The Business Times, 19 March 1983

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  • 10 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 67/1/83 SATURDAY, MARCH 11,1*83 60 CENTS
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  • 390 1  -  By RICHARD SEAH SOUTH Korean and Singapore companies find it difficult to have joint investments because the two countries have similar industrial structure and are at about the same level of industrial development. Yet such joint investments are important because pooling resources and expertise
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  • 143 1 BANKAMERICA Corp had US$6.BO billion of credits outstanding at the end of 1982 to three Latin American countries with liquidity problems, the company said in its annual report. The credit exposures were about $2.50 billion to Mexico, $2.30 billion to Brazil and $2.00 billion to Venezuela.
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  • 385 1 SINGAPORE could become Asia's new centre for funds management because of uncertainty over Hongkong's political future, a Bank of America report said. The report, prepared by the Asia division, noted that three major merchant banks Morgan Grenfell (Asia), Wardley, and N M Rothschild and Sons have
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  • 552 1  -  By CHOO AI LENG PROMET Bhd has announced sharply higher earnings (or 1962 and its first dividend after many years. The Malaysian-based group yesterday said it achieved pre-tax profits of M 365.8 million, an increase of 57 per cent over the $41.9 million made in
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  • 441 1 HITACHI Electronic Devices, the only manufacturer of colour television picture tubes here, expects demand for its product to grow steadily over the next few years. Director Mr H Yasunaga estimates the local market will grow by between 10 and 15 per cent annually. The export market is
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 79 1 Reuter THE Australian Labour government is against granting foreign banks entry to the domestic retail hanidng system, Prime Minister Bob Hawke said. Answering questions on the government's attitude to the move which was going ahead under the previous Conservative government, Hawke said in Canberra: "We do not
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    • 73 1 Reuter FIRST Pacific Holdings Ltd (FPH) plans a seven-for-one rights issue to raise about HKJ7SO million to finance a planned acquisition of the Hibernia Bank of San Francisco, FPH executive director Robert Meyer said. The Hibernia bank, which has 33 branches in the San Francisco Bay area,
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    • 53 1 THAILAND'S army yesterday failed to overturn a parliamentary vote that guaranteed a return to full civilian rule and was designed to keep the armed forces from political power. An apparent last ditch attempt to restore the army's political influence by means of procedural manoeuvring to challenge Wednesday's
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    • 74 1 Reuter THE WEST German Federal Cartel Office has approved the acquisition by Thomson-Brandt SA of 75 per cent of AEG-Telefunken AG's wholly owned consular electronics subsidiary, Telefunken Fernseh und Rundfunk GmbH (TFR). Sources at AEG, which will continue to bold 25 per cent of TFR, noted
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    • 95 1 Reuter IRANIAN Oil Minister Mohammad Gharazi told a Teheran press conference Iraqi air raids earlier this month on Iran's Nowruz offshore oilfield had caused an oil spillage estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 barrels a day, Kyodo news agency reported from Teheran. The Japanese news agency quoted Mr Gharazi
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    • 90 1 AFP THE West German mark and the French franc briefly moved out of the European Monetary System (EMS) on the London exchange market yesterday, in what dealers described as an "accidental" slip over their trading ceiling. Dealers said that the two currencies were never actually dealt over their
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    • 35 1 Reuter JAPAN moved yesterday to ease trade friction with the European Economic Community by introducing minimum export prices for video tape recorders (VTRs) shipped to Western Europe, government officials in Tokyo Reuter
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  • 460 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH SINGAPORE may get a high-technology investment by default. The investment, said to be more than 116 million, was originally planned for Hongkong by America's Data General Corp. A recent report from Hongkong said the company decided to abort its
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  • 149 1 FIVE banks yesterday signed a "club deal" in Singapore to lend US$4O million to the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC). The five are Malayan Banking (the agent bank), Bank of America, National Westminister Bank, Mitsubishi Bank and Sanwa Bank. The 10-year loan, repayable in five
