The Business Times, 10 March 1986

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 192/12/85 MONDAY, MARCH 1«, 118« 75 CENTS
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  • 502 1  -  By CHAN OI CHEE MALAYSIA'S largest industrial and plantation conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd is echoing a familiar refrain: Its performance is going to get worse before it gets better. With falling commodity prices, the group has forecast a sharper drop in earnings on top
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  • 219 1 AFP HONGKONG's Attorney-Gener-al has cautioned news organisations in the colony that they risk facing legal proceedings if they publish material from a report on a US$l billion Malaysian bank scandal to be released in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The report contains the
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  • 446 1  -  Stronger yen and lower costs provide good incentives By LOH HUI YIN A STRENGTHENING Japanese yen and the Singapore government's cost-cutting measures for businesses have spurred some Japanese companies to review Singapore as a competitive manufacturing base. But Singapore's attraction is somewhat clouded
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  • 225 1 NYT AFP JAPANESE manufacturers are increasingly pessimistic about business prospects because of the sharp appreciation of the yen against the US dollar. The Bank of Japan said in a survey report on Friday that major Japanese companies considered business prospects "depressing" for
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  • 454 1 MORE OVERSEAS job offers are being made to Singaporean professionals and managers. The numbers are still relatively small, but the increase is significant about 50 per cent in the first two months of this year against the same period last year. A total
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  • 368 1  -  By MONICA GWEE BATEY ADS Pte Ltd, best known for the creation of the Singapore Girl, has appointed Neil French, the executive creative director at Ogilvy A Mather Advertising, as its top creative man. Mr French's appointment is part of Batey's
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  • 97 1 SAUDI ARABIA and its Gulf allies said yesterday that oil prices had fallen to unacceptable levels and only cooperation between all producers, within and outside Opec, could change this. A statement issued after a five-hour session of Gulf Cooperation Council Oil Ministers in Riyadh said the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 209 1 Need a car or truck loan? Wxvfoong 737-7977 11 W&yfoong Mortgage And Finance (S) Ltd A wholly-owned subsidiary of Hongkongßank bClaymore Hill #03-00. Claymore Plaza. Singapore 0922 +oi^\Pl (I72ft*„ey currier terr. 3 Mrms. servant's, attached bath, split living/ dining. Furn. $1,350. RPC *****1/*****3. DISTRICT 11, Orchid Inn vicinity. Beautiful single
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    • 246 1 /na asra The SBC's four-part series on newly industrialised countries of Asia was, by and large, well received, says MARIE DAVID. Page 9 FAST-GROWING ACCESS TECHNOLOGY of Australia would like to make Singapore its regional headquarters as well as a research centre exporting services to other countries, and exploratory talks
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    • 202 1 Results of ratatad companias, Pag* 15 Every piece of pottery work (like the teopot shown on the left) which a potter may have spent a few days labouring over is subject to the vagaries of air, temperature, clay components and moisture. Any of these factors can misbehave. Then it can
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    • 32 1 > V'j J >1 Hll UAmJ JLlaI 12-15 March 1986 World Trade Centre, Hall 3, Singapore Organised by V.UJ The Exhtoition People Batay's expansion concapt, Paga 3 lEA oxpocts higher consumption, Pago 4
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  • MANAGEMENT
    • 1332 2  -  Information technology company seeks export base in Singapore By BRIAN GOMEZ CREDIBILITY AND FINANCE were the toughest hurdles Perth entrepreneur Martin Thomas faced when he leapt into a one-man consulting business 10 years ago. All he had was a small office with a bridge table, a
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    • 489 2 BUSINESSMAN OF THE YEAR This is the essay that won third prize in the essay competition entitled "What it takes to be a successful executive or entrepreneur in today's business climate", held in conjunction with the BT/DHL Businessman of the
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    • FRONTIERS
      • 650 2  -  Compiled by LEE HAN SHIH Reuter COMPACT DISCS have become a smash hit (or the music industry in only three years. Now the personal computer industry is hoping it will be just as successful
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      • 309 2 UPI THE BIOCHEMICAL processes inside the brain of an infant can now be mapped with a medical imaging technique that has permitted scientists to view how the human brain matures for the first time. Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles, studying nine newborn
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 95 2 MADRAS on AIR-INDIA'S EXECUTIVE CLASS V Simply First Class 7/ If. Where You Are The Maharajah. I AND AFTER. I MM 'mm Bifocals line mm 7 .s N Wi* TruVision With TruVision lenses, not only will you see more clearly you'll also look better. And even younger. Ask for TruVision
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
    • 2020 3  -  After two decades of beating the world's largest advertising agencies and winning awards for promoting Singapore and its national airline, Batey Ads is ready to join the international set itself. RAY HEATH reports on its plans for expansion. RAY HEATH lAN BATEY and Singapore Airlines have
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 358 3 The meeting point for Asia's Rubber Plastics Industries A A A Attend RUBBERPLAS '86 and see all the technological advances in plastics/rubber materials and machinery from 14 countries. Also come for all the up-to-date industry subjects discussed by 44 leading international experts at the accompanying plastics and rubber conferences. So
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  • OVERSEAS
    • 453 4 Short-term demand forecast to fall sharply AFP THE INTERNATIONAL Energy Agency (lEA) yesterday said the recent sharp fall in crude oil and petroleum products prices could result in a one per cent increase this year in the overall oil consumption of industrial nations,
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    • 167 4 AP USA FOR AFRICA has raised U5544.5 million (or hunger relief, most of the money in royalties from the Grammy-winning "We are the World" recording by 45 rock stars, according to a report released on Saturday. The audit, published to coincide with the first anniversary of
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    • 82 4 AFP FORGED cruzado banknotes have already appeared in Sao Paulo, Brazil, three months ahead of the official date set for the issue of the new currency. Police there said last Friday that three people have been arrested last week while trying to change forged cruzado notes
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    • 349 4 AFP AFRICA'S credibility is at stake unless it can prove to the world it can sustain itself economically, Zimbabwe Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero told a meeting in Lusaka of governors of the Eastern and Southern Africa Trade and Development Bank. "Hie credibility of Africa
