The Business Times, 28 March 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,1984 60 CENTS
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  • 389 1 SINGAPORE'S experts to the US pawed the $999 million mark in January this year. The $911 million worth of exports represents a 118 per cent Jnmp over the January 1583 figure. The rise is in keeping with a trend of consistent rapid growth In
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  • 586 1  -  By JOANNE YAP, SHAHRIR ARIF A MAJOR debate is brewing on suggestions that the age at which Central Provident Fund contributions can be withdrawn should be raised in stages from 55 to 60. This was one of the recommendations of the Committee on
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  • 150 1 UPI ASEAN'S first joint industrial project, a fertiliser plant in Sumatra, is likely to suffer a US$lO million deficit for its first year in operation. This was because its output sc73 below the normal price, plant director Zaini Muhibat said in Jakarta
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  • 425 1  -  By TERESA LIM THE Mass Rapid Transit tion of Singapore (MRTC) has received about 1,000 registrations from mainly skilled Hongkong workers so far. MRTC representative in Hongkong, Lauw Cheng Ho, said that actual recruitment will start as soon as contractors in Singapore
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  • 236 1 THE government is acquiring land totalling about 1.6 million sq metres in the districts of Jurong and Kranji for public housing, according to the latest issue of the Government Gazette. This area, nearly 160 hectares, is about the size of the Jurong
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  • BRIEFLY...
    • 65 1 Reuter A KUWAITI court yesterday sentenced six people to death by hanging for their involvement in a series of bomb blasts in Kuwait last December. The Kuwaiti news agency Kuna in Bahrain said yesterday that seven others were sentenced to life imprisonment, while five were found
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    • 48 1 UPI CHINA and Britain ended the eleventh round of talks on the future of Hongkong yesterday and scheduled the next session for April 11-12. Both sides called the talks "useful and constructive," as they had been doing since the two-day negotiation sessions began last July.
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    • 46 1 Reuter A FRENCH diplomat was shot and wounded in Beirut yesterday. Sources at the city's American University Hospital said that the diplomat was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery. The French Embassy in the capital confirmed that a diplomat had been injured.
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    • 35 1 Reuter PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos yesterday launched the country's parliamentary election campaign at a rally of more than 50,000 supporters where his politically powerful wife Imelda announced that she would not seek re-election. Reuter
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    • 64 1 AFP THE 1,450-member Cockpit Crew Union of Japan Air Lines (JAL) plans to stage a three-day strike from today, forcing the national flag carrier to cancel half of its 90 domestic and six of 60 international flights each day. A JAL spokesman said in Tokyo yesterday that
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    • 82 1 Reuter PAPUA New Guinea said that two unidentified fighter aircraft flew over its territory yesterday and fired what officials believed was a missile. The object exploded in the air near a government patrol post about 15 km from Papua New Guinea's frontier with the Indonesian province of
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    • 53 1 Reuter GUINEAN President Ahmed Sekou Toure, Africa's longest serving leader, died on Monday during surgery in the US following a heart attack. Radio Conakry in Abidjan said yesterday that President Toure, 62, died in a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was flown after suffering a heart
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    • 103 1 AFP EGYPT braced itself yesterday to prevent a repetition today of a 1973 Libyan mass march deep into its territory at the prompting of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. That march brought thousands of Libyan civilians to within 400 km of Cairo, and Egypt has taken strict measures to
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  • 279 1 ACTIVE Building and Civil Construction, one of Singapore's home-grown construction companies, will build a hotel in Tianjin, China, for the Tianjin Travel and Tourism Corporation on a joint venture basis. The turnkey project was confirmed last week after several months of negotiations. The
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  • 506 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG THE largest Singapore dollar loan in history a $500 million credit facility to Marina Square will be signed tomorrow after more than a year of preparation and syndication. About 50 banks and financial institutions are lending to Marina Centre Holdings,
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 440 2  -  By LOH HUI YIN THROUGH a significant matchmaking of auctioneering expertise, Singapore now has the technical ability to appraise oilfield, marine and construction equipment. One of the world's largest auctioneers, Jim Davis of Texas, has set up an office here, taking on as a local partner Victor
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    • 101 2 ANOTHER bank is launching an electronic fund transfer service for individuals and companies. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) yesterday announced the introduction of its Easi-Pay system. The system, linked to the Interbank Giro, will make or collect payments on customers' behalf to or from any current or savings
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    • 396 2  -  By LEE HAN SHIH A CONSORTIUM led by a government company has just clinched a $6.5 million contract from the Singapore General Hospital. It is headed by Singapore Electronic A Engineering Ltd and consists of two more members: Systems Union GmbH of
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    • 454 2 THE Pavilion Inter-Conti-nental Singapore has appointed Mr Han C A Bthwen as general manager. He has been with International Hotels Corporation for the past 13 years. A Dutch national, Mr Brouwers is no stranger to the Far East. Prior to joining the Pavilion Inter-Conti-nental Singapore, Mr Brouwers
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    • 298 2 A SERVICE to help businessmen keep track of bill transactions easily will be introduced soon by Banque Indosuez. Known as the "Traders' Monitor", it provides companies with up-to-date accounts of their financial commitments in letters of credit, trust receipts, bills for collection (import and
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    • 308 2 A "TEAMY" spirit is what makes people work together in spite of multi-racial and multi-religious adds. When the pradaetivity movement was first launched here in 1161, there were doubts aver whether workers eoaid respond positively in view of the fact that
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    • 236 2  -  By LUCY NG A GROUP of eight local companies which went to West Asia on a trade mission last month came back with $2.24 million worth of orders. If negotiations turn out well, there is a further $4.7 million to add to their order
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    • 419 2  -  By LIM SOON NEO GAMMON (Hongkong) Pte Ltd, which recorded a turnover of $60 million in Singapore last year, expects significant growth this year. Mr David Gem, Gammon's general manager here, is confident of a good year in spite of strong market competition.
