The Business Times, 9 April 1983

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C.(P) No. 67/1/83 BATUBDAY, APRIL I, IMS 60 CENTS
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    Ministry turns down car rental firms' request
    344 1  -  JOH LIM THE Ministry of Trade and Industry has rejected a petition from car rental companies to postpone the implementation of the recent Budget ruling to disallow tax deductions for companies hiring SZ cars (Or more than 183 days in a year. Car
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    PIA to use its own advertising agency
    235 1 PAKISTAN International Airlines (PIA) has decided to switch its advertising agency from OgDvy A Mather Adverting Singapore to its own subsidiary, lAL, baaed in Karachi. The airline's, contract with OAK ends this June. It had apparently been thtwiHwg of this change in the
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    OUE to raise $100m through rights issue
    458 1  -  By CHAN OI CHEE OVERSEAS Union Enterprise, owner and operator of Mandarin Hotel, is to raise another $100 million from the stock market through a rights issue. This is the second time in less than a year that the company is """«j a
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    Partnership changes soon at Eurasbank
    478 1  -  ®y SOH TIANG KENG SWEEPING changes win soon take place in the partnership of European Asian Bank (Eurashank) a consortium of seven European banks which runs a branch In Singapore. Three of Its partners will give up their capital stake to pave the way for
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    Drastic fall in fire rates worries insurers
    334 1 THE president at the General Insurance Association at Stagnpare has voiced hit coueeru about the dangeroualy low fire premium rates. Mr Koto Bee Clye, in the GlA'a latest annual report, •aid that mne tail in premium rates is expected in a free market
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  • BRIEFLY...
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      Lock icon Amoco pulls out
      68 1 Reuter AMOCO (Thailand) Petroleum Corp, owned by the US Standard 00 Co, yesterday withdrew from a consortium seeking an oil exploration concession in central Thailand. Mr Sivavong Changkasiri, the director-general of the Mineral Resources Department in Bangkok, said Amoco withdrew because it could not accept the Thai
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      Lock icon MX not invulnerable
      70 1 UPI PRESIDENT Reagan's special panel studying the MX missue yesterday concluded there is no practical way to make the intercontinental missile invulnerable to Soviet attack. Friday's edition of The Washington Post said the conclusion caused a shift in position in the Reagan Administration, which is trying to
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      Lock icon Development loan
      90 1 AP THE Korea Exchange Bank of South Korea yesterday signed a US$5OO million loan agreement with an international consortium of more than 50 banks. Mr Chung Choon-Taik, president of the bank, said the eight-year loan is an "on-lending" one for the general economic development of his country. It
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      Lock icon New warplane
      78 1 Reuter THE Japanese Defence Ministry in Tokyo yesterday unveiled a hightechnology warplane described as a fighter pilot's dream because of its remarkable agility and manoeuvrability at high speeds. The "control configured vehicle", a twin-engined fighter rape hie of flying at 1.6 timet the speed of sound, It said
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      Lock icon USSR expels Britons
      64 1 Reuter THE Soviet Union yesterday announced the expulsion of a British diplomat and a Journalist, a week after London ordered three Soviet officials to leave the country. A spokesmen for the British Embassy in Moscow said an assistant air attache, squadron leader David Williams, and Financial Times
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      Lock icon Hawke on pensions
      54 1 Reuter AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke in Sydney yesterday —«h his Labour government might refuse to pay state pensions to the wealthy. He said the government would consider means-testing pensioners to assesi their finances and that it was only fair that those with the greatest capacity should
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      Lock icon Spanish state sued
      96 1 Reuter THE former owners of Rumasa, the holding company expropriated by the Spanish government in February, yesterday sued for repossession of their shares. Court sources in Madrid said former President Jose Maria Rui2 Mateos and his five brothers, sole shareholders of the holding, said the expropriation decree
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    Overnight rates rise to a high of 32pc
    91 1 Stagapere dollars m raeSnfcMfataeJiiaped to y «fgpsreesdtilths rates started (Mjh ipriiMfMl Spar US spree is ef up to S per esst heh« el the However, eloslniT *aw them eastag ti M per ww daae a? 2s Sf^psr mm* 1» par emd to
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    Stock market puts up another good show
    264 1 INSPIRED by healthy gains in the OCBC stable of companies, the stockmarket pat ap another bullish performance yesterday. The all-sector Dual nr as Times Composite Index roee sharply by 14.12 points to NBJI and the Straits Times Industrial Index increased 9.78 points to
