67 9 Reuter JAPAN had a trade deficit of US$67O million in August, compared with a downward revised July surplus of $197 million and a $1.95 billion surplus in August last year, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report. Preliminary fob exports in August rose two per cent to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 186 9 T [V'j rrr 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 development in engineering or marketing expertise.
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  • 1202 10 BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES THE KLSE In Singapore BID and otter prices officially bated 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. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Acu (2.388)
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  • 160 10 row APOftE UNIT TmOBT INCOME BOND UNIT (MiHfina' prima fcrSaptlt) (Camat pri The Commerce 2 07 2JD Income Bond 1.14 L The Saving Fund 1 36 1 44 S pore Prog Fund O B O.STxd S pore See Fund IN 1.K MAKA BUMIr VRA S pore Invest Fund
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  • 2654 10 1*79 Gr*s Gr*» Net Laat Div Div YTd pre. Vol Day Sale +or- Cvr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL 261 207 Acma 236 15.0 2.2 65 in 190 123 Alcom 196 10.0 15 5.1 26.1 148 110 Allied Choc 132 unch 8.4 1 132
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  • 112 10 1/8/80 (250.000) (9R508 4 1/4% 18/0/80 (250.000) (***** *****) •W* IMI (250.000) (95.158 *****) 8% 18/4/81 (250,000) (***** 97 708) 5 1/1% 1/8/78-81 (*****0) (981 SB *****) S 1/4% 1/8/78-81 (250,000) (***** *****) 7% 18/4/88 (*****0) (*****8) 7% 1/8/88 (250,000) (*****8) 15/4/86 (*****0) (*****8) 8 1/4% T P
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  • 107 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. ■aw Par (Sept $1.20) (0.248 O.2SS). Hi me P E (Sept -$1.60) (0.50B). laeheape
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  • 1335 10 BID and Oder price* officially lifted Wad hwrtw la and reported to lite Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yeaterday with the number of shares traded shown la brackets la lots of 1,000 unita unless otherwise specified. MDUSTBIALB AJaiM.li (1) 100 Una (ÜBS) (2) 1.97 A Chae (UTS) AMD
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  • 191 10 Soothers Kiata CmmUaM (M) BM: AGM to be held at Wisma Bunga Raya, 152, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, today at 9.30am. Kaanatlag Tta Dredgtag (M) BM: AGM to be held at Wisma Bunga Raya, 152, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, today at 10.00am. BM: AGM to Wisma Bunga Raya,
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  • 727 10 SHARE priees aaderweat slew eresiea la <atet Md hottut tradiag »t Ike Stack Exehaage af Siagapere yesterday. Baylag sappart coattaaed ta be seriaasly lackiag. la reeeat weeks, the geaerai teadeaey aaiaag lavestars kas inta ta lay eff freak commitments la the light af aaeertalaty la
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  • 544 10 THE slow downward drift cotinued on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday and prices again finished a shade lower. Losses recorded were, however, minimal, suggesting that there was no real selling pressure. Observers attributed the gradual decline to light liquidation by tired holders who were
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 523 11  -  By DAVID CHOW AS FORECAST, Island k Peninsular Development has experienced a temporary slowdown in its mid-term earnings owing to the smaller number of houses sold during the six-month period ended July 31,1979. This could not be entirely offset by
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    • 769 11 ASSOCIATED Plastics Industries (API) chairman, Tan Sri Taib bin Haji Andak, has painted an encouraging financial scenario for the company. He reaffirmed that prospects are looking brighter for this forlorn group which has been struggling since early last year to regain its leadership of the Malaysian
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    • 586 11 Current Ex Book* Date Total for Total for Payment Date Cloae Payable the year Previoua year Ale* Holding* 6%(b) Sept 4 Sept 11 Sept 19 6% 5% Sg B«ai 350% Aug 20 Aug 30 Sept 20 520% 65% JC-MPH 10%<b) Aug 23 Aug 31 Sept 24 10% 10%(c)
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    • 152 11 Company Particulars Ex Date Books Close U AC Bonus Issue of 1 for 3 Sept 5 NYA E A 1 Bonus Issue of 1 for 2 Sept 10 Sept 20 U M W Bonus Issur of l for 3 Sept 11 Sept 21 Tan Choag Bonus Issue of
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    • 274 11 SOUTH Pacific Textile Industries' (SPTI) acquisition of the minority interests of Soutex totalling 4.02 million shares of $1 each at par in exchange for a similar number of shares of $1 each of the company, has been approved by the shareholders at the EOGM held
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    • 720 11 SUNGEPBesi Mines Malaysia has sufficient reserves to sustain production of tin concentrates at current costs and favourable tin prices, at least until 1984. The extension of two years over the company's previous projections probably underscores the higher tin prices which make it
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 51 11 Unaudited group net profit of M 513.67 million ($11.29 million) (or the six months ended June 30 on total revenue of $47.72 million ($34.79 million). Parent company net profit was $13.10 million ($ll.BO million). Interim dividend was 5 per cent (same) less tax for the year ending Dec
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      • 55 11 said it re- ceived for 5,111,233 new shares, representing 98.96 per cent of the 5,163,888 new shares to be issued through Its one-for-three rights issue. This leaves a balance of 52,655 new shares for which the company has received applications amounting to 386,751.' The new shares were
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      • 26 11 Unaudited pre-tax profit of M 53.64 million ($1.26 million) on turnover of $2J>.77 million (121.30 million) for the six months ended June 30.