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    • 493 3  -  By LOH HUI YIN of a second, sophisticated '♦hydrocracker complex $180 million is an expression of renewed confiC xlenee in Singapore's refinMng industry. ■Z The go-ahead by Singapore Refining Company *_(SRC) to build this second hydrocracker takes on an added significance in the
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    • 384 3  -  By LEE HAN SHIH SINGAPORE'S booming < disk drive industry, racing < for asl billion export this i year, has stretched its ac- tivities to another part of the island. i This time it is the Wood- < lands East Industrial Es-
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    • 293 3 •«THE organisers of the combing Banque Asia '84 exhibition have come up with new ideas to draw participants to the functions. Technofairs said an Apple II personal computer and a £piece of gold bar await »;lucky visitors to the exhibition, starting from April
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    • 238 3 SEMINAR on the use and Application of man-made ■fibres in carpet products Still be held for the first jume in Singapore. > Organised by the ManMade Fiber Producers Association and the Carpet A JRug Institute of America, the event will be
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    • 221 3 CONCESSIONS and incentives we being offered to Industrialists who boy or rent standard factories built by the Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) in Tuaa, Gul, Woodlands and Loyang. The latest issue of Periscope, a bi-monthly JTC newsletter, says the schemes have been operation since this month to help
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    • 425 3  -  By JAIME LYE THE NUMBER of tourists visiting Singapore in January this year rose marginally compared with the corresponding period in 1983. But this is unlikely to herald any major turnaround in the tourist industry. This is because January saw various non-regular
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    • 67 3 SRI LANKA'S Minister for Industries and Scientific Affairs, Mr Cyril Ma the w, arrives in Singapore this evening for a four-day official visit. During his stay, he will call on Mr PY Hwang, chairman of the Economic Development Board, Mr Tang I-Fang, chairman of Jurong Town Corporation, and
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    • 356 3  -  By JOHN LIM "BRAIN services" could take on a new meaning with the Economic Development Board (EDB) if a scheme it is working on takes off. The EDB hopes to put local "brains" into service to help attract technology and knowledge-intensive Japanese
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 643 4 AMERICAN state and local gov- I ernments closed out 1983 with a l record US$l5 billion budget surplus and are now at a crossroads in fiscal planning. < Economists at the Federal Re- i serve Bank of New York, writing in the
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    • 240 4 AP THOSE all-American institutions such as McDonald's hamburgers and Ball Park frankurters, Inter-continen-tal hotels and Travelodge motels are decidedly English at heart.So are Standard Oil of Ohio and California's Crocker Bank. "Sounds like we're trying to get the colonies back," said Peter Warman,
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    • 182 4 Reuter MAJORITY-OWNED foreign subsidiaries of US companies plan to increase capital spending abroad by 13 per cent to U5542.4 billion this year, the US Commerce Department said on Tuesday. The increase follows a 14 per cent decline in the firms' capital spending plans
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 460 4 Agencies CHEMICAL weapons have been used in the Gulf war, specialists appointed by United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Javier Perez De Cuellar reported, after a six day visit to Iran. The experts, toxicologists from Australia, Spain, Switzerland and Sweden, said mustard gas and a nerve
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    • 308 4 Reuter SENATOR Edward Kennedy has accused President Reagan d relying on military farce "to rescue a flawed policy in Central America*' and si msvlng (JS cam bat trasps c laser ta regisnal conflict. The Massachusetts Democrat said of Mr Reagan: "Ail he seems
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    • 276 4 NYT THE Reagan administration is split over demands of the machine tool industry for protection against imports. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige, who favours the industry's case, has run into opposition from the President's senior economic aides, including Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, Council of Economic
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    • 193 4 AFP DESPITE the "persistence of serious global problems," 1983 marked a "welcome improvement in the world economy," the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) journal, IMF Survey, said in its latest edition published on Monday. "The growth of global output shows clear signs of recovery, inflation has been sharply
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    • 137 4 Reuter A 19-year-old computer "whiz kid," Ronald Austin, has been ordered to stand trial. He was accused of penetrating US Defence Department secrets. "He is extraordinarily bright, if not brilliant," Los Angeles Municipal Court Judge Nancy Brown said of Austin on Tuesday. She ordered him
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    • 926 4 AP WEST German moves to "clarify" its position over the highly disputed British budget problem may significanUy improve the chances for a badly-needed breakthrough in negotiations among European Economic Community foreign ministers yesterday. The need for decisive progress was increased by
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    • 343 4 FT NEW regulations to protect patent holders and those they license to manufacture their products from competition rules are likely to be introduced in the European Economic Community before the end of the year. The European Commission in Brussels said yesterday
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    • 230 5 THE West Australian (WA) government is shifting its trade emphasis from the traditional European links to South-east Asia. It is considering opening more trade offices in the South-east Asian region, particularly in China, by rationalising its London office. WA's acting premier, Mr
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    • 456 5 FT JAPANESE Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone appears to have decided to stake his own political future on being able to hold on to the allegiance of the forces commanded by Kakuei Tanaka, the convicted former prime minister. This much became clear on Monday
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    • 733 5 ARRIVALS Service Local Operator Number Time From SIA TMA PAA SQll TL331 PA5 0110 0200 0225 LAX/TYO BEY/BOM/KUL JFK/SPO/HKG SIA MAS CAL MAS MAS SIA RBA SQ41 MH601 CI010 MH671 MH8U SQ103 BI421 0(05 0820 0845 0905 0910 0945 1000 MAA KUL JED/DHA KUL PEN KUL BWN
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    • 115 5 AFP SAUDI Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were Japan's main crude oil suppliers ahead of Indonesia last year, according to Japanese industry sources in Abu Dhabi, quoted by the local WAM news agency. Saudi shipments to Japan totalled 1.097 million barrels a day (mbd)
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    • 393 5 Reuter PRIME Minister Indira Gandhi has appointed new governors for six Indian states, including the border regions of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir. It was one of her biggest reshuffles of governors since returning to power in 1980 and it renewed speculation over
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 510 6 Reuter THE Jakarta Commodity Exchange plans a low-key start-up late next month with trading in either coffee of .rubber. "Exchange chairman Parian Nainggolan said a plywood contract will be introduced after coffee and Olbber and a five-year plan starting next month will iiltfoduce three
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    • 429 6 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S refined gold output rose to 29,646 kilos in 1983 from 25,711 hi 1982 and 14,991 in 1981, the Austrafiah Bureau of Mineral Resources said ittrts annual review. f l< fcstimated mine output rose to a 22yftlr high of 32,200 kilos in 1983 from in
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    • 156 6 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices yesterday closed firmer on speculative buying interest and covering for nearby positions, with Pakistan's reappearance in the market for fresh tenders boosting sentiment. The refined market saw RBD olein in April firm to US$7B5 a tonne and June to U*****.50. Futures yesterday rose
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    • 166 6 SOYBEAN FUTURES in Chicago on Monday closed up four US-cents per bushel to down cent. May traded in a seven-cent range. Prices trimmed gains late, as local and commission house profit-taking pressured values. Slow country movement and strong cash demand at export points underpinned values. Rasis bids at the
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    • 146 6 WHEAT FUTURES in Chicago on Monday closed SV« to l s US-cents per bushel higher, with May ending near the top of a 4'/2-cent range. Buying by commercial firms and exporters underpinned the market all day, and a commercial associate bought 900,000 bushels of May on the close. Friday's
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    • 316 6 THE RUBBER market in Singapore yesterday closed slightly higher with April One RSS buyers quoted at 224.00 cents a kilo, up 1.25 cents from Monday's close. After opening a quarter cent lower following easier London advices, levels fluctuated within a narrow range on lack of interest before recovering slightly
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    • 30 6 Rubber: March 27 Singapore: April 224.00 cents (up 1.25 cents) Malaysia: April 248.50 cents (down one cent) Tin: M 529.15 per kilo (unchanged) 129 tonnes (down 93 tonnes)
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    • 68 6 THE Straits tin price in Pen&ng yesterday held at the IT A fleer level of M 5529.15 a kilo, with the buffer stock manager providing meet of the support. The buffer stock manager took the balk ef the 121 tonnes on offer, down from 222 on Monday, while
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    • 291 6 RAS prices In cents per kilo yesterday: Noon Close (per kilo) (per kilo) Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 221.50 222 50N 222.75 223.75N Int. 1 R.S.S. April 222.75 223.25 224 00 224.25 Int. 1 R.S.S. May 226 50 227.00 228.00 228.25 Int. 2 R.S.S.
