The Business Times, 12 December 1980

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1 22 The Business Times
  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. lll/l/M FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, l*Bt 50 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 83 1 Reuter TAIPEH, Thurs. The Taiwan Bank of Communications will issue US$2O million in three year floating rate certificates of deposit (FRCD) in Singapore next February. A bank spokesman said Manufacturers Hanover Asia of Hongkong and the Development Bank of Singapore will underwrite the issue which carries interest
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    • 75 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The reliability of vital US defense and space systems may be in jeopardy because a major supplier failed to test millions of transistors as required before selling them to government and defense contractors, it was reported today. The transistors have been used in missile systems,
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    • 78 1 TOKYO, Thurs. Police have broken a successful brand-stealing operation here, whose two-year venture into exclusive European leather goods grossed US$l4 million and affected the sales of the genuine imported articles. Police said it was the largest counterfeit goods case uncovered in Japan. At the end of the
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    • 73 1 TOKYO, Thurs. The Soviet Union has permanently deployed supersonic Backfire bombers with its naval airforce in the Far East and they could threaten sea lanes around Japan, Japanese defence minister Joji Omura said today. Mr Omura also told members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that
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    • 66 1 AFP KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia, the second-largest exporter of pineapple in the world 10 years ago, has now plunged to sixth place in the list of countries exporting the commodity. Under the Fourth Malaysia Plan, however, the government plans to increase the acreage under the erop to
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    • 74 1 LONDON, Thurs. The management of the Financial Times has threatened to sack 1,800 nonjournalist staff unless there is an early end to its dispute with print workers, which brought British production of the paper to a halt last Monday. Output stopped after 19 print workers were
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    • 33 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. Half a million people in Jakarta out of a total 6.4 million population are living on petty trades such as roadside selling and pedicab driving, Jakarta Governor Tjokropranolo said.
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  • Chief Price Changes
    • 144 1 Falls Indices 8yn Resin* 640 -110 Dec 10 Dec 11 Strait* Trading G I Hldgs Tronoh Mines 1170 560 -70 -60 B.T.Indicator: *****.*****08.51 1750 -50 Industrials: 663.45 648.14 8«1 Properties 1440 -50 Finance: 1245.15 1231.21 Berjuntai 1320 -50 Hotels: 683.30 676.67 M Banking Pegi Msia OC BC 1490 1260 1120
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    • Article, Illustration
      143 1 Falls Indices Petaling 1800 -200 Dec 10 Dec 11 Troooh 1850 -100 B.T.Index: *****.*****95.26 PMRI 720 -80 Industrials: 817.09 814.95 Isl k Pen 860 -50 Finance: 1206.86 1189.47 S Trading 1250 -50 Hotels: 407.34 406.85 Berjuntai 1390 -40 Properties: 731.20 719.36 Per lis Pit 630 -35 Tins: 472.05
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  • 320 1 GOLD fell sharply yesterday by another US$3O an ounce to reach US$562 in the face of rising US interest rates. The fall represents the seventh consecutive trading day of decline. The high US interest rates are buoying up the US dollar and dealers attributed
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  • 268 1 THE USUAL frieadly rivalry betweea exhibition participate was shattered at the MachiaeAsia show yesterday aad marmars ri "fraad" aad "cheats" were laterspersed with leader aad mare directly chalieaglag remarks by Gennaa exhibitors. Cause ri the raised tempers aad embarrassmeat was a Deckel Ualversal Teal aad Catter Grinder (known
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  • 500 1 THE SKILLS Development Fund is implementing from today a new scheme to" subsidise companies for the interest cost incurred in purchasing labour-saving equipment. A sum of $30 million has been allotted for this purpose. Successful applicants under the Interest Grant for Mechanisation (IGM) scheme will
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  • 322 1 CHINA has awarded a $14 million contract to Baker Marine for the manufacture of offshore rig elevating jacks and cranes for two rigs to be built at Dalian Shipyard. This is the first time that a local rig building company will be sending local
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  • 288 1 BHARE prices plsaged apla yesterday with Ike Straits Times Msstrtal Index reeerdlag the 4th eoaseeative day at steep Opening at oversight levels, m.st cu tors begaa sltdlag frssa the flnt deal. By MSB, the fit sappsrt level was breached with the ladex
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  • 340 1 REPRESENTATIVES of Esso management and union have met an official of the Ministry of Labour to discuss their "red armband" dispute. It is understood that some progress was made in the discussions and that the Ministry has requested the company to reinstate the technician whose
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    • 64 1 Leader...page f msm. SHIPPING TIMES TETRA Pah facing competition IS Mkwl really necessary for (ram Germany—...................... J children 7 US sceptical absnt Brezhnev's WHAT an Investment partialis proposal 5 should consist of It AN ezclnslve Interview with KUALA Lnmpnr Kepong reS. Dhanabalan I ports flat earnings 14 CROSSWORD I, TV
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    • 223 1 A gnat way to travd nR-si Interview with Mr. S. Dhanabalan ASEAN'S campaign in the United Nations wfl not by itself force Vietnamese troops out of Kampuchea, says Foreign Minister Mr. S. Dhanabalan in an interview with Business Times. But when Vietnam does pul out of Kampuchea, it wi have
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 333 3 FORTY US manufacturers Of medical and hospital equipment will take part in lledic-Asia *81, the South East Asia 2nd International Medical and Hospital Equipment Exhibition, to be held at the World Trade Centre from Jan 27 to 30. I The US Department of Commerce
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    • 388 3 SEMINARS AND COURSES Dec 9-10: First Asia Pacific Purchasing and Materials Management Conference, Hyatt Hotel, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Supply in conjunction with Expo Travel and Conferences Dec 9-12: Management Development, Arthur Young Co Dec 10-16: 2nd Asean Federation of Accountants Conference, Mandarin, Singapore Society of Accountants
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    • 347 3  -  By LILLIAN CHEW A GERMAN packaging system is posing a challenge to Tetra Pak in aseptic packaging. The company. Papier -und Kunstsoffwerke (PKL), is in the process of deciding on a local company to manufacture the special paper it needs for packaging.