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      • 26 11 Unaudited group pre-tax profit of $4.46 million (15.12 million) on turnover of $96.40 million ($83.38 million) for the six months ended June 30.
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      • 19 11 shareholders have approved the sale of 4.52 million West Country Sdn shares at the EOGM on Sep 17.
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    • 307 11 THE Malaysian government can help bumiputras more if it were to buy shares of existing bumiputra companies, instead of those in other established companies, and hold them in trust for bumiputras. Mr Mansor Abdullah, chairman of the Trade, Industry and Career Development Bureau, Umno Jalan Haji
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    • 570 11 SOVRAN Industries expects current year group operating profit to drop slightly following the disposal of the assets and business of subsidiary Malaysian United Paper Products (MUPP) late last year, j However, chairman Mr Quek Leng Chan points out in the latest annua] report
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    • 474 11 aaraaoQ mm™ by HOCK LOCK SIEW ONCE AGAIN, the Straits* Times industrial share index the blue chip indicator has fallen below the 400point level and gives rise to some concern among the investing public. What is wrong with the market? How much lower will it go before the
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    • 245 11 Date Last Full Year Company Period Announced Net EPS Grass Pre-tax last year (cents) Div. Profit <%) <**•••) Apollo I 30/8 14.8 7.5 4,353 Magnum Corp I 12/9 19.2 15.0 21,645 Fancy Tile I 14/9 8.3 1,010 Bo vis I 15/9 14,509 Leong Huat I 15/9 3.3 250
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  • 214 12 THE HONGKONG visit of former Slater Walker bead, Mr Jim Slater, had its effect on the dramatic price rise in the Hongkong-quot-ed shares of King Fung Development Company Ltd. The former Haw Par Brothers International chairman Richard Tar ling said this yesterday when
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  • 62 12 Picture above shows the new-look Encik Othman Wok, Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia. Clad in a sports Jacket and sporting a beard, he was among the send-off party (or President Suharto of Indonesia yesterday. Hie inset shows a picture of Encik Othman taken in ltn. Mr Suharto left Singapore
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  • 463 12 PRESIDENT Junius Jayewardene of Sri Lanka yesterday said not only will he support Singapore's stand on the Kampuchea issue but will also move it if there is any resolution on the stand at the United Nations. The visiting President was referring to Singapore's call, which
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  • 292 12 THE PILE up of containers at the container terminal at Port Klang is building up at an alarming rate. Little progress has been made to clear up the congestion and some in-fight-ing has occurred among the parties concerned in the clearance. The number of containers (both 20 and
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  • 821 12 LONDON, Tues. Gold shares and government bonds closed* higher after a quiet session with the August trade figures having little impact, dealers said. At 3 pm, the FT index was up 2.5 at 468.5. The fresh spurt in gold bullion prompted renewed demand for gold shares where gains
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  • 350 12 Reuter THE BnM Uatoa ku received a mprnrnmt rebuff tr*m member* af Amu which apamed restate far warehlpa to vkft their parte. The PMHppiif Ptrdp Mlatotry a—a—ad that It had toned dm request far neh a vfctt this week by twe Sevtet warships •pentlag
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  • 738 12 Reuter A RECORD balance of payments surplus appears certain this year for Indonesia. And short-term economic prospects in general have been favourably altered by the rapid increase in crude oil prices, a report on ffte Indonesian economy issued by the US Embassy said yesterday.
