The Business Times, 23 May 1984

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 WEDNESDAY, MAY S3, I*B4 60 CENTS
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  • Article
    More robotic consultancies set up
    367 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG MORE and more industrial automation and robotic consultancy companies have opened up in Singapore, giving a fillip to the Government's move to encourage the use of robots in our industries. There are now 63 such consultancy companies, most of which were
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    Lock icon HK plans for stock index futures
    92 1 Reuter THE HONGKONG Executive Council (Exco) yesterday endorsed recommendations to reorganise the Hongkong Commodity Exchange and introduce stock index futures. A government statement said that the Exco has aisn directed a review of the operations of the reorganised exchange in three years' time. The
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    Lock icon Banking licence
    41 1 Reuter TAIWAN has issued its first offshore banking licence to the Bank of China. Mr Edward Chin, deputy director of the Department of Monetary Affairs, said licences will be issued soon to five local and two foreign banks. Reu-
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    Aero Supplies in bigger areas
    350 1 BARELY A YEAR after moving from a small workshop into a full-scale factory, a local engineering company is again moving into larger premises. Aero Supplies, the company which built the major part of the recently opened precious metals refinery for Handy Harman, last month bought
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    Carrian property for auction
    377 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH THE now-defunct Carrian group's largest property in Singapore, worth $50 million, is being put up for auction, but it is unclear whether there will be any buyers. The property is Tunas Building at Anson Road, now being held by Wardley Ltd, the
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    Board slams backdoor trade
    479 1  -  Singapore used by Taiwanese to beat US garment quotas By JOANNE YAP STEPS ARE being taken to curb a backdoor garment trade in which Taiwanese manufacturers use companies in Singapore to beat quotas imposed on them by the US. Under the scheme, local companies earn a
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    Can you imagine life without the computer?
    357 1  -  By JEFFREY TSANG COMPUTERS have become an absolutely essential part of our lives and even the humble coinafon is now linked to a communication network controlled by computers. This theme of the übiquitous computer in today's telecommunication systems will be driven home in
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    STOCK MARKET
    78 1 A TECHNICAL rthaaai la earnet a highly eveneM rftaatfaa helped share prleea ea the Singapore steekmarket te elese slightly higher yeaterday. The retara af haying laterest, albeit half-heartedly, waa begaa, aa baying haek'aditvttce of shirt-sellers aid aeme bargain-hinting ameag the mare fcifly heatea euiteri helped share prlees la
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Bata steps into youth sports shoe arena
      511 2  -  By RICHARD SEAH FIRST TO SCHOOL then to Bata might well be an additional new slogan for the company which built its name on children's feet as it shifts its focus to the young but not so young. Bata is not exactly abandoning
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      Lock icon Selco interested in helping KL raise sunken wreck
      164 2 Bernama A SINGAPORE marine salvage company has indicated interest in assisting the Malaysian government if it decides to raise a sunken wreck off the Mersing coast. Captain PP Wee, salvage manager of Selco (S) Pte Ltd, sail! yesterday it would definitely make
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      International panel to explore trends in region
      259 2 BUSINESS trends and prospects in the Asia-Pacific region are the focus of a two-day conference organised by the National University of Singapore. The university's School of Management has gathered an international panel of speakers who will explore the business environment in the region
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      Single women main buyers of Essen units
      298 2  -  By LISA LEE MORE than half of the apartments in a three-storey block of flats in Moulmein Road have been sold to single working women. In less than three weeks, 11 out of 12 units of the Essen Apartments, to be completed in
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      Datacom signs deal with Australian company
      172 2 A LOCAL computer company, Datacom Software Services, recently signed an agreement with Academy Computer Software of Australia for the production of UNIX-based computer software in Singapore. Academy, a software research and development company, will provide Datacom with fourth generation software development tools and training
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      NPB deal for expertise enters second year
      289 3  -  By TSANG SAU YIN A 'SUPERSCALE software project" involving the gradual transfer of Japanese expertise in human resource development to Singapore formally entered its second year yesterday. Mr Ng Kiat Chong, executive director of the National Productivity Board, and Mr Shigemitsu Suzuki, leader
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      The latest in telephones
      301 3  -  By JEFFREY TSANG CHANCES are, a trip to Comm unicAsia/InfotechAsia 84 will feel like a course in the A to Z of computer and communications technology. The show, held at the World Trade Centre, features everything from the humble telephone exchange to a complete multi-million dollar
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      Lock icon KL fighter jets coming for joint defence exercise
      106 3 Reuter MALAYSIA will send fighter jets to Singapore for the first time next month to take part in a joint defence exercise. The Ministry of Defence said yesterday that a detachment of FSE aircraft from the Royal Malaysian Air Force with crew
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      Search for pilot called off
      80 3 THE JOINT RSAF and RSN search over the South China Sea for mission pilot Captain Tan Seng Hui was called off on Monday night. Captain Tan was on a routine training flight in an RSAF Hunter on May 17, 1964, when the aircraft was reported
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      Protectionism and air cargo
      392 3  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH THE air cargo industry will be adversely affected if protectionism practised by developed countiries is allowed to grow. Noticing this, Acting Minister for Communications Dr Yeo Ning Hong urged delegates of the 12th International Forum for Air Cargo to evaluate the effects
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      Asia-Pacific will be biggest freight market, says ICAO
      304 3 iHt Asia-Pacific region will be the biggest air cargo market in the world by 1992, forecasts the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). If the forecast proves correct, the region will overtake North America and Europe as the biggest air cargo market in
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Philippine opposition may boycott national assembly
      377 4 UPI THE PHILIPPINE opposition yesterday warned that it may boycott the newly elected national assembly over widespread electoral fraud and demanded that the government hold new elections in 21 provinces. "There is a strong move on the part of the winning candidates, particularly those
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      Lock icon Malaysian satay chain whets more than just Western palates
      104 4 Be mama MORE FOREIGN companies have approached the Malaysian satay chain, Sate Ria, to obtain the franchise for the US and European markets. National and Rural Development Minister Datuk Sanusi Junid told the crowd at the opening of the Jalan Ipoh
