The Business Times, 20 August 1981

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 107/1/81 THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1181 60 CENTS
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    IBF proposes scheme to train new forex dealers
    447 1  -  By ALVIN TAY THE Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) plans to start an 18-month foreign exchange and deposit dealing traineeship scheme to alleviate the current shortage of dealers. Business Times understands that a study of the scheme has been submitted to
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    Lock icon Libyan jets shot down
    122 1 UPI LIBYAN warplanes engaged two US F-14 fighters in an aerial battle over disputed waters of the Mediterranean Sea early yesterday and were downed by return fire from the American jets. In a terse statement, the Pentagon called the attack "unprovoked" and said it had occurred
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    Boom amid gloom
    459 1  -  By WONG AI KWEI SEVERAL electronics manufacturers in Singapore have managed to keep their heads above water in the last seven months, despite a general gloomy outlook (or the industry. A slump in the American market and the relative strength of the Singapore dollar against the major
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    KL imposes tough buying-in ruling
    478 1 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has imposed its strictest buying-in ruling yet to deal with short sellers who fail to deliver their scrip within the prescribed period. KLSE chairman Tengku Noone Aziz yesterday confirmed that buying-in offers will now be pegged at the maximum 25
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    Setback for market
    196 1 ANOTHER heavy bout of selling hit the stock market yesterday and sent the prices of several stocks to their lowest levels for the year. The selling was particularly heavy in the morning and at noon, the Straits Times Industrial Index was down 19.83 points. However, selling slowed
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Talks deadlocked
      84 1 AFP GENEVA, Wed. Crisis talks by Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) ministers to cope with the world oil glut apparently ran into deadlock here today as the chairman of the meeting, Indonesian Oil Minister Professor Subroto, said extra time might be needed for debate. After two hours
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      Lock icon Rail strike
      86 1 Reuter LONDON, Wed. The leader of Britain's railwaymen held out little hope today that a national rail strike called for the end of this month will be averted. Sid Weighell, leader of one of two unions that have called a strike from August 31, said he had no
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      Lock icon Still interested
      60 1 UPI MANILA, Wed. Reynolds International Inc has assured the Philippine government it is still interested in financing and constructing the aluminum smelter plant in the country. A government announcement said J Louis Reynolds, board chairman of American Aluminum Co, stated the company's position in a cable sent to
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      Clock-in success
      63 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian Administrative and Man- power Planning Unit (MAMPU) has scored almost total success since it tried the clock-in system on Monday. "We only had one or two late comers," MAMPU's director-gener-al Dr Mohd Nor Abdul Ghani said today. He said these few stragglers obviously
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      Lock icon Lower GNP
      88 1 Reuter WASHINGTON, Wed. US inflation-adjusted gross national product (GNP) fell at a revised seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.4 per cent in second quarter 1981 after rising at an 8.6 per cent rate in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said. Last month, in a preliminary report, it
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      Lock icon Losing sparkle
      77 1 Reuter JOHANNESBURG, Wed. The world's leading diamond mining concern, De Beers, today announced a sharp drop in net profits for the first six months of this year, reflecting a slump in sales of precious stones in the United States and Europe. Market experts said that high interest rates
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      No US support
      32 1 JAKARTA, Wed. US Underscoretary of State for Security Assistance James Buckley today said the United States will not provide military or economic aid to anticommunist guerilla movements in Indochina.
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    Rollei unlikely to be sold as going concern
    227 1 RECEIVERS ti Relief Siagapare have ruled (it the possibility af wiling the eattre plaat la Chal Chee u a giiag HMNIi This CMflrau ft Business Timet reptrt yesterday that the plaat will he said piecemeal te Interested parties. la a statement ta
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    Americans continue to pour in money
    339 1  -  By LILLIAN CHEW AMERICANS continue to pour money into Singapore, Figures compiled by the American Embassy in Singapore show that the total American investment as at the end of 1980 was $5.39 billion. This represents an increase of 56 per cent over the 1978
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    Hello, you are doing fine
    346 1 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore has once again turned in a sterling performance. Last fiscal year, Telecoms chalked up a hefty 32 per cent increase in net revenue which rose to $264 million from $200 million for the year ending March 31 1980. Operating revenue
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      209 1 HMDS UNITED Overseas Land saw its interim pre-tax profits rising to $8.8 million in the six months to June 1981 Page 12 TALK in the market that Singapore Land may sell its "flagship" building, Shing Kwan House, is gaining momentum Page 12 INDUSTRIAL robots are a far cry from the
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Disagreement at Opec meeting
      487 2 AP UPI SAUDI Arabia and Venezuela, Opec's two leading oil producers, were at loggerheads at yesterday's Opec conference in Geneva which was called to seek a common base price for the cartel's oil. The disagreement comes as a surprise and is contrary to pre-conference reports which
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      Lock icon Business welcomes Australian budget
      376 2 Reuter THE uncompromising antiinflation stance of Australia's fiscal 1981/82 budget should meet the deflationary needs of the country's strengthening economy. The budget, announced on Tuesday by Treasurer John Howard, gave no tax concessions, widened the tax base and removed some of the tax benefits enjoyed by
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      Lock icon PanAm may sell hotel subsidiary
      296 2 Reuter PAN American Airways, facing mounting losses from its airline operations, is discussing the sale of its profitable hotel subsidiary and would delay taking delivery of 10 new aircraft. The airline, whose losses in the first half of the year totalled $218 million, also said
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      Lock icon Japanese credits for Soviet project
      184 2 AP THE JAPANESE Foreign Ministry is expected to give the go-ahead for the ExportImport Bank to extend credits to the US$lO billion Soviet project to build a natural gas pipeline in Western Siberia. The Nihon Keizai Shimbun said the government's decision would allow the semi-governmental
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      Lock icon Printers' strike deprives Poles of newspapers
      280 3 Reuter A PRINTERS' strike virtually silenced Poland's official press yesterday for the first time under communist rule and most newspapers failed to appear. The authorities apparently printed some editions of the Communist Party daily Trybuna Ludu and the army daily Zolnierz Wolnosci but there
