The Business Times, 24 March 1987

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1987 75 CENTS
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  • 194 1 Exchange rates THE SINGAPORE DOLLAR ended firmer at S$2.1400/10 ($2.1440/50) against the US$ in the forex market yesterday. But it closed weaker at $3.4357/95 ($3.4250/87) against The local unit also fell slightly against M$, DM and yen, but edged higher against HK$. US$1 150-50/60 yon, 1.8180/90 DM,
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  • 690 1  -  Hongkong broker to take initial 49pc stake in a new company By ALAN LEE Companies Editor HONGKONG-BASED stockbroking house Sun Hung Kai Securities has been picked as a partner in the corporatisation of troubled stockbroking firm City Securities Re. SHK submitted
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  • 196 1 PROFIT-TAKING in the afternoon pared the sharp gains made by blue-chip components of the Straits Times Industrial Index early yesterday. It closed 9.14 points higher at 1,061.09, after a mid-day rise of 15.76 points. The more broadlybased BT Composite Index gained 7.09 points
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  • 327 1 THE 1966 RESULTS of three institutional favourites United Industrial Corp, National Iron ft Steel Mills, and Neptune Orient Lines released yesterday contained both pleasant and unpleasant surprises. UIC headed the list of good news with a one-for-two bonus issue and a bonus dividend
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  • 374 1  -  ail WMSEEEERJ By ZHOU MEI THE DEVELOPMENT of Tokyo as a financial centre in the same time-zone as Singapore has already resulted in more international business flowing into the Republic. In Parliament yesterday. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu
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  • 155 1 SOUTH AUSTRALIA is keen to develop stronger ties with Singapore and the rest of Asia. Mr Lynn Arnold, the South Australian Minister of State Development and Technology, said in an exclusive interview with BT in Adelaide that South Australia regards Singapore and the region as a
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  • 92 1 Reuter PHILIPPINE Trade Minister Jose Concepcion bitterly attacked the European Community yesterday and demanded that developing countries be allowed to keep their share of world trade markets. Mr Concepcion singled out the EC's decision to continue imposing levies on vegetable oils for spe- ciai
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  • 484 1  -  By MONICA GWEE IN A DECISION guaranteed to surprise, McDonald's Singapore has appointed Dailey, Naidu Chan (DNC) as its new advertising agency. The McDonald's decision is bound to raise eye-brows in advertising circles which had tipped Leo Burnett as the hot favourite, given the agency's experience
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 240 1 ?='_.[/">{(*!'%_:,'[>}:~[-/({|$ 8m Pag* t OUR VIEW THE PROBLEM with the advertising industry is that too many hands are reaching for a very small pie. The solution must lie in the free play of market forces. Meanwhile, the industry body has a role in educating dients about how best to use
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 523 2  -  By GOH YEE LING THE SINGAPORE Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) has initiated historic links with the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce (SMCC) in an all-out effort to advance economic and social cooperation between the Republic's two largest racial groups. The SCCCI
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    • 407 2  -  By MARTIN SOONG A NEW ERA in air defence has begun for Singapore following the delivery last week of the Republic's first two airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft. The two Qrumman E-2C Hawkeye aircraft will be used by the Republic .of
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    • 204 2 CONSTRUCTION of Tanglin Par*, a City Developments condominium project, has started with the first units expected to be completed in early 1969. The $46.5 million main construction contract was signed yesterday between City Oev and Korean contractors, Ssangyong Construction. The project, at the
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    • 346 2  -  From PETER JANSSEN In Bangkok THE SUCCESS of Defence Asia 87, the first international arms exhibition to be held in Thailand, has inspired the show's organiser to plan similar arms exhibitions in Bangkok in 1900 and 1900. It is also considering a similar defence exhibition
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    • 126 2 TWO LIGHT PLANES took off yesterday at the start of a Singapore-to-New Zealand air race, which organisers have dubbed "The Last Great Air Race". The winner will receive a top prize of US$lO,OOO and a World War I Tiger Moth aircraft worth about US$2O,OOO.
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    • 187 2 AN INTERNATIONAL seminar on "Transportation engineering and management for developing countries" will be held from April 2325 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. About 150 delegates from 20 countries are expected to attend the seminar jointly organised by the Nanyang Technological Institute and the
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    • 211 2 A JAPANESE EXPERT in print technology will be visiting Singapore for a week, starting Monday, to share his knowledge and skills with six local companies. He is Mr Ryoji Kamano, 54, guest professor of the Jspsn Association of Graphic Arts Technology (JAGAT). Mr Kamano,
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    • 266 2 IN A 810 to attract mora merchants to aall their products overseas, organisers of what is probably the moat popular national fair in China are promoting the exhibition in Singapore for the first time. Promoters for the Guangzhou Trade Fair, led by
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  • YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT
    • 382 3 THE COMMUNITY APPROACH to crime fighting has been successful and it will be adopted by the police as the cornerstone of a three-pronged enforcement and crime prevention strategy in the coming year, Professor S Jayakumar said yesterday. Replying to Mr Bernard
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    • 250 3 Seminars and courses DURATION Apr 4-11 Apr 6 Apr 6 Apr 6-7 Apr 6-7 Apr 6-8 Apr 6-8 1 Apr 6-8 TITLE Public Relations for the Construction Industry Section leader Course Certificate in Management Services Data Communications Financial Analysis for Managers Selling to Retailers Sales Leadership by Objectives Part
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    • 498 3 IT IS A MAJOR concern of the government that operations to be privatised continue to be run efficiently after privatisation. The Finance Minister, Dr Richard Hu, replying to points raised by Dr Ow Chin Hock (Leng Kee), reassured Parliament that government
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    • 140 3 TELECOMS will review tariff rates for telepac and telefax services for financial year 1967/88. Dr Yeo Ning Hong said. The Communications and Information Minister said Telecoms would continually review its tariff rates. Cost savings made through economies of scale, productivity gains and technological advances
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    • 404 3 THE LEVY on new Malaysian workers, and the Central Provident Fund were the two main points raised when the House began debate on the Labour Ministry estimates. Kicking off the debate in the afternoon was Mr Lim Boon Heng, chairman of the Government
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    • IN BRIEF ...
