The Business Times, 15 March 1985

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 99/1/85 FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1985 60 CENTS
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    Lock icon Lorrain files application for writ service to be set aside
    384 1 Bernama FORMER Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) chairman Lorrain Esme Osman yesterday filed an application to set aside the service of a writ and a substituted service order involving a MJ27.7 million suit against him. The application, made through his solicitor
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    Pilot cashless shopping attracts 12 companies
    480 1  -  Existing ATM cards of five banks will be used By ALVIN TAY and AMY BALAN TEN MAJOR RETAILERS and two oil companies have agreed to take part in a pilot nationwide cashless shopping project costing $5 million to be launched by the Republic's five
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    Construction of MOL building postponed
    504 1  -  By LEE HAN SHIH CONSTRUCTION of a $70 million Ministry of Labour Building near Netwon Circus has been postponed indefinitely. The decision is believed to have arisen from a recent government policy of not starting new building projects in the sluggish property market. This policy
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    Lock icon Malaysia expects 6pc growth
    133 1 Bernama MALAYSIA'S economy is expected to grow by about 6 per cent this year, a slight easing off from last year's growth of about 7 per cent. Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said yesterday that the rate of growth was satisfactory, thanks to appropriate and timely measures
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    STOCK MARKET
    81 1 TECHNICAL analysts heaved a sigh of relief yesterday after late bargain-hnating activity lifted the Straits Times Industrial Index above the 839 support level, which is along the neckline of the reverse head-and-shonlder formation. Most observers were pleased that the poor sentiment generated by the disappointing re- sponse to
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    Parkway Parade tenants protest against refusal to reduce rents
    464 1  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF TENANTS of Parkway Parade will hold another "pow-wow" next week if their landlord still refuses to negotiate a rent reduction. This followed a decision by nearly 200 tenants to close shop for a day yesterday in an attempt
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    Philips spending $15m to upgrade Toa Payoh plant
    377 1  -  By BOEY KIT YIN A NEW TELEVISION factory to be built in China by the Philips elecronics group will mean the loss of what could otherwise have been a major market for its Singapore plant. In spite of this, the company will
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    Record volume
    39 1 THE TOTAL volume of Eurodollar contracts traded on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) hit a new high of 2,796 lots yesterday. The new record surpassed the previous high of 2,705 lots registered only three days ago.
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      258 1 SHARE INFORMATION DOONESBURY MONEY EXCHANGES LETTERS TO EDITOR CROSSWORDS RAW MATERIALS A LOCAL concern, Hock Cheong Company, has won a contract from on American corporation to assemble the biggest heavylift steel cable slings ever produced in Singapore. Page 2 A MAJOR political battle is shaping up between South Korea's authoritarian
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Hock Cheong wins $100,000 contract
      354 2  -  Slings the biggest to be built in Singapore By ANNA TEO A LOCAL company has won a contract from an American corporation to assemble the biggest heavy-lift steel cable slings ever produced in Singapore. The marketing director of Hock Cheong Company, Mr Sonny Choo, told
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      Singapore takes par! in Sydney dragon boat race
      85 2 SINGAPORE'S dragon boat team, Barracuda, will take part in the Sydney Harbour Dragon Boat Races on Sunday. This is the second time the Republic is participating in the annual race. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, which is jointly sponsoring the local team
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      Petition to wind up Borneo Timber
      234 2 UNPAID insurance premiums have resulted in a winding-up action against Borneo Timber, a local timber trading company. The company, which is not linked to the publicly-listed North Borneo Timber, is being wound up by Target Insurance Brokers. Target Insurance is claiming more than $100,000
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      Chair that adjusts itself to make you comfortable
      211 2 THE DAYS of fidgeting with a chair, trying to adjust the backrest to an ideal position, and figuring out which knob or lever applies will soon be over with the launch of the Italian-made Apta a chair which does the adjustments automatically.
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      A run for apples and pears
      59 2 APPLES AND PEARS, seldom if at all a part of running events, will make an unusual appearance on Sunday at the National Stadium, where the first Apple and Pear Run will be held. Participants who finish the 10.5 km route will receive these fruits
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      'Impart philosophy to new employees'
      281 2  -  By PENG AILIAN IT IS NO GOOD just showing the new employee where the washrooms are. It is more important for the company to impart its corporate philosophy and culture to the newcomer. Mr Othman Haron Eusofe, MP (Geylang Serai) and assistant secretary of the
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      199 2 lAN SMITH of the Australian Trade Commission has been appointed Counsellor and Trade Commissioner for Agriculture for the Asean markets. Mr Smith, who will be based in Singapore, joined the Department of Trade in Canberra in September 1984. Prior to that, he was export manager of Australian
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      Jurong gets new $26m industrial park
      168 3 A NEW INDUSTRIAL park, costing $26 million, has been built at the junction of International Road and Pioneer Road in Jurong. The Lokyang Light Industries Park will support the central and western parts of Jurong industrial estate. According to the latest issue of Periscope,
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      STPB sets out to woo incentive travellers
      381 3  -  By JAIME LYE INCENTIVE TRAVELLERS those whose trips are paid for by their employers as a reward for good work and who also have a tendency to spend more than the average tourist have fast become a much-desired commodity for the Singapore Tourist
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      Subsidised holidays for Shell staff
      94 3 SHELL EMPLOYEES will enjoy subsidised holidays under a new collective agreement to be signed next week. However, a spokesman said yesterday that the company and its union had agreed not to disclose the amount of the subsidy and details of the agreement until it is
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      MP to file question on diesel tax
      248 3 A REQUEST will be made in Parliament next week for the government to review the quantum of diesel tax to be imposed on taxis should demand fall significantly after the fare increase next month. Mr Goh Chee Wee, MP for Boon Lay, will
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      Tianjin exhibition delegates receive good response
      324 3 MORE THAN 200 people f have registered to meet .some Chinese delegates who are in Singapore to promote a construction exhibition to be held in Tianjin in December. Among the 200 people are contractors, building material suppliers, people from construction-related companies and representatives from
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      Times to commission machine
      104 3 A NEW PRINTING machine bought In January by Times Printers will be commissioned this month. Hantscho Mark VI, costing $4.2 million, has a maximum speed of 30,000 impressions per hour. A special accessory of the machine, which is made in the US, is the automatic colourset
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      Easier payment for public
      97 3 REVENUE STAMPS have been scrapped and payments to the Registry of Societies can be made by cheque or cash from today. This is to make it easier for the public to make payments. Fees payable under the new regulations are $30 for registering of a new
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      SDS to distribute library system
      76 3 SIME DARBY SYSTEMS (SDS), the distributor of Apple computers, yesterday signed an agreement with an Australian company to distribute its library system in Asean and Hongkong. Urica, a library system with about 40 installations worldwide and 20 in Australia, has been tendered by SDS for
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      Far East Computers gets fourth order from China
      246 3 FAR EAST Computers has secured its fourth computer order from China. The company, which is believed to be the first Singaporebased company to penetrate the Chinese computer market, said the latest order for its computers is from the China National Instruments Import
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      Population growth at record low in 1983
      421 3  -  Natural increase was only 27,000 By FOO CHOY PENG SINGAPORE recorded the lowest rate of natural increase in its population in 1983. Population growth due to natural increase, which is the excess of births over deaths, expanded by 10.9 per thousand or 27,260
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      Furniture exhibition to feature more countries
      159 3 THIS YEAR'S Singapore International Furniture Show (SIFS) will be bigger than last year's and will be geared more towards trade visitors. The fourth SIFS show, which is to be held at the World Trade Centre from Oct 7 to 13, will cover an area
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      Local company wins furniture supply contract
      92 3 A LOCAL furniture company has won a $600,000 contract to supply "loose furniture" to Marina Mandarin at Marina Square. Pat Davie (S) Pte Ltd will supply furniture such as dressing stools, ottomans and armchairs to the hotel's 614 standard guest rooms, Suite Parlours and
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  • OVERSEAS
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      Lock icon Major political battle shaping up in Seoul
      570 4 Opposition group demands change in Constitution Reuter A MAJOR political battle is shaping up between South Korea's authoritarian government and a strong new opposition group over demands for a change in the Constitution to provide for direct presidential elections. President Chun Doo Hwan's
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      Lock icon Hawke's warning on New Caledonia
      126 4 AFP AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Bob Hawke has warned countries outside the South Pacific region against destabilising the political situation in New Caledonia. Addressing a lunch in honour of the President of Vanuatu, Ati Gorg Sokomanu, Mr Hawke said Australia and Vanuatu shared the concern of
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      Lock icon America-Japan trade talks falter amid growing protests
      397 4 Reuter US TRADE negotiators appeared to be running into resistance from their Japanese counterparts in talks held in Tokyo this week, in spite of growing calls in Washington for retaliation if Japan failed to open its markets. The US trade deficit with Japan
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      Lock icon US Senate panel votes for budget with smaller deficit
      231 4 Reuter The Senate budget committee on Wednesday night approved a budget for 1986 which would involve a smaller deficit than proposed by President Reagan. Earlier in the day, the committee overwhelmingly rejected President Reagan's budget because of large defence increases and
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      Lock icon Soviet stance not expected to change at arms talks
      421 4 Reuter AMERICAN and Soviet negotiators met yesterday for their first substantive session after Tuesday's formal reopening of arms control talks following a 15-month freeze. Yesterday's meeting took place in the offices of the US Arms Control Agency in Geneva and involved
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      Lock icon Indonesian explosion kills 17 soldiers
      77 4 Reuter AN EXPLOSION at an Indonesian military ammunition dump on Wednesday killed 17 soldiers and civilian workers, official sources said. The explosion, on the outskirts of the West Java city of Bandung, was the third of its kind reported in Indonesia in six months. An
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      Lock icon China to relax entry-exit steps for Taiwanese visitors
      279 4 AP CHINA will relax entry-exit steps for visitors from Taiwan and hopes Taiwan will reciprocate, Communist Party Politburo member Deng Yingchao said in a speech made public on Wednesday. Madam Deng, widow of former Premier Chou En-lai, also pledged that Beijing would
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    • WORLD IN BRIEF
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        Fewer jobless
        47 4 AUSTRALIA'S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 8.3 per cent of the estimated workforce in February from 8.5 in January and 9.4 a year earlier, the Statistics Bureau said. The number of unemployed fell to 602,000 from 613,700 in January and 660,400 a year earlier.