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      Lock icon Consortium gets Manila phosphate contract
      133 3 UPI MANILA has awarded a ISS33C million contract for the construction of a phosphate fertiliser plant to a Belgium-led consortium. The consortium is composed of Coppee-Rast of Belgin m, Drag ad os Constrncciones of Spain, Mitsubishi Heavy Industry of Japan and the Construction and Development
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      Lock icon Soviet oil output up
      285 3 Reuter SOVIET oil production in the first seven months of this year totalled 353 million tonnes (2.57 billion barrels), a rise of 1 per cent on the same period in 1980. Western experts monitoring Soviet oil output said the figures indicated that, if current trends continue,
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      Lock icon Four in Asean plan aerospace industry
      354 3 AFP THE initial groundwork for drawing up a plan for an Asean aerospace industry has been completed by Aviation Planning Services (APS) of Montreal, Canada. It was reported in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that based on the information gathered, APS has developed forecasts on the
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      Lock icon BL LOSES MORE MONEY
      161 3 AP BRITISH Leyland (BL), the state owned car manufacturer, is expected to announce losses of more than £250 million for the first half of this year. British reports said the sum compares with £181 million in the January-June 1980 period and a record loss of £535
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon EXXON'S SUCCESS
        483 3 Agencies EXXON Corporation has in vested I'SJ7(IO million to develop Malaysia's oil resources and will spend as much again in plans ?h:<t have been approve! for the next two years Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Clifton Garvin said Malaysia has been one of Exxon's success stories and predicted
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      131 3 The Chairman, Board of Directors and the Management of ORCHARD HOTEL, SINGAPORE wish to thank THE HONOURABLE DR. AHMAD MATTAR Acting Minister for Social Affairs for officiating The Hotel's Grand Opening on August 7th 1981 We also wish to thank other distinguished guests, business associates and friends for their attendance,
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Lock icon Philippine's 1980 coconut production
      240 4 UPI PHILIPPINE coconut production in 1980 was about 2 million tonnes, an increase of 7.2 per cent from the previous year's 1.9 million tonnes, a semiofficial report said on Tuesday. The United Coconut Association of the Philippines (Ucap) said in its newly issued coconut statistics that
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      Lock icon Silk price remains much depressed
      243 4 AFP THE Yokohama silk market remained depressed and all wares were traded below the standard price of 14,000 yen per kg last week. There was no major change in the market situation seriously affected by a lack of demand since late July. In an effort
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      PALM OIL
      120 4 THE Kuala Lumpur market yesterday fell on nearby selling in fairly active trading, dealers said. In August, south dropped Mslo to $905 a tonne, and central $7.50 to $900. In September, south eased to $875 and in October, south and central slipped to $860. The refined market remained
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      RUBBER
      316 4 RUBBER prices in Singapore opened marked up slightly on Tuesday night's final levels. Thereafter, it gained further ground on reserve of sellers, covering demand and some trade buying. Rising bullion prices also aided the rise. Prices ended noon slightly higher with September One RSS buyers quoted at 226.50 cents
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      RAS PRICES
      310 4 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 211.00 212.00N Int. 1 R.S.S. September 225.00 226.00 Int. 1 R.S.S. October 229.50 230.00 Int. 2 R.S.S. 199.50 200 50N UK Cont 198.50 199.50N Int 3 R.S.S. 192.50 193.50N UK/Coot 191.50
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      SSR and SMRR
      110 4 NOON SSR and SMR p t 1 RAS SepUaker (Carreal Mth) Buyere Seller* October (Forward Mth) Buyer* Seller* SSR 20 SSR SO (1-ton (1-ton pallet) 196 00 196.00N ***** *****N pallet i 193.50 196 50N 196.50 1V7J0N MRELB September October SMRCV SMRL SMR 6 SMR GP SMR
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      Straits Tin
      94 4 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang yesterday rose by 3€ cents to a new nine-month trading high o( M 533.81 a kilo, advancing within the ITA ceiling range of $32.74 to $35.47, dealers said. The rise followed a firm London close, and reflected strong Japanese, European and local
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      CLOSING PRICES
      34 4 Rubber Aug 19 Singapore: Sept: 227.50 cents (up 4.50 cents) Malaysia: Sept: 255.00 cents (up 3.75 cents) Tin: M 533.81 per kilo (up 36 cents) Official offering: 184 tonnes (down 10 tonnes)
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      Lock icon Anaconda plans copper refining plant in Taiwan
      150 4 AFP ANACONDA Copper Corporation of the US has plans to invest US$l,5OO million to establish a large-scale copper refining plant in Taiwan. The plant will produce electrolytic copper and some by-products which will be sold on the island as well as exported to
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      Produce exchange
      184 4 CHINESE Produce Exchange, Singapore, closing prices per lMkg yesterday. Coconut oil: Bulk fob $122 50 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $136.50 sellers, new drum fob $141 -50 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) $72.75 buyers. Pepper: Muntok while pepper fob Asia NLW $372 50 sellers, Sarawak while
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      TEXTILES
      193 4 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot exgodown) Cotton yarn: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,380 32s 2.820, 40s 2,990 (per bale of 400 lbs). Pleee goads: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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      RICE
      331 4 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.36, 100 per cent second class Ll4, 100 per cent third class 1.10, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN A-super 0.78, Special
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      LONDON MARKETS
      581 4 COFFEE: Robusta coffee futures yesterday ended the morning around £20 to £15 lower on lack of feature, but up from earlier lows, dealers said. November last traded at £1,021 against £1,010 at one stage. The physical market remained quiet. Indonesian EK Ones are on offer at £50 to
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      WHEAT
      218 4 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Tuesday closed near the bottom of a SV» US-cent range, down 13/«l 3 to 3 1/ j cents a bushel in revived trade. Active local long liquidation on trade belief that the recent price recovery was overdone, and that wheat was now overpriced in
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      SOYBEAN
      202 4 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Tuesday closed weak, down 9'« US-cents a bushel in spot August, to off to 1 cents in new crop. Chain-reaction local selling on trade sentiment that the recent technical recovery was overdone dropped prices to new day's lows. Weaker bean basis bids at US
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      181 4 JUST WHEN YOl! THOUGHT YOU'VE GOT IT ALL... U-BIXV3R GOES A STEP FURTHER. d /y MI mr* U BIXV3R COPIERS TAKE REDUCTION TO 2 SIZES. Not only does the V3R give excellent size to size copies, it's also capable of producing reductions to 2 sizes 20% and 50% of originals.