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  • 343 12 ONE of the first projects which the newly-formed Asean Federation of Electrical Engineering Contractors (AFEEC) is vying for is the huge Marina City complex project in Singapore, the federation's officials said yesterday. Towards this end, AFEEC is planning to form a consortium of Asean contractor to compete with
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 74 12 NOTICE To the holders of the floating rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 23(d March 1982 of: W THE TOKAI BANK, LTD. Suite 2801/2803 CBBbrd Centre, 24 Raffles Place, Singapore 1. We hereby certify that the rate of interest payable on the above-mentioned certificates of deposit for the interest
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    • 89 12 I When you're fishing for new markets, land big game with the help of air freight experts. When you're busy meeting deadlines, controlling inventory, hounding suppliers, maintaining client service and developing new markets, it's reassuring to know that there is an air freight company which treats your business as seriously
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 219 12 THE rainfall for the first 15 days of September was above average over about 80 per cent of Singapore. The northern part of the Republic wjth more than 230 mm of rain for the first half of September was the area with highest rainfall whereas the south-eastern coastal area with
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 81 13 THE SECOND Clipper class vessel, the 29,900 deadweight tons (dwt) Hoegh Cairn, arrives in Singapore today on her maiden round-the-world voyage. Sister-ship* Hoegh Clipper arrived in the Republic on July 18. The two multi-purpose cargoliners, built by the Kobe Works of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, are owned by
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      • 70 13 Reuter. HITACHI Shipbuilding and Engineering Company said it has won a seven billion yen (S|7o million) order to build an offshore drilling rig for India's Oil and Natural Gas commission. The rig, to be delivered in November next year, will be used for oil and gas drillings
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      • 100 13 Reuter. JAPAN'S Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI) has signed an 8.5 billion yen (SsBs million) contract with Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company of Bermuda to fit diesel engines in four supertankers. The four 280,000 dwt tankers will each be fitted with two 18,000 hp diesel engines in place of
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    • 725 13  -  IMPORT RULES NO BARRIER By RAHIM KASSIM CARGO movements from the Far East to Nigeria have picked up significantly during the last quarter despite rigid import regulations and procedures imposed by the Nigerian Government last November. Shipping lines serving the trade to West Africa
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    • 185 13 UPI. DESPITE a stow start to the week, t leagthy fixture was eempUed ea Meaday •wiag to active time-ehar-teriag ever the weekead p* n#o. Chiaeae charterers made aae af thetr srcssisail ferays eat* the market wkea they taah the 22,988 dwt Jmg Jlwnm far a trip heme after
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    • 320 13 RELATIONS between Asian seafarers unions and the International Transportworkers Federation (ITF) has dearly taken a turn for the worse following the former's decision to reject a specially convened ITF meeting in Stockholm. Mr R.A. Ha mid, the president of the Singapore Organisation of
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    • 863 17 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the snip, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 557 17 raiffiu ut ACS Ale* Alfred Alpac Angkutan ANL APL Arya Nat ASCL Asia America Asia Merchant Atlas A ust.Coot T IV V IV V I m n m n n IV IV Cat 5 2 5 5 1 2 5 1 5 5 4 5 Baltic Bank BBS
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    • 812 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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    • 174 18 THE traas-Padlle Bner trade remaiss highly esmpetitive ani the msst sacccssfal csmpaaies is the service wnM he these which provide the kM el capacity irmssdfd hy shipper* frsm the Far East. This was stated hy Mr Karl C. Lanes, the reeestly appelated general masager sI the
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    • 1282 18 Lloyd's List. FIRST half-term report on the new-style British Shippers Council (BSC) as part of the powerful Freight Transport Association (FTA) indicates that a much stronger, all-round organisation is increasing its effectiveness in ensuring that shippers' interests are properly represented. Controller of
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    • 396 18 AFP. THE PRESENT slump in the world shipbuilding industry is likely to continue in the next three years, according to a new study of the industry's prospects. When the anticipated recovery in demand comes in the late *****, West European shipyards will scarcely benefit due
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    • 121 18 Reuter THE ORGANISATION far Eciailr CNfenttM Mi DeinlifMt (OECD) Nil there wnM ipetaMy he vtrtaally M grewth tai the world iprrhiat Heel ■est year. The Timtkm OECD, hi Hi repert ea maritime traaapart hi IRS, aafti the wwM fleet ef drips ef Mere
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    • Article, Illustration
      511 18 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Arafat (after Bunga Melor shifts) 33/34 Bunga Melor (shifts after Ocean Prima sails A on completion of T/L) 15/16' Bunga Bindang (1500) 19 Kota Jasa (1500) 10/U Lloyd Bakke (after San Francisco Maru) 6/7 Nedlloyd Frazer (0530 after Nedlloyd Serooskerk) 3/4 Perlis
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    • 184 18 AFP ALL THE oil-tankers that can be economically taken out df lay-up throughout the world have been reactivated, E.A. Gibson, the London-based shipbroker, estimate in its latest review on idle tonnage.. The only tonnage remaining in lay-up is that which either still needs a
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    • 136 18 Reuter. LEADERS of Britain's 40,000 merchant navy officers have demanded a 25 per cent pay rise and improved leave. The claim, presented to the shipowners' organisation, the General Council of British Shipping, is for a new national agreement from Nov General secretary of the
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