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    • 269 3 JAPAN and Malaysia have signed a joint-venture agreement to set up a factory in Penang's Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone to produce single-sided printed circuit boards for black and white and colour television sets, tape recorders and radios. The parties involved in the venture are Penang Development
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    • 490 3 THE Peninsula group has appointed Mrs Carol Chli as marketing services manager. Mrs Chiu obtained her Bachelor of Commercial Science from the National Cheng Rung University of Taiwan in 1976. In 1978 she obtained her Master of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hongkong, majoring in
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    • 321 3 THERE is no such thing as clean air; there are only degrees of dirtiness, says environmental specialist Mr Peter Binnie who is in Singapore to promote his company's air cleaning system. Distributed by Si me Darbys Singapore Building and Technical Products Division, the
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    • 252 3  -  By WONG AI KWEI A COMPANY supplying drilling and production equipment to the oil and gas industry has been formed to serve the region. Energy Control Systems, incorporated last December, has an authorised capital of $1 million and a paid-up capital of $100,000. The
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    • 198 3 THIS sturdy piece of machinery is among a new range of all-purpose loaders which will be introduced into the local market next year. Called the Pettibone Cary-lift Super 8, it comes in two other sizes, the Super 15 and Super 20, and is designed for the logging, lumbering
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    • 200 3 AGREEMENT has been reached in Kuala Lumpur on terms for a two-year extension of the Separate Merchants' Agreement (SMA) for the shipment of Malaysian rubber and drummed latex to Europe. The agreement followed meetings between delegations of the Freight Committee of the Rubber Industry of Malaysia (FCRIM), the
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    • 103 3 f Asiavest Merchant Bankers (M) Bhd_. and Asiavest Discount House (MJ Bhd. have pleasure in announcing the opening of their Hong Kong associate company Asiavest Limited Services Offered Trade Finance arid Documentary Credits Foreign Exchange Dealership Money Market Deposit Management Services Short Medium Term Financing Guarantee Facilities Loan Syndication Investment
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 78 4 Destination This period Shipped Afloat tonnes tonnes Jan/Nov Shipped tonnes Africa 1.00 10.25 Australasia 10.00 133.00 Canada 5.00 66.00 Continent 2,781.00 150.00 30,723.50 India 3.75 2.50 2,118.25 Japan 1,370.00 30.00 17,283.00 West Asia 900.75 Pacific 326.00 2,564.25
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    • 206 4 CHICAGO soybean futures on Wednesday finished down the 30-cent-a-bushel limit in four old crop months to 13 Vj US cents lower in new crop. Heavy local and commission-house long liquidation in response to margin calls, the prime rate hikes and stronger US dollar forced prices to repeat Tuesday's limit
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    • 180 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Wednesday closed 11U US cents a bushel lower in nearbys to down I'/t cents. Prices settled near the middle to low end of a 16' 2-cent range. Scattered late commercial and commission-house scaledown pricing took prices off day's lows. However, values were pressured from
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    • 364 4 MORNING prices on the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down initially but values later rose on buying interest. The market eased slightly however towards the morning's close on some selling. The morning session closed slightly lower with January One RSS buyers quoted at 295.50 cents a kilo, down
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    • 302 4 RAS prices in cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 290.00 291.00N Int. 1 R.S.S. January 296.00 296.50 Int. 1 R.S.S. February 301.50 302.00 Int. 2 RS.S. 281.50 282.50N UK/Coat 280.50 282.50N Int. 3 R.S.S. 278.50 279.50N UK/Cont 277.50 278.50N Int.
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    • 115 4 NOON SSRu x) SMR price* ymUr<Uy RA8 SSR 20 SSR SO (1 ton pallet) (1 -ton pallet) January (Current Mth) Buyers Sellere 244 00 246-OON 240 00 242.00N February (Forward Mtk) Buyers Seller* ***** 248.00N 242 00 244.00N MRKLB SMR CV SMRL SMR 5 SMRGP SMR 10
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    • 36 4 Rubber: Dec 11 Singapore: January: 297.00 cents (down 1.50 centa) Malaysia: January: 309.50 cents (down 0.50 cent) Tin: M$ 1,904 (unchanged) (equivalent to $31.48 per kilo) (unchanged) Official offering: 195 tonnes (up 39Vi tonnes)
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    • 86 4 THE STRAITS tin price la Peaaag yesterday was aachaaged at M$l,M4 a pfteal (eqalvaieat to $31.4* a kite), still $241 belaw the lateral tteaal Tls Agreemeat cellteg. Farther straag baying from Japaa aad Enrape aad a weakening sf the Malaysian dollar against sterling helped to steady the market
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    • 175 4 CHINEBE Prrtaee Exchange, SUgapare, (Ml price* per IN kg yeaterday: Cac—at all: Bulk fob $140.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $152.00 sellers, new drum fob $160.00 sellers. Capra: Mixed (loose) $79.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $425.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper faq
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    • 193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cattea yam: China Blue Phoenix 20s 1,995; 32s 2,710, 40s 2,940 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece gaafa: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 331 4 BINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SI per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.12, 100 per cent second class 0.96, 100 per cent third class 0.93, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent 0.82. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.76, Special 0.73.
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    • 835 4 COFVEE: Robusta futures yesterday ended the morning unchanged to £6 a tonne up on the morning call with 731 lots traded including one option. Dealers said gains continued to reflect New York's stronger close with some underlying price fixations supporting the market. Values held a narrow trading range
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    • 142 4 THE Malaysian palm oil market yesterday weakened further in line with easier overnight Chicago trading, despite India making offers for refined bleached deodorised palm olein and palm oil, dealers said. In the Central and Southern regions the December position dropped Ms2s and $27.50 respectively to $925 a tonne.