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      210 4 OVER SCHEDULED UNDER STAFFED NEED HELP? TAP OUR RESOURCES We have all the help you need For Competent Staff on a long or short term basis. OFFICE SERVICES Secretaries. Typists. Telex Operators. Accounts Clerics. Book-keepers. Drivers. Receptions. Office Boys. SALES DIVISION Product Demonstrators. Leaflets Distributors. Exhibition/Conference hostess. Sales Promoters. COMPUTER
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      TOURISM BOARD'S HK OFFICE ALL SET
      126 5 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board s office in Hongkong will begin operations on Sep 1. Initially, the STPB office will occupy a section of the Singapore Commission on the 19th floor, Wang Kee Building at 36, Connaught Road, Central, Hongkong. Newly-appointed tourism officer Miss
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      New building for Esso
      379 5  -  By RICHARD SEAH A NEW multi-million dollar administrative building will be built for Esso's oil refinery staff at Pulau Ayer Chawan. Esso is keeping the exact cost confidential, but the building project will be the island's largest to date. The three-storey building, occupying a built-up area
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      Cooperative effort
      188 5 THE Singapore National Cooperative Federation will have to make a conscious effort to educate and inform its members. At the opening of the SNCF consultation workshop on training yesterday, Dr Ahmad Mattar, Acting Minister for Social Affairs, said a long-term education and training plan can be drawn up
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      NTI gives pledge
      106 5 THE Nanyang Technological Institute will help train practice-oriented engineers who will man both the hightechnology industries and essential services such as public Works, utilities, housing and communications. The NTI staff will be expected to keep abreast of technological developments and to interact with statutory boards and industry,
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      New Comfort manager
      85 5 MR V JAYAKODY has resigned as executive secretary of the Singapore Portworkers Union to take up a new appointment with NTUC Comfort as personnel manager. He has also submitted his resignation as NTUC secretary for organisation, said NTUC secretary general Mr Lim Chee Onn. Mr Jayakody will
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      MEMO PAD
      485 5 SEMINARS AND COURSES Aug 3-20 30th Building Construction Safety Supervisors Course, Cuppage Centre, NPB Aug 3-21: Supervisory Development Programme Module 2 The Supervisor and His Job, Cuppage Centre, NPB Aug 3-Sep 7: Microprocessors Module 1 8080 A, Cuppage Centre, NPB Aug 4-28: Basic Industrial Hydraulics, Cuppage Centre, NPB
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      More becoming bilingual
      193 5 SINGAPORE is slowly but surely achieving its national goal that every one should become bilingual. This observation was made by Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister at State for Education, when be spoke at the Prime Minister's Book Prize presentation ceremony at the RELC Auditorium yesterday. Quoting the
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      Incentive for teachers
      57 5 ONE in five non-graduate teachers will get a pay rise for having earned distinctions in their Cambridge School Certificate or GCE 'O' level examinations. Under a scheme announced recently by _the Ministry of Education, teachers will receive $25 to $50 extra a month for every distinction they
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      208 5 Two names dedicated to the Art of Trne. Watches of Switzerland House of the finest collection of Swiss timepieces dedicated in their service to bring to you the most exquisite creations of time. Makers of the first Swiss wrist-watch, dedicated in their tradition to perfection in craftsmanship and design of
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    Shining qualities of Telecoms
    378 6 NOT MANY corporations or organisations are able to project a brilliant image and then go on to sustain it year after year. Telecoms is one of the rare few. Its annual reports usually record new heights for revenue, soaring numbers of subscribers, a wide range of
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    Banks should give IBF full support
    337 6 AT LAST, a concrete step is being taken to alleviate the shortage of foreign exchange dealers in Singapore. Banks in Singapore have long been plagued by this shortage, a shortage that will only worsen if no plans are made to tackle it. In the
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    Their friend — the spray painting robot
    328 6  - Their friend the spray painting robot A study mission on industrial robotics and advanced automation, organised by the Singapore National Employers Federation and the Technology Transfer Institute of Japan, visited Japan recently. KOH TSE YING, who accompanied the team, examines the role of the industrial robot. KOH TSE YING THE
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    DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
    547 6 AN AIR of idealism seems to exist at Orii Corporation and men within the robot industry hold the company in high regard. Its president, Mr Masaru Orii, is well-known for his ability to manage his staff and understand their problems. So closely does management work with the staff
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    The steel-collared worker
    2350 6 ROBOT INDUSTRY TURNING INTO HIGHLY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS "MAN should not do what machines can do" is a rule which many an overworked and underpaid employee may long to see implemented. But the introduction of industrial robots in Japan was by no means intended to promote laziness or
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      672 6 11-OIE CROSBWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Swindled and led astray by a cheat 7 Made out to be a crazy place (8) 8 Woman of the river 10 With duck on, they could be school waters (5) 13 Family group (4) 14 Person's name for love for a bird (4)
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      20 6 BnStcW: Rank EhckenS r? 5S H m n T» jaa 42 *> f«W V-/ PIISS£D POAjn.. »niSSGp P>GP>«N rnisscD WSAIM S*j
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      778 6 National day rally speeches DUBING the mart series «f IWhMl Day rallies, SBC Mftaral several ailslstns' ipweta >i< the three by Dr Taay Tu, Mhtrtw fer Trade ui Teehaalegy (la Malay ea eh 5,1M), Dr Gah CM Teag, Mlalster far Health aai ncwl mlalster af Defease (la ea eh 9A6),
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      2084 7 lIH m m m n m s si )I|£ UNITED overseas land limited INCORPORATED THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) To: All Ordinary Stockholders Subject: Half-Yearly Report The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Company and the Group for the six-month period ended 30th June 1981 as compared
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • EUROPEAN MARKETS
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        Amsterdam
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        Paris
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        Brussels
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        Frankfurt
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        Zurich
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        Milan
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      TORONTO
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      JOHANNESBURG
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      709 8 "The American Express Card serves you well, wherever good food is served". OQQQQ Inn Of Happiness W Dine Dine Cantonese style. Szechuan Style. The Inn of Happiness brings together the best of two culinary worlds. Two kitchens. Two chefs. All to double your dining pleasure, with that famous Hilton service.
