The Business Times, 10 January 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 198« 75 CENTS
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  • 681 1  -  I I 4 VM Alleged sale of 100 m Promet shares By ALAN LEE, Companies Editor ANOTHER THORNY ISSUE has surfaced at troubled Promet Bhd, serving to underscore the seriousness of a split between the company's chairman, Tan Sri Ibrahim Mohamed, and his chief executive,
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  • 852 1  -  Bankers urge cut in reserve ratio By SOH TIANG KENG, Financial Correspondent A PANEL OF prominent bankers has called for a reduction in the 26 per cent reserve requirement which it said hampers the banks' ability to lend. Mr Allan Ng, chairman of
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  • 112 1 THE NEW YORK stock market recorded its biggest one-day drop on Wednesday on interest rate worries, causing share prices to tumble in Japan and Hongkong yesterday. Tokyo prices plunged initially with the market average losing more than 97 points. It later regained much
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  • Article, Illustration
    88 1 SHARE PRICES eased slightly yesterday after four straight sessions sf gate. Profit-latin* aad stale ball liquidations were evident as investors retreated to the sidelines to take stock sf the Investment situation again. The Straits Times Industrial ladex lest 4.4 C point* to <41.43, after achieving a 32.57-point rise
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  • 109 1 AP EASTMAN KODAK, ordered by a US federal court to quit the instant photography business, announced a major programme on Wednesday. Owners of the estimated 16 million Kodak instant cameras the company has sold since it began competing with rival Polaroid a decade ago will
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  • 335 1 INVESTIGATORS from the Ministry of Finance conducted preChristmas raids on at least one law firm, seizing files related to the beleaguered Pan Electric group and several associated companies. Officers from the Commercial Affairs Investigation Department (CAID) of the Ministry of Finance were particularly interested in
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  • 483 1  -  By CHAN OI CHEE A GROUP OF professionals, including some Members of Parliament, in a study of the Pan-Electrie affair, has strongly urged the government to use public funds to bail out the securities industry, which has been shaken badly by
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  • 106 1 BRITISH Defence Minister Michael Heseltine has resigned following a controversial battle with Mrs Margaret Thatcher and Trade Secretary Leon Brittan over the sale of Westland, the country's financially ailing helicopter maker. Mr Heseltine, 52, was fiercely opposed to a rescue offer by Sikorsky of the US
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 102 1 \s> o<; e< f. ..us |l 3 OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA The challenges of new markets have led us to a worldwide network covering 65 countries. Our most recent challenge is the opening of yet another door, in China, with the establishing of our branch in Shenzhen. This means that we
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    • 272 1 Wall Street report, Page 10 Asian stocks, Page 11 Koon Swan-Ka Wah links shock Pan-El rescuers, Page 13 SHARE INFORMATION MONEY A EXCHANGES RAW MATERIALS LETTERS CROSSWORDS TV A RADIO DOONESBURY BRISTOW OUR VIEW IT NOW LOOKS as if an enforced peace will reign again on the isle of tranquility
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 469 2  -  By FOO CHOY PENG A TALLY of job openings listed with the Ministry of Labour regularly shows more than 1,400 jobs available during a typical month last year. Yet hardly over 370 offers often much lower were accepted each month even though the
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    • 314 2 LIN JINN SIN has been appointed the branch manager of IBM Singapore's general marketing branch with effect from Jan 1. Mr Lin, who was the business plans manager before his recent appointment, joined IBM in 1979. The company also appointed KOH SEE HEONG as the manager of
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    • 153 2 A BIRD'S eye view of commonsense direct marketing will be offered by an authority on the business, Mr Drayton Bird, the vicechairman and executive creative director of Ogilvy Mather Direct, London, this month. Mr Bird, the author of "Commonsense Direct Marketing", the first UK book
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    • 311 2 ASIAN k AEROSPACE'B6 ISRAEL'S latest aviation and defence systems will be on show at the Third Asian Aerospace show next week. Eleven companies will be at the Israel Pavilion, one of the many national pavilions at the four-day exhibition, to show their "proven
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    • 176 2 THE TOURIST Board and Singapore Airlines are set to woo incentive travel groups and special interest visitors from Taiwan at a promotion later this month. The joint marketing and convention promotion will be held in Taipei on Jan 15 and 16 in a programme of
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    • 340 2  -  By LEE HAN SHIH A PROMINENT local businessman has been appointed the South-east Asian agent and representative of the Guangdong provincial government to help promote certain joint ventures and technology transfers. Mr Lau Ing Woon, a council member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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    • 81 2 DR TOH CHIN CHYE, the Member of Parliament for Rochore, is to ask the Government in Parliament today to disclose the number of companies that had closed in the last three years. Another Member of Parliament, Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (Yuhua), wants to know whether the Government
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    • 433 2 Cahners Tel 7 Exposition Tlx Group Fax: *****13 I RS ***** *****66 S DURATION TITLE VENUE ORGANISER TELEPHONE Jon 11 Strategic Job PlanningHoliday Inn The Admin Club *****88 Key to Higher Office Parkview Productivity in the 80s Jan 13 Diploma in Management National National *****34 (commenceAccounting and Productivity
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    • 277 2 THREE SINGAPORE journalists, including Business Times deputy editor Mano Sabnani, are among 10 Commonwealth journalists selected for the 1986-87 Press Fellowship programmes at Cambridge University's Wolfson College. Mr Sabnani, Mr Alan R John, assistant to the editor, The Straits Times, and Mr Teo
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 324 3 AFP US OFFICIALS said they were anticipating a seizure of US assets in Libya by the government of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi following President Ronald Reagan's decision to freeze Libyan assets in the US. Mr Reagan on Wednesday ordered that all Libyan assets
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    • 117 3 Reuter SOUTH KOREA is freezing this year's salaries for the president, government ministers, generals, ambassadors and other high public officials at 1985 levels. Newly-appointed Government Administration Minister Chung Kwan-Yong said yesterday that the move, expected to save about US$lBO,OOO, was aimed at setting an example in
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    • 91 3 Reuter KIM PLAISANCE, owner of a used car lot, acknowledging a honk from a paaalng motorist who agrees with his sign situated in front of his lot. Mr Plaisance said he put up the sign because like many Americans he is frustrated at the support
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    • 270 3 Reuter THE OUTLOOK for the Australian economy remains bright for early 1986, but the pace of growth could be slowing, says a leading index report issued by Westpac Banking Corp and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Growth in the index slowed
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    • 131 3 AFP MALAYSIA is testing tea imported from Sri Lanka, following reports that tea shipments had been poisoned by separatist rebels. The director of the Malaysian health services, Dr Abdullah Abdul Rahman, said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that the chemistry department was conducting tests to
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    • 367 3 AP THE CHINESE Communist Party yesterday called on its members to shun attempts to bribe them, saying they should resist the eroding influence of capitalist ideology. A small number of party members and government officials have "forgotten their responsibility to serve the people
