The Business Times, 19 February 1981

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 107/1/81 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1181 60 CENTS
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Reagan gives pledge
      81 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. The Reagan administration told a group of Senate leaders today that it would honour the complex financial agreements reached with Iran to secure the release of the hostages, said Senator Charles Percy. Mr Percy, who is chairman of the foreign relations committee, made the statement
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      Lock icon No agreement reached
      78 1 Reuter JEDDAH, Wed. A senior Saudi Arabian official was today quoted as denying that t*Hr« with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are close to agreement on a multi-billion-dollar loan to help the IMF over a cash shortage. The official, who declined to be identified, told the English-language
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      Lock icon Moscow frees activist
      71 1 UPI VIENNA, Wed. In an apparent goodwill gesture to the United States, the Soviet Union today released Jewish activist losif Mendelevich, the last of the Leningrad 10 who were convicted of trying to hijack a plane to the West 10 years ago. Mendelevich, who spent his final
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      Lock icon Opinion poll
      60 1 AP PARIS, Wed. An opinion poll today for the first time made Socialist candidate Francois Mitterrand the victor over President Valery Giscard d'estaing in the French April-May presidential elections. However, it showed also that most of those polled expected Mr Giscard d'estaing to win, and that no candidate
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      Lock icon Security alert
      66 1 Reuter NEW DELHI, Wed. Soviet forces in Kabul have been put on top security alert for the anniversary of anti-Soviet riots and demonstrations in the Afghan capital last Feb 21, Western diplomatic sources said here today. They said sporadic shooting and gun battles continued in the city and
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      Lock icon Tanaka-Lockheed case
      67 1 AP TOKYO, Wed. Farmer Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka today refused to answer prosecutors' questions in court hearings on the multlmlllion dollar Lockheed Aircraft Corporation payoffs scandal. Mr Tanaka is being tried for allegedly receiving a 500 million yen bribe between August 1973 and February 1974, during his term
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      Crisis talks
      68 1 LONDON, Wefd. The British government, faced with the threat of a national coal strike over plans to close uneconomic pits, agreed to hold crisis talks yesterday in an attempt to find a settlement. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, responding to alarm expressed by supporters about the fastdeveloping dispute, told
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    Chief Price Changes
    135 1 Rises Indices Shangri-La muT 9a a VWw Loaa Metro Hides PirawMut Hou Lao■« lad Saavlaw Straita Tradla* OCBC Oriaatal HMf PMC U I C 2900 1820 700 1010 886 866 1000 1640 1480 736 1290 1000 +300 +140 100 +86 +80 +75 86 +60 +60 +80 +90
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    KUALA LUMPUR
    131 1 Rises Indices Feb 17 Feb 18 MUInd 1940 +140 B.T. Index: *****4.«Z *****0.50 Hong Leong Ind 910 +135 Trooofa 3000 +100 Paramount 760 +85 Industrials: 957J3 981.10 Iotraco sso +80 Finance: 1488.00 1516.18 MMhwwi 1030 +80 Hotels: 514JC 517.86 Dunlop Ind 740 Hong Leong Credit 650 OC B
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    Market springs back to life
    701 1  -  INDEX GAINS 23.6 POINTS By RUTH CHENG THE STOCK market rebounded strongly yesterday after two days of beardominated activity triggered off by the nervousness of the small man. Mild profit-taking towards the end of the day's trading did nothing to stem the tide. The volatility
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    Money supply rises 7.5pc
    250 1 MONEY supply (Ml) in Singapore registered an annualized increase of 7.5 per cent ia December last year, the lowest rate for iml In absolute terms, Ml rose by $87 million in December. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in its latest monthly bulletin, considers this rise
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    Shell completes investigations
    621 1  -  By RONNIE LIM SHELL will start rebuilding its (400 million hydrocracker plant on the same Bukom Island site next month, but this time it will enlist an independent main contractor for the task. Supervision will be by a Shell construction team. This was the main point made
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    Labour shortage a hurdle
    348 1 THE most significant hurdle the Singapore economy will have to overcome in the next few years is the problem of labour shortages. Unless the Government relaxes its policy on foreign workers, the Republic will not be able to sustain the growth rates at the magnitude to
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    Land of ICB quarry to be acquired
    264 1 ONE OF the mk praflta We sabaldlariee ef the ladastrtal Cemmerclal Bask lavalved la graalte qaarrylag will the Stack Exekuge at Slags pare yesterday, ICB aald Mi aakaidlary, Oim Heat, waa ghwa settee ea Taeaday ef Ike Geverameit'i lateattea ta aeqalre tke laad
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    SIA stunned by two more Australian summonses
    581 1  -  By FLORENCE CHONG SINGAPORE Airlines was stunned today when Transport Australia officials served two more summonses alleging illegal discounting at the airline's Hohart office. The summonses were taken out under the same section of Air Navigation Regulation under which charges were laid against
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      7 1 ID FC *3C FOR PEOPLE WHO MAnER
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      130 1 gtiTrr s This unique publication offers businessmen each month a comprehensive guide to the latest developments taking place in all important sectors of the economies of countries in East and Southeast Asia. The Bulletin is divided into six separate reports of about 8,000 words each. There is a dual index
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      76 1 Leader...page C SHIPPING TIMES REAGAN policy m experts cm- NO conclusive remits frem tu11g....................................... S Doalop inquiry.......................... 11 HOW life will be working In REAGAN uki for budget cats Jcddtk of USs42b 12 BROKERS link up with Liyed's US endsrsen French military firms 9 proposal 12 CROSSWORD I, TV AND
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      269 1 Super Dynamic Sony Is Oil blowing ICAP apart? ABQ 4th Quarter CAP does not appear to be working out very we«. When Australia introduced ICAP some two years ago. it sought to create a lower air fares market winch would also boost the revenue of its national carrier, Qantas But
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Reagan policy on exports confusing
      839 3 BUSINESSMEN COMPLAIN NYT, AP POWERFUL business leaders in the US, complaining of conflicting signals from "the Reagan Administration on exports, have begun a campaign to either reduce planned budget cuts for the Export-Import Bank or gain countervailing tax advantages. One executive of a large engineering
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      Lock icon Concern over Hongkong lease issue
      416 3 NYT THE failure of London and Beijing to resolve the longterm future of Hongkong is producing increasing signs of nervousness in this normally optimistic trading «centre. t Sixteen years and five months from the end of January, Britain's lease on of Hongkong expires and in
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      Lock icon Polish student strike ends
      288 3 Reuter STRIKING Polish students have agreed to sign a peace {act with the government, giving Warsaw authorities a further boost in efforts to persuade communist neighbours that stability is returning to Poland after months of turmoil. The government agreed to tegister an independent union for the
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      Lock icon AFL-CIO wants law to stem foreign imports
      233 3 NYT THE biggest labour organisation in the US has called on the government for new legislation to protect industries against competition from foreign imports. Council members of the American Federation of Labour and Congress of Industrial Organisations (AFLCIO) told Bill Brock, President Reagan's
