The Business Times, 20 November 1979

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 14C/1/79 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29,1979 50 CENTS
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    • 63 1 AFP TOKYO, Mon. Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira today decided to name Mr Senichi Tanigaki of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party as the new Education Minister. Mr Tanigaki, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, was chosen to take over the office of Education Minister about two weeks after Mr Ohira inaugurated his
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    • 76 1 Reuter BAHRAIN, Mon. Abu Dhabi has decided to reduce its daily oil production from its onshore oilfields next year by 110,000 barrels to 740,000 barrels for technical reasons, the Middle East Economic Survey (Mees) said today. British Petroleum, Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles and Shell have had their
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    • 45 1 UPI NEW DELHI, Mon. The Reserve Bank of India devalued the Indian rupee by 1.71 per cent effective today, the Press Trust of India News Agency reported. The new middle rate is 17.55 rupees per pound sterling. The old rate was 17.25. UPI
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    • 75 1 AFP JAKARTA, Mon. Over 50 million Indonesians of the some 140 million population have been classified as "poor", and of these, over 31 million as "very poor", Minister of Social Affairs Sapardjo said. Poverty is one of the most pressing social problems facing the country and requiring an
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    • 90 1 AFP NEW DELHI, Mon. The Reserve Bank of India's annual report for 1978-79 released today has painted a gloomy picture of the economy and called for urgent short and long-term measures to remedy the twin problems of inflationary trend and industrial stagnation. The report noted that the growth
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    • 58 1 AFP MANILA, Mon. The Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) today granted a US$l4 million loan to the Philippine government to help develop its coal resources, the Bank's headquarters here announced. The development of the coal resources is designed as an indigenous alternate energy resource to help
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    • 64 1 UPI NEW YORK, Mon. The stock market pushed higher early today despite investor concerns about interest rates and Iran. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average, a 5.63-point lower on Friday, was ahead 0.68 point to 816.37 around the first hour of trading. Advances led declines, 575
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  • 141 1 Falls Ayer Hitam Tin 1300 -50 Strait* Trading 695 -20 Berjuntai 750 -10 O C B C 680 -10 Nat Iron 590 -10 High Low 426 -10 DBS 488 -8 Gentinga 380 -8 M U I 464 Magnum Corpn 402 -6 U O B 326 -6 Nanyang
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    147 1 Falls A Hi lam Tin 1300 -20 L Perak 302 -16 OCBC 680 -15 Sg Bagan 376 -14 Consplant Wrts 515 -10 CCM 606 -10 S Ttrading 700 -10 SKinta 830 -10 Troooh 940 -10 Lingui 235 -09 G Ropel 304 -08 Genting 380 -08 Rises Bedford 480
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  • 461 1  -  TALKS WITH JAPANESE By JOHN LIM APPLIED Engineering, strengthened by funds from parent company Wearnes Brothers, is ready to undertake major engineering projects in the region. The company was recently awarded a "multimillion dollar" contract to supply prefabricated steelwork for steam furnace reformers to be
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  • 300 1 AN economic cooperation agreement between Asean and the European Economic Community (EEC) is expected to be concluded at the end of the month. This was stated by Malaysian Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. He said representatives from both the regional groups would
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  • 471 1 EXPORTS of knock-down wooden furniture are increasing but the industry must take action to offset adverse factors affecting this line of manufacture. The vice-chairman of the Association of Furniture Industries of Asia (AFIA), Mr Wong Liang Han, said this year's exports are expected to reach $53
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  • 361 1 FMC, one of America's largest industrial corporations, is to open a regional office in Singapore early next year to market its entire range of engineering products. FMC has already set up a petroleum equipment manufacturing subsidiary here. With the economic potential of the South-east Asian region increasing
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  • 266 1 THE Minister tar Research aai Terhael egy, Dr B J HaMMe, will meet Prime Mlatater Lee Kaaa Tew this Satarday to dlseass Btagapere'a rele la the ladastrtol ievelepmeat «t Baton, the ladeaeslaa Uaai Jest It km seath sf Magspsre. Dr HaMbie, whs Is
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  • 306 1  -  By LEE YOKE MENG NTUC-COMFORT, one of Singapore's largest public transport organisations, will begin the first phase of its computerisation programme later this month. The organisation is acquiring a $100,000 system from Perkin-EHmer Data Systems (Far East) to computerise its instalmentsavings records, filing and updating
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  • 104 1 AP THE dollar fell sharply on European foreign exchanges yesterday morning on Tears of a worsening US confrontation with Iran but gold prices were little changed. In early morning dealing, the dollar fell more than 2 cents against the British pound, dropped 2.5 centimes against the French
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 457 2 COURSES AND TALKS Nov 19-20: How to Analyse Structure Your Organisation, Hyatt, Price Waterhouse Nov 20-21: Sales Training Course, Hilton Hotel, Consulasia Nov 22-23: How to Develop Managers and to Improve Their Effectiveness, Hyatt, Price Waterhouse Nov 22-24: Introduction to Computer Auditing Techniques, 37th Floor Hong Leong Building,
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    • 393 2  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA THE Ministry (or Social Affairs is trying to encourage more women to join the labour force, in line with the government's policy of more effective use of labour resources. "The rate of participation of our women in the workforce
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    • 233 2 THE giant cognac company, Jas Hennessy and Company is to send its Chief Taster and Blender, Mr Maurice Fillioux, to Singapore for a three-day visit from today. During his stay Mr Fillioux will meet local dealers of Hennessy cognac. He is also scheduled to visit
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    • 263 2 THE Indonesian Tourist Promotion office for Southeast Asia is optimistic at achieving the target of attracting 100,000 Asean visitors to Indonesia this year. For the first half of this year, Indonesia has already received 55,596 Asean visitors and according to Miss Wuryastuti Sunario,
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    • 81 2 A conference en personnel planning fnr Eastman Kodak Company units In the Asian, African and AutmlMdaa was held recently at the company headquarters in Rochester, New York. Dtorasslng a presentation at the conference are, from left, Mr Lee Ween Kong from Kodak (Singapore); Mr Muxafar Bnhmsn from
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    • 378 2 A MEMBER of Parliament yesterday reiterated the Singapore Government's support for small-to-medium-sized high technology companies which are keen on investing in the Republic. Such companies have an important role in the country's new industrialisation strategy where emphasis is on quality and not the size