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      239 4 Reuter BANGLADESH'S government, yielding to trade union demands to avert a strike scheduled to begin yesterday, increased workers' wages by 70 per cent. The pay award will cost the country about US$32O million, may lead to a big tax increase in the next financial year and could entail more borrowings
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      Lock icon China's military to face reforms in rank and file
      385 4 UPI CHINA'S top military commander yesterday announced a major restructuring of the military, including the return of ranks after 19 years, training for college and high school students and a new draft system. In a major speech to the National People's
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      Lock icon Extra Soviet submarine spotted off US west coast
      204 4 Reuter THREE Soviet ballistic missile submarines one more than normal patrolled close to the west coast of the US yesterday. American military sources said the extra submarine, a giant Delta class boat carrying long-range missiles, was part of the Soviet reaction to
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      Reagan signs Bill to step up fight against sex crimes
      110 4 PRESIDENT Reagan has signed into law a Bill which raises the age of minors from 16 to 18, and increases the fines for sex crimes against minors from a maximum of US$lO,OOO to $100,000 for a first conviction. Offenders are
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      Lock icon Political solution to Cambodia problem still stalled
      243 5 AFP EFFORTS to find a political solution in Cambodia remain stalled, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja. Mr Mochtar, after a meeting with US Secretary of State George Shultz in Washington yesterday, expressed regret over the lack of positive response from both Moscow
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      Lock icon Britain's parties launch EEC election campaign
      176 5 AP BRITAIN'S two major parties on Monday launched aggressive campaigns for European Common Market parliamentary elections, with the ruling Conservatives denouncing the Socialists' threat to withdraw from the squabbling community. The June 14 elections for the 10-nation European Parliament, based in Strasbourg, France, are
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      Lock icon China will not touch UK assets in Hongkong
      333 5 AP CHINA WILL not touch British assets and investments in Hongkong. Veteran Chinese diplomat Geng Biao was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency yesterday as telling the current session of the National People's Con-' gress that Beijing's plans for the British
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      Lock icon Authorities confiscate boy's computer
      189 5 UPI AUTHORITIES have confiscated the computer and accessories of a teenager who used a "blue box" to make free telephone calls and "get computers talking to each other" across America. The Santa Clara sheriff's department said on Monday the 16-year-old boy from nearby Los Altos was
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      Lock icon US seeking access to Saudi airfields
      458 5 AP Reuter PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan of the US has sent a letter to King Fahd of Saudi Arabia seeking access to Saudi airfields for American aircraft in the event a decision is made to protect Gulf shipping from attacks by Iran, a US official
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      Lock icon West has right to protect Gulf oil routes: Kuwait
      163 5 NYT Kuwait's foreign minister, Sheikh Sabah A 1 Ahmed AI Sabah, said on Monday that Arab states of the Gulf had no right to object if the West intervened to protect oil shipping routes in the region. His words revealed a
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      Lock icon Countdown on for Europe's space hopes
      252 5 Reuter A FINAL countdown was underway yesterday for the launching of a European rocket carrying a USJIOO-million American communications satellite. It would also carry Europe's hopes for a bigger share of the commercial space market. Billions of dollars in potential contracts and thousands of
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      Lock icon 'Smart box' can make you an armchair TV news editor
      240 5 AP A NEW personalised television system could someday allow viewers to re-arrange the order of segments of the evening news or decide a camera angle for a football game. This inter-active TV, unveiled in New York on Monday, would require
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      Lock icon Interest rates may rise one per cent: Baldrige
      522 6 NYT US INTEREST rates may rise by a further half to one percentage point over the short-term but should then begin to fall back as growth in the US economy slows, Mr Malcolm Baldrige, US Commerce Secretary, said on Monday. Mr Baldrige
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      Lock icon Bonn strikes cause concern
      469 6 AP Reuter AS WEST GERMANY'S worst industrial disruption since 1978 continues to escalate, concern is growing about the damage it threatens to inflict on the strengthening economy and the crucial car industry. The battle over union demands for a 35-hour week entered its second week with
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      Lock icon Rent-a-mother agency opens UK branch
      114 6 Reuter TWO BRITISH women are carrying babies on behalf of childless women as a US surrogate mothers agency extends its operations to Europe. Harriet Blankfield, director of the American National Centre for Surrogate Parents, said in a television programme on Monday night that couples wanting
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Miner nails himself
        54 6 A STRIKING British miner nailed himself to the floor of his home to protest against colleagues who had not joined a strike in the British coalfields, police said on Monday. The miner spent more than 24 hours with 15 cm nails through his feet and left hand
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        'Unhappy Hour'
        44 6 THOUSANDS of American restaurants on Monday began curtailing cheap "Happy Hour" drinks and king-sized cut-rate cocktails in a campaign to stop driving patrons from getting drunk. Mr Joe Lee, president of the National Restaurant Association, said the voluntary cutback in promoting alcohol
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        Weeds in vogue
        39 6 THE humble cowslip and a whole range of weeds have finally won recognition at Britain's top flower show. The annual Chelsea Flower Show will feature plants that are disappearing under the pressure of modern farming methods.
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        Holy singer?
        61 6 A CASSETTE tape circulating in Canada, purportedly of Pope John Paul n singing Ave Maria, is a fake, Vatican sources said on Monday. The tape was brought to Canada by a group of pilgrims, and copies have been selling there for about US$l each. was coupled with efforts
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        Lock icon Outdated report
        80 6 Agencies THE US State Department said on Monday that a report charging the Salvadoran government with responsibility for about 40,000 death-squad slayings was out of date and irrelevant to the current situation. A spokesman said that the report published in London by Amnesty International "is based on information
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      Lock icon Iata forecasts continued turbulence for airlines
      157 6 Reuter THE WORLD'S airlines will climb "out of the red and into the black" for the first time in five years with overall profits of US$25O million this year. International Air Transport Association (lata) directorgeneral Kn u t Hammarsk jold told an air transport
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      Lock icon A dream come true ...
      87 6 A dream come true HE MADE his dream come true Chi Lu (absve), who escaped from Sooth Vietaam in 1919, sever doubted he would realise his dream la the Usited States. Five years ag«, he arrived in New York City nnable to speak a word sf English. Bat he was
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      Lock icon 'UK training Libyan pilots'