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      Lock icon EEC pressure on Japan to grow
      520 3 Reuter THE European Economic Community (EEC) is to pile added pressure on Japan in a fresh bid to persuade Tokyo to cut its booming export trade with the community. EEC officials said this followed Tuesday's decision by Common Market foreign ministers to monitor closely
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      Lock icon US against move to expel Israel
      177 3 UPI THE US State Department is opposed to the move by the Non-Aligned Movement to try expel Israel from the United Nations. It warned that the move would pose "grave consequences" on the future of the UN and the continued participation of the US
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon APPROVAL FOR SALE
        379 3 Agencies THE Dutch government has decided to allow a Rotterdam company to sell two submarines to Taiwan, rejecting a parliamentary motion opposing the sale. The Dutch press reported that the cabinet would probably announce its decision to Parliament today. A fall scale price war has brakea eat
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Lock icon ITC lowers tin supply forecast
      187 4 Reuter INTERNATIONAL Tin Council (ITC) committees this week slightly lowered estimated world tin supply figures for 1960 and 1961 and reviewed rising production costs, ITC delegates said. The statistics committee revised its estimate of a surplus of 1961 world production over consumption to between 7,000
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      SOYBEAN
      201 4 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Tuesday closed 13-' 4 to nine cents per bushel higher, off from day's highs in continued light volume. Steady commission house buying kept prices firm most of the session, with local short-covering fueling the advance, traders said. Overhead commercial hedge selling remained light due
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      WHEAT
      228 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Tuesday closed with pared gains, up lO'/i to 6'/2 cents per bushel in moderate trade. A weaker dollar and lack of snow cover both in the US and USSR winter wheat producing regions started wheat higher and maintained a firm undertone most of the
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      RUBBER
      193 4 THE Singapore market yesterday closed slightly higher with March One RSS buyers quoted at 276.50 cents a kilo, up 1.25 cents from Tuesday's close, dealers said. Afternoon prices rose fractionally on some speculative buying. In Koala Lam par, the market closed higher with March One RSS buyers quoted at
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      RAS PRICES
      340 4 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt (.o.b. 273.50 274.50N Int. 1 R.S.S. March 276 00 276.50 Int. 1 R.S.S. April 279.00 279.50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 258 00 259.00N UK Cont 257 00 258 00N Int. 3 R.S.S. 255
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      SSR and SMR
      128 4 NOON SSR u ■d SMR 1 I 3 RAS SSR 20 SSR SO (l-lpc (1-tM 1 pallet) i pallet! March (Carraat Mtk) Bayer* Seller* 243.00 244 00N 239 50 240.50N April (Forward Mtk) Bayer* Seller* 245 00 247 OON 241.50 243 SON MRBLB SMRCV SMR L SMR
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      Straits Tin
      87 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang rose five cents to 31.75 cents, still within the International Tin Agreement's middle price range of Ms3Ml to $32.74, dealers said. Dealers attributed the rise mainly to continued low offerings of metal. Yesterday's turnover rose marginally to 135 tonnes from 121J on
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      CLOSING PRICES
      35 4 Rubber; Feb 18 Singapore: March: 276.50 cents (up 1.25 cents) Malaysia: March: r 300.75 cents (up 2.00 cents) Tin: M 530.75 per kilo (up 5 cents) Official offering: 135 tonnes (up 13.70 tonnes)
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      Lock icon Brazilian coffee output
      98 4 Reuter THIS year's Brazilian coffee crop is expected to be 35 per cent up on 1900 and that could help cut world coffee prices. A report by the US Agricultural attache in Brazilia said the larger crop stemmed from efforts by the Brazilian Coffee Institute to recover
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      Produce exchange
      181 4 CHINESE Pradace Exchange, Singapore, noon clMlag prices per 111 kg yesterday. Cwmil sil: Bulk fob $129 00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $139.00 sellers, new drum fob $145.00 sellers Copra: Mixed (loose) $79.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asia NLW $425.00 sellers. Sarawak white
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      TEXTILES
      193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday: (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cottoa yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,210; 32s 2,770, 40s 2,980 (per bale of 400 lbs). Piece goods: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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      RICE
      340 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SJ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.26, 100 per cent second class 1.01, 100 per cent third class 1.00, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0 80.
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      LONDON MARKETS
      895 4 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday closed the morning slightly lower with losses from Tuesday of £10 a tonne, basis near March at £1,014, to £4 a tonne. Turnover was 587 lots including 20 options. Earlier mixed buying that helped reduce opening losses subsequently dried up around mid morning and
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      PALM OIL
      142 4 THE Kuala Lumpur market yesterday was firm on nearby covering in moderate trading, dealers said. In the south, February and March rose Mss and $7.50 to $1,035 and $1,022.50 a tonne respectively while April was unchanged at $1,010. The c northern region gained $16.50 to $1,019. The refined
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
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      Share prices rally
      524 4 TOKYO SHARE prices led by blue chips yesterday rallied after Tuesday's sharp fall, but trading remained light and speculatives continued to decline, dealers said. The market average rose 21.09 to close at 7,157.00, with volume 270 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index ended at 502.84, up
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      Sydney
      316 4 RESOURCE and metal stocks staged a mild recovery yesterday partly due to higher gold prices and partly as a technical reaction to five successive days of falls, dealers said. The Australian all ordinaries index finned three points to €44.1, after easing nearly thirty points since Feb 10. BHP rose
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      Bangkok
      238 4 STOCK prices yesterday closed mostly lower in quiet trading which concentrated on finance shares, dealers said. Bangkok Bank fell two baht to 300, Industrial Finance Corp one to 124, First Trust 1.50 to 72 and Asia Credit two to 120. KEB 18 Bah Us Asia C'rrdit Asia Kibrr Ayutha>a
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      Selected indices
      53 4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 485.5 Monday 484 5 Week Ago 485.5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 939.68 Monday closed Week Ago »48 S3 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 1550.29 Tuesday 1526.51 Week Ago 1604.05 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 673.8 Tuesday 672.7 Week Ago 671.7 ALL ORDINARIES Wednesday 644 1 Tuesday 641.1
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      Lock icon Hongkong
      332 4 Source: THE market yesterday opened firm as bargain hunters continued their buying after the recent sharp drop. Mid-session was dull as the market drifted down from its earlier highs. A late rally pushed the index up so that it closed at the top. The banking sector continued to perform
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      279 4 The Ilifei Library Of Photography -I,*-.. helps you to see great picture possibilitiesall around you... So many outstanding photographs are of subjects you see or pass by every day. A pensive young girl looking through a window. A city park at sunrise. Or this shy 3 year old, captured by
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      Interpola to be officially opened on Saturday
