The Business Times, 18 March 1987

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    12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1987 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    191 1 Exchange ratas THE SINGAPORE DOLLAR closed higher at $2.1390/1400 ($2.1435/45) against the US dollar in the forex market yesterday. It weakened to $3.4074/4111 ($3.3792/3829) against sterling. The local unit rose slightly against both the HK$ and M$, but fell against DM and yen. US$: 151.40/50 yen, 1.8355/65
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    Singapore, HK shares fall across the board
    443 1  -  By HOMER CHEN HEAVY SELLING dominated the t Singapore stock market, causing sharp falls across the board in moderately active trading yesterday. Institutions, anxious to preserve their profits, were said to be among the heavy sellers. The Straits Times Industrial Index fell 22.38
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    Lock icon Taiwan easing tariffs
    128 1 AFP TAIWAN is to reduce customs duties substantially and adopt other measures to open up its domestic market to US goods, officials said yesterday. The scale of the reductions is yet to be decided, but some 80 items, such as farm goods and chemicals, targeted by Washington,
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    Marketing blitz
    95 1 "ONE PROBLEM is to overcome the general perception that Tiger Balm is made in the backyard under the coconut trees in Asia," said Mr Cheah Kok Thai, Haw Par's marketing manager for Australasia and Africa. Tiger Balm, that legendary cure-all sold from Switzerland to Zimbabwe, is now set
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    SES scraps $180 m lifeboat fund
    599 1  -  Levy on brokers' commissions stopped By ELAINE KOH THE $180-MILLION lifeboat fund, established by the Big Four local banks more than a year ago to shore up confidence in the stockbroking industry after the Pan-El crisis erupted, has been scrapped. Stockbroking firms stopped paying
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    Ministers to go on promotion missions
    268 1 CABINET MINISTERS will be on the road again this year to sell Singapore as a business centre. The Economic Development Board, which is coordinating the promotion missions, is gathering input from its network of overseas offices. The exact timing and itinerary of each trip
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    Lock icon Japan's growth may have fallen short of 3pc target
    266 1 AFP JAPAN'S economic growth in the fiscal year ending March 31 may have stopped short of an officially targeted 3 per cent. The Economic Planning Agency said yesterday that Japan's Gross National Product in real terms had grown only 0.8 per
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    Major review of public housing underway
    505 1  -  By FOO CHOY PENG Chief Reporter A MAJOR review of public housing policies is being carried out by a ministerial committee led by First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. The review will shape the Housing and Development Board's future role, said National Development
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      152 1 """}:_*[,!,&/}>+@!=,[%$':_"/={\ A HELPING FOR HOME BUYERS ®Once you've found your dream home, the next thing you have to look for is a good housing loan. Look to International Bank of Singapore. At IBS, our housing loan scheme is designed to make it easier to own a home. IBS Rates 1
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      279 1 Full report, Page 15 Asian stocks, Paga 13 Int'l stocks, Paga 12 Tourism in Malaysia MALAYSIA would like to become a major tourist destination but the country needs to find solutions to several problems, such as finding a clearcut image to sell internationally, promoting its resorts, spreading its own international
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      9 1 No plan to alter sates tax Bill, Paga 4
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      173 1 yy ii 9 ill The 2nd Asian International Food Processing Packaging Technology Show Conference 8-11 April 1987 WTC uasfifaaim HIGHLIGHTS ol othw on Pag* 3 B G Lm on rola ol Malays In Via armad tocoss a Prsfarrad malhod of tailing state land a Movas to boost Has with Shipping
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      Southpoint becoming focal point of shipping lines
      448 2  -  By LILIAN ANG A RELATIVELY new building situated just outside the Central Business District is fast developing as a 'shipping centre'. The 16-storey Southpoint. which was completed in late 1985, has about 30 shipping or shipping-related companies making up about half the total
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      SAS doubles passenger traffic from Singapore in final quarter of 1986
      367 2 CHECK-INS at the Hyatt Hotel and rights to carry passengers from Singapore to Bangkok were key factors in the doubling of passengers carried from Singapore by Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) in the final quarter of last year. SAS regional
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      Mt Elizabeth installs $1.5 m heart machine
      335 2  -  By WILLIAM CHIA THE CARDIOLOGY UNIT of Mount Elizabeth Hospital, which already earns significant income from foreign patients, has installed a $1.5 million state-of-the-art angio cardiograph unit. The West German Siemens equipment allows accurate detection of blockages in heart vessels through multi-angle views
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      SIA set to improve cargo operations this year
      315 2 SINGAPORE AIRLINES (SIA) is poised to perform better in its cargo operations tor financial year 1967/88 in view of its bigger cargo capacity and a booming Asian cargo market. SIA cargo manager PC Teh, reluctant to be drawn into disclosing cargo growth
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      Accord paves the way for two airlines
      249 2 GULF AIR and Emirates Airlines may be the next two airlines to fly to Singapore now that civil aviation officials of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore have concluded an air services agreement. This air services agreement (ASA), concluded yesterday after two
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      New financial software to be launched in Singapore
      223 2 A FINANCIAL software package capable of processing all foreign exchange and securities transactions is being launched in Singapore today by EDS International (S). The trade analysis and processing (Tradepro) software was developed by one of the world s leading investment banks, Morgan
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      267 2 If you've just sjient $1,000,000 oil a non-expandable' computer we suggest J \ou dorft read this ad. /Jk 2 2 x -vy to Buying a computer system can be a risky business. Choose a system that is too small and you will discover you have to reinvest in a whole
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      97 2 Commercial FOR SALE By tender on 2 April 1987. Dunn House Cecil Street, Singapore. This fine 1979 built detached 16 storey office building is situated close to the prime Raffles Place Financial District. Tenure 999 year leasehold Total Net Floor Area: 47,068 square feet Site Area 8,564 square feet Tenancies
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  • YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT
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      Moves afoot to foster closer ties with Indonesia
      591 3 MORE will be done to develop the bond of friendship between Singapore and Indonesia. Foreign Affairs Minister S Dhanabalan said in Parliament yesterday. Responding to a question by Mr Chandra Das (Chong Boon). Mr Ohanabalan said he was satisfied with past efforts
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      Tender prices for HDB contracts moving up
      195 3 THE BUILDING tender prices for high-rise development ranged from a low of $187.65 per sq m to a high of $275.94 per sq m last year, according to figures released in Parliament by National Development Minister S Dhanabalan. Last year's tender prices reversed
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      Jayakumar on state land sale
      123 3 THE CURRENT PRACTICE of selling state land through the tender system is here to stay, judging by what Second Law Minister S Jayakumar told the House yesterday. Tendering, said the minister, was the best method of ensuring fair competition and preventing suggestions of corruption or
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      Role of Malays in SAF will progress 'step by step'
      615 3 THERE SHOULD be no undue hurry to draw more Malays into the Singapore Armed Forces, said Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. The armed forces, he said, was not just an institution for nation building. It had an operational role
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      Local firms to get a shot at Manila projects
      146 3 THE GOVERNMENT is to invite Singapore companies to take part in 14 projects in the Philippines under a technical assistance scheme, Second Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng said yesterday. Advertisements inviting the companies would be placed in the papers by the
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    • IN BRIEF . . .
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        EFFORTS
        45 3 will be made to find a scholar to fill the parliamentary research officer'a post now vacant. Mr Tang See Chim (Chua Chu Kang) had asked the House to provide more research officers to help the newly-formed government parliamentary committees carry out their work effectively.
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        PRIORITY
        58 3 given to joint appli- cations for flats by parents and a married child would continue to be confined to new town and outer suburban zones. National Development Minister S Dhanabalan said. To extend it to inner suburbsn and urban zones, where there was a limited supply of flats, wss
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        PARLIAMENT
        86 3 will stay where it is and keep the hours it is now keeping. Mr Tang See Chim had suggested that the House move to bigger premiees at City Hall, and that meetings start in the afternoon rather than late morning. There was support for his call from other MPs.