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    • 353 4 Reuter AN AMERICAN space agency official has charged that the agency exposed astronauts to potentially "catastrophic" hazards since October 1984 through its pressure to launch more shuttle flights. The allegations were made in a memorandum written on March 4 by John Young, chief
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    • 62 4 MOZAMBIQUE'S Gabriel Monjane, the tallest known living human being in the world at 245.7 cm, is seen being led by an airport office girl as a photographer uaee a ladder to take pictures of him upon arrival at the New Tokyo International Airport last
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    • 393 4 AP THE UNITED STATES is offering big cash rewards to anyone who helps track down terrorists responsible for killing Americans abroad, but none of the money has been handed out yet. Since last summer, Secretary of State George Shultz has authorised spending US$B5O,OOO in the
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    • 265 4 AP SWEDISH POLICE are trying to contact the author of an anonymous letter they received about the killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme. "We want to get in touch with this person," Stockholm Police Commissioner Hans Holmer said on Saturday, adding that
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    • 399 5 AP JAPAN'S foreign investments ranked third in the world in 1984, up from fourth place and surpassing West Germany, according to an annual white paper released by the Japan External Trade Organisation. Japan's outstanding investments amounted to U5537.92 billion, a 6.9 per cent share of
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    • 92 5 Bernama JAPANESE COMPANIES prefer to invest in Malaysia rather than Thailand because of Thailand's unfavourable investment and political conditions. At a seminar on Thai-Japa-nese trade relations in Pattaya on Saturday, leading economist Shinichi Ichimura said that Japan's direct investments in Ma- laysia grew from U5575.5 million in
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    • 299 5 AFP THE VIETNAMESE Communist Party has admitted it is having problems adapting to major social and economic policy changes and has called for redoubled efforts at training and renewing the body of cadres. The party's central organisation commission which met in Hanoi last week
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    • 189 5 AFP BOMBAY used to be arguably the best-known city in India. But it is Bombay no more. Regionalism has triumphed to rename this West Coast city "Mumbai", after a Hindu deity worshipped by local Marathas, the nine-million-strong city's original residents. The name change was made
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    • 815 5 ARRIVALS Operator Scrvic* number Local time From SIA UA MA NAAS SIA MAS SIA MAS MAS MAS CAL SIA RBA CPA GIA SIA SIA THAI GIA MAS MAS GIA SIA GIA SIA THAI SIA RJ SIA THAI SIA GIA CPA MAS KLM MAS MAS UL SIA CAA
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    • 198 5 AFP PHILIPPINE Political Affairs Minister Antonio Cuenco has said the Aquino government will set up an amnesty commission to help communist rebels who surrender. Mr Cuenco said at a press conference in Cebu on Saturday that an amnesty commission would
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    • 352 5 Bid to narrow trade deficit Reuter THE EUROPEAN Economic Community plans to help China spruce up export marketing to cut its yawning trade gap with the 12-nation group. Community sources in Beijing have said that the group would hold a seminar in the
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    • 5 4 BOMBAY on AIR-INDIA'S EXECUTIVE CLASS
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 31 4 Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU UH-HUH.. RETIREMENT, RIGHT.. HIS PLACE IN HISTORY.. UH-HUH.. NO, I PONTHAVE ANY PROd LEMSVUITH 8 •a I r -s wf m A TIP ONEJLL? 'j. m M
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 559 5 THE HAUTE CUISINE IN SINGAPORE THE WESTIN HOTELS OF RAFFLES CITY INVITE YOU TO SHARE THE SPLENDOUR OF SINGAPORE'S PREMIER RESTAURANT. THE PALM GRILL AT THE WESTIN PLAZA HOTEL SOFT GOLDEN LIGHT EMINATING FROM BEHIND STYLISED PALMS, COMBINES WITH THE DECORATIVE CHINOISE SCREENS TO PRODUCE AN ATMOSPHERE THAT IS INTLMATE
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 178 6 AFP A DECISION by Barclays, one of Britain's largest banks, to stop signing financial agreements with South Africa as long as the apartheid system remains in force is a "folly". Leo Evans, a top official from the South African embassy, made the statement in
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    • 124 6 Reuter WESTERN government creditors have formally agreed to reschedule and restructure Poland's US$l.6 billion outstanding debt repayments up to and including 1986. Diplomatic sources said on Saturday that a two-day meeting in Paris between Poland and its Western creditor nations ended with an accord allowing
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    • 585 6 Reuter FRIDAY'S half-point cut in the discount rate by the US central bank marks the end of the second phase of an internationally coordinated economic strategy mapped out last September, economists say. But they said the reduction, to 7 per cent from
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    • 423 6 NYT SHORT AND long-term interest rates declined modestly on Friday following a cut in the Federal Reserve discount rate and a weaker-than-expected February employment report. The discount rate cut to 7 per cent, from IVi per cent, is expected to be followed by a fall in
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    • 303 6 Reuter AMERICAN LEGISLATORS may be ready to review and possibly change US banking laws, reflecting growing concern over the impact of falling oil prices and continued Third World debt problems. Banking analysts and congressional sources say that Congress faces a wide range of banking
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    • 102 6 Reuter ASSETS OF commercial banks in the United Arab Emirates rose 1.1 per cent in the third quarter erf 1985 but foreign assets continued a (all which began in January. Total assets were 93.9 billion dirhams at end-September, up from 92.8 billion at
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    • Article, Illustration
      237 6 Asian market ASIAN currency average deposit rates for the week ended Mar 7 Mcjtn tht «m«t« «< print landnf rates «I 12 major harts operating h Snfapore BID PRICES High Low us$ 7 day* 7 15/16 7 5/8 month 7 7/8 7 1/2 2 months 7 13/16 7 1/2 3
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    • 29 6 The range of call rates for the week ended Friday, Mar 7 Bonk fund 4.5—5 Generol fund 4.9 Movements of fund» 2047 Source: Short Deposits (M) Bhd
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    • 53 6 At Soturdoy's close Prices offered by discount houses on Mar 8 3-month Treasury BtIK 2 5/8 —2 1/2 Overnight 7/8 —2 7/8 3-month bonk b*s 5 3/16-5 1/16 Coll deposits 7/8 —2 7/8 3-month CD 5 1/8 —5 Source: National 6-month CO 5 1/8 —5 Discount Company Source:
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    • 435 6 SEVERAL uncertainties caused foreign currency trading to be without a definite trend last week, nervous at times and frequently marked by technical factors. A limited stabilising function for the dollar exchange rate was performed by the impending meetings of the industrial nations (where possible reforms
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    • 28 6 UBS U8 dollar: Downhill with the handbrake pulled. Swiss franc: Hoarding currency aspect loses importance. Dm: Unchanged interest position fundamental forces strengthened. Yon: Stabilised around 180.