      120 6 AFP ALTHOUGH Britain has broken off diplomatic relations with Libya, it is still training pilots and technicians for Libyan Arab Airlines who could work for the Libyan Air Force, a Conservative member of British parliament claimed. Mr Harry Greenway said a total of 11 pilots and
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      Lock icon China's use of foreign funds
      140 6 Reuter CHINA used U5514.55 billion of foreign funds in various development projects from 1979 to 1983, but less than a fifth was in direct investment, the official Chinese Inter-Trade magazine said. Of the amount used since China started attracting foreign capital, $11.93 billion was in
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      Lock icon Leading industrial nations lose their edge
      332 6 AP AMERICA, Japan and Canada were the countries that declined most last year in their ability to compete abroad, while Britain, France, Belgium and Sweden showed the greatest increase in competitiveness in world markets. An International Monetary Fund report on the trade competitiveness of
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      748 6 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time PAA PAS 0020 JFK/SFO/HKG MAS MH68I 0820 KUL KAL KE624 0840 KUL CAL CIO 10 0825 JED/DHA MAS MH601 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940 PEN RBA BI42I 1000 BWN SIA SQI03 1005 KUL CPA CX7I0 1035
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Forex markets
      547 7 SINGAPORE: The local currency closed firmer at 5J2.1075 85 against the US dollar compared with Monday's close of 2.1135/45, at 5591.05/15 against the Malaysian dollar compared with 91.20/30 and at 5526.95/27.00 against the Hongkong dollar compared with 27.00/05. The US dollar extended earlier losses against most major currencies
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      Asian $ market
      244 7 Asian market THE PLR is the lowest lending rote at which a bank is prepared to lend in Singapore dollars to its clients on on overdraft or demand basis. DEPOSIT rates for Asian dollars closed steady yesterday around firmer opening levels in light trading. Interbank deposit ra itM us$ Offer
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      Foreign exchange
      235 7 Interbank rates at 3pm CwrwtciM NonMnw rata* quoted c roe* parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign cuirency: US dollar 2.1085 2.1095 2 8196 -25 22 Sterling pound ***** 2 9385 7 3469 -60 05 Australian dollar 1 9008 1 9038 3 4286 -44 51 NZ
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      Gold
      307 7 SINGAPORE Futures closed firmer yesterday in quiet trading reflecting higher overseas gold prices. Total sales for. the day were recorded at two lots Prompt closed firmer at U*****.70/381.70 an ounce against New York's $378/ 379 close, June at $381.50/ 382.50 against $380.10/380.30 and August at $389/390 against $387.00/387.60. LONDON
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      Money markets
      119 7 THE overnight rate on the local interbank money market closed higher at 7 7 /fc per cent yesterday, compared with 7 3 per cent of the previous closing. Term rates, however, eased, by 1/16 percentage point across-the-board. Discount prices A* yesterday's close Prices offered by discount houses on
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      Lock icon Little hope of debt initiatives, says IMF director
      322 7 FT THERE IS little hope of fresh initiatives to ease the debt service burden of countries in the developing world, said the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Mr Jacques de Larosiere said many countries have already made dramatic progress in
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      Lock icon Continental in worse state, say banks
      468 7 NYT POTENTIAL purchasers of the Continental Illinois National Bank Trust Co who have begun poring over its books said that the condition of the giant Chicago bank was much worse than they had expected. The most likely buyers, mainly other banks, have received three
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      Lock icon Brazil requests Japan to help finance imports
      178 7 UPI BRAZILIAN Planning Minister Antonio Delfim Netto has asked Japan to extend a US$5OO million export credit line to finance his country's imports. Government sources said Mr Delfim made the request on Monday in a meeting with Hikosaburo Okonogi, Minister of International Trade
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  • FEATURES
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      Saving our flag in rag trade
      498 8 JEANS ARE sometimes tight. Quotas on their exports to the US always are. Strict curbs on the export of garments from the Far East to the West have created a situation whereby manufacturers in the region have found that it could be more profitable
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      Lock icon Why Britain should give Hongkong emigrants a home
      602 8  -  By ANATOLE KALETSKY FT THERE IS only one convincing argument against the many people in Hongkong who condemn as "betrayal" the British government's totally unsuccessful efforts to negotiate a satisfactory agreement with Beijing over the colony's future. It is that betrayal usually
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      Lock icon Solving the US rate dilemma
      1414 8  -  What next month's summit is really about The recent rise in US interest rates has serious implications fo the whole world. It will worsen the already appalling problems of Latin America debtors, bring closer the possibility of a collapse in America's over-ex-tended banking system and
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      Lock icon Reagan prepares for a journey full of pomp and pageantry
      886 8  -  By STEVEN WEISMAN NYT WITH BARELY enough time to recover from jet lag after his trip to China, President Reagan is preparing for a trip to Europe that White House officials hope will be one of their greatest displays yet
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      Lock icon Singapore's $l7bn build-up
      1040 9  -  By ZHOU MEI Economics Correspondent MANUFACTURING has been a magnet for overseas investment in Singapore since it was made the engine of the republic's industrialisation programme more than 20 years ago. But the first quarter of this year saw a rather dramatic drop in the amount of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      195 9 BANQUE INDOSUEZ "TRADERS' MONITOR" AT A GLANCE YOU'LL KNOW WHERE YOUR COMPANY STANDS EVERY MONTH In business, time is indeed money. The less time you spend getting vital information, the more you'll have for getting totally down to business. From now on, the Traders' Monitor allows you to do just
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      937 9 a&DB imd \mm Point counterpoint: The life and work of Georges Seurot 8.03 pm One of the most influential artists of the generation which followed the Impressionists was Seurat. His revolutionary approach to painting, the scientific technique of applying paint in small dots and the beauty of his drawings made
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon Beatrice Foods to buy Esmark for US$2.5bn
      220 10 NYT THE BEATRICE Foods Co, one of the biggest food producers in the US, will offer US$2.5 billion in cash to buy Esmark Inc. James Dutt, chairman of Beatrice, said in New York on Monday that the offer, understood to have taken Esmark
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      Johannesburg
      195 10 MAY 21 (and Un Steel 130 Umsec 565 INDUSTRIALS Wooh»orth 1800 unch A Alpha 900 Abercom 210 unch MININGS AE And CI 940 unch Amaprop 440 2225 AMIC 3150 50 Borlows 1430 20 I860 C G SfTntti 2550S Buff els 7935 CNA 2906 Cum« Finance 520S Coos Go*d 1020
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      Slide on Wall Street continues
      658 10 WALL STREET stock prices retreated for the third straight session on Monday as the market's slide continued to be fuelled by investor concern over current interest rate levels, the pace of US economic growth and increasing Middle East tensions. With the day's BVt -point decline
