The Business Times, 28 March 1980

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    10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 111/l/M FRIDAY, MARCH MM 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Merger support
      56 1 MOST of the Nantah undergraduates at the Joint Campus are in support of the proposed merger with the University of Singapore into a national university. A survey carried out by Nantah at the request of the Prime Minister showed that of the nearly 600 students who responded, 87.4
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      Lock icon Iranian oil price
      75 1 Reuter TEHERAN, Thurs. Iran will increase its oil prices by about US$2 a barrel from next month, Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar said today. He declined to specify the exact amount of the increase. Iran is currently charging an official price of $31 barrel, but to this
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      Lock icon Hotel loan
      71 1 AFP HONGKONG, Thurs. Several banks have jointly put up a U5535.2 million loan for the construction ana furnishing of a 37-storey hotel in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province. The banks involved are the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Group, the Amsterdam Rotterdam Bank, the Bank of Scotland,
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      Lock icon Equal pay principle
      80 1 AP LUMEMBOURG, Thurs! The European Court of Justice ruled today that the principle of equal pay for men and women in the same job means that a woman succeeding a man must get the same salary as he did. The principle, the court said, "is not confined
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      Lock icon Dollar climbs
      105 1 UPI LONDON, Tburs. Spurred by high interest rates in the United States and President Carter's anti-inflation programme, the dollar climbed today to its highest rate in many months. As speculators bought dollars in the expectation it would continue to rise, the price of gold dropped. The dollar opened
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      Lock icon IMF seat for China?
      66 1 Reuter BEIJING, Thurs. Chinese and International Monetary Fund officiate are discussing the restoration of China's seat in the fund, a Bank of China official said declining to give further details. At thfe invitation of the Bank of China, an IMF team arrived in Beijing on Tuesday
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      Lock icon Water for sale
      84 1 AFP TOKYO, Thurs. A company will be set up in Japan on April 2 to export fresh water to Arab countries in oil tankers which up to now have been empty each time they return to West Asia. One of Japan's biggest commercial groups, Mitsui and Co
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    Chief Price Changes
    153 1 4 Rises H Royal 380 G I Hide* 230 Hoi| Lmi| 318 Eseo 570 8i» Chaw 380 Male Rie* 227. 8ya R«<iu 252 A poll* 198 K L ladutrtM 188 OUT 180 Graad Ceatral 175 Shell 410 Falls C Safari 432 U AC 388 Y H 8
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    KUALA LUMPUR
    157 1 Rises Indices KTPau C. Sugar* N. Iron S. Kioto A Hi torn Tin Pan Elect Keck Seng 410 436 eoo 1060 1360 1«0 328 +10 +10 +10 +10 10 +08 +08 B.T.Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: Mar 26 Mar 27 6618.06 6483.46 517.34 514.87 723.53 716.29 327.32
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    Reaching for the sky in 15 years
    649 1  -  LURING AEROSPACE COMPANIES By WANG LOOK KEAH THE Singapore Government plans to develop the aerospace industry to have the capacity to manufacture commercial aircraft in 10 to 15 years. To meet this objective, the Economic Development Board has drawn up detailed development plans
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    EDB denies joint TV manufacturing venture
    236 1 THE Economic Development Board yesterday denied an agency report that Singapore has made a proposal to South Korea to set up a Joint venture for sets in the Republic. A spokesman from the board said that as far as the EDB is concerned, no
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    UOL buys over Kaolim building
    380 1 UNITED Oversees Lend 6v«f Kaolim building, next to Hotel Grand Central, at a price of $8 million or about 1860 per square foot. The building in Kramat Lane was put up for sale by tender after an earlier unsucessfUl auction. Far Eastern Bank, the mortgagee.
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    Higher prime expected
    395 1  -  By RUTH CHENG LEADING American banks in Singapore may raise their prime lending rates by half a point to 115 per cent within the next two weeks. Bankers expect that this will trigger a corresponding increase in deposit rates. One-month fixed deposits could then command interest of
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    BA plans incentive for travellers flying the Concorde
    218 1 BRITISH Alrnjfi ptaae ta latndM h hwMw m id CnmNc MTTiee to eienragc phmmi flyt»g the CiMirle (no 9hwwe to lie Ceaeerie aw iko, Matty eperatod by BA aa* fltafpm AHm, kaa keea Mkk| ketn l«n tee tto latrMlarttoa la J miry
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    NISM turns in record profit of $47.2m
    445 1  -  By CATHERINE ONG NATIONAL Iran and Steel Mills (NISM) has reported a pre-tax profit of $47.2 million for 1979, surpassing the old record of $42 million set in 1974. After staging a solid first-half performance, the giant steel manufacturer rounded up its financial
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      156 1 SO YOU STILL SMOKE? THEN LETS TALK TEETH Vou wouldn't use a scouring agent to clean bone china, would you? It's the same with teeth. Yet ordinary toothpastes are too bland to remove tobacco film, and tea, coffee or other stubborti stains. The answer? New Clinomyn the toothpaste specially formulated
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      63 1 rasa; SHIPPING TIMES ADVERTISING Mi the vMm JAKARTA'S sene prompts 5erfrev51ntien................................. I Ms ©•■f1kta.............................. I. STRONG buIMM expectations TONGKAH still awaiting reIn Malaysia S tasae ef leases 11 UK BUDGET springs ne snr- ARCHITECTS eall far set np of pri5e................ 5 energy beard 12 AIRCRAFT S, TV AND RADIO I,
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      Plan for an exercise on pollution control
      274 2 ASEAN countries will soon consider a Joint exercise to test the effectiveness of the Asean Contingency Plan for Marine Pollution. This will be done when every member country has adequate equipment and facilities to carry out the plan. The contents of the plap
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      Advertising and the video revolution
      646 2  -  By MARGARET THOMAS NEW communication technology and the increasing popularity of videos, for entertainment will create new challenge» for the advertising Industry in the Eighties. There will also be Increasing resistance to advertising, says Mr Edward Ney, chairman and chief executive of Young A Rutricam,
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      New Datsun showroom
      90 2 ANOTHER Datsun showroom has been opened by Tan Choog 4 Sons Mbtor Company. The new display centre is at Bedok. It was officially opened by Datuk Tan Yuet Poh, chairman of Tan Choog A Sou. The showroom covers an area of 373 square metres "and is spacious
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      Computerised building automation system
      275 2 ONE of the most sophisticated and largest computerised building automation systems In Asia will be housed in Singapore Airlines' engineering hangar. Mechanical Systems (S), a member of the United Engineers group, recently secured the $1.3 million contract from SIA to fit the hangar with the most
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      386 2 MR KCTHAM has Joined Du Pont Far East in Singapore as technical representative/specialist for radiographic products after 10 years of radiographic experience. Mr Tham has been a senior radiographer and clinical Instructor at London's famed Middlesex and Royal Free Hospitals, where he specialised in neuro and cardio
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      Guinness awards for three
      141 2 GUINNESS Singapore recently held a prize presentation ceremony for winners of its Sundry Shop Display Competition. Some 500 shop owners participated in the contest which was designed to identify the most creative displays. These displays had to make use of Guinness bottles, cans, posters, flagllnes or
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      348 2 Anyone Investing In Diamonds Should Be Certified. mSS 5S?Pti WW- v.'j) >: •v> t*. :V :-::W:- >C "f% <>», *«r jwpfiki- """"C* IKHBSra&to •K< Far be it from our intentions to imply that anyone investing in diamonds had taken leave erf his senses, for over the past fifty years diamonds
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      42 2 Valuations for all purposes including balance sheet, taxation, mortgage, saie. purchase, rental, business transfer, liquidation, compulsorv acquisition, probate, rating and fire insurance Sales conducted by private treaty, public auction or tender Pla Mach fit and inery in CITY VALUERS CONSULTANTS (PTE.) LTD.
