The Business Times, 30 December 1986

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1 24 The Business Times
  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1986 75 CENTS
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  • 215 1 STOCK MARKET THE MARKET eased slightly on profit-taking and rumours about OUB, which later proved true. The ST Index again fell below the psychological resistance barrier of ST900. It closed at 898.20, down three points. The BT Composite Index fell 3.93 points to 783.97. Losers led gainers
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  • 504 1  -  By CHAN OI CHEE OVERSEAS UNION BANK has uncovered a fraud involving an undisclosed sum of money at its main branch in Hongkong. The bank said yesterday that reports of the fraud involving letters of credit had been made to
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  • 534 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG, Chief Reporter THREE YOUNGER POLITICIANS are to be promoted to full ministerial rank in a minor Cabinet reshuffle that will also see Foreign Minister S Dhanabalan taking on the additional portfolio of the National Development Ministry. The changes to take
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  • 111 1 Bernama SYARIKAT Telekom Malaysia Berhad has made preparations to start operations as a private company on Thursday, taking over the Telecoms Department. Corporate relations officer Haji Abdul Majid Ibrahim said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that there would be no major changes in daily dealings
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  • 377 1 NST MORE THAN 5,000 Malaysian companies which had defaulted on debt payment are faced with legal action from members of the Association of Credit Management. The 75 members of the association. which is coming down hard on defaulting companies, filed' their claims yesterday
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  • 57 1 THERE WAS NO STOPPING the bulls on the Hongkong stock market yesterday as it headed off into the stratosphere in its first session since Christmas Eve's half-day. The Hang Seng Index finished 28.53 points up at a record close of 2,552.45 after briefly touching 2,560.
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  • 56 1 IT'S THAT TIME of the year when we take a look at the ranking of the top 100 companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The first listing based on market capitalisation will appear on January 5. This will be followed by another based on shareholders' funds,
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  • 637 1  -  Continuation of employment sought By HOMER CHEN A REQUEST by directors of defunct City Securities Pte for themselves and 25 remaining staff to continue in employment, pending the successful corporatisation of the firm, has been turned down by the Committee of Inspection, comprising CitySec's
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 327 1 Tycoons and investors AN INVESTMENT company formed by some of the richest business tycoons in Hongkong held its first annual general meeting in Singapore early this month. A number of theories surround the setting up of Suntec Investment, an investment company incorporated in Singapore over a year ago. See Page
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 521 2  -  By MARTIN SOONG LOCAL ENGINEER Steve Choy is a pioneer, having successfully designed and developed Singapore's first computer numerically controlled (CNC) machining centre. Mr Choy, the founder and majority shareholder of Fong Lee Machinery and Engineering, already has orders from the UK and
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    • 656 2  -  By ANNA TEO IN THE BIG MOVE-OUT by Japanese industries to combat the effects of the strong yen, higher technology processes are usually kept back home. This was noted in an article in JMEA Newsletter, a publication of the Japan
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    • 142 2 VICKERS BUSINESS EQUIPMENT division, which recently changed its name to Comforto Vickers, expects its turnover in Singapore to double to $8 million next year. It is trying to expand its share of the office furniture market and will try to break into the segment of the
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    • 59 2 THE PUBLIC WORKS Department has appointed Colliers Goh, Tan and Petty to carry out condition surveys on about 40 buildings near the tunnel section of the Central Expressway from Bukit Timah Road to Chin Swee Road. The surveys are in connection with Phase 2 of the Central
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    • 276 2 SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE (SBS) drivers have heeded their company's call to make every effort to stop for passengers when beckoned and in the process, have helped raise revenues. SBS said yesterday that complaints against drivers for failing to stop fell in November to 42 cases, following
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    • 219 2 GEOFFREY THOMPSON has been appointed to the board of Hongkongßank. Mr Thompson takes over from EDWARD DUFFY, who has retired. Mr Thompson is the president and chief operating officer of Marine Midland Bank. PATRICK ONG has been named the Singapore manager for Thomas Cook Travellers Cheques Division.
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    • 62 2 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Public Lectures by SIR GEORGE PORTER (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry) Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor Topics: SCIENCE AND THE HUMAN PURPOSE Tuesday, 6 January 1987 I -SI Wednesday, 7 January 1987 LIFE UNDER THE SUN Thursday, 8 January 1987 Venue: Lecture Theatre 27, Kent Ridge. Time:
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 406 3 UPI PRO-DEMOCRACY demonstrations spread to the eastern Chinese town of Suzhou over the weekend, bringing to at least 11 the number of cities reporting student protests this month, officials said in Beijing yesterday. A spokesman at the Suzhou municipal foreign affairs office
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    • 191 3 Reuter LOWER OIL REVENUES and the six-year-old Gulf War with Iraq dominate Iran's new draft budget, presented to Parliament yesterday. Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi said the budget for the year beginning March 21, would continue a deflationary path with top priority for war expenditure. Detailed
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    • 259 3 UPI DEPUTY VIETNAMESE Foreign Minister Vo Dong Giang in an interview published in Sunday s Izvestia newspaper said his country was prepared to "do its utmost" to restore normal relations with China and called for talks on any level, anywhere, to reach
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    • 72 3 AP IRAQI PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein has made a rare and unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia, where he reviewed developments in the six-year-old Irani-an-Iraqi War with King Fahd. Without giving details, the official Saudi Press Agency indicated yesterday that King Fahd and Mr Hussein discussed issues to