      • Article, Illustration
        146 3 is considering forming a permanent committee to oversee the integration of bus and train services with the Mass Rapid Transit coming into operation in November, Dr Yeo Ning Hong said. If formed, such a committee may also have public representation. But the current priority was for the MRT
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      • 66 3 worth about $2 billion have been awarded to 33 joint ventures between local and foreign contractors. The Communications and Information Minister, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, said the joint ventures had resulted in transfer of technology to the local partners. This was evident in local technicians and professionals being
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      • 63 3 will continue, when requested, to give information to government departments about former criminals whom they are considering employing. The Home Affairs Minister, Professor SJayakumar, said that with the information given, it was up to the government departments to decide whether the former criminals were suitable for
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      • 66 3 of statutory boards would be car- ried out with care, Dr Yeo Ning Hong told Dr Arthur Beng (Fengshan) who considered them "national assets". Whether privatisation of the MRTC could be delayed would depend on the outcome of the viability study now being done, he said. Dr Beng was
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      • 87 3 (Potong Pasir), who accused a "senior journalist who is now a sub-editor" for not exercising his professional judgement, was challenged to repeat the statement outside Parliament. Dr Yeo Ning Hong said Mr Chiam could attack the press and government in general, but when it came to
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      • 57 3 is projected to be about one per cent in 1987 because of higher prices expected for primary commodities and oil, Brigadier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong said. The Trade and Industry Minister said the consumer price index dropped to 1.4 per cent in 1986 due to the lower cost of
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      • 88 3 who are satisfied with the perfor- mance of national servicemen in the Construction Brigade can pay them more than the stipulated allowance. Mr Chin Harn Tong, senior parliamentary secretary in the Home Affairs Ministry, said it was important for supervisors to motivate these national servicemen. Since the scheme was
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 411 5 Sabah claim will be settled before summit report Bernama THE LONG-STANDING territorial dispute between the Philippines and Malaysia over Sabah will be finally resolved before the summit meeting in December of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), the Manila Bulletin reported yesterday. Quoting an official in the Department of
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    • 220 5 Bernama ALTHOUGH the electronics industry in Malaysia has become a major industrial sector with a combined salee value of M 16.3 billion, there is a lack of linkage between them and industries outside the Free Trade Zones. Expressing his concern over this
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    • 810 5 Economic statistics and anecdotal evidence point to optimism NYT AFTER three years of painful and destabilising recession, the Philippine economy is showing signs of recovery, perhaps even an impending boom, economists and diplomats in Manila say. So far, it is only a thaw in
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    • 897 5 ARRIVALS Operator Sarvio* Local From number Mm* ;ua UA805 0100 SFO/HKG tCAL 0341 0155 TP€ •CAL 0337 0215 TPE :FT FT75 0316 UH/OCO/ANC/ NKT/MNL/TPE sv SV398 0710 JED/MJH •MAS MH681 0820 KUL 'MAS MH811 0910 PB4 .MAS MH671 0920 KUL SU SQ103 0950 KUL AC AC858 0950
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    • 163 5 AFP THE NUMBER of foreign tourists visiting Nepal rose by mors than 24 par cant in 1986. and the amount of money they spsnt thsrs ross by 19.2 per cent The Tourism Ministry in Kathmsndu said s total of 223,331 foreign tourists
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    • 102 5 AP FOREIGN TOURISTS visiting China increased by an average annual rate of 21.6 per cent from 1679 to 1966. the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. Xinhua said about 22.6 million people entered China in 1966, an increase of 28 per cent over the previous year.
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    • 83 5 AP TRADE VOLUME between China and West Germany was U553.65 billion in 1966, up almost 19 per cent over the year before, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. China sold US$64O million worth of goods to West Germany in 1966, mostly produce, animal by-prod-ucts,
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    • 196 5 UPI AUSTRALIAN federal officials have warned that they will block the sale of Great Barrier Reef islands to private developers and branded the decision to sell any of the world's longest coral reef as outrageous. "Any threat to the reef, either real
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    • 233 5 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S political opposition was in turmoil yesterday after one of its key members was relegated to the beck bench in Parliament over a bitter leadership squabble. Liberal Party stalwart Andrew Peacock, a former foreign minister, was sacked from the
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    • 277 5 NYT APPARENTLY in an experiment at more open relations with the West. North Korea is cautiously opening its doors to Australians. North Korea, one of the most reclusive countries in the world, has asked a few carefully selected travel agenciea in Auatralia to
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    • 166 5 With 700 luxurious rooms and suites each overlooking the Qiao Phraya River, the Shangri-La is truly a city resort in the heart of Bangkok. Set amidst beautiful landscaped gardens, it offers an extensive range of leisure g Shanari La hotel activities as well of course, as the standards of personal
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 520 6 AP AMERICA'S trade woes are moving into the spotlight this week as House committees push ahead with a "first step" in attacking the record US$l7O billion deficit in world markets. Sponsors of legislation now being drafted make no claims that it will
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    • 318 6 Reuter US TREASURY Secretary Jamas Baker has said imbalances in the world economy could not be resolved solely through stabilised exchange rates but required urgent action to reduce international trade barriers. In an interview with Britain's Channel 4 commercial television on Sunday, Mr Baker
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    • 204 6 AFP BRITISH Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher left London yesterday for talks on disarmament and European security with French President Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl before making an official visit to Moscow on Saturday. Mrs Thatcher was to meet Mr
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    • 569 6 AP PRESSURE to adopt a broader interpretation of the 1972 antiballistic missile treaty is coming from the White House, not the "Star Wars" scientists, a senior project official says. "I don't think it's fair to say that there is a great
