The Business Times, 27 September 1984

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 66/1/84 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1584 60 CENTS
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  • 617 1 China will station a permanent garrison of the People's Liberation Army in the colony HONGKONG will retain its status of an international financial centre and its markets for foreign exchange, gold, stocks and futures will be maintained when China resumes control of the territory in
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  • 152 1 IN AN exchange of memoranda at the end uf the Joint declaration and its annexes, the l!K and Chinese governments made a special provision for those Hongkong people who are currently BritLsh dependent territories eitiicns (BDTCs). While they will cease to be BDTCs on July 1, IW7, they
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  • 681 1 INVESTMENT in the property market continued to slow down in the second quarter of this year, with only $1.22 billion committed to new building projects. More than half of this amount came from the government, with the Housing and Development Board providing the main impetus. Latest
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  • 117 1 Reuter OPEC WOULD be willing to cut its 17.5 million barrel per day production ceiling to defend its pricing structure, United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Mana Said Al-Oteiba said. "We will not hesitate even to lower the ceiling and national quotas if
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  • Article, Illustration
    66 1 SHARE prices on the Singspore stock market Improved slightly in quiet trading yesterday. Volume was lower, compared with the previous day, in spite of the closure of the Kuala Lumpur market. Gainers outstripped losers by 57 to 4«. At the close, the BT Composite Index had inched up
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  • 482 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH THE JURONG Town Corporation is playing Santa Claus three months before Christmas in order to sell or rent out more of its factories. A whole array of gifts, including a refund that could go as high as $254,000
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  • 452 1  -  By ALVIN TAY HONGKONG'S decline in importance as a financial centre as a result of the 1997 lease issue will benefit Singapore, Australia and the US, says Security Pacific National Bank. But the opening up of Japan's financial system may cause
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  • 112 1 UPI THE VICTOR Company of Japan, JVC, yesterday announced that it would begin marketing video discs capable of being used with personal computers. The new "interaction" series uses a standard language, allowing them to be used with any type of personal computer hooked up to a
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    • 267 1 SHARE INFORMATION 13 RAW MATERIALS 12 MONEY EXCHANGES 7 BUILDING contractors can look forward to about $500 million worth of business from the building of more schools and junior colleges. Between now and the end of 1988, about 83 schools and junior colleges will be built. Page 3 GROWTH IN
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    • 101 1 Asian stocks, Paga 11 International stocks, Paga 10 BALLY of SmtzMand meets the challenge of today. >& *> X! K..' The Best of BALLY 1 is to be found at the following authorised BALLY dea,ers- Bally Boutique Branches Champion Shoe Co (Lucky Plaza) Chanrai Branches Daimaru S pore D'jien Boutique
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 343 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN THE US and Japan together accounted for a quarter of Singapore's total rubber exports in the first seven months of this year. Exports to the US, which retained its position as the biggest market, climbed 37 per
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    • 229 2 THE SINGAPORE Technical Institute (STI) and theAljunied Vocational Institute (AVI) will offer only Industrial Training Certificate (ITC) courses from next year under an upgrading and expansion programme which will also see enrolment rise 40 per cent 1986. The National Technician Certificate (NTC) courses
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    • 300 2 RESERVISTS who would be fighting together as buddies in war ought be buddies during peacetime as well. This is the rationale behind a proposal made last night by President Devan Nair to give preference to groups of reservists from the same unit
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    • 199 2 TELEX services to the Federated States of Micronesia (Kosrae, Ponape, Truk and Yap) in the West Pacific will be available from Oct 1. Telex calls to these states can be made automatically by keying the destination code 764. The charge is 45 cents
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    • 363 2 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER Sep 29-12 Jon Practical Heat Paramount Hotel Alhed Metallurgical '85 Treating Products Pte Ltd Oct 1-2 Using Financial Meridien Hotel Institute For Modelling As A International Management Tool Research Oct 1-2 Using Financial Meridien Hotel Institute For Modelling As A International Management
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    • 122 3 THE FORMER president of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore, Mr Prem Paul Ohri (above), has been nominated for the "Golden Helm" an international award of tourism. The award, given on a permanent basis, is for "having participated with effectiveness and outstanding contribution
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    • 80 3 THE SINGAPORE government is contributing US$2O,OOO worth of medical supplies to help the victims of the recent typhoons in the Philippines. This will add to the several millions of dollars in foreign relief aid which have poured into the country to help about 2.4
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    • 290 3  -  By ANNA TEO JAPAN has been exporting more confectionery products and importing less. Sales of Japanese cookies, rice crackers and chocolates overseas reached $130 million last year compared to $119 million in 1982. Imports, however, fell to $147 million last year against $166 million in
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    • 157 3 THE TECHNOLOGY Transfer Institute (TTI) of Singapore is organising an eight-day mission to Japan to study clean room engineering. The mission is aimed at semiconductor manufacturers, who form the largest group of users of clean room engineering systems in Singapore. A senior lecturer of
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    • 129 3 THIS YEAR'S new set of Singapore Mint proof coins will be on sale from Oct 10. The 1984 edition of six legal tender coins, has a worldwide mintage of 15,000 sets minted under the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore. Each set comprises a bronze
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    • 272 3 IN THE US, the quality control circle (QCC) is not considered to be the ultimate remedy for improving standards and achieving company targets. Instead, corporate quality goals are set, and managers are held responsible for achieving these targets. Corporate philosophy
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    • 404 3  -  By JAIME LYE AN ATTEMPT to salvage Singapore's image as a shoppers' paradise is to be made this Christmas. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, together with the retail and hotel associations, is trying to get shops and hoteliers to offer discounts and
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    • 188 3 THE SINGAPOREAN as he actually lives is rarely seen in photographs. It is something photographers should work on capturing on film the ordinary man as he copes with a fast-changing society, his ups and downs as well as his funny moments. Dr Tay
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 384 4 AFP FOREIGN ministers Shintaro Abe of Japan and Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union met at the United Nations on Tuesday for tough talks on bilateral issues, with the Soviet minister spurning Japanese initiatives. A Japanese official said the talks took place in "a quiet
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    • 185 4 Reuter SOVIET Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko had a 90-minute meeting yesterday with Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir. The Soviet Union broke diplomatic relations with Israel in 1967 and their ministers have met only rarely, during sessions of the UN General Assembly.