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 519 4 TOKYO SHARE prices yesterday (ell sharply with liquidation and profit-taking spreading over a wide front following the heavy overnight fall on Wall Street, dealers said. The market average shed 56.44 to 7,042.41 on thin volume of 250 million shares with many investors holding off in view of
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    • 348 4 THE OVERNIGHT US prime rate increase caused investors to realise that local interest rates may not have peaked, setting of! a wave of selling yesterday. After a weak opening, the market steadied and spent most of the morning trading 40 to SO points below Wednesday's close. Selling pressure increased
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    • 362 4 STOCK prices yesterday closed lower in reaction to the rise in US prime rates to 20 per cent, dealers said. Leading resources issues, particularly golds, bore the brunt of the selling following gold's $28 plunge to USJS66/ 568 in New York. Among leaders, BHP fell 55 cents to A
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    • 208 4 DEC II Bahts Asia Credit 120 -4 Asia Fibre .1 134 -3 Ayuthaya lnv And Trust Bangkok Investment Bangkok Bank 294 2 Bangkok Drying 290 -17 And Silo Bangkok Insurance Bangkok Metropolitan Ban Bangkok Nylon Bank Of Asia Bank Of Ayudhaya Ltd 144 -3 Bala Berli Jucker Carpet InterNaUonai
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    • 145 4 STOCK prices closed easier and turnover dropped slightly 4.3 million pesos from 5.6 million, dealers said. Acoje Mining gained while Atlas Con B, Lepanto B, Philex B, Phil Overseas, Ist Phil Holdings and PLDT closed lower, with the rest either unchanged or untraded. DEC 11 Pesos Acoje Mining 007*
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    • 50 4 FINANCIAL TIME8 INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 46M Tuesday 485-8 Week Ago 4782 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday »16.21 Tuesday 894-04 Week Ago »72.27 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday *****8 Wednesday *****8 Week Ago 1373.78 8YDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday ***** Wednesday 748.16 Week Ago 754.08 ALL ORDINARIE8 Thursday 884« Wednesday 883.88 Week Ago 888.74
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 478 5 Reuter US OFFICIALS reacted sceptically yesterday to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev's proposal (or a pact banning nuclear weapons and military bases in the Gulf. Officially, the State Department said the proposal, in a speech by Mr Brezhnev in New Delhi yesterday, was under study
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    • 150 5 Reuter THE Soviet Union, which has suffered two straight years of poor grain harvests, now faces problems with its 1961 winter grain crop, the US government said. A US agriculture department report said planted area for the Soviet winter grain crop could fall by between
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    • 464 5 Reuter NATO foreign ministers are getting ready for sweeping political, economic and other reprisals should the Soviet Union invade Poland. The top-ranking Nato Council met in Brussels after a Western evaluation that the Kremlin has completed preparations for a thrust into
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    • 236 5 AP JAPAN'S Civil Aviation Bureau, citing "gross inequalities" in the current JapanUS aviation agreement, said yesterday it would delay a decision on Pan American World Airways' request for pickup rights in Tokyo until the two countries meet next month to hammer out
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 427 5 Agencies THE 52 American hostages being held by militant students in Iran are expected to be freed on Christimas day, the leftist Beirut newspaper As-Safir reported yesterday. The paper, which is close to Iran's Islamic revolutionary regime, quoted unnamed informed Iranian sources as saying: "Agreement has
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    • 358 5 AP CASH-SHORT Chrysler Corp denied a report on Wednesday that its Japanese partner had offered to lend it US$lOO million. "There is nothing to it," spokesman Bob Heath said of the report earlier in the day by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, a daily business newspaper
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    • 174 5 UPI IRAQI Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi yesterday turned down pleas for the release of the captured Iranian oil minister as a gesture of unity among Opec members. At the same time, he said in Manila that Iraq expects a long drawn out war with Iran and
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    • 278 5 Reuter WALL STREET analysts and economists say that an increase in the prime lending rate to a record-equall-ing 20 per cent may foreshadow a new recession. Forecasts of a tighter economy restricting spending further were made by a number of experts after
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    • 94 5 The daily Aircraft Schedule haa been held over because of pressure of space. Flight information by telephone can be obtained from the airport (*****8) or from the respective airlines: SIA *****47/*****48, Garuda *****7, MAS *****2, CPA *****7, Qantas *****01, BA *****01, KLM *****1. To dine at Shangri-La's Tiara is to
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  • 353 6 THE SKILLS Development Council has shown commendable imagination and a proper grasp of business realities in devising its Interest Grant for Mechanisation (IGM) scheme. Charged with the unenviable task of fleshing out the very bare bones of the skills development fund concept when it
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  • 380 6 IF THERE is any magic at all in that yellow metal called gold, it must be in the remarkable way the price has been collapsing in the last few days. Just a few months ago, speculators were saying a price of US$l,OOO an ounce
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  • 1895 6  -  Now, more than ever, Singapore is exposed to cruel political winds that sweep through the South-east Asian region, threatening to upset all efforts at nation building in the»last 20 years. But these winds bring hope as well as concern. And much depends on how well
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 1359 6 Talking about computers^ SINGAPORE Is still la the lateacy stage as far M emnpatertsstt— is esaeeraed ul there is aa aeate shortage wpertto la tkk deli. There Is alas the «f ■ystias being developed, iat hUhg start at expeetaSaftwmn A Hart Laak, at Ulp, Is a dacameatary which Mm Mftware
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  • 203 7 IMPORTS again exceeded experts la in. While Imports late Tie Netherlaads rase by 17 J per eeat to 154J MUtea Oartaa, experts reee by 17 J per eeat to 127 J Ufflea Aortas. l*e latter flgare repreaeats experts werth almeet 5M million florlas per worklag