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        Citizenship
        52 4 THE Sri Lankan government is to grant citizenship to 93,000 people of Indian origin who are currently stateless in the country, the Sun newspaper reported. The stateless are all Tamils whose ancestors were brought over from India to Sri Lanka by the British colonial administration to work at the
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        Unions' warning
        57 4 THE Australian Council of Trade Unions threatened widespread industrial action if the Queensland state government refuses to soften its attitude to 900 sacked power workers. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Queensland's autocratic National Party party premier, recently banned strikes in the power industry, following blackouts and a state of emer-
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        Retail sales up
        58 4 RETAIL SALES in the US increased 1.4 per cent in February to reach a record US$ll2.l billion, the Commerce Department announced on Tuesday. The hike is sharply higher than had been foreseen by most economists and compares with a rise of 0.5 per cent in January and
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        Irregularities
        50 4 CHINESE auditing offices uncovered "irregularities" totalling 3.34 billion yuan (US$l.3 billion) in 1984, the Worker's Daily said. About 1.6 billion yuan was related to excessive operations costs, unreported profits, fake losses, tax evasions and issuing of goods to employees, the New China News Agency quoted the newspaper as saying.
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        Slowdown stops
        62 4 ABOUT 400 locally-hired United Nations employees in Bangkok yesterday ended their week-long work slowdown for higher wages after receiving assurances of support from their superiors. Organisers said the head of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (Escap), SAM Kibria, told them he supported their
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        Active duty
        58 4 THE THAI government will keep Supreme Commander General Arthit Kamlang-Ek on active duty for one year beyond his scheduled mandatory retirement in September. The Bangkok Post newspaper quoted authoritative sources as saying Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prem Tinsulanonda had signed an order extending General Arthit's term as
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        Lock icon Internal threat
        57 4 Agencies PRESIDENT Amin Gemayel faced a threat from within his own religious community as efforts to mediate the crisis were rebuffed by rebellious militiamen opposed to the Christian leader's pro-Syrian policies. A seven-man committee of Christian community leaders planned to meet again under Maronite patriarch Antonios Khoreish, the
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      749 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service number Locol time From RBA SIA CPA GIA SIA SIA THAI SAS SIA MAS GIA MAS SN SIA GIA GIA SIA SIA SIA THAI RJ GIA THAI SIA RBA SIA KLM CPA MAS MAS ATLOT SIA MAS OA MAS SIA SIA SIA CAL ANZ
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      Lock icon Slower offshore oil exploration in China expected
      253 5 Reuter i"A LULL between contract negotiations this year would prob- ably slow offshore oil explora- tion in China and could cause a dangerous operations gap for £the oil service industry, foreign oil industry sources said. They said drilling operations negotiated under the second
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      Lock icon Opec committee delays meeting
      63 5 Reuter AN OPEC monitoring committee has postponed a meeting scheduled for next week because of talks in Riyadh between the Saudi Arabian Oil Minister, Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, and his Norwegian counterpart Kaare Kristiansen. The committee, which Sheik Yamani chairs, was due to meet in Geneva
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      Lock icon Implications of closing BNOC
      808 5 Reuter BRITAIN'S plans to abolish state-owned British National Oil Corp is expected to exert downward pressure on world oil prices if record high current North Sea production is not reduced. However, any decision that gives oil companies greater control over production of North Sea crude could
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      Lock icon Industrialised nations fail to settle dispute over mixed credits
      333 5 FT INDUSTRALISED COUNTRIES failed i to make any progress on their long--1 running dispute over the use of mixed credits to support export deals at a meeting in Paris of the so-called Export-Credit Consensus of the Organij sation for Economic Cooperation
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      Lock icon Rosone convicted of bank shares fraud
      279 5 FT ROBERTO ROSONE, general manager and deputy chairman of the failed Banco Ambrosiano, has been convicted along with ten other former executives of the bank of having been involved in Jthe illegal purchase of shares of the bank. Rosone, who was shot in the
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      Lock icon Marcos dismisses fears of communist victory
      332 5 Reuter PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos has rejected a suggestion by a US defence official that communist rebels could take over the Philippines within the next five years. Mr Marcos said in a statement his government had taken social, political and economic initiatives to combat the
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  • AIR CARGO
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      Emery reserves fixed space on Air NZ
      502 6  -  By LIM SOON NEO AIR FREIGHT company Emery Worldwide, which foresees heavy demand for air cargo space to New Zealand, has concluded a one-year contract with Air New Zealand for guaranteed space for four pallets a week for its shipments from Singapore to
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      Alitalia's provisional sales up 17pc
      134 6 ALITALIA has reported provisional consolidated sales of 3.440 billion lire in 1984, a 17 per cent increase over the previous financial year, while traffic on its international and intercontinental sectors registered a 10 per cent increase against an 8 per cent rise in world traffic.