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        FOR
        69 3 every taxi, there are near- ly four licensed taxi drivers. At the end of January this year, there were 42,427 taxi vocational licence holders and 10,843 taxis, said Mr Ho Kah Leong, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Communications and Information). The higher ratio of licence holders to taxis was to ensure
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        ANOTHER
        65 3 150 beds will be ad- ded to the Toe Payoh Hoapital, bringing the total to 500 beds. This would entail building new blocks and improving ward accommodation and sup- porting facilities, Mid Acting Health Minister Y®o Cheow Tong. Private consultants are now being engaged to design and redevelop the
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        TENANTS
        78 3 of HOB commercial or industrial sites will have to pay the prevailing market rent when they turn a sole proprietorship or partnership into a private limited company. But the HOB would consider waiving the rent revision if the original tenant or partners maintain at least a 51 per cent
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        MORE
        52 3 will be spent on govern- ment scholarships and bursaries because of the strength of foreign currencies and higher tees at foreign universities, the Finance Minister, Dr Richard Hu. said. Expenditure earmarked by the Public Service Commission for financial year 1967 is $8.9 million, up 23.1 per cent from the
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Ailing Aussie economy gets needed boost
      330 4 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S ailing economy received a much-needed boost yesterday with official statistics showing a sharp drop in the balance of payments deficit. The Australian dollar jumped to nearly 68.6 US cents, close to its highest level in the past eight months, but market analysts
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      Lock icon Malaysia to focus on industrial research
      295 4 Bernama ES THE DAYS of free-wheeling research and development (R and D) activities by public sector institutions in Malaysia are over. The government has decided that the future direction of R and D activities in the country will be on industrial and downstream research.
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      Lock icon East Germany calls for talks between Asean and Indochina
      225 4 Reuter EAST GERMAN Foreign Minister Oskar Fischer called on non-communist South-east Asian nations to talk with communist Indochinese states to find a solution to the Cambodian conflict. Mr Fischer, who came to Indonesia from talks in Hanoi, said at a banquet
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      Lock icon Manila-Moro talks appear to have reached deadlock
      391 4 Bernama GOVERNMENT and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) negotiators have apparently reached a deadlock in their talks for a solution to the Mindanao problem, a Manila daily reported yesterday. But, at the same time, both aides agreed to remove the element of confrontation
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      Lock icon Seoul plans to buy more US goods
      257 4 UPI SOUTH KOREA now plans to send as many buying missions as possible to the US to purchase more American products. According to Trade Industry Minister Rah Woong-Bae, who has just returned from a trip to the US as the head of a
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka heading for financial crisis: minister
      432 4 FT SRI LANKA's Finance Minister Ronnie de Mel has warned the government that the island is heading for a "grave financial crisis" on account of soaring defence expenditure, depressed export prices (tea, rubber, coconut), rising prices of major import items (crude oil, mainly),
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      Lock icon Miyazawa rules out changes to sales tax bill
      249 4 Reuter JAPAN'S Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said he had no intention of modifying, at the moment, a proposed bill introducing a sales tax. "Parliamentary deliberation must be conducted fully before we see whether to revise it or not." Mr Miyazawa said, adding
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      817 4 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvic* number Local rim* From OA UA su su SU MAS SIA KAL MAS MAS AC OA471 UA905 SQ1I SQ4I SQ491 MM681 SQ47 KE624 MH811 MH671 AC584 0015 0100 0125 0615 0755 0820 0825 0650 0910 0920 0945 ATH SFO/HKG LAX/NTT MAA IWN KUL OR
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      169 4 without crossing the Causeway ft s) h *r '-J. 4k k.. At <* fc. '.-V* There's no denying that Malacca-Portuguese food is delicious. But the traffic jams on the Causeway and the twisting, turning roads on the way to Malacca are enough to take the edge off anyone's appetite. So
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Mulroney under fire over trade accord
      450 5 AP A FREE TRADE agreement being negotiated by Canada and the US could serve as a model for ail nations seeking relief from protectionism, according to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Opening the first full parliamentary debate on the year-old talks in Ottawa on
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      Lock icon Rethink on control of sales to East bloc
      467 5 FT THE WORLD'S major industrialised countries are considering streamlining export controls on sales of sensitive technologies to the Soviet bloc, an initiative which could give a new impetus to areas of East-West trade. The moves, which are under discussion at the Paris-based
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      Lock icon Computer fraud in US causing losses of up to US$5b
      278 5 FT LOSSES from computer fraud in the US are now conservatively estimated at between US$3 billion and US$5 billion, and the spread of modern computing techniques makes it likely that such frauds will in future increase in frequency and sophistication.
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      Lock icon Bank predicts 3pc growth for UK
      87 5 UPI ECONOMIC GROWTH in Britain will average 3 per cent a year tor the next four year», Midland Bank's economists said in their latest review on Monday. Inflation is settling at around 3 per cent, and unemployment and interest rates are both declining. The
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      Lock icon Take steps to cut reliance on imported oil: US study
      349 5 Reuter A REAGAN Administration study has concluded that the US will be dependent on West Asian oil into the next century and the government must take steps to reduce the country's vulnerability, the New York Times said yesterday. The paper
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      Lock icon Britain signs new aid package worth £50 million with Kenya
      311 5 Reuter KENYAN PRESIDENT Daniel Arap Moi on Monday received a boost for his country's economy when he signed a £50 million aid agreement with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Moi arrived in Britain for a two-day visit on Sunday from
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      309 5 Ram? cvn *Albuquerque Allentown .Anchorage .Atlanta .Austin Bakersfield Baltimore gor. Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burbank Burlington Casper Cedar napids Charleston Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati. Cleveland Colorado Springs Columbia olumbus Corpus Christi Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Eugene Eureka Fort Myers Fort Grand Rapids Great Harrisburg Hartford Houston
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Lock icon Canadian dollar hits highest level in two years
      259 6 FT FOREIGN INVESTORS have helped to drive the Canadian dollar to its highest level in more than two years, despite falling domestic interest rates. The dollar rose above 76 US cents on Monday, a gain of more than 10 per cent since
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      Forex markets
      1243 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar closed mixed against major currencies yesterday after fluctuating narrowly on some buying alternated with selling, in light trading. Dealers said most operators were afraid to take substantial positions in the dollar on lack of fresh factors and also due to fears of possible central
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      Foreign Exchange
      214 6 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: BM Oter craw p*r% dung* Local dollars to < m unit of Foreign currency: US dollar XI390 2.1400 2.8196 -24.14 SltHIng pound 3.4074 3.4111 7.3469 -5342 Australian dollor 1.4673 1.4701 3.4286 -57.20 NZ dollar 1.2106 1.2133 3.4286 -6449 Canodian dollor 1.6284 1.6304 3.4206
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      Simex
      592 6 IN SPITE OF the Federal Reserve's addition of reserves on Monday night. June Eurodollar opened 2 ticks lower at 93.56 and continued to slip off to 93.55. Trading activity, however, remained light and quiet as a lack of direction led the market to a sideways trend for the near
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      Asian $ market
      236 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady at opening levels after a day of quiet trading yesterday. Term rates were little changed from earlier levels of 6-9/16 6-7/16 per cent for one month, 6-1/2 6-3/6 for three to six months and 6-9/16 6-7/16 for one year. Asian dollar CD
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      Precious metals
      200 6 HONGKONG: Gold yesterday closed higher in active trading. Bullion rose to U*****.90/U*****.30 an ounce from an initial U*****.40/90 and New York's final U*****.20/70. On the local market, gold gained HK$ll to end at HK53,779 a tael. The Krugerrand gained HK$lO to HK53,170. The maple leaf roee HK$5 to
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      Money markets
      120 6 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market cloeed point lower at 2H per cent yesterday. The one-month rate gained 1/16 point while the two- and three-month rates remained unchanged. Mteelss Vie average el Vie prime lending raise el 12 S$ Interbank rat«$ at 7pm y«st*rday> OMw M
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      World interest rates
      160 6 Intarbai ik martot rat m (offer/bid) on March 17 us$ DM SWfC Y«n 7 4mr> 1/4 1/3 io 3/4 s/a 4 1/3 4 1 1/4—1 4 3/1* 1/1* 1 */t« r/i* 10 1/1* 13/1* 4 1/3 4 4 3/3 1/4 4 11/1* t/l* 3 at 1/3 3/3
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      34 6 Now that John Henry by Manhattan has created Fuji silkshirtsinfashionablepin stripes, good dressing should come easy to the corporate man. Available in various colours at all fine department stores and selected retail outlets. _Manhorroru
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      125 6 For the best in Sichuan and Seafood Dishes i < 'J Mini FoTiaoQiang Knl Manaijer Wan« Ban Say XfiVf Dragon City Sichuan Restaurant Dragon City Sichuan Restaurant is famous for its exquisite Sichuan food. Savour some of the marvellous dishes from our menu comprising over 188 Sichuan and Seafood dishes.
