The Business Times, 2 November 1985

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER t, I*Bs 75 CENTS
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  • 212 1 CANADA'S move towards a freer trade with the US could damage trade with South-east Asia in the future, say government officials representing the six members of Asean. Expanding two-way trade between Canada and Asean has been at the centre of discussions
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  • 119 1 Reuter THE US DOLLAR touched a 4'/2 year low against the yen yesterday as some dealers began to forecast an economic recession in Japan if the yen grows too strong and squeezes export industries. The American currency ended the day
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  • 226 1 Reuter THE US yesterday presented senior Gatt officials with legal arguments for the inclusion of services in a new multilateral trade round, but Brazil countered by setting terms for joining preparations for such talks. Trade officials observing a three-day
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  • 55 1 AFP THE EUROPEAN Community yesterday announced immediate reprisals against the US in reply to a large increase in US tariffs on European pasta. The move followed the adjournment of talks between the two sides designed to end a related dispute on US citrus fruit
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  • 275 1 AFP THE SOVIET UNION has turned down President Ronald Reagan's offer to make the joint solution of regional conflicts the key element of his talks with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In addition, although there has been no official reaction to President Reagan's
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  • 298 1  -  By RICHARD SEAH REVELLERS in Singapore treated themselves to the celebration of a pagan festival on Thursday night and discotheques found themselves doing a roaring (or was it howling?) trade. The occasion was Halloween, the night when Westerners suffer delicious shudderings at the
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  • 450 1  -  Older retrenched workers generally take bigger wage cuts By FOO CHOY PENG Chief Reporter A FITTER recently retrenched by a shipyard found a new job as a general worker, but his paypacket was only $500 a month 29 per cent less than
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  • 559 1  -  By AMY BALAN PROSPECTS have brightened for the troubled construction company Active Building and Civil Construction which is now facing a winding-up petition. A conditional takeover of Active by fellow contractor Lum Chang received the green light from its creditor banks yesterday morning. Active's
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  • Article, Illustration
    74 1 THE COLLAPSE of the Opec price cartel mated the balllik impact of the $1 billion CPP share investment scheme yesterday. As result, the Singapore steckmarket closed mixed with some local stocks scoring good gains while most Malaysian-based Issues lost heavily. The Straits Times Industrial Index edged IJS points
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 165 1 G ASIfITEHM Southeast Asia's 3rd International Exhibition of Textile Garment Machinery and Fabrics Trade 24 -27 May 1986 W.T.C. Singapore lINTERFAMA EXHIBITIONS ITK TO BUSINESS TIMES amwemrx) GOLF COMPETITION Check your tee-off times GET TO SERAPONG on time for BT's 9th Anniversary Golf Competition check your tee-off times on Page
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    • 259 1 wm SHARE INFORMATION SHIPS IN PORT MONEY A EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS CROSSWORDS TV A RADIO DOONESBURY BRISTOW OUR VIEW A PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN wonts all low-abiding American citizens to file their tox returns on their birthdays instead of the dreaded April 15. It will help the Internal Revenue with its paper
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    • 205 1 Full report, Page 10 Intl stocks, Pags 8 Asian stocks, Pago 9 In practise, graphite inserts do not hit it off with Surlyn Cover balls. Reason: Hard vs Hard does not distance. Not true with HONMA WOOD, which now comes with a second-layer insert behind the conventional graphite insert that
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 442 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN THE MAIN THRUST of investment in the first nine months of this year was on expansion schemes in factories and workshops, and were designed to improve workers skills. About 40 per cent of the total investment commitments, which amounted to $721
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    • 260 2 CHIPPERFIELD'S CIRCUS from Britain is coming to town. It will arrive in Singapore on Jan 20 and will be ready for it's first performance on Jan 31 with shows until March 30. The circus will have a sixpole Big Top, fully air-condi-tioned with
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    • 79 2 THE DEPARTMENT of Extramural Studies of the National University of Singapore will conduct a seven-lecture course entitled "The Effect of Language on Memory Performance". The course starts on Nov 9. The series of courses, which is aimed at increasing a person's memory power, will be held on
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    • 394 2  -  By LIM SOON NEO A TRISHAW RACE in Havelock Road and a tourist steamer on the Singapore River are two of the ideas thought up by hotels in the area to draw business. Together with Isetan Singapore, the six hotels in the Havelock area have agreed
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    • 340 2 THE FENG SHUI man (geomancer) has declared Jan 17, 1986, 10am the ideal day and time for the opening of the twice-delayed SAS Amara Hotel. "The owner of the hotel has chosen an auspicious date and time according to the lunar calender," said
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    • 188 2 RECENT CHANGES in membership recruitment strategies by trades unions reflected a recognition of the changing needs of workers who now enjoy a better standard of living and education, said Mr Goh Chee Wee, the assistant secre-tary-general of the National Trades Union Congress. "To provide more
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    • 104 2 SINGAPORE should produce and market balance-wheels for watches instead of horseshoes, said Mr Sidek Saniff, Parliamentary Secretary (Trade and Industry). Illustrating the concept of value-added, he said an ordinary piece of iron worth a few dollars could be forged into a horseshoe worth $10, processed
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    • 47 2 EXCISE DUTIES on sugar syrups and raw sugar have been lifted with effect from yesterday. The latest move followed the recent removal of excise duty on refined sugar. Duties on sugar syrups and raw sugar were 5135 and $163.54 per tonne respectively.