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    • 295 2 SOME bread will soon taste of almond, lemon and vanilla, thanks to a company called Bon Appetit which will be marketing such bread flavouring in Singapore The company currently represents three West German companies Richard Girrbach, Martin Braun and Vortmeyer. Their products include edible cake decorations,
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    • 211 2 LOUIS PiytMM has been promoted to a fall account director of Kenyon and Eckhardt with effect from Nov 1. Mr Papineau has been working with Kenyon and Eckhardt since May 1978 and previously was with Ted Bates and Argup Advertising. He is currently working on a number
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    • 121 2 HERTZ Rent-A-Car representatives from nine Asian and Pacific countries attended the company's first regional training seminar in Singapore recently. Countries represented were Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Guam and Hongkong. The two-day session, attended by 27 representatives, was one of a series to
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  • REGIONAL
    • 212 3 AFP THE Japanese market is marked by characteristics which encourage non-tariff barriers to imports, an American economic adviser said in Tokyo yesterday. Mr Robert Ingersoll, the American co-chairman of the joint US-Japan "Wisemen's Group" of economic advisers to the heads of government, said
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    • 53 3 Reuter THE US and Japan plan consultations in Tokyo in December on how to deal with the Iranian situation. At the meeting on Dec 6 and 7, senior US and Japanese officials will coordinate positions to be taken at the ministerial governing board meeting of the International
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    • 89 3 South Korea's politically sensitive college stndents returned to classes yesterday for the first time since President Park Chung-hee's assassination. Most colleges and universities in the country opened on a order from martial law authorities, a sign of return to normalcy following the killing of Mr Park.
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    • 112 3 Reuter THE newly established USJapan Economic Relations Group said it would meet in Washington next month to discuss how to avert or minimise bilateral economic friction. US chairman Robert Ingersoll, former ambassador to Japan, said the group would avoid involvement in current issue such as the
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    • 335 3 UPI JAPANESE Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira hopes his trip to Beijing next month will open up a new era of friendship between the two countries. Mr Ohira is scheduled to leave on Dec 5 for a five-day official visit to China. The sources said
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    • 271 3 KELANTAN can expect to receive the attention and interest of investors and businessmen from Hongkong, Japan and South Korea in the coming year following the "very successful" investment promotion mission led by its Mentri Besar, Datuk Haji Mohamad Yaakob, to the three countries.
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    • 496 3 Agencies THAI and international officials have begun the construction of a temporary refugee camp to receive an estimated 200,000 Kampucheans that are expected to flee into Thailand during the Vietnamese offensive in Kampuchea during the forthcoming dry season. Disclosing this, a spokesman from the UN
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    • 138 3 INDIA and Bangladesh have opened talks at ministerial level on their troubled border, where security forces from the two nations have clashed over a 20-acre parcel of land. Indian Irrigation Minister Brahm Perk ash and Bangladesh Deputy Prime Minister Moudud Ahmed were tigh dipped when whey
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
      • 399 3 Agencies BUSINESS leaders fron Hongkong and Japan opened a two-day meeting in Tokyo yesterday to discuss ways to promote bilateral trade, Economic cooperation and Japanese investment in the crown colony. The 11 member Hongkong group is led by Mr Y K Kan, chairman of the Bank of East
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 448 4 WORLD Bank assistance for raising Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) and conserving its forest resources were discussed when the bank's regional vice-president for East Asia and the Pacific, Mr Shahid Husain, met the Malaysian Primary Industries Minister, Datuk Leong Khee Seong, in Kuala Lumpur
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    • 288 4 THE US harvested what commodities traders called "a record crop" of soybeans this year. According to Mr Robert Svec, the US Agricultural attache to Malaysia, about 60.9 million tonnes have been harvested, nearly 20 per cent higher than last year's harvest. For Malaysia,
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    • 283 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed very quiet yesterday with December One RSS buyers quoted at 289.75 cents per kilo, unchanged from last Friday's close, dealers said. Prices fluctuated narrowly during the morning's trading in quiet conditions, they said. There was not much activity in the afternoon although China was reported
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    • 302 4 R.A.S. prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) BqMn Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt J o b. 290.00 *****N Int. 1 R.S.S. December 290.75 291.25 Int. 1 R S S January 291.75 298.25 Int. 2 R.S.S. 281.50 282.50N UK/Coat 280 50 281J0N Int. 3 R.S.S. 278.50
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    • 96 4 NOON SSR and SMR pncaa yaal RA8 SSR 20 (1-toa pallet) SSR SO (1-ton pallet ICirm Bajara 1 264 00 211.00 ikw INU) klkra 266.00N 263.00N Juurr (Forward Mtk) B«vera Mkn W OO 267 00N 262.00 264.00N MRELB SMRCV SMRL SMR CP SMR 5 SMR 10 SMR
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    • 82 4 THE STRAITS tln price in rr«snt nh Mfll per ■leal I* MsMfl yesterday to stand M|lol abeve the International Til Agreement ceiling, dealers said. The price Armed en lag ifmini (mm Japanese, U8 and tocal traders and en general nrrcscy stability, limited snppttes sI tin mmtfaiis trem miners
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    • 29 4 Rubber Nov 19 Singapore; December: 289.75 cents (unchanged) Malaysia: December: 289.75 cents (up 0.25 cent) Tin: Mf 2,051 (up $10) Official offering: 149 tonnes (up 39 tonnes)
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    • 192 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Gsttsa yam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2.330; 32s 2,080, 40s 3,070 (per bale of 400 lbs). Pteee gawki: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 251 4 TRADING was dull and featureless In the Singapore produce market yesterday. Hardly any overseas interest was reported and the few deals written were all on covering account. Because of the large stock position here, pepper prices tended lower as buyers were hard to come by. In the copra
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    • 333 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first clia (Kangaroo) new crop 1.01, 100 per cent second class 0.83, 100 per cent third class 0.80, 25 per c«nt new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 070 THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.65, Special 0.59.