      184 5 INTERPOLA Enterprises, a company manufacturing health drinks, will be officially opened this Saturday. The company, with a paid-up capital of $3 million, is a joint venture between a local businessman and entrepreneurs in Japan and Indonesia. The local partner has a 40 per
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      Engineers
      54 5 THE managing director of the Promet and Bo vis group of companies, Brian Chang, will speak about entrepreneurship and the engineer at a course on 'What every engineer ought to know'. The course, in March, is organised by the Institution of Engineers. There will be five speakers at the
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      WTC shelves plan for textile centre
      303 5 THE World Trade Centre has shelved indefinitely plans to set up a textile display and information centre. First proposed in 1979, the centre would have been an attempt to centralise the display and promotion of Singapore-made textiles at the World Trade Centre, rather like
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      73 5 SINGAPORE Tobacco Company has appointed H* Jim Mai personnel manager. Mr Ho was previously with an electronics company where as administrative and personnel manager, he was instrumental in setting up the entire personnel department in the company. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Personnel
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      O and M expands
      364 5 OGILVY and Mather International (Singapore) is branching into new activities. The O and M group, comprising four companies offering advertising services, has recently set up a marketing division within one of its agencies and formed a new public relations company. Barry Collins, manager of the new
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      HEADING FOR THE TIMES
      208 5 THE Times Organisation has invested US$5 million on an additional offset printing press to expand its production capacity. The press arrived in Singapore on Tuesday on board the Barber Blue Sea roll-on roll-off vessel Barber Nara. The American-made Goss machines were shipped from New Orleans, and
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      Hydroponics takes root in Sembawang
      472 5  -  By JUNE LIM SEVENTEEN hectares of agricultural land in Sembawang have been leased to nine companies for commercial farming using hydroponics. The scheme, Sembawang Khatib Land Commercial Hydroponic Scheme, comes under Phase 1 of the Ministry of National Development's new policy of reserving some land
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      131 5 •rr ramp n h u L Immediate benefits are yours with the new skills and techniques you acquire at these results-oriented programs Find out why audiences throughout Asia as well as every major city «i the world consistently acclaim these programs as highly rewarding learning expeoWftNT THE DETAILS? Our twelve-page
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      270 5 THE AWARD WINNING PEUGEOT 505 EXECUTIVE CAR OF THE YEAR *WHAT CAR?• MAGAZINE ms. •5V 4 V C W "GOLDEN ST RING WHEEL BILD AM SONNTAG. In Germany, where perhaps foreign cars receive more criticism than praise, \he 505 has had the distinction of being the first non-German car to
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    Key factor is productivity
    383 6 I THE constraints of a limited manpower base on economic development need little elaboration. The most brilliant 10-year plans, the most impressive lists of interested investors will come to nothing if there are not the people to man the factories and to staff the offices. And
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    EEC needs to put its Sown house in order
    297 6 2THERE is really only one way out of the JCuropean Economic Community's long-simmer-•ing trade dispute with Japan. The countries in £he grouping must make determined and con--certed efforts to upgrade and rationalise their industries. The fact that the Land of the
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    Lock icon Arab cold war has begun again
    724 6  -  By THOMAS FRIEDMAN UPI FEW ARAB leaders want to admit it. Most prefer to ignore it. But none can actually deny it: the Arab cold war has begun again. Evidence of the new era of inter-Arab strife abounds a kidnapped Jordanian diplomat in Beirut,
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    LIFE IN JEDDAH
    1324 6  -  Singapore will soon set up an embassy in Jeddah. What will it be like to work there? PETER BARNARD, just back from Jeddah after a five- month working stint, shares with us his Hf experiences. PETER BARNARD, PETER BARNARD, THE THURSDAY night barbecue on the roof deck
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      635 6 -11-OIE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Students of quality? (5) 6 They have the innocence of youth (5) ft I get after Henry for a fresh tub of fish (7) Ltf Take oft ooe's playing gear (5) Lf Sound irritated (5) L* Cloth I'm to go to the back >
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      44 6 BllStoW :ften]d)ictens ffeTecsow or PUBc\C RC.LP»T»owS HPiS BROUt>HT G>Ue&TS TO LUNCH I SPY- STgpoy ON I BPO GIOOG»M TRv/iNG t O GP\T this Qo&BtSH UMTHOOT \fou tuCCU*N& »NTO OUR T*e>L£ JLJfrtO IS TMiS DRUNK > "YtXJ'D Thi»4K ffeTfeßSO^ knouj tne or f^U\pyg OQOC.TQRS By nqCj
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      862 6 TVIRADIO ANOTHER crop of lacklustre pngrunnm wt m tonight, m don't be overly eatkuiMtit when you torn on the TV. The pick d the ht b probably Channel B's World War II: Soger's Diary, which starts at B.Si. Tonight's episode entitled "The Toughest Target" Is aboat aa American raid on
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    Lock icon .. nor will it be unlikely in West Germany
    1084 7  - nor will it be unlikely in West Germany «X*® BRITAIN V WEST GERMANY J The British government's apparent failure to appreciate the size of its potential housing problem has been attracting growing criticism, not least from Conservative MPs. MICHAEL CASSELL explains. And over in West Germany, reports STEWART FLEMING, the
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    STRAWS IN THE WIND
    123 7 SEEN tkive a Venetianblind maker's ihtp In Malaysia: Well-manufac-tured chicks. I winder if many prospective purchasers of pedigree little ekickens kave been disappointed by the sign. IT ISNT Just the British government that reacts to Singapore leaders' disparaging remarks about the sad state of modern Britain.
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    Lock icon Housing crisis in UK not unexpected...
    1555 7 FT ARMED WITH confirmation that Britain's housebuilding programme has plunged to its lowest level in post-war years, the Opposition has launched a fullscale assault in the House of Commons on the government's housing policies. Ministers are charged with relegating housing to the bottom of
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    Lock icon You simply can't communicate greatly
    838 7  -  FORUM i with RUSSELL BAKER NYT AGAIN and again people say that President Reagan is a great communicator. On the television screen five Washington pundits who agree on nothing else agree that President Reagan is a great communicator. Editorialists say it in print: a great
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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        Paris
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        Frankfurt
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        Brussels
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        Amsterdam
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        Zurich
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        Milan
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        TORONTO
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        JOHANNESBURG
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Chrysler defers planned sale
      161 9 Reuter CHRYSLER Corporation, the ailing US car maker, has delayed its planned sale of US$4OO million in government-guaranteed loan notes from yesterday to tomorrow. A company spokesman said Underwriters of the debt issue, led by the Wall Street investment house Salomon Brothers, had asked the company
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      BONDS AND LOANS
      230 9 •BANK af Mentreal has filed js preliminary prospectus for an issue of convertible •preferred shares in Canada. amount of the issue was •net disclosed. The shares will ;he the first series of a recently created class of preferred shares designated -gonvertible class a preferred tshares series one.
