The Business Times, 27 August 1987

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 112/12/86 THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    174 1 Exchange rates The S$ closed lower at 2.1070/80 (2.1065/75) against the USS yesterday. It rose against the M$, and DM but slid against HKS, Swiss franc and the yen. USS: 142.85/95 yen, 1.8270/80 DM, S$2.1070/80 US$1.6160/70 M$ S$0.8351/58 Ovtrwu markets W«dnMday HK Hang Seng Index 3526.26 78.96
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    Lock icon Budget cut denied
    47 1 NST MALAYSIAN Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday denied that the education budget for next year would be cut by Ms2oo million. He said the ministry was instead giving priority tc the improvement of rural schools using the money allocated for the ministry. NST
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    Jurong Shipyard special
    95 1 JURONG SHIPYARD has pulled off what is considered to be the most successful public issue in recent years. It was a classic case of too much money chasing too few shares. Understandably, there were many disappointed investors or stags when results of its share balloting exercise were
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    ST Index stays above 1,500 level
    230 1 STEADY BUYING of blue chips in fairly moderate trading yesterday helped the Straits Times Industrial Index to stay above the record 1,500 level for the second day running. The broader market, however, was down with losers outnumbering gainers by a five-to-two margin. At the
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    Divestment adds $130m to ministry's coffers
    309 1  -  By LOH HUI YIN THE GOVERNMENT S coffers have been enriched by about $130 million, thanks to the divestment programme being carried out by one of its three investment companies. BT understands that was the amount which Temasek Holdings returned to the Finance Ministry,
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    New SES system to retain contra deals
    582 1  -  Cash market formalised By AMY BALAN THE STOCK Exchange of Singapore has decided to allow contra deals, which are at the heart of speculative market activity, under a revamped delivery and settlement system to be implemented on Sep 7. There had been fears
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    Lock icon Tokyo moves against illegal exports
    116 1 Reuter JAPAN moved yesterday to raise penalties for illegal exports to communist countries, following US anger over Toshiba Machine's sales to the Soviet Union. An important parliamentary committee approved a bill raising penalties for individuals from the current less than three years' imprisonment to five
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    Lock icon LDP offers cut in income tax
    142 1 Reuter JAPAN'S ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) proposed an income tax cut for the year ending March 1988 of 1,540 billion yen, 40 billion more than its previous offer, party officials said. They said the LDP made the offer in talks with senior officials
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    Lock icon Australia maintains steady growth despite heavy debt
    381 1 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S economy is maintaining steady growth despite heavy foreign debt of US$7B billion, official statistics showed yesterday. Gross domestic product (GDP), a primary economic barometer, grew by 2 per cent in the financial year ended June, less than half that recorded in
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    Local supporting industries urged to look overseas
    583 1  -  By BOEY KIT YIN LOCAL SUPPORTING industries, kept busy with domestic orders by a booming electronics industry, are not paying as much attention to export development plans as the trade authorities would like them to. BT understands that the response this year from
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      386 1 EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE Bumper issue today A 28-PAGE Special Edition of Executive Lifestyle in full colour and printed in two sections expands BT to 60 pages today, including 10 pages of Shipping Times and 22 pages of the paper proper. Make sure you get all four sections. Keeping up with IT
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Control Data factory to turn out 1.1m disk drives yearly
      654 2  -  By BOEY KIT YIN CONTROL DATA CORPORATION, a leading US computer company, expects to turn out over 1.1 million units of disk drives a year in Singapore when its new factory goes into full swing next year. Its output will
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      Three-in-one fair to draw 400 firms from 30 countries
      169 2 MORE THAN 400 companies from 30 countries will be taking part in a three-in-one printing, plastics and packaging exhibition in Singapore next month. The exhibitions, Asia Pack, AsiaPlas and Asia Print '87, will be held at the World Trade Centre from
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      Fewer out-going telex calls made in second quarter
      457 2 FEWER out-going telex calls were made in the second quarter of this year and the general message being sent out is that telex machines are giving way to facsimile machines. Statistics from Telecoms show that the number of outgoing telex calls in
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      Companies urged to set aside some profits for Chest
      285 2  -  By TONG SUIT CHEE COMPANIES IN Singapore should seriously consider setting up percentage clubs to set aside a certain amount of their profits for the Community Chest. This suggestion was made by President Wee Kim Wee at the launching of the
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  • ASIA – PACIFIC
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      M'sian Red threat fading, says report
      307 3  -  By BRIAN GOMEZ Regional Correspondent MALAYSIA'S communist insurgency "is fast becoming a nonproblem" as a result of large numbers of surrenders and a series of victories by the armed forces, according to Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd. In its latest quarterly report on
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      Lock icon Pollution causing greenhouse effect, says researcher
      213 3 AFP TEMPERATURES in the tropics could rise by four degrees Celsius and rainfall by 20 per cent over the next half-century as a result of the greenhouse effect caused by atmospheric pollution, an Australian researcher said in Townsville on Wednesday. Dr Brian Tucker, of
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      Lock icon Asian-Americans make their mark at universities
      178 3 AFP ASIAN-AMERICAN students have become the educational pacesetters of the United States and are admitted in increasing proportions to the country's most competitive universities, Time magazine reported in a cover story on Monday. Twenty-five per cent of new students entering the prestigious University of
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      Lock icon Small rise in Japanese bonus
      202 3 AP WORKERS at major Japanese companies received an average of U554,009 in summer bonuses, up 1.8 per cent from a year earlier. A Japanese Labour Ministry official, Yuji Tajima, said the increase was the second lowest since the ministry began making surveys in 1962. The
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      742 3 ARRIVALS Operator Sorvteo Local From number time SIA SQ191 1155 PEN THAI TG403 1155 BKK MAS AAH682 1230 KCH UTA UT5462 1230 COG/BAH GU GA940 1235 AAES SIA SQ107 1250 KUl SU SQ203 1300 CGK GIA GA900 1310 PKU SIA SQ61 1335 BKK SIA SQI 1335 SFO/HNt/HKG
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      Lock icon US engineers told to learn from Asia
      213 3 AFP THE US GOVERNMENT is urging American engineers to pay more attention to technical advances in Japan and other Asian countries and to learn foreign languages. "Japan, already a leader in world industry, continues on an extremely dynamic course in engineering and technology,"
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      Lock icon Buoyant HK economy faces labour shortage
      502 3 FT HECTIC GROWTH in the Hongkong economy reflected by 27 per cent real growth in exports, a similar surge in investment, and buoyant stock and property markets have led to accelerating inflation and a severe labour shortage, according to the government's half-yearly economic report,
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      444 4 They ll always know the pain 4 V f fi r X M m P* Zaini bin Hamid is 7 years old. A victim of cerebral palsy, Zaini is learning how to walk at the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore, one of the 26 charities the Chest supports. What would
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Gorbachev's plan meets US rebuff
      485 5 Reuter THE UNITED STATES has flatly rejected Soviet leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachev's proposal that world leaders meet to consider funding Third World development with money saved from disarmament. In a strongly worded statement made on Tuesday, the State Department not only rebuffed Mr Gorbachev's suggestion
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      Lock icon Plans for fusion reactor
      177 5 UPI THE SOVIET scientist who directed the Chernobyl clean-up operation said on Tuesday that a joint project by the US, Soviet Union, Europe and Japan to harness nuclear fusion could produce clean energy for the world within a decade. Evgheniy Velikhov, vice-president of the Soviet Academy
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      Lock icon US orders for durable goods — first fall since January
      180 5 US orders for durable goods first fall since January AP US ORDERS for "big ticket" durable goods, led by transportation equipment and defence items, fell by 1.5 per cent in July, the first decline since January, the government reported on Tuesday. The Commerce Department said orders for durable goods, items
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      Lock icon Call to close Soviet lame-duck companies
      370 5 Reuter HUNDREDS of loss-suffer-ing Soviet firms should be declared bankrupt as soon as possible so that healthy enterprises now subsidising them could flourish, a top Soviet economist was quoted on Monday as saying. Abel Aganbegyan, an adviser to Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev, said in
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      Lock icon Industrialised nations want stable dollar
      616 5 Doubts raised over US strategy to cut trade deficit Reuter OFFICIALS from leading industrial nations have signalled that they do not want the dollar's tumble to continue and US Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter has questioned whether a further retreat would help curb the American trade
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      Lock icon American cars suffer image problem
      223 5 AP AMERICAN cars project a weak image among buyers seeking prestige, reliability. innovation, economy and fun. according to a recent poll in the US. Japaneee and European cars both have stronger images than their US competitors. the study of 1.000 consumers in New York. Chicago.
