The Business Times, 29 November 1984

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  • 11 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (Pi No. 66/1/84 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER »,1984 60 CENTS
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  • 473 1  -  Merging of five existing associations will lead to manpower rationalisation By JUNE LIM WITHIN the next few months, a new umbrella association will emerge to represent the interests of the entire shipping community in Singapore. The proposed new association, the Singapore National Shipping Association,
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  • 526 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH MUCH of Singapore's future in the high-technology business has been placed in the hands of the Science Council of Singapore (SCS). After months of restructuring, the SCS has shed the advisory role it has playing for more than
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  • 445 1 A STRONG counter-attack on the US was launched by developing nations attending the talks on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trades (Gatt) in Geneva. After the threat by the US on Monday to withhold payments to Gatt unless further progress
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 1 THE SINGAPORE stock market dated mixed yesterday alter preflt-toklßg pared the "TSarket aeattmeat eeatfaaed to imprsve altheagh many poadlts are still eaattoas. Dealers said the market eeald ■sir be dae far a cerreettoa. He Straits Times Industrial Index lacked ap MS psiats to 832.18 while the BT CempssIte
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  • 439 1  -  By JOHN LIM, Industrial Correspondent PUBLISHERS and those in the music, film and computer software industries will have to wait a little longer to find out whether copyright protection exists in Singapore for works first published in the UK. Mr Justice L
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  • 306 1 THE HIGH COURT yesterday dismissed with costs a slander suit brought by Workers' Party leader JBJeyaretnam against Defence and Second Health Minister Goh Chok Tong. Delivering judgement, Justice LPThean ruled that the words used by Mr Goh were defamatory but were
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    • 292 1 mm DOONESSURY 5 MONEY A EXCHANGES 7 SPORTS THE PUB has awarded a major $55.7 million contract for the supply and installation of high-tension electric cables to a French company, Treficable Pirelli SA. LIM SOON NEO fills you in. Paga 2 THE US is considering curbing the growth of defence
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    • 166 1 Menstoch «oAjality before your eyes Leader, Pag* 8 TDB chairman warns of bad times ahead, Paga 3 SINGAPORE IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES L*l: r :'i :W: OR IS IT? Not if you rent one from BTW. That way, you can avoid the initial outlay, road tax and
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 363 2  -  High-tension electric cables will be made in France By LIM SOON NEO THE Public Utilities Board has awarded a major $55.7 million contract for the supply and installation of high-tension electric cables to a French company, Treficable Pirelli SA. The 66-kilovolt cables, to be
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    • 450 2  -  By TSANG SAU YIN IN SPITE OF talk of an imminent shake-up in the fast food industry, the pie is apparently still growing fast enough to accomodate yet another entrant. A group of Filipinos are determined to give the American Big
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    • 208 2 THE SECURITY of residential, industrial and commercial properties depends on the architects, the building managers and the users themselves. But how safe and secure they can be depends on many factors. Mr Kenneth Chen Koon Lap, an architect and a senior partner of
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    • 63 2 THE SINGAPORE Democratic Party will hold a meeting, open to the public, on Dec 6 at Hotel Equatorial. The party has not decided what to discuss at the meeting, nor has it confirmed who the speakers will be. SDP will hold another forum on Tuesday, Dec 11, where
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    • 314 2 Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER Nov 28-30 2nd International Shangri-La Hotel Seminar Geotechnical Seminar Workshop Committee, NTI Nov 28-30 Marketing DeveSIM Conference Singapore lopment In Practice Room Institute Of Management Nov 28-30 Effective CorpSIM Conference Singapore orate Management Room Institute Of Management Nov 29 Principles Proctice Of
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    • 257 3  -  By LISA LEE THE MOVE into a high-technol-ogy building industry in Singapore may be hindered by the need for traditional maintenance methods. More than two-thirds of local building demands have been met with structures built along traditional lines and old skills and techniques will
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    • 111 3 THE BEFRIENDER Service, a programme designed to relieve the loneliness of the housebound aged, will be extended to 24 constituencies in the next three years. This was disclosed by Dr Ahmad Mattar, Minister for Social Affairs, at the opening of the Henderson Senior Citizens Centre yesterday.
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    • 96 3 THE EXISTING Carpark B at Changi Airport will be closed on Dec 15 for the construction of the second passenger teminal. The new Carpark B will be opened for public use from 6am on the same day. Charges at the new carpark will remain at
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    • 173 3 DIESEL PILING is an environmental hazard and other safer methods should be used more widely in the construction industry. Mr Yap Neng Chew, chairman of the Construction Industry Development Board, said yesterday that pile driving by diesel hammers is undesirable because of
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    • 71 3 THE POEMS were long on patriotic feelings, but somewhat short on original style and creativity. As a result, the 1964 National Poetry Writing Competition reaped 21 consolation prizes among the four language sections but no top winners. Five $100 consolation prizes went to the Malay
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    • 403 3  -  By JOANNE YAP THE GENERALLY easy trading environment businessmen were familiar with in the 1970b was not likely to reappear in the near future, said the chairman of the Trade Development Board, Mr Chandra Das. The years ahead could prove difficult,
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    • 90 3 THE PROMENADE opened officially yesterday, 26 years after its predeceesor, Fitzpatrick's, started business in Singapore. The 10-etorey building (above), with 7,000 sq metres of shopping and 3,800 sq metres of office space, began its redevelopment in 1961 on the site of the first Fitzpatrick's supermarket.
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    • 161 3 MICROCOMPUTERS are becoming popular for computeraided design and computeraided manufacturing (CAD/ CAM) applications. A CAD/CAM sales executive from Sime Darby Systems, Mr Yeo Hiang Meng, told a productivity seminar yesterday that a microcomputer-based CAD/ CAM system costs about $400,000 and is beyond the
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    • 75 3 HEWLETT PACKARD has brought in two new computer products for the office. The company will launch its new Local Area Network (LAN) and a LaserJet printer on Dec 1. The LAN meets the ISO-OSI and lEEE 802.3 standards. It costs from $15,000 and
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 588 4 AFP THE LABOUR government of Prime Minister Bob Hawke will win a landslide victory in the Australian general election on Saturday but will not gain control of the Senate, a Morgan Gallup poll predicted yesterday. The final opinion poll before
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    • 218 4 NYT OIL PRODUCTION of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is exceeding the daily limit set last month, raising doubts that the group can keep its official prices from falling, oil analysts in New York said on Tuesday. They said Opec's production
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
      • 62 4 BRITISH PRIME Minister Margaret Thatcher is to arrive in Beijing on Dec 18 and will sign the Sino-British declaration on Hongkong's future if it is approved by the British parliament. British officials said she would also hold talks with Chinese leaders before leaving for Hongkong on Dec 20
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      • 55 4 BOMBAY POLICE scoured hotels and routes out of the city in a massive manhunt for the killers of a British diplomat but said they had made no progress. Hundreds of plainclothes and uniformed police had checked nearly 50 hotels in India's largest commercial centre as well as domestic
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      • 60 4 THAILAND SAID it had protested to the United Nations against "armed aggression" by Vietnam which allegedly left one Thai soldier dead and eight wounded on the Thai-Cambodian border on Monday. The protest note said that "a number of Vietnamese forces made an incursion into Thai territory and clashed
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      • 41 4 THE PENTAGON has welcomed China's announcement giving US warships permission to call at Chinese ports and said negotiations for the first port call were under way. No US warships have visited China since the communists took power in 1949.