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    • 759 3 Stronger yen hits a main force of growth exports rVHE YEAR IN \EVjEjy Japan's economy AFP "ENDAKA" was an expression once limited to the confines of Japanese economic jargon, but it came into popular use this year. The new colloquialism refers to the "high yen" which plunged Japan into a
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    • 518 3 Reuter INDIA s economy is expected to remain buoyant next year despite widening trade and budget deficits and emerging political opposition to Premier Rajiv Gandhi's liberal economic policies. Economists and bankers in New Delhi said yesterday that real gross national
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    • 130 3 AFP FOR THE FIRST time in four years, Filipinos are looking forward to the new year with optimism, suggests a poll released yesterday by newspapers in Manila. The survey, conducted by Asia Research Organisation, an affiliate of Gallup International, said 41 per cent of Filipinos
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 417 4 NYT NEW ORDERS for Americanmade machine tools dropped 26.3 per cent in November, compared with the encouraging levels of October, according to a report released on Monday by the National Machine Tool Builders Association in New York. Analysts and machine tool manufacturing officials attributed
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    • 270 4 AFP WITH A VIEW to cornering a share in the lucrative commercial space market, Brazilian arms and aircraft manufacturers have set up a joint venture to build and operate a satellite launching rocket. The new firm, Orbita, will also make missiles,
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    • 217 4 Reuter ALGERIA'S Energy Minister said in a newspaper interview that Opec should aim at a crude oil price of US$2B a barrel as its current goal of US$lB was "barely acceptable". Belkacem Nabi was also quoted in the latest edition of the
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    • 502 4 Reuter, AP CHRYSLER CHAIRMAN Lee lacocca does not want to be president of the US because in a few years, the American economy will be in such a crisis that he would not know what to do. The blunt-talking businessman said in an
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    • 893 4 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvic* Local From number tiro* UA UA805 0100 SFO/HKG CAL CI341 0155 TPE CAl 0337 0215 TPE FT FT75 0316 UH/ORD/ANC/ NRT/MNL/TPE SV SV398 0710 JED/RUH MAS MH68I 0820 KUL MAS MH811 0910 PEN MAS MH671 0920 KUL S1A SQ103 0950 KUL AC AC858 0950
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    • 365 4 AFP SOVIET PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms have been defended in an unprecedented television debate that did not hesitate to praise China and Japan for their production incentives. The debate was between two fictitious Communist Party members aged 50. One of them, Ivan,
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    • 201 4 Reuter A LEADING Moscow newspaper, signalling growing official impatience at resistance to change in the Soviet Union, said on Sunday that many government ministries and organs were hampering economic development. Sovetskaya Rossiya, the paper of the Russian Federation, largest of the 15 Soviet republics, singled out
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    • 218 4 UPI THE SOVIET UNION could slip as many as 1,500 commandos who have trained in the guise of tourists or seamen into Britain to paralyse the country in the event of war, a military expert said yesterday. The analyst, Col
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    • 566 4 AP WHEN LEONARDO DA VINCI filled a parchment with sketches of a child and a lamb 500 years ago, he could have never dreamed it would one day sell for U553.63 million. But then that price, and the wave of wealthy
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    • 237 4 UPI A JUSTICE MINISTRY inquiry has found that Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir did not order the killing of two captured Palestinian bus hijackers in 1984 and did not authorise a coverup, Israel television said on Sunday. The inquiry's conclusions, quoted
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    • 476 4 UPI AMERICAN corporations, coming to grips with a drastically changing workforce, have increased the number of firm-sponsored or paid child-care programmes from 110 in 1978 to 2,500 in 1985, a study says. "Our child-care study shows that American businesses are tackling the important issue
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 68 4 Doonesbury CAN YOU CONFIRM WETHER THE PRESIDENT IS CON9PERJNG AXJNG PON REGAN J AFTER Thß HOUDAYS* 6TVEUSA REDFERN. m m JTS CHRISTMAS, FOR CRfING OUT LOUP' CANTYOU PEOPLE &VB THIS THING A RESTFORONB SI um m s V 6 S5 I BY GARRY TRUDEAU AT LEAST mi ME IF NANCY
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 166 5 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed slightly higher yesterday on further light covering and some speculative buying interest, supported by a steadier Chicago soyoil futures close last week and ahead of India's early vegetable oil tender today. But trading remained thin as most operators were reluctant to hold
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    • 66 5 Bangkok (US$/tonne, FOB) White Rice 100% 1st clots 245 100% 2nd doss 210 100% 3rd doss 205 5% 195 10% 190 15% 185 20% 175 25% 170 35% 170 Broken Rice A-l Super 118 A-l Special 115 C-1 Special unq C-1 Ord unq Loonzain Rice 100% 1st grade unq
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    • 111 5 OIL PRODUCTS THE FAR EAST Petroleum Products market was very quiet yesterday as the festive mood prevailed and Japan prepared to kick off it's weeklong holiday. Jet/kerosene stagnated and gasoil firmed significantly due to a Petronas tender award. All other products firmed marginally on sentiment. Closing prices for crude (FOB
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    • 108 5 THE PRICE OF TIN on the Kuala Lumpur tin market price closed four cants higher yesterday at M 516.81 par kilo on year-end covering. Dealers said that the rise was attributed to strong buying at the start of the market with bids for 177 tonnes
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    • 186 5 SINGAPORE The market closed lower yesterday with January 1 RSS buyers quoted at 181.00 cents/kilo, down 1.50 cents from last Wednesday, dealers said. The morning session lost 1.75 cents on some selling in thin trading after lower Japanese advices over the weekend, they added. A slight recovery was noted
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    • 286 5 RAS prices In S c*nts/kg, FOB In bate NOON CLOSE Buyers S*il*rs Buyers Sellers kit 1 RSS Prompt 181.00 1 82.00N 181.50 182 JON Int 1 RSS ion 87 180.50 181.50 181.00 182.00 bit 1 RSS Feb 181.50 182.00 182.00 182.50 Int 2 RSS OP 175.00 177.00N