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Brazil declares war on inflation and deficit
      306 7 UPI BRAZILIAN Finance Minister Dilson Funaro said on Monday that _his country has begun a serious .'campaign to cut inflation and the ;public deficit and called on foreign bankers to share the burden of helping it service its US$lOB billion foreign debt. In
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      Lock icon Indebted countries could follow in Brazil's footsteps, warns Ethiopia
      177 7 AFP HEAVILY INDEBTED African and Third World countries could follow Brazil in handling their debt servicing burdens if the international economic climate does not permit sustained growth, Ethiopian Finance Minister Tesfaye Dinka warned. "If the international economic environment is not conducive
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      Saudi central bank intervention ruled out
      354 7 •SAUDI ARABIAN Finance Minister Mohammad Abalkhail on Monday ruled out any central bank intervention to support the Saudi financial system and said the Kingdom was not ready for a Western-style stock exchange. Mr Abalkhail, in an interview with the Saudi Gazette. ruled out central
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      Lock icon Belgium to lower financing requirement by 20.6b francs
      226 7 Reuter .BELGIAN Prime Minister Witfried Martens has announced a plan to reduce Ihe 1967 government financing requirement by 20.6 billion francs. He said on Monday that this would enable the requirement to be held at 419.7 billion francs, against the previous government
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      Australian bank launches Asia's largest A$ issue
      169 7 THE COMMONWEALTH Bank of Australia has launched a Assoo million commercial paper (CP) programme, the biggest Australian dollar issue in Asia. A statement from the bank's Singapore branch said the programme, which is targeted at the Asian region, will provide investors with a
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      Lock icon Ongpin optimistic about debt talks
      445 7 Reuter PHILIPPINE Finance Minister Jaime Ongpin is cautiously optimistic an accord on debt rescheduling will be reached soon with commercial bank creditors. "One can never be too optimistic, but I'm cautiously optimistic that we can get an agreement. We think we're close to a deal,''
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      87 7 OF JAPAN In such high demand that Japanese Citizens wishing to own a gold coin first have to buy lottery tickets. Only those with the winning numbers have the right to purchase. Very limited supply now available In Singapore. m KIT Emperor Gold ***** reverse (Common to all coins) Emperor
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  • ADVERTISING & MARKETING
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      Record turnout for ministry briefing
      529 8  -  Forty-nine respond to Courtesy Campaign invitation By MONICA GWEE THE RESPONSE to the Courtesy Campaign briefing held on March 7 was a record turnout that surprised even the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). The ministry had sent out about 100 letters to all accredited
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      YWA Consultants teams up with DJE to go international
      327 8 SINGAPORE public relations consultant and graphic design firm YWA Consultants Pte Ltd has teamed up with international PR consultant Daniel J Edelman Inc (DJE). The company is now known aa YWA-Edelman Consultants Re Ltd. DJE holds 48 per cent equity in
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      Advertising body clears the air over fee
      424 8 MEMBERS of the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents of Singapore (4As) are fully aware of the clause in their constitution stating that clients wanting a full presentation must be prepared to pay a presentation fee of $5,000. The fee helps to defray costs
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      Tiger Balm to launch promotional blitz Down Under;
      726 8  -  By FLORENCE CHONG AUSTRALIANS who have never heard of Tiger Balm are set to find out in the next few months. Already sold from Switzerland to Zimbabwe, Tiger Balm is about to make its presence felt in Australia with an ambitious promotional
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      Public relations firm takes on Olympian tasks to stay ahead
      501 8  -  By TONG SUIT CHEE SOMETHING SPECIAL is brewing for the Seoul Olympics coining up next year. It will be aimed at the youth of the world who will be selected to participate in a special event in the Korean Olympiad,
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      Ointment raking in the profits for Haw Par and Jack Chia-MPH groups
      210 8 TIGER BALM has been the most consistent money spinner for both the Haw Par and Jack Chia-MPH groups which jointly own Haw Par Tiger Balm International, Hongkong and Haw Par Eng Aun Tong, Singapore, the franchise holders. Haw
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
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      Lock icon Bulgaria unveils plans aimed at catching up with the West
      581 9 AP BULGARIA, long seen as one of the most orthodox nations in the East bloc, has embarked on economic reforms it says could help Soviet allies close the widening technology gap with the West. Like the Kremlin leadership and others
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      Lock icon Trinidad to divest major state enterprises
      902 9 FT TRINIDAD TOBAGO s new government, elected in December, is to begin efforts soon to divest several of the major state economic enterprises as part of the administration's policy to increase foreign and local private business involvement in the economy, and to broaden the
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      Lock icon Criticism of Israeli politicians on the rise
      586 9 NYT ISRAEL'S largest newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, recently ran a photo spread of the country's top three leaders that summed up the prevailing mood towards politicians in the country. One picture showed Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir covering his ears. The second picture showed Foreign
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      406 9 SOME CM DECISIONS SHOUU) BE HADE SITTING DOWN OMRS SOWING UP. Stand up and take a good look at the new Volvo 240 and its affordable PARF price of only $68,542. At this price, wouldn't you rather have a Volvo? Even on your feet, you can plainly see why the
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  • FEATURES
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      Privatisation a welcome move
      479 10 PUTTING UP A BUILDING along Shenton Way used to be considered too great a risk in the early sixties. So too was the building of the Shangri-La Hotel, or starting a shipyard. Private investors steered clear. The government had to step in. But all that is
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      Lock icon Tourism: Malaysia faces uphill task
      1509 10  -  Major hotels report 40 to 60 per cent occupancy It will take a long time, as long as ten years, before Malaysia can develop into a major tourist destination, some people think. SALMY HASHIM looks at the problems faced by the travel trade and the
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      Lock icon Americans consider official status for English
      726 10  -  By LAWRENCE KN.MAN AP AMERICA is a babble of languages. Snatches of Spanish, French, Russian, Chineee and a dozen other longuee joette with English on the streets of major cities. In fact, no single language has official status in the United States, although the
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      659 10 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Like the criticism of one right in a mess? (5) 6 It punctuates writing on butterflies (5) 9 Name a bird by design (7) 10 So try to weave a yarn (5) 11 Trouble afoot that could grow into something big (5) 12 A woman of
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      37 10 RnStow. Kin.-.y. KOTOOORS RBOUK) OV6R tv« seiwG of -rue Mouse jom?Nw sareaaggßg iUK£3 ft Sffi* in* U *5 T ♦SSI ACCOffDiN&IO HiCtOFDSO IT CONIMNS ftN PiR-nCIC WHCM BfIE*CH&S T«C ojesttß- *U*Y S€CRGIS nw C 1 »iw*i< ulm.HI
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Socrates wants to end contract with Club Flamengo
      228 11 Reuter BRAZILIAN 1962 World Cup captain Socrates wants to end his contract with Club Flamengo and quit soccer, according to a club official. Socrates, 33, joined Flamengo in September 1965, after a colourless season in Italy, where he never won the full