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      • 49 4 LEADERS OF the six Gulf Arab states started a three-day summit meeting in Kuwait yesterday with a fresh appeal to Iran to end its war with Iraq. The appeal followed reports from Tehran that Iran has put aside US$l3 billion to sustain its war effort next year.
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      • 53 4 AN IRAQI general has said that Iraq has "new means" of attacking economic targets in Iran, particularly the north- eastern oil terminal of Kharg Island and the southern port of Bandar Abbas. He did not give details but diplomatic sources in Baghdad said Iraq had obtained new Soviet
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      • 40 4 DOCTORS HAVE started speeding up William Schroeder's mechanical heart, saying the fistsized device is working perfectly. The 52-year-old grandfather, given the US$l5,OOO aluminium and plastic heart during seven-hour operation <W Sunday, was pronouooiti to be in good shape.
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      • 55 4 SCIENTISTS will launch the first man-made comet on Christmas Day, hoping to learn more about the formation of the solar system in a joint experiment involving the US, Britain and West Germany. The comet has already drawn inevitable comparisons to the Star of Bethlehem, which the New Testament
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      • 44 4 POLICE in Sabah have seized, from 1976 to this year, counterfeit bank notes which would have been worth over US$l.l million if they had been real. The fake currencies were brought in by Filipinos and Indonesians engaging in barter with Sabah people.
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      • 50 4 THE US DEFENCE Department is establishing a supercomputer research centre to explore "significantly different approaches" to developing future computers. The centre will be built between Washington and Annapolis, Maryland and will ensure that the US continued to have the very high-speed computing capabilities essential to its national security.
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      • 56 4 Agencies THE US EMBASSY in Manila said the kidnapping of an American and a German by southern Muslim separatist rebels was a problem for the Philippine government to solve after it received a note demanding a ransom. Philippine military officials said the kidnappers, allegedly members of the Moro
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    • 321 4 AP THE HEAD of China's ill-re-puted state airline apologised for bad service in a report released yesterday and claimed that rude ticket sellers and flight attendants have been "criticised or fined". Shen Tu, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), promised more
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    • 207 4 YASSER ARAFAT yesterday withdrew his resignation from the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). A group of deputies surrounded Mr Arafat at the Palestine National Council's (PNC) plenary session in Amman and hoisted him onto the rostrum to make his retraction speech. "I will remain in the
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    • 596 5 Many changes to be made, says Reagan NYT THE US TREASURY Department has presented its proposal to restructure the nation's tax system in a way that would affect the income taxes paid by nearly every person and company in America. The plan was
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    • 309 5 Reuter AMERICAN companies will enjoy a recession-free, low inflation business climate next year with only modest wage price pressures, according to the Conference Board's 1985 labour outlook panel. "Strong competition, especially from abroad, will hold down the rise in inflation to 5 per cent in
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    • 345 5 Reuter CAR SALES in the US improved sharply between Nov 11 and 20, according to manufacturers in Detroit. They reported on Tuesday that sales by the six major companies jumped 28.8 per cent in mid-November from the period last year. Industry
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    • 259 5 NYT A REAGAN administration trade official has accused the French government of blocking an American effort to reduce trade subsidies and warned of retaliation early next year if France did not change its attitude. John Bohn, vice-chairman of the Export-Import Bank,
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    • 363 5 UPI SOUTH KOREA yesterday regretted a North Korean proposal to delay economic talks scheduled for next week and said last week's "Panmunjom incident" should not hinder the newly started inter-Korea economic dialogue. In a telephone message sent to North Korea, South Korea proposed that the second
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    • 676 6 Soviet Union plans to spend 4.9 pc of budget on defence Agencies THE MOVE TOWARDS disarmament gained some measure of progress yesterday with the Reagan Administration saying that it is considering curbing the growth of defence spending to reduce the
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    • 111 6 Reuter THE US Defence Department on Tuesday announced the establishment of a "supercomputer" research centre to coordinate work in developing highspeed computers needed for defence, science and technology. The centre, with a staff of more than 100 engineers, scientists and mathematicians, is to ensure
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    • 311 6 AFP TWELVE out of 56 British companies in Malaysia which enjoy incentives in one form or another have not complied with the equity condition under the 1975 Industrial Coordination Act, while 16 of the 61 British companies operating without incentives have yet to
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    • ECONOTES
      • 33 6 UPI SAUDI ARABIA has cut its liquefied petroleum gas supplies to Japan by 22 per cent for shipments in December, the Japanese Petroleum Gas Association said yesterday
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      • 35 6 AFP THE TAIWAN government will promote 16 high technology-related development projects in fiscal 1986 to broaden Taiwan's base of high technology to help in the future development of its high-tech industries.
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      • 34 6 AFP THE SARAWAK government plans to send several timber-selling missions abroad to find new markets for the commodity. Among the countries identified as potential buyers were China and those in West Asia.
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      • 37 6 AFP WEST GERMANY'S trade balance showed a record surplus of 8.81 billion deutsche marks in October, after a September surplus of 5.33 billion marks, the Federal Statistics Office said on Tuesday. AFP
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      • 53 6 UPI TAIWANESE POLICE said they had arrested three men and charged them with threatening to detonate ten bombs in a major food and soft drink factory if it did not pay them U5525,000. They were arrested when they tried to pick up the extortion fees from the Chu
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    • 410 6 UPI THE SRI LANKAN government has said that it would introduce new laws that give authorities greater power to curb mounting incidents of terrorism. A government source said the laws would give police and security forces wider powers to search and arrest.