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 710 2 Reuter THE West German Bundesbank's key lending rate cuts have created conditions for a speedy realignment of the European Monetary System. The West German Savings and Giro Banks Association in Bonn on Thursday said the central bank's decision will give an additional impulse
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    • 135 2 Reuter A GROUP of British investors will file suits in an American federal court next week, claiming a total US$2OO million in punitive damages from PrudentlalBache Securities Inc. a spokesman for the group aid. Alec Snobel, deputy chairman of the group, said that separate suits will
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    • 552 2 NYT MOST companies involved in projects in Iraq are asking banks for 18 to 24 months deferred credit to fund the schemes which the government in Baghdad no longer has money to pay. Only very high priority projects will continue in
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    • 295 2 Reuter INTERVENTION to sappert the Preach fraae has rises sharply as the earreaey has eeme under preaaare Is the past twi weeks, flsaarisl ssarees la Paris said. Tbr Bank •< France's latest halaace sheet ladleatas later veattoa as foreign exchaagea Is the
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    • 573 2  -  ANGELINE TAN KOREA Development Bank International (Singapore) Ltd (KDBI) will be expanding its local operations to play a more active role in the international banking arena. Since KDBI was set up in November 1981, it has concentrated mainly on loan syndication activities, with the lead
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    • 285 2 AFP CHINA appears to have reduced its external debt substantially, having reimbursed more than US$5 billion over a four-year period. The New China news agency has reported that at the close of last year, Chinese authorities settled a debt of $5.1 billion contracted
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    • 177 2 Reuter THE US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Preston Martin yesterday said the outlook for interest rates is uncertain because of scepticism that Inflation will remain low. He told the Senate banking committee in Washington such scepticism is understandable. "A year or two of progress, following
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    • 108 2 Reuter BORROWING on international markets is expected to fall in 1983 to between US$l45 Milton and $155 billion from $170 billion in 1982, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said in Paris. However, borrowing is expected to recover from relatively low levels at the beginning of
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGE$
    • 331 2 GOLD FUTURES in Singapore yesterday fluctuated narrowly throughout the ■«inn in quiet trading before closing slightly firmer than the overnight New York levels. Total sales for the day was recorded at 89 lots while kerb volume at 198 lots. Prompt closed little changed at USHIB.SO/422.00 an ounce compared with
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    • 435 2 THE US dollar opened firmer against most major currencies on the local foreign exchange yesterday. Against the Singapore dollar, the US unit opened at 2.0860/70. It fell to 2.0650/60 in the morning and stayed at this level for most part of the day. It slid to the day's
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    • 146 2 THE DOLLAR for overnight delivery yesterday closed easier at 238.60 yen in quiet trading after opening at 239.30. This was below the 239.60/ 80 finish in New York overnight, but above the 237.06 close in Tokyo on Thursday. Trading volume was a light $1.10 billion. The dollar rose slightly
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    • 22 2 THE tTtrafe rats At which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.25 per cent.
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    • 179 2 ASIAN ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on March 18: US MUn(SMt) Offer SU 7 days 9 3/18 91/16 1 month 9* 9* 2 months 9* 9* 3 months OH 9* 6 months 9H 9M> 9 months 911/16 99/16 13 months 9* 9* Dwi SwJn. IHUiL 1 month
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    • 45 2 RANGE of price* offered by discount houaes on March U: Overnight 3<« OB deposits: 3 CUi| Bartaf SeUiM 3-month Treasury bills 2* 2S 3-month Bank bills 6H 64 3 months CD 6 7/16 6 5/16 6 months CD IH 6* Source: National Discount Co
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    • 49 2 RESULTS of tender held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Mar 21 to Mar 25: Offered: $160,000,000 Applied for: $403,000,000. Allotted: $160,000,000. Accepted hMs: $99.38 approximately 83 per cent; higher bids in full. Avenge rate af discoaat •n aUotmeat: 2.420 per cent per annum.