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    • 152 3 AFP TAIWAN REGISTERED a record trade surplus of USSIO.6 billion last year in spite of a decline in its foreign trade. An official report, released by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, said two-way trade in 1985 dropped 3 per cent from the previous
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    • 475 3 Export-led growth versus increased consumer demand Reuter JAPAN'S economic planners face a daunting task this year that of taming its runaway trade surpluses with the rest of the world without allowing the national economy to slide into recession. To do this, it must replace
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    • 903 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time THAI TG98I 0025 BKK FT FT7I 0110 JEK/ORD/ANC /NRT/MNL/TPE PAA PA2I/5 0155 LAX/TYO/HKG sv SV398 0445 JED/RUH SIA SQ41 0615 MAA SIA SQ43 0730 DHA CAL CI010 0740 JED/DHA MAS MH681 0820 KUL MAS MH603 0905 KUL MAS MH671 0935
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    • 559 4 Margin requirements brought to bear FT THE FEDERAL RESERVE Board has defied the Reagan Administration and put into effect a controversial proposal to curb so-called "junk bond" financed takeovers. The vote represents an important political victory for Paul Volcker, the Fed chairman, but one
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    • 616 4 AFP THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (lEA) has projected a sharp drop in world demand for crude oil in the second quarter, and stagnant consumption in Western industrial countries and Japan in 1986 as a whole. Energy analysts in Paris say this
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    • 142 4 AP AMERICAN civilian unemployment eased downwards to 6.9 per cent last month, the lowest rate since April 1980, the government reported in the labour market's best showing of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The small 0.1 percentage point improvement from November's rate resulted from the
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    • 258 4 AP AMERICAN Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger has recommended to President Ronald Reagan that he put two nuclear submarines in dry dock in May rather than dismantle them and that he disguise missile tests to deny information to the Soviet Union. An
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    • 177 4 Reuter SMOKERS BURN UP calories 10 per cent faster than non-smokers, which may explain why people who stop smoking tend to gain weight, according to a report published in Boston yesterday. Smoking 24 cigarettes over a 12hour period increases the body's metabolic rate by
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    • 464 4 NYT THE SOVIET UNION has introduced a form of unemployment benefits and begun an unusual public discussion about joblessness as a result of the economic policies instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev. One senior government economist has suggested that the modernisation of the economy advocated by the
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    • 217 4 AP MORE THAN 300,000 Soviet bloc truck drivers a year spy on Nato manoeuvres and other military targets while on delivery runs in Western Europe, according to a West German magazine. The article in the weekly Stern magazine, entitled "The Scouts", was accompanied
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    • 103 4 AFP A MAJORITY of French believe in God, but this does not stop many of them cheating the taxman, according to a series of polls published in a new book in Paris. The book "Passions and Taboos" by Andre Laurens said 66 per cent of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 62 4 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Presents Public Lectures on The Nature And Constituents of Textual Structure by SIR RANDOLPH QUIRK (President, The British Academy) Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor TODAVS TOPIC (Friday, 10 January 1986) ORGANISATION: CONTENT AND PRESENTATION Venue Lecture Theatre 13, Kent Ridge Time 5.30 pm s\lJ. /\RI WELCOME
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 39 4 Doonesbury ujeil, tt seems j.j. JUST GOT HER FIRST COMMISSION! YEAH? ysi i i *£4 > wa I i PESIGNING TUB REST ROOMS FVRSQME SORT QFCWBIN THE EAST VILLAGE' t«il m m fi a i Kimn [llkiuii BY GARRY TRUDEAU
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • Article, Illustration
      730 5 SINGAPORE The US dollar recovered slightly yesterday against most major currencies in moderate and nervous late trading, but still closed lower compared with New York's levels. The dollar rose to a late 2.4690/4705 marks from an early 2.4650/60, but still remained lower than New York's 2.4735/50 close. It
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    • 306 5 Asian market ASIAN dollar deposit rates closed firmer yesterday compared with Wednesday's levels in moderate trading. One month closed at 8"« 8 per cent, up 1/16 point from the previous close, three months at B'4 8, up Vi, six months at 8-3/16 8-1/16, up 3/16 and one year at B'/4
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    • 382 5 BA Futures THE better-than-expected US December employment data and Henry Kaufman's pessimistic statement over a near-term discount rate cut on Wednesday night saw March Euwd*Uar futures plunging sharply lower from Wednesday's close to 92.00 at Simex's opening yesterday. However, short-cover-ing activities saw prices edging slightly higher to 92.02 but
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    • 114 5 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank money market rose by one point from Wednesday to end at 4'/i per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate remained unchanged while the two and threemonth rates fell point each. S$ Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Offer Bid Overnight 4 1/2
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    • 252 5 Interbank rates at 3pm on Monday: Cufrtnctvi Nominal 1 ratM Smithsonian Md Offer croaa parity change Local dollars to one unit of foreign currency US dollar 2 1205 2 1215 2 8196 -24 79 Sterling pound 3 0524 3 0560 7 3469 -58 45 Australian dollar 1 4699
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    • 234 5 HONGKONG: The metal closed lower yesterday on late profit-taking after fluctuating in line with movements in the US dollar most of the day. It ended at at U*****.90/333.30 an ounce against an initial $332.60/333.00 and New York's $333.10/60. On the local market, gold finished HK$lB.5O higher at $3,069 a
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    • 235 5 AP MAJOR BRITISH banks raised their base interest rates by one percentage point to 12.5 per cent on Wednesday, partly in response to (ears over oil prices. It was the first rise since July. The Bank of England, the British central bank, cleared the way
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    • 179 5 RENOUF Corporation, a New Zealand public listed company, is raising up to US$2O million through a three-year note issuing facility (NIF) lead managed by Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore). The notes, in maturities of one, three or six months, will be sold by Renouf to
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    • 111 5 AFP CHANCES of an imminent cut in the US Federal Reserve's discount rate have diminished with the announcement on Wednesday of an improvement in the US unemployment rate, Henry Kaufman, an economist with the investment firm Salomon Brothers, said in New York. Mr Kaufman, one
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • AIR CARGO
    • 428 6  -  Revenue of Singapore office likely to be propped up By LIM SOON NEO FREIGHT FORWARDER Hermann Ludwig expects substantial business from China this year to help prop up its Singapore office's revenue to about $35 million. This level, although lower than the $40 million achieved
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    • 380 6 THE Association of European Airlines (AEA) has reported a 5.4 per cent increase in passenger traffic during the summer period from April to October. Capacity growth during the seven month period was higher, though. As a result, the overall load factor for the association's 20-member airlines
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    • 245 6 LUFTHANSA German Airlines is buying two more Boeing 747s aircraft worth almost $440 million. The first aircraft, an allfreighter Boeing 747F, will join its fleet this winter. The second, to be delivered in February next year, will be the airline's fifth 355-seat all-passenger aircraft.
