The Business Times, 13 March 1985

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1 26 The Business Times
  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS, 1985 60 CENTS
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  • 622 1  -  CTS, Microelectronic forge ahead with multi-million expansion plans in Singapore By LEE HAN SHIH and CHUANG PECK MING THE REPORTED slackening in the growth of Singapore's electronics sector has not deterred two American companies from carrying on with their investment in the industry. Their
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  • 220 1 Bernama WORK will be speeded up to implement the second phase of Petronas's gas pipeline project from Rantau Petronas in Kertih to Johore and Singapore, and to Port Dickson and Port Kelang before the end of 1988. Minister
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  • 606 1  -  By MONICA GWEE "TERRIFIC", "enlightened" and "a move in the right direction" were some of the responses BT gathered from people about the proposed tax breaks for those wishing to improve their knowledge and skills. "Too meagre", "unclear" and "is it for
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  • 233 1 Bernama PENINSULAR MALAYSIA'S external trade remained in the red in 1984, but rising exports helped reduce the deficit to a mere M 5225.2 million from $2.38 billion in 1983. Figures just released by Malaysia's Statistics Department show a creditable 17 per cent increase
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  • Article, Illustration
    89 1 HEAVY scrip deliveries and an overbought position led to more selling on the Singapore stock market yesterday, resulting In the Straits Times Industrial Index closing below 84# at 838.92. This prompted technical analysts to warn that these few days would be critical. They said that If the 8994evel
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  • 380 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN DIESEL OIL STORAGE tanks and electricity generators will be built at those Mass Rapid Transit stations doubling up as underground bomb shelters during an air raid. Provision of these facilities at the MRT stations is part
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  • 89 1 THE TOTAL volume of the four contracts traded on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange hit a record high yesterday, with more than 4,000 lots transacted. The day's turnover of 4,083 lots surpassed the previous record of 3,617 lots on Jan 18. The Eurodollar contracts hit
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  • 459 1  -  By LIM SOON NEO LOWER international telephone and telex costs may be the result of a review by Telecoms of its rates. "It is Telecoms's practice to review its rates regularly and make adjustments when necessary, taking into consideration demand, operating costs
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 286 1 mm SHARE INFORMATION 13 AIRCRAFT 4 MONEY EXCHANGE 7 A LOCAL COMPANY is helping to set up five factories to produce marble tiles in China. Krishua Investments is arranging the supply of machines worth about $6.45 million from Italian suppliers to the factories. Page 2 PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos has
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    • 12 1 Full report, Pag* 13 Asian slocks, Pag* 11 Intl stocks, Pag* 10
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    • 189 1 BALLY of Switzerland Hurts the chMlruiif of tndj\. 4. X Picking a portfolio Today BT starts a major new guide to help its readers with their investment decisions. On Page 14, Hock Lock Siew, in the first of a four-part series, analyses 10 of the 40 stocks that make up
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 413 2  -  Company to arrange finance and supply of machines By GRACE YU A LOCAL COMPANY is playing 'matchmaker' to help set up five factories to produce marble tiles in China. Krishua Investments is arranging the supply of machines worth about $6.45 million
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    • 630 2 BANKS WERE the most important customers to Jones Lang Wootton and took up 41 per cent of the total office floor space leased out through the company last year. A survey done by the property consultant of all the office sites for
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    • 169 2 A JAPANESE company in Singapore is offering a mailing service to companies which want to go into the Japanese market. Technology Transfer Institute's (TTI) technocard will be mailed to about 50,000 people in educational institutes, business sectors and government departments throughout Japan. Managing director Ken
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    • 55 2 TELECOMS will introduce Telefax services to Austria via the international telephone network with effect from Friday. Charges for the service via IDD is 57 cents per block of six seconds and 5519.50 for the first block of three minutes and $6.50 for each subsequent block of one
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    • 108 2 THE SINGAPORE Bus Service has set up four SBS Travelcentres to sell bus concession stamps from Friday. The travelcentres will be located at Ang Mo Kio, Bedok, Jurong and Toa Payoh interchanges. More are expected to be set up later. Three categories of stamps for primary school students
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    • 76 2 A 12-LECTURE course on English Literature in Historical Perspective by the Department of Extramural Studies of the National University of Singapore will start on March 20. The course, which is intended to improve stu- dents' awareness on issues which has concerned the literary world throughout four
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    • 353 2 HERCULES Rubber and Chemical Industries (HRC) has bought Rubber Products (S) Pte Ltd for $2.4 million. HRC, owned by the Lau family, has two factories in Jurong making rubber products such as rollers, tank linings and dock fenders. A third factory was sold
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    • 426 2  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF EAST GERMANY has embarked on an aggressive promotion campaign to sell more to Singapore. Mr GHuebner, commercial counsellor and head of the East German office in Singapore, said his government realises that Asia is a growth area and could be an
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    • 259 2 HAROLD CHONG has been appointed senior manager in the information technology consulting group of Coopers Lybrand Associates (Singapore). Mr Chong joined Coopers A Lybrand in its Sydney office in 1982. Prior to that, he was with the Myer group of companies, responsible for planning and implementing IBM-based
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    • 311 3  -  By LOH HUI YIN WESTINGHOUSE has formed a new company in Singapore, taking on as a partner the local distributor of its products. Westinghouse Technical Service and Supply Centre (WTSSC) is the result of a merger between Amtrak (which has no links with Amtrak of
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    • 247 3 MALAYSIA may set up an organisation similar to the National Computer Board to promote its computerisation programme. Dr Mohd Nor bin Abdul Ghani, director-general of the Malaysian Administrative, Modernisation and Manpower Planning Unit (MAMPU), said there were plans to set
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    • 427 3 A LOCAL computer company, which has sold about $4 million worth of computers to China over the past two years and hopes to sell another $5 million to $7 million by the end of this year, is setting up a marketing