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    • 292 6 THE INTERBANK money market traded on a steady note last week with narrow fluctuations. Interbank overnight rate dealt to a high of 5H per cent in the early week, but with increased liquidity experienced in the system, it eased to close 5 4H per
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    • 468 6 PLR of bonks ot the close of business on Friday, Mar 7 as supplied by the Association of Banks in Singapore. BANK PLR Algemene Bonk 7V« Amencon Express Bank 8'A Am'Dam R'terdom Bonk 7v« Arab Bonking Corp 8 Arab Bonk Ltd 8 Awa Commercial 7 ANZ Bonking
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 135 6 Data General helps Borneo Motors stay ahead in the car race. Borneo Motors believes you won't win tomorrow's business battles with yesterday's technology. To have a competitive edge, Borneo Motors invested $1 million in Data General technology to ensure a rapid spare parts ordering system, as well as increased efficiency
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    • 53 6 SENOKO DRIVE Single-Storey Factory With Office Annexe Land area: approx 140.000 sq ft Factory space: approx 53.281 sq ft. Office space: approx 2.583 sq ft. Reasonable rental. Available now City Valuers Consultants Pte Ltd 1. Colombo Court. c O4 03. Singapore 061 7 Tel *****74 5 Telex RS ***** CIVALS
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  • SPORTS
    • 517 7  -  By BRIAN MILLER THEY ARE about the bestknown silks in the racing world. They have been worn by some of the best jockeys and the green and blue colours have been seen on classic winners from Epsom to Wellington and from
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    • 357 7 LOCAL KNOWLEDGE has proved crucial so far in the uncompleted Keppel Charity Open golf championship with homesters Talib Haron and Halid Selamat dominating play yesterday. With the C Division scores still to come in after rain on Saturday postponed play, Talib
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    • 95 7 UPI HUBERT GREEN birdied seven of his first nine holes for a re-cord-tying 29 on Saturday on his way to an eight-under-par 64 and two-shot lead after three rounds of the US$5OO,OOO Doral Eastern Open golf tournament in Miami. Green, who has 19 tour victo-
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    • 511 7  -  DAVIS CUP by SEC SINGAPORE versus CHINESE TAIPEI March 7-8-9.1956 By WALTON MORAIS WHEN the Singapore players look back on the weekend's Davis Cup tie, they can be forgiven (or thinking that even the elements favoured their opponents, the Taiwanese. Just when the
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    • 406 7 UPI MARTINA NAVRATILOVA's U5532,000 first-place purse for winning Saturday's final of the Computer land US women's indoor tennis championships made her the first US$lO million winner in tennis history. But Navratilova was stretched to the limit in a onehour, 40-minute battle against Helena
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 255 7 YOU DONI HAVE TO BE A GENIUS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITS. WHAT YOU NEED IS THE RIGHT HELP. ARTHUR ANDERSEN ASSOCIATES HAS IT. z x> Your profits ore down, the competition is pretty tough and you can't get a proper fix on productivity. What's gone wrong? At Arthur Andersen
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  • FEATURES
    • 761 8  -  Assistance in transfer of power sends loud and clear message US efforts to foster reform in friendly authoritarian countries have come under focus following the administration's assistance in the transfer of power away from Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines and Jean-Claude Duvalier in Haiti last
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    • 583 8  -  By HELEN THOMAS UPI DICTATORIAL RULE is not over in the world. Far from it. But a dent has been made in Haiti and the Philippines where Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier and Ferdinand Marcos were overthrown in a relatively peaceful way in the past
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    • 730 8  -  Letters to the Editor Heng Chiang Meng Jalan Kaya Dear Sir, I refer to the article "New Levy: Revenue v Equity Consideration" by your Economics Correspondent 29iou Mei in the Business Times of March 6. A comment was made regarding the correspondent's
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    • 413 8  -  Chin Mee Nge (Miss) Public RelAtiMn Officer Singapore Science Centre Dear Sir, I refer to the article "Excellent show that sits quiet" which was published in your paper on Feb 24, and to its front-page caption which reads: "This one-legged chair is displayed at an excellent
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 432 8 A Singapore Society of Accountants presents SINGAPORE COMMERCIAL GATEWAY TO CHINA (a 3-day International conference) DATE: APRIL 17-19 1086 (TOURS, FRI SAT) VENUE: WTC CONVENTION CENTRE, MARITIME SQUARE, TELOK BLANGAH ROAD, SINGAPORE Guest-of-Honour: Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong Acting Minister (Trade A Industry) and Minister of State (Defence), Singapore Conference Topics:
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • THE ARTS
    • 690 9  -  By TSANG SAU YIN THE COMMON ELEMENT which attracts all potters is the feel of malleable clay under their hands and the excitement and anticipation which builds up to the time when the kiln is opened. Then only do the creators get to see
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    • 586 9  -  By MARIE DAVID THE Newly Industrialised Countries of Asia were featured in a four-part documentary series produced by SBC's Current Affairs Department. By and large, the four-week series was well received. SBC wants to take to the road a bit more. The
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    • 596 9  -  By JAIME LYE IT IS EASY to see why Prizzi's Honour is getting so much attention in this year's Oscars. It has all the right elements sound script, impressive acting, strong visual impact and John Huston, an Oscar-winning director with keen eye for
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 445 9 NOTICESPTE LTD *c NOTICE OF SPECIAL 'A >; r i wi■ i At an Extraordinary« General Meeting of thai* Company duly convened' and held at 51 Anson #02-57 li 02-59 Centre, Singapore 0207, oo*« 6th March/ 1086, the following SpecialResolutions were duly passed 1. "That the Company be wound up
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1170 9 w mu mm GEORGE WASHINGTON 9.30 pm, Channel 5 In September 1774, George represents Virginia at the first Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Seven months later, British troops fire on Americans at Massachusetts. George reluctantly returns north to Philadelphia for the second Continental Congress. John Adams (Hal Holbrook, left) urges his
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    • 661 9 m CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Sbp it into the protector (5) 6 The kid with the con (5) 9 Soy Edward gets turned aside (7) 10 It's pronounced the chief state (5) 11 Gather there's a new angle (5) 12 Colour of the tube I get (5) 13 Retoilers storing
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
    • 280 10 UPI EIGHT FAMILIES are taking on two corporate giants in a suit charging W R Grace and Beatrice Foods with dumping chemicals that poisoned drinking wells and caused the deaths and illnesses of their children. The trial could result in unprecedented damage awards
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    • 215 10 Reuter AFP GENERAL MOTORS is not interested in a compromise alternative to its proposed purchase of the Land Rover division of British Leyland. GM vice-president Bob Price, responding to a report in Friday's Daily Telegraph that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservative
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    • 294 10 Reuter WALL STREET stocks closed higher In active trading on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 3.23 points to 1699.83 from Thursday. For the week, it was down 9.23, snapping a five-week winning streak. The New York Stock Exchange Composite Index improved 0.23
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    • 104 10 MAK 07 Abitibi c$ 26 4* Hud Bay Mr) Imp O) Inco 45* 22* 38* unch unch Ale an 46* 22* 18 15 27* 29 V 3* Bank Nova Scotia M Canada 12* 39 Mc Bode) 29 25 unch BP Con Ltd 26* 34* 46* 18* inch 18* 18*
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    • 199 10 MAK 07 land UNMC 1360 10 INDUSTRIALS MM MGS A Alpha 1225 25 4790 55 2405 1610GB inch 1050 25 1550 7300 525 5 Byyoors 100 AMIC 4250 50 975 1520 15 Com Gold 1900 C G Smrth 2950 25 920 CNA 235 5 1940 Cum Rnanc# 520 unch