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  • REGIONAL
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      754 3 ARRIVALS 1 Service Local Operator Number Time Proa SLA GIA GIA SU PAL SU SN GIA SU KLM MAS THAI GIA SAS MAS SLA CPA SU SU GU SU SU SU A'FLOT -GU SU SQ103 GA944 GAWI SQ240 PR501 3Q® SN287 GA982 3Q201 KL833 MH684 TG413 i
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      ONE MORE FOR THE FLEET
      162 3 CHINA has received the first of its three Boeing 7475P aircraft it bought for use on its international commercial service. The aircraft, painted blue and white, landed at Beijing International Airport recently. It is the first wide-body aircraft to be operated by the Chinese governmentowned
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      Lock icon Principle to resolve Kampuchean issue
      275 3 Reuter PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia and Malaysia'* Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn 1 agreed during their two day talks in Kuantan that the Kampuchean conflict could be resolved if Vietnam became free from Soviet or Chinese influence. Datuk Huavin told a press conference after President
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      Lock icon HK trade deficit widens
      246 3 Reuter HONGKONG'S visible trade deficit widened to a provisional HK$l.2l billion from a revised $1.09 billion in January and compared with a $1.87 billion deficit in February 1979, Census and Statistics .Department figures show. 1 Total exports in February were 15.98 billion compared with $7.04 billion
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      Lock icon Thailand aims to boost exports by 25pc
      180 3 AFP THAILAND aims at increasing exports by at least 25 per cent per year under a new trade strategy being mapped out by Deputy Premier for Economic Affairs Boonchu Rojanasathien. The Deputy Prime Minister, who is expected to come up with solutions to
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      Strong business expectations by KL companies
      495 3 IF the 200-plus large private sector companies responding to the Malaysian Statistics Department's buriness expectations survey succeeded in meeting their targets for the final quarter of last year, the sector as a whole should have performed extremely well. The companies had anticipated a 19
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    • THE REGION IN BRIEF
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        PRODUCTION HIGHER
        337 3 JAPAN'S Industrial production Index rose a sharp 3.9 per cent In February to s preliminary 145.2 (base 1975) seasonally adjusted from a downwards revised 139.8 in January, when it rose 1.2 per cent from December. The International Trade and Industry Ministry said the year-on-year gain in the unadjusted
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Cocoa licensing plan
      77 4 BUYERS of Malaysian cocoa beans will be required to obtain a licence to operate by around mid--1980, Malaysian Agriculture Minister Shariff Ahmad said. He said the aim of the licensing plan is to protect cocoa-growing smallholders, who have been exploited by unscrupulous middlemen, especially when prices were
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      DUTY RATES
      86 4 THE MALAYSIAN Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period from Mar 27 until further notice: Baiter: 332H cents a kg; Cepra: $979.68 a tonne; Pita kernel: 1865.75 a tonne; White pepper: $4.565.22 a tonne; Blaek pepper: $3,141.09 a tonne; The rates at duty payable are:
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      TEXTILES
      196 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows yesterday: f (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cettaa jam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2JB0; 32s 2,780, 40s 3,000 (per bale of 400 lbs). Ptoee geeds: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly unq;
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      RICE
      331 4 SINGAPORE; Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.05, 100 per cent second class 0.90, 100 per cent third clam 0.88, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-lff per cent 0.9. THAI BROKEN. A-super 0.68. Special 0.63.