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    • 247 3 PUBLIC WORKS Department director Yap Neng Chew has been re-appointed chairman of the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), but some of last year's board members, including those from Daewoo Corp and Takanaka Komuten, are missing from this year's list. The number of
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    • 127 3 A DANISH trade delegation will be visiting Singapore next week to improve commercial links between the two countries. A statement from the Danish embassy in Singapore said the representatives were 15 Danish businessmen of small- and medium-sized companies. The companies are involved in a wide range
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    • 213 3 TWELVE French manufacturers will orm the first official French group to be represented it Medic-Asia, the international medical, hospital and dental equipment and te:hnology exhibition to be 1 eld here. But Ameri :an companies will be the main feature of the fourth
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    • 135 3 SINGAPORI! Polytechnic students took the first and third prizes in a concrete cube streng h competition organised by the Singapore Chapter of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). Four students from the polytechnic beat 74 others from the Nanyang Technological Inst tute and the National
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    • 362 3  -  Committee looking for more members By BOEY KIT YIN THE SINGAPORE Indian Chamber of Commerce has formed a sub-committee to study its present and future roles so as to improve services to its members. The sub-committee, formed in January, is also looking for
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    • 244 3 A MAJOR HOTEL in Singapore is interested in developing a hotel complex in Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean lying just off the African coast. This was disclosed yesterday by the Mauritian Honorary Consul and Trade Commissioner, Mr Mahmood Toorawa, at
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    • 75 3 THE RAFFLES Chapter of the Singapore Jaycees is having a dinner and dance on March 30 to celebrate its founding. The occasion is also to commemorate the United Nations' theme for 1985 International Year of the Youth. The dinner and dance at Dynasty Ballroom, Dynasty Hotel, is
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    • 147 3 POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a bomb hoax which forced a plane to return to Changi Airport on March 11. This is believed to be the first time a bomb hoax suspect has been caught. The suspect, 40, was arrested
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 165 2 TAXATION LAWS IN MALAYSIA AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS TO BUSINESS A one-day seminar on taxation aspects of doing business with/in Malaysia 22 March, 1985, Pavilion Inter-continental Singapore TOPICS/SPEAKERS Keynote Address: Tax Developments In Malaysia And Their Impact On International Investment S. Sivalingam, Deputy Director General Revenue, Malaysia Recent Developments In Tax
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    • 283 2 "HOW THE IBM PC/DTS POS WORKS FOR YOU IN THE STORES?" A presentation by visiting American consultants, David R Fuller, Vice President of Retail Solutions Inc and W Robert Knapp Jr, Vice President, Marketing, for Retail Solutions Inc. The presentation covers: How retail store owners and chains, using the combination
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    • 149 3 (6 "i V l You won't win tomorrow's business battles with yesterday's technology. Tomorrow's tactics demand tomorrow's technology. That's the rule of the business battle. And make no mistake about it, business is a battle. That's why companies in the winning mode demand the tactical support HH supplied by Data
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 409 4 Gorbachev's boldness contrasts with predecessors' cautiousness Agencies MIKHAIL Gorbachev, the new Soviet leader, is a polished cosmopolitan with a reputation as a reformist who has had a spectacular career in the Communist Party hierarchy. Mr Gorbachev, who turned 54 on March 2, has impressed
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    • 310 4 Reuter MIKHAIL Gorbachev, elected new leader of the Soviet Communist Party yesterday, has thrown his weight behind tentative economic reforms but Western experts say he faces an uphill task in rejuvenating the Soviet economy. As an overseer of economic policy under Yuri Andropov and Konstantin Chernenko,
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    • 621 4 Agencies PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN has assorted that the US will look "with an open mind" towards Healing with the new Soviet leadership under Mikhail Gorbachev. Mr Reagan, passing up a chance to meet the Kremlin's new leader, said yesterday that he decided
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    • 423 4 AP NORTH KOREAN leader Kim D Sung sent his condolences to the Soviet Union, saying: "Comrade KU Chernenko performed undying feats for the Soviet party and state, and for socialism and the international communist movement." Kim declared two days of
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    • 293 4 AP THE US ECONOMY, which has just completed a year of the strongest growth in three decades, could very well be in a recession next year, economists say. But the downturn will be less severe than the last recession. That is the forecast of
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    • 175 4 Reuter FORMER US Treasury Secretary John Connally was accused yesterday of illegal stock trading by an energy company which is the target of a US$2.2-bil-lion takeover bid with which Mr Connally is associated. American Natural Resources Co (ANR) of Detroit charged
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    • 259 4 NYT VIETNAM, which is heavily in arrears in its loan repayments to Western countries, said it has succeeded in rescheduling some of its debt but has yet to reach agreement on payments due to the International Monetary Fund and Japan.
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    • 799 4 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvico number Local time From SIA SQll 0110 LAX/TYO PAA PA5 0155 JFK/SFO/HKG SIA SQ41 0605 MAA CAL CI010 0805 JED/DHA MAS MH68I 0820 KUL KAL KE624 0850 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935 KUL MAS MH8) 1 0940 PEN RBA BI42I 1000
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    • 313 5 UPI KHMER guerillas, blasted out of their last major base along the Thai border, have regrouped in the interior of Cambodia to harass Vietnamese units, a spokesman for Prince Norodom Sihanouk said yesterday. Battle-hardened Vietnamese troops overran Prince Sihanouk's military headquarters at Tatum
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    • 285 5 COMEBACKS are never easy unless yon are Frank Sinatra. When Garry Trudeau, originator of Doonesbory, returned to his drawing board last year, he had to face np to the question whether he had lost his inspiration. That question also mattered a great deal
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    • 224 5 AP THE BRITISH economy is expected to grow by three per cent this year, against 2.25 per cent last year, according to a survey of 19 independent economic forecasting organisations. The survey, reported by the Financial Times newpaper on Monday, is
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    • 580 5 AFP PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos denied "there is any rebellion" in his KBL party as he reaffirmed confidence in his entire Cabinet for the "battle for survival" he now had to wage after ruling for 20 years. The 67-year-old president said in an