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    • 202 4 THE SUGAR futures market yesterday closed slightly firmer in continued quiet trading, dealers said. January closed at 15.20/25 US cents against Friday's 15.00/10 close and March at 15.70/75 against 15.40/45 with distant October at 15.65/70 against 15.20/25 cents. Sugar futures closing prices: fTukns Oata) CM* Jan 15.20/25 15.00/10
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    • 745 4 COCOA: Futures opened £13 to LI down after trading 200 lots yesterday morning. Market went lower initially on strength of sterling with March trading down to £1,393 per tonne. Light trade and commission house buying found selling lacked substance and prices rallied at end of call. COmsK: Robusta
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 489 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Daiwa TRADING began at a low pitch yesterday after a twoday weekend. Negative factors such as the depreciation of the yen and the Iranian uncertainties kept investors on the fence. Turnover was very small at 160 million shares. The Nikkei Dow-Jones average closed at 6374.97, down
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    • 234 4 Source: SHK Sec WITH LOCAL interest rates left unchanged over the. weekend and news that China Resources is a 55-per cent participant in the latest New Territories property deal, share prices opened on a bouyant note yesterday morning. However, the buying was not sustained, easing slowly throughout the day.
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    • 149 4 PRICES closed lower across the board in sluggish trading yesterday with turnover falling to 4.75 million pesos from Friday's 5.48 million. Only Marinduque B advanced slightly Acoje Mining, Benguet Con B, Lepanto B, Seafront, BF Goodrich, CDCP, Inco B, Picop B, PLOT and Usiphil were all unchanged. NOV Pem
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    • 206 4 NOV 1« Bahts Aila Credit Alia Fibre Ayuthaya In*. And Trust 125 3 Bangkok Investment Bangkok Bank Bangkok Drying And Silo Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban Bangkok Nylon Bank Of Alia Bank Of Ayudhaya Lid 201 II II 1 T 1 1 Bata Berll Jucker Carpet InterNauonal Charoong Thai
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    • 356 4 STOCK prices closed lower across the boards yesterday despite a late rally, with the market nervous following a rise in US prime rates to 15.75 per cent, dealers said. leading industrial and mining stocks were the hardest hit with market leader BHP down 30 cents to $9.26, while Woodside
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    • 33 4 H.K.HANG SENG Monday 718.89 Friday 728.01 Week Ago 715.30 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Monday ***** t riaay Mi w We€k Aco 552.10 ALL ORDINARIES Monday MS .77 Frldav. 679 .95 Week Ago 888.71
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 596 5 AFP Reuter WEST GERMANY backs a 40-per cent cut in Britain's contribution to the European Economic Community (EEC) budget, the Financial Times reported yesterday, hours before the opening of a top-level Franco-British conference in London. French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, accompanied
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    • 181 5 Reuter COMMANDERS sf Zimbabwe IMmIiI twi warring bred wet® stadylag a Brittsk peace plaa aimed at Mdtag a reaaeflre date by tke ead tt tkto week. Brttata pat forward tke 19-peiat plaa ea Friday at tke ead ef tke teatk week ti talks la Lsadsa
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    • 688 5 QATAR'S Oil and Finance Minister Sheikh Abdul-Aziz bin Khalifa Al-Thani has said next month's Opec meeting in Caracas will increase oil prices. In an interview with the English language weekly. Gulf Times, he said: "In Caracas, there will be a price increase, partly because
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    • 229 5 Reuter QUEEN Elizabeth's former art adviser, Anthony Blunt, was reported yesterday to have joined left-wing politicians in calling for a public inquiry into the disclosure last week he had confessed 15 years ago to spying for the Soviet Union. Mr Blunt, who was a military
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 306 5 Agencies IRAN'S revolutionary leader Ayatollah RuhoLLah Khomeiny called on Egyptians to stage the same kind of uprising against President Sadat as the Iranians did to topple the Shah, CBS News reported. In an interview given in the holy city of Qom, broadcast on the network's '60 minutes'
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  • 376 6 THAT a Singapore company has managed to land a sizeable and by no means unsophisticated industrial plant order for a Chinese project is itself laudable. However, the principal feature of this contract lies in the character of the successful company, which is an interesting hybrid between
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  • 291 6 THE Singapore woman is only beginning to walk the tightrope between family responsibilities and the labour needs of the country. In this she is no different from her counterparts in many other developing countries where tradition requires that a married woman stay at home. That
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  • 636 6  -  By MARILYN CHAMBERS Reuter HELPED by American, Japanese and West German scientists, New Zealand is engaged in an ambitious new drilling programme in Antarctica with a two-fold purpose. The main reason for the investigation by scientists from the Victoria University Antarctic Research
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  • 1088 6  -  By KEVIN RAFFERTY FT CHINA'S economic challenge has begun to worry India. A paper circulating in the Commerce Ministry in New Delhi says that, "China is on the threshold of emerging as a tough competitor." The paper singles out the main threats to Asian economies: the Chinese
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 880 7  -  BY JOHN KIFNER NYT TO THE WESTERN world, and particularly to a shocked and angry America, the events of the past two weeks in Iran have seemed a bizarre and threatening violation of the norms of international conduct. An embassy and its diplomats, traditionally
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  • 778 7  -  By CRAIG WHITNEY NYT INFLATION exists only in the West, the Soviet government keeps assuring people in the country, but the talk of Moscow these days is how the rouble isn't worth a kopeck anymore. A seven-pound turkey at the open market beside the Moscow circus
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  • 166 7  -  Letters to the Editor P A Paulo far Director tf CMI AvtetUa Dear Eitor, I wnM Uke to thaak D W Dlstaat (IT I N«v 71) fw drawing atteattoa to the problem trytogto get her *****8. IMb has heea ea •ar naiad tor MMttne.