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    • 407 6 UPI CHANGES in the Soviet position at the Geneva arms talks are drawing the superpowers closer to an agreement on mediumrange nuclear missiles and a summit this year, White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker said on Sunday. Taking the White House a step
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    • 465 6 UPI THE 500 most charitable American corporations contributed US$l.76 billion to education, welfare and the arts in 1965, 52 per cent more than they gave two years earlier, a new research report discloses. The study shows that giving averaged US$4 million, or 1.79 per cent of
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    • 287 6 Reuter BUNDESBANK vice-presi-dent Helmut Schlesinger has said that although West German economic growth was not expected to be satisfactory in the first 1967 quarter. 2 per cent growth was still attainable for the whole of the year. A further rise in the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 292 6 i WAREHOUSING? \jr\\■ thinlr that tho If you think that the cost of warehousing is measured only in dollars and cents per square metre, think again. Factors like distance from the wharves, transportation charges, insurance and security are involved, too. Which is why a 'cheap' warehouse could probably cost more
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  • FEATURES
    • 496 8 IT IS A CASE of an industry protesting too much over a problem it created for itself. Advertising agencies are yet again squabbling over whether those involved in a competitive pitch should be paid a $5,000 presentation fee by the client. This is in fact
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    • 1345 8  -  South Australia now boasts one of the fastest-growing technology parks in the world. Opened in 1983, the park has become the focal development of the state in terms of its high value-added products. Lynn Arnold, South Australia's Minister for State
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    • 1182 8  -  Viewpoint By NAJEEB JARHOM IT IS IRONIC that just months after he led the United Malays National Organisation and the National Front to a resounding victory in the Malaysian general elections, Prime Minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Or Mahathir Mohamad should find himself in danger of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTS
    • 455 9 UPI CHRIS EVERT LLOYD won 14 of the first 16 points on Sunday and routed Pam Shriver 6-1, 6-3 to win the U*****,000 Virginia Slims of Dallas, her first tournament victory since knee injury. "I wanted to get a tournament win under my belt," said
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    • 298 9 AFP Reuter AUSTRALIAN OPEN champion Stefan Edberg stopped the John McEnroe revival wagon in its tracks in Rotterdam on Sunday with his second victory of the season. Edberg, 22, has never beaten the deposed world number one in five previous encounters and
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    • 628 9 AP A YEAR AND A HALF before the 1988 summer Olympics, South Korea is busily preparing for a spectacle it hopes will show the world a nation in the midst of an economic transformation. "Next year, with the '88 Games, we
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    • 264 9 UPI BEN CRENSHAW rebounded from a shaky start with four birdies on the front nine last Sunday to card a 5-under-par 67 and gain a three-shot victory in the US$5OO,OOO USF&G Classic in New Orleans. Crenshaw, winner of 13 PGA titles including
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    • 236 9 AP BETSY KING rallied from six strokes back to defeat Jan Stephenson on Sunday by one shot and win the US$2OO,OOO LPGA Tucson Open. King, twice a runner-up at the Tucson Open after second-place finishes in 1965 and 1966, pulled ahead of Stephenson
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    • 420 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS BUSINESS and pleasure become unlikely bedfellows at the Keppel Club on March 30 when 1986 Malaysian Open champion Stewart Ginn conducts a unique golf clinic for the business community The clinic, to be held a day after the Singapore Open,
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    • 170 9 Reuter THE WORLD BOXING Association has voted to strip "Marvellous" Marvin Hagler of his middleweight title, in spite of an appeal from the champion's lawyer to postpone the decision. WBA executives and fight promoters gathered over the weekend in the Venezuelan city of Maracay
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1201 9 ITiVlftWDlßlftlDlllO TUESDAY PREMIERE Outrage •10.30pm, Channel 5 This is the shocking but true story of how a father avenges his daughter's murder himself, when a legal loophole allows the killer to go free. Robert Preston (extreme right) is Dennis Riordan, the father who is willing to spend the rest of
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  • RAW MATERIALS
    • 465 10 NYT SENIOR OFFICIALS of the Reagan Administration say the cost of siding farmers has become such a burden to so many countries that the US wants to push the problem to the top of the list of international sconomic issues to be negotisted this
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    • 269 10 COFFEE Robusta futures were unchanged to £5 a tonne lower at vie end of yesterday's morning aeeeton. The market opened eaaier, with near May slipping to a low of £1,280 before rallying to a high of £1,265 on some short-covering. SUGAR Raw Mures were Just 20 US cente
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    • 133 10 Chinese Produo Exchange Silm' noon doring prta m on Mardi 23 (S$/100 kg) Coconut oil Mk rot f49<> Otd drum FOB 96M N*w druM POt ioojoo Copra mum voomi Mm Mton PO> >*W_ 1117JO rotta^Niw 117X90 Ma* FOt NIW ***** twii Ma btodi FO» NIW 1067SO 'FOTASNNKW 1052JO
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    • 99 10 OIL PRODUCTS EAST ASIAN petroleum products were mixed yesterday with naphtha and low sulphur waxy residue quoted firmer on forward demand but gasoil and Kerosene slightly weaker. Fuel oil was unchanged with buyers and sellers at a stand-off in Singapore. Closing prices for crude (FOB origin) US$/barrel Change Dubai (May)
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    • 187 10 MALAYSIAN crude palm oil prices cloeed lower yesterday on light telling and reserve of buyers, prompted by easiness in palm oil futures and a weaker Chicago soyoil futures close last Trading was thin as operators adopted a cautious attitude in the absence of fresh developments. March deliveries in
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    • 64 10 Bangkok Broken Rice A-1 Super A-l Spsdol 146 143 (USS/tom, rot) White Rice C-l SfMcW C-1 Ord «nq unq 100% 1* daw 100% 2nd doa 251 228 Loonzain Rice 100% 3rd daw 223 100% lit grod* 100% 2nd grade ■■q 222 s% 213 100% 3rd grod* unq b* 206
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    • 365 10 SINGAPORE The market cloeed higher yesterday with April One RSS buyers quoted at 194.00 cents a kg, up 1.50 cents from last Friday. The morning session gained 1.50 cents on some speculative buying and trade short-covering of nearby position in thin trading. Prices were little changed from lunch-time levels