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      Skytraders suspends Brunei link
      130 6  -  By KINGSLEY WOOD SKYTRADERS has suspended its weekly air cargo service between Perth and Brunei, introduced a little more than a month ago. This is the latest in a fairly long list of charter flights which have failed. Skytraders was using a Canadair CL-44 aircraft chartered
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      Swissair expects an 11pc rise in revenue
      454 6 SWISSAIR expects its cargo operations in Singapore to bring in $12 million in revenue over the next 12 months, up 11 per cent from last year's $11 million. The projected increase is in spite of an earlier corporate policy that there would be
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      Negotiations over Nippon's flights to US resumed
      318 6 NEGOTIATIONS OVER a deal that would give Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) access to the American market resumed three days in Washington. The two parties involved, NCA and Flying Tigers, the world's biggest air freight line, renewed discussions to work out a deal whereby
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      JAL eyes European express sector
      215 6 JAPAN AIR LINES is hoping to enter the rapidlygrowing European express air freight market this year with the start of services to Japan. Cargonews Asia recently quoted JAL's general manager for Britain and Eire, Mr Ken Tamaki, as saying that the Japanese carrier had been
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      WEEKLY FREIGHTER
      234 6 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight Local From Operator Flight Local For number time number time FRIDAY TMA TL351 0830 BEY/DXB JAL JL615 0930 KUL /KUL FT FT75 2355 BOS/ JFK/ANC NW NW906 0935 HKG/NRT/ /NRT/TPE SFO/LAX TMA TL351 1000 TYO/(BKK/ DXB/BEY) TMA TL352 1000 TYO/(BKK/ DXB/BEY) FT FT70 0135
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon American credit markets may tighten further
      416 7 Reuter THE AMERICAN credit markets, labouring to recoup Wednesday's sharp losses, will have to cope with seasonal factors in the days ahead that could push the Fed funds rate at times up to nine per cent. Economists say once the hurdle of Friday's corporate
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      Lock icon China thinking of new currency for special economic zones
      106 7 AFP CHINA is considering issuing a new currency for its four coastal special economic zones and has sought the opinions of overseas Chinese on the idea. State councillor Gu Mu told New York's Chinese Chamber of Commerce this week that China
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      Lock icon World Bank optimistic about debt crisis
      549 7 Reuter AFP THE WORLD BANK is guardedly optimistic about the ultimate outcome of the world debt crisis even though developing country debt would increase this year. In releasing world debt tables, an annual ritual that has had added meaning since the debt crisis began
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      Lock icon Japanese group extends 37bn yen credit to Thailand
      138 7 AP A GROUP of nine Japanese banks has signed an agreement to extend yen credits totalling 37 billion yen for industrial development in Thailand. The Industrial Bank of Japan said 2.9 billion yen will be supplied to the Expressway and Rapid Transit
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      Lock icon Drive by Exim Bank to end direct lending
      492 7 FT THE CHAIRMAN of the US Export-Import Bank, William Draper, has launched an ambitious campaign to convince Congress and the American business community that the bank can scrap its direct lending programme with "no loss of muscle". In place of this year's
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      Lock icon Amnesty for those who own up? 'No' says Treasury
      213 7 Reuter THE AMERICAN Treasury will not give assurance in advance that penalties will not be imposed on banks which come forward and disclose previously unreported cash transactions. Assistant Treasury Secretary John Walker said: "I am not going to give amnesty or
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      Lock icon Third non-compliance case in Boston
      160 7 Reuter BANK of New England Corp has discovered that its banking subsidiary's currency unit failed to file certain records of customers' transactions with the US Treasury Department as required by law, a bank official said. Bank of New England is the third Boston-based bank to
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Forex markets
      782 7 SINGAPORE The US dollar closed firmer against most major currencies yesterday in moderate trading on buying support. The dollar closed higher at 3.3740/55 marks compared with New York's 3.3640/60 close, at 2.8690/8710 Swiss francs against 2.8620/50 and at 260.50/60 yen against 260.15/25. Sterling closed easier at US$l.OB2O/30 compared
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      Asian $ market
      358 7 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates yesterday closed firmer than Wednesday's levels in moderate trading. A higher US federal funds rate and news of a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent increase in US February retail sales underpinned rates. Overnight closed at 8 5 's B'/2, up 3/16 from Wednesday night and
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      Money markets
      66 7 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market fell by 1< point from Wednesday to close at 4 per cent yesterday. The one, two and threemonth term rates fell by 1/16-point each. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Offer Bid Over rwghf 4 3 3/4 1-month 5
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      Foreign exchange
      229 7 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to y» nurd!) c ch«ng« on* unit of foroign currency: US dolor 2 2685 ***** 2.8196 -1955 Sterling pound 2.4567 2.4601 7 3469 -66 56 Austraion dolor 1.5629 1.5659 ***** -54.42 NZ dollar 1.0038 1.0156 ***** -70 72 Canadian dolor 1
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      Simex
      351 7 AFTER the larger-than-ex-pected increase in US retail sales figure on Wednesday night and high federal funds closing, Eur*d«ll»r futures opened with a bearish note yesterday. The June contract opened unchanged from CME's close at 89.28 and initially attempted higher. The market, however, turned around and traded lower to 89.21
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      Gold
      171 7 TOKYO: Futures closed six to 12 yen higher on short-covering and profit-taking purchases prompted by the yen's decline. March rose six to 2,449 yen per gram, August 12 to 2,503 yen and February nine to 2,575 yen. LONDON: The morning gold fix yesterday was $290.25 an ounce, unchanged from
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  • FEATURES
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      A healthy rapport
      470 8 THE PACKAGE of positive measures for businesses opened on Budget Day last Friday has apparently not been exhausted. Over the weekend, the Economic Development Board announced an added boost for new industries when it removed the ceiling on grants for product development assistance while Telecoms disclosed this
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      Lock icon Plant builders hit by project cancellations
      2012 8  -  By IAN RODGER FT FROM ALASKA to Nigeria, from Brazil to Papua New Guinea, the beginnings of giant pipelines, refineries, steelworks and other me-ga-projects lie rusting on the ground or fading from engineers' drawing boards, victims of recession or the liquidity crisis in the
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      Leniency on CPF payments
      141 8 Letter to the Editor Dear Sir, We are a small company and have been compelled, under very trying circumstances, to make our CPF payments for two months. A CPF inspector has threatened to take legal action to wind up our company. This is in spite of
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      Lock icon Fraud rocks Taiwan's industrial giant
      746 8  -  By JOHN NGAI Reuter THE huge scroll hanging on the office wall reads in Chinese characters: "The best business in the world will fail if one is careless; the most hopeless situation can be turned into success if one persists." For Tsai Wan-Chun, 68, who
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      662 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 It's sweet of Gory to toke us back (6) 7 It adds colour to conflict (3-5) 8 Clownish letters to a swimmer (6) 10 Form of faker in sport (5) 13 Game, of course (4) 14 Period in the winter months (4) 15 Where the islanders
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      Throwing light on the rules of golfing
      421 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS AMONG its notable achievements, the Asia-Pacific Golf Show '85 at the World Trade Centre on March 25-28 will be credited with being the first to engage two leading authorities on golf rules as speakers. The director for rules and competitions
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      Lock icon Holmes makes pre-fight taunt
      193 9 Reuter WHAT HAD been a relatively quiet pre-fight build-up erupted into an angry and bitter exchange when Larry Holmes called challenger David Bey a "half-breed" to his face at a press conference on Wednesday in Las Vegas. The 35-year-old Holmes, who defends his title against Bey
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      Lock icon NY Cosmos expelled from soccer league
      189 9 Reuter PROFESSIONAL soccer in the United States, reeling from financial problems, took a step towards extinction yesterday when the North American Soccer League expelled the New York Cosmos, its most popular team. The league's interim president, Clive Toye, said the board of directors had
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      Muscular balance is the keyword
      662 9 Body Language MUSCULAR BALANCE is one of the key principles of any training programme. In any weight room, one may notice a lifter who is developed in the upper body but has neglected the lower region of his body. This shows a lack of superior
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      Lock icon The challenge for Chris Dittmar
      355 9 AFP IF THE world rankings are anything to go by, Chris Dittmar should be facing Jahangir Khan in the French Open squash championships semi-finals in Paris today. But Dittmar, with the piercing blue eyes and boxer's build, knows better than that. A false step in
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      Lock icon Windfall for the winners of Wimbledon
      352 9 AFP TOTAL prize money at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships from June 24 to July 7 this year has risen to a staggering £1,934,760 an increase of £472,864 on last year. The men's singles winner will receive £130,000, compared with £100,000 last year, and
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      1099 9 W sm SatDCld* C CHANNEL 5 J 2.25 PM SBC Text "Live" Sample Pages 2.55 Openinf and Programme Mghfights followed by The Passenier (Mandarin) 4.25 Kidsworid -4.50 The KkJ-A-Litttes 5.15 Romper Room (English) 5.45 Slas 6.10 Programme Ifighfights (English) 6.15 News (English) $.25 Kelab Dondang Sayang 6.50 Naturama N NPCC
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      59 9 CURK HNCH FIT TIPS WELL BALANCED ROUTINE TAKE YOURTIME AND ENJOY YOURSELF. RELAX YOUR MIND WHILE YOU EXERCISE YOUR BODY. rowing Machines and OTHER EQUIPMENT SUPPLEMENT THE BENEFITS OF V RUNNING. CALISTHENICS AND WEIGHT > TRAIKIIN6 ARE PART OF A WELLV ROUNDED EXERCISE ROUTINE. J ®I f usi m 7
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon Harrisons wins Pauls with higher offer
      199 10 Reuter THE BOARDS of Harrisons and Crosfield PLC (H and C) and Pauls PLC have agreed on merger terms on the basis of an increased offer from H and C. A joint statement says H and C is now offering 0.85 H and C
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      Lock icon Dunhill buys Chloe
      79 10 AFP THE BRITISH Dunhill group, specialising in luxury items for men, has bought the French ready-to-wear and perfume group Chloe for £6.4 million. Dunhill has until now been known mainly for high-quality items such as cigarette lighters, jewellery, pipes, office desk items and clothes for men. Dunhill
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      Lock icon Sears offers £115m for Foster Brothers
      163 10 FT SEARS HOLDINGS, one of Britain's biggest retailers, has intervened as a "white knight" in the takeover battle for Foster Brothers Clothing, the menswear chain, with an agreed offer worth £115 million. That is about £18 million higher than the hostile bid launched a
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      Lock icon Lower computer profits depress Wall Street
      308 10 Reuter INDICATIONS that several major computer companies are suffering from a drop in profits pulled most Wall Street stock prices lower on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 10.05 points to close at 1261.70. Declining issues led those gaining 1,008 to 493.