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      Lock icon Chinese law to protect scientists' work
      161 5 AP UNOER A NEW LAW which take» effect from Nov 1, Chinese scientists will have the right to sell research findings or be remunerated tor profits made by institutes selling their discoveries the official Chins Daily said on Tuesday. The technical contract law will
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      126 5 THE SPICE OF A IN SINGAPORE Delightful hot and spicy cuisine to tempt your palate. A bright, cheerful atmosphere for conversation. Beautiful hand-painted Chinese screens to re-create the elegance of a past era. Open Noon 2.30pm and 6.30pm 11pm. Closed on Tuesdays. Canton Garden Other restaurants and lounges include: Inagiku
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Canadian banks boost default protection
      408 7 AP MAJOR Canadian banks are more than doubling their default protection, three months after New York's Citibank became the first Western bank to boost reserves against uncollectable loans to developing nations. Under federal orders, the banks have increased cash reserves from 10-15 per cent to
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      Lock icon Zaire asks private creditors to reschedule payments
      174 7 AP ZAIRE has asked private creditors to reschedule debt payments due in 1987 and 1988, lower interest rates on those loans and provide a six-year moratorium on payments, official sources in Kinshasa said on Tuesday. The concessions, which include stretching out payments to
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      Lock icon Moody's reduces long-term rating of four Japanese banks
      222 7 AFP MOODY'S Investor Service, one of New York's principle investment houses, decided on Tuesday to lower the financial ratings of four large Japanese banks which had been under review for three months. Moody's blamed the downgrades on several emerging risks "associated with
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      Lock icon Jakarta plans to boost banking sector
      305 7 AFP INDONESIA plans to encourage banks to develop new products and revamp its ailing stock market to help meet corporate financial needs in the coming years, said Bank Indonesia Governor Arifin Siregar. The central bank governor told a seminar in Jakarta on Tuesday that
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      Lock icon Japanese to purchase BankAmerica notes
      433 7 Reuter A GROUP OF NINE Japanese banks had agreed to buy US$l3O million of subordinated capital notes which Bank America Corp would issue to strengthen its weakened capital base, Japanese bankers said yesterday. A Bank America spokesman confirmed there was an agreement yesterday morning between
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      Lock icon Meeting expected to discuss major changes in EMS
      536 7 Reuter THE FRENCH Finance Ministry is one of the driving forces behind a number of significant proposed changes in the European Monetary System (EMS) likely to be discussed at a routine meeting next month, according to economists and banking sources in Paris.
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      Lock icon Malaysian commercial bank assets fell in April
      169 7 Reuter ASSETS AND LIABILITIES of foreign and domestic commercial banks in Malaysia fell to M 578.18 billion in April from M 579.38 billion in March, Bank Negara Malaysia said. In April 1986, they stood at M 573.31 billion. Deposits held by banks dropped
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      204 7 It was the shot that would make or break your game, but for you winning was not of the utmost importance. More important was the opportunity of spending the morning golfing with the client, getting to know him better. With a deep breath, you swung the no. 3 iron back.
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Lock icon Forex markets
      1182 8 Reuter SINGAPORE: THE US dollar yesterday closed lower against most major currencies. after its early gains were erased in late trading on speculative selling and profit-taking. Dealers said the dollar firmed at the opening on short-covering interest on supportive comments by monetary authorities from the US, West Germany
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      World interest rates
      189 8 Indicates the average of uw pfimf lenaing raios o% 12 major banks In S'pore Interbank market rates (offer/bid) on Aug 26 US$ DM SWFC Y«f1 7 doyi 3/4 3/8 9 3/8 J/8 4 3 7/8 7 1/4 7 3 7/8 3/4 1 a* 6 13/16—11/16 10 —f
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      129 8 Gold futures on Aug 25 100 troy ounces. USS per troy ounce Oh* H** Lm till Aug 87 458 00 458.50 456.80 457.00 -3.70 S«P 457.70 •3.60 Oct 462 70 463.00 458.30 460.30 3.50 Dk 467.70 468.20 463 60 465.80 •3.50 F«t> 68 473.00 473-70 469.00 471.40 3.60 N*
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      Money markets
      66 8 THE OVERNIGHT RATE on the Singapore interbank market fell 1/6 point to close at 1/16 per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate fell 1/4 point while the two- and threemonth rates were 3/16 point lower. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: OWH MO 0»»rmgM 1/1* 0 1-momt. 4
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      Asian dollar market
      335 8 ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates yesterday closed little changed from the opening levels, in quiet afternoon trading. Dealers said most operators were sidelined in the afternoon on lack of fresh factors. Short-dates firmed between 1/16 and 1/8 point at the outset following higher US Federal funds rate but
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      Lock icon Simex/IMM
      588 8 BA Futures DECEMBER Eurodollar yesterday opened 4 ticks higher at 92.38 on Simex on a higher US dollar due to supportive comments from US and Japanese officials on Wednesday night. Prices remained firm with the December contract touching a high of 92.39 before easing off to 92.35 on profit-taking
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      Options
      635 8 f CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS IMA* Tuesday, August 2! 1987 BRITISH POUND C2S.000; c •nts par t Mm «^e OeK I* Dac-c P NH Oct-p 1575 4.05 3.60 470 0.15 145 245 1600 145 2.10 3.30 040 240 3.15 1625 0.55 145 2.25 140 445 1650 0.15 040 140 370
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      Government securities market
      84 8 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity BID OFFE* HIGH LOW 3 months B*****6H 26.11.87 3.15 3.05 3.14 3.10 6 months BS*****Z 21.01.88 3.26 3.16 3.22 3.20 1 year BY*****S 30.06.88 3.37 3.27 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday' 's dosing Day's
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  • FOCUS
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      Soviet Cam Ranh link causes concern
      1125 9  -  Soviet-US tensions have always existed the difference has only been a matter of degree and time. In the following three articles, DAVID CHEW of the Foreign Desk examines the progressive build-up of Soviet naval power in Indochina, forming an important link in the communist
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      The Treaty of Friendship and what it means
      821 9 ON NOVEMBER 3, 1978, a friendship treaty was signed between the Soviet Union represented by former president Leonid Breznev and former premier Alexei Kosygin, and Vietnam, represented by the former secretary of the Vietnamese Communist Party, Le Duan and former premier Pham
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      Cold War in tropical waters
      576 9 IN ITS rivalry with the US, the Soviet Union regards mastery of the seas as an important advantage. It is for this reason that it secured permanent harbour rights to the former US naval complex at Cam Ranh in 1975. With the Soviets positioned in
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      411 9 Singapore Airlines and Mandarin Singapore present A one-stop tour of the food, fashion and culture of seven countries. At The Mandarin Hotel Reception Hall, sth Floor, South Wing. Watch master chefs whip up Asian culinary delights from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. While you feast, enjoy
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Iran takes a gamble
      514 10 IRAN'S stubbornness in perpetrating hostilities in the Gulf War with Iraq has exasperated the Arab League to the point that the league has no choice but to direct its members to review diplomatic ties with the 40 million strong predominantly Shia Gulf nation. The 21-member Arab
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      Through sunny and stormy times
      1303 10  -  Jurong Shipyard, carved out of the mangrove swamps of Jurong over 20 years ago, is today one of the oldest commercially-operated shiprepair yards in Singapore. The yard, capitalising on the island's strategic position at the crossroads between the East and West, a good natural harbour
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      146 10 We're performing everyday At Informatics '87, you'll see what we have to offer as a computer company. It's a lot. You'll see our equipment and watch it perform. You can make a request, and we'll show you how innovative we are at problem solving. Ask how we orchestrate it, and
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      1140 10 B 12 THURSDAY FEATURE SPECIAL Let's Scar* Jssslcs To Dssth 10.30pm, Channel 5 PM SRC Text Sample Paget. Opening and Programme Highlights followed by Give Us A Clue. The Mystery Of The Maldives (See highlights, Pt 1). Coming Attractions. The New Statesman Blood And Iron. Paradise Postponed. Musical Interlude. 1987
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  • INFORMATICS
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      Software development the key to growth, says McGovern
      665 11 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT for microcomputers, particularly in the area of expert systems, offers newcomers to the information technology market the greatest opportunities, says the chief executive officer of one of America's largest market research organisations. International Data' Group (IDC) chief executive officer Patrick
