The Business Times, 22 September 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1984 60 CENTS
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  • 595 1 Figures can be interpreted in any way, says banker THE GROWTH of the US economy has slowed down to a sustainable pace, giving the dollar yet another excuse to go on rising. News that the Commerce Department's flash estimate of economic growth in the
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  • 228 1 Reuter THERE IS A risk of renewed restrictions on capital movements unless Western Europe, Japan and the US cooperate more fully in intervening on currency markets and coordinate their domestic interest rate policies, Bundesbank board member Claus Koehler said. He told economists in a
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  • 470 1 AFP HONGKONG will become a highly autonomous special administrative region of China in 1997, able to develop independent economic and cultural ties with foreign countries under a just completed SinoBritish draft agreement. Under the agreement, Hongkong's position as a free port, independent
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  • 499 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG A FORECAST that Chinese Singaporeans would be speaking Mandarin as a matter of habit by about 1995 was made by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night. Since the launch of the Speak Mandarin campaign five years ago,
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  • Article, Illustration
    58 1 SHARE prices finished mixed in light trading at the Singapore stock market yesterday. Helping to cheer op the day was selective trading interest, especially in second liners, and con tinned short-covering activities. At the close, the BT Composite Index collected 3.54 points to 797.92 and the Straits Times
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  • 368 1  -  By MONICA GWEE THE CIVIL servant "must not ever become party political" for if there was a change of government, he would find himself unable to serve the new government; a former top British civil servant said yesterday. Lord Bancroft, formerly Head
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  • 207 1 STANDARD Mandarin must be promoted now even though it is still some time before dialects give way totally to Mandarin. The point was emphasised last night by Mr Ho Kah Leong, Parliamentary Secretary (Education), at the opening of this year's Speak Mandarin Campaign. Speaking
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  • 224 1 THE DOLLAR soared still higher in early European trading yesterday, scaling new peaks against the Deutschemark and many other major currencies. Investors seemed to dismiss Thursday's Commerce Department "flash" estimate of slower growth In the US economy for the third quarter and pay attention instead to
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    • 256 1 [CMIQS SHARE INFORMATION 10 RAW MATERIALS 4 MONEY EXCHANGES 5 SHIPS IN PORT 2 STRAWS IN THE WIND 7 CHARTPOINT 11 STUDENTS who work as "temporary employees" on industrial attachment believe they are worth more than $250 a month and have suggested that companies offer them some staff benefits. Page
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    • 11 1 Full report, Pag* 10 International stocks, 8 Asian stocks, Pag* 9
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 473 2  -  They are unhappy about the $250 base pay By MONICA GWEE STUDENTS who work as "temporary employees" on industrial attachment believe they are worth more than $250 a month and have suggested that companies offer them some staff benefits. The first batch of
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    • 271 2 ENGINEERS should work where they are needed most and not in offices. The trend for engineers to become managers and administrators instead of practising their skills on the shopfloor must be checked, said Mr Tay Kwang Seng, chairman of the Singapore Manufacturer's Association (SMA). Mr
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    • 131 2 HEWLETT PACKARD hopes to invade small and medium businesses with 'Mighty Mouse', the codename for its latest small but powerful member of the HP 3,000 series of minicomputers. Launched yesterday, the HP 3,000 Series 37 has the same features as the Series 68, the largest
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    • 116 2 I ACCOUNTANTS have a crucial role to play in promoting the use of value-added practices as a management tool in decision making. Mr Lo Hock Ling, vice-presi-dent of the Singapore Society of Accountants (SSA), said this at the opening of the two-day seminar on "Value-Added
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    • 116 2 FOURTEEN more units of industrial shops will be leased to renovation contractors, this time at Yishun Industrial Park. The 102.5-square-metre units will be offered today on a first-come-first-served basis, with rentals fixed at $1,415 a month. So far, more than 70 of 78 units
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    • 44 2 THE Department of Extramural Studies of the National University of Singapore will conduct a threeday course on 'How to develop dynamic leadership: Workshop for professionals'. The course will start on Oct 3. Further information available at Tel no *****55/ *****76 or *****80/*****00.