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    • 84 10 1 i pain) APRIL 87 MAY 87 (eurranr month} (forwor d monltO NOON NOON RAS •wjran Mm by«n S4m ssa ao 164.00 1700QN 16*.00 ITOJOON sst 50 167.00 16XOON 147M IMAM MRELB ly^m Salan •v)Ml Mbn SMI cv 7*7 XX) 249.00N 24X00 *****N SMK L 24 J.50
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 318 11 HONGKONG: Share prices yesterday closed sharply higher on a favourable response to Hongkong Land's weekend announcement of details to spin off its Mandarin Oriental hotels operations. The Hang Seng Index gained 32.85 points to end at 2,813-40 and the Hongkong Index was up 21.90 at 1,808.07. Turnover rose to
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    • 221 11 MAR a All Sinew* Indus Asia Camant Cathay Con* Uu|A DM|>L on«ng nwi MnK NTS 3.19 36.80 .46.80 70.50 0.1 0.3 -as 5.5 Kuochan Dav Laa Chang Yuan Cham Indua Han Hwa Indua Nan Ya Plaa Pacific Cona ..31.10 .33.80 22.90 36.00 31.80 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 -0.1 rkia
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    • 460 11 TOKYO: Shares yesterday closed lower in heavy trade after investors grew cautious about the market's morning rally amid fears that stock exchange authorities may try to cool down the market spread. The market average fell 69.42 to 21,588.25 but earlier had risen as high as 21,888.31, a record. Last
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    • 69 11 I MAR a Aco)« Mining. Anglo Phil +h u |U|[ Oriental B Phil Oviiii— Phllax B 0026 0039 000 •0.001 Ptcop B Ap «x Mining B 0.045 0.002 PLOT 287 50 Atlas Con. B 20.50 0.5 Baguio Qotd San Mlguat a 119 unch BmIc Patrolaonv... 0.012 unch 27 Banguot
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    • 440 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets yesterday closed at record levels but off early highs as strong support for gold and mining stocks offset profit-taking among key industrial issues. Profit-takers entered the market midway through morning trading after a strong performance on Wall Street, firm bullion prices and takeover speculation surrounding
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    • 120 11 MAN as >#• Kal 1880 >320 Kangwon Ind Kia Motor ***** -10 Chail Sugar 3143 >53 ISM >38 Daalim Ind 752 62 4080 D—woo Corp Daewoo Haavy Oatshin Sacurtttaa. 1006 1403 3000 >35 >72 >140 Koraa Long Tarm... Lucky LM ...2480 1530 ***** ***** -10 >88 >4810 >980 Dong
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    • 152 11 Reuter BANGKOK: The Stock Exchange of Thailand Index rose 1.80 to 225.84 on a turnover of 1,838,302 shares worth 320.9 million baht. Reuter .1 MAM 23 BANT 1Saha Union ...214 SlgfTi Ciwunt 643 -12 Ayudhya InvNtmint. Bangkok Agro-lnd 278 74 6 0.5 Siam Ctty Camant Slam Commarctai -600 16
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    • 64 11 Reuter CHUANG's Consortium Ltd, a Hongkong listed diversified investment firm, yesterday said it planned to raise HK$56 million by a one-for-two rights issue with warrants. Shareholders will be offered one new share at 50 cents together with two free warrants for every two shares. The warrants
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    • 624 11 NYT THE SAN MIGUEL CORP. by far the largest concern in the Philippines, is a company with an identity crisis. No one knows who owns it. Its former chairman is in exile, and the government has sequestered more than half of its
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    • 241 11 Reuter ARIADNE GROUP unit Barwoo. Farmlands Ltd has confirmed that iX* offered 3.8 billion pesos in cash for the 38 million shares of Philippine* brewing company San Miguel Corp. The Australia-based Barwon, 3Q~, per cent owned by New Zealandec c Bruce Judge's Ariadne Group,
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 647 12 Investors turning to equity markets in Europe and US Reuter THE US DOLLAR'S recent uninspiring performance on the foreign exchanges has sharply limited turnover on the EurodolIptr bond market, according to traders and analysts in London. Both secondary trade and new issue volume have
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    • 333 12 AP LATIN AMERICA is incurring a "social debt" of falling private incomes and unmet social needs as it struggles to keep up payments on loans from other nations. According to an Inter American Development Bank study, austerity programmes aimed at cutting the region's
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    • 65 12 Reuter US TREASURY Secretary James Baker said on Sunday any attempt to declare across-the-board debt forgiveness for Latin American debtor nations might damage the world economy. Mr Baker also criticised short-term debt relief, calling it a "dramatic, overnight solution". He said: "While these ideas may be
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    • 399 12  -  By ALVIN TAY Banking Correspondent NATIONAL DISCOUNT Company Ltd, which was made a whollyowned subsidiary of DBS Bank in August last year, has given its parent another booet this time in terms of a doubling in af-ter-tax profits to $8.6 million for
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 604 12 SINGAPORE: The US dollar dropped further yesterday against major currencies on Asian and European selling in moderate trading. Sentiment towards the dollar was bearish but Japanese operators were afraid to push the dollar below 150.00 yen on fears the Bank of Japan might intervene. The dollar fell to
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    • 228 12 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: CtfmnciM nominal nlH M Ohr •MM part* local dolla n to on* unit of foroign curroncyi US dolor 2.1400 2.1410 ***** -24.10 SurBnq pou id 3.4357 ***** ***** •53.24 Amtiolun 6< >lar 1.4491 1.4719 ***** -57.15 NZ dolor 1.2026 1.2053 ***** •64.92 Canadian
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    • 175 12 Indicates *M mrag« of tha prim# lending rate* of 12 ma|or banks In Singapore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on March 23 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 tep 13 ■*> 7 3/1* 1/1* *1/3 3/* 7/1* S/l* 7/1* J/l* */1* 7/1* 10 1/4 10 IJ/U 13/1* J/0 1/3
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    • 297 12 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR depoeit rates cloeed little changed yesterday from opening levels, after a day of generally quiet trading. Most operators were sidelined due to the absence of fresh factors. The market is now awaiting for more US economic data due, including February durable goods orders and consumer price
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    • 202 12 HONQItONQThe metal cloeed higher isaterdaj against a weakening US dollar. Bullion ended at U*****.40/60 an ounce against an initial U*****.6(y406.90. On ths local msrket. gold finished HK$6 higher at HK53.763 a tael. Maple Leaf also gained HK$6 to HK53.285 but Krugerrand was off HK$lO at HK53.170. TOKYO: Futures
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    • 71 12 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market fell by 5/8 point from last Friday to end at 7/8 per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate lost 1/8 point while the two and three-month rates fell by 1/16 point each. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: Offer M