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    • 81 5 (c«nti/kg, 1-ton patten) JAN 87 FEB 87 (currant month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS 8uy*n S*H*n kjrtn S**m SSR 30 171J0 173.50N 173.50 174 JON SSI 50 169.50 171 JON 170.50 173 JON MRELB luyars S*lt*n lvy«rt SMR CV 379.50 281. SON 380.50 282.50N SMR I 381.50
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    • 629 5 COFFEE Robusta coffee futures were around £30 per tonne below their preChristmas close at midday yesterday after a morning of dull, nervous trading. Much of the 1,116-lot volume consisted of Jan/Mar switching, with 256 cross-trades. January shed £29 to £1,720, while second position March stood at £1,711 against
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    • 93 5 Chinese Produce Exchange Stlltn' noon doting pfkts on D*c 29 (SS/100 kg). Coconut oil Bulk FOB 66.00 Otd drum FOB 76.00 drum FOB 86.00 Copra Mixed (too**) 33 buy*r* Pepper Muntok WNt* FOB NLW 1415.00 Sarawak White FOB faq NLW 1400.00 Sarawak tpadol Mack FOB NLW 1012.50 Sarawak
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    • 254 5 Reuter THE European Community's Executive Commission sees a gloomy outlook for the EC steel industry, forecasting output in the first quarter of 1987 would fall almost 7 per cent from a year earlier. In what it called a very prudent estimate, it said
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    • 274 5 UPI REFLECTING slow shipments to China and the US, Japan s steel exports this year is expected to fall below 30 million tonnes for the first time in four years. According to the Japanese economic journal Nihon Keizai Shim bun, industry officials blamed
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 491 6 FT EXCHANGES OF DEBTS for equity are becoming an important incentive for manufacturers to expand Mexican export operations, but Mexico's swap rules remain restrictive and the programme will have only minimal impact on its foreign debt problems. Bankers and officials in Mexico City
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    • 146 6 Reuter THE ISLAMIC Development Bank has approved financing totalling US$B6 million for seven trade operations and two new development projects in member countries. In a statement issued in Jeddah on Sunday, the bank's executive board said seven special aid projects for Muslim communities in non-member
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    • 296 6 NST DEPOSITORS with a frozen Malaysian deposit-taking co-opera-tive society want a refund of the money used by the society to buy shares in Malaysian Resources Corporation Bhd. Shareholders of Koperasi Pembangunan Ekonomi Pemuda (Komuda) claim that the deal was made at an inflated
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    • 1507 6 Majority view expects dollar to fall further NYT FIFTEEN MONTHS after the historic meeting at the Plaza Hotel where the US and its major industrial partners agreed to drive the value of the dollar down, currency traders and economists are wondering
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 748 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar yesterday closed weaker against the yen but steady to slightly firmer against major European currencies, after thin trading. Dealers attributed the dollar s afternoon weakness against the yen to selling pressure after a Japanese press report that the Bank of Japan governor Satoshi Sumita
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    • 171 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to Md Oiler c ma partly chanf9 on* unit of foreign currency: US dollar 2.1850 2.1860 2.8196 -22,51 Sterling pound 3.1835 3.1860 7.3469 -56.67 Australian dollar 1.4453 1.4482 3.4286 -57.85 NZ dollar 1.1427 1.1454 3.4286 -66.67 Canadian dollar 1.5810 1.5840 3.4206
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    • 134 6 HONGKONG: Gold closed with pared losses, settling at U*****.90/U*****.40 an ounce against an initial U*****.40/90. On the local market, gold finished HK$3 lower at HK53,643 a tael. TOKYO: Closed until Jan 5. LONDON: Gold was fixed at U*****.40 yesterday morning, down US$l.35 from last Tuesday morning's fix. GOLD
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    • Article, Illustration
      140 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market closed at 5 per cent yesterday, down 1/2 point from Friday's close. The one-month rate gained 1/8 to 4 3/4 per cent while two month and three month closed unchanged at 3 7/8 per cent. Indicates tt>« avaraga <* «m
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    • 334 6 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates turned weaker in the afternoon after a firmer opening yesterday, but rates closed little changed to higher on balance compared with last Friday's close here. Term rates firmed between 1/8 and 3/4 points at the outset after Japanese bidding and year-end covering interests
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    • 530 6 BA Futures MARCH Eurodollars yesterday opened unchanged from Chicago's closing level at 93.97. There was little dealing interest in view of the holidays. The firm inter-bank interest rates in the morning had no impact on the Eurodollar futures market as the higher rates were due to technical reasons. Liffe
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
    • 684 7 Reuter SOUTH AFRICA goes into 1987 with businessmen and economists certain that the Americanled wave of sanctions and disinvestment which hit the country this year will get worse. In spite of the sanctions, aimed at putting pressure on the white-led republic to end apartheid
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    • 619 7 Reuter BLACK AFRICAN STATES are showing signs of caution, even retreat, from rushing into punitive measures against South Africa and the question being repeatedly asked in Zimbabwe is: "What has happened to sanctions?" For weeks, there has been a guessing game as to when Prime Minister
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    • 693 7 NYT SHE WORKS in a small clothing factory or she did until recently, when she was dismissed for refusing to work an extra 12-hour shift on Sunday. The 30-year-old South Korean worker, who declined to give her name for fear of being
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    • 846 7 MYT THE JAPANESE, as a rule, do not fall down on the job. After work, though, it's another story. Every evening, as faithfully as a bartender listening to a woeful tale, Tokyo's gray-flannelled samurai cluster in bars and pubs to drink themselves into a state of
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    • 947 7  -  By LEONARD SILK NYT THE YEAR 1987 will confront the US, Japan, West Germany and the other industrial countries with the necessity of finding solutions to the most dangerous set of problems that the world economy has faced since the end of the *****.