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    • 259 6 AP AN ESTIMATED 6,200 Indians have filed nominations for 515 seats in next month's Indian parliamentary elections that will decide whether India's new prime minister Rajiv Gandhi remains in office, officials said. Tuesday marked the close of eight-day nominations, which began on
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    • 169 6 Reuter INDIA'S colourful film star politicians suffered an electoral setback when their movies and songs were banned from television and radio until the end of national elections on Dec 24 and 27. The Indian Election Commission announced the ban to ensure
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    • 243 6 AFP THE EUROPEAN Economic Community (EEC) has approved its 1985 system of generalised preferences allowing developing countries to sell their products to Community markets at reduced customs duties, diplomatic sources said. EEC foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday adopted the broad outlines of
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 1116 7 SINGAPORE: The US dollar fluctuated narrowly yesterday against most major currencies throughout the day in thin trading before finishing mixed compared with New York levels. No clear trend emerged for the US dollar due to the absence of fresh market factors and fears over possible Bundesbank intervention. The
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    • 121 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate fell by 7/8-point from Tuesday to close at 4-1/2 per cent on the Singapore interbank money market yesterday. The one-month maturities fell by 3 4-point; and the two and three-month term rates fell by 1/16point each. S$ interbank rates at 3pm yesterday Offer Bid Overnight
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    • Article, Illustration
      302 7 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed steady at opening levels in quiet afternoon trading yesterday. Short-dates eased 1/16 point at the outset due to a slightly lower US federal funds rates and remained unchanged thereafter with overnight, Thursday/ Friday and week fixed closing at a common 8-15/16 8-13/16 per
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    • 52 7 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore has invited banks and discount houses to tender for $150 million of 91-day Treasury bills to be issued at the option of the tenderer from Dec 3 to Dec 7. The tender closes on Nov 30. Each tender must not be for less
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    • 392 7 BA Futures Inc TRADING was listless in the Earadallar market yesterday as dealers were uncertain about the direction of interest rates. Traders were cautious of the gaps below the market and there was a tendency that prices would trade lower to fill the gaps. On the other hand, the
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    • 198 7 HONGKONG The metal closed little changed yesterday as most of its early gains were pared by late selling. It finished at U*****.70/328.10 an ounce against an initial $328.50/90 and compared with New York's $327.50/ 328.00 close. On the local market, gold ended HK$5O below Tuesday's level at $3,072 a
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    • 93 7 Reuter THE INDIAN government is examining new financial instruments and sources of finance to enable the private sector to meet a 1,400 billion rupee investment target in the next Five Year Plan starting April 1. Finance Secretary P K Kaul, in an address to the Federation
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    • 550 7 NYT THE CHASE MANHATTAN Bank leapfrogged over other major banks on Tuesday and lowered its prime lending rate by half a percentage point to 11 1 4 per cent. Its move came a day after several other banks, led by Citibank, dropped their
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    • 381 7 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES will seek a rescheduling on Dec 17 of its US$l.l billion debt owed to the Paris Club. This rescheduling will coincide with a proposed plan to reschedule some $10 billion of the Philippines' $25 billion of commercial bank debt
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    • 113 7 Reuter AMERICAN credit markets might be reluctant to absorb the US Treasury's latest U556.75 billio- five-year note auction as there were no encouraging signs that the securities could be sold profitably later on. Eileen Spinner of Nakagama and Wallace Inc said:
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  • FEATURES
    • 492 8 IT IS NOT exactly the tricks of the trade but when it comes to multilateral negotiations, it's good to let money do the talking. Or so the United States has discovered from its experience with the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organisation (Unesco). Following
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    • 1038 8  -  Many Japanese families are rethinking the labels they gave themselves a decade ago What does it mean to be middle class in Japan? At one time, the definition included a house with a garden, a piano and a car. More recently Japanese felt they had arrived when
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    • 634 8  -  By JIMMY YEOW,MUSTAZA YUSOFF Bernama THE BOY's eyes followed his father's shadowy movements in the dark cave. They fixed on the flickering flame of an oil lamp placed near the tip of a nine-metre-long bamboo pole held by his father. He strained his
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    • 984 8  -  By CHRIS SHERWELL,KIERAN COOKE FT IN JUST 10 short weeks, a major riot, a cluster of bomb blasts, a shattering munitions explosion and a rash of mysterious fires have unsettled Jakarta's seven million people and deeply puzzled President Suharto's government. Neither Indonesian officials nor western
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  • SPORTS
    • 545 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS IN A FIELD that includes a world champion, a former world champ and the fastest woman in the world, Singapore's Fabian Looi will attempt to stamp his class in the Selangor GP for motorcycles at Batu Tiga this weekend, with the
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    • 658 9 UPI CHRIS EVERT LLOYD has coopted the services of a crack Australian conditioner to prepare for an all-out assault on the US$l.5-million Marlboro Australian Open at Kooyong, Melbourne. Lloyd said on Tuesday she had been working with Stan Nicoles, a man
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    • 428 9 UNCERTAINTY over the legality of their bold business venture has temporarily forced the Singapore PGA to shelve plans to invest in two of their members' fortunes in the Taiwan pro golf circuit. Instead, Lim Kian Tiong and Lim Swee Wah, who
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    • 186 9 AFP THE RICHEST tournament in British women's golf lost its sponsors on Tuesday when Hitachi Sales (UK) Ltd announced it would not be backing the British Women's Open championship in 1985. The company's withdrawal follows last week's announcement that the BBC would not be televising the event
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    • 352 9 AP DAN MARINO passed for four touchdowns and tied the alltime American National Football League (NFL) record for scoring passes in a season as the Miami Dolphins rebounded from their only loss this year and beat the New York Jets 2817
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    • 115 9 Reuter WORLD SNOOKER champion Steve Davis swept the last five frames for a 9-7 victory over fellow Briton Tony Meo in the second round of the United Kingdom Open snooker championship in Preston on Tuesday night. Davis was trailing 7-4 and 48-1 in the 12th
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1181 9 to m Qiaoo® HIGHLIGHTS Man Alive: Rooul Wallenburg Mission Hero 8.00 pm, Channel 12 The story of Raoul Wallenburg, a Swedish diplomat who helped many Jews escape Nazi persecution during World War 11. He was perceived as a modern day "Scarlet Pimpernel" who managed to save thousands or even millions
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 293 10 Reuter POTENTIAL private investors in British Telecom (BT) jammed banks in London's financial district on Tuesday in a lastminute rush to get applications for shares in the state-owned utility before yesterday's deadline. Prices on the stock exchange edged up to alltime records, ahead
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    • 138 10 Reuter ROTHMANS International PLC has said its tobacco profits improved in the first half of fiscal 1984/85 in spite of slightly reduced volumes compared with a year earlier. High duty increases continue to unsettle the tobacco industry worldwide, though the group has made satisfactory progress in
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    • 305 10 NYT STOCK PRICES mostly rose on Tuesday in accelerated trading helped by favourable news concerning a possible reduction in corporate and individual taxes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day up 7.84 points, to 1,220.19, after falling almost eight points on
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 327 11 I HONGKONG: Share prices closed the half-day session narrowly mixed yesterday, with most investors staying on the sidelines awaiting the outcome of a major land auction in the afternoon. Among property shares HK Land eased 2.5 cents to HK53.675, but Cheung Kong rose five cents to $9.05, Henderson Land