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    • 467 6  -  By SHAHRIR ARIFF CHINA-BOUND air cargo tonnage from West Germany is running into capacity and end-of-route handling problems. Mr Wolf-Dietrich von Helldorff, the head of the international Kuhne Nagel transport group's German air freight organisation, said forwarders' efforts to arrange a smooth and
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    • 298 6 THE WORLD'S air cargo industry last year suffered its worst performance for a decade, according to a Lloyd's List report. Preliminary estimates from the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) show that the sharp downturn in cargo growth was responsible for an overall reduction
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    • 225 6 ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Operator Flight number Locol time From Operotor Flight number Locol time For FRIDAY FT FT71 FT FT7I 0110 2355 JFK/ORD ANC/NRT MNL/TPE JFK/ORD ANC NRT TPE NW KAL KAL JAL FT NW906 KE697 KE698 JL6I5 FT76 1035 0200 0200 0945 0250 HKG/NRT/ LAX/SFO BKK/ (SEL) BKK/
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    • 150 6 SWISSAIR took delivery last month of two extended range A310-300 twin aircraft from Airbus Industrie. The Swiss airline will receive a third aircraft this month and its fourth in February. Powered by Pratt and Whittney JT9D—7R4 engines, they will be used for the airline's routes to the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 292 6 Joint Announcement by Guangdong Development Limited (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Guangdong Enterprises (Holdings) Limited an economic and trading organisation of The People's Republic of China, Guangdong Province, based in Hong Kong) and Chee Keng Investments Pte Ltd Chuang Tung Factoring Ltd With effect from December 18, 1985, CHEE KENG INVESTMENTS
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 527 7 Reuter COFFEE DRINKERS face a steep rise in the cost of a cup following a long-running drought in Brazil, the world's biggest producer, which has hoisted the price of green, or unroasted, beans to their dizziest levels since 1977. But fierce
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    • 280 7 Singapore (S$/kilo, ei-godown Fragrant new < 1st 2nd 3rd New Crop 25% 10% Thai Broken A-super Special Thai Rice 55% China Rice 10% 15% 25% 35% Thai Boiled Ric 5% Burma Rice 10% US Rice 4% 20% :rop 073 0 55 0 55 no stock no stock no stock
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    • 244 7 WHEAT futures on the Chicago Board of Trade closed on or near the day's lows in new crop on Wednesday, down l'/2 US cents to one cent per bushel in light trade. March settled at $3.33 after posting a threecent range on the day. A stronger US dollar and
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    • 182 7 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed unchanged yesterday to slightly higher on further covering interest after the sharp fall earlier this week. However, trading was thin as most operators were sidelined awaiting the outcome of India's weekly vegetable oil import tender, dealers said. Gains were limited by an
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    • 1236 7 COFFEE Robusta futures continued to ease in active business on Wednesday afternoon, but moved off the lows of a wide range towards the close to post losses from Tuesday night of £75 to £93 a tonne. The market continued the morning's fall in early afternoon business before climbing
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    • 149 7 Reuter INDONESIAN Oil Minister Subroto was quoted as saying there was a 50 per cent possibility that oil prices in 1986 would gradually fall by US$l to $2 a barrel. The Opec news agency Opecna quoted him as saying
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    • 13 7 KL TIN Closing prices on Jon 9 (M$/kg) Price Turnover (tonnes) Suspended Suspended
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    • 202 7 SOYBEAN futures on the Chicago Board of Trade traded quietly on Wednesday at mostly lower levels, ranging from up one US cent per bushel in September to down 2'/j cents in distant January. Scattered rains in the Brazilian soybean producing region of Rio Grande Do Sul, plus forecasts
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    • 316 7 AFP THE DEBT-RIDDEN International Tin Council (ITC) was warned on Wednesday that it must act quickly to permit a settlement of the 11-week-old crisis on the tin market, or risk facing legal action. The warning came from the joint-managing director of Gerald
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    • 96 7 AFP MORE THAN 5,000 Malaysian tin miners, mostly in the rich tin-mining state of Perak, have lost their jobs because of the prolonged depression in tin prices. About 170 gravel pump mines have been closed, some permanently, while many are operating at half capacity. The
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    • 153 7 Chinese Produce Exchange Sellers' noon closing prices on Jon 9 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bulk FOB 70 00 OW drum FOB 83 00 New drum FOB 87 00 Copra Mixed (loose) 35 buyers Pepper Muntok White FOB NLW 1 257 50 Sarawak White FOB toq NLW 1247 50
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    • 285 7 SINGAPORE The market closed slightly lower yesterday with February One RSS buyers quoted at 154.25 cents per kg, down 0.25 cent from Wednesday. Dealers said the morning session lo6t 0.50 cent on lack of interest in dull and featureless trading. Prices were little changed in dull afternoon trading on
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    • 338 7 RAS prices in S cents/kg, FOB in boles NOON CLOSE Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 153 00 154 00N 153 00 154 OON Int 1 RSS Feb 86 154 00 154 50 154 25 154 75 Int 1 RSS Mor 86 154 00 154
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    • 108 7 (cents/kg, 1-ton pallets) pj g MAR 86 (current month) (forward month) RAS NOON NOON Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SSR 20 151 00 I53 00N 151 50 153 SON SSR 50 149 00 151 00N 149 50 151 50N MRELB Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers SMR CV ***** 2I5
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 308 7 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF CHUNG TAI SING CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Vdutary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTION (PnrauMt U Section 2M(2)(b) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held at 25 Industrial Zone Hslang San,
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    • 599 7 NOTICES LENG YUEN TRADING (PRIVATE) LIMITED <incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (in Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act Cap 185 the Final Meeting of members of the Company scheduled to be held on Friday the 3rd
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    • 226 7 THE MATTES THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185) AND IN THE MATTES OF ITfION OFFSHORE A INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 185 that the Final General Meeting of the Company will