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    • 706 10 MAI 07 U» Aican AJumn 33* Alcoa 43* Aiagharry Lud 20* 3* AM Own Cp 50* AM Stores 75* ACs-Chafcnars 4* inch Am Brands toe 74 Am Broadcast Am Can Co 76 inch Am Cyononnd 65* 1* Am Etoc Pwr 26* Am Express 66* Am Horn* Prod 74*
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    • 812 10 Amsterdam MAI 07 Fh AflN 584 00 -4 106 50 -0 7 Ahold 73.30 -1.1 166 10 +21 amev 78 70 -2 Amro Bonfc 107 30 -0 3 38 50 0.7 Bob Bormrrn 689 00 -1 Boskofa Bur Tat 155 00 -2 Cotond 490 00 -5 Dai MM
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    • 57 10 FT MARTONAIR International, a leading British manufacturer of pneumatic equipment, expects IMI, a metals and engineering group, to launch a takeover bid worth about £72 million this week. IMI has expressed surprise at the decision to disclose what it called "amicable discussions". FT A 4 n n^
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 121 10 London stocks Pago IS Cafe de Prince's V 4 I delightful daily buflet luncheon Feast on 40 delicious dishes. Menu changes every fourth day. At $14++ (adult) and $10++ (child). FRPCE HOTEL •m«*roßC flanagrd b» Prtncc IWth Japan Continuing the rrince Hotels tradition of friendly service 270 Orchard Road. Singapore
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 480 11 Reuter A ONE-TIME PLAYBOY who squired film stars around London in the 1960s and often figured in gossip columns has become one of Britain's top industrialists with a formidable reputation for winning takeover battles. Lord Hanson, 63, now heads one of Britain's
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    • 300 11 NYT SMITH INTERNATIONAL Inc, a leading maker of oil drilling tools, equipment and services, has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the US federal bankruptcy laws. Jerry Neely, Smith's chairman and chief executive, blamed the filing on a
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    • 262 11 AFP FUJITSU, Japan's top computer group, has "categorically denied" a report originating in West Germany that it would stop making computers compatible with IBM systems. A group spokesman said on Friday that there were no plans to cease production of large systems
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    • 624 11 Airline lost US$ 193 million last year Reuter NYT THE STRIKE by flight attendants against Trans World Airlines (TWA) escalated sharply on Saturday night as machinists at major airports across the nation refused to cross picket lines. The International Federation of Flight Attendants
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 580 11 m 81 El fzxcehior Level 5 k'l T We stake our reputation on our steaks. Whether its Sirloin, Rib Eye or Minced Beef. You would find them tender, succulent and exquisite. And our Salad Buffet is just as impressive. Lunch: 12pm to 3pm Dinner: 7pm to 11pm (dosed on Sundays)
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 741 12 AFP NERVOUS sentiment on the commodity markets due to falling oil prices and to currency fluctuations was heightened by the collapse of talks aiming to resolve the 20-week old crisis on the world tin market. GeM: Irregular. After early gains on hopes that the previous
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    • 265 12 Bernama THE POSSIBILITY of introducing future contracts for tin, cocoa and plywood in the Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange (KLCE) in the near future is being planned, Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Datuk Paul Leong has told South Korean commodity traders. Datuk Leong, who is
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    • 143 12 Chinese Produca FOB NSW 690 00 Exchange Sellers' noon closing prices on Mar 8 (SS/100 ka). Nutmeg 110 FOB NSW 909 00 Coconut oil BWP FOB NSW 810 00 Bulk FOB 80 00 Gombier Old drum FOB 6300 FOB NSW 330 00 New drum FOB 67.00 London Commodity
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    • 252 12 WHEAT FUTURES on Friday closed SV« US cents to '/2 cent per bushel higher, with old crop May settling near the top of a 7 Vi cent range at USs2.97'/4. Rumours, later confirmed, that Algeria had purchased up to 188,000 tonnes of US wheat under the export bonus programme,
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    • 246 12 SOYBEAN FUTURES on Friday closed near the day's lows, down 4V4 US cents to Vi cent per bushel in moderately light trade on the Chicago Board of Trade. May settled at U555.33 V 4, apparently trapped in a narrow trading range between support at $5.30 and resistance above $5.38,
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    • 31 12 r KL TIN Dot* Clotina prices M$/kg Turnover (toon**) Mar 03 20 65 124 Mar 04 20.81 152 Mor 05 142 20.99 Mar 06 21.54 120 Mor 07 20 26 66
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    • 227 12 INT RSS One fell back about 12 cents to erase the previous fortnight's sharp gain, making it apparent that the earlier rise had been overdone. Easier Japanese advices and freer offers of physicals from Thailand and Indonesia triggered the reverse. The market declined in stages in uncertain conditions; reports
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    • 730 12 COFFEE ROBUSTA COFFEE futures on Friday ended a thinly-traded day with losses from Thursday night of £70 to £46 a tonne, weighed down by a weaker New York, with many operators discouraged from trading by sterling volatility throughout the day. The market came under pressure from light long
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 151 12 Hongkong Land Dividend Restored 1985 witnessed further improvements in both profit and cash flow. Together, these have allowed a meaningful dividend to be proposed for the first time in three years. The balance sheet has been strengthened substantially with debt decreasing and shareholders' funds increasing. Property values continue to improve.
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    • 72 12 DAISY BULK CARRIER (PTE) LTD. Singapore Multicurrency Loan Facility USD 24 800 000 in connection with the financing of a 143 700 tdw. ore bulk carrier for delivery March 1986 to be chartered to Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan Manager Den norske Creditbank Singapore Branch Provided by Bankers Trust Company
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  • MARKET REVIEWS
    • 5688 13  -  it 2 a By HOMER CHEN THE MARKET last week was as uneventful as the budget it had anticipated. With most of the recommendations already announced the week before, share prices drifted in light trading ahead of the budget on Friday. The BT Composite Index fell
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    • 311 13 ww London liili UPI THE BULLDOZING RISE to new record levels that share prices have enjoyed so far this year continued last week with the Financial Times top thirty share index ending on Friday at a new record high of 1308.8. Although at
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    • 722 13  -  Week ended Mar 7 compiled by JULIANA TAY SCRIP ISSUES C C M: Proposed bonus issue ot two-for-three. Chin Teck: Bonus issue of one-for-four. Prima: Proposed bonus issue of one-for-four. CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS Pan-Electric Industries subsidiary, Orchard Hotel Pte Ltd is now pending liquidation Its asset,
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    • 897 14 Central banks' performances soothe investors w m^ New York a FT FOR WEEKS, Wall Street has been dancing to the tune of plummetting oil prices, but last week, interest rates have moved back to centrestage as the world's central bankers played the kind of music
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    • 454 14 r—, ||«n Tokyo Infl 4 AFP SHARE PRICES soared on a wide front at the Tokyo stock market last week with the key market barometer, Nikkei Stock Average, scoring a whopping 353.80-yen weekly gain. The 225-blue average, a remarkable 246.52-yen winner the previous
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    • 250 14 L~ d BCI THE MILAN share market continued on its headlong flight towards new peaks with BCI All-Share Index ending at 587.34 (+4.3 per cent). Volume averaged 287 billion lire a day (against 236 billion the previous week), after having reached levels never hit before,
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    • 392 14 r^«Australia Reuter AUSTRALIAN share markets ended the week firmer with takeover action, record highs on the industrial boards and banking stocks dominating trading. The week closed with a bang when newly-listed New Zealand-based Equiticorp Tasman Ltd announced on Friday a Asl 3
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    • 249 14 CSZ AFTER the disappointing developments last week on the Zurich exchange, there was nothing but blue skies and sunshine during the period under review. The Credit Suisse Index advanced daily between 3 to 7 points from Monday to Thursday. The most important factors