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    • 418 2  -  By JOANNE YAP ARTHUR ANDERSEN Associates, an international consultancy company, is conducting a survey of 900 manufacturers in Singapore. Questionnaires will be sent in November to local and foreign companies, especially those in the electrical and electronics industry. The company, which is the management
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    • Article, Illustration
      436 2 IN ASSISTING international food hygiene regulations which are constantly being tightened, Australian company Symbio Products Pty Ltd is producing liquid and powder detergents, acid-base cleaners, metal cleaners, floor cleaners, degreasers and disinfectants. Suitable for use in all sections of food processing plants, Symbio cleansers can be applied with
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  • 1057 2 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Ship Voy Arrival Operator Gdns FCL Location Chengtu Kai Maru Helene Del L Srimathi N Topaz Anni Johnson E Vigor Harvester FE Trader Sea Glory N Crystal Anna Maersk P Fillmore Nik Maksimov 6 Butang Maersk Rondo Sea Fortune
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 62 2 Golden Phoenix CHAO ZHOU GARDEN RESTAURANT 6th Storey, UIC Building, Shenton Way, Tel: *****55 (6 Lines) -:oj m a >* ft. a 5£ IMioiMii.v Sichuan 4> mun Ktndmiraiil r icirto Hotel Equatorial UUISIrI6 429 Bukit Timah Road Tel *****31 (■ol4l<»ii IMiofiii.v Sichuan (UK 4th Storey World Trade Centre 1 Maritime
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 272 3 NYT HONGKONG'S Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC), the territory's largest public corporation and its heaviest borrower, may be unable to pay off its debts by the target date of 19% unless the volume of passenger traffic improves, Mr Wilfrid Newton, the
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    • 224 3 AFP RIOTING flared outside Argentina's presidential palace on Thursday as a report alleging that 8,961 people disappeared in repression during the former military regime was handed over to President Raul Alfonsin. Mounted police dispersed a crowd of 10,000 to 30,000 people as fighting started between
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    • 650 3 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time PAA PAS 0020 JFK/SFO/HKG CAL CI33I 0150 TPE GIA GA7I 10 0235 HLP MAS MH681 0820 KUL SV SV386 0745 JED KAL KE624 0840 KUL CV CV796 0845 LUX/AUH MAS MH601 0905 KUL MAS MH67I 0935 KUL MAS MH811 0940
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    • 277 3 Reuter A GROUP OF leading Indonesian dissidents have called on the government to appoint an independent commission of inquiry to investigate bloody riots in North Jakarta on Wednesday. In a public statement issued on Thursday, 22 members of "The Group of 50" said the clashes between troops and Muslims in
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    • 490 3  -  Deficits are aggravating inflation By PENG AILIAN THE US economy cannot enjoy both extended growth and subdued inflation unless federal budget deficits are significantly reduced, according to a Conference Board study released on Thursday. The author of the US section of the study, Mr
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    • 219 3 UPI IT MAY COME as no surprise, but the favourite Bible verse of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher contains the phrase, "and she shall not be moved". This revelation, and others equally apt, came after a group of students wrote to famous people asking
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    • 67 3 A BRITISH research team has developed a revolutionary new scanner which doctors said would provide them with early warning of heart disease, the nation's biggest killer. The magnetic resonance scanner uses magnetism and radio waves to photograph the heart and surrounding arteries. The scanner has been
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    • 204 3 Reuter THE WORLD'S largest steam locomotive factory in Datong, China, is planning to start experiments early next year aimed at developing a gas-fired engine that would almost eliminate smoke pollution. Qi Zhaohui, secretarygeneral of the Datong Steam Engine Factory, said the gas-driven locomotive was being
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    • 117 3 Reuter BUSINESS leaders' confidence in the US economy continued to decline in the third quarter, but still remains at a relatively high level, a Conference Board study shows. The board's measure of business confidence registered 61 in the third quarter, down from 65 in the second quarter,
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    • 340 3 Reuter THE US called off financial talks with leading non-commu-nist industrial nations this week because of a trade row with the European community, diplomatic sources said. The meeting was to discuss changing the rules under which industrial countries provide subsidised credit for their