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    • 462 5 AQUINO Trial AFP A JOURNALIST yesterday testified that several men, later identified as soldiers, had prevented her and other foreign newsmen from witnessing opposition leader Benigno Aquino's murder. Sandra Burton, Hongkong bureau chief of Time magazine, also said she had seen purported assassin Rolando Galman,
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  • TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
    • 671 6  -  By MONICA GWEE "WE DON'T JUST encourage, we almost demand our people to take diploma courses because we want them to grow with the company and still be with us two to three years down the line," states Michael Quirk, managing director of
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    • 350 6 WHEN THE photographer assigned to this story complained about a "terrible" chicken drumstick he had at an A W restai rant, Michael Quirk sent for a weighing scale. "How lonjf ago was this?" he asked the photographer. "About five months," cane
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    • 129 6 ANOTHER CONFERENCE on improving productivity will be held from April 2526, with the emphasis on a future economy dominated by a highly-skilled and sophisticated workforce. Participants will be shown how to get more out of their training budgets, and how to avoid problems in
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    • 151 6 A SEMINAR on new employee induction will be organised by the National Productivity Board (NPB) tomorrow to give employers an insight into the benefits of a systematic programme of worker induction. Companies will be shown how to develop their individual programmes and case studies
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    • 602 6 MEMO PAD Seminars and courses DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER Mor 14-15 Mar 15 Mar 18-19 Mar 18-19 Mar 18-21 Spreadsheet Workshop Planning For Corporate Finance Martin Baier: Elements Of Direct Marketing Exploiting Information Technology CAD/CAM: Design Applications Institute Of Systems Science, NUS Hilton Hotel Royal Holiday Inn Shangri-La Hotel CECTU
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 744 7 SINGAPORE: THE US dollar closed easier against major European currencies in active late trading yesterday on local and overseas selling. The dollar closed weaker at 3.3000/20 marks compared with New York's 3.3200/20 close, but slightly above the day's low of 3.2780. Sterling closed firmer at US$l.lO2O/30 compared with
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    • Article, Illustration
      305 7 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed mixed yesterday compared with opening levels in light trading with short-dates firmer and periods lower. Short-dates firmed on bidding interest with overnight and Wednesday/Thursday each rising Vt point from opening to close at 8-1/16 7-15/16 and week-fixed up 1/16 to 8-9/16 8-7/16. Period
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    • 72 7 THE overnight rate on the Singapore interbank money market fell by the by one point from Monday to close at 4'/4 per cent yesterday. The one and two-month term rates remained un changed while the threemonth fell by 1/16-point. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Offer Bid Over
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    • 246 7 Interbank ra es at 3pm yesterday: Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian quoted yesterday cross parity change Local dollors to one unit of foreign currency: US dollar Sterling pound Australian dollar NZ dollar Canodian dollar 2 2585 2 4809 1 5854 1 0298 1 6306 ***** 2 4843 1 5884
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    • 234 7 HONGKONG The metal close 1 higher in active trading yesterday, reflecting the weakness of the US dollar. Short-coverir g in early trading boosted the metal to a high of at out US$29l an ounce but ate profittaking pushed in down to a close of $290.! 0/90 compared with New
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    • 404 7 BA Futures Inc EURODOLLAR futures opened yes erday unchanged from CME's close and tra led lower in the morning session mainly on pofit-taking. The Jun» contract opened at 89.57 and traded to 89.58 before slipping to 89.52. Support :ame in at this level as the break-off from the do
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    • 446 7  -  By AMY BALAN MALAYSIA, taking advantage of the easier market conditions, on Monday launched a US$6OO million 30-year floating rate note in the Eurodollar market. That day, five other issuers descended on the Eurobond market raising a total of some $1.3 billion, inclusive of
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    • 452 7 FT THE US dollar fell sharply on Monday against other leading currencies. It closed in London at DM3.3385, down 7.4 pfennig, while sterling gained 2.15 cents to US$l.OB9O. Foreign exchange dealers said that the dollar's drop had been triggered by lower US interest rates, but they
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    • 123 7 THE COMPETITION to bring electronic banking services right to the doorstep of the corporate customer has intensified, with yet another international bank on the scene. Bank of America, Singapore, on Monday announced the launch of its "International Treasurer". It is a software system that
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    • 376 7 FACTORING allows local exporters to sell on open account terms without sacrificing the security benefit of letters of credit, said Mr Don Turner at a two-day factoring conference held in Shangri-La Hotel yesterday. Mr Turner, manager (international division) of UK-based Griffin Factors,
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  • FEATURES
    • 461 8 A SOOTHSAYER who predicted long ago that China would become capitalist said recently that a new Soviet leader in his 50s would take a hard line against the United States. Such predictions are normally best ignored, until they appear to be true. In this case, the
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    • 1299 8  -  Australia reviews its policy on subsidising overseas students This isi The growing burden of subsidising foreign students will almost certainly cause the Australian government to reconsider its generosity towards Asian and other overseas students. FLORENCE! CHONG reports from Sydney. FLORENCE CHONG AUSTRALIA is rewriting its
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    • 693 8 FT BACK in the seventies, Weyerhaeuser, the US timber group, carved a little America out of the jungles of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Today, the Kenangan logging camp, two hours' speedboat journey upriver from the oil town of Balikpapan, looks a
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 47 8 Available at all Good Bookshops Times Jurong No 2. Jurong Port Ro«d, Singapore 2261 Our Deepest Sympathy to the People Government of the USSR on the death of their President, the late Mr. Konstantin Usfinovich Chernento from fNB: ur* The Management Staff MOSCOW NARODNY BANK LIMITED SINGAPORE
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    • 25 8 (A i The Penguin w Dictionary of Modern Quotations—- a wonderful book to read in the 100, in a traffic jam, before you fall asleep.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 648 8 tcogwkmkb CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Abode-building material (5) 6 It's comfortable but causes many a cry of pain (5) 9 Its colours are heavenly (7) 10 Flight unit (5) 11 Ben has less than nine visitors (5) 12 Informant on a botanical subject (5) 13 Be heard touring around (4,