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    • 296 2 CREDITORS of Shangri-La Furnishings Pte Ltd have been given a week in which to decide whether they should wind up the company or give it time to repay its debts. The company asked for three months to collect money owing to it, which
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    • 299 2  -  By CHUANG PECK MING THE GOVERNMENT'S move to privatise the economy is unlikely to trigger off a burst of entrepreneurial energy that will lead to a resurgence of growth, according to Associate Professor Pang Eng Fong. But the lecturer from the School of
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    • 413 2 A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN yesterday called for the setting-up of a high-level committee to remove laws that were dampening the spirit of entrepreneurship in Singapore. This committee on deregulation made up of representatives from the public and private sectors could also simplify bureaucratic procedures as
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    • 699 2 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Arrow Princes K12 Bakke Sime alongside 02.11.85/0600 CGM Veloy KI7 Sealion alongside 02.11 85/0200 Golden Bear K32 Guan Guan alongside 02.11.85/0600 Kota Pelangi K30 PIL alongside 02.11 85/0600 Koto Bahagta K27 PIL alongside 02.11.85/0600 Siti Suyen K28
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 230 3 AFP THAILAND'S supreme military commander has vowed that those charged in September's abortive coup will not receive amnesty, a departure from the country's traditional forgive-and-forget treatment of insurgency leaders. Forty persons, including former prime minister Kriangsak Chomanond, are under indictment for
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    • 138 3 Reuter AN OVERWHELMING majority of TMfans are happy with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's government, according to an opinion poll published one year after his mother Indira was murdered and he took office. The Calcutta Telegraph newspaper poll, published yesterday, said that 77 per cent of 1,060
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    • 160 3 Reuter VIETNAMESE Prime Minister Pham Vandong has told US businessmen visiting Hanoi that a political solution to the withdrawal of its troops from Cambodia would be sooner than they expected. Japan's Kyodo News Agency yesterday quoted him as telling the group: "We
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    • 639 3 ARRIVALS Operator Servic* Local From number time GIA GA940 1235 MES SIA SQ203 1300 CGK GIA GA900 1310 PKU SIA S9 1 1330 SFO/HNL/HKG THAI TG440 1330 BKK/HDY SIA SQ61 1335 BKK GIA GA962 1400 CGK SIA SQ107 1405 KUL THAI TG413 1410 BKK SIA SQ238 1410
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    • 265 3 AP JAPANESE CAR MAKERS have put on display advanced and experimental vehicles with electronic maps on the dashboard and computers designed to make the engines more efficient and the ride more stable. Foreign makers at the Tokyo Motor Show, led by
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    • 76 3 Reuter THAILAND'S military leaders have admitted that three Thai soldiers strayed across the Cambodian border after the government said they were abducted by Vietnamese troops. Supreme military and army commander Arthit Kamlang-Ek, in an interview published in the Bangkok Post yesterday, said the three soldiers "accidentally went inside
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    • 459 3 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN Election Commission said yesterday that by-elections would be held in the four Sabah state constituencies whose representatives had resigned. Commission secretary Haji Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman said a meeting would be held on Thursday to decide on the dates
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    • 640 4 Reuter THE OIL MINISTER of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mana Said Oteiba, has said that each member of Opec is now free to sell its oil at any price it wishes. "Starting from now, each producer is free to sell
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    • 154 4 AP SWISS SAVERS led the world last year, widely outpacing Japanese and Americans in bank savings per capita. According to a survey by the International Savings Bank Institute, the Swiss maintained the top spot they have held in 1983, although they saved less on the
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    • 156 4 AP CONGRESSIONAL negotiations on a balanced-budget plan for the US government collapsed on Thursday, leaving in doubt when the House of Representatives and Senate could take final action on necessary legislation to restore the government's borrowing authority. "I think we have come to
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    • 335 4 AP PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan announced yesterday the United States will unveil a new arms control proposal in Geneva that he said will build on the recent Soviet proposal and emphasise reductions in "destabilising" nuclear arms systems. "I would characterise our arms control position