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    • 379 4 Move to strengthen trust between nations Reuter THE Soviet Union is allowing international inspection of its civilian nuclear reactors. The move, it said on Thursday, was aimed at strengthening trust between nations. The Soviet media and the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) in Vienna
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    • 150 4 AFP SIX "YOUNG TURK" former colonels publicly apologised to a group of top-ranking Thai army officers in what Bangkok observers said was a bid to patch up rifts in the military. Colonel Prachak Savangchit, before a gallery of about 100 journalists, raised his
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    • 269 4 UPI AT LEAST 2,500 years after the invention of money, some experts believe that by the end of this century, up to half of all international trade may be carried out by barter. So said reports at "International Barter 2," a two-day conference
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    • 137 4 THE MALAYSIAN government has imposed a 25 per cent import duty on cooling towers for heating and cooling plant and machinery, previously imported duty-free. The Customs Department, in announcing this yesterday, said the new import duty, which took effect from Thursday, was aimed at
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    • 264 4 AP THE PROSPECT of winter power cuts loomed closer in Britain's 27-week-old coalfield strike yesterday after the transport union urged its 1.5 million members to block fuel deliveries to power stations to back the miners. The move by the powerful Transport and General
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    • 259 4 Reuter THE United Auto Workers (UAW) Union yesterday reached tentative agreement on a new contract with General Motors Corporation, ending strikes that have made more than 100,000 workers idle. UAW president Owen Bieber said strikers were being told to return to work immediately and
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    • 220 4 AMERICAN evangelist Billy Graham said yesterday at the end of a 12-day preaching tour of the Soviet Union that it was "wonderful" how many churches were open there. Mr Graham, once known for his fiery anti-communist remarks, said he now believed there was a measure of
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    • 452 3 Interim Results 1984 Hongkong Land Chairman's Comments Results The unaudited consolidated net profit after taxation and minority interests but before extraordinary items for the half year to 30th June 1984 was HK$ 175 million. This compares with a net loss of HK$ 10million for the corresponding period in 1983, as
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 152 4 Chinese Produce Exchange (Sellers' noon closing prices on Sep 21. SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 195 00 Old drum FOB 208 00 New drum FOB ***** Copro Mixed (loose) 105 00 buyers Pepper Muntok white FOB NLW 707 50 Sarawak white FOB foq NLW 700 00 Sarawak
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    • 286 4 Singapore (S$/kilo, ex-godown) Thai white 100% 1st class (kangaroo) new crop 1.05 100% 2nd class 0 77 100% 3rd doss 075 25% new crop No stock B-10% No stock Thai broken A-super 065 Special 060 Thai rice 55% No stock China rice 10% 092 15% No stock 25% No
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    • 183 4 PRICES on the Malaysian crude palm oil market yesterday weakened on shortselling and reserve of buyers in anticipation of a further fall in Chicago soybean complex following a higher than expected US Department of Agriculture soybean stocks estimate. In the September position, south region fell MJ32.50 to 51,012.50
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    • 142 4 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade ranged from unchanged to off IV4 cents a bushel at Thursday's close. December ended near the middle of a 2 3 4 cent range. Prices recovered from early declines on active purchases by C D Commodities, estimated at three million bushels
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    • 122 4 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 6'/j to three cents a bushel in subdued mid-ses-sion trade on Thursday, after prices dropped to new contract lows in morning activity. A mostly dry forecast for the mid-west lent to the weak tone. Farmers needing cash or without storage
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    • 179 4 SINGAPORE The market closed easier yesterday with October One RSS buyers quoted at 194.50 cents per kg, down 1.50 cents from Thursday's close. MALAYSIA The market closed easier yesterday at 217.25 cents per kg for October One RSS buyers, down 0.75 cent from Thursday's close. Volume was thin as
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    • 63 4 THE Straits tin price in Pentag yesterday remained at the ITA floor price of M|29.15 per kg. Penang's premium widened to £351 per tonne over the spot price in London from C3M on Thursday, mainly Influenced by sterling's continued weakness against the Malaysian dollar. No rationing or foreign