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      Lock icon Broncos to play game in London
      132 11 AP THE Denver Broncos have accepted an invitation from the American National Football League to play an exhibition game in London thie summer against the Los Angeles Rama, a Denver newspaper has reported. The game is tentatively scheduled for Aug 9 in Wembley Stadium,
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      Lock icon Wilander is happy with world number 5 ranking
      363 11 UPI SWEDE Matt Wilander, double French and Australian lannis champion, said on Monday ha was happy with his currant world No. 5 ranking and dismissed aa "extreme" the American view that only winners count "I live a good life being a top
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      Lock icon Svensson first seed to clear round one of Dutch Open
      270 11 UPI JONAS SVENSSON, the only seeded player to compete on the opening day of the U*****,000 Dutch Open tennis tournament, easily defeated countryman Peter Lindgren 6-2, 6-3 on Monday. American Jim Grabb also advanced to the second round, ousting compatriot
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      Tze Ming to lead charge
      535 11  -  MASTERS 1987 Taiwanese master in winning form By WALTON MORAIS IT HAPPENED two years ago, and the signs are again pointing to Chen Tze Ming turning the Rolex Masters golf championship into a one-man runaway show. The little Taiwanese master is on a streak so
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      Lock icon Forgive 'N Forget in bid to regain title
      422 11 Reuter A BUCKET of water and an oxygen mask may hold the toy to the Cheltenham Gold Cup. the highlight of the three-day Festival of Jump racing which started in London yesterday. And with the proepect of en American horse winning the
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      Lock icon Niki Lauda may make a racing comeback
      277 11 Reuter NIKI LAUDA of Austria, three times Formula One world champion. may make a racing comeback in the world touring car championship in Monza, Italy, this week. A spokesman for the West Germsn motor company BMW said on Monday that Lauda would try
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      Lock icon Paiva wins first part of cycling race
      163 11 AP CASSKD DE PAIVA of Brazil won the first pert of the seventh leg of the Tour of Brazil International Cycling race on Monday. Organisers said they could not determine who led in the overall standings until after completion of the second part
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  • INTERNATIONAL STOCKS
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      Lock icon US money men put their bet on stocks
      309 12 Reuter US MONEY MANAGERS and investment advisers expect stocks to continue to outperform bonds, but some are hedging bets by keeping roughly half of portfolios in bonds and cash for quick investment shifts. Merrill Lynch announced on Monday that its new asset
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      Lock icon Leigh continues attack
      111 12 Reuter THE GOVERNOR of the Bank of England, Robin Leigh-Pemberton, repeated his criticism of City predators, describing them as "thoroughly irresponsible." "I have been concerned when predators have sought to use a minority shareholding to unsettle a perfectly well-managed company and to create an atmosphere in which
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      Lock icon Icahn confirms investigation
      78 12 AP CORPORATE raider Carl C Icahn confirmed on Monday he is under formal investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violation of federal securities law. In a 17-page filing with the commission, Mr Icahn confirmed that a formal or- der of investigation was approved
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      Lock icon Caution brings Dow 10 points lower
      406 12 Reuter WALL STREET began the week on a depressed note as investors embraced a cautious attitude ahead of this Friday's triple expirations. Profit-taking and an early round of futures-related selling combined to send stock prices lower in the lightest trading session since January 2.
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      Toronto
      169 12 MAR 18 C t Abititx 40% Alcan Alum 47% -1% Algoma Stl 11 unch Bank Nova Scotia 19% Bank Of Montreal .33% Ball Canada 41% unch Bp Raaourcaa 42% unch Braacan a A 38% CampW Late 32% unch Canadian Imp Bank.. 21% unch Canpac 23% Carting O'Kaato 17% unch
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      Johannesburg
      200 12 HAN 1« HAND I A Alpha ***** Abarcom 300 10 Aad 1600 -75 Amapcop amk5 530 0000 -20 2190 +100 C Q Smith 3S2S 25 CNA 320 unch Currta Finance Edgars 725 22S00 25 Fad Volfc 240 -a Fugit 750 520 -10 Ub Hoida 3000 50 1700S LTA. 270
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      New York
      568 12 MM 16 A lean Alumin Alcoa 36 42% -1% Allag Intl 24% Alliod Sig Alllad Storaa Allts-Chalmar* Am Branda Inc. ...46% I 2% 46% unch Am Cyanamid Am Ewe Pwr Am Expraaa Am Horn* Prod Am Motor* Cp 99% 26% ...77 90% ...4% 16% -It Amarada Haaa Amoco
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      European markets
      727 12 Amsterdam MAM If nj A8N 502 00 -7 Aagon AhoM 88 30 100 50 -19 •05 141 90 -1.5 142 JO 0.1 AMCV Amro Bank Am Stad 97 10 79.90 127 00 -1 -1.3 •0.3 BarXal BOLS 1900 153 00 -03 -1.9 Boraumij 146.00 Buahrman Tattaroda 30 30
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      Bourse tax disappoints
      49 12 THE FAILURE of the West German government to, abolish a tax on bourse turnover when other taxes came under discussion during recent coalition negotiations was a "bitter disappointment', the president of the West German Federation of Banks. Hanns Christian Schroe-der-Hohenwarth, said. Vienna prices wict not available
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
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      Hongkong
      406 13 HOKQKONG: Share prices closed sharply lower yesterday in the market's fourth consecutive setback as overseas fund managers sold on bearish technical factors. the Hang Seng Index lost 40.29 to 2,629.28 after gaining about 20 points in early trading. The Hong Kong Index was off 23.00 at 1,685.31. Turnover was
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      Taipei
      270 13 MAR 17 NT All $ncara Indus... 2.74 0 09 Alia Camant 34 90 0.1 Cathay Cons 43 90 05 Chang Hwa Bank 63 00 -1.5 Chang Loong Chia Hsin Camant .32.20 32.00 06 0 5 Chin Hain Flour 14 20 0.3 China Cham 26 40 0 6 China Dav
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      Tokyo
      530 13 TOKYO: Prices rose sharply in extremely heavy trade yesterday after frantic buying of securities company shares in the final hour took the index from the doldrums to a record closing high. The market average climbed 99.36 to a record closing high of 21,514.73, after falling earlier as low as
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      Manila
      93 13 MAR 17 1 POOS C Acoja Mining Anglo Phil 0.01 0 007 0.002 0.001 Apax Mining 8 Atlas Con 6 0.047 20 -0003 1 Baguio Gold Basic Petrol sum Banguat Con. B 0 006 0.012 -0.0015 unch -1 First Phil Hldgs 7 70 0.14 •0.1 Marcoppar 1 26 -002
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      Sydney
      412 13 SYbHEY: Australian share markets closed barely steady yesterday in unsettled trading, as continued improvement in gold stocks was offset by light selling in industrial equities, brokers said. They said the February current account deficit of As7so million had littl4 impact on trading despite being ;at the lower end of
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      Seoul
      127 13 MAM 17 WON CMI Sugar 2680 >60 DaaUm Ind 631 -*■30 D—woo Corp HO •16 0—woo Haavy 1313 Daiahin 3acunMa> 3800 -36 -170 Dong Ah Ptwr ***** •100 Dong Suh Stock ***** •960 Dongbu Stool 2246 GoWStor 1815 46 -34 Hantl Bank. 1063 •7 Hanil Comonl ***** unch Honkuk
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      156 13 Reuter BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index edged up 0.47 to 223.49 on a turnover of 2,179,955 shares worth 407.6 million baht MAN 17 BANT +fAo Kham Thai Ayudhya Invaatmant. 270 -4 Bangkok Agro-tnd 75 -1 Bangkok Bank 261 unch Bam Of Ayudhya. WO unch Charoong Thai *W»
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      Lock icon Cathay wins route to Toronto
      58 13 AFP HONGKONG airline Cathay Pacific Airways has won the first round of its renewed battle for routes with its young local rival Dragonair. On Monday. Hongkong's Air Transport Licensing Authority granted Cathay Pacific a two-year licence to run scheduled indirect flights between Hongkong and Toronto.