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      Straits Tin
      81 4 THE Straits tin price in Peaaag yesterday remained aaehaaged at M$2,M6 per plcal, $1M abeve the IntenitlMil Tin Agreement celling, dealers said. Tfceysald same Japanese and US eeMamer baylngs and a lawer offering §t tin are fram mines helped the market te remain steady after Wednesday's fall. Seat&meat
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      Closing prices
      30 4 Rubber; Mar 27 Singapore: Aprifc 324.00 cent* (down 0.60 cent) Malaysia: April: 326.00 cent* (down 1.60 cents) Tin: M $2,305 (unchanged) Official offering: 160 tonnes (down 19 tonnes)
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      RUBBER
      315 4 THE SINGAPORE market closed slightly easier yesterday with April One RSS buyers quoted at 324.00 cents per kilo, down half a cent from Wednesday's close, dealers*said. Morning prices were marked down slightly on lower London advices and light selling, they said. Afternoon prices gained some ground initially on upcountry
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      RAS PRICES
      303 4 R.A.8. price* in cent* per kilo feateiHajr Mam (par kilo) SeOera (per kilo) lot 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 81.00 Int. 1 RSS. April 334.00 Int. 1 R.S.S. May SLOO Int. 2 R.S.S. W OO UK/Coot MOO tat 3 R.S.S MOO UK/Coot 303.00 Int. 4 RAS. m.00 UK/Goat 297.00
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      SSR and SMR
      99 4 m NOON SSI and SMR priep y* lardar RA8 April (CvfHt Mtfc) Mlk) Bayara M llara Bayara 8a Para SSR (1-ua paOat) 290 00 292-OON 2*4.00 296-OON S8RS0 llunpiUM) 287.00 288.00N 281.00 293.00N MRELB April *«T SMRCV (1-too paOat) 384.S0 38ft. AON 388.S0 390MN 389JON SMR L
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      Produce exchange
      155 4 CHINESE Prsiaee Exchange, Stagapsre, clsrisg prices pcf pical ye®" terday: CieiH «II: Bulk |102 sellers, old drum $106 sellers, new drum $112 sellers. C*prs: Mixed (loose) UK/ Cent $59.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white fob 100% NLW $322.50 sellers, Sarawak white fob 96% NLW $307.50 sellers. Sarawak special
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      LONDON MARKETS
      741 4 COFFEE: Futures maintained opening gains to end the morning session £21 to £11 per tonne up .from Wednesday. Turnover was 1873 lots including 10 options. Dealers said the market continued to hold a narrow trading range with commission house and producer group buying interest supporting near months and
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      PALM OIL
      143 4 PRICES in Kuala Lumpur yesterday were unchanged with operators cautious in view of the April export duty to be announced next week, dealers said. Dealers also attributed the weakness to trade reports that India has withdrawn from the market until April 10. April was unchanged at MJ1,027.50 per
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      SOYBEAN
      30 4 CHICAGO Board of Trade soybean futures closed Just off new contract lows on Wednesday, down US to 4V« cents per bushel. Soybean product futures closed lower across the board.
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      WHEAT
      38 4 CHICAGO Board of Trade wheat futures closed on a weak note~ db Wednesday, down US 13 to 9 cents per bushel. m CBT corn futures closed on new contract lows, down 2'-} to IV* cents per bushel.
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        GOLD
        297 4 GOLD futures in Singapore yesterday closed sharply lower compared with overnight levels in generally thin trading, dealers said. Trading was suspended (or one hour yesterday morning as prices opened limit-down across the board following the metal's overnight weakness abroad. The market then traded steady during the morning's trading before
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        Singapore market
        498 4 TRADING on the foreign exchange market was very hectic yesterday. Foreign exchange fates tended to fluctuate in an erratic manner. On the whole, the US dollar, was sgll in strong demand and remained firm against major currencies. The US unit strengthened significantly against the yen after opening at
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        Tokyo
        39 4 THE U.S. dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed firmer at 249.00 yen compared with a 249.20 opening and 249.00 at Wednesday's close, despite strong central bank yen-sup-port intervention, dealers said. Trading was active with volume of US$BB7 million.
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        London
        37 4 THE U.S. dollar's overnight gains yesterday were pared by profit-ÜBcing in early London trading, though sentiment for the US currency is still bullish, dealers said. In the European "Monetary System, the French franc continues on top.
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        PLR
        23 4 THE average rale at which major Singapore bank* are currently prepared to lend to their best customer* is "l 1.4 per cent.
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        ASIAN $
        179 4 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on March 27: w-a-7 day* 16** 1SH 1 month IS 1/16 171V16 2 months It 1 3 months 19 Vie IB 3/16 6 months 19 Vie 191/16 iB months 1SV16 IS 1/16 12 months 1711/16 17 V16 SwJM. DM. muiu r-,i,.
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        Discount
        41 4 RANGE of prices ottered by discount houses on March 27: Ovcnfgbt: Ti Csil departs: ffe TX taytecMUx 3-month Treasury bills 3 month Bank bills 11 10% 3 months CD life im <S months CO 11'« life Source: National Discount Co
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        Hongkong
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
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      Lock icon Afternoon fall
      567 4 TOKYO Source: DBS-Dalwa SHARE PRICES started out higher across the board yesterday, although stocks went ex-dividend and exrights. Defence-related and atomic power-related issues led the market. Non-ferrous and chemical issues were also bought. However, some of these issues weakened in the afternoon, as investors took a wait-and-see attitude,
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      Lock icon Hongkong
      332 4 Source: SHK See QUIET trading saw prices improve a little yesterday following better than expected trade figures for February. But this was offset by the runaway inflation figures. Much attention was fixed on the gold market and the market laboured through the day despite it being the last day
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      Sydney
      283 4 PRICES continued easier yesterday on light turnover as London investors assessed the effects of the new UK Budget, with weak metal and gold prices depressing minings and the likelihood of further interest rate rises dampening activity in industrials, dealers said. MAR r. Onts INDUSTRIALS A r i. 200 unch
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      Bangkok
      9 4 STOCK prices dosed generally higher yesterday, dealers said.