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  • FEATURES
    • 519 8 FOR YEARS the Urban Redevelopment Authority was, in the public eye at least, the department that presided over the pulling down of much that was old and familiar about Singapore. It was associated with acquisition orders and bulldozers, with land sales worth hundreds of millions
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    • 1111 8  -  The movements of Suntec Investment, an investment company incorporated in Singapore over a year ago, are watched with interest by the business community. Not surprisingly, since the company's board of directors comprise some of the richest business tycoons in Hongkong, reports
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    • 183 8 Cheng Yu Tung (chairman)* hotelier, financier and chairman of New World Development Co. Frank Teao Wen King (deputy chairman)* shipper, chairman of International Maritime Carriers (Holdings). Chow Wen Helen* textile and food manufacturing. Wineor Industrial Corp, Winner Company (HK) Ltd. Chow Chung Kal* textiles.. Winsor
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 526 9 Reuter STARS AND STRIPES fought back after jumping the start to score a massive victory over USA, and New Zealand established supremacy over French Kiss in the America s Cup challenger semi-finals yesterday. In the defender series, Kookaburra 111 scored a comfortable victory over
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    • 180 9 AFP THE SPONSOR of America's Cup entrant French Kiss said in Fremantle yesterday that it hoped the syndicate would not take its "glassgate" protest to court. Serge Crasnianski, chairman of Kis International, told a news conference he agreed with the French syndicate's actions
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    • 406 9 AFP AUSTRALIA awoke yesterday, still heady with the elation of Pat Cash's Davis Cup winning performance at Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium, but tasting the Ashes of defeat after the nation's cricketers surrendered to England just eight kilometres away at the city's cricket
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    • 364 9 Reuter PAT CASH, whose brilliant comeback victory against Mikael Pernfors on Sunday helped Australia clinch the Davis Cup against Sweden, credits his family for inspiring him in a yearlong fight to regain peak form. Cash, 21, said after his win
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    • 216 9 AFP WORLD INDOOR mile recordholder Eamonn Coghlan may be forced to call off his forthcoming American tour, after being bitten by a dog and breaking a hand in Dublin on Saturday night during an argument with two cyclists. The 33-year-old Irish star
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    • 1713 9 PFHE YEAR IN EVIEtV eign sports NYT THE METS won the World Series. Jack Nicklaus won his sixth Masters at age 46. Bill Shoemaker won his fourth Kentucky Derby at age 54. Mike Tyson won the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship at age 20.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1148 9 to to mm TUESDAY PREMIERE Tender Mercies 10.30pm, Channel 5 i<y 1 "ry Jl X Robert Duvall (left) won an Oscar for his performance as a down-and-out country singer trying to rebuild his life in this movie directed by Bruce Bereford. The cast also includes newcomers Tess Harper and Allan
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 841 10 NYT AFTER WORKING THROUGH this year at a breakneck pace, merger and acquisition specialists doubt they will have much time to catch their breath in 1987. They expect that most ot the same forces that stimulated deals this year will also be
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    • 297 10 Reuter BRITAIN'S business leaders believe that London's reputation as a leading global commercial centre has suffered since the deregulation of its financial markets in October, according to an opinion poll published yesterday. The survey, conducted for the Institute Of Directors (IOD), questioned
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    • 155 10 Reuter GUINNESS PLC. has said that inspectors from the UK Trade and Industry Department (DTI) are investigating the circumstances in which a subsidiary of merchant bankers Henry Ansbacher and Co Ltd held shares in the company. It said yesterday that
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    • 759 10 NYT "I THOUGHT GREENMAIL was dead," says Martin Lipton of Wachtel, Lipton Rosen Katz. "Now all of a sudden it is back, alive and well." Mr Wachtel, a US takeover lawyer, was noting a remarkable comeback. It is one that has rendered distinctly uneasy
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 457 11 HONGKONG: Local bulls were taking no holidays on the Hongkong stock exchange yesterday as demand for second-line stocks helped send the Hang Seng Index to a record 2,552.45, up 28.53. The Hongkong Index, meanwhile, closed at 1,629.02, up 19.64. Brokers, somewhat taken aback by the activity between the Christmas
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    • 304 11 DEC M NT All Sincara Indus 1 88 -0.1 Asia Camant 29 60 13 Cathay Corw 35 50 09 Chang Hwa Bank. 40 20 1.2 Chang Loong 27 70 0.5 Chia Hain Camant 27 30 0.7 Chin Hain Flour 11 55 0 25 China Cham 23 00 0.3 China
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    • 556 11 AUSTRALIA: Share markets yes- terday closed at record levels, edging higher on keen support for selected industrial, gold and oil stocks. Brokers said firmer gold and oil prices and hopes for lower domestic interest rates, combined with takeover activity in the media sector, boosted sentiment. However, trading was still
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    • 96 11 DEC a •csos Acoje Mining Anglo Phil Apax Mining B Atlas Con B 0 036 0 006 17 -225 Baguio Gold Basic Petroleum 0 01 0 0005 Benguet Con B ....97 -a First Phil Hklga 9 10 0 3 Lepanto B ***** 0 005 1 34 0.1 1- Marsteel
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    • 174 11 BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index edged down 0.85 to 207.13. Turnover totalled 977,494 shares worth 163.7 million baht. The Tokyo market was closed yesterday I*C M BAHT Ao Kham Thai Ayudhya Investment Bangkok Agro-lnd Bangkok Bank 234 61 50 277 10 -2 5 -2 Bank Ot Ayudhya
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    • 263 11 UPI IN SPITE OF a gloomy economic outlook, the Tokyo Stock Exchange enjoyed booming business throughout most of 1986 and market analysts predict brisk trading in the new year with institutional investment playing a key role. They said corporate
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    • 56 11 AFP SOUTH KOREAS Ssangyong Construction Company is to build a luxury US$l2O million hotel which will be the biggest in Jakarta, when completed. The company said yesterday that it had signed a contract with Indonesia's Bimantara Group to build the 28-sto-rey, 455-room Plaza Indonesia Hotel. AFP
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    • 323 11 Reuter BELL GROUP LTD chairman Robert Holmes a Court says he expects the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (HWT) to make a firm decision on his takeover bid by the end of the week. Holmes a Court said yesterday that his