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      About $250m of hardware to go on show today
      455 11  -  Today is the start of the four-day Singapore Informatics exhibition. JEFFREY TSANG examines the size of this year's event, and reports on what the Government and an industry expert see regarding the opportunities and challenges that the computer holds. JEFFREY TSANG
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      How IT could help Singapore remain competitive
      527 11 WITH MOST of the infrastructure for information technology in place, the key question that Singapore faces now is how to exploit it to maintain a competitive edge. "We must be able to apply the latest developments in IT to areas where we can
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      How to be at ease with computers
      152 11 NEOPHYTES to the contusing and often bizarre world on information technology, take heart Canadian software company Arrakis Technologies is launching Computer' Ease at Singapore Informatics. Computer' Ease is an animated software that promises to be that proverbial sugar to help the medicine go
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      Bits of Chinese know-how
      109 11 A MAJOR CHINESE company will show off the breadth and depth of computer Know-how in China. China Machinery Industry Computer Technology Corp has an impressive record: in the past few years, it has implemented eight units of IBM 4381 mainframes, 40 units of MicroVax 11, Supermicros
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Rubber
      131 15 Reuter SINGAPORE THE MARKET yesterday closed steady with September One RSS buyers quoted at 217.50 cents/kilo, unchanged from Wednesday. Trading on the TSR-20 market was thin the whole day. The morning's gain of about 0.50 cents on some buying of nearbys was not sustained in the afternoon and the
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      RAS and SSR
      214 15 RAS prices In S cente/kg, FOB In bale NOON CLOSE Buyers Saltan Buyars Sellers Int 1 RSS Prompt 219.50 220.50N 217.50 218.50N In* 1 RSS Sap 87 219.50 220.50 217.50 218.50 Int 1 RSS Oct 218.00 218 JO 216J0 217.00 Int 2 RSS OP 216.00 218.00N 214.50
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      Produce Prices
      204 15 Chinese Produce Exchange Satan' noon doting prtcos on AugwA 26 (SS/100 kg) Coconut oil Bufc FOB 95.00 OW drum FOB 105.00 Now drum FOB 109.00 Copra Mixod (looio) 54 Pepper Mutfok wMto FOB NIW 1192 JO Sarawak wMto FOB faq NIW 1177-50 Sarawak tpodal black FOB NIW 932-50
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      London Markets
      332 15 London Commodity Exchange dorinj prioM on Aug 25 (£/tonne u Previous doting pri nioss tptcffltd). cos In poi infhi sit. Coffee Bosh ht-stor* London, sollors option OF London Sop 1278/1280 (1255/1256) Ugh/Low 1280/1253 Nov 1310/1312 (1281/1283) High/Low 1315/1284 SfltM (3218) Cocoa sop 1257/1258 (1249/1250) High/Low 1264/1252 Ok 1301/1303
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      250 15 Reuter WHEAT FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday closed on or near the highs, up 1-3/4 cents per bushel to settle at U552.75-1/2 in September, unchanged in new crop lyScheduled export tender business for US wheat supported nearby values from the opening, with rumours that Syria
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      277 15 Reuter SOYBEAN FUTURES on the Chicago Board of Trade on Tuesday closed near the highs of the day with gains of 1/2 cent to four cents per bushel in light trade. November settled at US$5.lO, remaining in the sideways trend it has been in since the crop report earlier
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      Precious Metals
      353 15 HONGKONG: GOLD yesterday closed lower on sporadic selling by local and European interests. largely due to a rebound in the US currency, dealers said. It settled at U*****.10/50 an ounce against an initial 456.60/457.10 and was below New York's final 457.20/70. On the local market, gold finished HK$22
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      Lock icon Saudis thought to be exceeding oil quota
      329 15 UPI SAUDI ARABIA, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' largest and most influential producer, is losing patience with fellow exporters' high output and appears to be exceeding its own official production quota, according to Petroleum Intelligence Weekly. Saudi Arabia, the principal guarantor of
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      Oil and Products
      91 15 DUBAI crude firmed on reports of Japanese buying interest for October delivery. Other Asian crudes were stable to weak. Increased Japanese interest in both naphtha and jet also brought levels up slightly. Fuel oil slid further down in continued reports of oversupply. US$/borT«t Oiong* DUXM lOet) 16.93
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      Lock icon Malaysia appoints PR firm to fight US soybean lobby
      113 15 AFP MALAYSIA has hired a public relations firm in the US to counter adverse publicity on palm oil, a major Malaysian commodity export. Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik said he had instructed Hill and Knowlton to do whatever necessary to
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      184 15 FILL IN SOMEONE OVERSEAS ABOUT SINGAPORE •NV^> n \\W WEEKLY OVERSEAS EDITION SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, I*B7 M.CI(P) No. 222/8/87 The Straits Times Overseas Weekly. It's the new weekly newspaper, printed on lightweight paper in convenient tabloid size. It will carry business, economic, political and general news on Singapore as well
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
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      Lewis leads richer breed to Rome games
      651 16 THE WORLD Athletics Championships open in Rome a generation after Herb Elliot set the world ■alight with his 1,500-metre world record at the 1960 Olympics and b new, faster and above all richer breed of athletes will take centre stage at the imposing
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      266 16 AP THE INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee is still waiting for North Korea to reply to its latest proposal to be co-host of the 1988 summer games awarded to Seoul. lOC spokeswoman Michele Verdier said on Tuesday that only after receipt of this answer could the
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      Lock icon Training in Sweden pays off for Rob
      447 17 AP COLD AND RAINY WEATHER may not be so good (or heat adaption going into the World Track and Field Championships in Rome, but marathoner Rob de Castella does not regret spending a fortnight in Sweden. "The rain is actually good for racing
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      Lock icon 'Stay clear of Pallister' warning
      195 17 AFP SECOND DIVISION Middlesbrough manager Bruce Rioch has given a "hands-off" warning to top clubs interested in his 22-year-old central defender Gary Pallister. The towering Pallister first attracted attention during Middlesbrough's successful Third Division promotion campaign, and has already been in the spotlight this season.
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      Lock icon Vinnicombe cycles to victory
      441 17 AP MARTIN VINNICOMBE of Australia won the amateurs' 1,000-me-tre time trial on Tuesday, the first title awarded at the World Cycling Championships in Vienna, ending East German domination in the discipline. Vinnicombe. a 22-year-old resident of Sydney, won the gold medal in one minute and 3.173
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      Lock icon Gross still in spotlight
      400 17 Reuter MICHAEL GROSS could not repeat his six-title sweep at the European Championships but still won more medals than any other man and should take the spotlight again in an unprecedented East-West German swimming match which began in Munich yesterday. The West German World and Olympic
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      A matter of approaches
      514 17  -  Jranklif, speaking.... by Walton Morals THE PRESS CONFERENCE was called to announce a two-year $10,000 tennis scholarship offer by Rado watch through its sole agent in Singapore, Sun Horizons S'pore Pte Ltd. But in making the initial approach and securing the sponsorship, the national tennis association's
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      Lock icon Wild cards named for US Open
      102 17 Reuter NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Athletic Association finalist Shaun Staffer of the US and Pam Am doubles gold medalist compatriot Ronni Reis were among eight players to gain wild card berths in the main draw of the 1987 US Open women's singles championship. The US Tennis
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      267 16 Singapore Airlines and Mandarin Singapore present GOUMter rssnvAi 27 August to September 13 1987 A one-stop tour of the food, fashion and culture of seven countries. At The Mandarin Hotel Reception Hall (sthfloor, South Wing). Special performances Indonesia: August 27 to 29 Dances of Tana Toraja (South Sulawesi) by the
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      215 17 16 lis *ir. *0 f' >*..'. J. i A dozen ways with lobster. It's August... the lobster season. For Chef Yamaguchi, it's the perfect reason to go overboard with innovative lobster creations. There's Lobster Teppanyaki and Sushi. Sashimi and a host of scrumptious culinary triumphs. Lobster Celebration at the Unkai
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      217 17 szecQUfln COURT Sumptuous Szechuan cuisine with the right touch of spice. A delightful dining experience indeed. Closed on Tuesdays. 3rd Floor, Westin Plaza. For reservations, call 338 8585 ext. ***** or 330 8310. The Wlestin Plaza Raffles City 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 0617. Westin Hotels Resorts THE PEOPLE AND PLACES
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      37 17 TO ORDER ANYTHING ELSE WOULD BE LIKE ASKING FOR KNIFE AND FORK. MKDIt.'M DRY WHITE Aaa dry »-ine which dcriv** tt% papes grown in tlw Tianjin mt j* IF IT COMES WITH CHOPSTICKS. IT GOES WITH DYNASTY.