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    • 165 4 Yarn (In HK$ per bale of 400 lb) Chino carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix I6's 3,300 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,500 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,850 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,250 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21'» 3,550 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 5,000 Blue Phoemx 40's 5,250 Open-end yarn 3,100
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    • 336 4 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in boles) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 192 00 ***** 191 50 192 SON Int 1 RSS Oct 195 25 195 75 194 50 195 00 Int 1 RSS Nov 195 50 196 00 194 75
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    • 111 4 (cents/kg, 1-ton pallets) Octobcr November (current mth) (forward mth) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 190 50 192 50N 192 50 193 SON SSR 50 188 50 190 SON 189 50 191 SON MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV 220 00 222 00N
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    • 871 4 COFFEE Robusta futures ended a subdued morning session yesterday with gains from the previous close of £28 to £13. November finished at £2,465, up £18. The market rose on commission house buying influenced by New York's close, sterling's decline to new lows against the dollar, and constructive chart
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 290 5 Reuter JAPAN wants expanded surveillance of debtor countries which seek extra loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to pay off existing debts. Finance Minister Noboru Takeshita also called for the private sector to take a greater part with the World Bank in
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    • 125 5 Reuter THE Federal Reserve board has approved a reorganisation for Continental Illinois Corp that should make it easier for federal regulators to recover possible losses related to the assistance given Continental National Bank and Trust Co. Under the reorganisation, Continental Illinois Corp's common stock will be
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    • 423 5  -  By AMY BALAN FAR EASTERN Bank (FEB), which turned in a dismal performance last year, lost half of its lending business during the first six months of the year. Loans and advances and bills receivables, less provisions, the mainstay for a retail banking outfit
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    • 500 5 NYT THE Federal Reserve has announced an unusually large US$7.B billion rise in the US basic money supply to $552.7 billion. However, the increase was so widely expected that it had only a slight effect on interest rates. In light trading on
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    • 136 5 Reuter COMMONWEALTH finance ministers ended a two-day meeting in Toronto yesterday with a sharp attack on high US interest rates and the threat they posed to global recovery. In a final communique, they said there is an urgent need for better policy coordination among
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    • 422 5 Reuter THE August public sector borrowing requirement (PSBR) of the UK was at the high end of market expectations, prompting some brokers to question whether the government will achieve its forecast for the financial year. The August PSBR of £1.5 billion, compared with market forecasts
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    • 188 5 Reuter THE State Bank of India (SBI) has asked a sevenbank consortium led by Chase Manhattan Bank NA to improve terms on a US$3OO million loan to the National Aluminium Co (Nalco), bankers in Bombay and New Delhi said. The SBI,
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      770 5 SINGAPORE: The US dollar extended earlier gains against major European currencies yesterday in fairly active late trading on overseas buying. The flash forecast of 3.6 per cent growth in US third quarter GNP, the US$7.B billion rise in latest US M-l money supply and news that United Auto
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    • 246 5 Interbank rates at 3pm Curranciea Nominal ral tea Smithsonian quoted yesterday croaa parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US doHar 2 1695 2 1705 2 8196 -23 06 Sterling pound ***** ***** 7 3469 -64 15 Australian dollar 1 7952 1 7982 3 4286
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    • 117 5 THE OVERNIGHT rate rose by s h-point to close at 7V* per cent on the Singapore interbank market yesterday. The two and threemonth term rates rose by 1/16-point each, while the one-month maturity remained at Thursday's closing level. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overnight 7
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    • 53 5 RESULTS OF TENDER held yesterday for 91-day Treasury bills to be issued on Sep 24 and from Sep 26 to Sep 28: Offered: $140,000,000. Applied far: $175,000,000. Allotted: $140,000,000. Accepted bids: $99.25 approximately 80 per cent; higher bids in full. Average rate of discount on allotment: 3.010 per