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    • 224 4 Reuter INCO LTD said it had requested the London Metal Exchange to suspend nickel trading because "the current tin crisis is unduly influencing the LME price for nickel". Inco said it priced its nickel products in relation to the physical nickel market and
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    • 114 4 Reuter THE US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Thursday opened an investigation into a charge that some Cabbage Patch dolls made abroad were being sold illegally in the US. The complaint was filed by Original Appalachian Artwork the designer of the highly popular
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 161 4 Yarn (In HK$ per bole o* 400 lb) China corded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16's 2,450 Blue Phoenix 20's 2,600 Blue Phoenix 32's 2,950 Blue Phoenix 40's 3,300 Girded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21'* 2,750 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 4,300 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500 Open-end yarn 2,200
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    • 145 4 Chineee Product Exchange (Sellers' noon dosing prices on Ko« 1 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Boft. FOB 72.00 Old drum FOB 85.00 New drum FOB 89.00 Copra Mixed (loose) *0 buyers Pepper Muntok White FOB NLW 1002 50 Sarawak White FOB toq NLW 992 50 Sorawak special block FOB
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    • 289 4 Singapore (SS/kilo, e«-flodown) Frogront new crop 1st 076 2nd 054 3rd 0 52 New Crop 25% no stock •i0% no stock Thoi Broken A-super 054 Special 052 Thoi Rice 55% no stock China Rice 10% no stock 15% 0 72 25% no stock 35% no stock Thai Boiled Rice
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    • 13 4 KL TIN Closing priccs on Nov 1 (M$/kg) Price Suspended Turnover (tonnes) Suspended
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    • 183 4 SINGAPORE THE MARKET yesterday closed lower with December One RSS buyers quoted at 156.50 cents per kilo, up 0.50 cents from Thursday. MALAYSIA The market drifted quietly until midday with the new current trading month, December Int One RSS buyer holding little changed at 181.00 cents per kilo, up
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    • 332 4 RAS prices in S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt Int 1 RSS Dec 85 156 00 157.OON 155 00 156 OON 157 50 158 00 156 50 157 00 Int 1 RSS Jon 86 158 50 159 00
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    • 101 4 (cents/kg, 1-ton pallets) NOV 85 DEC 85 (current month) (forward month) NOON NOON HAS Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 150.00 152.00N 151 00 153 OON SSR 50 148 00 150.00N 149 00 151.OON MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV 202.00 204 OON ***** 205 OON
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    • 173 4 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed slightly higher on covering interest, aided by Pakistan's purchase of Malay sian RBD palm oil and firmer Chicago soyoil futures, dealers said. The cut in export duty on palm oil, announced by the Malaysian government yesterday, and talk India may have
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    • 163 4 Wheat futures on Thursday continued higher in nearby months and closed seven US cents up in December to cent lower in September. December settled at U513.23V4 a bushel. USDA's announcement that Egypt will buy 500,000 tonnes of US wheat under the export bonus programme triggered buying from the start
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    • 162 4 SOYBEAN FUTURES on Thursday rallied to their strongest close of many sessions, finishing up ll 3 to four US cents a bushel in hectic trading. November settled up 11 V« cents, at USss.l4'/2 a bushel after a 12 Vt cent range. Concerns about more harvest-delaying rains and strength in
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    • 811 4 COFFEE ROBUSTA COFFEE futures on Thursday ended an uncertain day near the lows of a £52 traded range at up £20 to unchanged from Wednesday night's close, with most operators square and withdrawn after the violent fluctuations of the past few days. At the close, second position January
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 71 4 Doonesbury 95 n m rf m S A m w MYFRJENPS CALL MB SPANKY l£B. Bi Hi MY NAMES SAL. BUT I'M THINKING OF CHANGING fT TO X-MAN. COOL. SOHOUTP YOUENP UPHBRZ, X-MAN? BY GARRY TRUDEAU •r "S m i) /i 7HISDJ.IMORKEP !W BROTHER l/UITHTALKEPME HBNTHERE. INTO IT. HE GOT
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 433 5 FT NEW RULES for unit trusts and other mutual funds, designed to allow them to be marketed freely throughout the European Community, should provide a big impetus for opening up other financial service industries, according to officials in Brussels.