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      226 8 Itfc as good as going to Bangkok. a i This is Thai Seafood at its authentic best So <resh, it could have been alive 15 minutes before coming to your table It was An enormous variety of succulent seafoods expertly prepared by Thai chefs in our kitchen Siamese Seafood Restaurant
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      DRIFTING FURTHER APART
      331 9 THE SWISS and French francs are moving away from each other. While the Swiss currency continued to firm against its Continental counterparts, the French unit has plunged to record lows against a surging US dollar and the stronger European neighbours, says the Manufacturers Hanover Trust's (MHT) latest
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      Signing of loan facility
      159 9 CENTRAL Bank governor Jaime Laya is to sign an agreement in San Francisco next week on a US$2OO million trade finance credit syndicated by Wells Fargo Bank. The Philippine bank described the 24-month revolving credit, using bankers' acceptances with a maximum maturity of 180 days, as
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      Lock icon Manila issues new credit rules
      179 9 AFP THE Philippine Ceatral Baak has released guidelines to all haakiag aalto tor mml!taring the credit behavlaar «f Individ sal and earparate barrawera wbase satstaadiag Liabilities had reaehbd at least mlllton pease. The galdettaes were lamed la esaaeettoa with the gsverameat arder seekiag the eatabiishmeat
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      OCBC biggest in Japan
      391 9  -  By ALVIN TAY THE FOUR Singapore banks in Japan accounted for only 1.2 per cent of total assets owned by foreign banks at end-March last year. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, which officially opened its Tokyo branch in 1973, was the largest among the four with 35.8 billion
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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 14.04 per cent.
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        ASIAN $ RATES
        184 9 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Aug 19. US DoUare(Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 18 9/10 18 7/16 1 month 17 13/1817 11/16 2 months 18* 18V* 3 months 18H 18* 6 months 18 13/18 1811/18 9 months 183/18 18 1/16 12 months 18 177*
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        Discount
        43 9 RANGE of prices offered by discount bouses on Aug 19: Overnight: 7% Call deposits: 8W% to 1% Closiac Boyiaf S«Uim( 3-month Treasury bills 7 6% 3-month Bank bills 14 1/16 13 15/16 3 months CD 12% 12H 6 months CD 12H 12V4
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        GOLD
        279 9 SINGAPORE gold futures yesterday closed generally firmer compared with overnight levels in light trading. Prices were marked up between US$l3 to $14.50 an ounce at the outset following the metal's strength in New York overnight and thereafter the market fluctuated marginally throughout. Total sales and kerb volume for the
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        Silver quotes
        36 9 New York 9.40B 9.12B 9 60S 9.32S Zurich 9.25B 9.15B 9 45S 9.35S Singapore fSk TM 9 10B 9 as 9 3tS Closing prices in US dollars a troy ounce. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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        TOKYO
        105 9 THE US dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed firmer at 230.50 yen compared with a 229.60 opening here, a 229.20/40 close in New York overnight, and a 230.30 finish here on Tuesday, dealers said. Trading volume was an active US$l.39 billion. The dollar edged up in moderate late trading
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        NEW YORK STOCKS
        883 9 AUG 18 US* 4-/-ACF Industrie* 42H -44 Addressograph 12W unch Alrco Alcan Alum In 25* 44 Allegheny Lud Mk >44 Allied Cbem Cp S3** 4* Allied Stores 28 4* <4 Allls-Chalmers 19'* -44 Alumhoo Amer Am Amines 2741 U -4* Am Brands Inc 40* Am Broadcast BH
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        HONGKONG
        117 9 THE US dollar yesterday eased against most major currencies in quiet late trading, with operators awaiting fresh news from the Opec meeting in Geneva. It was quoted at a late 2.4960/65 marks against an early 2.5020/30, and at 2.1710/30 Swiss francs against 2.1730/60, while sterling was little changed at
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        Treasury bills tender
        43 9 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $130 million 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Aug 24 to Aug 28. Each tender must not be for less than $250,000.
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        London
        64 9 Opening quotes yesterday US -1 8345/55 Can 2.2226 58 Cross 1.2129/32 D Mk 4.5575 «25 D F1 5 0625/75 S FY 3.9725/75 B FT (coo) 74.35,63 F Fr 10.8500/700 Ut 2269 25 2274 25 Yen 420 49 421 72 D Kr 14 3925/4100 N Kr 11 3100 225 S
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        Singapore market
        394 9 THE US dollar yesterday fell against major European currencies in quiet late trading reflecting its weakness at the London exchanges opening. Against the Singapore dollar, the US currency opened firmer at 2.1765/75 compared with 2.1700/10 at Tuesday's close here but weakened in subsequent trading to close at 2.1720/
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    BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES AND THE KLSE
    2036 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 (185B) (1)
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    Unit trusts
    195 10 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUST DIAMOND MOT STORE /M i for At| I*) 313 (W pleas tor Aag The Commerce 2 98 Diamond S'pore Fd US»0 96 209 The Savings Fund 1.3 1.81 91 S pore Prog Fund 1 35 1.42 1.99 S pore Sec. Fund S pore Invest Fund
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    2724 10 Gr's Gr"» Net 1<MU Last Div Div Y'ld P/E Vol Day High Low Company Sale +or- CVT (0001 High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 494 284 Aetna 284 -14 14.5 35 5.1 10.1 10 298 284 Alcorn 300 10.0 2.0 3.3 25.0 350 130 Allied Choc 202