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      111 10 MAR 13 AbfTib* c$ 50 Imp CM Inco Int Prov Pip« 48 17* 35 23* unch 1 unch Afcan 37* 16* 2m 18 unch I9H 3 26 W -M 26 unch 13 16* M Canada 38* 71* 27* Bratcan 34** 30 -H Norando Mn 18* 4* 29 unch Rio
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      Johannesburg
      196 10 MAI 13 toed Wootworth 1275 25 INDUSTRIALS MININGS A Afcjho 660 2260 i*ich 120 -2 6650 AE And O 660 4-5 1590 -10 320 +10 Buffets 7050 150 AMI?* 0 ***** Chart* 425 -5 970 1025 C G Sirwfh 2010 +10 Cora Murch 9806 210 903 13 5000 100
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      New York
      557 10 MAK 13 us$ Ale on Aftumn 27* unch AJcoo Lud Afced Chom Cp Afttd StOTM Airs-Chalmers Am Brandi Inc Am Broodcost Am Con Co Am Cyanaaud Am Eke Pwr Am Express Am Mom# Prod Am Motors Cp Am Natural Gos 33* 26* 39* 53* 7* 68* 70 51*
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      European markets
      897 10 Amsterdam MAt 13 Fh 4/ABN ***** +15 185.50 -1.5 Ahotd 229 50 -1 5 Akio 114.80 -0 6 AMEV 219 20 4-0.7 Amto* 76 30 4 0 2 Bark 5850 42 Boh 108.20 4 0 2 350 50 -0 5 Bcnko 8900 -1 Calond 37 90 inch Cat*
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      Lock icon Bigger stake
      49 10 Reuter LONRHO PLC has said Yeoman Investments, a company controlled by Lonrho chief executive Tiny Rowland, has bought one million Lonrho shares. This brings Mr Rowland's total holding in Lonrho to 46 million shares, or 17.44 per cent of the issued voting share capital. Stockholm pricos unavailable
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      105 10 lilju f Siunkai Japanese Restaurant Sushi, sashimi, teppanyaki and other famous delicacies from the land of the Rising Sun are prepared by three resident Japanese chefs. Businessman's set lunch from $8.50 -HAV FURAMA SINGAPORE HOTEL 10 Eu Tong Sen Street. Singapore 0105 Tel: 533 3888 King s den Sheer Relaxation!
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      Hongkong
      369 11 HONGKONG: Share prices rose sharply yesterday, buoyed by news that HK Land's 1984 net profit more than doubled to HK$354 million. Stocks opened lower and trading was subdued in the morning as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the announcement after the morning close. But investors came back
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      Taipei
      218 11 MAI 14 MT Lien Hwa InAjs Nan Yo Plas 1275 2870 23 30 -0 15 0 1 -0.3 Al S*>cere Indus 4 40 23 00 -0 13 -26 Pacific Elect 18 30 -0 1 26 70 -*■0 1 1 56 -0 08 52 00 05 1680 0 1 1950
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      Tokyo
      373 11 TOKYO: Speculative buying buoyed the sagging market average in late afternoon yesterday, but share prices fell on balance as Wall Street's softness and a relatively weak yen sapped market enthusiasm. The market average closed down 14.23 at 12,405.03 on volume of 420 million shares after dropping below the 12,400
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      Manila
      112 11 MANILA: Shares closed generally easier in quiet trading yesterday. The Commercial Industrial Index rose 3.02 to 127.35, the Mining Index fell 2.83 to 697.58, while the Oils Index eased 0.009 to 0.584. MAR M Acoje Mmg Anglo Phi Pmm 0 0014 inch Oriental 8 PMex 8 Pic op B
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      Sydney
      334 11 SYDNEY: Share markets shook off a poor start to close firmer across the boards yesterday with heavyweight miners finding support on the back of the easier Australian dollar. Near the close, the All Ordinaries Index was up 1.6 at 789.0, the All Industrials Index was up 1.6 at 1,165.8
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      Bangkok
      151 11 BANGKOK: Stock prices closed higher in moderate trading yesterday. The Book Club Index rose 0.10 points to 127.81 and gainers led losers by a three-to-one margin. Turnover jumped to 964,432 shares worth 47.0 million baht from Wednesday's 214,554 shares worth 34.1 million. MAI 14 A ok ham Thai Ana
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      Seoul
      82 11 MAR 14 Won Hyundoi Const Hyundoi Motor KAL 903 556 583 unch 14 10 Bonk Seoul ChoHeung Bk Commerool Bk 594 638 3 3 3 1 16 +5 -1 Korea Frst Ko. eo Ol Korea St«p 630 1730 355 •4 24 -5 625 -4 Samsung Co 688 13 Dong
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      Lock icon Japanese bankruptcies drop
      59 11 AFP THERE WERE 1,418 corporate bankruptcies in Japan last month, a drop of 13.4 per cent from a year ago. Tokyo Shoko Research, a private credit research institute, said the companies' debts totalled 208.3 billion yen, down 43.3 per cent from the yearbefore level. The bankrupt concerns
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      Lock icon Thai exchange suspends three companies
      191 11 Reuter THE SECURITIES Exchange of Thailand (SET) has suspended trading in three companies experiencing financial problems, SET president Sirilak Ratanakorn said. J and J Ho Co Ltd, a fast food company, is suspended for three months to give it time to revive operations and collect
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      Lock icon TSE to add more seats
      124 11 Reuter THE TOKYO Stock Exchange (TSE) has decided to increase the number of seats on the exchange from the current 83. TSE committee member Shigeyaki Itsuki says no decision has been made on how many additional seats will be allowed or when the increase will
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      Lock icon Furama Hotel offers to float 25pc of its shares
      244 11 FT FURAMA HOTEL Enterprises, the private Hongkong group whose main asset is the Furama Intercontinental Hotel, has announced plans to offer for sale 25 per cent of its issued shares as a means of gaining "wider public recognition". The hotel group,
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      531 11 'Jl H m m SH CfmtdiCJood Vmttotm Chef Tfumndreturns frtttforious at The Mmdi7»t.o6s Chef Roland Durand, hailed "Chef Extraordinaire' by Paris food critics, will treat your palate to his "Cuisine cflmagjnation', which has graced the tables of The Savoy of London, the Carlton at Cannes and some of the finest
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      173 11 Thai Seafood Served I n T rue Siamese Slvlc i Thinking of food. Think Thai: Spicy Tornyum Soup, Charcoal-Gnlted Seafood, Royal Thai Seafood and our other detectable Thai Cuisine. Or if you're a gourmet cook, take home some fresh seafood from our mini seafood market. And cook up a storm.