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    • 396 4 Reuter A BILL TO ban nuclear ships and weapons from New Zealand and its waters has been introduced in Parliament. Mr Garry Knapp, parliamentary leader of the minority Social Credit Party and the Bill's sponsor, said it was not aimed at US
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    • 195 4 Reuter THE UNITED States and the Soviet Union must change their relationship fundamentally to avert disaster but neither appears equal to the task. In a paper released as President Reagan prepared for a meeting tomorrow with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, foreign policy specialists said
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    • 367 5 Reuter INFLUENTIAL Wall Street analyst Henry Kaufman has said that unless federal budget deficits were cut substantially, US interest rates could soar and prop up the value of the already strong dollar. Kaufman, whose forecasts frequently send world financial markets into wild
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    • 181 5 AP FACTORY orders for durable goods fell 0.9 per cent in the United States in August, the third decline in the last five months and further evidence that the pace of American economic growth slowed in the summer. Durable goods are items
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    • 312 5 AFP A HUGE undercover intelligence operation is being mounted to evaluate the possible damage caused to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) by West German aviation expert Manfred Rotsch, who has been accused of being a KGB spy. Although Nato
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    • 457 5 Budget prediction of 3pc unlikely to be reached Reuter GROWTH IN Britain may be closer to 2 per cent than the 3 per cent previously expected because of the fall in coal output caused by the continuing strike by the National Union
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    • 386 5 Reuter SICILIAN financier Michele Sindona, who was extradited from the US to Italy on Wednesday, was in a top security prison cell yesterday and expected to stand trial soon on fraud and murder conspiracy charges. Sindona, 64, whose meteoric rise in the 1960s went
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    • 407 5 AFP A SIMMERING trade war between the US and the European Economic Community (EEC) is threatening to heat up as the US Congress considers legislation that would impose compensatory duties on agricultural imports. Community analysts in Brussels said yesterday that Washington
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    • 283 5 Reuter JORDAN has restored political and diplomatic ties with Egypt, breaking ranks with the majority of Arab states which severed relations with Cairo's peace treaty with Israel in 1979. A foreign ministry statement on Tuesday said the decision
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    • 168 5 UPI A SURVEY OF 100 of the most promising young scientists in America, as selected by a panel of their peers, found that 90 per cent are male and nearly half work for universities. The survey, conducted by Science Digest magazine, showed that 24
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    • 202 5 AFP BRITAIN'S trade balance deficit widened from £137 million (US$l64 million) in July to £568 million ($6Bl million) last month, the Trade Ministry announced on Tuesday. In the current account, which includes trade in "invisible" services, the deficit moved to £318 million ($3Bl million)
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    • 321 5 UPI GREECE plans to sell arms to the Libyan government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and substantially Increase Its oil parchases from the country as part of a US$l billion agreement on economic cooperation, Greek news reports said on Tuesday. The trade agreement was signed
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    • The Hongkong accord
      • 534 6 Reuter BRITAIN and China yesterday initialled an agreement returning Hongkong to Chinese rule in 1997 and both sides said later that they expected the accord to be signed by the end of the year. The agreement, in the form of a joint declaration finalised
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      • 475 6 HONGKONG'S rivals as Asia's premier financial and business centre are queuing up to feed on any spoils from yesterday's Sino-British joint declaration on the future of the crown colony. But estimates of how big the exodus of capital and entrepreneurial talent will be vary
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      • 249 6 Agencies TAIWAN has refused to recognise a Sino-British agreement returning Hongkong to Chinese sovereignty, saying the pact initialled by Britain and China is "invalid". "Communist China is a rebellious group. It has no right to represent China and Chinese people to sign any
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      • 214 6 Reuter A HUGE RED star was hauled onto the Bank of China building in central Hongkong yesterday, minutes before the initialling in Beijing of the Sino-British agreement handing the territory back to China in 1997. But the star wasn't there to symbolise a victory over British
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    • 469 6 UPI Reuter LATIN American countries, among the world's largest debtors, have warned the industrial nations that they are unable to go on bearing the burden of high interest rates. Argentine Finance Minister Bernardo Grinspun told the annual World Bank-Internation-al Monetary Fund
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    • 243 6 UPI HUNDREDS of disgruntled Disneyland employees, most wearing "No Mickey Moose" buttons, ringed the world-famous amusement park with picket lines on Tuesday on the first day of a strike by more than I,BM workers. "It had been, basically, a big happy family ont here," said
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    • 407 6 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN Minister of Trade and Industry, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, is confident that the objectives of the New Economic Policy (NEP) will be fully attained by 1990 with the change in attitude among the Malays. Tengku Razaleigh said that during the early stage
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    • 183 6 AFP RESERVES estimated to hold some 10 billion tonnes of oil and natural gas have been discovered by geologists in the Tarim basin in Xinjiang province, northwest China, the New China News Agency reported in Beijing on Tuesday. One well in the
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 631 7 SINGAPORE: The US dollar extended earlier gains against most major currencies in fairly active late trading yesterday. It rose to a late 2.0885/ 0900 marks from an early 2.0730 40 and New York's 2.0715 30 close, to 2.5280/ 5300 Swiss francs from 2.5180 95 and 2.5170 90 respectively.
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    • 250 7 Interbank rates at 3pm Currencies Nominal rata* Smithaonian quoted yesterday croaa parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2 1675 2 1685 2 8196 -23 13 Sterling pound ***** ***** 7 3469 -63 85 Australian dollar 1 7936 1 7966 3 4286 -47
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    • 324 7 ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady yesterday at lower opening levels in quiet afternoon trading. Short-dates weakened between 1 16 and 5 16 point initially on a weaker US federal funds rate and remained unchanged thereafter with overnight closing at 10-5 8 1012, Thursday Friday at 10-3
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    • 301 7 BA Futures Inc ALTHOUGH Eurodollar futures closed lower at CME on Tuesday night, Simex opened yesterday on a firm note on easier Federal funds rate after the CME's futures market and softer interbank rates in the Far East. Prices climbed quickly in the morning session and trading drifted into
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    • 83 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate rose by 1 -point to close at 8* a per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. Term rates for the one, two and threemonth maturities rose by 1/16-point across-the-board. Discount prices At yesterday close Prices offered by discount houses on Sep 26 3-month
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    • 67 7 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for: $120 million of 91-day Treasury bills to be issued at the option of the tenderer on Oct 1 and from Oct 3 to Oct 5. $20 million 182-day Treasury bills to be issued on
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    • 223 7 HONGKONG The metal closed little changed in quiet and featureless trading yesterday except for some local buying towards the close. It finished at U*****.70/ 345.20 an ounce compared with Tuesday's finish of $345.25/75 in New York and $344.60 345.10 here. On the local market, gold slipped HKSI to finish
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    • 275 7 FT CREDIT Commercial de France is sounding out banks in the Euromarket for a loan of up to US$5O million for Mexico, the country's first free market borrowing since 1982. Invitations to take part in the deal surprised bankers attending the
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    • 146 7 Reuter BUNDESBANK president Karl Otto Poehl says West Germany will not erect capital controls to defend the mark and long-term capital outflows from Germany are no cause for concern. His views were echoed by Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg at a joint press conference
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    • 41 7 Reuter THE Bank of Thailand will provide an additional three billion baht of credits to local exporters through its rediscount windows. A central bank spokesman says the increased facility carries low interest rates of 5 to 9 per cent.
