The Business Times, 14 April 1987

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  • 12 1 BUSINESS TIMES M.C. (P) No. 112/12/86 TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1987 75 CENTS
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  • 172 1 Simex DM (June)0.5563 30) Euro-$ (June) 93.02 (-8 Yen (June) 0.*****4 16 Pound (Jun) 1.61 80 35 Nikkei Index (Jun) ***** (-70 US T-bond (Jun) 94.22 (-6 Gold prices S'pore (buyer's quote) US$435.00 US$1.80) London (Afternoon fix) US$435.90 US$4.30) Rubber S'pore May 197.00 cts/kg 0.75) M'sia May
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  • 285 1 THE RESPONSE to Avimo Singapore Ltd's share offer which opened two weeks ago has been brisk, judging by the demand for application forms so far. And to make it easier for the man-in-the-street, N M Rothschild Sons, the lead manager and
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  • 236 1 SUSTAINED BUYING interest continued to lift Singapore share prices yesterday with the widely followed market barometer, the Straits Times Industrial Index, setting another record. The ST Index smashed through its previous record of 1097.93 on April 10, and ended the day 6.42 points higher at
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  • 542 1 AFP ASIAN and Pacific countries with diversified economies emphasising manufacturing have done best in the new economic climate created by falling oil and other commodity prices, according to a UN report. Economic powers such as Indonesia have faltered
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  • 566 1  -  Hard bargaining and firm stand on copyright pay off By FOO CHOY PENG, Chief Reporter SINGAPORE GAINS a little more than it loses in the United States latest review of duty-free privileges for exports of developing countries. This is due primarily
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  • 87 1 AFP A LEADING Indonesian MP yesterday warned that Indonesia should be careful in accepting Hongkong investment since some of the funds might have originated in China. Parliament's Deputy Speaker Hardjanto Sumodisastro, speaking shortly after returning from the British colony, said that interest
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  • 210 1 AP. AFP THE US GOVERNMENT, insisting that it will impose sanctions on Japanese electronics products by the week's end, is narrowing the list of targeted items from US$l.7 billion worth to US$3OO million. Public hearings were to begin in Washington yesterday on
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    • 330 1 Texaco files for protection TEXACO has filed for protection from its creditors in a federal bankruptcy court as a result of its bitter legal dispute with the Pennzoil Company. Texaco, America's third largest oil major and the largest company ever to enter bankruptcy proceedings, has been fighting an US$ll billion
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 572 2  -  Project to gauge problems and prospects By BENNY OON THE SINGAPORE Hotel Association (SHA) has plans to hire external consultants in a self-help drive designed to guide the industry through its spell of low occupancy rates The association will advertise shortly for
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    • 419 2  -  By JAIME LYE FILM DISTRIBUTOR Warner Brothers Inc is set to make inroads into the Asean home video market, and has chosen Singapore as one of its two start-off points. Warner Home Video was launched on April 10 even though there are still
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    • 494 2  -  By TSANG SAU YIN THE SINGAPORE Training and Development Association (Stada) will be playing host for the first time to the 14th Asian Regional Training and Development Organisation conference next month in Singapore. The May 5-8 meeting, which is considered a major event
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    • 156 2 LORD LUCAS, Britain's Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, will be in Singapore this weekend During his visit from April 1821, he will be dropping in at Medic-Asia '87, a medical equipment exhibition and conference in which nine British companies will be
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    • 83 2 CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT from the first air defence exercise held this year by nations under the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) will be aircraft of New Zealand and the UK. The exercise, ADEX 87-3, will be held over Singapore and Malaysia from Tuesday through Friday next week, said the
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    • 404 2  -  By WILLIAM CHIA ACTIVITIES are finally getting onto the fast track for opening of the 10,000-square-metre Tokyu Department Store (Singapore) Pte Ltd at the Marina Square complex. "We want to open before Christmas this year," said Mr -Yuka Suetsuna. the project general manager,
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    • 256 2  -  By ANNA TEO TELEVISION VIEWERS who tuned in to the Oscar presentation on Sunday night to catch Hollywood celebrities at their annual glittering bash might have noticed a face much closer to home. One Singaporean was onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion the
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    • 313 2 THE CANADIAN High Commission hopes to offer Canadian business and professional organisations in Singapore free office space when it moves into IBM Towers in October. The Canadian High Commissioner to Singapore, Mr Sean Brady, told BT he thought Canada's profile "was not sufficiently
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    • 285 2 SINGAPORE adopted English as a working language for effective linkages with the western world, and opted for bilingualism to hang on to its cultural heritage. This point was made by Dr Tay Eng Soon, the Minister of State for Education, yesterday
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    • 832 3  -  Local fashion was the phrase on everyone's lips last week as local designs and designers took centrestage at Singapore Apparel '87. As the participants close down their booths and pack up their creations, GOH YEE LING looks back at the week that was. GOH YEE LING
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    • 462 3  -  By BOEY KIT YIN THE SUCCESS of the recentlyended Singapore Apparel Show has spurred the Asean Federation of Textiles Industries (Aftex) to plan its first joint apparel, textile and accessories show for 1969. The exhibition is aimed at selling the
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 551 4 Petroleum receipts fall sharply MBT ELECTRONIC and electrical goods emerged as the largest foreign exchange earners for Malaysia last year, overtaking petroleum which had been the main foreign exchange earner since 1980 when it took over the position from natural rubber. Preliminary figures show
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    • 175 4 Reuter THE GOVERNMENT must announce harsh cuts in spending in its May 14 economic statement if it is to give an adequate response to Australia's economic problems, the ANZ Banking Group Ltd said Cuts of US$2 billion would be insufficient against the backdrop of
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    • 447 4 UPI ISRAELI LEADERS had a stormy cabinet meeting on Sunday over the question of an international Middle East peace conference, with the opposing sides hardening their views Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Likud political parties issued a statement afterward declaring that an international peace
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    • 926 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time CAl CI341 0155 TPE FT FT75 0316 IAH/ORD/ANC/ CAl NRT/MNl/TPE CI333 0405 TPE MAS MH681 0820 KUl SV SV398 0835 JEO/RUH AC ACS 5 8 0850 YYZ/LHR/BOM MAS MH8t 1 0910 PEN MAS MH671 0920 KUL S1A SQ103 0950 KUL
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
    • 291 5 Reuter ITALIAN Prime Ministerdesignate Oscar Luigi Scalfaro has completed hurried consultations to form a new government but appears to have made no progress in staving off the prospect of early elections. Political sources said Mr Scalfaro, 68, would probably report
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    • 344 5 AP MANKIND'S conquest of space will require international cooperation and a pooling of resources, say planners of an educational endeavour called the International Space University project. "We have one chance and only one chance to move into space as one species. Right now."