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    • 119 6 NOON SSR and SMR 1 I RA8 April May (Carnal Mth) (Forward Mth) Buyer* Sailer* Bayers Seller* SSR 20 (l-UX 1 pallet 1 212.00 214.00N 214.00 216.00N SSR SO <1U* i pallet) 210.00 212.00N 212.00 214.00N MRELB April May SMR CV (l-toi < pallet i 272-50 274.50N
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    • 328 6 SINGAPORE: Yesterdays closing prices in S$ per kilo, ex-godown: THAI WHITE: 100 per cent first class (Kangaroo) new crop 1.06, 100 per cent second class 0.82, 100 per cent third class 0.78, 25 per cent new crop no stock, B-10 per cent no stock. THAI BROKEN: A-super 0.63, Special
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    • 817 6 COFFEE: Robusta futures yesterday ended the morning at or just below new contract highs on all positions except near March. There was no fresh fundamental news and gains followed mixed trade and commission house buying based on a constructive chart outlook. May contract highs in New York on
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    • 161 6 CHINESE Pradaee Exchaage, Slagapare, aaaa closing prices per 1M kg yesterday. Coewrat ail: Bulk fob $200.00 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $213.00 sellers, new drum fob $217.00 sellers. Copra: Mixed (loose) $115 buyers Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asia NLW $630.00 sellers, Sarawak white pepper
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    • 140 6 YARN and cotton prices were quoted as follows in Hongkong yesterday. (In HK dollars, spot ex-go-down) Cattaa Yam: China Blue Phoenix 20's 3,590 32's 4.060, 40's 4,150 (per bale of 400 lbs). Pakistan Raw Cattaa: LSS 8 05 4F 8.02, 289F 8.45, NT Roller Ginned 8.10 (per lb). CLOTH
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    • 354 6 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 185 Pursuant to Section 254<2Xb) AND IN THE MATTER OF MITRA KENCHANA (PTE) LIMITED At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road. *12-01 12-11 Golden MUe Tower, Singapore 0719, on Tuesday
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 291 7 GOLD futures in Singapore yesterday closed firmer in quiet trading due to a weaker US currency. Total sales for the day were recorded at eight lots while kerb volume was two lots. Prompt closed higher at U*****.50/391.00 an ounce against New York's $388.00/388.50 close and June at $397.40/397.90 against
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    • 34 7 Mm Prt New York 9.50B 9.34B 9.KS 9.39S Zurich 9.37B 9.3ZB 9.42S 9.37S Mm Singapore 1 9.51B 9.37B 9.56S 9.42S Closing prices in US dollars a troy ounce. Source: Credit Suisse, S'pore
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    • 92 7 THE US dollar yesterday continued lower against other major currencies in active two-way trading. Dealers noted concern over huge US trade deficits, adding the February merchandise trade report was due tomorrow. The dollar eased to 2.5848/58 marks from an early 2.5868/78 and New York's 2.5880/95 close and to 223.88/98
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    • 104 7 THE dollar opened weaker in London yesterday with the market expecting another large US February trade deficit to be announced tomorrow and prospects of a rise in discount rate becoming more uncertain. The US currency opened at 2.5848/58 marks, almost two pfennigs down from the previous London close of
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    • 144 7 THE DOLLAR yesterday closed easy as operators reduced dollar long positions because of an easing of Eurodollar and Fed funds rates and expectations of a large US February trade deficit. Dealers' views were divided about the possibility of a rise in the US official discount rate and about other
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    • 183 7 ASIAN RATES ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at 5 pm on March 27: US Dollar* Offer Bid 7 days 1011/16 109/16 1 month 10H 10H 2 months 10 9/16 107/16 3 months 1011/16 109/16 0 months 10% 10* 0 months 113/16 111/16 12 months 117/16 115/16 Da*. 8w.Fr*. (Middle
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    • 23 7 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers is 9.083 per cent.
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    • 4 7 Source:National Investment Co.
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    • 510 7 THE US dollar continued to dip against major currencies on the local foreign exchange market yesterday. Against the local currency, the US dollar opened at 5J2.0810. Trading took it to a high of SJ2 0830 and a low of 512.0755. It closed at 5J2.0610, lower than Monday's closing.