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    • 216 14 LAST FULL YEAR Com pony Period Date Yeor Net EPS Gross Net onnounced ending (cents) di* profit last year ($•000) Pohong Inv Fmol Jon 31 Dec 84 9.352L Minebeo Interim Jul 11 Sep 85 12 5 190 3.070(d) Mulpho Intl Interim Aug 24 Dec 85 30 738L Worldwide
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    • 752 14  -  Lyj I Hongkong y By TONY MEASOR IN A REMARKABLE FEAT of prestdigitation, the Jardine Matheson group has devised a scheme whereby one subsidiary raises money through a rights issue and, by passing the proceeds across to permit Hongkong Land to pay dividend, infuses the
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    • 538 14 jml Ms I K.Lumpur A THE KUALA LUMPUR stock market trudged through lethargically for the whole of last week as investors kept to the sidelines. Reports that the tin market has become a free-for-all, as talks to end the tin crisis in London collapsed
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    • 120 14 Sime Darby] Sime Darby Group INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 1985 The Directors of Sime Darby Berhad have declared an interim dividend of 3.0 sen gross per share (1984 4.0 sen gross) which will be paid, less Malaysian income tax, on 22nd May, 1986 to shareholders
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    • 226 14 OVERSEAS UNION BANK LIMITED (incorporated m it* Republic of Singaoo re) U5530,000,000 CAPPED NEGOTIABLE FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT DUE 1990 Holders of Certificates of Deposit of the above issue are hereby notified that for the next interest period from March 10, 1986 to June 10, 1986 the following information
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 515 15 REFLECTING THE deteriorating commodity prices and tough trading conditions, diversified plantation group Boustead Holdings Bhd has reported sharply lower interim profits and is paying a smaller dividend to shareholders. Group pre-tax profits for the six months to end-December 1985 dropped by 20 per cent to
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    • 404 15  -  By RAMESH CHANDIRAMANI A REVAMP of its share portfolio to reduce an overweighting in local equities and a determined move into the booming Wall Street stock market has helped General Securities Investment Ltd to cushion the fall in its net tangible asset
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    • 163 15 GRAND UNITED Holdings has not arrived at a decision on its proposed sale of a 32 per cent stake in Supreme Corporation to Unico Holdings. A GUH spokesman said last Friday that any comment on the deal at this
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    • LATEST RESULTS
      • 59 15 Group pre-tax profits increased 36 per cent to $9 million for the first half on a marginal 3 per cent rise in turnover to $112.1 million. Directors of DMIB, which has changed its financial year end to June 30, have declared a second interm dividend of
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      • 40 15 Group pre-tax profits for the sixmonth period to Dec 31, 1965, amounted to $1.1 million ($2 million) on sharply lower turnover of $70.9 mil- lion (from $138.3 million). The company is not paying any interim dividend.
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      • 29 15 Pre-tax profits dropped by almost 50 per cent to $2.52 million ($4.60 million) in the first half year on a turnover of $11.92 million ($16.41 million).
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      • 47 15 Group pre-tax prof- its dropped 40 per cent to $35.2 million on a turnover of $117.1 million ($150.4 million) for the year ended Dec 31, 1985. Directors have declared a final dividend of 2.5 cents gross (1984: five cents) payable on May 20.
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    • 247 15 MR MOEHAMAD IZAT Emir, the recently-appointed deputy chairman of Promet Bhd, may be tairing up a 30 per cent stake in the marine engineering and property group. "It is not impossible that I take up the stake. But we shall see. As a
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    • 528 15 Current Ex Books Date Totol for Totol for payment date close payoble the year lost year A B N 14% NYA NYA NYA 27% 26% Aokom 5%l Mar 12 Mar 22 Apr 10 5% 15% Aver Hitom Tin 50%l Mar 12 Mor 22 Apr 10 50% 155% BAT
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    • 540 15  -  Stock market dealings with Associated Asian By CHAN OI CHEE AFTER KEEPING shareholders in suspense for three weeks, Singapore Fodder finally disclosed last Saturday that it could incur a $13-million loss from stock market dealings with beleaguered broking firm Associated Asian Securities. But directors
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    • 431 15 MBT MALAYSIAN STOCKBROKING firms which wish to draw on the proposed $80 million standby credit facility will have to satisfy three criteria, according to Kuala Lumpur sources. Firstly, the firm must be solvent. Secondly, the default would affect another firm with further repercussions
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    • 820 15 THE MARKET last Friday closed mixed in moderate to quiet trading on the last day of the fortnightly account. At 1530 GMT the FTSE 100 Index was 2.1 up at 1,568.2 and the FT 30 four points higher at 1,303.4. Share prices showed little reaction to the widely
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    • 59 15 Singapore C.P.F. Savings -V 7 x—uw Approximately Ss27 billion MamiLife. The joint venture insurance company that offers financial security for life u J ManuLife Overseas (Singapore) Union Bank Ltd Pie. Limited Manufacturers Life Insurance Company of Canada Singapore ManuLife (Singapore) Pte Ltd, 7500 A Beach Road, #05-316, The Plaza, Singapore
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    • 109 15 Investor with Foreign and Domestic Interests keen to invest with existing and vinblo concnrns Please send details to: Maxwell Road P.O Box 3522 Singapore 9055 Don't Lose Money on Foreign Transactions Fluctuating exchange rates con run up coifs or eat up receipts. Worldollor protects you from disastrous fluctuations without depriving
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  • 554 16  -  Ka Wah Bank of Hongkong believed to be one of the vendors By CHAN OI CHEE DBS BANK will be spending $40 million to take over Singapore's leading finance company, Great Pacific Finance Ltd, whose major shareholders have been hit by
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  • 121 16 AFP THE LAOTIAN government has stepped up production of opium and heroin to bolster its national economy and that of its ally Vietnam, Thailand's top security chief Prasong Soonsiri said. "Laos is trying to fill a shortage in the opium supply created by the Thai
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  • 328 16 AP A CEREMONIAL New Year tiger comes to life to growl at an official making off with a cash-laden satchel labelled "bribery". A Buddha-bureaucrat sits magnanimously beneath a tree and ignores bird droppings captioned "unhealthy tendencies". Political cartoons such as these, lampooning official corruption
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  • 213 16 TWO JAPANESE experts will share their experience in construction technology with 22 participants from five Asean countries at a regional training course in building construction which begins today at Hotel Equatorial. Mr Teruo Ohkawa, deputy project manager (building) of Ohbayashi Corporation and Mr Masaru Kaido, deputy
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  • 57 16 Bernama THE Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand Travel Association (Mitta) conference yesterday called on the Indonesian and Thai governments to abolish the exit tax imposed on their citizens travelling abroad. The conference also suggested that member airline companies increase their number of flights to member countries
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  • 383 16 OILFIELD Manufacturing, whose Made-in-Singapore OM oil pipe connectors, tubings and couplings have made their mark in international markets, has clinched orders worth $24 million. Orders for the OM-PJ and OM-TS fitted pipes, mainly from the Middle East and India, started coming in last November,
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  • LATE FILE
    • 52 16 Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said the withdrawal of Datuk Musa Hitam from the Cabinet and as deputy leader of Umno was not a big issue that could not be solved and that the incident would not split the party.