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    • 37 2 New York io sa 10.(28 um 10.MS Zurich 10.57B 10.BB 10.175 10 75S Prt Tfcan Support 10J5B io ma 10SSS 10.795 Closing prk In US d koUara a troy ouac t. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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    • 101 2 THE US dollar was generally steady in thin pre-week-end trading yesterday amid nervousness because of the possibility of an EMS realignment. The dollar held at 2.3875/ 82 marks after an early 2.3873/80, partly aided by the Bundesbank cut in Lombard and discount rate by one point Banknote rata yesterday
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    • 73 2 FURTHER assessment of Thursday's round of European interest rate cuts helped the dollar extend its overnight advance at the opening but failed to alleviate pressures within the EMS. Opening quotes yesterday: US 1.5007/17 Can 1.8375 «2 Crops 1.2242/« DMk 3.5841/880 D F1 3.9857'9906 S Fr 3.0910/53 70.62 74 F
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
    • 308 3 DEEP FRIED potato chips will soon be sold automatically with the help of a coin-operated machine called Mr Chips. The machine, made by Precision Fry Foods of Adelaide, South Australia, will fry about 125 grams of potato chips in vegetable oil and serve them piping
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    • 553 3 [IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY J THE construction industry, which is expected to remain buoyant in the next five years, will create about 25,000 new Jobs. Mr Lee Yock Suan, Minister of State (National Development), based his estimate on construction projects in the pipeline, including major
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    • 181 3 A BRITISH study team is now in Singapore to look at the operations of the Commercial Crime Division and to make necessary recommendations on the changes needed to deal more effectively with white collar crimes, Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Chua Sian Chin,
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    • 427 3 A REVAMP of the present bus system will begin at the end of the year or early next year. The recommendations of a study undertaken by the Singapore Bus Service for this purpose are being finalised and will be made available next month or in May,
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    • 258 3 JAPAN Servo Motors, part of the Hitachi Group, is investing $18 million over the next five years to set up an integrated manufacturing facility in Singapore. The company, a world leader in the manufacture of precision motors, is the third Japanese stepper motor
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    • 211 3 YORK Hotel, a member of the Goodwood group, has promoted Aagetlae to marketing manager. Miss Soh, who joined York Hotel last September as senior sales manager, will head the sales and marketing department as well as plan for the overseas promotion of the hotel. She will be
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    • 413 3  -  By RICHARD SEAH SOUTH KOREA and the Asean countries could bold talks to improve trade between the two. This suggestion came from Mr Lee Kee Ming, president of the Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (SFCCI), during the inaugural meeting of
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    • 315 3 MACHINEASIA 83, the fifth production machinery and engineering equipment show in South-east Asia, will be held at the World Trade Centre from Sep 26 to 30. This show, featuring the latest in general and specialised production machinery, packaging/plastic machinery and plant maintenance equipment, has attracted more than 350
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 800 4 Reuter THIS week's Opec oil price agreement is beginning to look increasingly fragile as buyers in London said the Soviet Union was offering a US$l.25 cut in its export price, Egypt had trimmed J2 a barrel off its key blend and British Petroleum (BP)
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    • 454 4 UPI A GROUP of American mayors found the selling of America is a hard sell indeed in Hongkong. The mayors and other officials, representing some of America's largest cities, went to Hongkong this week for a three-day exhibition aimed at
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    • 731 4 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From MAS MH811 1040 PEN SIA SQ103 1100 KUL GIA GA960 1100 HLP SIA SQ201 1130 HLP THAI TG403 1140 BKK KLM KL837 1220 AMS KHI/DEL SIA SQ203 1230 HLP MAS MH603 1235 KUL GIA GA940 1235 MES SIA SQ238 1255
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    • 272 4 NYT THE US Seaate in WashingtM yesterday brake a weekIsag stalemate and approved a recession relief bill containing IJSSS.2 billion U provide Jobs aad hamanltariaa aid for the unemployed. Tke stalemate ended whea Senator Robert Kasten, sponsor sf aa amendment to repeal tax
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    • 390 4 WEST German Economics Minister Otto Lambsdorff has invited major German steel companies, trade unions and regional governments to talks aimed at streamlining the country's stricken steel industry. A Bonn economics ministry spokesman said the talks were called for next Thursday, only a week ahead