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    • 183 7 THE interbank market witnessed an upturn last week due to suspected outflow of funds from the system. The overnight rates surged from an opening of 7V« 7Vi per cent last Monday to reach a high of 8% BV* per cent last Friday. Terms funds attracted added interests as more
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    • 288 7 Reuter THE FEDERAL government's projected Cs29 6 trillion deficit for the fiscal year starting April 1 poses no immediate threat to private sector requirements through capital markets, Canadian Finance Minister Marc Lalonde said. He said the problem could be serious in the medium
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    • 400 7 Reuter PRIVATE commercial banks must continue lending money to finance economic development in Latin America in order to help the region overcome its foreign debt crisis, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) said. In his inaugural address on Monday to the lADB's annual
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    • 201 7 Reuter DEUTSCHE Bank Ag said it will pay a dividend of 12 marks a share for 1983, up from 11 marks in 1982, and plans a one-for-12 rights issue to raise 565 million marks in new capital. It will also ask shareholders to approve
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    • 139 7 HANIL Bank of South Korea is raising US$2O million in the Asian dollar market through the issue of a floating rate certificate of deposit (FRCD). This 3-year issue bears an interest rate of 0.25 per cent above the 6-month Singapore Interbank Offered Rate (Sibor). It is
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    • 131 7 Reuter AN INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) team will return to Manila next week for further talks on extending a crucial US$63O million standby credit to the Philippines, central hank sources said. The IMF may take a look at the liquidity in the monetary system as
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  • 606 8 TIME alone will tell whether the proposals of the Howe committee will solve the the social and economic problems of an ageing population. But already it is clear that three main points in the report have markedly improved the propensity of Singaporeans to make their
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  • 1660 8  -  By CHAN MAY PENG MICKEY Mouse and the Lone Ranger may be the most colourful critics the Kuala Lumpur Commodities Exchange (KLCE) has attracted, but they are far from the first. When the KLCE was first launched in 1980 with crude palm
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  • 1005 9  -  By WANG LOOK KEAH TOE idea of converting the Department of J Civil Aviation into a statutory board was first mooted seven to eight years ago. t Other priorities, however, delayed action. At that time developing a brand new airport at Changi was
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    • 300 10 %>PH Pomma/a rtouw Level 5. Peninsula Hotel "Tf £«v ill'll s'RI P24- hour Coffee House where much more than k just coffee is served. Hospitality. Atmosphere. Scenic view. 'Menuful' of local and continental favourites. Daily Set Lunch (Local* Western) Each day, a local favourite is selected, e.g... Prawn Mee Soup...
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    • 277 10 J The Music Room presents "Smitty the Mighty Blazer March 19 May 19 He's a one-man entertainment machine-dancer, singer, actor, impressionist fi and comedian.^J And he's all set to bowl Tr you over with his unique brand of club entertainment. jS Come and m catch the heat Kj from the
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    • 252 10 Executive Style Quick Lunch n AVAILABLE FROM 12 00 NOON -2.30 PM $16.00++ MONDAY ROAST AIR FLOWN SIRLOIN OF BEEF Fondant Potatoes Vicky Carrots TUESDAY ROAST LEC OF PORK APPLE SAUCE Croquette Potatoes Bouquet of French Beans WEDNESDAY ROAST PRIME RIB OF BEEF Jacket Potatoes Cauliflower Au Gratin THURSDAY ROAST
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    • 951 11 PRE-OCCUPIED by Federal Reserve mooetary policy, investors headed for the sidelines and stock prices fell moderately in light and uneventful trading on Monday. IT* Dow Jones Industrial Average, which declined 29.52 points during last week's interest rate scare, lost nearly two points to finish at
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    • 284 11 MAR 28 Rand INDUSTRIALS A Alpha A bercom AE And CI Amaprop AMIO Barlows 080 245 175 430 3250 1480 unch unch unch unch -25 -5 C O Smith Chokers CNA Cume Finance Edgars 2825 ZZ 285 535 >200 -25 -5 -5 unch Fed Volk Fuglt' Hive Id Ub
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    • 197 11 MAR 2B Francs Action* Sulsaes Alutulaae Br. Alusulste Reg Brown Bovert Br. Cite Oelgjr Br 313 850 m 1415 aw 1 -5 -1 -13 +2D Cite Oelgjr P C 1730 10 ate Qelfj Reg. Credit Suitm Br Credit Sulsae Reg Elektrowatt Br. Oeorfe Fischer Br Globus Pc 873 -4
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    • 185 11 MAR 28 Fr» CORBEILLE Air-Liquid* 520 1 A gill tain* Nat Dea Petrole 223.80 -0.2 B S N Ocrvtli Danone 2480 80 C8F (ThomsonCaf) 310 0J Cle Francalae dea Petrolea 220 10 -1.4 Credit Fonder De Fnuict no S Hachette (Llbrairle) 1330 15 Mlchelln (B) IX i] Omnium MA
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    • 89 11 MAR 26 Fr» FORWARD MARKET Acec 710 U 1 *36 36 Arbed imc Astur KO 1 -15 1 -15 11 hAyjBBBBIHH De Beers 456 Ebes 2420 -6 1 +10 -20 1 -10 110 Electtobel 6360 Ob-Inno-Bm 3130 Oe* 3190 Or Bru Lamb 2406 19 Hobo* S030 unch Petro 7190
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    • 94 11 MAR at Dm Aef-Telefunken BASK 96 80 167.00 -0-9 .|j Bayer taut •1 BMW 411J0 2 Commerzbank 181J0B ConU Oummt 130 90 -0.4 Daimler-Bent 502.50 2 Defusu Deutsche Bank HZ ***** -1 Dresdner Bank 178.50 -1.5 OHH 149 50 Hoectut 177.50 02 Hoeacti 1M-S0 40.4 Horten lseoo -0J Kmrstadt
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    • 106 11 MAR as Lire ButOfl 190 uneh Bel 3SM0 -210 Centrale Ord ISIS +M Cond Acqua Roma 136 -9 Erldanla WOO 180 Flat Ord 4470 41 Oenerali ***** 290 Olm 3850 -90 I ft Prt* 6100 +104 Invest 3480 -29 ItalcemenU Ord ***** 300 Italfai 1021 I Lepetit Ord *****
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    • 168 11 MAR 26 Fls abn 301 00 -1 Ahold 192.00 -4 Ak*o 94 10 01 AMEV 146.00 Amfis Amrobnk 71 80 -04 Berk 43.00 •1 Bols 9300 -13 BorsumiJ 245 00 Bosk* 44 00 1 Burtet 08 00 -08 Ctland 30 80 -0-J Calv 347 00 unch Dell M1J 81
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    • 59 11 MAR 26 Kronor Alfa Laval B Free. 283 4 Am B Free 3KI unch Astra B Fret S5S unch Atlas Copco 125 unch Ericsson B Free MS -J Esab Frr* 315 2 S. E. Banken 355 -5 Sandvlk B Free 355 S Skindla 410 Skf B Free an 9
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    • 470 11 REVIVED SELECTIVE demand triggered by expectations of higher prices next month boosted the stock market average to a record 11,528.31 at the clone yesterday. The average rone 44.CS from Monday's clooe, more than offsetting Monday's lons of II.». The previous closing record was 11.5M.2f
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    • 361 11 SHARE PRICES edged ahead on small institutional buying of selected stocks in a quiet market yesterday. At 3pm, the All-Ordinaries Index was up 3.9 at 736.2 with the AllIndustrials up 3.8 at 960.2 and the All-Resources up 3.9 at 558.1. Coal stocks tended lower while uraniums were
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    • 227 11 MAR XI «T g All Sincere Indus AM Crawnt Cathay Cons Chanf Hwm Bank Chen Loon* Chka Hstn Cement China Chem China D*» China Elect Wire China Oulf Pla» China ftebar China Steel Chung Chin Tex Chung Hwm Pulp Par East Dept Par East Tex 11 DO J1I0 31
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    • 828 11 THE market yesterday closed lower after a moderately active session At 3pm, the FT 30 Index was down 6.8 points at 882.8 and the 3.30pm FT-SE 100 Index fell 17.8 to 1,101.9. The decline reflected profit-taking, and the overnight fall on Wall Street, dealers said. Bowater ended lip
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    • 560 11 ONE day last August, Australian stock traders were astounded when an unknown company named Wigmores made a takeover bid (or the country's biggest corporation, the Ass billion Broken Hill Proprietary Ltd (BHP). Who, the brokers asked one another, is Wigmores? Wigmores turned out to be a small
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    • 163 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed generally steady in quiet trading, officials at the Securities Exchange of Thailand said. The Book Club Index dropped 0.12 point to 117.37 on a turnover of 32.8 million baht with 148,853 shares traded. MAR 17 Aokham Thai A<la Fibre BahU Avuthajra In*. And Trust m
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    • 125 11 SHARE prices yesterday closed mixed in dull trading. The Commercial and Industrial Index fell 1.76 to 129.55, the Mining Marker rose 0.16 to 1,064.48 and the Oils Index gained 0.018 to 0.845. MAR 71 Aco* Mining Anflo PhU Ami Mining 1 Poos I UW -0 0006 AUmi Coo 3.
