The Business Times, 17 November 1987

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    11 1 BUSINESS TIMES MCI (P) 112/12/86 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1987 75 CENTS
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    FINANCIAL NEWS SUMMARY
    166 1 Overseas markets Monday HK Hang Seng Index 2310.86 84.12 Tokyo Nttckei Average *****.43 (+167.18) Sydney All-Ordinaries 1292.4 (+17.0) Friday New York (Dow Jones) 1935.01 (-25.20 London (FT 30 Index) 1317.1 (-11.7 Exchange rates USS: 137.20/30 yen 1.7150/60 DM SS2.0510/20 M$t S$0.8171/78 Simex Euro-$ (Dec) 92.41 (-3 US
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    Lock icon Tokyo buys World Bank bonds
    99 1 AFP JAPAN'S Finance Ministry subscribed for 10 billion yen (about US$7l million) worth of yen-de-nominated World Bank bonds yesterday, in its first-ever purchase of foreign bonds. "We have watched the trend in interest rates and decided that terms of the World Bank issue are agreeable,"
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    Bears beat another retreat
    438 1  -  ST INDEX RISES BY 21.9 POINTS By LISA LEE THE WEIGHT of foreign selling lightened in the Singapore stockmarket yesterday, causing share prices to move up. Also moving upwards were the Tokyo, Hongkong and Australian markets which were lifted by a positive statement by President Reagan
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    US dollar gains further ground
    498 1  -  By SOH TIANG KENG Financial Correspondent THE AMERICAN DOLLAR, which finished strongly last week, continued to surge ahead yesterday in the foreign exchange markets of Singapore and other financial centres. Dealers attributed the dollar's bullish performance mainly to President Reagan's weekend remarks that the White
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    Lock icon UK stocks higher
    45 1 AP UK SHARE prices jumped in thin trading yesterday amid expectations of agreement on cutting the US budget deficit. The Financial Times-Stock Exchange 100-share index spurted 52.3 points to 1.730.5 by about 1230 GMT. Volume was a modest 329.3 million shares. AP
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    Lock icon IMF-Hanoi talks
    43 1 AFP AN INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund team is holding talks with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi to find a solution to the country's debt problem, the State Bank of Vietnam said yesterday. AFP The Dow Jones report was not available at preea time.
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    Lock icon Malaysia detains 103 since crackdown
    106 1 Bernama MALAYSIAN POLICE have detained a total of 103 people under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since the nationwide security crackdown which began on Oct 27. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Jaffar Abdul said yesterday that none of those detained had so far been
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    Lock icon EC finance ministers meet to discuss economic and monetary measures
    454 1 Reuter EUROPEAN COMMUNITY finance ministers met yesterday to discuss joint economic and monetary strategies in response to the turmoil on world financial markets. But diplomats said the scope for agreement on concrete measures was limited until the ministers could assess
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    OCBC plans to recruit four top-ranking bankers
    473 1  -  By ALVIN TAY Banking Correspondent THE OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation is eyeing four top-ranking bankers, including former central banker Mrs Elizabeth Sam, in what promises to be the biggest recruitment drive of high calibre staff in the bank's history. Besides Mrs Sam, the other
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    Lock icon 'Asia-Pacific to lead growth once again'
    252 1 Reuter THE ASIAN-PACIFIC region will retain its position as the world's leading economic and banking growth region in 1968, followed by North America and Europe, according to a survey of bank chief executives. The annual survey conducted by the Swiss executive search firm Egon
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      370 1 Regional Markets, PAGE 16 Aalan acooomlaa face uncartaln prospects, aay economleta, PAGE 3 Municipal bonda: Wall Street flrma feel the aqueexe, PAGE 5 Deficit atlll hindering Wall Street*a recovery, PAGE 17 Tokyo Stock Exchange predicted to era ah next year, PAGE 17 An odd way of monitoring the market, PAGE
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      3 1 Leader, Page 10
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Engineering firm reaches for the sky
      490 2  -  By ANNA TEO A SINGAPORE engineering design and construction firm has made inroads into a field long dominated by German. Japanese and American companies. Ramco Engineering Pte Ltd has developed Singapore's first patented space frame system structures which are increasingly common in buildings here.
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      Next SBC attraction — another local street scene
      261 2 Next SBC attraction another local street scene TO CATER to the production needs of Chinese dramas, the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation is thinking of building another Singapore street scene set, this time in Tuas. This was disclosed yesterday by Mr Cheng Tong Fatt, deputy chairman of SBC, after a visit by
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      Telecoms goes cordless
      229 2 TELECOMS enters the cordless telephone market with the launch of a new Singaporemade telephone tomorrow. The cordless telephones, which can be purchased from Telecoms' Phone Shops at Comcentre, Telephone House, and the post offices at Ang Mo Kio Central, Toa Payoh Central, Tampines South and Jurong East,
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      Telecoms in research tie-up with NTI
      202 2 A CROSS FERTILISATION of ideas and experiences is the goal of a $1 million cooperative research and development programme coupling Telecoms and the Nanyang Technological Institute as equal partners. The memorandum of understanding signed yesterday by Telecoms and NTI to initiate joint research and
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      NUS to launch mass communications course
      290 2 A MASS COMMUNICATIONS course will be open to this year's batch of freshmen at the National University of Singapore. University officials said that for a start, between 30 and 50 first-year students of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will be admitted to the
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      About aviation in the future
      111 2 THE Financial Times will be organising a conference on "Civil aviation in the Pacific Basin the pattern of the future" on Jan 25 and 26 at the Shangri-La Hotel. Experts from airlines, banks, civil aviation authorities and aircraft makers will be exchanging views They include
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      Princess Anne leaves
      108 2 BRITAIN'S Princess Anne left Singapore yesterday morning after a five-day official visit, bringing back with her memories of a visit to the Polo Club on Sunday and a dinner with President Wee Kim Wee and the First Lady. The Princess Royal, who was here as part of
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      More about Canada
      83 2 A ONE-DAY seminar on the Canadian market will be held tomorrow at the World Trade Centre Convention Centre from 10am to 4pm. Steve Weisa, president of Addmore Office Furniture, will conduct the seminar. Mr Weiss was nominated twice by the Canadian Federal Business Development Bank for the
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      Companies urged to make use of Japanese aid scheme
      352 2 FEW SINGAPORE companies know that they can benefit from a subsidised Japanese technical and management assistance programme introduced by the Japanese government eight years ago. Of the 780 cases accepted from all over the world under the Japanese Expert Service Abroad
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      Corrections and clarifications
      74 2 THE QUOTE which appeared on Page 9 of the Nov 11 issue of BT was wrongly attributed to Mr T W Cheong. It should have been Mr Adam Soong. We are sorry for the error. The Singapore Hotel Association has clarified that, in our special Property Supplement
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      97 2 Motorists are paying higher and higher car prices because of soaring: DM., Yen, Franc, British pound HP tor the past year. jjk I Renautt local importer in celebration of the sixth AB6n anniversary without any increase in price gives you BMNNHH value for money:-3-YEAR WARRANTY Trouble-free motoring. No worries on
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  • ASIA – PACIFIC
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      Lock icon Taiwan's investment abroad likely to rise three times
      323 3 Reuter TAIWAN'S overseas investment is expected to hit a record high this year owing to the relaxation of foreign-exchange controls. The official Investment Commission said yesterday investment would reach a record US$l5O million in 1987. almost three times last year's US$57 million
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      Lock icon India plans casinos for foreigners
      316 3 NYT IN AN EFFORT to attract money from wealthy Arabs and increase tourism, the Indian government is planning to change its laws on gambling and permit casinos. But the privately-run casinos would be open only to foreigners, officials in New Delhi said last week. This
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      Lock icon South Korea exports more to Japan
      148 3 AP SOUTH KOREA is faring better than some other Asian nations in reducing its trade deficit with Japan, the Korea Traders Association said yesterday. The association said South Korean exports to Japan rose by 54.7 per cent to some U554.63 billion during the first
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      Lock icon Asian economies face uncertain prospects, say economists
      727 3 Reuter ASIA'S economies have so far ridden out the storm caused by the global share collapse and the erosion of the US dollar but economists polled by Reuters say there is no guarantee the worst is over. "Babies don't appear the day after...