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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      Blue chips remain firm in a generally weak market
      4456 18 THE SINGAPORE stock market closed on a mixed to easier note yesterday as profit-taking set in after a firm opening. However, helped by two-digit gains recorded in some index stocks, the Straits Times Industrial Index still managed to reach a new
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      Chief price changes
      177 18 SINGAPORE Rises Parfe Mont 765 Prima 735 How Par 660 Not Iran SIS Mroco 440 S* Msia M 250 S 1 A 1500 Metro MhJgi 1310 M Irtwtnci 1190 Falls C K Tang 655 ue ISO O S 1680 ICS 1160 O C 8 C 1070 Shan
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      Business done on the SES
      4589 18 SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL ft COMMERCIAL Aono (2 52 6 253 SI (261 258 (SI 260 112) 259 112) 257 112) 256 110 2.57 1151 255 (12) 2.5« (211 253 Alcorn 069 B 072 SI (21 068 (101 069 Amol Staal 50« (290 B 291 Si
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon A tale of two issues
      634 19 Mm mm™ By HOCK LOCK SIEW TWO NEW ISSUES launched almost simultaneously GB Holdings and Jurong Shipyard could not have been more different in their outcomes. At one end, "underdog" GB Holdings gave allotments to all applicants except those who applied for 1,000 shares. Applications
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      Lock icon Ganda to reduce borrowings
      389 19 NST GANDA HOLDINGS has embarked on a policy of turning its property into cash to reduce its borrowings and interest charges. Its managing director, Mr Ngan Ching Wen, said this after an EGM held in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday at which shareholders gave their approval to
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      Magnum incurs operating losses for the first time
      583 19  -  t>y Najeeb Jarhom MAGNUM CORPORATION, whose 1986 performance was badly tarnished by a Msso million provision resulting in a first-time attributable loss of M 544.43 million, has undergone another trying six months in its current financial year. And for the first time,
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      National Iron turns in $21 m profit at half time
      429 19  -  By ROSIE TAN NATIONAL IRON and Steel Mills has announced a spectacular 184.5 per cent jump in group pre-tax profits to $20.96 million for the first six months of this year against $7.37 million previously. NISM, which is the only
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      QAF maps out its strategy for new financial year
      618 19  -  By NAJEEB JARHOM QAF LTD has mapped out its corporate strategy for 1987/88 which includes launching its new unique spice products in Southeast Asia. Australia and New Zealand, commencing the bakery operation in Thailand and forging a separate and distinct identity
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      305 19 I I sth Packaging Food Processing The fifth internationally recognised packaging and food processing exhibition. AsiaPias'B7 Yes, you're invited to attend the region's biggest showcase of the latest trends and technology in packaging/food processing,plastics/rubber and printing/ graphic arts. Exhibits by over 400 participants from 30 countries will be on show
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      319 19 SINGAPORE INFORMATICS August 27-30,1987 Halls 3,4,5; World Trade Centre B Over 350 companies from 24 countries are displaying the latest IT products and services at Informatics '87. The biggest event of its kind in Asia, the exhibition is organised as part of the Singapore Information Technology Week '87 and occupies
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
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      Lock icon Manila exchange merger — hearing next week
      540 20 Manila exchange merger hearing next week -Proposal to merge Makati and Manila exchanges FT PUBLIC HEARINGS are to begin in Manila next week on the proposal by the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission for a merger between the country's two stock exchanges. Although small by international standards, the Manila and
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      Lock icon Lee Hing plans rights issue with warrants
      118 20 Reuter LEE HING Development Ltd has plans to make a one-for-two rights issue at HKS2.2O a share to raise HK5111.65 million before expenses. Each rights share will come with a detachable warrant which will entitle the holder to subscribe for new Lee Hing
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      Lock icon Prices surge on heavy buying
      687 20 Hongkong DBS Securities Reuter SHARE PRICES closed sharply higher yesterday as renewed institutional demand lifted the Hang Seng Index to its biggest one-day rise since May, brokers said. The index climbed 78.96 points to 3,526.26, its biggest gain since it rose 79.06 on May 6.
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      Lock icon Surge in Cheung Kong, Hutchison profits expected
      584 20 Reuter CHEUNG KONG (Holdings) Ltd and its affiliate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd are expected to report sharp rises in interim profits on Friday, reflecting the buoyant Hongkong property market, stock analysts said. They told Reuter that Cheung Kong will show profits of about HK$55O
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      Lock icon Bond still keen on buying stake in San Miguel
      221 20 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S Bond Corp Holdings Ltd is still interested in buying a 12 per cent stake in San Miguel Corp, managing director Peter Beckwith said in a statement issued by San Miguel in Manila. The statement quoted Mr Beckwith as saying
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      Unit trusts
      277 20 Managers' prices MARA-Bumiputra for Aug 27 first B'putra 7JI 756 Singapore Unit Trust Second B'putro Third B'putro 665 492 670 497 i IOWVCI 1 28 135 fourth B'putra 60S 608 Th* Savings fund 112 1 19 fifth B'putro 390 39S S'por* Prog Fund 0 53 057 Suth B'putra
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      Seoul
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      499 20 Reuter THE 225-SHARE index yesterday roee to near the 25.929 42 record set on June 17 as investors welcomed a more stable dol-lar-yen exchange rate and gains on Walt Street overnight, Japanese brokers said. The index gained 232.35 points to 25.875.74 after rising as high as 25.882.02. On Tuesday
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      453 20 Reuter THE AUSTRALIAN share market closed sharply higher yesterday as investors scrambled for leading industrial stocks, overcoming a marked lack of interest in resource and gold issues, brokers said. They said continuing strength on Wall Street a firmer local dollar and solid interim profit results buoyed demand for selected
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      172 20 Reuter The Stock Exchange 6f Thailand Index gained 0.17 points to 339.03 on a turnover of 2,210,134 shares worth 386.29 million baht. Reuter AIM n BAHT Ao Kham Thai 189 4 Ayudhya Investment Bangkok Agro-ind 184 2 Bangkok Bank 347 +4 Bank Of Ayudhya 320 unch Charoong Thai Wire
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      Taipei
      267 20 AUG a NT Kotwi 39 50 13 Kuochan Dav 49 00 ♦02 Ail S<ncara Indus 4 12 51 00 -009 *0 5 La* Chang Yuan Cham Indus 37 70 30 10 o 4 4 Cathay Con* 90 00 -1 59 50 ■OS Chang Hwa Bank Chang Loong 1 Chia
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      Manila
      82 20 AIM PESOS +1MarttMl Oriental B 0 1250 0005 Acoie Mining Phil Overaaaa 0 16 0 005 Phite* B 0 67 0 03 Anglo Phil 0 0?8 Apex Mining B 0 11 0 005 PLOT 40 -•-5 605 40 Bagmo Gold San Migual B 215 ♦5 0 003 Seatronl 0
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      549 20 fvAMPACfff Japanese Restaurant W Choose from Kampachi's exquisite Japanese Set Lunches The lofty prices and unfamiliar assortment of Japanese cuisine are common deterrents to many a diner. At the Kampachi, we are glad to offer you 6 different sets of Japanese lunches. Priced at only $16+ per set, they are
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  • WORLD MARKETS
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      Lock icon Dow soars to new high
      1050 21 New York Reuter A STRENGTHENING dollar and a firm bond market prompted a powerful stock rally on Tuesday, and Wall Street closed at a new high in active trading. Much of the gain was attributed to tobacco stocks, which surged in the afternoon when a
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      1027 21 London Reuter SHARE PRICES firmed in early trading yesterday in response to another record high closing on Wall Street overnight, dealers said. Turnover, however, was light and the FTSE 100 Index could drift back from the 9.9 point higher opening of 2,258 on lack of follow-through
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      1333 21 Selected indices HONGKONG Hongkong Index Wednesdoy *****7 Tuesdoy 2259 05 Week ogo 2259 54 Hong Seng Index Wednesday 3526 26 Tuesday 3447 30 Week ogo 3450 64 All Industrials Wednesday Tuesday Week ago NEW YORK Dow Jones Tuesday Monday Week ogo ***** 3076 3 3029 3 2722 41 2679 07
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      Lock icon Equiticorp offer a prelude, say analysts
      558 21 More merchant bank takeovers expected Reuter EQUITICORP HOLDINGS Ltd's £338.4 million cash offer for Guinness Peat Group PLC could be a prelude to further takeover bids in the UK merchant banking sector, said analysts in London yesterday. The New Zealand financial group has raised
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      Lock icon Dainippon Ink to pay US$540m for US-based Reichhold
      436 21 Reuter JAPAN'S Dainippon Ink and Chemicals Inc has pulled off an aggressive. Ameri-can-style takeover, winning an agreement to acquire Reichhold Chemicals Inc for an estimated US$54O million. Reichhold last month spurned as inadequate Dainippon's initial offer of US$473 million, the first step
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      Lock icon Australian Airlines to defer A$600m Airbus order
      324 21 FT AIRBUS INDUSTRIE, the European aircraft manufacturing consortium, may lose an agreed As6oo million order for nine A-320 aircraft from Australian Airlines because the stateowned domestic carrier currently cannot afford them. The airline has been casting round for ways to extricate itself from