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  • 538 7 THERE'S a go-between in Rotterdam who has successfully arranged numerous deals between the East and the West since 1971. This matchmaker with a difference is none other than the Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries, or CBI in short. Effectively an agency of The Netherlands
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  • Article, Illustration
    1262 7  -  The Netherlands is keen on promoting ties in the Far East. LEE YOKE MENG explains the rationale behind Holland's export strategy. She also examines the role of the CBI, or the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries. LEE YOKE MENG "THE FLYING Dutchman" is nothing
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  • 782 7  -  rOBML with B J WU RECENTLY the New Nation featured an unusual interview with a few parents in Singapore who do not believe in sending their children to school. One's initial reaction to such an attitude is usually that of sheer disbelief. Would anyone in his
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  • REGIONAL
    • 525 8 AFP ABOUT 90 per cent of the houses built by Malaysian government agencies in new townships must be allocated to bumiputras. This was one of the recommendations made at the Third Bumiputra Economic Congress held in Kuala Lumpur recently. The Congress also resolved that
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    • 257 8 AP THE World Bank says prospects appear good (or rapid growth, more prosperity and improved racial balance in Malaysia. In an exhaustive report entitled Malaysia Growth and Equity in a Multiracial Society, the Bank points out that Malaysia has plenty of resources and
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    • 394 8 Reuter LABOUR relations in Asia should be geared to national development bat the rights of free association and collective bargaining should not be jeopardised. This is the resolution adopted in Manila by the 9th Regional Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The
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    • 265 8 UPI US Defence Secretary Harold Brown flew Into Tokyo yesterday to appeal for a big increase in Japanese defence spending. However, Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki served advance notice he will resist US pressure. Even before Mr Brown's arrival, Mr Suzuki told a news conference he
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 201 9 DEC 10 CI Ahitihi 24' AJcan 39 Algoina 37 'i Bank Mont 32 Bank Nov a Scotia 33' Bell Tel 19' unch Beth Corp BP Can Lid 36 Br.ivan 38 Camp Red Lake 64 -4'. Can Imp Bk 27 unch Canpac 46 Canpac Inv Pf 19 Carltaf O'Keefe s\
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    • 307 9 DEC 10 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha 430 35 Abercom 330 -5 AE And CI MS -5 AMIC Barlows lOTO -10 Cg Sugar CNA HO unch Currie Finance 320 -5 De Beers Ind Edcon 67SS Edgars 8800 u nc h Eveready Fed Volk SIS unch Kugit 240 Gardlan Gienanl Gralemn
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    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
      • 191 9 DEC 10 Kls 272-50 -13 Ahold Akzo AMEV Amfas Amrobnk Bergoss Berk Bols Borsumij Burhmann Byenkorf Caland Calve Delfl Dell Mlj Ennui Kokker Kord Gamma Gistbroe Gobain SI 00 1530 90 00 112.70 56 40 18.50 48 00 54 00 ***** 55 00 31.70 27 90 172.50 60 00
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      • 273 9 DEC 10 rr» CORBEILLE Air-Liquide 498 B S N Gervais Danone mi 33 C S f (ThomsonCsf > CI* Frannuf 425 •3 des Petroles 250 13 Compaq nip Financier* Compugnir Generate 374 Credit Koncier De France 418 •J Hachette (Libraine t Machines Bull 54 25 1 35 Mlrheiin (B>...
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      • 211 9 DEC 10 Dm Aef-Telefunken 72 10 1 Akzo 1400 -1 Alii Lebrn *****0 ■40 A1U Vera ***** *1 BASF ***** *09 Bay H T Wbank ***** Bay Vbank ***** -4 Bayer ***** BBC 267 00 .5 BMW 152 70 Cassella 306 00 unch Chem Verw 234 00 Comtnerzbank *****
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      • 94 9 UfX' 10 Frs FORWARD MARKET Actr Arbed Astur 286 1124 300 -4 -28 25 Bnucan Bru-Lamb Canpar Cock 984 1006 1220 154 22 4 12 1 Df Beers Ebes Elertfotoel 327 1560 3615 -10 unch 55 Gb-lnno-Bm Gev 1875 1302 -> 10 Hobo* Pftro Ryl Dutch 2465 5210 3085
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      • 191 9 DEC 10 Francs Actions Suisses 296 4-1 Alusuisse Br. 1100 •It Alusuisse Reg «4« 1 Brown Boveri Br 1475 -10 Clba Geigy Br 950 •IS Ciba Geigy PC TOO *10 CI ha Crio Reg 560 1 Credit Suisse Br 2505 -s Credit Suisx Reg 445 -1 Elektrowatl Br 2570
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      • 106 9 DEC 10 Lire Anic 8 60 0 1 Assoc Oen ***** 780 Bastogi 657 >18 Cenirale ***** 140 flat 3556 33 K insider 78.25 -175 Gen Imtnob 2050 -00 in Pri 3829 -22 Italcementi ***** -600 I taigas 1000 -51 luisidrr 299 50 -03 Magneti M Pf 000 -50
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 328 10 AP CHASE Manhattan Bank raised its prime lending rate on Wednesday to 20 per cent, matching the record rate set last spring as the US economy plunged into a recession. Chase, the third largest US commercial bank, raised its prime rate from 19
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    • 154 10 Reuter N M ROTHSCHILD and Sons Ltd director Robert Guy said be continues to take a bullish long-term view of the gold market due to the increasing evidence of the reappraisal of the role of gold in the international monetary system. He told a gold
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
      • 444 10 THE US dollar posted major gains against most international currencies yesterday and showed particular strength against the deutschemark as US interest rates moved to 20 per cent. From an opening of 2.0100/15 against the West German currency, the US dollar firmed to an afternoon level of 2.0150/80 before
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      • 175 10 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed firmer at 211.00 yen, compared with a 210.40 opening and 209.25 at Wednesday's close, dealers said. Trading was active and heavy with volume US$l.l3 billion. The dollar steadied between 210.80 and 211.00 yen in moderate but unsettled late trading, after rising
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      • 45 10 FRANKFURT exchanges opening quotes on Dec II: US— 2.0130 15 (1.98BO/0) St* 4.710,71« (4.W2/C72) Can 1.6833/57 D F1 SB OS 23 S Ft 110.29/47 Lit 2.110 14 F Fr 43.22/31 NKr-38.39 45 B Fr (con) 6.2K/25 B Fr fin 6.206/216 Yen 0 9640 57
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      • 365 10 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed sharply weaker compared with overnight levels in moderate trading. Trading was suspended for one hour in the morning as prices opened limit-down across the board following the metal's sharp decline in New York overnight due to further rise in US interest rates. The market
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      • 22 10 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 13.8 per cent.