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      Lock icon Australia's October deficit expected to be higher
      206 3 Reuter AUSTRALIAN MARKETS are anxiously awaiting the release of October balance of payments data which analysts expect to show a deficit of between Asl.3 billion and Asl.7 billion. Most analysts expect the seasonally high shortfall, ahead of Christmas, to be higher than September's
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka prepares 'Budget for Peace'
      431 3 Reuter SRI LANKAN Finance Minister Ronnie De Mel says he needs US$3 billion over three years to rebuild the country's war-shat-tered economy. Mr De Mel told Sri Lankan reporters the 1988 "Budget for Peace to be presented today would focus on tackling the problems
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      Lock icon Japanese economy grew 1,3pc in September quarter
      212 3 AFP JAPAN'S economy grew by an estimated 1.3 per cent in the September quarter, or at an annual rate of more than 5 per cent, a Japanese newspaper quoted the Economic Planning Agency as saying yesterday. Financial daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said the
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      45 3 V/SS£ "SS/ Adelaide Amsterdam Athens Bahrain Bangkok Barbados Bei|irtg Beirut Belgrade Berlin Bermuda Moscow Nassau New Delhi New York Nicosia Oslo Paris Perth Rio 'Janeiro Rome San Fris'co San Juan Santiago Sao Paulo Seoul Stockholm Sydney Taipei Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Washington
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  • REST OF THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US, Soviet negotiators determined to complete nuclear treaty
      451 4 Both sides working towards summit deadline Reuter AMERICAN and Soviet arms negotiators have opened talks in Geneva determined to remove obstacles blocking a pact scrapping intermediate-range nuclear missiles in time for next month's superpower summit. "I think we're both determined to complete
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      Lock icon America accepts Soviet radar inspection offer
      159 4 NYT THE US has accepted a Soviet offer to inspect several old radars that some conservative senators have asserted may violate the 1972 anti-ballistic missile treaty, administration officials said in Washington. The Soviet Union offered the inspections when US Secretary of State George Shultz
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      Lock icon Yugoslavia increases food prices and imposes wage freeze
      320 4 UPI THE YUGOSLAVIAN government increased food and fuel prices by up to 69 per cent on Sunday and immediately imposed a freeze on wages and prices of other goods in a desperate effort to curb soaring inflation. The government raised prices between
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      Lock icon Mexico expects net foreign borrowing to fall by more than half next year
      369 4 Reuter MEXICO is projecting net foreign borrowing of US$2.3 billion next year, mostly from bilateral and multilateral organisations, as against U555.75 billion borrowed this year. The Finance Ministry said Mexico will continue to push for a new
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      Lock icon Brazilian panel votes to limit Sarney's term
      347 4 Reuter BRAZILIAN legislators delivered a blow to President Jose Sarney on Sunday by voting to hold presidential elections in 1988 against his wishes. A constitutional committee of the Congress voted 48 to 45 to limit Mr Sarney's term to four years. Mr Sarney
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      Lock icon UK retailers expect higher November sales
      110 4 Reuter UK RETAILERS expect sales in November to continue above last y©sr s levels, according to the Confederation of British Industry. In its latest Distributive Trades Survey, the CBI said 56 per cent of 292 retailers questioned thought November sales would be higher and
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      DAILY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
      929 4 ARRIVALS Operator Service Local From number time SV SV398 0835 JED/RUH MAS MH811 0910 PEN MAS MH671 0920 KUL AC ACS58 0950 YYZ/LHR/BOM SIA SQ103 0950 KUL JAL JL1717 1015 BKK CPA CX710 1015 CGK MAS MH603 1020 KUL RBA BI421 1100 BWN GIA GA960 1100 CGK
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  • BANKING AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Municipal bonds — Wall St firms feel the squeeze
      710 5 Municipal bonds Wall St firms feel the squeeze NYT HAVING SUFFERED for months from a dearth of new bond issues and ruinous price-cutting, municipal bond departments on Wall Street have predicted a further contraction of the industry. "Salomon is only the first of many which will not last the distance,"
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      Simex/IMM
      582 5 DECEMBER Eurodollar opened slightly lower yesterday at 92.42 and dipped initially to 92.41 before edging gradually to the day's high of 92.47 on news over the weekend that Reagan expressed confidence over the agreement of the deficit cutting package. Trading activity, however, was limited as participants remained concern over
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      Dutch bank sets up offshore branch
      328 5  -  By SOH TIANG KENG Financial Correspondent HOLLAND'S NMB Bank has set up an offshore branch in Singapore. NMB Bank of the Netherlands. which runs a merchant bank here, has extended its network in Singapore by opening an offshore branch. The new commercial bank, which
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      Government securities market
      88 5 Treasury bills Period Issue Yesterday's dosing Day's code Maturity MO OFF« HKJH LOW 3 months RQ*****N 11.2.88 3.68 3.63 3.67 3.64 6 months BS*****S 21.4.88 3.64 3.59 3.67 3.62 1 year BY*****S 22.09.88 3.67 3.62 3.72 3.67 Government notes and bonds Period Issue Maturity Coupon Yesterday' s
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      World interest rates
      179 5 Indicates the average of the prime lending rates of 12 major banks in S'pore Interbank market ratee (offer/bid) on Nov 16 uss DM SWFC Y«n 7 dayt r-47/i 1/t 7/t 3 11/16 9/16 3 2 3/4 1 IS/16 13/16 1 «#i 7 6 7ft 9 l/« —9
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      Lock icon Panel urges big revamp of Japan's financial system
      253 5 Reuter A JAPANESE Finance Ministry advisory panel has completed a set of wideranging proposals urging drastic reform of Japan's financial system, financial sources said yesterday. The proposals by a committee of the Financial Systems Reeearch Council include consideration of universal banking, under
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      Money markets
      71 5 THE overnight rate on the Singapore interbank market rose 1/2 point to 4 per cent yesterday. The one-month term rate rose 3/16 point, the two-month rate was up 1/8 while the three-month rate was shead by 1/16. S$ Interbank rates at 7pm yesterday: ofm no Om>- •**> 4
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  • MONEY AND EXCHANGES
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      Options
      1484 6 CURRENCY FUTURES OPTIONS IMM l Friday, Novombor 13, 1987 BRITISH POUND C25.000; c :onta par C S**a Prteo Doc-c Cat!*-Sot! Ja<t-c to Fato-c P Doc-p uta-Sotto Jan-p Pab-p 1725 4.85 5-55 0.70 1.85 1750 3.05 4.05 1.40 2.85 3-50 1775 1.75 2.85 3.55 2-55 4.10 1800 0.90 1.95 4.20
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      Asian $ market
      213 6 Asian market ASIAN DOLLAR deposit rates closed steady yesterday at opening levels. Dealers said most operators were sidelined in the afternoon due to lack of interest. The market awaited further developments on the US budget deficit talks. us$ OfFW WO 7 doyt 7 6 7/8 1 month 7 6 7/8
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      Lock icon Fijian credit squeeze
      74 6 Reuter BANKS IN FIJI have been hit by a credit squeeze triggered by capital flight and soaring interest rates on borrowings from the Reserve Bank, bankers said yesterday. The Reserve Bank is charging local banks 18 per cent on 72-hour money, rising to 28 per cent for
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      Forex markets
      1154 6 SINGAPORE: The US dollar ended sharply higher yesterday against most major currencies on fairly active short-covering and commercial buying by Asian operators in the morning and European traders in the afternoon, dealers said. They said sentiment was underpinned by news that President Reagan was confident White House and
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      Comex gold/silver futures
      132 6 Gold futures on Nov 13 8 I ounces USS par troy cm nee OpM M* IM urn No* Ok 445.00 443 00 445.00 444 ftp 4-1.10 465.50 447JO 444J0 465.60 090 Jon 44X30 090 Hto M 471.00 47X50 47a 20 471 JO 0.90 477.00 479 JO 476JO
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  • COMMODITIES
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      Lock icon Dealers expect coffee prices to go higher
      558 7 Reuter SHORT-TERM tightness of high quality coffee and above average consumption may push coffee prices higher than previously expected during the October-De-cember quarter, European dealers and roasters said. Some traders predicted prices could climb near to 120 US cents a lb by end-December.
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      Lock icon Europe likely to slice butter mountain by half this year
      346 7 FT THE European Commission has announced that 200,000 tonnes of unwanted butter have been sold to the Soviet Union and predicted that the EC's notorious butter mountain will be cut in half this year. The latest deal, which is part
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      Lock icon Farm policy puts EC in good stead — report
      662 7 Farm policy puts EC in good stead report AFP THE COMMON FARM POLICY of the European Community has placed EC agriculture in "a more sheltered and favourable" position in international trade than it would otherwise have, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says in a report released in Paris.