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      The third
      56 9 THE STATE Bank of India's pS$35 million floating rate .certificates of deposit <FRCD), signed on Feb 17, Is the third issue by an Indian bank. 2ln 1978, State Bank of India tapped the market for VSIIO million, while in December last year, the London branch of "Bank of
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      Brokers link up with Lloyd's firm
      502 9  -  By TSANG SAU YIN LOCALLY-OWNED Global East Insurance Brokers and Consultants is strengthening its position in the domestic insurance market with the recent appointment of Hartley Cooper, a long-establish-ed London company, as correspondent brokers. Jimmy Chua Teck Leong, managing director of Global East, said
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      Lock icon INCREASE
      43 9 Reuter. DEUTSCHE Bank AG and Commerzbank AG will raise the interest rate offered on all savings deposit accounts by half a percentage point. This represents a rise to 5 from 4'/i per cent for basis savings accounts, effective on March 2. Reuter.
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      Lock icon SECOND TO OPEN IN BEIJING
      142 9 AFP BANK af America became the second US bank since the aarmalisattoa af SineAmerican relations to tpea a representative «(Dee in Beijtog. A spokesman tor the hank said in HwgkNg that the new afflee In expected to enhance greatly the hank's ability to eaonsei clients
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      On an auspicious day
      89 9 IT'S CHAP GOH MEI today and certainly an amriciras day to launch any project. At least, this is what Industrial and Commercial Bank feels. True to its conservative and traditional nature, it has .chosen today as the official opening of its 10 automated teller machines. Installed
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      MAGICAL 100 MARK
      589 9  -  By ALVIN TAY THE NUMBER of commercial banks here will hit the golden century mark when Taiyo Kobe Bank upgrades its representative office to offshore status on March 9. With the latest addition, the number of offshore banks stands at 50. The offshore banking concept was first
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    • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
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        GOLD
        260 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed firmer compared with overnight levels after fluctuating marginally throughout the day in very thin trading, dealers said. Total sales for the day was recorded at 53 lots while volume for kerbs was at 100 lots mainly centred on April and June contracts, they said.
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        Silver quotes
        41 9 ha Mm New York 13.10B -B 13.306 —s Zurich 13 05B 12.70B 13 «S W+A 131 as Singapore WM 13.OSB Tim 12.64B 13 AS 13.04S Ckvinf prtc f In US dollar* a troy ouaci k. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore.
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        TOKYO
        147 9 THE dollar for overnight delivery closed at 206.55 yen, compared with a 206.00 opening here and 205.90/ 206.00 close in New York overnight, dealers said. Trading was active and heavy, with volume US$l.4l billion. After a slight early recovery, the dollar rose briefly to the day's high 206.65 yen
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        Hongkong
        37 9 Banknote rates yesterday: US 5.30/5.32 UK -11.96/12.15 Burma 1.20/1.50 India 6.00/6.20 Indonesia 0.75!'0.85 Japan 2.57/2.58 Korea 0.70/0.80 Philippines 0 65 0.67 Singapore 2.53 2.55 Malaysia 2.33 2.35 Brunei 2 48 2.50 Thailand 25.50/25.80 Taiwan 13.00 13.20
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        PLR
        22 9 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 14.5 per cent.
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        ASIAN $ RATES
        183 9 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Feb 18. 7 days 1 month 2 months 3 months 6 months 9 months 12 months US Doli*r»(Spoil Off. r Bid 17 1«S 17'-* 18>. 18'. 17'i 17 9/16 17 7/16 17H 17 W 171/16 1615/16 17 16*» 1
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        Discount
        47 9 RANGE at priccs offered by discount bouses on Feb 18. Overnight: 7'«* Call deposits l i'» to 7'«^ Closiac B«vi»f Sclliac 3-month Treasury bills J t 6". 3-month Bank bills 134 13'» 3 months CD 12'« 12-» 6 months CD 125/16 123/1« Source: National Discount Co
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        Investors still waiting on the sidelines
        1054 9 NEW YORK STOCK MARKET STRENGTH in the oil group and a good earnings report from Eastman Kodak pushed New York stock market on Tuesday indices higher but trading continued moderate. Even though the indices rose, a few more stocks declined than advanced. Analysts said
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        LONDON
        170 9 THE dollar yesterday edged above far east levels in a thin and quiet opening here, although it generally remained below Tuesday's close, dealers said. Eurodollar rates opened this morning about Vk of a point below Tuesday's close, dealers said, limiting the dollar's gains. Against the Swiss franc, the dollar
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        Treasury bill tender
        56 9 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for a total of a) $130 million 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Feb 23 to 27 and b) $20 million 182-day Treasury bills to be issued on Feb 23. Each tender must
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        Singapore market
        472 9 THE US dollar generally finned against major currencies yesterday as major European banks unwound their long positions, correcting a previous weakening of the dollar the day bemre. Upward movement was most pronounced against the German mark. The US unit opened 2.1640/50 against the deutschemark and closed at 2.1780/90.
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      85 9 Higher rates of interest for your deposits at Chase Manhattan Bank fates elective January 7 Sut :^a r «ae A'thout All deposits are renewed automatically upon maturity, covering both principal and interest, for same tenor, at the interest rates prevailing at the time of renewal Your money earns interest all
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    BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES AND THE KLSE
    2164 10 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 Acma (3.248)CR1 Allied
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    Unit trusts
    170 10 SNGATOKE UNIT fltU ST OUB-MONTAGL (MttHflfv prt0H tar Fat M) IMiHw' prtaa i tar FN i») 153 The Commerce 173 3.92 'moo Spore Fu ind 148 The Saving* F\ind 2.13 2.24 S'pore Prog Fund 158 166 INCOME BON D UNIT S pore Sec. Fund IS 2.50 (Cam ■Iff
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    SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
    2746 10 Gr*s Gr*s Net 1980/1981 Laat Div Div Yld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale or- Or COOO) High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 372 245 Ac ma 320c rl 15.0 2.8 4.6 156 300 220 Alcorn 300 12.0 2.5 4.0 17.0 1M 116 Allied Choc 160
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    In Kuala Lumpur
    2170 10 BID and otter price* officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units, unless otherwise specified DVDUBTBIALS llna (3.105) AMD (2.156) (2) 2.05 (U) 2.10 (1) 2 08
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    Strong rally brings ST index to 770
    667 10 BULLS retaraed la tort» with a veageaaee after twa days sf fcahrtd activity m the Bteeh Exekiage af Wagipwf. As a remit the Btraltt Timet ladsstrial ladex rem by a hefty 18J7 palate at sesa aad thea neat aa (ram streagth te streagth
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    Bulls active on KL market
    614 10 THE recovery gathered strength on the Kuala Lumpur stock exchange yesterday as prices surged sharply ahead in active trading. The bulls seem undeterred by Monday's steep fall, and following firmer overnight sentiment and improved overseas leads, values were pushed up rapidly on opening. The market
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      Plans for separate PNB enactment
      603 11 THE National Equity Corporation. better known as the Permodalan Nasional Ber- had (PNB), will operate 'under its own statutory provisions instead of the Companies Act when plans for such an enactment are duly realised. PNB sources pointed out that institutions with similar functions like the
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      Formal opening of KGC Pte
      348 11 THIS Saturday will mark "the official opening of the addition to the Khong Guan group of companies, Khong Guan Commodities Pte. A 25-per cent owned as- sociate of Khong Guan Flour Milling, the new company will be formally declared open by the chairman of the
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      Work resumes at Perak Carbide
      294 11 PERAK Carbide Corporation Bhd (PCCB) has resumed production of calcium carbide about one month ahead of schedule. Operations at the factory were suspended temporarily last year for the general overhaul, repair and maintenance of plant and machinery. But this was completed earlier than the company
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      In Hongkong...