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    • 357 11 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher yesterday in very active trading on the effective start of December transactions and Wall Street's advance. The market average, which rose 21.16 on Tuesday, rose 63.96 to 11,248.08 on volume of 680 mil- lion shares against 350 million on Tuesday. The Stock Exchange Index
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    • 125 11 MANILA: Share prices closed little changed in dull trading yesterday. The Mining Index eased 7.92 to 753.61 while the Commercial and Industrial Index was unchanged at 110.58 and the Oils Index was steady at 0.606. NOV 2S NM Acow Mining 0 0016 unch An0o PM 0 001 Ap«x Mining
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    • 381 11 SYDNEY: Share markets closed slightly easier yesterday on the day but off their lows with mixed indicators from overseas creating uncertainty among traders. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was down 1.3 at 751.3, the All Industrials Index was down 0.4 at 1,094.8 and the All Resources Index
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    • 139 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices continued to close higher in quiet trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 1.07 points to 126.89 and gainers led losers by a nearly two-to-one margin. Turnover stood at 491,311 shares compared with Tuesday's 832,211. MOV Mm Siam City Camant 520 14 Ayuthoro h»». And Trust
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    • 77 11 Nov 28 Won -4 +2 +2 -8 3 Hyundai Motor KAL 625 537 +3 +3 Choteung Bk CommerckjI Bk 617 715 Korea Fm Korea Oi 730 1243 413 +5 +6 unch Daewoo Corp 483 634 Lucky Ltd Sormung Co 795 739 unch 9 Dong Ah 660 765 -10 Sarmung
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    • 66 11 Reuter CRA Ltd will compulsorily acquire Hamersley Holdings Ltd shares which it did not secure under its recent offer but will continue to process late acceptances. CRA last week offered A 58.70 a share in a $131.89 million offer to buy the 6.25
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    • 271 11 UPI FORD AEROSPACE Communications Corp of the US will enter Japan's multi-million dollar telecommunications market in partnership with Japanese trading and electric companies. Mitsubishi Electric Corp said yesterday the company and its affiliate, Mitsubishi Trading Corp, had reached an agreement with Ford to
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    • 278 11 Reuter THE START-UP of the second copper production stage of the OK Tedi copper gold project in Papua New Guinea may be delayed by two years until 1989. OK Tedi Mining Ltd general manager Irwin Newman says the company is recommending a
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 386 12  -  Pressure to change price structure mounting By MICHAEL NEILL AN OFFICIAL MEETING of the International Tin Council's (ITC) price review committee late last week decided not to change the Sixth International Tin Agreement's (ITA) price structure. This is despite concerted pressure
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    • 757 12 FT THE FORCED liquidation of platinum trader, Argos Metals, is not just a case of the small man being squeezed out by more powerful rivals. It also reflects conditions in the world platinum market. The end of Argos was accelerated by nervousness following
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    • 269 12 JAPANESE steel mills, taking advantage of September's unexpected resolution of the US coal miners' strike, have dealt a severe blow to the world's coking coal producers. Well ahead of their longterm supply contract negotiations previously scheduled for January 1965, the Japanese mills
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    • 159 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) China carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix I6's 3,100 Blue Phoenix 20's 3,200 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,780 Blue Phoenix 40's 3,950 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 21's 3,450 Combed yarn, cohes Blue Phoenix 32's 4,750 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,900 Open-end yarn Blue
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    • 51 12 AFP THE emergence of China as a big seller of cotton on international markets is worrying world cotton producers. Until recently, the Chinese were big buyers of cotton, but following a huge increase in output over the last 12 to 18 months, they are now sellers.
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    • 365 12 Bernama MALAYSIA'S rice output has reached a criticial point because of serious labour shortages and the fact that most of the padi soils are too soft for the use of farm machinery, the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) said. A report by
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    • 238 12 SINGAPORE The market closed higher yesterday with December One RSS buyers quoted at 170.50 cents per kg, up one cent from Tuesday. The morning session gained 0.75 cent on some buying interest in quiet trading. Values improved further in thin afternoon trading on scattered buying. MALAYSIA The market closed
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    • 346 12 RAS prices (in S cents/Vilo, FOB in boles) NOON CLOSf Bwyen Sullen Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 168 00 169 00 168 50 ***** tnt 1 RSS Dec 84 170 00 170 50 170 50 171 00 Int 1 RSS Jon 85 172 50 173 00
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    • 111 12 (cents/kg, n poitett) December 84 Jonuory 85 (current mth) (forword mth) NOON NOON RAS Buyers C .—II Buyers Sellers SSR 20 167 00 169 OON 169 00 171 OON SSR 50 165 00 167 OON 167 00 169 OON MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers 5>H«n SMRCV 195 00
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    • 1117 12 COFFEE Robusta futures ended the morning yesterday with gains of £10 to £6 a tonne apart from January which was down £3 at £2,287. November was up £10 at £2,210. Prices declined at the opening on follow-through weakness from Tuesday but recovered after finding good chart support on
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    • 89 12 The KuU Lemper Tin Market price remained at the International Tin Agreement fleer-level of M 125.15 per kg yesterday. Demand was thin ns sterling weakened farther against the Malaysian dellar, which widened Keala Lemper's premium to £529 per tenne ever London's levels frem ON en Tncsday. The hnffer
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    • 118 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade declined after mid-session on Tuesday to close 3V« to V« US cents a bushel lower. Nearby prices continued to lose ground relative to deferred months, as commercial spreading of March against December accelerated while the US dollar strengthened and soybean prices
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    • 127 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade staged a sharp reversal late, plummeting about eight US cents in most contracts to close 6V* to BV4 cents a bushel lower on Tuesday. The most active January contract closed at $5.94 V« a bushel, down 7V< cents. Prices weakened after
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    • 154 12 Chines* Produce Robusto 20/25% 492 50 Exchange FOB NSW (Sellers' noon doting pri ices on No* Nutmeg 438 00 28. S$/100 kg) 110 FOB NSW Coconut oil B W FOB NSW 28) 00 Bufc FOB 180 00 Gombier OW drum FOB 193 00 FOB NSW 305 00 New
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    • 274 12 Singapore A-l special C-1 special C-1 Ordtnory Loonzain 100% 192 (S$/Mo, ei-godown) Thai white unq unq 100% 1st doss first grade if!9 (kangaroo) 096 100% second grade 235 new crop 100% third grode unq 100% 2nd doss 100% 3rd doss 070 070 Parboiled 5% 232 25% new crop B-10%
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    • 151 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil closed quietly lower on lack o( interest yesterday as sentiment was dampened by weaker Chicago soybean futures and Pakistan's rejection of offers at its RBD palm oil tender on Tuesday. Some late covering emerged to lift prices slightly above the day's lows. In the
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4284 13 THE Straits Times Industrial Index closed higher yesterday for the fifth consecutive session, although the stock market finished on a mixed note. The ST Index edged up 0.83 point to 832.68 while the BT Composite Index shed 0.12 point to 733.16. The
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    • 232 13 SINGAPORE Rises Paak Hm 580 ICS 540 Utd 350 M Hw 340 f*4 CoMa. 165 G Corp CULS 138 1 C 1 590 Larat Tm 240 CmihI Corp 232 Hm M 382 M liwi F» 306 NST 695 Falls 70 20 20 20 16 16 15 15
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    • 506 13 SHARE PRICES at the Kuala Lumpur stock market succumbed to heavy profit-taking yesterday for the second consecutive day. On the whole, the market closed on a mixed to steadier note in active trading. Interest remained widespread although focused mainly on industrial and finance issues. Turnover dropped
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    • 3758 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 "SETT".