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  • FEATURES
    • 529 8 A TWO-MINUTE signing ceremony ended 143 years of British colonial rule in Hongkong yesterday. It is true that the lease from China will not officially expire until 1997, but for most practical purposes, China is the master now. Both sides deserve credit for the manner in
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    • 1977 8  -  Vigorous economic expansion has given a boost to a theory many economists label 'pop' By GARY KLOTT NYT FOUR YEARS after President Reagan extolled its virtues as an antidote for a stagnant economy plagued by a high inflation rate, "supply-side" economics is basking in the
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    • 610 8  -  By KHALID HASAN Opecna THE EUROPEAN Eeconomic Community's decision last June to impose an import duty of 13.5 per cent on Saudi-manufac-tured methanol underscores the high risk factor facing Third World high technology enterprises aimed at western markets. The Saudi case is likely
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    • 794 9  -  By I ROBERT COTTRELL FT IF YOU WANTED to buy a railway coach for conversion into, say, a restaurant or a cottage, then Japanese National Railways (JNR) would be happy to sell you one for about 3 million yen less a discount of 500,000 yen
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 641 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Container of courage (6) 7 Occasion of going on a playful visit (4, 4) 8 Fishy fingerprints? (4) 10 Instrument with wooden centre-piece (6) 11 Open spaces to which some saplings may be suited (6) 14 Variety performer out of practice (3) 16 Where an admission
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  • SPORTS
    • 511 9  -  By ANNA TEO SINGAPORE'S top canoeists will get the chance to pit their skills against the best in Asia provided the funds can roll in. An oft-repeated tale in the local scene perhaps, but it's the lack of funds, rather than standards,
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    • 458 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS SINGAPORE'S squash future is to be determined in a boardroom tonight. With the Asian Junior Championships in mind, the Singapore Squash Racquets Association's coaching committee will decide in whose foreign hands to leave our squash future. A Pakistani, an Egyptian
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 355 10 Reuter WEST German shares are heading for record highs seen last February, after scoring sharp gains in a two-week long rally which has defied a soaring US dollar, bank economists say. Belief that many German stocks are undervalued and confidence in the German
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    • 164 10 Reuter A COMMITTEE of foreign creditor banks of Italy's troubled Industrie Zanussi SPA has accepted a takeover plan by AB Electrolux of Sweden, under which they will recover 90 per cent of their money, according to senior banking sources in Rome. The committee of five banks has
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    • 288 10 UPI THE stock market finished mixed in moderate trading on Tuesday for the second consecutive session. Quality issues scored gains in an atmosphere of uncertainty about the US economy. General Motors was the blue-chip stalwart while General Foods and Union Carbide were battered after
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    • 166 10 strr 25 C$ 32 hnp Oil Inco 42* 14* Alcon Algomo Bonk Mont Bonk Novo Scotio Bel Tel BP Can Ltd 34'* 2m 24 12 32* 27 31 26* 46* 15* 30 14* 15* *B *B 36* unch unch unch Int Pro* Pipe Int Uts Intl Nickel Kerr Add
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    • 278 10 SEPT 25 Rond Trust Bk Un Steel 222 100 -3 unch INDUSTRIALS A A 78«, unch Urwsec Wooh»otth 500 1250 unch Abercom AE And O 135S 745 Anglos MININGS 2260 10 315 Anglvool ***** AMC* 0 1 2475 unch Blyyoors 1725 unch Bo flows 1055 -35 ButteK 8100 100
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    • 775 10 serr 25 US$ ACf Industries Alcon Alumm 26* Alcoa 33* Allegheny Lud 23* Afced Chem Cp 35* Abed Stores 47* Ahs-Chalmers 10* Am Brands Inc 61* 1 Am Broodcast 71 Am Can Co 48 v. Am Cyonomtd 47* Am Elec Pwr 19* Am Express 34 Am Home Prod
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    • 984 10 Amsterdam SIPT 25 Fh ABN ***** 2 Aegon 123 50 1 7 Ahold 193 50 -1 Akzo 95 70 0 5 AMf V 178 00 1 Amtos Amrobnk 64 00 09 Berk 44 00 -09 Boh 98 00 0 5 Boryjmit 255 00 urv-h Bosko Bonn 66 50
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 402 11 HONGKONG: Share prices lost initial gains yesterday to end the half-day session lower. The Hang Seng Index ended 10.44 down at 999.79 after being down 0.79 at the midmorning fix. Among leaders, Cheung Kong eased 20 cents to HK$B.4O, HK Electric 10 to $6.05, HK Land five to $3.15,
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    • 286 11 SEPT 26 NT Chem Indus 20 20 02 Lien Hwa Indus 13 75 0 55 AN Sincere Indus 650 0 25 Non Yo Plas 31 10 -06 As*o Cement 25 50 -0 1 Pacific Cons 27 10 0 1 Cothoy Cons 27 00 0 1 Pocitic Elect 19 20
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    • 423 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed firmer yesterday in fairly active trading. The market average gained 15.22 points from Tuesday's close to 10,620.06 extending Tuesday's gain of 63.04, after trading 480 million shares against 210 million shares on Tuesday. The Tokyo Stock Exchange Index was 822.31 up 2.83. The second market
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    • 96 11 Sep 26 Won Hyundai Motor K At 626 492 -4 1 Bonk Seoul 656 unch Korea First 720 unch Choheung Bk 615 20 Korea Oil 1241 30 Commercial Bk 675 unch Korea Sh«p 438 •4 Doelim Ind 570 -2 760 5 Daewoo Corp 484 -9 Lucky Ltd Daewoo Ind
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    • 454 11 SYDNEY: Share markets closed easier yesterday with industrial stocks under pressure in a technical correction to recent gains. At 1515 local time, the All Ordinaries Index finished one point lower at 727.4, the All Industrials dropped 1.8 to 1,041.3 and the All Resources was 0.3 off at 484.0. Falls
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    • 176 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed higher in inactive trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 0.09 point to 119.06 as turnover fell sharply to 207,042 shares from Tuesday's 435,097. Siam Citizens rose one baht to 137.50, Maboonkhrong two to 105.50, and Siam City Cement two to 426 but Bangkok Bank
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    • 154 11 MANILA: Share prices closed generally firmer in continued dull trading yesterday. The Commercial and Industrial Index rose 0.49 to 105.55 and oils firmed 0.004 to 0.629. The mining marker eased 9.32 to 921.41. PLDT rose to 36.50 from 36. Benguet Con B fell to 105.40 from 106 and San
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    • 64 11 Reuter A NEW company was inaugurated to build and manage an international airport in Osaka Bay, its spokesman said. The central government, 11 prefectural and city governments and private companies around the bay have jointly set up the company. It plans to start building
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    • 283 11 NYT AMDAHL Corp of the US plans to introduce two advanced supercomputers made by Fujitsu of Japan. Amdahl on Tuesday said the computers, which can use software created for the 370 series of International Business Machines Corp, are the first developed for the supercomputer