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Lock icon Genetic engineering a boon to farmers
      755 12 Reaping the rewards of bioscience NYT GENETIC MANIPULATIONS will open the door to spectacular advances in world agriculture in the next few years, according to a report published last week by the US National Academy of Sciences. Cows will eat less but produce more
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      RUBBER
      208 12 SINGAPORE The market closed lower yesterday with April One RSS buyers quoted at 164.75 cents per kg, down three cents from Wednesday. The morning session lost 2.25 cents on selling of nearbys in moderate trading. Prices lost further ground in quiet afternoon trading on continued selling. MALAYSIA Prices closed
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      RAS and MRELB
      316 12 RAS prices in S ennts/kg, FOt in b ales NOON CLOSE luyin HiHin luytn S^Mart Int 1 RSS Prompt 163 50 I64 50N 163.00 164.00N lot 1 RSS Apr 85 166 00 166 50 164.75 165.25 Int 1 RSS Moy 85 169 50 170 00 168 25
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      SSR and SMR
      96 12 (ccnft/kg, l-t« m pallets) APRIL 85 MAY 85 (current month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS B«iy«ra S«N«n Bvy«rs StNtrt SSR 20 169.50 171 50N 170 50 172.50N SSR 50 166 50 168 50N 168 50 170.50N MRELB Buy«rs Siim Setters SMR CV ***** 214 50N ***** 2I650N
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      PALM OIL
      158 12 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed firmer on short-covering and some speculative buying in moderate trading yesterday, with a higher Chicago soybean futures close aiding sentiment. March deliveries in the south region firmed MJ27.50 to $1,*****0 per tonne while central and north rose $15 and $10 respectively to
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      SOYBEAN
      143 12 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed two to 2V< US'cents per bushel higher in light trade on Wednesday, with May settling at $5.84 V« after posting a five-cent range. A steadier tone in the formerly weak soymeal market supported soybeans despite weakness in oil because meal
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      WHEAT
      123 12 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade recovered from midday weakness to close on or near the highs on Wednesday, up 2V« US cents to one cent per bushel. May settled at $3.38 after posting a 2V«cent range on the day. Dwindling deliveries and the outlook for continued
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      KL Tin
      77 12 THE KuU Lemper Tie Market price steyed at the letereetleeal Tie Agreement (leer-level of M$2S.l5 per kg yesterday with the haffer stock manager dominating. Koala Lemper's premlem over the Lendea •pet prlee widened to £JN per tonne (rem £275 per teane en Wednesday. Supplies dropped to 16 tonnes
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      TEXTILES
      161 12 Yarn (In HK$ per bote o4 400 lb) China 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 yorn, hank Blue Phoenix 2l's 3,000 Combed yarn, cones Blue Phoenix 32'* 4,350 Blue Phoenix 40's 4,500 Open-end yarn Blue
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      Produce exchange
      152 12 Chinese Produce Robusta 20/25% FOB NSW 477 50 Exchange Nutmeg (Sellers' noon closing pri Mor U SS/100 kg). ices on 110 FOB NSW E&W FOB NSW 396 00 248 00 Coconut oil Bulk Foe Old drum FOB 155 00 168 00 Gambier FOB NSW 330 00 New drum
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      RICE
      275 12 Singapore (S$/kito, M-ydown) Fragrant new crop 1st 096 2nd 0.70 3rd 0.65 New Crop 25% no stock 10% no stock Thai Broken A-super 0.60 Special 057 Thoi Rice 55% no stock China Rice 10% 0 87 15% no stock 25% no stock 35% no stock Thai Boiled Rice 5«
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      LONDON MARKETS
      825 12 COFFEE Robusta futures edged up in late session on Wednesday to show small gains of £8 to £2 a tonne by the close, apart from spot March which was down £5. May ended at £2,432, up £2 and above 119 cents/lb in dollar terms. Morning activity lacked feature
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      508 12 HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of Harimau Investments Limited is pleased to announce: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1984 Total Income From Operations Operating Profit before Taxation and Extraordinary Items Less: Income Tax Operating Profit after Jaxation and before
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
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      Blue chips lead market in afternoon recovery
      4125 13 STRONG BUYING support in the afternoon reversed the morning's weak trend at the Singapore stock market, enabling share prices to end the day with encouraging gains yesterday. The BT Composite Index rose 4.79 points to 746.76 while the Straits Times Industrial Index increased
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      Chief price changes
      244 13 SINGAPORE RilM Indices bta Ufi 650 OUI 364 Mmk Carpi 356 T 6 M 352 Ni inlii S0« 316 Nn Par 247 Na-O S0« 308 Utd M*Uca 710 ICS 670 ICS 580 FAN 535 Falls Paah Hm 450 Smm IM 170 N S 0 t 330 Matra
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      Business done on the SES
      3500 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 brackets In lou of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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      Lock icon RATING THE BT COMPOSITE
      1352 14 Second of a four-part technical appraisal of the 40 stocks By HOCK LOCK SIEW PAN ELECTRIC: When just about all stocks were reeling under the pressure of the 1984 bear market, investors' favourite, Pan Electric ($3.08) moved against the general market downtrend to post good gains.
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      Selected indices
      94 14 HONGKONG Hang Seng Index Thursday 1356.35 Wednesday 1335.82 Week ago 1389.14 Australian Industrials Thursday 1165.8 Wednesday ***** Week ago 1176.9 NEW YORK TOKYO Tokyo Dow Jones Thursday *****.03 Wednesday *****.26 Week ago *****.80 TSE Index Thursday *993.92 Wednesday 986.53 Week ago 986.80 SYDNEY Dow Jones Wednesday 1261.70 Tuesday
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      Unit trusts
      232 14 Monogers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for March 15 First B'putro Second B'putro 531 536 5 21 J5 26 Singapore Unit Trust Third B'putro Fourth B'putro 417 4 22 4 62 4 67 The Commerce 228 2.42 Fifth B'putro 314 319 The Savmgs Fund 1 58 1 68 Sixth B'putro 3
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      33 14 VAN DER HORST Ltd: Eleventh AGM at 11, Pandan Crescent, Singapore 0512, on March 27 at 10am. INCHCAPE BERHAD: 18th AGM at Inchcape House, 450/452 Alexandra Road, Singapore on May 14.
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      Lock icon Dunlop PLC expects £27m pre-tax
      363 14 Reuter DUNLOP Holdings PLC estimates its 1984 pre-tax profit at £27 million against £17 million in 1983, figures giVen in BTR PLC's offer document show. After a £72 million extraordinary charge, the 1984 outcome was a loss of £88 million against a loss of £166
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      MUI enjoys another year of record profits
      821 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM MALAYAN United Industries Bhd has scored record profits for a second successive year, and analysts think this year will see yet another good performance. For the year to end-Decem-ber, group pre-tax profits rose 12 per cent to M 591.05 million
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      Late round of buying boosts KL prices
      445 15 SHARE PRICES on the Kuala Lumpur stock market closed on a slightly steadier note yesterday for the first time this week, thanks to a late round of buying support. Interest was centred on industrial and property issues; most industrial counters in particular managed
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2322 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. VOUSTRUU.S Aom (1.838) A Choc (2.765) AMD (3.406X31) 3.44 (20)
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      Sir Yue-kong looks set to win Wheelock Marden
      249 15  -  By TERESA LIM in Hongkong THE BATTLE for Wheelock Marden between Singapore hotelier Khoo Teck Puat and shipowner Sir Yue-kong Pao is all but won by the Hongkong taipan. According to disclosures made to the Hongkong Securities Commission yesterday by Sir Yue-kong's
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      Van der Horst
      35 15 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has asked Van der Horst whether the company is able to maintain its dividend rate on the enlarged capital of $38.28 million following its one-for-one rights issue.