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 561 14  - L M Group has $55m projects at hand Busy in spite of slowdown in building industry By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI AT A TIME when most local construction companies are beginning to feel the pinch of a slowdown in building activity in Singapore, LAM Group Investment Ltd appears not to be affected
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    • 364 14 KILLINGHALL Tin (M) Bhd's banking arm, Southern Bank Bhd, has made a cash call and share split as part of an exercise to revamp the bank's image and for "future development". In an announcement yesterday, Southern Bank proposed a one-for-two rights issue to raise
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    • 3277 14 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 A Choc (2 788 2.805) (15) 282 (9) 2.84 (6)
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    • 279 14 DAYAPI Industries (Malaysia) Bhd, which is involved in housing development, granite quarrying and the manufacture and supply of pre-mix and colpave, will make its debut on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange today. About 55 million shares of Msl each will be quoted under "industrials"
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    • 102 14 HONGKONG Australian Industrials Hang Seng Index Wednesday 1094.7 Tuesday 1095.0 Wednesday 111 8.63 Tuesday 1112.73 Week ago 1116.8 NEW YORK Week ago 1084.35 Dow Jones Tuesday 1220.19 TOKYO Monday *****5 Week ago 1202 41 Tokyo Dow Jones Standard and Poors Wednesday ***** 08 Tuesday ***** 12 Week ago
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    • 526 14 THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is on the verge of a major thrust. A number of proposals to be put forward at its forthcoming annual general meeting are expected to pave the way for farreaching changes under a modernisation programme to bring its
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    • 66 14 Reuter NIPPON Mining Co Ltd said it will soon separate the two divisions which produce zinc and ferro-nickel to help rationalise its non-ferrous metal refining facilities. The two divisions will be taken over by two new whollyowned subsidiaries to be set up before April 1 next year. Nikko
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    • 222 14 Managers' prices Second B'putra Third B'putro Fourth B'putra 4 86 402 491 407 for Nov 28 4 37 4 42 Singapore Unit Trust Fifth B'putro Sixth B'putro 298 289 3 03 294 The Commerce 2 59 2.75 Seventh B'putra (A) 205 2 10 The Savings Fund 1 75
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    • 232 14 LINGUI Development Berhad: 16th AGM at Studio 1, Fifth Floor, Kuala Lumpur Hilton, Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur on Dec 29 at 2.30pm. GULA Perak Berhad: 15th AGM at 4th Floor Oriental Buiding, 32 Jalan tun Perak, Kuala Lumpur on Nov 30 at 10am. THE Narth Bane* Timbers
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    • 552 15 GENERAL Corporation Bhd is seeking approval to float its wholly-owned subsidiary, Low Keng Huat Construction Sdn Bhd (LKH), which will first be enlarged by the injection of certain prime assets now held by the group. GCB said yesterday that it was making a
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    • 391 15 PAHANG INVESTMENTS PLC has revised the terms of its proposed acquisitions of Falcon Industries PLC and Barrie Investments and Finance PLC, two companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The company, previously known as Pahang Consolidated, has withdrawn its Nov 5 acquisition proposal, on
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    • 411 15 KAMUNTING Tin Dredging (M) Bhd said that for the half year to Sep 30, 1984, group pretax profits amounted to M$666,000 ($690,000), while after-tax earnings came to $365,000 ($340,000). Earnings per share is nine cents (eight cents). Directors have recommended an interim dividend of 16 cents (15 cents)
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    • 821 15 EQUITIES extended gains from Tuesday's record high close, underpinned by Wall Street's higher overnight showing and the encouraging response to the British Telecom flotation, applications for which close at 1000 GMT. Closing middle prices of selected stocks excluding staJhp duty were: INDUSTRIALS No« 27 Pence Afced-Lyom 166 -4
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    • 451 15 THE COMPLEX SCHEME of restructuring Roxy Electric Industries (Malaysia) Bhd has cleared its biggest hurdle but the valuation of the Lee family's one-third stake in Development and Commercial Bank (D&C) being injected into Roxy has been slashed by M 552.55 million. The
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    • 571 15  -  Offer draws year's lowest amount of application monies By AMY CHEOK LUM CHANG Holdings Ltd's last-minute move to lower the otter price of its public share issue has not helped to arouse much investor interest. The otter, which closed yesterday, was subscribed
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    • 665 15 FOLLOWING the recent amendments to the Companies Act, the Minister for Finance has issued the third edition of the Singapore Code on Takeovers and Mergers. The latest code was issued on Oct 24 to professional bodies to gather feedback on changes like the
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    • 444 15 LAST FULL YEAR Com pony Period Date Year Net EPS Gross Net onnounced ending (cents) div profit lost year r ooo) G Lumber Interim June 30 Sep 84 3,618L H K Tin Interim Aug 25 Sep 84 368L K G Hldgs Intenm Sep 12 Dec 84 83 100
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    • 105 14 THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LTD. (SINGAPORE BRANCH) U. 5.540,000,000 NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE U.S.DOLLAR CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE MAY 29,1985 In accordance with the provisions of the Certificates, notice is hereby given that for the Interest Period from November 29, 1984 to May 29, 1985 the Certificates will carry a
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    • 493 15 NOTICES SHERIFF'S SALE MOTOR SHIP OR VESSEL "ZORINA" (Admiralty in Rem No. 647 of 1984) PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Name of Vessel "ZORINA" Port of Registry Panam Type Single screw, all steel construction motor, bulk carrier vessel with 6 hatches and holds. Year Built 1976 in Taiwan Length [overall] 181.3 m
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  • 509 16  -  By FOO CHOY PENG THE OPENING UP of Tokyo as an international financial centre ."could benefit Singapore, Dr Richard Hu, managing director of the Monetary Authority of '.Singapore (MAS), said yesterday. "I think if Tokyo liberalises and develops into a financial centre,
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  • 514 16 AT 58, MOST people would have retired or opted for a second career that made more use of their brains and experience rather than their physical prowess. But Dr Richard Hu has opted for the unconventional. The managing director of
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  • 288 16 UPI, Bernama MALAYSIAN police were investigating two criminal complaints involving the Bank Bumiputra US$l billion loans scandal, Attorney-General Abu Talib Othman said yesterday. Mr Abu Talib said he had directed the police to investigate two police reports, lodged by the bank, which alleged
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  • 381 16  -  By LOH HUI YIN THE COMING general election could turn out to be a test of the new generation of PAP leaders rather than of the led, said Brigadier-General (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong last night. This
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  • 405 16 Singapore commits $19.7m to R D SlNGAPORE'sdetermination to progress in biotechnology has seen at least $19.7 million being committed under the Research and Development Assistance Scheme (RDAS). Dr Vincent Yip, head of the Economic Development Board's advanced technology/RAD section as well as executive director of the Science Council of Singapore,
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  • 115 16 AFP A PRIME SITE in the heart of Hongkong's tourist centre has been sold to a Sino-Japanese joint venture firm for U5524.35 million. The 2,850 square-metre site in the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui district was sold after hectic bidding at an auction in Hongkong yesterday, making
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  • 359 16  -  By RICHARD SEAH A NEW FIGHT against video piracy began last week when court orders were obtained to stop five companies from selling or hiring unauthorised video tapes. Evidence is believed to have been found by the Motion Pictures
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  • 210 16 SINGAPORE will be the venue of a high level, specialised telecommunications conference next year, strengthening the Republic's image of being the telecommunications centre in the region. Asia Telecom 85, jointly organised by Telecoms and the I nt e r n a t i o
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  • 73 16 STOCK PRICES were mixed in early trading as the market attempted to add to the improvement that occurred on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industries Average, which rose nearly eight points on Tuesday, was down two to around 1218. Overall, there were about 40 more advancing issues than
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  • LATE FILE
    • 31 16 AP OIL MAGNATE John Paul Getty II said yesterday he has given £100,000 pounds to a Christmas fund for the families of Britain's striking coal miners. AP
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    • 62 16 Bernama MALAYSIA'S August industrial production index fell by 10.3 per cent to 133.3 from July, mainly because of the sharp fall in petroleum output. The Statistics Department said the index for mining and manufacturing fell by 26.4 per cent and 0.2 per cent to 142.3 and 129.3
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    • 41 16 AP JAPANESE car industry leaders told newly-appointed International Trade and Industry Minister Keijiro Murata yesterday that Japan should not extend its "voluntary" restraints on car exports to the US after the current restriction agreement expires next March. AP
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    • 30 16 AP INDONESIAN Mining and Energy Minister Subroto has warned of possible competition from China, which now produces 2.2 million barrels a day, the most in Asia. AP
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    • 40 16 ALL SHIPS, including nuclear-powered warships carrying nuclear weapons, are allowed to pass through the Straits of Malacca on condition that they do not endanger Malaysia's peace and security, Deputy Foreign Minister Kadir Sheikh Fadzir told parliament yesterday.