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    • Corporate round-up
      • 144 11 HUDBAY Oil (Kakap), which is equally owned by London and Scottish Marine Oil Co PLC (Lasmo) and British Petroleum Co PLC (BP), holds a 37.5 per cent stake in a new oil field off Indonesia in the South China Sea. A Lasmo statement
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      • 83 11 DEEPAK Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp, a private company, plans to set up a 2.5 billion rupee plant with foreign technology to produce 900 tonnes of ammonia a day, according to company chairman C K Mehta. The plant in western Maharashtra State will raise
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      • 75 11 Agencies MYER Emporium expects earnings to improve further in its current year, given a continuation of economic recovery in Australia. The retail group earlier reported a four-fold rise in net profit to A 543.48 million in the year ended July 29 from $10.03 million in
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    • 121 11 85 Good Food AT Fair Priccs Whether you have an appetite for local or continental cuisines, you'll And our dishes appealing and delicious, our staff friendly and efficient. Try our new additions specially prepared by top Hong Kong chefs: Dian Xin Barbequed pork Wonton noodles Roasted duck Congee And many
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 567 12 AFP A GLOBAL COFFEE export quota of 62 million 60-kg bags for the forthcoming 1984-85 season was to be proposed by International Coffee Organization (ICO) importing members at Tuesday's executive board meeting, consumer delegates said in London. The proposal was drawn up
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    • 297 12 AFP A SPECIAL GROUP has been set up to tackle the "robusta coffee problem", which threatens the first quarter of the forthcoming 1984-85 coffee season, said Jorio Dauster, Brazilian spokesman for the producing members of the ICO, This move to combat the threat of a
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    • 134 12 Reuter CHINA IS expected to produce another bumper cotton crop of 4.637 million tonnes and imports will be limited to 30,000 tonnes needed for blending purposes, the US Agriculture Department's (USDA's) field officer in Beijing said. In a Sep 20 report, the field officer
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    • 350 12 Reuter JAPANESE COPPER producers are resisting high-priced imported concentrates on both term and spot markets, preferring to trim domestic production, industry sources said. Mitsubishi Metal Corp president Takeshi Nagano said: "We will have to continue to curtail copper production in the second
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    • 154 12 Chinese Produce Robusto 20/25% FOB NSW 502 50 Exchange Nutmeg 363 00 (Sellers' noon closing prices on Sep 110 FOB NSW 26 SS/IOOkg) B W FOB NSW 256 00 Coconut oil Gombier Bulk FOB 195 00 FOB NSW 305 00 Old drum FOB 208 00 New drum FOB
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    • 289 12 Singapore A-l special C-l special C-l Ordinary 227 unq unq (S$/kilo, ei-godown) Thai white Loonzom 100% 100% 1st class first grade unq (kangaroo) 100% second grade 255 new crop I 05 100% third grade unq 100% 2nd closs 100% 3rd class 077 075 Parboiled 5% 10% 257 252 25%
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    • 203 12 AFP THE NEXT round of the negotiating conference in Geneva on a new international cocoa agreement could be postponed if the European Economic Community (EEC) decides it needs more time for preparation, said an International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) consumer delegate in London.
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    • 169 12 Yarn (In HKS per bole of 400 lb) China corded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16's 3,300 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,500 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,850 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,250 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21's 3,550 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 5,000 Blue Phoenix 40's 5,250 Open-end yarn 3,100
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    • 48 12 THE Malaysian market was closed yesterday for a holiday. LONDON US$/to«nc setters closing prices on Sep 25 Sumatra 5% Sep 700 00 unch Oct ***** unch Nov 620 00 unch Dec ***** unch ROTTERDAM US$/tonne (sellers' closing prices) Sumatra/M'sia 627 50 Max 5 Oct down 17.50
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    • 1067 12 COFFEE Robusta futures yesterday ended a fairly active morning session with losses of £23 to £7. Most positions finished above the lows and last business on November was at £2,387, down £17 but £12 above the low. The market opened slightly firmer due to pared losses by the
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    • 10 12 Closing price on Sep 26 (M$/kilo) TIN Straits Tin closed
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    • 203 12 SINGAPORE The market closed easier yesterday with October One RSS buyers quoted at 190.00 cents per kg, down 2.50 cents from Tuesday's close. The morning market lost 2.25 cents on selling of nearbys and forwards. Prices eased fractionally in quiet afternoon trading on some liquidation. TOKYO Futures closed 1.9
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    • 237 12 RAS prices (in S cents/kilo, FOB in i boles) NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS prompt 186 00 187 00 185 50 186 50N lot 1 RSS Oct 190 50 191 00 190 00 190 50 Int 1 RSS Nov 190 50 191 00
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    • 155 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed I*A to '/i cent a bushel lower in light trade on Tuesday. December ended near the bottom of a two cent range. Light professional and commercial selling pressured prices to day's lows late. But a second consecutive record weekly export
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    • 146 12 SOYBEAN on the Chicago Board of Trade rallied to new day's highs after midday to close 6'/i to two cents a bushel higher on Tuesday. The session was fairly dull, with November ending near the top of a nine cent range. A series of cold fronts approaching the belt
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4240 13 WHILE the Kuala Lumpur market was closed yesterday, share prices on the Singapore stock market managed to finish on a slightly steadier note but on thin volumes. Total ready turnover was 7.64 million units worth $18.07 million compared with 7.71 million units worth
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    • 157 13 SINGAPORE Rites UMSOt 330 M CMm 380 F 1 lavwptaa 338 Dab Yung 306 G 1 HUyi S0« 272 r»ll»( 332 tatoatoa 136 0 S 780 hmm 595 Strati Trading 520 Falls 12! 10 8 8 8 ♦6 6 5 5 5 Indices Saf 25 Saa 26
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    • 2521 13 BID and offer price* 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 "BETT"
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    • 192 13 HONG Leaag Credit Berhad: EGM on Sep 27 at 3pm in Conference Room, 14th Floor, Banguana Hong Leong, 117 Jalan Bandar, Kuala Lumpur. JACK Ckta Enterprises (Malaysia) Bhd: 57 AGM on Sep 27 at 11am in Conference Room (Serunai 2), PJ Hilton, No 2, Jalan Barat, Petaling Jaya.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 773 14  -  By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI EVER since the marine and engineering based Van der Horst Ltd made its debut on the Stock Exchange of Singapore in November 1981, the group has been on an aggressive acquisition trail so as to strengthen and broaden its scope