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      New York
      744 10 MAY 21 US$ ACT Industrie* Alcon AJurrwi Alcoo Allegheny Lud Alied Chem Cp Allied Stores Alis-Chalmers Am Brands Inc Am Broodcast Am Can Co Am Cyanorrvd Am Elec Pwr Am Express Am Home Prod Am Motors Cp Am Natural Gos Am Tel Tel Amox Inc Ameroda Hess AMF
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      European markets
      990 10 -1 Amsterdam J 1 MAY 21 Fh i ABN 356 50 1 Aegon 128 00 -1 A ho»d Akzo AMEV Amfos Amrobnk 187 30 -0 98 00 -0 152 00 -0 63 70 1 Berk 39 80 Boh Borumt Bosk a Burtet 94 50 -0 241 00 33
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
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      Hong Kong
      362 11 HONGKONG: SHARE prices closed sharply higher yesterday with the Hang Seng index closing at 923.77, up 30.76. Cheung Kong rose 35 cents to HK18.30, China Light 20 to $10.90, HK Land 12.5 to $3,125, HK Bank 25 to $6.35, HK Wharf 17.5 to $3.60, Hutchison Whampoa 40 to
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      Taipei
      280 11 MAY 22 NT Lien Hwo Indus 11 90 -0 15 -II Non Yo Plos 37 40 All Sincere Indus 9 15 -0.3 Pacific Cons 32 20 -05 I Asia Cement 32 70 -04 Pocrfic Elect Cathay Cons 33 60 02. Wire 1980 ■03 1 Chong Hwo Bonk Chen Loong
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      Tokyo
      400 11 TOKYO: Prices closed sharply lower yesterday on persistent liquidation triggered by Wall Street's fall to its lowest level of the year. The market average fell 103.03 to close at 10,061.94 after falling 65.23 on Monday. Trading volume was 230 million shares against 190 million the day before. The average
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      82 11 May 22 Won Hyundo. Corp 655 +5 Hyundai Motor 566 +6 Bonk Seoul 675 -5 460 10 Choheung Bk 670 10 Korea First 713 Commerical Bk 703 -2 Korea CW 868 3 Ooehm Ind 620 +50 K 440 25 Daewoo Corp 401 +11 Lucky Ltd 739 +14 n Sormung
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      Sydney
      569 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed weaker yesterday, with the principal market indicator set to fall through the 700 mark unless Wall Street rallies. At the close, the All-ordinaries index was 14.2 points easier at a year's low of 700.4, the All-industrials 10.6 down at 967.0 and the All-re-sources off
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      Bangkok
      176 11 BANGKOK: Prices closed generally lower in weak trading as investors saw no incentives. The Book Club index fell 0.17 to 117.16 on turnover of 23.4 million baht with 149,585 shares changing hands. Thai Farmers Bank lost two baht to 238, and Jalaprathan Cement and Bank of Ayudhaya dropped one
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      Manila
      135 11 MANILA: Prices closed easier yesterday in continued dull trading, despite higher metal prices overseas, because of the Philippine economic situation. The Commercial and Industrial index was down 0.11 at 133.40 and the mining marker fell 8.02 to 1,062.39. Oils eased 0.004 to 0.720. MAY 22 Aco»e MdTNng Angio PhJ
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      Lock icon MARGIN BUYING POSITIONS UP
      63 11 Reuter THE outstanding balance of margin buying positions on the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya stock exchanges rose six billion yen last week to a record high of 2,743 billion yen at the end of the week, renewing its record for the third consecutive week. The balance
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      Burroughs looks to China
      349 11 BURROUGHS Corp expects to strengthen its business relationship with China when chief officer Michael Blumenthal visits Beijing later this month. Mr Blumenthal said he hopes his company will soon be able to conclude an agreement with Chinese authorities for a joint venture aimed at manufacturing small,
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        Nissan expects bigger market
        96 11 NISSAN Motor Company expects to increase its share of the world car market to 10 per cent by 1990 from last year's eight per cent, the trade paper Automotive News said. It quoted Marvin Runyon, president of the Japanese motor company's US subsidiary, as saying Nissan's
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        Ajinomoto to form venture
        133 11 ORSAN, a subsidiary of cement producer LafargeCoppee, said it agreed with Ajinomoto Co Inc to set up a $40 million joint venture amino acid plant in lowa, US, and to expand their existing joint venture in France. Subject to government approvals, the French and Japanese companies
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        Sega changes hands
        50 11 GULF and Western Industries Inc said it sold Sega Enterprises Ltd of Japan to a group headed by Isao Okawa, president and chairman of the board of Computer Services Corp of Japan, Hayao Nakayama, president of Sega Enterprises Ltd, and David Rosen, the founder of Sega Enterprises.
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      Rubber imports 20pc lower in first quarter
      255 12  -  By BOEY KIT YIN LOCAL imports of rubber fell by 20 per cent in the first quarter of 1984. Singapore bought 172,900 tonnes from nine Southeast Asian countries, compared with 216,700 tonnes over the same period last year. The fall could have been
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      Lock icon China expected to import more wheat
      281 12 Reuter CHINA'S wheat imports in the year to May 1985 are expected to rise to 11.0 million tonnes from 10.0 million in 1963/84, but still below the levels of the two previous years. In a field report dated May 16, the US Agriculture Department's
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      Lock icon Japan forecast to buy more corn from China
      95 12 Reuter JAPANESE corn imports from China could gradually rise to as much as 500,000 tonnes a year over the next few years. A US Agriculture Department counsellor in Tokyo said in a report that Japan's first shipment of 100,000 tonnes of Chinese
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      TEXTILES
      137 12 Yarn Japan No 2023 ***** (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) Shirting 116 50 China carded yorn, cones Blue Phoenix I6's 3.550 Hongkong Golden Peok. 60 x 60 ***** Blue Phoerw* 20's 3,600 White cloth Blue Phoenix 32's 4.000 Japan No 10,000 Three Peoches Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500
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      RICE
      300 12 Singapore (S$/kilo, ex-godown) C-l special C-l Ordinary Loonzom 100% Unq Unq Thoi white ♦irst grode Unq 100% 1st class 100% second grade 250 (kangaroo) 100% third grade Unq new crop 100% 2nd class on f? rb#ited No < 0% 100% 3rd class 260 25% new crop 255 B-10% No
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      Straits Tin
      87 12 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday remained at the ITA floor level of M 529.15 a kilo, with the buffer stock manager again providing most of the support. Continued small demand from local interests was evident but foreign buying remained absent, as a steadier close in London
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      WHEAT
      96 12 WHEAT futures closed 10 to 8 1 2 cents per bushel higher on the Chicago Board of Trade on Monday, near the middle of a 14'.2 cent range, in improved trade. Spot May expired strong at noon with a 13' .-cent gain in thin trade, on tight old crop
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      SOYBEAN
      92 12 CHICAGO soybean futures closed Monday five cents per bushel higher in August to 34 cents lower in distant May, ending near the middle of a 17-cent range. Nearby months rose after encountering profittaking at midsession, gaining strength from firmness in wheat and corn. Soymeal finished US$2.7O to 10.50 a
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      PALM OIL
      172 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices eased on profittaking and short selling in moderately active trading yesterday, with uncertain Chicago soy futures dampening sentiment. In the May position, south region fell Ms7o to $1,705 a tonne and central $55 to $1,710 while in June, south eased $32.50 to $1,735.