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    Lock icon Indonesia asks for bigger annual loans
    126 1 Reuter INDONESIA has asked 14 crediloi nations for trigger annual low-interest loans and even easier repayment terns. Trade Minister Rachmat Salefa said he made the request to Mrs Eegje Schoo, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation and chairman of the InterGovernmental Group on Indonesia (JOGI),
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      220 1 UMIDS GOLD production in the non-communist world reached 980 tonnes last year, the highest level (or eight years Page 2 AMERICAN banking tycoon David Rockefeller has praised Singaporeans for their good leadership, innovation and hard work Page s IF your friendly neighbourhood photographer telephones to remind you of your daughter's
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      158 1 Companies Activities. Key Personnel. Agencies The Straits Times DIRECTORY Of Singapore (Buku Merah) K (J s Wishful thinking? No! Wayfoong thinking For most of us, the buying of a new car is one of the largest purchases we'll make in our lifetimes. Almost everybody needs help in a loan to
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Gold production at eight-year high
      502 2 AFP Reuter GOLD production in the non-communist world, stimulated by price rises in recent years, reached its highest level (or eight years In 1982, according to figures published by the General Mining Group. Production last year totalled 980 tonnes, compared with 962 tonnes in 1981
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      Lock icon Regan defends request for more funds for IMF
      226 2 AP AMERICAN Treasury Secretary Donald Regan defended the administration's request for more funds for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) against complaints that it was a bail-out for the big banks. "This line of argument is dangerously misleading," he told a hearing of
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      Lock icon Factors delaying Argentine loan
      545 2 Reuter ARGENTINA'S continued arrears In external debt service payments and lack of central bank guidelines for refinancing US$l.5 billion of swaps are holding up the granting of a $1.5 billion loan by creditor banks, banking sources said. The five-year loan, to help Argentina with payments on
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      Lock icon Cut in UK rates warranted
      208 2 Reuter MONETARY conditions In the UK warrant a reduction in interest rates and the link between exchange rate behaviour and domestic interest rates should be broken, Barclays Bank PLC said in its latest UK financial survey. Barclays said the link between exchange rate movements and
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      Lock icon America finds no evidence of Tokyo depressing yen value
      198 2 AP TIB UB General Anint ne evidence Is sappert government maslpalstcid er artificially fcpwsf the vaiae af the yen. ef the Inliiinallsnal Mm af the esngrssrisaal auditing ageney, tsM the Senate Foreign gikilns Committee thai Japan has In fact taken steps
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      Lock icon UK clearing bank may resort to rights issue
      751 2 Reuter THE FALL in the value of sterling has increased the likelihood that one of the four British clearing banks will be forced to nuke a rights issue this year to bolster its capital base, investment analysts said. Although the pound has
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      Japan allows interest rate swaps
      132 2 JAPANESE corporation will be allowed to make interact rate swap deals with forties enterprises, the Finance Ministry said. The cor potations must go through the Intermediary of Japanese hanks or foreign hanks operating in Japan for such deals to avoid the risks involved. Only deals
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      Lock icon BAMK NOTES
      439 2 Reuter BAHRAIN-based Kuwait Asia Bank has increased its capital to US$lOO mim«i from $30 million by issuing $70 million new shares. Bank chairman Salah Fahad al-Maraook said the capital increase would enable Kuwait Asia Bank to expand repress iilatlou in the Asia and Pacific area through new branches
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      Lock icon Dutch association to protect futures trading
      197 2 Reuter A DUTCH Commodity Industry Association hoi Men estaousMd wttn tat aim of prtfflti the imputation of futures trading in the Til 111 liill and lawtor* hi it, nasodntioo board chairman Jack &dtalsck aaid. The orgnnisutlou was fstahHshorl on the initiative of the Dutch
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      Lock icon Llyods money market activities
      88 2 Reuter LLOYDS Bank PLC said It plans to merge the money market activities of its wholly-owned Lloyds Bank Ltd subsidiary with those sf the parent bank as the benefits of maintaining a separate starting dealing operation ar? diminishing The subsidiary's nrincinal operations are sterling deposits and
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    • MONEYANDEXCHANGE$
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        PLR
        23 2 THE average rata at which major 81ifa* pore bank* are currently prepared to lead to their beet customers is 9.09 per coat.