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    • 224 11 Reuter NEWS CORP LTD says in its formal offer for the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (HWT) released in Melbourne that it will raise A 51.87 billion through the placement of shares or notes and through a bill acceptance/discounting
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    • 414 11 NYT THE NOMURA Securities Co. the world s-largest brokerage house, extended its reach into the US real estate industry on Sunday with the acquisition of a half-interest in Eastdil Realty Inc, the innovative real estate investment bankina firm founded by Benjamin V Lambort. Real estate
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 196 11 I I Start of A New Experience Kinta-Mam Delightful Indonesian meals! Our specialties include Charcoal Grilled Seafood, Cado Gado. Sate (Satay). spicy Rendangs. Ayam Goreng. Chendol and more! Tickling your palate with an authentic Indonesian cuisine is only half the experience. The other half is just being there. KINTA-MANII -INDONESIAN
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    • 119 11 just boogie down to the Block Velvet Gold Club. One of the top discos in town. Featuring Laser Light shows and the most fascinating light effects around. Located on the Ist floor mezzanine. Ladies Night and no cover charge for couples till 10pm Sunday to Friday. Ample free parking. A©
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    • 156 11 A real enclave I where you can easily J re/ax to the soothinq music of our resident band Dnnks served A p T\I7IVr inciude 311 time f avountes plus \JuVl\lyCll some exotic concoctions PENINSULA HOTEL LEVEL 6 fl ft -v r:v? /ay i VS?U Happy Hours from Lounge Hours: 3pm
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    • 246 11 FESTIVAL OF BELLS ATTHEHYKTT RING IN 1987 AT HUGO'S: New Year s Eve Celebration in high style at the Hyatt s premier French restaurant Novelties Listen or dance to the sounds of a top live band $140* :NUTMEGS: Goodbye 1986 Dinner Novelties Prizes Fun Games Dancing to Nutmegs jazz band
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    • 270 11 1H i it e NEW YEAR S EVE 31 DEC 86 COFFEE GARDEN Buffet Lunch 12 noon 3pm S'rtotn Bee* Peking Duck 30 other specialties Free novelties SIS-- Adult) (Child below 12) Romantic Candlelight Buffat Dinner A Dance 7pm 3am Complimentary glass o' Red/White wine, novelties. mobile disco Lucky Draw
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4069 12 A COMBINATION of prof-it-taking and news of fraud concerning a local bank erased gains made in early trading yesterday. causing the market to close slightly easier across the board. OUB announced it had discovered a fraud in its Hongkong main branch but
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    • 287 12 SINGAPORE Rises Indices 0K 26 OK 29 Sim Urn 124 +13 8T Compoa»• 787.90 7t 3.97 Motol to> Spore 414 10 81 Indicator *****968 *****001 Carobot SO* 4M 8 8T 08/0S 4 -86 FIN 915 5 IT CADI -6879 -6922. M Gtou 200 3 8T08V ***** *****
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    • 2938 12 810 and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 102 12 KL market report, Business dons on ths KLSE, Sss Pags 13 s; I I n PALM BEACH To get to paradise ron may have to pass through hell. Mccca of the richest and most powerful people in America. Palm Beach is a world unto itself. And l-isa Starrs whole life
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 481 13 NST NO EVIDENCE has been found of short-selling in five counters on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange which were involved in heavy transactions between Nov 3 and Dec 11. This is the initial finding of an investigation by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
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    • 436 13 LACK OF follow-through support caused share prices to finish mixed on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday in spite of an encouraging start as investors retreated to the sidelines in the afternoon. Dealers said speculators also took the opportunity to take profit after two
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    • 563 13  -  Contractor alleges extra work on Bel-Air project By NAJEEB JARHOM UNITED OVERSEAS LAND has disclosed that an unnamed contractor involved in the development of the Orchard Bel-Air project is claiming about $9.75 million from the group for alleged additional work. The contractor served a notice
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    • 88 13 Bernama EMPORIUM and Supermarket Holdings Bhd has appointed Arab-Malaysian Merchant Bank Bhd (AMMB) as its financial adviser for a proposed financial restructuring plan. According to an Emporium statement yesterday, the merchant bank is expected to submit its report within the first quarter of next year, which
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    • 471 13 MBT SUPREME CORP has asked its bankers and financial advisers to formulate a plan to restructure the operations of the company. It is also taking steps to try and sell some of its properties. According to corporate and banking sources, the proposed restructuring
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    • 2120 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. NDUSTRIALS Acmo (—I A|nomoto *****) Aioi Hotdg (—1 Alcorn (71
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    • 113 13 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Monday *****2 Friday closed Week ogo 1596 74 Hang Seng Index Monday 2552 45* Friday closed Week ogo 2503 77 All Industrials Monday Friday Week ogo NEW YORK Dow Jones Friday Thursday Week ogo ***** closed 2326 8 *****0 closed *****5 TOKYO Nikkei Average Monday
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    • 256 13 Managers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for Ok 30 First B'putro &I9 524 Singapore Unit Trust Second B'putro 470 4 75 Third B'putra 371 3 76 The Commerce 089 096 The Savings Fund 0 82 0 88 S'pore Prog Fund 035 039 Spore Set Fund 059 064 S pore Invest Fund
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    • 289 13 NOTICES JTH INVESTMENT HOLDINGS PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act (Cap. 185) that the Final Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at 110, Middle Road. #06-02. Singapore, 0718 on Tuesday, 10th
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    • 288 13 HUP CHOON KIM KEE PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 185) that the Final Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held at 110. Middle Road. #06-02. Singapore, 0718 on Tuesday, 10th
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    • 282 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF BUILDER LINE PRIVATE LIMITED (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in pursuance to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 185, that a general meeting of the abovenamed company will be held at 9