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      Manila
      108 4 STOCKS continued generally easier across the board yesterday, MAR 27 Pnos Aroje Mining -0012 unch AUas Con. A Allot Con. a 31.00 -J Baguio Gold 0064 0 0002 Bencuet Con B BK Goodrich 0000 15.00 -IS •1" COLT 7J» unch Inco B Landoil Lepunlo B JO unch Mannduque B
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      Selected indices
      50 4 FINANCIAL TIMB8 INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 43B1 Tuesday 4303 Week Ago 432.0 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 782.12 Tuesday 787* Week Ago 800 M HJLHANG 8ENG Thursday ***** Wednesday 782.86 Week Ago. 788.49 8YDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 90&28 Wednesday 588.82 Week.Ago 807.80 ALL ORDINARIE8 Thursday 77X48 Wednesday 774JB Week Ago 796.07
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Axe will not fall on social security payments in US
      247 5 UPI PRESIDENT Carter will not call for reductions in social security payments, supplementary security Income, medicare, meals on wheels or ftssistfid bousing et proposals Mr Carter will jjve details of his proposed cuts in spending* designed to bring the federal
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      Lock icon Reassurance from Carter
      412 5 NYT PRESIDENT Carter has sought to reassure the European Common Market that the US remains committed to a liberal trading system despite moves (or protection against European steel imports by the US Steel Corp. In a personal note to Mr Roy Jĕnldns, president of the executive commission
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      Lock icon Recycling oil dollars
      375 5 Reuter THE balance of payments surplus of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is estimated to reach about US$l2O billion this year but it is unlikely that there would be major problems in recycling these The Organisation for* Economic Cooperation and Development believes the world edooomy is
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      Lower finish
      1020 5 NEW YORK A SHARP lale seD-off erased early gains and the New Tort stock market an Wednesday closed lower in active trading. Analysts said margin selling, both voluntary and involuntary, appeared to be behind the drop. The Dow Jones industrial avenge, ahead 10 poiAs at one time, ended
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      Coin issue marks anniversary
      163 5 THREE commemorative gold coins bearing the bead of President Anwar Sadat of Egypt against a background of a dove and an olive branch (absve) have gone on sale ,in Cairo to mark the first anniversary of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. It was the only event to
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      Lock icon Recession underway
      193 5 NYT FOR THE first time since they wrongly declared,a recession under way last year, US Administration officials have begun to .tontend openly that the longawaited economic slowdown has at last commenced. The growing conviction that a recession is probably under way is baaed on an array of economic
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      Lock icon No surprise from UK budget
      557 5 Reuter FIRST reactions to the UK budget statement for 1980/81 in London were that the Chancellor's proposals were very much in line with government bond market expectations. Analysts found the medium financial targets announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Geoffrey Howe encouraging. Peter Felmer of
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        PRODUCTION FORECAST
        313 5 WEST GERMAN manufacturer* expect a 2.6 pet- cent rise in their production this year and in ISBI. after a 5.2 per cent gain last year, an IPO Economic Research Institute survey safclOutput in the raw materials and basic goods sector may slow markedly from 7.4 to 18 this
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    National energy policy needed
    385 6 MUCH HAS been said about the energy problem. We know that the supply of fossil fuel is finite and that the day when the last drop of oil is squeezed out of the landT when the last lump of coal is dug out of the earth
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    Balancing inflation and politics
    327 6 IT WILL be interesting to see the package that President Carter will present to Congress next week to solve the United States' ills. He has made a goal of balancing the budget to reduce the greatest problem in the economy, and that is the near 20
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    Lock icon Jakarta's zone prompts serious conflicts
    1072 6  -  The most controversial area is likely to lie just north of the Natuna and Anambas islands, reports PAUL ZA6H. PAUL ZACH Reuter INDONESIA'S declaration of a 320-km economic zone around its coasts jcould spark serious regional disputes over South China Sea oil reserves and fishing
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    Lock icon Khartoum diplomacy
    772 6  -  The US wants them to take a more much positive pro-western line, but Sudanese prefer to do what they like, reports ANTHONY VERRIER. ANTHONY VERRIER FT TO READ some recent reports produced by the US embassy in Khartoum one would be tempted to think that President Carter bad
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      18 6 Bri&toW: FViok DictenS JO«4C.S teUl STtLL Tu)(ST TO VOUR RI&MT. fV— K^'/' N_^°a T*ry e X 1 i!
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    Lock icon MASSIVE CUTS IN PUBLIC SPENDING
    1432 7 In his Budget speech, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Geoffrey Howe, anticipates a 2.5 per cent fall in 1980 output. Britain can no longer 'spend itself out a recession', says Sir Geoffrey. As such, Britons will have to bear with hefty tax increases on
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    STRAWS IN THE WIND
    223 7 HIE STANDARD fire insurance policy ia Singapore is really outdated. For inAfcbkce, under the schedule of "extraneous palls'" is one that includes impact damage. It covers loss or damage to property caused by road vehicles, horses orxcattle not belonging to or under the control of the
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    Lock icon Tighter rules on hostile bids
    695 7  -  [FOBUM. with ROBERT METZ NYT A DECADE hostile takeovers were not considered respectable in business and financial circles. The money lenders (banks and insurance companies) and the implementers (investment banking houses and law companies) generally frowned on this sort of activity. Sometimes the establishment even
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      94 7 Jutyls-18,1900 World Trad* C*ntr», Sing**** Singapore's first conference-supported exhibition for the metal engineering industry is only 3 months away. For those suppliers and manufacturers of equipment and materials for welding, fabrication and surface treatment who have not signed up as participants, do so now. We have limited space left. Don't
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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        Paris
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        Brussels
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        Zurich
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        JOHANNESBURG
        266 8 MAR M Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 3K 10 ADercom as ♦1 AC And CI J no 10 AMIC «m 90 Barlowi W ♦s 9*A u ar 1075 unch Curn* Financ M6 10 De Batn Ind Mff unch Edcan Edgars ***** Cm ready FM Votk Fuflt \m 4-0 Oardlan Otenanl
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      1630 9 A BANK BUMIPUTRA MALAYSIA (INCORPORATED IN MALAYSIA HEAD OFFICE KUALA LUMPUR) Highlights of Chairman "s Statement The Bank recorded satisfactory progress in many areas including deposits, loans and profits. The pre-tax profit amounted to $30.7 million, an increase of $8.1 million or 35.8 per cent The profit after tax rose