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    • 254 5 ASIAN dollar deposit rates Foreign exchange closed steady yesterday at Opening Closing lower opening levels in £/US$ 1.2150 1 2145 quiet afternoon trading. US$/Sfr 2 5720 2 5710 Interbank USS/DM USS/yen 3 1490 247 85 3 1645 247 35 a s 2 01 s USS/SJ 2 1690
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    • 351 5 BA Futures Inc EURODOLLAR futures opened easier yesterday at Simex on news of larger-than-expected increase in money supply in the US on Thursday night. December Eurodollar opened at 88.55, four points off Thursday's close and seven against the CME's close. Initial selling interest on profit-taking pushed it to a
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    • 205 5 HONGKONG The metal closed lower yesterday at U*****.30/80 an ounce against New York's finish of $342.00 50 after fluctuating narrowly during the day. On the local market, gold ended HK$5 lower than Thursday's close at $3,185 a tahil after it moved in a day's range of $3,178 3.194. The
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • FEATURES
    • 466 6 ENGINEERING undergraduates who feel strongly that they are underpaid while undergoing vocational training should stop complaining and start doing something about it. They could either seek a transfer to another company which pays more than the $250 recommended base rate, or, failing that, look for
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    • 762 6  -  As the UN gathers for its annual meeting, there are those who raise the issue of a charter review By FLORA LEWIS NYT THERE HAVE been about 150 wars in the world since the United Nations was founded in 1945 to keep
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    • 831 6  - The matchmaker abroad —classified ads and the clergy Asian immigrants lose one thing when they start new lives in the United States the traditional matchmaker. So young AsianAmericans rely on less traditional forms such as marriages arranged by mail, newspaper advertisements, and help from clergy. SEHYON JOH reports. SEHYON JOH
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 119 6 THEIR REAL ROLE Yet another current issue nailed down in a critical analysis in the September 16 issue of Malaysian Business. Other highlights include: •Insecure Guards: A close look at the security industry •Invisibles: How individual exporters can help reduce the deficit. •Restaurants: Franchising, Malaysian style. •Education: The lucrative learning
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 1010 6 W IMD IMDUD IJ HIGHLIGHTS Fighter Pilot Graduation 8.15 pm, Channel 12 Proud parents, wives or girlfriends watch the parade as the cadets get their commissions. Once again, students are tested and the assessors reveal their strong and weak points. Then, it is all over. The boys are now officers.
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  • TIME-OFF
    • 845 7  -  By FRANK PRIAL NYT THE SAUTERNAIS, the people of Sauternes, spend a great deal of time trying to come up with things to do with their wine without much success. It is a great pity because their sweet, white wines are beautiful and the rest of us
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    • 185 7 A salute to sin in honour of Singapore's tourists STRAWS in the Wind DO TOURISTS find Singapore boring? Would a bit of naughty nighttife brighten their evenings and boost the tourist trade? The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board apparently thinks so. We recently received a telex from STPB stating its intentions
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    • 100 7 THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra, through their local distributor, has Just released three LPs of orchestral music. Seldom recorded, Verdi's Overtures, Res pig hi's Concerto Gregariano and Poem» Autumn Ale, and Asian Evergreens are available from leading record dealers. They are also on cassette tapes. Maestro Choo
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    • 405 7 CONCERTS Tonight, last appearance of SSO's guest Russian cellist, Valentin Feygin. Victoria Concert Hall, 8.15 pm. Tickets: $4, $7, $10 and $15. Feygin is also appearing with Victor Poltoratsky, Russian pianist whose first piano lessons were taught by his mother. Sep 24, Victoria Concert Hall, 8.15 pm. Tickets:
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    • 322 7  -  By LISA LEE MANY have heard of the inviting warm seas and the rich perfumed roses of Bulgaria, but Singaporeans will be the first in Asia to be treated to Bulgarian ballet at the World Trade Centre. Come October 2 and 3, a 24member
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    • 131 7 MOST OF US.have difficulty pronouncing Twyla Tharp's name, let alone being able to identify her works. This should soon be remedied with SBC's screening of the innovative modem dance choreographer's Confessions of a Corner Maker. Three of Tharp's dances, Baker's Dozen, Short Stories and Bach Duet, will
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  • SPORTS