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        Singapore market
        514 2 THE US dollar firmed against major currencies on the foreign exchange market yesterday. Against the local unit it opened at *****/20 and was traded to the day's low of 2.0955/65 before rising again to cloae at 2.1000/30. Against the yen, the US dollar opened at 238.10/» and was
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        Gold
        288 2 GOLD FUTURES in Singapore yesterday fluctuated narrowly throughout the day tn quiet trading before dosing steady compared with the overnight New York levels. Total sales far the day, including kerbs, was recorded at 513 lots. Prompt closed little changed at USS494JO/427.00 an ounce compared with 425/496 in New York,
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        Silver quotes
        35 2 tai M Hew Tort 11.1CB U.ISB 11.23S 11. US Zurich 11.128 11.13B 11.22S 11.25S I'M TV®rf Singapore ll.UB 11.14B 11.22S 11.24S Goring prk la US dollar* a troy ovn Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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        Hongkong
        194 2 STERLING and the US dollar were traded steadily yesterday In fairly active, late market trading, mainly supported by short-covering ahead of the weekend. Sterling rose to U58L5045/55 from an early L 5035/35 and New York's close of 1.5090/45 but dealers said a possible British bank rate cut may undermine
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        ASIAN $ RATES
        152 2 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency depoalt interbank ratea as at cloae on April s***** Iiiilil 07/1* 08/16 7/16 68/16 OH H tH OH W OH »13/18 611/16 Dm. fcM 1 month 3 months 8 months 12 month! IE 418/16 M 5* 4 4 4 4 I 1 bit 1 month 3
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        Discount
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        Tokyo
        146 2 THE dollar for overnight delivery yesterday closed slightly higher at 298.49 yen in limited trading after «H»— jug at 2SJO. This was above the 237.90/233.05 finish in New York and the 217 35 close in Tokyo on Thursday. IMfag volume was US99O? mUtton. Trading was quiet throughout the day
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        London
        42 2 Openlne quote yeetet USlsoso/oo Can- U565/80 Cram -1.2348/51 Dmk 3.6340 75 D PI -4.0*15/1010 S FY 3.ono/4i B FT« zoa 71J0/40 F FY -10.0000/9135 Lit 2164J5/21C7.75 Yea--*****/350JO DKr 12 .9130 9236 NKr -10.1530/700 SKr--11.2235/2340 Aus Sch 3534/57 Port 145.4BA4K.C7 Spain 304.10/35
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        Treasury bills
        37 2 RESULTS of tender held yesterday (Or 91-day Treasury bills to be issued from Apr 11 to Apr 15: Olhnd: $120,000,000 AppAei tsr: $*****0,000. ADsttei: proximately 8 per cent; higher bids in full. cent per annum
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      287 2 rPA provides comprehensive on suiting serv ii es mi ■u REGIONAL SALES EXECUTIVE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT $35,000 $40,000 per annum Location: Singapore (Ref. 3132) A well-known European construction equipment group of international repute with an annual turnover in excess of $4 billion seeks to appoint a Sales Executive for its Regional
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  • TRADE AND INDUSTRY
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      Photographers told to focus on marketing
      632 3  -  ■y RICHARD SEAH IF YOUR friendly neighbourhood photographer telephones to remind you of your daughter's birthday, do not be surprised. This might become common practice within a few years if some local photographers adopt the marketing tactics of the Lisle Ramsey Photography Team, here
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      Steering group idea for packaging industry
      415 3  -  LIM SOON NEO A STEERING committee comprising representatives from the government, indue try and some academic institutions here should be formed to provide some guidance lor the local packaging industry. This is one of the recommendations of a study mis- -,L I I L
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      Role for surveyors in MRT construction
      538 3 SINGAPORE surveyors have an important role to play when construction of the Mass Rapid Transit system begins. "The survey task is an essential part of the MRT construction because of the need for continuous tunnel surveys and constant monitoring of subsidence of roads, buildings
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      PEOPLEINBUSINESS
      203 3 ASIA Commercial Bank has announced the appointment of Wong Voo fltfeng as senior vice-president. Mr Wong heads the hank's international hanking division covering hills transaction, foreign exchange, Asian Currency Unit, correspondence hanking and overseas representative offices. He reports directly to Mr Ms CUng, excutive vicepresident, who supervises functionally the
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      JAPANESE BUILDING MISSION VISIT
      153 3 SENIOR public relation» pewo—l of eight member com pent— of the Overseas Construction Association of Japan win be in Singapore tomorrow on a four-day study tour. The delegation, led by Mr T Ohata of Kajlma Corporation, has made a similar visit to Thailand and la visiting
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      US banker praises S'pore's achievements
      507 3  -  By SOH TIANG KENG AMERICAN hanking tycoon David Rockefeller yntfiilij praised Singapore for setting s global example of economic growth with good lendership, innovation and hard work. It has also shown the right way to generate join a prime political issue in most countries through
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      Data General introduces super minicomputer
      213 3 DATA Osnsrsl has lswn bill a "super mlnlr<wiputai" to take on the market. The Eclipse MV/1MM, rapwuiilm the Industry's hlghsst performance sk virtual memory super minicomputer, caa process about 15 mfltton '>"■» psr second (MIPS), pulling tt hi the daai of large Mitfremf msi blase