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      Lock icon Guarded optimism over farm reforms
      476 7 Reuter AMERICAN and European farm industry officials ended three days of talks last Friday guardedly optimistic of some progress towards global farm reform. Delegates at the 16th meeting of the US-European Community Conference on Agriculture reaffirmed their commitment to international farm negotiations and agreed on
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      Lock icon American oil reserves fall to 37-year low
      422 8 UPI AMERICA'S oil reserves dropped to their lowest level in 37 years this year because of a sharp decline in the drilling of new wells, a US government study said last Saturday, prompting fears of foreign oil dependency Senator Lloyd Bentsen released a
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      Lock icon Opec aims to arrive at optimum oil production level
      220 8 Reuter OPEC wants to maintain oil prices at US$lB a barrel, according to the president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Rilwanu Lukman. Addressing a news conference in Algiers last Saturday, the Nigerian Oil Minister said Opec aimed to arrive
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      Lock icon US corn crop put at 7b bushels
      200 8 AP THE 1987 US corn crop is expected to total 7.17 billion bushels, down 13 per cent from the 1986 harvest of 8.25 billion bushels, the government said. According to the Agriculture Department's Agricultural and Statistics Board, an estimated 93 per cent of
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      Palm Oil
      254 8 Crude palm oil futures ended higher on the KL Commodity Exchange yesterday. Dec closed $15 higher at MsB27, while Jan added $12 to $834. Feb went up $13 to finished at $839. Turnover dropped to 625 lots while contracts declined to 3,303. Crude palm oil prices closed higher.
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      Lock icon Pepper meeting opens today
      88 8 Bernama ABOUT 60 delegates from Brazil, India, Indonesia and host Malaysia all members of tie International Pepper Con.munity (IPC) will attend the 15th IPC meeting in Kuching beginning today. Two other member countries. Sri Lanka and Thailand, will be represented by observers at the four-day session
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      SSR and SMR
      76 8 (canto/kg, 1-ton poHati) DECEMBER 87 JANUARY 88 (currant month) (forward month) RAS NOON Sa4l#o NOON lwy«n SdUn SSff 20 210.00 212.00 210.00 212.00 ssi 50 206.50 ***** 206JO 210J0 MRELB ■uyart >V)WI L SMt cv 265.50 267JON 266JO 266.50N SMI I 265JO 267JON 266JO 266JON SMI 5
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      Produce Prices
      196 8 Chinese Produce Exchange Sollon' noon doting pr Nov 16 (SI/100 kg) loot on Coconut oil Bufc FOB 93.00 Otd drum FOB 103.00 Now drum FOB 107.00 Copra Mliod (tooM) S3 Pepper Muntok wMto FOB NLW 1307JO Sarawak «Mtt FOB foq NLW 1292 JO Sarawak ipodal Modi FOB NLW
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      Oil and Products
      78 8 TRADE WAS THIN in the oil markets yesterday as Far East traders awaited direction from London or New York. Generally the market was bearish with no obvious signs of improving demand. US</barrel Oanv* Dubai (Ok) 1*J2 *0.02 WM T««o» WTI (OK) H»2 -0.01 Products (FOB S'pore) USS/barr*
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      Lock icon China expects record fertiliser output
      89 8 Reuter CHINA'S output of chemical fertiliser in 1987 will reach a record 78 million tonnes, up from 68 million last year. Imports are at record levels, but there is still a shortage. The China Daily said five large- and mediumsized fertiliser plants will open next
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      Lock icon Rubber
      244 8 Reuter SINGAPORE The market closed quietly steady yesterday with Dec 1 RSS buyers quoted at 211.50 cents a kilo, unchanged from last Friday's close. On the TSR-20 market, trading was very quiet throughout the day and prices eased slightly due to lack of interest, dealers said. December TSR-20 closed
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      RAS and MRELB
      255 8 RAS prices msoi wte/kB, FOB In bate NOON CLOSE Buyori Sellers Bvyon S#H#n kn» 1 RSS Prompt 211.00 212.00N 212.00 213.00N Int 1 RSS Dm 87 210J0 211 JO 211 JO 212.00 Int 1 RSS ion 88 209.75 210.25 210J0 211.00 Int 2 RSS OF 209.50 211J0N
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      KL Tin
      86 8 THE KUALA LUMPUR Tin Market prlc* Ml 10 cents yesterday from last week s close to M 517.35 a kg after a quiet session, dealers said. The market extended last week's lower trend as active buyers were abeent due to storting's further falls against the ringgH, they said.
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      Precious Metals
      370 8 HONGKONG: Gold closed lower yesterday on fairly active selling in view of the strengthening US dollar, which was boosted by improving prospects of an agreement between the White House and Congress on cutting the budget deficit, dealers said. They said there was aggressive selling by Middle Eastern interests
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      Lock icon Japan: growing older at a faster rate
      854 9  -  Throughout the industrialised world, the classic demographic pyramid is narrowing at the base and swelling at the top. The problem to be tackled in the near future is: the enormous burden of supporting a growing number of elderly people. CLYDE HABERMAN describes the
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      Lock icon Europe faces problems implementing changes
      809 9 NYT WHEN IT COMES to the age of its population, the old world is certainly older than the United States. Its birth rate is lower, too, low enough so that in several countries, most notably West Germany, the population is declining. Taken together, these two
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      86 9 /Atossz&roo/ flights ►k to A. J \.V tos S tfa is.* r j? Daily departures to Taipei with immediate connections onwards to Los Angeles, and three times a week to San Francisco. That's in addition to daily flights to Honolulu and three times a week to New York.A total of
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      1313 9 IB 12 PM SRC Text Somple Pagev Opening orvd Progromme Highlight* followed by Never The Twain Affoln of the Heart (Lo*t episode). OW rivalries and old loves or* revived when Simon's ex-wife roturns to the roost. Th* Last Post? (So* highlight*). No Ptoco LA* Horn*. Cosmopolitan Th*otr* M*lba (Pt 6).
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Warding off risks of recession
      514 10 THE RECENT round of stock market collapses has brought in its wake pessimism about the future course of the world economy. For the moment, fingers are pointed at the US as the likely determinant of whether or not the international economy slides into a recession.
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      Lock icon What do people want, anyway?
      2214 10  -  The idea behind predicting consumer behaviour is to enable companies not only to make the right marketing decisions but also to decide what products people r will get to buy. Now, a debate has arisen L over which is the I best way to find
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      122 10 PARIS AIR CARGO'S GATEWAY TO SUCCESS w- U r I rr y*V" -%t--i w- '->■ rw V"* *>r > t3- V*C .js£k*cii*C M* A* J 4T >" ->&W r-. T" '•'VuJi WV^y^ V '*<1 X *L Y -v.** '•'i M v y fc 'ff £v3v <.-» ESfc.4 1. v*~ W
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      736 10 mmwrn CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 3 But he isn't a doctor in Star Trek (5) 8 To ba slim is about right, wa gather (5) 10 Inhuman, often flashy individual (5) 11 Something impressive the Geordies can show ua (3) 12 Strength that can lead to some strange proweas (5) 13
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      165 11 ONLY ONE COURIER COMPANY IS BIG ENOUGH TO SAY No to a price increase in'BB for the most reliable courier service And after an exceptional year of productivity and efficiency, we're in the work). No to a price increase in *88 for a network that spans 750 able to pass
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  • SPORTS & LEISURE
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      Lock icon Berger's triumph marks renaissance of Ferrari
      423 12 AP GERHARD BERGER's victory in the Australian Formula One Grand Prix underscored the renaissance the Italian team has undergone over the past few months. Berger, 28, who also won the Japanese Grand Prix two weeks ago, became the first Ferrari driver to win consecutive
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      Lock icon Lady's Secret goes for US$5m
      243 12 Reuter AN AUCTION HOUSE has paid US$5 million for Lady's Secret, the 1986 horse of the year and top distaff money-earner in the US. The five-year-old daughter of 1973 triple crown winner Secretariat was put up for auction last Saturday through Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Inc in
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      Lock icon Late rally spurs Alabyinn
      168 12 AP ALABYINN rallied in the final half-mile on Sunday for a twolength victory in the three-mile Big Red Marathon, the longest thoroughbred race held in the US this year. The winner was timed in 5:28 4-5. Five horses in the field of nine 3-year-olds and up
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      Lock icon Globe-trotting Marsh wins in Tokyo
      166 13 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S Graham Marsh shot six birdies to record the day's best score for a total 12-under-par 276, winning the U*****,000 Taiheiyo (Pacific) Golf Tournament on Sunday. Globe-trotting Marsh birdied the par-five 18th hole to claim US$ll9,OOO, beating Tom Watson of the US by one
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      Lock icon Chicago Bears still strong on pride
      266 13 AP IF THE FIRE has gone out of the Chicago Bears, as coach Mike Ditka suggests, the embers at least are still hot. "We're still smoldering." quarterback Jim McMahon said yesterday. "We're 7-1. We just haven't been executing properly the last couple of weeks.