    • 643 7  -  By BRIAN MILLER IT'S THAT time of the year again. Gold Cup fever's in the air. And next Sunday we will witness the running of the $210,000 Singapore Gold Cup. However, the action all starts at Bukit Timah this afternoon where nine races
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    • 104 7 UPI PITCHER Tim Lollar clubbed a threerun homer to highlight a five-run second inning on Thursday, assuring the San Diego Padres of at least a tie of the National League West title with a 5-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The Padres,
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    • 98 7 UPI JOHNNY Ray's sacrifice fly scored Joe Orsulak to climax a two-run rally in the eighth inning on Thursday and lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 7-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a sweep of the three-game series. The Cubs, who dropped their
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    • 843 7  - All Along French filly that made good By STEVEN CRIST NYT NEXT TO her stall in Barn Nine at Belmont Park, there is no plaque reading, "All Along Horse Of The Year 1983", and even if there were one, many people would still not believe it. The French filly who
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 626 7 S CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 9 How impressive the giant was to the child? (9) 10 Thought the cocktail I made had gin In it (8) 12 Loaf about when I drop Eliza off (4) 13 Get "A beer, please," in German right (6) 14 Tell you, in a near frenzy,
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 299 8 Reuter MCDONALD'S Corp stock has come under pressure on the New York Stock Exchange after Prudential Bache Securities cut its short-term recommendation on the company from an "aggressive buy" to "okay to buy". Analysts said the decline came on the Prudential Bache move. Prudential
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    • 103 8 Reuter TATE and Lyle PLC has extended its offer for Brooke Bond Group PLC until Oct 11 after acceptances reached 2.04 million Brooke Bond ordinary shares or 0.66 per cent. Tate'and Lyle's stake in Brooke Bond, combining acceptances with the two million shares held before
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    • 84 8 AFP SHAREHOLDERS of Superior Oil Co have approved a takeover plan, worth US$5.7 billion, proposed by Mobil Oil Company, the second-largest oil company in the US. In another major business merger on Thursday, Phillips Petroleum Company said it had concluded a definitive accord on its plan
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    • 279 8 UPI LONG-AWAITED evidence that the US economy is slowing materialised on Thursday but the stock market had to rely on a late rally to register a small gain in moderately active trading. Brokers said some investors stayed on the sidelines prior to the Federal
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 401 9 HONGKONG: Share prices closed about steady yesterday after fairly heavy early profit-taking but sentiment remained bullish amid general confidence over the soon-to-be-announced Sino-British agreement on Hongkong. The Hang Seng Index stayed above the psychologically important 1,000 mark, ending 2.05 down at 1,000.08, after a morning session close of 998.60.
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    • 369 9 TOKYO: Share prices weakened in quiet trading yesterday, affected more by yen weakness against the dollar than an overnight gain on Wall Street. The market average fell 16.23 to close at 10,505.11 after Thursday's 30.96 decline, with the turnover 250 million shares against 260 million on Thursday. The Tokyo
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    • 76 9 Sep 21 Bonk Seoul Won 656 1 Hyundoi Motor KAL 613 470 -2 -1 Choheung Bv 636 -14 1251 -IB Commercial Bk DoeWn Ind 677 575 -8 -2 -2 Korea S»*p 432 745 -2 -6 Daewoo Ind Dong Ah 630 720 700 10 -12 -11 Samsung Co Samsung Elec
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    • 360 9 SYDNEY: Share markets firmed across the boards yesterday on support for industrial issues following a small rise on Wall Street and a number of encouraging profit results. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was up 3.9 at 725.7, the All Industrials Index was up 5.1 at 1,041.1 and
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    • 148 9 BANGKOK: Share prices closed lower in quiet trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 0.10 point to 119.59 as declines led advances by a small margin and turnover fell to 228,673 shares worth 26.0 million baht from 280,005 shares worth 45.0 million on Thursday. Siam Citizens was the most
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    • 107 9 MANILA: Share prices closed easier in continued dull trading yesterday, reflecting the Philippines economic situation. The Commercial and Industrial Index eased 0.14 to 106.83 and the Mining marker fell 3.26 to 923.74 while Oils were down 0.017 at 0.629. sirr 21 Pans Onantoi B Phi Ov«MOt Phfex B 0.013