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  • 231 7  -  Reformer Dnr Btr, I refer to the letter of the Observer in the Business Times on 13th November 1979. The writer is to be commended for having diagnosed the cancerous core of the weakness in the present structure of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. All,
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  • 814 7  -  FOBBMi with FLORA LEWIS NYT MICHEL DEBRE, once Charles de Gaulle's Prime Minister and now the most eminent and persistent Cassandra in France, declared recently that the country had fallen into "a crisis of the regime," implying that its problems embraced the whole structure
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 452 8 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Telephone and Telegraph Corp has reported third quarter share losses of 98 US cents against a profit of 94 cents in the corresponding period last year. Net loss amounted to $137 million against a profit of $133.5 million, despite revenues of $5.2 billion
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    • 353 8 Reuter AMERICAN Telephone and Telegraph Co s earnings for the first nine months of 1979 were US$6.O7 a share, up from 15.88 a year earlier. Chairman Charles Brown said revenues rose almost 11 per cent for the first nine months of the year compared with
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    • 369 8 REVISED MERGER TERMS Reuter THORN Electrical Industries Ltd said offers have been formulated for EMI Ltd's 3.5 per cent and 4.025 per cent preferred stock representing increases of about 45 per cent on prices at the time of the original bid. Thorn said in
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    • 540 8 Reuter UNILEVER Ltd and NV has achieved a combined pretax profit £181.3 million (£170.0 million) for the third quarter ended Sep 30. Combined sales to third parties rose slightly to £2.73 billion (£2.48 billion). Earnings per 25p of capital amounted to 22.64p (21.64
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    • 138 8 Reuter FLUOR Corp said all of its US employees have left Iran safely. The company, in a brief statement, added that "regardless of future events in Iran, there will be no adverse financial impact on Fluor's earnings." A Fluor spokesman said 52 employees were withdrawn
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 534 9 THE IRANIAN crisis and diverse economic and financial data on the US economy helped chart a volatile course for the financial markets this week. Fixed-in-come securities displayed a good deal of resiliency earlier in the week. However, the sharp uptake in the money supply, a
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    • 313 9 Reuter FIRST National Bank of Chicago said in Chicago it aims to become the middleman for foreign investment in China, and is busy lining up business with Chinese provincial governments as well as with the Central Administration in Beijing. "We think a lot of
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
      • 472 9 CONTINUED uncertainty over the Iranian-US confrontation led to a further weakening of the US dollar in yesterday's exchange market. The Japanese yen edged up from 246.90/247.10 in the morning to 246.25/35 at the Tokyo close. No fresh factors were apparent but the general market uncertainties over the Iranian
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      • 22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.2 per cent.
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      • 149 9 Asian rates ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Nov 19: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months US Dollan(Spot) Offer Bid 11'* UV« 151/10 1415/10 15 5/10 15 3/10 157/10 15 5/10 153/10 151/10 141/10 1315/10 141/10 1315/10 SwJrt. Das.
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      • 48 9 RANGE of prices offered by discount bouses on Nov 19: Overnight i'/i% Call deposits 5*% Clocixc Bujriif 8«Ui>| 3 month Treasury bills 511/16 59/10 3 month Bank bills 85/10 8 3/10 3 month CD 85/10 8 3/10 0 month CD 811/10 8 9/10 Source: National Discount Co
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      • 57 9 AUSTRALIA/NZ exchange quotes on Nov 19: US dollar 1.0961/1.0903 Sterling 0.5079/0.5020 Ninety-day air mail buying rates: Sterling 0.5344 US dollar -1.1478 Ninety-day forward buying rates: Sterling 0.5167 US dollar 1.1096 NEW ZEALAND: Reserve bank midrate: US dollar 0.9715 Trading bank indications: Sterling 0.4505/0.4475 US dollar 0.9765 0.9665 Ninety-day airmail
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      • 38 9 FRANKFURT exchange opening quotes on Nov 19: US -1.7740/50 Sterling 3.838/848 Can 1.5011/31 D F1 89.72/83 S F1 107.47/63 Lit 2.145/7 F FY 42.58/64 N Kr 35.25/9 B Fr (Con) 6.168/77 B FY (Fin) 6.052/062 Yen 0.7216/29
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      • 244 9 THE SINGAPORE gold futures market yesterday closed slightly higher after fluctuating narrowly throughout the day in very thin trading, dealers said. Turnover fell to 153 lots from 175 last Friday with activity mainly on December and February contracts, they said. December closed slightly firmer at U*****.10/391.00 an ounce compared
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      • 177 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery closed weaker at 246.30 yen yesterday, compared with a 246.80 opening and 247.40 at Friday's close, dealers said. Trading was moderate with volume amounting to $539 million. The Bank of Japan sold an estimated $20 million at around 247.00 yen in early trading
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      • 150 9 THE US dollar was quoted mixed against major currencies in quiet late trading, fluctuating in a narrow range as the market cautiously awaited further developments in Iran, dealers said. Trading was also muted ahead of market holidays in Frankfurt on Wednesday and the US on Thursday, they added. The
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      • 204 9 THE US dollar extended its weaker trend against major currencies at mid-session yesterday, although trading was quieter than the opening, dealers said. They noted the situation in Iran continued to affect the US currency, with traders awaiting new developments. Sterling stood at U512.1850/65 against its opening of 2.1765/80 but
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    • 217 9 Reuter NO EASING of the present course of West German monetary policy is expected until the wage and prices outlook for 1980 is clearer, the Federal R»nirfng Association in Bonn said recently. In its monthly economic review, it said the Bundesbank sought further
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    • 194 9 AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd has announced an audited, consolidated, operating profit after tax of A 5107.1 million for the year ended Sep 30, an increase of $31.2 million or 41 per cent, agalnsts76 million previously. After allowing for extraordinary items, consolidated after
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    • 33 9 THE CABINET has approved the resignation of tme governor of the Bank of Thailand, Snoh Unakul. Mr Snoh was succeeded by Nukul Prachuabmoh, director general of the Finance Ministry's comptroller department.