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    • 369 11 HONGKONG BLUE CHIPS yesterday fell ahead of today's 1963 results from Hongkong Land and Jardine, Matheson. HK Land fell 12.5 cents to HKJ3.BS, while Jardine lost 30 cents to $12.90. Heavy profit-taking on Swire Pacific was cited after the company announced on Monday nearly 40 per cent
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 357 11 VAN DER HORST LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to attend the Tenth Annual General Meeting of the Company which will be held at 11 Pandan Crescent, Singapore 0512 on 12th April 1984 at 10.00 a.m. for the purpose
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    • 218 11 CMf .HOTEL WW \tram KUALA LUMPUR For Luxury, Comfort Service.... X nJV That's the Hallmark of r-feteL HOTEL MIRAMA HOTEL MIRAMA KUALA LUMPUR n f-or pleas* 1 corMi The Manager. Hotel Mirama Jalan Birch Kuala Lumpur West Malaysia Tel *****2 Cable YUSECS KUALA LUMPUR Telex YUSECS MA ***** TARIFF 1984
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  • 2552 12 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
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  • 3612 12 IM Hick KM Low Caapaay Lut Sal* +erOr*s DW DW Crr Gr»s n* Net P/E Vol COOO) Day Higk Lew SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL m 354 280 306 410 130 430 332 278 544* 530 535 710 300 478 416 585 1000 472 506 1410 310 60S
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  • 178 12 Managers' prices for Mar 28 SINGAPORE UNIT TRU8T The Commerce 3.38 159 The Savings Fund 1.97 2.09xd S pore Prog Fund 1.45 1.54 S pore Sec Fund 2.23 2.37 S pore Invest Fund 1.19 1.26 S pore Equity Fund 1.43 1.52 ASIA UNIT TRUST Mai Invest Fund 2
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  • 2054 12 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. INDUSTRIALS Ak*m (2.365) (3) 2 44 (5 2 40 (4) 2.42 (I)
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  • 811 12 SHARE prices lost same more ground at the Singapore stock market yesterday. Disheartened Investors took to selling their shares when the morning's steadier opening did not see mach follow-through haying interest. At the final bell, the widely-followed Straits Times Industrial Index lost 2.13 points to 998.51
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  • 572 12 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market passed through another uneventful day as investors continued to remain aloof. Right from the opening bell, prices were marked a few cents lower from overnight levels. The market continued to move narrowly easier in the morning session and slipped
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 678 13 NYT THERE is little reason to suspect that Wall Street will perform wondrous deeds for investors in the period immediately ahead. This week, for example, marks the close of the 1984 J first quarter, and many money managers for institutional accounts
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    • 653 13 MALAYSIA Borneo Finance Corp (M) Bhd's aggressive policies and expansion drive have pushed its total deposits and assets past the billion dollar level last year. MBFC's total assets rose by almost 48 per cent to M 51.166 billion while its deposits base widened
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    • 403 13 FTJSAN Fishing Net Manufacturing Bbd plans to restructure the company once it has obtained the greenlight from the Capital Issues Committee for its recent proposed acquisitions, rights and special issue. This was disclosed by new chairman, Datuk Dr Mokhzani bin Abdul Rahim. Under the
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    • 325 13 Reuter ANALYSTS expect BAT Industries PLC to show an improving earnings trend through both 1963 and 1964 in spite of difficult tobacco markets. The recent acquisition of Eagle Star Holdings PLC for £960 million will not add to profits immediately, due to high interest
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    • 119 13 Reuter A PROPOSED six-month moratorium on oil company mergers may win Senate passage in a weakened form, Assistant Senate Leader Ted Stevens said. But he wants the moratorium to apply to all large mergers, not just the oil industry. Sen Bennett Johnston, who proposed the
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    • 421 13 HOTEL Malaysia limited: Twenty-first AGM to be held in the Tudor Ballroom of Goodwood Park Hotel, Seotts Road, on Wednesday, March 28, at 11.30 am. GOODWOOD Park Betel Limited: Thirty-sixth AGM to be held in the Tudor Ballroom of Goodwood Park Hotel, Scotts Road, on Wednesday. March 28,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 271 13 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) INTERIM REPORT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1983 The unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the six months ended 31st December 1983 are as follows:HALF YEAR TO 31ST DECEMBER 1983 Group Company 1982 Group Company or Group Company
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    • 87 13 This Advertisement appears as a matter of record only P.T. PRIBUMI PARIPURNA INDONESIA U5516,600,000 Term Loans for an Offshore Derrick/Pipe-Laying Barge under construction at Maroil Engineers and Shipbuilders Private Limited, Singapore Guaranteed by P.T. PELAYARAN LEPAS PANTAI SATMARINDO INDONESIA Lead. Managed by Nordic Bank PLC Singapore Branch Bank Negara Indonesia
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  • Chief Friee Changes
    • 180 14 Rises Indices Kox> Elect 280 22 Mar 26 Mar 27 Islaad A Pen 555 15 Ckuu Hup Kamuatiag 50« G Lumber 386 690 250 14 10 8 BT Composite: BT Indicator: 923.52 *****07 919.86 *****59 Fed Cables 338 6 ST Industrials: 1000 86 998.51 Metal Box Spore 294 6
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      151 14 Rises Indices Kamunting 760 Roxy 312 Matsushita 890 Falls P Chem 1620 FACB 2280 M Cement 900 Toshiba 1350 I jen Hoe 880 SEA Corp 1680 Berjuntai 530 Kemayan 595 Austral Ent 520 Kpg Lanjut 710 A Hitam Tin 850 Wilkinson 575 Kramat Tin 830 I I I
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    • 50 14 H.K.HANG SENG Monday 732.2 Week Ago 731.9 Tuesday 1131.25 Monday 1156.95 Week Ago 1169.12 AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIALS FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Monday 889.6 Friday 891.5 Week Ago 883.1 Tuesday 960.0 Monday 956.3 Week Ago 965.5 ALL ORDINARIES Tuesday 736.2 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Monday 1152.95 Friday 1154.84 Week Ago 1171.38
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  • 576 14  -  JOINT VENTURE WITH FINNISH GROUP HHii Companies Editor: ALAN LEE By NAJEEB JARHOM FRASER and Neave Ltd is making earnest efforts to diversify into the packaging business. The beverage-based group has entered into an ambitious joint venture with Europe's largest manufacturer of paper
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  • 166 14 MALAYAN United Bank, a member of the MUI group, has doubled its assets to Msl billion just within a year after it was acquired by the group. MUI Bank, formerly known as Kwong Lee Bank, was acquired by the MUI group in October 1982.