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    • 272 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 185 AND IN THE MATTER OF J AMU JAGO PRIVATE fl |>, I I'M (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed company duly convened and held at 52A, Telok Ayer Street, Singapore
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    • 210 13 ,«ooHts.» r«„ 4 LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Winter Room, South Wing, Bth Floor, Mandarin Hotel, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore 0923, on Tuesday, 20 January 1987, at 12 noon for the
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  • 385 14 AFP, Reuter PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino is to launch a nationwide tour at the weekend to campaign for a draft new Constitution, a spokesman said yesterday as opposition leaders threatened a "grand coalition" to oppose it. The controversial draft charter is to be
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  • 275 14 AFP FORMER DEFENCE CHIEFS and opposition critics of the New Zealand government's decision to withdraw its army battalion from Singapore over the next three years have said that it will cause training problems, recruiting difficulties and loss of morale among troops. The 700-plus unit, together
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  • 1019 14  -  rVHE TEAR IN xEVIEIV Cash calls Companies tap funds amounting to more than $1 b By CHAN OI CHEE COMPANIES MAKE HAY while the sun shines The sharp recovery in the stock market since June this year has prompted a total of 20 companies to
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  • 96 14 AFP THE INDONESIAN rush to buy US dollars escalated sharply again yesterday, with purchases reaching a hefty U*****.45 million after slumping to U5531.15 million on Saturday. The figure, obtained from the Central Bank, was U5547.20 million up from the U*****.25 million on Friday, when dollar purchases
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  • 243 14 Reuter NORTH KOREAN leader Kim llSung was yesterday re-elected president by the Supreme People s Assembly, or Parliament, the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The assembly cast its votes in the presence of the 74-year-old president and his 44-year-old son Kim Jong-11, said the
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  • 199 14 THE ENROLMENT PATTERN of Malay students in Primary One classes could be changed by 1988, Dr Tay Eng Soon, Minister of State (Education), said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after launching the Union of Keppel Shipyard Employees' anti-smok-ing campaign, Dr Tay said his ministry was
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  • 87 14 Reuter COMEX gold futures pared gans in thin trading early yesterday after a firmer opening as day traders took profits on the early advance. The pacesetting February contract traded at U*****.40 an ounce. US$O.4O above its Christmas Eve finish, after advancing to U*****.90. Silver futures were
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  • 70 14 Reuter WALL STREET STOCKS eased on moderate volume yesterday, following the bond market on a downward path. The trading pace is expected to improve from last Friday's post-Christmas lull but analysts look for a mostly non-eventful week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell four points to 1927.
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  • LATE FILE
    • 57 14 Reuter THREE of the Gulf's largest oil producers have begun telling their customers that they intend to implement higher, fixed prices agreed on by Opec from February 1. Saudi Arabia, Iran and Kuwait- which together account for nearly half the output of the Organisation
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    • 46 14 Reuter THE THAI government will maintain its prudent fiscal and monetary policy to ensure stable economic growth next year. Finance Minister Suthee Singhasaneh said yesterday that the government would continue relaxing tax regulations to benefit business investment and export industries. Reuter
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    • 33 14 AP ABOUT 3.2 million Indonesians, or 4.68 per cent of the total work force, were jobless because of the sluggish economy this year, the Department of Manpower said yesterday. AP
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    • 27 14 AFP SUBVERSIVE Islamic elements have infiltrated several mosques in Semarang, the capital of central Java, according to provincial military commander Major-General Harsudiyono Hartas. AFP
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    • 32 14 AP TAN TIONG HONG, former deputy minister in the Malaysian Prime Minister's Department, pleaded innocent yesterday to two charges of criminal breach of trust involving Msl.2 million. AP
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    • 40 14 Bernama KOPERASI Sepadu Bhd Chairman Datuk Yap Peng, alias Yap Piang Tau, was yesterday ordered to stand trial in Kuala Lumpur High Court next week on charges of criminal breach of trust involving Ms3.l million. Bernama
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    • 34 14 Bernama MOTORISTS will be levied higher toll rates when the North-South Highway is completed at the end of 1992, Malaysian Works Minister Datuk S Samy Vellu said yesterday. Bernama
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    • 25 14 UPI THE JAPANESE government yesterday agreed to provide grants of US$4O million to the Philippines to finance five social projects. UPI
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    • 44 14 UPI US AND IRANIAN officials were meeting at The Hague yesterday to discuss the release of US$5OO million in Iranian funds frozen in the US. A deal could help lead to the release of American hostages held in Lebanon.
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    • 23 14 Reuter PRESIDENT Francois Mitterrand yesterday urged the French government to intervene to cut short a damaging national rail strike. Reuter
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    • 96 14 Filipino* optimistic about 1987, Pago 3 "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and dull people don't make it to the top of any heap. Lifestyle is of crucial importance for all executives who realise that a healthy mind works better in a healthy body. To help
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    • 52 14 \oafi6iraa Outlook: Shower* 6vor a tow areas in tho artamoon Roport tor 24 hour* prior to 7.30pm on Doc Mat the airport. Maximum tomporatura 29.5 Aaaoclatod humidity 77 Minimum tomporatura 24.0 Aaaoclatod humidity 97 Hour* of *un*hlna 1 05 Rainfall In mllllmotros 28.6 Rainfall thl* month 366.1 Rainy daya thl*
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 279 15 Most sought after ship the Cavourella Lloyd s List A HANDY-SIZED bulk carrier moored at the Port of Ghent has become the most sought-after ship of the year since she was offered for sale last month. No fewer than 70 potential buyers queued to inspect the 26.987 dwt Cavourella and