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    • 417 9  -  By COLIN CHEE A WHOLLY-OWNED subsidiary of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) has come up with a US$75 million floating rate note (FRN) issue despite what bankers view to be difficult conditions on the international bond market. The issue, jointly lead managed by
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    • 421 9 Reuter THE BRITISH government sterling M 3 target for controlling the growth of monetary aggregates has been rolled forward at the rate of seven to 11 per cent per annum for the 16 months from mid-June 1979 to midOctober 1900, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
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    • 332 9 BONDS LOANS Reuter AFP A US$6l million loan agreement has been arranged for Pakistan International Airlines Corp by a group of banks led by Citicorp International group, Citibank said. Proceeds from the financing, which involves a fiveyear $35.1 million floating rate Eurodollar loan and a 10-year $25.9 million fixed rate
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    • 92 9 Reuter CIE Luxembourgeoise de la Dresdner Bank AG said there are sufficient political and economic reasons for yet another mark revaluation within the European Monetary System. Manager Helmuth Stanisch said the election of a new government in Germany, scheduled for Oct 5, 1900, has made it necessary for
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    • 428 9 Reuter PUBLIC response to the UK government's abolition of gold-ownership controls last month has been somewhat mild and generally restricted to enquiries, bullion analysts said. They expect little upturn in demand as long as gold bullion purchases remain subject to 15 per cent
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 178 9 G W Joynson Company Limited of 14 Trinity Square, London EC3N 4ES are the only company who are members of every British Commodity Market. For nearly 90 years Joynson have been broker and adviser to the commodity industry. Our services are also used by investors, aware of the growing importance
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  • 1213 10 BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES THE KLSE BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yee-le-tlay with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL Acma (2.305) Allied
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  • 159 10 S'pore Growth Fund 109 1.14xd HNGAPOU UNIT TOUBT income bond unit (Maaagm' peteae tar Na« (Carnal pr leas) The Commerce 110 2.23 Inrome Bond Lift 1.22 The Savtag Fund 1.X 1.44 S pore Prog Fund 0 93 ok S pore Sec Fund L09 l.T» MARA BI MIPITEA S
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  • 2607 10 Gr*a Gr'a Net 1979 Last Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- C'vr (OOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 261 207 Acma 230 15.0 2.2 6.5 11.7 196 123* Alcorn 196 10.0 1.3 5.1 26.1 148 110 Allied Choc 121 7.7 180
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  • 1464 10 BID and offer price* officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified OKDimWALfi Umm (IMS) Alas BaM (1.288) AMD (0.598) (1) 0 58 ■Ma
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  • 216 10 Kemayu Oil Palm Btad: AGM to be held at 5E, Foh Seng Building, 66 Jalan Ibrahim, Johor Bahru, on Nov 26 at 12 noon. Selangor Coconuts Bhd: AGM to be held at No 50, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, on Nov 27 at 11am. Koala Sidlm Robber Co Berhad:
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  • 140 10 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has made further rulings relating to transactions in Sime Darby and Consolidated Plantations shares during the transitional period when the two companies are shifting domicile to Malaysia. Where share/warrant certificates are delivered in time for registration and the clients fail to take
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  • 650 10 SHARES eased geaeraily la quiet Md scattered tradlig at the Stock Exchange sf Siagapere yesterday. The Uqiidatisa seUtog that was evideat la the latter part d last week ceattaaed to he a drprr—tog (actor. lavestors were geaeraily hm cammlttal. The selllag by same ef the aerveas
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  • 468 10 PRICES headed broadly lower in thin and nervous trading on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The market opened on a very quiet note with investors reluctant to deal in the light of continued uncertainties on the international scene. The early trend was a little
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 319 11 KLUANG Rubber Company (Malaya) and its 32 per cent associate, Sungei Bagan Rubber Company (M), have posted encouraging improvements in their earnings for the year ended June 30, 1979. Kluang reported a 49 per cent jump in its overall pretax profit to
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    • 207 11 GOLD COIN Ltd, the ltd mill operator, yesterday said its Malaysian subsidiary, Gold Coin (M), has incorporated a new company, Gold Coin Sabah Sdn Bhd. In a letter to the Stock Exchange of Singapore, Gold Coin said the new company was incorporated on Oct
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    • 639 11  -  By P. GUNASEGARAM THE injection of new management expertise has been known to work wonders in improving companies' performances. This appears to be the case for Synthetic Resins (Malaysia) which recently reported a sparkling set of results for the year ended June
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    • 68 11 MORE than $10 million worth of units in the 11th Mara Unit Trust Fund have been taken up since the fund was launched at the end of last month, Kompleks Kewangan chairman Mr Abdul Ghafar Baba said in Malacca yesterday. He described the response as encouraging and said this
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    • 135 11 THE LONDON City Takeover Pud has dbcM tkat It Is conducting u Investigatlea te wtoMMi whether a gnap uf per—— has laeurei an mmgßm te bid fer Saint Piran, after acquiring ever SI per eeat uf the equity ef the mlnlag