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    • 577 12 BA Futures JUNE EirodoMw yesterday opened one tick lower then lest Friday's close et 93.56 end continued to eese off slightly to 93.54 on concern of e shift of investment due to e weakening US dollar aheed of the upcoming US mini-refunding auction. Trading was thin and quiet with
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    • 426 12 NOTICES NOTICE 6 HEREBY GIVEN tat at an tmaoranary benerai MBcong or TRANSMARCO COMMUNICffION SEfMCES PTE IJD duly coremed and MM at 36 Robinson Road. ifcOMB City House, Singapore 0106 on 20f) March 1987 ta fefeMing resoiulons were duly passed as. SPECIAL RESOLUTION that fa Company be wound up MM
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    • 470 12 IN THK MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 118 AND IN THE MATTES OF DELFI HAIR STUDIO PTE LTD flu Voluntary MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of DELFI HAIR STUDIO PTE LTD, daly convened and beld at 1 North Bridge Road, #1907/08 High Street Centre,
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    • 279 12 THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 188) LEE SAY COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED (In Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of LEE SAY COMPANY (PRIVATE) LIMITED duly convened and held at 2.30pm on the 18 March '87 the following special resolution wss duly passed. "That the company be wound
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4304 13 PROFIT-TAKING towards the close ot the day erased much of the earlier gains made in Singapore stock market yesterday. The market closed off its day's best levels with losers outnumbering gainers by a wide margin of 116 to 65. The Straits
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    • 206 13 SINGAPORE Riw« ln^_ JJ *lV IT CaapadM 931.29 »JIM ?L* '*> it ot os -i79 -M4 W '010 +23 BTCAO -6275 -6MI P?* +20 ITOtV +*****3 +404*43 IS-STL.** !w ST MaaMoti >051.93 10*1.09 ZZ?,**.* 0 fS STIWc. 243*7$ 2441-4* 1 &S|h *2 U t SlHMk **3.42 **342
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    • 4000 13 810 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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    • 79 13 GENERAL SECURITES W vestments Limited: 12th AGM in the Function Room* of The Development Bank of Singapore Ltd, 45th Sto-. rey. DBS Building, 6 Sherv, ton Way, Singapore 0106. v on Friday, March 27, -mi. 11am. VAN DER WORST Limited: 13th AGM at 11 Pandkif,' Crescent, Singapore 0512.1
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 500 14  -  A very satisfactory first year, says chairman By AMY CHEOK DBS SECURITIES SINGAPORE, the stockbroking arm of DBS Bank, completed its first year of operations on a "very satisfactory" note, according to the company chairman Mibhael Wee. For the financial year to
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    • 266 14 MBT THE LION GROUP, whose whol-ly-owned subsidiary Natvest operates the Yuyi Baru chain of supermarkets, is eyeing some of the better-located outlets of Emporium Holdings, according to industry sources. They added that one of the outlets which interests the Lion group was the Selangor
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    • 506 14 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market finished easier scross the board in quiet trading yesterday as investors either liquidated their positions or kept to the sidelines. Singapore-based stocks were, however, traded against the softer bias. Cases in point were DBS which surged 70 cents to
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    • 549 14 Bernama ES UNITED Malayan Flour Mills Bhd, saying its proposed acquisition of 1.4 million shares or 10 per cent interest in Benta Plantations Bhd for M 510.51 million cash is in its shareholders' best interest, has asked them to approve the
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    • 117 14 Bernama ES BATA (M) BHD. Malaysia's leading shoe manufacturer, chalked up a turnover of M 591.53 million last year surpassing for the first time in its SO years of operation in the country the Ms9o million mark despite the general economic slowdown. The
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    • 340 14 MBT CARLSBERG Brewery Malaysia will find it difficult to maintain current year earnings at 1986 levels unless the Malaysian economy begins to improve soon, chairman Svend Nisted says in the company's latest annual report. According to him, the comprehensive cost savings
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    • 118 14 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Monday 1806 07 Friday 1784 17 Week ogo 1708 31 Hang Song Index Monday 2813 40 Friday *****6 Week ago 2669 57 All Industrials Monday 2574.5 Friday 2578.2 Week ogo 2567 0 NEW YORK Dow Jones Friday *****2* Thursday *****7 Week ago 2258 66 TOKYO
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    • 241 14 Monogers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for March 24 First B'putro 598 603 Singapore Unit Trust Tho CooMwrc* 102 Second B'putro 512 517* 1 10 Third B'putro Fourth B'putro Filth B'putro Surth B'putro Seventh B'putro IAI 422 477 318 427 482 323 Tho Savings Fund 089 096" 326 331 S'por* Prog
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    • 2873 14 810 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. INDUSTRIALS Acmo <***** Afnamato 130*8 3305) Alax Htdg I—4 Alcorn
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    • 534 15  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM NATIONAL IRON Steel Mills has returned to the profit growth path with a vengeance after three years of lower earnings. Confounding all expectations, the diversified steel-based group chalked up a staggering 324.5 per cent rise in consolidated pre-tax profits
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    • 236 15  -  By LISA LEE KEPPEL Corporation Ltd's US$6O million (about $129 million) convertible bond issue will be lead-managed by Morgan Grenfell Co Ltd, together with Oaiwa Singapore Co Ltd and Morgan Grenfell (Asia) Ltd. Although the final terms for the issue will only be fixed on
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    • 90 15 KESANG CORP Bhd incurred a group pre-tax loss of Msl.oB million for the six months ended Dec 31, 1966, compared with a profit of M 572,000 in the previous corresponding period. Turnover stood at M 55.49 million, almost halved from M 510.83 million for the previous period. After
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    • 754 15  -  By AMY CHEOK UNITED INDUSTRIAL Corporation, a group highly active in international investments, has announced a one-for-two bonus issue as a sweetener to its wide-ly-expected impressive results. The group's one-for-two bonus, its first since 1981, will raise UlC's existing issued capital from
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    • 195 15 BUILDING MATERIALS manufacturer CI Holdings Bhd has reported a small 1.2 per cent rise in group aftsr-tax profit to M 51.73 million in the half-year ended Dec 31, 1966. The improvement came in spite of a sharp rise in interest expense incurred on
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    • 495 15 Bernama ES TWO PRO-TEM committees of creditors of the beleaguered Emporium Supermarket Holdings Bhd (ESHB) formally merged yesterday for the sake of a bigger say to protect their interests. Louis Sze, the chairman of a pro-tem committee of creditors formed