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      Lock icon Olympic flame on its way to Calgary
      245 13 AP THE OLYMPIC TORCH, lighted by the sun's rays at the sanctuary that staged the ancient Olympics, headed to Athens yesterday on its way to the 1988 winter games in Calgary. Canada. A Greek runner, Stelios Bisbas, 19. started what Canadian officials called
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      Lock icon Bean going all out for major championships
      392 13 AP ANDY BEAN is healthy again. He's rapidly becoming wealthy. And, wisely, he's setting his sights on golf's major championships. "I definitely should have won a major by now. I haven't. So I have some work to do." Bean said after a successful
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      Lock icon Nothing like home for Lendl
      354 13 AP IVAN LENDL has played tennis all over the world, on all different surfaces. But he likes nothing better than hitting the ball on his private hard court back home in Greenwich, Connecticut. There, Lendl says: "I play my best, shots no-one ever sees." The
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      Lock icon Mayotte reinforces claim to Masters
      199 13 Reuter AMERICAN Tim Mayotte enhanced his claim to a place in next month's eight-man Grand Prix Masters when he strode to a comfortable victory in Sunday's Frankfurt Tennis Tournament final. Mayotte, who beat Ecuador's Andres Gomez 7-6 6-4, must now hope he has done enough
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      Lock icon Martina beats Zvereva in Chicago
      254 13 UPI MARTINA NAVRATILOVA defeated Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union 6-1, 6-2 to win tfip US$l5O,OOO Virginia Slima of Chicago on Sunday. Zvereva, 16, ia the first Soviet woman to play in the final of! a major tournament since hj»r coach, Olga Morozova, did so'in
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      201 12 wWM •*r Scandinavia at The Belvedere The Belvedere's Scandinavian buffet luncheon. An incredible selection of more than 60 authentic favourites from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. November 5 to 30. 12.00 to 2.30 pm daily. Adult: S3! +/Child: $15+ The management reserves the right to changc the programme. ftly floor Come
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      22 13 BULLS BEARS Restaurant ft Bar Ltd JX*»* 176. Orchard Road. #03-45/46 Centrepont. Singapore 0923 Tel: 235-6268. 732-8593 Business Hours: 11.30 am 11.30pm
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  • STOCK EXCHANGE OF SINGAPORE
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      Market rises sharply for third consecutive session
      4275 14 FOR THE THIRD trading day in a row, share prices on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday ended sharply higher, buoyed by positive news that an American budget deficitcutting agreement was nearing completion. The strong recovery in the US dollar in Asian foreign
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      Chief price changes
      258 14 SINGAPORE Rises Irx J less 1 c s 695 496 950 755 436 324 336 4Q4 40 •T CpmaoriH Ma. 13 730-73 Ma* 1* 746.26 0 s FIN Caratoo. SOt MTC7K 30 25 25 22 20 16 16 15 15 15 »T Ot/OS -136 •TCAO -6024 •T
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      Business done on the SES
      4183 14 BID and after price* officially listed and in and reported to the Stock Exchange of «m'pn— yesterday with the number at wbare» traded shown in brackets in lots at 1,000 units uniai otherwise SECTION ONE MDUSTRIAL A COMMERCIAL Acmo 1121 A 123 SI II 116
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      UIC's Le Meridien hotel in Phuket opens
      417 15  -  By AMY BALAN A SECLUDED beach tucked away between jungle-covered hills, ev-er-smiling gentle-mannered natives to pamper you, every modern amenity at hand just the place to tempt jaded jet-set-ters looking out for new exotic destinations. If the private beach is Le Meridian Phuket
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      Inchcape sells Thomas Cowan to Rentokil for $2.3m
      289 15 AS PART of its continuing policy of divesting non-core businesses, Inchcape Bhd has sold its wholly-owned subsidiary, Thomas Cowan Co. to Rentokil Singapore Pte Ltd of the Rentokil Group PLC. The subsidiary was sold for about $2.3 million, or a premium of
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      Lock icon Perwira Habib Bank suffered M$261m losses last year
      219 15 Bernama THE PERWIRA HABIB Bank suffered losses of M 5412.2 million in 1985 and M 5261.4 million last year, the Malaysian Dewan Rakyat (Parliament) was told yesterday. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said the losses resulted from poor management, over-rapid expansion, imprudent
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      Ocean Front may get new shareholder
      418 15  -  Disposing of stake is one of Asean Resources' options By ELAINE KOH OCEAN FRONT Re Ltd, developer of the Bayshore Park condominiums. may find itself with another change of shareholders in the months ahead. This could come about if Hongkong-listed Asean Resources. a substantial
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      Lock icon Mycom expects M$13m profit
      462 15 MBT MYCOM's diversification exercise through the acquisition of companies will transform it into a profitable company with improved and continuous earnings. Director Tajudin bin Ramli said after the company's annual general meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday that Mycom's business philosophy is to remain in the industrial
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      Lock icon Listing plans for two companies
      191 15 MBT MYCOM intends to list Nam Fatt Engineering (SEA) and Leader Cable Industry (LCI), two of the companies which it is acquiring, on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Mycom's new executive chairman and chief executive officer Tajudin Bin Ramli said yesterday that both companies have
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      Unit trusts
      297 15 Managers' prices DBS Bank tor Nov 17 Singapore Unit Trust SHentoo Gr Fund# Japan Gr Fund# Stanton Thrift Fund# 072 1 30 079 076 135 079 The Commerce 0 88 0 95 The Savings Fund 077 0 83 S'pore Prog Fund 035 0 40 S pore Sec Fund
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      Lock icon KIO raises stake in Sime
      123 15 MBT THE KUWAIT Investment Office (KIO) has increased its vested interest in Sime Darby to 75.762 million shares. This is about 8.18 per cent of Sime's paid-up capital of 926.60 million shares of 50 cents each. Malayan Banking said on behalf of KIO yesterday the
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      COMPANY BRIEFS
      145 15 UOL seeks nod to quote warrants UNITED OVERSEAS Land Ltd has applied to the KLSE for permission to deal in and for quotation of 25m warrants of Hotel Plaza Ltd. its whollyowned subsidiary. The warrants were issued in December 1986 in connection with HPL S$50m 4%% guaranteed bonds
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      COMPANY MEETINGS
      274 15 UAC Berhad: 24th AGM at No.9 Jalan SS13/4, Subang Jaya. ***** Petaling Jaya, today, Nov 17, at noon. SOUTH MALAYSIA INDUSTRIES Berhad: 16th AGM at Bilik Sri Banang, Mezzanine Floor, Holiday Inn, Jalan Dato Sulaiman, Century Garden. ***** Johore Bahru, Johore on Thursday, Nov 19, at 11am. HUME
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      Lock icon Khoo Kay Peng resigns as PMRI MD
      71 15 MBT TAN SRI KHOO Kay Peng yesterday stepped down as the managing director and chief executive of Pan Malaysia Rubber Industries (PMRI) but remains as the chairman. He has been replaced by Teo Joo Kim, according to a PMRI statement issued yesterday. Yong
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      Lock icon JAL to become private firm
      150 15 AP JAPAN AIR LINES will turn into a fully private company tomorrow under new rules allowing the international airline to enter such other businesses as resort development and educational projects. JAL said yesterday. Japan s Diet (Parliament) voted on Sep 4 to abolish the 1953
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      686 15 Current Ex Books dooo IMi peyeM* Total tor ■to year Total tor ■Ml year A 1 S Austral Amol Ayer HKam Rub Ayer Hham Tin IMT Berjoyo Corpn Bovstead C K Tong Cerebos Otuan Hup Cold Storoge F Merlin CUIS FAI Ins Bma M Box Gentings Glenealy H
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      173 15 k i vmm iiilw PRACTICALLY IN TOUR LIFE Scientists have proven that man only uses 10% of his brain capacity. DISCOVER HOW YOU CAN USE THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR MIND AT THE 4-DAY ALPHA PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR DATE: NOVEMBER 26,27,28,29,1987 Seminar Instructor. Mr Andrew Matthews from Australia It is a
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      155 15 Take A EneeTrib With The Family: i Hi Send in the coupon, and we will deliver the Trib The International Herald Tribune absolutely FREE to your home or office for two weeks. The Trib will give you and your family the very latest on world news, presented clearly and objectively.