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    • 161 11 JOHORE companies have been urged to provide a bigger share of their companies to the State Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) than the 30 per cent figure in the NEP. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Haji Othman Saat said this is because the SEDC's aim is to
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 68 11 Net profit fell to M|780,000 ($1.22 million previously) for the year ended July 31. Tin concentrate sales after export duty, surcharge and freight came to $21.04 million ($22.28 million). Tin concentrate output amounted to 1,458 tonnes (1,727 tonnes). The company is paying a first and
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    • 307 11 Date La«t Fall Yn r Ompaay 1 n i^j rento Anntd Net EPS Grw Pre-tax last year (eeata) i Div. <%) Profit <?•••) Sea View F 30/9 282L Msia Rice I 9/10 4.0 228 C Sugars F 9/11 30.1 15.0 5,793 Pahang Cons F 9/11 3.7 2.5 2,924
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    • Article, Illustration
      426 11 WUjJ3 HOCK LOCK SIEW THE ANNUAL General Meeting last Thursday at which Sime Darby shareholders overwhelmingly approved the plan to transfer the company's domicile to Malaysia from the United Kingdom, was described by an official of Sime as the "quietest (AGM) we've had in four years." More than
      HOCK LOCK SIEW  -  426 words
    • 409 11 Current Ex Book* Date Total for Total for Payment Pate Clo«e Payable the year Previou* year Cootplant 22.5% Oct 3 Oct 13 Nov 23 375% 30%(a) HK Land 2.8% I Oct 17 Oct 27 Nov 24 2.8% 7.8% A HiUm Tin 140% Oct 24 Nov 6 Nov 26
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    • 111 11 Company Particulara Ex Date Books Close Kemyii SEA Corp Temerlob M (J Ind Pub Te*t Sup Corp Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 Bonus Issue of lfor 1 Bonus Issue of 1 for 1 Bonus Issue of 4 for 5, Bonus Issue of 1 for 4 Rights Issue
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    • 161 11 m the times AraiM WORLD HISTI 'Wv -a, i: ''fm y W, i. '-'J pw^ Jjf* *A< i r*> "V V V' SrT*s IfcJi/) V U) THE TIMES ———i— combines the visual detail dnd I^B^ I TT excitement atlas with a I I ■m% full scale narrative of world AJL
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  • 161 12 AFP SOUTH Korea's investment in Malaysia is expected to top US$3OO million (SJBSO million) by next year, the South Korean Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr Ho Joong Choi, said yesterday. At present, South Korean investment in this country stands at $120
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  • 668 12 BANKS WORRIED Agencies FOREIGN governments and central banks are beginning to criticise US President Carter's decision to freeze Iranian government deposits with American banks. They fear that the freeze will add to the world's economic problems by undermining confidence in the dollar. On Sunday, the West
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  • 604 12 AP NOTING that rapid population growth hinders China's economic development, China's Vice-Premi-er Chen Muhua was yesterday quoted as saying "we expect to bring this growth to a standstill by the year 2000." She said "this is a herculean task," and could be accomplished if "we
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  • 723 12 LONDON, Moo. Government bonds and equities closed firmer though off the day's highs, dealers said. At 3 pm the FT index was up 4.6 at 411.6. Government bonds were generally up to 11/2 points higher at the longer end after earlier gains of as much as 21/4 points.
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  • 142 12 AP INDONESIAN President Suharto left for Bangladesh yesterday, ending a three-day visit to Colombo during which he and Sri Lankan President JR Jayawardene reviewed the world situation and discussed further economic cooperation between their countries. A joint communique issued on President Suharto's departure said the
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  • 173 12 AN AMERICAN energy specialist stated yesterday that despite being one of the world's best endowed countries for energy potential, the United States has not put that potential to use, thereby resulting in its heavy reliance on oil imports. Mr John Winger, vicepresident and senior
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  • 53 12 AP No doubt who the winner of the presidential straw vote taken at the Florida Democratic Convention wu in St Petersburg on Sunday morning ns Pat MeCnthons of Ft Myers demonstrates. President Carter carried the election without any problems just prior to the conventioneers adjourning their
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  • 312 12 Reuter AFP THE Philippines needs to achieve a significant increase in its non-tradition-al exports if it is to overcome its current debt service problems, senior economist, Mr Eric Hayden, of Bank of America's Asia division said in Hongkong. Mr Hayden is in Hongkong to attend
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  • 373 12 FORMER Ben and Company chairman, Gopal Chandra Kar Choudhury, 55, was yesterday cleared by the High Court of six charges of insider trading. He was convicted by a district court on these charges last year and sentenced to nine months imprisonment. Mr Justice A P
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 85 12 4^ EUROPEAN ASIAN BANK (Incorporated with limited liability in the Federal Republic of Germany under the name of EUROPEAN ASIAN BANK Aktiengesetechaft) Singapore Branch U5515,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE U. S. DOLLAR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE 1961 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for
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    • 93 12 HAMBURG BANGKOK HONGKONG JAKARTA KARACHI KUALA LUMPUR MANILA SEOUL SINGAPORE 7/. 0 e~m\ V V v Efficiency means a great deal to Eurasbank's clients. Through a privately leased satellite line, the Bank maintains round-the-clock communication between all its branches strategically located throughout Southeast Asia This satellite-operated circuit system facilitates quick
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 58 12 1 Outlook for Singapore from a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Scattered showers. Repart tor 34 Imvb prter to 7J p.m. m Nov.lf at the airpwi. Maximum temperature 29.0 Associated humidity 78 Minimum temperature 23.6 Associated humidity., 97 Hours of sunshine 0.70 Rainfall in millimetres 1.4 Total rainfall for the ihonth