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  • SPORTS
    • 408 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS A FREE golf clinic, free repair of golf clubs, a computerised analysis of your swing and a chance to meet an expert on golf resorts are some of the highlights of the Asia-Pacific Golf Show which tees off at
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    • 338 9 Reuter PARAGUAY'S tennis chief blamed opposing captain JeanPaul Loth on Monday for the fracas at the end of France s controversial Davis Cup defeat on Sunday in Asuncion. Paraguayan Tennis Federation president Alejandro Velasjquez Ugarte said Loth deliberately provoked the Paraguyan crowd with obscene gestures,
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    • 471 9 Southern Californian syndicate aims to wrest trophy from the Aussies UPI IT ISN'T the moon, it's Australia, but the eagle has definitely landed. The Eagle Syndicate a USSB.S-million plan to retrieve the America's Cup from the Aussies has landed in Australia in a big
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    • 142 9 Reuter AN AMERICAN sports goods firm, worried at a levelling-off of tennis ball sales due to the end of the US tennis boom, has come up with a product aimed at keeping club players interested—a bigger ball. In what it calls the most
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    • 338 9 AFP TRISTAN NANCARROW fought against the odds and his own brittle temperament to become the hero of the French Open squash championships first round in Paris yesterday. In the space of 90 minutes the unranked 21-year-old clinched a second round place, signed up a
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    • 380 9 Reuter THERE ARE times when Larry Holmes wishes it were all over, that he could enjoy his wealth and family, ignore the rigours of training an ageing body for yet another fight and retire with a spotless record of 46-0. Then
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1124 9 w IMD gmdid HIGHLIGHTS >mericon Ceasor 6 pm, Channel 12 In this second episode, we see how General Douglas Mac Arthur launches the Jirst counter-offensive of the Pacific in New Guinea. While his bold leapfrog strategy for winning the Pacific War is admired, he is personally damned as the commander
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 210 10 Reuter LONRHO PLC has sold 9.7 million House of Fraser PLC ordinary shares through the market for L 39.1 million, leaving Lonrho with 50,000 shares. Lonrho says it still aims to make a bid for Fraser at an appropriate price and date. The company
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    • 303 10 NYT ROBERT HOLMES A COURT, an Australian entrepreneur, has turned up the heat on Asarco Inc, the big mining company that he may be interested in acquiring. Asarco responded by suing Mr Holmes A Court in Federal Court in New Jersey. Mr Holmes
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    • 326 10 Reuter WALL STREET share prices on Monday moved slightly lower on a reduced volume as investors, feeling no urgency to enter a largely directionless market, kept to the sidelines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 1.11 to 1,268.55. Declining issues led gainers by
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    • 42 10 Reuter DUNLOP OLYMPIC LTD will make electrical wholesaler ALH Industries Ltd a wholly-owned unit by acquiring 50 per cent from Kemtron Ltd for A 539.6 million, effective March 31. The company said full ownership would facilitate planned expansion. Stockholm prices unavailable
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 437 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed mostly lower in moderate trading yesterday with investors cautious ahead of the release of annual results by HK Bank and HK Electric. HK Bank, which was expected to report 6 to 8 per cent profit growth, slipped five cents to HK$B.75. Trading was subdued but
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    • 319 11 TOKYO: Share prices rose in moderate trading yesterday, their first rise for four days, but fell back slightly from a firm opening on early afternoon profit-tak ng. The market was little affected by the death of President Chernenko and the average closed 33.02 higher at 12,296.87. Monday's 83.68 drop
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    • 116 11 MANILA: Share prices closed generally higher in quiet trading yesterday. The Commercial Industrial Index rose 2.83 to 122.82 and the Oils Index firmed 0.017 to 0.593. The Mining Index fell j 10.38 to 696.16. ma* 12 Pmm Onantol B Phtex B Pic op B 0 0. J unch >975
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    • 327 11 AUSTRALIA: Share markets closed mixed to firmer yesterday with strong support for a number of situation stocks pulling the market up from its early lows. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was up 0.2 points at 784.1. The All Industrials Index was ahead 0.9 at 1,160.4 but the
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    • 167 11 BANGKOK: Share priccs closed higher yesterday in quiet trading. The Book Club Index rose 0.62 to 127.89 with gainers leading losers by a margin of more thai a three-to-two. Turnover stood at 370,284 shares worth 67.1 million baht compared with Monday's 619,511 shares worth 260.5 millior. MAI 12 Aokham
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    • 65 11 MAR 12 Won 598 -2 Hyundoi Con»t Hyundai Motor KAL 903 540 564 -2 3 14 591 unch 635 -2 637 1789 -7 452 Korao Sh*> 359 4 -9 630 2 525 -2 671 -74 499 -2 800 5 Gold St or 630 unch -13 1267 -n Hon*i Bk
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    • 55 11 UPI TOSHIBA CORP of Japan will offer technical assistance and components for the production of Chinesecharacter printers for personal computers in China. The company said an agreement was signed recently with the city government of Nanjing. The US$2million contract covers the licence fee for production and
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    • 401 11 FT INTERNATIONAL CITY HOLDINGS (ICH), the Hongkong property group controlled by Mr Li Hashing, has announced a net loss after tax of HK$2B3 million for the year ended December 31, 1984. This compares with a 1983 profit of almost $98 million. The property
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    • 134 11 Reuter SOUTH KOREAN corporate profits fell sharply last year in spite of a rise in sales, a report by stockbrokers Lucky Securities Ltd said. The report on 229 listed companies which closed their books on Dec 31 showed net profits fell an average by 12.8
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    • 248 11 FT THE Taiwan Power Company plans to invest U5532.6 billion over the next ten years in new power projects. About $12.6 billion of that amount will go to major foreignequipment purchases, according to Taipower vice-president David Cheng. Major components of the planned foreign
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 163 12 OkinAAA D>/«jlmo<> Robusto 20/25% Chinese Produce fob nsw 477 50 Exchange Nutmeg (Sellers' noon clostno prices on )0 FOB NSW 396 00 Mor 12. SS/ 100 kg). E&W FOB NSW 248 00 Coconut oil Gombier Bulk. FOB 155 00 FOB NSW 330 00 Old drum FOB 168 00
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    • 287 12 Singapore A-l Special C-l Special 179 unq (S$/kilo, ex-godown) C-l Ord unq Fragrant new crop Loonzain Rice 1st 0 96 100% 1st grade unq 2nd 0 70 100% 2nd grade 227 3rd 0 65 100% 3rd grade unq New Crop 25% no stock Parboiled Rice 10% no stock 5%
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    • 108 12 A CONTINUING lack of demand saw the Kuala Lumpur Tin Market price remain at the International Tin Agreement floor-level price of M 529.15 per kg yesterday. Dealers noted the buffer stock manager remained the major operator at this level. Total turnover delivered by miners increased to 191 tonnes