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 463 8 LONG BEFORE the hump of land off Singapore became Sentosa Island, it was called Blakang Mati, literally, "back death". Now it looks as if an enforced peace will reign again on the isle of tranquility in spite of efforts to transplant all manner of fervent
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    • 1639 8 Exchange should open door to more local brokerage companies Dear Sir, I refer to the letter by "Professional Speculator" of Jan 7. Firstly, the suspension of trading was not the stock exchange's unreasonable doing. A first class crisis arose because some banks were
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    • 659 8  -  Jeanne Cheng (Mrs) Public Relations Officer Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. Dear Sir, Please refer to the articles written by Marie David entitled "SBC's coverage of sports events dismal" and "SBC misses out some sporting events" which appeared in BT on Dec 23 and Dec 30
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    • 48 8 Dear Sir, Three "bravos" to Citizen for his letter "An unhealthy rivalry" published on Jan 8. For the Rehoboam analogy alone, he deserves a Jeroboam of Veuve Clicquot champagne. Perhaps BT, Caldbeck McGregor or Mr James Holt might care to oblige. Yours faithfully, Another citizen
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    • 655 8  -  Abdul Karim bin Zaini President Singapore Organisation of Seamen. Thomas Tay, General Secretary Singapore Maritime Officers' Union Dear Sir, We refer to the BT reports on Dec 27, headlined "Maritime employers want industry-wide accord" and "Maritime employers attack welfare fund contributions" by Linda
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 388 9 Reuter CALVIN PEETE birdied five of the last 10 holes to draw level with fellow American Mark McCumber on Wednesday for the first round lead in the US$5OO,OOO Tournament of Champions in Carlsbad, California. They finished the round at four-under-par 68,
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    • 172 9 AFP WOMEN'S world squash champion, Susan Devoy of New Zealand, will play in the British Un-der-23 Open championship in Marlowe, England, from Jan 18-24. It will be the first time that the women's event has been held alongside the men's. The draw shows Miss Devoy
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    • 608 9 NYT HOME BOX OFFICE, an American pay-cable TV service, has proposed a deal that could cost it US$26 million and lead to a unified heavyweight champion. If completed, the arrangement could scuttle a match between Michael Spinks, the International Boxing Federation heavyweight champion,
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    • 465 9  -  Nine sponsors found for Singapore Open Golf Championship By WALTON MORAIS THE SINGAPORE OPEN golf championship organising committee has secured $127,500 in sponsorship for the U*****,000 tournament to be held on March 13-16 at Bukit. While this is only about half of the expected $350,000 expenditure figure,
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    • 687 9 AFP A PARTY of New Zealand's native Polynesian people launched the country's bid to wrest the America's Cup, the supreme symbol of world yachting, from Australia. The traditional chants, exhorting valour on the battlefield and victory in war, echoed across the sparkling waters
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    • 300 9 UPI THE DETROIT Pistons snapped a six-game losing streak with a 113-109 victory over the Boston Celtics in New York on Wednesday, posting its first victory since Dec 19. During that span of 12 gaves, the Pistons fell from battling the Milwaukee Bucks for first
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    • 354 9 AFP FOUR AUSTRALIAN syndicates expect to spend a mighty total of US$27 million in their bid tP keep the America's Cup. Vying for the right to defend the trophy for Royal Perth Yacht Club are Alan Bond's America's Cup Defence 1987 Syndicate, Kevin
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 143 9 NOTICES CITY COUNTRY CLUB PTE LTD (1b V»l. Uqald*tUn) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 185) that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the Office of M/s Wee Seng Tiong Co., 1
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    • 186 9 IN THE MATTER OP THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 186 AND GILLESPIE BEOS. (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Member*' Valaatary LJqaM»tt«a) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in pursuance to Section 308 (1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, that a general meeting of the above named company will be held at 9 Penang
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1180 9 TO TO mma Colonel Gaddafi... accused of harbouring terrorist* FRIDAY BACKGROUND 7.50 pm, Channel 5 Libya's Colonel Gaddafi and his policy of terror is looked at tonight, along with the sudden suspension of trading on the Singapore Stock Exchange recently. Friday Background also looks at the current aerobics craze sweeping
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 345 10 Reuter TEXACO is seeking a new trial in its dispute with Pennzoil after the smaller oil company rejected its proposal to settle out of court a record U5510.53-bil-lion damage award. Texaco also revealed it had reached a "standstill agreement" with Pennzoil under
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    • 175 10 Reuter THE GAF chemicals and materials group, which waged a month-long takeover battle for the Union Carbide chemical giant and walked away with a profit of US$2OO million, may consider making another bid in the future, an official said. GAF earlier dropped
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    • 323 10 Reuter THE NEW YORK stock market tumbled to its biggest single-day loss in history on Wednesday, toppling a record that stood since October 1929. Optimism over a discount rate cut was shattered by Salomon Brothers economist Henry Kaufman's doubts on the subject and general
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    • 409 11 HONGKONG: Share prices yesterday closed sharply lower because of technical corrections following Wall Street's plunge on Wednesday. The Hang Seng Index lost 28.33 points to 1,798.51 from Wednesday's record high of 1,826.84. There was speculation about higher interest rates in Hongkong caused by doubts about an early US discount
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    • 441 11 TOKYO: Prices yesterday dropped sharply in early trading in reaction to Wednesday's record singleday drop on Wall Street, but regained much lost ground as investors decided the New York fall was not unnatural given the recent big gains. The market average initially fell 97.21 points soon after trading opened
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    • 461 11 SYDNEY: Share markets yesterday closed firmer in mixed trading in spite of the Wall Street fall, with the mining sector leading the market up. Near the close of trading, the All Ordinaries Index had gained 2.4 points to 1,043.9, the All Indus- trials 1.2 to 1,540.4 and the All
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    • 96 11 JAN 09 Won Hyundoi Const 1061 -8 Hyundoi Motor 2170 40 Sank Seoul 651 32 KA.L 545 -3 Choheung Bk 640 -5 Koreo F*st 681 20 Commercial Bk 671 9 Yukong Koreo Ship 1840 60 Dael«m Ind 510 -16 363 -2 Doewoo Corp 475 20 Lucky Ltd 719 1