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    • 49 16 Reuter CHINA plans to extend the period for joint ventures with foreign companies to 40 to 50 years from the current 10 to 30 to give it more time to recoup investments, such as energy development and port construction, a Japanese daily said. Reuter
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    • 40 16 Reuter INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Rajiv Gandhi suffered a major election setback yesterday in the crucial South Indian state of Tamil Nadu with the resignation from his Congress (I) Party of a member of parliament Sivaji Ganesan. Reuter
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    • 264 16 ECONOMIC CRIME THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION Highly specialised international workshop Singapore 7-11 January 1985 Crown Agents Training Services and the International Chamber of Commerce's International Maritime Bureau have joined together with the support of the British Securities Institute to organise this highly intensive 5day workshop on the practical and legal issues
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    • 59 16 The most important conference for aH Professionals and Executives MtSS O TFI |D l^ BP \P> iA n s ol'C' tor Of>tSQ° S Ad*** IT* i .^e^rt^ent* 4 sfr 0- "TA-C e s rx\ ssow^* rv.^co^V 8 _.^-oote oert^ Ad v^ ie vets*** 5 o.**?* Z**v&* I*** 01 c*&*^ <&**
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    • 56 16 Outlook for today: Cloudy with showers over a few areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Nov 28 at the orport: Maximum temperature 30.9 Associated humidity 68 Minimum temperature 23.7 Associated humidity 94 Hours of sunshine 3.00 Rainfoll in millimetres Nil Roinfall this month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 216 17 Reuter A GROUP of Hongkong and Japanese shipowners arrived in Dublin on Tuesday for talks on the liquidation of the collapsed state-owned Irish Shipping Company which had leased nine vessels from them. Led by Frank Chou, president of the Wah Kwong
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    • 327 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE MALAYSIAN government's efforts to promote Pulau Langkawi as a tourist centre received a boost today with the berthing of the luxury cruise liner, Royal Viking Star. The arrival of the 28,000 grt vessel also added a special
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    • 680 17 Shipping Urn Pag* Cot Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner V# 5 Alphatrans VI 4 Amigo Shpg X 3 APC Line V 4 APL IN 4/5 ASCL III 1 Asiobroker V 5 Austasia Line V 1 Bait-Orient VII 4/5 Bangkok Cont VI 2 Bank Line V 5 BBS
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 74 17 THE ITALIAN shipping register continues to decline, falling 267,139 tonnes in the first half of 1984 compared with the corresponding period a vear earlier. A total of 22 vessels of 373,175 tonnes left the register in the first half of this year, and 14 have already been
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      • 71 17 CALCUTTA Port is to spend 103.6 million rupees to more than double its container handling facilities to 60,000 containers a year, Indian Port Trust chairman T C Dutt told a news conference. He said the port has so far handled 16,000 containers since April of this year,
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      • 49 17 OVERSEAS Containers Limited has increased its holding in Container Tranport Repairs Limited from 50 to 100 per cent. Formed in 1972, Container Transport Repairs provides repairs for containers and trailers using a fleet of mobile units based at Barking, Birmingham, Coatbridge, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Orsett.
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      • 60 17 THE FOUR-month old joint venture company, MacGregor-Navire (Kayaba) Ltd has successfully proven itself with contracts signed for cargo access equipment on 46 ships in the Far East. The biggest contract is for rack and pinion side rolling covers on twelve 45,000 dwt bulk carriers ordered at the Daewoo
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    • 430 18 FT HORTEN-VERFT, the state-owned Norwegian shipyard founded over 160 years ago as a naval dockyard has been saved from bankruptcy by a last minute agreement with its creditors. Details of the deal are not yet known, but it will probably enable the yard to continue in operation,
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    • 126 18 SEVEN sleek competition touring cars were recently stowed into seven HapagLloyd 20 ft containers at the Port of Hamburg. Spares and tyres occupied another three containers. Their destination Australia On Dec 2, these cars are to take part in the Sandown 1,000 Field in Australia,
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    • 102 18 THE CHINESE coastal city of Shanghai has caught the eye of maritime exhibition organisers. In view of the tremendous market potential for port development in the Asia-Pacific region, Shanghai may become a major exhibition centre for the marine industry. Two shows will be staged next year,
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    • 1483 18 CHARTERING was much quieter on the freight market and mainly confined to the timecharter sector on Tuesday, shipbrokers said. Chinese operators continued to support the market and fixed a Sante Fe type vessel from Flushing to China via east coast Canada at $5,000 daily. A 26,000tonner from Flushing
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    • 188 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. Australia/Straits
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    • 1053 18 ALGERIA Algiers Oct 31. About 12 days delays. Bejaia Oct 14. Three vessels waiting. Skikda Oct 14. Five vessels waiting. ANGOLA Luanda Oct 23rd. 4-5 days. 4 vessels anchored. Lobito 1-2 days. ARGENTINA Buenos Aires Nov 20th. No delays. Working well. Necochea No delays 1 vessel berthed. Bahia
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    • 265 19 Reuter IRAQ continues to hold open the option of attacking ships carrying Iranian oil exports through the Gulf, Iraqi Foreign Minister Tareq Aziz said on Tuesday. Attacks by Iraq and Iran on ships caused international concern earlier this year but recently there has been
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    • 347 19  -  By KINGSLEY WOOD SEVEN conferences trading out of Australia have attempted to nullify shippers' growing discontent with overseas liner services by a long submission to the government suggesting greater self-regulation within the industry rather than legislative change. Their spokesman, John Jenkins, local chairman
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    • 317 19 Reuter THE West German cabinet has decided not to sign the international law of the sea convention but will not oppose the European Community adding its signature, government sources said. The United States has already said it will not approve
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    • 299 19 THE recent devaluation of the baht will benefit shipping lines in the medium and long terms. Thai exports will increase and this should be good for the shipping industry, said Mr Suebpong Chalitaporn, chairman of the Bangkok Shipowners and Agents Association. Mr Suebpong
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    • 192 19 Reuter AN INDIAN cargo ship bound for Singapore radioed for help after taking on water through a hole in the bow while off the California coast, the US Coast guard said. A spokesman said the vessel, the 11,192-ton Ratna Kirti, was "leaking quite a bit" and was
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    • 441 20 Nov 2S The risk of crankcase explosions in oil engines and dual fuel engines, 1730 hours, Institute of Marine Engineers, 76 Mark Lane, London EC3. Nov 2S-3t Inert gas and crude oil washing, Wilson Walton International course in conjunction with College of Nautical Studies, Warsash, Southampton. Nov 2S-29
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    • 6000 24 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 Singapore.