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    • 35 16 UPI A CALLER claiming to represent the Islamic Jihad said yesterday the group abducted a four-man French TV crew in Beirut, saying they would be questioned on their movements there. UPI
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    • 48 16 UPI HIGH-RANKING UN officials are investigating whether it was legal for the US to order the Soviet missions to cut their staffs by a third, the New York Times said yesterday. The US has said the move is for national security reasons. UPI
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    • 57 16 UPI BRITISH Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe is to bring up the possible sale to India of the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes when he visits New Delhi later this month. A British spokesman said yesterday both sides had had "exhaustive" talks on the vessel,
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    • 35 16 Reuter THE CONFIDENCE Britain's top businessmen have in the government is at a record low. A poll published yesterday said 48 per cent of senior executives expressed dissatisfaction with the government. Reuter
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    • 42 16 UPI CHINESE President Li Xiannian, who is visiting Bangladesh, yesterday called on the US and the Soviet Union to begin serious talks on nuclear disarmament and keeping the arms race from spreading to outer space. UPI
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 272 16 Get your free clippings of BT exclusive stories Free copies of these exclusive stories in last week's Business Times are now available. 1. Issue of property tax assessment ignored, say some developers 2. Consumption tax will depress retail industry, say traders 3. Aero company optimistic about sales 4. American maker
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    • 197 16 17-21 MARCH 1986 9.00 am 5.00 pm FRENCH SINGAPORE INSTITUTE 12 Science Centre Road Sinqapore 2260 Tel: *****00 Telex: RS ***** mm i INDUSTRIAL VISION BY COMPUTER organised by the FRENCH-SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER, AUTOMATION AND ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES and CENTRE D'ETUDES SUPERIEURES EN ELECTRICITE, ELECTRONIQUE ET INFORMATIQUE, FRANCE His Excellency,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 56 16 Outlook for today: Occasional light to moderate roin batwaan mid-morning and eorty evening. Rep, ort for 24 hours prior to 7.30pm on Mor 9 ot the oirport: Maximum temperature 27.7 Associated humidity 80 Minimum temperature 22.6 Associated humidity 98 Hours of sunshine 0.95 Rainfall in millimetres 7.0 Roinfoll this month
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 165 17 THE INDONESIAN government has licensed 110 stevedoring companies to handle cargo at 19 ports throughout the country. From April 1, shipping companies are advised to use the services of these licensed stevedores instead of employing their own labour as is practiced currently. The
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    • 115 17 Reuter A RECORD 216 ships were seized in British ports last year because of debts, indicating the poor state of the world shipping market, a senior British court official said. Admiralty Marshal Vincent Ricks, who is responsible for seizing vessels whose owners fail to meet debts,
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    • 303 17  -  By D DURAIRAJ A NEW PORT will be constructed at Kuala Perlis, about 90 kms north of Penang port under the Fifth Malaysia Plan, 1966-1991. The development of the port has been approved by the government not withstanding opposition from the shipping community
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    • 52 17 AFP THE BEIRUT government asked the UN deputy secretary-general, Marrack Goulding, to help lift an Israeli blockade of the southern port of Sidon. The blockade has been in operation for several years, as part of israeli efforts to prevent the shipment of arms to anti-Is-raeli
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    • 208 17 UPI JAPANESE FLEETS will have to vacate offshore salmon fishing grounds in the Bering Sea by 1994, in an agreement ending talks between Japan and the United States, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said. The agreement is seen as a victory for
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 93 17 THE TANJONG Pagar Container Terminal has been commended by the Trio consortium, a grouping operating in the Far East Europe trade, for its speed in handling the Bremen Express on Nov 23. The consortium noted that its quarterly terminal performance figures show that TPCT achieved a record
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      • 194 17 Reuter THE CONFERENCES covering trade between Europe/India, Pakistan and Bangladesh said the currency adjustment factor (CAF) for the continent westbound will be adjusted to minus 9.50 per cent from minus 12 per cent with effect from today. The CAF for the continent east bound has been
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      • 125 17 AFP THE INDONESIAN government has agreed to allow a US company to fish for tuna in the country's 200-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ), a newspaper reported. The Director of Fisheries, Suprapto, said the license was given to the company to fish jointly with an Indonesian
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    • 1185 18 CHARTERING on the London shipping freights market proceeded at a slow pace on Thursday but no further rate reductions were noted. Kawasaki repeated US$lO (fio) for an early April loader to work 52,000 tons of US Gulf grain to Japan. Further trans-atlan-tic grain fixing was also reported at
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    • 686 18 Fairplay ALTHOUGH THE marine sector of the UK insurance industry is a relatively small part of the overall market, most brokers acknowledge that direct and reinsurance, is the backbone of their accounts. Mr David Lowen, chairman of the Institute of London Underwriters (ILU),
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    • 313 18 Reuter WORLD MERCHANT ship tonnage on order continued to decline in the fourth quarter of last year, falling to 25.86 million gross tons (2,210 vessels) at end-December from 27.5 million (2,320) at end-Septem-ber, Lloyd's Register of Shipping said. In its latest quarterly shipbuilding
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    • 463 18 TWO MINI bulkers changed hands between Greek parties for about US$B.6 million en bloc. These are the 1982-built Libaxpraaa of 34,111 tonnes dw and the 1983-built Libaxport of 34,070 tonnes dw. Brokers also reported the sale of three Panamax bulkers to a US concern for about $19.5 million.