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    • 326 5 AP INVESTIGATORS have completed a report into an alleged racket at the Irish embassy in London involving the illegal sale of Irish passports for up to £15,000 each to Libyans, Iranians, Lebanese and other foreigners. Foreign Ministry sources in Dublin confirmed on Sunday that
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    • 541 5 Politicians, businessmen and economists disagree over the remedies NYT WEST GERMAN and American politicians, business executives, and economists have clashed sharply in West Berlin on national policies for checking the fall of the US dollar, reducing the US trade deficit, and resolving the
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    • 152 5 Reuter TURKEY will apply today for membership of the 12-nation European Community (EC). Foreign Ministry officials said a formal announcement was expected from Prime Minister Turgut Ozal after a meeting with President Kenan Evren. They said Minister of State Ali Bozer, in charge
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 552 6 Reuter A WHEAT SUBSIDY offer to the Soviet Union appears to be under serious discussion in the Reagan Administration but it might be a few weeks before such an offer is made Recent speculation has been that the US might offer
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    • 139 6 Bernama A MASTER PLAN for the development of forestry in Sabah is being prepared by the Sabah state government with the aid of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation. FAO assistant director-gener-al Dr Flores Rodas said in Kota Kinabalu last week that
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    • 66 6 Reuter UGANDA'S coffee marketing board (CMB) has stopped offering coffee on the international market because it is unhappy with current prices. The CMB suspended offerings last week but it was not clear how long it could sustain such a policy because of its urgent need for
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    • 172 6 Chinese Produce Gambier Exchange FOB NSW 230.00 Sellers' noon closing prices on FAMA Ap'H 13 (S$/)00 kg) Closing prices on April 13 Coconut oil Coconut oil bulk FOB 8800 (M$/100kg) Old drum FOB 9800 New drums 131.00 New drum FOB 102.00 2nd bond drums 126.00 Copra Bulk Local
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    • 76 6 NAPHTHA and fuel oil prices fell in the East Asian petroleum spot market but other products remained stable. Crude (FOB origin) USS/borr«4 Oong. Dubai (Mar) 17.00 -0.03 W#f» T«aai WTI (May) 18 28 -0.35 Products (FOB S'pore) USJ 'borrj Chang* Koroian* 19.35 «d< Go toil 30.00 unc*
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    • 278 6 Crude palm oil futures closed easier yesterday on lack of fresh overseas leads. April and May finished at MS74O for both months, down Mss and MsB each. June was Ms 9 easier at M 5739 per tonne. Turnover rose to 283 lots from 189 lots. Crude palm oil
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    • 284 6 HONGKONG: Gold closed sharply higher yesterday in hectic trading on renewed buying interest, mainly from overseas institutions. Dealers said the continuing weakness of the dollar and underlying bullish sentiment for gold contributed to the rise. The metal closed at U*****.10/60 an ounce compared with Saturday's U*****.50/432.25 close and
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    • 215 6 SINGAPORE The market closed slightly higher yesterday with May 1 RSS buyers quoted at 197.00 cents/kilo, up 0.75 cent from last Friday. On the TSR-20 market, trading was very quiet throughout the day but prices rose slightly. TSR-20 May and June closed at 164.50 cents/kilo, both up 0.50 cent.
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    • 146 6 THE PRICE OF TIN on the Kuala Lumpur tin market (KLTM) rose one cant from last week's closa to and at M 516.61 yesterday In fairly modarate activity. The market started at last week's level of M 516.60 which attracted strong bids of 135 tonnes mainly by overseas
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    • 280 6 RAS prices in S c*nts/kg, FOB in bata 1 NOON CLOSE foyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 199.50 200.50N 200.25 201.25N Wf 1 RSS May 87 196.25 196.75 197.00 197.50 bit 1 RSS Jon 193.00 193.50 193.75 194.25 Int 2 RSS OP 183.00 185.00N 183.50
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    • 82 6 (c«o»« /kg, 1 -ton pollen) MAY 87 JUNE 87 (current month) (forward month) NOON NOON RAS Svy«r» S*)t*r> k>yer» S*H*r» SSR 20 171.00 173.00N 171.00 173.00N SSR 50 170.00 171.00N 170.00 171.00N MRELB #uy»rj S*ll»r» 5uy*n S*ll*n SMR CV 241.00 243.00N 242.00 244 00N SMR I 239.50
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  • WORLD BACKGROUND
    • 796 7 AP FORMER Zimbabwe Prime Minister lan Smith's recent ouster from Parliament foreshadows the end of nearly a century of racial privilege for Africa's largest white population living under black rule. Although technically suspended for only a year,
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    • 751 7 Reuter EVEN THOUGH thousands of people have lost their jobs because of the New Zealand Labour government's drastic economic reforms, the party is enjoying a surge in popularity. Labour, which must hold general elections by the end of September, has
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    • 793 7 NYT ONE YEAR after American warplanes attacked Libya, American officials say that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi appears to have reduced his involvement in terrorism, but the reasons they cite seem to go beyond the shock of the bombings. The Libyan leader has suffered
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    • 276 7 Reuter EAST GERMANY'S communist rulers, haunted by the mass emigrations of the *****, seem worried by a continuing stream of applications to leave the country by discontented citizens. Communist Party sources said General Secretary Erich Honecker devoted a secret part of a recent Keynote
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  • FEATURES
    • 573 8 IT IS NICE and proper for countries to say that they are hopeful about forthcoming talks. So it is that China and the Soviet Union have recorded their individual optimism over the chances of progress at political normalisation talks, the tenth round of which will
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    • 1223 8  -  The high cost of liability insurance in America has forced a number of states to modify their laws to allow corporations to indemnify directors and officers against shareholder suits and other litigation as long as the directors have not committed fraud or other criminal acts,