      278 11 THE C Y Tug group said it has bought Dodwell and Go's 49 per cent interest in Seapac Container Service (or an undisclosed sum, to make Seapac a whollyowned subsidiary. In December, the CY Tung and Inchcape groups Jointly purchased 74 per cent of Pacific Seascape, Seapac's original
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      Creditable gains at Wilkinson
      144 11 A HIGHER turnover during the second half helped Wilkinson Process Rubber to turn in better pre-tax profit than had been expected for the year ended Sep 30. At the interim stage, the company's directors had cautioned against expecting a continuation of the strong progress achieved during
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      Lower pre-tax earnings at Glenealy
      111 11 ALTHOUGH turnover improved at Glenealy Plantations, the company failed to produce better profit for the six months to Dec 31,1960. Unaudited pre-tax profit before extraordinary items registered a near 21 per cent drop to $165,967 from $209,899 previously. The company did not explain for the
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      Dunlop inquiry not conclusive
      655 11  -  By WAN HULAIMI A REPORT by the British Department of Trade inspectors into the membership of Dunlop Holdings and persons who are "financially interested" in the company raised more questions than answers, the inspectors concluded. The situation "is still fluid" they added and promised a further
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      ADR facility created for UOB
      222 11 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is the latest local bank to Jump onto the ADRs bandwagon. ADRs are American Depository Receipts or simply US dollar-denominated negotiable certificates which represent the shares of a foreign company. The facility, fast becoming popular with local companies, will make it
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      Sin Chew to buy from Rockwell
      118 11 SIN Chew Jit Poh (S) has concluded a deal with Rockwell International Corporation through its local representative, Interchem-Toyo (South-east Asia) to purchase |10 million in press equipment. The daily newspaper ordered 16 Goss Urbanite units (including two threecolour units), two folders and 14 Cary
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      Sharp decline in profit at Kempas
      418 11 KEMPAS (Malaya), a subsidiary of Sime Darby Holdings has suffered a 24 per cent fall in unaudited group pre-tax profit to MSI4 4 million for the first half-year ended Dec 31, 1980 following poorer results mainly from its 70 per cent owned subsidiary Benta
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      Downturn at Benta, Taiping
      483 11 KEMP AS' two subsidiaries, Benta Plantations and Taiping Consolidated, have reported fairly divergent interim earnings, reflecting the effect different crops had on the individual companies. For 70.3 per cent owned Benta, which has the major portion of its acreages under oil palm (some 57 per cent
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      Traders' offer
      108 11 STRAITS Trading has received acceptances in respect of 7.23 million shares in Singapura Building Society, representing 28.3 per cent of the latter's issued capital. The offer to acquire SBS, originally scheduled to close yesterday, has in the meantime been extended by a week to next Wednesday, 3.30pm. On
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      APMC expects to capture 60pc of cement market
      331 11 ASSOCIATED Pan Malaysia Cement, the Joint-venture between Malayan Cement and Pan Malaysia Cement Works, hopes to take a GO per cent slice of the cement market in Malaysia when its Rawang expansion comes fully on-stream at the end of next month. This
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      Lock icon Smokescreen effect
      630 11 mm*** by HOCK LOCK SIEW IT IS unclear whether the directors at Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) are a secretive bunch of people or are simply too busy puffing at their cigarettes to talk to the press. Whatever the reasons, one thing is for sure they are pretty
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      714 11 PABEB Merita has replied to the KLSE saying that it is not aware of any particular reason leading to the substantial turnover and rise in the price of its shares. In another reply to the SES, Faber Merlin said its board of directors has no knowledge of any
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      33 11 FOR SALE Reputed fashion garment establishment with good production force retail outlet, good local and overseas contracts for complete take-over by genuine buyer. Interested please call Ul *****62 from 10.30 ajn. 2 p.m.
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      72 11 'AfEzh MEZ Electric Motors vr 4/ (Czechoslavakia) Mez electric motors well-established in Europe Middle East f Thailand and Indonesia are now available in Singapore among best quality products made in Europe most competitive prices over 3,000 units (0-5 Hp to 100 Hp available ex-stock) full spare parts and service support
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    Lock icon No more sharp rise in profits for major oil companies
    481 12 Reuter A SHARP rise in the profits of the major western oil companies appears to be levelling off as the increase in world crude oil prices slows down. According to oil analysts, profits could well be up in 1961, but
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    Devan's lesson on education
    568 12 THE NEWCOMERS to Parliament were treated to a demonstration of how colour and humour can be used to spice and enhance a speech. Predictably, the lesson was taught by Devan Nair who uses the English language like a flamboyant artist uses a palette of paints. As
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    HDB misses its target by 5,000 flats
    315 12 THE overheated construction industry has affected the government's public housing programme. Last year, the Housing and Development Board missed its target of building 25,000 flats by 5,000 because of a shortage of contractors who were willing or able to tender for HDB projects.
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    Dow Jones
    39 12 Share prices continued to move up yesterday morning as investors waited for President Reagan to unveil his economic programme. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrial issues rose 3.07 points to 942.75 in the first half hour.