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    2330 10 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 otherwise specified. (NDtBTBIALB AIM (3.245) (TO) 3.24 <3) 3 30 (5) 3.28 (7) 3.26
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    Share prices take a severe beating
    777 10 THE STOCK market teak aae af Ha ««rat fcwttegi slace Ike J sly piaage aa a spate af had aewa a nether raaad af paaic adlDarlag tke maralag tradlag seaslaa alaae, tke Straits Times ladastrial Index fell a substantial 11.83 patata. Selttag slewed dawa
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    Late support in K. Lumpur
    591 10 LATE support towards the close of trading managed to halt what could have been a sharper fall at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. Most indices still recorded losses, with only the occasional gain. On balance losses led gains by 116 to 9. Bandar Raya's
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      JC-MPH diversification
      754 11  -  By HSUNG BEE HWA JACK Chia-MPH's diversification into property development is expected to pay off in the long term. The group recently bought four properties in Australia and is also active in redevelopment projects in Singapore and Malaysia. Its 49.2 per cent-owned associate in Penang, Jack Chia Enterprises
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      Shares close firmer
      304 11 HONGKONG GROWING confidence in the Hongkong dollar and receding fears of a rise in local prime rate pushed the Hang Seng index up 22.17 points to close at 1,728.71. Trading through the morning-only session was moderate with all blue chips showing gains. Cheung Kong registered the biggest
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      Sydney stocks mixed
      277 11 THE 1981 Federal Budget was relegated to the background as traders took their lead from a sharp upturn in international gold prices and news that the tender for US-based Cooper Basin partner Delhi met no offers, dealers said. The Oil and Gas index fell 30.4 points to
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      Tokyo stocks higher
      388 11 SHARE prices yesterday rose slightly on cheap buying of electricais and big capitals in light trading. The market average gained 12.14 to close at 7,961.52 on volume of 340 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index was 602.47, up 3.35. The second market finished slightly lower on
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      Bangkok
      52 11 STOCK prices yesterday closed mixe<l in quiet trading, dealers said. AUG 19 BahLs Asia Fibre 119 ♦l AyuUtaya In* And Trust Bangkok Bank 258 2 Bank Of Ayudhaya 48 Ltd 149 Berll Jucker Charoonf Thai Wire First Trust 45 75 3 Rama Tower 4850 unch Saha Union Slam Cement
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      Selected indices
      57 11 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 567.1 Monday 572.9 Week Ago 555.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday »24.37 Monday 926 75 Week Ago 949 30 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 1728.71 Tuesday 1706 54 Week Ago 1668 15 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 712.7 Tuesday 712.1 Week Ago 710 4 ALL ORDINARIES Wednesday 656
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      Manila shares close mixed
      105 11 THE stock market yesterday closed mixed as turnover fell to five million pesos from 7.7 million on Tuesday, dealers said. AUG 1« Pesos AcoJ* Mining 0043 -«OOOS Atlas Con A Altai Con B. ♦i Itafuto OokJ AD* -***** Bencucl Con. B Br Ooodrteb 60 I0J0 1
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      630 11 Some we've got quite a history behind us. As a multi-faceted multinational. mean For instance, we've been'in the motor vehicle business for some years. Not counting our experience in engines, that is. We sell and service the most prestigious car ever to grace the road the BMW Which is why
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      761 11 OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) The Directors are pleased to onnounce that:1. The unaudited net profit of the Bank and the Group for the six months ended 30 June 1981, after providing for taxation, diminution in value of assets and allocations to inner reserves amounted to:The Bank The
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      SINGAPORE
      139 12 Rises Indices B Kaya Promet Msian Kmills A P 1 Hume F E Tat Lee Bank Guthrie Pegi Mmia Pan Electric Hong Fok H Tai-pan 610 370 205 320 565 505 392 320 302 285 144 25 20 15 6 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 BT Indicator:
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      160 12 MORNING panic caused prices on the Stock Exchange of Singapore to take a sharp fall yesterday although selling eased in the afternoon. The Straits Times Industrial Index dropped 23.16 points down to 714.81 while the Business Times Indicator of the day's 19 most active stocks lost 577 points
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    Sizeable jump in OCBC's earnings
    278 12 THE LAST of the Big Four banks to report profits tor the half-year ended June M, the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), has etne up with slneable increases in earnings. Taken u a bank and group basis, profits shewed almost Identical increases in' percentage terms, with,
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    UOL profits up 52pc
    462 12  -  igsißia Companies Editor: Mano Sabnani By KOH TSE YING TRUE to expectations, property developer United Overseas Land (UOL), has finally made a healthy spurt in its earnings. The UOL group, which had for some time been weighed down by heavy interest charges on its Mount Echo
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    UNITED ENGINEERS (M)
    233 12 UNITED Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad's interim earnings for the six months to June 30, 1981, were hard hit by high interest charges and a significant increase in working capital requirement during the latter half of 1980. Consequently, unaudited group taxable earnings for the period reviewed were more than