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    • 690 8 AP VISITORS to Japan may think they're being overcharged when they're forced to pay US$l5O for the taxicab ride into downtown Tokyo from Narita Airport. The same goes for the US$6 glass of orange juice and US$lOO steak dinner at hotels. Such price distortions
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    • 182 8 THE HILTON-BRITISH AIRWAYS PLAYHOUSE proudly presents c9OCOO "You won't stop talking about John Inman... here's a performance and a half in a play and a hair' Express "Here is a Box Office hit if ever I saw or heard one" Telegraph thc mr co«e»r bgctmus cavrcwcc Also Starring PATRICIA BRAKE
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 658 8 CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 Do teach incorrectly! (5) 8 It can be green or streaky (5) 10 Melts, having a fruit centre (5) 11 They leave a poet with very little money! (3) 12 Fine glass, but sticky (5) 13 Lose hope of getting praised? (7) 15 Helped some laddies
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  • SPORTS
    • 960 9 NYT IN TALKING ABOUT his chances to repeat his theatrical Masters victory of last year. Jack Nicklaus joked: "I'm going out to look for some lightning; maybe I can catch it again." But the lightning was out there on Sunday, as Greg Norman discovered. Larry
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    • 281 9 A LOCAL SPONSOR has been found for the Singapore leg of the US$5O,OOO Pro Kennex Asian Satellite Circuit tennis championships. Malayan Traders, the sole agent for Bonds Grand Slam sportswear, has put up $30,000 for the Singapore tournament which will offer U5512,500
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    • 421 9  -  By WALTON MORAIS CONTROVERSY surrounds the selection of the Singapore golf team for the Dunhill Cup prequalifying competition in Kuala Lumpur on April 28. The two players who were originally selected and then dropped from the team will be meeting the national association's management
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    • 409 9 Reuter MILOSLAV MECIR kept his patience and overcame an angry John McEnroe 6-0. 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to win the US$5OO,OOO WCT finals tennis tournament. The Czechoslovak, who had never won a set from McEnroe, said he tried to ignore the American's outbursts
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
    • 424 10 Largest American company ever to file for bankruptcy Reuter OIL GIANT Texaco has become the biggest US company ever to file for bankruptcy after taking the step to fight a multi-billion dollar legal battle with a rival company. "We have no choice in the matter," Texaco
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    • 522 10 AFP WITH NEW DEALS concluded or in preparation on three continents, British publisher Robert Maxwell is set to create a worldwide media empire to rival that of Australian-American magnate Rupert Murdoch. Two days after buying into France's main
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    • 273 10 Reuter THE CHICAGO-BASED BorgWarner corporation, facing an unwanted takeover bid from the Gaf Corporation, has agreed to a U554.23 billion buyout from a company to be formed by Merrill Lynch Capital Partners. Borg-Warner, which is in many businesses, including chemicals, plastics and automotive
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    • 656 10 Shearson LEHMAN BROTHERS NYT SHEARSON LEHMAN Brothers seems to have chosen an ideal time for its initial public offering the largest of stock in a brokerage house. The stock market is booming and bond prices and the dollar have been gyrating, producing the kind of
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  • ASIAN STOCKS
    • 481 11 HONGKONG: Share prices closed sharply lower in moderate trading yesterday on concern over the growing US-Japan trade row and a possible rise in local interest rates The Hang Seng Index slid 57.47 to 2,708.94 with most of the losses recorded late in the afternoon. The Hong Kong Index fell
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    • 317 11 APR 13 NT t Kolin 32 80 16 Kuochan Dev 36 80 06 Lee Chang Yuen All Sincere Indus 4 78 *0 43 Chem Indus 37 40 0 9 Asia Cement 41 00 06 Lien Hwa Indus 26 60 15 Cathay Cons 51 00 2 3 Nan Ya Plas
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    • 486 11 Reuter TOKYO: Prices plunged in moderately active trade yesterday as concern over the dollar's fall against the yen and deepening dis- agreement between Japan and its trade partners sparked a bout of nervous selling, brokers said. The market average eased 297.05 to 22,919.54 after earlier touching 22,651.09, and a
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    • 505 11 SYDNEY: Australian share markets closed at record levels for the seventh consecutive session yesterday as strong overseas interest in gold stocks pushed the market higher. Brokers said heavy trading in golvi stocks in London on Friday night provided the impetus for the local market. At the close of trading
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    • 198 11 Reuter AUSTRALIA and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd is making a one-for-two bonus issue from its asset revaluation reserve to shareholders registered June 2. The proposed bonus and an increase in authorised capital to one billion one-Australian dollar par shares from
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    • 81 11 Reuter AUSTRALIAN Anglo American Investments has sold its 18.4 per cent stake in Poseidon Ltd to Perthbased investment company Normandy Resources NL, Poseidon's chairman Allister McLeod said. Normandy's record as an investor indicates its objectives are not in conflict with those of Poseidon, he said. The
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    • 546 11 Strong yen forcing layoffs and paycuts AP IN TOKYO'S financial district, each upward tick of the Japanese yen now registers on new digital wall "clocks But in Kimitsu, steelworkers get the news via their paychecks and the news is bad. The Japanese
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    • 318 11 Reuter ANSCOR CAPITAL and Investment Corp (ACIC) has set up a US$2O million Bermuda-based investment holding company with three foreign partners to channel investment into the Philippines through the government's debt-equity conversion programme. Speaking in Manila, ACIC president Francisco Dizon said
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