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      Lock icon National Semiconductor keen on Fairchild stake
      271 21 FT NATIONAL Semiconductor, one of the largest US semiconductor manufacturers, is interested in acquiring a portion of Fairchild Semiconductor, the original Silicon Valley chip maker. Fairchild's fate has been in question since Fujitsu of Japan backed out of a deal to acquire the company
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      158 21 AN APT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY INVITATION TO BID For sale thru sealed bidding on: Thursday. 24 September 1987 at: 10:00 AM at: APT's Office M/S NEGOTIATOR with the following description: DWT GRT NRT LDT TYPE Year Built/Yard Class Location 37,758 23.006 14.007 8,873 BULK CARRIER 6/1967 Van De Giessen, Holland LR
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      286 21 I-"*'" M** IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF STARFLEET SHIPPING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companies Act. > Cap. 50, that the Final Meeting of the members of the
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    Jurong Shipyard issue rakes in record $9.8b in application monies
    789 22  -  Stags disappointed with balloting ratio By LEONG WEN WAH JURONG SHIPYARD Ltd has .made history by raking in a record $9.83 billion in application monies. The ship-repair company's offer of 45 million shares to the public at $1.50 each attracted
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    Damaging of cables: PUB proposing stiffer fines
    355 22 THE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD (PUB) is proposing amendments to legislation that would increase the maximum fine on contractors guilty of damaging its electricity cables. In a statement released yesterday, the PUB said it was proposing to increase the fine, currently set at a
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    Lock icon Philippine police move in on strikers' barricades
    150 22 Reuter PHILIPPINE POLICE, using guns and clubs, attacked workers' barricades yesterday as leftist unions halted public transport in Manila and provincial areas in the biggest strike faced by President Corazon Aquino. Radio reports quoting eyewitnesses said two women were shot in a confrontation
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    Lock icon HK expects record tourist boom
    105 22 AFP A RECORD 4.2 million tourists are expected to visit Hongkong in 1987, the Hongkong Tourist Association (HKTA) said yesterday. "Visitor arrivals during the first half of this year were up more than 22 per cent over last year, and we have yet to enter
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    128 22 AFP NEW ZEALAND'S Labour government increased its overall election majority yesterday when, in a vote recount, it claimed back the only seat it had lost in the Aug 15 elections. The opposition MP was unseated on a slender margin of seven votes. The
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    232 22 Reuter TAIWAN'S growing foreign exchange reserves, the world's largest after Japan, will keep rising in the next few months and will worsen trade friction with the US, officials said yesterday. "Our huge reserves are not a credit, but a burden for us," Mr Chao Yao-Tung,
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    Lock icon Seoul runs up US$460m deficit in first 24 days of August
    195 22 AP SOUTH KOREA registered a trade deficit of US$46O million in the first 24 days of August, up from US$257 million in the same period last year, the South Korean Trade and Industry Ministry said yesterday. Officials said about
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      Lock icon Hongkong runs up trade surplus
      50 22 Reuter RAPID export growth gave Hongkong a trade surplus of HKSI.9S billion in July after five months of deficits, the Census and Statistics Department said. The surplus compared with a deficit of HK1.13 billion in June and a surplus of HK674 million a year ago.
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      Lock icon Bonn surplus narrows
      34 22 AFP WEST GERMANY has a merchandise trade surplus of 9.9 billion marks (US$4.9 billion) in July, against 10.9 billion DM in July last year, the Federal Statistics Office announced yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon Bid to develop Soviet Far East
      82 22 Reuter THE SOVIET Union will spend 232 billion rouble to make the country's resource rich but largely undeveloped Far East self-sufficient in energy and most agricultural products by the year 2000, according to Anatoly Reut, First Deputy Chief of the State Planning Board Gosplan.
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      Lock icon Bofors payment
      49 22 AFP THE BOFORS company paid 250 million krone (US$4l million) to Indian or other middlemen to obtain a huge arms contract in New Delhi, Lars-Eirk Thunholm, the head of Bofors' parent company, Nobel Industries, said yesterday. However, he did not know if the payments were bribes. AFP
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      Lock icon Japan agency wants more
      46 22 Reuter THE JAPANESE Construction Ministry is seeking a budget of 53,000 billion yen for its tenth five-year plan starting April 1988. The request, is 30 per cent higher than the budget for the ninth five-year plan which ends in March 1988. Reuter
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      45 22 AFP THAI Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila says Asean has no plans to revise a proposal for informal peace talks on Cambodia despite its rejection by Vietnam. Hanoi said Asean's proposal changed a version earlier agreed upon by Vietnam and Indonesia. AFP
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      45 22 Reuter WEST GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl said yesterday he was nominating Defence Minister Manfred Woerner for the post of Nato secre-tary-general, which is due to fall vacant next year. Norway has already nominated its former Conservative Prime Minister for the post.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      Singapore yards getting spin-offs from Korean labour unrest
      466 23  -  By JUNE LIM STRIKES and labour unrest in South Korea have resulted in minor spin-offs for Singapore yards. Ships which normally drydock in Korea are looking at Singapore as an alternative site for repairs. Yard executives have noticed an increase in enquiries
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      Lock icon Townsend Thoresen receives firm offer for Herald, say reports
      356 23 Lloyd's List TOWNSEND THORESEN is believed to have received a firm offer from Mediterra-nean-based interests for the battered remains of the Herald o4 Free Enterprise. The 7,951-gross-ton roll-on, roll-off ferry, tied up at the De Schelde yard in Flushing since early
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      Institute to hold shipping management seminar
      157 23 THE INSTITUTE of Shipping Management is organising a one-day seminar, "Shipping Management in Turbulent Times." The seminar on Sep 17 seeks to promote a better understanding of shipping practices, maritime insurance and marine law. and to stimulate discussions on various aspects of shipping with
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        Lock icon Tanker shipwrecked off Dubai
        93 23 AFP A SMALL Panamanian motor tanker, the Akari, was shipwrecked off the coast of Dubai late on Tuesday in strong winds and high seas, insurer Lloyds Corporation s maritime information service reported on Tuesday night. The 1,345-tonne Akari, which was carrying 2,000 tonnes of fuel, was
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        Lock icon Sydney security guards end strike
        84 23 Reuter SIXTEEN SECURITY GUARDS at a Sydney dock yesterday ended their strike which held up millions of dollars worth of imports and exports, port authorities said. The eight-day strike was in protest against attempts to reduce their number to 12 at Port Botany where the
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      Clarkson forecasts slow market for shipyards
      739 24 Owners likely to adopt cool-headed approach THE WORLD'S shipyards face a slow market for some years to come, with owners refusing to be lured by the improved freight market into speculative ordering. There are few signs of a repetition of the "hysterical scramble" for
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      Lock icon Second Kuwaiti tanker to fly British flag
      177 24 Reuter A SECOND Kuwaiti tanker is to be re-registered under the British flag, making it eligible for protection by the royal navy in the southern part of the Gulf, according to a British Independent Television report. The report on Tuesday night quoted the
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      290 24 Reuter JAPAN has lodged a protest with Iraq over its recent bombing attack against the joint Iran-Japan petrochemical complex in Bandhar Khomeini. Takashi Onda, head of the Foreign Ministry's Mid-East-Af-rica Bureau, told Iraqi ambassador Rashid Al-Rifai that Japan regretted last Friday's air strike against the complex,
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      1515 24 A DECLINE in the freight rate for grain from the US Gulf to Japan featured the market on Tuesday, with US$l6 being paid after earlier business at $17, ship brokers said. Shippers were understood to be now offering around $14 to $15 for this voyage with further tonnage
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      176 25 THE MAJOR shipping consortia operating between the Far East/European, Far East/Persian Gulf. Straits ports/Australia, Straits/Japan and the member lines: ACE (FAR EAST/EUROPE): Franco Belgian Services "K" Line Korean Shipping Corporation Neptune Orient Lines Orient Overseas Container Line Cho Yang Shipping ANRO (STRAITS/ AUSTRALIA): Australian National Line Australia Straits Container
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      184 25 Seatrade Week THE JOINT AUDIT of Korea Shipping Corporation (KSC) by teams from Hanjin Container Lines and the Korea Exchange Bank is expected to be completed by the end of the month with finalisation of takeover terms to follow.