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    • 339 15  -  By G DURAIRAJ FREIGHT FORWARDERS in Malaysia have been asked to pay greater attention to training as a means of achieving a higher level of professionalism in the industry. The forwarders, who met at a forum in Penang recently to take stock
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    • 290 15 THE AUSTRALIAN government has unveiled a package of reforms to boost the development of Australian-flag shipping. According to a report in the Australian Financial Review, Transport Minister Mr Peter Morris made the announcement and said the package was based on the recommendations of
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    • 201 15 Seatrade Week GRANTING United States flag ships the right to carry increasing portions of American-origin cargoes in the bilateral trade was one of the few visible Brazilian concessions leading to a recent threeyear extension of the contested US-Brazil maritime accord. The
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 63 15 Reuter THE JAPAN/lndia-Pakistan-Gulf/Japan Shipping Conference will cut its currency adjustment factor on shipments from Hongkong to India and Pakistan to 36 per cent from 37.5 per cent from Jan 1. A similar reduction also will be applied to those shipments from Hongkong to Gulf ports not covered
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      • 56 15 Reuter THE AUSTRALIA Middle East Gulf Conference will lower its bunker adjustment factor, BAF, to minus 3.20 per cent from plus 3.13 per cent, effective Jan 1. The new BAF will then be incorporated into freight rates effective the same date and become zero-rated, the conference said
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    • 1921 16 At 47, Helmut Sohmen has acceded to the title of chairman of the world's largest shipping company, World-Wide. He has worked with Sir Y K Pao for many years and has a high regard for his father-in-law's business acumen. However, Sohmen has
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    • 212 16 AP A MARITIME court in Iceland began hearings on Sunday night on the loss of the British tanker Syneta. which ran aground last week, killing the 12-man crew. The court convened in the east coast fishing port of Eskifjordur to try to discover why
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    • 709 16 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Alltrans VII 3 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 ARC Line V 4 API III 2/3 ASCI III 1 Balt-Canoda Line VII 4/5 Bait-Orient Line VII 4/5 Bank line V 5 BBS II 4/5 Ben Line Cont V
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    • 175 17 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 Line
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    • 180 17 UPI A SOUTH Korean freighter with a crew of 23 aboard was towed to an island south of Tokyo on Sunday after it was disabled by an explosion of the engine off Central Japan, the Japanese Maritime Safety Agency said. There were no
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    • 756 17 Rthe tear in mm Tanker rates AFP WILDLY FLUCTUATING fortunes were again the lot of tanker owners in 1986, a year that saw earnings rise to their highest level since 1979 by mid-summer, before dropping back to their lowest point since 1982 in
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    • 219 17 NEW SHIPPING technologies appear to have imposed extra burden rather than helped developing Asian-Pacific countries whose maritime industry is already suffering from recession. Many shipowners in the region cannot cope with the technological progress due to lack of financial and manpower resources. according
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    • 215 17 Seatrade SUD MARINE, the Mar-seille-based shiprepair company, has developed a computerised operating simulator for diesel engines to be launched in early 1987. The prototype was on display at SMM 86 and allows for an instructor to run programmes of a variety of engine
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    • 400 17 AP JAPANESE Foreign Minister Tadashi Kuranari will try to win the release of two Japanese crewmen of a cargo vessel detained in North Korea since mid-November 1983. A foreign ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Mr Kuranari made the pledge
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    • 6122 22 A guide to ships loading at Singapore for ports around the world The list below tabulates, by port of destination, the name of the ship, the shipping line involved and the estimated dates of arrival and departure from the Port of Singapore.
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    • 1723 23 Who acts for whom The leading shipping lines operating from local ports and their agents A—B A Top Enterprieee Pta Ltd Same (S) AB Shipping Boustead Shpg Agenciee A(m Una African Shpg Agencies (S) Ahrenkiei Liner Kim Shpg (S) Alfred C Toepfer Oceanus Shipping Agenciee (S) Multlport Sdn Bhd (PK).
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    • 664 24 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES 01.01/0700 Alfesoni KI9 Confer alongside Bintong B«lait K24E SSPt alongside 3012/0600 Cotnori KI5 Pot Elders alongside 31 12/1500 Hosei Moru K30 NTY alongside 31 12/0600 lily Star K9 Barber alongside 30 12/1200 Qinghechang K29 Y Fung alongside
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    • 620 24 CONTAINER TERMINAL RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Gdna FCL Arrival LCL movamant Ship Voy data/tima Operator cargo achadula Location K Gavrilov 43BW86 30 1286 1600 Sinsov F7 0700-0000 U4 K Jocejin 36E 3012.86 1630 Crown Marine F5A 0730-0630 B8 Pegasus P 460N 30 12 86
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    • 608 15 liamlni s oik s>r l)u H< MIiUA H IAADRC SMPPWC «OCK (ta(. Hi. 247*4/ OOH) \lllf# TOO Cantonment (to*) #17V> Southpomt Smfipoct 0208 T« *****11 TELEX NO RS 2417S PfAWfln TERMMM./CFS Tal *****18 220 L vfflf J BOOKNGS Id *****34 P«MA MMWC SHW«B MENCB SOU M _/> 4 |WfftPP|i PORT
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    • 55 15 \mm HELMUT SOHMEN has recently acceded to the title of chairman of the world's largest independent shipping company, World-Wide. Page II The Year in Review Tanker Rates Page 111 Index to advertisers II Shipping schedules VIII Consortia 111 Ships in port X Container schedules X The London freight market waa
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    • 885 15 ,4. BALT-ORIENT LINE Baltic Shipping Co Refutar Services from South East Am to United Kingdom and North Continental Ports Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co Pte Ltd Tel; *****33 MAERSK LINE EAST AFRICA SERVICES INAUGURAL SAILING TO DAR ES SALAAM MOMBASA NAIROBI ADRIAN MAERSK VOY 8703 efid SIN 17.1.87 "Sanppon Clown
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    • 412 16 COMPAGNIE MARITIME D'AFFRETEMENT FU EAST Ti KMTCMUNEM MM EUROPE OUTBOUND TO NORTH CONTINENT Also CtffD to iN U.K. itttiMttOMi ScwtflllViM (AlfllMt OUTBOUND TO MEDITERRANEAN AJso accapting FCI Cjffo to Ummml. Mtrtin. Lattatia. Boinrt OUTBOUND TO ARABIAN QULF VESSELS VILLE DE JUPITER VILLE DE MERCURE VILLI D~ URANUS INBOUND FROM N.