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    BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES AND THE KLSE
    719 10 B& and otter price* officially JM Md Iwrtnaai in and reported to the Stock Exchange oP"Sbigapore yesterday with Jm aamber of aharea traded >Aon la farackata la lota of anlta, uateas otherwise SECTION ONI w < industrial I: COMMKBCIAL WWi M0WB) (l)
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    Unit trusts
    119 10 ■NUN nionam The Savtagi 1 S'pore Prof t S'pore 9ac. Pi S pare Imaat S pore Equity M* UNIT BUR ."--sri* LM LMnf "iwJ lm lm md l« l.M tad Ul LM tad LII urn (CM prtM) laccmBoM) LM I «UU MMK7TBA 1.B ■> Mi IWhMh Mai Prat
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2615 10 lfTWIMO High Lew Coafujr r Last Bale Gr*» WT or- Gr*s Net Dhr Y*M P/E Crr Vol Day COOO) High Lew < SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL t no m A«n* m or Alcorn M0 IM Allied Choc MO US B A T TM Bate mBa M
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    In Kuala Lumpur
    1632 10 BID and otter prices n«H»nj 0 listed and hmtnc in aad reported to the Kuala Lumpur > Stock Exchange yesterday with the «umber of shares traded shown ia brackets to —i lots of MOO units, unless otherwise specified. INDUmiAUI AaMa(lMB) am ins) (3) u« /ktmm (2SS) (5)
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  • LATEST RESULTS
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      DUNLOP Malaysian Indus- tries
      91 10 has reported a group pre-tax profit of $38.2) million ($35.36 million) on turnover of 1190.35 million (H68.74 million) for the financial year ended Dec 31, 1979. Dunlop said the cost of raw materials rose substantially during the year under review, but was partially offset by the
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      Harrisons Malaysian Es- tates
      108 10 has reported a pre-tax profit of £23.32 million (£23.75 million) for the nine months ended Dec 31, 1979, on sales of £54.8 million (£55.3 million). Earnings per share amounted to 7.80p (8.01p). An interim dividend of 2.5p (1.5p) has been declared to reduce the disparity between
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    Prices retreat in minor setback
    544 10 SHARE price» r«tot* «a teeni jgr ,"yy j k the'"£c£>* jTySwryaS fUk all ether iwmi Itrkcto mv rtwilu tread, Wall §M suffered a nton, Mag 1.71 pihh ea thebew Jmm ladex after a ■fii rawwry aa Timiay. Analysts wpirtri that rWag Interest ratea, laflattea ad
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    Slightly easier close in KL
    456 10 LACK of follow-through support and light selling forced the Kuala Lumpur stock market to a slightly easier close yesterday. Traders were generally cautious and wary of current market conditions and were unwilling to commit themselves. The market was thus unable to build on the overnight
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    COMPANY BRIEFS
    74 10 THE Slack rilfcaf Sngapste said its trading room will be closed on April 4, which is Good Friday. For deliveries where dividends and others are involved, additional clear day(s) should be allowed. fl—I awiMtss laves*, am* said Messrs Patrick Yeoh Khwai Hota and Ng Chow Two have resigned
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      Snag in Tongkah reconstruction
      468 11  -  By DAVID CHOW TONGKAH Harbour Tin Dredging Berhad is still ssiilng clarification from the Thai government as to why it has not signed the agreement for the re-issue of the company's leases to Tongkah Harbour Ltd (THL). THL is a new -company created under a proposed
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      Query on delay for Harpers
      220 11 THE suspension of Harper Gilfill&n Bhd (Harpers) on both the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur stock exchanges since last Nov 13 has yet to be lifted. Earlier this month. Harpers said a full announcement concerning a takeover offer would be made within two weeks. But up
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      Game changes
      662 11 Letters to the Editor Dear Sk, I refer to the letter written by a "Small Shareholder" published In the Business Times on March 20 under the heading, "Remedy these defects" and comment as follows: (1) At the last AGM, Mr Jack Chia was appointed chairman of Malayan Credit,
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      Stand illogical
      100 11  -  Alice Man Dear Sir, I find Mr Winston Wong's letter published in Tuesday's issue of the Business Times very Interesting. It has induced me to raise the following points: If Mr Wong has a house which he is presently occupying worth 110,000 and someone offers-16,000, is he going
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      RESULTS DUE
      275 11 Dale .La KthllYM r Ctapiiy it, 1 renti AsMneei Net EPS Qna Pw <11 brtyesr <«■*) Dhr. (%> Pwflt (rut) UOB F 27/2 19.0 all.4 35,829k UO F F 27/2 17.5 10.0 6,455 Seallon F 1/3 6.8 5.0 4,057 Apollo Ent F 6/3 7.4 7.5 4.353 Gen tings
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      Lock icon Going places
      405 11 w srciecu,, by HOCK LOCK SIEW THE state-owned diversified trading and manufacturing enterprise, Intraco, is going places. After 12 years of operational existence and reading of the international scene, it has built up for itself a storehouse of strategies and expertise in a wide range of activities, covering
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      455 11 groups and we have a history oovens more than 100 years. Weofferarange of deposit schemes which wiH produce maximum irrterestwhitetgiving flexibility of choice and safety for your money. Our depositors include ei individuals and irtstitu- en tions the workj over. int wnoose tne scneme mat suits your needs Our three
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      1004 11 *Xi> THE DISCOUNT COMPANY OF SINGAPORE LIMITED IpKj (Incorporated in the Republic bf Singapore) 31.12.1978 10,000,000 5.000.000 2,100.000 170.416 2470.416 7470.416 163,270,000 3.*****6 210.000 167.124.806 $174,386,221 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 st DECEMBER, 1979 (Expressed In Singapore Dollara) 31.12.197S SHARE CAPITAL Authorieed:10.000,000 ordinary ehares of $1 each Issued and fully
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    More companies map out schemes for training
    510 12  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA {SEVERAL electronics JxJnpanies in Singapore gapping out strategies JjCpmeet the current )»pphasis on high-technol-industries. New trainschemes, including apprenticeship schemes, been worked out to Jjqirove skills of workers. the same time, at least two multinational companies, National Semiconductor and Fairchild,
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    Lock icon Clearing house accord signed
    171 12 Reuter OFFICIALS of foe International Commodates Clearing House Ltd (ICCH) and seven banks signed an agreement in Kuala Lumpur for the formation of the Kuala Lumpur Clearing House Sdn Bhd. The new company will act as the clearing bouse for the proposed Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange,
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    Plans to improve furniture industry
    452 12 THE Singapore Furniture Manufacturers and Traders Association plans to take measures to compete more effectively with foreign firms now that import duties <m certain types of furniture have either been removed or lowered. Mr Anthony Ng, the association's president, said a sub-committee has been formed
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    Chee Onn given power to revamp Silo and Pieu
    333 12 BECBETARY General ef the Nattoaal Trades (Jatoa Cengreas Urn Chee Onn has been given exeeattve power* to reorganise the Hlngßper» ttoa and the* trtes Emptoyees' listen. Mr Devaa Nalr, praltat ef the NTUC and secretary general cf 80s and Plea, yesterday
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    LONDON STOCKS
    848 12 LONDON, Thur. The market closed quietly lower on further evaluation of yesterday's UK budget, dealers said. At 3 pm, the FT index was down 11.5 at 423.6.4 Government bonds ended up to Vi point lower. The effects of a mid-morning rally were erased by fresh selling on feelings