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    LONDON STOCKS
    813 12 LONDON, Wed. Equities closed slightly easier in moderate trading today, although some issues were above their lowest levels, while gold shares were firmer with the bullion price, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was down 3.8 points at 563.3. Leading industrials showed falls ranging between 2p
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    48 12 AP NEW YORK, Wed. The stock market was mixed this morning, showing signs of stabilising after the decline of the past three sessions The Dow Jones average recovered 0.38 points to 924.75 in the first half hour. But losers outnumbered gainers by 5 to 4. AP
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    FEDERAL CABLES WINS M$42m ORDERS
    151 12 THE Federal Cables, Wires and Metal Manufacturing group has won orders worth Ms 42 million from the Malaysian public sector, to be supplied during the next 12 months. The company said the deal was clinched via its main manufacturing arm, Federal Cables, Wires and Metal
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    Inch KK results
    63 12 INCH Keaaetfc Ktjug RatekcrLMhu reported pre-tax praflta $3M JUS far tfce aix maatha mM Jaae 39, after aeeaaattag far deprerUtlM. Bwhp trapped SM per eeat agalaat tae $C29,t31 far the earreapaadlag parted laat year. Net eperattag laeeaw fell Mi per eeat te $IM,2M aa a taraever af
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    Lock icon SL's dilemma
    794 12 imiua HOCK LOCK SIEW TALK DM the market that Singapore Land may sell its "flagship" building, Shing Kwan House (SKH), is gaining momentum, especially in light of the bearish market, where another rights issue to raise funds will only serve to push prices lower. Speculation that SKH may
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      80 12 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 Available at leading department stores. This announcement appears as a matter of record only. METAL BOX SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in the
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      605 12 A COMPANY IS AS GOOD AS ITS STAFF (Tbongh this Is a common knowledge, few realise thftt profitability can only be achieved through long term Investment in hnman resources) APPLIED RESEARCH CORPORATION, SINGAPORE SRI INTERNATIONAL, USA SEMINAR COURSE: bring you STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT Among the topics are: (I) Himu
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      61 12 Outlook for Singapore from 6am to lpm today: Showers in several areas in the morning. Report for 24 hoars prior to pm on Aug It »t the airport. Maximum temperature 32-1 Associated humidity 60 Minimum temperature 26.7 Associated humidity 83 Hours of sunshine 5.95 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      US may ratify labour convention
      196 13 THE UNITED States may soon follow Liberia and ratify the International Labour Organisation's Convention 147 on minimum standards on merchant vessels. The convention comes into force on Nov 28 and will empower port authorities to inspect ships suspected of being substandard, even if they are
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      Mid S E A to operate container feeder run
      453 13  -  By JAN LEE MID SEA Container Pte Ltd has acquired Pacific International Lines' (PIL) container ship, the Sea Hawk, on hire-purchase to operate a feeder service covering Singapore, Jakarta and Bangkok. The vessel's first sailing is scheduled for Aug 25 to
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        Lock icon British merchant fleet
        127 13 Reuter THE BRITISH-owned and registered merchant fleet lost 22 ships totalling 917,000 deadweight tons in June, the largest monthly tonnage decline in two years, the General Council of British Shipping said. The June figures include the scrapping of two tankers totalling 465,000 dwt and the fleet now
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        Lock icon Seafarers agreement
        81 13 Reuter THE SEAFARERS' International Union said it has reached agreement with Interstate Ocean Transport (IOT), a subsidiary of Southern Industries, on a three-year labour contract. lOT operates tugboats and barges along the East and Gulf coasts. The contract covers 600 union members. It increases wages 8 per cent
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        Lock icon Foreign orders decline
        116 13 Reuter FOREIGN orders received by Japanese shipyards fell to 21 vessels in July totalling 238,400 gross tonnes from 31 ships and 632,100 tonnes in June, the Japan Ship Exporters Association said. This compares with 21 ships and 704,200 tonnes a year earlier. July orders comprised four freighters
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      INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
      692 13 Skipptag Use Page Cat Actilpctrgo vn 4 AIM VI I Afro-Eurasia VI 2 AUtraaa vn 4 Alpac VI 5 Angkutan VI 4 Anfooave V t ANL I 1 AntoU vm I APL m 4/5 Argentine rv 4 ASCL m 1 Ada Merchant VI luiUila IJn» V 1
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      345 14 ARRIVALS KEPPEL WHARVES Botany Trust 35/36 Berdikari (1200) 15/16 Bunga Tanjong 8/9 Cherry Sindia (0700 27 28 Kim Soon Li 22 Labuan Hadji 5 Miyagi Maru (0800) 10/11 Min Fu 29/30 Nedlloyd Hongkong (1100) 3/4 New Phenix 15/16 Perlis (1930) 20W CONTAINER TERMINAL A 1 Wattyah 51
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      Container Schedules
      968 14 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO AT CONTAINER TERMINAL Vessel's Voy Estimated Shipping Gdn Mode of Name No. Time of Lines Operatn Arrival Date Time Nlhon 303 19.8.81 1500 Ned-EAC TA 3 TT Mont Blanc Mara 36/235 19.8.81 2000 MOL TA 3 TT Benvalla 5731 19.8.81
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1364 14 ACTIVITY in the North American grain sector on Tuesday picked up slightly and a 60,000 tonnes cargo was arranged from the US Gulf to Antwerp/Hamburg range at US$9.5O, about in line with recent rates. Other routes also featured in the slight increase in activity with 16,500 tonnes of