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
      • 68 13 PILING operations have started in Jurong River in connection with the construction of a bridge. It began on Nov 15 and will take about three months to complete. The operations are being carried out by a flattop pontoon piling barge between 7.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. daily. Mariners
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      • 76 13 AFP JAPAN, the US, Britain, Norway and the Soviet Union have been re-elected in Group A of the Council of the International Maritime Consultative Organisation (Imco). Group B includes France, China, India, Canada, West Germany and Brazil. This group comprises countries whose maritime interests are smaller than those
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      • 111 13 AFP IRAQ has blacklisted 94 foreign establishments and ships since the beginning of the year for breaching the economic boycott of Israel. A spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said that, on the other hand, 51 foreign companies and vessels had been struck off the list after
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    • 665 13  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA A NON-CONFERENCE line on the Far East-Europe run has been forced to suspend its services following the withdrawal of financial support from its government. Occon Line of Bavaria, which has been in operaUon for less than a month, recently announced that
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    • 531 13 Shipping Um 1 CM Adriatic IV 5 Afea VI 3 Alfred C. Toepfer IV 5 Aipac VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 Anhsing vn 2 ANL i 1 APL m 4/5 Arya Nat vn 3 ASCL m 1 Asia America 4 5 Asia Merchant IV 5 Atlas VI
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    • 398 14 FIVE MONTHS' EXTENSIVE WORK SEMBAWANG Shipyard has handed over the 99,500tonne Esso Orient to her owner after some five months of extensive work, converting the once 124,000-tonne crude-oil tanker into a multi-petrole-um products carrier. The converted ship, with 48,000 tons' segregated ballast capacity,
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    • 936 14 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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    • 628 14 LINER conferences should continue to be exempt from the EEC competition rules banning cartels, according to the Common Market Transport Commissioner Richard Burke, who opened the Europort Exhibition in Amsterdam last week. For several months, European shipowners had been anxiously monitdring
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    • 788 15 THERE is no doubt that bunkers are in the news. Suddenly, prominence is given to bunker surcharges, quality complaints, bunker market reports, seminars and training courses, machinery designs for fuel economy, "WS 52 (slow steam)", and many others. The shipowner and time charterer have
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    • 490 15 THERE is unlikely to be any substantive alteration in the current confused approach to maritime affairs in the US, despite the number of proposals currently under consideration in Washington. This is the conclusion which must be drawn from an exhaustive report
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    • 66 15 Reuter NEGOTIATORS for the UK National Union of Seamen are considering a 23 per cent pay offer from the General Council of British Shipping. The new offer compares with a previous offer of 19 per cent. The offer concerns 34,000 british seamen and could be
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    • Article, Illustration
      448 15 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Barge Brightgold No. 1 (after Kim Lian Hoe No. 2) 25 Barge Kim Lian Hoe No. 2 (0600 after Rada) 25 Bunga Seroja (after Sargodha will shift to G. 33/4 on 21st/ a.m. tbc for UTM/L Head west for UTM/L) 46 Chuwa
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    • 3687 19 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for Ports around the World The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 583 20 THE FIRST eight months of this year saw increased activity at the three PSA gateways handling containerised cargo. A total of 6.54 million tonnes of such cargo moved through Singapore. This represents a 23.2 per cent growth in tonnage compared with the volume handled for
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    • 396 20 AMERICAN President Lines (APL) currently operates a modern fleet of 22 vessels including 17 full containerships and five container/ break bulk vessels serving various trade routes. APL's various services connect the US and Canada with key market centres throughout the Orient. Major
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    • 264 20 SEA-LAND Services Inc said it hopes to replace its eight 33-knot eontainerships by 1963 if negotiations with the US Maritime Administration run smoothly. The company, one of the world's largest container operators, has filed an application with MarAd to have the fleet of 41,000-gross
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    • 259 20 AFP JAPAN'S seven major shipping companies reported solid growth in their incomes during the April-Sep-tember financial period largely because of the yen's sagged value against the dollar and fare increases. Nippon Yusen K K, the world's largest shipping firm, scored 6,400 million yen (5554.3 million)
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    • 189 20 Reuter FOREIGN shipbuilding orders received by Japanese shipyards in October rose to 29 totalling 948,300 gross tons from 12 and 362,800 gross tons in September and 20 and 413,500 gross tons a year earlier, the Japan Ship Exporters Association reported. The October total was four freighters totalling
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    • 350 20  -  By G. DURAIRAJ CONSTRUCTION work has just begun at Port Klang's liquid cargo terminal in South Port to put up breasting dolphin to strengthen Wharves 1 and 2 which have been weakened by the scouring effect of the seabed. According to Port Klang Authority
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    • 230 20 Reuter CHARTERERS intending to take large-size tankers for Mid-East Gulf loading during the past week, have been able,.in some cases, to secure cover at reduced rates, according to London shipbroker Galbraith Wrightson Ltd. However, despite uncertainty over the Iranian situation, there was little