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      Lock icon Fujitsu gives up plan to take over Fairchild unit
      374 13 UPI FUJITSU LTD, Japan's largest computer manufacturer, has given up a plan to take over a Californiabased computer memory chip maker because of opposition by the US government. The planned purchase had drawn unusually stiff opposition from US Defence Secretary Caspar
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      Lock icon BHP to merge two units
      173 13 AFP AUSTRALIAN mining and industrial giant Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd has announced the merger of two subsidiaries to create one of the world's largest mining houses. BHP managing director Brian Loton said in Melbourne on Monday that the merger of BHP Minerals with Utah
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      Lock icon Toyota to export from Manila-
      377 13 Bernama TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION of Japan has committed itself to export at least US$9B million of goods in the first five years of resumption of its operations in the Philippines. In a proposal submitted to the Board of Investments (BOI), Toyota Motor Corp director Akira
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  • RAW MATERIALS
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      Lock icon Mixed views voiced on cocoa buffer stock
      316 14 AFP CONSUMER MEMBERS of the 1966 International Cocoa Agreement are divided on how the accord's buffer stock should operate in the world cocoa market. consumer delegates said in London at a meeting of the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO). The world's principal cocoa producers
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      Lock icon Limited growth in China's grain imports likely
      352 14 Reuter CHINA'S grain imports will rise this year owing to serious drought, but foreign exchange constraints and national policy will prevent a return to large scale purchases, Japanese traders and Chinese officials said yesterday. "We cannot rely on imports," Pan Huashan, an agriculture
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      Lock icon Opec output last week fell 1.8m bpd below ceiling
      363 14 Reuter OPEC PRODUCED only about 14 million bpd of oil in the second week of March 1.8 million bpd below its ceiling largely because of pipeline problems in Turkey and Ecuador, the Middle East Economic Survey (Mees) estimated. A landslide breached
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      Lock icon US to retaliate if EC proceeds with oils tax
      99 14 Reuter THE UNITED STATES is prepared to retaliate if the European Community (EC) goes ahead with plans to tax vegetable oils and fats, American Soybean Association (ASA) president-elect Wayne Bennett said on Monday. Mr Bennett is leading one of three US
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      PALM ML
      151 14 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices closed slightly lower on renewed speculative selling and a lack of buyers after initial steadiness, in sympathy with the fall in palm oil futures. Trading was thin and cautious with operators unwilling to commit themselves in the absence of fresh factors. March central
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      OIL & PRODUCTS
      103 14 OIL PRODUCTS EAST ASIAN petroleum product prices were mixed in thin trade. Gasoil prices slumped on ample near-term supplies and a withdrawal of buyers while naphtha and fuel oil weakened slightly on speculative trade. Kerosene waa marginally firmer on the back of tight Arab Gulf supplies. Closing prices for crude
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      Produce exchange
      125 14 Chinese Produce Exchange StUtfi' noon cMhq pctoi m on Mordt 17 (SI/100 kg). Coconut oil kul FOt tt.00 OW drum FOt 98.00 Now drum FOt 102.00 Copra Mlxod (loot*) 50 Pepper FOt NtW 1M3 .00 FOt foq NLW 1210.00 black FOtViw 962.00 Mock FOt NIW 1077JO FOt Ada
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      RUBBER
      265 14 SINGAPORE The market closed slightly higher yesterday with April 1 RSS buyers quoted at 193.75 cents/kilo, up 0.25 cent from Monday. Dealers said the morning session ended steady on light buying interest, after hovering narrowly in thin trading. Prices improved slightly in thin afternoon trading on some short covering
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      KL Tin
      172 14 THE PRICE OF TIN on If* Kuala Lumpur tin marfcat yastarday faN ona cant to M 516.64 par kilo, axtandlng iponaay Dvarisn irtfKi in qulat and narrow trading. f.U,,. 1 M «•iwii unfno apoui w tonnaa at an unchangad MSI 6.65 opanlng but buyava wara willing to taka
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      RICE
      66 14 Bangkok (USS/tom, FOB) Whit* Rice 100% 1* don 255 100% 2nd daw 225 100% 3rd don 220 fSr 210 o% 205 '5% 200 20% 190 25% 185 35% 180 Broken Rice A-1 Sup*r 143 A-1 SfMdd 140 C-1 Sp*dol unq C-l Ord unq Loonzain Rice 100% Iff grod* unq
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      LONDON MARKETS
      1112 14 COFFEE Robusta coffee futures rallied on Monday afternoon, supported by roaster price fixing and short covering, to close £10 a tonne firmer to £13 easier. Earlier, prices had fallen close to their lowest levels since International Coffee Organisation talks broke down a fortnight ago. Near May reached a
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      RAS and MRELB
      277 14 RAS prices in S ewMg, FOB In bnto NOON CLOSE Bwyors Sellers Buyers SoNors tnt 1 RSS Prompt 196.00 197.00N 196.00 197.00N Int 1 RSS April 87 193.50 194.00 193.75 194.25 Int 1 RSS Moy 191.00 191 JO 191.25 191.75 Int 2 RSS OP 180-50 182 JON
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      SSR and SMR
      93 14 (eartt/kg, 1-ton paltaM) APRIL 87 MAY 87 (currw it month) fli-Lnufrrl \rorwara month) NOON NOON RAS Bvycre •vyaa 31 tan SS« 20 167 JO 168.50N 167.00 160.OON SS« 50 unci d 166-50 167 JON 166XM 167.00N mnhkH Buv*r< Mm #vy*ri Mart SM> CV 250.00 252.00N 251.00 253.00N
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      WHEAT
      103 14 WHEAT FUTURES in Chicago held midsession losses and closed 2-1/2 to four US cents a bushel lower on Monday with spot March at US$2.B9-1/4 a bushel. Trade talk that Bangladesh bought wheat frpm the European Community at its tender last Saturday *nd diaappointment that Ihe USOA has yet to
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      SOYBEAN
      104 14 SOYBEAN FUTURES in Chicago extended midsession lossee and closed lower on Monday, falling 2-1/2 to five cents a bushel. The market lacked new features. Soymeal futures cloeed US$l.OO a tonne lower to US$O.2O higher, with spot March at U*****.50 a tonne. Soyoil closed 0.28 to 0.15 cent a lb
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      Prices fall for the fifth consecutive session
      4319 15 THE SINGAPORE stock market fell in moderately heavy trading for the fifth consecutive session yesterday. The Straits Times Industrial Index fell 22.38 points to 1.011.07 and the BT Composite Index dropped 19.33 points to 890.79. Losers outnumbered gainers by 177 to 13. Volume
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      Chief price changes
      249 15 Iswlo Trono*i Kg Un| MIS S* MM M A A D 8 S 1 C S Gaming Tronamc S 1 A tortwnar C C M Rises 550 Mm 52C h« $1.50 400 295 o tad 344 340 Falls 1100 1000 61S "-co 422 1050 a Mdo 620
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      Business done on the SES
      4098 15 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All Time Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "SETT".
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      COMPANY MEETING
      115 15 THE NEW STRAITS T1MESPress (Malaysia) Berhad: EGM in the Theatrette. Balai Berita, 31 Jalan Riong, ***** Kuala Lumpur tomorrow at 11am. THE WILKINSON PROCESS Rubber Company Berhad: 55th AGM at No.70 Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday, March 23. at 2.30pm. GENERAL SECURITIES Investments Limited: 12th AGM in
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Malaysia to act against shady housing developers
      581 16 Reuter MALAYSIA is amending its laws to shake out shady housing developers and boost public confidence in an industry plagued by malpractice. Malaysian Housing and Local Government Minister Ng Cheng Kiat said in an interview that the government wanted to make it a
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      KL sees heavy selling in the afternoon
      306 16 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market fell across the board yesterday following heavy selling in the afternoon. Some tin stocks, however, continued to find renewed interest and were actively traded. A broker said the downtrend was a continuation of the market correction. Some investors
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      Selected indices
      105 16 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Tuesday 1685.31 Monday 1708.31 Week ago 1750.29 Hang Song Index Tuesday *****8 Monday *****7 Week ago *****5 All Industrials Tuesday ***** Monday 2567.0 Week ago 2593.3 NEW YORK Dow Jones Monday *****4 Friday *****6 Week ago *****2 TOKYO Nikkoi Average Tuesday ***** 73* Monday *****.37
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      Lock icon ASM chalks up 10pc rise in group interim profit
      348 16 Bernama ES AMALGAMATED Steel Mills Bhd (ASM) has reported a 10.5 per cent rise in group pre-tax profit to M 516.96 million for the first half ended Dec 31, 1966, on a 12.3 per cent increase in turnover to M 5190.29
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      Business done on the KLSE
      2892 16 INDUSTRIALS Acmo uaw aoosj AJnowato 016« ID 314 Afr r HMg Ateom 1828 84$) «9)86 19 8516) 84 141 82 ASB (1048) tsa 108 (941 109 111) 110 (37) 111 02) 112 (24) 113 a 107 (77) 10S (121 106 (52) 103 Oil I<B O
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      Unit trusts
      230 16 Managers' prices for March 18 Singapore Unit Trust Tha Coinrca 1 00 1 06 Tha Savings Fund OA 095* S'pora Prog Fund 0.40 0.44 S'pora Sac Fund 067 0.72 S'pora lavas Fund 0.75 081 S'pora Equity Fund 040 052 Asia Unit Trust Mai invatf Fund 136 1.44 Mai
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      898 16 Reuter SHARES were mixed at yesterday's opening with investors proving reluctant to shift their positions ahead of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson's Budget speech. By 0905 GMT, the FTSE 100 Index was off 0.3 to 1,991.5 although dealers reported that trading was quiet and was expected
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      OUE earnings increase 15pc to $11.8 million
      374 17 IN SPITE OF the bleak conditions in the hotel industry, Overseas Uniftn Enterprise Ltd, the operator of Mandarin Hotel, has registered an improvement in its fuJk-year earnings. "OUE, a 40.34 per cent-owned property arm of the Overseas Union Bank group, managed to chalk
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      Lock icon CCM taking steps to bring down its bad debts
      444 17 Bernama ES CHEMICAL COMPANY of Malaysia Bhd (CCM) will take firm action to reduce its bad debts which have increased to M 54.57 million in 1986 from M 53.77 million a year ago, according to its finance director Q B Webster.