    • 440 12  -  By SOH TIANG KENG, Financial Correspondent THE US DOLLAR has been forecast to continue sliding against the major currencies this year. Mr Daniel van Hove, manager, asset management, of Banque Internationale A Luxembourg (BIL), made this forecast yesterday at the BIL seminar
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    • 270 12 Reuter VISITING US legislators have called on Japan to open its financial markets to more foreign participation and boost its efforts to head off growing US protectionism, a Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman said in Tokyo. "We have come to seek the opening of
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    • 628 12 Reuter TOP OFFICIALS of leading industrial nations appear deeply worried that financial markets have ignored their efforts to coordinate policies, which they believe they strengthened in talks last week. Monetary sources in Washington said officials were exasperated that the markets, which drove
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    • 343 12 Reuter SAUDI ARABIA will set up a special committee to hear legal disputes involving the kingdom's 11 commercial banks, Saudi bankers and lawyers said over the weekend. But they said that it remained unclear if this would satisfy bank
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
    • 954 12 SINGAPORE: The US dollar recovered yesterday against most major currencies in thin late trading but closed below New York's Friday finishing level. Dealers said short covering in the afternoon and repeated dollarbuying intervention by Bank of Japan helped the dollar to recover some of its morning losses. It
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    • 207 12 Interbank rates at 3pm yesterday: Local dollars to BM ono unit of 00ar mil partly foreign currency: c**ng. US doilor 2.1365 2.1375 2.8196 -24.23 Sterling pound 3.4728 3.4766 7.3469 -52.73 Australian dollar 1.5372 1.5400 3.4286 -55.17 NZ dollar 1.2381 1.2408 3.4286 -63.89 Canadian dollar 1.6394 1.6417 3.4206 -52.07
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    • 181 12 Indicates the average of the prime lending rate# of 12 major banks in S'pore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on April 13 us$ DM SWFC Y«n 7 6oy% 3/4 5/S t 3/4 J, 3 IS/16 13/16 1 1/4 1 41/1-4 t mti 3/4 S/t 1 J/16 13/1* 3
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    • 113 12 THE OVERNIGHT rate on the Singapore interbank market rose lost point to close at 3% per cent yesterday. The term rates rose K point across the board. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: Offer Md Oomr*V 3 3/4 3 1/2 1-«* 3 9/14 3 7/1« 2-mor#. J 9/t6
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    • 220 12 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed higher yesterday compared with last Friday's levels, after a day of moderate trading. Asian dollar CO rates ended firmer compared with Friday's close. initfDini otpoiit rfiM us$ OHf lid 7 dayi 6 11/16 6 9/16 1 man* i 6 3/4 6 5/8 2
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    • 598 12 BA Futures JUNE Eurodollar opened sharply lower at 93.01 and eased off to a low of 92.99 on a weaker US dollar in a still bearish market outlook. However, short covering ahead of today's US merchandise trade figures saw prices recovering to 93.02. Liffe session saw the market remaining
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 154 12 This advertisement appears as a matter of record only. April 1987 B Keppel Corporation Limited (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) U. 5.575,000,000 4 per cent. Convertible Bonds due 1997 Issue Price 100 per cent. Morgan Grenfell Co. Limited Daiwa Singapore Limited Morgan Grenfell (Asia) Limited Banque Internationale A Luxembourg
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  • SHARE INFORMATION
    • 4377 13 SHARE PRICES on the Singapore stock market finished at a new high yesterday as lower-priced Malaysian stocks and selective Singapore counters continued to be in firm demand. The Straits Times Industrial Index closed at 1,104.35. up 6.42 points while the BT Composite Index increased
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    • 192 13 SINGAPORE Rises Indices ITEoSft, 340 ,T *5**° "JW os FtLS 680 *15 ,T 1 0-doy MA -0416 -6400 rs:"- S S2L* S^r r 50 220 2 ***** KXTMLoSO* 170 +1 S T ''°P"*« 5»»" ***** OSS 1260 0 STMinin 300 09 300.53 NST 7AC, in STPIontofiom 1953.42
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    • 4319 13 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 MEETINGS
    • 811 14 Personal assistant tells of destroyed documents NYT THE LONG-RUNNING Guinness «candal is again a focus of national Intention as new details, charges «nd countercharges in the case were revealed last week in a London High Court. Last Friday, the personal assistant to Ernest Saunders, the
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    • 118 14 HONGKONG Hongkong Index Monday 1739 24 Friday *****9 Wnt ogo do»«d Hang Seng Index Monday 2706 94 Friday 2766 41 W ogo clos*d All Industrials Monday ***** Fridoy ***** WNk ago ***** NEW YORK Dow Jones Friday 2338 78 Ttwndoy *****0 WMfc ago 2390.34 TOKYO Nikkei Average Monday
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    • 240 14 Manogen' prices MARA-Bumiputra for April 14 Fint B'pufo 418 6 23 Second B putro 532 537 Singapore Unit Trust TKtrd B' putro 437 442 Coo—re* 1 06 Tlw Savmgi Fund 0*1 S'por* Prog Kind 041 S'pon S*c Fund 0.71 S'por* Fund 0 78 S'por* Equity Fund 051 1
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    • 465 14 BULLS continued to dominate trading on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday and share prices of speculative and quality stocks rose across the board. High volumes accompanied the frenzied buying and the interest was widespread. Stocks which were actively traded were
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    • 2737 14 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aonomoto (3168) Aicom (7481 lIS 77 0» 76 13»
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    • 163 14 SEAUON HOTELS Limited: 11th AGM at Gateway 4 Room, Level 2. Pan Pacific Hotel. Marina Square. Singapore 0103 on April 18 at 10.30am. INCH KENNETH KAJANG Rubber Public Limited Company: 77th AGM at 5th Floor. Straits Trading Building. 4 Leboh Pasar Besar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday, April
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    • 1293 14 Cfl Ex Books Data ToM tor Total tor peyment Me CiOM peyaM* to yaar M poor A 1 N 13%% NYA NYA NYA 27% 27% A Enterprises 2%W Jun 5 Jun 17 Jul 3 5% 22% Aona 1%TE NYA NYA NYA 1%TE 4%TE AJInomofo '2% Apr 21 Moy