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Zhao to focus on trade for Australasian tour
      508 4 Reuter CHINESE Premier ZHAO Ziyang will concentrate on trade and economic cooperation next week when he begins his visit to Australarfa. Neither New Zealand, where Mr 2lao is expected to aniw on Wednesday, nor Australia (April 17-23), has major political problems with
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      SHIPS IN PORT
      1003 4 Veeeel Berth Arrival Dtpgriura MARMA WHARVES KEPPEL WHARVES Alhua Foochow JensonlV Kim Ann KotaPetanl Ned Amersfoort Sekl Matsuyama 1/2 31/2 22 29/30 13/4 3/4 33/4 alongside alongside alongside alongside alongside alongside alongside 9.4/1500 9.4/2300 9.4/0600 9.4/1200 9.4/0200 9.4/2300 9.4/2300 Indra Jaya Indra Saktl Dlny Dwl Daya Sari
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      Lock icon Senate slashes defence budget by US$3.3bn
      651 4 Reuter THE SENATE Budget Committee, which is dominated by Republicans, has slashed President Reagan's 1984 defence budget by US$34 billion to $341.4 billion. It has also cut by half so-called spending authority which accounts for actual outlays over a number of years. Mr Reagan
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      Lock icon Japanese set for local elections
      353 4 AP JAPANESE voters are set to go to the polls tomorrow in election for leaders of 13 prefectures including Metropolitan Tokyo in contests touted as the first test of the conservative policies of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone. In the Tokyo race, Hideo Matsuoka, a 70-year-old
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      Lock icon First US space walk in nearly a decade
      217 4 AP TIED to 15-metre leashes, two astronauts made the first US space walk in nearly a decade on Thursday, floating Joyously around Challenger's open cargo bay to practhe repair Jobs for future shuttle missions. The astronauts, protected from the hostile environment only
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      Lock icon Damage caused by tobacco, alcohol is reversible
      259 4 Reuter AN AMERICAN medical expert has said that cigarettesmoking and heavy consumption of alcohol are selfinflicted wounds that impose an easily removable burden on human health. Dr David Hamburg, president-elect of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said there is evidence
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      Lock icon Never give anything to an Arab's wife
      568 4 UPI AMERICAN Nislwsinwn, beware if you give a Latin American woman a box of fancy handkerchiefs, she may think you want to see her cry. Present a Japanese something with a ltpetal chrysanthemum decoration and he may consider you presumptuous. The chrysanthemum is
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      Lock icon Foundation seeking ways to reduce risk of superpower crises
      722 4 Reuter ONE OF America's most influential foundations fears that the latest nuclear weaponry and cold wnr rhetoric have incrensed the chance of human error among US and Soviet leaders acting under stress in s crisis. The foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, wants
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
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      Lock icon Australia rejects US company's bid for control
      326 5 AFP THE AuetraJian government lias limited an American company's bid to increase Us sharshddlag in an Auction. Thd to the sscond indication Is two days that the saw Labour tiiwramont Intends to curb foreign investment in Australia. Two applications by foreign investors ssv
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      Lock icon US tobacco firm criticises Tokyo surcharge
      319 5 AP THE Japaases Diet has cat the tariff oa imported US cigarettes but thsa nufflflsd ths induction by slapping s price surcherge oa all dgsrettee sold hi Japaa, a major US tobacco company charged. "The surcharge effectively negates much of ths benefit of the
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      Lock icon Opec fund withdrawal unlikely to hit Tokyo
      227 5 Reuter RECENT cata la afl prices are uahksiy to causa larva wttkfeawals of Opac funds from Japaa or to affect tka laif oiianat hi tka Jap*aat balance of payments. Dalwa SscuilUss Go Ltd la Takyo jaatairtaj said Opac would withdraw only USHJO button
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      Lock icon US pledge to hasten delivery of arms to Thailand
      87 5 AP Reuter THE UB ynhrhy peeesjsed As speed ep iißssey d aeme M'ihS|SMgh The aesaasdsns were ssnie Ig UB Aselstaat SCSI aL stste vissS fereee was ropoeted by Thai nddary efneere Taside Cambedto and tnn Hud afrIfr Wedewde saM hs Thaj^Pthne
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      Lock icon INCREASE IN U.S. FIRST-TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS
      118 5 AP 'bonsOto 'ill mmMHttm of dseliM, the Labour Departocot reported The MHMllfr »»im total of aaw appßralt—was #MW, aa laqrsaas af liM over the lawttoas auk, accordtog to the a» ploymoat aad tralaiag adudalßlrsttau, aad vaa typical of tke «ntte triad of ■ppßcotfcna for
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL
        321 5 Agencies NIGERIA produced an average «MM barrels of crude ofl a day In January, a II per cent drop Aram the December rate aad weO tmckr its Op§c production quota of 14 million burials ad ay, official figares The stotoownsd Nigerian National Petroleum Corporatlan esid the country
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      Lock icon US invites ministers to meet on economic woes
      495 5 Reuter AMERICAN Treasury Secretary Doaald Regaa said hs had tavttsd finance and trade mhdslsrs of the seven largest Industrial couatrles to meet next month la Paid to discuss what he caHsd cosamon economic problems. He said on Thursday that the mssdag was
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      Lock icon China over-reacting says America