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    • 745 5  -  Shortfall of $43.5 m, says survey By ALVIN TAY THE $100 MILLION loan loss to Chop Hoo Thye and Yak Mong Trading left many of the bankers to the two companies substantially in the red last year. But it was a non-party to
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    • 160 5 AP THE FIRST new foreign bank branch in China since 1949 was established on Thursday when the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp opened for business in the Shenzhen special economic zone. The official Xinhua news agency reported that the branch will handle deposits,
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    • 325 5 Reuter LLOYDS BANK PLC and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC surprised bond market participants and launched a total of US$BOO million in perpetual floating rate notes on Wednesday in a move to improve their capital ratios, syndicate managers and hanking analysts said.
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    • 180 5 Bernama THE INDONESIAN government will not resort to devaluation of the rupiah in trying to overcome any situation which may arise from the current sluggish oil market. Bank Indonesia governor Arifin Siregar said after opening the 7th Asia-Pacific Foreign Exchange Assembly in Jakarta on Thursday that
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    • 503 5 Reuter THE REAGAN administration does not support any request for a multibillion dollar government credit line to shore up the troubled Farm Credit System, according to a summary of the White House position presented to the House agriculture committee. The summary said the system
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 633 5 SINGAPORE THE US DOLLAR yesterday closed easier against most major currencies due to selling pressure but was firmer against sterling, in moderate trading, dealers said. It closed weaker at 209.70/80 yen compared with New York's 210.75/85 close, at 2.6045/55 marks against 2.6150/70 and at 2.1405/20 Swiss francs against
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    • 99 5 RESULTS OF TENDER held on Nov 1 for 11-day Treasury bills to be issued from Nov 4 to Nov 8, 1985. Offered: $70,000,000. Applied far: $138,210,000. Allotted: $70,000,000. Accepted bids: $99.32 approximately 88 per cent; higher bids in full. Average rate o( discount on allotment: 2.725 per cent
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    • 130 5 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market fell by Vt point from Thursday to close at 4'/i per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate rose by 1/16 point and the two-month rate fell by '/i point. The three-month rate remained unchanged. S$ Interbank rotes at 3pm
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    • 357 5 BA Futures BOOSTED by the prospect of weaker oil prices and low inflationary outlook, Emiiilir futures gapped higher in active trading. After opening at 92.10, the December contract traded to 92.14. A slight rebound in the interbank rates in the afternoon saw the December contract backing off to IMM
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    • 203 5 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed lower at U*****.15/55 per ounce, unaffected by the weaker US dollar. On the local market, gold lost HK$l3 from Its close here on Thursday to finish at $3,019 per tael. The krugerrand fell $10 to $2,545, and the Maple Leaf shed HK$lB to $2,616. TOKYO:
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    • 258 5 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: CuriwnciM Nomina 4 rata* Ifflittwonitn Bid Otter < :roM parity change Local dollars to on* unit of foreign currency US dollar 2 1255 2 1265 2 8196 -2462 Sterling pound ***** 3 0462 7 3469 -58 59 Australian doNor 1 4772 1 4800
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    • Article, Illustration
      299 5 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday closed steady at mixed opening levels in quiet afternoon trading. Period rates weakened between 1/16 and Vt point initially but held unchanged with one, two and three months closing at eight 7% per cent each, six months at 8-1/16 715/16 and one year
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  • TIME – OFF
    • 532 6 SPOILSPORTS ABOUND throughout the world. They come in various guises, demagogues, megalomaniacs, dictators, politicians and bureaucrats. They have one thing in common to spoil the fun of ordinary everyday living. It might be said that there is not much fun in the unremitting toil
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    • 746 6  -  Restructuring of upmarket restaurant in Central Business District By MONICA GWEE "PEOPLE in Singapore still don't accept that a chef is a very specially skilled worker," said executive chef Phillip Swar, removing his white hat in greeting. He should know. Swar, Singapore's pride and Joy at
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    • 1129 6 What s on from Nov 2-8 wmmmĔĔm W CONCERT: Celebrity Fun(d) Concert by the SSO'a Ladies' League. Victoria Concert Hall. •.IS pm. Tickets: $15, $30, $40, $60. The ladies are trying to raise funds to buy new instruments for the orchestra. Last performance tonight. BALLROOM DANCING: On Sentoea. A
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    • 175 6 KONRAD JUNGHAENEL, with a repertoire centering sa late masle sf the ltth ts 18th eeatary, is regarded as sae sf the world's flaest iaterpreters sf the late masic sf Bach. His perfsrmaaces have been praised for their sweetness sad Intimacy sf toae aad virtaosie skill.