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  • REGIONAL MARKETS
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      Lock icon Crisis an ill omen for the West, says China
      221 16 AP THE RECENT world stock market crisis is "an ill omen for the economic future of the West" and could result in a worldwide depression if unresolved, a Chinese official was quoted as saying yesterday. The weekly Beijing Review also quoted
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      Most KL stocks up but index down
      3977 16 MOST counters on the Kuala Lumpur stock market rose yesterday but a sharp fall in index component Cycle and Carriage dragged the New Straits Times Industrial Index down 23.73 points to 1404.49. While most prices ended off-best as investors and dabblers decided to
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      Shares rise sharply
      1456 16 Hongkong HONGKONG share prices rose sharply yesterday, aided by a rally in Tokyo and aggressive speculative interest in shares of Hongkong Land. The Hang Seng Index rose 84.12 points to 2.310.86 and the Hongkong Index climbed 59.98 to 1.503.25. Turnover slipped to HKSI.24 billion from Friday's HK11.63
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      Seoul
      134 16 NOV 10 WON CNail Sugar Daalim Ind Daewoo Corp Daawoo Haavy Oatahin Sacuntiaa Dong Ah Ptvar Dong Suh Stock Oongbu Slaal ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** 111S0 ***** ***** *10 -1200 -600 •100 -3600 -360 -7000 -200 Goto Star Haml Bank Hand Camant ***** 9000 ***** 650 -350 200
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      Tokyo
      444 16 SHARE PRICES in Tokyo rose 0.7 per cent yesterday as market confidence was bolstered by US Pres-, ident Reagan's weekend comments that a two-year, US$BO billion deficit-cut-ting package may soon be agreed upon. The Nikkei Average gained 167.18 points to 22,615.43. just off an earlier peak. On Friday the
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      Sydney
      446 16 SOLID BUYING pressure yesterday saw the Australian share market regain early losses to close sharply higher as Friday's bullish trend continued. "The market opened nervously, expecting renewed falls following Wall Street's poor performance. but it quickly picked up when it became apparent the situation wasn't too bad at all
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      Bangkok
      145 16 NOV 18 MMT Ao Kham Thai Ayudhya Invaatmanl Bangkok Agro-ind Bangkok Bank Bank Of Ayudhya Charoong Thai Wir« L 83 319 326 1 -4 -a -12 A CaMa Data mat Ohana Siam Fin Aaia Flbr• Duaitanl East Asiatic Foramoat Friaaiand Industrial Finance Corp 331 231 71 422 277 206
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      Taipei
      292 16 NOV 18 NT AII Sincara Indus 2 S3 0 02 Asia Camant 87 90 3 Cathay Cons 63 00 0.5 Chang Hwa Bank 106 00 unch Chang Loong 53 50 ♦2 Chia Hsin Camant 46 40 01 Chin Hain Flour 19 00 ♦0 9 China Cham 25 20 ♦0
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      Manila
      93 16 NOV 1« PCSOS Aco)« Mining Aigio P*»«l Apt* Mining B 0041 -0 004 Atlas Con B 21 -35 Baguio Gold Baste Patrotauffi 0 017 *0 002 Banguat Con B First Phil Hiogs 6 30 0 3 Lspanto B —MB -0 02 Marcoppar 1 10 -004 MarSIMI Oriental B 0
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      487 16 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF BAHRUNY COMPANY PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of BAHRUNY COMPANY PTE LTD duly convened and held at 101 Upper Cross Street #06-10 People's Park Centre, Singapore 0105
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      234 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF XIE TONG CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of Xie Tong Construction Pte Ltd duly convened and held at 16 Kim Keat Lane Singapore 1232, on the 16th
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      172 16 HOCHENG ENTERPRISE S'PORE (PTE) LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50. that the Final Meeting of the Company will be held at 7500 A Beach Road #12-304 307. The Plaza. Singapore 0719 on 17
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      135 16 FAN MALAYSIA CEMENT WORKS BERHAD <Incorporated in Malaysia) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND CLOSURE OF REGISTER The Board of Directors has declared a First Interim Dividend of 2 per cent tax exempt (1987 3 per cent tax exempt) for the financial year ending 31st March 1988 which will be paid on 21st
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  • INTERNATIONAL COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon British Caledonian considering European merger options
      239 17 Reuter BRITISH CALEDONIAN (BCAL) has held serious merger talks with six or seven European airlines in case its planned takeover by British Airways (BA) fails, BCAL chairman Sir Adam Thompson said. Sir Adam told commercial television on Sunday that discussions were continuing with BA,
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      Lock icon Holmes a Court's companies still sound, say analysts
      625 17 Reuter ROBERT HOLMES a COURT'S stable of companies is not in as much trouble as market rumours or press comment would have it, according to senior share analysts in Sydney. Shares in The Bell Group Ltd, Bell Resources Ltd and J N
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      Lock icon Shanghai TV tube plant to raise US$50m loan
      108 17 Reuter THE SHANGHAI Yungxin Colour Television Tube Corp is planning to raise a loan of about US$5O million, according to co-arranger CCIC Finance Ltd. It said the mandate was awarded to Bank of China Shanghai branch which invited CCIC as co-arranger. The
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      Lock icon Elders chairman foresees higher earnings in 1987-88
      192 17 Reuter DIVERSIFIED BREWING, pastoral and finance group Elders IXL Ltd should increase net earnings in the 1987-88 year ending June 30, barring unforeseen circumstances, chairman John Elliott said. But the group faced a higher degree of uncertainty than for several years in the
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      Lock icon Underwriting of Eurotunnel share issue completed
      498 17 Reuter THE EUROTUNNEL group has completed the underwriting of its £770 million share issue which starts this week and closes on Nov 27, a Eurotunnel source said. "The underwriting was successful on both sides of the Channel and the share price sealed in a
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      Lock icon Tokyo Stock Exchange predicted to crash next year
      314 17 AFP WALL STREET prophets of gloom are predicting that Tokyo's hyper-inflated stock exchange will crash in 1988, triggering a global recession, according to a report in US news magazine Newsweek in its Nov 23 issue. Financial authorities said Japanese companies would get
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      Lock icon WMC raises A$838m via rights issue
      141 17 Reuter AUSTRALIA'S Western Mining Corp Holdings Ltd's (WMC) one-for-four rights issue has been completed, raising the full AsB3B million sought despite being undersubscribed by about 48 million shares. WMC said in a statement that shares not taken up had been placed with Australian and
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      Lock icon San Miguel may turn divisions into separate companies
      141 17 Reuter SAN MIGUEL Corp may transform itself into a holding company and spin off its divisions into separate companies to maximise productivity and sales, executive vice-president Ramon del Rosario said. "I guess that's one approach we are considering because right now we
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      Lock icon Deficit still hindering Wall Street's recovery
      451 17 AP AFTER FOUR WEEKS of nursing its wounds from the collapse of Oct 19, the hobbled stock market's recovery still is hampered by nagging doubts about the US government budget deficit. While several sets of economic statistics have come and gone since Black Monday
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      Lock icon Strikes hit Ford, Vauxhall car plants in UK
      311 17 Reuter STRIKES disrupted the British plants of car makers Ford and Vauxhall last week as thousands of workers began a 24hour stoppage in support of pay demands. A Ford spokesman said at least seven of its 22 plants would be closed after
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      Lock icon NZ's Pat Goodman rejects criticism over AFP deal
      329 17 Reuter GOODMAN FIELDER Ltd chairman Pat Goodman said ha rejected criticism that a new joint venture deal with AFP Invaatment Corp Ltd to buy 18 per cent of Elders I XL was worse than the original. Mr Goodman said that in the
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      Lock icon An 'odd' way of monitoring the market
      530 17 NYT FOR A BRIEF period last month, small investors who buy in odd lots that is. fewer than 100 shares greeted the plunging prices of Black Monday as a buying opportunity. In that week, odd-lotters bought more aggressively than at any time in
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      Lock icon Beijing sets up trust firm
      87 17 Reuter THE CHINESE MINISTRY of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade has set up a trust and investment company which will have sole responsibility for loans and grants made by foreign governments to China, the People's Daily said. The new company, China's 67th financial institution, has
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      Lock icon Higher profit forecast
      118 17 Reuter MITSUI REAL ESTATE Development Co Ltd has raised its forecast tor parent company net profit in the year ending March 1988 to 18.5 billion yen from an earlier estimated 17 billion, after 15.28 billion a year earlier. It has also raised Its forecast for sales in
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      Selected indices
      120 17 HONGKONG Al Indutfrlafe 1 Hongkong Indox Mondoy *****5 Fridoy *****7 ogo *****7 Hong Song Indox Monday *****6 Friday 2226 74 Waafc ago 2139 31 ||nn rAn Friday WMk 090 NEW YOffK Dow Jono» Friday TWidO) WMk *90 19*04 ***** ***** 19)101 men *****5 TOKYO C f ri M
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      135 17 ATTENTION HOUSING DEVELOPERS/INVESTORS FOR SALE Approved Housing Project in Selangor near Industrial Area, mix development. Good return. Write to Business Times Box No: 1091, 31, Jalan Riong, ***** Kuala Lumpur. FOR SALE BY TENDER I Z* By order of the owner HIAP SOON BUILDING 5 Harper Road Singapore 1336 Land
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    Lock icon Devaluation lifts China's export earnings to new record
    323 18 Reuter CHINA has managed to achieve record export earnings this year, mainly because its currency has been effectively devalued along with the US dollar, diplomats and trade officials said. The latest figures show exports in the first nine months reached U5526.5 billion,
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    ANZ to set up offshore holding company here
    426 18  -  Approval to install an operational headquarters By PATRICIA M SCHERSCHEL Financial Editor A SECOND foreign bank has won government approval to install an operational headquarters (OHQ) in Singapore Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ), which operates a merchant bank and
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    Japan called to ease clothing trade tension
    440 18  -  By BOEY KIT YIN JAPAN was called on once more to open its market to garment exports from other countries to ease the tension arising from threats facing the global clothing industry. At the same time, said Trade Development Board (TDB) chairman Mr
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    Tenders for textile quotas under new system close today
    309 18 TENDERS for textile and clothing quotas for five overseas markets will close today under a new system announced by the Trade Development Board (TDB). Manufacturers will only know if their bids are successful at the end of the month when the
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    Composer of Singapore's National Anthem dies at 80
    555 18 ZUBIR SAID, the man who composed the Singapore National Anthem, passed away yesterday morning. He was 80. Fondly referred to by some as "Mr Mari Kita" (the first two words of the National Anthem), Mr Zubir was truly a musician at heart.