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    • 161 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bole of 400 lb) Chino carded yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 16's 2,550 Blue Phoenix 20's 2,750 Blue Phoenix 32's 3,300 Blue Phoenix 40's 3,650 Carded yarn, hank Blue Phoenix 2l's 3,000 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32's 4,350 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500 Open-end yarn Blue
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    • 186 12 SINGAPORE The market closed lower yesterday with April One RSS buyers quoted at 168.75 cents per kg, down 1.79 cents from Mond ly. The morning session lost 1.50 cents cn lack of buying interest and some liquidation in light trading. Prices lost further ground in quiet aftermxm trading on
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    • 354 12 RAS price 5 in S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers lot 1 RSS Promp 1 166 00 167 00N ***** 166 75N Int 1 RSS Apr 8! i 169 00 169 50 168 75 169 00 lot 1 RSS May 8 5
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    • 150 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil price closed lower yesterday on a technical adjustment to its recent upsurge despite higher Chicago soy futures. In March, north and central dropped Ms3s to $1,340 and $1,330 a tonne respectively and south $40 to $1,330. In April, south slipped $40 to $1,320. The
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    • 155 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed 3'i to two US cents per bushel higher in light trade on Monday, with May settling at $5.88 1 after being held to a two-cent range. Persistent strength in foreign currencies and dwindling deliveries on the March contract supported futures
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    • 149 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed two cents to 1/2 US cent per bushel higher in quiet trade on Monday, with May settling at $3.39 3 4 after being held to a 2 3 4-cent range on the day. Steady buying in May by Frazier Parrott
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    • 103 12 (cents/kg. 1-ton pollen) APRIL 85 MAY 85 (current month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 171 00 I73 00N 172 00 174 00N SSR 50 166 00 170 00N 170 00 172.00N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SAAR CV ***** 2I6 50N
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    • 727 12 COFFEE Robusta futures extended their midday losses on Monday as sterling strengthened against the dollar, to end the day £36 to £19 below last Friday's finish. Physical activity stayed quiet. There were 50 original tenders and 21 re-tenders posted in the afternoon, taking the total to 2,336. Of
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    • 926 12 m 2 Balance Sheet 31 st December 1984 (All amounts stated in Singapore Dollars) Note 1984 1983 2 12,000,000 12,000,000 Revenue Reserves General reserve Profit unappropriated Total Share Capital and Reserves Current Liabilities And Provisions Deposits of customers Other liabilities including provisions and other reserves Proposed dividend net Total Current
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4274 13 SHARE PRICES continued to lose ground at the Singapore stock market yesterday, extending the easier tone on Monday. The BT Composite Index fell 3.92 points to 746.10 while the Straits Times Industrial Index closed 3.96 points lower at 838.02. Volume shrank to 14.71 million
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    • 227 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices 5*jl -i ut IT Commit* 750 02 746 10 520 t o IT Indicator *****62 *****43 314 U° »T 08/OS +153 +10 m£Thw2T 454 +8 ST Industrious 641 98 83*02 630 +5 STF««k. 2435 17 2421 04 DBS 610 15 ST Hotels 850 68
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    • 4152 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In bracket* In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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    • 1419 14 ASK A GROUP of stock market watchers: "When dees a ball market start?" and yon probably will get as many different answers as the number of people In the group. Wouldn't It seem logical to conclude that a ball market starts exactly when a bear market
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    • 109 14 SAMANDA HOLDINGS Berfcad: Thirteenth AGM at 4th Floor Wisma Stephens, Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Mar 22 at 11.30 am. &ENERAL SECURITIES INVESTMENTS limited: 10th AGM at the Board Room of "The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd, 46th Storey, DBS Building, 6 Shenton Way, Singpore 0106
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    • 120 14 HONG) LONG Australian Industrials Hang Sen g Index Tuesday 1160 4 Monday ***** 1371 51 Week ago 1177.1 Tuesday Monday Week ago 1380 11 1367 94 NEW YORK Dow Jones Monday 1268.55 TOK iro Friday 1269 66 Week ago 1289 53 Tokyo Do T uesday Monday Week ago
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    • 229 14 Managers' prices for March 13 MARA Bumiputra First B'putro 5.74 5.79 Second B'putro 5 235 28 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 2 26 2.40 The Sovmgs Fund 1.57 1 67* S'pore Prog Fund 0 95 1.01 S'pore Sec Fund 1 42 1.51 S'pore Invest Fund 0 96 102
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    • 226 15 MAGNUM CORPORATION Bhd, the four-digit betting operator in the Multi-Purpose Holdings stable, has received approval to increase the number of its lottery draws. From April 25, Magnum will conduct its own four-digit draws three days a week every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Currently, the company
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 65 15 Af- ter-tax profits in 1984 rose 4 per cent to HK52.59 billion from $2.49 billion. The board is to recommend a full-year dividend of at least 46 cents per share, representing a 10 per cent increase after the issue of about 280 million shares in a
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    • 397 15 SHARE PRICES closed slightly easier on the Kuala Lumpur stock market as profit-takers continued to dominate trading. Trading was less active and interest once again was focussed on several situational stocks in the industrial and plantation sectors. The market opened at around overnight levels, but
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    • 2261 15 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. MDUSTRIALS Acmo (1.888) A Otoe (2.775X1) 2.79 (I) 2.74 (1)
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    • 972 15 SHARE PRICES yesterday firmed at the outset, reflecting continued optimism over UK interest rates ahead of next week's budget, dealers said. At noon, the FTSE-100 index was up 10.7 points at 1301.5 while the FT-30 rose 2.5 to 991.7. The key three-month sterling interbank rate opened point down
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    • 565 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM PROMET BHD has its associates and two property projects in East Malaysia to thank for helping to prop up its latest year-end results. In line with most expectations, the Malaysia-based marine, property and construction group disclosed a sharp 41 per
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    • 513 15  -  By CHAN OI CHEE VAN DER HORST is proposing to raise $19 million through a rights issue, the first by the company since its listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore in November 1981. Proceeds from the issue, which is also the first made