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      • 294 10 THE DOLLAR yesterday gained further against major currencies at the opening, still boosted by high US interest rates. Continuing the firmer trend above two marks from New York on Wednesday and the Far East yesterday, the dollar opened at 2.0125/ 35 marks compared with its closing here on Wednesday
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      • 184 10 THE HONGKONG dollar yesterday recovered in thin late trading to 5.1920/50 against the US currency compared with the 5.2020/50 low seen in the morning and Wednesday's late 5.1910/40. The recovery was prompted by heavy profit-taking in an active market, but dealers said the outlook for the local currency is
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      • 47 10 Wt4 TM New York 15 00B 16 55B 15 30S 16.8SS Zurich 14 75B 16 40B 1515S T\>m 16 80S 11 r A Singapore Illfl 14 WB Wd 16S0B 15 JOS 16 90S Closing prices in US dollars a troy ounc Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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      • 190 10 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Dec 11: 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 0 months 12 months 1 month 3 months 6 months 12 months 1 month 3 months fl months 12 months US/t L'8 Doll* ret Spot) Offer Bid
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      • 47 10 RANGE of price* offered by dlscount hfiMti > on Dec 11: Ovcnigkt to 7Mi* Call depot Its: Clomc Baytef SelliM 3-month Treasury bills 813/16 SU/16 3-month Bank bills 13 13/16 1311/16 3 months CD 131/10 12 15/16 6 months CD 12 15/16 13 Source: National Discount Co
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    • 499 10  -  •By RUTH CHENG Ten per cent of an international stock portfolio should find their way into Singapore, Hongkong and Australia, Dr HC Kessler and Peter J Widmer, senior vicepresident and first vicepresident of the Swiss Bank Corporation told Swiss businessmen in Singapore recently. Singapore and
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    • 966 10 THE NEW YORK (lock market on Wednesday closed sharply lower, plummeting la the taflt hour of trading ax investors coabnued to be concerned about the outlook lor interest rates. Analysts said the prospect at further rises in interest rates, following Tuesday's increase la the prime rate
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 61 10 f Sole Agent r XOK HONG CO PTf IffO y -.-.C 8..1 c: M. rjie smooth, sparkling qistc of Tsingiao beer brightens up afiy happy occasion. A party, a cocktail reception or just a friendly gathering. Brewed from the mineral waters of Mount Laoshan and the finest Chinese hops 4nd{bartey.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 2415 11  -  The construction of the multi-million dollar House of MUI in Jalan Damansara marks another landmark in Malayan United Industries' history. It perhaps also signifies the beginning of a more formalised management structure of the group since its meteoric rise during the last several years.
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    • 597 11 THE most difficult points to reconcile about Mr Khoo Kay Peng are his enthusiasm for business and an even greater zeal for his religious pursuit. But the man at 42 he is already chairman of Pan Malaysia Cement Works, Central Sugars, Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries and
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    • 207 13 THE results of gold prospecting work done by Kampung Lanjut Tin Dredging will soon be known when a statement to shareholders is issued. In its interim announcement of results, the company said the outcome of field work in the Kelantan gold prospecting areas
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    • 245 13 GENERAL Ceramics has given the basis for valuation of its shares at $1.99 each for the purpose of taking over Ampang Specialist Centre Sdn Bhd. In a reply to KLSE queries, General Ceramics said the price was arrived at after taking into account net
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    • 154 13 Reuter GUTHRIE Corp said the second half of 1980 has proved more difficult, with profit under pressure in most territories. A substantial palm oil price reduction has been mitigated by marketing, it added. Guthrie Bhd will produce better second half results, reflecting South-east Asia's relatively
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    • 315 13 FT ONLY two months after announcing its final figures for 1979-80, Saint Piran, the UK-based tin mining and property group, has announced interim profit figures for the half-year to the end of September. Pre-tax profit has fallen to £569,000 from £910,000, continuing
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    • In Hongkong...
      • 875 13 Reuter HONGKONG Barge announced that agreements have been reached with several companies whereby the share capital and assets of the barge group will be significantly enlarged. HK Barge disclosed the terms of the agreements under which the group will acquire certain properties valued at
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    • 717 13 MALAYSIAN Oxygen Bhd (MOX) is planning to seek a listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange next year. Ahead of this, the company is planning to make a special issue of |4.8 million new shares to bumiputra investors to increase the Malaysian interest
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    • 563 13 wssrn- HOCK LOCK SIEW FOR every move there is a reason, whether fundamental or otherwise. That seems to be one of the basic principles governing share price movements on the stock exchange. Any run-up in the price of a particular share often triggers off some new (or old)
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 116 11 PIANO RECITAL GREGOR WEICHERT Friday 19 8.00 pm o PROGRAMME J.S. BACH Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in Dminor BWV 903 F. LISZT Variations on the theme of Bach's "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" F. LISZT Funeralles Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth (Elegie) Nuages Gris Apres Une Lecture Du Dante (Sonata Quasi Una
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    • 132 11 w Mr. Bill Murray of Crane Machinery Services Limited, England would be pleased to discuss used, mobile crane purchases inducing the internationally famous Coles Cranes. Bill can be contacted at the Singapore Sheraton Hotel (From December 11 th 18th) and will explain how you can save between 40% and 60%
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  • 1714 12 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with? the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified. SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL Alcoa (3.006) Allied
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  • 176 12 ■NGAFOU UNIT 1*U «T OCB-MONTAGl (thMfMi 1 ptiea* tar Dm >1» (Ma—gu i' p ■teas tar Dee It) The Commerce LIS in Union Spare Fund IM 1.29 The Savings Fund 1JI l* INOOMK BOND UNIT S'pore Prog Faad in 1.44 (Cam Income Bond mt pr taas) 1.31 S
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  • 2704 12 Gr's Gr"s Net 1980 Last Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale +or- C'rr COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 372 245 Acm» 342 15.0 2.8 45 115 m 300 220 Alcom 300 12.0 2.5 4.0 17.0 m 149 110 Allied Choc 132
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  • 1826 12 BID and offer prices 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 otherwt*° specified. INDtimuu Igaim-- (3128 3.205) Aleem (2 MB 2 98S) (7) 2 96