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    • 577 15 Stanchart how close are the bidders? tcmoq mm*** By HOCK LOCK SIEW INTEREST IN Standard Chartered Bank is brewing again. Mr Robert Holmes a Court s Bell Group International last week raised its stake in the bank to 14.99 per cent, the maximum anyone is allowed to hold in a
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    • 493 15  -  ty ELAINE KOH THE STOCK EXCHANGE of Singapore has received to date a total of 12 applications under its scheme to corporatise the stockbroking industry. The exchange has set a quota of eight tie-ups between foreign institutions and local brokers, qut of
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    • 379 15  -  By AMY CHEOK THE UNITED Industrial Corporation group, currently trying to take over Jason Mining Ltd. might be revising its cash offer for the publicly-listed gold mining company in Australia. UIC, whose interests range from international asset management to detergent
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    • 855 15  -  Shareholders asked to approve property deals By NAJEEB JARHOM ALTHOUGH CITY Developments is buying some properties belonging to its controlling shareholder. the Hong Leong group, the latter is to a large extent not taking cash out of the company. This is because the
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    • 277 15 AP BOND CORP Holdings Ltd of Australia is expected to buy 14 million shares in San Miguel Corp under an agreement between the Philippines-based brewery giant and a govern-ment-run bank, a company spokesman confirmed yesterday. "There has been an agreement reached
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    • 160 15 AfTER A TWO-WEEK delay because of legal technicalities. Hotel Tai-Pan will be sending shareholders the prospectus and provisional allotment letter in respect of its rights issue today. Last October, the company announced that along with a $30 million capital restructuring, it was
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    • 231 15 Bernama ES PLANTATION-BASED Asiatic Development Bhd's special issue of 72.64 million shares of 50 cents each at par to Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera (LTAT) will be listed and quoted from Wednesday. In a circular to its shareholders yesterday, Asiatic said the new shares would
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    • 159 15 Bernama ES COLD STORAGE (M) Bhd has reported a 15.2 per cent drop in group pre-tax profit to MJ4.70 million for fiscal 1986 from M 55.55 million in the previous year. Group turnover fell by 5 per cent to MJ159.67 million from M 5168.04
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    • 302 15 SEMBAWANG Towing Co is to be renamed Sembawang Maritime Ltd in anticipation of its public listing on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this month. Yesterday, the company announced that it had signed a fiveyear contract with the Port of Singapore Authority to supply three tugs on a time
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    • 34 15 Company RIGHTS ISSUE 1 C S One-for-foor $4 00 per shore Ex-dote Apr 9 Books dose: Apr 16 Company BONUS ISSUE CCM Two-for three Ex dote: Apr 7 Books dose: Apr 17
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    • 325 15 Company RIGHTS ISSUE Bedford On* for on* <g $050 per shor* C 1 Holdings 27 million loon stocks in th* rotto of (3 loon stock lor *v*ry fiv* ordinary shores h*ld City Dew On*'for four $1 40 p*r shor* tights issu* of bonds with warrants in th* ratio
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    • 260 14 NOTICES In the Matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 185 and In the Matter of SHINYO KOGYO PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 20 Wan Shih Road, Singapore 2262 on Monday, 13th day of April 1987
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    • 237 14 WAJA ENTERPRISES PTE LTD Notice of Resolutions for Member*' Voluntary Wlndlng-Up (Pursuant to Section 290) At An Extraordinary Oeneral Meeting of the Members of WAJA ENTERPRISES PTE LTD. duly convened and held at 50 Robinson Road #00-00, MNB Building, Singapore 0106 on 13 April 1967, the following Special Resolution wss
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    • 258 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 180 AND IN THE MATTER OF CLEA INTERIORS PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act Cap. 185 that a Final Meeting of the members of the abovenamed
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    • 156 14 Official Notice Proposal To Change A Ship's Name Notice Is hereby given that In consequence of the Intended purchase of a ship by oar clients, Ove Skou Shipping Pte. Ltd.. we have applied to the Director of Marine under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 173) In respect
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 99 15 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 42 unit commercial office complex zoned approved condominium 21,000 sq.ft. 3 separate buildings 42 separate Titles Prime East Tropicana location 2 minutes to airport presently 85% rented financing open U.S. 1,899,000 Contact MP. Kltar (Singapore) 772-3069 or 474-2791 UNIQUE QPPQRTUNITY THAILAND Construction company operating in Thailand and
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    • 141 15 APPOINTMENTS MICROSCIENCE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION SINGAPORE We are a rapid-growing high tech Winchester disk drive manufacturer. The following positions are available for suitable candidates: GENERAL MANAGER a b.sc. degree is a must, M.Sc. or MBA degree preferred. Must have a minimum of 5 years' experience with a major manufacturing corporation. Experience
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  • 531 16  -  By LEE HAN SHIH, Property Correspondent THE CONTRACTORS' association yesterday expressed its unhappiness over the way the Public Works Department handled the Central Expressway tender (CTE), and called for a re-examination of its tendering procedure. The Singapore Contractors Association Ltd (SCAL) said
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  • 486 16  -  By MARTIN SOONG WARSHIP DESIGN specialist Vosper-QAF is marketing a new fast patrol boat made to counter terrorist attacks, and combat drug smuggling and piracy. The F-21A is an all-aluminium alloy high-speed interceptor design, conceived in 1985 and bought over last April by Bru-nei-backed
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  • 265 16 HOW TO INCREASE cooperation on investment and trade was discussed by government leaders from Indonesia and Singapore yesterday. It was raised when the Indonesian Minister tor the Promotion of Domestic Products, Mr Ginandjar Kartasasmita, met the Singapore Trade Industry Minister. Brigadier-General (Res) Lee