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    • 836 18 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Afea Line VI 3 Ahrenkiel Liner X 1 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 3/4 Arrow Lines X 5 ANL 1 1/2 APC Line V 4 APL HI 2/3 ASCL IN 1 B C Navigation IX 5 Bait-Canada
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    • 161 18 Reuter THE FRENCH Defence Ministry said that a company accused of secretly shipping arms to Iran would be prosecuted on charges of violating weapons export regulations. A ministry statement said the French export company Luchaire used false papers to ship arms from the
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    • 171 19  -  Kingsley Wood AUSTRALIAN National Line is looking with interest at the car transportation trade between Australia and Japan. There is no comment from the line, but it is believed that if the idea does develop, it will be introduced
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    • 419 19 DETAILS OF A three-loop transPacific service to be operated by Neptune Orient Lines, YS Line and Orient Overseas Container Line have just been released. As announced earlier, the space charter agreement will take shape in April. The 2,516-TEU Oriental Educator will launch the
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    • 468 19 Lloyd's List THE RAPID appreciation of the Yen against the US dollar is causing major problems for Japanese shipbuilding and shipping companies. The Yen's strength has increased by 15 per cent over the past few months and even more over
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    • 188 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East /European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services. ••K" Line. Korean Shipping Corporation. Neptune Orient Lines. Orient Overseas Container Line. Cho Yang shipping. ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line. Australia/Straits Container
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    • 99 19 AFP SOME 110 BRITISH and other marine insurance companies will set up dealing desks at the Institute of London Underwriters headquarters in the city of London's Leadenhall Street. They account for about half the marine business conducted in London, and the event is
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    • 4467 21 3®aBG)QBJ3 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
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    • 817 25 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Godws FCL Arrival for LCL movement Ship Voy date/time Operator cargo schedule Location Kris Lemono 7 10.3.86 1800 Straits F1 0900-1000 S2 O KV Ushokov 3CW/86 10.3.86 1600 SinSov F7 0700-0800 U1 N Ned V Noort 606 10.3.86 2100 Ned-EAC
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    • 408 25 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure Keppel Auby K25W SSPL alongside 10.3/1500 Equator 3 K22 T Soon alongside 10.3/0700 Europe K18 Seaam alongside 10.3/1900 Jenson K23 T Soon alongside 10.3/0700 Koto Berkot K3I PIL alongside 10.3/1500 Ned Lmge K12 Ned-EAC alongside 10.3/1500 Poan KI7 Boustead
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    • 694 17 A hard look at what it will take to succeed in business for the next 20 years With turbulent times ahead. forewarned will be forearmed $22.00. OOCL OIQCMT OVHQEAS CofUcJmi UNE STRAITS FUROPf EXPRESS SFRVICF •ex tokyo m CMM CONTAOER 34W CJL HUB 4W HONGKONG CONTMER 49* OMENTA! CHEF UW
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    • 64 17 ALTHOUGH THE marine sector of the UK insurance industry is a relatively small part of the overall morket, most brokers acknowledge that direct and reinsurance, is the backbone of their accounts. Pag« II DETAILS OF A three-loop trons-Pocific service hove just been released. Pag« 111 Index to advertisers II Shipping
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    • 1137 17 IN SIN6APORE: 778-6522 PROFESSIONAL INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING MALAYSIA. 755-8955 -L/A//C- MAERSK LINE FAST TRANSIT TO MIDDLE EAST SINGAPBRI/PAMMAM 9 DAYI SINGAPORE/BAHRAIN 10 DAYS SINGAPORE/KUWAIT —11 DAYS p.n.~g V.._, V„, s poi* EXPORT TO USA. EUROPt MIOOLE EAST. WEST AFRICA ASIA Tiawm Ctoa«| Tarn a 10/3 ISM MB CY 10/3 1500
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    • 417 18 Y.S. LINE YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES STRAITS FEEDER SCOT EOT EOT IDnmini hTEET* Pacific South WMt Feeder at Tokyo hth ■r r wl Pacific North Weet Feeder at Kobe Atlantic/Canada Feeder at Kobe HJZMIDZMICTM K7ZM hjum E7ZM E3ZM HW EJM E7ZTTMPO!jH 'IME7ITOT mra n>!!siminm lEOTIIIOTIUM IETaHETEMEOT for USA Port*. MIDDLE
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    • 265 18 Supercarrier Service NEXT AWBVAIS TOURCOfcG 2t/2. BARMR TOBA 7/3. BARBtR TAMPA 27/3 TO: CALIFORNIA PANAMA US ATLANTIC US GULF E. CANADA /4 22/4 2/5 /5 12/5 /S 22/5 Ah* Kccptnf contn tar Houston (MJ). S Francate (MM. SMIn and Sap fcp I. An»a»et TO: CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA 23/4 25/4 3/5
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    • 1043 19 ■IS The Straits jgUg Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd QC!L Overseas Containers Limited STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok rCONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK CONTINENT FRANKFURT EXPRESS TOKIO ejpress iMTRPOOL BAY 04/4 06/4 Zl/« «/< X2K%«ss ww« JJ/| KORA.OON BAY 20/J H/J •>'* UK majhi
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    • 367 19 Franco Belgian Services pfj .ir .i*f t r»7J( h >»t\ it r ith n fir h.i trrn I iru 1 cow ma gg to naoft STOK r HUANG I* Hjrtt R dam fStoM Hot 01 l«TO 12 M* <11 Mw) 31 Mar 1 Apr 3 Apr 5 CHNA CONTMO It
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    • 1011 20 r Hapag-Lloyd H TO CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS Spot* PKeianj Stan Kburj Frai*h*t Eipress 12/3 14/3 30/3 1/4 loto Eipress 19/3 21/3 S/4 11/4 Kamakiaa Mara 27/3 29/3 17/4 19/4 Liverpool Bit 4/4 S/4 23/4 25/4 Breman Eipress 12/4 14/4 2/5 4/5 Koirtoon Bay 20/4 22/4 9/5 11/5 Mm Mara 27/4 29/4
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    • 264 21 AUSTASIA LINE AND MERLION SHIPPING AGENCY OT BLUE STAR LINE SINGAPORE TO NEW ZEALAND AND T/S FIJI FULLY CONTAINERISED MONTHLY SAILINGS DISCHARGING AT NEW PLYMOUTH PORT CHALMERS ACCEPTING FCL A LCL FOR AUCKLAND, NAPIER, WELLINGTON, BLUFF, CHRISTCHURCH, DUNEDIN 4k LYTTELTON, INVERCARGIL A FIJI SMS SPOKE m PLYMOUTH POKT CHAUOS COIUMM
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    • 177 21 \<t»\ THONG SOON AGENCIES PTE. LTD. #09-07, Robina House. S pore 0106 Tel: *****88. Telex: RS ***** BOOKING: *****56 (DIRECT LINE) SINGAPORETOPENANG SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK SINGAPORE TO SABAH PORT SINGAPORE TO BRUNEI •JENSOHIV SMR 6/86 10 Mar 12 Mar Muar •EQUATOR V SMR 7/86 15 Mar 17 Mar Muar •BUILDER