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    • 173 14 THE HARPER Gilfillan group has acquired the remaining 50 per cent equity in Hargill-Weir Engineering Services Pte Ltd. The acquisition of the stake from Weir Pumps Ltd of the UK will strengthen its engineering activities in Singapore. Hargill-Weir was formerly a 50-50 joint venture between Weir
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    • 483 14 LAST FULL YEAR Com pony Period Date Net EPS Gross Net announced (cents) div profit lost year (S'000) Q Lumber Interim June 30 3,618L Alcorn Interim Aug 5 5.0 9101 Intl Trust Interim Aug 12 9 1 100 1,644 Lion Corpn Interim Aug 16 8.7(a) 49(a) 6,458 Malay
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    • 774 14 mmm mmm RObm NYT THE International Business Machines Corp is negotiating to acquire the Rolm Corp, a leading manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. The move heightens the competition between the world's largest computer company and the American Telephone Telegraph Co. Neither IBM nor Rolm
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    • 813 14 NYT ""HOW is the market doing?" When many investors ask that question, they usually are referring to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But the Dow, though it is the best known of all market indicators, has its critics. Some people complain that its
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    • 570 14 MOVES to generate trading activity as well as interest in the Bumiputra Stock Exchange should be initiated collectively by the public and private sectors, merchant banker Datuk Azman Hashim said. For a start, the government should consider listing the shares of
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    • 99 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Wednesday 1041.3 Hong Seng Index Tuesday IS™ I Week ago 1030.0 Wednesday 999.79 Tuesday 1010.23 Week ago 983.79 NEW YORK Dow Jones TOKYO Tuesday 1207.16 Monday 205 06 Tokyo Dow Jones Week ogo 1226.26 Wednesday ***** 06 Stondard ond Poors Tuesday ***** 84 Tuesday 165.62
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    • 229 14 Monogers' prices for Sep 27 Second B'putro Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 504 4 17 466 509 422 471 Singapore Unit Trust Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro 3 14 3 03 3 19 308 The Commerce 2 87 3 05 Seventh B'putro (A) 2 14 2 19 The Savings Fund
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    • 746 15 TOQna mm*** HOCK LOCK SIEW INVESTORS, after having long neglected First Allied Corp Bhd shares because of the stigma of the company's old outfit, the loss-ridden Electric»! Allied Industries, are well advised to take a fresh look at the counter. Certainly, the
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    • 346 15 A WORSE-than-expected slowdown in construction activities and over-capacity have taken their toll on Ssangyong Cement (Singapore) Ltd's earnings at the interim stage. The leading cement manufacturer, which commands about a fifth of the local market, saw group pre-tax earnings more than halved to $2.74 million ($6.62 million)
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    • 72 15 A COMPANY in the Jack Chia group has acquired 197,000 more shares in Haw Par Brothers International Ltd for $420,620 or an average of $2.13 a share. The beneficial owner of the shares is MPH Invest- ments (S'pore) Pte ltd. Following these purchases, Mr
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    • 37 15 LEONG Huat Industries Ltd has announced a group loss of $1.64 million for the first six months of this year ($1.05 million loss in the previous interim) on turnover of $810,000 ($2.25 million).
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    • 958 15 SHARES closed higher in thin trading yesterday, with gains exaggerated in places by stock shortages and a modest bear squeeze, dealers said. The firmer tone was based in part on Chancellor Nigel Lawson's speech at the IMF meeting on Tuesday, outlining the scope for lower interest rates. Yesterday's
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    • 552 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM AMIDST the prolonged shipping slump, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd is showing signs of turning the tide in its favour, to the surprise of most market pundits. The national carrier, which suffered heavy operating losses of about $14 million last
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    • 414 15  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN THE STOCK market was unmoved by Hotel Properties Ltd's half-year results to endJune. Like every other company in the hotel sector, Hotel Properties, best known as owner and manager of Singapore's Hilton International, posted lower profits. And it has warned
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    • 348 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE KEEN competition and high raw material prices cantoned to plague Gald Cain Ltd during the first six months of the year. As a result, profits of the feedmll! group were drastically reduced. Gronp pre-tax earnings from trading operations
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 80 14 To: Our clients, travel agents and interliners We have relinquished our general sales agent representations for the carriers on the following dates: SEPTEMBER 27,1984-DELTA AIRLINES OCTOBER 1984 CANADIAN PACIFIC AIRLINES OCTOBER 27,1984 -TRANS WORLD AIRLINES All enquiries, ticketing and reservations after the above dates should be referred to the respective
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 62 15 Central Bank of India LONDON BRANCH US 520,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE MARCH 1986/ MARCH 1987' In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for the interest period from September 28, 1984 to March 28, 1985, the Certificates will carry an Interest
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    • 335 15 October means business at RrCompAsiaB4 3rd South East Asian Personal Business Computer Hardware Software Show 29 October —2 November 1984 World Trade Centre Singapore Advantage GRiD When it comes to selecting a computer for your business, take a note from the Singapore Tennis Centre and find out why they chose
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  • 752 16  -  By FOO CHOY PENG IN HIS first press conference as a PAP candidate, BrigadierGeneral (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong yesterday found himself facing the inevitable questions on the influence of his father. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. There could be no question
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  • 388 16 Reuter ENOUGH CONFIDENCE and investment should return to Hongkong after details of the Sino-British agreement on the colony's future are released to allow the colony's currency to be uncoupled from the US dollar by next spring. Hongkong and
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  • 124 16 Reuter KUWAIT'S official stock exchange is moving to new premises where it will operate under tighter dealing regulations aimed at preventing a repetition of a dramatic market collapse two years ago. The exchange held its last session on its old trading floor on Tuesday.