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    • 217 14 Hotel Tourist Investment Opportunities The Greetings Group Limited is a Public Company whose shares arc listed on the Perth Stock Exchange Second Board. The Greetings Group Limited specialises in the management of Hotels that appeal to the mass market consisting of the budget conscious traveller, families, sporting groups and special
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  • 539 16  -  By ALVIN TAY THE SINGAPORE BRANCH of Hongkong Bank is planning a big-scale launch of its "area office China" in May, an area tipped by its chairman to be the parent bank's fastest growing department in the next few years. But the bank will
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  • 232 16 THIS YEAR will a testing one for young Singaporeans as more difficult times lie ahead. Mr S Rajaratnam, senior minister (Prime Minister's Office), said yesterday that Singaporeans are now facing a second challenge since independence in 1965. Whereas the test 20 years ago
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  • 492 16  -  By TSANG SAU YIN SINGAPORE was Indonesia's fifth largest countertrade partner up to early last year. A study by the Trade Development Board shows that Singapore's countertrade with Indonesia had a total contract value of US$54 million, representing 7 per cent of the
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  • 318 16 Reuter AMERICAN computer companies are following the lead of their European and Japanese rivals by banding together in joint research projects, a strategy that would have once been a sure target of antimonopoly charges. But there is growing awareness in Washington that technology is a
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  • 227 16 Reuter ALLIED Investors Corp Ltd said its directors recommended that shareholders approve a proposal for the possible disposal of its 6.8 per cent stake in Wheelock Marden and Co Ltd at an extraordinary general meeting on March 29. But it said in a
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  • 379 16 THE GOVERNMENT is aiming for seven in every 10 workers to be paid through banks by the end of this year. It will also be phasing out the Multi-Revenue Collection Scheme (MRCS) by the end of next year in an attempt to
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  • 365 16  -  By FOO CHOY PENG SINGAPORE is concerned that the preferential treatment of its exports to Australia under the latter's generalised system of preferences may be arbitrarily eliminated or rearranged. This concern was expressed by Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan and Trade and Industry Minister
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  • 107 16 Reuter MALAYSIA has banned civil servants from wearing Islamicstyle clothing which covers the face. The ban on covering the face during working hours would help communication between officials and the public, said Datuk Khalil Yaakob, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. "It would not
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  • 67 16 Reuter WALL STREET stock prices were lower in early trading yesterday as prices continued to feel pressure from a weaker US dollar and bearish economic news, analysts said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off over two points to 1266. Overall, losers led gainers five to three
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  • LATE FILE
    • 50 16 Reuter TWO FORMER executives of Hongkong's Hang Lung Bank were charged yesterday with conspiracy to defraud the bank of US$l24 million before its near collapse in 1983. Lee HoiKwong, director, and Wai Yu-Tsang, senior manager, were charged with three counts of conspiracy to defraud. Reuter
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    • 34 16 Reuter NATO secretary-general Lord Carrington does not expect the Soviet Union and the US to reach an agreement on space weapons at arms talks, which began in Geneva yesterday. Reuter
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    • 53 16 AFP AUSTRALIA'S balance of payments position improved in February after a record current account deficit in January, according to official figures released yesterday. The federal government now expects the deficit for the full financial year to top A 59.5 billion compared with a budget-time estimate of
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    • 37 16 AP CHINESE Communist Party and government officials have established at least 16,000 unsanctioned businesses under China's economic reform and some have reaped "staggering profits" in speculation, said a top Chinese official yesterday. AP
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    • 53 16 Reuter INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has taken his first major step to end the crisis in Punjab state by releasing Sikh political leaders. Home Minister SB Chavan said yesterday the eight leaders freed include Harchand Singh Longowal, president of the Sikhs' main political party, the
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    • 32 16 Reuter NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister David Lange told Parliament yesterday that Soviet nuclear-powered icebreakers would be refused entry to the country's ports under his nuclear-free policy. Reuter
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    • 84 16 aS,S$53O' Our exclusive business executive package gives you a great deal more: Return airfare Singapore/Jakarta Guaranteed daily departure Deluxe oocommodatlon at Borobudur Inter-Continental Hotel Sumptuous buttet breakfast daily Welcome tropical fruit basket Free use of sauna gymnasium An attractive Borobudur portfolio bag •From one night single room basis JAKARTA I
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    • 53 16 Outlook for today: Showers in several areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Morch 12 ot the oirport: Maximum temperature 32.5 Associated humidity 61 Minimum temperature 24.6 Associated humidity 93 Hours of sunshine 9.90 Rainfall in millimetres Troce Rainfall this month 37.0 Rainy days
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 372 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE CHALLENGES facing the Malaysian freight industry will be highlighted ip a two-day seminar to be held in Petaling Jaya from April 29. The seminar, organised by the International Cargo Handling Coordination Association (Malaysian Section), will discuss the various modes of
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    • 398 17  -  By JUNE LIM MEMBERS of trie JapanPersian Gulf Conference (Jappercon) will soon appoint a neutral policing body in an effort to stabilise rates. The members have agreed in principle to appoint public accountants Price Waterhous; to carry out the task. Though the contract with Price Water
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    • 858 17 ■hipping U— Pmgm C4 Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner V 4 AC Toepter X 5 Alphotrons VI 4 Andeko Shpg VI 1 ANL 1 1 Antoh Orient X 1 APC Lme V 4 APL m 4 Arrow Lmes X 4 ASCL 11 1 Awobroker V 5 Allot
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 116 17 AP LLOYDS Shipping Intelligence unit reported that the 122,000-ton Liberian tanker Atlanticos was hit by a missile at 0800 hours (0500 GMT) Sunday, after loading at Kharg three hours earlier. Lloyd's, basing its information on reports from an unidentified shipping agent, said the missile struck the starboard deck,
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      • 28 17 SHIPPING conference secretariat, Henry Noon Company, has shifted to its new office. The new address is 137, Market Street, 09-01, Bank of East Asia.