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    • 141 11 BANGKOK: The Securities Exchange of Thailand Index yesterday rose 9.37 to 136.08. Turnover amounted to 186,348 shares valued at 25.1 million baht. JAN 09 A ok horn Thoi Asm Fibre Ayuthaya krtv Mitt Sam Otuen Siom City Cement South Asm Fixe 434 -6 And Taut Bongkok Agro-lnd 142 2375
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    • 69 11 AFP TAIWAN'S Petroleum Corporation is close to reaching agreement with Indonesia's state oil corporation Pertamina on the import of about 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum over a period of 20 years, Taiwan petroleum sources said in Jakarta on Wednesday. But they
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    • 322 11 FT BARCLAYS is to become the first British company to apply for a listing of its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in an effort to broaden its shareholder base and establish a more prominent profile in Japan to back its businesses there. The decision
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    • 114 11 HONGKONG Wednesday 1539 4* Week ago 1495 0 Hong Seng Index Thursday 1798 51 NEW YORK Wednesday 1826 84* Week ago 1774 38 Dow Jones Wednesday 1526 61 TOKYO Tuesday 1565 71 Week ago 1546 67 Nikkei Average Thursday ***** 19 Standard Poors Wednesday ***** 42 Wednesday 207
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    • 279 11 Monogers' prices for Jon 10 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce 0 96 1 02 The So vmgs Fund 0 81 0 86 S'pore Prog Fund 0 39 0 42 S'pore Sec Fund 0 63 0 67 S'pore Invest Fund 0 50 0 53 S'pore Equity Fund 0 43
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    • 108 11 AP ESSO PRODUCTION Malaysia Inc, a subsidiary of Exxon of the United States, will spend about MJSOO million in capital expenditure in Malaysia this year. Esso in Malaysia, EPMI's monthly publication, which was released yesterday, quoted EPMI managing director Karl Swenson as saying the amount
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4396 12 SHARE PRICES retreated slightly yesterday in the face of profit-taking and stale bull liquidations. Trading remained fairly active with 14.27 million shares changing hands against Wednesday's 14.91 million shares. Dealers say institutions which have contributed to the modest New Year rally apparently decided to
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    • 274 12 SINGAPORE Rises Indicas A B N IOW M limrai Bote Lwtong Ctnkoi S0< U O 1 Perln Plant Hoimwou H Leonq Fei Tronoh Mm Msion Fimlls TDM Gwlwy J C Ent Raioaah OCIC 1 457 570 545 270 206 182 273 197 91 250 Falls i 366
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 509 13  -  By CHAN OI CHEE FOR THE FIRST TIME since the Pan-Electric crisis broke in early December, a Singapore stockbroking firm has refused to pay for a forward contract on the grounds of "legal impediment." Lin Securities (Pte) yesterday rejected a demand
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    • 619 13  -  By LORETTA McLAUGHLAN NEWS OF Mr Tan Koon Swan's financial obligations to troubled Ka Wah Bank in Hongkong has come as a shock to those involved in the efforts to rescue Pan-Electric Industries in Singapore. But at this stage, it is not clear
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    • 208 13 NAMES OF the new members of the Securities Industry Council should be announced in the next two to three weeks. The 10 members of the SIC, headed by Mr Chua Kim Yeow of DBS Bank, are appointed on a two-year basis. Appointments to
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    • 316 13 A BOUT OF moderate prof-it-taking pressure emerged in the afternoon, causing share prices to finish mostly lower on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. Buyers' initial enthusiasm tailed off after the 11am tea break when the market was unable to muster enough follow-through support
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    • 3557 13 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. tndustruh A Choc (2 60S) (2) 2 40 Cd A
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 44 13 Pre-tax profit of M 5110.02 million ($86.74 million) on turnover of $760.08 million ($764.85 million) for the year ended Sep 30, 1985. Directors are recommending a final dividend of 23 cents per share gross less tax payable on March 13.
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    • 327 13 THE DRIVE to form a remisiers' association gained momentum as representatives from most of the 25 stockbroking firms met yesterday in a closed-door session in a rented hall of the Palmer Road YMCA. Between 50 and 60 remisiers showed up shortly after trading hours to discuss
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    • 479 13 V Malaysian Tobacco Company Berhad PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT audited results for the year ended 30th The Board of Directors announce the following September 1985. Turnover Company Company's share of associated companies' turnover Operating Profit Investment and Other Income Share of losses less profits of associated companies Profit before tax
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  • 591 14  -  By BOEY KIT YIN THE TRADE Development Board (TDB) will be more actively involved in defending local exports in the face of growing protectionism in developed countries, particularly the US and in Europe. But this does not mean the board will
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  • 92 14 Reuter PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos has warned voters in the Philippines of a possible communist takeover unless he is re-elected, but the opposition says he is the best recruiter for rebels fighting his 20-year-old government. The communist party itself seems divided on whether to support opposition
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  • 51 14 AFP EGYPT CUT its rates for two categories of oil and increased the price of another yesterday. The rate for Suez Light drops to U5525.7 a barrel from $26.7 and Belaim Heavy to $24.45 from $25.25. The price of Ras Ghareb Heavy goes up to 24.5 from
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  • 423 14 A BROAD-BASED trade programme for 1986/7 to cover a wider spread of overseas markets will be aggressively pursued by the Trade Development Board to meet problems arising from shrinking world trade. The programme basically re-affirms the board's aims laid out last year. But this year's
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  • 314 14 A DIRECTOR of Kia Mui Corporation (Pte) Ltd and former director of Lamipak Industries (Pte) Ltd is being sought by the authorities. The police said they were anxious to contact Siah Chiow Chow alias Victor Siah whom they believe can assist them in
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  • 863 14 SHARE PRICES opened lower yesterday in reaction to renewed upward pressure on UK domestic interest rates and Wednesday's sharp fall on Wall Street. Trading volume was low with operators anticipating a further base rate increase. At 10.45 am, the FTSE 100 Index was 21.2 points down at 1,383.0.