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  • 371 16 Reuter THE DRAFT agreement between China and Britain on Hongkong's future contains few surprises but reinforces recent optimism over the economic future of the territory, Hongkong businessmen said. They said local markets are not expected to move sharply when they open today,
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  • 375 16 THE NUMBER of passengers flying from London to Singapore has shown good increases over the past few years and this trend is expected to continue in future. Department of Statistics figures show that last year, a total of 136,848 passengers flew from London to Singapore.
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  • 146 16 AP THE Malaysian Airline System (MAS) will buy < two to three more Boeing 747s under a five-year flight and route expansion programme beginning next year. MAS managing director < Abdul Aziz said on i Wednesday that the additional Jumbo jets would be needed in
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  • 182 16 Reuter THAI Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda returned home yesterday after a two-week medical check-up in the US and a brief holiday in Paris. General Prem, looking fit and well, said he did not have to undergo any medical treatment while in
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  • 478 16  -  By LOH HUI YIN EVEN AS tHE Chiwan oil supply base in China receives its first customers, the Chinese and Singaporean partners are already hammering out details for a new company. The company, tentatively called Nanhai Oil Equipment, Repair and Maintenance Shenzhen,
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  • 91 16 Reuter OMAN has signed an agreement with a group of foreign companies for a 1,319-sq km exploration concession to the north of the country's main oil field at Fahud. The Petroleum and Minerals Ministry said yesterday that partners in the group are Brit- ish Petroleum Co
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  • 67 16 WALL Street stock prices were slightly lower yesterday as the market continued to experience light trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had risen modestly during the past two sessions, was off V' 2 to under 1206. Overall, losers led gainers by 50 issues. Volume was seven
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  • LATE FILE
    • 55 16 AP SYRIA'S official news media "al-Thawra" threatened yesterday to "punish" Jordan for its resumption of diplomatic relations with Egypt. But other Arab nations were silent on the rapprochement. It said "Syria will not allow a new Camp David (accord with Israel) in its neighbourhood... We Will
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    • 59 16 UPI THAILAND has protested Laos' shelling attacks on Thai border forces this week to the UN Security Council, a foreign ministry official said. In a protest note to the council, the Thai government said Lao troops fired artillery and rockets in two attacks on Sep 24,
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    • 59 16 Reuter ISRAELI Prime Minister Shimon Peres said the Defence Ministry was working on a plan for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Southem Lebanon. In interviews with newspapers and Israel state radio, Mr Peres said it would take six to nine months for the army to
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    • 61 16 Reuter THE WORLD Council of Churches (WCC) has announced that it had granted US$2OO,OOO this year to three black guerilla and political movements fighting South African white minority rule. The money is from WCC's Special Fund to Combat Racism, financed by contributions from 303 Protestant, Anglican,
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    • 65 16 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife spent yesterday morning with Malaysian navy personnel and their families in the Italian city of Sarzana. About 50 navy personnel are stationed in the city where the Italian Intermarine shipyard is building four mine
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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    • 188 16 GIANT REDUCTION ON HOT EUROPEAN NOW ONLY 5553.000* while stocks last *Nett ARF. Price exclude* road tax. registration lee. insurance and number plates An unheard of bargain: quality European motoring at an incredibly low price. But there's more! The Ford Sierra is already equipped to meet the 1984 ECE 1503
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 52 16 Outlook for today: Partly cloudy; showers in several areas. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Sep 26 at the airport Maximum temperature 31.9 Associated humidity 64 Minimum temperature 25.2 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 7.90 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Rainfoll this month 117.4 Rainy days this
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • PORT SIDES
      • 43 17 Reuter SEVEN SHIPS were waiting to berth at Chittagong port on Tuesday, with a maximum delay of six days, compared with three ships waiting on Sep 18. Port officials said six vessels were carrying general cargo and one, rapeseeds. Reuter
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      • 78 17 Reuter CONFERENCES covering the trades between Europe and Bangladesh said member lines were prepared to defer introduction of a port surcharge at Chittagong to Oct 8 from Sep 24. Members had intended to implement a 10 per cent surcharge on Sep 24 but agreed to defer this
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      • 46 17 Reuter THE FAR Eastern Freight Conference said that based on average exchange rates for Sep 18, 19 and 20, the Currency Adjustment Factor (CAF) from Hongkong showed a radical downward swing to minus 12.00 from minus 8.00. The new CAF takes effect tomorrow.
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    • 512 17  -  By JUNE LIM TRADING conditions in the Straits-Australia service have shown a healthy improvement. Much to the delight of operators, cargo volumes on both legs have edged up steadily for the past year. Rates have also stabilised. Figures published by the Department of Statistics provided a glimpse
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    • 208 17 THE Anro arrangement that ANL has made to trade in the Asean region has progressed reasonably satisfactorily. ANL chief executive, Max Moore-Wilton, said in Melbourne that while a number of ANL partners in its Asian operations represented British and Dutch rather than local interest, the
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    • 676 17 Shipping Lin* P*9« Col Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner V* 5 Alpha trans VI 4 Alpoc VI 5 Antah Orient X 3 APC Line V 4 APL 4/5 ASCL M 1 Asiobroker V 5 Austasia Line V 1 Bolt-Onent VI 4/5 Bangkok Cont VI 2 Bonk Line
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    • 349 17 CHINA HAS plans to build another 62 deep-water berths which can accomodate ships up to 10,000 gross tons. These berths have been earmarked for the coastal harbours of Dalian, Tianjin, Shanghai, Huangpu and Nanjing. They are scheduled to start operating next year. The country already
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    • 547 18 Today is World Maritime Day. Mr CP Srivastava, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation, takes the occasion to point out the importance of maritime training. The following are excerpts from his message. THE WORLD Maritime Day for 1984 has been dedicated to
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    • 98 18 WHEN THE International Maritime Organisation was formed In 1951, world shipping had not changed greatly for more than two decades. The majority of ships were below t5,999 gross tons In size. By the end of 1171, the organisation had become accepted as the only global agency for maritime
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    • 236 18 THE £230 million clean sweep of all Marathon's North Brae fabrication contracts by UK yards has been described as "the first major North Sea oil development in which all the fabrication work has been won by UK yards". Mr Alick BuchananSmith, UK's Minister
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    • 1711 18 NORTH AMERICAN grain fixing and further scrap and ore business were seen in the voyage sector of the market on Tuesday, while time-charter bookings mainly involved handy size tonnage, brokers said. Grain fixing was done from the Great Lakes with 16,000 long tons for discharge Algeria at US$36
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    • 202 18 SOVIET merchant shipping in the eastern Arctic is closing down early this year to prevent a repetition of last year's chaos when 50 ships were trapped or damaged by ice. Tass noted that the shipping operatons this year had begun in June, more than a month
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    • 173 18 MEXICO'S long-awaited economic turnaround is showing, as preliminary figures issued by the government reveal that ocean freight has risen a whopping 50 per cent. The figures are compared with last year. However, the figures remain way behind the oil years of 1979-81. A TMR ITN report said
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    • 189 18 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.