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      PORT CONDITIONS
      609 15 ALGERIA Algiers Mid Aug, berthing delays of 10-15 days. ANGOLA Luanda Early Aug, berthing delays of about 75 days with 39 vessels at anchor. ARGENTINA Bahia Blanca Mid Aug, 12 grain vessels facing delays of 8 days. Buenos Aires Mid Aug, delays of 25 days for 10 grain
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      OCL's conversions to pay within 10 years
      1085 15 THE CONTAINER trade must be one of the most competitive aspects of shipping, where decisions regarding operating costs and schedules and other factors are quickly reflected in business from shippers. The £50 million (Ss2oo million) steam-to-diesel conversion of five large container ships of
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      1359 20 BCfflsDlllE 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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      World box fleet to double by 1990
      174 20 DESPITE stagnating world trade, the containerisation boom will continue and the number of containers worldwide should double by the end of the decade, says Mr Axel Konig, head of Con trans GmbH, leasing firm of Hamburg, West Germany. The world's container fleet should
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      289 13 tea heung-a shipping KOREA FLAG VSLS Regular Liner Semi-Container Service Tc P Jfotaif/Ktrfwi/BiMii/Wwi Fk But»/H.Kont/B»fkok Id Spore *****11 P.K. *****4, PN *****5 K.L. *****0 <sp \R 1) 1\ 1 I \H H Orient Overseas CotdcjtteA Line FULLY CONTMOBED SERVICE TO EUROfE (VIA SUEZ) Cafcnt BrenwrlM««n after Kamt»r| *Qosm| Tmns (S'pofe)
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      178 13 HSEALORDU ■i -I UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) EXPRESS MULTI-PURPOSE SERVICES •3 (5/10). Dam m» (14/10) »J7 21/9 Dwtoi (2/10). I Kuwait (11/10) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE DEPARTURES TO USA, CANADA AND CARIBBEAN .'.■■"Tr'.'M:- nV, ■K7'~^B-"r r T7^M;T7 7TB WORLD TKER Ot6/COMOCE 095 MRU) TKER O<C/EXPLORER 017 WORLD UON OtS/DEFDOEX
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      13 13 CONTAINER Schedules SHIPS la Perk PORT CeadltUas LONDON Freights SHIPPING Schedule REGIONAL Weather
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      808 13 <I>cnan Algerian National Line WE SERVE MEDITERRANEAN AND ALGERIAN PORTS PLEASE SEE PAGE IV Agents; •MMCIFK TIMBt TMMM ÜBKim. in. Tel: *****4 (5 lines) SINGAPORE 0 n*r MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U.S. PACIFIC, GULF, ATLANTIC, EAST CANADA, ASIAN PORTS iWHr rrr--24-25/1 31-1/5 74/5 14-15/5 21-22/5 21-25/5 54/10
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      774 14 miboM MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPN. BERHAD. WISMA MISC, N0.2, JALAN CONLAY, P.O. BOX 371, KUALA LUMPUR 0409, MALAYSIA. TEL *****8 TELEX: MA *****, *****, ***** ***** CONTAINER SERVICE Cotuiw Service To Eur op* From Europe Feeder *P Kelang Vesset B DAHLIA 21/8 B PtRMAI B PtNAGA 28/8 AORRIGAN B DAHLIA
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      256 14 SUPERCARRIER SERVICE FROM: U8 GULF US ATLANTIC EAST CANADA ,i ir 11 ii j'.v iir 22/1 nn 11/1 2/M t/u 5/5 5/15 VU 11/11 *21/11 nn 2i/u u/ii 2/11 vii •an n/ii *5/m n/u vm •21/11 IV* •22/11 */M i/11 VM "■ARBEN PERSEUS" 5* X "BARBER TERRIER" S*t V "BARBER
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      790 15 Overseas I II I Containers %imm Limited r STRAITS SHIPPING I Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINf RSHIP SERVICF TO UK CONTINFNT tr* 11/9 12/9 14/9 17/9 19/9 20/9 29/9 29/9 29/9 3/19 95/11 1/19 99/19 11/19 97/19 97/19 99/19 19/19 19/19 11/19 19/19 17/19 19/19 29/19
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      42 15 NOTICE 1 Coml|iw» of all damaged cargoes dlachaiged n the captioned vmk) are notified that a general survey wffl be held on tUt August I*l at PPW GDN SB from OaOOhrs to UOOra. No further survey wiO be held. AIMN rfl LTD
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      407 15 Franco Belgian Services smsmm melmb UNm r<a hwi ntm *'aa» KrtwKMH 21 a# akm M 11s* us* us* 17S* MKMMCW nam 21 a# n s#» us* 11 s* it s* 21 s* am comma obtickf na# m lm 17 s* us* 22 s* 23 J* as* kttimumt mcomma is* 7i*
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      695 16 Hapag-Lloyd Also accepting transhipment cargo tor CARIBBEAN WIST MOKS «a Hamburg TO HMTEMAWE* T*< HA |S pore P Mane I Genoa Tries TO NORTH euMfc/mnouwt*/ S pore PK 30 8 31,8 Pen Bilbao Genoa H burg B haxn Rdam Antwerp 4/9 1/10 22/9 6/10 4/10 2/10 TO US4/CMUOA Feeder Hamtowg
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      554 16 KOREA smm LINE CORPN P K elanj PtNANG STOKE ALT AIR 165E SW In Port 21-23 Au| FROM BUSAN BANGKOK ALTAIR 166E Sid In Port 21-23 Auf TO BUSAN VEGA 162W 27-30 Auf 31- 2 Sep 3-5 Sep FROM BUSAN BANGKOK VEGA 163E 27-30 Aut 31- 2 Sep 3-5 Sep
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      591 16 EVERGREEN LINE r FAR EAST/EUROPE EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE 1 ALSO ACCEPTWG CARGO FOR: UNfTED KKG DOM SOUTHAMPTON, LONDON, MANCHESTER, BIRMINGHAM, BRtSTOL, LIVERPOOL GLASGOW, LEEDS. ETC. WEST GERMANY BREMERHAVEN. OSLO, STOCKHOLM, GOTHENBURG. AARHUS, COPENHAGEN HOLLAND AMSTERDAM S>M MM Friiikn Mitotan Mw«p It K»wi iff L«M 12/1 12/9 14/9 lt/9 19/9
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      933 16 5 "BURMESE NATIONAL LINE" g g LOADING FOR RANGOON pkm MTOMinU N-M Spart ft, mm/21 M H/N** »•*/?}<* 1/10 Sap< koents n Matoyuo BOUSTEAD TEL NOS KL *****2/*****9 MM Ot Wa.Mar— IMWMMIM VA.C.IF. m m VII Sa* u/l) S«t 0T BFSSC Aoents *i Moloyvo BOUSTEAD SHIPPING Ql TEL NOS KL
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      170 16 r mo.s.E. OCEAN SHIPPING S ENTERPRISES PTE LTD 19 SANKYO LINE JAPAN/STRAITS SERVICE PU ESTHLLA M PORT SUN UNION LINE KARACHI SERVICE PJCELMG POMNG LORD FOR KYOWA LINE TAIYO MARINE LINE PAHARTI DIM V4S rpm pjmmi 24-27/1 24-25/1 Mi MEMTC P. KELAM S#dliWnMl mtmm iST a«!iwTi»h 371" L LUMP* 18.