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  • 76 14 Reuter INTERCONTINENTAL Housing Development Ltd has filed a suit seeking U*****.6 million in damages from Ka Wah Bank Ltd and its director, Low Chang Hian, linked to an alleged fraud conspiracy case. The suit accused Low of fraud conspiracy and the bank of negligence.
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  • 68 14 THE COUNSEL for former Bumiputra Malaysia Finance (BMF) chairman Lorrain Esme Osman yesterday failed in his attempt to adjourn the gathering of evidence in the Kuala Lumpur High Court to extradite Lorrain, who is being held in London. Justice Datuk Harun Hashim dismissed the application
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  • 75 14 AFP ARAB COUNTRIES in the Islamic Conference Organisation (OIC) were scheduled to hold a special meeting yesterday to discuss the strengthened economic sanctions against Libya announced by US President Ronald Reagan, Moroccan Foreign Minister Abdellatif Filali said on Wednesday. Arab foreign ministers who have
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  • 63 14 UPI AMERICANS in Libya who ignore President Reagan's order to leave that nation by Feb 1 could be penalised by up to US$5O,OOO in fines and 10 years in prison, said the US Justice Department yesterday. President Reagan has signed an executive order imposing a rigid economic boycott
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  • 42 14 FIRE broke out yesterday afternoon at Lam Hong Oil Industries, a coconut oil factory in Pandan Loop. Firemen took more than two hours to fight the blaze but none of the 20 workers who were in the factory was injured.
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  • 453 14 LOCAL SUBCONTRACTORS can expect at least $119 million of work to come their way from the second airport terminal project in spite of the fact that the $319.55 million contract was awarded to a Korea-Singapore joint venture. The Hyundai-Jurong Engineering Ltd joint venture
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  • 77 14 Reuter THE controlled float of the South Korean won last year improved price competitiveness for Korean export goods by an average 15.4 per cent. To boost exports, South Korea adjusted the won downwards against major currencies by controlling the weighting of its currency basket used
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  • 65 14 THE NEW YORK stock market carried its sharp downturn into another session yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 13 points to 1514, after dropping 39 points in its biggest one-day drop on Wednesday. Declines held a very strong 10-to-one edge over gains on a volume of
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  • LATE FILE
    • 36 14 AFP OFFICIALS at the United Nations in New York confirmed yesterday that UN short-wave radio broadcasts had been suspended temporarily for the first time in 40 years because of budget problems. AFP
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    • 35 14 Reuter CHINA plans to scrap a system of promoting professionals based on their length of service and would promote the talented instead, the New China News Agency said yesterday. Reuter
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    • 31 14 AFP TAIWAN would reject any changes which damaged its right, status and name in the Asian Development Bank, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Chiu Chin-Yi yesterday. AFP
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    • 55 14 Reuter JAPAN yesterday told its businessmen not to take commercial advantage of the US economic sanctions against Libya. International Trade and Industry Minister Miehio W a tana be said Japanese companies should not try to step into any trade breach which Libya might suffer as a
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    • 31 14 Reuter CABIN CREW on Australia's international airline Qantas are threatening strike action to back demands for changes to safety procedures on its new Boeing 7675. Reuter
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    • 38 14 Reuter ZIMBABWE has formally barred four English cricketers with South African links from taking part in a scheduled tour next month, a move which cricketing sources say means the tour will be cancelled. Reuter
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    • 44 14 Reuter A US television network has delayed production of a US$4O-million series about a Soviet takeover of the US, partly because of a Soviet warning that its news operations in Moscow could be jeopardised, said the New York Times. Reuter
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    • 56 14 Outlook for todoy: Windy, overcost, intermittont, light to moderate rain, heavy at times. Report for 24 hours prior to 7 30pm on Jan 9 at the airport: Maximum temperature 26.2 Associated humidity 88 Minimum temperature 23.3 Associated humidity 98 Hours of sunshine 0.00 Rainfall in millimetres 55.5 Rainfall this month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 516 15  -  By LINDA CHEE THE SINGAPORE National Shipping Association has come up with notional recommended guidelines on minimum wages which it thinks will absorb unemployment among local seafarers. The figures were suggested to SNSA members by the 13member Council, based on feedback from coastal
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    • 217 15 Reuter BRITISH PETROLEUM said its BP Shipping subsidiary is to hand crewing of its vessels to independent agencies and slim its head office staff in a drive to ensure survival after losses of £160 million in five years. It will also
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    • 213 15 KAWASAKI KISEN Kaisha will improve its trans-Pacific service on April L It has entered into agreements with Union Pacific Rail System, CNW and Conrail to transport its containers on double stack rail wagons to Chicago, Mid-west points and New York via Long Beach.