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    Lock icon Qantas' dispute with Aussie unions worsens
    193 12 AFP THE dispute of Qantas Airways with the Australian trade union movement is getting worse. The Australian Council of Trade Union's black ban extended to all Qantas flights yesterday but the national airline company defied the ban by manning several flights with volunteer staff
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    Lock icon Italy to help Malaysia
    90 12 AP ITALY will help Malaysia obtain greater access for its commodities into the European Economic Community (EEC), the visiting Italian Deputy Foreign Trade Minister, Mr Baldassare Armato, said yesterday. He pledged that Italy would use its influence in the EEC to reduce the high tariffs Malaysia
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    LONDON STOCKS
    753 12 LONDON, Wed. Both equities and government bonds made small gains after a moderately active session, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times Index was up 3.6 points at 489.1. With a reduction in the minimum lending rate still widely expected in the UK March budget, the undertone remained
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    Lock icon Reagan seeking big tax cut
    619 12 NYT PRESIDENT Reagan plans to ask Congress today for a broad array of budget cuts totalling $42 billion next year as part of a sweeping economic package that will include the largest tax cut in history. The size of the proposed budget cuts, $78 billion
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    Lock icon US endorses French military proposal
    432 12 NYT IN AN important step toward improving relations with its Western European allies, the Reagan Administration has firmly endorsed a French proposal for monitoring military movements by the Warsaw Pact and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato). The move, disclosed on Monday at the 35-nation
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      112 12 (Oh) V; Emblem of Distinction The aristocratic Caran d'Ache collection of slim-line lighter and pen. Embellished in gold or sterling silver. From the master craftsmen of Geneva! CARAN J ACHE GENEVE g Available at leading department stores. 10th Floor Supreme House Penang Road Singapore 0923 Tel: *****61 THE DAIWA BANK,
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      69 12 NOTICE This announcement appears as a matter of record only ASIAN DOLLAR ISSUE 19th February 1981 THE DAIWA BANK, LIMITED (Incorporated with limited liability in Japan) Tower 8001-3, DBS Building, 6 Shenton Way, Singapore 0106. U5520,000,000 Negotiable Floating Rate U.S. Dollar Certificates of Deposit due 22nd February 1984 Managed by
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      62 12 jWEAT HE R= Outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. today: Mainly fair. Report br 24 hears prtor to 7M p.m. m Feb 18 At the alrpert. Maximum temperature 32.4 Associated humidity 99 Minimum temperature 23.4 Associated humidity 96 Hours of sunshine 9.95 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total
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      Consortium for Japan-Indonesia trade suggested
      316 13 VOICES are being raised from some of the shipping quarters interested in trade between Japan and Indonesia that a consortium should be formed because of the expected progress of full container ship services on the route. Gesuri Lloyd assigned in June last year the Gloria
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      Trengganu yard to build mainly fast patrol boats
      655 13  -  By G DURAIRAJ LIMBONGAN Timur Sdn Bhd, the wholly government-ownedship-yard in the state of Trengganu on the east coast of Peninsula Malaysia, plans to concentrate on the construction of special fast patrol boats and crafts. The shipyard, established in 1953 and one
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        Lock icon Shipment of Iraqi oil
        118 13 AFP A 220,000-tonne tanker, the Norse Queen, was reported fixed to take a shipment of Iraqi oil to Japan from the Ceyhan Terminal in Turkey. Crude oil is taken there by pipeline from the oilfields in Northern Iraq. Loading was expected to start immediately. This follows
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        Lock icon Eight crewmen missing
        74 13 Reuter EIGHT Japanese crew members of a small tanker were missing after it capsized in rough seas in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, a coastguard spokesman said. The 689-tonne Zuiyoma.ru, on a domestic voyage to Tokuyama, western Japan, to load oil, was drifting off Cape Kawajiri,
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        Lock icon Refloating ore carrier
        79 13 AFP SEVEN tugs were trying to refloat the Japanese ore carrier Fuukimaru, which went aground at the entrance to the port of Dunkirk on Tuesday. It was carrying 100,000 tonnes of iron ore destined for the Usinor Company at Dunkirk and appeared to have been stranded after
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      INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
      659 13 shipping Uae CM Sfcipplmg Liae PW C«i Achipelego vn 2 Everett Orient IV 4 Adriatic IV 2 Evergreen IV 3 Afea VI Fargo vm 3 Afro-Eurasia VI Fesco vn 4/5 All trans VI Flotta Lauro V 5 Alpac VI 5 Fortune VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 Franco-Be
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      Container Schedules
      915 14 v^&Y I E?,2E, EXP0RT rcL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL Vessel's Name Voy No. Estimated Time of Arrival Shipping Lines Gdn Mode of Operatn Date Time Ned Hoorn 043 Nep Topaz 32S P. Elsenhower 81 P.Roosevelt 87 Amado 014 Zim Sydney 15W Tak&ri II 227 Asian
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1458 14 CHARTERING was generally very quiet in most sectors of the freight market on Tuesday mainly reflecting the recent holiday in the US, brokers said. Coal shippers covered 90,000 long tons from Hampton Roads to France at the slightly easier levels of US$ll.5O with March loading, and Indian government
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      NAVIRE'S RO-RO LINKSPAN
      422 15 NAVIRE Cargo Gear has released an artist's impression of the roll-on/roll-off linkspan which will revolutionise transport between the Isle of Man and the UK mainland. The design developed by Navire Cargo Gear, working closely with consultants Burness, Corlett Partners, provides a roll-on/roll-off facility for Douglas harbour able
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      Lock icon Exchanging views among councils