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    Architect calls for set-up of energy board
    543 12 A LOCAL architect and planner has called for the formation of an energy board to be responsible for administering a national energy policy. The board, which should be set up as a statutory body similar to the Metrication Board, should be given wide
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    It takes time to gauge building contract
    325 12 THE Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) cannot possibly evaluate the effects of its much-debated Standard Building Contract in three months. An authority on con-' struction and contract law, Mr David Gardam, QC, said yesterday that the contract should be monitored on a permanent
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    Cathay Pacific to appeal next week
    189 12 CATHAY Pacific Airways will appeal next week against the decision of the British Civil Aviation Autftority not to allow the airline to fly the HongkongLondon route, the airline's outgoing general manager for South-east Asia, Mr John Olsen, said yesterday. The. British authorities gave the
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    Petrochem project gets 4 new partners
    275 12 SUMITOMO Chemical and four other Japanese companies have set up an investment company in Tokyo to establish a major downstream plant far the |2 billion petrochemical project in Singapore. The new company, Nihon Singapore Polyocefin, is capitalised at about $4.2 trillion. Sumitomo holds a
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      6 12 Puts you in the right spirit
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      245 12 @(*&(;^(_!}^^@],|>/"|"&'||'=~*! Art Exhibition by CHEN ZHENG MING From Provinoe (Sv\atDv\j of The People's Republic of China i Chen Zhang Ming e an active member of the Kwantung Art Society v Bom in 1939, in Kwantung Province (Swatow) of the People's Republic of Chine. He haa a keen interest in art
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      58 12 WEATHER Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Generally fair except tor showers In a tew areas after midday. nXIrJt hmn priarl Mutmum temperature —.31.7 Associated humidity 56 .Minimum temperature ....317 Associated humidity 96 Hours Ot sunshine 10.35 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for the month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORTSIDES
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        Lock icon Strike vote
        95 13 Reuter A MASS meeting of 4,000 of Liverpool's 5,500 dockers on Wednesday voted to continue a strike which has crippled this north-west England port, making some 25 ships kDe. The men walked out last Friday after MX) of them were suspended for refusing to finish loading a Soviet
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        Lock icon Taiwan tour
        95 13 AFP TWENTY-SIX seamen from China aboard the Panama-registered freighter Josef Roth were allowed for a sight ■seeing trip ashore on their first trip to Taiwan on Wednesday. They were accompanied by representatives of Taiwan's Seamen's Union in northern Keelung, where the West German freighter now on lease to
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        Lock icon Sporadic clashes
        84 13 AFP TWO PEOPLE died in sporadic clashes between two groups of port workers of rival trade unions at Paradip port area in Orissa on Wednesday. One of the deaths was caused by stabbing, while the other was due to shooting by bow and arrow. A dozen workers belonging
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      Produce shippers seek Escap help
      602 13  -  By G DURAIRAJ SHIPPERS and commodity organisations in Asia and the Pacific region have asked the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap) to help evolve more suitable and effective modes of transporting their produce. The representatives of the organisations
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      INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
      553 13 TMpphij Page Csi Shipping Use p»ee Cat Adriatic IV 5 DSR VI 3 Aiea VI 3 EAC Lines n 4/5 4 Alfred vn 2 East Malaysia VI All trans VI Egyptian vm 1 Alpac VI 5 EUat VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 Elms m 4/5 4 ANL
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      OOCL orders £300,000 worth of Stakmastas
      291 14 MAJOR container shipping line OOCL (Orient Overseas Container Line) of Hongkong has placed an order worth approximately £300,000 with North Western Trailer, of St Anneson-Sea, Lancashire. The order is for "Stakmasta" container "specials" of the folding-end fla track type, for which worldwide design patents
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      Container Schedules
      1004 14 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL NB < Ma^»sutSct'lochlSm W Ume U ■>» Shipping Llne/A«ent (2) All export FCL container* And LCL carvomust be delivered to Uie Authority'! premises (luring the following periods. (I) Starting Ume of receiving 7 days before vessel's arrival
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1289 14 RATES continued to hold steady (or North American grain on Wednesday but business was quiet. A vessel was secured (or 24,200 long tons heavy grain from US Northern Range to Spain early 1 April at U5|29.50 (fio) while 18,000 long tons was booked from the Lakes at $35,
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      Contract to supply paint for P & 0 passenger vessels
      234 15 Contract to supply paint for P 0 passenger vessels A SINGAPORE patat maaafftctarer haa waa a majsr chare «I werldwlde eeatraet to aapply marlae palat to P AO's fleet sferatoeridpa. The first batch at IMM Ittrea el Berger *s Terpede mftrlae palat warth mm waa applied to P o*B ISyTM-teafte
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      Slight increase in world bulk carrier fleet
      437 15 THE WORLD'S bulk fleet consisting of tankers, combined carriers and bulk carriers of more than 10,000 dwt increased marginally last year. On Jan 1, the fleet numbered 7,501 ships aggregating 512.7 million dwt, only slightly up from 512.2 million dwt for 7,50? ships
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      Good prospects for dry bulk shipping
      336 15 EXPECTED changes in the commodity conpMttioo of shipping trades should btw* At demand (or dry bulk cargo tonnage in the 1980b. Professor Eleftherios Georgandopoulos of the Graduate of Industrial Studies in Piraeus told the Seatrade conference on "Money and drips 1880" in London on
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      521 15 ABUT ALA TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Bendenrg (1100 shifts after Dong Tun nils) 42/43 Blue Kocfai (RO/RO) (after Apollo Peak) 44 Eftinga Bindang (after San Tnaakfurt Oder (after Hoegb Pilot) 38/39 Kota Rukun (after Kota 10/11 Umut (1100 Subject Free toard) JO East Navikapol (after Lanka Kalyani) 45
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due ... and when
      4842 19 SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due and when 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
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      Another active shipping week
      1088 20 ORIENT EXCHANGE THE ASIAN shipping maiv- ket has again been active this week. Inter-island volume in both Indonesia and Philippines are increasing with small liners fully loaded. Domestic dirty cargo such as cement is being "shut out" in favour of higher paying goods. Vessels of 8,000
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      The Consortia
      139 20 The major shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe and Straits ports/Australia and the member lines. i ACE (FAB EAST/EUBOPE): Franco Belgian Serviced. K' Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANBO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container Line. Nedlloyd Lines.