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      Produce exchange
      153 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% FOB NSW 487 50 Exchange (Seller*' noon closing 100 kg) prices. S$/ Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW 355 00 B W FOB NSW 256 00 Coconut oil Bulk FOB 240 00 Gambier Old drum FOB 253 00 FOB NSW 300 00 New drum FOB 257
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      SSR and SMR
      108 12 (in M cents/1 ton pallets) June July 'ord mth) (current mth) (for* 1 Buyers RAS Buyers NOON Sellers 400N Sellers SSR20 SSR 50 ***** 197 50N 197 50 199 SON 193 50 195 50N 195 50 197 50N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV SMRL SMR
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      LONDON MARKETS
      1230 12 COFFEE Robusta futures closed a (air quiet morning session yesterda unchanged to £55 below the prev ous close. July ended at £2,472, £i down but up4l4 above the mornir low. The easier tone reflected mixe trade, commission house an speculative selling, and profit-tal ing, in an overdue downward
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      RUBBER
      339 12 SINGAPORE: The mar ket closed slightly lower yesterday with June One RSS buyers quoted at 196.00 cents a kilo, down one cent from Monday. The morning session was marked down one cent on some selling of June One RSS after a slightly higher opening. The afternoon session fluctuated narrowly
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      RAS and MRELB
      319 12 R AS prices (m s cants/Mo, fob NOON Buyers Sellers f pfom P f "5.50 196 50N bit RSS June 196 00 196 50 Intl RSS July 199 50 200 00 n '2 RSS 195 50 196 SON UK/Cont 194 50 195 SON £3 RSS 191 50
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      Lock icon Beijing's demand for metals likely to be buoyant
      363 12 Reuter e t CHINA'S imports of major non- ferrous metals and iron and steel j are likely to remain very high this year, if not above last year's masj sive reported total purchases. i The forecast, made by foreign trading circles in
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      289 12 m ic v L (Incorporated in Singapore) Announcement RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31ST JANUARY, 1984. an UnCe unaudted reSU S he Grou P and ,he <°< "on.hs Turnover Profit on Trading After accounting for: Gross dividends from subsidiaries Interest income Interest on loans and bank overdraft Depreciation Share
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      Market ends higher on technical recovery
      4402 13 THE Singapore stock market recovered some ground yesterday after having fallen sharply over the past three sessions. The slight technical rebound yesterday was generally expected in view of the market's highly oversold condition. The BT Composite Index tacked on a modest 4.87 points to
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      Chief price changes
      223 13 SINGAPORE m r R 868 Indices 1600 iAA 0 Ktromot 1200 40 Mo*21 Mot 22 ?T7°T«« 585 35 jTOwpot. MO 74 S4S61 m 975 1100 30 212*21 239*079 U 0 1 420 +7* T OS/OS .551 .AMI A Enterprise 515 +25 cZ930 43 932 17 Koanuntmg 50<
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      KLSE stages fairly strong rebound
      517 13 A FAIRLY strong rebound took most share prices higher at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The recovery followed two days of sharp losses. The market opened on a barely steady note as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines. The cautiousness was partly attributed
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      Business done on the SES
      3461 13 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. AU Time SetUement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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      UOB more cautious in international lending
      439 14 UNITED Overseas Bank is exercising extra caution in its international lending activities. Chairman Wee Cho Yaw said that while Third World debt problems have eased somewhat, uncertainties still prevail on the international economic and financial scene. Hence the need to practise increased vigilance. He
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      United Plantations assured of growth
      220 14 THE future growth of United Plantations Bhd (UPB) is well secured with the rapid development of about 12,000 hectares of jungle land adjacent to Ulu Bernam Estate. In addition, output from the group's 16,800 hectares of oil palm land ensures desirable economies of scale within
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2747 14 BID and offer prices offlcia listed and business in and i Ported to the Kuala Lump Stock Exchange yesterday, wl the number of shares trad shown in brackets in lots of I,C units unless otherwise specific INDUSTRIALS Alcorn (2.285) Antoh (I 978 1 995) (3)
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      Morgan Grenfell plans to seek flotation next year
      208 14 MORGAN Grenfell, one of the few leading British merchant banks which is still privately owned, may seek a stock exchange listing next year. The bank disclosed its plans in an announcement giving details of a £45 million issue of new shares which
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      Time Engineering aims to buy interests in high-tech companies
      560 14 TIME Engineering Bhd will exploit opportunities in high technology such as spin-offs from its trading activities and the acquisition of equity in small to medium-sized-manufacturing companies. Arising from the distribution of factory automation systems, Time Engineering is building up its research
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      Lock icon Eagle Star to sell BAT stake
      69 14 Reuter EAGLE Star Holdings PLC has placed its 13.9 million shares in BAT Industries PLC in the market at slightly over 213p each. The sale was prompted by BAT's acquisition of Eagle Star earlier this year which made the share holding inappropriate, a group
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      Lock icon Sears looks for overseas partners
      209 14 Reuter SEARS, Roebuck Co is studying companies as possible merger or joint-venture partners for its overseas expansion plan, chairman Edward R Telling said. He told the annual meeting that Sears' world trade subsidiary, set up a year ago to expand franchises abroad, was already active
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      Selected indices
      108 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Tuesday 923 77 Monday 893 01 Tuesday 967.4 Monday 977 7 Week ago 989 4 Week ago 924.07 NEW YORK TOKYO Dow Jones Monday *****1 Tokyo Dow Jones Friday 1133 79 Tuesday ***** 94 Week ago *****7 Monday *****97 Week ogo *****
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      Unit trusts
      225 14 Managers' prices for Moy 23 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 3 20 3 40* The Savings Fund 1 96 2 08 S'pore Prog Fund 142 151 S pore Sec Fund 2 16 2.29 S'pore Invest Fund 1 17 1.24 S'pore Equity Fund 140 1.48 Asia Unit Trust Mod
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      Lock icon Is Pengkalen's rising share price surprising?
      535 15 mm™ HOCK LOCK SIEW ONE OF the notable perforr ers on the Kuala Lumpi stock market last week w< tin counter Pengkalen PL< which at one point shot up t Ms 6 to $34, before closing th week at $31. It is not surprising
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      Yeo Hiap Seng turns out worst results since 1968
      584 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE LEADING softdrinks and food processing group Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd has unveiled its worst results since it went public in 1968. Hefty losses incurred by its Hongkong subsidiary and substantial property holding costs have dragged the group
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      Cerebos achieves 10pc rise in interim earninas
      507 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM CEREBOS Pacific Ltd has achieved a commendable 10 per cent rise in consolidated interim pre-tax profits to $15.06 million and the food-based group is confident of further improved results in the current half. Significantly, earnings from the group's operations in
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      402 15 GENERAL Securities Investment Ltd has announced that its unaudited consolidated net tangible asset backing per share was |2.13 as at April 30. KECK SENG (Malaysia) Bhd has said that the closing date and time for the splitting as well as acceptance and payment of its rights issue will
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      Lock icon HM Plant makes recommended offer for 10 companies
      462 15 Reuter HARRISONS Malaysian Planta'tions Bhd (HMPB), majority owned by a Malaysian government body, said yesterday that it had made recommended offers for 10 companies with plantation interests. Eight companies are London-listed, namely Castlefield Rubber Estate PLC, Holyrood Rubber PLC, Kuala Selangor Rubber
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      LONDON STOCKS
      1071 15 SHARE prices yesterday closed above the day's lows after the sharp fall earlier in the session attracted bargain hunting, but dealers said prices were drifting lower in quiet trade following the lower wall street opening. At 3pm, the Financial Times 30-share index was down 17.2 points at 859.0.