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    • 57 9 AFP A MAJOR Japanese trading house, Sumitomo Corporation, has acquired a 15 per cent equity share in Icelandic Alloys and has become its sole agent in Japan for sales of ferro-silicon. Under the partnership, Sumito plans to import annually 20,000 tonnes of ferro-silicon which is widely used
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    • 511 9 FT ATARI Taiwan Corporation is tooling up for an assault on computer markets in the US and Europe in the wake of a US$24O million takeover of its assets by Jack Tramiel, founder of Commodore Computer Company. Sam Tramiel, the chairman's son and
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    • 356 9 THE largest department store in Hongkong will be opened in Shatin at the end of the year with a HK$lOO million investment by the Japanese department store group Yaohan. The president of Yaohan group, Kazuo Wada, said a 10year lease with Sun Hung Kai
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4152 10 IN THE absence of fresh developments, trading at the Singapore stock market was quiet yesterday. Share prices closed mixed and volume remained thin. Thanks to small gains made by a handful of blue chips, both the major local indices were up at the
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    • 267 10 SINGAPORE Rises Indices Selongor Dredg 600 Kentucky Spore 460 Sfmlinn 545 Mlf Hldgs 50( 235 Suprtm Corpn 165 M Banking 890 Phm 580 San Lin Fmonce 290 G 1 Hldgs SOi 267 Kuoio Sidw 496 O U 400 Falls 20 20 15 13 13 10 10 7
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    • 473 10 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market put on another lethargic performance yesterday with share prices finishing on a mixed to easier note. Except for Kumpulan Emas Bhd, which made its debut yesterday, trading generally remained quiet with investors staying away. Thanks to Kumpulan Emas, which accounted
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    • 3090 10 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. AH Time SetUement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 320 11 saiMf (parcra HOCK LOCK SIEW AFTER the ruinous market slide of 1981/82, there arose from the ashes, the biggest and speediest market recovery ever experienced by the local stock market. But fortunately for chart readers, when a price trend is in the process of reversing from down
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    • 2084 11 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lota of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Ajonomoto (3.865) Alcom (1.868 1.88S) (5) 1.89 (2) 1.87(2)
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    • 96 11 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hong Seng Index Friday 1041.1 Thursday 1036.0 Friday 1000 08 Week ago 1033.2 Thursday 1002.13 Week ago 945.44 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Thursday 1216.54 Wednesday 1213.01 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ago 1228.25 Friday ***** 11 Thursday ***** 34 Standard and Poors Week ago *****.54
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    • 223 11 Managers' prices for Sep 22 24 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 2 83 3.03 The Savings Fund 1.85 196 S'pore Prog Fund 1 22 1 29* S'pore Sec Fund 184 195 S'pore Invest Fund 114 1.21 S'pore Equity Fund 126 134 Asia Unit Trust Second B'putra Third B'putro
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    • 236 11 THE PROFIT downturn at Hotel Marco Polo Ltd, which began in the second half of 1983, continued into the first six months of this year. Both taxable and post-tax earnings fell by a fifth, leaving net earnings per share at only 1.6 cents against
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    • LATEST
      • 36 11 Pre- tax profits for the group rose sharply to MsB.Bl million (from $6.14 million) during the six months to June 30, 1984. Group turnover similarly shot up to $17.35 million (from $11.89 million).
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      • 31 11 The company made lower pretax profits of M 52.71 million ($3.12 million) for the half-year ended June 30, 1984. But turnover rose to $25.44 million from $24.16 million.
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    • 485 11  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM SMALL investors are getting more than a third of Lim Kah Ngam Ltd's 25.13 million share offer and they stand a reasonably good one-in-five chance of getting the 1,000 shares they have applied for. But larger applicants, who used
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    • 321 11 TIN SMELTING group, Datuk Keramat Holdings Bhd is not expected to maintain its previous year's level of profitability as was earlier forecast. For the six months to July 31 this year, the group suffered a sharp 37 per cent fall in pre-tax profits to MJ3.83 million
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    • 78 11 ALEXANDRA Heidings Limited: AGM on Sep 22 at noon at Alexandra Road (0315). APOLLO Enterprises Limited: EGM on Sep 22 at 10am in Conference Hall, 18th Floor, Apollo Hotel, 405, Havelock Road (0316). VAN Der Herat Limited: EGM on Sep 24 at 9am at 11 Pandan Crescent (0512).