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  • 87 12 THE 8tratta Tradlag Campaay: An EOGM to be held at 20th Floor, Straits Trading Building, 9 Battery Road, Singapore 0104, on Dec 15 at 12 noon. AOKAM Tla BM: Twentysixth AGM to be held at Wisma Bunga Raya, 152 Jalan Am pang, Kuala Lumpur on Dec 22 at
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  • 741 12 SELLERB mtinptd the fßagape» Slack Exetaagc yesterday, eaaalag prices to ■IMe (rem the epealag beU. At BMB, the Straits Times lataatrlal latex brake threagh Its aappert level *f CM te 9(4.91. By cMag time, the latex hat piaaged 15.11 palata to «48.14. The Baaiaeaa
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  • 609 12 MAGNUM Corporation, with its generous scrip issue, provided the major interest in the otherwise dull and selective Kuala Lumpur stock market. The news, coming late on Wednesday, boosted Magnum's share price way above its pre-suspension price of MJ15.90 (before the announcement), but failed to galvanise
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 145 13 *r Qantas leads to Australia. Of all the airlines that serve the vast continent of Australia, Qantas leads the way. Our exclusively 747 fleet offers you more flights, more destinations, more flexibility. Naturally, as Australia's national carrier, this is exactly how it should be. But equally important is the quality
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  • 300 14 "DAWN raids" on the London Stock Exchange the sudden purchase of huge amounts of shares in surprise early morning deals will be curbed from yesterday by new rules. Anyone wanting to buy 15 per cent or more of a company's shares must
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  • 271 14 UPI DISAGREEMENT between the US and its European allies emerged yesterday over the reaction to a possible Soviet invasion of Poland. US officials said Secretary of State, Edmund Muskie, hoped to persuade his European counterparts at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers to agree on a
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  • 361 14 Reuter THIRD World producers and industrialised consumers of tin differed widely on Wednesday in Geneva at talks aimed towards drawing up a new international agreement on regulating the tin trade. Argument centred on when export controls should be introduced to support the world
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  • 343 14 IN LINE with lower profits suffered by other plantation companies, Kuala Lumpur Kepong has reported flat earnings for the year ended Sept 30, 1960. At $60.16 million, unaudited group pre-tax profit was marginally down from the previous year's $61.7 million. The uninspiring results, which fell
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  • 136 14 AFP THE recent anti-Chinese riots in Central and East Java were part of a revolution to topple President Suharto. The Indonesian Home Minister Amir Machmud said in Medan the riots were intended to bring the entire country into chaos and to sabotage the 1982
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  • 193 14 PAHANG Consolidated has divested itself of its entire stake in Sentosa Plywood, apparently in a move to consolidate its financial position. The tin-based company announced yesterday that in November, it sold off its holding of 4.95 million shares, representing 49.5 per cent of
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  • 270 14 FIVE leading sculptors from Asean nations will soon be living and working in Singapore, creating a permanent reminder of the spirit of Asean cooperation. This was announced by the First Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Dr Ow Chin Hock, at the
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  • 69 14 BRITISH Airways (BA) and airlines of Asean nations will meet in Kuala Lumpur on Monday (or their third round of talks aimed at reaching an agreement on fares, a Singapore Airlines spokesman said yesterday. Talks held in the Malaysian capital last month failed to find a
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  • 477 14 Reuter HONGKONG share prices and the dollar tumbled sharply yesterday as local investors shifted towards US currency in the wake of announcement that major US banks had increased their prime lending rate to 20 per cent. The Hongkong dollar which has already lost
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  • 297 14 Reuter SWIRE Pacific Ltd and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp have purchased the 15 per cent share in Cathay Pacific Airways held by British Airways associated companies, Swire said in a statement. The purchase, made through wholly owned subsidiaries of the two companies, leaves Swire
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  • 796 14 LONDON, Thurs. Share prices opened easier in quiet trading following the sharp losses seen on Wall Street. Leading equities were marked a penny or two lower as in Beecham, ICI, Lucas and Courtaulds. Gold mining shares were again weak as the bullion price continued to tall. Government bonds
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 65 14 Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Thundery showers in several places from late morning. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.31 p.m. on December 11 at the airport. Maximum temperature 28.6 Associated humidity 81 Minimum temperature 23.4 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 2.55 Rainfall in
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 702 15 Shipping Line Page C«l Adriatic IV 5 Afea VI 3 Afro-Eurasia VI 2 All trans VI 5 Alpac VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 ANL I 1 Antoll vra 4 APL m 4/5 Achipelego vn 2 Anhsing vn 5 Argentine IV 4 ASCL m 1 Asia Merchant IV
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    • 729 15  -  By LEE YOKE MENG THE SHV Group, a leading shipping and transhipment group in the Netherlands, may use Singapore as its base of operations in the Far East Hongkong is another possible site. But Singapore's central location in South-east Asia has
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 71 15 Reuter DOCKERS in some Spanish ports will go on unlimited partial strike today, a Spanish Labour Ministry spokesman said. The extent of the strike and which ports will be affected remain unclear. The spokesman said the strike is certain in Barcelona, Cadiz, Las Palmas and Tenerife, but
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      • 59 15 Reuter THE Indian government has ordered the Calcutta port authorities to take firm steps to break a seven-day-old strike by dock workers, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported. The directive followed a request by the port authorities to the government to declare a state of emergency
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      • 38 15 Reuter THE Port of Chicago has halted, for the winter, movement of vessels moving out of the Great Lakes, trade sources said. Dec 15 continues to be the official closing date for the Lakes.— Reuter
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      • 66 15 UPI A Japanese company has agreed to supply oil drilling rigs, accessories, crews and equipment for four wells in Bangladesh, officials said. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co and Bakhrabad Gas Systems of Bangladesh has signed a contract to conclude the agreement. A Japanese loan agency will finance the
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      • 34 15 Reuter THE Australia northbound shipping conference said it set a bunker surcharge of 14.22 per cent on the Australia to Japan (including Naha) and Korea route. The surcharge will apply from tomorrow.