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      Lock icon Portugal's late bid to avert strike
      104 20 Reuter THE PORTUGUESE government was oo Wednesday holding last-minute negotiations with trade unions to avoid a strike set to paralyse Portugal's mainland ports (or seven days. Trade unions representing 5,000 administrative workers had threatened to start a week of industrial action to demand the
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      PEOPLE IN SHIPPING
      178 20 CAPTAIN NP Tllleina, master of the NedUoyd Hoorn, considers himself "a very lucky person" because in 35 years at sea, very little has happened to him. Indeed, his long career has been distinguished by a complete lack of momentous events "no accident, not even a slight mishap".
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      WHO ACTS FOR WHOM..
      1451 20 The leading shipping lines operating from local peris ud the agents who handle cargo bookings for them. A B Adriatic Container Container Feeders (S)/Cargo Freight (PK). AFEA Singapore Shipping Agencies (S)/Euro-Asia Line (PK/PN). Alfred C. ToopAer Sea Cdnsorthim (S) Marintex Enterprise (PK). Alpae Intrasea (S)/Yeo Shpg
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      280 13 st class transport Agents: Nedlloyd EAC For further details, please refer to page V ScanDutchyj n I\RI >1 I I \ll Orient Overseas Co*tlo4*teA Line SOVW TO EMKVt 0M SUEZ) 4/S 5/5 6/5 8/5 9/5 10/5 11/5 13/5 a/5 a/s a/5 a/s i/5 I 1/6 2/6 3/6 6/6 Qeswc Tmcs
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      219 13 aas SEALORI) AMAH >■ W UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO'SAG) i 1 'ill i kU.Jilk EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES loadmc for Dubai (7/4), (13/4). SM MM (9/4), Kuwait (16/4), Doha (19/4) Dubai (7/5). Abu Dhabi (10/5), Damnum (13/5), Kuwait (16/5), Do (19/5), Mina Qaboos (22/5) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE S pore Loading
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      76 13 EAR EASE EUROPE fUIIY CONIAINERISED SERViCI •CmMmts Fm4mU to/km Ftkm Mm iccipin cvft te/frw Tiifcuh C. PAUL S'part CM* Tarn: FGL C*f» 0(00 31/3 LCI C*ft 1100 30/3 STRAfrs AIISTRAIIA RO RO CONTAINER SERVICE VT^iiTr.i Also Kctpting trxMhipniMt UfQO to/from Bangkok and E. Hatayiia +A. TOMSK S'ptn CM« Hmk FCL
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      307 13 1 Callus We call the world Agents: Ntdlloyd JEAC Please refer to pagi f CONTAINER SeM«k« LONDON Freights SHIPS taPwi SHIPPING List ORIENT Ezekuge PEOPLE Ib Sktpotag REGIONAL Wm&er WHO Acts Ft WbMn MAERSK LINE EXPORT ATLANTIC, EAST CANADA AND ASIAN PORTS 31-31/3 31-1/4 W/4 M/ 4 12-13/4 13-14/4 a-21/4
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      521 14 LEO SHIPPING PTE LTD. SINGAPORE PERNAS-MISC SS SHIPPING AGENCIES SDN BHD PORT KFLANG PENANG r^y INTERNATIONAL SHPPUG CORPORATION BERHAD HEAD OFFICE: WISMA MISC TEL: NO: KL *****8 2) Mm 3) tfbwt 4) GOuri 1) G h*| 2) H*bw| 3) r«w 4) IT«m 5) It H P Mai* S'port 1/5 NED
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      301 14 D» SUPERCARRIER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO PANAMA, U8 ATLANTIC GULF AND E. CANADA I TMF PlMa ftti 1/4 74/4 1/4 2-3/4 W/4 20-71/4 2/5 24/5 17/5 7/5 31/5 22/5 5/5 3/4 4/1 24/5. «Wl IM tmkm SL Ma ft M. MM 11/5 12/5 13/5 11/5 4/4. l/( 10/4 11/4 11/4
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      574 15 m in £2 tan MM *Ma II Dp 20% 5% M Apr 24% 11% 13% lMey 3My 11% 13 Apr IMy 3My l»lpi Ufef 15 M* MM 9My 11 Miy M% IMy 19My 21 My 22 M* 24 Mr 9MM MMy 1M Ska 7M 21 Mr 12 Mi 14 Mi
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      344 15 I E •I 4 XT Franco Belgian Services <y rhi F',-y J v.- i: F '.tr.T.tnt T. 19 *r 24 to 25 Apr 27 tar IO vtm ntm 2 tor itor itor uli 4 tor s£r »tor u«r tea to* iih* uMm litor iitor til lh 7Ma IMb II to
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      547 16 u, Hapag-Uoyd «UT CWTMBKB 10 OMK STC C rfCMrt 21/4 23/4 27/4 29/4 30/4 14/5 12/5 14/5 12/5 14/5 22/5 24/5 25/5 27/5 29/5 C/C 10/ C 15/1 17/0 riMM PMnta mm tan tftef Km Mm Mp 1/4 4/5 10/5 1/5 29/4 4/4 2/4 11/4 1/5 11/5 21/5 U/5 10/5
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      442 16 LIME KOREA SHIPPING CORPN P. K*flf STORE K6AI47W 10/13 Apr 14/17 Apr FMBUMN BANOtOR VE6A 14tf 10/13 Apr 14/17 Apr TO BUSAN ALTAR 151N 9/11 May 12/15 Mar FOR BUSAN ALTAR 152E 9/11 May 12/15 May TO BUSAN PENAMG CALL SUBJECT NXJCEMENT txacactscacacacaetKacoctscacacacacacacacn MOT* STOIC CROWN MARK CO (PTE) LID
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      387 16 EVERGREEN LINE fAR {AST fUROPf XPRESS Hill CONIAINfR SfRVICF ACCEPT* CARGO FOIb HAMBURG. FRKSTOWE. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. LE HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTMG CARGO FOR: 1 SOUTHAMPTON. LONDON, MANCHESTER. BMMMGHAM BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS. WEST GERMANY SKiCMAW HOLLAND AMSTTROAN EUROPE fAR E AST I XPRESS EUll CONTAINER SERVICE »Mwta|OHb Pan ImMi r IRpr
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      627 16 V* Burma f'm Star Shippin« Corpn. k "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE LOAOMG FOR RANGOON a ppwsbj/3im i/j% i/u* mttw iyn M 21/24 it a/H V BFSSC Agarrta n Malayan TEPS MALAYSIA Wavtfaaoa Intarcominamai S. A. C.I. F. 'ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE" LOAMS FOR DURBAN, Capetown, BUENOS f »lP" 27/ a Transport acton