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    Unions welcome special bonus
    146 18 THE AMOUNT is fair say union leaders about the government's special bonus for public sector employees, according to the latest issue of NTUC News. But the size of the bonus one-third of a worker's monthly salary surprised many public sector employees who thought they would get
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    Lock icon Room for improvement in trade
    85 18 UPI VIETNAM and Indonesia are looking for ways to boost commerce and trade-related ties. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vo Van Keit said in Jakarta yesterday that the two countries have room to improve bilateral commerce. "This matter and other economic issues will be discussed during
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    Lock icon Ghafar recuperating after heart surgery
    176 18 AFP Bernama MALAYSIAN Deputy Premier Ghafar Baba has successfully undergone coronary by-pass surgery in London, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Dr Mahathir said Mr Ghafar. 62. had been discharged from a private hospital and was recuperating in London. Official sources in
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      Lock icon S Korean election campaign starts
      40 18 AFP THE campaign for South Korea's first direct presidential election in 16 years was formally launched in Seoul yesterday. in a political atmosphere clouded by mounting rally violence and opposition charges of government cheating. AFP
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      Lock icon More foreign investments
      44 18 AFP FOREIGN investment projects approved by the Indonesian government rose to US$B96 million in the first 10 months of this year, up 21 per cent from the same period last year, said Ginanjar Kartasasmita, head of the Investment Board, yesterday. AFP
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      49 18 AP THE Indonesian government has lost at least U5564.24 million to corruption since April 1965. But Attorney-Gen-eral Hari Suharto told Parliament in Jakarta yesterday that the government also prevented the loss of a further US$32 million by confiscating money, selling confiscated goods and imposing fines.
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      57 18 AP PHILIPPINE opposition chief senator Juan Ponce Enrile said yesterday that Southeast Asian leaders should not discuss the status of US bases or other defence matters during their planned summit in Manila next month. Mr Enrile said Asean was primarily an economic cooperation organisation and
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      58 18 AP THE highly-decorated deputy commander of the Philippine military's southern forces and seven other people were killed when their helicopter slammed into a tree in light rain and crashed. The military said yesterday that Brig-adier-General Arturo Asuncion and eight others were returning to Zamboanga City
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      41 18 Reuter FIVE Japanese television makers yesterday denied exporting colour picture tubes to the US at unfairly low prices, and some said they could be affected if antidumping customs duties were introduced, spokesmen for the firms said. Reuter
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      49 18 Reuter MALAYSIA'S national oil company Petronas and Nippon Oil Exploration Malaysia Inc yesterday signed a prod-uct-sharing contract to look for oil off Sarawak. Nippon Oil is to invest initially about Ms4o million in developing the contract area, said Rastam Hadi, Petronas's upstream sector vice-president.
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      34 18 Reuter THE Thai Cabinet yesterday approved the merger of two national airlines, the domestic Thai Airways Co Ltd and international Thai Airways International Co. said government spokesman Mechai Viravaidhya. Reuter
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      37 18 AFP BAHRAIN has decided to restore its diplomatic relations with Egypt, becoming the sixth country to do so following last week's Arab summit in Amman, the foreign ministry in Manam said yesterday.
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      33 18 AFP FORMER Fiji governor-gen-eral Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau is to be named the first president of the new Fiji republic, Fiji Information Minister Ratu Inoke Kubuabola said yesterday. AFP
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      116 19 ORIENT OVERSEAS Container Ltd (OOCL) is taking a second look at its orders for newbuildings and capital investments in view of the stock market collapse. The South China Morning Post quoted Mr Wilson Hung, the director of the company, saying OOCL's budget had been disrupted since but
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      347 19  -  The set-up will start on Jan 1 By LINDA CHEE JARDINE Matheson Holdings (Singapore) is optimistic of a bright future for its commercial shipbroking arm, scheduled to start dry cargo operations on Jan 1 next year. To be named Jardine Shipbrokers, the new
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      157 19 AP SOUTH KOREAN shipbuilders are hoping for a substantial increase in foreign orders because of signs of an upturn in global shipping business. Yonhap, the Korean news agency, in a report citing unidentified industry sources said local shipbuilders had doubled their number
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      239 19 Reuter SHIPS might soon be left to burn out after being attacked in the Mid-East Gulf by Iran and Iraq due to soaring costs, prohibitive insurance rates, low rewards and high casualties, a leading salvage operator said. Smit Tak
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        101 19 Reuter ELECTIONS of countries to serve for the next two years on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) council were held last week for two groups, an official for the IMO said. Under Group "A", which is made up of the world's largest shipowning countries, all eight
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        58 19 THE THREE main cities of Bangladesh were badly hit by strikes again on Monday as the opposition pursued its campaign of nationwide action to force out the government. Officials and reporters in Chittagong, the second largest city and main port, and Khulna, the third city, said
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        61 19 HONGKONG will implement the harmonised commodity description and coding system for import and export purposes from Jan 1 next year. The new system will replace the Standard International Trade Classification currently in use and will ensure that Hongkong conforms to the new practices adopted by the
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      590 20 Fairplay TWO ISLE OF MAN flag products carriers recently sold by Canadian Pacific have been manned throughout with Indian masters, officers and crew. The arrangement has broken an unofficial agreement between shipowners and the UK unions to employ mainly British seafarers on
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      81 20 BELGIAN Line and Canadian Transport Co s joint service between Europe and the US west coast has won a major use agreement from the Port of Oakland. Use agreements allow shipping lines discounts on the full cargo tariff rate in exchange for a commitment
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      155 20 THE FIRST standard contract for ship demolition sales a sector which is expected to exceed US$5OO million turnover this year has been circulated to the industry. Code-named Salescrap 87, it had been drawn up by the documentary committee of the Baltic and International Maritime Council
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      307 20 Seatrade Week THE NORWEGIAN International Ships Register suffered further blows when Atle Jebsen, who was the first Norwegian owner to register ships in the NIS with two vessels last July, announced that he would not be transfering any more
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      762 20 AB Shpg V 5 ABC Container VIII 1 Accord Shpg VI 3 Africa Ocean X 2 Alltrans VII 3 American Tpt X 4/5 Anship Int'l V 3 Anro Service IV 2/3 ANl 1 1/2 ARC line V 4 API III 2/3 Arrow lines IX 5 ASCI III
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      1225 20 REPORTS of easier levels being paid for grain from the US Gulf to Japan provided the main talking point on the freight market on Friday, shipbrokers said. An early December loader was said to have received U5517.50 over this voyage, although no confirmation was obtainable, while $17.95 is