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  • 633 14 Reuter HONGKONG Land Co Ltd and Jardine, Matheson Co Ltd are expected to announce today sharply lower results, after extraordinaries, for the year ended Dec 31, 1983. Large provisions against losses on HK Land's property activities and high interest charges on debts
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  • 319 14 LIEN Hoe Industries Bhd has given a breakdown of its shareholding structure. In its latest annual report, it said Ong Nominees Pte Ltd has a 24.96 per cent interest in the company. Peak Hua Holdings Bhd has a 17.81 per cent stake, Assets
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  • LATEST RESULTS
    • 42 14 Profits after tax of Ms4.l million ($6.23 million) on turnover of $86.9 million ($89.06 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1983. The company is paying a final dividend of 12 cents per share (16 cents) on May 28.
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    • 27 14 Group pre-tax loss of M 526,000 (loss of $212,000) on turnover of $15.98 million ($18.33 million) for the six months ended Dec 31 1983.
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  • 334 14 MALAYSIA Borneo Finance Corporation (M) Bhd, underpinned by sharp increases in both deposits and loans, has turned in significantly higher earnings for the 1963 financial year. Group pre-tax profits for the year to Sep 31 1983 rose by about 32 per cent to
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  • 472 14 SINGAPORE'S largest cigarette manufacturer, Rothmans Industries Ltd, has turned in a commendable 12.9 per cent rise in group interim pre-tax profits to $18.63 million in spite of difficult trading conditions. And undaunted by the recent increase in excise duty, directors of the company
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  • 220 14 THE ordinary register of Shell Refining (Federation of Malaysia) Bhd will be closed from May 8 to 14 for the preparation of dividend warrants relating to payment of the gross final dividend of 20 per cent. Dividends will be paid on June 8. UNITED Overseas Land Ltd has
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 126 14 London stocks in page 11 p FINANCE OF UCQJ EQUIPMENT You'll benefit from our professional advice right from the start. Our team of specialists is readily available to advise you without obligation, on the finance of any kind of construction equipment. Our terms are competitive, our processing is fast and
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 59 14 sWEATjHER •> OUTLOOK for today: Showers in the afternoon, clearing in the evening. Report for 24 hours prior to 131 pm on March 27 at the airport: Maximum temperature 32.5 Associated humidity 65 Minimum temperature 23.5 Associated humidity 95 Hours of sunshine 6.95 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Total rainfall for
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 416 15 Reuter A NATIONAL dock strike which has crippled the Indian economy moved into its 13th day to become the country's longest and most expensive port stoppage. Importers, exporters, shipping companies and industrialists are all feeling the effects of the action, estimated to have
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    • 345 15  -  By LINDA CHEE CHENG Lie Navigation of Taiwan will start an independent full container service between Taiwan, Hongkong, Singapore and Bangkok from next month. The feeder service will be operated by two new ships on a 10-day frequency. The 7,000 dwt container ships,
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 164 15 Reuter MEMBER lines of the Japan/Thailand Freight Conferences said they will raise the currency adjustment factor on all freight rates and charges other than the bunker surcharge to 22 per cent from 19.5 per cent from April 1. Lines of the Japan/Taiwan/Japan Container Freight Conference said they will
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    • 795 15 Skipping Uie Page C«l Abes Transport IV 4 AC Toepler VI 1 Ale* VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner vn s Alpac VI 5 Anun Shpg IV I APC Line V 4 APL m <5 Aqua Line X 3 ASCL m l Asia broker V 5 Atlas Lines X
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    • 534 16 THE economic feasibility of deepening the Suez Canal has been thrown into doubt by shipbroker E A Gibson. In its latest review of large tankers and combination carriers, the broker says that while the planned increase from 53 ft to 67 ft
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    • 263 16 THE American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published the 1984 edition of Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels. The 928-page volume is applicable to steel vessels of 61 metres and over in length. This new edition of the Steel Rules has added requirements for
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    • 787 16 AFP THE springtime rally in freight rates took -a firm hold last week as more evidence emerged of Soviet chartering interest. The "barometer" transAtlantic grain trade (US/ Europe) saw further gains with U5510.75 ton paid to a 65,000 tonner fixed out of the Mississippi, $1 more than
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    • 278 16 AFP JAPANESE charterers were forced to pay higher rates out of Kharg Island last week, ahead of long Iranian holidays, but subsequently trading was very quiet on the tanker market. In the Gulf states, owners of the very large and ultra large crude carriers (VLCC and ULCCs) were
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    • 1673 16 ACTIVE time-charter fixing on Monday featured an otherwise dull freight market with grain business out of the US still subdued, shipbrokers said. A 63,000 tonner was fixed from Japan to Hunterston at U554,450 daily and $6,125 daily was paid for a containerfitted vessel of 39,000 long dwt from
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    • 192 17 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/Europe, Far East Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. "K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang Shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container
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    • 525 17 AN ORDER for four big container ships worth around US$l5O million is to be placed by Taiwan's expanding Yang Ming Line. The order for 3,000 TEU vessels will increase Yang Ming's non-conference carrying capacity by more than 50 per cent and
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    • 372 17 LYKES Lines has awarded a contract to the Seattle division of Todd-Pacific Shipyards Corporation to refit two of the four container ships which it will use in its expanded US-flag transPacific liner service. This is the first contract for the conversion of its newly-acquired ships