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    • 199 6 A MASKING GAME Is often played by employers who call themselves "a well-estab-lished company" in job advertisements. But the game is not easy for statutory boards. One which tried, in an advertisement for a chief security officer, called itself "A reputable statutory board in Shenton Way".
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 786 6 Tytftf CWPP ORIGGUIN& 'N PUEPvSu^PvftL£. P>NT»C|PPiTION £iGMT€£N"W IN UN6. cn>eF CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 9 Soon many wilt be jogging and running: not me! (3, 6) 10 The silent Mr Turner is a musician (8) 12 Support the postponement (4) 13 Give the agent the music ond go off (6) 14
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  • SPORTS
    • 661 7  -  By WALTON MORAIS THE BUSINESS TIMES 9th Anniversary golf competition tees off tomorrow against the bftckdrop of what must surely be the most successful four weeks for Singapore golf. Three wins in three different tournaments for Singapore golfers mean that 124 golfers will be teeing
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    • 134 7 Reuter BRITAIN'S Warren Humphreys, who shot 68, and Richard Boxall, round in 69, were the sijrprise joint halfway leaders on 137, seven below par, in the Portuguese Open golf championship on Thursday. With favourite Severiano Ballesteros having to birdie the last for a
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    • 266 7 Reuter SEVE BALLESTEROS's membership in the PGA tour has been revoked and the Spanish golfer will not be allowed to play in tour co-sponsored tournaments in the US next year, commissioner Deane Beman announced on Thursday. Ballesteros, however, will remain eligible for the Masters,
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    • 685 7  -  By BRIAN MILLER WITH ALL indications pointing towards a wet weekend at Bukit Timah it always seems to rain at the races followers of form could be in for a tough time and punters are well advised to pick their bets with extreme
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    • 493 7 Time 1st Tee (Handicap (6) 90%) 7 45am Lim Swe Chew (0) Eric Teoh (9) Tan Chor Kee (22) P.K. Yeap (22) 7.52am S.C. Lim (15) Woo Hong Meng (15) Lawrence Seet (18) Tan Chong Hock (18) 7.59am Lim Ah
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1142 7 to (md mm SATURDAY NIGHT MOVIE iwU«llnn Ta vnvtiauon i o ntii 11.10 pm, Channel 5 Robert Urich moves out of Vegas into silicon valley in this movie about a husband who suspects that the strange goings-on in his house are being caused by the strange country club he and
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 305 8 Reuter THE LONDON Stock Exchange is looking at several ways to prevent the fragmentation of equity trading in London, including collaboration with the big international bond dealers. Chairman Nicholas Goodison said changes due next year on the London Stock Exchange could see it
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    • 93 8 Reuter BEATRICE Cos Inc said it was willing to discuss the US$47 a share leveraged buyout proposal made by Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co. Kohlberg, Kravis on Tuesday sweetened its bid by offering $47 a share, up from an earlier $45 a share, including $7.00
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    • 318 8 THE US stock market finished on Thursday with mixed results after fighting against the negative effects of poor economic news for most of the session. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped more than one point to 1374, falling back from Wednesday's all-time high. Advances led
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    • 649 8 OCT 31 US$ AIcon Alumm Akoo Alegheny Lud AJbcd Own Cp Afced Stores Afrs-Cholmers Am Brands Inc Am Broodcost Am Can Co Am Cyonarrad Am Elec Pwr Am Express Am Home Prod Am Motors Cp Am Nafirai Gas Am Tel Tel Amox Inc Ameroda Hess AMF Inc Amr
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    • 915 8 Amsterdam OCT 31 FH ABN 536 50 4 5 Acgon 9600 -05 Ahold 276 00 unch Akzo 124 70 -1 6 AM£V 73 70 -0 8 Amto» Amro Bar* 92 70 +0 4 Btfkd 4020 +04 Boh Bonumi 470 00 3 Botfcota Bur T«t 111 00 +15 Catond
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 451 9 HONGKONG: Share prices yesterday closed firmer in very active trading as overseas institutions returned to the market as aggressive buyers. Late profit-taking trimmed some early gains but the market looked firmly in an uptrend. The Hang Seng index, which rose some 22 points at the morning close, gained 15.26
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    • 249 9 NOV 01 Al S<nc«r« Indus Asia Cement Cathay Cons Chang Hwa Bank Chen loong Chw Hs*i Cement MT 2 99 21 60 2450 46 20 1750 20 30 17 60 -0 15 unch 0 1 unch -0.1 0 2 0 1 Nan Ya Plas Pocitic Cons Pocrfic Elect Wire