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      LONDON STOCKS
      825 15 EQUITIES opened easier in quiet trading yesterday following the lower trend on Wall Street overnight, dealer said. At noon, the FT 30 index was down 1.8 points at 985.6 while the FTSE 100 rose 0.4 to 1295.6. Oils moved against the trend, recovering from Wednesday's sharp Tails following
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      Lock icon HK Land climbs back
      541 15 MiOQ mm™ By HOCK LOCK SIEW HONGKONG LAND'S latest year-end results released yesterday show that the company is slowly climbing back from what has been described as the edge of catastrophe. This time it was able to show bottomline profits of HK$5O million as against huge
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    • LATEST RESULTS
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        HONG LEONG INDUSTRIES BHD
        71 15 announced that group pre- tax profits for the six months ended Dec 31, 1964, were 24 per cent lower at M 514.53 million (from $19 million) on an 18 per cent fall in turnover to $136.69 million (from $166.56 million). Directors have declared an interim dividend
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        HUME INDUSTRIES (M) BHD
        51 15 chalked up group pre-tax profits of M 517.1 million, 5 per cent down from $18.1 million previously for the interim period ended Dec 31, 1984. An interim gross dividend of 6 cents per $1 share will be paid on May 3 to shareholders registered on April
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        HARIMAU INVESTMENTS LTD
        70 15 reported a 20 per cent im- provement in group pre-tax profits to $6.31 million (from $5.27 million) on a 27 per cent increase in total income to $8.23 million (from 6.49 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1964. Directors have recommended a higher final gross dividend
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        GANDA HOLDINGS BHD
        65 15 an- nounced that group pre-tax profits, including the results of its associated companies, rose by a sharp 83 per cent to M 59.72 million (from $5.31 million) for the year ended Sep 30, 1984. Group turnover nearly trebled to $166.12 million (from $58.1 million). A first and
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      77 14 Golden Witehbreed Mary Gentle Nearly destroyed by the technology which belonged to their planet's once great civilization, the Ortheans have deliberately turned away from the past. An envoy, Lynne de Lisle Christie was sent from Earth to win the confidence of Orthe's leaders. In a conflict which threatens to explode
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      28 15 A sign of good service For details write to Lombard North Central PLC. Banking Services Dept 510 17 Bruton Street London WIA 3DH England Telephone 01 409 3434
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      430 15 Ill* m§m n m m ftML UNITED OVERSEAS LAND LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC Of SINGAPORE) IMPORTANT NOTICE To HOLDERS OF REGISTERED SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTS ("RSW") All terms used herein, unless otherwise defined or unless the context otherwise requires, shall bear the same meanings as defined m the RSW The attention
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    'Banks should pool ATM resources'
    525 16  -  Measures to promote cashless paydays By AMY BALAN BANKS were brought to task yesterday for spreading their automated teller machine network without regard to the greater productivity that could be achieved by pooling their ATM resources. Telecoms' general manager, Mr Goh Seng Kim, said competition
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    Local bankers welcome call to share automated tellers
    344 16 LOCAL BANKERS welcome the call to share automated teller machines, but foreign bankers expressed doubts that they would ever be allowed to participate. Foreign bankers speculated that Mr Lee Yock Suan was actually referring only to the Big Four local banking groups
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    New pharmaceutical factory to be built
    283 16  -  By PENG AILIAN A PHARMACEUTICAL factory, estimated to cost $20 million, will be built by the Ministry of Health to replace the present Production Laboratory at Jalan Bukit Merah. Mr Tan Kiok K'ng, chief pharmacist and director of the pharmaceutical department at the ministry,
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    Lock icon Spirits to lighten your heart
    137 16 UPI TEETOTALLERS are more likely to suffer coronary heart disease than people who drink alcoholic beverages in moderation, studies have shown again. Dr Arthur Klatsky, chief of cardiology at Kaiser-Permanente Medical Centre in Oakland, California, cautioned heavy drinkers, however, not to use his findings to
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    Lock icon Transhipments to China: Taipei taking action
    321 16 AFP AUTHORITIES in Taipei are drafting measures to check Taiwan's growing exports to China through third parties, especially Hongkong and Singapore, a source said yesterday. The moves have been prompted by a sharp increase in exports to Hongkong, Taiwan's third largest buyer, and Singapore,
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    Lock icon Mahathir offers a spicy tip
    114 16 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday suggested that "laksa" sellers in the country emulate American fast-food chain McDonald's and popularise the food specialty. He said that Kuala Perlis, famous for its laksa, should turn the business into an enterprise that could
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    Introductory rebate being planned to encourage non-cash payments
    332 16 AN INTRODUCTORY rebate is being considered to encourage people to pay their regular bills through the Giro service and other non-cash methods. Acting Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan said details of such a scheme were being worked out. He was speaking at
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    434 16  -  By TERESA LIM Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG LAND has, after two years of losses, made it back into the black. The property company, once the world's largest and richest, reported a surplus of HKJSO million after accounting for extraordinary losses of $304
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    64 16 Reuter WALL STREET stock prices were lower in the first 15 minutes of trading yesterday with the Dow Jones average off almost two points at 1259. Overall, losers led gainers by five-to-two on early volume of seven million shares. Analysts said the market may try to rally
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    73 16 THE Singapore Airlines group will be selling more than 7 million shares at an increased price of $5.16 each. A motion was also passed at a special shareholders' meeting yesterday to increase its employees' stake in the group to 24 per cent, up 4 per
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      34 16 AP SABAH STATE, a supplier of timber to Japan. Hongkong, South Korea and Western Europe, will halt timber production for one month effective immediately, Malaysia's national news agency Bernama said.
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      44 16 Reuter BANGLADESH has stopped investment by foreign interests in sectors which do not need foreign technology. Industry department officials said this will affect sectors such as alcoholic beverages and ready-made garments which now earn foreign exchange for the country. Reuter
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      50 16 Reuter VIETNAMESE troops are gearing up for new incursions into Thailand, according to a Thai commander who warned that his forces would retaliate hard and fast, possibly across the border into Kampuchea. Lieutenant General Phisit Hemabutr said the Vietnamese were poised to strike into two provinces. Reuter
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      49 16 UPI FORMER Israeli Defence Minister Ariel Sharon admonished his government for letting Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman Yasser Arafat flee from Lebanon in 1983 instead of killing him. "I say it clearly, we committed an error by letting him live," Mr Sharon said in an interview.
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      37 16 Reuter INDIAN HOTELS are offering a cheap package to try to attract at least one million tourists to the country in 1985, India's Minister of State for Tourism and Civil Aviation Ashok Gehlot said.
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      29 16 Reuter A SENIOR executive of a financially-troubled Taiwan industrial group said the company spent huge sums entertaining government officials, an investigator for a government commission yesterday. Reuter
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      123 16 Britannia offers you a world of investment opportunities The Chartered Bank Building, 6 Battery Road, #14-08, Singapore 0104. Telephone: *****86. ■a I ICMA SEMINAR G Modern Management Accounting A half day seminar Led by, Cyril W Banyard, B.Sc(Eng), C Eng, FCMA., President of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants,
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      199 16 Sm Hock Lock Siew Pago 15 MEXICO CITY 8 AM CONDON 2 PM SINGAPORE 10 PM Citißanking can help keep your company's money working around the clocks From The Citi of IbnwiTowf.. Citißanking today. Mail. Telephone. Telex. If your company is still doing most of its banking in traditional ways,
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      53 16 Outlook for today: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Report for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on March 14 at the oirport: Maximum temperature 33.3' Associated humidity 61 Minimum temperoture 24.3 Associated humidity 97 Hours of sunshine 5.50 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Rainfall this month 37.6 Rainy days this
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      240 17 OFFICIALS OF BANKS, trading houses and fishing fleets are part of a "shopping list" of people that the members of the Multiport Ship Agencies Network will approach in future. The list of 19 was drawn up at a two-day annual general meeting which ended in
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      468 17  -  By LINDA CHEE BULK shipping consultants Jones, Bardelmeier and Co has projected a bright future for consulting services in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in the field of raw materials. The company feels that more companies are realising the importance of economic studies relating
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      851 17 IMpplngUm Fag* Col Afeo VI 3 Ahrenkiel Uner V 4 AC Toepfer X 5 Alphotrons VI 4 Andeka Shpg VI 1 ANL 1 1 Antoh Or»«nt X 1 APC Ln« V 4 APL 4 Arrow Unes X 4 ASCL M 1 Avabroker V 5 Atlas Un«s X
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        118 17 THE Port of Galveston has reduced tariffs in several categories at its Pier 10 container terminal, according to C S Devoy, executive director and general manager of the port. The rate reductions effective in February follow enlargement of the terminal during the past year. Two new cranes
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        123 17 Fairplay THE North-Atlantic joint venture company, Atlantic Container Line, has ruled out the early replacement of its four ageing Gl-type vessels. The company, which is completing a US$35O million fleet replacement programme, expects the four ships to continue operations for five to 10 years. Although
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      American Hawaii delivered to Crowley Maritime Corp
      127 18 THE Lindo Yard of the Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd has delivered the American Hawaii to Crowley Maritime Corporation. The 24,000 dwt container vessel American Hawaii is the second in a series of three identical vessels of the so called roll-on roll-off-load-on/load-off type which
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      Zamil Marine sets up new shiprepair yard
      180 18 ZAMIL Marine Services Co has established a new shiprepair yard at the Saudi Arabian Port of Dammam. The owners of the King Fahad Ship Repair Yard says the yard will not be in direct competition with other Gulf yards. Company's president Zamil al-Zamil
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      Colombo's additional berth
      143 18 WORK has begun on the second stage of redevelopment plans for the Port of Colombo which envisages a fully-equipped container berth adjacent to another being built under phase one of the project. The additional berth will be 300 metres long, with an alongside depth of 12 metres.