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    • 332 17 FELIXSTOWE port has completed two studies on cargo handling and marine control for the government of Bahrain. The studies carried out by the port's consultancy service division have been submitted to the Middle Eastern state's Ministry of Finance and National Economy, customs and
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    • 58 17 AMERICAN President Lines' west eoast-to-New York express trains have operated through the recent winter months with a near-perfect record for "on-time" reliability. A total of 49 APL linertrains moved east bound and westbound between the key west coast ports and the New York area. Of these,
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    • 5153 22 SCHEDULE A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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    • 788 23 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godowns FCL Ship Arrival for LCL Movement Voy Date/Time Operator Cargo Schedule Location Kamakura M 64/418 28.3.84 2100 Borneo FSB 0700-0900/0700-0900 Fl/Gl Sea Hawk 25 28.3.84 2300 Eastern M TA 3 1000-1100 A3 B Suria 091 29.3.84 0500 Ned-EAC TA
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    • 1699 23 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies <S). Ur*-KiruU Liar Transgroup <S). Ahreakiel Uaer Service Kim Shpg <S). Alfred C Taeplrr Sea Consortium (S) Marinlex Enterprise PK). AlpM Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg <KL) Island Cargo Handling and
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    • 493 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Oao Yang New Pony Straits Star Alpha Pacific Fortune Victory Maryut Permlna Supply No 23 Sable Service 8/9 29/30 21 6/7 29/30 38/9 47S 47N Y Fung Sin Chiao SSPL S'pore Shpg J Manners NAPL Barber Barber
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 306 15 REACH YOUR AUDIENCE EFFECTIVELY TIMES" BusiiK'ss Dim lor> of Sin#i|M>rv 1 \K I M 1 W I H FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ iu comua »w s sea met V4&M OCVM.O ROS 3SW N GMKT 19* "nil 11 3 FROM EUROPE VIA SUE? f KtUoj S port cicvaio
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    • 405 15 SEALORDH S UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO SAG) NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN. IRAQ. KUWAIT. QATAR. SAUDI ARABIA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES EXPRESS MULTI PURPOSE SERVICES FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE I IiOM .l \I>AN TAIW lIOMikOM. HAMMURABI V 5 AIMKQABV4 Al MAMYAH ii Al MAJBA I* AISO CAILMG HA6OYA HAKATA 17/3 20/3
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    • 798 15 *<=$)'!=$],(>*!|@"(.].}"'-`/\)> MAERSK LINE EXPORT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO: U.B. PACIFIC, O ij M.\ «IF.ir i<« T.T;, IVTW iYMtIiWK i»1 *T.l i7i > L/Ty iiV' 1 IPITUj 1' I M i. mm M M. mrmxsvwrMr'™ i ANCE, SCANDINAVIA, AUSTRIA ft SWITZERLAND 8 "pore I A were I LTUrre I Rdim 'SWGAPOtt
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 361 16 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe. From Eur 4) Gburg VESSEL |l) Gburg 1 2>H*burg I' 3) B *«n 1 4) ITdam I5)Lt H I P tala* I Sport «u Acctptinf Far: 1) Barcelona. Genoa. 2) Amsterdam Antwerp. L Havre. Basle. UK. 3) Bremen. Bremer ha»en Aarhus. Copenhagen, Helsinki 4)
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    • 449 16 Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South Waat Pacific North Waat Atlantic/Canada Faadar at Tokyo Foadar at Koba Faadar at Koba I Moth* VS. U/LB OM IWhtr SEAT ¥CR PU) HeOw VSI UU K 22/4 25/4 S BCBHU a 2C/4 27/4 M/ 4 (ISO a 31/4 3/5 MB
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 638 17 The Straits Steamship Group OCI Overseas Containers Limited i STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok PEGASUS PRK pegasus mn SINGAPORE TO to Pert/20 Mar 31-31 Mar SARAWAK AND BRUNEI LBQ ACCEPTING CARGO FOB: Rotterdam :to Win Aimterdam M—aMiaew to Br •man Swth—pton UH regiam, Mm! 4
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    • 493 17 Franco Belgian Services rfg h.tr h.n<t hrcnch Svr\icv With f ;ir hii tcrn I inrs {hAcmbvt o* A it Consortium CHARGEURS HAVRAISE MEDfX LINE Optorg Shipping Pte. Ltd Port K slang *****1/? Patalmg Jaya S62S93 57S603 Panang ***** Agantft SINGAPORF *g»ms iv Anglo- f rench TradingCo.Pte.Ltd. Ag»nt« MALAYSIA MISC Shipping
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    • 79 17 NOTICE r SB TOKO LINE M.V "AMINE" »-3 arm* on lMi March. 1914 M.V "EASTERN BLAND' V-27 rwad on 22nd March. 1914 MV. "MADURA" V-51 l(Mi March. IM4 Consipiees ot an damaged general car jots e« the captioned »esseft are hereto notrtwd that the General Survey ml be held on
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 723 18 [XPOKIS 1 Spore PKelanePen Bilbao Genoa Hburg Rdam B ha»en Antwerp 8/4 10/4 12/4 3/5 13/5 10/5 11/4 14/4 16,4 7/5 12/5 17/5 20/5 Kamakura Mara Haa*n Eipresi TeMe Eipress Osaka Bay Long OakUn Beach 24/4 26/4 1/5 3/5 8/5 10/5 8/5 10/5 15/5 17/5 Oakland Seattle' Tacoma Connecting >n
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    • 381 18 K.S LINE i at ft imPfrnt, >jtn\*t'<o* FULLY CONTftINERISED SERVICE 10 IUROPt Vl* SIR/ Mffnhf. ol thf Aif l onso.l»r~ HK CONTMO WH S St AS BMDGE 4SN C CONTUO 25* I ROM EUROPf Vl* SUI/ 1 Mfmorr ol Ih* A t f Console I Mil IY CONTAIN! RISfU *M»RIC*
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    • 503 18 EVERGREEN LINE FAR FAST/FIIROPf CONTAINER SfRVICI ACCEPTMG FCL A ICI CAJtGOTOT P*L MK fU KM ANN IHV N/04 07/04 27/04 20/04 01/09 2/05 4/05 17/04 U/04 M/ 05 11/05 IJ/05 14/05 10/05 f.tfGu.ru 25/04 20/04 17/05 H/05 21/05 22/05 24/05 ALSO ACCEPTING LCL/FCL t fa/Fa TO: eoitcwwc AAMUS COPENHAGEN OSLO
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    • 869 18 COMPANIA PERUANA DE VAPOREES (C.P.V.) "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" lo*d<n| tor CaHoo Mittrin. Do and 01 ottw Peruvian ports wtti transNpmant tt Honftont and or Hot* On CPV Throuffc Ms ot ladir* to tinal destination Parvanj P. KaUnf Snjipori WHNEVERETT 3/5 Apr 6/7 Apr MURRAYEVERCTT 16/19 Apr 20/21 Apr RAMONEVEXETT 1/3
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    • 285 18 dSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD KlfTl ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Singapore 5/4 Loadbif tor B Abbn. B Khomon POST KEIANC PENANG S»«SE MARK** fTI ao TU *****44/7 i *****70 MAIOSI MAfHTMt SON BHO T« *****2/3 MALAYSIA TRAOE t TRANSPORT LTD Ttl ***** i ***** TO PAPUA NEW
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 594 19 PIL GROUP EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VESSEL KOTA PET AM KOTA MEW AH KOTA WUAYA KOTA MEG AH KOTA WANGSA KOTA WISATA KOTA RAKYAT VOYAGE E-4M E-497 E-493 SINGAPORE 30-4/4 1-4/4 3-4/4 10-14/4 20-24/4 29-31/4 2-5/5 LOADING FOR: TAMATAVE. MAJUNGA, MAPUTO, D'SALAAM, MOMBASA. MOGADISCIO HODEIOAH, MUKALLA, ADEN HODEIOAH, JEDDAH. AQABA, PT.SUDAN.