      290 15 AFP PERIODIC exchange of views between regional shippers' councils is suggested by Hongkong's deputy Commissioner of Industry, Trade and Customs, Mr Purves. He was speaking in Hongkong at the opening of a training course for trainers in the work of these g>uncils. The course is sponsored
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      Lock icon US Navy's large savings through small thinking
      314 15 AP ENGINEERS and scientists at the US Navy's Research and Development Centre in Maryland are thinking small these days. And they are hoping that by thinking small, they can save the navy a lot of money on future shipbuilding CO6tS. The team of
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      Lock icon Yards can get US$15b under Reagan's plans
      713 15 NYT SHIPYARDS in the United States could get as much as US$l5 billion in additional revenues under the Reagan administration's five-year plan for the construction of naval vessels, analysts calculate. They conclude, on the basis of administration statements and preliminary planning within the
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      457 15 EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY KEPPEL WHARVES Asean Venture (0400) 45A Barents Sea (after Sea Princess sails) 46 Jenson (after Equator II) 22 Kowloon Voyager (2300) 29/ 30 Kota Berlian (0700 after Kota Ratu) 10/11 Nedlloyd Kobe (after Nedlloyd Fresco) 3/4 Razdolnoye (2100 after Oakwood) 3/39 Rajah Brooke (0600)
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      2447 19 SCHEDULE 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 Singapore. Advance dates are published at a maximum of three weeks. PN
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      707 20 ALGERIA Most Algerian ports still congested due to damage by storm. ANGOLA Lobito Luanda Early February. Berthing delays of about 20-35 days. ARGENTINA Bahia Blanca Early February. No delays. Buenos Aires Feb 11, berthing delays of 3 days for general cargo and 4 days for grain vessels. Rosario
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      Unctad boosts Third World shipping claims
      430 20 A CAMPAIGN by developing countries for greater access to their bulk trades has been given a boost by a new report from the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (Unctad). One of the arguments put forward by those opposing interference in the bulk
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      'Port-island' nears completion
      201 20 A MAN-MADE island called "port-island" has been almost completed off Kobe port after reclamation work on it which took about 15 years. A ceremony was held recently marking its completion as well as the construction of a new transport system linking Sannomiya, Kobe, and the port, and
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      388 13 HEUNG-A SHIPPING KOREA FLAG VSLS Regular Liner Semi-Container Service To: P.Kdanf/Kedunf/Busan/lnchon Fm: Busan/H.Kong/Bangfcok Id S'pore: *****11 P.K. *****4, PN *****5 K.L. *****0 I RI) 1\ 1 I All Orient Overseas Co*dcu*teA Line FULLY CONTMOBED CMM COMTMO 10* Sailed In Port 9/3 10/3 U/3 13/3 17/3 *ISASRRMI)M 24/2 25/2 14/3 15/3
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      285 13 SKALORI); i m UASC 'UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) S'pore Loading for Abu Dhabi (17/3). Dammam (20/3). Kuwait (23/3). Shuaiba (26/3). Doha (29/3). Dubai (1/4) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE Iraq cario acceptable intransit Loading for Dubai (5/3) Kuwait (7/3) Dammam (11/3). Mina Qaboos (13/3) Abu Dhabi (15/3) Doha (17/3) Bahrain (19/3)
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      470 13 <t> cnan Altfcri.tri N.ition.il Lirit' WE SERVE MEDITERRANEAN AND ALGERIAN PORTS m A nt I -J WHNCmC TIMS A TMMM MBCVPILLII. Tel: *****4 (5 lines) SINGAPORE line EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U.S. PACIFIC, GULF, ATLANTIC, EAST CANADA, ASIAN PORTS Kel&n( I Penang Sjfed 21-22/2 21/2-1/3 74/3 14-15/3 21-22/3 20-29/3
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      779 14 MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPN. BERHAD. WISMA MISC, N0.2, JALAN CONLAY, P.O. BOX 371, KUALA LUMPUR 04-09, MALAYSIA. TEL: *****8 TELEX: MA *****, *****, ***** ***** CONTAINER SERVICE Mm Acc*4ia( Far: 1) Barcelona. Genoa. 2) Amsterdam Antwerp. I Hawe. Bilbao Basle UK, 3) Bremen. Bremenhaven Aarhus. Copenhagen, Helsinki 4i Malmo Stockholm
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      287 14 Bfjjjj SUPERCARRIER SERVICE TO: PANAMA US ATLANTIC E. CANADA US GULF 13/4 19/4 19/4 u/5 u/s a/5 a/j a/4 4/5 1/5 V 5 14/5 17/5 19/5 a/5 l/C 4/4 11/5 U/4 H/4 M/l TO: CALIFORNIA (22 DAYS) VENEZUELA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE 3 I ICEHXaiZC a/4 a/4 4CCOTK MU U Mmtm.
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      624 15 STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok C«taiMnNp S«vfc« To/Fran Bangkok cowukosht sonnet to uk/cowmw: HWi rtm Stan Spare Platapt D'Mrt Br am I'wj LtHawt ILK. ■eaattM 21 FA 13 Mar 15 Mv It Mv II Mar 11 Mv NMfkM|Upr*ss 25 fib 27 Fak 20 Iter 22
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      689 16 TO NORTH EUROPE Xiftom Eqms Manburi Eipr«» (na|i Hani Iwiiftd Bay TO HMTEBWgA S'poft PK Pen BiKuo Genoa M'burg B tuner Rdam Antwerp Mm HduMn 8/3 10/3 14/3 9/4 12/4 15/4 18/4 21/4 NmM* 8/3 8/4 6/4 3/4 1/4 E— Milan i 20/3 22/3 25/3 15/4 29/4 27/4 24/4 22/4
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      545 16 KOREA sm LINE HIPPING CORPN P. Kebnf PENANG STORE VEGA 157W 22-26 Feb 27/2-1/3 2-5 March FROM BUS*! BANGKOK VE6A 158E 22-26 Feb 27/2-1/3 2-5 March TO BUSAN ALTAI 161** 12-15 March 16-11 March 20-23 March FROM BUSAN BANGKOK ALTAM 162E 12-15 March 16-11 March 20-23 March TO BUSAN Mr
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      625 16 ©EVERGREEN LINE PAR EAST/EUROPE EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: HAMBURG, FELIXSTOWE ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. LE HAVRE ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO FOR: UNITED KINGDOM SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, BRISTOL, LIVERPOOL GLASGOW. LEEDS. WEST GERMANY mmrntu HOLLAND SHSTOAM Spn M Hn>«| MM. FrintaM Anhwp U Htwi Iwr Ural 22/12 5/031C/U 11/ M
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      772 16 Everett Lines i Burma Fivo Star Shipping Corpn. k "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE" LOADING FOR RANGOON Spare Phim, ITU* PPJRJ/U Fat I* 21/22 Ftb 21/2 M» TW« 9/11 kbr B F SS C Agents m Moloyvo BOUSTEAD SUPPING TEL NOS KL *****2/*****9 Navaaaoon Intarcsmioantal S. A. C.I. F 'ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE"