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    • 199 20 Reuter THE FIGHT agalast piracy sa the Ugh mm is U be stopped ap by the warU'i sUppiag aattsas, which nM a tw> week cMfenaee la Lm4n last week. The 111 ■eiiw lahi gsmsswatsl Maritime fsasaita live Orgaalsattoa (tam) aisptei a wastotlsa to
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    • 1380 20 WHO ACTS FOR WHOM The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and the agents who handle cargo bookings for them. A B Adriatic CmUlmt Container Feeders (S)/Cargo Freight (PK). AFEA Singapore Shipping Agencies (S)/Euro-Asia Line (PK/PN). Alfred C. Twfter Intermodal (S)/ Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alfred C. Taepfer Schlflahrt New
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 343 13 EUROPE/FAR EAST SERVICE See Page IV Column 3 for Sailings LTD AgenU SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE MAM K f T ING 9111?? GENERAI *****1 A Mwa EURO ASIA UNE SON K L ***** 7• P m ANG *****1 •PENENG 64 781/2 .1 RI) I\ I A MAN m Orient Overseas
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    • 328 13 5911 J! I SEALORD UJ ANTAFI M UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE u II re iti iosm mix no iozmis ItA T.ICFS OfC PSA GOOOWM NO 50 RM 3 TEI *****31 and *****32 I TERMMN. BIDG OfC TEL NO *****90 and *****93 I WTMIJARDK SHPPHS MENCB
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    • 453 13 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT UNES LTD FAR EAST EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERV"E S pore P Mini K lAa*oN+ 21 Net 22 No* MERCATOR 28 No. 29 Not 0 CHIEF 4 Dec 5 Dec HH CONTAMER 90k 10 Dec C CONTWCR 18 Dec 19 Dec SS BMOGE 25 Dec 26 Dec N
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    • 569 13 u Hapag-Lloyd Fully containerised to Europe and United States. Regular, reliable and on time. mm SHIPS Ifl Port CONTAINER Schedules REGIONAL Weather WHO Acts Per Whom MAERSK LINE tm U.l hake, Paokt Nartk M*. Ciol Utmbc, tot Canada and Meucs (Also i 18-19/11 19-20/11 24-25/11 26-27/11 2-3/12 3-4/12 1-9/12 10-11/12
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    • 683 14 LEO SHIPPING PTE LTD SINGAPORE PERNAS-MISC SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN. BERHAD. •CM P KELANG PENANG m MALAYS/AN NTERNATIONAL SHPHNG CORPORATION BERHAD EXPRESS FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE WEST BOUM): Feeder B PENAGA B DAHLIA a PENAGA B DAHLIA B PENAGA B DAHLIA B PENAGA B DAHLIA 8 PENAGA Vessel JUTUNOA B PERMAI NED
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    • 275 14 BBS SUPERCARRIER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE FROM US ATLANTIC/GULF AND E. CANADA M SMh KM Hartai mm IMk' ML MYa* St ta« tSTOtt K1 SM SMM SaM SaM SaM 21/11 23/11 21/12 I*/ SaM SaM SaM 20/11 24/11 25/11 27/11 1/I*4 SaM SaM 20/11 24/11 21/11 30/11 1/12 3/12 C/ 12
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 813 15 Overseas W I Containers Limited Weekly service to/from UK/Europe COWTAOOSHP jWg TO UK/COHTOOT: Htoi I'tai Stan Spare PJtatang D*ark Bum lamp UHwrt U1 |«M> taPwt 21 Nm 11 Dk 13 0K 14 Dk 16 Dk lOk Han*a Eiprro 2C Nm 21 Nm II Dk 20 Dk 21 Dk 23 Dk
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    • 595 15 TRUCONTAINER EXPRESS (S) PTE LTD Suite: 1311 SHAW TOWER,; Beach Road. SINGAPORE 7 Regular Container Service accepting FCL/LCL Cargo for New Zealand Auckland, 4-, Wellington, Christchurch Australia Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sri Lanka Colombo Europe and UUL Call *****81 i ji j if Container leasing services! IfSS ICCU CONTAINER lIS
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 626 16 EHapag-Uoyd FUUT CONTMOBB) TO EMUPE Outafcy U*«pMlßtT T*y«t«y MUm Car«g«Bay 12/12 19/12 22/12 ■tem [yi 24/1 26/1 27/1 30/1 EVKSS COMOmOML TO EUMPE Spar* PK*ng tm ttbm 6mm Htwf lw» *d*i Anfwrr WNi UMn 18/11 22/11 19/12 12/12 13/1 27/12 24/12 22/12 »H—l* 3/12 4/12 29/1 10/1 3/1 Ibukta 1/12
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    • 511 16 <t> c n an '-3 J J*U CMj f j. .1/ I 1 1 A lc#*r ian National t in# CQ UNIPfICIMt TRANS A TRAD'Nu oNi£ N T Al SHIPPING CORPN AGENCY PTf LTD > j JB**»U Thong Soon Shipping RM,BOB.BTM FL. ROBIN A HSt. SPORE V TEL *****88 0
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    • 369 16 EVERGREEN LINE fflP [AST EUROPE EXPRESS fill I CONTAINER SERVICE 1 ACCEPTWG CARGO FOR: HAMBURG, FELIXSTOWE. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP, LE HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTWG CARGO FOR: SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON. MANCHESTER. BMMMGHAM. BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS EUROPF fAR EAST EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST/RED SEA MEDITERRANEAN SEA EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE rpOT 'MM
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    • 805 16 Everett Lines Burma Fivt Star Shipping Corpn. "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE' LOADMG FOR RANGOON MP*rt/221t0 25/20 n* 27/30 in 29/30 Nat B.F.S S.C. Aoanu w\ Molovmo TEPS MALAYSIA Port K along Tat 7381-7355 Panong Tal *****/***** Compania Ar|MitiM Do Navayadon lirtarcontinantal S. A. C.I. F. "ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE" LOADMG FOR DURBAN,
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    • 655 16 rmo.s.E. 1 OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD RM 2102 2103 21ST FLOOR MARINA HOUSE SHFNTON WAY MISTRI ROAD SINGAPORE 2 TEL *****44 7& *****70 IO SANKYO LINE AUSTRALIA SERVICE kiNrt 1/10 OK 13/14 Ok SaM SYD, MEL 11/12 o*c SYD. OEL. AOEL. 10/12 OK B*G SYD, MEL N. RIVER 0
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    • 769 17 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REOSEA SERVICE Sm| apart P 15/20 dk KOTMMOR knm Nm MM YEE 15/20 Doc KOTA SEJAAAH 30/3 OK KOTA PETAM 15/20 OK lOTA KM KOTA FAJAO COLOMBO/KARACHI/P. GULF SERVICE Basrah Dubai, Kuwait, Karachi Dubai, Kuwait, Karachi SINGAPORE/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON/SER VICES Chittajong. Madras. Rangoon SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/SINGAPORE DIRECT SERVICES KOTA GAJAH KOTA
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