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    • 491 19 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE m ARE ACCEPTWG BOTH CONTMOS. CONVENTIONAL CMtGO AM) BULK LIQUD CMtGO FOR BOTH MTOtTS AM) EXPORTS AND ALSO TO/FROM UK ML AM) PORTS. BROCK. LE HAVRE. OSLO. COPOMA GEN. AARHUS. GOTHENBURG Aqents Singapore EKA JAVA AGENCIES Telephone 9137?? luminal :******4 A WdMvsi,) SIS At PTE
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    • 1218 20 CfK LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD.— PACIFIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND Vl» IPI/MICROBRIDGE MINILAND BRIDGE) ALSO ACCEPTING MONTREAL. TORONTO DM) OTHER US PROFC. GU.F. ATLANTIC fORTS N It AND POMTS ATLANTIC COAST PKIG PNG S PORE MOTHER VESSEL MONTE MJBT VIS 1% Mar 29 Mar 1 Apr lAPIN AMKOSE V
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    • 563 20 /a Hyundai Merchant Marine SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE USA SERVICE PACIFIC/GULF/ATLANTIC PORTS HTUNMI NO 12.. Indonesia T«. Mani Loading tor MPert 12 Apr LA/ Clival LA/«alvotton/MoMo/ N*/Cte/lfK/ KTUMMU TM. 12 Mar 20 Apr 15 May -4a LUNAR VOCTURE 12 Jwt 20 Mar 15 AM -4a UNIVERSAL FREI6HT SERVICES nf ITO 114 Anson
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    • 527 20 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD It> AiisniiHo.nl n'} 7 It. I nt«*r n.tt tout Pl.t/.t Sin.| ipi»f«• o?o7 T»*l ?/-lt>Sl 1 il(.i Imcsl o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK ALP AC LINE S port P KMng Loadkt( tar: ALPAC ASIA IfiSNB 15 Apr II Apr MauritamftmUml Ourfcan/Tamatava S port P. Kalanf Loadrif for
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    • 451 21 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) -I- HK CONTAINER S'pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 0800 30/3 LCL Cargo 2000 29/3 TO/FROM NORTH AMERICA PACIFIC COAST Also accepting cargo to Los Angeles t Sin Francisco TO/FROM NORTH AMERICA ATLANTIC
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    • 663 21 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SFMI CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN. INCHON !*r« PR KN WK KQ MCNON ROAN tetDNum/toai l/l l/l 13/1 No 7 Ovum, 40* l«/l 11/1 21/1 S/S No I Donam WW 23/1 l/J 17/5 No tOm* 401N l/l 11/S 17/5 30/5 MMPMUTI/iea SENEML SUIVIT
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    • 940 21 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BULDMG 55, Merket Street Support 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Tele* Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P. KEIANG PENANG M/S SHMKAT WAH SOON SON. BHD IST AND 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS HAJ THONG SMPPMG 23 WM
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    • 586 22 Kc«|i«nal Container Miics 2 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual ICL Berthing PS A 1500Hrs Tuesday Saturday SINGAPORE ISLASOS USE I^ MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER S'pore 'ALPHA PACIFIC In Port Pnf LMtfinf for: Dubai. Bahrain. Doha OVER NAVE 30/31 Mar Kaoshuif. Hoof Kong KUSU ISLAND 29/30 Apr Muscat. Abu Dhabi Kuwait
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    • 103 23 French Line REGULAR STORE TT] SEALION SMPPMG (S) PTE LTD. SALES/BOOKMGS TEL *****81 (S LIES) CONTAINER SERVICE TO BANGLA-DESH/INDIA/SRI LANKA/PAKISTAN CMTTAGONG HAUXA-CAICUTTA MAMAS M/V ARTCMS V4LS4 M/V ANJOU VSLS4 M/V ARMAGNAC V6IS4 <^Seawinds DIRECT FULL CONTAINER SERVICES TO US PACIFIC COAST i tamrs ORIENTAI SEAWVINDS lINFR AGFNCY PIE I ID
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 587 24 to C.Y. LINE (A Mrnnbtr Of Tha ACE Consortium) CHO VANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTUOISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) Vpvt P Ktang lleHarve R4am fitww Mt*»| Brnr An»«trp HONGKONG CONTAMA 3*130/3 31/3 M/ 4 l»/4 21/4 M/« 24/4 SEWN JUS BROS 45W 1/4 7/4 25/4 24 4 21/4
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    • 671 24 EAP SENG TRADING S PTE. LTD. 13-01, 13th floor. Golden Mile Tower, Beoch Rood, Singapore 0719 Tel *****44 Tlx R*****2 HEAPCO SINGAPORE TO PHUKET/WEST MALAYSIA SERVICE STORE P KELANG PENANG PHUKET LANGSA V 41/14 31 M* 3 Apr lANGSA V 49/(4 S/7 Apr 10 Apr FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO PORT
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