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      Lock icon Basis for CMB's recovery
      888 18 Fairplay IN his panelled room in Sint Katelijnevest, Mr Jacques Saverys, chairman of Compagnie Maritime Beige, spoke of the line's recovery in 1984 after the losses of 1983. Two main events helped the turnaround. CMB withdrew from Dart Container Line after sustaining heavy and prolonged losses
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      LONDON FREIGHTS
      1876 18 ACTTVE time-charter and I coal fixing featured the < freight market on Wednes- day with the grain sector j still very subdued, ship- j brokers said. < Time-charterers ar- 1 ranged several vessels out i of Antwerp-Hamburg with a 31,000 tonner destined for < Singapore-Japan range including China
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      KMPA's move to phase out old ships
      254 19 THE Korean Maritime A Port Administration (KMPA) has decided to push strongly for the immediate sale of uneconomic secondhand vessels belonging to Korean shipowners. The secondhand vessels have proved to be a heavy burden for the new shipping groups, generating annual operating losses
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      MarAd seeks to ease rules over subsidies
      517 19 NEW official proposals for the US liner fleet could lead to increased conflict between domestic operators over the controversial shipping subsidy scheme. Maritime Administration plans seek to relax rules over the payment of subsidies to allow US liner companies to improve their reactions
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      Shanghai port set to double its box capacity
      378 19 CHINA'S premier port, Shanghai, is set to double its container capacity in the next 12 months with the construction of a two-berth terminal. Plans to develop the container operations of a number of Chinese ports fit in with the country's strategy to
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      98 19 TMR/ITN Sea-Land Services, first noted in the United States as the latest double-stack player last summer, will run the system from its new Port of Tacoma base competing with American President Companies and the Port of Seattle. Weekly trains will operate between Tacoma and New York. It will
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      SHIPPING EVENTS
      387 19 March 12-15 Marine Pollution, Lloyd's of London Press seminar, The Berners Hotel, London. March 18-22 Expoship London 85, international maritime exhibition, Barbican Centre, London. March It Dynamic positioning, Tayside Branch Nautical Institute, 19.30 hours, on board HMS Camperdown, Dundee. March 11-21 Dredging for civil engineers, University of Strathclyde
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      SHIPPING LIST where your ships are due...and when
      2567 24 aoaßGyiEß A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of
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      687 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 Shong Cheng 3S/4N 16.3.85 16.3.85 16 385 16.3.85 16.3.85 163.85 163.85 16 385 16 3.85 17.385 17.3.85 17.3.85 0700 0700 0700 0730 1100 1300 1500
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      1852 25 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents. A-B \EE% African Stopping Aaen. ion <S' \fro-Earaoia line Transffroup 'Si \hrrnklrl liner Service Kim Shpg 'Si Alfred < Toepler Oceanus Shipping Agen <!•«, «Si Manntex Enterprise IPKI Alpac Intrasea < S» Bintang Shpg KI.
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      369 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES 15.3.85/0700 Royal Prince K19 C Feeders alongside Prosper K29 Leo 14.3.85/2359 18.3.85/2359 Equator III K22 T Soon 15.3.85/0900 15.3.85/1500 Fukuzakl Maru K27 Sharp 15.3.85/0500 16.3.85/1500 Kim Soon LI K23 T Soon 15.3.85/0700 15.3.85/2300 Linden K16 Borneo 15.3.85/0900
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      498 17 Pubkshmd by TIMES BOOKS INTERNATIONAL Times Centre 1 New Industrial Road Spore 1953 Tel: *****44 A memtW O* the ti me* <>aanija»<yi 556.50 I u Mr Jacquaa Saverya, chairman of Compagnia Maritime Beige, spoke of lha lina'a recovery in 1964 aftar tha loaaaa of 1983 II NEW official propoaala for
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      284 17 UNITED ARAB SHIPPING CO (SAG! aUASC SEALORD SHIPPING AGENCIES ;0 Shanlon Way 04 02C Marina Moum Singapore 020' T»i *****94 Te ,No CFS office TPC 03 30 Tel *****31 and *****32 Terminal office TPC 03 ?9 Tel No *****90 *****93 NATIONAL LME OF BA EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER SERVICE NB. 1)
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      466 17 I* *r MAERSK LINE PORT TO MS*. EUROPE. MIDDLE EAST. WEST AFRICA ASIA 1 rA< II l< (it I I \IIAN I l< lAS I < A\ Al >A. IM AM i l'< >IN I •SHGAPOm aOSMG IMS CT 18.3 UOOHRS CfS 17/3 2300HRS 'I K i i l;ll(.H'M I
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      460 18 NOTICE ACE CONSORTIUM CHO YANG SHIPPING FRANCO-BELGIAN SERVICES KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA KOREA SHIPPING CORPORATION NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES ORIENT OVERSEAS CONTAINER LINE ACE Group comprising Cho Yang Shipping, Franco-Belgian Services, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Korea Shipping Corporation, Neptune Orient Lines, Orient Overseas Container Line, has decided to further rationalize the Europe/Far East
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      241 18 Supercarrier Service NEXT ARRNAIS BARKS TEXAS 18/3. BARBER PERSEUS 27/3 BARBER PRIAM 7/4 BARBER HECTOR 17/4 TO: CALIFORNIA PANAMA US ATLANTIC US GULF E. CANADA m L_''! UH tdir* 3/S 4/S 12/5 U/5 TUi tUS 2/C 1/1 I 1! tMu acc*ta« tar Ma (MB). S Fraww. OaUa*. Stadita. a* S»
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      1010 19 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd Overseas Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Ssbsh, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT CARMAN MT OSAKA MT LIVERPOOL MT TOKTO MT KIT HMO MAM THAKS MMU an OF EWWRGH TOMO DMSS CARMAN BAT HUM MT Spare
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      689 19 Franco Belgian Services T+r Xai. tit ,-vin h'ur in^i (MFMBtR OF ACt CONSORTIUM) I MKP TO MtOft t«H rwiiwii Hot* I'taa Ftlwn Dm Wiw Aat Ua lte| illna I'M! Wtow PJMmi JJw MOM pi Sr i7i/% 12* 14 Apr 15% KOKM CMMX 12 F* UM UFA UFA 21 F* bM
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      55 19 NOTICE m.». "VBHVA AMBM" VOV: 39 arrived 12th Mvch IMS at P.S.A Godown Ho K-17 General Survey of corgo ex the above vessel will be held on Tuesday 19th March 1985 from 9.00 a.m. to I 00 p.m. No further survey will be held after this date. A|wts:RJUMMHOY I SOW
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      591 20 Hapag-Lloyd EXPORTS TO CONTINENT/UK On carriage to Scandhavia, Med, Cambean IS. America Hand haubfe to inland destinations in Eirope TO EUROPE/MED Spore P KetanfPenar*L«uoes BN>ao Genoa Wwrf *dam Antwerp m TOUNUS 19/3 23/3 25/3 10/4 HK Lone Oakland Seattle B«jch Tacomi 27/3 15/4 13/* 23/3 7/4 27/3 15/4 13/4 2/4
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      347 20 FULLY CONTAINERISED SER VICE A Member of the Ace Consort*** 94 11« 13'* 16 4 18 4 ?0 23 4 25 4 27/4 30; 4 2/5 4/5 7/5 15 11/5 ALSO LOADING too BRf Mf RHAVfN HONGKONG CONTAftR 43E OfVALCR PAW. 4X CWVALCR «Ofl 421 Susan tokyo 31 3 11
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      317 20 THONG SOON AGENCIES PEE. LTD-#O9-07. ROBIN A HOUSE. SPORE 0106. TEL: *****88 TELEX: RS ***** BOOKING: *****56 (DIRECT LINE) SINGAPORE TO PENANG SINGAPORE TO SABAH PORT LINK SIN6APORE/lAN6KOK TWICE A WEEK JENLMK (¥.ll/85) 19 U JENLMK (¥.12/85) 26 N JENLMK (V.13/85) 2 A JENWEL (¥.l/85) 23 N JENLMK (¥.14/85) 9