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    • 159 15 AFP THE Hongkong Wah Kwong shipping group is spending US$l55 million to build five small bulk carriers in Japan and one in Taiwan for delivery between August 1982 and March 1983. Including its six latest contracts, Wah Kwong now has 41 ships on order totalling
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    • 985 16 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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    • 1528 16 THE freight market on Wednesday was featured by a sharp increase in Soviet chartering of vessels for Continental delivery for trans-Atlantic round voyages. Business included a vessel of 66,000 long dwt and two of 70,000 dwt which received US$l7,OOO daily, while a 30,000 tonner secured $9,750 daily, and
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    • 111 17 UPI A VIOLENT storm off the ancient Roman port of Caesaria smashed an off-shore construction rig into a breakwater and tore another off its base, stranding dozens of Italian workmen aboard in choppy seas yesterday. Israeli air force helicopters and naval boats rushed to the scene about
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    • 329 17 en EXPECTED ARRIVALS ln TODAY in >1- KEPPEL WHARVES r East Rainbow (0300) 29/ P- 30 Equator II (0700) 22 S~j Fareast Triumph (hauls I I after Marie Bakke sails) 6/7 Foochow (1500) 13/14 Felix Dzerinskiy (Pasi senger) (2000) 1/2 Gardenia (0400 Draft j not to exceed
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    • 287 17 AP NEGOTIATIONS on an accord to increase US fish exports to South Korea will begin next year, the US I Commerce Department says. The announcement was following a trip to Seoul by Richard Frank, administrator of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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    • 1012 17 Fairplay IN A recent visit to familiaw rise herself with the opera--1 tions of inland waterway j vessels, the Dutch Secretary j of State for Transport, Dr t Nelle Smit Kroes, took a short voyage aboard one of the large barges on the > Rhine
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    • 1431 21 SCHEDDLE 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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    • 724 22 THE freight market in South-east Asia is steady aod rates are also firm. Coastal trading is healthy. The tug and barge sector is ending the year in a healthy state. The Chinese are taking advantage of the discount rates that shipowners are offering for their midppcember shipments. This
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    • 576 22 WEST Germany's shipowners look back on 1980 as having been full of problems and adversities and they offer little optimism for the coming year. The high labour costs on German ships, cut-rate competition from Eastern Bloc countries and an inflexible position by the West
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    • 242 22 Reuter A 29,400 dwt Peruvian bulk carrier carrying lead and zinc ore bound to Japan, is drifting in the Pacific off Midway Island after springing a leak, Mitsui and Co Ltd said. All crew members of the Capirona, owned by Oceanica Peruanasa, abandoned ship and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 518 15 sq 0Q vtffc, Europe Our Next Loader Port Kelang: Singapore: *6/12 For further details, see page V w n JAR DIM AN I AH Orient Overseas Co*tiuMeA Line FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) ICHMA CONTWO 9N •S. SEAS BRCGE 29N IKPTWC GAMCT 3 N KOREAN CHANCE IN CtCVALCR
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    • 309 15 HSEALORDU m UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) GULF EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES AL SALIMIAH V.31 IBN AL NAFEES v 29 Loading for Kuwait (3/1), Damman (6/1), Dubai (9/1), Abu Dhabi (12/1) Doha (15/1), Mina Al Fahal (18/1) Mina Qaboos (21/1). Bahrain (24/1) Accepting containers/breakbulk Dubai (20/1), Dammam (23/1), Kuwait (26/1),
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    • 16 15 II Wm CONTAINER Schedules I LONDON Freights SHIPS In Port SHIPPING List REGIONAL Weather ORIENT Exchange
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    • 660 15 Australia Our Next Loader Port Kelang: 24/12 Singapore: 2\i\2 For further details, see page V MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO. U.S. PACIFIC, GULF, ATLANTIC, EAST CANADA, ASIAN PORTS pore ILongbeach New York '.'a ,1.1 4/1 18/1 18/1 25/1 15/1 29/1 29/1 5/2 12/2 19/2 26/2 5/3 12/3 'i
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 960 16 MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPN. BERN AD. WISMA MISC, N0.2, JALAN CONLAY, P.O. BOX 371, KUALA LUMPUR 04-09, MALAYSIA. TEL *****8 TELEX: MA *****, *****, ***** ***** CONTAINER SERVICE T» Etwpe Feeder 'PKelai* Vessel Spore 1) Msedles 2) Rdam 3) Hborg Gburg B DAHLIA In Port BSUWA 16/12 31/12 5/1 6/1
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    • 301 16 BBS SUPERCARRIER SERVICE WEEKLY SERVICE TO PANAMA US ATLANTIC GULF AND E. CANADA ft Kris* Mi nron CM Mm SaM 12-14/1? SMM 27/1 2/2 •10/12 It-11/12 15/1 21/1 •27/12 3-3/1 31/1 6/2 V*«ti CM B iwrt N Y«t MM «Mn H Ort MkM MM 5/2 6/2 1/2 10/2 12/2 13/2
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    • 835 17 NOTICE FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE SABAH. BRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE FAR EAST/GULF OF ADEN ANO RED SEA PORTS CONFERENCE NOTICE TO SHIPPERS Revised port congestion surcharges with effect from Ist January, 1981. As, with effect from Ist January, 1981, an element of BAF is to be incorporated in the
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    • 787 17 I Franco Belgian Services W F r Freuch Service u tlh Belgian bar Eastern Lines» rau ccwmpso sonnet to m« of ACf CONSORTIUM CHM CONTARO Sated SEVEN SEAS BROS If D« NETTUf GARNET 23 Dk «OKAN CtMNCt 27 Ok f KEIANG EeHaere 0 dim taPert 29 Ok 30 Ok H"bt»|
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    • 781 18 12 rojWTMO* OPE fwl FW Dip*, Hm*w| Eipress Kuafa Marti TO ftEUTEMMCA Hapag-Lloyc Spore PKelang| h burg Bhairen Rfcm' TW HK 12/12 14/12 20/12 22/12 3/1 5/1 S pore PK Pen Bilbao Genoa H burj B ha»en Rdam Ant»< 28/12 30/12 3/1 6/2 4/2 1/2 30/1 3/1 4/1 6/1 6/2