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 102 15 INDIA HAS agreed to extend until March 1989 a treaty allowing landlocked Nepal to ship its goods out via Indian ports, it was announced in Kathmandu. A reliable source said that New Delhi offered the 39-month period in spite of Nepal's requests for a seven-year extension. India
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      • 59 15 Reuter LLOYDS SHIPPING Intelligence said Tunis radio reported a collision in the Mediterranean sea involving the 1,030 dwt Maltese vessel Sea Warrior and a Turkish vessel, Salih Bey, unidentified at Lloyds. It gave the position as latitude 36 50 north, longitude 11 07 east. Shipping in the
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    • 1237 16 A 50-CENT gain in the freight rate for grain from the US Gulf to Japan, at $13.50, featured an otherwise dull freight market on Wednesday, ship brokers said. Fresh grain fixing was otherwise slow to develop out of the Gulf although there were unconfirmed reports of a vessel
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    • 758 16 Fairplay FOLLOWING A YEAR in which new order levels have been disastrously low throughout the world, the marine industry is once again steeling itself to the next round of capacity cutbacks in the shipyards. The Japanese government, its nerve badly shaken by
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    • 544 16 CargoNews Asia FOUR YEARS after the race to build new coal exporting facilities in the United States, American coal exporters are still asking themselves the same question, "will Asia buy US coal?" So far the answer has been
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    • 830 16 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Atea Line VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 3/4 Antah Orient X 5 Arrow Lines X 5 Atios Lines X 4 ANL 1 1/2 A PC Lme V 4 APL III 2/3
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    • 115 16 Reuter THE JAPANESE Transport Ministry said it issued ship-' building permits in December for 12 ships totalling 407,390 gross tons against 15 at 378,550 a year earlier and 20 at 353,000'. in November. 7 They were for six ships totalling 230,890 tons for domestic
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    • 164 16 KURUSHIMA Dockyard, Japan's largest shipbuilder, appears to be drifting into an uncomfortable financial position. Kaiji Press reported that bank loans has risen above its estimated total sales for the current financial year. As at the end of September, 1985, the balance of its short
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    • 194 17 CLOUGH ENGINEERING has reported a solid profit result after what it describes as one of the tough years in the civil engineering industry. In spite of the "gross inadequacies in the traditional tendering system" which produced cutthroat competition in Australia and overseas, the Western Austra-lian-based
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    • 376 17 Bernama ASEAN MEMBER Countries were urged to cooperate more closely and come out with a common stand in matters related to communication and transportation. Sarawak acting Chief Minister Tan Sri Datu Kamar Sim Kheng Hong said greater efforts should be made particularly in
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    • 304 17 Lloyd's List FRENCH SEAMENs* unions are fighting plans by French shipping companies to axe "more than 1,000 seamens' jobs" over the next few months. One of France's biggest shipping companies, Chargeurs Reunis, has announced plans to shed 269 jobs in
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    • 207 17 AFP JAPAN IS TO build another deep sea vessel capable of submerging to a depth of 6,500 metres this year for seismological studies, the Science and Technology Agency said. The new self-propelled bathyscaph which will cost 12.5 billion yen (U5562.5 million) to build
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    • 567 17 Jan 13-14 Offshore export opportunities, seminar, Royal Lancaster Hotel, London W2 (details: European Study Conferences, Kirby House, 31 High St East, Uppingham, Rutland, Leics. Jan 14 Lecture, "Merchant ship conversions the Falklands campaign," by J Hannah, organised by Nautical Institute (South West branch), 1900 hours, RNEC Manadon. Jan
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    • 4674 19 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. Advanced dates are published at a
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    • 773 23 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy dote/time Operator cargo schedule Location Laust Maersk 8602 13 1 86 2330 Maersk F5 1430-1530/1230-1330 Al/Fl 1330-1430 Bl Anro Asia 28/701 10.1 86 2300 Mansfield F1 1000 1100/1400-1500 HI Tokyo Bridge 02/547
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    • 604 23 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure Keppel Daxing K34 Yick Fung alongside 10 1/1500 E'tern H'mony K 1 1 Kimtra alongside 10 1/6000 Equator 3 K23 Thong Soon alongside 10 1/0700 Manoloeverett K33 Everett alongside 10 1/2300 N Amersfoort K09 Ned-Eac alongside 10 1/1200 Nghio
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    • 63 15 mm THE MARINE industry is once again steeling itself to the next round of capacity cutbacks. Page II ASEAN MEMBER Countries were urged to cooperate more closely and come out with a common stand in matters related to communication and transportation. Page 111 Index to advertisers II London freights II
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    • 1090 17 The Straits Steamship Group STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabth, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok 1 Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd Overseas Containers Limited ["CONTAINERSHtP SERVICE TOLJK/CONTINENT FMMtfURT EVKSS HAMBURG EXPRESS OSAKA BAY KASUGA MMU OENAWN KOMOON BAT COT Of EDWURfiH FRAMFURT EXPRESS TOR 10 EXTRESS KAMAKURA MARU Also Accepting HaMwt
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    • 1075 20 USA CANADA ATLANTIC COAST (Round The World Service) Li K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. IHPTUNE It Ml V 53 KOREAN IACEJM V3IE/ORENTAL GOVERNOR V? 4 ORENTAL MMSTER V 23 ORENTAL EXPLORER V 39 PACIFIC COAST (IwlaitiiiK DESTINATIONS INLAND vU IPI Ml( ROBRIDUE A MINILAND BRIDGE) FEEDER/ UTOPIA V 4