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    • 57 18 AFP THE CAPTAIN of a Soviet freighter damaged in the Straits of Gibraltar on Sep 19 has told Spanish authorities his ship hit "an unknown, possibly submerged, object". The Madrid newspaper El Pais, the Washington Post, and the American television network ABC thought that the ship, the
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    • 1258 19 ANGOLA (Sept 9) Luanda 8 days. Lobito 6-8 days. ARGENTINA (Sept II) Buenos Aires Working to full capacity, 34 vessels berthed. Necochea 4-5 days. 3 vessels berthed. 1 vessel awaiting. Bahia Blanca 1 day. 2 vessels berthed, 1 awaiting grain loading Rosario 2-3 clays. 11 vessels berthed, 3
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    • 259 19 THE DEPLOYMENT of additional tonnage in the Far East next year may slow down the rapid increase in freight rates currently enjoyed by shipping lines. Mr A Malamud, the incoming president of the Zim Israel Navigation Co Ltd (Far East), told Business Day
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    • 388 19 JAPAN'S LEADING trading houses are starting to set up Non-Vessel Owning Common Carrier (NVOCC) service# to the US following introduction of the new Shipping Act this year. The US intermodal market is the target of companies such as Sumitomo Corporation which has created
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    • 396 19 THE MOVEMENT of oil carriers has been picking up following a reversal in the three-year decline in oil consumption. The chairman of the American Bureau of Shipping, Mr William Johnston, said: "Although industrywide scrapping of tankers continues, total orders for new tankers during the first
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    • 140 19 Reuter JAPAN AND South Korea must engage in more scrapping activity if the world shipping industry is to recover from recession. International Maritime Industries Forum (IMIF) chairman Jim Davis told a press conference the IMIF hoped to arrange a meeting of Japanese and Korean representatives
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    • 5940 24 SQaBGXDIB 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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    • 613 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule 1 Location Benalder 63/576 ***** 2200 Ben Line FSB 0800-0900 0900-1000 F2 G2 Jayakarta Ming Fortune Ned Clement Maeterlinck Liaohe E Glory ***** 27.984 2300 NAPL
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    • 1811 25 The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies <Sl Ur«-Kirul> Liar Transgroup iSI Ahreakiel linrr Sfniff Kim Shpg iSi Alfred C Toepler Oceanus Shipping Agencies (S) Marintex Enterprise i PK AI par Intrasea <S> Bimang Shpg (KL) Island
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    • 452 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Antar 44 Jardine alongside 27.9.84/2300 Barber Perseus 47 Barber alongside 27.9.84/2359 Catamarca II 35/6 BOR alongside 27.9.84/2300 Jenson IV 22 T Soon alongside 27.9.84/2300 Langsa 45 H Seng alongside 27.9.84/1200 Pagan 25/6 Boust alongside 27.9.84/0600 Bornion Tlga
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    • 349 17 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korea Flag Vsls Regular Liner Semi-Container Service To: P. Kelang/Penang/Bangkok/Keelung/ Busan/Inchon Fm: Busan/Moji/H. Kong S pore Agent: Neptune Agencies Pte Ltd Tel: *****77 P.K. *****4, PN *****5 K.L. *****0 rasa l CONSORTIA II LONDON Freights 11/11 l PORT Conditions 111/ X SHIPPING Schedule VIII/IX CONTAINER Schedules IX WHO
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    • 242 17 UASC UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) ARABIA NATIONAL LINE OF BAHRAIN, RAQ, KUWAIT, QATAR, EXPRESS FULL: CONTAINER SERVICE SEALORD SHIPPING AGENCIES 70 Shenton Way 04-02 C Marin* Houie Singapore 0207 Tel *****94 Telei No RS *****] CFS office TPC 03 30 Tel *****31 and *****32 Terminal office TPC t 03-29
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    • 712 17 Foreign Exchange Dealings 0B CMt* Pubkstmdby TIMES BOOKS INTERNATIONAL Times Centre 1 New Industrial Road Spore 1953 Tel: *****44 A memw Of times <ygar\nctxy SS6 50 Each MAERSK LINE FASTEST TO MIDDLE-EAST INAUGURAL SAILING M.S. ADRIAN MAERSK ETD SINGAPORE 29.9.84 CALLING: DUBAI 7.10.54 KARACHI 10.10.84 BOMBAY 13.10.54 ABU DHABI 9.10.84
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    • 233 18 M. r-# FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE To Europe From Europe Sailed Sai'ed Sailed Sailed Sailed Sailed 28/9 30/9 Mu Accapttig for 1) Barcelona. Genoa. 2) Amsterdam, Antwerp. I Havre. Basle. UK. 3) Bremen. Bremerhaven, Aarhus, Copenhagen Helsinki 4) Malmo. Stockholm. Oslo •Accepting Europe cargo tor teeder via S pore 'Also
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    • 448 18 Y.S. LINE YAMABHITA-SHINNIHON LINE CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South W*st Pacific North Woat Atlantic/Canada Faodor at Tokyo Faodor at Kobo fioador at Koba u. «i LA/IB OA* Mafliai vsi SEAT VCR PLD MMlwr Ml R YORK AMPHCANM 25/10 20/10 HAKORE 20/10 30/10 t/11 I ASIA M 1/11 4/11 HYVI6A 7/11
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    • 1074 19 The Straits Steamship Group QCL Overseas Containers Limited Also Accepting Cargo For: KUmbutf to Copentiajen. Aarhus Gothenburg Malmo Stockholm Hefci* i, Somferbwf Rotterdam to Antwerp Amsterdam. Oilo Bremenhaven to Bremen Southampton UK refions Belfast I Dubkr kowioonbat HAMBURG ftfWSS »HM MAKU KURAMA t»mi HMIW HONGKONG KPttSS KIT UNO MMU CWOtGAN
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    • 761 19 BULIMBA PROMPT LOADING DIRECT CALL TO CALCUTTA CALL TEL NO *****71/*****45 Franco Belgian Services [F+r Zaa: Prr+tk $4rv%cs Bt -vun Far Kailrm L\nss) f«± cowiMoar service to cuwn ruu cowmosHr sarwct mm amon STORE P KELANG It Hatrt Rdam F Stomt Han B'Haren Ant R dim Hburj B'Hater, AaerpLe Hatrt
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    • 52 19 Storage Problems If you are having storage problem, then you can store your goods in our warehouse. We charge per piece/unit basis and our warehouse is around 15,000 sq ft ground floor, well covered with forklift easy loading unloading truck/containers etc. Please contact Mr. Lim or Mr. Oh. Tel No:
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    • 763 20 w. Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS TO CONTINENT/UK Benaldet pool Ba» Kowloon Bji S poff P Kelanf 27 9 n 9 I 5/10 610 I 12 10 13/10 Hamburg Eipress 21/10 22/10 Rim Maru 1 2*lo 30/10 Betuioti Hkocij Eipress Bj. i 3/11 Ml 12/11 14/11 j 19 11 21/11 17/10 19,10 24
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    • 381 20 F LINE tan* i- FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA StIZ~T* Member of ttw >ct Cowartw r FROM EUROPE Vl* SUEZ J > Ihgw ol the »ce Consortmn IRANSNORLD BRIOGE 711 ORIENTAL CWEF 404 HONGKONG CONIAIMIR 411 CKVALIER PUli 4if HKoni Aaoshwnj Bmin lotio 7 10 4 10 '10 1?