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      Big drop in OUB profits due to $24m exceptional loss
      582 17  -  By AMY CHEOK AN EXCEPTIONAL LOSS of more than $24 million from the fraud at Overseas Union Bank's main branch in Hongkong has. as expected. wiped a big chunk off the banking group's full-year profits. OUB, the smallest as well
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      MCB buys land and plantation company
      233 17 RECENTLY RE-LISTED MCB Holdings is back on the acquisition trail. The formerly dormant but cash-rich company has bought a private company and 56.28 hectares of agricultural land for a total of M 52.7 million in cash. The board of directors announced yesterday that it
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      Lock icon MIA happy with easing of share buying conditions
      149 17 Bernama ES THE MALAYSIAN Investors' Association has welcomed the move by stockbrokers to relax some of the conditions imposed on share buyers. MIA president P H S Lim said stockbrokers have lifted the ban on contra for purchase against sale contracts and
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      118 17 CHUAN HUP HOLDINGS has announced a change in the name of a subsidiary, Shohan Investments, with a $2 paid-up capital to Lityan Investments Pte Ltd with effect from March 11. A statement from the company said Lityan, which has an authorised capital of $10 million, will be increasing
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      Lock icon Sistem Televisyen Malaysia seeks listing on KLSE
      266 17 MBT SISTEM TELEVISYEN Malaysia (STM), which runs ths TV3 private television station, plans to float its shares and seek listing on the Kuala Lumpur Slock Exchange. It is understood that a merchant bank has been appointed to advise the company. According to STM
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      Signing of Kuok-Sealion deal expected
      111 17 THE AGREEMENT between the Kuok group and Sealion Hotels, (soon to be known as First Capital Corp), to purchase Robinson Centre is expected to be signed by this morning. Lawyers for both firms were said to have worked overtime on the finer details of the
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      Lock icon AMMB confirms talk of plans for KL listing
      126 17 Bernama ES ARAB-MALAYSIAN Merchant! Bank Bhd (AMMB), Malaysia's largest merchant bank, yester-i day confirmed newspaper re-j ports that it is seeking a listing; on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Ex-! change (KLSE). Arab-Malaysian Development* Bhd (AMOB), the bank's parent company, said in a
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      274 16 NOTICE On VoL IJmridafl—) FINAL MEETING NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Seotlon 80S of the Companlee Act (Cap. 188) that the Pinal General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the Office of M/s Wee Seng Tlong ft Co.. 1 Colombo Court #07-01/03, Singapore
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      302 16 OVERSEAS UNION TRUST LIMITED (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC Of SINGAPORE) ANNOUNCEMENT The Boaid of Directors of Overseas Union Trust Limited wishes to announce: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1888 In the opinion of the Directors. the results of the Company for the period from the end of
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      304 17 w JI t i S OVERSEAS UNION BANK LIMITED I Incofporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT 4 The Board of Directors of Overseas Union Bank Limited wishes to announce: ~-l The Bank The Group ■J\ i AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1966 Net profit after providing
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      470 17 gp OVERSEAS UNION ENTERPRISE LIMITED (Incorporated in The Repubfic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of Overseas Union Enterprise Limited wishes to announce: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1906 The Company The Group Turnover Investment and Other Income excluding Extraordinary Item Profit before Taxation and Extraordinary
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    567 18  -  Negotiations still in progress By ALVIN TAY Banking Correspondent DBS FINANCE is selling its 52.5 per cent stake in Airport Industrial Building Re Ltd (AIB), a joint venture set up by its subsidiary. Great Pacific Finance, and Hong-kong-listed company Asean Resources Ltd
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    233 18 Reuter THE INDONESIAN government yesterday announced tight security measures, including restrictions on foreign journalists, ahead of nationwide election campaigning. The Information Ministry called in foreign correspondents to explain restrictions on covering next month's poll, while armed forces commander Benny Murdani issued instructions on
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    240 18 Reuter THE PHILIPPINES is poised for several years of political stability and economic resurgence but faces major long-term problems from its exploding population, according to US Ambassador Stephen Bosworth. "Medium-term out to the *****, I am increasingly optimistic about this country," he
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    132 18 Bernama ES BANK NEGARA discovered 202 cases of fraud involving M 5146.1 million last year, compared with 52 cases involving M 96.4 million in 1985 and 36 cases involving Msl.7 million in 1984. Its governor, Datuk Jaffar Hussein, said yesterday that in an effort
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    53 18 FOLLOWING a three-week spring cleaning, Lord Nelson is given a clean bill of health. The statue's head atop the column cost £31,000 to dean. Posing with the head of Nelson Is Southampton MP Christopher Chope, whose ministry was in charge
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    138 18 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN Finance Ministry will ask commercial banks to lower their base lending rate from the present 8.25 per cent to encourage borrowings for investment. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Sabbaruddin Chik told Parliament yesterday that the rate at present was
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    265 18 Bernama ES TECHNOCRATS and scholars participating in the first Asean Economic Congress in Kuala Lumpur yesterday blamed the lack of political will and the region's massive bureacratic structure as the key stumbling block to Asean's economic integration. They agreed that the present
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    306 18 Bernama ES MALAYSIAN Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah warned Asean countries yesterday that they would lose out in the international marketplace to two newly emerging economic giants China and India if they did not get their act together. Both China
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    436 18 AFP SOUTH KOREA called on North Korea yesterday to hold a meeting between the prime ministers of the two countries in a bid to ease tension and to improve relations. At the same time, Seoul made it clear to Pyongyang
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    206 18 Reuter THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY recorded its first trade surplus in 1986 thanks to cheaper oil and other raw materials, the EC statistics agency Eurostat said in Luxembourg yesterday. But a Eurostat report said the EC had paid a price. Commodity producing nations had had
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    90 18 Reuter COMEX gold futures drifted higher for the second session early yesterday, buoyed by the morning's soft dollar and a firm trend in crude oil prices. Gold for delivery in April went ahead US$l.2O at U*****.80 an ounce, which took out Monday's high of U*****.50. Analysts commented that
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    71 18 Reuter WALL STREET investors, continuing to demonstrate their reluctance to add to their positions ahead of Friday's triple expirations, sent stock prices down yesterday with mild bouts of profit taking. But oil stocks rose in response to renewed optimism about the Opec accord. The Dow Jones Industrial
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      42 18 Reuter JAPAN has informed the General Agreement on Tariffs Trade that South Korea's five-year plan to cut its huge trade deficit with Tokyo violates the rules of ther world trade body, trade min-* istry officials said yesterday.