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    • 649 21 BLC BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT EXPRESS CONTAMER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTWENT ALL VESSELS ACCEPT TRANSHPMENT CARGO TO/FROM PENANG AND EAST MALAYSIAN PORTS IKJJEBSEN LINE El NEW ZEALAND TO ICW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA ACCEPTMG FCL Alt) ICL MAOANC RE WAR ACTA. AABAU (ME MMENG OHO BAT. HOMARA ALOIAU
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    • 396 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES Htoneywa V2O9W Pa-an V92W Lokaar Phashwetyawywa Paean V97W BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon Spore PKetanc Pi 9/12 Mar 9/13 Mar 7/1 Mar 22/24 Mar 26/27 Mar 2! 27/29 Mar \A BANK LINE EXPRESS SEIf-CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONT SPORE R'DAM HULL HMBG TAUSALA SAMOA
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1214 22 USA CANADA ATLANTIC COAST (Round Tho World Service) HONGKONG CONTX V4J/NEPTU* lADE VI ORENTAL GOVERNOR *25 OMENTA!. MMSTEX V 24 ORENTAL KNGHT V 26 STORE 11 Mar 7 Apr 27 M» 17 Apr 2 Apr 27 Apr 16 Apr 11 May K KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD. CHS 21 Apr 29
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    • 607 22 kRZQRAM BHARATEKNT tsnciita DAMMS INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container* Singapore P KeUnc Penartf load"* tor 12 Mar H**M/C«lc«tta 15 Ma Bw*ii CacfcaiC II kU Cili^ißaabar 21 Mar lUn I M Ufa Calcutta 23 Mar Ha*it BMi lUii Calcutta INDIA SERVICE Accepting FCL Containers and Conventional Cargo Sinfapoif PfceUnf
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    • 849 23 NOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD Afents Spot NEPTUNE AGENCIS PTE. LTD T«t No olfxt Termoul CES BOOKINGS *****77 FE EU/AUSI TPA/SEA *****77 *****22 *****53 OK DMECT tINES *****53 *****42 I Bjtuu mm WRA SON BHD *****0 P Man, HARPER WRA SON BHD *****1 3tt7U P laya HARPER N*A SON BW)
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    • 485 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN, INCHON SPl*f IGINIS NfPIUNf AG! NCK S PTf I ID Tel 7/899/7 7USAU (Bookmfsl ???7S 10 I Operations I V ***** < tfrm.nl I ??n?so4 <CfS) M»i»r\l« *(,!HIS I UNAS SfTIA SDN BHD Kl let 4 PK
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    • 946 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55. Martet Street Sinfapore 0104 Telephone Nuiters *****3 (15 Lnes) Cable Address SMSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS 2510S P KELANG PCNANG M/S SHARHAT NAN SOON SON. BHD. IST AND 2ND FLOOR. MESSRS HM THONG SHTfWG 127 Penar*
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    • 111 23 S' K S LINE JAPAN STRAITS SERVICE E SANKYO LINE (S) PTE. LTD. 37 SomtrMt Ro»<3 *06-01 Ng T«ow Dldg S por» 0923 T«l 235 8444 (4 llnws) Port Kelanj Tija Puia Shipping Sdr Bhd If! 03 )890.'4 b Penang Malaysia Trade Transport ltd Ifl 04 61/89* Pasir Gudang Malaysian
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    • 357 24 1 REGIONAL CONTAINER LINES TO BANGKOK (4 WEEKLY SAILINGS) TO SOUTH THAILAND (FORTNIGHTLY) c n rw cm SERVICE (WEEKLY) l "Jl J|: Trirr^ir7Mß Abo acceptint LCI (tramMpment and tool) for W/PNG AGS MS PORT KE LA NL FARYS MARITIME SERVICES SDN BHD TEL *****3 *****1 Pi NANG DASWANI SDN BHD
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 157 24 vy-v; Yd Regional Weather a or KB i J ft U 5 i K N B V P W>4 > 3S M Wm > 2> Is C cT" Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature
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    • 103 25 Ml?© use AGEMCES K. LUMPUR *****M/*****56/*****45/*****93 P. KEL AUG *****1/4 TEXMML 3M3SI/2 POMNG *****2/*****3/*****4/*****3 P. GUDANG *****3/*****5/*****1/*****0 1. BAHAMJ 22SS6S/*****5/*****5 LfOSHP SPORE *****22 FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE EHI EH E3lE2* E2M EH* rni rrm KTTT—mm ii iriiwim ll"ir."il3lf!Ti I1V"'-MR]TT1 11 if -aPMPij ALSO ACCEPTK FOR: •map. L HOWIE, IK. MOO,
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    • 67 25 A PT. PERINTIS LINES SINGAPORE/INDONESIA w-uy M M«. S«*. VESSEL VOY SM6APOK JAKARTA PRASETIA 17-18/86 14/3 16/3 19-20/86 21/3 23/3 21-22/86 28/3 30/3 General Agents: Asia Perintis Lines Pte Ltd Tel: *****33 HAI FENG MARINE PTE. LTD. T«fc *****00 (7 LINES) LOADING FOR ZHANJIANG. HONGKONG. SHANGHAI. XINGANG, GUANGZHOU, HUANGPU ft
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    • 429 25 •Tii 0H823E2 TAIWAN TO SINGAPORE ASEAN DIRECT WEEKLY TO PORT KELAN6/PENANG •AT ATTRACTIVE RATES* SPOK P.KELANG rOMNG POARAR6 KLARM 6. SELATM W ¥33 SaM SaM Safed G. SUATMI B V-2C SjM S/3 fi SELATM 11/3 15/3 t SELATM V V-39 14/3 IC/3 18/3 6 VESSELS OF LOG CARRERS 5 VESSELS
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • 511 26 EXPRESS CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO AND FROM UK/CONTINENT IS MM STORE f KELANG PtWWG FOM 14/14 Ha. In Port 11/1) M« 20/24 Mar UM. RON HBG BHVK. »Wf HULL P KELANG STO9E HK FROM 11/14 Mar ROM. AWP, AGENTS: LEO SHIPPING PTE. LTD. SINGAPORE *****22 FARYS MARITIME SERVICES SON BHD KUALA
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    • 483 26 CHINESE-TANZANIAN JOINT SHIPPING COMPANY Regular Conventional Service from S.E. Asia to Red Sea/Mediterranean. VESSEL BIT S6P NMEStt SMMH LOAUNG FOR: Ruvu 1978 bi Part SaM SaM Hodndjh. Mciamku Swnyi 1979 8/3 llilii<i> Pnuu 1977 15/4 20/4 2S/4 Hotod* MM, Abian*ia •Port Said, Aden and other Mediterranean ports subject on inducement.
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    • 645 26 C.Y. LINE (A Member Of The ACE Consortium) CHO YANG SHIPPING CO. LTD FULLY CONTAROISED SERVICE TO EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE FROM EUROPE (VIA SUEZ) AGENTS STRAITS CONTAINR AGiNCKS PTE LTD St t *T*N AMNCY CO SDN BHD 15 HCK CHIANG ROAD 4?A lALAN CHUNGGAH SANfORD BUILDING #09
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    • 912 26 Everett Lines/ COMMA PERUANA DC VAPOKES (CJ>.«.) d "PERUVIAN STATE LINE" g loadmt lor CaAao Mataram to v thtr Ptr*w»i ports wtti transhipment at Koto On CPV It»o«(ti Ms ol ladinj to tmj destination Penanf* P. Krianj SM| apart+ MURRAYEVERETT 15/10 Mar THOMASEWRETT 25/27 «ar* 21/21 Mar HUGHE VERETT 1/9
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    • 415 26 ZIM NON CONFERENCE NXPEMENT FULL CONTAMER SERVICE lUNii* FCL/LCI canoes to USA East I Nest Coast. CvnbtxwiXast Canto mi NMTI FEEDER WL 3b* S-SJf ZIM EILAT CONTAINER LINE an etm pi «a its vt m AAOKSUC 14/3 a/3 3/4 t/4 «/4 1/4 m srwr* */3 J/4 14/4 17/4 11/4 It/4
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