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    • 255 15 FEDERAL CABLES, Wire* 1 Metal Manufacturing Bhd has ask the stock exchange to suspend the counter today pending an announcement. GREAT EASTERN Ufa Assurance Co Ltd has been queried by the SES on whether its directors expect a change in profitability for the year ending Dec 31, 1987,
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    • 524 15  -  By ELAINE KOH NATIONAL shipping company Neptune Orient Lines sank deeper into the red last year, recording a group attributable loss of $60.09 million, despite optimistic forecasts at half-time that it could come close to reversing its losses by the end of
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    • 143 14 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. RSEA International Pte Ltd 5530,000,000 Note Issuance Facility unconditionally guaranteed by RET-SER Engineering Agency Fully Underwritten by The Bank of Canton, Ltd The Hank of Communications Co., Ltd Bankers Trust International (Asia) Limited Banque Indosuez BNP International Financial Services (Singapore) Limited
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    • 10 14 Creditor committees of Emporium merge for bigger •ey, Pege 15
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    • 10 14 'BUSINESS TIMES When we say business we mean just that
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 58 15 Canada The Canadian High Commission has received a fresh supply of Business Investor Kits. These kits describe the types of opportunities available (Investors, Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed) and outline all basic requirements. Kits are available to established business persons. Write in confidence to: Business Development Officer Canadian High Commission, Social Affairs Section,
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    • 416 15 r The Royal Bank of Scotland pic Incorporated in Scotland ■d OfVk*: 42 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YE. popore Branch: 6 Battery Road, #18-01, The Chartered Bank Building, Singapore 0104. The Royal Bank of Scotland pic and subsidiary companies Consolidated Profit And Lots Account For the year ended 30th
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  • 306 16  -  By LUCY NG THE BRUNEI HIGH COURT reduced bail yesterday for Chiew Sung Ching, a former signatory of the closed National Bank of Brunei (NBB) facing charges of cheating and abetting criminal breach of trust. The cut in bail means that Chiew, 43,
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  • 109 16 Reuter AN INFLUENTIAL Jakarta newspaper yesterday urged visiting World Bank president Barber Conable to persuade the government of President Suharto towards further economic change. "Conable could do Indonesia a great service if he is straightforward enough to point his finger at shortcomings that
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  • 603 16  -  Government companies to be sold at fair prices By HOMER CHEN WHILE BRITISH INVESTORS had made quick killings when British Telecoms was privatised, the same would not happen here, Trade and Industry Minister Brig-adier-General (Res) Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Government companies would be
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  • 330 16 Bernama ES WHILE Asean always speaks out loud and clear against the walls of protectionism erected by the industrial nations, it should now start to dismantle its own economic nationalism, which is blocking the region's economic integration. In making this call to Asean
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  • 289 16 Bernama LABOUR UNREST associated with privatisation could seriously hamper most Asean countries' current development plans, according to the International Labour Organisation. Noting that Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand all had major privatisation programmes, it said that significantly, organised labour was
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  • 186 16 Bernama ES THE MALAYSIAN Trade and Industry Ministry has approved 37 new manufacturing projects following the new investment guidelines announced last year. The ministry's secre-tary-general, Datuk Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, said that these were among the increasing number of investment and reinvestment proposals for
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  • 66 16 Bernama A DECISION on whether to privatise Malaysia's National Electricity Board is likely to be made before the end of the year, Deputy Energy, Telecommunication and Posts Minister Datuk Haji Zainal Abidin Zin said yesterday. The government was studying the matter. Datuk Haji Zainal said a consultant appointed
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  • 138 16 AFP MACAU is to return to Chinese rule in 1999, Portugal's Ambassador to Beijing said yesterday after negotiators from both sides agreed to initial an accord on the handover. The two sides said in a joint communique in Beijing that the heads of the negotiating teams
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  • 563 16 A REFRESHING VIEW of the protracted wars in Indochina was offered by Dr Goh Keng Swee yesterday at a public lecture in New York. There were, said the former First Deputy Prime Minister, two features which made the wars in Indochina
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  • 80 16 Reuter COMEX gold futures went over last week's highs on buying by professionals yesterday morning, spurred by a weak dollar. Gold for delivery in April was' up US$2.4O at U*****.70 an ounce in a penetration of last Tuesday's high of U*****.00. Silver futures firmed on buying
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  • 69 16 WALL STREET stock prices declined slightly yesterday as the market experienced a little bit of a hangover after the sharp run up last week. A dip in bond prices pressured interest sensitive issues somewhat. Blue chips attracted much of the market's attention. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
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  • LATE FILE
    • 45 16 UPI SOUTH KOREA'S economy grow by 12.5 por cent in reel terms during 1986, largely thanks to the high growth oil the manufacturing sector helped by brisk exports, the Bank of Korea said in an official provisional estimate yesterday. UPI
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    • 39 16 AFP TAIWAN plans to slash customs duties on about 800 items by 30 per cent to 50 per cent before the end of April in a further move to encourage imports. AFP
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    • 44 16 UPI MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Seri Or Mahathir Mohamad yesterday secured 88 of the 132 nominations for president of the United Malays National Organisation. Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah was nominated by 37 of the party's divisions. UPI
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    • 54 16 Bernama THE UNITED Malays National Organisation has decided to defer its plan to expand to Sabah and is unlikely to proceed with it if the United Sabah National Organisation restructures itself and streamlines its position, Usno president Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun said in
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    • 42 16 Reuter THE NUMBER of Philippine workers involved in industrial strike action in the first 10 weeks of calendar 1987 fell to 15,942 from 29,784 in the same period last year, the Department of Labour and Employment said yesterday.