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      388 25 Opecna FOUR NIGERIAN shipping companies have been granted the provisional status of national carriers. The decision was described by Nigerian Transport Minister MajorGeneral Jeremiah Useni as a "step forward" in the federal government's maritime policy. The shipping companies benefiting from the decision are:
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      233 25 FT THE FUTURE of the Scott Lithgow shipyard became uncertain when the British Ministry of Defence rejected its reduced bid to build three small naval ships. Scott Lithgow had been invited to bid without competition for a contract to build a firing-range mooring vessel and
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      199 25 ALL SURVEYS were conducted on Aug 10. Argentina Buenos Aires Waiting time of up to two days. Australia Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney Normal operation. Bangladesh Chittagong Waiting time of up to three weeks. Brazil Santos Waiting time of one day. Cameroon Douala Normal operation. Chile Valparaiso Normal operation.
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      179 25 A NEW HANDBOOK on port services and facilities in Singapore is now available. Singapore Port and Shipping Handbook is published by Charter Pacific Publications (CPP), a company with more than 40 handbooks on major ports of the world to its credit. The 82-page volume
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      410 25 Reuter CANADA'S three-day-old rail strike has ships lined up waiting for grain at west coast ports, and some farmers fear they could lose export contracts if the strike lasts longer than a few days. On Tuesday, the ports of Vancouver and Prince
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      345 25  -  By KINGSLEY WOOD SYDNEY'S controversial monorail may not run at the opening of the bicentenary events in January following the ban by wharf workers on the delivery of components for the rolling stock. It is part of their efforts to prevent the
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      7815 30 AARHUS Ever Given. Evergreen. Aug 27 Axel Maersk. Maersk Line. Aug 27 Oiu He. China Ocean Shpg. Aug 29 Tokio Express. Hapag-Lloyd. Aug 30 (PK). Ming Fortune. Yang Ming Line. Sep 1 Cecile Maersk. Maersk Line. Sep 3 Ever Going. Evergreen. Sep 3.
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      1167 30 THIS FORTNIGHTLY REPORT, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars, instead of single prices »of more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      127 30 Area/Port Viscosity Density Water CST at 50C G/ML at 1SC Volume 0/0 Africa/Red Sea Jeddah 35/196 0.923/0.974 0.1/2.2 Durban 24/186 0.950/0.992 0.0/0.8 Arabian Gulf Ras Tanura 154/190 0.949/0.950 0.0/1.0 Bahrain 132/199 0.965/0.977 0.0/0.1 Europe Rotterdam 26/530 0.935/1.010 0.0/1.6 Hamburg 33/427 0.944/0.988 0.0/0.6 Le Havre 23/410 0.922/0.988
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      612 31 AT CONVENTIONAL WHARVES Vassal OB 1 Arrival Departure KEPPEL WHARVES Alma K16 alongside 2708 1X0 Anonos K2I olongi.de X*****0 Doi*.q.oo K29 alongt.de 31 08 2300 Gombeia KI9 alongside 27 08 0700 Huong long KX alongside 28 08 1500 )e«son K23 alongside 2706 0700 Koto WifOVO K32 alongside
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      1072 31 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Gdns FCL Ship Voy Arrival LCL movement date/time Operator cargo schedule LocatkfcO American Sen EF709 27 0687 1900 Newship F7 *****110 R3 'Z~Z fi ci A8 Q2 P4 P4 F4 R4 C2/E2 H3 H4 C7 R4 E| H4 K2 Piyo
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      73 23 THE WORLD'S shipyards face a slow market for some years to come, with owners refusing to be lured by the improved freight market into speculative ordering, according to the latest half-year-ly review by Clarkson Research Studies Ltd. Page II FOUR NIOERIAN shipping companies have been granted the provisional status of
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      1288 23 How S.E. Asia upset thr loriral Hrsi hilarious tragic DANGEROUS Available at all Good Bookshop* ul V. *1 MAERSK LINE THE FAR EAST AND THE MEDITERRANEAN HAVE BEEN BROUGHT CLOSER TOGETHER BY MAERSK LINE '0 Europe UK Scandinavia- Finland This week Cecil* M Closing Time CY 2/9 2300 HRS CFS
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      340 24 TRANSPORT EUROPE/FAR EAST CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TEL 03-*****50 Malaysia son. bhd TLX: ***** MTM Frt. Booking contact Miss Gan Further load/ discharging ports en route subject to sufficient inducement. Singapore Office: MTM S pore. Tel: *****00 Ttx: RS ***** MTMSEA. Fax: *****45. YAMASHITA-SHINNIHON LINE TRANS-PACIFIC SERVICES STRAITS FEEDER Pacific South West
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      19 24 Lines and services represented by Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore National Shipping Association ingapore National
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      270 24 CHARGEURS REUNIS m+ G EARBULK LTD. TRINTA RICHFIELD PORTLAND 22/9 1710 MELBOURNE 26/9 20/10 Also accepting break bulk shipments. Vessel also calling Port KemNa AGENTS SINGAPORE ANGLO-FRENCH SHIPPING Tel *****11 Telei RS2I6SC Fai 225M51 MALAYSIA ELMA ISC AGENCIES Sdn BW P* *****53 PEN *****5 BRISBANE •/ll 30/10 Gea'-bul* Anflo French
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      1026 25 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Re Ltd F&OCLttfl P&O Containers Limited i vk-! a!ian STRAITS SHIPPING Singapore to Saboh, Sarawak, Brunei Port* and Bangkok ERSHIP SERVICES TO/FROM BANGKOK PEGASUS PROGRESS PEGASUS PROGRESS BANGKOK BORNEO AGENCIES LTD. BANGKOK TEL *****80 Alio Accepting Cargo For: Hamfeurg to Copanfisfßii. Ajrhus. Gothenburg.