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    • 434 20 Accepting LCL South Africa Accepting Containers Only HAVuANA UMU URt S.A WAAL 9923F HDLLOYD COKMBO 0021F containarisad cargo** Diract to S port Owban Plfe C Trai 2</l 6/2 1/2 9/2 10/2 23/2 25/2 M/ 7 27/2 12/3 14/3 15/3 EZSB9 JARDME SHPHNG AGENCES (REG. *****4/ OOK) 70 SrtNTON WAY #04
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    • 765 20 '/l€ AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container* I lan AABMMS II Iw 3 frt 11 Frt> 9 Frtl Kc 25 lan RMOAS 4 Feb IS FH> ?l Feb K fife A< RAVDAS I (rt 23 Feb 4 Ma> 2 Mar *< I Feb CFWODAS H Feb t Mar 15
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    • 570 20 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHIFTING (PTE) LTD 23 lew Ayef Street SINGAPORE 0104 Til SJ4J9M (It IMS) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: s,™ GOtKN BEAR Colombo fcaiactti Dubai Kuwait GOIDEN CUT Cotoflibo Aatachi Dubai Bahrain 11/70 tan 11/12 Feb rn CHINA OCEAN SUPPING CO., PEKING THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC Of CHINA SEW-CONTAINER/
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    • 474 20 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road *27 16 Internationa' Piaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****1 1 (10 L'nesl <► BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S pore P Ketone LaadMf tar:SOUTHERN PACftC *****21 Sated SM ROT ANT 'UK (AVON) AN ANGEL PEACE *****23 17/1 23/1 ROT/ANT/UK (AVON) A|«n»i Snfiparr MTRASEA (PTE) LTD BOWK
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 961 21 v±, NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Ajenh S pox NEPTUNE AGENCIS PTE LTD 1«i No .I*. I*™* CFS BOOKMCS *****77 EE EU/AUST TPA SEA 2/***** ??I20?2 *****53 OR DMECT IMS *****53 *****42 I Bihu HARPER NKA SOU BHD 2*loo P Mang HARK* NBA SOU BHD *****1 31*241 P laja HARPER
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    • 597 21 VeuH t KtUnt Pnunt Bui* 20/1 M/l i/2 11/2 M/ 2 2*/2 23/2 V 3 1/3 2t/2 13/3 14/3 M/ 3 No I Don** MOM 15/1 Ha 7 Dwum MIN 2/2 No Ovum WIN ft/2 No I Daun UIN 11/7 No i Ooum M7N 24/2 No 7 Dvucn 11/3 SPl*t
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    • 985 21 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55. Market Street Singapore 0104 Telephone Nurters *****3 (15 Lines) Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** r «a«G penang X s KJ FIOOR m TMW,G Street Penang MM*» LANG MAIAYSW Cables iAYAPOH Pf NANG let
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 617 22 ItegitNial Container Lines COMPAGNIE MALAGACHE DE NAVIGATION (Madagascar National Shipping Line) NXAN OCEAN/AFRICA REGULAR SEM-CONTAIOISED SERVICE VS. BETSBOKA BETSBOKA STORE LOAM* FOR 11/20 Jan Pt- L«». Roww*. T*nitw. Ourfcan. Darnalani. Mombata 11* uv do HINODE KISEN CO. LTD MIDDLE EAST REGULAR LINER t'KIAI IS! I) XI aJ* l If If
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    • 79 22 ff QJ s FAR CO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE) L TD EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE SINGAPORE/BANGKOK -4 SAHINGb W£EKIY Accepts* both Fd and LCI: *ICI Cargoes packed at private CFS Man Fn 9am 5 30pm Saturday 9am 12 30pm eid Sui I Pub hah WEEKLY SERVICE TO HONGKONG, KEELUNG. KAOHSIUNG I JAPAN
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 182 22 31 5? Regional Weather jMPi dgKi y^WA m MB fc El r ra i i *5 si V! n k SV 5c L" I m sa LUK c cr* Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 107 23 MSC AGENCES K. LUMPUR P KELANG PENANG P. GUDANG J. BAHARU LEOSWP SPORE *****88/*****56/*****48/*****93 *****1/4 TERMWAL *****1/2 *****2/*****3/*****4/*****3 *****3/*****5/*****1/*****0 *****8/*****8/*****5 *****22 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE □EEIIE3H EZZH Bamviii!!!inyrTM nm ALSO ACCEPTMG FOR: ANTWERP. L. HARVE, UK. BREMEN. COPENHAGEN. OSIO ALSO ACCEPTMG FROM EUROPE RIM. HAM. GOT. UK. ANTWERP. OSLO. CPH.
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    • 3 23 LIZENA PTE LTD
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    • 301 23 GLORY NAVIGATION GROUP REGULAR LINER SERVICE TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELANG/PENANG 'AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPORE PKELANG PtHANG HIAWAN BAKJARMASW G SELATAH 7 Y2S Sated 13/1? G SCUTA*« iK Sited 21/12 G SCLATAN-7 14/1 16/1 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRIERS 5 VESSELS OF BRAND NEW TWIN DECKERS
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 582 24 1 ft V TO: EUROPt IG MAN S POtt EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO AND FROM UK /CONTINENT STOW P HUANG PINANG FOR It/20 I* 21/23 lan 24/25 Ijn I DM. ROM HBG BHVH AMP 27/29 1» 25/24 Im 31/2 Feb 3/1 Feb 10R RDM. HBG BMVW. lOR. ROM. HBG BMW
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    • 436 24 BULK TIMBER SERVICE FOR BKGS PLS RING: BULK MARINE *****90 LCL/FCL TO NEW ZEALAND AUCK, WLG, N. PLYMOUTH, LYT'LTON, NAPIER Also accepts LCL/FCL to other destns. FREIGHT MANAGEMENT SINGAPORE TEL *****11 (12 LWES) PORT KELANG TEL *****7/*****4 PENANG TEL *****7/*****4 TRAVERWAY MARITIME LTD UU7 MONTHLY CONVENTIONAL SERVICE S'PORE Loading for
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    • 741 24 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FUUI COKHMR&D SERVICE TO EMOTE (*U SIE2) C PUIS 3D HONGKONG CONTAWR i OHINIAL C*F 47N KOREAN lACLRN 3?* Lrfiarit Rdjm Fstow H ta| J/2 4/2 «/2 1/2 5/2 11/2 11/2 13/2 IS/2 lt/2 17/2 11/2 20/2
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    • 868 24 I PERUVIAN STATE LINE" J loading lor CaAao Mat* an. Do and all other Pfrunan ports wth transhipment at Hot* J0 J On CPV Ihrougt! Ms ot lading tt, final destination A Penant* P KManf Smeapore A f THOMASEVERETT 12/14 Jan 15/18 Jan HUGHE VEWTT 21/22 MANOEOEVERETT V® Ftto J
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    • 361 24 ZIM rv:wr ii FULL CONTAVER SERVICE atceptnt FCL/LCL cargoes lo USA East I West Coast. Carribbeanjast Canada and HAITI St M m 8f |ZM 9NOA at w hui ZIM EILAT CONTAINER LINE Sparc EW Inula Kapar m rtfsn 24/1 a/2 is/2 20/2 17/2 w/2 m KIBOUWt 11/2 24/2 7/3 1/3
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