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    • 368 9 TOKYO: Share prices yesterday plunged in afternoon trading after opening slightly lower as a sharp fall in the bond market drove investors away from equities as well. The market average closed down 128.37 on balance at 12,808.10 after losing 191.52 at one point in the early afternoon. Turnover was
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    • 82 9 MOV 01 Woo Hyundai Const 900 1 Hyundai Motor 914 unch 740 +1 KAL 512 7 Chohaun^Bk 711 unch Korea First 746 unch Comrrteroal 0k 760 1 1306 -4 554 -6 Korea Sh«p 430 -1 unch Daewoo Corp 505 -9 Lucky Ltd 645 Daewoo Ind 698 46 Somsung Co
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    • 382 9 SYDNEY: Australian sharemarkets yesterday suffered their sharpest fall since mid-1983, with the main market indicator falling more than 20 points on reports that Opec members were now free to set their own oil prices. The possibility that the London Metals Exchange may suspend nickel trading also depressed the market.
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    • 142 9 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed lower in weak trading yesterday. The Book Club index fell 0.11 point to 131.89 and declines led advances by a slim margin. Turnover was 96,618 shares worth 17.0 million baht. NOV 01 Aokhom Thai Asm Ffcre Ayuthaya Inw And Trust Bangkok Agro-tnd Bangkok Bank Bank
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    • 116 9 AFP TWO LEADING Japanese oil companies and their jointly-owned refining company have signed an agreement to merge. Sources said Daikyo Oil Co and Maruzen Oil Co and the jointly-owned company, Cosmos Oil Co, are to merge on April L The merged company, to be
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    • 424 9 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share market's retreat from last week's all-time high appears to be a technical correction to the market's almost unbroken 47 per cent climb this year, not the beginning of a steep slide, according to analysts. However, this view was not universally
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    • 128 9 AFP THE JAPANESE Nissho Iwai Corporation has won a court order restraining a Kuwaiti company from selling shares in the British Lonrho trading conglomerate. Nissho issued a statement on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday saying that it had, in July, obtained a court
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    • 268 9 Reuter MITSUBISHI HEAVY Industries Ltd (MHI) has predicted parent company sales of 1,850 billion yen in the year ending March 31, 1986, down 7.5 per cent from 2,000 billion a year earlier. Managing director Yu Tashiro said in Tokyo yesterday that the parent company's
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    • 4478 10 NERVOUS trading during the second-half of the day thwarted an encouraging and highly spirited morning rally on the Singapore stock market yesterday. Talk of a collapse in the Opec price cartel system at mid-morning yesterday outweighed the bullish news of the CPF share investment
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    • 267 10 SINGAPORE Rises Indicss Rothmom Msio 378 LlMSOt 235 O C 6 C 860 FAN 660 S F H 660 D B S 590 Spore Lond 250 r' m in 26 22 15 15 15 15 8 +6 6 BT Composite BT Indicator BT OB/OS BT CADI BTOBV
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    • 5077 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. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 602 11  -  Strict limits on private placements of its shares overseas By NAJEEB JARHOM SINGAPORE AIRLINES is to impose certain restrictions on the private placements of its shares in international markets and all dealings between local and overseas investors must strictly be within these limits. This was disclosed
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    • 355 11 HEAVY SELLING across the board caused share prices to tumble on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. However, some bargain hunting at the final hour helped most counters to reduce their losses. The trading pace was active as short sellers took advantage
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    • 4115 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 lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. MDUSTRMU.S A Choc (3 006 3 04S) (5) 3 06
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    • 153 11 HYATT of Hongkong Ltd has ceased to be a substantial shareholder of Sealion Hotels Ltd, owner of the Hyatt Regency Singapore, following the sale of 2.506 million shares in the company on Oct 25. It now holds 6.167 million shares, representing 4.5 per
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 41 11 Group pre-tax operating profits of M 53.55 million ($3.24 million) on turnover of $57.57 million ($52.6 million) for the year ended July 31, 1985. Directors have recommended a final dividend of 12 per cent less tax.