      387 5 Reuter THE United ItatH said CUiia's rsnronsrtou of sll •ports aid caltvsl exchanges bee suss of the granting o( asykan to Chinees tennis player Hs Ns was an over-reaction sad hSMMmiNMMIO SMS'homs 35*5» partment spokosmoß emphasised tho Ifiiilas i of tho «ml rsiattaaridp bif'soi the two
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      Lock icon Expelled Soviets may have technology data
      317 5 Reuter THE KOB ascurtty polloa la tks florist Ualsu kaa oktotoad akoat par osut of France's Mgk tscknslofy by ifcukgntola te ooaady (or SgKACWgS MmSSalu» kaa dsaisd tka luSarior lHiditi j aa aaytog tkat tks flovtoto kad gatksrad Moraadtt^gS^Sj^'i'mi' cladlag FknaeToTasMrsn bomb, papsn'ashl* tsrrand
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      Lock icon Still no Gulf accord on slick
      331 5 AP ENVIRONMENTAL of eight Gulf nations haw failed to raach an agreement on a plan to begin cleaning up a giant oil qrfll threatening various countries In the region. The mooting was auspondsd until next Wodnsaday, with each delegation echodulod to consult its govornmsnt
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      Lock icon Worried Britons reassured over arms for police
      132 5 Reuter lice force yaaMrday bt» public that tbo *aaanaad BrttMi -bobby" to aot oa tbo aay eat. They vote oat atel protoato over Am dadatoa of llii lniM Police Cbiof JbMM Aadwtoa aaritor toto ttoM fIBM bad baas laaaad raattoilj to MM* pettce,
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      Lock icon PanAm working capital worsens
      120 5 Reuter PAN AMrieu World Airmji be Mid its werid* capital ptrita aa at te ead el OB until to a aagatlve UWI.I millioa from a aopatlwe mil mfltkaajwarte. PaaAsa oaM la if aa—>l impart that the dMvtantka nflicM to part aapathw caoh flow from eporattoM of
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      127 5 w TIMES INTER-BUSINESS HOUBEB ATHLETICS MEET National Stadium Saturday, October 8, iaaa Events MEN WOMEN 100 m 1,500 m 200 m 3400 m .AA- (KM WOMEN ONLY) 400 m 5.000 m ftAft i i wflFl^rlee 800 m (FOR MEN ONLY) 4 x 100 m 4 x 400 m Tripl« Jump
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  • Article
    Focusing on cameramen
    511 6 guTT.ir it's easy when there is 4 good reason to do so. But «Mine in front of a camera in a photographer's studio Is,' unfortunately, not reason enough (Or most people. Much as they want to Mr good, many do not know how. The photographer tries to
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    Lock icon All things small and beautiful
    941 6 Lock J MANKIND has long been fascinated by superlatives the biggest, fastest, smallest anything but seldom more so than today when people do many curious things to win a place in the Guineas Book of World Records. Shujo Kawai Is one of these ntfciii after
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    Good days ahead for spice traders
    1037 7  -  Lee Yoke Meng gleans some spicy facts from a two-volume study by the ITC Lee Yoke Meng ONE group of traders in Shigapore seems to have remained relatively untouched by the protection static moves owseae. Grouped aa the sploe merchants, the he Ihdisa aad
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    Location gives Singapore edge over HK
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    Tilting at budget deficits
    1072 7  -  Pointing to tho budget deficit as tho bigg—t economic problem the US is racing may well be like tilting at windmills, writes VIKRAM KHANNA*. VIKRAM KHANNA* VIKRAM KHANNA* VOnuD Khanna is a senior economist with a financial institution bare. YESTERDAY It was laterest rates. The day
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    Lady put right question to wrong person
    236 7 S/piS mthc L \\in(l IJBBBONS on asking the ngpt person int njnt quntk» can be quite easily mntu, as ine director of n. JUrOOg Dira rmrK round oat on eight. iriMMi lady telephoned with two qMstiooe. The first was about there brief oomethleg
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    202 7 SLIGHTLY more than 10 y«»ri a(o, the lamas ttanal Trade Centre (TPS) of Unctad/Gatt embarked •o ft mammoth projmt» abe ef the spice marketfo the world. Its aim was to we hew thla trade had helped the proguss of the dtert oping countries, the qpajor product» and ixpu W of
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      745 8 Where to wine, dine and entertain with the American Express* Card If you don't 'already haw the Card, call *****33 for an app*CM*un form" I Iff? l >r sushi. h(>r teppanvaki. i< >r )thcr authentically ■Japanese i/t'.:ajits A J <•-1 i (111' \I*;11 I v Im -1 :•I« u i
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      39 8 ■mm 1 BE y >•■' i 0. MS* AM a MM M* 3? *rrj j=mr gardeir restaurant Try our sumptuous delicacies from the Hunan Province 1 novoM 214, Dunaam Road, Singapore 1129 Tafc *****48, *****22 Ext 110 < T x J ><
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      LONDON MARKETS
      945 9 COFFEE: Robusta coffee futures yesterday were higher at midday, between £35 and £8 a tonne above Thursday's close in traded positions. Prices ended around the session's highs as steady buying in May lifted the rest of the board. The interest in May followed a steep drop earlier in
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      SOYBEAN
      159 9 SOYBEAN futures in Chicago on Thursday ended seven to 3Vi US-cents per bushel higher in moderately light trade. May traded in a 9V«centrange. Prices had drifted since midsesskw but rose sharply after hitting buy stops in July. Outstanding purchases at that time by a local grain boose, estimated at
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      WHEAT
      150 9 futures in Chicago on Thursday ended a quiet trading day SV« to W* UScents per bushel higher. May traded within a 6V« cent range. Prices rose throughout the day in sympathy with soybeans and corn, traders said. News the EEC granted export licenses for only 50,000 tonnes of wheat
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      RUBBER