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      37 18 Bernama THE MALAYSIAN government will not allow Zionist quarters in the US to invest in Malaysia in spite of its encouragement of foreign investments. the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday. Ber-
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      56 18 Bernama MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba yesterday described as "mischievous" the allegations of his involvement in the recent attempt to topple Sarawak Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Taib Mahmud. He said he had no link with the bid by the group of dissident Sarawak state assemblymen which
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      30 18 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN STATE of Victoria and the Chines» province of Jiangsu signed an agreement in Melbourne yesterday to cooperate in trade and investment projects. Reuter
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      45 18 Reuter BURMA has passed a law to prevent foreign men from cheating their Burmese wives and children out of property. Home Minister Min Gaung said the law forbids foreigners to buy. sell, mortgage or give away land and houses. Reuter
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      35 18 AFP A CHINESE trade team called for greater Indian investment in China's industry yesterday, guaranteeing that Indian investors would be able to repatriate their profits, the Press Trust of India said.
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      36 18 Reuter THE SRI LANKAN government yesterday lifted a fuel embargo in Jaffna, a town dominated by Tamil guerillas fighting for a separate state in northern and eastern parts' of the country. Reuter
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      46 18 Bernama THE SOVIET airliner Aeroflot will never be allowed to reopen an office in Jakarta, the Minister of Communications Rusmin Nuryadin said. He was quoted as saying the government was not considering granting landing rights again to Aeroflot in Indonesia. Bernama
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      208 19 Bernama A GUIDE for towing services to tug operators and other vessels that provide towing services will soon be qirculated by the American Bureau of Shipping. The guide is provided on the strength and arrangement of the towing equipment, a statement issued by
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      299 19  -  By JUNE UM MciLWRAITH McEacharn of Australia has acquired an interest in Singapore Shipping Corporation. The deal terms of which were not released yesterday will enable the Singapore company to expand and develop its marine services in the Asian region. To achieve
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      356 19  -  By G DURAIRAJ A MARKETING team from the Kelang Container Terminal will visit several shipowners in Japan, Taiwan and Korea at the end of next month. General manager of the terminal. Mr Abdul Samad Mohammed, said the proposed visit was part of
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      174 19 AFP JAPAN is investigating whether Japanese enterprises are extending lowinterest loans to South Korean shipbuilders in violation of international credit regulations, the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) said. Low interest rates in Japan have led to suspicions that some Japanese
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        74 19 AFP IRAN is seeking to charter about 20 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) of about 250,000 tons deadweight. the specialist publication Lloyds List reported on Monday. The report said Iran required the vessels within the next six months. Lloyds List noted that the Iranian
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      1148 20 SHARPLY higher rates were reported for a number of fixtures on the London shipping freights market on Monday, mainly for cargoes of grain from the US Gulf. In particular. Bunge paid US$B.5O for 56.000 tons of grain from the Gulf to Holland. while from the Gulf to Japan
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      183 20 Reuter IN WHAT MAY easily be the largest initial public offering in the US history, Consolidated Rail Corp estimated that the sale of its 59 million govern-ment-owned shares could earn the freight railroad as much as US$l.7 billion. In an amended
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      389 20 Lloyd's List AN AMBITIOUS programme to enlarge eight round-the-world container ships is begin un-der-taken by Taiwan's Evergreen Line. The project is seen as an important vote of confidence in the round-the-world concept following the demise, last November, of United States Lines's global
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      1013 20 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Container Vltl 1 Arcord Shpg VI 3 Ahrenkiel liner X 1 Africa Ocean IX 4 Alltrans VII 3 AC Toepfer X 5 Anro Service IV 2/3 Arrow lines X 4 Atlas line X 3 ANl 1 1/2 A PC line V 4
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      411 20 AP BULGARIA'S state-run Chimimport Oil Co has agreed to carry Iranian oil destined for eastern Europe from the Kharg Island terminal in chartered tankers, the Middle East Economic Survey reported. The authoritative, Nicosia-based weekly said the Bulgarians chartered two tankers for
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      76 20 AP HUNDREDS of meteorologists and other weather bureau employees in the Philippines demanding higher salaries went on strike yesterday, disrupting weather services for airlines and shipping, officials said. Strike leader Romeo Alejandro said in a television interview, however, that the strikers will see to it
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      CONSORTIA
      178 21 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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      179 21 LYKES LINES has started a new 14-day service between US Gulf and Atlantic and ports in the Mediterranean Sea. In the new service, the company will use three Seamaster container vessels obtained in a bareboat charter agreement with American President Lines (APL) that also
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      507 21 Reuter IMPORTS to the Philippines from Japan, Taiwan and Hongkong will from April 1 require a clean report from the Swiss inspection company Societe Generate de Surveillance (SGS). the Philippine Finance Department said. Under a new comprehensive import supervision scheme, goods from
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      814 21 AFP THE CONTINUED presence of both Soviet and, to a lesser extent. Chinese charterers on the freight market during the past week led to firmer rates in both voyage and time-char-ter sectors. Recent grain purchases by the Soviet Union from North and South America, and from the European
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      313 21 Owners can continue oil shipments to S Africa despite ban Reuter NORWAY'S parliament has approved an extensive trade ban against South Africa but left shipowners a key loophole through which controversial oil shipments on Norwegian tankers may continue, government officials said. The unilateral boycott, proposed by Norway's minority Labour government,
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      2109 26 AARHUS Villa De Venus, CM D'Affretement. March 18 Ever Garden, Evergreen, March 19 Tang He. China Ocean Shpg. March 20 Ming Univarsa. Yang Ming Una, March 20. Benalder. Triof. March 20(PK). Villa Da Jupiter. CM D'Affretement. March 22 Evar Guard. Evergreen, March 25
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      1101 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES VmmI Berth Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES AMi S Altinc KI5 olongstd* 18.03/2359 Colossus K3S alongside 2203/0600 Con Furono KI6 alongsid* 1803/2100 Gazomo K34 alongsid* 2003/1500 Jinfeng K33 alongsid* 1803/1800 Koto Benor K31 alongsid* 2003/0600 lin P*toling 2 K20 otongsid* 1*03/0600 Ned Bangkok KI8 o
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      67 19 AN AMBITIOUS programme to enlarge eight round-the-world container ships is begin undertaken by Taiwan's Evergreen Line. Page II IMPORTS to the Philippines from Japan, Taiwan and Hongkong will from April 1 require a clean report from the Swiss inspection company Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS). Page 111 index to odvertisers