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      291 16 r mo.s.E. OCEAN SHIPPING ENTERPRISES PTE LTD SANKYO LINE JAPAN/STRAITS SERVICE Stopport P Ketone Pm CRTSTM. ST Alt 21-22/2 H PORT PUESMLU NO 3BKXA OJESOUKXS (MSB SNNT GEJfAAL AGDITS coniaka ooouk ocum swpk rrm tel *****44/7 MULI CONTMO P. KLMC TU: (347. 0073/4 SUB AGENTS P KELANG EAST ASM SMPPK
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      758 17 L. PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICE A Singapore P.Kstang Panang Loading I HOTA CANT IK 24/ Singapore P.Kalang Panang Loading tor: 24/2t Fab Aqaba KOTA CAMAY A 30/25 Fab KOTA MAJU 2/i Mar Oaraaaaiaam, Mombaaa, Hodaidah. Jaddah KOTA MAHA 15/20 Mar Port Sudan (Accapting container to Hodaidah) Adan. Hodaidah KOTA
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      773 17 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE HBURG 6 HAVEN ROAM HAVRE SOTON Hn>l Eiprtts Ham*W( Eifrtsi liw|i Man Lar|t Bar Krataa* Kit Pwui/Emp* FROM Mffi H BURG BHAVEN R OM! HAVRE SOTON fc Germany/Atrstm Btnetui f'UKt All UK PKciarv S port fm Tatua Eiprtts SMM SaM SaM SaAtd
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      740 17 Scan Dutch 9 WEEKLY EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE I OMtM 21/2 KMC* 21/2 4 MH.M 4/3 PIMACA 13/3 OMIW 21/3 KIKGA 27/3 1) (areata** teu Itfhwn 2) ta, Inopool U Canary Islanh 3) IroM* hMUMt AarMn Cot M M« ISO accepto"! cop lot 1 (Hcf It UC. Pmm| tar H Mbac
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      488 17 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BANK LINE FOR REUMOM I SOUTH AFRICA A VESSEL SINGAPORE 30/3 •to Reunion 11/4 Dwrbon 16/4 Capetown 23/4 Ptllix 21/4 (aho accepting East London and Maputo cargo) Lines U.S. WEST COAST SERVICE ftrtd from SEO Ibch SPORt 31* ASHLEY LYKES Sid Sid 27/2 23/3 BMNTON LYKES 3/2
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      599 18 T" "Kline KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA 'V-3 J/3 5/3 MuNn Cat|aaa *t accaptaWi tar MM. toim, MM Hnitn. Umln Mm OMm TO EUROPE S port P Attain l.Hawt d«n M buff Bremtn A'wtrp C. COffMO 1« (laM bMI J/J H/J 13/3 14/3 17/3 11—g
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      451 18 0 CALFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER SERVICE im*i in angq.es. San numsto. jeattu. tacoma. vamcouki ic fa/ra Mm AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAMER SERVICE Fa/ra cmmh PIMMI Sport Bri MH6 AM Sy4 frw MS" 27 fit 21 Fit 12 Iter lIM* 24 Mar ■AS" 24 Mar 25 Mb 1% 1! Apr
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      400 18 r~ (•I'OIII) SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD JOIH LOOP OCE AN BUIL OlMi SINGAPOHE 0104 VIAHMTI\(, 9111?? II UNfSI <»E %E MA L *****1 ■14 UNt S TERMINAL OfflCE ?2? IbBl TELE* HW4b<*> HS ?V>t>B A BCAHSMIP CABLE CARGOSMIP I •tstii llllKldl Kc<|ioiial Container Lilies WfcLKLY CONTAINtR SERVICE to/trom BANGKOK
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      579 18 KORINS MARITIME SERVICES Room 60V ICB Building, Shenton Way. Singapore Tel *****22 *****67 PTE LTD MIDDLE LAST/RED SEA/EUROPE SERVICES S* 1 Itk Lll\ts memoe» of the Si"i« > Gtwp of Company 4 LINER SERVICE F TOM KOBE A TAIWAN HONG KONG ro SINGAPORE Mm Buun KMha* H.Kent Spare HANKOOK Ufa,
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      577 18 i irg• 1 INTRaSEA (PTE) LTD. Faber House 234E Orchard Road Singapore 9 Telephone *****1 V *****57 W VOAAIIA-IIVX regular ooepemjemt service to europe S port P. Krimf Penant Loadni tar NORASIA MB 103 2> Fab 3 March BOULOGM/RDAM/ UK(AVON) A{«rti S«|apart MTRASEA (PTE) LTD 2352(11 BOOKMG Z *****57 YEO
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      535 19 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): C. CONTAINER 10W Sailed S.S. BRDGE 30* 25/2 N. GARNET 4*„„T. 1/3 K. CHANCE 2* 6/3 C. P/UJI 26* 13/3 TW BRDGE 511 18/3 C. RO2E 24* |24/3 Containers Feedered to/from F'stowe Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia S.S. BRIDGE S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo LCL Cargo
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      106 19 \sm TRUCONTAINER EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL (S) PTE LTO Suites 1311/1312. Shaw Towers. Beach Rd. Singapore 0?18 Regular Container Service accepting FCI /LCL Cargo for Austrafia All Ports New Zealand Auckland, Lyttleton Sri Lanka —Colombo United Kingdom —All Major City Terminals. Call *****81. SWETIAH SINGAPORE (PTE) LTD n» rn> im*« t» S«tur
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      375 19 MALDIVE LINES ETA SPORE ETA KUANTAN ETA PORT KELAN6 3/3 25/2 MALDIVE fOGWOUR Loading For Dubai/Dammam/ Kuwait MALDIVE PEACE Loading for Bahrein/Kuwait MALDIVE MAGE Loading for Kuwait MALDIVE PIONEER Loading For ieddah MALDIVE BTORTER Loading For Mate MALDIVE PROGRESS Loading For Muscat/ Khorffakan/Dubai/Abu Dhabi MALDIVE PLEDGE Loading For Jeddah MALDIVE
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      216 19 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVET SWPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SMSOV BULDMG 55, Market Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Nunbers *****3 (10 Lines) Cable Address SMSOV SMGAPORE Telex Hunters RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P. KELANG M/S SHIIBKAT HMH SOON SDN. BM>. IST AND 2ND FLOOR. NO 1. JALAN CEMPENAG. PORT KLANG MALAYSIA
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      506 20 A ANTOLL LINES Direct B Is to Adelaide Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Independent FCL Container Conventional Liner Service Port Sol TdbSmhnd Sol Pratt Sol Ttia Sataland Sincapore Port Koteng Feb 25 Mar 4 Feb 27 Mar 6 Brisbane Mar 28 Syfeey My 17 Apr 1 Mel> (Gedont) Mar 21 Apr 5
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      384 20 THAI YANG SHIPPING CO. SDN. BHD. V*f Hi Ontautn MV. THM TANG ¥OY 2/11 It/II F* INi MVTMiVMK »T 3/81 4/5 kU INi M» CMOCM TANS WT 1/81 28 FA INt/U NAM HUA SHIPPING SDN BHD IN MM MM NO 3 1/S1 MV SH MM MM NO 3 2/11 •INSBMMMM
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      345 20 PTDV AVAI Akl I Al IT AM RID I I CTMU BUTk m PERKAPALAN LAUTAN BIRU SDN. BHD. P O Bo* 220. Hota KnitMlu Sabah KCUAI (JSC* SERVO Sabah Sjf jwik Bangkok Smgaptxf Port krWng Vessels Penang P.Klang S'pore Loading for LAUTAN LAU 23 Feb 20 Feb Kudat. KK LAUTAN
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      170 20 Regional Weather wJH? i 15 >r 1 r>^ 0 :V) .4 I V k: g I' 4 »< SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. c a™ Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height LEGEND: R Thunderstorm k Temperature °C y Shower v v Weather s~*/
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