      385 9 RUBBER prices In Singapore yesterday closed slightly lower with April One RSS buyers quoted at 249.50 cents a kilo, down three cents from Thursday's close. Morning prices were marked down slightly on lower London advices and after-close easiness here on Thursday, dealers said. Afternoon prices lost further ground on
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      RAS PRICES
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      CLOSING PRICES
      24 9 Rubber; April 8 Singapore: April: 249.50 cents (down 3.00 cents) Mnlnysin: April: 266.00 cents (down 3.00 cents) Tin: M $31.65 per kilo
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      Produce exchange
      157 9 Cißinnt sfl: Bulk fob «8.08 sellers, old dram (In second hand drum) fob (108.00 sellers, new drum fob $***** sellers. Csyva: Mixed (looee) $55 buyers. Ft|pv: Munlnfc white pepper fob Ada NLW $356.00 sellers Sarawak white pepper faq fob NLW (BUI aellera. Sarawak rectal black pepper fob NLW
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      Straits Tin
      66 9 THE BTBAITB TIN prlee tai Ptoug yeaterdfty Mvoi obi eeata an to MISIJi a kfle, stUl wtthto toe ITA "may bay" level at $»JS and jjjU Same iooitn said that toe flnom was tee to toe hafler stoek r* —ppso I tat etoera aoli the BBM was ahaeort»
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      TEXTILES
      189 9 YARN and cotton price* were quoted u follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cotton yam: China Blue Phoenix MS WOO; 22a 2,900, 40a UU (per bale of 400 lbs). Hon goads: China Butterfly and Globe brand unq; Dragon Head unq; Five Lambs unq; Flower and Butterfly
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      RICE
      343 9 9NOATCBB: Yesterdays rinsing prices la S| per kOo, ex-godowa: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kaagaroo) new crop LB, 100 per cent second class 0.72, 100 per cent third class OJI 95 par cent sew crop OJO, B-10 per cent 0.07. THAI BROKEN: Aaoper 0.00, Special 191. THAI
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      PALM OIL
      155 9 THE Malaysian crude palm oil market yesterday firmed on speculative interest in active trading, despite India's STC passing its tender, dealers said. In the Apr position, north region rose Ms3o to $780 a tonne, central 111 to $782 and south $10 to $784 while in May, north firmed
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      Lock icon Major coffee producers to meet on sales monitoring
      281 9 Reuter OFFICIALS of 10 or U of the bigger coffee producing countries will meet next Thursday and Friday in London to discuss how to monitor sales to non-mem-ber countries of the International Coffee Organisation (ICO). President of the Brazilian Coffee Institute (IBC)
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      Lock icon Soybean association details complaint against six countries
      349 9 Reuter OFFICIALS of the National Soybean Processors Association detailed the group's recent complaint against the practices of six countries in oflxcth They said the first broad category involves export subsidies, and involves the following specifics: Differential export taxes. Brazil and Argentina provide a
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Prices climb slightly higher
      981 9 NEW YORK STOCK PRICES turned in a desultory performance on Thursday but managed to close slightly higher due to a late rally based on bargain hunting. The Dow Jones Industrial moved up and down throughout the day and finished on the up side, with a gain
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      JOHANNESBURG
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      202 9 SHERIFF'S SALE MOTOR SHIP OR VESSEL "OKHA" (Admiralty in Rom No. 833 of 1962) PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name of Vessel "OKHA" Port of Registry Panama Type Single screw, all steel welded motor general cargo vessel with three hatches/holds. Year Built 1972 in Germany Dimensions Length 124.52 m Tonnage Propulsion Machinery
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    BUSINESS DONE ON THE SES AND THE KLSE
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    In Kuala Lumpur
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    OCBC again leads surge
    361 10 MrsyU spavß fiiMiy, aatoto S l »s!i Straits Tlmbb MasMlal Mas palaaiV pafcto M IM. jsasr&nrii rasslvsd B IttßflWvlMk.iß ■T CaaspasMe was IS.M patoto Mfkar sM is R ulsstrisl was apt.M SLpH^to 7tosftsr|b assMapjasitßii STsSrS fisak. JMlu reap M sbsst the m/Z total. M she sMM
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    Finance stocks in the limelight
    606 10 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market cloeed the week aa a slightly steady note yesterday, with Aaanre stocks featuring prominently In mora active trading. Oversea-Chineae Ranking Corporation again stole the limelight, with aa hnpreesive gain of SO cents to MSI2JO. Quiet United Overseas Bank tamped 30
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      Development projects likely to boost Tat Lee
      849 11  -  Market Talk... By CHRIS LIM TAT LEE Bank's results are expected to be lacklustre in 1982 but its 1983 performance should be spectacular, said Sua Huag KjU Securities in its latest issue of Focus. It said the boost in 1983 earnings would come
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      Mail scrip by registered post
      293 11  -  r i Letter to the Editor CERTIFICATE-LEW BHABEHOU>EB DEAR SIR, la Msst rights knee and pahtte tosnes, there to asnally a etoase tortolii hi Ike Tfp-aM/ippgftlis fenaa that all eertMeates nloltog le the parttoalar tasae will be loapatohal by at» aery mall, AT THE RKK
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      50 11 PRIMA Limited: Twentythird AGM to be held at 201 Keppel Road, Singapore 0409 on April 14. THE lamraaee CerperattM «f Hagapere Limited: Thirteenth AGM to be held at the DBS Board Room, 46th Storey, Tower Block, DBS Building, 6 Shenton Way, Singapore 0106 on April 20 at noon.