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  • 439 16  -  By LUCY NG in Kuching MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed is expected to receive a mixed reception when he arrives in Sarawak today to campaign for Parti Pesaka Bumiputra Bersatu (PBB), a member of the National Front. The Sarawak elections were called
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  • 272 16 AFP, Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that he was declassifying documents in response to criticism that he had mishandled major projects He said that the documents should end misconceptions about the projects, which have become a major
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  • 176 16 Bernama THE SPENDING CEILING for the Fifth Malaysia Plan will be reduced to Ms 49 billion from its original Ms 74 billion, the direc-tor-general of the Economic Planning Unit (Prime Minister's Department), Tan Sri Radin Soenarno, said yesterday. The Fifth Malaysia Plan
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  • 121 16 Reuter CHINA yesterday minimised the importance of Soviet troop cuts in Mongolia but said that it hoped for progress on the Cambodian problem at Sino-Soviet talks starting in Moscow today. "We have noticed that the Soviet Union has started its partial troop withdrawal from
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  • 100 16 Reuter COMEX SILVER futures attracted profit-taking yesterday morning after a rally, inspired by firmness in gold and weakness in the US dollar, ran out of buyers under last Friday's highs. Silver for delivery in May held a modest gain of 4.5 cents at U556.65 an ounce following a
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  • 65 16 Reuter WALL STREET stocks yesterday slid lower in moderate trading as investors nervously awaited the opening of Texaco, a Dow component, which filed for protection under the bankruptcy code. The Dow Jones industrial average eased a point to 2338. Declines led advances by a three-to-two margin on
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  • LATE FILE
    • 53 16 Reuter CHINA'S leader Deng Xiaoping yesterday said the policies of reform and opening to the outside world would continue for at least 70 years. The New China News Agency quoted him as saying: "Any change will only lead to opposition by the
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    • 46 16 AFP TAIWAN'S garrison command and other secret security organs will be barred from handling customs and immigration under legislative revisions approved by the ruling Kuomingtang. A party official said the changes were a major concession to critics of the proposed law. AFP
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    • 54 16 UPI PRESIDENT Chun Doo Hwan unilaterally ended debate yesterday on how his successor will be elected this year. In a nation-wide broadcast, Mr Chun said he would leave office as scheduled in February 1988 and be replaced by a successor elected under the current indirect
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    • 47 16 AP PRIME MINISTER Yasuhiro Nakasone s ruling party failed to win back two key governorships and suflered setbacks in local assembly balloting in what was widely interpreted as a protest vote against the party's plans for a 5 per cent sales tax. AP
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    • 40 16 Reuter US Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze yesterday began negotiation in an elegant Moscow mansion in pursuit of the first superpower arms control agreement in nearly a decade. Reuter
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    • 37 16 UPI THE PHILIPPINE armed forces have thwarted a plot by disgruntled soldiers to take hostage foreign children in Manila in yet another coup attempt against the government of President Corazon Aquino. UPI
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 235 16 Leader, Page 8 BK~. akA.. i IBM* uiets 38 storeys of glistening modern architecture rising spectacularly above a strategic harbour front location. In the immediate vicinity of the new-generation Treasury and MAS Buildings, finance and commercial houses, major banks, even two world-class hotels. All in an area rapidly developing into
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    • 55 16 immm Outlook: Showers over several areas In the late morning and early afternoon. Report for 24 houra prior to 7.30pm on April 13 at the airport Maximum temperature 33.5 Aaaodated humidity 56 Minimum temperature 25.4 Associeted humidity M Hours of sunshine 9.80 Rainfall in millimetres Nil Rainfall this month 40.3
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 465 17  -  By JUNE LIM LOW RATES to the Gulf and impending competition from two newcomers have prompted Compagnie Maritime d'Affreightment, CMA, to revamp its schedule for its Far East-Eu-rope service. On the westbound leg, the company will drop Mina Qaboos as a port of call
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    • 338 17 ITALIAN Industry Minister Valerio Zanone has signed a decree authorising the sale of the Lauro fleet, whose flagship the Achilla Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas 18 months ago, Italian officials said. The financially troubled Italian group, which had been in the hands
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    • PORTSIDES
      • 157 17 OVER THE LAST two months, Ciserv AB, a member of the Citgo-Group in Sweden, has signed contracts to maintain engines of six vessels which are trading internationally. The presence of related companies worldwide is said to be instrumental in Ciserv AB's success in
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      • 88 17 Establishing a Korean P I club Seatrade Week THE KOREA Maritime Institute has recommended the establishment of a Korean P I club in a recent research paper. The KMI reckons Korean owners could save US$5 million to US$l5 million annual premium payments by Korean owners to foreign P I clubs.
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      • 66 17 THE NORWEGIAN Guarantee Institute for Export Creditors, which has already experienced losses of Krl billion under its guarantee programme, is evaluating the exposure on the outstanding Kr2 billion. The Krl billion is made up of Kr7oo million in loan repayments and some Krsoo million in unpaid
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      • 43 17 THE MOTHER SHIP of Japan's whaling fleet returned from the Antarctic yesterday, ending the country's 50-year involvement in commercial whaling in that region. Japan has been forced to halt whaling in the Antarctic under the International Whaling Commission's ban.