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    • 576 18 KOREA P. Keiani PENANG VKA 155W 29-31 Dec 25-29 Dec VEGA 156E 29-31 Dec 25-29 Dec ALTAR 159* 7-11/1 12-15/1 ALTAR 159* 7-11/1 ALTAIR 160E7-11/1 CORPN STORE 1/4 Jan 81 FROM BUSAN BANGKOK 1/4 Jan 81 TO BUSAN 16-19 Jan 81 FROM BUSAN BANGKOK 16-19 Jan 81 TO BUSAN KSC
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    • 633 18 EVERGREEN LINE FAR EAST;EUROPE express full container service ACCEPTING CARGO FOR HAMBURG. FELIXSTOWE. ROTTERDAM ANTWERP. LE HAVRE AISO ACCEPTWG CARGO FOR UNITED MNGOOM SOUTHAMPTON LONDON. MANCHESTER BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL. LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW. LEEDS WEST GERMANY BREMERHAVEN HOLLAND AMSTERDAM S'part >Uw*m Rattardaw Eafattwrt Mwarp Lt Haw Enr 11* 10/12 C/l 1/1 10/1 13/1
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 839 19 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICE A Singapore P.Katong Panang Loading for: KOTA MOLEK 20/25 Doc Dritulum Jaddah. Hodo«dah. Mogadiscio KOTA TANJONO 20/25 Doc Aaaab, Jaddah, Port Sudan. Hodaidah Singapora P.Katang KOTABENAR 15/20 Doc KOTA FAJAR 20/25 Doc KOTA JASA 25/30 Doc Adon. Joddah COLOMBO/KARACHI/P. GULF SERVICE KOTA SEJARAH 25/30 Dec
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    • 860 19 Li to BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS com AMD) SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE H BURG BHAVEN ROAM HAVRE SO lON Spore P Retang W Germany' Austria Antwerp Fiance AIUR Fart Flew 0 «t* 19/12 20/12 11/1 Iffarpadßay 27/12 29/12 21/1 22/1 t*«» J/1 5/1 25/1 27/1 RaMga Itara U/1 12/1 3/2 V 2
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    • 877 20 K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA Cafcr teeto ««uh ak* uaiatole on rt*mt C»|Mt ah* acceptable tar Oakland Vancouver Portland Houston. Gata«t«n. New Orte Boston It. Ma. PMaMpMa. NorfoA BaMmore. Saramati lackwmr* TO EUROPE S pore P Kelang L Havre R dam H'burg Bremen
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    • 584 20 fT\ GRANARD LIME ISDEPESDEST A TTRACmT Ra TES u MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE ALSO ACCEPTING CO\TAl\£M CARGO FCI OSLY FOR. PORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. BEIRUT LATTAKIA. UMASSOL. ISTANBUL PIRAFUS Specially engaged agents A stevedores providing immediate discharge Spcre PKeUnt MAN CHEONG V.4IW 13 Dec MAN SJNG V4o* Dec Cafcx fori Said. B«nit
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    • 809 20 a iiwwji xt *f i<rw INTRASEA (PTE) LTD Faber House 234E Orchard Road Singapore 9 Telephone *****11-*****57 XOAAIIAIIVX REGULAR WEPENDENI SERVICE TO EUROPE S pore P. Keiant Penanf LmAm tar: NORASIAW§7 22 Dec 25 0k BOULOGNE/RDMI/ MR (AVON) A tents S«| apart KTRASEA (PTE) LTD *****11 BOOK IK *****57 K
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 617 21 Brem A'werp 6/1 9/1 9/1 12/1 15/1 18/1 20/1 23/1 24/1 27/1 29/1 31/1 3/2 5/2 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): A member o» ACf Coosot'ura C. CONTAINER 9*. SSBWDGE29H+. N. GARNET 3W. K. CHANCE IN C. FML 25* K. JACEJN 8W TW BADGE 41V •Containers
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    • 261 21 EGYPTIAN INTERNATIONAL LINE (EIL) EGYPTIAN FLAG DIRECT LINER SERVICE TO EGYPT (PORT SAID ALEXANDRIA) STOW PT SUEZ PT SAD ALEXANDRIA AGJA MARINA Dec 24 Jan lan t l«n 13 SPHMX U Jan 15 Feb 1 Feb 4 Feb > Carp Bookies Please Phone *****43 MARTRANS CARGO PLEASE CONTACT SCHENKER SINGAPORE
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    • 438 21 \*Pl OCEAN LINES regular hoh conference services MEDITERRANEAN SEA SERVICE S pore P Mar* Ptnar* loaAnj lor OCEAN DIAMOND v i owe UNQUE MPKI Y.SNB Part S*d/Lanassol/ Weiandr Pirievi/Beirut/ltijeka MERIDIAN EASTERN LINES MRECT REGULAR MONTHLY SAIJNG TO COLOMBO I KARACHI (Abo accepting cargo for SHARJAH, DUBAI, BAHRAIN. SUBJECT TO ■DUCEMENT)
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    • 189 21 HSING WEN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD Suite 849. Bth Floor. World Trade Centre Tel *****25 (3 Lines) Bookings *****04. *****05 REGULAR SERVICE TO BRUNEI (MUARA PORT) Name of vessel ETA ETD SOUTHERN GLORY 14 Dec 16 Dec PALLETISING SERVICE ACCEPTING: HEAVY Lin 25 TONS AVAR.ABIE CARGO WILL BE STORED AT PPW
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 303 22 MALDIVE LINES ETA KUANTAN ETA PORT KELANG MMJXVE HDUSTRY Sailed goading tor Chittagong/Madras MALDIVE PEACE 12/12 Loading for Dubai/Kuwait BAUXVE MAGE 18/12 beading For Jeddah/Djibouti SALMVE LOYALTY 25/12 loading for Hodeidah JALDIVE SEAFARER 30/12 boading for Jeddah SXVE PIONEER 30/12 ing For J«ddah FTJR BOOKINGS ft ENQUIRES PLEASE CONTACT: SMGAPORE
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    • 438 22 NOTICES TOKO UNK M.V. "lUGAN" VU arrived on S-IZ-M at Jur»n* Part Consignees of all damaged cargoes ex the above captioned vessel are notified that the General Survey will be held on Monday, 15th December. 19N0 at Jurong Pon Codown No. 1 from 10 00 am to 3.00 pm. No
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    • 399 22 m.>. "BANiiLAR ASH A" VOY: arrive Kth Derrmbrr, ISM. at PJi.A. (Mm* N». K. General Survey of damaged cargo ex the above vessel, will he held on Tuesday 16th December. 19H0 from 900 am to 5.00 p.m. No further survey will be held after this date. Ageate:R W.I.ADKNH SHIPPING AGENCY
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    • 631 22 We cut problems down to size Leading supplier of quality Branch office products and services for Unitor Ships Service (S) PTE LTC maintenance and safety pro- No 9 Fourth Chin Bee Road tection for the marine industry Jurong Singapore 2261 are available from 51 Unitor Telephone *****0 offices with over
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 164 22 Regional weather fi rj S l.vs a 178 'A m w 1 s VziL szzms. (i<h; IK l^" SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. c Wini Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height LEGEND: R, Thunderstorm Temperature °C Shower Weather s-S w «"d direction with
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