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      806 20 EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound Service (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/W.MED./FE) [MR GUARD (WD GRAOE (MR GOMC AISO ACCEPTMG CARGO 10 1) PROVBENCI NNARK SAVANNAH BOSTON PHIADEIPtIA NORFOLK lACKSONVIIE. MLMNGTON ETC 2) ATLANTA CMC AGO DETROIT COl UMBOS I OTMR MAJOR MKROBRDGE DESTNATIONS 3) CRISTOBAL BALBOA PANAMA CTTY. COLON. SAN WW ORLEANS
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      306 20 as I NOSE MARITIME PTE LTD ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES IRANIAN SERVICES Loadni for 8. Abbav B IB—W PORT HUANG PfNANG SMOSf MAR! TUK PTE ITD TEL *****44/7 I *****70 MAiOSf MARITBH SON BHD TH *****2 3 MALAYSIA TRAM t TRANSPORT LTD Tel ***** t ***** P9 KYOWA
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      824 21 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 v\v EAST AFRICA/REDSEA SERVICES ■>> j f "i fern rrr KARACHI/M.E. GULF SERVICES VOYAGE HONGKONG SINGAPORE KARACHI 14-17/4 I 29-2/5 I 5-4/5 9-10/4 E-320 COLOMBO/CHITT A GONG/RANGOON SERVICES CHITTAGONG SINGAPORE VOYAGE S-12/4 31-3/4 20-22/3 -433 BANGKOK DIRECT
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      835 21 m BENLINE CONTAINERS express com wo service to/from EUROPE STRAITS EUROPE TOEISOPt SPOM PHE lANC UK HAM B HAVEN ROAM HAVRE Ba» 24/3 »/J 11/4 w/4 14/4 u/4 17/4 Ouka Bat 29/3 31/3 17/4 19/4 21/4 22/4 24/4 Liesrpsel Be* 4/4 0/4 24/4 20/4 21/4 2J/4 1/5 T*»s Baj 12/4
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      691 21 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF Far East S'potc Service Fii Cont Buian IMunu Kate iMtaan HK S'pve T|fno* <*t> COM Vl7 24/2 27/2 21/2 1/3 5/3 12/3 13/3 IM Mr AMI VII m ft/3 1/3 lft/3 l(/3 17/3 22/3 24/3 H'mawa; IKi.Jii.V, T HT:Ti WEST BOUND Tlwy Amsterdam HW| Antwerp
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      531 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR m (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon 25/26 Mar Phashweiyawywa ¥251 lnPt/16 Mar Pa-ar Vtl Paean VBSW 20/23 Mar 29/31 Mar BANK LINE 11 IIJI yi" SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG IVYBANK 12 Apr 8 May 11 May 14 May CLYDEBANK 5 May 31 May
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      1146 22 j|y_ IV LINE —KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. USA CANADA DESTINATIONS INLAND vi» IPI/MICROBRIDGE ft MINILAND BRIDGE) FEEDER/ WHORE BRDGE V4l ASIA STAR V 34 MOTHER VESSEL HARBOUR BftlOGE V 34 PI ANT IN VlO HYUGA MARU VII STORE PKLG PENANG S PORE T/S PORT jruni rniu immw 13 Mar 14
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      573 22 CALIFORNIA/PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE EXPRESS CONTAINER/REEFER/BULK SERVICE loading lot 10S ANGfIfS. SAN FRANCISCO SEAUtE lACOM* VANCOUVER BC Accepting fCI fCI Containers AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting (CI FCI Containers VtSHVA MUMWH 11 M.r RAMOAS 25 ?6 MU> 27 ?8 Mir KABIRDAS 17 18 Apr RAVIOAS 26 27 Apr ?8 ?9
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      499 22 SANKO ASIA FROM JAPAM€S€ POUTS AND HOMOKOMG Sn(ipat PKcUnf Gdn K 27/17 Mar 17/11 Mar Penan* 1. FUKUZAKI MARU 2. REGENT RUTH 3. UNWN TRADER 4. SUN CMMA 5. EDO MARU 6. GOTONG ROYONG 7. SHMKO MARU 19/70 Mar 19/21 Mat 24/2® Mar 25/26 Mar 29/31 Mat 3/5 Apr 17/11
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      498 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road »27 16 Internationa' P'aza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lmes> jroaAsiA&m BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK Spore P tarSMI EDUARDO *****02 Saied In Pert ROTT/ANT/UJI (AVON) SEA WOOD AND R.M.Z.t^n S pore P Kelang Loadnf Mr: M.EV 4/4 7/4 Jeddah/Monlalcone/Satamo/Valencji ApnH Severe HTRASE* (ME)
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      596 23 &LNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): K JACEJM 2SW TW BRDGE 24W C CONTAMER 29W K CHANCE 21W m CONTAMER 44 0 CHEF 43W Also acceptirw cargo to/from Scandinavia K JACEJIN S pore Closing Times: FCL Cargo 0800 17/3 LCL Cargo 2000 16/3 FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ)
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      397 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels DO* AM SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON SP.flt tUNIS NEPTUNE AGE NCR S PTE I ID Tel *****7 7 7 *****4 i ???7SIO *****77 (Operations) *****8/ 7709?84 (Teimmal) *****50 *****04 (CIS) Mil »»\l« »UNIS TUNAS SfTIA SON RHO HI lei *****0
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      876 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Numbers *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** p kelang M/S SHARKAT NAM SOON SON. BHD IST AND 2ND FLOOR. NO 1. JALAN CEMPENMG PORT KLANG MALAYSIA
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      44 23 SIM SWEE JOO SHIPPING SDN BHD EXPRESS TO BINTULU F. Keianf Penanj loadnf tar SWEE LONG SATU Voy 72 19/3 MBUAN MYA Voy 45 21/3 Kuctanf. Sfai. Bmtuki. Mn Agents: JAMBATAN MERAH SDN. BHD. P. Kelang: *****6 7 K.L. *****7 *****1 Penang ***** a
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      679 24 KcjiUmal Container Lines (fMmmiSSI 3 Sa,lm 9» Weekly Piiihin iil Reliable Regular Punctual Berthing P S.A Mon. Wed A Sat HINODE KISEN CO.JLTD l I.TKA lIKW I.IKT \KKIKK SINGAPORE ISLANDS LINE Loadtaf for Bombay Pt. Low, Reunion, Tarn, Mombjssa, Dsrtssjiim IM VEB DEUTFRACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK FORTNKHTLY FULL CONTAHER SERVICE TO EUROPE
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      167 24 m Weather w Y. m M I? m IS C* LU r M in SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND R Thunderstorm #C -/wnd d.rect,on w,th speed m knots V Shower [j Ram Wove height Cloudy Sky Surface winds ore indicated by arrows which fly
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      210 25 KOREA UNDOK SHIPPING CO. LOADING DIRECT FOR:S'pare ludnf tor M V SONGLM DPR KOREA 20/3/15 CMta(on( GENERAL AGENT ZOSMG SHIPPING CO PTE LTD I. North Bridge Rood, 12-06 High Street Centre Bldg, Singopore 0617. Tel: *****77/8, *****38. *****46 TLX RS ***** A/B: WELSHP BOHLER SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 137, Mar Vet
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      105 25 CHITTAGONG SERVICE VSL NAME ETA ETD LOAWNG FOR THREE STAR 1 In Port 15/3 CHTTAGOMG THE NEW STRAITS SHPHN6 CO PTE LTD TEL: *****07/ *****22 Chittagong Agent: HEGGESHIP NG Shipping Private Ltd. T*t«p*on« *****43. *****90. *****74 TLX RS ***** MGSHIP SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO: CHITTAGONG TO: MADRAS INDON SHIPPING PTE LTD.
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      460 25 Cheng Lie Navigation Co., Ltd. CONTAK* SERVICE TO BANGKOK/HONGKONG/TAIWAN STOW BKK HKG KEE KM) MM IK 1 504 »/J l/< 7/4 J/4 11/4 CHUNG LI 505 7/4 11/4 14/4 11/4 20/4 9GENERAL AGENTS CONTINENTAL FEEDERS PTE. LTD., T*» *****51 T«t*x: RS ***** FEEDERS GOOD HARVEST LINES CONCORD LINES REGULAR conventional
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      100 25 FINE-LINER SHIPPING PTE LTD •0, CECIL STREET #o*o6 DUNN HOUSE. STORE 0104 TLX: RS 22*41 FLINER TEL: *****02, *****13, *****07 ACCEPTIN i I JU'ii"! I'.l'UJ i.'■ i LIN LIN SHIPPING PTE. LTD. 1. Maeuin* Road «OS-04 Central Building. Singapore 010 S. Tat: *****14 4 *****22 WEEKLY SERVICE SINGAPORE TO KUCHNG
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      93 25 LIZENA PTE LTD T«h *****67, ***** M Tatex: RS2SI4I ETA ETD Loatfinf for MEKONG KMIHE In Port 20/3 Phom Pa* TBN 22/3 2t/3 HkMm* tty SM SABAMC 22/3 2t/3 DIM SMMME6A 19/3 23/3 P*» Bjra SEKWCE TO EAST KALMANTAN (MDONESM FlAfi) PROMPT SHIPPMC LINE SA. KCUM MONTH.T UKR SOUCt TO
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      350 26 /wi 1 EAST ASIA LINE (Majaysion Flag) Regular Lhwr Bfvk:— M'SIA/B'POfiE/INDIA P. Ketone P. Gudong S pore Ldgfof AMAH 20/3 22/3 24/3 M)€KA PCTTAMA 26/3 21/3 30/3 Ma*as/ REGULAR JAMN/STRAITS/lAPAN SERVICES Bombay 28/3 26/3 Na|/K«bo/ EAST ASIA SHPPMG SON. BH) S pore A{ents: TEL: *****2/36 TLX: MA ***** lALAL SEAGULL
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