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      655 17 PIL GROUP FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO COLOMBO. HODEIDAH. JEDOAH AQABA (Reefer Cntrs Acceptable) 10-10/10 12-13/11 17-18/12 Accepting LCL Cargo to Colombo A Aqaba. *FCL Closing 3/9 2300 HRB S E A. Container Feeder Service SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/HONGKONG/MANILA ACCEPTING LCL/FCL/REEFER CONTAINERS' EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICE COLOMBO/KARACHI/P. GULF SERVICE SINGAPORE/CHITTAGONG/RANGOON/SERVICES OTA BERLIAN. OTA MELUR KOTA
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      662 17 IK-. BENLINE CONTAINERS SmS L >W Cwlfwin CjrOfan Bay Mm* Bit EXPRESS CONTAMER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE H BURC B HAVEN ROAM HAVRE SOTON £!i P *«»'«A»hwrp fr»nc» MUK S/! ,M IJ /> IVI 15/1 8/9 Ji Ji Xln 11/1 a/» IV* »/9 1/M 24/9 VW VW W* Vli 9/19 IJ/9
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      485 17 Scan Dutch? i i piaaca mi i omim a/t I PtNACA 4/1 I OMIM 11/) I KMC* 11/1 OAH.M ft/1 I KMC* 2/10 I QMtW 1/10 I PIAACA It/10 ■I 9 n\ nrw or*. s)i* OM. rpm PJUM* fS? 22*2 2 JM ta y" 2 w «M* SSI „TL Jfl
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      545 17 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES la BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT (ACCEPTING CONTAINERS ONLY) SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG SANTA FE 22 Aug 16 Sop 24 S«p 20 Sop IVYBANK 2 S«p 28 Sep 1 Oct 6 Oct CLYDEBANK 19 S«p U Oct 18 Oct 23 Oct SANTA ELENA 9 Oct
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      887 18 > K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA no feeder Kusas* n v mow *ssas re la se ny fcrthjU *C« 11/9 21/9 lim Gate Mp 11/9 20/9 MIHM 15/1 |/10 fmtt Ace *11 1/9 4/9 Kaala Mm 18/9 29/9 Ifluva Hani 21/9 30/9 TmMm
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      657 18 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER SERVICE IOS *WiS. SAW FRANCISCO. SEATTLE. TACORU. VANCOUVER. E C. Accept!* fa/Fa Contactors Support 1. AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accq** Fa/Fa Cmimtn NEW ZEALAND SERVICE own* irninw. mumcton. MOUND •CM** ra/fa ri—i JAPAN SERVICE P IcUnt Smfjpo' n m VtSHVA KARUNA VtSHVA AOT*AVTSMV* MAIAATA"
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      605 18 7 ''j C rouii SINGAPORE SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD 20TMELOOR OCf AN building SINGAPORE 0104 MARKETING *****2<3LINESI GENEHAI *****1 .14 UNIS. TERMINAL Of FICI *****81 TELEX RS ***** RS 2SS6B A R CARSHIP CABLE CARGOSMIP ltc«|i«Nial Container Lines WEEKLY CONTAINER SERVICE to/from BANGKOK smcapok 22/23 A* M/n huf 29/30 3/4
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      595 18 KORINS MARITIME SERVICES" Room 601 ICB Building. Shentor Way Singapore Tp| *****22 *****67 P Kolang Tpl *****4 *****5 MIDDIi EAST/RED SEA/EUROPE SERVICES STORE P. KELAJIG LOADING FOR: SEA GUARDIAN.. 27 Aug Jeddah/Hodeidah BUNGA VANDA... 8 Sep— Bandar Abbas/B. Khomeni PROGRESS I—2o Sep— Bandar Abbas/B. Khomeni iHyundae Shipping Co. Ijd. Huma
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      568 18 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD St BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK •OIOtSM/TMM/K S>« MeM« Pm, 13 Sm 17 Sap «Od M Oct FULL CONTAINER WEST BOUND SERVICE MKHT Ml 13 tST MSah/Ljvenio/M'MBes/ Hwhet/tetteriaeVnbunr ra km mm u Od m FULL CONTAINER EAST BOUND SERVICE no umch no mmt fta rrm 17 tac it
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      747 19 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): N. JAK3W. 0. CHEF 26W HK CONTAMER 27W.. K. MCEJM U« C. CONTMNER 13W... N. GARNET 7W _NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia MERCATOR S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1700 23/8 LCL Cargo 0500 23/8 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) TO AMD
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      467 19 ijfcfl MAC-NELS AGENCIES PTE. LTD. r* m 1304 13TH FLOOR HONG LEONG BLO6. T«L» nvocc sxnca mwßtm um quoted on nmoim FCL LCL UK/Europ« ContaiMr Sorvico Sport HTun Adam ILK. A'wtrp Llam 20/1 15/9 17/9 20/9 21/9 23/9 Australia Container ttirrici Spare Sydney M^mssi AdaWda (Mm: F'marth I Btana) 22/1
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      700 19 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVCT SMPPMG CO PRIVATE LTD SV6OV BULOMG 55. Martet Street Seaport 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (10 Lints) Cable Address SVfSOV SMGAPORE Tetei Nwifttrs RS 213 M RS ***** RS 2SIOS P KELAHC M/S SMARMAT MM SOON SON M IST AND 2ND FLOOR. NO 1. JALAN CtMPENMC PORT KLANG
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      386 20 nu§ UOV iM. X. antoll lines Independent Lrer Service FCL Cortaners Heavy Lifts 0»"! B Is to *Ofl »et WIR CIONG 5W MUSS** IASMANH SdDrttt Sd Tifc Si|M SdDntt M Tdb ISS/19N 17S/20N IC/21W IIS/22N 20S/23N Saptl Sapt t 20 Oct I Oct 23 S«pt 3 Sapt 12 Sept 24
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      185 20 ■mmmmmhmi kuT K I INF, KINKAI 1 JAPAN/STRAITS/JAPAN Fully Containerised Service Vessel Tokyo Robe Spore Pwang P. Kelang Spore Tokyo Robe NORWAY ft SM SM 21/t 23/t 24/8 2C/I 1/9 10/9 NONBTM V 7 29/1 31/8 10/9 12/9 13/9 15/9 21/9 30/9 WUM?m 0/9 10/9 21/9 23/9 24/9 2C/9 7/10
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      253 20 ft JOHORE SHIPPING LJr l„l IA |AN 1( NGKU BAOAP POR <MI ANli S( t ANGOR MAIAV'.IA HAJ SHIPPING SDN. BERHAD i Express Unrttoad Senace from P Ketone i East Malay w Brunei HAYATI V: 12/11 HAYATI V: 13/11 HAYATI V: 14/11 HAMDAH V: 15/81 HAMDAH V: 16/S1 HAMDAH V:
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      324 20 SAUDIS LINE Regular Conventional Service S. PKMCE S SUNRISE (AN Sou* F'og Vnsdt) for DAMMAM, DUBAI. JEDOAH BKK SIN PK 13/9 11/9 20/9 21/9 3/10 5/10 ASM) MNUim CO LIB TO. *****7 TOMS IMMM U 414H4/414JW mnm BwmM it X73TS^^ h ETtIT transtimber LINE I' l BULK TIMBER SERVICE ESPtAKA
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      272 20 a PERKAPAIAN LAUTAN RU SON. «HD. P O Bo* 220. KoU KratMtu S*bah KGULAt IMS sav*a Sabjh Sarawak Bangkok Sngaporr Port krtang Vessels. Penanf P.Klaoc Spore Loadiag tef LAUTAN MM VJ/ll hW L*b««i, KK LAUTAN LIM V.t/tl Am| 22 A* KK. Kudat LAUTAN ENAM Wi/ll ISA* 251* Sandakaa. SEALION SHIPPING
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      149 20 fd m s 4 s s SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 AJA. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: K Thunderstorm Temperature °C Q Weather Wind direction with speed in knots R in Wave height Cloudy Sky Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height 5 knots. Temperature Weather Svtaee winds are
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