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    • 698 11 EQUITIES closed mostly easier after a mixed session, helped initially by sterling's firmer trend and buying at cheaper overnight levels, dealers said. Wall Street's lower opening gave prices a markedly easier bias and by 3.30pm, the FT-SE 100 index had declined by 3.2 points to 1126.1. BOC feU
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    • 71 11 How to give 3 how to receive. One of the most difficult problems in human relations— in business and outside of it— is the giving and receiving of criticism. But it's a very necessary skill for managers, who have to use it in training, disciplining and reviewing performance. Criticism: How
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  • 540 12  -  Travellers to enjoy cheaper fares By LIM SOON NEO MORE PEOPLE are hopping onto the Kangaroo Route between Singapore and Australia. With air fares between the two destinations heading downwards, business for airlines is expected to grow by leaps and bounds. Tourists appear to
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  • 510 12 Reuter SIX PEOPLE were killed and 35 injured in Thursday's suicide car bomb attack on the US Embassy in East Beirut, a US Embassy spokeswoman said yesterday. State-run Beirut Radio had said 23 people were killed and 60 injured.
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  • 285 12 Reu ter THE BOMBING of the US Embassy in Beirut on Thursday gave Democrat presidential nominee Walter Mondale a rare chance to take a harder line than President Reagan on a foreign policy issue. Mr Mondale, often accused of being over-cau-tious and
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  • 202 12 Bernama THE ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture meeting in Manila next month is expected to approve the setting up of the proposed Asean Centre for the Development of Agriculture Cooperatives (Acedac). Director-general of the Farmers Organisation Authority (FOA), Mr Abdullah Ujang, said yesterday that
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  • 130 12 BRIGADIER-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong has been appointed Political Secretary to the Minister for Defence from yesterday. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said that in his new post, Brigadier-General Lee would help the minister to formulate policy directions for the
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  • 433 12  -  By LOH HUI YIN A DECISION on lowering the lead content in petrol from the present 0.4 grammes per litre used by Sngapore cars will be made only after detailed studies. This assurance, much needed by oil companies, was
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  • 150 12 AP STOCK prices on Wall Street yesterday were mixed after 45 minutes of trading after an improvement in blue chip prices. The Dow Jones industrial average, which began the day in the loss column (down 0.33 points in the first half an hour), was up 2Vt points
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  • LATE FILE
    • 66 12 Reuter THOUSANDS of anti-gov-ernment opponents led by Mr Agapito aquino, brother of Mr Benigno Aquino, began a night vigil outside the residence of Philippine President Marcos after police stopped their march yesterday near a bridge leading to the presidential palace. They vowed to stay indefinitely unless
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    • 56 12 ONE OF Australia's leading businessmen said yesterday that Australia should quadruple its annual intake of migrants to 250,000 people a year. The managing director of Elders IXL, Mr John Elliott, said Australia had relied for a long time on its exports, but needed many more
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    • 48 12 Reuter THE Japanese National Council of Stock Exchanges said in a survey report the payout ratio (ratio of dividends to net profits) of Japanese companies fell 0.86 percentage points in the year ended March 31 to 36.68 per cent from 37.54 in 1982/ 83. Renter
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    • 39 12 Reuter MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir has arrived in Italy for a six-day visit during which he will meet Italian President Sandro Pertini and Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, a statement from Mr Craxi's office said. Reuter
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    • 49 12 AP CHINA disclosed for the first time yesterday that it sent a dog into space 17 years ago in an experimental rocket. The Zhongguo Xinwen She said the disclosure came in a report by the Defence Ministry's committee on science and technology industry. —AP
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    • 432 12 K TIMES CONFERENCES Presents A TOP-LEVEL CONFERENCE ON SINGAPORE COMPANY LAW THE DIRECTORS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT 1984 4 5 OCTOBER. 1984 SINGAPORE OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS Mr Tan Boon Teik CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN Associate Professor Philip DIRECTORS' CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LIABILITIES Mr Graham Starforth Hill Consultant. Frere
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 59 12 Outlook for today: Partly cloudy; Showers in several areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Sep 21 at the airport Maximum temperature 28.7 Associated humidity 74 Minimum temperature 23.5 Associated humidity 91 Hours of sunshine 0.60 Rainfall in millimetres 16.0
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