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      • 66 17 Reuter THE 3,986-tonne Panamanian-registered motor vessel Yasmat has sunk in the East China Sea, but all 21 Philippine crewmen were rescued, the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency said. It said the ship, carrying logs from Borneo to China, when its cargo shifted and went down 80 miles north-westof the
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    • 547 18 Reuter WEATHER permitting, divers will soon begin fresh explorations of Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship, the St George, wrecked off the coast of Jutland 173 years ago. The British hero's vessel lies in nine metres of water in the North Sea. Hampered by winds
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    • 449 18 UNITED STATES secretary of agriculture, Mr John Block, has called for the country's cargo preference laws to be scrapped or substantially revised. Angered by a recent court ruling which reinforced the transport of 50 per cent of military and government-financed cargo in
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    • 126 18 JAPANESE car exports have been given a boost by the recent decision of the US Cabinet Council to let the Japanese decide on a possible fifth year of car export restraints. But how far the export volume will increase as a result of the US decision
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    • 725 18 AFP AFTER a hesitant start, bulk carrier rates showed further signs of firming on the freight market, although the level of activity fell in most major sectors. But some charterers were again seeking cover against possibly steadier conditions in the months ahead by booking vessels in Europe on
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    • 1894 18 MODERATELY active chartering is reported in the grain sector of the freight market on Monday with rates mostly holding steady but other sectors were generally dull and featureless, shipbrokers said. Grain shippers paid the lump sum equivalent of just over US$9.5O for business from the mississippi to rotterdam
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    • 237 19 Seatrade Week THE EXECUTIVE director of the Hongkong Shippers' Council was in Washington recently to file for a business review letter from the United States Department of Justice related to a proposed shippers association. Such organisations, while sanctioned under the terms of the 1984
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    • 453 19 Lloyd's List AN INVESTIGATION into the employment of foreign seafarers on European ships is to be launched by the EEC as part of its new shipping policy initiative. The move is one of a number of changes instigated by new Transport Commissioner Mr
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    • 212 19 MR OLOF I Lundberg has been reappointed, for a second term, as director-gen-eral of the International Maritime Satellite Organisation (Inmarsat). Mr Lundberg's appointment for a further six-year period starting Dec 1 this year, was announced by the Inmarsat Council, which met in London
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    • 170 19 AFP EIGHT pirates who allegedly attacked ships in the Malacca Straits have been arrested in Indonesia's Riau Islands, a newspaper said. Kompas Daily, quoting Riau police chief briga-dier-general GV Sudadi, said the gang was arrested during a police raid in Belakang Padang on
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    • 234 19 A KEY speaker at the Cruise '85 Conference in London this June will be Ronald Zeller, chief executive of the largest cruise group in the world Norwegian Caribbean Lines and Royal Viking Line. Mr Zeller will be one of several speakers to air
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    • 191 19 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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    • 2678 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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    • 817 25 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS Al M0 LCL CARGO Godws FC :l Arrival for LCL mc >ver lent thin Vnv 4IIMA On^r/itnr scl led i ile Location jnip voy UUlC/ lllTlC wpCI U1 Ui cargo Or Exporter 22W 13.3.85 2100 Jardine F7 .0 800 0900 U2
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    • 1842 25 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B AFEA African Shipping Agencies <Si Afro-Eurasia line Tran.sgr<>up S Ihrenkiel liner Service Kim Shpg < S \llrfd C Toepler Oceanus Shipping Agen cies i S i Manntex Enterprise i PK i Alpac Intrasea iSI
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    • 385 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departur KEPPEL WHARVES 13.3.85/1500 B Tonsberg K09 Barber alongside Fengyi K30 Fengyi alongside 13.3.85/060G Jenhol K22 T Soon alongside 13.3.85/2300 Qing He Cheng K15 Y Fung alongside 13.3.85/230C Sonderhausen K28 S'pore S alongside 13.3.85/ 150C Str Pride K24E SSPL alongside
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    • 459 17 *5 m. §?/i k Published by TIMES BOOKS INTERNATIONAL Times Centre 1 New Industrial Road Spore 1953 Tel: *****44 A memce* o» the timei cxgarisa^'O^ 556.50 1 WEATHER permitting, divert will *oon begin fresh explorations of St George, wrecked off the coast of Jutland 173 years ago II AN INVESTIGATION
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    • 324 17 UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG) SEALORD SHIPPING AGENCIES 70 Shtnlon Way 04 02C M«nniMou»e Singapore 020 T#l *****94 Te» No RS?S4i9 aUASC rrarrrriTTrii »n .rinii7:T.nrr"T.ii»CFS office TPC 03 30 Tel *****31 end *****32 Terminal office TPC 03 29 Tel No *****90 *****93 NATIONAL LINE EXPRESS FUU CONTAINER SERVICE FROM JAIWN
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    • 392 18 m Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON L CONTAINER SERVICES USA/CANADA Pacific South West FMdtr at Tokyo MottHf *51 LA/LB OAK r. mom s/4 u/« I AFOUO 22/4 25/ 4 I APOU.O 22/4 25/4 ZEEIAMXA 6/5 5/5 Pacific North Wast Faadar at Koba Moth* a am w HYUGA 14/4 15/4 TOKYO M 25/4
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    • 770 19 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd occ Overseas Containers Limited 1 SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT !o*lo EXPRESS CARDIGAN BAY OSAKA BAY LIVERPOOL BAY TOKYO BAY KIT ANO MARU THAMES MARU CITY OF EOMURGH TOKIO EXPRESS CARDIGAN BAY Also Accepting Cargo For: Stan Hburj 01/4 03/4 10/4 12/4