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      Lock icon The long and short of stock rating systems
      635 11 NYT LAST November, shortly after Greg A Smith Joined Prudential-Bache Securities as research director, the firm adopted a new rating system for stocks. "Prior to that time," he recalled, "the ratings simply consisted of buy, sell, or hold." Today, like some of
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    • ASIAN STOCKS
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        Prices close firmer
        345 11 HONGKONG PRICES yesterday closed firmer but off the day's highs due to late profit-taking aheoui of the weekend. Trading was moderately active throughout, brokers said. Shares opened steady on various factors including an improvement In factory orders in Hongkong, signs of a decline in US interest rates
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        Tokyo slightly lower
        348 11 THE Tokyo stock market yesterday closed slightly lower on scattered selling of market leaders, but low priced large asset issues met selective demand. The market average dipped 7.08 to 8,436.37 in a fairly active trading volume of 550 million shares and the Tokyo Stock Exchange index fell
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        53 11 apr a i Aeot* Mtnlnc Aatfo Phil Ams Mlninf aUM ST* ■MM MM unch sua -U MB unch MM -UN ■MO IM -Alt 7«0 0 1 1.1SH unch MO uach Mt unch M17 unch LHM unch M unch MB »UM 1100 unch MM* unch U.S M» UM unch U0
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        103 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed generally higher in quiet trading which centred around the cement APR BabU A^jSLT*" 1 I I watr wasa*?-"' Ud IM ■Ut Cte« Win rinat PM en« "HMI m»» Industrial FlnanS con WM"tli«ii CtdMnt Maboonkhroac I unch ♦> 1 »>n Tout WO I uul I Onnt
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        312 11 PRICES yesterday closed marginally higher across-the-board la light trading, with hectic last-minute trading in Grace Bros dominating trading interest. Near the doee the All Ordinance Index was up 2J points at 529.7, with the all Industrials index up 17 at 664.0 and the all resources index up 1.7 at
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      664 11 Canal Bs Baato Data Mlfer IMal tar iET«~ 5sr m« Date ft? Ctaaa May 5" Juau 22% 9% m ilui yoar 17%(a) fShco* BAT 10%I Mar V Apr IS Apra 10% 39% 29%I 25% I 719% Mar 30 Mar 14 NYA Apr 12 Mar M NYA AprH ft"
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      SCRIP ISSUES
      341 11 SAT GlUk 1 i u irtkalin Bx Ime Bicki CkM ropoasd rights lane 1 tar 2 NTA OTA Iter! NTA NTA raposed rights Issue 2 tar 5 10-01 per share NTA NTA "opoaed bonus lane 1 tar 1 NTA NTA i ■a tosue of 3 tar 2 Apr
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      396 11 NOTICES I'M., r SINGAPORE (PR.) LID. (CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 47 Hill Btreet #05-01 Chinese Chamber of Commerce ft Industry Bulkllng, Singapore 0617, on 4th day of April 1883 at 11.00 a.m., the following Resolutions were duly
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      244 11 n m a =j Ai: n^TT^T^rri.mrnr •WC ORPOhATEO ft THE REPUGLIC OF SINGAPORE I To: Al Ordinary Stockholders NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Function Room. 3rd Storey. The Plaza, 7500 A Beach Road.