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    • 348 4 THE West German government partners, who emerged victorious from the March 6 election, have reached broad agreement«to cut government borrowing and lighten industry's tax burden next year. The accord implies that there will be cuts in some social benefits perhaps affecting pensions and
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    • 295 4 THE US Justice Department is considering launching an anti-trust investigation into North Atlantic air services after allegations by Laker Airways. The now defunct UK airline claims that major US and European airlines conspired to drive it out of business. Mr Christopher Morris, Laker's liquidator, last
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    • 635 4 AP UPI THE broadest measure of US foreign trade plunged into deficit last year for the first time since 1979, pulled down by a record drop at the end of the year. A Commerce Department economist in Washington yesterday said the deficit
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    • 1031 4 VmmI Berth Arrival Departure MARINA WHARVES KEPPEL WHARVE Europa Ham Luong Jenson Jenhol Kenwood Kota Banteng Marl Boeing Ned Bangkok P Albernl City Seng Qlap Equator IV Gao Yang Gunung Kumawa Hual Yin J Farewell Kota Buana Marigold Ned Nagoya Ned Amersfoort Pravdlnsk PA8IR PANJANG Dellma 109
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    • 587 5 NYT THE European Economic Community's executive commission has said the US economic upturn, lower interest rates and falling oil prices offer for the first time in years the chance of lasting recovery in Europe. But, in a detailed analysis prepared
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    • 344 5 THE United States is trying to persuade reluctant allies to agree on new controls on sales of oil and gas technology to the Soviet Union. The forum for Washington's latest bid for consensus on an issue which has led to trans-Atlantic
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    • 951 5 AP Reuter AUSTRALIA'S new Prime Minister Bob Hawke yesterday indicated Australia would take a tougher line in trade negotiations with Japan as part of a more nationalistic approach to foreign investment and trade. At the same time, he ruled out the entry
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 402 5 Agencies THE military regime in Argentina has imposed price controls on certain manufacturers and producers in an effort to slow record inflation which saw consumer prices rise 30 per cent in the first two months of the year. Consumer prices rose 209 per cent last year the second
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    • 729 5 UPI A PENTAGON blueprint made known in Washington on Thursday urges government spending of nearly USJ2 trillion in the next five years to bolster America's military might as well as envisions stationing US ground forces in the Persian Gulf region. It tones down references,
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    • 324 5 UPI THE Soviet Union yesterday warned Western Europe again against backing the planned deployment of new US medium-range missiles. "Those who are prepared with such ease to allow American missiles into their home, thus placing themselves in a position of Washington's
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    • 505 5 Reuter THAILAND'S army, making a last ditch attempt to restore its political influence, has won approval for a new session of Parliament to reconsider a verdict which debarred it from power. Four members of the country's elected House of Representatives successfully petitioned speaker
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  • 833 6  -  The increasing shift towards urban life and worries about the alcoholic content of wine have led to a decline in wine-drinking among the French, reports PAUL BETTS from Paris. PAUL BETTS FT FRENCH plonk is in trouble. It is no longer the country's most
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 194 6 -IH-OIE CROSSWORD CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACRO6B 9 And ice formed round the vehicle previously (2,7) 10 Line with leather (9) 12 Look for maintenance in return (4) 13 Going off mowed a field (8) t 14 Brings about one hundred assorted tiles (7) 15 Came to one's senses when war broke
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    • 744 6 TiVr&WWDTO SINGAPORE 5 1.00 PM Operinf Mowed by Seume Street: Children's educational programme. 2.00 BUckstar The Air Whales of Ancher. Blackstar must find whale Warhoon before the vengeful skycaptain Nihilus. 2.25 Puppets: This film presents a number of puppetmaking techniques varying in their levels of difficulty and complexity. 2.40 Satvday
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  • 1333 7 Antony Thorncroft reflects on the Hongkong Arts Festival FT THE chorus line edges on stage, legs high kicking, costumes perhaps borrowed from a particularly decadent night club in Isherwood's Berlin. But what's this: Surely the big girl third from the right is a man?