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    • 688 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Hayakowa Maru *****F 29.11 84 2100 Kawasaki TA 3 0800-0900 L7 As Progress 538 29.11 84 2300 IAPL FSB 0900-1100 Ul Chev V Belle 38/355
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    • 1803 25 The leading shipping lines operating from loeal ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies (S). Alrt-KiruU line Transgroup (Si Ahrraklel Liner Service Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepler Oceanus Shipping Agencies (Si Marintex Enterprise (PKi AI par Intrasea (S) Bintang Shpg (KL) Island Cargo
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    • 470 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Kota Petani Sanko Scorpio Builder Este Gloria Soon Churn Vishva Nandini Vishva Karuna Western Freedom Gold Stream Ho Lung Jenson Kota Sejati New Genstar Princess Mahsuri Qing He Cheng Viktov Vasnetsov 10/1 19 22 25/6 31/2 44
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    • 331 18 /M FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE •P Ketang Vessel 1) MseiHes 1 2) Rdam 3) Hb„ d«) Gburg 4/12 19/12 11/12 24/12 11/12 2/1 25/12 9/1 I) Gburg 2) H burg 3) B ven 4) R'daml S) It H P Kelang Mm Acc*<ii( For: 1) Barcelona Genoa. 2) Amsterdam, Antwerp. I
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    • 1167 19 The Straits Steamship Group occ Mansfield Container Shipping PteLtd Overseas Containers Limited I CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT FRANKFURT EXPRESS KOM.OON MT HAMBURG EIPRESS DHN MARU BEHAVON TO* 10 EXPRESS CARDIGAN BAT OSAKA BAT FRANKFURT EXPRESS KOWLOON BAT Abo Accepting Ha«few( I* Mlvdan to Bremet*ia»en to Soufaapton UK Cargo For:
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    • 295 19 Franco Belgian Services i F+r fj*. P*r+<k wvi h b* 9 ~uin >jr L*n*j 4> (MEMBER OF ACE CONSORTIUM! ,ApO»t !V"uPi( i 1 .v.r«: Optorg Shipping Pte. Ltd PorlKtling M7OOV? Potolir>g Jay *****3 575WX3 Ptning 43M5 Mj E L M A FVPRESA LINDAS MARi'IMAS ARGENTINAS (ARGENTINE NATIONAL LINE) Agant. SINGAPORF
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    • 579 20 FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUR OP? Vl* SUEZ A Memtoef of th« Ace Consortojm ICPTUNE CRTSTAL 27W 9 MAETERLWCK 4W 16/ SEVEN SEAS BROGf 4SN 23 KOREAN lACEJM 27* 30 TRANSWORLD BMDGE 23* 6 ALSO LOAONG FOR BREMERHAVEN Sport P KtUnf LeHawe R'dam Fitoore H'bwj Antwtrp 9/12 11/12 30/12 1/1
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    • 327 20 INDIA/BANGLADESH SERVIC EAST MALAYSIA SRI LIMING SENG HMG SE SERVICE Kuching/SIHJ/Binatang Kuchmg/Sfcu/Sarikei SiHi/Kudinc/S»*«/ Binatang Kuching/si>u/Sariei SERVIC CHERRY BAGUS CHERRY BAGUS 8/10 Dec 28/30 Dec Ujung Pandang Ujuni Pandanf AS AfiOfTS: UAM SOON MANAGEMENT CO. PTE LTD. M. Ukw fend. #1240 NM Ming fctpi 01W T* 220W11 Th K2J2tt Lmmm THONG
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    • 497 20 Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS TO CONTINENT/UK 9/1 17/1 IV? On carriage to Scandmavia. Med. Carribean IS. America Wand haulage to inland destinations in Eirope TO EUROPE/MED S parc MtUi* fnunj Inm Bfex 6*nw ITkwf Hi B"hae«» Antwerp 4/12 3/12 1 /ll 29/12 2/1 1/1 «/l M/l TO USA/CANADA Connect>nc in Rote "Use
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    • 821 20 r EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound Service (FE/C ARIB/USEC/EURO/W.MED./FE) Round-The-World West Bound Service (FE/W.MED./EURO/USEC/C ARIB/FE) mso accept* ia/Fa t fa fci 10 gotxmurg aajmjs copenmgen. osio. Stockholm helsbki. Bremen bremerhaven via Hamburg LONDON SOUTHARTTON MANCXSUI BStMMGMAM LIVERPOOL GLASGOW MA FELIXSTOWE AMSTERDAM MA ROTTERDAM US WEST COAST SERVICE FEEKI
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    • 308 20 mSINOSE MARITIME PTE LTD fltl ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Simiparc Loadnf l«r 6/12 B. Abbas. B Khomen PORT Kf LANG PfNANG SMOSf MWHTME PTE LTD TEL *****44/7 *****70 MALOSE MARITI* SON BHD TH *****2/3 MALAYSIA TRADE I TRANSPORT LTD M ***** t ***** TO PAPUA NEW
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    • 902 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street! 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 VESSEL KOTA AGUNG KOTA SEGAR KOTA ABAOI KOTA WARUNA KOTA WISATA VESSEL EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES VOYAGE SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: E-535 3-7/12 HOOEIDAH, JEDDAH. AQABA, PT SUDAN E-537 9-12/12 JEDDAH. ADEN. BE IRA, D'SALAAM, MOMBASA E-539 1-4/1/85 DJIBOUTI,
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    • 832 21 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO/FROM EUROPE FROM EUROPE HAM KooWi BaV Sided Bremen Eiprm Sidtd Hantwi Eiprrsi Siitd Kanifcuri Miru Siitd Mm Hn bM Kurmu Mara Sidtd Bound Siitd H«|tanf Eiprm 3/12 STRAITS RTMM HAVRE UK f AEI AUG STORE FOR SUtd Sritd SUM nll 30 11 KG TNN
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    • 662 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East Snore Service Full Container Vessel. Busjn Trtakm Rata RMtauif Hanfkaa(S part If fnat (M) COM Vl4 w ivn 17/11 22/11 23/11 2/12 4/12 MAMPMOT VIS W 24/11 21/11 3/12 «/12 J/12 11/12 am *15 W U/12 14/12 20/12 21/12 24/12 24/12 EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER