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      683 17 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICE JL SING APORE/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON/SER VICES \X Loading For: Madras SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/SINGAPORE DIRECT SERVICES SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/SINGAPORE SERVICES HI rr S E A Container Feeder Service SIN/JKT/SIN/HKG/MAN ACCEPTABLE LCL/FCL CONTAINERS DOCIUWMWOWHXt MAUL* HONQKONO LOAIMNO POft:- NONQKONO MAMMJk Nap. Broosi 28/3N Baited BaUad In Port 3/4 Apr 8/8 Apr Nap. TofMt
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      695 17 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTMNER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE H-BUK I'HAKN P Um WG*r*a*y Antra A W3 M/l 14/4 24/4 T*MEm«M Imtmm Mm «T«!•*■» Wi wt v« 11/4 13/4 12/5 14/5 21/5 27/s a/s wt n/* M/ 4 24/4 V 5 5/5 13/5 15/5 4/9 11/1 15/5 a/5 22/5 24/5 34/5
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      548 17 il i i Scan Dutch V WEEKLY EXPREBB CONTAINER SERVICE I ran l>*aM2)rM 3)M-h»|4)C'ta* mm U* w* n/* w* m/ 4 S 1/4 21/4 a/4 2S/4 1/1 tm iv 4 a/4 vs vi ■n a/« v» w iv> i» St a/4 u/5 llfl M w I i/i u/s a/? a/j
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      515 17 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BANK INE LT{) LV F S OR NT U.S. GULF COAST SERVICE (New (Means, MoMe, Houston, Gaiveston) ZOLU LTKS (*di a l/f Apr 10/11 Apr it May OOUY TINMAN (hail)— 3/4 Apr 3 fey U.S. WEST COAST SERVICE (Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver 8.C., Portland, Lonfview, Lonfbeach, Los Anjeles,
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      643 18 > "K line KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. TO NORTH AMERICA FEEBM VESSELS* n SP «to* 31/3 itolM OM 3/4 to« rto 1M 11/4 13/4 iMtato Cjt|ms to acMftto Mr Qto B»to St Ito, PMi liiMi, Rtoß. i TO IDIOn FROM EUROPE TO PAR EAST a MB IK wcammx C.CMHBI 11
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      505 18 CALFORMA/PACFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER SERVICE Im*| tor LOS ANGELES, SMFRAMCOCO. SEATTLE, TACOM. VANCOUVER. B.C. Amp** ra/ra. cmt+m AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAMER SERVICE AcoHkl FO/Ftt CmMMn PMmi rpM Fw W M J,| 10% 11 Apr 30 Apr 25 *r 71% MMT 19 Apr 20 Apr 25 Apr 30 Apr 5Mr
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      621 18 < > roup SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD iOtMfi.OOW 01-lAN BUitONG S'NGAPOBI 1 VAR»fI'NG 91 11i 3 I INI Si Of Sf OAI <ti Jt > 11« I iNf S» Tflf» «S «'4S9S MS A B r A«SM P#UBlf CAHGOSMIP IMHI ltc4|i<Minl Container Lines WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/from BANGKOK IDT
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      551 18 Ul GRANARD LINE INDEPENDENT A TTRACTIVE RATES MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINER CARGO FCL ONLY FOR PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA. BEIRUT LAITAKIA UMASSOL ISTANBUL A PIRAEUS Specially engaged agents A stevedores providing immediate discharge UMON *W TOW y. m S !fiE, M* MM TAT m 11 !b, ♦CjfcfNrt sm, MmmMi
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      440 18 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD F abe' House 234E OfCha'd'Road Smqapo'e Tplephone 11 2 35-105."• *ou«MU» REGULAR INDEPENDENT SEMI/FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE ■out mbepeimemt sat/mi comma am to bmqpe ousm mn. rpm P. Mm Pa is Apr 13 %r ALPAC LINE ««>« tZ 'if "n CAPE TOMi 'DURMN xnusi (PTE) LIB
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      116 19 aanguKmsn onqjptng Agency rw Liu Owners/Booking Agents of I 1 Bangladesh Shipping Corporation S pore Loadmc for: HV SOUMMTY 1/10 Apr Kobe/Osaka/Yokohama For Bookings please contact: ■> -i- -l. a na I *«J Mngnoivii cmippfrvg Agtocy rrt ltu Singapore *****1 P*n«ng: M-*****6 TT T SHIPPING CORPN. LTD. FOR MUSCAT. DUBAI
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      181 19 HEM* SENG TRADING SMPPMG PTE. LTD. 1201. 12» Flaw. Golden ttfc Too*. BeacJt Read. S'pwc 0719 T* *****44 (3 tats) Eto EM Destmabon M.V. MeraiAe (tateiua.) 4/4 5/4 K. Balait/tlri/BMiJu M.V. Labuan Hadji 29/3 29/3 Pranf. Rud** M.V. Lampuni ki Pmi 27/3 Muari M.V. PariaM' 2S/3 31/3 Paafanafc U M|
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      145 19 JVV. PERKAPALAN LAUTAN BIRU v R oflular Service to East Malaysia Msid Season Mi Sdn BTvi Pfirt 'el 38 7754 "30 74 *9 *****1 Teie« MA ***** S ;o'* Gaya O't-a" Sapping p, Ltd Tpi 2922'10 2950 1 46 Tpie« PS ***** ANHSIHG OVERSEAS LINE KGULM SOtWX S pare t
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      336 20 EGYPTIAN ItKlf Cll INTERNATIONAL 1 INE Ell EGYPTIAN FLAG FAST LMB samcc TO EGYPT (PORT SAM) ALEXANDRIA) 1 STORE FT SAD ILEUM mmtKO Mar 21 May 15 May II »WH U Mv 20 Jm 11 Jmm 14 Cwto Baattip n**» Hmm *****43 martram* camqo pumm contact scmknkbi smoapomc •manm FROM
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      290 20 BLUE STAR LINE m.v. NEW ZEALAND STAR Ist MAY lttO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR ALL MAM NZ PORTS Will discharge at New Plymouth for North Island and Port Chalmers for South Island. Freight includes centralisation by roil to main ports of Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton/ Christchurch. AGENTS IN SINGAPORE: AUSTASIA LINE
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