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  • 542 7 STRAWS in the c Wind JULIE'S Enterprise in Hongkong, presumably a job agency, obviously believes in the economy of words. Hence this advertisement (left), which calls for some deciphering expertise on the part of its readers/ job hunters. IN SINGAPORE, It hi hard
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  • 547 7  -  By STEPHEN ADDISON Reuter THE «M trams clanking laboriously between Hongkong's skyscrapers, sae sf the British colony's meat distinctive features, ceald seea be ran sff the read by progress. Na sae could say the grimy, weatherbeaten relies are eemfortable, as sae esald say they
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 1027 9 COFFEE: Robusta coffee futures ended yesterday morning just below the contract highs, and the highest levels seen for three years, established around midsession when May reached £1,878 a tonne. May finally traded at £1,870, up £39 from Thursday's close while other positions showed gains of between £30 and
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    • 331 9 SINGAPORE: Yesterday's closing prices in SJ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.02, 100 per cent second class 0.72, 100 per cent third class 0.68, 25 per cent new crop 0.58, B-10 per cent 0.67. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.60, Special 0.56. THAI
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    • 174 9 CHINESE Prsdsee Eiekuge, Slug»parr, mm clsrisg prices per 1M k( yesterday. CMMit aii: Bulk fob 196.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $106.00 sellers, new drum fob $112.00 sellers. Cspra: Mixed (loose) $55 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $310.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper
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    • 196 9 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) CettM yara: China Blue Phoenix 20s 2,495; 32s 2.985, 4Qs 3,210 (per bale of 400 lbs). Pteee gssis: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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    • 146 9 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market yesterday closed easier on short-selling in moderate trading. In the March position, central region fell M 55.50 to Ms7lB a tonne and south M 51.50 to M 5727.50 while in April, south and central lost M 52.50 each to M 5727.50 and
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    • 32 9 Rubber: Mar 18 Singapore: April: 224.50 cents (down 2.00 cents) Malaysia: April: (245.00 cents (down 2.50 cents) Tin: M 530.53 per kilo (up 2.00 cents) 140 tonnes (up 45 tonnes)
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    • 66 9 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang yesterday rose two cents to M53t.53 a kilo, still within the IT A lower sector of Ms2f.ls and M $32.16. The marginal rise was attribnted to buffer stock manager buying. Demand from Japanese, Europe and local operators also helped sentiment. Turnover rose
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    • 64 9 WHEAT futures in Chicago on Thursday closed on a strong note, up 7Vt to three US-cents per bushel in moderately active trade. May traded in a relatively narrow 5V% cent range. Corn futures closed on a firm note after new crop set new contract highs, up 4'/« to ltt
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    • 66 9 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Thursday closed nine to 12 US-cents a bushel higher, just off the highs after trading in a 13-cent range in May. Soyproduct futures ended higher on a steady note in improved turnover. Soybean meal closed up 12.70 to $3.30 a tonne. Soyoil finished up
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    • 266 9 LEVELS seesawed in volatile and uncertain conditions within a nine-cent range, with April One RSS finishing SW cents down on balance. Turnover was well maintained, says Holiday, Cutler Md Bath in its rubber review for the week ended Mar 17. The market alternated between periods of steadiness,