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      • 40 11 Pre-tax prof- its of M 512.06 million ($8.84 million) for the year ended June 30. 1985. Directors have recommended a final dividend of 90 cents per share less tax payable on Dec 31.
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    • 299 11 pita By HOCK LOCK SIEW THE JUST-FINALISED CPF share investment scheme creates some very exciting opportunities (or a whole group of people, especially investors. There are many potential winners within the 70-odd Singa-pore-incorporated issues which qualify as trustee stocks, and I hope to highlight as many as
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    • 104 11 HONGKONG Hong Seng Index Fndoy 1680 65 Thursday 1665.39 Week ago 1671.73 TOKYO Nikkei Average Friday *****.10 Thursday ***** 47 Week ago ***** 99 TSE Index Fndoy 1018.51 Thursday 1026 38 Week ago 1016.34 SYDNEY Australian Minings Fndoy unav Thursday unav Week ago 528.5 Australian Industrials Friday 1500.3
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    • 276 11 MALAYSIAN BUSINESSMAN Ronald Ng Wai Choi has failed in his attempt to take over an Australian company, Allied Pacific Investments Ltd. Mr Ng, a former associate of another Malaysian businessman, Mr Lee Ming Tee who is based in Sydney, did not meet
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    • 269 11 Managers' prices for Nov 2 4 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 1 66 1 76 The Sovngs Fund 1 27 1 35 S'pore Prog Fund 0 71 0 75 S'pore Sec Fund 1 04 1 10 S'pore Invest Fund 0 78 0 83 S'pore Equity Fund 0 75
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    • 122 11 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, I, Yong Lin Foo of Blk 216 Tampines St 23 #09-31 Singapore 1852 have applied for a Retail Liquor Shop Licence in respect of premises at M/s Wan Ngen Yong Kee Medical Provision Store, Blk 406 Tampines St 41 #01-13 Singapore 1852 and that
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    • 215 11 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE OF SHIP'S NAME We, ABC Marlneland Services Pte Ltd of 19, Delta Road, Singapore 0316 hereby give notice that In consequence of our client's Intended proposal to change of ship's name of MV "NORDBAY". We have applied to the registrar of Singapore ships, under
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    • 297 11 THE COMPANIES ACT CAP. 185 PEKING LACE (MALAYA) PTE. LTD. (la valuUry UqiMattea) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 163 Tras Street, #09-03, Lian Huat Building. Singapore 0207 on the Ist day of November, 1985, the special resolution set
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    • 259 11 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER 18$) AND IN THE MATTES OP YONG BAN SENG (PTE) LTD. (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting or the Members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 50 Jalan Sultan #21-04 Jalan Sultan Centre, Singapore
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    • 259 11 In the Matter «f IV CmpMlw Act, Cap. Ui la the Matter «t TIN YUEN JEWELLERY PTE LTD (la Members' Y*lutary UqikUtUn) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 1 Colombo Court #04-15 Singapore 0617 on Friday, the Ist day of November 1985,
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  • 442 12  -  By SOH TIANG KENG, Banking Correspondent THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE markets in Singapore and other financial centres yesterday reacted calmly to news of the break-up of the price and production quota structure of the Opec. There was no confusion or panic trading as dealers
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  • 291 12  -  By LOH HUI YIN CRUDE OIL prices are likely to come under severe pressure following the collapse of the Opec pricing structure. "There could be a psychological impact, with pressure to push prices down over the next few days," commented a Singapore trader. Expectations of
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  • 275 12 Reuter INDONESIAN Oil Minister Subroto yesterday said there had been no change in the pricing policy of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Mr Subroto, who is the chairman of Opec, contradicted a statement by the Oil Minister of the United Arab Emirates that each
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  • 196 12 Bernama FORMER BUMIPUTRA Malaysia Finance (BMF) chairman Lorrain Esme Osman yesterday failed to get the Supreme Court in Kuala Lumpur to overturn a High Court decision rejecting his application to set aside an order for substituted service of a M 527.6 million writ
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  • 100 12 Reuter CHINA'S swelling private sector consists of 11 million industrial and commercial businesses employing 15 million people, according to a recent government survey. The State Industry and Commerce Administration survey showed 11 million companies had a total working capital of more than 13.2 billion
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  • 189 12 Reuter OIL TRADERS in Tokyo were puzzled by United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Mana Said Oteiba's remark that Opec members were free to sell oil at any price. His comment could undermine current strength in the spot oil market, they said. Opec producers are enjoying
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  • 172 12 AFP FOR THE FIRST TIME since the Six-Day War in 1967, the Catholic Church was allowed on Thursday to celebrate mass at the Jordan River bank site where tradition holds that Jesus Christ was baptised by John the Baptist. The site, near Qasr El Yahud