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      392 21 Lloyd's List OSLO-BASED Barber International has launched a joint study with Norwegian classification society Det norske Veritas to evaluate the merits of optimum technology ships. Barber International's model for the project, the so-called "Optitech" vessel, is aimed at achieving a highly economic balance
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      300 21  -  From KINGSLEY WOOD A MARINE engineer with the giant Japanese Mitsubishi shipyard has revealed that Japan is aiming for highly automated ships to be operated by crews as low as 10 members within the next few years. But the
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      173 21 AFP JAPAN has decided to set up a multi-million-dollar British-built "navigational beacon system" throughout several Gulf states to help Western powers keep a watch on navigation in the embattled area. the Times newspaper reported. The system should permit the navies of the
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      69 21 Reuter IRAQI planes attacked two ships near the Iranian coast on Sunday night in a renewed assault on Tehran's oil lifeline, a Baghdad military spokesman said. The raiding aircraft scored accurate hits on the two "large naval targets" at 2154 local time (1854 GMT). The spokesman
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      97 21 Reuter AN IRANIAN oil platform set ablaze by a US attack last month might explode and send millions of barrels of oil flooding into the already polluted waters of the Gulf. Oil sources in the region said fire was still raging on the platform at
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      253 21 AFP THE UNITED STATES ban on Iranian oil imports prompted US charterers to organise liftings from other major loading areas. reducing demand in the Gulf States area over the past week on the tanker market. Continuing attacks by Iraqi warplanes also kept a lid on activity. Rates were
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      256 21 ESSO has introduced a new generation of marine diesel engine lubricants in Singapore called the Exxmar range. The new line of lubricants. labelled Exxmar X for crosshaad engines and Exxmar TP for trunk piston engines, were developed by Exxon to meet changes in
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      66 21 THE NATIONAL line of Ar-'J} gentina, Empress Lineas Maritime* Argentines MA), plans to order tff»new isothermal contair£*J ers of 20ft by Bft by Bft 6ins upon delivery of its 1.20GT j TEU container ship Htim Soledad. which is botMs 2 for the South Amerkjt* Northern
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      8635 26 3®aBS)(IEB 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
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      70 19 raoa TWO ISLE OF MAN flog products carriers recently sold by Canadian Pocific have been manned throughout with Indian masters, officers and crew. Pmge II OSLO-BASED Barber International has launched a joint study with Norwegian classification society Det norske Veritas to evaluate the merits of optimum technology ships. Page 111
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      596 19 #0 FESCO LINES IT. FAR-EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY Regular Services To SOUTH EAST ASIA, JAPAN, INDIA Agent: Singapore Soviet Shipping Co Pte Ltd TEL: 535 2333 MAERSK LINE TRANSIT TIME TO CHARLESTON REDUCED BY 5 DAYS 29 DAYS FROM SINGAPORE 34 DAYS FROM PORT KELANG 33 DAYS FROM PENANG Th* wee*
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      17 20 Lin«s and services represented by Mwnbers of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore National Shipping Association.
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      424 20 WANTED unary Please contact Tel: 222- CHA RGEURS REUNIS f ruou vsl •A' VSL 'A' VSL N■. A P' f N J I J tP i f 14 1 ETA MOTHEI VSL NAKSCILLE C* MARSEILLE *12 CR IIKRVIUi OfU SCTE KMTE-A-mK 11/12 24/12 2W2 7« FO«T-D£-FRANCE DEGftAO-OCS CANNE 22/12 21/17
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      1110 21 The Straits Steamship Group Mansfield Container Shipping Pte Ltd BSiOCLIH, p&o Containers Limited HJ.'.'illil-l WH. ;n; i,i«l Alio Accepting Cargo For: HMtwt to CtpMtafMi. Ajrhut. tottai Imi to Kmttm Amtordw JOKTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK/CONTMENT: UUKS BAT HOW HONS EXPKfSS CARDIGAN BAY KNAVON TOLAfiA BAY TORIO urnss MNLOON MT FRANKFURT EXPRESS
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      281 22 IE Hapag-Uoyd CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE TO UK/CONTINENT ALL UK INLAND DESTINATIONS. BELFAST. DUBLIN COPENHAGEN. AARHIIS. GOTHENBURG. MALMO. HELSINKI. OSLO. AMSTERDAM CARIBBEAN S. AMERICA (ONV SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO EUROPE C )NV SEMI CONTAINER SERVICE TO MEL» EUROPE II CONTAINERSHIP SERVICE FROM UK;CONTINENT f BIRKART SOUTHEAST ASIA PTE. LTD. INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDE
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      611 22 for i: FULLY CONTAINERISED SERV IC E TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ 1 Member ot th? »ce Consortium FROM ['JROPE VIA Member ot the Ace Consortium S pore H Konf Kaothiunf Bu»an Oukj Tokyo 18/11 21/11 2211 2VII 3ft 11 28/11 24/11 27/11 28/11 1/12 Vl2 4/12 1/12 4/12 5/12 8/12
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      481 22 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD ACCEPTING FCL/LCL TO ALL U.S.A. PORTS/INLAND DESTNS. Sailing: 24/11 1/12 To: PORT DEP: EVERY SAT: 21/11 ft 28/11 WEEKLY CONSOL TO: JAKARTA 21/11 BANGKOK 21/11 HONG KONG 22/11 MANILA 21/11 KEELUNG/KAOSHIUNG 22/11 BUSAN 27/11 TOKYO/YOKOHAMA 27/11 SYDNEY/MELBOURNE 21/11 AUCKLAND/WELLINGTON 21/11 LONDON/FELIXSTONE 26/11 HAMBURG/ROTTERDAM 26/11 21/11
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      986 22 m EVERGREEN Full Container Service Round-The-World East Bound (FE/CARIB/USEC/EURO/FE) EVER LIVING/EVER GRAND IN FT 21/11 23/11 25/11 221 EVER GENIUS 2*ll 3*ll 2/12 402 EVER GREET 3/12 7/12 1/12 11/12 J, EVER LINKINC 10/12 14/12 I*l2 11/12 12/ EVER CLOSE 16/12 20/12 22/12 24/12 1% ALSO ACCEPTING CARGO TO: mSSSSSi
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      601 23 x PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LINES W\ PIL Building, 140 Cecil Street. 03-00 Singapore 0106. Tel: *****33 FAR EAST CONTAINER SERVICE INDONESIA CONTAINER SERVICE 1 VESSEL SEA ORAGON SEA HAWK SEA ORAGON SEA HAWK VESSEL VOY SIN SSV SMG SIN BLW PEN INTEGRA 0715 Std IS/11 21/11 24/11 29/11 27/11 SEA FORTUNE
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      281 23 NORBUL T* NORBULK CARGO SERVICES LTD. If REGULAR CONVENTIONAL TIMBER AND PLYWOOD SERVICES TO: UK/CONTINENT PORTS TO: INDIA/PAKISTAN PORTS TO: JAPAN PORTS SPORE MARATHON UNITED AGENCY PTE LTD TEI ???5364i KL PK S P YEO SHPG TROC KL "&3%U PK ****** PENANG TANJONG MARINE SDN BHD TEL «85?5 SABAH TRANSPAC
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      477 23 irjk BEN LINE CONTAINERS TASMAN JEBSEN NEW ZEALAND LINE TO NEW ZEALAND, NEW CALEDONIA FIJI AND SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS SIN NOUMEA 7/12 27/12 SIN NOUMEA AKI TGA 3/1 23/1 29/1 2/2 TIM/LY TIM/ON BtUFF 1/2 1/2 I(V2 ACCEPTING IAUTOKA, SUVA. APIA. PAGO PAGO. NUKUALOFA. WITH T/S AT NOUMEA •ACCEPTING PORT
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      583 23 DJASAGETRI A Joint Europe Service Of: P.T. OJMUBTA LLOYI P.T. KtM LLOYB p.t. mum* mmksu p.t. tmmnu um EXPRESS SEMI CONTAINERSHIP SERVICES SINGAPORE TO EOROPE rtSMLVOY S PANJAN6/17WB s»i«ru*Y*nw» OCEAN primavrb L.J BOMTANG/UOT ftMM i ..■■J M I 4- WWII Twin O ***** tan SB6-80Q6 DJAKARTA LLOYD INDONESIAN NATIONAL LINF
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      455 23 SHIPPING AGENCIES •arrwAr vn ii/u PAGAN VI2OM mi PA-AN VU7W 21/23 Discharging only. BURMA FIVE STAR (Burmese National Line) Loading for Rangoon >re P.Kelang Penang Bangkok No* lt/ll Nov BANK LINE NORTHBOUND TO UKC IVY BANK V2ON PRO-ATLANTICA VIN (CALLING LEIXOCS 8/1) TAUSALA SAMOA VUN MORAYBANK V4N SPORE ROAM HULL
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      1224 24 SHIPPiriG-DflTfl ATLflrmc coast (Round-The-World Service) BROOKLYN BRIDGE V 5 ORIENTAL FORTUNE V 6 •PK/PNG SPORE Sid 19 Nov 21 Nov 26 Nov PACIFIC SOUTH-WEST FEEDER VSL 'PK/PNG BROOKLYN BRIDGE V 5 Sid ORIENTAL FORTUNE V 6 21 Nov SP MOTHER VSL 19 Nov MANHATTAN BRIDGE V 7 26 Nov G.W.