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    • 1659 18 Four acquisitions boost P O's market capitalisation to £2.5 billion Seatrade THE GUILDHALL School of Music has produced many great musicians, but its reputation hardly ranks with Harvard or Stanford when it comes to management training. For Sir Jeffrey Sterling, however, an art background is not to
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    • 192 18 AFP BRAZIL will launch its first nuclear-pow-ered submarine by the year 2000, a Brazilian daily newspaper reported. President Jose Sarney "already gave the green light" to a plan to build a nuclear-powered vessel during his administration, the paper cited an unnamed navy source
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    • 716 18 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Container VIII 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Africa Ocean IX 4 Alltrons VII 3 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 APC 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
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    • 1036 18 BULKER rates continued to edge lower on the London shipping freights market on Friday with reduced payments accepted on US Gulf grain voyages to the Continent and Japan. Great Lakes and Argentine grain exports continued to feature, while numerous time-charter bookings included several more period engagements. Krohn worked
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    • 174 19 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf, Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services "K" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang Shipping ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia/Straits Container Line
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    • 163 19 Reuter THE OFFICIAL death toll from the ferry accident near a Gulf of Thailand resort island reached 21 with the recovery of the bodies of two more children and three more adults on Sunday. Marine police said the five bodies were found near
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    • 591 19 Reuter KUWAIT has agreed to charter tankers from the Soviet Union in a move to protect its oil exports through the war-torn Gulf. Diplomatic sources said the agreement followed months of talks with Moscow and Washington on ways to secure its oil lifeline
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    • 192 19 Cargonews Asia THE PHILIPPINE Ports Authority managed to achieve a higher turnover on a reduced throughput last year. Collections reached 842.89 million peso (US$4l million) in 1986 compared with US$34.B million achieved in the previous year because of improved systems and
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    • 188 19 A SEMINAR on search and rescue at sea, with emphasis on the global maritime distress and safety system, is to be held in Leningrad, USSR, from July 20 to 31. The seminar will be jointly financed by the USSR and the
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    • 112 19 AP SIX PASSENGERS were Killed and 46 others injured when a fire broke out on a river ferry near the city of Moulmein, south-east of Rangoon. The Burmese governmentowned working People s Daily said the blaze erupted on the upper
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    • 248 19 AFP RELATIVELY brighter conditions continued over the past week on the tanker market, with most major loading areas enjoying increased demand and further gains in rates obtained. While the reason for these increased liftings was not immediately apparent, London brokers E A Gibson pointed to restocking combined with
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    • 303 19 AP IRAQI WARPLANES attacked and crippled a Cypriotflag oil tanker on its maiden voyage ferrying crude oil from Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal on Sunday, Gulf-based marine salvage executives reported. The 140,000-ton Lady Sky, which is owned by the Maltese company Kappa
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    • 7313 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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    • 1666 26 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vessel Berth Agent Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Alfesoni Als Hormony Bergen Arrow Far East Navee Fengchui Fujikawa Koheng Koto Raia lino 101 Ned Madras Niaga 31 Straits Pride U Enterprise Koto Berlion Trans Hov Auby Eostern Glory Giso Maru 8 Hoset Maru Jen son
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    • 57 17 mm BRAZIL will launch its first nuclear-powered submarine by the year 2000. Page II KUWAIT has agreed to charter tankers from the Soviet Union in a move to protect its oil exports through the war-torn Gulf. Page 111 Index to advertisers II Shipping schedules VIII London freights II Ships in
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    • 843 17 rl\ BALT-ORIENT LINE I'Ju* Baltic Shipping Co Repiar Services from South East Asia to United Kinfdofn and North Continental Ports Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co Pte Ltd Tel; *****33 MAERSK LINE EUROPE The Direct Line Towards A Weekly Service Port Ketang Penan 9 Ttm Luna M Closing Times CY 22/4
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    • 328 18 OUTBOUND TO NORTH CONTINENT COMPAGNIE MARITIME D'AFFRETEMENT REGULAR CONTAINER SERVICE FAR EAST TO MEDITERRANEAN AND EUROPE ALSO ARABIAN GULF AND INDIAN SUB CONTINENT VILLE D URANUS VILLE 0€ PLUTON VILLE DC SATURNE Also accepting cargo to all U K destinations. Scandinavian (Aarhus Copenhagen Gothenburg) and ether European Inland points OI'TBOUND
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    • 21 18 Lines and services represented by C A Members of the Registry of Accredited [?E Shipping Agents. Singapore National Vvfti Shipping Association
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    • 315 18 EUROPE/FAR EAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE VSL PT at LOO. DA SUN VENTURE Itkanderun Madni TEL: 03-*****50 MALAYSIA SON. BHD. TLX: ***** MTM PT KLANG VIS Further load/ diacharpng porta en route subject to sufficient inducement Singapore Offer MTM Spore. Tel: *****00 Tlx: RS ***** MTM SEA Fa*: *****45 Frt. Booking contact
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 835 19 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei Ports and Bangkok P&OCL^y^ P&O Containers Limited CONTAMERSHP SERVICE TO UK/COWTWENT: PEGASUS PRIOE PEGASUS PRIOE la Port/15 Apr 17-11 Apr O S Apr 24-25 Apr BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD. BANGKOK TEL *****60 AUBT STRAITS