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  • 327 12 FRANCIS SIAH's application to oust Deloitte, Haskins and Sells as Lamipak's provisional liquidator ran into difficulties as Price Waterhouse has withdrawn its consent to be the replacement. This means that his original application, filed last week, will have to be amended to accommodate
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  • 116 12 Reuter REPUBLICANS in the US Senate plan to modify their balanced budget plan to lower the first year deficit target from US$lBO billion in 1986 to about $172 billion, according to House Republicans. Assistant House Republican leader Trent Lott of Mississippi and Florida Republican Connie Mack
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  • 1009 12 EQUITIES yesterday opened mostly easier on profit-taking following this week's advance to record highs. The FTSE 100 Index at 0968 GMT was five points lower from Thursday's closing peak at 1372.2. Oiis shares were depressed following reports on Thursday that Abu Dhabi Oil Minister said Opec members are
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  • 435 12 INVESTMENT commitments next year are unlikely to be more than this year's estimated $1.1 billion, said Economic Development Board chairman P Y Hwang. But the board would keep working hard to bring in the investments. "We'll get as much as we can," said Mr Hwang
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  • 192 12 Reuter TWO SINGAPOREAN men have spurned a re-trial on heroin charges because they would rather spend 15 years in an Australian jail than be deported to face the Republic's stern judicial system. Their lawyers told the Perth court on Thursday that Kok Soon Lee,
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  • 104 12 Reuter COMEX GOLD FUTURES reached their lows for the week on selling yesterday morning, fanned by worries over the prospects of continued weakness in the oil price. Gold for December delivery fell US$2.2O to $324.50 an ounce on small sell stops at Thursday's low of $325.00. Analysts said
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  • 65 12 THE NEW YORK stock market yesterday retreated after recent gains. The Dow Jones industrial average was down a fraction to 1374. Declines led advances by a five-four margin on turnover of 11.26 million shares. Beatrice led the actives, off to H 3 Pantry Pride was second, up
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  • LATE FILE
    • 56 12 UPI INFLATION in the Philippines continued its downward trend from a high of 64 per cent a year ago to 10.8 per cent last month. A Palace Statement released yesterday quoted the National Economic and Development Authority as saying that the inflation rate would reach single
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    • 41 12 Reuter US TEXTILE and apparel imports in September rose 22 per cent to 1.062 billion square yard equivalents, the highest import level ever recorded for the month of September, said the US Department of Commerce yesterday. Reuter
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    • 49 12 UPI GENERAL GHAZALI Che Mat yesterday took over as the chief of the Malaysian defence forces from General Ghazali Mohamed Seth, who is retiring. General Ghazali Che Mat. 54, was the former chief of army and had earlier commanded military intelligence operations. UPI
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    • 56 12 AFP A CONVENTION covering the sale of goods has been adopted at The Hague by 150 lawyers from 70 countries. The convention provides rules for the detennination of the law applicable to contracts for the international sale of goods, especially when the seller and buyer
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    • 46 12 THE PAKISTAN Senate yesterday passed a controversial indemnity bill legitimising eight years of martial law. The bill, which also writes most of military ruler General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq's martial law orders into the Constitution, was passed by the National Assembly earlier last month.
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    • 48 12 Reuter CANADIAN Energy Minister Pat Carney yesterday announced an extensive revamping of natural gas regulations that includes abolishing the rule that exports cannot be priced below the Toronto wholesale price. The agreement also calls for a freezing of domestic prices for one year. Reuter
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    • 28 12 ALI HASSAN MWINYI has been declared Tanzania's president-elect after taking 92.20 per cent of the votes cast in the country's presidential poll last Sunday.
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    • 55 12 AP PRESIDENT REAGAN, who announced six weeks ago that his recovery from cancer surgery was "100 per cent complete," was to return to the Bethesda Naval Hospital yesterday for what the White House called "another routine post-operative visit". The examination would include an abdominal examination,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 63 12 msiiraa Outlook for todoy: Showers expected in o few areos in the late morning and several areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Nov 1 at th« airport: Maximum temperature 32.0 Associated humidity 69 Minimum temperature 24.0 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 5.30
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