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    • 431 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rancoon Htoneywo* Phoshwegyowywo V 248 Myomoywo VB4W Htoneywo VI9B Discharge Only P.Kelang Penong 1/2 Dec 4/9 Dec 15/16 Dec 2/3 Dec \> bank line EXPRESS INDEPENDENT SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG CLYDEBANK 12 Dec 28
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    • 1168 22 Ml IV LINI KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTDECUADOR/PERU/CHILE FEEDER VSI MOTHER *Sl WIG PN KANSAI PIONEFR V4O St* LNCOUIAGEMENI V 5511 1 Dec 3 CENTRAL AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SEA GUAYAGUR CAIIAO ARICA ?•> lan 31 lan 6 Feb IQUQUE AFAGASTA S ANTOMO VALPARAISO 7 Feb I Feb 11 Feb 13 Feb FEEDER VSI
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    • 613 22 ZJ <J CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loading tuf lOS ANGfIFS SAN FRANCISCO SEAFTIF TACOMA VANCOUVFR BC Accepting FCI FQ Containers BHMATENDV" t Dec 10/11 Ok t lan AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FQ (CI Containers Singapore SO AMMM PttAOESH 27 71 Dec WEST ASIA GULF SERVICE Singapore
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    • 632 22 SANKD ASIA LINEJ FROM JAPAN*S€ POPTS ANO HONGKONG Saifapore PKdanf Petunf 1. MEROEKA In Part/ 1 Dec 2. SANKO SCORPIO GDN 19/30 No» 1/2 Dec J TOMOCO 3/5 Dec «/7 Dec 4 TRRAKTI «/«Dec 7/8 Dec 5 FUKUZAKI MARU 1/10 Dec 11/12 Dec 6 PALMSTAR VMGO 10/12 Dec 13/14 Dec
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    • 538 22 t INTRASEEA (PTE) LTt UJH 10 Anson Road »27 1 6 Internationa' Pia/rt >-*3 Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1< 1 0 Lines! RT BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK £Sr<Q)BIABRA-L.IW* S pore P Ke4ao| loadnt TIMOR ISLAND 8/12 SETE/LA PALLICE/CAEN/ROTT STAR VICTORIA *****16 11/12 21/12 ROTT ANT/U.K (AVOW) W- SEAWOOD SHIPPING CORPORATION
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    • 667 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): N CRYSTAL 27W MAETERLINCK 4*1... S.S BRIDGE 4SW— K JACEJIN 27W TN BRIOGE 23* Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia N CRYSTAL S pore Closing Times FCL Cargo 0400 9/12 LCL Cargo 1600 8/1Z FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) TW BRIOGE 22E O
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    • 596 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON )«ul Ovum 40M No t Dawn 40IM Ik 7 Ovum 40*1 Ho t No Dorum 407N Sport n KN BM KEE MCHOH BUSM 4/12 9/12 20/12 7/12 11/12 21/12 17/12 22/12 2/1 24/12 29/12 11/1 14/1
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    • 816 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55. Martet Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lnes) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELANG M S SHARKAT NAM SOON SON BHD IST AND ?ND ftOOR NO 1 IALAN CLMPfNING PO«T KLANG
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    • 629 24 Kt'{|i<Mtal Container l-ines 3 Sailings Weekly |l Reliable Regular Punctual KCL Berthing P S.A. 1500 Hra. Tuea, Thurt A Sat REGULAR/FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA *0Y SM SKI* BKK PKT SKIA RAT ANA BHUM 302 303 Sailed InP 1/30 RAT ANA BHUM 304/259 RATANA BHUM 260/305 2/3 Dec 9/10 Dec 12/15
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    • 28 24 fr) FARGO SHiPPmC COMUIY(PTE.)LTD. S F EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICF I SINGAPORE/BANGKOK EVERY 2 DAYS t 7B Keppel Road 17-07 Tan|ong Pagar Comple* Singapore 0208 Tel *****77. *****88 *****52
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 185 24 Regional Weather of ■> w mi r A S rm a a M A S&i 8 as I* tl a SIf SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. a* Wind direction with speed in knots Wove height One holt tteche represents 5 knots LEGEND P TL J
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    • 29 25 LIC.OIiNi'. A=-"-M/V ARTOIS VIILS4 M/V ANJOU VIISS M/V ARMAGNAC V2L55 GENERAL AGENTS SEAL lON SHTPWG (S) PTE LTD SINGAPORE SALES/BOOKINGS TEL *****81 (8 UKS) 9/12 9/1 12/1 11/2 13/2
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    • 214 25 Scan Dutch 9 To Europe (Med/UK/NC/Scan) FEEDER PENANG Anson InPort Anson 6/12 Anson 13/12 Anson 20 12 Anson 27/12 Anson 2/1 P. KELANG 6 Butang 30 11 B Kemunmg 7 12 B Butang 14 12 B Kemunmg 21 12 B Butang 28 12 B Kemunmg 4/1 To Red Sea/Mediterranean From
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    • 101 26 WORLD LINE SEA EXPRESS LINE REGULAR sailing to mnan PORTS Vessel St* EXPRESS I SEA EXPRESS 2 SCA EXPRESS 3 Loadm( Far MMM AS/BOMBAY CtiTTAGONG CALCUTTA/MADRAS LINK SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE. LTD. TEL 22 163 16 7/8 TELEX RS ***** LINKSA SOUND CONTAINER SERVICES PTE LTD Tel *****35/*****7 (LOADING CONVENTIONAL CARGO)
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    • 396 26 w I Mitsui OS K. Lines Ltd CON VENTI ON AL/SEMI-CONTAINER AFRICA'S EAST AFRII MARINER ALTAI MARU MORNING GRACE ASTRA PEAK 1 Dec Mukalla. Daressalaam 5 Dec Mombasa, Daressalaam. Tanga Zanzibar. Nacala, Beira. Tamatave 16 Dec Mombasa. Daressalaam 26 Dec Port Louis. Reunion iFRICA EUTERPE 5 Dec Monrovia. Conakry EARNEST
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