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    • 313 20 Sfr; »a'Ntainership service to uk/continent Hapag-Lloyd AIL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS. BELFAST. DUBLIN COPENHAGEN. AARHUS. GOTHENBURG. MALMO HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDAM CARIBBEAN t S. AMERICA CONV/SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE S PORE H'BURG RDAM A WERP MMINGHAM JtS TIANJIN 24/4 23/5 l»/5 V 6 2*5 CONV SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED EUROPE (QNTAINERSHIP SERVICE
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    • 341 20 INTERCONTINENTAL TIMBER CARRIERS BULK TIMBER/PLYWOOD PARCEL SERVICE To: CONT/UK PORTS: KK T|. Hani S'POME PT KELANcI LOAOINC FOR Sailed In Port RottjAntw; UK (Newport) V> M Sete/Rotty Antw/UK (Newport) SINGAPORE PORT KELANG KOTA KINABALU TG. HANI CALICO SHIPPING PTE LTD Tel: 2252W Tlx: R$ SOU CALICO FAX: 2MZ7I PERKAPALAN UTAMA
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    • 610 21 \v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE MAJAPAHfT OOWA KOTA MNOA MA HAWK MA HAWK JKT MY SIN I In Pt It/4 >1/4 m* 1/5 11 n 14n M (HOKKAJOO) *HTC MTACM KM HUII *HTC *VOK KO« BUt 11t
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    • 107 21 Snorbulk NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTD. T REGULAR CONVENTIONAL TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES TO: UK/CONTINENT PORTS TO INDIA/PAK/RED SEA PORTS SPORE MARATHON UNITED ACfNCY PTE LTD TEL 222W66 W MALAYSIA SP TEO SHIPPING t TRADING KL 7CVMK PK *****1 PENANG. TANJUNG MARINE SDN BHD TIL OSS2S SABAH TRANSPAC K K SMB,72i;«
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    • 594 21 benline CONTAINER*. EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT S»M S«M S«M S*M S*>M 14* w «H W 7ff hug. rm im im u* m w* *s au kb i ma* zw a* a* I*s m L*r «n Mff on w IN m Ofi Mff nm. rm
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    • 356 21 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES M. PA-AM VIOJ PA6AN VIU HTONCYWA V 223 HYOHAWA V\SB BURMA FIVE STAR SHIPPING CORPORATION (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon S'pore P.Kelang Penan* Bangkok lf/ll Apr IWI Apr a/24 Apr fig BANK LINE SPORE ROAM HULL HHft W/4 14/5 11/5 22/5 "5 "5 14/5 7/1 15/1
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    • 794 22 Tsrn GOLDEN LINE %£> GUAN GUAN SHIPPING (PTE) LTD 23. (tto «Tf Stt»«l SMGATOW 0104 m 5343M1 111 IMS) STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: s-pa. GOLDEN BEAR ColcmDo/Kanehi'Mina Qaboos/Dubai 23/24 Apr GOLDEN HARVEST Colombo K«radii/Dub*nß*hr*in MO May P Krtang Panang YALUJIANG YONGMING CHINA OCEAN SHIPPING CO., PEKING THE PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF
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    • 401 22 4, INTRASEA (PTE) LTD. 15 Hoe Chiang RoaC *07-02/03. Sanford Building Singapore 020« Tel *****11 (10 Llnaa) Bulk Orient Line BREAKBULK SERVICE TO EUROPE/UK V 'BOSL TBN (70S P Kal»n| Loading for 3/5 ROT/ANT/U K (HULL) A«ant» Sinpport INT*ASIA (PTE) LTO BOOKING 2248U K t»Pur BINTANC SHIPPING CO SON BHO
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    • 600 23 S pet NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE. LTD Ft EU/AUST TPA/SEA Tel No Offttt Ttnmnal CfS BOOKINGS *****3 *****42 278J177 Z*****2 *****53 *****11 ******1 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD NEPLINE SON BHD MM? NEPLINE SON BHD *****J3 NEPLINE SDN BHD 6WIS/*****0/*****1/C7162 NEPLINE SDN. BHD. *****0/23*41 TO EUROPE/UK (VIA SUEZ)! P.Ketanf Sport Hl«n R
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    • 394 23 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P KELANG. PENANG, BUSAN. INCHON J.!?™ *"•"8 f No I Oorum TON 15/4 1714 21/4 No 7 Donair TON 17/4 21>4 2/5 No I Dwvim ISM 3D J/5 14/5 No i Donam/TWN 7/5 Ufi nis VS2U JW w U/5 27,5 No
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    • 657 23 m 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. KELANG PENANG M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON. BHD. MESSRS MAI TMONG SHIPPING 127 Strati. Ptm<*
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    • 83 23 FERI MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. PORO CONTAINER PAIIETISED WEEKLY SERVICF 10 KUANTAN KUCHING K KINABALU ALSO ACCEPTING SELF DRIVEN HEAVY VEHICLES REGULAR DEPARTURE ON "CRUISE MUHIBAH" VOYAGE MODE KUAMTAM KUCHMQ KOTA KMAkALU FN I*l 10*4 11*4 12/04 14*4 17AM IM4 IWM *1/M ISAM I«AM 17AM 1M» mam mam si am tarn
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    • 446 24 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPN.(PTE) LTD. TEL: 225 6868 (30 LINES) TELEX: RS ***** A/B SSCMA, RS ***** A/B SSCAO VEB DEUTFRACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK FORTNIGHTLY FULL CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE SPORE T. KACA isaj ■u coma wm\'V rn "VIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Izmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Limassol, Beirut, Alexandria, Port Said,
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    • 340 24 JVantoi/gpe Fur E99t*outh Africa Sine* REGULAR FULLY CONTAMERttED EXPRESS SERVICE S Po*£ P. LOUIS DM LLM P.ELU C'T#N lAN IMA U 3M icjj r?u NAN NWA V 3C 1M PALEISCRACHT V-ZS 21/4 NANTAI PRINCESS V 1«S 7/5 NANTAI PRINCE V-tS 25/5 NAN NWA V-3K M vis m m 21/5 22/5
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    • 259 25 IMh CALL US AT: P. KELANG PENANG J. BAHRU P. GUDANG SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR *****53/*****11 04-*****2/4, *****3 07-*****8, *****8, *****5 07-*****1, *****3, *****5, *****0 02-*****22 *****88 WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE FEEOER B. BUTANC 131 B. BUTANC S3 B. BUTANC H5 B. BUTANC H7 JWI.VM MTHR VSL N.
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    • 696 25 r* 7 FARGO SHIPPING COMPANY (PTE) LTD regular express full CONTAINER AND LCL rce VICE INBOUND AGENT FOR ABC CONTAINER LINE From USA/Canada/Europ«/M«dlt»rranMn ETA SINGAPORE BUNCA KEMUNINC fl iun tm 333 21/4 RATANA BHUM BUNGA BUT AUG m 17M. W, 17/4, MM. 1/5 17/4, 3*4, 7/5 11/4, 23/4, 38/4, 7/5
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    • 490 26 s! Os» S/i/fJ' MitscJOSK.Lines Ltd CONVENTIONAL/SEMI-CONTAINER OCEAN ELITE VOY EAA33A 16 Apr ASTRA PEAK VOY SWA2SA 26 Apr LINDEN BEL VOY EAA4A 3 May SUBJECT INDUCEMENT WEST AFRICA RAINBOW AVENUE VOY.WAB2A 16 Apr RIVER OLI WAA3SA 14 Apr TELAMON VOY.WAA2A 12 May Rmks: Sub|ect Inducement Mombasa Daressalam Beira Port Louis,
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