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    • 388 16 naass-iai EUROPE/FAR EAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VSL PT of LOG. DATES PT. KLANG ROSE Hamburg Sailed 21/1 GSI GO* PAN Szczecin-Hbg-Ant 15-27/12 2S/1 MALE Bourpi It 3002 30/1 TBN Ijmuidon 12-13/1 14/2 TBN Antwerp 26-30/1 1/2 TBN IJawiden-Cardffl 29-5/2 3/3 TBN Szczecin-Roetock S-11/2 10/3 Further load/ dtecharamg ports on rout* aubject
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    • 802 17 The Straits Steamship Group ocu Overseas Containers Limited CONTAINtRSHP SERVICE TO UK/COWTIHEWT:) Abo <AooapMng Cargo For: HMtajf to Cooonhigor. Airtmo. I HkWi to Antwerp Amoterdaio. i Win. Stock Mm. Helsinki. ilf)li :to sll UK dominations. Bolftst and DuMin JOWTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROMUKTCONTWENT: ■Calls luiw. Koto. Nat t Tokyo GULF SERVICE Kako
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    • 732 17 Franco Belgian Services tir i hrrnch .Vruii ilh /.1 r h iW.rn I in<~ CONTAINER SERVtCE TO EUROPE S PORE P KELANGLa Narva R dam FStowt Han B Havon Ant CR PARIS 1 Jin (30 Ok) 1J Jan 20 Jan 21 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan V J LIONS GATE
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    • 332 18 lUU Years Liner Shipping Far East 1886-1986 I— Hapag-Lloyd 10 CONTINENT/UK EXPORTS Inland baulago to inland festirutions in uk n. wnunwi aiw wgv for Coponhjfon. Aarhus, Gothonbur*. UUImo, KoUinki. Amsterdam. Bolfast. DuMin. Caribbean I South America TO EUROPE/MED Sport PK Penang Ltiioes Bilbao Genoa «bur| Rdam A'werp Imm RS DALIAN
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    • 835 18 JIC&LINE cm***"— FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ 1 M mbf ol lhf Cf Cwisixt um C.R. PARIS n» LION GATE BRIDGE 1W ORIENTAL CHIEF S2W KOREAN JACEJIN 37* FROM E'JROPE VIA SUEZ Mfmbfr of ,h c Consortium KOREAN JACEJIN *E 1/1) 30/12 3/1 4/1 NEPTUNE CRYSTAL 37E «/l)
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    • 419 18 /ffjtial Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd 1 TEL: *****06 (20 Lines) TLX RS ***** &RS ***** IB FASTERN C AR I INER. LTD. STRUTS/ JAPAN/ STRAITS SERVICE I SPECIALIST IN RO-RO HEAVY LIFTS JOVIAN BRIGHT ORANGE SURF SEKI NAGOYA Spore P Kelang Ptnang Yokohama Nagoyi Loading at appropriated Berth P4-P5
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    • 993 18 m EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) [VtR GATHER 11/12 *1 *1 *1 EVER GUIDE 111 11/1 U/l W *2 EVER LIVING W I*l 2*l 220 I*l EVER GLORY 21/1 2VI 27/1 2*l 2*l EVER LINKING 27/1 10/2 2/2 12/2 *3 EVER GLOBE 1/2 17/2 *2 I*2 I*3
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    • 814 19 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES \v\ PIL Building. 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE as/1 a/1 5/2 0/2 10/1 21/1 'MUM *MTC TO* KOB JO/1 1/2 2/2 4/2 11/2 13/2 14/2 Omit 0«n« 24/1 2*/1 OMIT INDONESIA CONTAINER SERVICE VESSEL SEA HAWK KOTA SMGA SEA HAWK
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    • 1026 19 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT L.«rpo<* t<r an City at Uinburfft VI STON MM I H*»[N ROAM HAVRE 2*n m an an m in 2/2 4/2 w m M *a w m w ma ua ua wi ua ua m m wj xm aw aa aa m
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    • 717 19 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EUROPE VESSEL/VOY IS PORE I BILBAO BREMEN A DAM/R DAM H'BURG OCEAN 31/12-2/1 24/1 30/1 3/2 LJ. BONTANGIOWB tt-Mfl 18/2 14/2 17/2 GANDA GAHA/17WS 24-2 M
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    • 351 19 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES PAGAN VIO7W SITT*AY VZ7W PA AN VIQSW •MANDALAY Loading for Europe BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S pore P.Kelang Penang Bangkok BANK LINE EXPRESS SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE NORTHBOUND TO UKC MORAYBANK V2N CLYDEBANK VI9N ANJOU VIN TAMAITAI SAMOA VAN SPORE RDAM HULL
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    • 1407 20 K line KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD.— KMDM/raw/CNILE FEEDER VSL MOTHER VSL SPORE PKLG PNG SPORE KOBE CUAYAQUIL CALLAO ARICA IQOIQUE AFAGASTA S ANTONIO VALPARAISO 31 Dac 1 Jin 2 Jin 4 Jan 23 Jan 2 Fab 10 Fat 14 Fab ASIA STAR V 54 TBN VSL CBITR/U. AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SEA FEEDER
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    • 770 20 Si H AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Container* 'tfif P Kiting liner Vessel S'pore Melt Frem Sydn Aha Accepts I— CHANDIDAS ili i iir. 19 Un 7t Jan 26 Jan Add Bris CALABAR V3l 3 Jan "KABIROAS K. 32 19 Jan S Feb 14 Feb 12 Feb Adel Bris
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    • 793 20 tTTC-i GOLDEN LINE wre d> GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) ITD 23. Idol kyf Sheet V*—*—■"4 SNGAPORf 0104 m *****11 (10 IMS) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: spore PKe»»(* Penary GOLDEN HARVEST Cotombo/Karachi, Dubai/Kuwait 10/12 Jan GOLDEN HAVEN Colombo Karachi Muscat Doha 25/27 Jan CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING ma THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
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    • 444 20 4, INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 10 Anson Road «27 16 International Plaza Singapore 0207 Tel *****11 (10 Lines) 121 BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK jj S port f Kelanf loading forKARINA 88K527 Sailed Sailed ROT (ANT 'BREMEN TSBJERG/ UK (AVON) OOOYANC FRONTIER 88K929 Sailed In Pt ROT/ANT/UK (AVON) Ajent* Singapore INTRASEA (PTE)
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