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    • 1224 20 KIE GWAN SHIPPING (M) SDN. BHD. No ?6 A I ALAN 6CRANGAN PORT KEIANG. SELANGOK V IALAYSIA TEI Nos *****? *****? *****4.*****2. *****7 H. MALAYSIA/S PORE TO E. MALAYSIA SERVICES: P KLAr 4G S POW t RITA KktXu S kan 79 Sep 1/2 Oct THAU SF N ANG Kkblu S
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    • 897 21 PIL. GROUP VESSEL KOTA MURNI KOTA MULIA KOTA TIMUR KOTA PETANI KOTA AGUNG KOTA SEJATI VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: W-423 In Pt-26/9 HODEIDAH, JEDDAH, ADEN. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM E-525 12-16/10 ADEN. HODEIDAH. JEDDAH. AOABA. PTSUOAN E-527 6-11/10 DJIBOUTI. HODEIDAH. JEDDAH. AOABA E-529 22-25/10 MOGADISCIO. TAMATAVE. MOMBASA. D'SALAAM E-531 5-9/11 HODEIDAH. JEDDAH.
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    • 874 21 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE 10 europe HmaMer tun pool Bit Koxtoon Bar Mamburj E«pre« Rim Maru Elena <on Honffcont lipreis Cardiac Bit BeruMer Liverpool Bit UK HAM 17/10 19/10 75/10 77/10 1/11 1/11 1/11 10/11 16/11 11/11 24/11 70/11 1/17 1/17 0/17 11/17 16/17 II 17
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    • 822 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East Spore Service Full Container Vessel Busan Yokohama Hob* ttaohsuit MonjliontS pore T| Prio* (ftt) GONAVI7HB n 9 MS 1/10 510 610 MAIAPAHIT Wl3 HB 719 79 9 110 VlO 710 17 10 14 10 GONMI3W 1110 1J 10 7110 ft 10 77 10
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    • 443 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon Phoshwegyowywo V 245 Po-on V 75 Myomoymo VB3 Po-on V 76 S'pore P Kelong Penong 1-2/10 7-8/10 23-27/10 29-31/10 27 28/10 BANK LINE EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG MEADOWBANK Soiled 18 Oct
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    • 1195 22 [V K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. ECUADOR/PERU/CHILE FfIDfR ASIA SIM) V2S MOTHER VSI NAKANAMI MARU SPORF KOBE 3 Oct 26 Oct GUAYAQUIL CAUAO ARICA IQUIQUt AFAGASTA S ANTONW VALPARAISO 24 No. 1 Dec 5 0»t 7 Dec 9 Dec 10 Dec 12 Dec CENTRAL AMERICA /CARIBBEAN SEA FEFDER VSI
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    • 658 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loadnf tot (OS ANGtIES SAN FRANCISCO SFAHIf TACORM VANCOUVER BC Accepts* FCI/fCI Contaaieis t HfUnj AtlfMr SSft 10 Oct 11 1? Oct I Mm AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepta* FCI/fCI Contameti PR«ia«t S pari trwi 77 ?1 Oil 30 Oct 76 7 Oct
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    • 674 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD 1 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): K CHANCE 19W SS BRIDGE 47W K I ACE JIN 26 W 0. CHIEF 41N 2/11 3/11 21/11 22/11 24 11 /b n Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia -I- MAETERLINCK S pore Closing Times FCL Cargo 1800 27 9 LCI
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    • 511 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: BANGKOK. KEELUNG. BUSAN, INCHON mchon bus*n 1? 10 14 10 UK I b DONAH IhN GINf RM MJRVf* ?8984 (ROM OSOO l? 00 MRS PPW CO* I*) <> i'MM J4N r.(WRAI ilßvt* ?8 9M4 (ROM OSOO I >00 HRj MPHI VHHACI
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    • 508 24 r~ Ke<|i<Nial Container Lines 3 Sailin fl W»«Kly IvH PJ Reliable Regular Punctual Borthing P.S.A. 1500 Hrs. Tuoa, Thurs A Sat REGULAR/FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA ¥0T Sm SKID BKK PHI SHU RAT WW BHUM 197/193 In rt/27 S«pt RATANA BHUM 194/255 3/4 Oct 29/30 Sept 10/11 Oct HINODE KISEN CO.
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    • 61 25 I LICOItNR A—m m 'ia: GENERAL AGENTS SEAL lON SHPHNG (S) PTE LTD SINGAPORE SALES/BOOKMGS TEL *****11 (I LUES) 111 Sailed 14/9 12/10 16/10 «/H 14/11 amn tairs OAlf NTAI SMHINDS I INf R AGINCY PTE ITD SINGAPORE TEL 2205M1 SALES/BOOKINGS MALAYSIA GENERAL FREIGHT |M) SDN BHD PK *****« KL
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    • 123 26 WORLD 'S* LINE EXPRESS REGULAR SERVICE JAPAN/HONGKONG/STRAITS MSO kCCCfTHG CMCO TO POUT KELAKG WSSUS SPOM P MIANG horn m 7 s«pt ma s«pt »/oc» 1 BIACK NHAIE Nl 101 Oct t/7 Oct OMENIAI CRONN Wl 15 Oct 10/11 Oct 12/13 Al WSC tenth bfftti Smfjpoff at mi Gdn 303 CB7
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