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    • 327 9 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday Noon (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S prompt (.o.b. 218.00 219.00N Int. 1 R.S.S. April 236.50 227.50 Int. 1 R.S.S May 234.50 235.50 Int. 2 R.S.S. 205.50 207.50N UK Cant 204.30 206 50N Int. 3 R.S.S 202.00 204.00N UK Coot
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    • 124 9 NOON SSR and SMR p incaa yesterday KAS April lOurreal Mtk) Mar (Forward Bayers 8a Mtk) Iters SSR 20 (1-ton Bayers Sal tiers pallet! 225.00 227 00N 227.00 229 00N SSR SO (I -Ion pallet! ***** 223 00N 223 00 225 OON MRELB April Mijr SMR CV
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    • 220 9 THE RUBBER market in Singapore yesterday closed uncertain with April One RSS buyers quoted at 224.50 cents per kilo, down two cents from Thursday night. Prices lost one cent during morning trading after fluctuating narrowly on speculative buying and profit-taking. In Kaala Lampar, the Malaysian rubber market yesterday closed
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 200 9 MAR 11 FT* CORBEILLE Alr-Llqulde 482 -1 B S N Qervals Danone 1498 -8 C S F (ThomjonC»f). 182.50 -15 Cte Francalie des Petroles 186 -3 Credit Fonder De France 437 -9 Hachette (Llbralrle) 815 10 Machines Bull 44.80 unch MIchelm (B) 822 -12 Omnium 720 Peugeot Philip# (Sr
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    • 916 9 NEW YORK STOCK PRICES just managed to close mixed on Thursday, thanks to some late bargain hunting. However, there was little momentum to the uptrend. The Dow Jones Industrial Average showed a loss of one to two points until the final hour of trading, when it inched
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 6 9 See Page 11 for Asian stocks.
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  • 3295 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and Imlmm 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 All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after
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  • 189 10 SINGAPORE UNIT RUT diamond moi rsTOK E The Commerce tar Marti) 331 3 53 (Mmpn' prtoea tar Mar 19 A The Saving! Fund 1.79 l.ttsd Feb Mar S'pore Prat Fund 149 1.56 Diamond S pore Sec. Fund S'pore Invest Fund 2 30 2.34 i.M in S'pore Fd(USI) SI
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  • 3253 10 1982/1983 High Low Coapuy Last Sale orGit's Div Div Crr Gr*. Yld Net P/E Vol (*000) Day High Low SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL 350 195 233 400 380 141 229 291 480 498 450 680 1520 490 285 510 1040 334 440 740 328 790 600 275
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  • 1934 10 BID mad oOer price* officially lined and tnwt— la and inputted to the Kuala Lumpur Stock En-hanfe yeaterday, with the Dumber of riiarei traded wbcnra la (rackets la lots of 1.000 units uataai otherwtae **ci Bed. Mwnvuus Kitmm (2.105) (80) 2.12 (18) 113 (28) 2.11 (5) 2.15
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  • 756 10 THE 81agapere market moved erratically yesterday ag la vectors aad trader» were aaeertala which way the market was headed. Prteee had apeaed steady bat mm drifted iadecMvely before etoalag eaaler. The Bagtaeas Times Cempaaite ladex elaaed with a IM pgtat fall to BJMI while the Straits
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  • 592 10 PRICES closed mixed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. After opening around overnight levels, prices firmed till tea-break before slipping in erratic trading. In the afternoon, most prices recovered but heavy profit-taking towards the close pared earlier gains. Interest was chiefly on lower-liner stocks such
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 534 11 Reuter ALLIED Corporation is determined to sell its large holdings in RCA Corporation by the end of this month, but it may be asking too high a price for the stock, Wall Street analysts say. Allied obtained the 5,368,900 RCA common shares
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    • In Hongkong...