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      580 25 El EUROPE MED K mrnm US M rII 21 JO 13.11 IS.II 17.11 11.11 22.11 25.11 21.11 27.11 05.11 Mil Nil 11.11 ASIAN senator KMEAI SENATM G*n*r« Agtnt: I- jili-'ll 1 EE 7M 121.17 EE 711 EE 711 Ef 712 4.00 03 M S.H 17.00 008 31 JO .00 DUTCH
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      274 26 IE Hapag-Uoyd CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT CONV/SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE CONV SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO MED EUROPE Sf N Kll TRIES LEX BILBAO HBC BHAVEN AMS HOLSATIA l/» 251t WO 12/10 15/10 WO CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK,CONTINENT KItMM M*ru SM Brnnan Eiprau SM 11/1 lifl 11/1 12/1 KB TYO
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      569 26 *lu*» J&.S.LINE I tot' Sxtf'M c»*r**A Tin FULLY CONTAINERISED SERVICE [TO EUR Oft VIA SUEZ 1 Mfmb ot ,hf Ace Conso.tMn FROM I'JROPE VIA SUEZ A Member ol the Ace Consortium CONVtNTIONAL SERVICE TO PERSIAN GULF VESSEL KUANTAN S PORE LOADING FOR CRYSTAL REED In Pt DUBAI. DAMMAM SPARKLE SUN
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      514 26 ASIA WEST AFRICA CONTAINER SERVICE i ii.jnifi.' i. .i. -it.i.» Singapore RAKKt MM! DARBY SHIPPING PH lID lel WbloBX *)35?3?6 ri INDIA STEAMSHIf EXPRESS FCL/LCL FORTNIGHTLY CONTAINER SERVICE TO MADRAS VIZAG HALDIA CALCUTTA CHITTAGONG CHALNA COLOMBO SIN VIZ CTC MAf CAI MAO CBO ML A CTC INDIAN COURIER V22N SID
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      927 26 >j EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) SGP HKG KSC KLC PUS OSK TYO KSN EVER LIVINC lft sft 7ft 9(9 4/11 EVE* ***** EVER GENIUS 1/1 lilt 14ft 20/9 Ufl| EVER GLORY/EVER CREET 15ft 19ft tilt Kit tf/jj EVER LINKINC 23/9 Vlt Hit 1/11 MO EVER GLOBE
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      928 27 \v PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street, 03-00 Singapore 0106 Tel: *****33 1 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE VESML MAJAPAHIT QOWA HOT A MNQA KAO KEE 'MUM *HTC **0* NOO KOB M SM SM In PI JO/I 3/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 10/0 11/S tS/S 'J* v* s/9 o/o 12/0
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      700 27 BEN LINE CONTAINERS EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE TO UK/CONTIN^NT EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FROM UK/CONTINENT ALL VESSELS ACCEPT TRANSHIPMENT CARGO TO/FROM PENANC AND EAST MALAYSIAN PORTS EK]JEBSEN LINE NEW ZEALAND TO NEW ZEALAND. PAPIIA NEW BUINEA FIJI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS JEBSEN NAPIER VHS IS MM NOUMEA SUV* TA/AK HA 31/81/ l
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      503 27 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. UAKAITA LLOYD P.T. OEBBM LLOYO P.T. SMRIHU IMB» P.T. TMKOU UPTI r EXPRESS SEMI CONTMNERSNIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EOROPE VESSEL/VOY OCEAN PKIMA/tWB PALEMBAN&7WB GANOA GAMA/19WB MATARAM/ItWB ANTWERP BILBAO BREMEN A DAM/R'OAMH BURG 8/10-10/10 14/10 24/10 21/10 n/io 11/11 11/11 a/ii 4/11 8/11 11/11
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      355 27 BOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES BURMA FIVE STAR PAGAN VU7W MAWLARTYAING V3M HTONEYWA V2Z7W (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon Sport P.Ktltnf Parting Banfkfl wsapt anas* ivissapt BANK LINE SPOKE ROAM HULL 11/9 1/10 li/10 12/10 24/9 IVIO 2310 I*lo mo ii/u a/u 29/10 21/11 90/11 TOANA PAPUA VIM 11/9 CLYDEBANK V2IN
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      1018 28 ATLfIFmC COAST (Round-The-World Service) •PK/PNG SPORE LB •PK/PNG SPORE 0. FREEDOM Vl5 Sid 28 Au« 0. FAITH V 4 29 Aug 4 S«p •VIA FEEDER PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST FEEDER VSI 'PK/PNG SP MOTHER 0. FREEDOM VIS Sid 2S Aug G.W. BRIC 0. FAITH V 4 29 Aug 4 Sep AMBASSA •VIA
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      252 28 Accepting LCL and containerised cargo** Direct to South Africa S pore I Durban P.Eliz NEDLLOYO COLOMBO 3630F OSAKA MARU 3735F m Jmrd JARDINE SHIPPING AGENCIES (REG. *****4/ OOK) 200 CANTONMENT ROAD #12-05 SOUTHPOINT. SINGAPORE 0208 tel: *****11 TELEX NO: RS ***** TERMINAL/CFS Tel *****18-220 BOOKINGS Tel. *****34 235 FREIGHT LINKS
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      713 28 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers Feede< Pnn»n, Lmr Spore iMeib fr«m Sydn Aho Acceptj CMANOIDAS V 27 10 Sept 25 Sept 4 Oct 2 Oct Adetßrs HABITOAS K.3S iOd 20 Oct 29 Oct 27 Oct Add'Brs INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE FCL/FCL Container. SO MANIPUR VOH BHAVABHUTI V l«t
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      630 28 GOLDEN LINE GUAN GUAN SWPMG (PTE) LTD 71 !M l»r vmmm oiw m *343*10 <i« iocs) Fai sas STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: GOLDEN HARVEST Cotanbo/Karachi/Oubai GOiOCN HAVEN Cotanbo'Karachi/Muscat CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL HsinkantShanjhai S'pore P KetonjPw»n| 11/12 Sept— 21/30 So* 2/4 Sept •Pklg -P«fi 22/1 24/1 CAO CHENG 22/9 23/9 27/9
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      467 28 mirrinu i imco, inuisuay, August. *>#, ijw«» \iymA PHILI onl€NT LIN€S PT€ LTD I* HEAD OFFICE 63 ROBINSON ROAD »C 7 1? W AFRO ASIA BUILDING SINGAPORE 01C5 TELEX PS ?87?0 PHILI FA* *****76 MOMBASA. DARESSALAM BEJRA. TAMATAVE REUNION TANGA LATTAJUA, BENGHAZI TWOU. ALEXANDRIA PORT SAID PIRAEUS CASABLANCA, LIMMASOL. VALETTA.
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      897 29 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD xT NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD EU/AUST TPA/SEA Terminal CFS BOOKINGS *****53 I7H C Ml MM *****43 *****19 *****16 *****22 UUD 27*111 27*1141 NtPLINE SON BHD 3tnu7 SS NtPLINE SON BHD *****33 ENQUIRIES 2717*44 NEPLINE SON BHD 62«35/627tt0/tt7641****** NEPLINE SON BHD *****0 *****1 K JACEJIN 40W t-
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      475 29 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO: P. KELANG, PENANG, BUSAN, INCHON Vessel's Name No 6 Donam 708N Cargotuy 716N No 9 Oonam 706N M Enterprise7l3N No I Donam 707N No t Oonam 709N No 7 Donam;7o7N S PORE AGENTS NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD Tel *****12.27»543< rniwramn (Operate.)
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      862 29 m sinsov SINGAPORE SOVIET SHIPPING CO PRIVATE LTD SINSOV BUILDING 55, Market Street Singapore 0104 Tel- *****33 /IS Um*l Terminal n+t.r. rxemn SINSOV SINGAPORE Tel., Numbers RSa Kmi Kisli W M/S HANDLING SYSTEM CO SON BHD BOS*? HAi Twmr xtz sgspHßpsaa^war' SSMSS S^«BB CV SD SHO ff «SSS wo TM:
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      22 29 WEEKLY CONSOLIDATION/SHIPPING SERVICES TO/FROM ALL AUSTRALIAN PORTS INCLUDING TASMANIA ALL INLAND POINTS BOOKING AGENT: FREIGHT MANAGEMENT SINGAPORE* CONTACT: LYN/HELEN *****11 (15 LINES)
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      327 30 SINGAPORE SHIPPING Mr CORPORATION (PTE.) LTO. TEL 225 6868 (30 Lines. FAX *****39 *****76 TELEX RS ***** A B SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAD VE.B DEUTFHACHT/SEEREEDEREI ROSTOCK INTEGRATED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE "VIA COLOMBO Accepting carp) tor INDIA Bom My. Cochin Madras "VIA LARNACA: Accepting cargo for Lattakia, Piraeus, Thessaloniki.