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      101 to buy plantation company for M$2lm
      454 15 INDUSTRIAL Oxygen Incorporated Bhd (IOI), under its new chairman, Datuk Lee San i, Choon, has proposed to acquire s the entire capital of Perusahaan f Mekassar (M) Sdn Bhd (PMSB) for M 521.42 million via a share exchange. The acquisition of PMSB, 1
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      368 14 SPP LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ComMnv'willTe E held G iy th N Fourteen,h Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 315 Alexandra purposes.- 3 0 315 15,h June 1984 100 the foZfng AGENDA
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      233 15 NOTICE (la Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in pursuance to Section 272(1) of the Companies Act. Cap. 185 that a final meeting of the abovenamed company will be held at Coopers Lybrand 9 Penang- Road #12-00 Supreme House Singapore 0923 on 25 June 1984 at 10.45 am for
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      275 15 YEO HIAP SENG LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors are pleased to announce the following: 1) UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS TO 31 MARCH 1984 For Six Months to 31 March 19M 1984 Group Company 1983 Group Company Change to Preceding Year Group Company 3
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    Polyolefin resumes full production
    452 16 FULL production has resumed at The Polyolefin Company, one of the downstream plants at the petrochemical complex, after a 20-day stoppage. The return to normal operations took place in the middle of this month, when repairs to a fire-damaged production line were completed. Following the 30-minute
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    Lock icon Ghazali Shafie to visit Beijing next week
    74 16 AFP MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie said yesterday that his visit to China next week would pave the way for increased trade and economic cooperation with Beijing. Mr Ghazali, who leaves Kuala Lumpur next Monday for an eight-day official visit to
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    Latest PAP candidate likens MP role to that of manager
    333 16 ONE OF the People's Action Party's businessmen candidates stated yesterday that there was a similarity between the role of a Member of Parliament and that of a manager. Both, said Mr Chng Hee Kok, can act as integrators of two
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    Lock icon Banker charged with tax evasion
    245 16 A SON of former Singapore Broadcasting Corporation chairman Wee Mon-Cheng was yesterday served with four summonses, including one of tax evasion on commodity trading worth $500 million. Three summonses were served on banker Ng Sau Long under the Income Tax Act carrying a penalty, upon
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    Businessmen expect to do better
    312 16  -  By LOH HUI YIN SINGAPORE'S businessmen are confident that their business will improve greatly during the next six months to September. This optimism stems from the strong recovery of economic activities abroad. The latest survey of business expectations, conducted by the Statistics Department, says that
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    George Tan charged with 12 more offences
    617 16  -  By TERESA LIM FORMER Carrian Group chairman George Tan and his assistant Bentley He were charged yesterday with 12 additional offences relating to Carrian Investment Ltd. Police organised the offences into two separate counts of conspiracy to defraud. In the first, Tan and
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    Manufacturing investments down 43pc
    329 16  -  By ZHOU MEI Economics Correspondent THE PROMISING growth of Singapore's economy, as seen in its near 10 per cent growth in real GDP during the first quarter of this year, does not seem to be reflected in investments in the manufacturing sector. For the first three
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    Lock icon Bank's plans for Britain
    45 16 Reuter THE Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Gorporation will concentrate on commercial business in Britain. It will concentrate on longstanding and more specialised business with the UK Asian community. Commercial expansion will include trade finance, money transmissions and foreign exchange services. Reuter
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      Lock icon New air defence system for Saudis
      29 16 UPI KING FAHD of Saudi Arabia approved on Monday night a USsl-billion air defence system for his desert kingdom against foreign attacks. UPI
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      Lock icon Sino-Nippon co-operation
      42 16 Reuter A JAPANESE consortium of 172 companies will co-oper-ate in at least 42 Chinese projects aimed at modernising China's food processing and distribution system. China has asked the Japanese to help in the processing of meat, wheat, and soybean. Reuter
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      Lock icon Court dismisses case against priest
      40 16 Reuter A COURT in the Philippines yesterday dimissed charges against a priest accused with two foreign missionaries and six church workers of the murder of a town mayor and four others two years ago. Reuter
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      Lock icon Chech to Soviet threat in Asia
      47 16 Reuter MALAYSIA yesterday indicated it wanted the US to maintain a military presence in Asia as a check on Soviet power in the region. Foreign Minister Tan Sri Ghazali told visiting US ambassador to the UN Jeane Kirk pa trick this.
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      Lock icon Smoke-out theme to health workers
      41 16 UPI THOUSANDS of China's health workers were told yesterday to practise what they preach and give up smoking. The Chinese tobacco industry is the world's largest and turns out an estimated 180 billion cigarettes annually. UPI
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      Lock icon Shanghai plans own airlines
      40 16 UPI SHANGHAI mayor Wang Daohan said yesterday his city is planning to establish its own airlines, with foreign help, to compete with China's state-run» airlines, CAAC. The new airlines would offer domestic and international flights. UPI
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      108 16 m i i 91 mall or large meeting, you get abig welcome m s ■B The Palm Beach Hotel in Penang offers a warm welcome whether you have a meeting for 10 people or 200. We have a special wing for conferences and your seminar or meeting for up to
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      432 16 Singapore's $17b build-up, Paga 9 How to Get Big Results from a Small Advertising Budget July 16 17,1984 Purpose This seminar has been designed for business firms with limited advertising budqets It has strona adversers 0 pract,cal 1 effect,ve and innovative solutions to the difficult problems facing small Who Should
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      53 16 WMm Outlook for today: Showers in several areas of the city. Report for 24 hours prior to /.30pm on May 21 at the airport: Maximum temperoture 32.4 Associated humidity 65 Minimum temperature 24.9 Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 8.95 Roinfall in millimetres Nil Rainfall this month 120.5 Roiny days
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      Lock icon Japan concerned over new US shipping bill
      231 17 Reuter JAPANESE Transport Ministry officials said they are concerned about a new US shipping bill which threatens retaliatory measures against restrictions on activities in intermodal transport by US shipping companies in cross trade. The measures were revealed in interim rules on the new
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      S'pore owners badly affected by Indonesian ruling
      863 17  -  By LINDA CHEE SINGAPORE shipowners operating in the SingaporeIndonesia trade are in a dilemma following the Indonesian government's sudden ban on old ships. At present, about 15 Singapore companies operate services to Indonesia using about 40-owned ships. The ruling, which also applies to
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        100 17 Reuter THE INDIAN government-owned Shipping Corporation of India has threatened to stop calling at Calcutta Port following a boycott of its ships by a section of dock workers, the Press Trust of India reported. PTI gave no reason for the boycott which it said has been imposed
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        Ferry workers' protest
        71 17 LEADERS OF British seamen are to call for a 48-hour strike by cross-channel ferry workers in a protest against plans to privatise state-owned Sealink Ferries, UK union officials said. No date has been fixed for the stoppage by the union's 7,000 ferry members. The executive committee of
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      INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
      841 17 Shipping Una Ptg« Col Abe* Transport V 1 Afea VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner VII 5 AC Toepfer X 5 Alpac VI 5 An lira Shpg IV 1 A PC Line V 4 A PL HI 4 5 Arrow Lines X 4 ASCL m I Asia broker V
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      Lock icon Basis of success in joint ventures
      1319 18 Lloyd's List THE USE OF joint ventures as a vehicle for increased participation by the developing countries in shipping became more of a reality following speeches by tee then chairman of Intertanko, Sir Yue Kong Pao, in Unctad's committee of shipping and also at
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      Seawinds appoints new agents
      216 18 1 SEAWINDS LTD (USA) has appointed T Parker 1 Host Inc as agents in the mid-Atlantic states of Virginia, North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Executive vice-president of Seawinds, Paul S Mead said "the mid-Atlantic states have become more important as an area requiring top-notch cargo sales
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1641 18 i fbdng on the freight market on Monday with a Japanese charterer taking a 22,000 tonner on timeJapan to Singapore via the Mid East Gulf at US$5,OOO dally, shlpbrokers said. Also fixed on Japanese account was a 35,000 tonner taken from Japan to the Red Sea at 17,750
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      870 18 AFP GRAIN RATES out of th< US Gulf to Europe movec to their highest for over Vi years on the freighi market last week as demand continued for the larger bulk carriers, although best levels were not > held. After a somewhat mixed start, demand for large ore
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      European company charters carrier
      136 18 A NEW 40,000 tonnes deadweight product carrier to be built In Japan will be chartered by a European Joint venture company. Hitachi Zosen Corporation is to build the ship the first contract it has for Its new Epoch design for trading houses Marubeni Corporation. In turn,
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      CONSORTIA
      192 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia
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      Lock icon Low investment in new vessels for UK fleet
      386 19 UPI INVESTMENT IN new ships for Britain's merchant fleet is at an all-time low of only one million deadweight tons, the General Council of British Shipping (GCBS) said in its annual report on Monday. By 1965-86 the British fleet could be down
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      Handy-sized carriers dominate Lloyd's shipyard orders
      343 19 PREDICTABLY, handysized bulk carriers featured prominently among orders reported during April in Lloyd's Register's new Weekly Reports of Shipyard Orders. In all, 11 were listed in this category, eight of which were placed in Japanese yards. Of the remainder, two were 33, OOOKiwt log
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      592 21 PIL GROUP VESSEL KOTA WANGS* KOTA MURNI KOTA AGUNG KOTA SEJATI KOTA SALAM VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: 28-30/5 HOOEIOAH. JEOOAH, PT SUDAN, ADEN. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM Ixs 29-1/« MOGADISCIO. HODEIDAH, ADEN. AOABA 15-20/8 HODEIDAH. JEDDAH. MOGADISCIO. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM E-509 1-3/7 HODEIDAH. JEDOAH. AOABA. PT SUOAN E sll 5-10/7 HODEIDAH. JEDOAH. ADEN.