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    • 50 16 UPI THE PHILIPPINE military announced yesterday that an army captain who teaches a course in explosives had been arrested in connection with the bombing at the Philippine Military Academy, which killed four people. The bomb exploded four days before President Aquino visited the academy. UPI
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    • 32 16 Reuter MORE THAN 800 journalists in Hongkong have signed a declaration pledging not to reveal confidential sources if they are charged under a controversial new press law.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 351 17  -  By G DURAIRAJ THE MALAYSIAN International Shipping Corporation has notified the Far Eastern Freight Conference of its intention to pull out from the Inter-Group Agreement (IGA) effective May 1v It is understood that this was triggered off by the recent allocation of the
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    • 147 17 HONGKONG has overtaken New York as the world's second largest container port after Rotterdam, the government has announced. An AFP report said that the British colony's container throughput in 1986 surged some 22 per cent to 2.77 million 20-foot equivalent container
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    • 249 17  -  By Kingsley Wood THE AUSTRALIAN National Line is to retrench 65 of its deck and engineering officers a move which has made the respective unions angry and could spark industrial action. The retrenchments have been discussed by Australian Federal Ministers, including Transport
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    • PORT SIDES
      • 57 17 THE JAPAN/lndia-Pakistan-Gulf/Japan Conference will reduce the bunker surcharges on shipments from Hongkong to India and Pakistan to 19.3 per cent from 21.7 per cent, effective April 1. A similar cut will be applied to shipments from Hongkong to Gulf ports not covered by the existing temporarily reduced
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    • 699 18 Reuter AFTER TWO MONTHS of strikes and strife on its general cargo piers, the busy port of Rotterdam faces an uncertain future. Competition from other ports, especially from nearby Antwerp and Ghent, is growing steadily. With the benefit of large sums of public
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    • 231 18 AFP IRAN warned it would strongly react against any foreign intervention in the Gulf "aimed at saving the Iraqi regime." The warning, by an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, followed recent reports that the US aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and several escort ships had received orders
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    • 716 18 AB Shpg V 5 Accord Shpg VI 3 Africa Ocean IX 4 Alltrans VII 3 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 ARC Line V 4 API III 2/3 ASCI III 1 Bait-Canada line VII 4/5 Bait-Orient line VII 4/5 Bank line V 5 BBS II 4/5
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    • 1301 18 BUOYANT charter rate* prevailed on the London shipping freights market on Friday, as active time-char-ter tonnage offtake boosted single-voyage payments on US Gulf and US North Pacific grain routes. A Kawasaki vessel secured the 25-cent higher level of U5415.75 (fio) for a 52,000-ton US Gulf-Japan grain haul in
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    • 177 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia. Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services "k" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang Shipping AMRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line
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    • 193 19 Fairplay THE Isle of Man-based specialist mutual strikes insurer, The World Wide Strike Club, is to close after just two years of operation. Following the death in February of Mr Albert Van der Erb, the shipbroker who was instrumental in founding the club,
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    • 414 19 Lloyd's List A CHALLENGE to the established conference liner companies has been issued by the world's largest container ship operator. At the Seatrade Money and Ships Conference in London. Mr CL Lim, president of Taiwan's Evergreen International Corporation, said conferences had to
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    • 151 19 THE executive president of Verolme Botlek, Mr A van Nieuwkoop, will visit Singapore today as part of his Far East tour to promote its repair services. The Far East is an important market for the Dutch company located in the busy port of
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    • 135 19 AFP AN UPTURN in the volume of enquiry as oil prices remained firm raised owners' hopes of an improvement in earnings during the past week, but these were not fulfilled due to the surplus of tonnage available on the tanker market. London brokers E A Gibson said at
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    • 741 19 NYT A PAINT that has delivered mariners from the scourge of barnacles and other marine growths may soon be banned as one of the moet hazardous aquatic poisons, driving up the coat of maintaining and operating recreational and commercial vessels. The paint, which
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    • 211 19 AP SOUTH KOREAN shipbuilders received Japanese orders for 10 vessels totalling 1.1 million deadweight tons last year, industry sources said. Owners of the ships were listed as South Koreans or people in third countries but Japanese shippers actually financed the projects, said one industry
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    • 6955 24 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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    • 1080 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Horopon Soiaudra M2A 2403/0900 26.03/0600 Joya Bersomo M2B 24 03/0900 2503/2000 li Arrival longto M4A 2403/0700 2503/0600 Vaaaal Btrll Departure M*taka Joya M48 2403/0600 2403/1800 KEPPEL WHARVES SEMBAWAHQ Kola lotna K30 alongside 25.03/23S9 Hoyorobi SI OiORQffd# 2403/2300 Koto Setati K3I alongside 26.03/0600 Kyo*o Br**z*
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    • 265 18 EUROPE/FAR EAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VBL PT. of LOa DATES VSL StTA ELM SKIPPER N L£ CMAN6 I PT. KLAMQ Ofi Fudhif load/ di>chtfjlnQ ports in route mb|ic( to tuffidtnt inductmcnl SwppOTl Ofta MTM S pot# Trf: *****00 Tlx: RS ***** MTMBEA. Fax: *****46. TEL: 03-*****50 nuaouMD. TLX: ***** MTM Frt