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      313 31 BM CALL US AT: P. KELANG PENANG J. BAHRU P. GUDANG SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR *****53/*****11 04-*****2/4, *****3 07-*****8 07-*****3, *****5, *****0, *****1 02-*****22 *****88 WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE *****3 n; j ii MTHR VSL JUTLANDIA N DELFT B BUTANG 371 B. BUTANG 373 B. BUTANG 375 OTHER
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      280 31 MN CONTAINER LINE 2-SAILINGS PER WEEK TO HONGKONG MACAO TRANSTAINERS LINE WEST AFRICA SERVICE PEN/PK SIN TO: DAKAR, CONAKRY 1/9 4/9 ABIDJAN, LOME g/9 11/9 CONTONOU, DOUALA LIBREVILLE, PORT GENTIL P. NOIRE, LUANDA HI <: PORT TO DOOR DELY: PT. KELANG TO KOTA KINABALU IN CONTR SVS MAC-NELS AGENCIES PTE.
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      429 32 FARGO SHIPPING COMPANYtPT[)LTD REGULAR EXPRESS FULL CONTAINER AND LCL SERVICE INBOUND AGENT FOR ABC CONTAINERIZE From USA/Canada/Europe/Mediterranean V»l C. Y£ROLME TNT EXPRESS WW' 200 Cantonment Road #02-03 Southpoint Singapore 0208 Tel: *****22 (4 Lines) CFS (Import) K37 Tel: *****78 CFS (Export) EAL Tel: *****49 P.T. UNITED SHIPPING ORGANISATION LTD I
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      511 32 SMN SOCIETE MAURICIENNE DE NAVIGATION LTEE INDIA OCEAN, SOUTH/EAST AFRICA REGULAR SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE I I Genyrjl At>ents SEALION SHIPPING(S) PTE LTD TEL *****81 (5 lines) TELEX R*****4 SELION FAX *****41 Afak Occam Liwcs Ltd. NIGERIA. WEST AFRICA SERVICE VESSEL ETA SPORE TBN 89 Loading for APAPA/LAGOS, PORT HARCOURT, LOME. TEMA
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      278 32 WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE TO/FROM KEELUNG ACCEPTING LCL CARGO ONLY ETA S PORE ETA KEELUNC CON-CARRIERS VOY 9/17 27/1 4/9 CON-CARRIERS VOY 10/17 3/9 11/9 CON-CARRIERS VOY 11/17 10/9 1M WEEKLY CONSOL SERVICE TO MELB/SYDNEY ETA S PORE ETA SYO ETA MELB CON-CARRIERS VOY 20/17 5/9 22/9 17/9 CON-CARRIERS VOY 21/17
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      517 32 ©AMERICAN TRANSPORT LINES, INC. TEXAS RAINBOW WO 17/,0 Zo CANADIAN RAINBOW 1 6/10 7/10 7/11 9/11 1011 11/11 $11 AmTVans. NEW YORK RAINBOW 2 31/10 1/11 1/12 3/12 4/12 5/12 10/12 iCOTto,cmm* A VESSEL 1 19/11 20/11 20/12 22/12 23/12 24/12 29/12 TEXAS RAINBOW 6 8/12 9/12 9/1 11/1 12/1
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      91 32 Ya I I M <1 ft ft 4 V f. a ;> i 1 8 A' i) U" SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7JO AH THIS R Thunderstorm Rata Cloudy Sky Om full circle i Temperature Weather *C A cr* Wind tfcrerttoa with speed is knots Wave height 01
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      196 33 SPECIAL. Streetwise. But.. with a touch of, yes, class. That's our up-and-moving executive. Whether life's literally a breeze at sea, a health food binge, a spin in a turbo, a dabble in high fashion or a flirtation with adventure, today's discerning executives work out every breath they take In both
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      Keeping healthy, wealthy and wise
      366 34  -  By RICHARD SEAH HARD WORK is not a health hazard. The executives featured here are people who work hard. Yet what sets them apart from the crowd is that they do not feel perpetually tired, they do not take blood pressure pills, ulcer drugs and
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      The 'weakling' who's never been to a doctor
      661 34 AT 74, Mr MIA Khalik recently almost had to consult a doctor for the first time in his life. But he cured himself of his prostrate ailment before friends and relatives could persuade him to visit a doctor. Good health for Mr
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      Walking away from stress at work
      694 34 SETTING UP HOME in the city was, for Cynthia Poa, a healthy move. "I am not talking about the air and noise pollution," the founder of Nature's Farm, now Singapore's biggest chain of health food stores, is quick to add. But she feels that
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      Only don't exercise in your sleep
      691 34 FOR SOMEONE who believes "exercise is not so important", David Tio puts in quite a few hours of it each week. But he is not sure how many. "Seven to eight hours. Or six," he says at first. After some thought, the figure increased
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      Consuming what comes naturally
      1575 35  -  By RICHARD SEAH VITAMIN PILLS are the staple of health food shops. The average customer is more likely to ask for some pills than anything else. They are the bread and butter of the health business. Not surprisingly, therefore, vitamins and health supplement pills are the
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      Breaking fast with the city
      429 36  -  by Tsang Sau Yin BREAKFAST IS, well, breakfast. You could refine that menu a little more but one would certainly expect the eggs (scrambled, sunny side up, poached, or made into an omelette) and bread (plain, toasted; white, brown, high-fibre) and coffee or tea. But
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      Choice morsels for the select
      1485 36  -  By TSANG SAU YIN OF COURSE there's no such thing as an "executive" lunch but it is a good selling catchphrase used quite frequently to distinguish a richer, more lavish package from a standard a la carte choice. Eating an executive lunch won't make you
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      It's the sweets that stump the lady
      294 37 "THE RECIPES are my own concoction,'' she says. Then she reveals: "I didn't know how to cook when I first married." Amina Jumabhoy, the grand dame of the Jumabhoy family, began her apprenticeship in the culinary arts humbly cutting onions and tomatoes. For
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      Entertaining the fun way
      418 37 ALTHOUGH they have been here for only six months, the new general manager for Club Med Singapore and his Canadian wife are learning how to make their Singapore guests and friends feel at home. In general, says Jean-Noel Quilhem, the French general manager, they entertain casually.
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      Time for celebration again
      948 37  -  One lady likes traditional dinners; a couple holds a cosmopolitan outlook, reflected in the way they entertain; and a bachelor enjoys having friends over for home-cooked meals. What they have in common is a love of entertaining at home, of making up their own menus and
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      Cooking as a means of therapy
      541 37 FOR 1 YINGLOCK CHAN, director of marketing and business development of Apa Productions, entertaining at home is his chance to unwind and let his creative talents express themselves in other ways. He is one of those rare' Singapore men who enjoys cooking and serving
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      Day I learnt the hole truth about golf
      1573 39  -  By WALTON MORAIS «•THE SNIDE REMARKS were getting a little unbearJ2®t>le. "You mean you're a golf writer," someone would say with raised eyebrows, "and you don't Sknow how to play golf?" There's only so long you can go on explaining «■how your
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      Where life is a breeze
      1450 40  -  By CHERRIE HOLDER HAVE YOU EVER dreamed of stumbling across the gate to Eden? A paradise of tranquillity. Palm trees softly swaying in the breeze. The sun shimmering off blue waters. Like you, I also dreamed but never for a moment imagined such a place
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      1104 41  -  See how they run! Run, jog or trot, this good ol* no-frills sporting activity has (by an informal show of hands) overtaken golf and tennis as the No 1 executive sport. They're up before the sun, or when the huge ball has set, or, as
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      The greatest game of all
      1019 42  -  By BRIAN MILLER IF HORSE RACING can be accepted as being the sport of kings, then polo must surely be counted as the sport of princes. After all, it has always been an aristocratic pastime linked rather solidly to the rich and famous. Some may
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      Not just a hole in the water
      1088 43  -  By BRIAN MILLER THERE SHE WAS. a sleek beauty all prettied up and painted. Her curves showed clearly, illuminating her every asset. Carrying herself with quiet confidence, she was every inch the proud debutante dignified, dazzling and very desirable. With the moon behind
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      Lock icon Makers' dozen
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