      • 92 11 Consolidated net profit before extraordinary items of HKH82.97 million (1555.84 million) in calendar 1982. Extraordinary profit of $122.82 million ($345.87 million profit). Final dividend of 21 cents per 'A' share (18 cents) and 4 2 cents per 'B' share (3.6 cents), plus special capital bonus of
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      • 78 11 Group 1982 net profit of HK&27JS milium (1134.06 million). Final dividend of 70 cents on capital increased by one-for-flve bonus issue in May 1982 (same on aniilw capital) making total for year of $1 (same, or 83.33 cents after adjusting for bonus issue). The company
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      • 62 11 Group net profit of HKJ164.3 million in 1982 ($54.8 mlliiwi for the six months ended Dec 31,1981). Pinal dividend of 2.5 cents, making 4.5 cents far year (maiden dividend of cents). Books claae from April 15 to 29. Hm group expects improved profit in 1983. The company
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      • 73 11 Reuter 1982 net profit of HKJ38.13 million ($45.85 million). Unrealised exchange gain of $1.83 million plus extraordinary profit of $417,293 ($88.12 million profit) making total net profit of $40.17 million ($113.96 million). Final dividend of 47.5 cents (same), payable on May 18, making total for year
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    • 709 11  -  ■arket Talk... By CHRIS LIM PROMETS prospects in the next two years are good in spite of the downturn in the rig market. The stock has been recommended for purchase by London stock broking firm Stesa aai Caaies. It said prospects in
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    • 566 11 NYT FOR Sterling Drug, the maker of Bayer aspirin, the recall of Johnson and Johnson's Tylenol last September presented an unexpected opportunity. Sterling had for years been trying unsuccessfully to break Tylenol's grip oo the pain reliever market in the US, and this sudden moment of
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 290 11 PRICES CLOSED lower across the board in very light trading yesterday, with the sharpest declines concentrated among mining stocks following falls overnight in world gold and base metal prices. The market opened easier and prices drifted lower throughout the day and near the close the All-Ordinaries index
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    • 61 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed easier on an increased turnover of 6.33 million pesos compared with 4.92 million on Thursday. UM *0001 XJO -1J UM +iLMM UN uneh rim phu HMO Lcptnto b. 75-00 .It 1J0 unch 1M -04 01BO -UM Martnduqu* B oat -MM 0.016 -CM lit -MM MiOO
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    • 326 11 HONGKONG STOCKS CLOSED around the morning lows in fairly quiet late trading yesterday and the Hang Seng index was 15.94 points lower at 991.32 points. Speculation about announcements of corporate results depressed the market. This was the first time in a fortnight the index ended below the
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    • 499 11 SHARE PRICES on the Tokyo stock market yesterday rose sharply in light trading and the market average closed at a record 8,***** points, up 99.76 points from Thursday's close. There were no special bullish factors but sentiment was boosted by the late advance of Sony,
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    • 109 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed mixed with losses and gains about equal in quiet trading. MAR U Baftta Aokhui Thai ASU FlbW 104 unch A^Tjlh*7*«Ini ♦a Banctot Bank Bui Of AywllSaya Ml unch l-M 190 Bata Shoe Barll Juckar M9 unch Charoon« Thai Wtra 322 PlTWtOO* Firn Tnut 44-79 Ooodyar
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 207 11 NOTICE NOTICE OP FINAL MEETING IN THE MATTEB OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 186 AND IN THE MATTEB OP GOLDENSARI SHIPPING PTE LTD MEMBERB' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that pursuant to Section 272 of The Companies Act, Cap. 186, the Pinal Meeting of the members of the company
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    • 196 11 4 3 Make it your business to be part of The First International Technology Exhibition for Asia 6 9 September 1983 World Trade Centre Singapore. Asian Energy *83 is Energy Generation, Distribution, Conservation and Alternative Energy Sources. It is estimated that in the rapidly expanding ASEAN and S.E. Asian Region,
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  • Chief Price Changes