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      931 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE i i t URUfI fran&Turt Eipifjs I ivffpool Bjv Bremen I ipress Hamburg Fipress Tokio E(press Bena»on Hongkong tipiess Cardigan Bar Benalder SI*»I!S SCOW PREIANG 27 5 29/5 FUROH HAM SHAVEN SjM Saded Saded Saded Saded Sided Saded Saded 2t 5 27/5
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      525 21 Page V BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES m PAAN V 72 HTONEYWA V 194 PAGAN V 75 BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Lne) Loading for Rangoon S pore P Kelong Penong Spore 24/27 Moy 27/29 Moy 10/13 June PHASHWEGYAWYWA 20/22 June \A BANKUNE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM
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      632 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE Lo«dn| tor lOS ANCEUS. SAN IRANCRCO SEAIIIE lACOR4A »*NtOU«* BC Accept*, fa fCI Contjmm AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Acceptn (CI fCI ContMwrt S>M Mfft wswommd. krinmsn Ck tou c*> 31 1? ?JOO 0. II S S n M<. I? km ft"*"''* COU C*.
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      628 22 SANKO ASIA LINES FRORC JAPANESE PORTS ANO HONGKONG Pom Kelonq JANAS Shorp Sdn Bhd Tel *****4/*****9 Penoo, JANAS Sharp Sdn Bhd Tel *****5/*****9 GENERAL SURVEY FOR KOYU MARU W.II be held on 23 584 <•■) SOON CHURN »>ll be held on 30 584 (m) TEKAO will be held on I
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      559 22 May 23, 1984 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road »27 16 Internationa l Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lines) o BREfIKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK ALPAC LINE SSir" ALPAC ASIA 16SW6 Sport* P Kelang loadmj tor 25 May Durban Tama lave Ihima SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION DUOS ,M jgy J*™*
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      738 23 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): X NOI NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES L HK CONTAINER 40W. SS BRIOGE 46W C ROZE 39W Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia 0 CHIEF S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 1400 3/6 LCL Cargo 0200 3/6 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) SS BRDtt 45E C PAUL 39E C CONTAINER
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      554 23 lit HEUNG-A SHIPPI Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: m JIANGKOK. KEELUMG. BUS AN. INCHON K Pf» BK* ME MCHON BUSAN MS J/6 Mi 7/6 19 S i?« n, »/c IS ?4<t f/7 SEMI CONT AJNERISED DIRECT CHITTAGONG CHALNA CALCUTTA SPORI A&fPTS NEPTUNI AGENCIES PTE UD Tel ?*****7/?*****4 (Bookmrsi
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      1155 23 Page VII SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD 01 "Nurtim *****3 (15 Inn) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Tele* Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** p KEIANG M/S SHARK AT NAH SOON SON. M IST ANO 2ND FLOOR ESS Ml Ttmc wm NO 1 JALAN CtMPENING PORT KLANG MALAYSIA
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      50 23 J: ahrenkiel liner service gmbh DURBAN. JOHANNESBURG MAPUTO MAURITIUS REUNION WESTBOUND BEL A MONDO 9W/84 EASTBOUND ALS CONFIDENCE SE '64 ETD RBAY ETD ETA DURBAN SIN 22/5 8/6 Agents: Kim Shipping Trading Pte Ltd 63 Market Street =08-06 Tat Lee Btdg S pore 0104 Tete* RS ***** KIMTRA Te( *****8
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      723 24 l?e<|iMfial Container lines J 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual .Berthing PSA 1500 Hrs Tuesday Saturday sai BHUM THANA BHUM SHI BHUM HAM BHUM SKI BHUM THAN* BHUM SMI BHUM 'MAMA BHUM SMI BHUM THANA BHUM SKI BHUM THANA BHJM ¥0Y IMS 169 ft u9s mm YI69S 170 M 1?0S
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      71 25 Cwpifw* Cew jfe French Line I UCO/M REGULAR AGENTS SEAL (ON SHPPMG (S) PTE LTD. SMGAPORE SALES/BOOKINGS TEL *****81 (I LINES) COIOMBO 24 23 16 Sea winds DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES a mutt tarn ORKNTAI SMKINDS lINER AGfNCY PTf I ID SINGAPORE TEL *****51 SALES BOOKINGS MALAYSIA GENERAL FREIGHT (M)
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      317 25 jr Nedlloyd Lines Loading for CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA! CARRIBEAN/CENTRAL/EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA accepting containers to Carribeon ports v»a B'town EAST COAST SOUTH AMERICA VEBBEL N Ling* N Loire Aconcagua N Leuve SPORE 2/6 9/6 30/6 8/7 21/7 29/7 7/8 P. LOUIS S'TOS P'GUA R.GRA M'DEO B.AIRES 7/7 8/8 13/8
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      127 26 TUNG HO I A VESSEL UNITED FORTUNE SHIPPING PTE LTD Td: 533*023, *****30, *****07, (BOOKING AGENT FOR) Eta Etd Loading lor. 10/6 Surabaya, B'masin 24/5 Surabaya. Jkt UNITED FORTUNE SMTPMG PTE LTD 93 MARKET STREET #08-02 CTS BUR.DING TEL 533M23 533*030 SMGAPORE 0104 REGULAR SERVICE TO BOMBAY/KARACHI CONTAINER CUM CONVENTIONAL
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      102 26 CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO MOGADISCIO ETA SPORE ETA MOGADISCIO M/V THREE STAR 26TH MAY 11TH JUNE GfNtRAI AGfNIS SEALIOH SHIPPING (S) PTE LTD TEL *****81 (8 LINES) LIZENA PTE LTD T»l: *****29, *****67, *****68 T«l«x: R*****1 PHNOM PENH/HCM SERVICE ETA ETD MEKONG VENTURE ls/6 ?0 6 DUMAI/PEKAN BAKU SERVICE SRISABANG 2S/5
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      757 26 Ta C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consorti CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FUELY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) S pott P KUnf IHOf.f Rdam Fitom H bwrfrnn I orcntai chei jni it it 2ji ?K XI nt nt HONGKONG CONIAIWR AON 10 t U'4 79 t 30
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      562 26 HEAP SENG TRADING SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 13-01, 13th floor. Golden Mile Tower, Beach Rood, Singapore 0719 Tel *****44 TU R*****2 HEAPCO SINGAPORE TO PHUKET/WEST MALAYSIA SERVICE s pore p kelang penang phukei LANGSA V 55/14 25/26 Mar w LANGS A V 56 14 1/2 k** 5 FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO
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      599 26 ZIM FEE?? 1 Fai COHTMO SCTWCE accept* FCL/tCI carfoes to US* East I Nest Coast. Panama. Carribbean and East Came. M knr> Jgt AM CAdfORMA 2S Ma fIMCAI*ORM« 6 (ur It* HONG KONG i« Km 11* MfIUNG 22 km im TOKYO 30 Jun AM KM »ORk u ?9 Ma. 30
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      144 26 m a M r A r x\ > Si Lfi 02 i* SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND R Thunderstorm Temperature °C y Shower Weather f-Y Wind direction with speed in knots Rain Goudy Sky 1 Wav height S€rf oe wtada are Indicated by arrews
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      945 27 THE COMMUNICATIONS revolution is here. In the sixties Marshall McLuhan wrote of the technological changes that would make the world a global village. Alvin Toffler later sketched out the impact that the new technology would wrought on mankind. Already we are living with the actuality. It