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    • 553 19 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd mp&o Containers Limited ijj ESEEEEIIS^ STRAITS VENTURE OMTAMG BELAIT* RAJAS BROOKE AUSY MNTAM KRIA* STRAITS NOPE STRAITS PRIDE AMY m m m w* zv» vi« US US Fon I}, .(I 'H .11 a.Tfll V H"k»i tIM Ma UHi n* Off m
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    • 541 19 Franco Belgian Services SHSP m (MEMBER OF ACE CONSORTIUM) (MED CLUB MEMBER) rmr M CHARGEURS REUNIS 1 Apr i Apr M tar M Apr M Apr f£y CI AMDJAN 13 tar at fount mmk LOADING DIRECT FOR: IA-KINMM P.NOME P.CEJITU/ UMEVIUE DOUAU COTMOU LOK 22 tar 2 Iky 4 1%
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    • 748 21 x PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE INDONESIA CONTAINER SERVICE MM 8M M.W nn si n im SIN MY Wr. BANGKOK CONTAINER SERVICE PASIR GUDANG CONTAINER SERVICE WYA CHUM RED SEA/EAST AND WEST AFRICA SERVICE M A JAVA A
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    • 301 21 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. DJAKARTA LLOYD P.T. 6ESURI LLOYD f.T. SAMUDENA INDONESIA P.T. TNIKOM LLOTN SEMI CMTMRERSRIP SERVICES DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF jj-WW lljM U SPOKE BILBAO BREMEN A'DAM/R'DAM H'BURC 21-24/4 u» ys VSL/VOY •Fveua. SPORE m Ml NYC 12-13* a/s wfi in Agents Telephone 5353
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    • 270 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'por* p. pa-am vunr nm m* PAGAN VUIW aOl a* P Ktling Panang Bangkok IVY BANK VIM TOANA NIUGINI V3N TAUSALA SAMOA VM MORAYBANK V3N SPORE ROAM HULL 29/3 26/4 3/5 17/4 12/5 20/5 21/4 27/5
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    • 1361 22 :i»•j IV LINE KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA, LTD.—FEEDER VSL MOTHER VSI SPORE PKLG PNC SPORE KOBE GUAYAQUIL CAUAO AAtCA IQUIQUE AfACASTA S. ANTONIO VALPARAISO RAGNAV7 TBN VSI Bfe> >fe> Ski Blhr DAfr 7 fey 15 Nay If fey CENTRAL AMERICA/CARBBEAN SEA FEEDER VSI MOTHER VSI PKLG PNC SPORE KOBE VZANIUO ACAPULCO
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    • 671 22 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SWUNG (PTE) LTD 2}. TcM Ayr Sheet imurou aim m shjhi ut lms> STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spor. p GOLOEN WOUOCR Co(ombo/(Ur»chi;Oub«<;'Damm»n 2«7 Mar GOLDEN BEAR Wombo/Mndii/Outai/Ooh. 4/5 Apr CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA Lil i GAO CHENG MHtG CHENG KaracM Sharjah
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    • 494 22 INTRASEA (PTE) LTD 15 Hoe CMang Roar". »07 02/03 Ssnford Budding Singapore 0208 Tel *****1 1 (10 Lines) Bulk Orient Line I BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK S parc P. tolM| Loading torM.V AGIOS NIKOLAOS OB Sailed WESTERN EXPRESS 884 2/4 ailed 2M SETE/ROT/ANT/UK(NULL) 2/4 5/4 ROT/ANT /UK(HULL) Agents Stngaport INTRASEA
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    • 761 23 VrNOL NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD 5C NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD. Tal Na OMca TmM CFt own man win NEPLINE SON. BHD. 3MH7 NEPLINE SDK BHD. 2H4HJ NEPLINE SON. BHD. —ftPMB NEPLINE SON. BHO. Wiaill Fl EU/AUST TPA/IEA S: zmnt tmm TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ): PIMM( ra. r«. crp/umsw* <i««) an
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    • 449 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels 1 SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON Sparc No I oonwn/7CN Wfi frtrnfm 1m Na I OtmmPW 17/4 Na 7 Oonaai/7VN 17/4 No I Oonan/TMN KM totOmmmpm 7/5 OL i*ar/7M 12/5 Na 7 Dana«/7MN 2*5 Hal OanaatfTOM 25/5 S PORE AGENTS NE
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    • 572 23 SINSOV SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel: *****33 (15 Lines) Terminal Office: *****41/2 Cable Address SINSOV SINGAPORE Telex Numbers RS ***** RS ***** RS ***** P AMC PENANG M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON. MO MESSRS HAI THONG SHIPPING 127 P«aa« Straat PaMM
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    • 328 24 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPN.(PTE] LTD. TEL: 225-6868 (30 LINES) CfELEX: RS ***** A/B SSCMA, RS ***** A/B SSCAD VEB DfcUTFRACHT SL tREtDE R E I ROSTOCK FORTNIGHTLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE 1 fTTD nr> r riyy'.f: "nV\ I' 9*VIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Piraeus, Thessaloniki, -Izmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Lattakia, limassol, Beirut Alexandria,
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    • 227 24 Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TEL ,Vo4Qof> i? 0 Lmesi UX RS ??0f i V Q J \N I l<\ K I I\ I l\ Ml) STRAITS/JAPAN/STRAITS SERVICE SPECIALIST IN RO-R0 HEAVY LIFTS VOY. NO. rpm P. Koiang Tokyo SOU SEKI NISSHO TRONO MATSUYAMA NAGOYA MARU 56 m In
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    • 225 25 iVIY-VIVIYiiV CALL US AT: P. KELANG PENANG J. BAHRU P. GUDANG I SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR *****53/*****11 04-*****2/4, *****3 07-*****1, *****1, *****5 07-*****1, *****3, *****5, *****0 02-*****22 *****88 WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE TT^ 11. 3 rn jJL rvrr D Ejj rr-7T ~7T TTT TV'TW' 11' I"" i■ :t'
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    • 420 25 FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY<PTE)LTD REGUtAR EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER AND LCL IVICF Va4 L HUCMS SaM BRUSSEL I 26/3 i/"f l ir-ni' ■!.-1 2W 12V3 ETA SINGAPORE 4/4 DESTINATION 1 1,,J .1!': 1 M' RATANA BHUM BUMGA BUTANC 115N xfi at n/3 2WJ.3H.ISH a0.2W3.2M 27/3. 7H. 17/4 29/3, 1/4. 13/4 2*3, 2*3,
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    • 139 26 UIMK 111 il'ii' Booking: d«2127 A 9M8411 Foe *****90 Totac RSBS7M NUNK AccopMng FCL, LCL, CONVENTIONAL ton, ANTWERP, NAM. L£ NARVE, BREMEN, U.K. AUSTRALIA/N.Z UNITED STATU FAR EAST SYD, HELB, J AUCK, WELL. AOE, BRIS, I CXNURCM, FREMANTLE, DARWIN, LmiON BANGKOK. HONG KONG, TAIWAN, KOREA 4 JAPAN JAKARTA. SURABAYA, BtLAMAN.
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    • 440 26 v ft' A '•■-I 'i>y Mitsci OS K Lines Ltd CONVENTIONAL/SEMI-CONTAINER AFRICA'S CONTINENTAL PARTNER PRIMERA PEAK VOY. SWA3QA MORNING GRACE VOY. EAAfiA OCEAN EUTE VOY. EAA33A SUBJECT INDUCEMENT RAINBOW AVENUE VOY.WAB2A f«VER OU WAA3SA Rmkt Subject Inducement HAYAKAWA MARU VOY. 2831F SA VAAL VOY. 2730F NEDLLOYD COLOMBO VOY. 2828F OSAKA
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 178 26 Regional Weather kS J v* N B >* sy II WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND: R Thunderstorm Temperature o Q X\ U Shower Weather Wind direction with speed in knots Ram Cloudy Sky Wave he '9 hf Surface winds are indicoted by arrows which fly
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