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    • 660 21 v\v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 KOTA PUSAKA KOTA WANGSA KOTA WUAYA KOTA SALAM KOTA JAVA KOTA MUTIARA E-553 E-555 E-557 E-559 E-S6l CP/8/85 EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES HONGKONG SINGAPORE LOADING FOR: ADEN, HODEIDAH, JEDDAH, AO ABA. PT SUDAN, **UKALLA BERBERA, MOGADISCIO. TAMATAVE, MOMBASA, D
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    • 851 21 BENLINE CONTAINERS FROM EUROPE HAM Outa Bay Saded Liverpool Bay Saded frankhat Eipini Saded lok to Bji SaM Mam Mara 14/3 Hartaui Eiprew 16/3 thjmrs Mani 11/3 City oI Ednfcwfti 27/3 Benawr 1/4 I 'DAM HAVW Sato) Sated Sadtd Sated Sated SaM Sated Sated 17/3 11/3 11/3 21/3 22/3 24/3
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    • 726 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINE Far East S'pore Service Ful Container Vessel. WEST BOUND Sporf PAIEABAMG In Port PPW <P3) Hbwi Amsterdam Hbw( Antwerp 5/4 1/4 11/4 17/4 PAIIMBANG In Port PPW <P3> 5/4 14 U/4 17/4 i SAMUDfRAI BAAB UILAH 11/3 (OSC OMIT) VMM Spote fMbac London Bremen A
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    • 426 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES m BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmeto National Line) Loadnf for Ranfoon Htoneyaa V? 00 Ptushwetyawywa V 251 14/15 Mar Pa an VBl 20/23 Mar P.Kabnt Penanj In fort 15/16 Mar BANK LINE ■VIMfH .fIKi'MM SPORE R'OAM HULL HMBG IVYBANK 12 Apr 8 May 11 Moy 14 May CLYDEBANK
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    • 1347 22 KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. USA CANADA PACIFIC COAST (Including DESTINATIONS INLAND via IPI/MICROBRIDUE MINILAND BRIDGE) FEEDER/ WHORE BRIDGE V4l ASIA STAR V 34 MOTHER VESSEL HARBOUR BRIOGE V 34 PLANTIN VlO HYUGA MARU VII QUEENS NAY BRIOGE V 35 RICHMOND BRBGE V 25 SPORE 13 Mar PKIG 14 Mar PENANG
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    • 661 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAIMER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE l()dd.n x Inr lOS ANUIfS >AN IRANI IStO SIAITU TAiOMA VANIIXMRBC Aneplmg FCI FCI Containers PtWjnn I An^e*-, R»wWT ?0 1 Ap» 17 Mai AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE A>.iep!»V' fCI FCI Containers VISMVA MUMUDt ?1 Mr RAMDA n ?fe Mr >8 Mar KABIROAS
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    • 575 22 SANKDASIA FROM JAPANCSf POUTS AMO HONGKONG 1 YAMASUGI MMU 2 RJKUZAKI MMU 3 KGDn RUTH 4 WON TRADER 5 on MMU I SUN CJUMA Sn( apart SON K27/13 Mar 15/17 Mar 19/20 Mar 11/20 Mar 20/22 Mar 24/20 Mar 7 GOTONG ROVONC 20/31 Mar 17/11 Mar 16/17 Mar 21/22 Mar
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    • 572 22 4»' ■A (PTE) 10 Anson Road ®27 16 International Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 £#4 0 L>nes) N<Q>m£LSIMA'M,MUrm o BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pore P KeUntlo«dint tar.SAN EDUAROO *****02 Saied 14/3 ROT!/ANT/U.K. (AVON) PS SEAWOOD AND R.M.Z. S pore P Kelang Load*>t for ALEV 1/4 leddah Monfakone Salerno Valencia
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    • 664 23 FAR EAST/EUROPE FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): m« ACF CWKIW* K lACEJIN 28W TW BRDGE 24N C CONTAINER 29*1.... K CHANCE 21N HK CONTAINER 44W.. 0 CHEF 43W Also accepting cargo to/from Scandinavia K JACEJIN S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 0800 17/3 LCL Cargo 2000 16/3 FROM
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    • 555 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON SPIWI a<.tNIS NfPTUNF *GINC tt S Plf I ID Tel *****77 *****14 ißoo*mtsi 77?T> 10 fOpe'itwm) ????48; ??09?54 t Ifrrrwiil) ??0?4S0 ??0?S04 (CIS) Mil »»SI» *UNIS TUNAS Sf TIA SON BHD Kl lel *****0 *****4 PK
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    • 675 24 lti'«|ional Cnntaiiicr Lines 3 Sailings Weekly Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P.S.A Mon. Wed Sat KVX REGULAR/FEEDER SERVICE TO PHUKET/SONGKLA VOY SIN 2095/210N 12 Mar 210S/211N 19 Mar 2US/212N 26 Mar 2125/213N 2 Apr 2135/214N 9 Apr BKK SKIA IS Mai 18 Mar 22 Mar 25 Mar 29 Mar 1 Apr
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    • 175 25 REGULAR SERVICE TO INDIA NG Shipping Private Ltd. Telephone: *****43, *****90, *****74 TLX RS ***** NGSHIP SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE >; CHITTAGONG JLL-: Lil LIl BOHLER SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1 37. Market St 811 -02. Bank of East Asia BMg. S pore 0104. Tel: *****44 (3 lines) Telex: RS ***** BOSHIP INDEPENDENT
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    • 253 25 Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Ltd. COM!WO SOKE TO BANGKOK/HONOONE/TNWW STOK BM NU KH MO MM IC 504 29/1 1/4 7/4 11/4 CHUM LK MS 7/4 11/4 IC/4 11/4 It/4 GENERAL AGENTS CONTINENTAL FEEDERS PTE. LTD., Tat: *****51 Tatex: RS 2110« FEEDERS GOOD HARVEST LINES CONCORD LINES REGULAR CONVENTIONAL LMER SERVICES
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    • 351 26 -®fc EAST ASIA LINE (Malaysian Flag) Regular Liner Bwvic«i Between M'SIA/S'PORE/INDIA P. Ketang P. Gudang S pore L<lg for AMAH 20/3 22/3 24/3 NOA KRTAMA 26/3 21/3 30/3 Madras/ REGULAR JAP AH/STRAITS/ JAPAN SERVICES LAMBOR 2S/3 26/3 Naf/Kobo/ EAST ASIA SWUNG SON BHD TEL: *****2/36 TLX: MA: ***** JALAL MFBC
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    • 307 26 rrzzzssnz shipping (Singapore) pnvate iimit,ed NVOCC DIRECT SERVICE Wt TRAStt coNimu TRASTATE RST 4 SEAL I SEAL I RefuUr Liner Sonnet OA/sai IS/3, 23/3 1A 14/3. 24/3 in 19/3, 28/3 3/4 20/3 L 3«/3 DESTN YOKO ANT/ROTT/UK/HBG LA/NY/HOU DARMN/SYD/MELB BKK BUSAN/HNGANG/HKG/KEEL EUROPE/FAR EAST LINER SERVICE [Cei CREST EXPRESS LIN urn
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    • 587 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FILL* CONTMOUSED SERVICE TO MKtt (IM SUEZ) KOREAN lACEM 21* IS pore PKcbi 17/1 IJ/J TUMSWOUIO BDOGi 24/3 »/J CHMA COMTUCR »N 3/4 1/4 ROMAN CHANCI 21* 10/4 1/4 LHtovc Rdam f sto« Kbutt Br«n Antwerp 1/4
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    • 714 26 Everett Lines loading lot Ca*ao Mat* am 110 and all otlwr Peru.ian ports with transh.pm*nt at Kotw On CPV Through BHl<, ot lading to tmal destination HUGH Vf RETT MANOLOEVERLTT JOHNEWRETT "EVERETT ORIENT LINE' JAPAN/BAY OF BENGAL/JAPAN SERVICE LOADING FOR HONGKONG* AND JAPAN PORTS Penanf* P. Ketone Smfaporet HUQCVERETT 21/23
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    • 440 26 ZIM NON CONFERENCE MDEPENDENT FULL CONTAMR SERVICE acceptf* FCI/LCI cargoes to USA East t West Coast, Cambtoean and East Canada m mlbourw M ENAT ZIM EILAT CONTAINER LINE Spat Elat Intslt Kopti Knit fixw 19 Mar 29 Mar 9 Apt (Apr (Apr 12 Apt 7 Ap> 21 Apt 30 Apr
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