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      219 27 ONCE AGAIN I welcome with great pleasure participants U the third CommunlcAsla Exhibition and Conference, as I had the privilege U do m dariag the first and sec—d C——lcAata I believe this Is the first time In this part sf the warid
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      1097 28  -  The recent interest shown by IBM in local area networking has considerably sharpened competition in the field. ALAN CANE here reviews IBM engineers' conceptions of this fast-develop-ing technology. ALAN CANE FT LATE last year, there was a flurry of publishing activity from IBM about
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      686 28  -  By LIM SOON NEO SOME OF the numerous "stars" seen in the skies above the Equator are the wonders of the communication world satellites. They orbit 36,000 kilometres above the Equator and appear fixed at certain spots when they move around their respective orbits at the
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      1289 29  -  By JEFFREY TSANG OFFICE AUTOMATION sometimes known as the Office of the Future arouses a great deal of controversy, not least because many people do not understand the concept. Experts and salesmen may make impressive presentations about releasing office workers from the tyranny
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      1118 30  -  By JEFFREY TSANG ROBIN HOOD, green-clad outlaws and a wicked sheriff are the images that immediately spring to mind when Nottingham, England, is mentioned. But today, the eyes of the electronic communication industry are focussed on one of the most interesting exercises in the field
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      870 30 FT ROGER WALKER of Britain is getting used to being one of the world's leading guinea-pigs when it comes to finding new ways to work. After becoming Rank Xerox's first "networker" two-and-a-half years ago, he is now experimenting with another aspect of the society of
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      971 31  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH SINGAPORE has a high volume international telecommunication tra fie comparable with that of mar industrialised countries although it is small country in terms of population. It is the fourth highest user of th Commonwealth telecommunication k cilities among all Commonwealt countries.
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      852 31  -  JAIME LYE describes how advances in communications technology is reducing distance for executives seeking a meeting of minds. JAIME LYE SHIFTING executives around ii the world is expensive, time S] consuming, probably unhealthy r and becoming much less neces- u sary. Instead of physically
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      736 32  -  By CHUANG PECK MING MENTION Meteorological Services Department (MSD) and the weatherman will come to mind. Not someone whose words you take seriously, no more than an opinion pollster. "If the weatherman says it is going to be sunny today, go ahead with your garden party but
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      695 33  -  n this report, CHUANG PECK MING highlights the teaching of new technology in Singapore In thl SSttSSSX** he surve y B a ?ey P element ol that new technology optical fibres. CHUANG PECK MING SINGAPOREANS have worked hard for the past 19 years of
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      1309 33 THEY LOOK so unremarkable: just tiny strands of glass, only a few metres long and as thin as hair. Nothing at all to suggest that these are state-of-the-art products. But these ultra-pure "glass hairs" stand to replace metal cables and revolutionise the world of communications.
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      1403 34  -  By LIM SOON NEO IN 20 YEARS' time, Singap< reans will be able to receive a kinds of data, telexes, facsimil and telephone calls right in th living room truly entering th much talked about Informatioi Age. Is this really possible? Yes with Telecoms at the
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      636 34  -  By JAIME LYE RADIO TELEPHONES in cars made good status symbols, but were pretty inefficient pieces of business equipment. The system was cumbersome to use, the wait for a connection far too long, reception more often than not terrible, and the number of telphones
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      365 27 Now there's a computer system that can do more thanyou think For less thanyou think. Introducing the amazing Compact IBM System/36. The latest member of the IBM family of small systems, it's designed to give you efficient computing power for much less than you'd expect. The first thing you'll notice
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      68 27 In this supplement Office automation IBM ties up the parts Page 2 A work-place to suit all tastes Page 3 Electronic banking Conservatism won't do any more Page 4 Technical highlighta Hedging bets with submarine cables Page 5 Meteorology: Art and science combined Page 6 Lessons in technology Page 7
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      221 28 M National has the answer. A key telephone system. The National GX-616 and GX-1232. Instead of a number of phones per desk. The system allows up to thirty-two employees to have one phone with access to twelve external lines. Am: This means there is greater control incoming and outgoing calls;
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      279 29 To learn how to computerize your small business, Business managers need accurate, timely information to make decisions. If you're running a small business, and are thinking of using computers to help you with timely information, come to an IBM seminar on the new Compact System/36. The seminar is free. It's
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      430 30 MARSEILLE ARIANE Palermo J raecommunications calling Asia... WW® Alexandria* I SEA- ME- typ Rangoon j Bangkok < Djibouti Colombo AFRICA Bandar Sari Bagawar SINGAPORE INDIAN OCEAN AUSTRALIA SEE YOU AT COMMUNICASIA '84 Two recent achievements: SEA-ME-WE Submarine cable from France to Singapore and beyond. Length: 14,000 km of which two-thirds
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      253 31 At CommunicAsia 84 we'll have something to say about the future of telecommunications. Come to our exhibit at CommunicAsia 84 in Singapore and we'll let our products and services speak for themselves. Because our display will be the largest of any single company featuring a working example of a totally
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      758 32 J 1 'T.fISS wu can judge a company by the companies it keeps Harris Digital Telephone Systems A Fortune 250 company with nearly US$2 billion in annual sales, producing advanced communication and information processing systems for the Information Technology market. HARRIS offer a comprehensive range of advanced PABXs handling both
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