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  • Chief Price Changes
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      SINGAPORE
      145 12 Rites Indices OILVk aoo 100 ocmc 1190 +10 April 7 April 8 ftt W SBI034 TP 1V7K KwLteTIi MO m TOO ♦90 90 ♦90 BT Composite: BT Indicator: 854.24 sm Matt* 906 ♦36 ST IndustrUk: 899.52 179.30 mr T *3ia« 996 +36 ST Finance: 2158 87 2211.01 9B0 ♦SO
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      131 12 RteM Indices OCBC fammirtm 1280 +50 April 7 April 1 735 +S M Banking no +25 MBT Index: *****51 *****43 UOl m +20 NST Industrials: 1110.18 1115.08 DumB* too +20 NST Finance lfMJO 1973.03 S$£ng 1020 +20 NST Hotels: 657.40 657.40 745 +20 NST Properties: 887.58 I84J6 Lojtepe
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    LONDON STOCKS
    685 12 EQUITIES nere generally easfer yesterday, In quiet trading abend of the account end, dealers said. At 3pm, the Financial Times index was down 0.8 potato at €71.4. Government bonds were mixed In quiet trading, after early flr mines, as sterling eased (Tom the dajra best levels, dealers sail
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    Selected indices
    43 12 BXHANOaiXO nMaj 1094.17 Thursday.. 1014.16 WMlrAvo ClOMd Thursday 527J WMk Ago FINANCIAL TIMES INDU8TRIAL8 -.'w AU8T1ALIAN INDUSTRIALS Thursday 872.2 WadnMday 054.0 WMk Ago 606.1 g|&y _jgj DOW JONU AVRRACK INDUSTRIALS Thursday 1117.60 WadnMday 1113.48 WMk Ago 1190.03 k ALL (ttOINAlIH W-7
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    Double-digit rise in OUB group profits
    525 12  -  By CHAN OI CHEE OVERSEAS Union Bank, the last of the Big Four local banks to release it* preliminary results, has turned in commendable earnings for 1982. The group achieved a 12 per cent increase in net profits to $59.3 million (952.9 million in
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    Full Myer bid for Grace Bros
    461 12  -  •f FLORENCE CHONG in Sydney MYER EMPORIUM, which last month bought the holding of fltagapore hotrihr Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat in Sydney retailer Grace Brother» Holding, has launched a tall takeover bid for the company. The Mtlhourm baatd Myer group to offering As&2
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    COMPANY BRIEFS
    313 12 PEGI Mateytf* N, in reply to a Kuala i-nmpir Stock Exchange's query oo its acquisition of seven million shares in Dunlop Holdings PLC, said a factor taken into consideration in arriving at the purchase price of MJ1.70 a share was the then prevailing market price of Dunlop shares
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    Taiping Text forms three subsidiaries
    204 12 TAIPING Textiles Bhd has announced the formation of three wholly owned subsidiaries. Of the three, only Ttiping Management Services Sdn Bhd, has been in operation. It was termed on Aug 19 last year with a paid-up capital of 1050,000 and an authorised capital of $1
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    Lock icon Third quarter loss of A$32.6m for BHP
    204 12 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S biggest company, the Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd (BHP), has reported a net loss of A 532.6 million for the third quarter ended Feb 28. The result takes the cumulative net loss for the first nine months of the year ending
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    Malaysian Resources rights to raise M$37.67m
    130 12 TAKING advantage mt the ■hd has toeae to raJw MmMl milrighto kM at pw Ware aleag wttk a Ike pfWHrtrtoni ni fweaßii ef the rffi rnrtato lug i— fixed toredact The righto tone priee ef a wtetaatraded priee ad $UL The mtm dim to
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    Lock icon KA WAH BANK
    34 12 Reuter m 1A WAI Baak LM sf leMls iaMMminas ef HKISM mmtm ariMea prevlsariy) fee ML flaal ■illiai ef Ueeefeea •M)» lag a Mai sf )S4 per eem (same) ferftejeor fcgeftsr
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    MMC group puts 12 dredges out of action
    324 12 P Companies Editor: Mm Sabnani TIN GIANT Malaysia Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) closed 12 dredges last month, in a move that reflected the continuing adverse effects of tin export control in Malaysia. The shutdown of the 12 dredges was first announced last
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    Killinghall's purchase of bank stake approved
    247 12 BANK Negara Malaysia hat approved ramwgh»ii Tin (Malaysia) Bhd's purchase of a 23.2 per cent stake In Southern B»nMny Bhd. In an announcement yesterday, KllHnghall said the approval Is subject to its making a hid Car the remaining shares in the 10th largest Malaysian-incorpo-rated
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      191 12 iT^rr^ =7 m The First International Technology Exhibition for Asia 6 9 September 1983 World Trade Centre Singapore. Asian Energy B3 is Energy Generation, Distribution, Conservation and Alternative Energy Sources. It is estimated that in the rapidly expanding ASEAN and S.E. Asian Region, more than US$2B,OOO million will be spent
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      49 12 C- OUTLOOK tor today: Hazy; thundery showers in several areas in the afternoon. st 741 Aprti 8 Maximum temperature 34.0 Associated humidity 60 Minimum temperature """26.0 Associated humidity Hours of sunshine 6.35 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for the month 0.8 Total rainy days for the month 1
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