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      168 12 Rises T Langat flmwia Keck Seng K G Hldg Setron AMD Lion Corp Utd Est JC-MPH 960 170 484 221 170 246 346 550 206 Falls +30 +25 +20 +19 +18 16 16 15 +11 C Sugars Uhi Benut HLInd 1400 740 960 -60 —20 -20 PMC Oriental
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  • 218 12 SIM Lim Finance will be listed under the first trading section (finance) on the Stock Exchange of Singapore on Monday. In view of the current bullish undertone of the market, brokers and investors are hoping the shares will begin trading with a bang. They
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  • 772 12 EQUITIES opened mixed yesterday in quiet and dull trading ahead of the account end, dealers said. The Financial Times Index at noon was down L 8 points at 658.2. On further consideration of Thursday's figures, TI Group fell 2p to 164 but GKN gained 3p at 158 and
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  • 514 12  -  HI Companies Editor: Mano Sabnari By ALAN LEE KECK SENG (Malaysia) Bhd has made another major investment in the property field. The company announced late yesterday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued capital erf Banang Bersama Segamat
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  • 290 12 MALAYSIAN American Assurance Co Bhd (MAA) has declared a ooe-for-two bonus issue along with a set of improved results. The bonus issue will raise MAA's paid-up capital to M 96 million from $4 million. MAA yesterday said its capital base is being enlarged
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  • 265 12 MALAYSIA Borneo Finance Corporation (M) Bhd is preparing the prospectus and application forms for the sale offer of shares in the company on April 15. Bumiputra Merchant Bankers, the adviser and manager of the offer of 24,308 million shares in MBF Corp, said the
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  • 48 12 H K.HANG SENG Friday 991.32 Thursday 1007-26 Week Ago 1032.80 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS Friday 040J) Thursday 8613 We«k Ago «63.7 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 906.4 Week Ago 515.4 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 681.0 Wednesday 871.3 5 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS hursday 1116.97 'ednesday 1116.00 eek Ago 1120 M
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  • 328 12 UNITED Overseas Land has received the balance of $42.47 million, representing 90 per cent of the consideration for selling part of its Mount Echo Park land to the Brunei government. The sale was completed on March 17, following the approval from the Controller of Residential Property. The property
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  • 466 12 TRADING group Inchcape Bhd has reported flat results for 1982. Audited figures Just released show a group pretax profit of M 151.96 million for the year ended Dec 31, 1982 (151.41 million previously). The results were arrived at after providing for depreciation of fixed
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  • 86 12 METAL Cmtmimen hu reported sharply redaeed pnftti far the rix swathe eaied Dm SI, 1ML Bit by the rMMht la the petrels ■a hi edlhle ail firtwi, the grew aUe aaty hi eperaoag praflte ($44 mOHea prevteaaiy). The |r«ip laearred aa after-tax lew «t $1.13 ■!lH«a Iffffrri u HUME
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 167 12 THE AMERICAN CLUB SINGAPORE Enquiries are invited from Architectual/ Engineering Groups interested in being considered for the design of a major rebuilding program for the American Club at its present location. Eligible groups shall consist of a major International Architectual firm, a major Singapore Architectual organization and associated engineering groups.
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    • 436 12 JOIST YESTI RE: DYXAMIC AYES I E FOR ()RI>()lt ITE OSSOLII) ITIO X A SI) TECIISOEOdY TR AS SEER 20 21 M'KII 1983, kl .ALA U MP I R HILTON, MALAYSIA It mil scom i ri;vis ONFKRKNC K HAIRMAN: lan Sri llshak Itin Pateh \khir, hairman, Mala\Man lintusiri.il I \uIh««riI\
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 62 12 OUTLOOK for today: Clear in the morning; scattered showers in the afternoon. Report tor 24 bun prior to 7.3t pin on March 18 at the airport: Maximum temperature 34.7 Associated humidity 56 Minimum temperature 25.4 Associated humidity L 90 Hours of sunshine L 8.66 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall
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