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      794 24 AUSTRALIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers P Ketang imr Vessel jner Vessel S pore Metb Frem S»or Also Accept: M»'OAS' 7 20 Dec 24 Dec 27 Dec AM Bra CHANDIDAS V 2921 Dec 5 Jan 14 Jan 12 Jan AM Bus INDIA EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICE Accepting FCL/FCL Containers Singapore
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      702 24 GOLDEN LINE GU*N GUAN SUPPING (PTE) LTD Y" ~"4 SMttfOßt 0104 TU M4WM (II HO) Fa«: 9439 M STRAITS/PERSIAN GULF SERVICE: Spore P Ketang Pen** GOLDEN WONDER Colombo Karachi Dubai Dwnmam 22/24 Hoy GOLDEN BEAR CotomboKaractirDubar'Bahrain t/S Dec CHINA SERVICE A VESSEL Xinaang, Shangha. 2V7* Nov BAI TUN SHAN Shanghai
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      370 24 21/11. sni 11/12. 1 *12 i phili onieNT lincs ph ltd |\P L J HEAD OFFICE 63 ROOINSON ROAO -0' 12 AfRO fIS.A BLHIDINij SNCA p ORECICS TEIE* RS ?B7?0 PHIII ffi» *****76 DOHA. MUSCAT. BAHRAIN. AW DHABI A SHARJAH JEOOAH. HOOEDAH. AQAIA ml 20/11 to:; xn USA SERVICE I
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      842 25 NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES LTD i*E" NEPTUNE AGENCIES PTE LTD FE EU/AOST TPA/SEA Terminal CFS BOOKINGS *****53 27tS?V *****22 *****53 27WM 27*111 27*11* 27*141 NEPLINE SON BHD 368M17 INWARD/OUTWARD NEPLINE SDN BHD. 7*1*33 ENQUIRES *****44 NEPLINE SDN BHD 62M35/627M8/*****1/527M2 NEPLINE SDN BHD *****0/*****1 AT cargo will ke transhipped via RD Alio
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      367 25 HEUNG-A SHIPPING Korean Flag Vessels SEMI-CONTAINERISED DIRECT SERVICE TO P KELANG. PENANG. BUSAN. INCHON 1 Vessels Name ETD BS BKK SPORE PKELANG BUSAN MOJI II Enterpris«m«N 11/10 05/11 In Port 11-12/11 20-23/11 25/11# No t Donam/7UN OS/11 In Port 20-22/11 31/11-04/12 (*/12 No J Donam TOON 11/11 23/11 27-29/11 30/1142/1210-12/12
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      726 25 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 ***** «lang n—mm M/t HANDt IMC tYtfHI Cfl t>m Bun MESSRS HAI THONC SHIPPING 127 fWwStrM. P«oant Maters*
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      39 25 X% EMBASSY/FRIENDSHIP FREIGHT SERVICES \*jp JOINT CONSOLIDATION TEL: 2M5673/2M6232 FAX ******2 TLX: RS 37W7EF3 WEEKLY LCL/FCL CONFERENCE/NON-CONFERENCE SERVICES TO: EUROPE ANTWERP/ HAMBURG/ LE HAVRE/ ROTTERDAM/ UK/ 4 SWITZERLAND FAR EAST BANGKOK/ HONGKONG/ KAOSHIUNG/ KEELUNG V SOUTH ASIA BOMBAY/KARACHI/MADRAS Jr
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      297 26 SINGAPORE SHIPPING CORPORATION (PTE.) LTD. TIL 225 6868 (30 Lmesi FAX *****39 *****76 TELEX RS ***** A/B SSCMA RS ***** A B SSCAO VE.B DEUTFRACHT SEEREEDERE! INTEGRATED FULL CONTAINER SERVICE "XIA COLOMBO Accaptinj carp> tar INDIA Bombay, Cochin, Madras A Calcutta "WIA lARNACA Aceeptinj carjo tar Lattafcia, Piraeus, Thcssaloniki, Izmir,
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      189 26 n Regional Weather -If I >■ N 5? I 3okX v* V r A A 3 SvV i #T3fc (.'4 m is tT^> SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND SEA CONDITIONS AT 7.30 A.M. THIS MORNING. LEGEND ir Wind direction with speed in knots Wave height Thunderstorm Temperature c X\ n Shower Weather
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      752 27 to IST f.l Ass CONTAIN! H TRANSPORT ScanDutchV TO EUROPE (NORTH CONTINENT-UK-SCANDINAVIA) WEEKLY FEEDER VESSEL P.KLANG 1 PENANQVUUI I 8 Butanf/K. Bhum 2*ll 19/11 I*ll 21/11 N. Dojima/411 2*ll B. Butanf/K. Bhum a/11 26/11 2*ll 21/11 B Suria/42» 30/11 B. Butanf/K Bhum *12 3/12 1/12 5/12 Salandia/431 7/12 B Butanf/K
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      147 27 UN I PACIFIC TRANS. TRADING AGECY PTE. LTD. IRAQI LINE •a; s'i' 1 '»•<«»• s* ir» EAST BOUND SERVICE ETA S'PORE LOAOIMC FOR WEST BOUND SERVICE CTA S POKE LOADING FOR W BAGHDAD *11 MM, Apta. NV BASRAH W2 MM. Aaata. THROUGH BJU to BAGMOAO UPON REQUEST ALSO ACCEPTING CONTAINERS
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      318 28 /y Hai Sun Hup Co (Pte) Ltd TFL ??04'(06 (20 Lines) TLX RS ***** ti RS 206^2 I \s I K \K I\ I K IM> WEEKLY CONVENTIONAL t HEAVY LIFT SERVICE FROM SINGAPORE/PORT KELANG TO: TOKYO/OSAKA CAR CARRIER SERVICE TO MUARA/KUCHING t KK Loading at appropriated Barth P4-P5 NOTE:
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      383 28 COLUMBUS LINE REEDEREI GMBH \XW (A SERVICE OF HAMBURG SUD) EXPRESS SfMt-COTTSERVICE TO Alrka Ooam Linis Lid. SOCIETE MAURICIENNE DE NAVIGATION LTEE INDIA OCEAN, SOUTH/EAST AFRICA REGULAR SEMI-CONTAINER SERVICE SMN V E2ZSEZEE3E mwm. SEALION Agents S.ngapt-'e SHIPPING SALES BOOKINGS TEL TLX RS ***** SELION (S) PTE LTD *****81 (7 lines)
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      149 28 W rrfiß rhenania international SPOPE !>'-,> SYDNEY V velb (ji) Un i:n •Bi'.SPQPT SFRkICES PTF LTD tai a a (n;) m i: r i fcSfVt\ (>4;i) V- 0 SIN CHIAO SHIPPING AGENCY PTE LTD FOB BOOKINGS TEL *****81 TLX ***** NEWSHIP DIRECT SERVICE TO DARWM/PT. HEOCAMOVBROOME* Accepting BrMkbuft, HmvHM, Contains
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      650 28 RSHMSEo CALL US ATr P. KELANG PENANG T J. BAHRU P. GUDANG SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR 04-€*****/4, *****3 07-241 MS 07-*****3, *****5, *****0, *****1 02-*****22 *****0 WEEKLY FAR EAST/EUROPE CONTAINER SERVICE FROM EUROPE LOADING FROM: GOTHENBURG. BREMERHAVEN. HAMBURG. ROTTERDAM OTHER ORIGINS: AARHUS. AMSTERDAM. ANTWERP. BASLE, BREMEN. COPENHAGEN. UE HAVRE. HEISENKI. MALMO
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