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      313 20 OUTBOUND TO NORTH CONTINENT COMPAGNIE MARITIME D AFFRETEMENT REGULAR CONTAINED SERVICE FAR EAST TO MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPE ALSO ARABIAN GULF AND INDIAN SUB CONTINENT rr VRIE OC VENUS vrie oc juptter 123 I*3 an up Aso ;a'g*j !o a U d«hr.j'«ons, Sci-x* Ol ,T BOUND TO MEDITERRANEAN a- Cooer*.j£+- CjO'
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      369 20 EUROPE/FAR EAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VSL PT of LOO. OA STA ELISC RoatockNaa*iinArt«era Sail MARE OOIIICO t It CMAN6 UNC I SKIPfd N I SAPPOSO OLYMPICS I IjßWibin* Airtwp*Cjrtftff r« Sur Mar-Anrafca Ounkirt-ljauMan-Antwarp TEL: 03-*****50 m I MALAYSIA SON. BHD. TLX: ***** MTM Frt Booking contact Miss Qan PT. KLANG S
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      524 21 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping PteLtd VilBE wSnFTfittvA\>Mitr fiKi.ji;a;iri h« pjomi rta rte| w—r* m an m w w w m—w w w w m ao w w a* w •mm w w w w m-m m m uxw Mfi mfi w 2ii* m ua a *2)l* w
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      535 21 Franco Belgian Services I ,f- I- I I I. irmrr Apr 7 Apr I Apr U Apr 12 *r M Apr Apr M Apr If Apr 17 *r S Apr a Apr Apr Apr a Apr S Apr Star Star Apr SApr S Apr 2 lEy j£y SXy VhiniMlpiikV 51
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      246 22 n Hapag-Uoyd i CON T A IN ERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT AU. UK I NLA NO DESTINATIONS, SELF AST. DUBLIN COPENHAGEN, AARHUS, GOTHENBURG. MALM. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDAM CARIMEAN I S. AMERICA CONV/SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE CONV SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED EUROPE CQNTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT Agents Singapore *****66
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      758 22 m *X IJ-' HC.&.LINE nmwnKfH'*"'* FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE fROM rIFROPC VIA SUtzl Mfmh 01 *ce Com or Imm P KalaigS para H.Kong KaotWung luun Tafcyo (193) 17/3 a/3 22/3 25/3 3<*3 (2M) 24 3 21,3 293 4,4 V 4 2/4) 31/3 1/4 13/4 15/4 17/4 9/4) 7/4 11/4 12/4 (16/4)
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      370 22 INTERCONTINENTAL TIMBER CARRIERS BULK TIMBER/PLYWOOD PARCEL SERVICE To: CONT/UK PORTS: T|. Mart SPORE •PEONIA lln Pt 17/J 1/4 •FAYROUI 2 ITC-OBJ UK (Newport) Rott/Antw/ UK (Nsfart) SINGAPORE CALICO SHIPPING PTE LTD Tat 2Bim Tli: RS Bill CALICO FAX: 2M871 PO*T KELANC PERKAPALAN UTAMA SON BHD T«i imityt KOTA KINABALU KESAWAN
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      890 22 aiurruiu A iitL&a, nciuiewuiy, lO) IWI EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) UmwrnanCMIKMIMFUMiMUKV W m MH m tm m m wi «s ip V is W IK UD Uf) WMIUWKWUIWWI;! W 1W I*l BIS OH MN 2« 2*5 U! 1W W IM U» W «7 70 CVO GATHER
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      477 23 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE .MAJAMMT •OVA KOTA I—OA HUN MUNONAM (HOKKAOO) *NTC INDONESIA CONTAINER SERVICE MA HAWK MA HAWK kota mm SIN MY BANGKOK CONTAINER SERVICE PASIR GUDANG CONTAINER SERVICE MA HAWK MA HAWK MA HAWK KOTA
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      191 23 THONG SOON //09-00, Robina House, S pore 0106 Tel: *****88. Telex: RS ***** BOOKING: *****88 (DIRECT LINE) SINGAPORE TO PENAN6 SINGAPORE TO SARAWAK EQUATOR 111 09/17 EQUATOR 111 110/17 07/87 19 Ihr 121 Mar SINGAPORE TO SABAH PORT ATOR IV iWM SINGAPORE TO BRUNEI lYTfii SINGAPORE/BANGKOK With Reefer, and FCL
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      380 23 BENLINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT h rr k (KJJEBSEN LINE NEW ZEALAND fui m smtv paorc mum accvtm Fa mb ia maoans. mm rkta, mmk. kmbc. mvkm, aao bat, HONIARA. ALOTAU KMT WOt. SANTO. VILA AND UK VIA NONSKOM ACCOTINB LAUTOKA. SANTO. «LA HONIARA VIA SUVA ACCOTMB FCL
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      377 23 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD P.T. SAMUDERA INDONESIA P.T. TRIKORA LLOYD ALSO ACCEPTING POUTS, NULL, LE r^*»a^6irAji^ T roJmNTio»»Ai CAMO VIA T/S TO U» LE NAVRE. OSLO. COPENHAGEN. AARHUS, GO THEN BURG rip DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF Agents Telephone *****22 Singapore EJLA
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      341 23 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES M AN VMM LO4KAW VllMf PAGAN VUIW BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon Sport P.Ktlang Ptrung Ban am a* WZX Iter IVUMar 25/Z7 Mv BANK LINE FORTHBANK VIM IVY BANK VIXN TOANA NIUGINI V3N TAUSALA SAMOA VW SPORE ROAM NULL MM I"
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      1149 24 USA CANADA HIMTICCIttT (Round Tho World Sorvtco) K LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA. LTD. 0. FORTUNE V 2 N. GARNET V7/N. JADE V 6 0. FAIR V 2 SPORE 11 Apr 18 Apr 3 Apr 25 Apr CHLS 21 Apr 28 Apr 5 May NFK 23 Apr 30 Apr 7 May
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      696 24 w CI AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE ActupHwg FCL/FCL CwMwn fmtm P Krtan« I Unor Vmh* Sport IMb Frw. S*n Ate Accopt ESTECLIPPER *12 20 Mor "KABIRDAS" V-03 22 Iter 6 Apr 15 Apr 13 Apr AO*Bra CALABARW3 4 Apr "RAMDAS" »il 13 Apr 27 Apr 6 Mir 4 Mi? AM/Bra
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      654 24 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SHVCMG (Pit) LTD 21. laM Irr Street SMMKW DIM IU *****14 (II IMS) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: s-pora pk** GOLDEN WONDER Coiombo/KvadM/Outoi/Oaimn 3/25 Mar OOLKN KM Cotante/KandM/Dutw/DoiM 4/5 Apr CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Lil Ui s Mini •nn GAOCHENC 21/3 22/3
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      393 24 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 15 Hoe Chiang Roa<\ »07-02/03 Sar>ford Building Singapore 0208 T #i *****1 1 (10 Lines* BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK H Smpport INTRASEA (PTE) LTD BOOK INC 224C511 K. Lumpur BINTANG SNIPPING CO. SON. BNO 71*711 Penam BINTANC SHIPPING CO. SON. MO OSISI/2 PJUani BINTANC SHIPPING CO. SON.
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      665 25 wNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD FM EMT/HMK HUT CMTHWUM HRVKE 5C NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD Til Hi Offto Tanataal CFS 17M77 BIIW *****99 p NEPUNE SON. MO. 3N9SS7 Klrnrnr NEPIINE SON BHD. 2840U PMM( NEPIINE SON. BHD —PI J.Bahru NEPLINE SON. BHO. —MOBN vma vm* vma vmm Aha MM*** carga
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      299 25 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON S PORE AGENTS NEPTUNE AGfNCIES PTt LTD T« *****7 *****10 *****72 (Optfitiom) *****17 72W7M (Tenninji) *****50 *****04 (CFS) MALAYSIA AGENTS TUNAS SETIA SDN BHD *1 Tel *****% *****97 PK Te< 3M5564 3M042C 3MO3M PEN Tel *****5
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      552 25 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: 220C41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P KELAN6 nun M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON. BHD. MESSRS MAI TMONG SHIPPING 127 PononiStrooL PmaoLlMqrM Mo.
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      72 25 V s > T1 *"MR •OMENTAL RUNNER VJM MM MM iNIPfO HARU VJA hiW Qfc. KM YOSHIURM VJ2A MM 2M nfi REREMOS VJIA 80 31/3 ■Mural wwy tar «V. OrtanW Raw VJM «M ha Mi aa Mh Rnk *7 at Malta (roa MtUN hn. Than «HI ha w toftar a«vay
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      287 26 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPN.(PTE) LTD. TEL: 225-6868 (36 LINES) ■TELEX: RS ***** A/B SSCMA. RS ***** A/B SSCAD VSB DEUTf RACHT SEEREEDERf I ROSTOCK FORTNIGHTLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE I!.'.- f-. '■■iiV. I••VIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Izmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Lattakia, Limassol, Beirut, Alexandria, Port Said, Iraqi, Iranian and other
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      357 26 1 o (MEMBER OF THF PRESS GROUP) WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE LCUFCL U.SJL (East West Coast Ports) UK/EUROPE Continents (All Ports) ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO OTHER PORTS FOR BOOKINGS/ ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT:MS PEGGY TAN TEL 221-1444 MS JEANNIE YEO MS CAROL HOE TLX: RS ***** FAX: 225-6164 SURFACE FREIGHT WEEKLY LCL
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      322 26 MICRONESIA SERVICE PK SP KAO LOADING FOR 12/3 15/3 23/3 SAIPAN, GUAM, YAP, KOROR 27/3 30/3 15/4 SAIPAN. GUAM. YAP. KOROR 5/4 8/4 21/4 SAIPAN. GUAM. YAP. KOROR*"* Regular LCL PCL Service to S'pore, P. Kelang, F. bftj India. Europe, Australia. aoents: ampacipic trans. trading aqency fte. fin BRIQAPORE *****44
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